Naomi C. Turner Prize
This prize honors the best paper written and presented at the annual conference by a student(s). This prize was endowed by WAPOR past president Fred Turner in memory of his mother. Fred was president of WAPOR in 1989-1990. The author(s) will receive $500.
Submission: The author(s) will have had their abstract accepted for presentation to the WAPOR 77th Annual Conference. Authors will then submit their completed papers electronically (send to waporoffice@gmail.com) by the deadline of May 31, 2024 (by 11:59 pm ET). Entries are expected to be approximately 15 to 25 pages in length, font Times New Roman 12, double-spaced. References citation format: APA. Lengthy tables or other statistical calculations (over 1 page length) should be included in an appendix. The appendix is not counted towards the overall paper length. The paper may have multiple authors; all authors on an entry must meet the eligibility requirements for the award (i.e. being student of a PhD student).
A panel of researchers from WAPOR’s membership–drawn from the academic, government, and commercial sectors–will evaluate the submissions. Competitors will be notified of a decision prior to the start of the annual conference. The committees reserve the right not to give an award.
Past Award Winners
1995 – Salma I. Ghanem, USA
1996 – Andreina Mandelli, Italy
1997 – None awarded
1998 – Dietram A. Scheufele, USA
1999 – None awarded
2000 – Gregor Petric, Slovenia
2001 – Yariv Tsfati, USA
2002 – Seung-Ahn Nah, USA, and Hernando Rojas, USA
2003 – Lilach Nir, USA
2004 – Yufen Chen, USA; Honorable Mention: Homero Gil de Zúñiga, USA
2005 – Roei Davidson, USA
2006 – None Awarded
2007 – Joerg Matthes, Switzerland
2008 – Sebastián Valenzuela, USA
2009 – Martin Degen, Germany, Anja Obermüller, Germany, and Anna-Maria Schielicke, Germany; Honorable Mention: Stefan Geiss, Germany
2010 – Wenlin Liu, USA
2011 – Dmitriy Poznyak, Belgium
2012 – Yu Won Oh, USA and Rebecca Yu, USA
2013 – None awarded
2014 – Mathias Weber, Germany and Christina Koehler, Germany
2015 – Marko Kovic, Switzerland
2016 – Alexander Kustov, USA
2017 – Sehrish Mushtaq, Germany, and Fawad Baig, Germany
2018 – Rosa Seitz, Germany and Fabio Votta, Germany
2019 – no winner
2020 – Rico Neumann, USA
2021 – Fernanda Alvarado-Leiton, USA
2022 – Evgenia Kapsousouz, USA
2023 – Daniel Casey, Australia
2024 – Yin Wu, China
Award Committee Members
2022: Mark Gill (United Kingdom, Chair), Christopher Adams (Canada), Cornelia Mothes, (Germany), Thomas Roessing (Germany), Matthew Barnidge (USA).
2023: Mark Gill (United Kingdom, Chair), Christopher Adams (Canada), Cornelia Mothes, (Germany), Thomas Roessing (Germany), Matthew Barnidge (USA).
2024: Mark Gill (United Kingdom, Chair), Christopher Adams (Canada), Cornelia Mothes, (Germany), Thomas Roessing (Germany), Matthew Barnidge (USA).