Sociology of Population Call for Awards Nominees Statement
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Otis Dudley Duncan Award
The Section on Sociology of Population announces a call for nominations for the 2013 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Social Demography. 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 calendar years (2011-2013) will be considered. Please send nominations by email to the Committee Chair, ``with copies to the other Committee members. Send copies of nominated books to all three Committee members. Nominations and books should be sent by February 15, 2013.
Please send nominations by email to the Committee Chair, with copies to the other Committee members. Send copies of nominated books to all four Committee members. Nominations and books should be sent by February 15, 2013.
CHAIR: Karin Brewster, Florida State University (karin.brewster@fsu.edu)
OTHER MEMBERS: Jennifer E. Glick, Arizona State University (Jennifer.Glick@asu.edu) and Yang Yang (yangy@unc.edu)
Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship in Population
The Sociology of Population Section seeks nominations for an award recognizing an outstanding published article in demography or population studies by a sociologist. The nomination deadline is February 15, 2013.
To be eligible, articles must have a 2011, 2012 or 2013 publication date. Self-nominations are accepted. Accompany nominations with a short letter explaining the significance of the work and its contribution to the sociology of population.
Send an electronic copy nominating letter(s) and article by email to: Cameron Campbell (Chair, Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship in Population Committee) at camcam@ucla.edu. Other committee members include Susan Short and Mara Loveman.
Sociology of Population Section Student Paper Award
The Sociology of Population Section announces the call for papers for the Student Paper Award in social demography. The deadline for submission is February 15, 2013. This award consists of a certificate and support for travel expenses to attend the 2012 ASA meeting in Denver. 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The unpublished or published paper can be sole-authored or have multiple student authors.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, 2013. 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, and 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 via email by the deadline date. Send your paper and the name and telephone number of the registrar of your degree-granting university to: Molly Martin (Chair, Sociology of Population Section Student Paper Award Committee) at mam68@psu.edu. Other committee members are Nathalie Williams and Rebecca Clark.