Awards and History

2009-2010 Call for Awards and Committees

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award

This award recognizes scholars who have made a distinguished and
significant contribution to the development of the integrative field of
race, gender, and class through the publication of a book on the "cutting edge" of sociological inquiry. We accept nominations of books published in 2008, 2009, or 2010. Edited collections are not eligible. Nominations may be submitted by the author or by others. Nominations of work written by section members will receive additional consideration by the award committee. To nominate a book, please send a letter of nomination not exceeding two pages that states why the book makes a significant contribution to the field of race, gender, and class. Letters of nominations will be acknowledged by the Chair with information about where to send 4 copies of the nominated book. Please do not send books to the Chair before receiving a response to the nomination. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2010. Please send nomination letters to the Chair of the Book Award Committee: Dr. Demetrius Semien, Sociology Department, Berea College, Campus Box 2156, Berea, KY 40404. Email: semiend@berea.edu.

Book award committee
Chair, Demetrius Semien, Berea
Ed Morris, University of Kentucky
Celine-Marie Pascale, America University
Shirley Jackson, Southern Connecticut University

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Article Award

This award recognizes scholars who have made a distinguished and significant contribution to the development of the integrative field of race, gender, and class through the publication of a journal article or book chapter on the "cutting edge" of sociological inquiry. We accept nominations of articles and book chapters published in 2008, 2009, or 2010. Nominations may be submitted by the author or by others. To nominate an article, please send a letter of nomination not exceeding two pages that states why the article makes a significant contribution to the field of race, gender, and class; provide a complete citation of the work; and send an electronic copy of the article via email. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2010. Please send all information to the Chair of the Article Award Committee, Elizabeth Bernstein, email: eb2032@columbia.edu.

Article award committee
Chair, Elizabeth Bernstein, Columbia University
Natasha Sarkisian, Boston College
Jenifer Bratter, Rice University
Karla Hackstaff, Northern Arizona University

Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award

In an effort to encourage emerging scholars to investigate the intersections of axes of difference by recognizing and rewarding exceptional graduate student contributions to the field, the ASA Section on Race, Gender and Class seeks paper nominations for the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. This award is for the best paper in the field of race, gender, and class written by a graduate student. Eligible papers must be unpublished, sole-authored, and must have been written while the author was enrolled as a graduate student in 2008, 2009, or 2010. Papers will be accepted from authors who are currently enrolled or who hold their terminal MA or PhD degree. Eligible papers must be no more than 25 pages (double-spaced not counting references) in length and the references must follow the ASA Style Guide reference format. Nominations may be submitted by the author or by others. To nominate a paper, please send an electronic copy of the paper and a letter of nomination not exceeding two pages that states why the paper makes a significant contribution to the field of race, gender, and class. The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2010. Please send all information to Chair of the Graduate Student Paper Award Committee: Tal Peretz email: tperetz@usc.edu

Graduate Student Paper Award Committee:
Chair, Tal Peretz, University of Southern California
Alton Okinaka, University of Hawaii at Hilo
Antonia Randolph, University of Delaware
Siobhan Brooks, Lawrence University

Race, Gender and Class Section Awards Archive