Nominations Being Accepted for
2007 Section Awards!
ASA sections honor work in their specialties through awards made to articles, books, dissertations, career achievements, and other special contributions. The list below is the call for nominations from the sections making section awards for the next award cycle. Awards will be presented at the 2007 ASA Annual Meeting in New York City. Please consider colleagues and students whose contributions should have the special visibility accorded by a section award.
Aging and the Life Course / Animals and Society / Asia and Asian America / Children and Youth / Collective Behavior and Social Movements / Community and Urban / Comparative and Historical / Culture / Crime, Law and Deviance / Economic Sociology / Emotions / Environment and Technology / Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis / Family / History of Sociology / International Migration / Labor and Labor Movements / Latino/a Sociology / Law / Mathematical Sociology / Marxist Sociology / Medical Sociology / Mental Health / Methodology / Organizations, Occupations and Work / Peace, War and Social Conflict / Political Economy of the World System / Political Sociology / Population / Race and Ethnic Minorities / Race, Gender and Class / Rationality and Society / Religion / Science, Knowledge and Technology / Sex and Gender / Sexualities / Social Psychology / Sociological Practice / Teaching and Learning
Section on Aging and the Life Course
Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award
This award honors a scholar who has shown exceptional achievement in research, theory, policy analysis, or who has otherwise advanced knowledge of aging and the life course. Letters of nomination should describe the candidate’s contributions to the study of aging and the life course. Additional letters of support are encouraged but not required. Nominations should be submitted by April 5, 2007 to:
Duane F. Alwin, Ph.D.
McCourtney Professor of Sociology
Interim Director, Center on Population Health and Aging
Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA
dalwin@pop.psu.edu
Graduate Student Paper Award
Papers authored or coauthored solely by students are eligible. Faculty coauthors render papers ineligible. Unpublished, under review, accepted, or published papers are eligible. If published, the paper should have appeared within the past two calendar years (e.g., a paper nominated in 2003 may have been published anytime during 2002 or 2003). Self nominations are encouraged! All nominations are due by June 1st, 2007.
Send nominations to:
Chris Himes, Syracuse University
CLHimes@maxwell.syr.edu
Outstanding Publication Award
This annual award honors an outstanding recent contribution to the field of sociology of aging and the life course. Eligible publications include original research reports, theoretical or methodological developments, and policy-related contributions. The outstanding publication can be an article, chapter, or book published within the past three years. The committee will consider nominations and self-nominations.
Schedule: Deadline February 1, 2007
Send nominations to: Angela M. O'Rand, Chair
aorand@soc.duke.edu
Award for Distinguished Scholarship
The Animals & Society Section announces its 2007 Award for Distinguished Scholarship. This year the award will be given to the author(s) of a book that makes a significant empirical or theoretical contribution to the sociological understanding of animals and society. The book must have been published between the 2004 through 2006 calendar years, and must be a treatise as the committee will not consider textbooks, edited volumes, or articles for this award. To nominate such a work (self-nominations are acceptable), please provide the author(s), the title of the book, the publisher, the publication date in a letter (maximum 2 pages) outlining why you believe this work is a substantial contribution to the field. A book may be nominated more than once as long as its publication date falls within the appropriate time frame. The deadline for nominations is February 1st, 2007. A copy of the book should be sent with the letter to Dr. Janet M. Alger, 720 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203. The author(s) of the selected work will be honored at the Animals & Society reception at the 2007 annual meeting of ASA.
Award for Distinguished Graduate Student Scholarship
The Animals & Society Section announces its 2007 Award for Distinguished Graduate Scholarship. Papers may be empirical or theoretical and they may be on any aspect of animals and society. To be eligible, a paper must not be published, accepted for publication, or under review for publication. Papers which have been presented at a professional meeting or which have been submitted for presentation at a professional conference are eligible. Jointly authored works are eligible, as long as all authors have student status. Papers must be no longer than 25 pages, including all notes, references, and tables. When submitting your paper, please include a brief letter from your advisor certifying your graduate student status. Papers must be postmarked by March 15th, 2007 and winners will be honored at the Animals & Society reception at the 2007 annual meeting of ASA.
One hard copy of the paper should be sent to Dr. Janet M. Alger, 720 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12203. One e-mailed copy should be sent as a word document to alger@siena.edu or janet.alger@verizon.net
Jane Goodall Fellowships
The Section on Animals and Society announces the 2007 Jane Goodall Fellowships. An anonymous member of our section has given the generous gift of two student memberships to the ASA and the Section. The fellowships are to honor Jane Goodall’s work in broadening our awareness of the capacities of non-human animals. The awards will be made to two graduate students in the form of fellowships that will pay their membership fees for one year. Those selected as fellows will be asked to contribute a research note on their own work or a short book review on an appropriate volume for publication in the Section newsletter. To apply for these fellowships, the section requests that graduate students send a brief letter of application (no longer than one page) describing their interests in the study of animals and society, along with a letter of nomination from one professor of their choice under separate cover. Send application materials to Leslie Irvine, Department of Sociology, 219 Ketchum, 327UCB, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0327. Application materials must be received by December 1, 2006. Winners will be notified before the ASA’s annual renewal deadline.
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Section on Asia and Asian America
Book Award
The Asia and Asian American section invites nomination letters and materials for the Asian and Asian American Section book award. Each year we rotate the nominations between books on Asia and books on Asian America. This year the award will go to the most outstanding book on Asia. Eligible books must be either published during 2004-2006 or forthcoming. Please send a nomination or a self-nomination letter along with a copy of the book to each of the Book Award Committee Co-Chairs:
Professor Xiaoling Shu
Department of Sociology
University California Davis
One Shields Avenue
Davis CA 95616
Email: xshu@ucdavis.edu
-and-
Professor Zhenchao Qian
Department of Sociology
Ohio State University
300 Bricker Hall
190 N. Oval Mall
Columbus, OH 43210
Email: qian.26@sociology.osu.edu
The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2007
Research Paper Award
Nominations (including self-nominations) are invited for the Section’s Research Paper Award. Each year we rotate the nominations between papers on Asia and papers on Asian America. This year we plan to give the award for an outstanding paper on Asian America. Eligible papers must be either published during 2004-2006 or forthcoming. Nomination and self-nomination letters should be no more than 2 pages stating the significance and innovations of the paper. Send one copy of the paper along with nomination letter(s) to the Research Paper Award Chair:
Professor Carolyn Chen
Department of Sociology
Northwestern University
1810 Chicago Avenue
Evanston, IL 60208
Email: cechen@northwestern.edu
The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2007
Graduate Student Paper Award
The section will award a prize to the best graduate student paper addressing any topic in the sociology of Asia or on Asian Americans. The winner receives a cash prize of $300 at the annual meeting. Entries should be double spaced with 12 point font and not exceed 30 pages in length (including all references, tables, and figures). Papers may be published, under consideration for publication, or accepted for a panel at the ASA. Papers may be co-authored, but the student should be the lead author. Papers may be submitted by students or by professors on behalf of their students. Send three copies of the paper with all identifying information to the Graduate Student Paper Award Chair:
Professor Hung Thai
Department of Sociology
Pomona College
420 North Harvard Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711
Email: Hung.Thai@pomona.edu
The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2007
Outstanding Teaching Award
The Asia and Asian American Section invites nominations for the Outstanding Teaching Award for a scholar who teaches courses in the Sociology of Asia or Asian American communities. A nomination letter of no more than 2 pages should address the nominee's qualifications for the award and highlight the contributions of the scholar's work. Please direct three copies of the nomination letter and the nominee's curriculum vitae to the Teaching Award Co-Chairs:
Professor Min Zhou
Department of Sociology
UCLA
264 Haines Hall, Box 951551
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551
Email: mzhou@soc.ucla.edu
-and-
Professor Dina G. Okamoto
University of California, Davis
Department of Sociology
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Email: dgokamoto@ucdavis.ed
The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2007
Early Career Award
This award recognizes a scholar in the early stage of her/his career (no more than 10 years post Ph.D. award date) and who is conducting exemplary research on the sociology of Asia or Asian American communities. A nomination letter of no more than 3 pages should address the nominee's qualifications for the award and highlight the significance of the scholar's work. Three sets of the nomination letter and the nominee's vitae should be sent to the Early Career Award Co-Chairs:
Professor Min Zhou
Department of Sociology
UCLA
264 Haines Hall, Box 951551
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551
Email: mzhou@soc.ucla.edu
-and-
Professor Dina G. Okamoto
University of California, Davis
Department of Sociology
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
Email: dgokamoto@ucdavis.edu
The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2007
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Section on Children and Youth
Our section bestows two awards, a distinguished contribution award, whose focus varies on a three-year cycle (early career, publication, advocacy), and a graduate student paper award, awarded annually.
Distinguished Contribution Award
This year we will be awarding a Distinguished Contribution Award for Scholarship in the sociological study of children and youth. The award will be given for a book or paper published in 2004-2006. Please send nominations with a brief rationale to the Distinguished Contribution Award Committee Chair, Heather Beth Johnson at hbj2@lehigh.edu, or by snail mail to her at Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Lehigh University, 681 Taylor Street, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018-3169 NO LATER THAN March 2, 2007.
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
This award recognizes an outstanding paper authored by one or more graduate students. To qualify for this year’s competition, the author and any co-authors must have been students at the time the paper was written. Papers are eligible if they made a “public appearance” in 2005-2006, defined as having been submitted for a class or seminar held in those years; having been presented at a professional meeting in those years; or having been accepted for publication or published in those years. Students are welcome to submit their own papers. Papers not yet published or accepted for publication should be a maximum of 20 pages (double spaced) plus tables and references. Faculty advisors do NOT need to submit a letter of nomination. Please send submissions to the Graduate Student Paper Award Committee Chair, Jane McLeod (jmcleod@indiana.edu) or by snail mail to her at Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Ballantine Hall 744, 1020 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405 NO LATER THAN March 2, 2007.
