The Academy Nomination 2010

Nominations for Academy Fellowship

Dear Fellows of the Academy. This is to officially announce the next round of nominations of candidates for Academy fellowship. Any fellow of the Academy is entitled to nominate a person for membership. The Executive Committee requests that fellows note the following:

• Academy membership is an honour to be bestowed on only a small proportion of tourism scholars. Members should nominate only those candidates whom they consider to be outstanding scholars. They should not feel pressured to nominate anyone about whom they may have reservations.
•  Members could consider limiting their nominees to only one person (or none)
•  Members may wish to jointly nominate a candidate

The nomination process is fairly simple. Four (4) items of information are required to be submitted:

1. A letter from the nominator indicating the candidate’s suitability for fellowship of the Academy.
2. Fellowship Nomination Form which can be accessed from our website www.tourismscholars.org This form provides an opportunity for the nominator and the candidate to identify, in brief summary, the candidate’s impact or contribution to tourism research and scholarship, and contribution to the profession.  The fellow is encouraged to discuss such impacts and contribution with the candidate to ensure the comprehensiveness of the information given in this form.
3. The Candidate’s updated Curriculum Vitae
4. Three examples of the candidates work. 

All nomination materials are to be submitted by the nominator electronically to the Secretariat no later than September 30, 2010. 

Candidates will be invited, at their own expense, to attend the Biennial meeting of the Academy to be held in Taiwan June 6-10, 2011. At this conference they will be given the opportunity to make a presentation (20 minutes) summarizing their research contribution to date and future research directions.

Voting by the full Academy membership will take place a short time after the conference.

Nominations for ‘Emerging Scholar’ Award

The idea is to recognise the emerging talent in our field which can be nurtured over time to enhance the quality of international tourism research and scholarship. The scholar must be (a) ten years or less out of their doctoral degree and (b) be exceptional in their tourism research contributions to date. A maximum of three scholars will be invited to attend the Academy Conference.

The nomination process is fairly simple. Four (4) items of information are required to be submitted:

1. A letter from the nominator indicating the person’s suitability for nomination as ‘an emerging scholar of distinction’.
2. The Nomination Form which can be accessed from our website www.tourismscholars.org
3. The nominee’s updated Curriculum Vitae
4. One example of the nominee’s research.

All nomination materials are to be submitted by the nominator electronically to the Secretariat no later than September 30, 2010.  A committee appointed by the Executive will review applications. The nominator will be informed of the outcome.

The Academy will bestow on successful nominees the honour of ‘emerging scholar of distinction’. The award winners will be invited, at their own expense, to attend the Biennial meeting of the Academy to be held in Taiwan June 6-10, 2011. At this conference they will be given the opportunity to make a presentation (20 minutes) summarizing their research contribution to date and future research directions.

Larry Dwyer, 2nd Vice President

Forms

• Emerging Scholar Nomination Form 2010
• Fellow Nomination Form 2010