Information on Rhonda Williams Prize for 2008 IAFFE Conference on Feminist Economics

Rhonda Williams Prize
Sponsored by Routledge/Taylor and Francis, publisher of Feminist Economics

The International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) announces the Rhonda Williams Prize, instituted to help diversify IAFFE by encouraging underrepresented groups to participate in feminist economics. In particular, the prize is intended to encourage and support IAFFE members whose work reflects Rhonda Williams's legacy of scholarship and activism.

Amount: $500 to be awarded at the IAFFE conference in Torino, Italy, 19-21 June, 2008.

Application Deadline: April 21, 2008

Criteria: The recipient's work in activism, advocacy, or scholarship should demonstrate a commitment to one or more of the following issues:

*  Inequalities based on race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, or nationality.
*  Interrelationships among racism, sexism, homophobia, and classism.
*  Connections between scholarship and activism.

Special consideration will be given to applicants from groups not well represented in IAFFE and those with limited access to travel funds from their home institutions or international funders.

The recipient of the prize must present at the Torino conference and submit the manuscript to Feminist Economics within a reasonable period after the conference. The paper will undergo an expedited review process, but publication is not guaranteed. 

Application Process:

Applications should be sent to Marlene Kim at Marlene.Kim@umb.edu and should include:

(1) A cover letter/email that includes a statement of (a) the connection between the applicant's experience and the Rhonda Williams legacy as described in the criteria above; and (b) how the applicant would bring diversity to IAFFE and how they would like to be engaged  with IAFFE in the future.
(2) A curriculum vitae or resume, labeled "resumeRWS<applicantlastname>"
(3) A draft of a paper (not an abstract or outline) for the 2008 IAFFE conference, scheduled for June 19-June 21, 2008 in Torino, Italy (label file "paperRWS.08<applicantlastname>." 

Please send all files in Microsoft Word or in PDF Acrobat format.  Please be sure that all materials are sent.  Applicants who omit any of the three items listed above may not be considered for the prize. 

For applicants who haven’t yet registered for the Torino conference because they need funding, the prize winner will be allowed to register for the Torino conference and will be included in the conference program after being notified of the prize. 

If you are not an IAFFE member for 2008, please send in your membership application prior to submission of your prize application.

The committee awarding the prize for 2008 will include Marlene Kim Marlene.Kim@umb.edu  (chair), Anne Daly Anne.Daly@canberra.edu.au, Sakuntala Narasimhan  sakunara@vsnl.net , and Rhonda Vonshay Sharpe  rsharpe@uvm.edu . Please direct any questions to Marlene Kim at  Marlene.Kim@umb.edu or at 617/287-6954 (tel.) or 617/287-6976 (fax).