Society for the Study of Social Problems

The Environment and Technology Division is pleased to announce its 2008 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers may be theoretical and/or empirical and may be on a topic relevant to environment and technology, including environmental movements, technology and risk, political economy and the environment, or environmental justice, among others. The winner will receive a $200 cash award and a ticket to the annual SSSP awards banquet. The winner will also be offered the opportunity to present this paper at one of the Environment and Technology sessions held at the 2008 SSSP meetings. To be eligible, the paper must meet the following criteria: 1) the paper must have been written between January 2007 and April 2008; 2) the paper may not have been submitted for publication (papers presented at other professional meetings or that have been submitted for presentation at other meetings are eligible); 3) the paper must be authored by one or more students and not co-authored by faculty or a colleague who is not a student; 4) the paper must be 25 pages or less, including notes, references, and tables; and, 5) the paper must be accompanied by a letter from a faculty member at the student’s university nominating the paper for the Environment and Technology Division Graduate Student Paper Competition. Students should send 1 copy of the paper accompanied by a letter of support via snail mail or e-mail with attachment to: Steven Lang, Social Science Department, LaGuardia Community College, 31-10 Thomson Avenue, Long Island City, NY 11101,