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Fredric M. Jablin Dissertation Award: Faculty honors new scholars annually

This award recognizes outstanding new scholarship in the field. It is given in partnership with the International Leadership Association. Annually, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies at the University of Richmond seeks submissions for the Fredric M. Jablin Dissertation Award. Submissions can be on any topic and from any discipline as long as they demonstrate substantial insights and implications for the study of leadership.

The recipient is honored at the annual conference of the International Leadership Association where he or she presents their dissertation research. The recipient of the award will also receive a $1000 prize, one-year membership to the ILA, and conference registration and travel expenses to the ILA conference.

Submissions are due in early August. Applicants submit a letter of interest, a three- to five-page abstract of a substantive dissertation chapter (specifically, the chapter that best represents the author's dissertation), a brief biography and verification of the dissertation defense date (e.g., a letter from the dissertation advisor). The award committee will contact semi-finalists by mid-September to request a full dissertation chapter.

The Jepson School endeavors to further scholarship and educate students and others for and about leadership through curricula, events and programs. In 1999, the School implemented its annual Dissertation Awards, which are named for Dr. Fredric M. Jablin, who died in 2004.

The winner of the 2008 Jablin Dissertation Award was Dr. Rita Palrecha, for her dissertation "The Transformational Leader Model, the Nurturant-Task Leader Model, and the Unique Local Leadership Model: A Quantitative and Qualitative Competitive Test of Three Leadership Models in India.” Dr.Palrecha’s dissertation addresses four issues/assumptions to test the nature of leadership in cross-cultural contexts.