The Department of Gender Studies at Indiana University Bloomington is pleased to announce the annual Alex M. Doty Memorial Award Competition. This award will be given annually in recognition of the best essay or paper written by an undergraduate for an IUB Gender Studies course taken during the previous calendar year.

The winner of the Alex M. Doty Memorial Award will receive a $250.00 honorarium and be recognized at the department’s end-of-year celebration for graduating seniors.

TERMS OF ELIGIBILITY:

• You must be an undergraduate student at Indiana University Bloomington. You DO NOT have to be a Gender Studies major or minor.
• You must have written the paper for a Gender Studies course during the Spring, Summer, or Fall semester of 2023.  Formal enrollment in a GNDR course or a course that was joint-listed with a GNDR course is required.
• You may submit only one paper per competition cycle.
• The deadline for submissions is 9 a.m. on Monday, April 1, 2024.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPER: 

• Submit your paper by e-mail to njtaylor@indiana.edu with the subject line listed as:  Doty UG Award Submission.
• The cover page should include your name, your e-mail address, the specific Gender Studies course for which the paper was written, and the term in which it was written.
• The winner will be chosen through a blind-selection process, so any identifying information  (e.g., your name, etc.) should be eliminated from the text of the paper itself in order for members of the selection committee to review submissions as anonymous.

Questions and submissions should be addressed to the Department of Gender Studies via e-mail at njtaylor@indiana.edu.

Good luck!  We look forward to reading your work.