Call for Student Papers on Social Justice
6th Annual
Morton Deutsch Awards
for Social Justice
**** Call for Student Papers ****
November 2009
The International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) at Teachers College, Columbia University, is sponsoring the sixth annual Morton Deutsch Award for an Outstanding Graduate Student Paper on Social Justice. Morton Deutsch, one of the world’s most eminent psychologists, has made significant contributions over the many years of his career in the areas of conflict resolution and social justice. The Morton Deutsch Award is meant to stimulate and recognize innovation in scholarship and practice in the area of social justice. The trophy award, plus $500.00, will be given to a graduate student within the Columbia University system for an outstanding paper related to social justice.
The paper may address the issue of social justice in any context with a clear conceptual framework, and from any disciplinary perspective. Papers will be evaluated on:
• degree of innovative thinking and sound analysis
• recommendations for remedying identified situations
• contribution to scholarship, practice or policy.
Papers will be judged by a faculty panel with representatives from various schools at Columbia, chaired by Dr. Claudia E. Cohen, the Associate Director of the ICCCR. Student papers should be between 20-30 pages in length (double-spaced with 1 inch margins, using Times New Roman 12 pt. font.)
Papers are due February 1, 2010. Papers should be emailed as an attachment to dewolfe@tc.edu; receipt will be confirmed by February 15, 2010.
The recipient of the student award will attend the presentation and award ceremony and be invited to give a 20-minute presentation on his or her paper. The logistical information is as follows:
Event: Morton Deutsch Awards Ceremony & Presentation
Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010
Time: 5:00-7:00 pm
Location: TBA
Followed by a wine and cheese reception….
For further information, please contact Juliette de Wolfe at the ICCCR at 212-678-3402 or visit our website at www.tc.edu/icccr.
