This award will be given to the best paper presented at the ISA Annual Convention by a faculty member (not restricted to rank) or professional or activist.
About the Award:
- Eligibility: Eligibility is limited to Human Rights Section-sponsored panels, and must be original (not presented or published elsewhere) research in the field of human rights.
- Prize Amount: The award is accompanied by $100 cash prize as well as a paid one-year membership in the Human Rights Section. In addition, the winning paper will be forwarded (with the consent of the author) to the Journal of Human Rights for special consideration for publication.
- Nomination Process: Papers may be nominated by panel chairs/discussants or other conference participants, and by authors. Papers should have been uploaded to the ISA paper archive by the deadline. Alternatively, if you are submitting your own paper for consideration, please submit it electronically to the Chair of the Award Committee: David L. Richards, david.l.richards@uconn.edu
- Award Committee: Two at-large members of the executive committee and one additional member (non-executive committee) chosen by the Section Chair.
- Nomination Deadline: June 15, 2010
The section would like to recognize the generous contribution made by the Journal of Human Rights and its editor, Richard Hiskes, in funding these awards. The Journal of Human Rights is a Routledge/Taylor and Francis publication.
Award Winners- 2009: Kathleen Staudt (University of Texas at El Paso) won the Faculty/Professional Best Paper Award for her paper entitled “Explaining the Persistence of Femicide Amid Transnational Activist Networks: Where Did Human Rights Theory Go Wrong?”
- 2008: Thomas W. Smith (University of South Florida) - “Can Human Rights Win a Better War?”
