Award Announcements
The Section makes three major awards each year at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association.
2012 Otis Dudley Duncan Award
Call for Nominations
The Section on Sociology of Population announces a call for nominations for the 2012 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 (2010-2012) will be considered. The Duncan committee for the 2012 award consists of Christine Himes (Chair), Jennifer Glick, and Karin Brewster.
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, 2012.
Christine Himes (chair)
Syracuse University
Center for Policy Research
426 Eggers Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244-1020
clhimes@syr.edu
Jennifer E. Glick, Professor
School of Social and Family Dynamics
Arizona State University
PO Box 873701
Tempe, AZ 85287-3701
Jennifer.Glick@asu.edu
Karin Brewster
Director, Center for Demography and Population Health
Associate Professor of Sociology
601 Bellamy Building
Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL 32306-2240
karin.brewster@fsu.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 February 15, 2012.
To be eligible, articles must have a 2010, 2011 or 2012 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:
Cameron Campbell (Chair, Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship in Population Committee) at camcam@ucla.edu. Other committee members include Peter Brandon and Susan Short.
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 February 15, 2012. 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, 2012.
- 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.
- 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: Nathalie Williams (Chair, Sociology of Population Section Student Paper Award Committee) natw@unc.edu. Other committee members are Rebecca Clark and Sharon Sassler.