APSAC RESEARCH AND DISSERTATION AWARDS--Nominations solicited

[lisa fontes <lfontes@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Call for Nominations
 
The American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children is accepting
nominations for APSAC's annual awards, which will be presented at the
Seventh National Colloquium, June 2-5, 1999 in San Antonio, Texas. Award
categories of interest to researchers include:
*       Outstanding Research Article, which recognizes the authors of a
research article or book published in the 1998 calendar year judged to
be the most significant contribution to the field of child abuse in that
time period;
 *       Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation, which recognizes the
doctoral dissertation completed within the 1998 calendar year that made
the most outstanding contribution to research on child maltreatment; and
 
The deadline for awards nominations is April 1, 1999 (Please note:
previous material was distributed with an incorrect deadline. April 1 is
the deadline for award nominations.)

 Nomination procedure:
Please send a 200-400 word letter of nomination, specifying the category
and including the name, address, telephone and email address of both the
nominee and the nominator to: APSAC Awards, 407 South Dearborn, Suite
1300, Chicago, Illinois 60605. Please include a copy of the research
article, or a summary of the doctoral dissertation, along with a cover
page indicating background information, title, institution, supervisor
and committee. Please direct any questions to Awards committee cochairs:
Judy Cohen, JCOHEN1@AHERF.EDU; Lisa Fontes, lfontes@javanet.com; or
David Kolko, Research Committee Co-Chair at kolkodj@msx.upmc.edu


Please let's take advantage of this opportunity to recognize good work!