2010 Call for Nominations
Distinguished Career Award in Water Resources
The Water Resources Specialty
Group of the Association of American Geographers seeks to honor senior scholars
for sustained and effective research contributions in water resources science,
planning, and policy. This honor is to be bestowed no more than once each
year based on a protracted record of published research and other
accomplishments. A call for nominations will be solicited each year in
the AAG Newsletter, the WRSG newsletter, on the WRSG website, and other
venues. Nominations will be judged by the WRSG Awards Committee
consisting of three Water Resources Specialty Group members. The award
will be made at the annual WRSG business meeting or an appropriate special
session at the national AAG meeting.
Eligibility. The recipient of this honor need not be a
member of the Association of American Geographers or identify themselves
specifically as a geographer, but their research must be deemed of great
importance and relevance to geographers. Furthermore, this research must
be largely concerned with or applicable to Water Resources in the broad sense
of that term. The research may extend over a period of several decades
but should also include evidence of active scholarship in the past ten years.
Nominations. Nominations should include a statement detailing why
this individual’s career is worthy of distinction in the field of water
resources. The statement should outline the nominee’s career
achievements, and may provide a portrait of their personality, methods,
personal history, and other biographical information. Career achievements
may include publications, professional posts held, influence on government and
policy, students mentored, and other measures of an effective career in water
resources. In addition, a bibliography of relevant publications should be
included. To be competitive, a successful nomination should include at
least three letters of support from other professionals in the field that may be
submitted separately. Nominations that are not successful in the year
that they are submitted may be retained by the Awards Committee for
consideration in the following year, after which time they will be considered
inactive. The Awards Committee would prefer to receive nominations by
October 31, 2009 to
allow time for evaluation. Materials may be submitted via mail or email
(preferred) to the address below.
Award. There is no cash prize, but a Water Resources
Distinguished Career engraved plaque will be awarded from the WRSG and
recognition will be published in the AAG Newsletter. The nominators will
be asked to present their statements at the annual WRSG business meeting or a
special session organized for this purpose, and the recipient will be invited
to attend and speak upon receipt of the award at the WRSG business meeting or a
special session. Both the nomination and acceptance statements will be
printed in the WRSG Newsletter and the WRSG web site.
Checklist for Nominations:
Statement of effectiveness in the field of Water Resources with
biographical outline
Bibliography of nominee’s relevant publications
At least three letters of support
Send all materials to:
Dr. Laura J. Stroup,
Chair of the WRSG Award Committee
Department of Geography
601
Office: (512) 245-2536
Email:
LJStroup@txstate.edu
Updated
September 9, 2009
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