AWARD CALL
Hazel Dicken-Garcia Award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis in
Journalism and Mass Communication History

Deadline: February 1, 2019 (11:59 p.m. Pacific)

The History Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication will present its first award for Outstanding Master’s Thesis in Journalism and Mass Communication History in 2019, recognizing the outstanding journalism and/or mass communication history thesis completed during the 2018 calendar year. This award is named for the late Hazel Dicken-Garcia, a long-time division member whose estate funds the prize.

The award will be presented during the member business meeting at the 2019 AEJMC Conference, scheduled for Aug. 7-9 in Toronto, Ontario. In addition to receiving plaques honoring the outstanding thesis, the student author and his/her thesis advisor each will receive $100.

Any master’s thesis addressing journalism and/or mass communication history will be considered, regardless of research method or theoretical perspective. Submissions must be in English.

The thesis must have been submitted, defended, and filed in final form to the author’s degree-granting university between January 1, 2018 and December 31, 2018.

Membership in the AEJMC History Division is not required to submit.

Candidates for the award should submit the following materials:

• A cover letter with the thesis author’s contact information.
• A letter of nomination from the thesis chair/director or the chair of the university department in which the thesis was written. The letter should concisely describe the scope and significance of the thesis, including its contribution to the knowledge base of a discipline or disciplines.
• A blind copy of the full thesis (including abstract) in PDF form.

IMPORTANT: Please make sure that all identifying information—including author, school, and thesis advisor/committee names—have been removed from all parts of the thesis document. Be sure to check not only the title page but also the abstract, dedication/ acknowledgements, bio page, and other pages that such identifying information often appears in academic theses.

Nominations and supporting materials should be sent in a single email to AEJHistoryThesisAward@gmail.com no later than 11:59 p.m. Pacific on Feb. 1, 2019.

Questions should be directed to Dr. Amy Mattson Lauters, chair of the AEJMC History Thesis Award Committee, at AEJHistoryThesisAward@gmail.com