Conference of Southern Graduate Schools
2012 ETD MASTER'S THESIS AWARD
Innovative Application of Technology to Scholarship
in a Master's Thesis
Candidacy
Graduate Deans or their designee at CSGS member institutions may nominate one person whose thesis has been accepted in partial fulfillment of master's degree requirements during the past two academic years and/or summer sessions (Fall 2009 through Summer 2011)
and have filed an electronic thesis.
Award
- $1,000 plus travel expenses for the awardee to attend the 2012 CSGS meeting in Jacksonville,Florida where the award will be presented on February 25, 2012.
Deadline
The Graduate Dean or designee shall provide the following materials as part of the nomination dossier to be received no later than October 3, 2011:
- A web link to an electronic thesis;
- Letters of endorsement from the major professor and either the Director of Graduate Studies, the Graduate Dean, or the Dean's designee;
- Certification by the Graduate Dean or designee that the thesis was approved in partial fulfillment of requirements for the master's degree within the past two academic years and/or summer sessions (Fall 2008 through Summer 2010);
- An abstract of the thesis (1-2 pages, double-spaced), prepared by the nominee; and,
- A brief resume or CV on the nominee (1-2 pages).
An electronic file or three paper copies of the nomination materials should be submitted to the Committee Chair no later than October 3, 2011:
Dr. F. Douglas Boudinot
Dean, Graduate School
Virginia Commonwealth University
1001 Grove Ave
PO Box 843051
Richmond, VA 23284-3051
Tel: (804)828-2233
E-mail: fdboudinot@vcu.edu
Evaluation Process
Each thesis will be reviewed by faculty members in the field from CSGS member institutions and will be evaluated on the basis of the use of technology in the presentation of the ETD, scholarship, research methodology, and contributions to the field or discipline.
Members of the EDT Master's Thesis Awards Committee
Doug Boudinot, Chair
Arnaud Chevallier
George Crandell
Maurice Eftink
Mildred Fuller
Morris A. Grubbs
Carolyn R. Hodges
Edelma Huntley
Terry McConathy
Yvonne Murnane
Bob Roer
Lawrence Shirley
Andrew Sustich
Previous Master's Thesis Award Winners
| Kristen M. Rosenfeld (2006) | Payal Chakravarty (2009) |
| Jennifer Brooke Landry (2007) | William Story (2010) |
| Emily K. Davis (2008) | Fengqing Zhang (2011) |
