GRADUATE STUDENT PRIZE COMMITTEE
This award recognizes excellence in graduate student research in the field of history of sociology. Students who were actively enrolled (full- or part-time) in a graduate sociology program as of December 15, 2012 may submit one scholarly paper for consideration for this award. The submission may be an unpublished manuscript, an article submitted or accepted for publication, or a single chapter for a thesis or dissertation, and should address a theoretical or empirical problem central to the history of sociology. Members of the current award committee are ineligible for the award. The paper, along with a cover letter, must be submitted electronically to the Selection Committee Chair and the other members of the Committee no later than March 15, 2013. Nominees will be notified of the Committtee’s decision at the beginning of May 2013.

The members of the Committe this year are:
James Burk, chair  Texas A&M (jsburk@tamu.edu)
Patricia Herzog, Rice Univ. (psh2@rice.edu)
Lisa McCormick, Haverford College
Ruth Braunstein (grad student member) (ruth.braunstein@nyu.edu)
Amanda Maull (grad student member) (aem11@psu.edu)

This award recognizes sociologists who have made outstanding contributions to the History of Sociology throughout their career, or who have made groundbreaking innovations or produced significant bodies of scholarly work in the History of Sociology. Nominees must be sociologists. 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 ASA. Members of the Current Distinguished Award Committee are ineligible for the award. To nominate an individual, send a nomination letter, the nominee’s vitae, and samples of the nominee’s work to the Committee Chair. Nominations must arrive no later than March 15, 2013. Nominees will be notified of the Committtee’s decision at the beginning of May 2013.

The members of the Committee this year are:
Larry Scaff, chair (lscaff@wayne.edu)
Julia Adams, Yale (julia.adams@yale.edu)
Kevin Anderson, UCSB (kanderson@soc.ucsb.edu)

This award honors sociologists who have made significant contributions to the History of Sociology by writing books or articles on the ‘cutting edge’ of sociological inquiry. Only monographs, articles, or edited works published in 2011 or 2012 are eligible. The author(s) or editor(s) must be sociologists. All texts submitted for consideration should be accompanied by a letter of nomination highlighting the text’s significant contribution to the history of sociology. Self-nominations are welcome if accompanied by a letter of support from another member of ASA. Members of the current Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award Committee are not eligible for this award. Nominations should be made electronically (articles) or books sent to all of the Committee Members. To nominate a book or article, also write highlighting the item’s significant contribution to the history of sociology to the Committee Chair Luetz Kaelber (University of Vermont) to arrive no later than March 15, 2013. Nominees will be notified of the Committee’s decision at the beginning of May 2013.

The members of the Committe this year are:
Martin Bulmer, Chair  Surrey (m.bulmer@surrey.ac.uk)
Peter Kivisto, Augustana College (peterkivisto@augustana.edu)
Valerie Haines, Calgary (haines@ucalgary.ca)