Humanities Research Skills Clinic

This Clinic consists of a series of hands-on sessions, designed to recharge your research skills.  Learn how to manage citations and bibliographies, survey the existing scholarship on a literary or historical topic, and understand your copyright rights and responsibilities.  Attend the whole series or mix & match!  Sessions include:

• Historiography 101: Starting a Research Project on a Historical Topic
• Do More with Zotero & EndNote
• Copyright Basics for Authors & Instructors
• The Literature of Literature: Starting a Research Project on a Literary Topic

To see the complete schedule, session descriptions, and to sign up, go to http://www.libraries.iub.edu/workshops and click on the red Faculty & Graduate Student Workshops button.  You can also check out our online calendar of events for the most current schedule. 

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please send a message to libwkshp@indiana.edu. 

Final Call for Papers - MEHAT

26th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference

University of Chicago, May 13–14, 2011

Please note that the deadline for the Middle East History and Theory Conference is this Sunday, Feb. 20. You can send us your abstracts with your name, institution, and paper title atmehat2011@gmail.com.

Important: If you have sent us an abstract, but have NOT received a confirmation email from us, please contact us again! Sometimes emails get filtered or bounced, and we would hate for your submission to fall through the cracks! If you are writing a second time, write "MEHAT" in your subject line so we can be sure it does not get misplaced.

  

--About the Conference-- 

We are pleased to invite graduate students and faculty to submit papers for the 26th Annual Middle East History and Theory (MEHAT) Conference, to be held May 13–14, 2011, at the University of Chicago. We welcome a broad range of submissions from across the disciplines, including (but not limited to) anthropology, art history, cinema and media studies, history, literature, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, development, and religion, and dealing with any topic that involves the Middle East from the 7th century onwards.

We will consider both individual papers and pre-arranged themed panels; the latter is especially encouraged. More information about the conference and the application process can be viewed at our website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/mehat/conference/.

Thanks, and we look forward to hearing from you!

5th Annual Anthropology Graduate Student Association Symposium

"The Technologies of Culture: Techniques and Theory"

will be held February 25-27, 2010.

In its fifth year, the annual AGSA Symposium has proven to be a valuable opportunity for students to share their work on campus.  This year's schedule of papers and panels is composed of a wide range of topics presented by students from multiple disciplines and several universities.  These presentations include traditional paper presentations, featured panels that discuss the role of technology in the classroom and research field, and other debates and discussions that explore the role of technology in culture.

Dr. Mark Schurr of the University of Notre Dame's Anthropology Department will be delivering a keynote address Friday, February 25th at 6:30pm in the Glenn A. Black Laboratory of Archaeology Lecture Hall.   We would like to cordially invite you to attend this event as well as our other scheduled events for the weekend:

Friday, February 25th
9:30-5 Paper presentations and panel discussions, IMU Sassafras Room
6:30-8:00 Announcement of Paper Prize
Keynote Address by Dr. Mark Schurr, Glenn Black Laboratory Lecture Hall
8:00-10:00 Symposium Reception, GBL Atrium

Saturday, February 26th
9:30-11:30 Panel showcase, GBL Lecture Hall
11:30-1:00 Pizza Lunch with Dr. Schurr, K.D. Vitelli Archaeology Annex
1:00-5:15 Paper presentations and panel discussions, GBL Lecture Hall

Sunday, February 27th
9:30-1:00 Panel discussions, GBL Lecture Hall
1:00-1:15 Closing Remarks, GBL Lecture Hall

For more information, please see our website: http://www.indiana.edu/~anthgrad/HomePage.html 

This year’s list of events looks to be both stimulating and exciting--we hope to see you there!

Flyer

Graduate Student & Faculty Meet & Greet

You are invited to attend:

Meet & Greet

with

Kevin Burnham,

PhD Candidate, University of Texas, Austin

Arabic Pedagogy Asst. Prof. Candidate

Monday, February 21, 2011

2:30-3:15 PM

Goodbody Hall, 216 (NELC Chair’s Office)

Please RSVP to this email or via Facebook

Mr. Burnham is a PhD candidate under Mahmoud Al-Batal, the co-author of the widely used al-kitaab fii ta allum al-arabiyya Arabic language textbook. His dissertation is entitled An Investigation in Speech Learning in Students of Arabic. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Center for Arabic Study Abroad (CASA) in Cairo, Egypt, and consequently has an extensive knowledge of the Egyptian dialect. At the University of Texas he has concentrated on Arabic Pedagogy and Second Language Acquisition, as he has long held a desire to instruct students in the Arabic language. His research is focused on the use of knowledge development in the field of second language acquisition to improve language-learning outcomes.

