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Crosby-Spendlove Student Travel Award
The Crosby-Spendlove Award of up to $1000 will be given to a graduate student to support travel and cover expenses for the SPSSI Biennial Conference. Preference will be given to a student presenting research coming from a feminist and social justice perspective.
About Faye Crosby
Faye J. Crosby, whose generous gift to SPSSI made this award possible, is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is a social psychologist who specializes on issues of social justice including affirmative action, prejudice and stereotyping in society, and individual attitudes to social change. She is the author of the recent books Affirmative Action Is Dead: Long Live Affirmative Action and Sex Discrimination in the Workplace. Crosby earned her Ph.D at Boston University. She was also a professor at Rhode Island College, Smith College, The Kellogg School of Management, and Yale.
In 2009 Dr. Crosby was nominated for the UC Merced Spendlove Prize by SPSSI and was awarded the honor in the same year. Her enthusiasm for the award, and its aim to recognize individuals who exemplify exceptional work in the fields of social justice, diplomacy, and tolerance inspired her to found the SPSSI Crosby-Spendlove Award.
About the Spendloves
Sherrie Spendlove is the founder UC Merced’s Spendlove Prize in honor of her parents, Alice and Clifford Spendlove. Alice is a graduate of Woodbury College in Los Angeles, and worked for over thirty years for the Merced Union High School District. Clifford Spendlove is also a graduate from Woodbury College with a degree in business. He spent three years in the U.S. Navy during World War II and went on to work for 20 years for Merced County. Following retirement, he has continued to serve his community in numerous ways.
Eligibility Requirements:
1. The applicant must be a dues-current student SPSSI member.
2. The applicant must be a graduate student currently enrolled in either a Master’s or Ph.D. program.
3. The applicant must be first or sole author on an accepted poster/symposium/roundtable. Preference is being given to a student presenting research coming from a feminist and social justice perspective.
4. In addition to filing the attached application form, please submit a copy of the submitted poster/symposium/roundtable abstract that was accepted by the SPSSI program committee. Applicants remain eligible to apply if notification of acceptance is pending.
5. The awardee must attend the biennial SPSSI conference to receive the award, and submit original receipts documenting expenses related to attendance in order to qualify for reimbursement up to $1000. Travel awards will cover all conference-related expenses up to a maximum of $1000, including transportation, lodging, food, and conference registration. Award payments will be made only in the form of post-conference reimbursement for documented expenses.
2012 Crosby-Spendlove Travel Award Winner: Ayse Burcin Erarslan
Ayse Burcin Erarslan is a PhD student in Social Psychology at Koc University. She received her BA degree in Sociology from Bogazici University and her MA degree in Comparative Studies in History and Society fom Koc University. Her main research interests are social and organizational psychology, sociology of education, mixed method approach and the interrelations between gender, work and family. She received Graduate Studies Excellence Award in 2011 from Koc University for her successful work during her graduate study and thesis research titled “The Impact of School-level Factors on Gender Role Attitudes in Single-sex and Coeducational High Schools in Istanbul.”
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