GCSC Top Dissertation Award
The award honors a dissertation published in the two calendar years preceding the nomination deadline. The review committee judges each nominated dissertation on several criteria including the importance of the problem it addresses, the strength of evidence it presents, and the significance of its conclusions all relative to the mission of the Division. The committee also will consider the soundness of methodology and quality of writing and argument, along with the nominating letter(s).
Division Mission
The Division for Global Communication and Social Change exists to encourage and debate research on issues of production, distribution, content and reception of communications media at global, "glocal," transnational, transcultural, international and regional levels. Within this purview it encompasses work across a wide variety of theoretical and methodological approaches, concerning issues of media/mediated communication in cultural, economic, political or social contexts, including strategic mediated communication for development, social change or social justice.
Award Nomination Instructions
Nominations must be submitted by the director of the nominee's dissertation committee. Complete nominations must include:
- A letter of nomination, 2 pages maximum, that address the award criteria contained in the description and mission statement above.
- Nominee's CV.
- No more than two sample chapters, with one of them being either the introductory or concluding chapter.
- One additional letter of recommendation (preferably from a supervisor or dissertation committee member), 2 pages maximum, that addresses the award criteria contained in the description and mission statement above is permitted.
DEADLINE
Nomination packages should be emailed as soon as possible and no later than 01 March. Signed hard copies of the nominator's rationale and the supporting statement should be snail-mailed to arrive no later than 01 March.
