CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR PSA AWARDS FOR 2010
If you wish to submit a nomination for an award, you must supply the supporting materials and documentation detailed below for each award. While it is possible for a person, publication, etc., to be nominated in more than one year, if appropriate, no nominations or supporting materials will be carried over from year to year. It is the nominator's responsibility to submit the appropriate number of copies--listed below for each award-- of supporting materials including articles, books, letters, etc. by the nomination deadline.
NOMINATION PROCESS: Any PSA member can place a nomination. In order to be considered you
must provide the required documentation as presented below for each
particular award for which there is a nomination. The deadline will be March 1, 2010 for all awards except in the case of the Distinguished Scholarship Award. The nomination deadline for that award will be December 1, 2009.
Read through the descriptions of the various awards below. Make sure to note what is required for a specific award. You can nominate by contacting the appropriate members of the Awards Committee listed after each award description or YOU CAN NOW NOMINATE COLLEAGUES USING THE PSA ONLINE AWARDS FORM.
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR PSA AWARDS FOR 2010
The 2010 Distinguished Scholarship Award
The Pacific Sociological
Association's Award for Distinguished Scholarship is granted to sociologists
from the Pacific region in recognition of major intellectual contributions
embodied in a recently published book or series of at least three articles on a
common theme. To be eligible for the 2010 award, a book must have been
published in 2008 or later. If a
nomination is based on a series of articles, the most recent article in that
series must have been published in 2008 or later. The Committee does not accept
nominations for the Scholarship Award from publishers. Nominations must be from
individual members of the PSA. Edited books are not eligible for this
award. If a book has both a
hardback and paperback copyright date and no significant changes have been made
in the book between editions, the committee will consider the earlier copyright
date as the one determining eligibility for the award. Nominations for distinguished scholarship
and all supporting materials must be submitted by December 1, 2009. You must provide the Committee with three copies of the book or articles.
Send nominations for the
Scholarship Award to: Elaine Draper, Dept. of Sociology, California State Univ.
Los Angeles, 5151 State University Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90032-8228
edraper@calstatela.edu
The 2010 Dean S. Dorn
Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award
Individual Teaching Award: The
Pacific Sociological Association honors outstanding career contributions to
teaching, a series of projects, or a specific product or process, which an
individual or small group of individuals in the western region have contributed
to the teaching and learning of sociology. These may include • Products and/or processes that enhance
undergraduate and/or graduate intellectual inquiry and learning of sociology
within one's own institution or beyond its campus. Examples include innovative teaching techniques, use of new
technologies, service learning, distance learning, learning assessment of
sociology, textbooks, publications related to teaching, teaching programs,
devices or materials, laboratory designs, instructional computer packages,
innovative curricular contributions or curriculum design, or workshops;
• Relevant contributions to state, regional, or national
associations; • Activities
that illuminate, educate, and nurture public understanding and appreciation of
the usefulness of the discipline and of sociological principles and research.
The Pacific Sociological Association's Distinguished Contributions to Teaching
Award is given to an individual sociologist from the western region and/or to a
department of sociology in the western region. The award is given to those who have developed teaching programs,
curricula, or materials, which have been unusually effective in enhancing
student understanding and fostering appreciation of sociology as a field of
study. The grounds for nominations
are open but include textbooks and other teaching materials, laboratory
designs, instructional computer packages, innovative curricular contributions,
and evidence of special impact on students. You must provide the Committee with three copies of the
supporting documentation. For the individual teaching award, nominations should
include 1. The name of the nominee, a very detailed statement with a very
specific explanation of how this individual's work constitutes a [career]
contribution to the teaching of sociology 2. Letters of support from
individuals having direct knowledge of the nominee's contributions. 3. Copies
of any teaching materials developed by the nominee (if relevant to the
nomination). 4. Some evidence of the nominee's impact in the classroom (these
might be student evaluations or other evidence). 5. The nominee's vita. 6.
Additional supporting materials are encouraged.
Department Contributions To
Teaching Award: The Pacific Sociological Association honors a Department of
Sociology, school, or other collective actor in the western region for its
outstanding contribution to the teaching of sociology. Individual strengths and
competencies combine, in consensus, to produce a single product or process or a
series of projects that • Improve(s) the quality of undergraduate and/or
graduate teaching and learning, e.g., sequential curriculum design; teaching
programs, devices, or materials; service learning; distance learning; or
learning assessment of sociology, etc.; • Relevant
contributions to state, regional, or national associations; • Activities
that illuminate, educate and nurture public understanding and appreciation of
the usefulness of the discipline and of sociological principles and research.
