The Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC) has announced the 2018 Young Scholars Travel Award. SSEC will select four young scholars for awards of $1,000 each plus a waiver of the conference fee to support their participation in the 2018 SSEC Conference, which will take place in Florence, Italy, June 5-10, 2018. The conference theme is "Democracy at a Crossroads: Examining the Past and Facing the Future."
Eligible applicants include doctoral students in good academic standing and early career faculty (employed in a tenure track position as an assistant professor) in the fields of social science education and related disciplines. Travel award applications must be received by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on October 6, 2017. Please contact Dr. Michael Berson (below) for more information.

Michael J. Berson, Ph.D.
Professor of Social Science Education
Coordinator, Social Science Education Ph.D. Program
Senior Fellow, The Florida Joint Center for Citizenship
University of South Florida
College of Education
Department of Teaching and Learning
4202 East Fowler Avenue, EDU105
Tampa, Florida 33620 – 5650
Email: berson@usf.edu  
www.coedu.usf.edu