What awards are available?
Distinguished Early Career Award (Every two years)
This award honors individuals for distinguished contributions to research, teaching, and service on the sociology of children and youth. Candidates must have received their PhD within 10 calendar years prior to the nomination deadline. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth Section. Self-nominations are appropriate.
This award honors individuals for distinguished contributions to research, teaching, and service on the sociology of children and youth. Candidates must have received their PhD within 10 calendar years prior to the nomination deadline. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth Section. Self-nominations are appropriate.
Distinguished Mid-Career Award (Every four years)
This award honors individuals for distinguished contributions to research, teaching, and service on the sociology of children and youth. Candidates must have received their PhD between 11 and 20 calendar years prior to the nomination deadline. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth Section. Self-nominations are appropriate.
This award honors individuals for distinguished contributions to research, teaching, and service on the sociology of children and youth. Candidates must have received their PhD between 11 and 20 calendar years prior to the nomination deadline. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth Section. Self-nominations are appropriate.
Distinguished Senior Career Award (Every four years)
This award honors individuals for distinguished contributions to research, teaching, and service on the sociology of children and youth. Candidates must have received their PhD within 21 or more calendar years prior to the nomination deadline. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth Section. Self-nominations are appropriate.
This award honors individuals for distinguished contributions to research, teaching, and service on the sociology of children and youth. Candidates must have received their PhD within 21 or more calendar years prior to the nomination deadline. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth Section. Self-nominations are appropriate.
Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award (Journal Article/Book Chapter)
This award is given in odd years to a journal article or book chapter (from an edited volume) in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of Children and Youth. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association (ASA), as well as members of the section. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
This award is given in odd years to a journal article or book chapter (from an edited volume) in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of Children and Youth. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association (ASA), as well as members of the section. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
Outstanding Scholarly Contribution Award (Book)
This award is given in even years to a monograph book published in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of Children and Youth. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association (ASA), as well as members of the section. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
This award is given in even years to a monograph book published in the preceding two years that has had a major impact on the field of Children and Youth. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association (ASA), as well as members of the section. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
This award recognizes an outstanding paper authored by one or more graduate students. To qualify, the author and any co-authors must be current graduate students and graduate students at the time the paper was written. A paper is eligible if it made a “public appearance” within the preceding two years, defined as one of the following: 1) having been submitted for a class or seminar held in those years, 2) having been presented at a professional meeting in those years, or 3) having been accepted for publication or published in those years. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth Section. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
This award recognizes an outstanding paper authored by one or more graduate students. To qualify, the author and any co-authors must be current graduate students and graduate students at the time the paper was written. A paper is eligible if it made a “public appearance” within the preceding two years, defined as one of the following: 1) having been submitted for a class or seminar held in those years, 2) having been presented at a professional meeting in those years, or 3) having been accepted for publication or published in those years. Nominees must be current members of the American Sociological Association's Children and Youth Section. Self-nominations are welcome and encouraged.
2023 Award Winners
Distinguished Mid-Career Award |
Outstanding Scholarly Contribution (Book)Hyeyoung Kwon, Indiana University-Bloomington
Kwon, Hyeyoung. "Inclusion work: Children of immigrants claiming membership in everyday life." American Journal of Sociology 127, no. 6 (2022): 1818-1859 AND Mai Thai, Occidental College Thai, Mai. "Policing and Symbolic Control: The Process of Valorization." American Journal of Sociology 127, no. 4 (2022): 1183-1220 WITH HONORABLE MENTION Casey Stockstill, Research Director Early Milestones Colorado Stockstill, Casey. "The “stuff” of class: How property rules in preschool reproduce class inequality." Social Problems 70, no. 1 (2023): 1-21. |
Graduate Student Paper AwardMia Brantley, Ohio State University
“Can’t Just Send Our Children Out: Intensive Motherwork and Experiences of Black Motherhood” |