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The UNC Department of Women’s and Gender Studies requests nominations from all departments for the Annual Mary Turner Lane Award for Excellence in Research in WGST

 

**Deadline: February 14, 2025**

 

THE MARY TURNER LANE AWARD honors a senior, from any discipline, judged by the faculty in the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies to have made an outstanding contribution through original scholarship and/or creative production on gender and feminist issues. Its purpose is to further academic research in the field of Women’s and Gender Studies. The award was established on the campus in 1986 by Mary Turner Lane, a tireless feminist, advocate, and educator.

To have your student considered:

  • Submit a nomination letter. Seniors must be nominated by a UNC faculty member whose letter of support explains the significance of the project. We invite nominations from faculty in all disciplines.
  • Submit research. The faculty nominator must submit a copy of the student’s research project along with the nomination letter. Research is broadly defined as original research papers, artistic presentations that resulted from significant analysis, contributions to feminist theory, or significant analytical essays. Students are encouraged to use chapters of their honors theses or revise research. The work submitted must be entirely student- authored.

The award includes a cash prize and recognition at the Chancellor’s Awards Ceremony in April.

 

Faculty members should send submissions to

Ariana Vigil, Chair, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, avigil@email.unc.edu.