<div dir="ltr"><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><div>Dear grad students,</div><div><br></div><div>Please consider applying for this award, if you believe your dissertation fits with the solicitation.</div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Kevin</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Kevin M. Esterling<div>Professor and Chair of Political Science</div><div>University of California Riverside</div></div></div></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Coss, Christina</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:christina.mills2@richmond.edu">christina.mills2@richmond.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Mar 30, 2026 at 11:35 AM<br>Subject: Jablin Dissertation Award – Call for Submissions June 2026<br>To: Coss, Christina <<a href="mailto:christina.mills2@richmond.edu">christina.mills2@richmond.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg5516232158108459811">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">On behalf of Dr. Sandra Peart, Dean of Jepson School of Leadership Studies:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Dear Graduate Directors, Chairs, and Coordinators of University of California (Riverside),<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">I want to call your attention to the Fredric M. Jablin Doctoral Dissertation Award, which I hope will interest your doctoral students. A description of
 the award and the application process can be found at <a href="http://jepson.richmond.edu/about/jablin-dissertation-award/index.html" title="http://jepson.richmond.edu/about/jablin-dissertation-award/index.html" target="_blank">
http://jepson.richmond.edu/about/jablin-dissertation-award/index.html</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Established in 1992, the Jepson School of Leadership Studies takes an interdisciplinary approach to the study of leadership. Jepson faculty members make
 significant contributions to their home disciplines as well as to the field of leadership studies. They come from leading doctoral programs in traditional academic disciplines such as religious studies, philosophy, and social psychology.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">This interdisciplinary approach to leadership is reflected in our recent selection of recipients for the Jablin Dissertation Award. Past winners earned
 their doctorates in such areas as political science at Yale University, history at Stanford, and religion at Princeton University.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">I hope that you will consider encouraging one of your doctoral students to apply for the award. The deadline for applications is
<b>June 15, 2026</b>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">Sincerely,
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif">If you have any questions or want to further discuss a potential candidate, you are more than welcome to reach out to Dean Peart (<a href="mailto:speart@richmond.edu" title="mailto:speart@richmond.edu" target="_blank"><b>speart@richmond.edu</b></a>)
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