This award program provides funding for up to four graduate students and those holding a Doctorate for no more than five years to attend SAAP’s annual meeting. Qualifying papers are those that promote the understanding, significance, or creative advancement of Classical American Pragmatism, and remain firmly rooted in this Classical tradition. The best of the four papers will receive the Grand Prize of an additional $1000.
2026 Grand Prize:
“Towards a Politics of Sincerity: A Roadmap by Martí and Du Bois” by Juan Carlos Gonzalez (Colorado College)
2026 Scholars:
“Handle with Care: Developing Interactive Kincentricity in Ethical Experimentation” by Lainie Bell (University of Oregon)
“Laura Cornelius Kellogg and Lolomi as a Democratic Utopia” by Audrey Brown (University of Oregon)
“Radical Democratic Transition and Imperfect Compliance: W.E.B. Du Bois on the ‘Dictatorship of Labor’ in Black Reconstruction” by Matthew Tuten (University of Oregon)