GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Deadline: 1/31/25

The Teaching Social Problems Division invites submissions for its 2025 Annual Student Paper Competition. We will consider submissions of short papers (max 2000 words) that answer the following question: What is the joy you find in teaching social problems?

There are several requirements for a paper to be eligible for submission.

First, the paper should not already be published or accepted for publication.

Second, the paper must be student-authored. This means the paper may be authored by either one student or co-authored by multiple students but cannot be co-authored by a faculty member or non-student.

Third, papers should not exceed the 2000-word length. Text should be double-spaced.

Fourth, author(s) may only submit their paper to one Division.

Author(s) is required to submit their paper through the annual meeting Call for Papers online system by the deadline indicated on the SSSP website. Moreover, they are required to send their paper to the Teaching Social Problems Division Chair, Dr. Morena Tartari, at the following address: morena.tartari@northumbria.ac.uk, by January 31, 2025.

In their email to the Division Chair, the author(s) should include (1) a cover letter indicating that you are submitting your paper for the competition; and (2) a letter from their advisor that certifies their graduate-student status and offers some brief comments about your work.

If selected for the award, the author(s) must commit to present the paper at a session at the 2025 SSSP Annual Meeting in Chicago and will receive: a $150 cash award; a one-year SSSP student membership; waiver of 2025 Conference registration fees; and a recognition plaque.

For further information author(s) can contact the Division Chair at the following address: morena.tartari@northumbria.ac.uk.