Edward McClure Award for the Best Master’s Student Paper

Deadline: May 1, 2009

Recognizes superior scholarship in a paper prepared by a masters student in an ACSP-member school.  Submissions may address any topic of investigation generated in the course of pursuing a master’s degree in urban/city/community/town/regional planning. Papers should result from a one-term regular class; Master's theses, terminal professional reports and student group projects are not eligible.  Submissions should have been prepared during academic year 2007-2008 or 2008-2009. Nominations (limited to one per program) must come from the Program chairperson or the faculty advisor; students are urged to ask the appropriate faculty members to nominate their papers.  Nominations should indicate the course for which the paper was prepared. This award carries a cash grant of $100, a plaque plus full student registration to the conference. The winner is asked to present the paper at the 2009 ACSP Conference, where the award is presented.

Submissions, not exceeding 45 pages of text including graphics, must be double (or 1.5) spaced with margins of 1" or greater and a font not less than 12 points.  Send electronic version of paper plus letter of nomination by a faculty member to Jennifer Dill at jdill@pdx.edu  in a Word or pdf file with “McClure Submit” in the subject line by May 1, 2009:

The 2009 Edward McClure Award Committee:

Chair and Term

Jennifer Dill                                                                Term:
Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies                      Voice:   503-725-5173
& Planning (USP)                                                         Fax:      503-725-8770
Portland State University                                               Email:   jdill@pdx.edu 
370T Urban Center, P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751

Committee

Philip Ashton                                                              Term:
Urban Planning and Policy Program (M/C 348)               Voice:   312-413-7599
College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs                  Fax:      312-413-2314
University of Illinois at Chicago                                      Email:   pashton@uic.edu          
412 South Peoria Street, 215 CUPPA Hall
Chicago, Illinois 60607-7065

Michael Larice                                                           Term:   2009-2011
University of Pennsylvania School of Design                   Voice:   215-898-8329
Department of City and Regional Planning                      Fax:      215-898-5731
127 Meyerson Hall                                                        E-mail:  larice@design.upenn.edu
Philadelphia PA 19104-6311

Elisabeth Hamin                                                         Term:   2006
Department of Landscape Architecture                          Voice:   413-545-2255
and Regional Planning                                                    Fax:      413-545-1772
109 Hills North                                                              Email:   emhamin@larp.edu
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003

Ayse Pamuk                                                                Term: 2009
Department of Urban Studies and Planning                     Voice: 415-338-7045                             
San Francisco State University.                                      Fax:      415-338-2391    
HSS 263, San Francisco State University                        Email:  pamuk@sfsu.edu      
1600 Holloway Avenue                                               
San Francisco, California 94132-4155