DSE SIG Travel Support

The DSE SIG will award travel support to 2-3 graduate students per year. The amount of the award will be based on the funds available for the SIG, after the SIG has provided support to the Annual Second City International Conference on Disability Studies in Education. 

Travel support decisions will be made by the DSE SIG Executive Committee based on the following criteria:

• the applicant is a member of the DSE SIG
• students submit a travel support application (word document) that includes:
  • an abstract of work related to DSE that is accepted to the AERA Annual Meeting
  • a statement of need
  • a statement outlining how the applicant will disseminate “lessons learned at AERA” at his/her respective university
  • letter of support from advisor/chair
  • status in program (advanced students will be given priority consideration over newer students)

Deadline for applications will be March 15, and applications can be submitted to the DSE SIG Co-Chairs.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Outstanding Dissertation Award

AERA Disability Studies in Education Special Interest Group

The Disability Studies in Education (DSE) Special Interest Group is pleased to invite nominations from junior faculty and graduate students of dissertations that represent outstanding/innovative theoretical and/or empirical work in the field of Disability Studies in Education. Recipients will receive recognition by the SIG in the form of an award and will be invited to present their research at the Business Meeting of the DSE SIG during the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, to be held in Washington, D.C., Thursday, April 7 - Wednesday, April 12, 2016 .

Junior faculty/graduate students who self-nominate or are nominated for this award by university faculty or SIG member must submit academic scholarship that was a dissertation that was defended, but not published, before April 2016. The nominated work should represent an original, scholarly contribution to knowledge related to theory, policy, and pedagogical practice in the area of Disability Studies in Education. The winner must be willing and able to travel to the AERA conference in Washington, D.C. to present her or his work and receive the award.

 To be considered, adherence to the following criteria is necessary:

• The author must submit a chapter or publishable paper that derives from the dissertation;
• The overall length of the submission must not exceed 45 pages, double spaced, 12 point font, with 1 inch margins;
• The content must reflect a topic relevant to disability studies;
• The work must be written by a single author who is primarily responsible for the research described in the manuscript;
• The work must not have been previously published.

Nominations should include:

1. A letter of nomination that includes a short biographical statement of the nominee; a description of his or her research; and a short statement explaining why, in the opinion of the nominator, the award is merited;
2. Table of Contents from the dissertation
3. The author’s address, e-mail, and phone number.

Submissions will be judged on quality, importance, and originality by a committee appointed by us. Nomination packages should be sent via email to Amy Petersen [email protected] by January 10, 2016. If you have any questions, please contact Amy Petersen.

Amy Petersen & Alicia Broderick AERA DSE/SIG Co-Chairs

Award Recipients

• 2015 Recipients: Laurie G. Kahn and Sarah Schlessinger 
• 2014 Recipient: Danielle Cowley
• 2013 Recipient: Kathleen Sitter
• 2012 Recipient: Anjali Forber-Pratt
• 2011 Recipient:   Heeral Mehta
• 2010 Recipients: Erin McCloskey and Emily Nusbaum
• 2009 Recipient:   Christine Ashby 
• 2008 Recipients: Diamonie Mitchell
• 2007 Recipients: Sue Snellgrove and Kathryn Young
• 2006 Recipient: David Connor