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Center
for Pacific Northwest Studies
Undergraduate
Regional History Essay Award
The
Center for Pacific Northwest Studies, Western Washington
University, announces a new award for the best original
undergraduate essay in Pacific Northwest History.
The award recognizes outstanding undergraduate
research, analysis, and writing in the field of Pacific
Northwest History.
The
Award will be
presented at the April 2002 Pacific Northwest History
Conference in Seattle.
The award winner and a faculty advisor will be the
Center’s guest at the conference with free registration
and a meal subsidy. The
Center will also publish the winning essay in electronic
form on its website.
Eligibility:
Undergraduate
students (or those who graduated in the 2001 calendar year)
at a two or four year institution of higher education whose
studies are based on original research in primary materials
or new analytical perspectives on historiographical debates
are eligible for this award.
Essay
Requirements:
Unpublished essays on any aspect of Pacific Northwest
History may be submitted. The essay may be a revised term
paper, a senior honors thesis, or any other essay by a
single author. Co-authored student essays are eligible, but not those
co-authored with a faculty member.
The essay must be no longer than 7,500 words
(approximately 30 pages, double spaced) in the text and
notes. Both
should conform to the Chicago Manual of Style.
The bibliography is not counted in overall essay
length. All
necessary tables and illustrations must be included. Because the winning essay will be published, students should
be prepared to provide permissions to publish any
illustrations. Students using oral histories or any other source requiring
consent forms must also be able to provide similar
documentation. These
need not be included in the original submission.
Procedure
for Submission: Submit
four copies and one electronic copy of the essay to Chris
Friday, Director, Center for Pacific Northwest Studies,
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9123, by
February 15, 2002. No
late submissions will be accepted. Students should arrange to have a faculty member write a
letter of reference to accompany the submission.
Students must also include a cover letter with the
following information: 1) the author’s name, academic
affiliation, and class; 2) the name of sponsoring faculty or
relevant advisor; 3) contact mailing and email addresses and
phone numbers for the student and sponsoring faculty; 4) a
brief statement regarding the context in which the author
developed, revised, and finalized the essay; and 5) a brief
abstract of no more than 100 words regarding the thesis and
findings of the essay.
Evaluation
Criteria: A
panel of four experts will judge finalists based on the
following, weighted, criteria:
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Research
monographs
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Historiographical
Essays
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Research--Has
the author done substantial primary research (archival
or fieldwork)? Has
the author explored a range of appropriate primary
sources? (40%)
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Research--Has
the author employed a wide range of published sources
to establish the significance of the interpretation(s)
engaged? Has
the author explored a range of appropriate primary
sources? (30%)
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Interpretation--Has
the author meaningfully engaged important
historiographical and interpretive issues?
Has the author successfully established the
broadest possible significance of the study? (30%)
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Interpretation--Has
the author moved beyond simply reviewing the
literature to meaningfully engage important
historiographical and interpretive issues?
Has the author successfully and convincingly
established the broadest possible significance of the
study? Has
the author used this historiographical analysis to
point to fruitful future directions for historical
research and to explain the relative merits of the
proposed approach? (40%)
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Organization
and Argument--Has
the author organized the paper and presented the
argument in a clear and logical fashion?
Has the author presented the argument clearly
and forcefully in the introduction, sustained it
throughout the essay, and revisited it in the
conclusion? (20%)
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Organization
and Argument--Has
the author organized the paper and presented the
argument in a clear and logical fashion?
Has the author presented the argument clearly
and forcefully in the introduction, sustained it
throughout the essay, and revisited it in the
conclusion? (20%)
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Style--Is
the literary style and grammar appropriate and
professional? Does
the paper conform to professional note and
bibliography standards? (10%)
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Style--Is
the literary style and grammar appropriate and
professional? Does
the paper conform to professional note and
bibliography standards? (10%)
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Previous Winners
2002 Teresa A. Garcia
(University of Oregon), "A Native Community Compromised:
Dams, Resources, and Encroachment on the Elwha River"
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