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Congratulations 2008 Sex and Gender Award Winners!!
The Sex and Gender Section sponsers a number of awards for outstanding scholarship. We are pleased to announce the following distinguished contributions to the field.
Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award
Kathy Davis. How Feminisms Travels Across Borders: The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves. 2007. Duke University Press.
Our Bodies, Ourselves, which started as a subversive project to educate women about their bodies, sexuality, and their health, has been translated and adapted into 20 languages today. Kathy Davis set out to write The Making of Our Bodies, Ourselves, intending to write a history of the group of women who created this text, The Boston Women’s Health Collective. She planned to examine how the book became such a remarkably successful feminist project in the United States. Half-way through the project, she realized that she needed to shift her focus from a history of the Collective to treating the text itself as an epistemological project. Davis analyzes the significance of the book’s travels and translations for transnational feminist knowledge and body politics. She investigates how women around the world rewrote Our Bodies, Ourselves based on their unique experiences and the politics of their countries. Davis treats Our Bodies, Ourselves as a “travel theory” and in doing so, critiques U.S. postmodern feminist body theory, which puts Western feminism at the center of its subject, while failing to examine what feminist health activists around the world do in daily life. Her analysis is based on oral histories with the Boston Women’s Health Collective, extensive archival research of three decades of the Collective’s documents, and interviews with translators from Latin American, Egypt, China, Thailand, Eastern Europe and many other countries. The book is creative in its focus, beautifully written, and offers a hopeful vision for the possibility of transnational feminist alliances. It will undoubtedly have a great impact on U.S. feminist theory on transnational knowledge and body politics.
Kathy Davis is Associate Professor and Senior Researcher at the Research Institute for History and Culture at Utrecht University, Netherlands. Her email is :Kathy.davis@let.uu.nl.
Sex and Gender Distinguished Book Award - Honorable Mention
Kathrin S. Zippel. The Politics of Sexual Harassment: A Comparative Study of the United States, the European Union and Germany. 2006. Cambridge University Press.
Kathrin Zippel explores the globalization of the concept of sexual harassment from the United States to Europe, and the different ways countries have worked to change employers' practices and workplace culture. While the United States was on the forefront of policy and legal solutions, such policies were met with resistance in Europe, which viewed the United States as a “prudish culture.” Zippel provides a fascinating examination of how European feminists first successfully passed measures against sexual harassment at the European Union level, and how those measures were received in member states, in particular, Germany. Zippel draws on theories of comparative feminist policy, gender and welfare state regimes, and social movements to examine the origin of sexual harassment policies. The book is extensively researched, very well-written, and offers a significant contribution to gender scholarship as well as political sociology and social movement scholarship.
Kathrin S. Zippel is Associate Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University, Boston. Her email is :k.zippel@neu.edu.
Sex and Gender Distinguished Article Award
Shelley J. Correll, Stephen Benard, and In Paik. 2007. "Getting a Job: Is there a Motherhood Penalty?" American Journal of Sociology. 112(5): 1297-1338.
This fascinating article finds a significant bias against mothers in competency evaluations, likelihood of receiving a job offer, and starting salary relative to fathers with identical credentials. The bias is apparent in both controlled laboratory experiments and in a natural experimental audit study of employers. In the laboratory experiment, the authors find that mothers are viewed as less competent and committed and that they are held to a harsher standard, being required to have a better attendance record and a higher diagnostic test score than childless women or fathers. Mothers were much less likely to be recommended for hire and were offered $11,000 lower starting salaries than equally qualified childless women. In the audit, the authors submitted application materials in pairs (one parent and one non-parent) to employers who advertised in a large northeastern newspaper. Childless women were 100% more likely to receive a callback from employers compared with equally qualified applicants who were mothers. The results show that mothers' lower pay cannot be attributed to unmeasured productivity characteristics that employers are rationally using in pay determination. The article has been cited in the media, by political organizations, in the California State Senate, and by the EEOC. It is a major contribution to studies of gender and work.
Sex and Gender Distinguished Article Award - Honorable Mention
Rene Almeling. 2007. "Selling Genes, Selling Gender: Egg Agencies, Sperm Banks, and the Medical Market in Genetic Material." American Sociological Review. 72: 319-340.
