Race, Gender and Class Section of the ASA

The Race, Gender, and Class Section
of the American Sociological Association

Awards and History

2010-2011 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 2009, 2010, or 2011. Edited collections are not eligible. Nominations may be submitted by the author or by others. 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, 2011. Please send nomination letters to the Chair of the Book Award Committee: Natalia Sarkisian, natalia@sarkisian.net.

Book award committee
Natalia Sarkisian, Boston College, Chair
Enobong Branch, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Jillian Powers, Duke University
Demetrius Semien, Berea College

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 2009, 2010, or 2011. 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 March 1, 2011. Please send all information to the Chair of the Article Award Committee, Shirley Jackson, jacksons1@southernct.edu.

Article Award Committee
Shirley A. Jackson, Southern Connecticut State University, Chair
Manuel Barajas, California State University, Sacramento
Lisa Ruchti, West Chester University

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 2009, 2010, or 2011. 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, 2011. Please send nomination letter and electronic copy of the paper to Chair of the Graduate Student Paper Award Committee: Antonia Randolph, arandolp@udel.edu.

Graduate Student Paper Award
Antonia Randolph, University of Delaware, Chair
Glenda Flores, University of Southern California
Edward Morris, University of Kentucky
Kumiko Nemeto, Western Kentucky University

Race, Gender and Class Section Awards Archive

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Last update: July 4, 2011.