The deadline for submission of graduate student papers is AUGUST 1, 2019
The Council on Anthropology and Reproduction (CAR), an interest group of the
Society for Medical Anthropology, is delighted to announce our 18th annual
award competition for the best graduate student paper on anthropology and
reproduction. Submissions from all anthropological subdisciplines are
encouraged.
Criteria on which the papers will be judged:
- Ethnographic richness based on original fieldwork
- Anthropological methodology
- Linkage of work to literature in anthropology and reproduction
- Effective use of theory and data
- Originality/Creativity
- Organization, quality of writing, and coherence of argument
The papers will be read by a committee of CAR members. The author of the
winning paper will receive a cash award of approximately $250. The winner will
be announced in both the CAR Newsletter and at the American Anthropological
Association Annual Meeting in 2019, and an abstract will be published in the
CAR Newsletter.
All submissions must be received by August 1, 2019 at 11:59 pm, and can be
submitted at any time before the deadline. Please send two files, preferably in
PDF: 1) the paper with no identifying information, and 2) a cover page that
includes your name, mailing address, email address, and school affiliation. Email
submission of .pdf files is preferred; if that presents a hardship, please contact
us.
Please send electronic copies to the Co-Chair of the CAR Graduate Student Paper
Competition Committee:
Elyse Singer elyse.o.singer@ou.edu
Department of Anthropology, University of Oklahoma
455 W Lindsey St, Norman, OK 73069
and
Joanna Mishtal jmishtal@ucf.edu
Department of Anthropology, University of Central Florida
4297 Andromeda Loop N., Orlando, FL 32816
Papers should be double-spaced, no more than 9,000 words including
references, and references should be formatted in American Anthropologist style. Papers already published or accepted for publication at time of submission are not eligible.
FAQs
1) Can the paper be a critical synthetic review of literature? No, the paper
needs to be based on original research conducted by the author.
2) Can the author graduate before the submission deadline and still be
considered? Yes, as long as the paper is submitted prior to graduation.
3) Can the author be an undergraduate? No. The author must be a
graduate student.
4) Can the paper be under review but not accepted? Yes.
5) Can the submission be emailed? Emailed is preferred, but print copies
are allowed.
6) Can the paper be co-authored? The paper can be co-authored, if the
student is the primary author and can attest to at least 50% of the data
collection and analysis and at least 75% of the writing.
7) Can a previous winner submit in another year? No.
8) Can the author be from a program that is interdisciplinary? Yes, if the
student’s primary disciplinary orientation is anthropology. Note that
papers are judged using anthropological research and writing standards
and by anthropologists.
Questions may be directed to Joanna Mishtal at jmishtal@ucf.edu or
Elyse Singer at elyse.o.singer@ou.edu
Past Winners:
Seventeenth Annual Winner, 2018
Winner: Charlotte Waltz, Utrecht University, The Netherlands, Department of Anthropology
Paper: “Moral Regimes and Public Discourses: Pro-Choice and Pro-Life Activism in Cork, Ireland,”
was selected as the winner of the 2018 CAR Graduate Student Paper Award.
https://students.uu.nl/en/
Runner-Up: Tessa Moll, University of Cape Town, South Africa, School of African and Gender Studies, and Anthropology and Linguistics.
Paper title: “Making a Match: Curating Race in South African Gamete Don