STJ Research Competition: Social Justice in the Real World   Tags: ozinam_scholars, social_justice  

For more information regarding the STJ Research Competition contact:

Prof. Caroline Fuchs

Prof. Kathryn Shaughnessy

St. John's University Libraries and The Friends of the Library
are pleased to sponsor the annual

Research Competition:
Social Justice in the Real World

Top Award $500
Second Place Award $300

TWO IMPORTANT DATES!

Application and support materials are due February 21, 2012.

Support materials must include:

• contact information
• a brief abstract of the essay
• a working bibliography
• a letter of support from a supervising faculty member. Click here to access Faculty Support form.

Deadline for submission of the completed project is March 26, 2012.

Finished projects should be sent electronically as an attachment via the St. John’s University student email account to Caroline Fuchs at fuchsc@stjohns.edu or to Kathryn Shaughnessy at shaughnk@stjohns.edu with the subject line “2011-2012 contest submission.”

Submissions should also contain a title page that includes

• project/essay title,
• student(s)’s name,
• student(s)’s email address, mailing address & phone number, and
• name and contact information for supervising faculty.

Research projects will be judged by the following criteria:

• Excellence in research, with extensive use of the St. John’s Libraries’ physical or electronic collections
• Demonstration of ability to evaluate and synthesize library and scholarly resources
• Evidence of development of an understanding for the processes of research and inquiry
• Cogent argument of the relationship between this research and applied social justice teaching
• Originality of thought and depth of research
• Clarity of writing, organization and proper documentation
• NEW for 2011-2012: Traditional written works and multimedia projects will be considered as long as the criteria above are met; group submissions will be considered upon pre-approval* (Please email fuchsc@stjohns.edu or shaughnk@stjohns.edu for further information)
• Proper citation and format of resources using appropriate discipline citation standards

Research projects may be based upon independent research or a class assignment, and must have been completed during the 2011-2012 academic year.

By submitting a project for consideration, applicants certify that the project is their original work, and that all sources have been given proper credit.

Submissions will be reviewed and judged by a faculty committee.

Winners will be honored at an informal library reception during Research Month, at which they will give a short presentation on their research topics. Winning submissions, authors and their mentors will be spotlighted on the library blog.

For further information concerning the contest and submissions to the essay competition, contact Caroline Fuchs at fuchsc@stjohns.edu or 718.990.5050, or Kathryn Shaughnessy at shaughnk@stjohns.edu.

The research competition is open to all current St. John’s University undergraduate students.

*Prizes will be awarded to the research project: if a project has multiple authors, the award will be split among them.