CSW 2012 Constance Coiner Award

Funding Available for Graduate and Undergraduate Students

Applications due by Thursday, February 16 at 5:30pm!

This award honors the life and continues the work of Constance Coiner, PhD (1987), who died along with her daughter, Ana Duarte-Coiner, on TWA Flight 800, in June of 1996.

Undergraduate Award:

Two awards of $750 will be given. All applicants must be upper-division students (with a GPA of 3.0 or higher) who demonstrate an active commitment to both working-class and feminist issues and involvement in community activities for social change.

In order to complete the online application, please provide the following:

- Personal Essay (see online application page for guidelines)

- Curriculum Vitae

- UCLA Transcripts

- Letters of recommendation from two faculty members in an envelope with the recommender’s signature across the back flap

1. One letter for academic/teaching work 

2. One letter for community work

Please visit the link below to fill in the online application:

http://www.csw.ucla.edu/current-projects/for-undergrads/constance-coiner-award

Graduate Award:

One award of $1,500 will be given. Applicant must be enrolled in a PhD program at UCLA and must be in engaged in research focusing on feminist and working-class issues. Applicant must demonstrate excellence in teaching and a commitment to teaching as activism.

Applicant must also have advanced to candidacy by one month prior to award deadline. Students who advanced to candidacy after the deadline are not eligible.

In order to complete the online application you will need to provide the following:

• Personal Essay
• Curriculum Vitae
• Two letters of recommendation from university faculty.  One letter for academic/teaching work and one letter for community work.  The letters should be mailed to CSW in a sealed envelope with the recommender's signature across the back flap.  Mailing information can be found in the application form.

Please follow this link to fill in the online application:

http://www.csw.ucla.edu/current-projects/for-grad-students/awards-grants-and-fellowships/constance-coiner

Once all of the applications are received, our review committee will make a final selection and notices will be sent at the end of March. If selected, you will be invited to attend our Awards Luncheon on Tuesday, June 5, 2012 at the Faculty Center. Should you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us at [log in to unmask]

All the best,

Kathleen A. McHugh

Director, Center for the Study of Women

Professor, English and Cinema and Media Studies