CENTER FOR RESEARCH OF GENDER AND WOMEN

GRADUATE STUDENT AWARDS

 

 

 

 

Mary Washburn Willets Award for
Excellence in the Social Sciences

For a number of years, the Department of Gender & Women's Studies has administered the Mary Washburn Willets Award for Excellence in the Social Studies. If faculty wish to nominate University of Wisconsin-Madison graduate students who meet the criteria listed below, please write a brief letter of nomination and also enclose a CV and copy of the student's relevant written work (e.g. class papers, research or dissertation proposals.) and send to the address below.

The Mary Washburn Willets Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences (Mary Washburn Willets (1629-1713) was a prominent Quaker Minister in Long Island. She gave public testimony, held meetings in her house and remained faithful to her beliefs despite public and private persecution.

Deadline: The deadline for nominations will be April 15.

Eligibility: 1) Ph.D. students who have been admitted to candidacy and who have completed an Option A or B minor in Women's Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
2) Dissertation topic to be relevant to women and in some area of the social sciences (e.g. psychology, economics, history, geography, sociology, etc.).

Selection: Selection to be made on the basis of excellence in academic work as evident in classwork, papers, etc. (This is not intended as a teaching award.). Selections will be made by an ad hoc committee of
the Women's Studies Program.

Award: $1000. There is no restriction on how the award is spent, although it is hoped that the recipient will use the award for some aspect of the Ph.D. research

Questions: Please contact the Department of Gender & Women's Studies at 608-263-4703 (phone); 608-265-2409 (fax); wsp@mhub.facstaff.wisc.edu