This announcement is cross-posted from several other NIFL lists.  I
didn't want you to miss an opportunity.
Donna



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