The Family Section makes four awards each year at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association.

Distinguished Career Award

This award recognizes the collective body of a person's work as it relates to the sociology of the family (not a single publication). Award winners may be selected on the basis of distinguished contributions to either research or service. Service to the field includes developments (such as data sets, analytic techniques, or highly-cited scholarly publications) that have had a substantial impact on family research.

Send a one-page justification with your nomination. The nominee's CV is helpful but not necessary. The deadline is March 2, 2012. Please send nominations to Lisa Pearce (ldpearce@unc.edu).

Award Recipients

2011 S. Philip Morgan
2010 Paula England
2009 Harriet J. Presser
2008 Steven J. Nock
2007 Frances Goldscheider
2006 Paul Amato
2005 Lynn White
2004 Sara McLanahan
2003 Andy Cherlin
2002 Alan Booth
2001 Frank Furstenberg Jr.
2000 Arland Thornton
1999 William Goode
1998 Glen Elder
1997 Larry Bumpass
1996 Alice Rossi

William J. Goode Book Length Contribution to Family Sociology Award

This award is for an outstanding book published on the family in 2010 or 2011. To nominate a book, write a one-page letter stating why the book should be considered. Self nominations are appropriate. Textbooks and edited volumes are not eligible. The deadline is January 13, 2012. Please send nominations to Jay Teachman (Jay.Teachman@wwu.edu).

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Award for Best Article

This award recognizes a journal article that has made a significant contribution to the field of family sociology. The award committee will accept nominations for articles published in 2009, 2010, or 2011. Nominations may be made by the author or others. To nominate an article, please send a letter of nomination (not to exceed one page) that details the contribution of the article to the field of family sociology, as well as an electronic copy of the article, to the chair of the award committee, Ted Greenstein (Ted_Greenstein@ncsu.edu). The deadline for nominations is March 2, 2012.

Award Recipient

2011: Brown, Susan L., and Wendy D. Manning. 2009. "Family Boundary Ambiguity and the Measurement of Family Structure: The Significance of Cohabitation." Demography 46: 85-101.

Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper in the Sociology of the Family

Graduate students are invited to submit an article-length paper on the family. The paper should represent a finished product rather than a proposal for future work. The submission can be based on a course paper, a recently published journal article, a manuscript under review at a journal, or a conference presentation. Co-authored papers are acceptable if all authors are students, although the prize will be shared. The paper must have been written when the author was enrolled in a graduate program. Please send the paper by March 2, 2012 to Paul Amato (pxa6@psu.edu).

Award Recipients

2011: Kim, Hyun Sik (University of Wisconsin), "Consequences of Parental Divorce for Child Development."

2010: Cha, Youngjoo (Cornell University), "Reinforcing Separate Spheres: The Effect of Spousal Overwork on Men's and Women's Employment in Dual-Earner Households."