Erve Chambers Tourism and Heritage Student Paper Award

The SfAA has established the Erve Chambers Tourism and Heritage Student Paper Award to honor the legacy of Dr. Erve Chambers and encourage new and innovative avenues of inquiry within the anthropology of tourism and heritage. 

Student papers should entail original research on the themes of “tourism” and/or “heritage” broadly defined, including topics such as heritage, archaeology and tourism, ecotourism, and cultural resource management. Top papers will be selected for inclusion in a featured paper session at the SfAA Annual Meeting, and the top three papers will receive cash awards - $300 for first prize, and $150 each for two honorable mentions. 

ABOUT DR. ERVE CHAMBERS: Dr. Chambers is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Maryland, College Park. His scholarly work and professional service has had an indelible impact on the anthropology of tourism and heritage as well as applied anthropology. Dr. Chambers served as president of the Society for Applied Anthropology from 1987 to 1989 and was a founding editor of the journal Practicing Anthropology. His publications within the field of tourism, heritage, and applied anthropology are considered seminal works, and include Native Tours: The Anthropology of Travel and Tourism (2010), Tourism and Culture: An Applied Perspective (1997), and Applied Anthropology: A Practical Guide (1985).

Eligibility

Eligible students must be enrolled in a graduate or undergraduate degree program at the time they submit their paper. Submissions must be original work of publishable quality. The work may be undertaken alone or in collaboration with others, but for papers with one or more co-authors, an enrolled student must be the paper’s first author.  

Attendance at the SfAA Annual Meeting is required to receive the award.

Application and Deadlines

The competition involves a two-step process. 

1. Step one involves the submission of expanded paper abstracts (of 500 words or less). Top paper abstracts will be selected for inclusion in a featured paper session at the SfAA Annual Meeting. Abstracts must be submitted by SEPTEMBER 15. ​​​​​​​

2. Students selected for participation in the session will submit full papers for judging by DECEMBER 15. The top three papers will receive a cash award, and all selected session participants will present their papers and be honored at the SfAA Annual Meeting. 

Online Submission

The deadline for submission of abstracts is September 15. Selected students will be notified by October 1, and will then be instructed on how to submit their abstracts through the SfAA Meetings portal by October 15. Full papers are due by December 15.