The Association for Moral Education gives an annual Kuhmerker Dissertation Award for an outstanding doctoral dissertation (eg PhD, Ed.D., Psy.D. etc). The annual award gives recognition and commendation to doctoral students addressing work that informs, develops, or relates to, the understanding of moral development, moral functioning or moral education. The AME invites submissions from all fields, including psychology, philosophy, pedagogy, cultural studies and so forth. The AME invites dissertations in both English and in languages other than English, and from recent doctoral students of any nationality.
Authors do not need to be a member of the Association to receive the award, but we would like the recipient to attend the AME annual conference for a formal presentation. The award includes an attractive plaque and, if the recipient attends the conference, their conference fee and banquet fee will be paid by the AME and they will receive $500 to help with hotel and travel expenses.
The dissertation must have been completed and the degree awarded within 3 years (36 months) prior to the submission deadline.
The next submission deadline is NOVEMBER 15 2008. This is earlier than usual as next year’s AME conference will be held in JULY rather than November. The committee’s decision will be announced publicly at the next AME conference, which is in July 2009 at Utrecht University in The Netherlands.
The submission process is in two parts. By November 15 2008 you are requested to provide a 3000 word summary of the dissertation, in English, in a pdf file. The Dissertation Award Committee will shortlist appropriate submissions for progression to the next stage. Those shortlisted will be invited to submit their complete dissertation in the original language, as a pdf file, by January 15 2009.
The Dissertation Committee will draw upon scholars with appropriate language skills to judge dissertations presented in a language other than English, once the shortlisting of initial proposals in English is completed.
To submit your dissertation:
You need to submit the following by November 15:
- A letter of introduction, in English, which explains what you consider to be the most important contributions that your dissertation makes to the field. Such contributions may be to theory, methodology, using unusual respondent samples, or addressing particular social or educational policy or practice issues. This should not exceed 2 pages.
- A letter in English from your mentor, who will normally have served in an advisory role during your doctoral work, but may exceptionally be someone else familiar with your work.
- A 3000 word summary of your dissertation, in English. This should include a summary of your theoretical approach and argument, and if your dissertation is research-based, your methods, your main results and some discussion of their implications.
- Details of your contact addresses (mail and email), phone number(s), the dates of your doctoral programme and award of degree, name and department of the institution awarding the degree, and the name(s) of your dissertation supervisor(s) and examiner(s), including their institutions.
If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to submit your complete dissertation in the original language in pdf format by January 15, 2009.
The Dissertation Committee has no restriction on the number of proposals that it may shortlist; judgment will be on quality alone.
Please submit your materials to:
Dr. Helen Haste
Chair, AME Dissertation Award Committee
Harvard Graduate School of Education
helhaste@aol.com
Phone 1-617-354-1544
If you have any queries please contact the Chair by email.
