GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Deadline: 1/31/27

The Institutional Ethnography Division is pleased to solicit papers for its 2027 George W. Smith Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers should advance institutional ethnography scholarship through a methodological or substantive contribution. Authors must be currently enrolled graduate students.

Submissions must be no more than 25 pages, excluding notes, references, and tables, and must be submitted in both Word-compatible and PDF formats, following the latest APA guidelines. An electronic letter from the student’s supervisor confirming the author’s student status must accompany the submission. The student must be the sole author; co-authored papers are not eligible.

The recipient will receive a $250 monetary prize, an electronic certificate of recognition, student membership, conference registration, and an opportunity to present the winning paper at the 2027 SSSP meetings. The winner will also be invited to serve on the adjudicating panel for the 2028 competition.

Papers submitted for this award must also be submitted through the SSSP Call for Papers for presentation at the 2027 meeting.

Please send submissions to Hans-Peter de Ruiter at hans-peter.de-ruiter@mnsu.edu by January 31, 2027. Please direct all questions to Hans-Peter. A paper may be submitted to only one division’s competition.

DOROTHY E. SMITH AWARD FOR SCHOLAR-ACTIVISM

Deadline: 1/31/27

The Institutional Ethnography Division is pleased to solicit nominations for the 2027 Dorothy E. Smith Award for Scholar-Activism. This award recognizes the activities of an individual or group who has made substantial contributions to institutional ethnographic scholar activism in either a single project or longer trajectory of work. The contributions may involve IE research conducted and used for activist ends, or it may involve activist efforts that have drawn upon or contributed to IE scholarship. The award committee invites members of the Division to send a one-page statement of the nominee to Hans-Peter de Ruiter (hans-peter.de-ruiter@mnsu.edu) by January 31, 2027.

ALISON I. GRIFFITH DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTION AWARD

Deadline: 1/31/27

The Institutional Ethnography Division is pleased to solicit nominations for the 2027 Distinguished Contribution Award. This award is designated for IE scholars who have made significant contributions to IE. The Alison I. Griffith Distinguished Contribution to Institutional Ethnography Award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of institutional ethnography through publishing, teaching, mentoring, organizing, or other activities. The award celebrates achievements of national or international significance made by influential institutional ethnographers over the duration of their careers. The award committee invites members of the Division to send a one-page statement of the nominee to Hans-Peter de Ruiter (hans-peter.de-ruiter@mnsu.edu) by January 31, 2027.