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Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Any work (published or unpublished) written in 2006 by someone who is a student at the time of submission. Authors may submit their own work, or nominations may be made by others. This award includes a $250 prize to reimburse part of the cost of attending the 2007 ASA Annual Meeting. Send a copy of the paper electronically to each of the committee members by March 1, 2007:
Holly McCammon – Vanderbilt University, committee chair holly.j.mccammon@Vanderbilt.Edu
Kenneth Andrews – University of North Carolina - kta@unc.edu
Rachel Einwohner – Purdue University – einwohnerr@purdue.edu
Rachel Meyer – University of Michigan – remeyer@umich.edu
Outstanding Article Award
Articles and chapters from edited books published in 2006 are eligible. Authors may submit their own work, or nominations may be made by others. Send a copy of the nominated article electronically to each member of the prize committee by March 1, 2007:
Debra Minkoff – Barnard College, committee chair dminkoff@barnard.edu
Mary Bernstein – University of Connecticut – mary.Bernstein@uconn.edu
Jennifer Earl – University of California, Santa Barbara – jearl@soc.ucsb.edu
Edwin Amenta – University of California, Irvine – ea3@uci.edu
Outstanding Book Award
Section members, authors, or publishers may nominate books published in 2006. Self-nominations are welcome and need not be accompanied by lengthy nominating letters. Send four copies of the book to the chair of the prize committee by March 1, 2007:
Rhys H. Williams – University of Cincinnati, chair (section chair)
Department of Sociology
P.O. Box 210378
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0378
Rhys.Williams@uc.edu
Other committee members are: Jackie Smith – University of Notre Dame; Nella Van Dyke – Washington State University; Joane Nagle – University of Kansas.
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Section on Community and Urban Sociology
The CUSS Student Paper Award
The CUSS Student Paper Award invites submissions for the 2007 best student paper in community and urban sociology. The competition is open to both published and unpublished article-length papers written by a graduate student in the last two years (2005 or 2006). The committee will accept sole-authored and multiple-authored papers, but no student-faculty collaborations. All submissions must be received by January 31, 2007. The committee strongly prefers electronic submissions, which should be sent to Pamela Davidson, pdavidso@gwu.edu. Alternatively, four hard copies of the paper may be mailed to: Pamela Davidson, Department of Sociology and School of Public Policy and Public Administration (SPPA). George Washington University, 801 22nd Street, NW. Phillips 409, Washington, DC 20052. telephone: 202-994-1129 fax: 202-994-3239.
CUSS Student Paper Committee
Pamela Davidson, Chair
George Washington University
pdavidso@gwu.edu
Susan Stall
Northeastern Illinois University
s-stall1@neiu.edu
Volker Kirchberg
University of Lueneburg
kirchberg@uni-lueneburg.de
Geoffery Moss
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
geoffreymoss@verizon.net
The Robert E. Park Book Award
The Robert E. Park Book Award goes to the authors of the best book-length research monograph or the best scholarly article in community and urban sociology published in the past two years. Nominations are now being sought for books and articles that appeared in 2005 or 2006. Nomination should include standard bibliographic information about the work and a brief comment on its merits. Please email book nominations by January 31, 2007, to Kevin Gotham, kgotham@nsf.gov, c/o Park Book Award, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Room 980, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: 703-292-7291 fax: 703-292-9195.
The Robert E. Park Book Award Committee
Kevin Gotham, Chair
National Science Foundation.
kgotham@nsf.gov
Max Herman
Rutgers University/Newark
maxh@andromeda.rutgers.edu
Melinda Milligan
Sonoma State University
melinda.milligan@sonoma.edu
The Robert E. Park Article Award
The Robert E. Park Article Award goes to authors of the best scholarly article in community and urban sociology published in the past two years. Nominations are now being sought for articles that appeared in 2005 or 2006. Nominations should include standard bibliographic information about the work and a brief comment on its merits. To facilitate distributing articles for committee review, we are also requesting electronic submission of articles when possible. Please send article nominations electronically, by January 31, 2007, to Lily M. Hoffman: Lilymhoff@aol.com Lily M. Hoffman, Department of Sociology, The City College, CUNY, NAC 6/135, 138th St and Convent Avenue, New York, NY 10031. telephone: 212-650-5856. fax: 212-650-6810.
The Robert E. Park Article Award Committee
Lily Hofman: Chair
City University of New York
lilyMHoff@aol.com
Samantha Friedman
Northeastern University
s.friedman@neu.edu
Susan Clampet Lundquist
St. Joseph University
sclampet@sju.edu
Seth Ovadia
Bowdoin College
sovadia@bowdoin.edu
The Robert And Helen Lynd Award
The Robert and Helen Lynd Award Committee seeks the active participation of section members in identifying and nominating deserving candidates for this award, which recognizes distinguished career achievements in community and urban sociology. We refer you to a list of previous award recipients and urge you to think who might currently merit similar celebration in the forthcoming annual ASA meeting (http://www.commurb.org/Awards/Lynd_Award.htm).
The committee hopes that in beginning to seek nominees now, we will enlarge the probability of a thorough and inclusive search. Nominations should consist of a) a brief letter summarizing the nominee’s contributions to the field, and b) supplementary materials such as a curriculum vitae, biographical sketch, or additional letters of support. Do not submit copies of the nominee’s publications. Please send nominations by January 31, 2007 to Bill Michelson, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto, 725 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2J4 or to william.michelson@utoronto.ca. telephone: 416- 978-4562. fax: 416-978-3963
The Robert and Helen Lynd Award Committee, 2006-2007
Bill Michelson, Chair
University of Toronto
michel@chass.utoronto.ca
Marlese Durr
Wright State University
marlese.durr@wright.edu
Krista Paulsen
University of North Florida
kpaulsen@unf.edu
Robert Adelman
SUNY/Buffalo
adelman4@buffalo.edu
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Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology
Best Article Award
The section awards this prize every year to the best article in the areas of comparative and historical sociology. Nominated publications should have appeared in the two years prior to the year in which they are nominated (i.e. for the 2007 award only articles published in 2005, 2006 or 2007 will be considered). Articles may be nominated by authors or by other section members. Author and non-authors may nominate a book by sending a letter or email to each member of this prize committee along with a paper copy of the article. The letter and copy of the article must be received by each member of the committee by February 28, 2007 to be considered. The committee members and their email and mailing addresses are:
Marion Fourcade-Gourinchas, Best Article Committee Chair
Department of Sociology
410 Barrows Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1980
fourcade@berkeley.edu
Monica Prasad
Department of Sociology
Northwestern University
1812 Chicago Av Room 205
Evanston, Illinios 60208-1330
m-prasad@northwestern.edu
Reinhard Bendix Student Paper Award
Every year the section presents the Reinhard Bendix Award for the best graduate student paper. Submissions are solicited for papers written by students enrolled in graduate programs at the time the paper was written. Students may self-nominate their finest work or it may be nominated by their mentors. Author and mentors may nominate a paper by sending a letter or email to each member of this prize committee along with a paper copy of the article. The letter and copy of the article must be received by each member of the committee by February 28, 2007 to be considered. The committee members and their email and mailing addresses are:
Miguel Angel Centeno, Bendix Committee Chair
PIIRS
116 Bendheim Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
cenmiga@princeton.edu
Amy Bailey
Department of Sociology
University of Washington
202 Savery Hall, Box 353340
Seattle, WA 98195-3340
akbailey@u.washington.edu
Ann Mische
Department of Sociolgy
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue
Piscataway, New Jersey 08854
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Section on Sociology of Culture
Best Article Prize
Works published in 2004-2006 are eligible. Authors can submit their own work, or nominations may be made by others. Send a copy of the nominated article electronically to each member of the prize committee: Denise Bielby (Chair), University of California, Santa Barbara, bielbyd@soc.ucsb.edu; Ron Lembo, Amherst College, ralembo@amherst.edu; Bennetta Jules-Rosette, University of California, San Diego, bjulesro@ucsd.edu. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2007.
Best Book Prize
Section members, authors, or publishers may nominate books published in 2005-2007. Self-nominations are welcome. Send a nominating letter, including a description of the book and its significance, as well as a copy of the book, to each member of the prize committee: Sarah Corse (Chair), Department of Sociology, P.O. Box 400766, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904, corse@virginia.edu. Doug Hartmann, Sociology Department, University of Minnesota, 909 Social Science Tower, Minneapolis, MN 55455, hartm021@umn.edu;
Tia DeNora, Sociology, HUSS, University of Exeter, Armory Building, Rennes Drive, Exeter EX4 4RJ U.K., T.DeNora@exeter.ac.uk. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2007.
Best Student Paper
Any work (published or unpublished but not previously submitted for this prize) by someone who is a student at the time of submission. Authors can submit their own work, or nominations may be made by others. This award includes a $300 prize to reimburse part of the cost of attending the 2007 ASA Annual Meeting. Send a copy of the paper electronically to each of the committee members: Laura Grindstaff (Chair), lagrindstaff@ucdavis.edu; Grant Blank, American University, grant.blank@acm.org; David Halle, UCLA, dhalle@ucla.edu. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2007.
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Sociology of Crime, Law and Deviance
2007 Albert J. Reiss, Jr. Distinguished Book Award
The Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance of the American Sociological Association calls for nominations for the 2007 Albert J. Reiss, Jr. Distinguished Book Award. The award is given every other year for an outstanding scholarly book that makes a significant contribution to knowledge of crime, law, and deviance. The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2007. Books published as of 2004 are eligible (they must have appeared in print by the submission deadline). Books previously considered for the award cannot be reconsidered. Nominations (including self nominations) by scholars should be submitted to the chair of the award committee, ideally via e-mail: Joachim Savelsberg, 909 Social Sciences, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455; e-mail: savelsbg@atlas.socsci.umn.edu. The other committee members are John Laub, University of Maryland; Janet Lauritsen, University of Missouri at St. Louis; Bill McCarthy, University of California at Davis; and Ross Matsueda, University of Washington.
