2024 C. Wright Mills Award Finalists

The 2024 C. Wright Mills Award Finalists have been selected.

The committee reviewed 114 nominated books to select the five finalists. The winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, August 9 from 5:45pm-7:00pm (Central Time). All finalists will be recognized on the SSSP website and at the Awards Ceremony.

To an outstanding degree, each of the finalists met the criteria for the award:

• Critically addresses an issue of contemporary public importance
• Brings to the topic a fresh, imaginative perspective
• Advances social scientific understanding of the topic
• Displays a theoretically informed view and empirical orientation
• Evinces quality in style of writing
• Explicitly or implicitly contains implications for courses of action

View the list of finalists.

Posted by Kelsey Whitaker - 05/01/2025, 08:00 AM

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Secure your accommodations at the SSSP conference hotel. Our single/double occupancy room rate is $229 plus tax, per night. Be sure to request the SSSP - 2025 Chicago room rate when booking. Reservations made after July 7 (or if the room block fills before then) are subject to availability and may be at a higher rate.

Posted by Helen E. Wilds - 04/29/2025, 08:30 AM