The following awards were presented at the awards ceremony held on Friday March 11th, 2011 during the annual meeting in Seattle. Thanks to all of those on the Awards Committee and the Social Conscience Committee for their work.
2011 Award Recipients
The following awards were presented at the awards ceremony held on Friday, March 14 during the annual meeting in Seattle. Thanks to all of those on the Awards Committee and the Social Conscience Committee for their work.
Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship: "They Used to Call Us Witches:" Chilean Exiles, Culture, and Feminism by Julie Shayne, Univ. of Washington, Bothell and Seattle
Honorable Mention for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship: The Politics of Exclusion: The Failure of Race-Neutral Policies in Urban America by Leiland Saito, Univ. of Southern California
Distinguished Contributions to Sociological Perspectives: The Contingent Effect of Social Networks on Organizational Commitment: A Comparison of Instrumental and Expressive Ties in a Multinational High-Technology Company by Young-Choon Kim, Univ. of Singapore & Mooweon Rhee, Univ. of Hawaii (co-recipients) and Administrative Challenges Facing Nonprofit Worksites Providing Work or Work-Like Experiences for Welfare Recipients by Rebecca Joyce Kissane, Lafayette College (co-recipient)
Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award: "Making the ‘Good’ Professor: Does Graduate Mentoring Promote Equality in Academia?" by Anita Harker Armstrong, Utah State Univ.
Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper Award: "Social Movement Organizations and Policy Outcomes: Regulating Crisis Pregnancy Centers through Legislative Processes" by MacKenzie Fuentes, Univ. of Puget Sound and "Transracial Adoption: Promoting Racial Literacy or Perpetuating Colorblind Racism?" by Christine Richardson, Boise State Univ,
Dean Dorn Award Distinguished Contribution to Teaching: No recipient
Early Career Award for Innovation in Teaching Sociology: Clayton Peoples, Univ. of Nevada, Reno (co-recipient) and Jennifer Murphy, CSU Sacramento (co-recipient)
Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Praxis Award: Kathleen Kaiser, CSU Chico
Social Conscience Award:
The Pat Graney Company, Seattle & The Northwest Network, Seattle
