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Annual Diversity Research Paper Award

Objectives

  • to demonstrate that the Department of Information Studies values diversity;
  • to bring diversity issues to the attention of faculty and students; and,
  • to offer students an opportunity to present their work in a public forum.

Criteria

Students will be encouraged to submit papers that deal with contemporary or historical information issues or needs relating to people who have been marginalized or disenfranchised, for example, on the basis of ethnicity, race, immigrant status, religion, gender preference, physical disability, or age. The paper may have been written for a course or a directed independent study.; The paper also may be written by an individual or by multiple students. Suggested length is 10 to 25 pages.

Selection criteria will include: depth of research and critical analysis; demonstrated knowledge of the topic presented; originality; creativity; and quality of writing, documentation, and presentation.

All Department of Information Studies students are eligible, including MLIS, PH.D, MIAS, and post-Master’s students.

Application process and deadline

Applicants must submit 6 copies of their paper to Christie David by April 18, 2008.

Award

The awardee(s) will receive a cash award. In addition, the paper will be published on the Information Studies website and the winning student(s) will be offered the opportunity of presenting their work as part of the Information Studies Colloquium series. The awardee(s) will be encouraged to work with faculty to explore other options for publication and/or presentation such as a conference paper or poster session.

Jury

The jury will consist of three faculty members—one each from the Awards, Admissions and Recruitment Committee, the Doctoral Program Committee, and the Professional Programs Committee—and one information professional.

For further information

Please contact Susan Abler at abler@gseis.ucla.edu or 310-825-5269

Opportunity to Publish in InterActions

The editors of InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies would like to encourage those of you who submit papers for the Diversity Research Paper Award to also consider submitting to InterActions.

The guidelines for submission are available on the InterActions website - http://www.interactions.gseis.ucla.edu. InterActions is a peer-reviewed electronic journal that is committed to the promotion of scholarly work that examines areas of education and information studies via interdisciplinary and critical perspectives.

For more information about InterActions, please look at our website and/or e-mail us at interactions@gseis.ucla.edu. We look forward to reading your great papers!

Editors
InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies

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