Women's and Gender Studies





Become a Teresa Peck Award Winner!

The Teresa Peck Award honors the best undergraduate papers on gender-related topics, both creative and non-fiction, with cash prizes. The submission deadline is April 1, 2012, and the work should be from the 2011 academic year.

Guidelines for Teresa Peck Award

Revised October 25, 2011

This cash award will be given for the best gender-related paper, project, or creative work written by a University of Wisconsin-Parkside male or female student during the 2011 calendar year. Both May and August 2011 graduates are eligible even though they have already graduated and are no longer enrolled as students. Students can also submit more than one piece of work, but the submissions will be considered separately rather than in combination.

The paper/creative work must have a feminist and/or gender studies objective and/or reflect a feminist/ gender studies creative or theoretical approach or analysis. Revision of papers with the advice of the recommending faculty member is encouraged. 

Criteria include accuracy and appropriate research methodology, creativity of approach, and critical or theoretical insight.  Sources should be documented by using MLA style or whatever documentation system is appropriate for the academic discipline (check with the instructor if in doubt), and the paper should be free of grammatical, technical, and structural errors.

Academic papers should be at least 7-10 pages long and no longer than 20 pages including reference list/ bibliography.  Bibliography should include only citations for sources that are clearly and actively used in the paper; that is, bibliography should not be "padded". As with any academic assignment, students are responsible to the UW system policy related to academic misconduct. For helpful guidelines concerning plagiarism, students may wish to consult: http://www.uwp.edu/departments/english/plagarism.cfm

Submissions should include a cover letter explaining the nature of the work along with a current address, phone number, and e-mail address. Entries should be taken to:

WAGS Director's office:  Dr. Linda K. Crafton, CART 220

Papers can also be left at the Center for Women's & Gender Studies Office, Greenquist 210

NO LATER THAN APRIL 1, 2012

Questions? Contact Linda K. Crafton
Director of Women and Gender Studies