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Recipients of the 2013 ASA Awards
The American Sociological Association proudly announces the recipients of the major awards for 2013. These outstanding scholars will be recognized at the 2013 Annual Meeting Awards Ceremony on Sunday, August 11, at 4:30 pm. The Awards Ceremony will immediately precede the formal address of the ASA President Cecilia Ridgeway. All registrants are invited to attend an Honorary Reception immediately following the address to congratulate President Ridgeway and the award recipients.
The ASA awards are conferred on sociologists for outstanding publications and achievements in the scholarship, teaching, and the practice of sociology. Award recipients are selected by committees appointed by the ASA Committee on Committees and the ASA Council.
The officers of the Association extend heartfelt congratulations to the following honorees:
W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award
Joe R. Feagin (Texas A&M University)
The W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award honors scholars who have shown outstanding commitment to the profession of sociology and whose cumulative work has contributed in important ways to the advancement of the discipline. The body of lifetime work may include theoretical and/or methodological contributions. The award selection committee looked for work that substantially reorients the field in general or in a particular subfield.
Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology
Donald Light (University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey)
This annual award honors outstanding contributions to sociological practice. The award recognizes 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 whole, or work that has been honored or widely recognized outside the discipline for its significant impacts, particularly in advancing human welfare.
Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award
Greta R. Krippner (University of Michigan) for Capitalizing on Crisis: the Political Origins of the Rise of Finance (Harvard University Press 2012)
This annual award is given for a single book or monograph published in the three preceding calendar years.
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award
Rose M. Brewer (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities) and Jay R. Howard (Butler University)
This award is given annually to honor outstanding contributions to the undergraduate and/or graduate teaching and learning of sociology, which improve the quality of teaching.
Elijah Anderson (Yale University)
The Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award honors the intellectual traditions and contributions of Oliver Cox, Charles S. Johnson, and E. Franklin Frazier. The award is given either to a sociologist for a lifetime of research, teaching, and service to the community or to an academic institution for its work in assisting the development of scholarly efforts in this tradition.
Jessie Bernard Award
Kathleen Gerson (New York University)
The Jessie Bernard Award is given annually in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. The contribution may be in empirical research, theory, or methodology.
Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award
Ira Glass and the staff of This American Life
The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public.
Public Understanding of Sociology Award
Ruth Milkman (CUNY-Graduate Center)
This award is given annually to a person or persons who have made exemplary contributions to advance the public understanding of sociology, sociological research, and scholarship among the general public.
To be announced at a later date.
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