2012 EGSG Student Paper Competition Information

The Ethnic Geography Specialty Group (EGSG) invites submissions for its annual student paper competition. The winner will receive a $250 prize, a certificate, a ticket to the AAG awards luncheon, and formal recognition at the banquet and in the AAG Newsletter.

Papers must be based on original research completed as an undergraduate or graduate student and must adhere to the following guidelines:

1. To be considered for the award, students must present their research at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the AAG. Entrants are also strongly encouraged to attend the EGSG business meeting during the AAG conference. This year's Business Meeting is Session 4836 and is scheduled for Monday, February 27th from 7:00-8:00 PM in the Green Room on the Fourth Floor of the Hilton.

2. The topic must be on some aspect of ethnic geography.

3. The text portion should be double-spaced and not exceed twenty pages, and the total paper length should not exceed thirty pages.

4. Papers co-authored with faculty will not be considered for student awards. However, papers by multiple student authors are acceptable.

5. The paper must be sent via e-mail to Heike Alberts (alberts@uwosh.edu). If there are essential graphics which cannot be e-mailed, the graphics may be sent via mail.

6. The papers must be received no later than February 3, 2012, at the address below.

8. Papers will be judged on written clarity, methodological soundness, contribution to scholarship in ethnic geography, and overall effectiveness. The conference presentation will not be considered in the
scoring.

For further information, please contact Dr. Heike Alberts, Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, 800 Algoma Blvd, Oshkosh, WI 54901. Email: alberts@uwosh.edu. Phone: 920.424.7109

Award Committee: Heike Alberts (University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh), Susan Hume (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville), and Jim Smith (Towson University).

Student Paper Competition winners:

2011 - Yang Yang, Humboldt State University
2010 - Melissa Kelly, University of Uppsala
2009 - None awarded
2008 - Alan Marcus, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
2007 - Brian Dunbar, California State University-Northridge
2006 - None awarded
2005 - Katherine Nashleanas, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
2004 - Qingfang Wang, University of Georgia
2003 - Susan Hume, University of Oregon
2002 - None awarded
2001 - Ranu Basu, University of Toronto
2000 - Emily Skop, Arizona State University

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2012 EGSG Dissertation Proposal Competition

The Ethnic Geography Specialty Group is pleased to sponsor its Annual Dissertation Proposal Competition. Doctoral students who have completed the dissertation proposal stage of their program (are ABD) are eligible to submit their proposals for adjudication in this competition. The EGSG Dissertation Proposal Committee will evaluate all submissions based on written clarity, methodological rigor and overall contribution to ethnic geography scholarship. The selected winner will receive a $250 prize, a certificate acknowledging the award, a ticket to the AAG awards luncheon, and formal recognition at the luncheon and in the AAG and EGSG Newsletters.

Requirements:

1. Ph.D. students who have successfully defended their dissertation proposals may participate in this competition. Please ask your advisor to send a note (e-mail is fine) to the EGSG Dissertation Proposal Committee chair, Dr. Alan Marcus (amarcus@towson.edu) to verify your ABD status.

2. The dissertation proposal topic must be on some aspect of ethnic geography (See below for recent winners and proposal titles).

3. Please submit the actual dissertation proposal via e-mail to Dr. Alan Marcus (amarcus@towson.edu). If there are essential graphics which cannot be e-mailed, then those graphics may be sent via mail to the address below.

4. Proposals must be received no later than February 20th, 2012.

For further information related to guidelines, please contact Dr. Alan Marcus (amarcus@towson.edu), Department of Geography & Environmental Planning, Towson University, Linthicum Hall 20, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252-0001.

Award Committee: Alan Marcus (Towson University), Madhuri Sharma (University of Tennessee), and Qingfang Wang (University of North Carolona at Charlotte)

Student Dissertation Proposal winners:

2011 - Paul McDaniel, University of North Carolina-Charlotte - Transitioning Immigrant Settlement Geography, Public School Change and Response, and Community Receptivity in Charlotte, North Carolina.

2010 - Luna Vives, University of British Columbia - Negotiating Borders: Gendered Transnationalism from Senegal to Spain.

2009 - Samarth Joseph, State University of New York at Buffalo - The effects of remittances on Haiti's economic development and the factors that motivate the New York Haitian diaspora to participate in the remittance economy.

2008 - Tatiana Matejskova, University of Minnesota - Making Russlanddeutsche Migrants into Citizens: Local Integration Projects, Gender and Space in Berlin-Marzahn

2007 - Ipsita Chatterjee, Clark University - Globalization and Social Conflict: A Case Study of Hindu-Muslim Conflict in India

2006 (tie) - Widyarini Sumartojo, Simon Fraser University - Place Attachment, Ethnocultural Identity, and Multiculturalism: Indo-Canadian Youth Violence in Vancouver

2006 (tie) - Sin Yih Teo, University of British Columbia - Where is home?: 'Return' Migration and the Negotiation of Citizenship Amongst Recent People's Republic of China Immigrants to Canada

2005 - Rob Yarborough, University of Georgia - Central American identity formation in context of residence in traditionally bi-racial Atlanta and in particular the everyday spaces in which they live their lives

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