This engaging qualitative study compares how eggs and sperm, and the women and men who donate them, are valued in the medical marketplace. Almeling analyzes how egg agencies and sperm banks organize the donation process, including how women and men are recruited, screened, and compensated for their genetic material. She uses a complex notion of “market” as comprised of interacting economic, cultural (including gender) and structural/organizational elements, and also biological phenomena (interpreted culturally). The study found that egg donors are paid more and praised more than sperm donors. Almeling argues that this difference is due less to biological supply and demand than to gendered norms of caring motherhood and distant fatherhood. That women's biology is actually more valued in this market is unexpected given the decades of research by sociologists of gender on women's disadvantage in contemporary society. Gender structures the idea that women’s “donation” is more precious than men’s, and gender allows men to be seen as more pecuniary in their interests. This article demonstrates how sociologists can attend to biological factors while simultaneously resisting essentialized biological explanations.
Sally Hacker Graduate Student Paper Award
Laura Hamilton. 2007. “Trading on Heterosexuality: College Women’s Gender Strategies and Homophobia.” Gender & Society. April 21(2):145-172.
The winner of this year’s Sally Hacker award is Laura Hamilton for her paper “Trading on Heterosexuality: College Women’s Gender Strategies and Homophobia.” Laura is a doctoral student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University, and this paper was published in Gender and Society in April of 2007. The paper examines heterosexual women’s use of homophobia as one of their gender strategies. The strategic use of homophobia by men to do hegemonic masculinity has been documented in prior work, but little research explored this issue for women. Laura Hamilton’s study fills that gap and documents the unique nature of women’s homophobia using detailed ethnographic and interview data from a women’s floor in a university residence hall. The study demonstrates that status hierarchy among college women is based on women’s positions in the heterosexual erotic market, and lesbians are assigned low rank in this hierarchy because they are seen as both not interested in this erotic market and unable to acquire men’s attention. Therefore, women who try to occupy higher positions in this market prefer higher levels of social distance from lesbians. Nevertheless, these women engage in same-sex eroticism, but they do it for a male audience, define it as heterosexual, and use it as a tool to enhance their position in the status hierarchy. By doing that, they stigmatize same-sex eroticism that is not male-oriented and drastically limit the spaces on campus where lesbians can feel comfortable. The Committee was really impressed by this thoughtful and thorough article. It makes both an important substantive contribution and an insightful theoretical contribution to the field of Sex and Gender.
Laura Hamilton is a graduate student in the Department of Sociology at Indiana University. Her email is :lauhamil@indiana.edu.
Information about the 2009 Sex and Gender Awards
Sex & Gender Section Distinguished Book Award
The 2009 Sex and Gender Section Distinguished Book Award Committee is currently accepting nominations for outstanding and innovative books published in 2006, 2007, or 2008. The award honors those who make a significant contribution to the field of sex and gender through a book on the cutting edge of sociological inquiry. Self-nominations are acceptable, and authors need not be sociologists. Edited collections are ineligible, and nominations from publishers will not be accepted.
To nominate a book for this award: 1) Please send a two page letter (preferably through email) explaining how the book makes a significant contribution to the sociology of sex and gender to the Committee's Chair, Patti Giuffre, Dept of Sociology, 601 University Dr., Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos TX 78666 (pg07@txstate.edu); and 2) notify the book publisher to send copies of the books by February 1st to the chair and all the committee members. Nomination deadline is January 15, 2009.
Book Award Committee Members & Addresses:
| Patti Guiffre(Chair) | Department of Sociology
Texas State University, San Marcos
601 University Dr.
San Marcos, TX 78666
(512)245-8983
pg07@txstate.edu |
| Kathrin Zippel | Department of Sociology & Anthropology
Northeastern University
531 Holmes Hall
360 Huntington Avenue
Boston, MA 02115
k.zippel@neu.edu |
| Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez | Department of Sociology
University of Texas-Austin
1 University Station - A 1700
Austin, TX 78712
gloria@austin.utexas.edu |
| Sharmila Rudrappa | Department of Sociology
University of Texas-Austin
1 University Station - A 1700
Austin, TX 78712
rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu |
| Patricia Richards | Department of Sociology
University of Georgia
Baldwin Hall 314
Athens, GA 30602
plr333@uga.edu |
| Natalia Sarkisian | Department of Sociology
Boston College
140 Commonwealth Ave.
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
natalia@sarkisian.net |
Distinguished Article Award
This award honors those who make a significant contribution to the understanding of sex and gender through an article or chapter on the cutting edge of sociological inquiry.