Listening from the Bottom Up:
a new technique for improving listening comprehension in learners of Arabic

Lecture in English

Monday, February 21, 5:30pm

Ballantine Hall, 004

أصوات اللغة العربية في الماضي والحاضر

The Sounds of the Arabic Language in the Past and Present

A Lecture in Arabic

Tuesday, February 22, 10:00am

Ballantine Hall, 004

*Note date change for the Arabic lecture

For more information and to RSVP please visit NELC’s facebook group

International Conference on Social Sciences

Submission/Proposal Deadline: February 19th, 2011

The 10th Annual Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences will be held from June 1st (Wednesday) to June 4th (Saturday), 2011 at the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. Honolulu is located on the island of Oahu. "Oahu" is often nicknamed "the gathering place". The 2011 Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences will be the gathering place for academicians and professionals from social sciences related fields from all over the world.

Submitting a Proposal/Paper: 

You may submit your paper/proposal by using our online submission system! To use the system, and for detailed information about submitting see: here

More info:

   

social@hicsocial.org

http://www.hicsocial.org

Message from NELC

Dear NELC Graduate Students,

I hope you all are doing well and enjoying your semester!

Two candidates are being considered for the Arabic Pedagogy position in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Culture.  The candidates are Dr. Giselle Khoury, Senior Lecturer, Boston University and Kevin Burnham, PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin.  

Dr. Giselle Khoury of Boston University was on campus this week; she presented two lectures - one in English and one in Arabic.  On Tuesday, February 08, she presented 'Morphological Awareness and Vocabulary Acquisition in Arabic as a Foreign Language' in English as well as 'Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Arabic: What do Students Think?' in Arabic.

Kevin Burnham will be presenting 'Listening from the Bottom Up: a new technique for improving listening comprehension in learners of Arabic' in English on Monday, February 21, 5:30pm in Ballantine Hall, 004, and  ‘The Sounds of the Arabic Language in the Past and Present’ in Arabic on Monday, February 22, 10am in Ballantine Hall, 004

If you would like to submit comments about the Arabic Pedagogy candidates, please email the Graduate Student Faculty Representative, Katie Peoples, at kepeople@umail.iu.edu.  Your comments will be complied with your names removed and then submitted to the NELC Faculty.  All comments will be kept confidential and anonymous.  Comments must be submitted for Dr. Giselle Khoury no later than Friday, February 18 and Kevin Burnham by Friday, February 25.  
Have a lovely day!

Sincerely,
Katie Peoples

Indiana University Linguistics Club Working Papers Online Vol. 10 & Call

Indiana University Linguistics Club Working Papers Online is pleased to announce the release of Volume 10. IULC working Papers Online is a peer reviewed publication with the primary goal of providing an outlet for outstanding work carried out by IU graduate and undergraduate students as well as other IU-affiliated researchers. Volume 10 contains the following contributions accessible at the link below:

https://www.indiana.edu/~iulcwp/contents.cgi?which=10

"Perceptual similarity across multiple sociolinguistic variables"
-- Elizabeth Casserly

"The acquisition of a morphosyntactic variable in Spanish: The analytic
and synthetic forms of present progress aspect"
-- Stephen Fafulas

"The perception of geminate stops by L1 English learners of Japanese"
-- Miyuki Takeuchi

"Central Eurasian Studies at IU (the pre-department years)"
-- Blake Puckett

"Cross-language identification of Spanish consonants in English"
-- Marda Rose

If you have an outstanding term paper or a report on your on-going
research, consider submitting it for publication in Volume 11 of the
IULC Working Papers Online. Visit our website for submission
guidelines: https://www.indiana.edu/~iulcwp/

Kris Ebarb
Associate Editor
IULC Working Papers Online
Department of Linguistics
Indiana University
https://www.indiana.edu/~iulcwp/

Won-Joon Yoon Memorial Scholarship

I am pleased to announce that applications are now being accepted for the Won-Joon Yoon Memorial Scholarship.                                                            

On Sunday 4 July 1999, a bright and promising young Korean graduate student was killed as he was entering his church.  He was the victim of a random act of extremist violence.  Indiana University is united in deploring the hatred and intolerance that caused this senseless tragedy and is committed to the principles and ideals that make this university a place where people from all walks of life and from all nations and religions, can join together in pursuit of knowledge and mutual respect.  As a way of underscoring Mr. Yoon’s legacy, Indiana University established this scholarship. 

