The Ethnic Geography Specialty Group (EGSG) is excited to announce its annual Outstanding Student Paper Award Competition.  Students who have completed a research paper to present at the annual AAG meeting—either in-person or virtually—are eligible to participate.

The Student Paper Committee will evaluate all submissions based on written clarity, methodological rigor, and overall contribution to ethnic geography scholarship.  The winner will receive a $200 prize, a certificate,  and formal recognition in the EGSG newsletter.

To be considered, students must have registered to present their research at the upcoming Annual AAG Meeting.

Papers must be based on original research completed as an undergraduate or graduate student and must adhere to the following:

1. The topic must be on some aspect of Ethnic Geography.
2. The text portion should be double-spaced and not exceed 20 pages and the total length should not exceed 30 pages.
3. Papers co-authored with faculty are not eligible for this competition. Papers by multiple students, however, are acceptable.
4. The paper must be sent to Chair of the EGSG Outstanding Student Paper Committee by TBD (please refer to the call for award submissions that will be announced several months in advance of the annual AAG meeting).
5. The paper will be judged by the committee members on written clarity, methodological soundness, contribution to scholarship in ethnic geography, and overall effectiveness. The presentation at the conference will not be considered in the scoring.

EGSG Outstanding Student Paper Award Recipients

Year	Recipient	Institution
2020	Qiuxi Li	University of Delaware
2019	Samuel P. Neilson Hanieh Haji Molana	University of South Carolina Kent State University
2018	Alexandra Giancarlo	Queens University
2017	Katherine Hannum	Kent State University
2017	Audrey Lumley-Sapanski	Penn State University
2016	Scott Markley	University of Tennessee
2015	Shaolu Yu	University of Connecticut
2014	Scott Basford	University of Tennessee
2012	Alexandra Giancarlo	Louisiana State University
2011	Yang Yang	Humboldt State University
2010	Melissa Kelly	University of Uppsala
2008	Alan Marcus	University of Massachusetts, Amherst
2007	Brian Dunbar	California State University, Northridge
2005	Katherine Nashleanas	University of Nebraska, Lincoln
2004	Qingfang Wang	University of Georgia
2002	Susan Hume	University of Oregon
2001	Ranu Basu	University of Toronto
2000	Emily Skop	Arizona State University