Dan Dissertation Award

11th Annual Alice J. Dan Dissertation Research Award Request for Proposals

The 11th Annual Alice J. Dan Dissertation Research Award encourages original and significant research about sex, gender and/or women by UIC students. The award is open to UIC doctoral students in any field who have completed the requirements for candidacy and have an approved dissertation proposal by the application deadline.
Award(s) will range from $500-$1,000.
Applications must include:

A dissertation summary of no more than 5 double spaced pages which includes:
Dissertation title
An abstract (200 words or less)
Significance of research for women and/or gender
Research methods
Progress to date
Timetable for completion
Budget

Please also provide a one-page summary of applicant’s commitment to Gender and Women’s Studies (GWS). (This may include GWS courses taken, courses taught, community volunteerism, conference participation, and other relevant experiences in GWS).

Additional supporting materials: A cover letter, stating the applicant’s academic department, applicant’s contact information (including mailing address, phone number, and email address) and name of advisor. In addition, two reference letters on letterhead should be sent from the individual providing the letter and should not be attached to the submission packet. One reference letter must be from dissertation advisor confirming approval of dissertation proposal. Letters may be sent electronically or via hard copy.
Review criteria:

Potential for contribution to research on women and/or gender
Originality and significance to the major field
Research methodology
Academic preparation and ability to accomplish the work
Feasibility of timetable for completion
Feasibility of budget
Evidence of commitment to GWS

Application Submission Instructions:
E-mail to Dr. Manorama Khare at mkhare1@uic.edu

OR

Mail/deliver to: UIC-CRWG
ATTN: Dan Dissertation Award
1640 West Roosevelt Road (M/C 980), Room 503
Chicago, IL 60608

The submission deadline is June 1, 2012 and winners will be announced July 15, 2012. Awardees will be invited to attend an awards ceremony at the CRWG 20th Anniversary Event on October 5, 2012.

For more information: Call or e-mail the co-chairs: Manorama Khare at (312) 413-7342 or mkhare1@uic.edu; Sarah Shirk at (312)413-1636 or sshirk1@uic.edu.

Visit the Dan Dissertation Award web page at http://www.uic.edu/depts/crwg/danaward.shtml to view prior year awardees or to make a contribution to the dissertation fund.

CRWG Dissertation Research Award

The Dan Dissertation award is named after the founding director of the CRWG and long-time faculty member in the College of Nursing, Alice J. Dan, PhD.

The award is open to UIC doctoral students in any field who have completed the requirements for candidacy and have an approved dissertation proposal.

A call for applications typically takes place each spring, with awards announced during the summer. Please check this website for more details and for application requirements.

Help support the CRWG Dissertation award.

For more information call or e-mail: Manu Khare at (312)413-7342 or Sarah Shirk at (312)413-1636.

Past Winners

The Alice J. Dan Dissertation has been awarded annually since 2002.

2011
Theerarat Boonkuna, Nursing, “Job Stress, Coping Strategies, and Perceived Health Status Among Thai Female Home-based Workers,”

Erin Sundermann, Psychology, “Genetic Predictors of Cognition in Women with HIV.”

2010
Zachary Blair, Department of Anthropology, "Boystown: The Political Economy and Social Geography of Queer Urban Space"

Georgiann Davis, Department of Sociology, "Gender Structure Analysis of the Intersex Rights Movement"

2009 Leah Rubin, Department of Cognitive Psychology, "Effects of Sex Hormones on Cognition in Schizophrenia"

Meg King, Department of English, " Unattainable Manhood: American Novels and the Late 20th Century Masculinity Crisis"
2008 Deirdre Guthrie, Department of Anthropology, "Intimate Economies in a Dominican Tourist Town"

Catherine Jacquet, Department of History, "Responding to Rape: Contesting the Meanings of Sexual Violence in the U.S. 1950-1980"

