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History of Education Society's 2012 Linda Eisenmann Prize

The History of Education Society is pleased to sponsor the Linda Eisenmann Prize for Distinguished Scholarship by a Junior Scholar in the Field of the History of Higher Education in the United States.

 

The Prize Committee (Marybeth Gasman, Roger Geiger, and Bruce Leslie) solicits nominations for works that fulfill the following criteria:

 

• Subject:  The History of Higher Education in the United States
  Authors:  A Junior Scholar (i.e., PhD awarded since January, 2006)
• Genre:  An article, essay, or book
• Publication Date:  March, 2010 through February, 2012
• For further Information:  Contact Marybeth Gasman, Prize committee chair at:  mgasman@upenn.edu.

 

Nominations may be made by the author, another scholar, or by the Prize Committee.  Nominations may (but are not required to) include two letters of support by scholars in the field.  The work should be forwarded to Marybeth Gasman in paper (three copies) or as electronic versions. 

 

Please submit these by May 31st to:

Prof. Marybeth Gasman
Graduate School of Education
University of Pennsylvania
3700 Walnut St., Rm 423A
Philadelphia PA 19104
mgasman@gse.upenn.edu