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Award Announcements
The Section makes three major awards each year at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association.
2010 Otis Dudley Duncan Award
Call for Nominations
The Section on Sociology of Population announces a call for nominations for the 2010 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 (2006-2009) will be considered. The Duncan committee for the 2010 award consists of Craig St. John (Chair), Christine Himes, and Edward Telles.
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, 2010.
Craig St. John (Committee Chair)
Department of Sociology
University of Oklahoma
Kaufman Hall 331
Norman, OK 73019
cstjohn@ou.edu
Christine Himes
Syracuse University
Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
clhimes@syr.edu
Edward Telles
Department of Sociology
Princeton University
151 Wallace Hall
Princeton, NJ 08544
etelles@princeton.edu
Award for Distinguished Contribution to
Scholarship in Population
Call for Nominations
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 April 10, 2010.
To be eligible, articles must have a 2008, 2009 or 2010 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 nominating letters-mail and an electronic copy of the article by email to:
Lynne Cossman, Chair, Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship in Population Award Committee; e-mail: lynne.cossman@ssrc.msstate.edu.
Sociology of Population Section Student Paper Award
Call for Nominations
The Sociology of Population Section announces the call for papers for the Student Paper Award in social demography. The deadline for submission is May 1, 2010. This award consists of a certificate and support for travel expenses to attend the 2010 ASA meeting in Atlanta. The following are criteria for submission:
1. The unpublished or published paper can be sole-authored or have multiple student authors.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.
2. All authors must be currently enrolled in graduate school or have completed their Ph.D. degrees on or after January 1, 2009.
3. The paper must use a sociological perspective to address an issue of relevance to contemporary demography, broadly defined. Purely technical papers are not eligible.
4. The paper need not be on the ASA program.
5. Membership in the Population Section of the ASA is not a requirement for this award.
6. 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 either via email or by surface mail postmarked by the deadline date.
Send your paper and the name and telephone number of the registrar of your degree-granting university to:
Lori Hunter, Chair of the Student Paper Award Committee
Institute of Behavioral Science
University of Colorado at Boulder
Campus Box 468
Boulder, CO 80309-0468
Email Lori.Hunter@Colorado.edu
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