Sandra Schwartz Tangri Memorial Award for Graduate Student Research

Attention: Award deadline extended to January 31, 2012

The Sandra Schwartz Tangri Memorial Award for Graduate Student Research is given to make possible social justice research on issues affecting structurally marginalized women by graduate students that could not be conducted otherwise. It supports graduate student research in the specific areas of Sandy's own contributions in social justice as the best way to remember her and the most likely to make an impact of the kind she would have wanted.

Annual Deadline:  January 15

Eligibility

Advanced doctoral graduate students in psychology or a closely related field whose dissertation research focuses on the areas of Dr. Tangri's interest and contributions are eligible (described on the History page). As the award of $500 is intended to enable research that would not otherwise be possible, projects which are nearing completion or for which the major expenditures have already occurred are not eligible.

Award Process

A multicultural panel of feminist psychologists will rate students' proposals according to their methodological soundness, feasibility, and relevance to the areas of Sandy's interest and contributions. The highest priority studies would advance the study of social justice issues affecting structurally marginalized women or contributing to the structural marginalization of women. Examples include sexual harassment, discrimination of all kinds, reproductive rights, concerns of ethnic and sexual minority women, conditions having disparate impact on marginalized women, the mentoring of "first generation" college students, and/or the psychology of women's careers. The deadline is January 15, 2012, in hope that the awardee can be prepared to present findings at the 2013 Summit and/or at APA.

How to Apply

Application information is available from:

Sharon Rae Jenkins, PhD
University of North Texas
Psychology Department
1155 Union Circle #311280
Denton, TX 76203-5017