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SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 5PM, APRIL 14, 2023

Joyce A. Berkman Award for Outstanding Graduate Feminist Scholarship  

The Joyce A. Berkman Award is presented annually by the Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies, in honor of Joyce A. Berkman, feminist teacher, activist, History Department faculty for 48 years (1965-2013), and co-founder of our Department of WGSS. 

Essay submissions may be on any topic that falls under the broad rubric of feminist scholarship. Prize-winning essays will exhibit clarity, originality, and ambition.  Submissions may not exceed 25 double-spaced pages (including notes and references).  

Eligibility:

• Applicants must be currently enrolled in or have completed the Graduate Certificate in Feminist Studies
• Submissions must be unpublished essays, originally composed in (or fundamentally shaped by) a WGSS graduate course.
• Only one submission per applicant will be accepted; applicants may not receive the Joyce A. Berkman Award more than once.

To submit: https://forms.gle/XL53hKFaUYN7jK7H8
Additional information about the Joyce A. Berkman Award: https://www.umass.edu/wgss/joyce-berkman-award