Graduate students are invited to submit their papers in the sociology of religion to be considered for this award which recognizes outstanding scholarship by a graduate student. The award comes in the form of a certificate of honor and a monetary grant of $500.
Authors must be currently enrolled graduate students who have not defended their doctoral dissertation when the paper is submitted. Applicants must also be members of the Association for the Sociology of Religion at the time of application.
Application Procedure
Submissions should be in the form of articles with a maximum length of 40 double-spaced, single-sided pages inclusive of all materials: text, title, notes, tables, figures, and works cited. The title page should include an abstract of no more than 200 words. The text should not exceed 12,000 words, i.e., approximately 36 double-spaced pages in 12-point font.
All submissions must be in English and submitted electronically to Kathleen Jenkins, Chair of the McNamara Student Paper Award Committee, at kejenk@wm.edu by June 1, 2013. The winner will be notified by July 1, 2013, via email with a hard copy to follow.
Submission for McNamara consideration is separate from submission for ASR program participation; students who wish their papers considered for the program must submit paper abstracts to the Program Chair following the guidelines presented in the “Call for Papers.” The successful applicant may also apply for up to $500 travel assistance to present his or her paper at the annual meeting. The winner of the McNamara Student Paper Award is highly encouraged to present his/her paper at the annual meeting in August.
