Selection Criteria and Eligibility
This award honors ASA members’ outstanding contributions to sociological practice. The award may recognize work that has facilitated or served as a model for the work of others; work that has significantly advanced the utility of one or more specialty areas in sociology and, by so doing, has elevated the professional status or public image of the field as a whole; or work that has been honored or widely recognized outside the discipline for its significant impacts, particularly in advancing human welfare. The recipient of this award will have spent at least a decade of full-time work involving research, administrative, or operational responsibilities as a member of or consultant to private or public organizations, agencies, or associations, or as a solo practitioner.
Nomination Procedures
Nominations must include a one to two-page nomination statement, the vita of the nominee, and 1-2 letters of recommendation.
In addition to the nomination materials described above, complete and submit the required nomination form.
Nominations can be considered for five years, but they are not automatically renewed. Each year, nominators will be asked if they wish to renew their nominations for consideration. If a renewal is requested, nominators will be invited to submit updated information or additional materials and are required to respond again to the ethics question.
Self-nominations are encouraged. All awardees must be current ASA members at the time of the award ceremony at the Annual Meeting. One need not be a member to be nominated for an award. All nominators must be current members. Please also be aware of ASA’s ethics disclosure and award revocation policies.
Submit nominations for the 2025 award to [email protected] by January 1, 2025.
2025 Selection Committee Members
The selection committee is composed of nine members, each serving a staggered three-year term. Members are appointed from among the Association membership by the Council based on the recommendation of the Committee on Committees.
Saida Grundy, Chair
Stefanie Ann DeLuca
Julie A. Dowling
Karen Benjamin Guzzo
Amaka Camille Okechukwu
Marla Del Pilar Perez-Lugo
Matt Rafalow
Eva Rosen
Past Recipients
2024 Robert Courtney Smith
2024 Monica M. White
2023 Viviana A. Zelizer
2022 Nicol Turner Lee
2021 Chloe Bird
2021 J. Herman Blake
2020 Patricia Fernandez-Kelly
2019 Eric Wanner
2018 Kristin Anderson Moore
2017 Heidi Hartmann
2016 Hugh Mehan
2015 Eleanor Lyon
2014 Harry Perlstadt
2013 Donald Light
2012 Judith Blau
2011 Henry J. Steadman
2010 Ross Koppel
2010 Jan Fritz
2009 S.M. Miller
2008 John McKinlay
2007 Robert Dentler
2006 Arthur Shostak
2005 William Kornblum
2004 No Award Presented
2003 Lewis Yablonsky
2002 Lloyd H. Rogler
2001 David Mechanic
2000 Frances Fox Piven
2000 Richard A. Cloward
1999 Peter H. Rossi
1998 Leonard I. Pearlin
1997 Irwin Deutscher
1996 Albert E. Gollin
1995 Albert D. Biderman
1994 Nelson Foote
1993 Grace M. Barnes
1992 Elliot Liebow
1992 Matilda White Riley
1991 Charles G. Gomillion
1990 Elizabeth Briant Lee & Alfred McClung Lee
1989 David L. Sills
1988 Paul C. Glick
1987 John W. Riley
1986 Conrad Taeuber
