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MLA Bibliography Fellowships

In 2003, the Executive Council approved a request by the Advisory Committee on the MLA International Bibliography for the creation of MLA Bibliography fellowships. These fellowships recognize the efforts of scholars who index materials on behalf of the MLA International Bibliography.

2012 Fellowships

Fellowships are for a three-year period, beginning 1 July 2012 and ending 30 June 2015. The MLA seeks scholars of any level of seniority interested in training as field bibliography fellows and able to deliver at least one hundred citations each year. This opportunity is open to potential as well as existing field bibliographers. The MLA will provide materials and training meetings at the annual convention. Fellows attending training sessions will have their conference registration fees waived. On completion of the fellowship, they will receive a stipend of $500 and a certificate during the awards ceremony at the MLA convention. It is hoped that recipients of these fellowships will continue submitting citations throughout their careers.

Applications for the 2012 field bibliography fellowships are due 1 April 2012.

The basic criteria for application are
  1. MLA membership
  2. Master's degree or PhD in a relevant field
  3. Access to scholarly material for indexing
Please submit a letter of request, including qualifications and reasons for applying for the fellowship, and a current résumé or CV. Materials may be sent to Helen Slavin, MLA International Bibliography, 26 Broadway, 3rd floor, New York, NY 10004-1789 (hslavin@mla.org).

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 awards who will serve as fellows from 2011 to 2014. Congratulations to the following:

Dawn Childress, humanities librarian, Pennsylvania State University
Lauren G. Coker, graduate student, Saint Louis University
Joe K. Fugate, professor emeritus, Kalamazoo College
Isaac García-Guerrero, teaching assistant, Michigan State University
Chanita R. Goodblatt, associate professor, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Niamh A. Pattwell, lecturer, University College Dublin
Sarah G. Wenzel, bibliographer, University of Chicago
Amber L. Workman, graduate student, University of California, Santa Barbara

We are also pleased to announce the fourth MLA Bibliography fellowships award recipients who have served for the three years 2007–10. The following three scholars received certificates of accomplishment and checks for $500 at the 2011 MLA Annual Convention during the Presidential Address:

Natalie E. Dear, graduate student, University of Alberta
Diane L. Johnson, associate professor, Western Washington University
David D. Kim, assistant professor, Michigan State University

 

 
© 2012 Modern Language Association. Last updated 06/23/2011.