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2013 Award Recipients


Distinguished Book Award
"Capitalizing on Crisis: The Political Origins of the Rise of Finance" by Greta Krippner

Honorable Mention   "Peculiar Institution: America's Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition" by David Garland

Dissertation Award
Larissa Buchholz (co-recipient)
Daniel Menchik (co-recipient)

Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award
Ira Glass and the Staff of "This American Life"

Jessie Bernard Award
Kathleen Gerson

Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award
Elijah Anderson

Award for the Public Understanding of Sociology
Ruth Milkman

Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology
Donald Light

Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award
Rose Brewer and Jay Howard

W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award
Joe R. Feagin