Student Paper Competition
The Odum Institute for Research in Social Science at UNC-Chapel Hill invites submissions to the 2010 James W. Prothro Student Paper Competition. The competition, held in conjunction with the Southern Association for Public Opinion Research conference, recognizes excellence in student-authored research related to public opinion and survey research, broadly defined.
A $250 award is given to the best student paper. The competition is named in honor of the late Dr. James W. Prothro, the noted political scientist who served as director of the Odum Institute from 1967 to 1973.
Article-length papers (i.e., 20-25 pages), using survey data to address theory, methods, or
specific substantive issues of interest to public opinion researchers in the areas of
business, communication, economics, journalism, marketing, political science,
psychology, sociology, survey methods, or related fields are welcome. Any student
research, undergraduate or graduate, including that derived from work on theses or
dissertations, is eligible. Papers co-authored with faculty or other non-students, however,
are not eligible.
From the papers submitted, one winner and as many honorable mentions as appropriate
may be selected for presentation to the 2010 SAPOR Conference. Questions about the
Prothro competition should be directed to Robert Agans (see below). To submit your
paper, please indicate whether you are a graduate or undergraduate student; include your
name, academic department or program, school, postal address, email address, and
telephone number; and email or mail four copies by June 30, 2010, to:
Robert Agans, Prothro Student Paper Chair
Survey Research Unit / Department of Biostatistics
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
730 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Suite 100F
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-2400
E-mail: agans@unc.edu
Phone: 919-843-5923
Papers may be submitted electronically to: agans@unc.edu.
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