Dissertation Award Nomination

2024 Dissertation Award

The Ohio Academy of History invites submissions for its annual outstanding doctoral dissertation award. The dissertation must have been completed, and the doctorate awarded to the nominee, during the previous academic year (August 2022 to July 2023). Each Ph.D. granting institution in Ohio may nominate one dissertation. There is a $250 award for the winning dissertation. An electronic copy of the dissertation, along with a nomination letter from the chair of the department or the director of graduate studies, should be sent to each member of the Dissertation Award Committee. Please include current contact information for the nominee. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2023.

Hongshan Li, Kent State University-Tuscarawas, , chair

Aviva Rothman, Case Western Reserve University, 

Elizabeth Smith-Pryor, Kent State University-Kent, 


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