I am forarding this from the Board of Directors of the Roper Center for
Public Opinion Research. Please forward this to other and other Listservs
that might be relevant. Thank you.
Bob Shapiro
Chair, Roper Center Board of Directors and Professor
Department of Political Science
Columbia University
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Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 18:23:54 +0000
From: "Timmsferrara, Lois" <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Call for Nominations: Warren J. Mitofsky Award
2013 Call for Nominations
The Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research
AN ANNUAL AWARD OF THE ROPER CENTER
The Mitofsky award honors important work on public opinion and/or survey
methodology that has been accomplished, published, or presented at a
professional conference. Nominees can include recent work or past work that
continues to have a significant impact on our understanding of public
opinion. Nominations can be made for a specific project, innovation,
conference paper, article or book, or for a larger body of work by a
researcher or practitioner. Special consideration will be given to work that
is based on data obtained directly from the Roper archive. The 2013 award
carries a cash prize of $1,000 and the winner will be publicly announced in
the fall.
The award honors the life and work of the late Warren J. Mitofsky, an
innovator in survey research and longtime chair of the Roper Center for
Public Opinion Research board of directors. The past winners include Senior
Fellow ar NORC Norm Bradburn, media pollster Kathleen Frankovic, General
Social Survey originator, James Davis, sociologist Robert Wuthnow, health
policy authority Robert Blendon, and political scientist John Mueller.
Anyone can make a nomination (including self-nominations) by submitting a
statement that includes the full citation of the work(s), a brief
description of the work¢s significance and impact, and (if appropriate) its
use of the Roper Center¢s public opinion data archives.
For full consideration, nominations must be received by April 1, 2013.
Please send nominations electronically to Chairwoman of the Mitofsky Award:
Susan Pinkus, [log in to unmask]
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Lois E. Timms-Ferrara
Associate Director
Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
University of Connecticut, Unit 1164
Storrs, CT 06269 Tel 860-486-0656
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