The Won-Joon Yoon Scholarship will provide financial support for IU students who have exemplified tolerance and understanding across racial and religious lines through service, personal commitment, academic achievement and future potential.

•  Candidates may be graduate students or undergraduates who have completed at least one academic semester of study at Indiana University at the time of application.
• Candidates may be citizens of any country.
• Candidates must be full-time students pursuing Indiana University degrees in Bloomington.
• Candidates may be self-nominated (apply themselves) or be nominated by Indiana University faculty or staff members.
• Candidates must submit a statement (not to exceed 750 words) describing what the scholarship will enable them to accomplish in their academic programs. The scholarship should be taken up during summer 2011 or the 2011-2012 academic year.
• Candidates must submit a resume or curriculum vitae as well as a transcript.
• Three letters of support are required, at least one of which should be from an Indiana University faculty member.
• Faculty or staff who nominate candidates, should provide a letter of nomination and at least one additional letter of support.  If possible, please also enclose a copy of the student’s resume or curriculum vitae as well as a transcript.

The scholarship has a value of approximately $2,500.

The application deadline is March 15, 2011.

Completed applications/nominations should be sent to the Won-Joon Yoon Scholarship Committee, Bryan Hall 104, Indiana University, 107 S. Indiana, Bloomington, Indiana, 47405.

Please direct questions to Edda Callahan, Office of the Vice President for International Affairs, Bryan Hall 104, phone:  812-855-5021; e-mail egcallah@indiana.edu

MEHAT Conference Follow-Up

 MEHAT CONFERENCE 2011 

— Mutual Perceptions —

CALL FOR PAPERS

26th Annual Middle East History and Theory Conference

University of Chicago, May 13–14, 2011

Just a reminder: there are about ten days left to get in your abstracts!

We are pleased to invite graduate students and faculty to submit papers for the 26th Annual Middle East History and Theory (MEHAT) Conference, to be held May 13–14, 2011, at the University of Chicago. We welcome a broad range of submissions from across the disciplines, including (but not limited to) anthropology, art history, cinema and media studies, history, literature, sociology, philosophy, gender studies, development, and religion, and dealing with any topic that involves the Middle East from the 7th century onwards.

Those wishing to participate should send a 250-word abstract to the conference organizers at mehat2011@gmail.com by February 20, 2011.

We will consider both individual papers and pre-arranged themed panels; the latter is especially encouraged. More information about the conference and the application process can be viewed at our website: http://cas.uchicago.edu/workshops/mehat/conference/. Feel free to email us with any questions you have.

Thanks, and we look forward to reading your submissions!

MEHAT 2011 Coordinators

Cam Lindley-Cross

Feryal Salem

Shayna Silverstein

Mohamad Ballan

ICPSR 2011 Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research

The Inter‑university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) is pleased to announce the 2011 Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research.

As many subscribers to this list already know, the main component of the ICPSR Summer Program is held on the campus of the University of Michigan, in Ann Arbor. Lectures and workshops on a wide variety of topics in research design, quantitative reasoning, statistical methods, and data processing are presented in two four‑week sessions. The first session runs from June 20, 2011 until July 15, 2011. The second session runs from July 18, 2011 until August 12, 2011. The contents of the two sessions are largely independent of each other, although some second‑session workshops do assume that participants are familiar with material from first‑session courses.

The 2011 ICPSR Summer Program will also offer a number of three‑ to five‑day workshops on both statistical and substantive topics throughout the summer. Most of these shorter workshops take place in Ann Arbor, but there are several that will be held in other locations: Amherst, MA; Bloomington, IN; Chapel Hill, NC; and (for the first time) Berkeley, CA.

