Congratulations to the student paper competition and outstanding scholarhip award winners! The student paper competitions and outstanding scholarship awards are sponsored by the Special Problems Divisions. 

COMMUNITY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

Winner: “For the Love of My Pueblo: Explaining Women’s Increased Participation in Migrant Communities,” Abigail Andrews, University of California, Berkeley

CONFLICT, SOCIAL ACTION, AND CHANGE DIVISION

Winner: “Convincing People to Go Green: Managing Strategic Action by Minimizing Political Talk,” Janet A. Lorenzen, Rutgers University

1st Runner-up: “Be a Good Shopper, or Shop for Good?  Non-Monetary Costs of Socially Responsible Purchasing,” Ethan Schoolman, University of Michigan

CRIME AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY DIVISION

Winner: “The Social Logic of Recidivism: Cultural Capital from Prison to the Street,” Liam Martin, Boston College

Honorable Mention: “(Dis)Empowered Rehabilitation: Governing through Alternative Practices and Therapeutic Interventions at a Women’s Reentry Center,” Colleen Hackett, University of Colorado at Boulder

Lifetime Achievement Award: Jack Levin, Northeastern University

DISABILITIES DIVISION

Winner: “Wheelchair Ramps in Cyberspace: The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Internet,” Trevor Crowley, Brigham Young University

DRINKING AND DRUGS DIVISION

Winner – Bruce D. Johnson Award: “Bad Apples: Recovery Narratives and Deviance in Methadone Maintenance Treatment (MMT),” David Frank, CUNY - Graduate Center

EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS DIVISION

Winner: “A New Look at the ‘Experiential Core’ of College Life: Unveiling Sources of Persistent Inequality in American Higher Education,” Lauren T. Schudde, University of Wisconsin-Madison

ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION

Winner – Brent K. Marshall Award: “Sustainable Lifestyles and Environmental Activism: How Lifestyle Change Supports Collective Action,” Janet A. Lorenzen, Rutgers University

FAMILY DIVISION

Winner: “When Sons Become Fathers: Examining Patterns of Fathering Across Generations,” Christina Diaz, University of Wisconsin

GLOBAL DIVISION/CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD

Winner: “The High Price of Freedom: The Transnational Moral Economy of Low Wage Women’s Work in the Anti-Human Trafficking Movement,” Elena Shih, University of California, Los Angeles

Honorable Mention: “Migrant Workers in Labour Markets Gone Global: English Language Capital and the Production of Global Hierarchies,” Geraldina Polanco and Sarah Zell, The University of British Columbia

GLOBAL DIVISION OUTSTANDING BOOK AWARD

Winner: We Are in This Dance Together: Gender, Power, and Globalization at a Mexican Garment Firm, Nancy Plankey-Videla, Rutgers University Press, 2012

Honorable Mention: City of Extremes: The Spatial Politics of Johannesburg, Martin J. Murray, Durham: Duke University Press, 2011

HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, AND HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION

Winner: “Constructing Uncertainty, Constructing Skill: Creating New Forms of Medical Expertise through Nurse Practitioner Narrative Practices,” LaTonya J. Trotter, Princeton University

Honorable Mention: “Beyond Access: Social Networks and the Use of Free Health Care Services,” Kathleen C. Oberlin and Oren Pizmony-Levy, Indiana University-Bloomington

INSTITUTIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY DIVISION

Winner – George W. Smith Award: “Towards an Institutional Counter-Cartography of Nurses’ Wound Work,” Nicola R. Waters, University of Calgary

Dorothy E. Smith Award for Scholar-Activism: Roxana Ng, OISE, University of Toronto

LABOR STUDIES DIVISION

Winner – Harry Braverman Award: “Making the Intern Economy: Role and Career Challenges of the Music Industry Intern,” Alexandre Frenette, City University of New York, Graduate Center

LAW AND SOCIETY DIVISION

Winner – Alfred R. Lindesmith Award: “States of ‘Illegality’: How Local Immigration Regimes Shape Migrants’ Agency,” Abigail Andrews, University of California, Berkeley

Lifetime Achievement Award: Richard A. Leo, University of San Francisco

SOCIETY AND MENTAL HEALTH DIVISION

Winner: “Social Support and Health: The Role of Ethnicity and Nativity among Black Americans,” Christy L. Erving, Indiana University, Bloomington

James R. Greenley Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociology of Mental Health: Peggy A. Thoits, Indiana University, Bloomington

POVERTY, CLASS, AND INEQUALITY DIVISION

Winner: “Post-Recession Governmentalities: Neoliberalism, Job Searching, and Comparative Control in Minneapolis,” Madison Van Oort, University of Minnesota

Michael Harrington Award: Julie R. Andrzejewski, Social Responsibility Program, St. Cloud State University

RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES DIVISION

Winner: “Jim Crow in Jail: Race as a Mechanism of Social Control in a Penal Institution,” Michael Lawrence Walker, University of California, Riverside

Honorable Mention: “Creating a Shanghainese Ethnicity: How a Regional Difference Accelerated into an Ethnic Difference,” Fang Xu, Graduate Center, City University of New York

SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION

Winner: “The Sexual Double Standard, Sexual Relationship Contexts, and Adolescent Mental Health,” Brian J. Soller, The Ohio State University

SOCIAL PROBLEMS THEORY DIVISION

Outstanding Article Award: “The Textual Mediation of Denial: Congress, Abu Ghraib, and the Construction of an Isolated Incident,” Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver, Social Problems, Volume 58:2 (May 2011), pp. 165-188

SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WELFARE DIVISION

Winner: “Revising the Welfare Queen: Calling for a New Approach to Welfare Analysis?” Nicole D’Anna, University at Albany, SUNY

SPORT, LEISURE, AND THE BODY DIVISION

Winner: “Shining Stars, Blind Sides, and ‘Real’ Realities: Exit Rituals, Eulogy Work and Allegories in Reality Television,” Lisa-Jo van den Scott, Clare Forstie, and Savina Balasubramanian, Northwestern University

TEACHING SOCIAL PROBLEMS DIVISION

No award given

YOUTH, AGING, AND THE LIFE COURSE DIVISION

Winner: “Breaking the Pattern: Youth Authority in the Wisconsin Uprising,” Matthew Kearney, University of Wisconsin-Madison