2008 Call for Nominations |
Warren J Mitofsky |
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An annual award of The Roper CenterThe Mitofsky award carries a cash prize and recognizes outstanding research or reporting that uses The Roper Center’s public opinion data archive. The 2008 award prize is $1,000. The award acknowledges important work on public opinion or survey methodology that has been published in a book, journal, magazine, or newspaper, or presented at a professional conference. Special consideration will be given to work that is based on data obtained by the researcher or author directly from the Roper archive, as well as to work that utilizes multiple data sources or compares survey results over time. The award recognizes both work published recently and work from the past that continues to have a significant impact on our understanding of society. Anyone can make a nomination by submitting a statement that includes the full citation of the work and a brief description of the work’s outstanding accomplishment and its use of the Roper Center’s public opinion data archive.
For full consideration nominations must be received by June 30, 2008. Please send nominations to: Robert Y. Shapiro
The Warren J. Mitofsky Award for Excellence in Public Opinion Research was established as a tribute to Warren Mitofsky who was chairman of the Roper Center Board of Directors at the time of his passing in the fall of 2006. The Center has established a fund in his name to support the Roper Center and sponsor an annual award for outstanding work utilizing the Center’s archival holdings. John Mueller, the 2007 Award recipient, was honored at the awards dinner held November 8, 2007 at the Bryant Park Grill in New York City. OH, WHAT A NIGHT, check out last years award dinner...November 8, 2007!
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