IMPORTANT DATES
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Date |
Activity |
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Jan 28 |
Workshop for interested students |
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Feb 1 |
Students register to participate |
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Mar 28 |
Students confirm their participation |
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Apr 4 Week |
Posters complete and shared at public Poster Competition in Gallery |
OVERVIEW
In Spring 2022, the College of Architecture Planning and Public Affairs will award four prizes to students engaged in thoughtful research and creative practices related to issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, as well as a separate competition focused on sustainability. Critical to all of these awards are issues of social justice and the ways that our disciplines of architecture, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design, planning, and public affairs can contribute to the creation of a more equitable world, where access to resources like housing, green space, fresh food, air, and water is a fundamental human right.
These awards are intended to support and encourage students who are creating impactful, evidence-based projects through coursework, independent research, or design studios that advance our ability to address inequity and promote more sustainable policies and practices. Faculty are encouraged to integrate these award programs into their courses, and/or support students that may develop work independently that may present strong entries for these awards.
To apply for the awards, students will submit a completed research poster and participate in a day-long event in the first week of April 2022 dedicated to sharing the work with peers and faculty. Posters will be judged by a jury composed of members of the CAPPA DEI committee according to a more detailed rubric that will be shared with students by January 2021. All students who enter are encouraged to consult with faculty to help shape their entries and to consider a topic that is also suitable for submission to a conference in your field of study. An informational workshop for discussion of the awards and submission requirements will be held in Teams on Friday, January 28 2022 at noon.
These awards are open to all CAPPA students in any major enrolled in any undergraduate or graduate program. There will be four awards and the winners will be promoted through CAPPA’s newsletter, web site, and social media:
- Two CAPPA JEDI Awards of $1,000 each, one awarded to a graduate student and one to an undergraduate. To be eligible for the JEDI Awards, student projects must explicitly promote more just practices and address societal inequities through research and/or creative practice. The awards are generously funded by a gift from JHP Architecture.
- Two CAPPA Sustainability Awards of $1,000 each, one awarded to a graduate student and one to an undergraduate. To be eligible for Sustainability Awards, student projects must explicitly address issues related to climate change and/or natural resource quality or scarcity through evidence-based research and/or creative practice.
For students continuing in a UTA program, the award will be applied to your student account and serve as a scholarship. For students graduating from a UTA program, the award will be applied to your account and after any final balances are deducted, you will be issued a check for the balance. Please note that if students submit a group project, the $1000 award would be divided amongst all members of the team.
POSTER FORMAT
Posters should be portrait format, 24”x36” and include the following required elements:
- Title of Project
- Student name/program/anticipated year of graduation + name of university
- Problem Statement/Thesis Statement (no more than 250 words)
- Supporting text (no more than 750 words) plus images, diagrams
- Bibliography/citation of sources as needed
- For examples of conference research posters from a variety of disciplines represented by our college, please see Poster File
The DEI Committee:
- Dennis Antonio Chiessa, Assistant Professor (Architecture)
- Barbara Marini, Ph.D., FASID, IDEC, Director of Interior Design (Architecture)
- Amber B. Raley, Ph.D. Student - Urban Planning and Public Policy (UPPP) (Planning)
- James Brown, Academic Recruiter
- Taner Ozdil, Ph.D., ASLA, Associate Professor; V. P. for Research and Creative Scholarship, CELA (Landscape Architecture)
- Jiwon Suh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Public Affairs)
- Austin Allen, Ph.D., ASLA, Committee Chair (Architecture)
Review Rubric:
| Criteria | 0 Unacceptable | 1 Developing | 2 Good | 3 Excellent | |
| A |
Thesis/Problem Statement States the central issue to be investigated |
No clear statement offered | Incomplete or unfocused | Reasonably clear | Clear and concise |
| B |
Evidence Reports the results of an evidence-based investigation |
No clear statement offered | Incomplete or unfocused | Reasonably clear | Clear and concise |
| C |
Interpretation Interprets the results of the investigation |
No clear statement offered | Incomplete or unfocused | Reasonably clear | Clear and concise |
| D |
Impact/Significance Indicates potential significance of the work to make a significant change in the world, discipline, or profession |
No clear potential for impact | Incomplete or unfocused attention to means of impact | Impact possible, in potentially less significant ways | High impact with clear potential for change |
| E |
Accessibility Comes across as accessible to a broad audience |
Scope too broad or too narrow; lacks depth; AND uses too much technical language/jargon | Scope too broad or too narrow OR lacks depth OR uses too much technical language/jargon | Reasonable scope and depth; lapses into detail that may not be accessible to the audience | Good scope and depth without losing the audience in technical detail |