We would like to draw your attention to several noteworthy features in the 2011 ICPSR Summer Program:

• Three new four-week workshops: “Network Analysis” during the first session; “Applied Multilevel Models”, and “Causal Inference for the Social Sciences” during the second session.
•   A number of new three- to five-day statistical workshops, including: “Estimating Geometric Models of Choice and Judgment”, “Missing Data: An Introduction to the Analysis of Incomplete Data SetsA (in Bloomington, IN), “Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: An Introduction”, “Monte Carlo Simulation and Resampling Methods” (in Chapel Hill, NC), “Item Response Theory”, and “Spatial Econometrics: Statistical Models of Interdependence Among Observations”.
•  A new three-day workshop on “Mixed Methods: Approaches for Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research Strategies” (in Chapel Hill, NC). 
•  Two five-day workshops on the analysis of panel data: A new course on “Panel Data Analysis Using SAS and SPSS” and another on “Panel Data Analysis Using Stata.”
• Continued emphasis on multilevel modeling. In addition to the new four-week workshop mentioned above, we offer the following short workshops: “Hierarchical Linear Models I: Introduction”, “Applied Multilevel Models Using SAS and SPSS”, “Analyzing Multilevel and Mixed Models Using Stata”, and “Hierarchical Linear Models II: Special Topics”.

In developing the course list for the 2011 ICPSR Summer Program, we are responding to the expressed interests of the social scientific research community, and providing coverage of statistical procedures that are receiving increasing attention within methodological circles. We hope you find something that will be useful for your own work in the 2011 Program. And, we are always interested in feedback: Please let us know if you have any thoughts about our current course offerings or new topics that you would like to see us include in the curriculum.

Registration is now open for all of our statistical courses and for several of the substantive workshops. The application form, registration instructions, fee structure, and further information about the ICPSR Summer Program are all available on our web site:

http://icpsr.umich.edu/sumprog/

Please feel free to e‑mail us with any further questions at: sumprog@icpsr.umich.edu 

Mideast Panorama - Call for Papers

The editors of Middle East Panorama would like to announce a call for papers for the Spring 2011 edition of the student-run journal from the Middle East Center at the University of Utah.We welcome submissions from all disciplines, asking that they pertain theoretically, thematically, or geographically to the Middle East and North Africa.

This edition will focus on the theme of “Identity and Religion.” The issue of identity and religion raises many questions, including: What factors contribute to individual or communal identity? How does religion affect identity in the Middle East and the rest of the world? Has the concept of identity changed in recent years?

While we encourage submissions pertaining to “Identity and Religion,” as usual article selection will not be based solely on relevance to the theme. In addition to original scholarly articles, Middle East Panorama also welcomes submissions of book reviews of works published in or after 2007. If you wish to be added to a list of potential reviewers, please email a short bio with research interests (geographical location, time period etc.) to the email address below.

Call for Papers

Email submissions or queries to: panorama_mec@utah.edu by March 20, 2011

Medieval Studies Institute Fellowship

Dear colleagues,

Once again, the Medieval Studies Institute has been awarded a one-year fellowship to assist departments in recruiting outstanding candidates who have applied to graduate programs in the College and who have expressed an interest in working in Medieval Studies.  (See the attached memo for details.)  MEST provides the fellowship for the student’s first year at IU, and the home department provides the rest of the student’s funding package.  We try to meet with the candidate during the candidate’s campus visit and provide additional information about opportunities at IU.  We do expect that students who receive the MEST fellowship will enroll in at least one MEST course during the fellowship year. 

The MEST Executive Committee will be happy to consider one nomination from each participating department.  If you have identified such a candidate, please send a copy of the student’s complete application to me through the MEST office (BH 650) by February 8, 2011, at 5:00 PM.  We will try to report the rankings to you within seven days. 

Since MEST has been chosen to host the Medieval Academy’s Vagantes conference in spring 2012, we believe that we have yet another reason to attract outstanding graduate students to Indiana University. 

Please email me (rmcgerr@indiana.edu) if you have any questions.

With best wishes,

Rosemarie 

Rosemarie McGerr

Professor of Comparative Literature

Director, Medieval Studies Institute

Ballantine Hall 650

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN 47405

USA

Brown Bag - Peer Review and Digital Projects

Please join us for this exciting Brown Bag on a very relevant topic:

“Peer Review and Digital Projects”

Perspectives from Ruth Stone, Margaret Dolinsky, and Daniel Reed

Thursday, February 10, 2011

12-1pm; IDAH Conference Room E170D

How can digital projects be peer reviewed? Will digital projects count toward tenure and promotion? How do I get my colleagues to take digital projects seriously as research and creative activity? Are departments and colleges changing their views on digital projects?  What are the best kinds of digital projects for peer review? This panel will share their experiences with digital projects and the peer review process.  Using examples from their work they will also describe how they’ve navigated this landscape in the academy.

Margaret Dolinsky - Associate Professor School of Fine Arts; Research Scientist Pervasive Technology Institute; Fellow Institute of the Digital Arts and Humanities. Professor Dolinsky creates interactive art for high-speed networks and collaborative art experiences for the CAVE Automated Virtual Environment.

Daniel Reed
Associate Professor of  Folklore and Ethnomusicology; Director of Graduate Studies.  Professor Reed is author of the book, Dan Ge Performance, winner of the Amaury Talbot Prize. He has contributed original field data to the EVIA Digital Archive Project, and his recent research involves music of West African immigrants living in the United States.

Ruth Stone

Associate Vice Provost for Research; Laura Boulton Professor of

Folklore and Ethnomusicology;

Director, Media Preservation Initiative. Professor Stone is author of Let the Inside Be Sweet, Dried Millet Breaking, and Theory for Ethnomusicology.

Best,

Maria Kennedy

Institute for Digital Arts and Humanities (IDAH) Graduate Assistant
Indiana University - Bloomington
Wells Library E170

1320 E. 10th St.

Bloomington, IN 47405-3907
(812) 855-0829

IDAH Fax: (812) 856-7107

idah@indiana.edu

www.iub.edu/~idah

2011 Palmer-Brandon Prize in Humanities Competition

Dear Colleagues,

I am pleased to announce the competition for the 2011Palmer-Brandon Prize, the College’s largest award to undergraduate students majoring in the humanities. This year the selection committee will make up to two awards of $20,000 each to current third year juniors to continue their academic, scholarly or creative pursuits. The prize is based on merit, without regard to financial need. Those selected to receive this prestigious prize are expected to be in the top one percent of undergraduates in their fields in terms of academic achievement and potential.

Attached to this message you will find a flyer and application materials. Please note that the application procedures for this award have changed slightly this year. Departmental nominations are no longer allowed, however, students are still required to submit three letters of recommendation from IU faculty members in the humanities.

This prize remains restricted to certain departments/disciplines. We must not violate the requirements of the initial gift agreement and therefore we cannot open this competition to all departments. Eligible are students majoring in: Classical Studies, Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages and Cultures, English, Fine Arts (Art History or Studio Art), Folklore and Ethnomusicology, French and Italian, Germanic Studies, India Studies, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Slavic Languages and Literatures, Spanish and Portuguese, Theatre and Drama.  Additionally, students majoring in African-American and African Diaspora Studies, Anthropology, American Studies, Communication and Culture, Gender Studies, Individualized Major Program, International Studies, and Jewish Studies can be considered eligible, if the humanities form the focus of the student’s coursework, research, career plans, application materials, recommendations, etc. 

Due to the restrictions of the gift agreement, we must treat this as a humanities prize;  if students apply but are ineligible, they cannot be considered but will have spent large amounts of time and effort in vain (as will the faculty recommending them).     

In addition to an extensive application, finalists will be required to meet with the Selection Committee for a personal interview on Thursday, March 24.  The deadline for receipt of all application materials (including faculty letters of recommendation) is 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 4, 2011.

At this time we ask that you post the attached flyer in your department and circulate the application to those undergraduate majors who meet the following criteria and who, in your estimation, are among the top 1% of students you have taught here. To be eligible for this award, applicants must: 

• be current third-year students with junior standing, planning to graduate in May or Aug 2012
•  be enrolled full-time at IUB both semesters of 2011-2012
•  have high academic merit, including a minimum College GPA of 3.750 (Note: In the past; recipients of this prize have had cumulative College of Arts and Sciences GPAs of 3.9 and higher.)

