2026 STUDENT PAPER COMPETITIONS & OUTSTANDING SCHOLARSHIP AWARD WINNERS
COMMUNITY, RESEARCH, AND PRACTICE DIVISION
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CONFLICT, SOCIAL ACTION, AND CHANGE DIVISION
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CRIME AND JUSTICE DIVISION
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CRITICAL RACE AND ETHNIC STUDY DIVISION
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DISABILITY, MENTAL WELLNESS, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE DIVISION
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DRINKING AND DRUGS DIVISION
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EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS DIVISION
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ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
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FAMILY, AGING, AND YOUTH DIVISION
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GENDER, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION
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GLOBAL DIVISION
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HEALTH, HEALTH POLICY, AND HEALTH SERVICES DIVISION
Graduate Student Paper Award Winner: “Social Vulnerability and COVID-19 Vaccination Rates: A Comparative Analysis across U.S. States and Counties,” Ting-Hui Lin, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Graduate Student Paper Award Honorable Mention: “Health Insurance Patterns and the Transition to Adulthood in the United States,” Kathleen D’Alfonso, University at Buffalo
Scholarship Award Winner: TBD
INSTITUTIONAL ETHNOGRAPHY DIVISION
George W. Smith Paper Award Winner: “‘Reading for Social Organization’ in Music Students’ Health Research: What Institutional Ethnography Makes Visible,” Jeffrey Sabo, University of Ottawa
George W. Smith Paper Award Honorable Mention: “At All Costs: Testifying for Housing Justice through Canada’s Federal Human Rights Review Panels,” Alex Nelson, Western University
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LABOR STUDIES DIVISION
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LAW AND SOCIETY DIVISION
Alfred R. Lindesmith Paper Award Winner: “‘Money Instead of Change’: How Civil Compensation for Police Violence Shapes Litigants’ Views of the State,” Solome Solomon Haile, Princeton University
Alfred R. Lindesmith Paper Award Honorable Mention: “Therapeutic Retribution: When Offender Punishment Becomes Victim Care in Progressive Prosecution,” Amelia Roskin-Frazee, University of California, Irvine
Edwin H. Sutherland Book Award Winner: TBD
POVERTY, CLASS, AND INEQUALITY DIVISION
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SOCIAL PROBLEMS THEORY DIVISION
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SOCIOLOGY, SOCIAL WORK, AND SOCIAL WELFARE DIVISION
Graduate Student Paper Award Winner: “Symbolic Violence in the Privatization of U.S. Public Housing,” Grace C. Sementilli, University at Buffalo
SPORT, LEISURE, AND THE BODY DIVISION
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TEACHING SOCIAL PROBLEMS DIVISION
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