The 2009 Sex and Gender Distinguished Article Award Committee is currently accepting nominations of outstanding and innovative articles or book chapters published in 2006, 2007, or 2008. The award honors those who make a significant contribution to the field of sex and gender through an article or book chapter on the cutting edge of sociological inquiry. Authors need not be sociologists, and articles may be published in journals associated with disciplines other than sociology. Self-nominations are acceptable.
To nominate a particular article or book chapter for this award, 1) please submit a two-page letter (either email or hard copy) explaining why the article makes a significant contribution to the sociology of sex and gender to the Committee’s Chair, Patti Giuffre, Texas State University – San Marcos, Dept of Sociology, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX 78666, (pg07@txstate.edu); and 2) send an electronic version of the article/chapter via email, or mail the letter and photocopies of the article to the committee chair and all members of the committee.
Nomination deadline is February 15th.
Sally Hacker Graduate Student Paper Award
Papers are currently being accepted for the 2008 Sally Hacker Graduate Student Paper Award. The paper should deal with a theoretical issue or empirical problem important to the field of sex and gender and should be based on a dissertation that is still in progress or was completed and approved no earlier than February 2007. Papers should be journal length (35 pages maximum.) Self nominations are acceptable.
Please send a letter of nomination, a hard copy of the paper, and an electronic version of the paper to the Committee Chair, Natalia Sarkisian, Chair, Dept of Sociology, McGuinn Hall 140 Commonwealth Ave, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467,(natalia@sarkisian.net), and to all the committee members (see Committees page of this website).
Nomination deadline is February 15th.
Information for 2009 ASA Awards
W.E.B. Dubois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award
This award honors scholars who have shown outstanding commitment to the profession of sociology and whose cumulative work has contributed in important ways to the advancement of the discipline. The body of lifetime work may include theoretical and/or methodological contributions. The award selection committee is particularly interested in work that substantially reorients the field in general or in a particular subfield. Nominations should include a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae and let¬ters in support of the nomination. The most compelling cases contain five to eight letters from a variety of individuals able to speak to the qualifications of the nominees. The person making the nomination should obtain this material and forward it to the committee, with the nominee's curriculum vitae, as a package. Nominations remain under active consideration for five award cycles. Members of the Association and other interested parties may submit nominations to: American Sociological Association, c/o Governance Department, 1430 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; e-mail governance@asanet. org. The nominations deadline is January 31, 2009.
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award
The ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award honors outstanding contributions to undergraduate and/or graduate teaching of sociology. The award recognizes contributions that have made a significant impact on the manner in which sociology is taught at a regional, state, national, or international level. These contributions may include preparation of teaching- and curriculum-related materials and publications, participation in the scholarship of teaching and learning, development and communication of innovative teaching techniques, leadership in teaching-related workshops and symposia, involvement in innovative program development, and contributions to the enhancement of teaching within state, regional, or national associations. The award typically is given for a series of contributions spanning several years or an entire career, although it may recognize a single project of exceptional impact. The award is not designed to recognize outstanding teaching ability at one's own institution unless that is part of a career with a broader impact. Individuals, departments, schools, or other collective actors are eligible. Nominations should include the name of the nominee and a one to two page statement explaining the basis of the nomination. Nominations should also include a vita, if applicable, and relevant supporting materials. Members of the Association or other interested parties may submit nominations to: American Sociological Association, c/o Governance, 1430 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; fax (202) 638-0882; e-mail governance@asanet.org. The nominations deadline is January 31, 2009.
Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology
This award honors outstanding contributions to sociological practice. The award may recognize work that has facilitated or served as a model for the work of others; work that has significantly advanced the utility of one or more specialty areas in sociology and, by so doing, has elevated the professional status or public image of the field as a whole; or work that has been honored or widely recognized outside the discipline for its significant impacts, particularly in advancing human welfare. The recipient of this award will have spent at least a decade of substantial work involving research, administrative, or opera¬tional responsibilities as a member of or consultant to private or public organizations, agencies, or asso¬ciations, or as a solo practitioner. Nominations should include a one to two page statement and the vita of the nominee and be submitted to: American Sociological Association, c/o Governance, 1430 K Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; (202) 383-9005; fax: (202) 638-0882; e-mail governance@asanet.org. Nominations must be received by January 31, 2009.
Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award
The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contribu¬tions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and re¬search. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. This award is intended to promote a broader vision of sociology, and to gain publicv support for the sociological discipline.
A nominee must have made noteworthy contributions through any medium of public communication to increase the understanding of sociology. He or she cannot be a professional sociologist and member¬ship in ASA is therefore not required. Nominations should include an account of the nominee's major contributions to furthering the public appreciation of sociology; examples (e.g., video, printed matter) may be included with the nomination. Send nominating letters to: American Sociological Association, c/o Governance, 1430 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; fax: (202) 638-0882; e-mail gov¬ernance@asanet.org. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2009.
Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award
Created in 1971, this award honors the intellectual traditions and contributions of W.E.B. DuBois, Charles S. Johnson, and E. Franklin Frazier. The award is given either to a sociologist for a lifetime of research, teaching, and service to the community or to an academic institution for its work in assisting the development of scholarly efforts in this tradition. Nominations should include a summary of the nominee's career or achievement, and the way in which it is consistent with the traditions of these outstanding African-American scholars and educators. Nominations should include a one to two page statement and a vita, if applicable. Nominations should be submitted to: American Sociological Association, c/o Governance, 1430 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; e-mail governance@asanet.org. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2009.
Award for Public Understanding of Sociology
This award is given annually to a person or persons who have made exemplary contributions to advance the public understanding of sociology, sociological research, and scholarship among the general public. The award may recognize a contribution in the preceding year or for a longer career of such contribu¬tions. Nominations should include the nominee's vita and a detailed one to two page nomination state¬ment that describes how the person's work has contributed to increasing the public understanding and knowledge of sociology. Nominations should be submitted to: American Sociological Association, c/o Governance, 1430 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; e-mail governance@asanet.org. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2009.
Jessie Bernard Award
The Jessie Bernard Award is given in recognition of scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society. The contribution may be in empirical re¬search, theory, or methodology. It is presented for significant cumulative work done throughout a pro¬fessional career. The award is open to women or men and is not restricted to sociologists. Only mem¬bers of the American Sociological Association may submit nominations for the Jessie Bernard Award. Nominations for career achievement should include a narrative letter of nomination, a copy of the vita of the nominee, and three supporting letters. Nominations should be submitted to: American Sociologi¬cal Association, ATTN: Governance Office, 1430 K Street NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20005; e-mail:governance@asanet.org. The deadline for nominations is January 31, 2009.
Dissertation Award
The ASA Dissertation Award honors the best PhD dissertation from among those submitted by advisors and mentors in the discipline. Dissertations from PhD recipients with degree awarded in the 2006 calendar year will be eligible for consideration for the 2007 ASA Dissertation Awards. Nominations must be received from the student's advisor or the scholar most familiar with the student's research. Nominations should explain the precise nature and merits of the work. Send nominating letters, six copies of the dissertation, and nominee's curriculum vita (with current address) to: American Sociologi¬cal Association, c/o Governance Department, 1430 K Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; fax: (202) 638-0882; e-mail :governance@asanet.org. The deadline for nominations for the 2008 Award is January 31, 2009.
American Sociological Association
1430 K Street, NW Suite 600
Washington, DC 20009
p. 202.383.9005 | f. 202.638.0882
ASA Distinguished Book Award
This award is given for a single book published in 2007, 2008 and in the month of January in 2009. Nominations must come from members of the Association and should include the name of author, title of book, date of publication, publisher, and a brief statement about why the book should be considered for this award. Send nominations to: American Sociological Association, c/o Governance, 1430 K Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; fax: (202) 638-0882; e-mail: governance@asanet.org.Nominations must be received by January 31, 2009.
Additional Award Opportunities
Sociologists for Women in Society. Feminist White Paper Award: "Research on Policies for Providing Universal Access to Healthcare in the United States."
Prize: $1000. We invite social science scholars familiar with health care policy research to provide an accessibly written critical overview of the policy options available to the United States in providing universal access to healthcare. We are particularly interested in coverage of relevant feminist scholarship, including consideration of the impact of various policy options on women. The white paper should include a data-based analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of models adopted in other industrialized nations as well as a consideration of the logistics and costs of providing health care in the United States.
Limit: 10 pages, exclusive of references and tables. Papers should be submitted electronically in a Word document or RTF format to sws@etal.uri.edu
On Subject Line put: Feminist White Paper Competition. Deadline: January 1, 2009
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