2007 Tarini Bedi, Department of Anthropology, "Piety, Violence and the Politics of Performance: Shiv Sena Women and the Feminine Subject in Maharashtra, India"

2006 Elizabeth Collins, Department of History, "Red-Baiting Public Women: Gender, Loyalty, and Red Scare Politics"
Sharon Palo, Department of English, "Domestic Disturbances: The Story of the Public Woman in Eighteenth-Century English Fiction"

2005 Yingyu Chen, Department of Criminal Justice, "Reporting Behavior of Female Victims of Violence: Sexual Assault versus Physical Assault"
Nicole Warren, Department of Maternal-Child Nursing, "The Experiences of Rural Midwives in Mali, West Africa"

2004 Sandra Bibiana Adames, Department of Psychology, "A Critical Assessment of Sociocultural Factors Influencing Intimate Partner Violence Among Latinos"

2003 Lilian Friedberg, Department of Germanic Studies, "A Critical Reception of Ingeborg Bachman"
Jan Warren-Findlow, School of Public Health, "Explanatory Models of Heart Disease in Older Black Women"

2002 Leanne Brecklin, Department of Criminal Justice, "Self-Defense Training and Women's Responses to Rape Attacks"
Paula (Lori) Watson, Department of Philosophy, "Liberal Democracies, Feminism, and Citizenship"
Inés Sahagún-Behena, Department of Spanish, French, Italian & Portoguese, "Space and the City in Mexican Women's Novels, 1980-1990"

2011	*Theerarat Boonkuna,* Nursing, “Job Stress, Coping Strategies, and Perceived Health Status Among Thai Female Home-based Workers,” Erin Sundermann, Psychology, “Genetic Predictors of Cognition in Women with HIV.”
2010	*Zachary Blair, Department of Anthropology, "Boystown: The Political Economy and Social Geography of Queer Urban Space" Georgiann Davis*, Department of Sociology, "Gender Structure Analysis of the Intersex Rights Movement"
2009	*Leah Rubin, Department of Cognitive Psychology, "Effects of Sex Hormones on Cognition in Schizophrenia" Meg King*, Department of English, " Unattainable Manhood: American Novels and the Late 20th Century Masculinity Crisis"
2008	*Deirdre Guthrie, Department of Anthropology, "Intimate Economies in a Dominican Tourist Town" Catherine Jacquet*, Department of History, "Responding to Rape: Contesting the Meanings of Sexual Violence in the U.S. 1950-1980"
2007	*Tarini Bedi*, Department of Anthropology, "Piety, Violence and the Politics of Performance: Shiv Sena Women and the Feminine Subject in Maharashtra, India"
2006	*Elizabeth Collins, Department of History, "Red-Baiting Public Women: Gender, Loyalty, and Red Scare Politics" Sharon Palo*, Department of English, "Domestic Disturbances: The Story of the Public Woman in Eighteenth-Century English Fiction"
2005	*Yingyu Chen, Department of Criminal Justice, "Reporting Behavior of Female Victims of Violence: Sexual Assault versus Physical Assault" Nicole Warren*, Department of Maternal-Child Nursing, "The Experiences of Rural Midwives in Mali, West Africa"
2004	*Sandra Bibiana Adames*, Department of Psychology, "A Critical Assessment of Sociocultural Factors Influencing Intimate Partner Violence Among Latinos"
2003	*Lilian Friedberg, Department of Germanic Studies, "A Critical Reception of Ingeborg Bachman" Jan Warren-Findlow*, School of Public Health, "Explanatory Models of Heart Disease in Older Black Women"
2002	*Leanne Brecklin, Department of Criminal Justice, "Self-Defense Training and Women's Responses to Rape Attacks" Paula (Lori) Watson, Department of Philosophy, "Liberal Democracies, Feminism, and Citizenship" Inés Sahagún-Behena*, Department of Spanish, French, Italian & Portoguese, "Space and the City in Mexican Women's Novels, 1980-1990"