2007 Distinguished Student Paper Award
The ASA Crime, Law and Deviance Section invites submissions for the 2007 Distinguished Student Paper Award competition. Papers may be conceptual or theoretical, addressing any topic in the sociology of crime, deviance, law or criminal justice. Submissions may be sole- or multiple-authored, but all authors must have student status. Papers accepted for publication at the time of submission are not eligible. Student authors may submit papers directly, or be nominated by a faculty member. Papers should be article length (approximately 30 double-spaced pages) and should follow the manuscript preparation guidelines used by the American Sociological Review. The winner will receive $500 to offset the cost of attending the 2007 ASA meetings. Submit both an electronic copy (to jodymiller@umsl.edu) and a printed copy of the paper to: Jody Miller, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri-St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 63121. Papers must be received by April 15, 2007.>
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Section on Economic Sociology
Viviana Zelizer Distinguished Scholarship Award
The Economic Sociology Section invites nominations for the 2007 Zelizer Distinguished Scholarship Award for an outstanding article published in the field of economic sociology (the award alternates annually between books and articles). Eligible articles must be published in the 2005 or 2006 calendar years. Authors may submit their own work or nominations may be made by others. A letter of nomination and three copies of the article should be sent no later than March 1, 2007 to: Mary Blair-Loy, Department of Sociology, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive-0533, La Jolla, CA 92093-0533. Alternatively, you email an electronic copy of the article to blair-loy@ucsd.edu. Please indicate the author’s name and “Zelizer Award” in the subject line of your email
Ronald Burt Award for Best Graduate Student Paper
The Economic Sociology Section invites nominations for the 2007 Burt Best Paper Award for an outstanding paper written by a graduate student in the field of economic sociology. Eligible papers must have been written by students who have not received their PhD by March 1, 2007. Students may submit their own work or nominations may be made by others. Electronic copies of the letter of nomination/submission and the paper should be sent no later than March 1, 2007 to: Ezra W. Zuckerman of MIT Sloan School of Management, at ewzucker@mit.edu
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Section on Sociology of Emotions
Recent Contribution Award
Nominations are being sought for the most outstanding article published in the last three years that advances the sociology of emotions empirically, theoretically, or methodologically. The recipient must be a member of the Sociology of Emotions section. Send nominations to Lisa Rashotte (lrashott@email.uncc.edu). The Deadline for nominations is February 15, 2007.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Nominations are sought to honor a member of the Section with a record of several years of scholarly work of exceptional merit and who has developed and extended the sociology of emotions empirically, theoretically, or methodologically. To submit a nomination, please send a letter in support of your nominee by December 1st, 2007 to: Lynn Smith-Lovin (smithlov@soc.duke.edu).
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Nominations are being sought for the most outstanding, article-length graduate student paper that contributes to the sociology of emotions empirically, theoretically, or methodologically. Authors of eligible papers must be graduate students at the time of the paper's submission. Multiple-authored papers are eligible for the award if all authors are graduate students. Papers that have been accepted for publication at the time of nomination are not eligible. To submit a nomination, please send three copies of the paper to: Amy Kroska (akroska@kent.edu); Department of Sociology; Kent State University, Kent, OH 44242. Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2007.
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Section on Environment and Technology
Marvin E. Olsen Student Paper Certificate
This certificate is given annually to recognize an outstanding graduate student-authored paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Meeting of the ASA (The paper can be presented at any session or roundtable at ASA, not only an Environment and Technology Section session). The certificate is announced at the Section business meeting and the student will be presented a certificate acknowledging the honored paper. The recipient receives $200 to help defray the cost of participating in the Meeting. Graduate students, and their advisors on their behalf, are encouraged to submit papers to this competition. The deadline for submitting papers is May 1, 2007. Send three copies to:
David Pellow
Associate Professor
Department of Ethnic Studies, 0522
Director, California Cultures in Comparative Perspective
University of California, San Diego
Social Science Building, Room 201
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0522
dpellow@ucsd.edu
Outstanding Publication Award
This award recognizes outstanding research in the sociology of the environment and technology. In alternate years we consider research published either in book or article form. This year the committee will consider series of thematically-related articles published from January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2006. The committee will consider self-nominations as well as nominations made by people other than the authors. It will not consider nominations made by publishers. To be eligible for consideration, please send 3 copies of the works or works, along with a nomination letter, by May 1, 2007 to:
David Pellow
Associate Professor
Department of Ethnic Studies, 0522
Director, California Cultures in Comparative Perspective
University of California, San Diego
Social Science Building, Room 201
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0522
dpellow@ucsd.edu
227 W. Prospect Ave., State College, PAFred Buttel Distinguished Contribution Award
The Distinguished Contribution Award is given each year to a section member for outstanding service, innovation, teaching, and publication in the sociology of the environment and technology. Nominations for this award must be received by May 1, 2007. To nominate a section member for this award, please send a letter of nomination describing the nominee's contribution to the field, accompanied by a copy of the nominee's CV, to the chair of the award committee:
Craig R. Humphrey
227 W. Prospect Ave.
State College, PA, 16801
ch8@psu.edu
The Robert Boguslaw Award for Technology and Humanism
This award is given to a doctoral student or young investigator (who has obtained the Ph.D. in the past five years) whose paper or article that addresses technology and human affairs, social action and social change, conflicts over values, or work that proposes innovative solutions to emerging social issues associated with technology. The honored work should address the concerns of ordinary people, rather than reflecting organizational or institutional agendas. Unpublished papers or articles published within the last two years are eligible. Candidates may either submit their own work or be nominated by someone else. The deadline for submitting papers is May 1, 2007.
Please send three copies of the nominated work, along with a nomination letter to:
J. Timmons Roberts
(2006-07) James Martin 21st Century Professor
Environmental Change Institute
Oxford University Centre for the Environment
Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road
Oxford, OX1 3QY England
timmons.roberts@ouce.ox.ac.uk
Alternate address:
J. Timmons Roberts
(ongoing) Professor of Sociology
The College of William and Mary
Williamsburg VA 23185 USA
jtrobe@wm.edu http://faculty.wm.edu/jtrobe
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Section on Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
Distinguished Book Award
The Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis section of the ASA invites nominations for the EMCA Distinguished Book Award, which recognizes an outstanding book (monograph or edited volume) contributing to Ethnomethodology and/or Conversation Analysis. Eligible works must be published in one of the two calendar years preceding the ASA meeting at which the award is given. Thus, for the 2007 Award, the book must have been published during the 2005 or 2006 calendar years. Authors/editors can submit their own work, or nominations can be made on their behalf. Nominations by author/editors must include a letter of nomination detailing the contribution of the book to EMCA and three copies of the book. Nominations by others require only a letter of nomination, at which time the publisher of the book will be contacted for review copies. Nominations must be received no later than February 1, 2007, and should be sent to: Gary David, EMCA Section Co-Chair, Department of Sociology, Bentley College, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA.
Graduate Student Paper Award
The Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis section of the ASA invites submissions for the EMCA Graduate Student Paper Award. This award is for the most outstanding article-length paper written by a graduate student. The paper may be based on a thesis, dissertation, course paper, or paper submitted to a conference. Published papers or those that have been accepted for publication are not eligible. Co-authored papers are acceptable as long as both authors are students; in this case, the prize will be shared. The winner(s) will receive the award at the 2007 ASA meetings in NYC. Please send an electronic copy of the paper to Virginia Gill, EMCA Section Co-Chair, at vtgill@ilstu.edu. Deadline for submissions is February 1, 2007.
Lifetime Achievement Award
This award recognizes those who have made distinguished lifetime career contributions to the fields of Ethnomethodology and/or Conversation Analysis. To nominate an individual for this award, please submit the following: 1) a letter detailing the nominee’s contributions to EMCA; 2) relevant supporting materials, which should include a list of the nominee’s publications; 3) two additional external letters speaking to the person’s contribution and impact on the field(s). Nominations should be submitted no later than February 1, 2007 to: Gary David, EMCA Section Co-Chair, Department of Sociology, Bentley College, 175 Forest Street, Waltham, MA 02452, or by email at gdavid@bentley.edu.
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Section on Sociology of Family
Award for Distinguished Scholarship or Service
This award is designed to recognize the collective career or major service contributions of a sociologist's work in the field of sociology of the family. Nominees for the award should be members of the American Sociological Association but do not necessarily need to be members of the family section. The distinguished career award recognizes the entire body of the person's work as it relates to the sociology of the family (not just one publication). Major service to the field is defined as those developments that have made a substantial impact on research in the family (for example, data banks, analysis techniques, scholarly writings, etc.).
The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2007. For each nominee, a one paragraph description of biographical facts and major works or a rationale for the nomination should be sent to:
Liana Sayer
Department of Sociology
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH 43210
Telephone: (614) 292-8402
sayer.12@sociology.osu.edu
William S. Goode Best Book Length Contribution to Family Sociology Award
The deadline for book nominations for consideration for the Goode Book Award is January 15, 2007. The award is given to one of the books published within the past two years (2005, 2006) in the sociology of the family. If you wish to nominate a book for consideration, in a letter briefly state why the book should be considered for the award and send the letter to:
Jennifer Glass
Department of Sociology
University of Iowa
W140 Seashore Hall
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
Jennifer-glass@uiowa.edu
Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper in the Sociology of Family
Papers (with a maximum length of 35 pages in total, including an abstract of no more than 150 words, text, tables, figures, references, and footnotes) submitted for this award must be entirely student-authored, and they must deal with an important theoretical issue or significant empirical problem in the field of sociology of the family. The award includes $500 towards travel expenses to attend the 2007 Annual Meeting in New York, where the award is presented. Eligible student authors include master's students and pre-doctoral students who are currently enrolled in a graduate program or who have graduated no earlier than December of 2006. Papers that have been accepted for publication remain eligible for submission. The name, address, telephone number, email address, and/or fax number, and institutional affiliation of the author must be indicated on the title page, along with graduate student status (year in the program and expected date of M.A. or Ph.D. degree). Support letters from faculty advisors are unnecessary and not encouraged.
The deadline for submission is April 1, 2007. Please send four hard copies of the paper to:
Pamela J. Smock
Population Studies Center
426 Thompson Street
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48106
(734) 763-2264
pjsmock@umich.edu
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Section on History of Sociology
Graduate Student Paper Award
The award will be made for a seminar paper, an article submitted or accepted for publication in a sociology journal, or a single chapter from a thesis or dissertation. The paper should focus on an empirical or theoretical issue in the history of sociology. Students actively enrolled (full or part time) in a graduate sociology program on December 15, 2006 are invited to submit papers for consideration for this award. (Only one paper may be submitted; members of the current Graduate Student Paper Award Committee are ineligible.)
