The Penn State Davis Ethics Award
Scholars who have successfully defended ethics-related dissertations in the 2022 calendar year are encouraged to apply for the new Penn State Davis Ethics Award. The award provides a $1,000 honorarium, travel support to present their scholarship in a session of the Media Ethics Division at the 2023 annual conference of the Association for Education in Journalism & Mass Communication, and a fully supported guest-lecture visit to Penn State's Bellisario College of Communications. The Don W. Davis Professor in Ethics at Penn State, Patrick Lee Plaisance, shall administer all aspects of the award competition and selection process. Applications should include a cover letter stating applicant's ethics-related focus and contact information, statement of defense date, full dissertation (either in pdf format or a web link), and dissertation adviser contact information. All applications are due April 1, 2023, and should be sent to plp22@psu.edu. The award will be presented at the Media Ethics Division's Business Meeting during the 2023 AEJMC conference. This award is intended to recognize new scholarship in the fields of media and communication ethics, and is sponsored by the Davis Program in Ethical Leadership at Penn State. Arrangements for a guest-lecture visit to Penn State will be made for fall 2023 based on recipient availability.