For the departmental teaching award, nominations should include evidence that
supports the departmental nominee in the above categories. You must provide three copies of the
evidence.
Send Nominations for the Teaching
Award to: Vikas Gumbhir, Department of Sociology, Gonzaga University, 502 East
Boone Ave, Spokane, WA 99258 gumbhir@gonzaga.edu
2010 Distinguished Contributions
to Practice Award
The Pacific Sociological Association's Distinguished
Practice Award honors sociological work in the Pacific region (whether by an
academic or non-academic), which has an impact on government, business, health,
or other settings not directly connected with academia. The grounds for nomination include (but
are not limited to) any applied sociological activity that improves
organizational performance, contributes to community betterment, and/or eases
human suffering. You must provide the Committee with three copies of the
supporting documentation:
1. A nominating letter, which provides an overview of the
nominee's distinguished practice contributions;
2. Letters of support from individuals having direct
knowledge of the nominee's distinguished contribution to sociological practice.
3, Copies of presentations at scholarly conferences,
published articles, and/or grant/contract proposals, primarily authored by the
nominee, which address issues in sociological practice. This award is given
bi-annually.
Send Nominations for the Practice Award to:
Send nominations for the Practice
Ward to: Lentina Hormel, Department of Sociology, PO Box 4110,University of
Idaho, Moscow, ID 83844-1110 lhormel@uidaho.edu
The 2010 Distinguished
Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award
The Pacific Sociological
Association's Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award
honors an outstanding article published yearly in Sociological Perspectives. To be
eligible, the article must be worthy of special recognition for outstanding
scholarship and contribution to the discipline. The article must have been published in Vol. 52. 2009. This
award is given annually. You must provide the Committee with three copies of the
nominated article. The deadline for this nomination is March 1, 2010.
Send nominations for the
Sociological Perspectives Award to:
Teresa Ciabattari, Dept. of Sociology, Pacific Lutheran University,
Tacoma, WA 98447 ciabatta@plus.edu
The 2010 Distinguished
Undergraduate Student Paper Award and
$200 honorarium
The Pacific Sociological
Association's Distinguished Student Paper Award recognizes an undergraduate
student or students for a paper of high professional quality. This award
includes a $200 honorarium and two
nights of lodging at the 2010 convention hotel. To be eligible a paper must be
(a) worthy of special recognition for outstanding scholarship; (b) written by
an undergraduate student or students in the Pacific region c) written or
substantially revised in the last year; d) presented at the upcoming PSA annual
conference; and e) unpublished. Candidates for the award must provide the
Committee with three copies of the paper, including an abstract, accompanied by
at least one letter of support.
Send Nominations for the
Undergraduate Paper Award to: Kari Lerum, University of Washington at Bothell,
18115 Campus Way, Bothell, WA 98011-8246
klerum@uwb.edu
The 2010 Distinguished Graduate
Student Paper Award and $200 honorarium
The Pacific Sociological
Association's Distinguished Student Paper Award recognizes a graduate student
or students for a paper of high professional quality. This award includes
a $200 honorarium and two nights
of lodging at the 2010 convention hotel.
To be eligible a paper must be (a) worthy of special recognition for
outstanding scholarship; (b) written by a graduate student or students in the
Pacific region c) written or substantially revised in the last year; d)
presented at the upcoming PSA annual conference; and e) unpublished. Candidates
for the award must provide the Committee with three copies of the paper,
including an abstract, accompanied by at least one letter of support.
Send Nominations for the Graduate Student Paper Award to:
Shari L. Dworkin, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UC San Francisco,
3333 California Street (LHTS 455), San Francisco, CA 94143-0612
shari.dworkin@ucsf.edu
Social Conscience Award
The Pacific Sociological
Association's Social Conscience Award is given to a worthy community-based
organization located in the city in which the PSA Annual meeting is held. In 2010, the annual meeting will be
held in Oakland. This is a monetary award and honors a community organization
based in Oakland that is engaged in providing a much-needed social service in
the community. You must provide the committee with two copies of supporting
documentation. The deadline for nominations for the Social Conscience Award is
March 1, 2010.
Send nominations for the Social Conscience Award to:
Dean S. Dorn, Dept. of Sociology, CSUS, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA
95819-6005 psa@csus.edu
The Nominations Process for the
Above Awards.
Any psa member can place a
nomination by writing directly to the Chair of the psa Awards Committee (Teresa
Ciabattari) or to the committee member listed above for a specific award. In
order to be considered you must provide the required documentation as presented
above for each particular award for which there is a nomination. The deadline
is March 1, 2010 for all awards except in the case of the Distinguished Scholarship
Award. The nomination deadline for
the scholarship award will be December 1, 2009.
