Our Prizes
W.Turrentine Jackson [Dissertation] Award
The W. Turrentine Jackson Award of $750 is given at the Annual meeting of the American Historical Association, Pacific Coast Branch, to the author of the most outstanding dissertation on any aspect of the history of the American West in the twentieth century. All submissions for the 2009 award should be made for a dissertation completed and accepted in 2008. Dissertations under contract or contract consideration are eligible for this award.
By April 30, 2009, individual copies of the dissertation must be sent directly to each member of the selection committee, listed below. The chair of the department must submit a letter certifying that the author has been awarded the degree. The letter of certification should be sent to Peter J. Blodgett, Executive Director, PCB–AHA, The Huntington Library, 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA. 91108.
W. Turrentine Jackson [Dissertation] Award Committee
Elizabeth Jameson, Chair (2009)
Department of History
University of Calgary
2500 University Drive NW
Calgary, AB T2N 1N4
Canada
jameson@ucalgary.edu
Michelle Nickerson (2010)
University of Texas at Dallas
School of Arts & Humanities, JO31
800 West Campbell Road
Richardson, TX 75080–3021
michelle.nickerson@utdallas.edu
Matthew C. Whitaker (2011)
Department of History
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 874302
Tempe, AZ 85287–4302
matthew.whitaker@asu.edu
W. Turrentine Jackson Prize
The W. Turrentine Jackson Prize is given at annual meeting of the Pacific Coast Branch of the AHA to a graduate student whose essay on a topic within the fields of concentration of the Pacific Historical Review has been adjudged to be of outstanding quality. The winning essay will be published in the PHR and the author will receive a $750 cash award and plaque. Applicants should submit their essays at any time during the year to David Johnson or Carl Abbott, Managing Editors, Pacific Historical Review, Department of History, Portland State University, Portland, OR 97207.
Pacific Coast Branch Award
The Pacific Coast Branch Award of $750 is given annually for the best book that is submitted by a scholar who resides within the states and provinces from which the Branch draws it membership. All submissions for the 2009 award should be made for a book published in 2008. The PCB Award is offered only for first books, and it is usually given to younger scholars. Authors are not eligible for both the PCB Award and the PCB’s Hundley Award. The deadline for submission is April 30, 2009. Copies of the book should be sent directly to members of the selection committee listed below.
Pacific Coast Branch Award Committee
Jeremy Mouat, Chair (2009)
Professor of History
Chair, Social Sciences
Augustana Campus
University of Alberta
4901 46th Avenue
Camrose, Alberta T4V 2R3
Canada
jmouat@augustana.ca
Katherine G. Morrissey (2010)
Department of History
215 Social Sciences Building
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
520 . 626 . 8429
kmorriss@u.arizona.edu
Sean M. Quinlan (2011)
Department of History
University of Idaho
Administration Building 315
Moscow, ID 83844–3175
quinlan@uidaho.edu
Questions or correspondence regarding the award should be sent to:
Peter J. Blodgett, Ph.D.,Executive Director, PCB–AHA,
pblodgett@huntington.org.
Norris and Carol Hundley Award
Norris and Carol Hundley Award This $750 award is given annually for the most distinguished book on any historical subject submitted by a scholar who resides within the twenty-two Western states or four Canadian provinces from which the Branch draws its membership. All submissions for the 2009 award should be made for a book published in 2008. It is offered for both first and subsequent books and to young as well as mature scholars. Historians, however, cannot compete simultaneously for the Hundley and PCB Book Awards. Presses should submit nominations from books published in 2008 to each member of the award committee listed below. The deadline for submission is April 30, 2009.
Norris and Carol Hundley Award Committee
Professor David Wrobel, Chair (2009)
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
1717 Choice Hills Drive
Henderson, NV 89012
david.wrobel@unlv.edu
Kerwin Lee Klein (2010)
Department of History
2211 Dwinelle Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720–2550
No Email Address
Catherine O'Donnell (2011)
Department of History
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85387–4302
catherine.kaplan@asu.edu