Eligible students are invited to submit their paper electronically, with a cover letter, to the committee chair Mikaela Mariel Lemonik Arthur (mikaila.arthur@nyu.edu) to arrive no later than March 1, 2007.
Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
This award honors sociologists who have made significant contributions to the history of sociology by writing books on the 'cutting edge' of sociological inquiry. Monographs and edited scholarly works published in 2005, 2006, or 2007 are eligible for consideration. The book's author(s) or editor(s) must be sociologists. (Members of the current Distinguished Scholarly Book Committee are ineligible.)
Books submitted for consideration should be proposed in a letter of nomination; self-nominations are welcome if accompanied by a letter of support from another member of the ASA. To nominate a book, write highlighting the book's significant contribution to the history of sociology to the committee chair Prof. Larry Nichols (lnichol2@wvu.edu) to arrive no later than March 1, 2007. Please give an e mail address for his reply indicating where the necessary three copies of the book should be sent.
Distinguished Achievement Award
This award recognizes sociologists who have made outstanding contributions to the history of sociology throughout their careers, or who have made ground-breaking innovations or produced significant bodies of scholarly work in the history of sociology. Nominees must be sociologists. (Members of the current Distinguished Achievement Award Committee are ineligible for the award.)
Letters of nomination should highlight the nominee's outstanding innovation(s), career and contributions to the history of sociology. Self nominations are welcome if accompanied by a letter of support from another member of the ASA. To nominate a person, send (in electronic form or in 3 copies) a nomination letter, vitae, and samples of the nominee's work to the committee chair Prof. Jennifer Platt (j.platt@sussex.ac.uk) to arrive no later than March 1, 2007.
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Section on International Migration
Thomas & Zaniecki Award
The Thomas and Znaniecki Award is given annually for outstanding social science scholarship in the field of international migration to a book published within the previous 2 years. This year's Thomas and Znaniecki Award Committee (Robert C. Smith, Chair) invites nominations of books published in 2006 and 2007 that would be suitable for this award. Recent winners have included: Richard Alba and Victor Nee, Rethinking the American Mainstream: Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration (Harvard,
2003) and Alejandro and Ruben Rumbaut, Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant Second Generation (University of California Press, 2001).
Please send your nominations by March 30th, 2007 to:
Robert C. Smith
Baruch College/CUNY
Robert_Smith@baruch.cuny.edu
Luis Guarnizo
Department of Human and Community Development
University of California at Davis
leguarnizo@ucdavis.edu
Jackie Hagan
Dept. of Sociology
University of North Carolina
jhagan@unc.edu
Graduate Student Paper Award
The International Migration Section's Graduate Student Paper Award Committee (Maritsa Poros, Chair, Jon Fox and Eileen McConnell, members) invites nominations and submissions for its annual graduate student paper competition. All papers on the topic of international migration (broadly defined) written by graduate students during 2006 and the spring of 2007 are welcome. Papers co-authored with faculty members cannot be considered. Please send a brief letter of nomination and a copy of the paper by May 1st, 2007 to:
Maritsa Poros
Dept. of Sociology
City College of New York
mporos (ccny.cuny.edu)
Jon Fox
Dept. of Sociology
University of Bristol
Jon.Fox@bristol.ac.uk
Eileen Diaz McConnell
Dept. of Transborder
Chicano/a and Latino/a Studies
Arizona State University
Eileen.Diaz.McConnell@asu.edu
Distinguished Career Award
The International Migration Section invites nominations for the 2007 Distinguished Career Award. The award recognizes a lifetime of contribution to the field of the sociology of international migration. The first award was given to Alejandro Portes in 1998; recent award winners include Tamotsu Shibutani (2004), Edna Bonacich (2005), and Lydio F. Tomasi (2005).
The letter of recommendation should include a statement of the lasting significance of the research conducted by the nominated scholar over the course of her or his career. The nomination should include a copy of the scholar's curriculum vitae, and an assurance that the nominee has given her or his permission for the nomination of the award. To be eligible for the Distinguished Career Award, scholars must be members of the American Sociological Association and the Section on International Migration at the time of the receipt of the award (not required at the time of nominations). Officers and members of the Section Council are not eligible to be nominated while they are in office. All nominated candidates will remain active for at least two rounds of the award. Nominations will be evaluated by the Distinguished Career Award Committee (Peggy Levitt, Chair; Nancy Foner and Sara Curran, members). Please submit nominations by March 15, 2007 to:
Peggy Levitt
Dept. of Sociology
Wellesley College
Plevitt@wellesley.edu
Nancy Foner
Dept. of Sociology
Hunter College (CUNY)
nfoner@hunter.cuny.edu
Sara Curran
School of International Studies and Public Affairs
University of Washington
scurran@u.washington.edu
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Section on Labor and Labor Movements
The Labor and Labor Movements Section (SE41) offers TWO awards for scholarly work this year:
Most Outstanding Student Paper Award
This award is given annually to the best graduate student paper in the sociology of labor or labor movements, completed or published since January 1, 2006. Submissions are encouraged for papers written by students enrolled in graduate programs at the time the paper was completed. Papers should be of normal article length (roughly 10,000 words). Self-nominations are welcome, and any section member may nominate a paper. The winner receives $150 to defray costs to a professional meeting. Electronic copies of the paper being nominated should be sent to Ruth Milkman (Chair, Student Prize Committee) at milkman@soc.ucla.edu with copies to Joel Stillerman stillejo@gvsu.edu and Barry Eidlin eidlin@berkeley.edu .
Nominations must be received by January 15, 2007.
Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
Our section gives an annual award for distinguished scholarship that alternates every year between books and articles. For 2007 the award will be given to the best scholarly book that was published in 2004, 2005, or 2006 on the sociology of labor or labor movements. Send book award nominations to Steven Lopez (Chair, Book Award Committee), Department of Sociology, 300 Bricker Hall, 190 North Oval Mall, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210. Nominations must be received by January 15, 2007.
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Section on Latino/a Sociology
The section on Latino/a Sociology is now accepting nominations for its 2007 award cycle. This year the section presents the following awards:
Distinguished Contribution to Research (best book written in the previous 3 years in the area of Latino/a Studies)
Distinguished Contribution to Research (best article published in the previous 3 years in the area of Latino/a Studies)
Lifetime Distinguished Contributions to Research, Teaching and/or Service Award
Cristina Riegos Student Paper Award
The deadline for nominations is April 17, 2007. Please send nominations to:
Professor Nancy Lopez
Sociology Dept., MSC05 30801
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Tel: 505 277-3101; Fax: 505 277-8805
Fall 2005 Office Hours: T 5-7 Room: SSC1 1053
Email: nlopez@unm.edu
Professor Milagros Pena, Director
Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research
University of Florida
PO Box 117352
Turlington Hall room 3324
Gainesville, Florida 32611-7352
Tel: (352) 392-3365 ext. 273
Fax: (352) 392-4873
E-mail: mpena@soc.ufl.edu
Professor Rogelio Saenz
Texas A&M University
Department of Sociology
311 Academic Bldg.
College Station, TX 77843-4351
Phone: (979) 845-4030
Fax: (979) 862-4057
E-mail: rsaenz@tamu.edu
Section on Sociology of Law
Student Paper Awards 2007
The Sociology of Law Section of the ASA announces its Annual Student Paper Awards. The section will award prizes for the best graduate and undergraduate papers. Winners will receive their award at the ASA annual meeting in New York City, August, 2007. Papers may address any topic in the Sociology of Law. Papers may be reports of any kind of original research, including empirical and theoretical contributions or evaluations of existing scholarship. Originality, clarity, and analyses of substantive social issues are typically seen as important advantages.
Undergraduate Student Paper Award
This recognizes outstanding work in the sociology of law by undergraduates. Papers should preferably be submitted by a faculty sponsor but may be submitted directly, provided that the name and address of a faculty sponsor is given, to whom reference may be made to confirm the status of the author and the originality of the work. Entries should follow ASA style, be double-spaced and not exceed 35 pages in length (including tables, appendices, and references). They must have been written while the author was an undergraduate. Papers may have been submitted for publication but must not have been accepted by the closing date. Papers accepted for publication after the closing date will remain under consideration by the committee.
Graduate Student Paper Award
This recognizes outstanding work in the sociology of law by postgraduates at either the Masters or Doctoral level. Papers should preferably be submitted by a faculty sponsor but may be submitted directly, provided that the name and address of a faculty sponsor is given, to whom reference may be made to confirm the status of the author and the originality of the work. Entries should follow ASA style, be double-spaced and not exceed 35 pages in length (including tables, appendices, and references). They must have been written while the author was a postgraduate. Papers may have been submitted for publication but must not have been accepted by the closing date. Papers accepted for publication after the closing date will remain under consideration by the committee. Collaborative papers are eligible for consideration provided that all the authors are of the same status and individually eligible for the competititon (i.e., papers cannot be co-authored by a graduate and an undergraduate or by a student and a faculty member).
The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2007.
Papers must be submitted electronically as Word or WordPerfect files to Professor Calvin Morrill (calvin@uci.edu). Hard copy submissions will not be accepted, other than by prior agreement with the committee chair. The awards committee consists of Calvin Morrill (UC Irvine), Susan Will (John Jay), John Skrentny (UC San Diego), and Ryken Grattet (UC Davis)
Distinguished Article Award
The Sociology of Law Section announces its biannual Distinguished Article Award. The Section will award a prize for the best article in the sociology of law published between 2004 and 2006. Articles previously submitted to the Article Committee in a prior year may not be submitted again. The submission deadline is March 1, 2007. Winners will receive their award at the 2007 ASA Annual Meeting. Articles may be self-nominated by the aurhor(s) or they may be nominated by other scholars, editors, or publishers.
To nominate an article, please send a brief letter of nomination and five (5) copies of the article by March 1, 2007, to:
Susan Silbey
Dept. of Anthropology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Mass Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
Email: ssilbey@mit.edu
Alternatively, if the article is accessible online, you may submit by email with an attachment or URL.
The 2007 Distinguished Article Committee comprises Susan Silbey (chair), Mary Nell Trautnet, Laura Beth Nielse, and Ronit Dinovitzer.
