Nominations Sought for LERA Awards
All Nominations Due October 15, 2009 unless Otherwise Noted
The LERA Awards Committee has issued the following calls for nomination for LERA awards. Please send a letter or email of nomination accompanied by accounts of the accomplishments of the nominee and cv to the executive director (pdwells@illinois.edu) at the LERA office. All awardees will be recognized at the LERA 62nd Annual Meeting in Atlanta in January 2010.
Nominations for LERA President Elect and Executive Board—Due October 30, 2009
LERA members interested in submitting nominations for the 2011 LERA president elect and for national executive board members (terms beginning in 2011) are encouraged to send nominations to the LERA national office, or to Hoyt Wheeler, chair of the 2009 Nominating Committee. Bylaws require board nominees be active members of the association and that nominees for president elect be active members of both the national and a local chapter, if one is available in their geographic area. All nominees should be aware of the policies and directions of the association.
John T. Dunlop Outstanding Scholar Award Nominations
Given to recognize outstanding academic to research by recent entrants to the field, nominations will be accepted in two categories 1) to recognize the research contribution of an academic for the best contribution to international and/or comparative labor and employment research and 2) to recognize the best contribution to research that addresses an industrial relations/employment problem of national significance.
LERA Fellows Nominations
Given to recognize scholars and practitioners who have made contributions of unusual distinction to the field and have been in the profession and field for longer than 10 years nominations are now being accepted. The selection committee for the Fellow scholar title will consider those who making contributions from all disciplines such as Industrial Relations, Labor Law, Economics, Human Resources, Business, Sociology, Political Science, and Organizational Behavior. For practitioner Fellow nominations, the committee will consider labor, management, neutrals, and others for election.
Susan C. Eaton Outstanding Scholar-Practitioner Award Nominations
Given in honor of Susan C. Eaton, scholar and practitioner and LERA member who passed away in late December 2003, this award is given annually to a member of the Association who has achieved distinction as both a practitioner and a scholar in our field.
LERA Outstanding Practitioner Award Nominations
This Annual award is made to a practitioner for outstanding contributions to the industrial relations profession consistent with the values and the mission of the LERA.
Susan C. Eaton Scholar-Practitioner Project Grant Entries- Deadline November 1, 2009
The Awards Committee for the Susan C. Eaton Scholar-Practitioner Memorial Fund has issued a call for proposals for a $3,000 grant to be awarded in January 2010 to a scholar researcher doing new or on-going research (including dissertation research) in the labor and employment relations or related field. Only LERA members are eligible to submit a proposal for the Committee to consider. The first grant award was made to the best proposal from an individual or team in the scholarly research area in January 2006. In 2007, it was awarded to the best proposal received from a practitioner engaged in an action research project in the labor and employment relations or related field. The Award follows an alternate-year pattern in order to recognize promising work from both the scholarly and practice sides of the labor and employment relations and related fields.
The Award will be granted annually to the most promising and relevant proposal for research or research-in-action consistent with the values and principles of the work of Susan C. Eaton and that best honors her legacy as an outstanding scholar-practitioner. This includes dissertation research, post graduate and other research projects, and/or research-related projects being done by practitioners in the fields, or research-in-action.
LERA members are invited to submit a 1-2 page proposal before November 1 outlining a research project for the Committee’s consideration. The outline should include: a description of the project and why it is important, anticipated or possible findings or outcomes, and a project timetable. A letter of support from at least one faculty or sponsor is also required.
The awardee or team will be recognized at the LERA Annual Meeting each January and will receive a check for $3,000 at that time for their project. They agree to provide a brief 1-2 page report of the project upon its completion for publication on the LERA website.
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