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Doctoral Dissertation and Graduate Student Paper Awards 1987 Deborah T. Gold 1989 Jason Lee 1990 Roma Hanks 1991 Deborah Merrill 1992 Ann Robertson 1993 Sally Gallagher 1994 Cheryl Elman 1996 Robin Weinick 1999 Andrea Willson 2000 Kim Shuey 2001 Joy Pixley Carter Butts 2002 Tay McNamara 2003 Krysia N. Mossakowski 2004 Miles Taylor Amelie Quesnel-Vallee The Doctoral Dissertation Award was presented to individuals who had received their doctoral degrees within the prior two years and who were ASA members. The award was based upon either published or unpublished single-authored articles derived from the dissertation. The recipients received a $250 travel award to the ASA Annual Meeting. At the 1996 Annual Meeting, a Graduate Student Paper Award was established in place of the Doctoral Dissertation Award. Papers authored or coauthored soley by students are eligible. Faculty coauthors render papers ineligible. Unpublished, under review, accepted, or published papers are eligible. If published, the paper should have appeared within the past two calendar years (e.g., a paper nominated in 2003 may have been published anytime during 2002 or 2003). Self nominations are encouraged! All nominations are due by June 1st. The award consists of $250 presented to the winner at the Business Meeting of Section, held during the annual ASA meeting in August of each year. Only one award will be given. Send three copies (3) of the nominated paper in the format used by the American Sociological Review. Graduate Student Paper Chair Ross Macmillan Department of Sociology University of Minnesota 909 Social Sciences 267 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 tel.: 612-624-6509 Email: macmilla@atlas.socsci.umn.edu Last updated: November 17, 2005