Asia and Asian American Section Call for Awards Nominees

Book Award
The Asia and Asian American section invites nomination letters and materials for the Asian and Asian American Section 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 Asian America. Eligible books must have been published during 2009 or 2010. Nomination and self-nomination letters are required and should be no more than 2 pages stating the significance and innovations of the book. The book award nominations deadline is January 31, 2012. Send a copy of the book to each Book Award co-chairs: Bandana Purkayastha and Margaret Abraham. 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/Transnational and papers on Asian America. This year we plan to give the award for an outstanding paper on Asia/Transnational. Eligible papers must be published during 2009 or 2010. Nomination and self-nomination letters should be no more than 2 pages stating the significance and innovations of the paper. The deadline for nominations is March 30, 2012. Send an electronic copy of the paper along with nomination letter(s) to each Research Paper Award Co-Chair: Yingyi Ma (yma03@syr.edu) and Ho-fung Hung (hofung@jhu.edu).

Graduate Student Paper Award
The section will award a prize to the best graduate student paper addressing any topic in the sociology of either Asia or Asian America.The winner receives a cash prize of $300 at the annual meeting. Entries should be double spaced with 12 point font and not exceed 35 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. The deadline for submissions is March 31, 2012. Send an electronic copy of the paper to the following two Graduate Student Paper Award Committee members: Anna Guevarra (guevarra@uic.edu) and C.N. Le (le@soc.umass.edu).

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. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2012. Send an electronic copy of the nomination letter and the nominee's curriculum vitae to the Teaching Award Committee Chair: Leland Saito (lsaito@usc.edu) and Mia Tuan (tuan@uoregon.edu).

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. The deadline for nominations is March 31, 2012. Please send electronic copies of the nomination letter and the nominee's vitae to the Early Career Award Committee Chair: Jiannbin Shiao (jshiao@uoregon.edu) and Lisa Sun-Hee Park (lspark@umn.edu).