FYI... Stefanie Rixecker ECOFEM Coordinator ------- Forwarded message follows ------- The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), the nation's leading lesbian and gay media advocacy group, is pleased to announce the launch of a new dissertation fellowship program. Two fellowships of $5,000 each will be awarded to support graduate student research that contributes to the complicated relationships among sexual orientation, gender identity and media representation. The program is open to all students currently enrolled in a doctoral program at a U.S. institution and who have completed all pre-dissertation requirements by the application deadline. The GLAAD Dissertation Fellowship Program aims to foster and promote rigorous scholarship as a vital form of intellectual activism. The program solicits proposals for original research on the cultural, economic and political dimensions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender representation, and how such representations are generated, interpreted, mobilized and contested in a variety of genres and contexts. Examples of potential research topics include (but are not limited to): the effects of the economic and social organization of media industries on representations of sexual and gender identity; the formation and development of independent media sectors by and for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; the reception of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender television characters by a range of audiences; public opinion on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues; the development and political intervention of anti-gay media campaigns; the social and cultural significance of the erotic press for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people; media coverage of legislative reform in contemporary and historical contexts; media images of AIDS activism and of people with AIDS/HIV; youth-oriented images of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people, including such educational materials as textbooks and classroom videos; queer cultures in cyberspace. The GLAAD Dissertation Fellowship Program encourages disciplinary and methodological diversity, and thus seeks proposals from the humanities, social sciences, public health, public policy, education and allied fields. To apply, applicants must submit a cover sheet as well as three (3) copies of: (1) a 6-8 page project description that demonstrates how the applicant's research addresses the themes of the fellowship program and that outlines the project's methodology or research approach; (2) a 2-page bibliography. Applications must also include a letter of recommendation from the applicant's academic supervisor that confirms eligibility, addresses the students ability and preparation for his/her dissertation project, and addresses the project's original contribution to the field; as well as two additional letters of recommendation. Completed applications must be received in GLAAD's New York office by July 1, 2000. Fellowship recipients will be announced in September. For more information as well as application materials, visit the GLAAD website at http://www.glaad.org, or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . ------- End of forwarded message ------- ************************************ Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker, Senior Lecturer Environmental Management & Design Division Lincoln University, Canterbury PO Box 84 Aotearoa New Zealand E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: 64-03-325-3841 ************************************