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Section on Mathematical Sociology
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper in Mathematical Sociology
This award is presented for the best paper written by a graduate student that makes a significant contribution to mathematical sociology. Papers can be published or unpublished. The submission can consist of a dissertation chapter, but not the entire dissertation. The submission must have been written or published in the two years leading up to and including the award year. The author/first author must be a graduate student at the time of submission and all authors must be graduate students when the paper was written. Nominations and self-nominations are welcome. Please send a copy of the paper and a nomination letter by February 1, 2007 to Noah E. Friedkin, Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106. E-mail: friedkin@soc.ucsb.edu.
Outstanding Article Publication in Mathematical Sociology
This award honors an article that made an outstanding contribution to mathematical sociology. Eligible articles must have been published in the two years leading up to and including the award year. Please send a copy of the article and a nomination letter by February 1, 2007 to Phillip Bonacich, Department of Sociology, 297 Haines Hall, 375 Portola Plaza, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551. E-Mail. bonacich@soc.ucla.edu.
Harrison White Outstanding Book Award
This award honors a book that made an outstanding contribution to mathematical sociology. Eligible books must have been published in the four years leading up to and including the award year. Please send a nomination letter by February 1, 2007 to Eugene Johnsen, Department of Mathematics, South Hall. Room 6607 University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93016. E-Mail johnsen@math.ucsb.edu.
Section on Marxist Sociology
Albert Szymanski – T. R. Young Student Paper Award
The Marxist Section is accepting Graduate Student papers written from a Marxist perspective for the Albert Szymanski-T.R. Young Student Paper Award for 2007. Please submit papers to:
Albert Szymanski-T.R. Young Student Paper Award Dr. Art Jipson, Committee Chair Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work University of Dayton 436c St. Joseph's Hall 300 College Park, Dayton, OH 45469-1442
Paul Sweezy Book Award
The Marxist Section is accepting books written from a Marxist perspective for the Paul Sweezy Book Award for 2007. Please submit books to:
Paul Sweezy Book Award
Dr. Thomas J. Keil, Committee Chair
Arizona State University West Campus
Social and Behavioral Sciences
14801 N 7th Pl, Phoenix AZ 85022
Deadline is May 30, 2007 for both awards
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Section on Medical Sociology
Leo G. Reeder Award
The Medical Sociology Section invites nominations for the 2008 Leo G. Reeder Award. This Award recognizes the scholarly contributions, especially a body of work displaying an extended trajectory of productivity and encompassing theory and research. The Reeder Award also acknowledges teaching, mentoring, and training as well as service to the medical sociology community broadly defined. Please submit letter or nomination and the nominee?s curriculum vitae to Chloe Bird, via email and snail mail. Please email letter and curriculum vitae to: Chloe_bird@rand.org. Also, please snail mail letter and curriculum vitae to: Chloe Bird, RAND Corporation, 1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA, 90407-2138. Deadline is August 1, 2007.
Roberta G. Simmons Award
Nominations (self-nominations are acceptable) are being accepted for the 2007 Roberta G. Simmons Outstanding Dissertation Award in Medical Sociology. Eligible candidates for this award must have defended their doctoral dissertations within two academic years prior to the annual meeting at which the award is being presented. To be considered for the 2007 award, the candidate should submit an article length paper (sole-authored), not to exceed 30 double-spaced pages (11- or 12- pitch font), inclusive of references. This paper may have been previously published, in press, or under review. Submissions may be sent by e-mail as Word documents. Hard copies (please send 5 copies) will also be accepted. Deadline for receipt of submission is June 15, 2007. Send nominations to: Joanna Kempner, 263 Wallace Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544-2091, jkempner@princeton.edu.
Eliot Freidson Outstanding Publication Award
The Freidson Award is given in alternate years to a book or journal article published in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of medical sociology. The 2007 award will be given to a scholarly article in a journal published between 2005 and 2006. The article may deal with any topic in medical sociology, broadly defined. It need not be published in a sociology journal. Co-authored articles are appropriate to nominate; book chapters are not eligible. When making your nomination, please indicate (however briefly) the reason for the nomination. Include a copy or reprint of the article if available. Self-nominations are permissible and encouraged. Nomination letters are to be sent by April 1,2007 to: Professor Maxine Thompson, Sociology and Anthropology Department, North Carolina State University, Box 8107, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-8107. Nominations may also be emailed to maxinet@sa.ncsu.edu with the subject line: Freidson Award Nomination. Please attach a copy of the article as an attached document or provide a full reference to the article.
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Section on Sociology of Mental Health
Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions
This award is given for distinguished contributions to the sociological study of mental health. Thanks to a generous donation from Leonard Pearlin, the section has created this annual award. It is given to a scholar who has made substantial contributions in theory and/or research to the sociology of mental health. Please send nominations, a CV of the nominee, and a brief letter of support by December 1, 2006 to Carol A. Boyer, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, 30 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 or cboyer@ifh.rutgers.edu.
Award for Best Dissertation in Mental Health
This award is given for the best doctoral dissertation in the area of the sociology of mental health. The dissertation should be completed within the academic year 2005-2006 or 2006-2007. Please send a letter of nomination and a paper based on the dissertation (or dissertation synopsis) by May 1, 2007 to Carol A. Boyer, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, 30 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 or cboyer@ifh.rutgers.edu.
Award for Best Publication in Mental Health
This award is given for the best published article, book or chapter in the area of the sociology of mental health. The publication date needs to have been between 2005 and 2007. In addition the awards committee will conduct a search of published works for candidates for this award. Please send a letter of nomination for this award by May 1, 2007 to Carol A. Boyer, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University, 30 College Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 or cboyer@ifh.rutgers.edu
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Section on Methodology
The Clifford Clogg Award
The Clifford Clogg Award is presented for the best paper written by a graduate student that either makes a significant contribution to sociological methodology or that uses existing methodology in an innovative way to address an important substantive problem. The paper must have been written within two years of submission. The author/first author must be a graduate student at the time of submission and all authors must be graduate students when the paper was written. Nominations and self-nominations are welcome. Please send both a paper copy and an electronic copy of the paper by February 1, 2007 to Thomas A. DiPrete, Department of Sociology, Columbia University, 415 Fayerweather Hall, Mail Code 2551, 1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, tad61@columbia.edu.
The Leo Goodman Award
The Leo Goodman Award recognizes contributions to sociological methodology or innovative uses of sociological methodology made by a scholar who is no more than 15 years past Ph.D.
The Paul Lazarsfeld Award
The Paul Lazarsfeld Award recognizes a career of scholarship to sociological methodology.
Nominations for the Goodman Award or the Lazarsfeld Award should be sent by February 1, 2007 to Thomas A. DiPrete, Department of Sociology, Columbia University, 415 Fayerweather Hall, Mail Code 2551, 1180 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, tad61@columbia.edu.
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Section on Organizations, Occupations and Work
Thompson Award
The James D. Thompson Award is given for an outstanding graduate student paper written in the three years prior to the award. The winner receives $1000 for travel to a professional meeting and, if he or she remains a student, serves as a representative to the Section Council in the coming year. The nomination deadline is March 31, 2007. Authors may nominate themselves or section members may do so. To nominate a paper, send (1) a PDF file of the paper or a functioning URL where it can be accessed, (2) a letter (PDF, Word, or ascii) justifying the nomination, and (3) contact information for the nominee (including email) to each member of the selection committee. Hard copy nominations will also be accepted, but we again ask that you send a copy of the paper, the nomination letter, and the nominee's contact information to each committee member. The selection committee this year consists of:
Mauro Guillen (chair)
University of Pennsylvania
The Wharton Graduate School of Business
2000 Steinberg Hall-Dietrich Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6370
guillen@management.wharton.upenn.edu
Jake Rosenfield
Princeton University
Department of Sociology
Wallace Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544-1010
jhrosenf@opr.princeton.edu
Elizabeth Popp-Berman
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Sociology
410 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1980
epopp@berkeley.edu
Max Weber Award
The Max Weber Award for Distinguished Scholarship is granted for an outstanding contribution to the discipline in a book published within the last three years. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2007. Authors may nominate themselves, or section members may do so. To nominate a book, send (1) a copy of the book, (2) a letter justifying the nomination, and (3) contact information for the nominee (including email) to each member of the selection committee. If submitting three copies of the book presents a hardship (if the publisher does not provide copies for award nominations) please send a single copy to the committee chair. If you send only one copy, please advise the chair accordingly. The selection committee this year consists of:
Cathy Zimmer (chair)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Department of Sociology
Hamilton Hall, CB 3210
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210
cathy_zimmer@unc.edu
Jerome Karabel
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Sociology
410 Barrows Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-1980
karabel@berkeley.edu
Jeff Sallaz
University of Arizona
Department of Sociology
Social Sciences Building
Tucson, AZ 85721
jsallaz@email.arizona.edu
W. Richard Scott Award
The W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship is granted for an outstanding contribution to the discipline in an article published within the last three years. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2007. Authors may nominate themselves, or section members may do so. To nominate a paper, send (1) a PDF file of the paper or a functioning URL where it can be accessed, (2) a letter (PDF, Word, or ascii) justifying the nomination, and (3) contact information for the nominee (including email) to each member of the selection committee. Hard copy nominations will also be accepted, but we again ask that you send a copy of the paper, the nomination letter, and the nominee's contact information to each committee member. The selection committee this year consists of:
Brian Uzzi (chair)
Northwestern University
Kellogg Graduate School of Management
Leverone Hall
2001 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-2001
buzzi@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Matt Huffman
University of California, Irvine
Department of Sociology
3151 Social Sciences Plaza
Irvine, CA 92697-5100
mhuffman@uci.edu
Kate Stovel
University of Washington
Department of Sociology
202 Savery Hall, Box 353340
Seattle, WA 98195-3340
stovel@u.washington.edu
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Section on Peace, War and Social Conflict
Elise M. Boulding Graduate and Undergraduate Student Paper Award
The Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of the American Sociological Association invites undergraduate and graduate students to submit a paper on any topic related to the sociology of peace, war, military institutions, or social conflict for the 2007 Elise M. Boulding Student Paper Award competition. AWARDS: Two awards are offered: one for best paper by a graduate student(s) (masters or doctoral level); and one for the best paper written by an undergraduate(s).Award winners are expected but not required to be present at the 2007 ASA meeting to present their papers. The winners will be officially introduced and presented with the award during the 2007 meeting of the Peace, War and Conflict Section at the ASA. Notification will be given by June 1, 2006. The winners will be officially introduced and presented with the award during the 2007 meeting of the Peace, War and Conflict Section at the ASA. ELIGIBILITY: The contest is open to any student or former student (within two years) with a high quality paper discussing the sociology of peace, war, or social conflict and related issues. Papers may be multi-authored. SPECIFICATIONS: Papers must be written within the past two years. They must be typed, double-spaced with a 12-point font. The page limit is 25 pages including tables, references, and illustrations. Each submission should include a separate cover page listing the name of author(s), contact information (including mailing address, telephone number, and e-mail address), paper title, and whether the paper was written as an undergraduate or graduate student paper. No student identifying information should appear in the body of the manuscript or on any other page. All students will be notified electronically about their submission and about the final selections. JUDGING: The Elise M. Boulding Student Paper Award Committee is made-up of a group of members of the ASA Section on Peace, War, and Social Conflict. The committee encourages papers on a broad range of subjects related to these themes. If you have questions please contact Joyce Apsel at jaa5@nyu.edu. DEADLINE: Students should send five (5) copies of their papers and a cover letter with name, affiliation, and contact information by April 15, 2007 to:
Joyce Apsel, Master Teacher of Humanities
New York University
Chair, Elise M. Boulding Student Paper Award Committee
General Studies Program
627 Broadway 6th floor
New York, NY 10002
Graduate Student Fellowships
The Section on Peace, War and Social Conflict of the American Sociological Association would like to announce the 2007 Peace, War and Social Conflict Graduate Student Fellowships. This fellowship was created as a result of a generous gift from a Section member who wanted to commemorate those United Nations officials, including the late High Commissioner of Human Rights, Sergio Viera de Mello, who lost their lives while working to reduce violence. The awards will be made to two graduate students in the form of fellowships that will pay their ASA and Peace, War and Social Conflict Section membership fees for one year. Fellows will be asked to contribute a research note on their own work or a brief book review on a work related to human rights for publication in the Section newsletter. Interested graduate students should send a one-page letter of application describing their interests in the sociology of peace, war and social conflict, their contact information including e-mail, phone and institutional affiliation, and a letter of nomination from one professor (sent under separate cover). If you have questions contract Joyce Apsel at jaa5@nyu.edu
The deadline for applications is February 15, 2007. Please send applications to:
Joyce Apsel, Master Teacher of Humanities
New York University
Chair, Graduate Student Award Committee
General Studies Program
627 Broadway 6th floor
New York, NY 10002
Robin Williams Award for Career of Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching, or Service
This award honors an individual with an outstanding scholarly career in the study of peace, war, genocide, military institutions, or social conflict and/or important contributions to teaching these subjects, or outstanding service to the American Sociological Association section on Peace, War, and Social Conflict. Send all inquiries and letters of nomination (including a copy of the nominee’s curriculum vita) to Lee A. Smithey, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Swarthmore College, 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, PA 19081. Nominations or inquiries may also be sent by email to lsmithe1@swarthmore.edu. Deadlines for Nominations are March 1, 2007.
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Section on Political Economy of the World System
Distinguished Book Award
The Distinguished Book Award is awarded annually to an outstanding book in global or comparative-international sociology. Books with a copyright date of 2004, 2005 and 2006 are eligible for consideration. A letter of nomination (including self-nominations) and a copy of the book should be sent to each of the three members of this year’s award committee. Their contact information is noted below:
Professor Shelley Feldman, Chair
Binghamton University
Department of Sociology, LT407
PO Box 6000
Binghamton, NY 13902-6000
Telephone: 607-777-2628
Fax: 607-777-4197
Email: feldman@binghamton.edu
Professor Ching Kwan Lee
University of Michigan
Department of Sociology, 4220 LSA Building
500 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382
Phone: 734 615-6969
Email: chinglee@umich.edu
Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Associate Professor
The College of William and Mary
Department of Sociology, Morton 223
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA, 23187-8795.
Phone: 757 221-2603
Email: jbmend@wm.edu
The deadline for nominations and receipt of the books for the Distinguished Book Award is no later than 1 March 2007. Earlier nominations welcome.
Terence K. Hopkins Dissertation Award
This biannual award is given to an outstanding dissertation in global or comparative-international sociology, completed in 2004, 2005 or 2006 (before the March 1 deadline). Nomination letters should detail the nature and merits of the work. (Nominations should be made by the student’s advisor or the scholar most familiar with the student’s research. Self-nominations are not accepted.) The members of this year’s award committee are: Thomas D. Hall, Jennifer Bickham Mendez, Ching Kwan Lee. Letters of nomination, dissertation abstracts and one copy of the dissertation should be sent to the chair of the award committee:
Thomas D. Hall
Deparment of Sociology & Anthropology
Asbury Hall 106
DePauw University
Greencastle, IN 46135-0037
email:thall@depauw.edu
Additional copies of the dissertation may be requested at a later date.
The deadline for nominations for the Terence K. Hopkins dissertation award is March 1, 2007
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Section on Political Sociology
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship (Book) Award
This award is offered annually for the outstanding recent book in political sociology. To be eligible, the book must have a 2006 publication date. The selection committee encourages either self-nominations or suggestions of work by others. Nominations from publishers will not be accepted. To nominate a book for this award: (1) send a letter (via email) explaining how the book makes a significant contribution to political sociology to each committee member below and (2) have a copy of the book sent to each committee member, at the address below:
Chair: Barbara G. Brents, Department of Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-5033. E-mail: barb.brents@unlv.edu
Nathalia Rogers Department of Sociology Dowling College, 150 Idle Hour Blvd., Oakdale NY, 11769 E-mail: rogersn@dowling.edu
Alan Czaplicki, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, 1810 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208. E-mail: a-czaplicki@northwestern.edu
Georgi Derlugian, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, 1810 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60208-1330. E-mail: gderlug@northwestern.edu
John Skrentny, University of California -- San Diego, Department of Sociology, 9500 Gilman Dr. La Jolla CA 92093-0533 Email: jskrentny@ucsd.edu
The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2007.
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship (Article or Book Chapter) Award
This award is offered annually for the outstanding recently published article or chapter in political sociology. To be eligible, submissions must have a 2006 publication date. The selection committee encourages either self-nominations or suggestions of work by others. (Please note that each author may have only one article nominated.) A brief nomination letter and a copy of the article or chapter should be sent to each selection committee member at the e-mail address below.
Direct questions to Gwen Moore, committee chair, address below.
Professor Bayliss Camp, Texas Christian University, b.camp@tcu.edu
Professor Erik W. Larson, Macalester College, larsone@macalester.edu
Professor Gwen Moore, University at Albany, SUNY, g.moore@albany.edu
Professor Steven Pfaff, University of Washington, Seattle, pfaff@u.washington.edu
Monica Prasad, Northwestern University, m-prasad@northwestern.edu
The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2007
Best Graduate Student Paper Award
This award is offered annually for the best graduate student paper in political sociology. Persons who are graduate students during this academic year are invited to submit published or unpublished papers for this award. To be eligible, papers must be singly authored and have been written while the author was a graduate student. They may not have been subsequently published as co-authored work. The selection committee encourages self-nominations or suggestions of work by others. A brief nomination letter and a copy of the paper should be sent to each email address below:
Direct questions to Pamela Paxton, committee chair, email address below.
Pamela Paxton, Ohio State University, paxton.36@sociology.osu.edu
Jon Agnone, University of Washington, Seattle, agnone@u.washington.edu
Greta Krippner, UCLA, gkrippne@soc.ucla.edu
Donald W. Light, dlight@princeton.edu
The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2007.
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Section on Sociology of Population
Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography
Nominations are being accepted for the 2007 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography. The award honors Professor Duncan, who made signal contributions to the practice of empirical sociology throughout the second half of the twentieth century, and who stressed sociology as a population science. The most recent award winner, in 2005, was Edward E. Telles, for "Race in Another America: The Significance of Skin Color in Brazil."
The award will be presented to the author(s) of a recent book that has made significant contributions to social demography. Books published in the last three years will be considered.
Send nominations to: Professor Charles B. Nam, 820 Live Oak Plantation Road, Tallahassee, FL 32312-2413. Email: charlesnam2@earthlink.net .
The deadline for submission is 15 February 2007
Student Paper Award
The Sociology of Population Section announces the call for papers for the Student Paper Award in social demography. This award consists of a plaque, a cash prize, and support for travel expenses to attend the 2007 ASA meeting in New York City. The following are criteria for submission:
- The unpublished or published paper can be sole-authored or have multiple student authors. While there is no page limit, papers should be concise and focused. This is not a dissertation award competition. No faculty co-authors are allowed.
- All authors must be currently enrolled in graduate school or have completed their Ph.D. degrees on or after January 1, 2006.
- The paper must use a sociological perspective to address an issue of relevance to contemporary demography, broadly defined. Purely technical papers are not eligible.
- The paper need not be on the ASA program.
- Membership in the Population Section of the ASA is not a requirement for this award.
- The cover page of the paper should include a title and an abstract, but should have no other identifying information, such as name, university affiliation, address, or acknowledgements. A single copy of a cover paper containing the author’s name, affiliation, address, and other identifying information should be included. The paper should be submitted on 8 1/2 x 11 inch paper and be postmarked by the deadline date.
Send four copies of your paper and the name and telephone number of the registrar of your degree-granting university to Professor Kelly Musick, Chair of the Student Paper Award Committee, Department of Sociology, KAP 352, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2539 (Phone: 213.740.5047) E-mail: musick@usc.edu
The deadline for submission is 15 April 2007
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Section on Race and Ethnic Minorities
Oliver Cromwell Cox Award
This annual award honors the memory of Oliver Cromwell Cox. The award recognizes sociologically related books or articles published in the last two years that make a distinguished and significant contribution to the eradication of racism. The winner will be announced at the section reception at the 2007 ASA meeting in New York City. The committee encourages self-nominations and nominations of work by others. Nominations should include a statement, no longer than one page, explaining the book or article's contribution to the eradication of racism. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2007. Send nominations and three copies of the nominated book or article to:
Cromwell Cox Award Committee
c/o Dr. Earl Wright II
Chairperson & Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Texas Southern University
Houston, Texas 77004
713-313-4438 Telephone
713-313-4302 Fax
wrighte@tsu.edu
James E. Blackwell Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award
This award recognizes the best graduate student paper that focuses on the relation between or issues relevant to socially divided racial and ethnic groups. Eligible papers should demonstrate an integrative race, class, gender analysis, and/or make an important theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution in the field of Race/Racism/Race Relations Studies. Race critical or innovative scholarship are encouraged, as well as scholarship that focuses on the welfare of all, rather than the promotion of any one particular group of color's social or political interests. The winner will be announced at the section reception at the 2007 ASA meeting in New York City. The award includes a cash prize of $300. Papers (with a maximum length of
25 pages) submitted for this award must be entirely student-authored and written while the author was a graduate student. Current graduate students and those who have completed their degree no earlier than January 2007 are eligible. Self-nominations and nominations by faculty advisors or other faculty members are welcome. Three copies of the paper should be submitted with a cover letter indicating the student's name, address, telephone number, email address and/or fax number, institutional affiliation, graduate student status (i.e., year in the program and expected date of MA or PhD). The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2007. Please send materials to:
Blackwell Distinguished Award Committee
c/o Dr. Bandana Purkayastha
University of Connecticut
Department of Sociology
Manchester Hall
344 Mansfield Road, Unit 2068
Storrs, CT 06269-2068
email: bandana.purkayastha@uconn.edu
Joe R. Feagin Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper Award
ThThis paper recognizes the best undergraduate student paper that focuses specifically on the relation between or issues relevant to socially divided racial and ethnic groups, uses an integrative race, class, gender analysis, and/or make an important theoretical, methodological, or empirical contribution in the field of Race/Racism/Race Relations Studies. We encourage race critical or innovative scholarship as well as scholarship that focuses on and contributes to the welfare of all, rather than the promotion of any one particular group of color's social or political interests. The winner will be announced at the section reception at the 2007 ASA meetings in New York City. Papers (with a maximum length of 25 pages) submitted for this award must be entirely student-authored and written while the author was an undergraduate student. Current undergraduate students and those who have completed their undergraduate degree no earlier than January 2007 are eligible. Self-nominations and nominations by faculty advisors or other faculty members are welcome.
Three copies of the paper should be submitted with a cover letter indicating the student's name, address, telephone number, email address and/or fax number, institutional affiliation, undergraduate student status (i.e., year in the program and expected date of undergraduate degree). The award includes $300. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2007. Please send materials to:
Feagin Distinguished Award Committee
c/o Dr. Salvador Ortiz
American University
Department of Sociology
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20016-8072
email: vidalort@american.edu
Tyrone A. Forman
Associate Professor of African American Studies and Sociology
University of Illinois at Chicago
Institute of Government and Public Affairs (M/C 191)
815 West Van Buren Street, Suite 525
Chicago, Illinois 60607
tyforman@uic.edu E-mail
(312) 413-3031 Office
(312) 996-1404 Fax
www.uic.edu/~tyforman
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Section on Race, Gender and Class
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award
This award recognizes scholars who have made a distinguished and significant contribution to the development of the integrative field of race, gender, and class through the publication of a journal article or book chapter on the "cutting edge" of sociological inquiry. We accept nominations of articles and book chapters published in the last two years. Authors do not need to be sociologists or members of the section, and the article may be published in journals associated with disciplines other than sociology. Nominations may be submitted by the author or by others. To submit a nomination, send a letter of nomination not exceeding two pages that states why the article makes a significant contribution to the field of race, gender, and class, the complete citation of the work, an electronic copy of the article via email or one paper copy by post. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2007. Please send all information to the Chair of the Article Award Committee: Carla Brailey, Afro-American Studies Department, Howard University, 2400 Sixth St., NW, Washington, DC 20059; However, if the paper copy is being sent by Express Mail, please send it to 500 Howard Place, NW, Rm#311 Founder’s Library; email: carlabrailey@hotmail.com.
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award
This book award recognizes scholars who have made a distinguished and significant contribution to the development of the integrative field of race, gender, and class in the publication of a "cutting edge" book that furthers sociological inquiry. We accept nominations of books published in 2007, 2006, and 2005. Authors do not need to be members of the section or sociologists. Edited collections are not eligible. The author or others may submit nominations. To nominate a book, send a letter of nomination not exceeding two pages that states how the book makes a significant contribution to the field of race, gender, and class. The deadline for nominations is February 15, 2007. Please send nominations to the Chair of the Book Award Committee: Natalia Sarkisian, Department of Sociology, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Ave, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467. The phone number is (617) 552-0495, the fax number is (270) 717-3516, and the email address is natalia@sarkisian.net.
Race, Gender and Class Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper Award
This award recognizes the best undergraduate student paper that focuses on the relationship between race, class, gender, and class in social interaction. We encourage critical and innovative scholarship. The winner will be announced at the section’s business meeting in New York during ASA’s 2007 meeting. Papers should not exceed 25 pages and must be entirely student-authored, written while the author was an undergraduate student. Self-nominations and/or nominations by faculty are welcome. Three copies of the paper should be submitted with a cover letter indicating the student’s name, address, telephone number, email address and/or fax number, institutional affiliation, undergraduate student status. The deadline for submission is March 1, 2007. Please send materials to: Mignon Moore, Department of Sociology, University of California, Los Angeles, 264 Haines Hall, 90095-1551, (310) 825-1313, moore@soc.ucla.edu.
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
The American Sociological Association Race, Gender and Class Section invites nominations for the 2007 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for the best paper in the field of Race, Gender and Class written by a graduate student. Eligible papers must be unpublished, sole-authored and have been written while the author was enrolled as a graduate student. Papers will be accepted from authors who hold their terminal MA or PhD degree if the degree was awarded no earlier than 12/06. Eligible papers must be no more than 25 pages in length and the references must follow the ASA Style Guide reference format. Authors may submit their own work with a cover letter; nominations also are welcome and should include both the letter of nomination and a copy of the paper. Materials should be sent via mail and postmarked NO LATER THAN March 1, 2007 to: Celine-Marie Pascale, Department of Sociology, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8072, (202) 885-2524, Pascale@american.edu.
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Section on Rationality and Society
James Coleman Award
The section awards this prize every year for an outstanding publication contributing to advancing sociological understanding of rationality in social behavior and structures. This year it will be awarded for the best article published in 2005, 2006, or 2007. Articles can be nominated by the author or by any other section member by mailing or emailing the article to all members of the awards committee (listed below). The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2007.
Best Student Paper Award
The section awards this prize every year for an outstanding student paper contributing to advancing sociological understanding of rationality in social behavior and structures. Papers can be published or unpublished, but must be sole authored by a student currently enrolled in a graduate program. Nominations can be made by the author or by any other section member by mailing or emailing the paper to all members of the awards committee (listed below). The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2007.
Members of the Awards Committee
Peter Hedstrom (Chair)
Nuffield College
New Road
Oxford, OX1 1NF
United Kingdom
peter.hedstrom@nuffield.ox.ac.uk
Christine Horne
Department of Sociology
P.O. Box 644020
Washington State University
Pullman, Washington 99164-4020
chorne@wsu.edu
Peter V. Marsden
Department of Sociology
630 William James Hall
33 Kirkland Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
pvm@wjh.harvard.edu
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Section on Sociology of Religion
Distinguished Book Award
Books published during the previous two years are eligible for the 2007 award. A submission letter or email, which need not be substantive, and copies of the nominated book, should be received by each committee member no later than 1 March 2007.
Book Award Committee, 2007
Omar McRoberts (Chair)
Department of Sociology
University of Chicago
1126 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
omcrobert@uchicago.edu
Courtney Bender
Department of Religion
Columbia University
Room 103 MC 9610
80 Claremont Avenue
New York, NY 10027
cb337@columbia.edu
Penny Edgell
Department of Sociology
University of Minnesota
909 Social Sciences Building
Minneapolis, MN 55455-0412
edgell@umn.edu
Distinguished Article Award
Peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters published in the previous two years are eligible for the 2007 award. Electronic versions (PDF format) of articles must be received by all committee members no later than 30 March 2007 to be considered for the Award. Articles may be submitted by authors or by others. It is not necessary to submit a hard copy of the submitted article.
Article Award Committee, 2007
Jen'nan Ghazal Read (Chair)
Department of Sociology
University of California, Irvine
jennan@uci.edu
Michael Hout
Department of Sociology
University of California - Berkeley
mikehout@berkeley.edu
Brian Steensland
Department of Sociology
Indiana University
bsteens@indiana.edu
Student Paper Award
Either published or unpublished papers are eligible, but if the paper is published, it may not compete for both the Student Paper Award and the Distinguished Article Award. Papers up to 40 manuscript pages (including notes, tables, and references) will be considered. Authors must be students at the time the nomination is submitted and the papers must have been presented or published in 2006 or 2007 to be eligible for the 2007 award. Electronic versions (PDF format) of papers must be received by all committee members no later than 30 March 2007 to be considered for the Award. Papers my by submitted by authors or by others. It is not necessary to submit a hard copy of the submitted paper.
Student Paper Award Committee, 2007
John Bartkowski (Chair)
Department of Sociology
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS 39762
bartkowski@soc.msstate.edu
Elaine Howard Ecklund
Department of Sociology
State University of New York - Buffalo
ehe@buffalo.edu
Mark Shibley
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Southern Oregon University
shilbeym@sou.edu
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Section on Science, Knowledge and Technology
Robert K. Merton Professional Award
SKAT invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the Robert K. Merton Professional Award. The award is given annually in recognition of scholarly achievement, represented by a book or body of work concerning science, knowledge and technology published during the preceding 3 years (2005, 2006, 2007). Single- or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The awardee, who should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given, will be honored at the ASA Annual Meeting. The deadline for nominations is April 1, 2007, and for receipt of books from publishers by May 1. For each nomination, please send a brief letter identifying the work(s) to be considered, their publisher(s) (presses or journals), and any supporting material that would help the committee understand the contribution (for example, published book reviews). Chair of the committee is Jason Owen-Smith (jdos@umich.edu)
Hacker-Mullins Student Award
Submissions for the Hacker-Mullins Award for the best graduate student paper are due on May 15, 2007. Authors must be a student at time of submission. If you are a faculty member, please urge your students to submit papers for this award. Please submit your papers (or, in the case of faculty members, your students' papers) to Chair Kelly Joyce (kajoyc@wm.edu) who will distribute them to committee members Andrew Lakoff and Scott Frickel. The committee invites section members to volunteer to be an at-large member of the committee.
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Section on Sociology of Sex and Gender
Distinguished Book Award
The 2007 Sex and Gender Distinguished book Award Committee is currently accepting nominations of outstanding and innovative books published in 2004, 2005, or 2006. The award honors those who make a significant contribution to the field of sex and gender through a book on the cutting edge of sociological inquiry. Self-nominations are acceptable, and authors need not be sociologists. Edited collections are ineligible, and nominations from publishers will not be accepted.
To nominate a book for this award: 1) Please send a two page letter (either through email or hard-copy) explaining how the book makes a significant contribution to the sociology of sex and gender to the Committee’s Chair, Nancy Naples, Sociology and Women's Studies, University of Connecticut, Room 326, Unit 2068, 344 Mansfield Rd., Storrs, CT 06269-2068 (nancy.naples@uconn.edu); and 2) notify the book publisher to send copies of the books by February 15h to the chair and all the committee members. (See list of committee members and addresses on page X)
Nomination deadline is February 15th 2007.
Distinguished Article Award
The 2007 Sex and Gender Distinguished Article Award Committee is currently accepting nominations of outstanding and innovative articles or book chapters published in 2004, 2005, or 2006. The award honors those who make a significant contribution to the field of sex and gender through an article or book chapter on the cutting edge of sociological inquiry. Authors need not be sociologists, and articles may be published in journals associated with disciplines other than sociology. Self-nominations are acceptable.
To nominate a particular article or book chapter for this award, 1) please submit a two-page letter (either email or hard copy) explaining why the article makes a significant contribution to the sociology of sex and gender to the Committee’s Chair, Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez, Sociology Department, Burdine Hall, Room 336, University of Texas, Austin, Austin, Texas 78712-1088, (gloria386@mail.la.utexas.edu); and 2) send an electronic version of the of the article/chapter via email, or mail the letter and photocopies of the article to the committee chair and all members of the committee by February 15h. (See list on page X)
Nomination deadline is February 15th 2007.
Sally Hacker Graduate Student Paper Award
Papers are currently being accepted for the 2007 Sally Hacker Graduate Student Paper Award. The paper should deal with a theoretical issue or empirical problem important to the filed of sex and gender and should be based on a dissertation that is still in progress or was completed and approved no earlier than February 2006. Papers should be journal length (35 pages maximum.) Self nominations are acceptable. Please send a letter of nomination, a hard copy of the paper, and an electronic version of the paper to the Committee Chair, Belinda Robnett, Sociology Department, UC Irvine, 3151 Social Science Plaza, Irvine CA 92697, (brobnett@uci.edu) and to all the committee members. (See list on page X).
Nomination deadline is February 15th 2007.
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Section on Sociology of Sexualities
Martin Levine Dissertation Award
The Martin Levine Memorial Dissertation Award was established to honor the memory of Martin Levine, who died of AIDS in 1993. It provides $3,000 to a graduate student (and $500 to an honorable mention) in the final stages of dissertation research and writing, who is working on those topics to which Levine devoted his career: 1) the sociology of sexualities, 2) the sociology of homosexuality, and 3) HIV/AIDS research. It is designed to help students complete their dissertations, and as such the committee evaluates dissertation proposals rather than completed work. Dissertation proposals should be submitted by February 1, 2007 to:
Michael Kimmel
Department of Sociology
SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Simon and Gagnon Award
This award commemorates decades of research and writing on sexualities by Professor William Simon (University of Houston) who died on July 21, 2000, and his longtime collaborator, Professor John Gagnon (SUNY-Stony Brook). The Simon and Gagnon Award honors career contributions to the study of sexualities as represented by a body of work or a single book. The recipient of the award will make a presentation to the Sexualities Section at the Annual Meetings of the ASA. Deadline for nominations is February 1, 2007. Please submit nominations (e-mail preferred) to:
Tracy Ore
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Saint Cloud State University
353 Stewart Hall
720 Fourth Avenue South
Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498
teore@stcloudstate.edu
Graduate Student Paper Award
Papers are currently being accepted for the 2007 Graduate Student Paper Award. This award is given to a paper authored by a student currently enrolled in a sociology graduate program. A paper may be co-authored by two or more students who would share the award (papers co-authored with faculty are not eligible). The focus of the paper should be sexualities broadly defined. Papers should be manuscript length and no longer than 35 typed, double-spaced pages. Self-nominations will be accepted. Please send a letter of nomination, one hard copy of the paper, and an electronic copy of the paper through email to: Elizabeth A. Armstrong, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, 744 Ballantine Hall, 1020 E. Kirkwood Ave., Bloomington, IN 47405-7103, elarmstr@indiana.edu. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2007.
Sexualities Section Book/Article Award
The Sociology of Sexualities section of the American Sociological ssociation announces its first Distinguished Article Award-a prize for the best article in the sociology of sexualities published in the 2004 through 2006 calendar years. Chapters in edited volumes will also be considered. Winner(s) will receive the award at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2007. Articles/chapters may be self-nominated or nominated by another scholar. If you wish to nominate an article/chapter, please send a brief nomination letter and a copy of the article to:
Thomas J. Linneman
Department of Sociology
The College of William and Mary
P.O. Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795
You may submit the nominating letter and article/chapter electronically, either in Microsoft Word or Adobe Acrobat format, to: tjlinn@wm.edu
The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2007.
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Section on Social Psychology
Graduate Student Paper Award
The Social Psychology Section of the ASA invites submissions for the Graduate Student Paper Award. The paper should be article length. It can be based on a master’s thesis or doctoral thesis, course paper, or a paper submitted to a journal or conference. Co-authored papers are accepted if all authors are students, but the prize must be shared. The recipient(s) will receive financial support to attend the ASA meetings in August where the prize will be awarded. Please send an electronic version of the paper by April 10, 2007 to: Michael Lovaglia, University of Iowa michael-lovaglia@uiowa.edu
Cooley-Mead Award
The Cooley-Mead Award, sponsored by the Social Psychology Section, is given annually to an individual who has made lifetime contributions to distinguished scholarship in sociological social psychology. In addition to receiving the award, the recipient presents an address to the Social Psychology Section at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Nominations must be received by November 15 and should include a brief description of the career contributions that make the candidate deserving of the award. Please send nominations to Jill Kiecolt at kiecolt@vt.edu.
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Section on Sociological Practice
William Foote Whyte Distinguished Contribution Award
The William Foote Whyte Distinguished Contribution Award is for individuals who have made notable contributions to sociological practice, which can include several of the following elements: outstanding clinical or applied work, exceptional service to the section, publications that advance both the theory and methods of sociological practice, or mentoring and training of students for careers in sociological practice. Nominations should consist of a letter detailing the nominee's contributions and supporting materials such as a curriculum vitae or resume, and/or additional letters of support. Please send nominations by March 15, 2006 to Kristine Ajrouch (kajrouch@emich.edu).
Student Practitioner Award
The Student Practitioner Award is for a promising effort, contribution, project, or paper by a graduate student in the area of sociological practice. Work done within the three years prior to the conferral of the award will be considered. Products of graduate-level classes, internships, or independent projects are eligible. An award recipient who attends the 2007 ASA Annual Meeting will receive a cash award of $200 to offset travel expenses. Nominations should consist of a letter detailing the nominee's contributions, a copy of the paper or other project, and supporting materials such as a curriculum vitae or resume, and/or additional letters of support. Please send nominations by March 15, 2006 to Kristine Ajrouch(kajrouch@emich.edu).
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Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology
Hans O. Mauksch Award
The ASA Section on Teaching and Learning seeks nominations for the 2007 Hans O. Mauksch Award for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Sociology.
To place a name in nomination for this award, please send a letter of nomination to the Award Committee Chairperson indicating the name of the nominee, institutional affiliation, and a discussion of the nominees distinguished contributions to undergraduate sociology. Please indicate the mailing address, E-mail address and telephone number where both you and the nominee may be contacted.
Please send your nomination letter as soon as possible, but no later than January 12, 2007.
APPLICATION PORTFOLIOS MUST BE COMPLETED AND RECEIVED BY MARCH 23, 2007 (SEE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW)
Address nominations to:
Betsy Lucal
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Indiana University South Bend
1700 Mishawaka Avenue
South Bend IN 46634
phone: 574-520-4899
e-mail: blucal@iusb.edu
INSTRUCTIONS TO NOMINATOR FOR PREPARING NOMINEE'S PORTFOLIO
The nominator should collate all materials for the portfolio and forward five copies of the entire portfolio before the March 23, 2007 deadline.
The portfolio should include:
- The nominee’s summative narrative of relevant activities and contributions using the criteria below (same headings, same order, please). The criteria are not rank ordered. Be concise with your response
- Teaching honors and/or awards earned.
- Program development (at home institution or other levels).
- Development or modification of innovative teaching techniques; development of new curricula.
- Advising and committee duties related to teaching and undergraduate education.
- Indication of peer and student assessment concerning your instruction.
- Contributions to instructional activities of state, regional, and/or national professional associations.
- Papers given at various meetings related to teaching activities.
- Publications or materials intended to enhance undergraduate instruction and learning processes: instructional activities or techniques, learning environments, computer software, textbooks or supplemental materials.
- Articles related to undergraduate teaching published in refereed scholarly journals.
- Other relevant contributions not indicated above (leadership in faculty development, seminars, workshops; distinctive student learning outcomes, etc.)
- Current curriculum vitae.
- Four to six letters of recommendation, including the nominator's letter (please include these in the packet rather than have them sent directly to the committee)
Although not required, it is appropriate that nominees and awardees be members of the Section on Teaching and Learning.
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