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­Robert K. Merton Book Award, 2013

The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding three years (2012, 2011, or 2010). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner, who should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given, will be honored at the ASA Annual Meetings in New York (August 10-13, 2013) and will receive a plaque. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2013. Books should be received from authors or publishers no later than March 1, 2013. The committee members and their mailing addresses are listed below. Nominations or requests for more information should be sent to the committee chair, Aaron Panofsky, at apanofsky@socgen.ucla.edu.

Copies of nominated books should be received by all committee members by March 1, 2013:

 

 

 

Star-Nelkin Paper Award, 2013

The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites nominations for the Star-Nelkin Paper Award. In 2011, our newest award was renamed in memory of Susan Leigh Star and Dorothy Nelkin, each of whom contributed in numerous ways to our field. SKAT welcomes nominations of papers published in scholarly journals in 2011 or 2012 that advance the field of sociology of science, knowledge, and technology. The winner will be honored at the ASA meetings in August 2013 in New York and will receive a plaque. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominated papers must be received no later than March 15, 2013. Please send brief nominating statements and copies of nominated papers in PDF format to all members of the selection committee, listed below, via email:

Mathieu Albert, Chair (Mathieu.albert@utoronto.ca)
Elaine Draper (edraper@calstatela.edu)
Jill Fisher (jill.fisher@unc.edu)
Daniel Kleinman (dlkleinman@wisc.edu)
Monica J. Casper (ex officio) (mjcasper@email.arizona.edu)
 

Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award, 2013

The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites submissions for the 2013 Hacker-Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award. The award comes with a $250 prize. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2013. Self-nominations are welcome. To be eligible, an author must be a student at the time of submission. Published and unpublished papers are accepted; if published, the article must have been published no earlier than 2011. This year’s committee members are Carrie Friese (Chair), David Schleifer, Dan Morrison, and Monica Casper (ex officio). Please send the nominated paper and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to Carrie Friese at c.friese@lse.ac.uk.