2022 Melvene D. Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award
8/16/2021 – 10/8/2021
Submission deadline: October 8, 2021 at 11:59pm
The NASPA Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award is accepting applications for the 2022 Award cycle.
The purpose of the Melvene D. Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award is to encourage high-quality research relevant to the field of college student services administration and the general field of student affairs and to recognize outstanding dissertation research conducted by doctoral degree recipients presently in or intending to enter the student affairs profession.
Award
The individual whose dissertation is selected will receive: Certificate to be awarded at the NASPA Annual Conference.Complimentary NASPA Annual Conference registration. Monetary award for future research. Presentation of dissertation research in a program at the NASPA Conference; and Consideration for publication in the NASPA publication of their choice.
Entrance Requirements
Entrants in the Melvene D. Hardee Dissertation of the Year Award competition must have completed their dissertation and had their degree conferred between September 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021.
Entrants must submit the following items electronically:
A completed online application form; A completed degree confirmation form, signed by applicant and Doctoral Committee Chair; An executive summary of the dissertation following the format outlined below electronically in Word: A cover sheet with the title of the dissertation and the author’s name and address must be included as a separate file electronically in Word.
Entrants must submit the following items electronically:
The executive summary must be double-spaced, No identifying references, such as college or town names, should appear in the summary.
The body of the executive summary must not exceed 10 pages and should be divided into four sections: Research rationale and brief literature review
Statement of the hypothesis/problem
The methodology employed and rationale for its selection
Significant findings and relevance to student affairs in particular and post-secondary education in general
A brief bibliography, not to exceed 2 pages.
Judging Process
All materials submitted become the property of NASPA and will not be returned to the author. The panel of judges will include practicing student affairs professionals and preparation program faculty. Each executive summary will be reviewed by the same number of judges. The judges will use standard rating criteria.Two to four dissertations will be selected as finalists. Upon notification (in November 2020), finalists will submit one electronic copy of their entire dissertation with identifying references removed. The entire panel of judges will evaluate the dissertations of the finalists. The names of the winner and runner-up will be announced at the NASPA Annual Conference awards presentation. The award recipient will be notified no later than January 2022. The decision of the judges will be final.
Submission deadline: October 8, 2021 at 11:59pm