2024 Outstanding Achievement in Arts and Learning Award:
2024 Arts & Learning Distinguished Dissertation Award:
AERA Arts & Learning SIG
2025 Outstanding Achievement in Arts & Learning Award Call
The AERA Arts & Learning SIG Awards Committee invites entries for the annual Outstanding Achievement in Arts & Learning Award. The award will be presented at a business meeting of the A&L SIG at the Annual Meeting of AERA.
CRITERIA
The award will be presented annually to scholars whose collected body of work has made a substantive contribution to the field of Arts and Learning, as evidenced through:
publications;
presentations of scholarly work (academic and/or professional conferences); and
when relevant, supplementary creative work related to the scholar’s research.
ELIGIBILITY
Nominees must have developed a body of work that has made a substantive contribution to the field of Arts and Learning. Nominees may be at any stage in their career; this is not intended as a lifetime achievement award (though senior scholars are eligible to receive it). Membership in AERA and the SIG is not required to be nominated or to be a recipient of an award.
NOMINATION PROCESS
Nominators should submit the following items to the A&L Awards Chair:
1.The nominee’s curriculum vitae
2.A one-page letter explaining why the nominator feels the nominee is an excellent candidate for the award.
The Awards Chair will compile the nominations and facilitate the review process.
REVIEW PROCESS
The award committee consists of three members of the AERA Arts & Learning SIG, selected by the Awards Chair. The jurors will assess the collected body of work of each nominee, considering if each nominee has made a substantive contribution to the field of Arts and Learning. Evidence of such a contribution should take the form of the award criteria (above).
DEADLINE FOR NOMINATIONS
The deadline for nominations is October 31st, 2024
CORRESPONDENCE & SUBMISSION
Nomination packages and all related correspondence should be sent by email to:
Brittany Harker Martin, AERA A&L SIG Awards Chair: bhmartin@ucalgary.ca
2025 Arts & Learning Distinguished Dissertation Award
2025 AERA Arts & Learning SIG Distinguished Dissertation Award Call
The Arts and Learning SIG Awards Committee invites entries for the annual Distinguished Dissertation Award. Papers based on the author’s recently completed dissertation will be considered. The award will be presented at a business meeting of the Arts & Learning SIG at the Annual Meeting of AERA.
The award will be presented annually to the scholar whose work is of importance to Arts & Learning SIG members, and in the opinion of the A&L Awards Committee, bears the hallmarks of integrity, quality, depth of knowledge, style, and significance to the field.
The competition is open to all recent doctoral degree recipients whose dissertations were accepted during the 3 years prior to the 2025 AERA Annual Meeting at which the award will be presented (dissertations completed 2022 through 2024 for the 2025 award).
Membership in AERA and the SIG is not required for submission or to receive the award.
SUBMISSION CONTENTS
Submissions follow the same requirements necessary for an AERA paper submission.
Submit two separate files via email to the Awards Chair:
File 1: Cover page with author’s name, affiliation, mailing address, phone number and email address (separate file)
File 2: Anonymous extended abstract (1,000-1,250 word max) of the dissertation that clearly describes the study by the following:
Only finalists will be asked to submit an anonymized manuscript of the complete dissertation.
Please ensure that the author’s name and affiliation are only on the cover page (and not anywhere in the abstract) to ensure anonymity in the review process. Manuscripts are accepted for consideration with the understanding that they are original material.
The award committee will consist of three members of the Arts & Learning SIG, selected by the Awards Chair. The committee will review all materials submitted for round 1 review and identify the strongest 2-3 submissions to move on to the second round of review (full dissertations). The committee will review these in full and then determine if an award should be given and, if so, to which candidate(s).
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS
The deadline for submissions is November 15th, 2024.
Submission packages and all related correspondence should be sent by email to: