Lisa Ede Mentoring Award.

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*2017 Lisa Ede Mentoring Award*

*Description*
The CFSHRC Lisa Ede Mentoring Award is presented biennially to an
individual or group with a career-record of mentorship, including formal
and informal advising of students and colleagues; leadership in campus,
professional, and/or local communities; and other activities that align
with the overall mission and goals of the Coalition. The award carries an
honorarium of $200.00 per person or $500.00 for a group of three or more
people and will be announced every other year at the at the Feminisms and
Rhetorics Conference. The inaugural recipient of this award in 2015 was
Cheryl Glenn.

*Eligibility*
This award is open to all colleagues in rhetoric and composition or related
fields with a minimum of 10 years' post-graduate professional experience,
including current and retired faculty, staff, and administrators;
independent scholars; and other academic professionals.

*Review Criteria*
Nominations should include a minimum of three letters from individuals or
co-writers with direct knowledge of the nominee(s). Overall, letters should
be descriptive, offering concrete examples of the nominee's or nominees'
mentoring activities and their impact. Letters should also illuminate the
nominee's or nominees' contribution to rhetoric and composition (and
related fields), feminist academic work (including teaching, research and
scholarship, service, and civic engagement), and the CFSHRC and its members
(as applicable).

Recipients of this award will have a career record of feminist mentorship
in both formal and informal educational settings, including (but not
limited to) academic departments and programs, writing and community
centers, and professional and community organizations. Recipients of this
award will not only embody the spirit of the Coalition's commitment to the
care and collaboration involved in mentoring; they will also enrich and
even expand that definition through their examples.

*Nomination Contact and Procedures*
The deadline for submissions is May 15, 2017. The recipient will be invited
to receive the award at the Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference held at the
University of Dayton over the weekend of October 4-7, 2017. Nomination
letters should be sent together (as separate attachments in a single email)
to Jenn Fishman, Immediate Past President (jennfishman.phd@gmail.com).