Ronald Burt Outstanding Student Paper Award

The Economic Sociology Section invites nominations for the 2013 Ronald Burt Outstanding Student Paper Award for a paper written by a graduate student in the field of economic sociology. Papers must have been authored by students who have not received their Ph.D. by March 1, 2013. Students are free to nominate their own work. Hard copies of the letter of nomination and the paper should be sent no later than March 1, 2013 to all three members of the Burt Award Committee (listed below).  Please direct any inquiries to Chair Lynn Spillman (spillman.1@nd.edu).

Committee Members:
Lynn Spillman (spillman.1@nd.edu)
Department of Sociology
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN  46556

Adam Goldstein
Department of Sociology
University of California
Berkeley, CA  94720-1980

Harland Prechel (hprechel@tamu.edu)
Department of Sociology
Texas A & M University
311 Academic Bldg.
College Station, TX  77843-4351

Granovetter Prize for Best Article

The Economic Sociology Section invites nominations for the 2013 Granovetter Prize for for an outstanding article published in the field of economic sociology. Eligible articles must be published in the 2011/2012 calendar years. Authors are free to nominate their own work. A letter of nomination and three copies of the article (or an electronic copy) should be sent no later than March 1, 2013 to all three members of the Granovetter Award Committee. Please direct any inquiries to Chair Sarah Quinn (slquinn@uw.edu).

Committee Members:
Sarah Quinn (slquinn@uw.edu)
Department of Sociology
University of Washington
Seattle, WA  98195-3340

Ashley Mears (mears.ashley@gmail.com)
Department of Sociology
Boston University
96-100 Cummington Street, Room 260
Boston, MA 02215

Ofer Sharone (osharone@MIT.edu)
Sloan School of Management
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA  02142

Viviana Zelizer Award for Best Book

The Economic Sociology Section invites nominations for the 2013 Zelizer Award for an outstanding book published in the field of economic sociology. Eligible books must have a 2011 or 2012 publication date. Authors are welcome to nominate their own work. To nominate a book, please send a copy of the book to each of the three committee members listed below by February 1, 2013. Letters of nomination are not required. Please direct any inquiries to Chair Frank Dobbin (dobbin@fas.harvard.edu).

Committee Members:
Frank Dobbin (dobbin@fas.harvard.edu)
Department of Sociology
William James Hall, Sixth Floor
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA  02138

Stephanie Mudge (slmudge@ucdavis.edu)
Department of Politics
Elmfield
Northumberland Road
Sheffield S10 2TU, United Kingdom

Fred Wherry (ffw2111@columbia.edu)
Department of Sociology
Columbia University
Knox Hall, 606 West 122nd Street
MC 9649
New York, NY  10027