THE QUEER STUDIES SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP SCHOLAR-ACTIVIST AWARDS PROGRAM aims to strengthen and broaden the links between activism and research as they relate to LGBTTIQ people in education, to the relationships between sexuality/gender and education, and to education-based approaches to challenging heterosexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression. We are inviting applications from those who offer groundbreaking approaches to working with these linkages and addressing these topics through activist research. The program includes three awards: a Graduate Student Travel Award, a Dissertation Award, and a Significant Body of Work Award.

Graduate Student Travel Award
This award is for up to $500 support the travel of a graduate student to the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Eligible graduate students must have a proposal accepted by AERA to present significant scholarship and activism in Queer Studies that advances knowledge in this interdisciplinary field of intellectual inquiry in Education, and challenges heterosexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression in educational sites.

An applicant should submit a letter that explicitly describes the presentation, highlights the connections between research and activism, and names the division, section, or SIG in which the presentation has been accepted. A panel of at least three Queer Studies SIG members will review the applications and award all or some of this fund to one or more student(s). An applicant should send two versions of the letter: one with the applicant's full name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, year of study, and anticipated graduation date (if applicable) and another without this information. The second version of the letter will be used for a blind review.

2006, Julie Schell (Teachers College, Columbia University)








2005, Lori Macintosh (University of British Columbia)








Dissertation Award
This award is for $250. It recognizes a recent graduate whose dissertation represents significant scholarship and activism in Queer Studies that advances knowledge in this interdisciplinary field of intellectual inquiry in Education, and challenges heterosexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression in educational sites.. The dissertation must have been defended within 18 months prior to the annual meeting in order for the graduate to be eligible for this award.

An applicant should submit a letter that describes the dissertation and highlights the connections between research and activism and a letter of recommendation from the supervisor of the dissertation. A panel of at least three Queer Studies SIG members will review the applications and award all or some of this fund to one or more recent graduate(s). An applicant should submit two versions of the letter: one with the applicant's full name, mailing address, telephone number, e-mail address, institutional affiliation, year of study, and anticipated graduation date (if applicable) and another without this information. The second version of the letter will be used for review.

2006, Jill Hermann-Wilmarth (Assistant Professor, Western Michigan University)


2005, Kevin Graziano (Assistant Professor, Nevada State College)






Significant Body of Work Award
This award recognizes a scholar and activist who has produced a significant body of scholarly and activist work in Queer Studies that advances knowledge in this interdisciplinary field of intellectual inquiry in Education, and challenges heterosexism, homophobia, and other forms of oppression in educational sites. An applicant or a nominator should submit the scholar's CV.

2006, James T. Sears (Professor, Penn State University)









2005, Tara Goldstein (Associate Professor, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto)









Application and/or nomination materials should be sent to the chairs of the Awards Committee: Lori MacIntosh atlbm@interchange.ubc.ca
Applications must be received no later than February 15, 2008.