Research Award Opportunity

National Reading Conference - J. Michael Parker Award

The National Reading Conference awards the J. Michael Parker Award to encourage research in adult literacy. The award is given to graduate students and untenured professors who present research on adult learning or education at the annual conference. Recipients of the award will receive $300 towards their conference expenses and will be recognized during a general session of the conference. The award was established in 2001 in honor of J. Michael Parker, winner of National Reading Conference’s Student Research Award. 

The call for papers is available online now at www.nrconline.org. When submitting your proposal please indicate that you will be applying for the J. Michael Parker Award (noted at the bottom of the personal information page). Applicants will be required to submit the full paper (25 pages or less) electronically by October 1st, 2007.  Committee members will rate the submissions on the following criteria: 

1.	The research is capable of making a significant contribution to theory and/or practice of adult learning and instruction.
 
2.	The methodology is appropriate to the research question and of sufficient rigor. 

3.	Implications of the research are of a scope needed to impact the field. 

I encourage you to apply to the conference and for the award. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at the address below.  

Thank you. 

Erik Jacobson, Chair
NRC J. Michael Parker Award
jacobsone at mail.montclair.edu