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Results from the 2020 ASA Political Sociology Section Election
We are pleased to announce the 2020 ASA Political Sociology Section Election Results.
Fabio Rojas, Indiana University was elected chair. He will serve as chair-elect from August 2020 to August 2021 and then as chair the following year.
Kiyoteru Tsutsui, University of Michigan and Irene Bloemraad, University of California, Berkeley were elected to the section council. They both will serve three-year terms beginning August 2020.
The proposed change to the by-laws passed, so the section will also add two student members to the section council, starting with the next election. They will serve two-year terms with one of those seats being vacated each year.
Call for Nominations: 2020 Political Sociology Section Awards
You are invited to submit your nominations for the 2020 Political Sociology Section Awards. The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2020. The winners will be notified and announced prior to the ASA meetings.
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Please be aware that for the Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship for an Article or Chapter Award for Political Sociology submissions must have a 2019 (NOT 2018) publication date.
For the Best Graduate Student Paper Award Persons who were graduate students at any time during calendar year 2019 (NOT 2018) are invited to submit published or unpublished papers for this award.
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The Distinguished Career Award in Political Sociology
The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2020.
The Distinguished Career Award recognizes and celebrates a lifetime of contributions to the area(s) of political sociology. Nominations will be judged on the depth and breadth of the scholar’s impact on political sociology over the course of their career. Nominees must be at least a quarter of a century beyond graduating with their Ph.D. Section members may nominate a distinguished scholar by sending:
- A letter (PDF or MSWord) of nomination, which outlines the candidate’s scholarly contributions to the field and provides assurance of the candidate’s willingness to be nominated;
- A copy of the candidate’s most recent curriculum vitae, and
- The full contact information for the nominee (including email address), to the nominating committee below.
The Distinguished Career Award Committee:
Richard Lachmann, University at Albany-SUNY (Chair) RL605@albany.edu
Rebecca Emigh, UCLA emigh@soc.ucla.edu
Jeff Goodwin, New York University jeff.goodwin@nyu
The winner will be notified and announced prior to the ASA meetings.
The Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award in Political Sociology
The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2020.
This award is given annually to the outstanding recent book in political sociology (we will not consider edited books for this award). To be eligible, the book must have a 2019 copyright date. The selection committee encourages self-nominations or suggestions of work by others. Nominations from publishers will not be accepted. To nominate a book for this award:
- Send a short letter (via e-mail) nominating the book to each committee member below and
- Have a copy of the book sent to each committee member, at the addresses below.
Geneviève Zubrzycki, University of Michigan (Chair) genez@umich.edu
Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia
500 S. Church Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1042
David Brady david.brady@ucr.edu
School of Public Policy
INTS 4151
900 University Ave.
Riverside, CA 92521
University of California, Riverside 2021
Isaac Martin iwmartin@ucsd.edu
University of California, San Diego
Isaac Martin, #0517
Social Sciences, Room 315
7835 Trade St., Suite 100
San Diego, CA 92121
The winner will be notified and announced prior to the ASA meetings allowing presses to advertise the prize-winning book.
The Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship for an Article or Chapter Award for Political Sociology
The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2020.
This award is offered annually for the outstanding recently published article or chapter in political sociology. To be eligible, submissions must have a 2019 publication date. The selection committee encourages either self-nominations or suggestions of work by others. (Please note that each author may have only one article nominated.) Please submit the following to the selection committee at their email addresses listed below:
- A brief nomination letter and
- A copy of the article or chapter.
The Best Article or Book Chapter Award Committee:
“States of Exception?” Political Sociology Mini-Conference
STATES OF EXCEPTION?
Political Conflict, Cultural Change, and Democratic Threat in the 21st Century
Friday, August 9, 2019
Ingersoll Hall, Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
Organized by:
Thomas Janoski, University of Kentucky
Richard Lachmann, SUNY Albany
Carlos de la Torre, University of Kentucky
Bart Bonikowski, Harvard University
Delia Baldassarri, New York University
Reynaldo Ortiz-Minaya, Brooklyn College
Co-sponsored by the Department of Sociology, the Department of Puerto Rican and Latino Studies, and the María E. Sánchez Center for Latino Studies, Brooklyn College
The mini-conference, organized by the Political Sociology section of the American Sociological Association, will consist of twelve regular panels and a plenary session on themes related to contemporary radical politics. Please visit the pages below for more information.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
- Complete this form by July 25, 2019: https://forms.gle/9PRGWgQHHWefrfxR8
- Pay the $25 registration fee in advance via PayPal (instructions below) or bring a check to the conference payable to Stephanie Mudge (the section Treasurer)
PayPal instructions: by direct link (copy and paste into web browser), paypal.me/stephaniemudge , or via PayPal.com to the following email address: mudge@ucdavis.edu. Please make sure to select “sending to a friend,” or else PayPal will charge you a processing fee.
Call for Nominations: 2019 Political Sociology Section Awards
You are invited to submit your nominations for the 2019 Political Sociology Section Awards. The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2019:
The Distinguished Career Award in Political Sociology
The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2019.
The Distinguished Career Award recognizes and celebrates a lifetime of contributions to the area(s) of political sociology. Nominations will be judged on the depth and breadth of the scholar’s impact on political sociology over the course of their career. Nominees must be at least a quarter of a century beyond graduating with their Ph.D. Section members may nominate a distinguished scholar by sending:
A letter (PDF or MSWord) of nomination, which outlines the candidate’s scholarly contributions to the field and provides assurance of the candidate’s willingness to be nominated; a copy of the candidate’s most recent curriculum vitae; and
the full contact information for the nominee (including email address), to the nominating committee below:
The Distinguished Career Award Committee:
Pamela Paxton, University of Texas at Austin (Chair) ppaxton@prc.utexas.edu
Jeff Manza, New York University manza@nyu.edu
Debra Minkoff, Barnard College dminkoff@barnard.edu
The winner will be notified and announced prior to the ASA meetings.
The Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award in Political Sociology
The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2019.
This award is given annually to the outstanding recent book in political sociology (we will not consider edited books for this award). To be eligible, the book must have a 2018 copyright date. The selection committee encourages self-nominations or suggestions of work by others. Nominations from publishers will not be accepted. To nominate a book for this award:
Send a short letter (via e-mail) nominating the book to each committee member below and have a copy of the book sent to each committee member, at the addresses below:
Hana Brown, Wake Forest University (Chair)
brownhe@wfu.edu
Department of Sociology
1834 Wake Forest Rd.
PO Box 7808
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Cybelle Fox, University of California Berkeley
cfox@berkeley.edu
Department of Sociology
410 Barrows Hall
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-1980
Paul Frymer, Princeton University
pfrymer@Princeton.EDU
Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs
314 Wallace Hall
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08544
The winner will be notified and announced prior to the ASA meetings allowing presses to advertise the prize-winning book.
The Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship for an Article or Chapter Award for Political Sociology
The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2019.
This award is offered annually for the outstanding recently published article or chapter in political sociology. To be eligible, submissions must have a 2018 publication date. The selection committee encourages either self-nominations or suggestions of work by others. (Please note that each author may have only one article nominated.) Please submit the following to the selection committee at their email addresses listed below:
A brief nomination letter and a copy of the article or chapter.
The Best Article or Book Chapter Award Committee:
G. Cristina Mora, University of California, Berkeley (Chair) gcristinamora2@gmail.com
Jennifer YJ Hsu, London School of Economics and Political Science jenniferhsu@cantab.net
Nicholas Pedriana University of Wisconsin – Whitewater pedriann@uww.edu
Robin Stryker, Purdue University Stryker, rstryker@purdue.edu