The Bill T. Jones Scholarship Fund
Bill T. Jones is an internationally acclaimed dancer, director, writer, and choreographer. His work has collided with and challenged gender roles, violence, love, war, illness, HIV, survival, strength, sexuality and eroticism. Robert Wierzel, Bill's lighting design collaborator since 1985, and certified sex therapist, P. Michele Sugg, MSW, together honor Bill's fierce passion by creating a scholarship fund in his name to encourage and nurture diversity within AASECT.
This $500.00 scholarship will be awarded once per year, as funds are available, to a qualified applicant as a credit toward the registration cost of the AASECT Annual Conference.
Those interested in applying to the Bill T. Jones Scholarship Fund must meet the following criteria:
- Be a resident of the United States of America
- Be a person of color
- Have a prerequisite degree (minimum Bachelor's level) for pursuing a career in the field of human sexuality, sexuality education, sexuality counseling, sex therapy, sex research, sexology, or sexual health
- Demonstrate commitment to pursuing a career in the field of human sexuality, sexuality education, sexuality counseling, sex therapy, sex research or sexual health
- Provide two letters of recommendation documenting this person's commitment to the field of human sexuality, sexuality education, sexuality counseling, sex therapy, sex research or sexual health
- Demonstrate financial need
- Submit an essay/personal statement addressing how this scholarship award might help in accomplishing personal career goals
How to apply:
Please submit your essay/personal statement, two letters of recommendation, and statement of financial need electronically to: msugglcsw@gmail.com.
Deadline: April 17, 2012
John Sughrue, Jr., MD Scholarship
In memory of my beloved husband, John Sughrue, Jr., MD, I am offering a $1000 scholarship to a medical or nursing student to receive sexuality education and training by attending the AASECT annual conference. The scholarship is open to both US and international students.
John became an AASECT member in the late 1970s. He was certified as a sex therapist in 1983 and awarded Diplomate status in 2003. John loved attending and learning at the AASECT conferences and felt that physicians and nurses should be adequately trained in the sexuality field.
~ Joan Sughrue, MEd, BSN, RN, Dipomate of Sex Therapy
How to apply:
Please email a current curriculum vitae and a letter of application stating your interest in the sexuality field and how you plan to incorporate sexuality education and counseling in your medical or nursing practice.
Email: conference@aasect.org
Deadline: April 17, 2012