{"623735":{"#nid":"623735","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2019 MSSA Undergraduate Student Paper Competition","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E2019 MSSA Undergraduate Student Paper Competition (Deadline:\u0026nbsp; October 1, 2019)\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Mid-South Sociological Association invites the submission of student papers for its annual Undergraduate Student Paper Competition.\u0026nbsp;The competition is open to students in the Mid-South Region and to other undergraduate students who are members of the Mid-South Sociological Association.\u0026nbsp;A prize of $50 will be awarded for the best paper.\u0026nbsp;The authors of the papers selected will be presented with certificates of merit after presentations of their papers at the 45th Annual MSSA Conference in Jackson, Mississippi \u0026ndash; October 24-26, 2019.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERules for the Competition\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEach paper must be accompanied by a cover letter requesting participation in the undergraduate competition session.\u0026nbsp; The letter must include the title of the paper, author(s) of the paper, the school affiliation, the email address and the telephone number of the author(s).\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EThe maximum length of an eligible paper shall be 20 double-spaced pages of text, not counting abstract, references, tables, and figures.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPapers may be co-authored with a maximum of three undergraduate student authors. Papers that list co-authors who are graduate students or faculty will not be considered in this category.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EPapers must not have been submitted for publication prior to submission for this competition.\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EEach submission will be evaluated by a committee of scholars and members of Mid-South Sociological Association Inc. Evaluation will be based on (1) originality, (2) contribution or potential contribution to the discipline, (3) quality and clarity of arguments, and (4) technical writing\u0026nbsp; (i.e. neatness, use of an appropriate format, grammar, spelling, etc.).\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ETo receive full recognition for participation, submissions must meet deadlines and participants must present their papers at the 45th Annual Conference.\u0026nbsp; Winners are also expected to be present at the awards banquet.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents are strongly encouraged to seek faculty guidance prior to submission of papers.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPapers (in Word, rtf, or PDF format) should be submitted by email to Dr. Patricia K. Gleich, MSSA Vice-President Elect, at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pgleich1@uwf.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epgleich1@uwf.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; It is the responsibility of the submitter to provide a paper that is readable, in one of the formats noted above.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIf you have any questions regarding the competition, please contact Dr. Gleich directly at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:pgleich1@uwf.edu\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Epgleich1@uwf.edu\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The Mid-South Sociological Association invites the submission of student papers for its annual Undergraduate Student Paper Competition."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2019-07-28 16:05:13","changed_gmt":"2019-07-28 16:05:13","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-28T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"623734":{"id":"623734","type":"image","title":"2019 MSSA Paper Competition","body":null,"created":"1564329900","gmt_created":"2019-07-28 16:05:00","changed":"1564329900","gmt_changed":"2019-07-28 16:05:00","alt":"Information on a sociology paper competition.","file":{"fid":"237563","name":"Screen Shot 2019-07-28 at 12.04.00 PM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202019-07-28%20at%2012.04.00%20PM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202019-07-28%20at%2012.04.00%20PM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":173026,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202019-07-28%20at%2012.04.00%20PM.png?itok=CB6C-0TT"}}},"media_ids":["623734"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"167053","name":"sociology"},{"id":"9631","name":"Paper Competition"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}