Gabriel G. Rudney Memorial Award for Outstanding Dissertation in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action
This award, endowed in memory of pioneer researcher Gabriel Rudney, is given annually for a Ph.D. dissertation completed and/or defended in the three calendar years preceding the award. Dissertations that contribute to the advancement of theory, conceptualization, research, or practice in an area closely related to nonprofit organizations or voluntary action are eligible. Nominations are especially invited in the issue areas where Gabe Rudney made significant research contributions during his lifetime: patterns of giving in the United States; tax policy and charitable giving; tax policy and the nonprofit sector; the economic contribution of the nonprofit sector; and, comparative international studies. The author's advisor normally submits nominations. Nominations should explain the nature of the work and how well it meets criteria for excellence in its field, and should be accompanied by a copy of an extended abstract. Nominees should be prepared to send a copy of the full dissertation upon request. Cash prize: $1,000.
Nominations should take the form of a letter submitted a packet of materials to be submitted to awards2012@arnova.org. See the Call for Awards Nominations for more details.
The deadline for this year's award's nominations is May 15, 2012.
Previous recipients:
| 2010 | Christina Balboa, When Nongovernmental Organizations Govern: Accountability in Private Conversation Networks |
| 2009 | Julie Darnell, Free Clinics: What are They, and Why Does the Number Vary Geographically |
| 2008 | Laurie Mook, Social and Environmental Accounting: The Expanded Value Added Statement |
| 2007 | Chris Einolf, The Roots of Altruistic Behavior: A Gender and Life Course Perspective |
| 2006 | Jiang Ru—Environmental NGO's in China: The Interplay of State Controls, Agency Interests and NGO Strategies |
| 2005 | Rene Bekkers—Giving and Volunteering in The Netherlands: Sociological and Psychological Perspectives |
| 2004 | Angela Bies—Nongovernmental Accountability in Poland: Mandatory versus Discretionary Self-Regulation |
| 2003 | Dara Z. Strolovitch--Closer to a Pluralist Heaven? Women's, Racial Minority, and Economic Justice Advocacy Groups and the Politics of Representation |
| 2002 | Patricia Dautel Nobbie--Testing the Implementation, Board Performance and Organizational Effectiveness of the Policy Governance Model in Nonprofit Boards of Directors |
| 2001 | Eric Twombly--Organizational Response in an Era of Welfare Reform: Exit and Entry Patterns of Human Service Providers |
| 2000 | Mark Alan Hager--Explaining the Demise among Nonprofit Orgnizations--University of Minnesota, 1999 |
| 1999 | Betty Jane Richmond--A Social Audit Model to Measure the Impact of a Nonprofit Organization |
| 1999 | Honorable Mention: Ira Silver--Preventing Fires While Feeling the Heat: Philanthropists and Community Organizations Collaborating to Address Urban Poverty |
| 1998 | Loretta Sullivan Lobes |
| 1997 | Jessica Elfenbein |
| 1996 | Femida Handy |
| 1995 | Gaynor Strickler |
| 1994 | Sheila Nelson |
| 1994 | Kevin Barrett |
