Family Section Awards

The Section makes three major awards each year at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association.

ASA Section on the Family Award
for Distinguished Scholarship or Service

This award is designed to recognize the collective career or major service contributions of a sociologist's work in the field of sociology of the family. Nominees for the award should be members of the American Sociological Association but do not necessarily need to be members of the family section. The distinguished career award recognizes the entire body of the person's work as it relates to the sociology of the family (not just one publication). Major service to the field is defined as those developments that have made a substantial impact on research in the family (for example, data banks, analysis techniques, scholarly writings, etc.).

The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2006. For each nominee, a one paragraph description of biographical facts and major works or a rationale for the nomination should be sent to:

Kathryn Edin
3718 Locust Walk
University of Pennsylvania, Sociology Department
Philadelphia, PA, 19104-6299
Telephone: 215-898-7800
Fax: 215-573-2081
phone: (home) 215-844-0579
Email: kedin@sas.upenn.edu

William S. Goode Best Book-Length Contribution
to Family Sociology Award

The deadline for book nominations for consideration for the Goode Book Award is January 15, 2006. The award is given to one of the books published within the past two years (2004, 2005) in the sociology of the family. If you wish to nominate a book for consideration, in a letter briefly state why the book should be considered for the award and send the letter to:

Steven L. Nock
Department of Sociology
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400766
Charlottesville, VA 22904
(434) 924-6519
sln@cms.mail.virginia.edu

Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper
in the Sociology of the Family

Papers (with a maximum length of 35 pages in total, including an abstract of no more than 150 words, text, tables, figures, references, and footnotes) submitted for this award must be entirely student-authored, and they must deal with an important theoretical issue or significant empirical problem in the field of sociology of the family. The award includes $500 towards travel expenses to attend the 2006 Annual Meeting in Montreal, where the award is presented. Eligible student authors include master's students and pre-doctoral students who are currently enrolled in a graduate program or who have graduated no earlier than December of 2005. Papers that have been accepted for publication remain eligible for submission.

The name, address, telephone number, email address, and/or fax number, and institutional affiliation of the author must be indicated on the title page, along with graduate student status (year in the program and expected date of M.A. or Ph.D. degree). Support letters from faculty advisors are unnecessary and not encouraged.

The deadline for submission is April 1, 2006. Please send four hard copies of the paper to:

Jennifer L. Glass
University of Iowa
Dept. of Sociology
W140 Seashore Hall
Iowa City IA 52242
(319) 335-3745
jennifer-glass@uiowa.edu