The application form and additional information is available on the College’s website at:

http://college.indiana.edu/undergrad/scholarships/cri_palmerBrandon.shtml. 

If you have questions about the Palmer-Brandon Prize in the Humanities, please contact Lynn Keller, lykeller@indiana.edu or 856-0827. We look forward to receiving the applications of your students.

Best,   

Stephen Watt

Professor of English and

    Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education

ICPSR Webinar Series: Guidance on Preparing a Data Management Plan

Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/210595795

Back by popular demand: Many federal funding agencies, including NIH and most recently NSF, are  requiring that grant applications contain data management plans for projects  involving data collection. To support researchers in meeting this requirement,  ICPSR is providing a set of tools and resources for creating data  management plans.  This webinar will cover:   • ICPSR’s Data Management Plan Website • Suggested Elements of a Data Management Plan • Example Data Management Plan Language • Designating ICPSR as an Archive in a Data Management Plan • Additional Resources for a Preparing Your Data Management Plan This webinar is a repeat of the January 12, 2011 session.  The same topics and  discussion will be covered. The webinar is free and open to the public - please forward this invitation to any  who may be interested. Not receiving these webinar invitations directly?  Opt-in to ICPSR's email list here:  http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/org/lists/icpsr-announce.jsp Title: ICPSR Webinar: Guidance on Preparing a Data Management Plan Date: Thursday, February 17, 2011 Time: 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EST After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information  about joining the Webinar. System Requirements PC-based attendees Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server Macintosh®-based attendees Required: Mac OS® X 10.4.11 (Tiger®) or newer

College of Arts & Sciences Dissertation Year Fellowship

The Graduate Division of the College of Arts and Sciences invites graduate programs to nominate their most outstanding Ph.D. or  M.F.A. candidates for the 2011-2012 College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowships. Stipends for the dissertation year fellowships are $18,000 each. These fellowships enable advanced students to engage in focused work leading to the completion of their dissertations or thesis projects. These fellowships do not include fee remission. Fellowship winners are expected to devote full time to research.  Please make this information available to interested students as well as notify students of any internal department deadlines or practices regarding the nomination process.

Only Ph.D. candidates and M.F.A. candidates are eligible. Doctoral nominees must be formally advanced to Ph.D. candidacy by the nomination deadline. Nominations must include: the nomination form (submitted by the student online), two letters of recommendation submitted online, and the department's ranking. All nominations and supporting letters of recommendation must be submitted online February 1-March 1, 2011.

Students begin the nomination process by completing and submitting the online form available here:

https://coas3.coas.indiana.edu/coasadmin/CICada/DissertationFellowships/ResearchFellowshipNomination.cfm . Students will need their ten digit university student ID number to proceed. Students are responsible for providing their letter of recommendation writers the following link along with their network ID (username not ten digit student ID number) for the online submission of letters of recommendation, https://coas3.coas.indiana.edu/coasadmin/CICada/DissertationFellowships/submitFellowshipRecommLetter.cfm. One of the supporting letters must be written by the director of the dissertation or thesis. The student nomination and letter of recommendation forms are also available by visiting, http://college.indiana.edu/graduate/office/awards.shtml#s4 and selecting College of Arts and Sciences Dissertation Year Research Fellowships.

The department Chair, Director of Graduate Studies, and Graduate Secretary will automatically be notified as students apply and have access to view each student's online nomination. Please provide the names of additional  faculty members serving on your department's internal review committee needing to receive the electronic notifications and have access to review student files to coasgrad@indiana.edu by February 7, 2011. Please also include names of faculty members who may have previously served and whose access should be removed.

The department Chair, Director of Graduate Studies or Graduate Secretary must add a departmental ranking for each student on the student's nomination form (1, 2, 3, or "unranked") and any additional comments by March 4, 2011. Duplicate rankings such as 1,1, 2 or  1, 2, 2 will not be considered for review.  The College will consider the three top-ranked nominees from each program. Selection criteria include demonstrated academic excellence, proposed use of fellowship funds, and potential for significant research contributions. Awards will be announced in April.

If you have questions concerning the fellowships, the competition, or if members of the department's review committee have changed, please contact Assistant Director NaShara Mitchell in Kirkwood Hall 207 (856-3687 or coasgrad@indiana.edu