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George C. Grinnell Wins 2011 Arlt Award in the Humanities
December 14, 2011
Contact:
Belle Woods
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Scottsdale, AZ – The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) has awarded the 2011 Gustave O. Arlt Award in the Humanities to Dr. George C. Grinnell, Assistant Professor of English at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. The awards ceremony was held during the CGS 51st Annual Meeting.
The Arlt Award is given annually to a young scholar-teacher who has written a book deemed to have made an outstanding contribution to scholarship in the humanities. Dr. Grinnell becomes the award’s 40th recipient for The Age of Hypochondria: Interpreting Romantic Health and Illness (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010). He received a Ph.D. in English from McMaster University in 2005.
The Age of Hypochondria is a result of interdisciplinary research; by examining medical and literary writings from the Romantic period, Dr. Grinnell offers readers insight into hypochondria, “a disorder of the very ability to distinguish between illness and health.” Hermione de Almeida, Pauline Water Chair in Comparative Literature at the University of Tulsa noted that the book’s “choice of subject and authors treated will give it a distinct and original place among the roster of good books on Romantic medicine published in recent years.”
Created in 1971, the Arlt Award honors the first president of CGS. The winner must have earned a doctorate within the past seven years from, and currently be teaching at, a North American university. Nominations are made by CGS member institutions and are reviewed by a panel of scholars in the field of competition, which rotates annually among seven disciplines within the humanities. This year’s field was English and North American Language and Literature. The winner receives a $1,000 honorarium, a certificate, and travel to the awards ceremony.
The Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) is an organization of over 500 institutions of higher education in the United States and Canada engaged in graduate education, research, and the preparation of candidates for advanced degrees. Among U.S. institutions, CGS members award 92% of the doctoral degrees and 77% of the master’s degrees.* The organization’s mission is to improve and advance graduate education, which it accomplishes through advocacy in the federal policy arena, research, and the development and dissemination of best practices.
* Based on data from the 2010 CGS/GRE Survey of Graduate Enrollment and Degrees
CGS is the leading source of information, data analysis, and trends in graduate education. Our benchmarking data help member institutions to assess performance in key areas, make informed decisions, and develop plans that are suited to their goals.
CGS Best Practice initiatives address common challenges in graduate education by supporting institutional innovations and sharing effective practices with the graduate community. Our programs have provided millions of dollars of support for improvement and innovation projects at member institutions.
As the national voice for graduate education, CGS serves as a resource on issues regarding graduate education, research, and scholarship. CGS collaborates with other national stakeholders to advance the graduate education community in the policy and advocacy arenas.
CGS is an authority on global trends in graduate education and a leader in the international graduate community. Our resources and meetings on global issues help members internationalize their campuses, develop sustainable collaborations, and prepare their students for a global future.
