Rhetoric CFPs & TOCs

Rhetoric CFPs & TOCs
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017

3 AFA Awards

Call for Nominations - Schnoor Award

The Larry Schnoor Award for Excellence in Forensics Research recognizes research in competitive academic forensics (Individual Events and/or Debate).  The Research Committee of the American Forensic Association will consider a wide range of manuscripts including unpublished competitive papers which have been presented at academic conferences (e.g. NCA, Alta, etc.) along with published articles, books, theses and dissertations.  Manuscripts nominated for the Schnoor Award may also be considered for the Rohrer Award and the AFA Outstanding Dissertation/Thesis Award.  To nominate a manuscript, a copy of the article, or in the case of a longer work a table of contents and a representative chapter, should be submitted along with a letter of nomination detailing the significance of the work.  The candidate must be a member of AFA.  Self-nominations are welcomed.  Only electronic submissions will be accepted.  Eligible scholarship for 2017 must have a publication date of 2016. The !
 award shall be presented at the annual AFA business meeting to be held in Dallas, TX onWednesday November 15, 2017. The committee chair must receive nominations no later thanOctober 1, 2017. Nominations received after this date may not be considered.

Please send nominations with a subject line specifying the Schnoor Award Nomination to:

Jim Dimock

Speech Communication Department

Minnesota State University, Mankato

james.dimock@mnsu.edu
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James Dimock, james.dimock@mnsu.edu

Call for Nominations - Dissertation / Thesis Award

The AFA Outstanding Dissertation or Thesis Award recognizes the best dissertation or thesis in the theory and practice of argumentation and forensics completed in the previous calendar year.  The candidate must be a member of AFA.  To nominate a thesis or dissertation, a letter of nomination detailing the significance of the dissertation or thesis (usually from the project advisor), a copy of the table of contents, and a representative chapter of the completed study.  Only electronic submissions will be accepted.  Eligible dissertations and theses must have a completion date in 2016 (Spring, Summer or Fall terms).  The award shall be presented at the annual AFA business meeting to be held in Dallas, TX on Wednesday November 15, 2017. The committee chair must receive nominations no later than October 1, 2017. Nominations received after this date may not be considered.

Please send nominations with a subject line specifying the Dissertation/Thesis Award Nomination to:

Jim Dimock

Speech Communication Department

Minnesota State University, Mankato

james.dimock@mnsu.edu
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James Dimock, james.dimock@mnsu.edu

Call for nominations - Rohrer Award

The Daniel Rohrer AFA Research Award recognizes outstanding scholarship in argumentation and forensics published in the previous calendar year. Any published article, text, or book in the field of argumentation and/or forensics is eligible for nomination. To nominate a published scholarly article please send a letter of nomination detailing why the publication should be honored and a copy of the complete publication.  If the publication nominated is a book, a copy of the table of contents and of one chapter is sufficient.  Only electronic submissions will be accepted. Eligible scholarship for 2017 must have a publication date of 2016. The award shall be presented at the annual AFA business meeting to be held in Dallas, TX on Wednesday November 15, 2017. The committee chair must receive nominations no later than October 1, 2017. Nominations received after this date may not be considered.

Please send nominations with a subject line specifying the Rohrer Award Nomination to:

Jim Dimock

Speech Communication Department

Minnesota State University, Mankato

james.dimock@mnsu.edu

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