Feldman Award

The Feldman Award, in honor of Harold and Margaret Feldman, both early and outstanding leaders in the fields of family and policy, is given to an author or authors of a peer-reviewed journal article or book chapter published within the last 5 years that makes a significant social policy contribution related to ethnicity and/or gender and that is also supportive of the theme of the Groves Conference annual meeting. The 2009 conference is from June 7 to 11 in Chapel Hill, NC, home to the first Groves Conference.

The award consists of a $1,000 honorarium and reimbursement for conference attendance expenses (travel, hotel, meals, etc.) up to an additional $1,000. The award winner(s) must be able to attend the conference and present their work.

Nomination

The preferred mode of nomination is e-mail. Nominations with the nominated article attached as a PDF file should be submitted by December 1 to:

Libby Balter Blume
Groves Conference Awards Chair
University of Detroit Mercy
4001 W. McNichols Road
Detroit, MI 48221-3038
blumelb@udmercy.edu