Barbara Rosenblum Cancer Dissertation Scholarship
This scholarship fund was established by Sociologists for Women in Society with a bequest from Dr. Barbara Rosenblum, an active and longstanding member, who died February 14, 1988 after a long battle with breast cancer. Colleagues, friends, and family made contributions to the fund in Barbara's memory, and fund-raising efforts continue to ensure that a scholarship can be offered every other year.
The purpose of the scholarship is to encourage doctoral research in sociology, anthropology, psychology and related fields on women's experience of breast cancer and other reproductive cancers and the prevention of these cancers. Another goal of the scholarship is to encourage scholars to make this type of research accessible to the public through speaking and publishing for lay audiences.
$1,500 will be awarded to support any aspect of doctoral research and/or publication and presentation of results from the date advanced to candidacy through one year after receiving the doctorate. The award will be presented at the annual meeting of SWS in August. All applicants will have the opportunity to discuss their work with a member of the committee.
The candidate will be a woman:
- With a feminist orientation who is sensitive to studying breast cancer and its impact on women of color as well as white women, on lesbians as well as heterosexuals, and women from diverse social classes and cultural backgrounds.
- With approval of prospectus for doctoral research on breast cancer that will be useful not only academically but which will have pragmatic and practical applications. Such applications would include research that could be used to inform and empower women and demystify the disease and/or prevent disease.
- Planning to present her research findings and applications to lay audiences as well as to social scientists.
