2006 Torang Jahan Prize Announcement
For The Best Student Essay
On Globalization

“Globalization is a complex phenomenon that has had far-reaching effects. Not surprisingly, therefore, the term “globalization”’ has acquired many emotive connotations and become a hotly contested issue in current political discourse. At one extreme, globalization is seen as an irresistible and benign force for delivering economic prosperity to people throughout the world. At the other, it is blamed as a source of all contemporary ills.” (from Report of the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalization. A Fair Globalization: Creating Opportunities for All, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland, 2004, p. 24).

 The Torang Jahan Prize was established in 2003 by UCLA alumna Ms. Torang Jahan (B.A., 1993), to encourage and acknowledge outstanding graduate student scholarship in the area of globalization studies. After graduating from UCLA with a degree in Psychology, Ms. Jahan started a successful business, Federal Research Center, Inc., specializing in research and information retrieval. Located in Glendale, California, the company provides information services throughout the United States and Canada. The prize recognizes Ms. Torang Jahan’s continued interest in the study of globalization and international issues.

The value of the Torang Jahan Prize is $4,000.00

Eligibility and Requirements

  • Open to current UCLA graduate students in the School of Public Affairs, the School of Law, the Anderson School of Management, the School of Public Health, the School of Arts and Architecture, the School of Theater, Film and Television, the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, the International Institute, the Social Sciences, and the Humanities.
  • Essays submitted for the prize can be on any topic related to globalization.
  • No citizenship requirements
  • Submitted essays must have been written as part of course assignments during Fall Quarter 2005 or Winter Quarter 2006.
  • Submitted essays that are the product of group projects are acceptable.

Interested students should submit their essay with a cover sheet that includes their name, address, telephone number, e-mail address, student university ID, as well as the course number and title, the quarter, and the instructor’s name to the Program Coordinator of the Center for Globalization and Policy Research.

A faculty committee consisting of the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs (SPA) and the Director of the Center for Globalization and Policy Research will review the submissions and select the best essay.

The prize will be awarded at a public lecture sponsored by the Center for Globalization and Policy Research in Spring Quarter 2006. The selected essay will be posted on the Center’s website at: http://www.spa.ucla.edu/cgpr/.

Deadline for submissions: MONDAY, APRIL 3, 2006 at 5:00 PM.

Please submit entries (in hard copy) to Dr. Nga Scott, Program Coordinator, Center for Globalization and Policy Research, Room 3250, Public Policy Building, Campus Mail Code 165606.

For more information, please contact Dr. Nga Scott, tel: (310) 825 8682, email: nscott@ucla.edu.