ARIA listserv announcements #2 - week of January 2, 2012
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Greetings ARIA members:
Today’s listserv contains the following:
- ARIA presentations at the 2012 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Meeting Early Career Scholarship Achievement Award for 2012 Hagen Family Foundation Travel Award for 2012 Bob Hedges Undergraduate Student Award for 2012 Kulp-Wright Book Award for 2012
- Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award for 2012
ASSA Meeting
If anyone is attending the upcoming ASSA Meeting in Chicago on January 5-8, the ARIA presentations are scheduled for Friday, January 6 at 10:15 am at the Hyatt Regency (Buckingham). Please visit the website at www.aeaweb.org to view the program or additional information.
Early Career Scholarly Achievement Award for 2012
The 2012 Early Career Scholarship Achievement Committee invites nominations for this award that honors the distinguished achievement of Risk Management and Insurance scholars who are within 10 years of the Ph.D. degree (Ph.D. was received in 2002 or after). Applicants should have a significant number of high quality RMI publications relative to the length of their academic career, as this award is intended as a research award. The Early Career Scholarly Achievement Award is a non-monetary award and will be awarded only when an exceptional candidate is identified. The application deadline is March 2, 2012. The application and supporting materials should be emailed to Jim Carson at jcarson@uga.edu
Please see the attached document for additional information and application.
Hagan Family Foundation Travel Award for 2012
Applications are now being accepted for the 2012 Hagen Family Foundation Travel Award. Awards of up to $1,500 each will be granted to faculty and/or doctoral students who attend and present a paper at the 2012 ARIA Annual Meeting August 5-8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The application deadline is March 19, 2012. Please see the attached document for additional information.
Questions about the award should be directed to the Hagen Family Foundation Travel Award Committee Chair Andre Liebenberg at aliebenberg@bus.olemiss.edu
Bob Hedges Undergraduate Student Award for 2012
Since 2003, ARIA has offered an annual award in honor of Bob Hedges, an ARIA past president and long-time active member of our organization. This tradition will continue for 2012. The Hedges Undergraduate Student Award is made to an undergraduate student studying risk management and insurance or a related field, and is intended to cover expenses for the student to attend the ARIA Annual Meeting. This year’s meeting will be held on August 5-8 at The Depot Renaissance Minneapolis Hotel in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The deadline for proposals is May 1, 2012. Please see the attached document for additional information. All proposals should be submitted by email to:
Prof. Paul Thistle
Hedges Award Committee Chair
University of Nevada Las Vegas
Please include "Hedges Award Application" in the subject
Kulp-Wright Book Award for 2012
The Kulp-Wright Book Award is presented annually by the American Risk and Insurance Association to the author(s) of a book considered to be the most influential text published on the economics of risk management and insurance. The author(s) of the winning publication will be presented with an award certificate at ARIA 2012 Annual Meeting which will be held on August 5-8 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Kulp-Wright Book Award committee is reviewing publications for the 2012 award. To be eligible for the 2012 Kulp-Wright Book Award, the book must have been published in 2010. The primary contribution of the book should lie in the primary fields of risk management and insurance, and should appeal to a broad cross-section of persons concerned with the fields of risk management and insurance.
The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2012. If you would like to suggest that the committee review a specific book, please send the title, author(s), and publisher information to Tyler Leverty at ty-leverty@uiowa.edu
Les B. Strickler Innovation in Instruction Award 2012 Call for Proposals
ARIA members and others interested in risk management and insurance education are invited to submit proposals detailing innovative ideas they have developed and used in risk management and insurance instruction. The deadline for proposals is March 30, 2012. Please see the attached document for additional information or contact Jim Hilliard at jih@uga.edu