Outstanding Dissertation Award
Arts-Based Educational Research Special Interest Group
Outstanding Dissertation Award
The Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER) Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) would like to announce its sponsorship of the ABER Outstanding Dissertation Award to honor and recognize an exceptional doctoral dissertation that explores, is an exemplar of, and pushes the boundaries of arts-based educational research. The award is intended for students who have successfully defended the dissertation within two years prior to the submission date. A maximum of one award per year is available.
The winner will receive an “Outstanding Dissertation” award at the ABER business meeting at the AERA Annual Meeting each year. The winner will also be invited to present highlights from her, his, or their dissertation at this meeting. In addition, the winner will be invited to submit a paper highlighting the dissertation to the International Journal of Education and the Arts (www.ijea.org). The ABER SIG will support the winner’s conference fee and provide $500.00 to assist with travel to the AERA Annual Meeting to present at the conference.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 12, 2023 by 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time. First-time applicants, who not have previously applied in past years, must have successfully defended the dissertation within two years prior to the submission date, November 12, 2023.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
(1) Cover Letter with:
HOW TO SUBMIT:
All materials must be sent via email attachments to [email protected]. If the file size for the dissertation exceeds 25MB, it may be submitted via Dropbox or a similar method but a (1) Cover Letter, (2) Signed Nomination Letter, and (3) Summary Essay still must be submitted via the email address above. In addition to, please follow the guidelines below.
If you have questions, contact Durrell Callier, PhD, ABER SIG Awards Chair, at [email protected]
Outstanding Dissertation Award
The Arts-Based Educational Research (ABER) Special Interest Group for the American Educational Research Association (AERA) would like to announce its sponsorship of the ABER Outstanding Dissertation Award to honor and recognize an exceptional doctoral dissertation that explores, is an exemplar of, and pushes the boundaries of arts-based educational research. The award is intended for students who have successfully defended the dissertation within two years prior to the submission date. A maximum of one award per year is available.
The winner will receive an “Outstanding Dissertation” award at the ABER business meeting at the AERA Annual Meeting each year. The winner will also be invited to present highlights from her, his, or their dissertation at this meeting. In addition, the winner will be invited to submit a paper highlighting the dissertation to the International Journal of Education and the Arts (www.ijea.org). The ABER SIG will support the winner’s conference fee and provide $500.00 to assist with travel to the AERA Annual Meeting to present at the conference.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: November 12, 2023 by 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time. First-time applicants, who not have previously applied in past years, must have successfully defended the dissertation within two years prior to the submission date, November 12, 2023.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:
(1) Cover Letter with:
- Applicant’s name, email address, and phone number.
- Information about the school, program, and committee and supervisor’s names (and examiners where applicable) under which the dissertation was completed.
- Dissertation title.
- Defense date and graduation date.
- Outlines the strengths of your dissertation and its value to the field of arts-based educational research.
- Includes a copy of the signed committee acceptance of the dissertation and/or a statement from the nominator that confirms the completion of the degree and the date on which the degree will be/has been conferred.
- Include a 100 - 150 word abstract in the same file.
- Indicate ONE chapter you would recommend the committee read, in addition to the introduction and conclusion, for the initial screening process.
HOW TO SUBMIT:
All materials must be sent via email attachments to [email protected]. If the file size for the dissertation exceeds 25MB, it may be submitted via Dropbox or a similar method but a (1) Cover Letter, (2) Signed Nomination Letter, and (3) Summary Essay still must be submitted via the email address above. In addition to, please follow the guidelines below.
- The essay should be typed, double-spaced (including quotations, footnotes, and references) in APA style, with ample margins, and should comply with the specified length limitation.
- In the email subject window please write “[YOUR LAST NAME] Outstanding Dissertation Award 2021.”
- All attached files should follow this format with the addition of a number assigned according to the list above: “[YOUR LAST NAME] Outstanding Dissertation Award 2021[1],” “[YOUR LAST NAME] Outstanding Dissertation Award 2021[2],” etc. for numbers 1 through 4 as outlined above.
If you have questions, contact Durrell Callier, PhD, ABER SIG Awards Chair, at [email protected]