Call for Nominations (submit by March 15, 2017)
2017 Scholarly Contributions to Educational Practice Advancing Women in Leadership Award
Sponsored by Simmons School of Management/Center for Gender in Organizations
The Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division is pleased to seek nominations for outstanding scholarship and educational practice advancing women in leadership award.
Sponsored by Simmons School of Management/Center for Gender in Organizations, (CGO) the award will be made to a scholar-teacher who is creating cutting-edge thinking and research that contribute to educational practices that support the advancement of women in leadership. The work of the award winning scholar-teacher will be grounded in intellectual contributions to research and educational practice in the domain of the GDO Division. Intellectual contributions include the creation and dissemination of new knowledge in the form of conceptual, applied, empirical and/or theoretical works that contribute to educational practices (including instructional approaches, educational content and materials, and pedagogical innovations) which support the advancement of women in leadership.
Criteria for consideration include: (1) impact or significance of intellectual contributions on educational practices that support the advancement of women in leadership, (2) the breadth or overall scope of the nominee's work with respect to her/his contribution to such educational practices, (3) demonstration of an understanding of the specific benefits of education for women for their empowerment and leadership, and (4) the breadth and depth of educational practices that support the advancement of women in leadership.
Past Winners
2016 Michalle Mor Barak
2015 Robin Ely
2014 Judy Clair
2013 Eden King
2012 Ella Bell and Ronit Kark
To nominate a candidate, please send a 2-3 page letter of recommendation outlining the nominee's contributions with respect to the criteria stated above and a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae. The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2017. Please send your nomination or questions to both Patricia Deyton, CGO Director -patricia.deyton@simmons.edu and Joy Beatty, Committee Chair – jebeatty@umich.edu
The award, which includes $500 sponsored by CGO, will be presented at the Academy of Management meeting in August, 2017 in Atlanta. Please consider nominating your colleagues who have contributed important work related to advancing women in leadership.
Becky Paluch
PhD Student, Human Resource Studies