COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION SOCIETY (CIES)

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS – September 3, 2009

The CIES Nominations and Elections Committee calls for nominations for Board of Directors and Vice-Presidential candidates. The job of this committee is to present CIES members with two candidates for Vice-President, as well as candidates to fill the three open slots on the Board of Directors. The Vice-President is elected for a one-year term and then automatically and successively becomes President Elect for a one-year term and then President for a one-year term. Directors serve three-year terms. Additional information about the duties of these positions may be found in the CIES Bylaws [available online at http://www.cies.us/historian/CONSTITUTION_and_bylaws_March_2009.doc]

Elections will take place in December 2009. All CIES members are invited to make nominations. Self-nominations are also welcome. The Nominations Committee makes a particular effort to ensure the creation of a broad slate that speaks to the diversity of the CIES membership.

VICE-PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS

Vice-Presidential nominees should show evidence of long-term CIES membership of a minimum of ten years and must be a current member in CIES. In addition, the nominee should have served either on the Board of Directors or as a chair of a statutory SIG or have demonstrated similar leadership in CIES. Attendance and participation in regional and national meetings of the Society are also requirements, as well as evidence of work on behalf of CIES at local, regional, national, or international levels. Vice-Presidential nominees should demonstrate leadership and scholarly attainment in the field at large.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS NOMINATIONS

Board of Directors nominees should show evidence of membership in CIES for a minimum of five years in a postgraduate capacity and be a current member of CIES. In addition, the Board of Directors nominees should show evidence of established professional and/or scholarly reputation in the field and demonstrate a strong commitment to the Society by one or all of the following: a) regular participation in regional and national conferences; b) membership on CIES committees; and c) other activities intended to promote comparative and international education scholarship regardless of professional status and setting.

Nominations should be sent to Noah W. Sobe (nsobe@luc.edu) by October 10, 2009.

Thank you,

CIES Nominations Committee 2009-2010

Noah W. Sobe, Loyola University Chicago, Chair

Jose Cossa, University of Texas at Austin

Walter P. Dawson, Hanyang University, Seoul

Cathryn Magno, Southern Connecticut State University