Society for the Study of Social Problems

(sponsored by the Special Problems Divisions of the Society for the Study of Social Problems)

1st Place: “Residential Turnover and Crime: Does Neighborhood Matter? The Impact of Crime on Home Sales in Los Angeles, 1993-1997,” Lyndsay N. Boggess, University of California, Irvine

1st Place: “Individual Frame Preference and Strategic Dilemmas in Women’s Peace Organizing,” Rachel V. Kutz-Flamenbaum, SUNY, Stony Brook

1st Place: “Rappin’ on the Corner: Transforming Provocations of Street Violence into Play,” Jooyoung Lee, University of California, Los Angeles

1st Place: “Methamphetamine Use and Sexual Experiences among Urban Club-Going Youth,” Brooke Wells, City University of New York

Honorable Mention: “The Timing of Parenthood: Early First Birth and Alcohol Use throughout the Life Course,” J.D. Wolfe, Indiana University

Senior Scholar Award: Richard Wilsnack, University of North Dakota

1st Place: “Gender Differences in Extreme Mathematical Achievement: An International Perspective on Biological, Social, and Societal Factors,” Andrew Penner, University of California, Berkeley

1st Place: “Community Participation and Urban Brownfield Redevelopment,” Sandra Zupan, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

1st Place: “Marriage as a Buffer for the Effects of Perceptions of Neighborhood Disorder on Mental Health in Old Age: The Role of the Self,” Alex Bierman, California State University, Northridge

1st Place- Graduate Student: “Global Networks of Trade in Vaccines: The Case of Global Public Goods,” Anna da Silva, Rutgers University

1st Place- Undergraduate Student: “The Nature of Firm Involvement in Water Privatization Contract Provision,” Erica Blom, Boston University

Outstanding Book Award: Taking Power: On the Origins of Third World Revolutions, John Foran, Cambridge University Press, 2005

HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, AND HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION

1st Place: “Chronic Pain on the Internet: A Comparison of Arthritis and Fibromyalgia,” Cheryl Stults, Brandeis University

1st Place - George Smith Award: “Panning for Gold – An Institutional Ethnography of Health Relations and the Process of Diagnosing Autism in British Columbia,” Michael K. Corman, University of Victoria

1st Place - Braverman Award: “Politics and Racial Threat in Labor Organizing: A Pooled Time-Series Analysis,” Daniel Tope, Ohio State University

1st Place - Alfred R. Lindesmith Award: “Civil Commitment Laws for Sex Offenders: Protecting the Public or Manufacturing Fear?” Emily Horowitz, St. Francis College

1st Place: “Broadening the Culture of Survivorhood: Expanding Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder through Space and Time,” Thomas DeGloma, Rutgers University

No Award Given

1st Place: “White Privilege as an Agent Utilized to Perpetuate Racism in the United States,” Victoria J. Watson, George Mason University

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION

No Award Given

1st Place: “Expanding the Survivor Worldview: Transmitting and Bridging Trauma through Space and Time,” Thomas DeGloma, Rutgers University

2nd Place: “How Pigeons Became Rats: The Cultural-Spatial Logic of Problem Animals,” Colin Jerolmack, City University of New York Graduate Center

1st Place: “Coping with Food Vulnerability: The Role of Social Networks in the Lives of Missouri Food Pantry Clients,” Jennifer J. Beggs, University of Missouri, Columbia

1st Place: “Whom Does Service-Learning Really Serve? Community Organizations’ Perspectives on Service-Learning,” David Blouin and Evelyn Perry, Indiana University

1st Place: “High Retention Direct Care Workers’ Experiences and Views of Racism among Assisted Living Residents with Dementia,” Michael Lepore, Georgia State University

2nd Place: “Disparities in Disability Life Expectancy in U.S. Birth Cohorts: The Influence of Sex and Race,” Samir Soneji, Princeton University