1. No
co-authorship of faculty of papers competing in the student paper competition.
First,
the issue of faculty co-authorship of papers competing in the student paper
competition
2. There will be separate competitions for
undergraduate papers and graduate papers.
Rules for Student
Paper/Poster Competition
- proposed amendment October 29 2002
1. The SWAAG Treasurer will
appoint a panel of judges. Judges will be responsible for critical evaluation
of extended abstracts as well as judging oral presentations.
2. Each student who wishes to
enter the student paper competition must submit both a regular abstract and an
extended abstract to the SWAAG Program Committee. The extended abstract should
be roughly 500 words in length. Both the regular and the extended abstracts are
due on the program deadline day. LATE
ABSTRACTS WILL NOT BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE STUDENT PAPER COMPETITION.
3. The SWAAG Program Committee
will send the extended abstracts to the SWAAG treasurer who will then
distribute them among the judges. The judges will identify students who have
prepared outstanding abstracts as finalists. Each judge will have ten days to
review the extended abstracts and convey their ranking of the papers to the
SWAAG Treasurer. Papers should be ranked on a scale of 1-10 (with 10 being
highest) based on originality of question; organization of research plan; use
of appropriate methodology for question; knowledge of background literature and
strength of conclusions. Based on the rankings of the judges (an average based
on the cumulative ranking of the judges), the SWAAG Treasurer will identify up
to ten entries as finalists. As soon as possible the SWAAG Treasurer will
convey this decision to the SWAAG Program Committee. Judges must not evaluate
entries from their own departments. Rankings for those
students will be averaged out of 5 judges rather than 6.
4. Students who are not
selected as finalists will present their papers in regular sessions but will
not be considered further for the student paper awards.
5. Students who are selected as
finalists will present their papers in two consecutive sessions on the first
day of the conference. Judges will attend the oral presentations.
6. Following both sessions the
judges will convene to determine the winners of the student paper awards.
Judging will be based on the quality of the oral presentations and the content
of the papers.
7. Students entering the SWAAG
Poster Competition will exhibit their posters in the regular poster session.
Poster judges appointed by the SWAAG Treasurer will judge the posters at that
time.
8. Awards for student papers
and posters will be announced and presented at the SWAAG luncheon (or banquet)
on the last day of the conference.
9. Student entrants who wish to
present their papers in specially arranged sessions and are selected as
finalists may do so but they must also present in one of the two student paper
sessions. Student paper entries presented in regular sessions will NOT
be judged.