2024 SKAT AWARD NOMINATIONS
2024 Robert K. Merton Book Award
Deadline: 2/1/2024
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2024 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding three years (2023, 2022, or 2021). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner will be honored at the ASA Annual Meeting in Montreal (August 2024) and will receive a plaque. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2024. Nominations or requests for more information should be sent to the committee chair, Oliver Rollins (orollins@uw.edu). No nominating statement or letter is required (nor will be considered as part of the committee’s review of nominations). Copies of nominated books should be received by all committee members by March 1, 2024. Please contact Oliver Rollins (orollins@uw.edu) for mailing addresses. Please note that all nominees must be registered members of the ASA and SKAT to be considered for this award.
2024 Robert K. Merton Book Award Committee:
Oliver Rollins, University of Washington – CHAIR
Mariana Craciun, Tulane University
Daniel Morrison, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Timothy Sacco, University of Arizona
Kelly Underman, Drexel University
2024 Star-Nelkin Paper Award
Deadline: 3/1/2024
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association invites nominations for the 2024 Star-Nelkin Paper Award. ASA-SKAT welcomes nominations (including self-nominations) of published articles that advance the field of sociology of science, knowledge, and technology. To be eligible, an article’s earliest date of publication in a scholarly journal (whether online or in print) must have been in 2022 or 2023. The winner will be honored at the ASA Annual Meeting in Montreal (August 2024) and will receive a plaque. Please email a copy of the nominated article in PDF format to the award committee chair, Joan Robinson (jrobinson1@ccny.cuny.edu) by March 1, 2024. No nominating statement or letter is required (nor will be considered as part of the committee’s review of nominations). We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). Send any requests for more information to the award committee chair. Please note that all nominees must be registered members of the ASA and SKAT to be considered for this award.
2024 Star‐Nelkin Paper Award Committee:
Joan Robinson, The City College of New York, CUNY – CHAIR
Sarah Brothers, Pennsylvania State University
Rosemary Taylor, Tufts University
Arafaat Valiani, University of Oregon
Emily Vasquez, University of Illinois Chicago
Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Deadline: 3/15/2024
The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites submissions for the 2024 Hacker-Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award. The winner will be honored at the ASA meetings in Montreal (August 2024) and will receive a plaque and a $350 monetary prize. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2024. Self-nominations are welcome. To be eligible, the primary author must be a student at the time of submission. Each student may submit only one paper in which they are the primary author. For papers co-authored with faculty members, a paper is eligible if the graduate student of the paper is the primary author and the non-student author must attest to the student’s primary role in the design, execution, and writing of the paper. Published and unpublished papers of no more than 10,000 words are accepted (excluding references); if published, the article must have been published no earlier than 2022. We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).
Please send a PDF of the nominated paper to the committee chair, danah boyd, at danah-skat2024hmp@danah.org. She will confirm receipt. (If you don’t get a confirmation after a few days or by March 16th for last minute submissions, make sure to check in in case things get lost in the ether!)
All nominees must be registered members of both ASA and SKAT to be considered for this award. Student membership is at a reduced rate. If this presents a financial hardship for you, please contact the chair (danah boyd – danah-skat2024hmp@danah.org) to discuss options.
2024 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Committee
danah boyd, Microsoft Research – CHAIR
Jennifer Lai, University of Vermont
Kevin Moseby, University of Akron
Karina Rider, University of Virginia
Michelle Smirnova, University of Missouri, Kansas City
2024 Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award
Deadline: 3/15/2024 (EXTENDED TO 3/25)
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations for written scholarship that develops understanding of Black, African American, or Indigenous intersections with science, knowledge, and technology in the spirit of anti-racism. The award honors sociologist Troy Duster (past President of ASA, and mentor to many), and his pathbreaking grandmother Ida B. Wells. Priority will be given to work that, in the tradition of both Wells and Duster, involves pioneering investigation of neglected areas of social injustice. To encourage career development among junior scholars, who are otherwise disadvantaged as applicants for such awards, preference will be given to applicants who are Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) and located in non-tenure track positions. Eligible works include work in progress and published articles and chapters of no more than 10,000 words. While this is not a book award, single chapters of a monograph or in an edited volume may be considered. The published works must have publication dates of no more than two years prior to award year (2022 for the 2024 award). The Wells-Duster Award comes with a $500 prize.
The nominating statement should include a brief description of the written work that (a) describes the paper, article, or chapter; (b) summarizes how it develops an understanding of Black, African American or Indigenous intersections with STS; and (c) what makes it a pioneering investigation of a neglected area of social injustice. The statement should also briefly describe the nominee’s current position and whether they are BIPOC. Please send nominated work and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to Emily Vasquez (eev@uic.edu), Chair of the Anti-Racism in SKAT Committee.
SKAT welcomes nominations (including self-nominations) for this award from people who are not currently SKAT (or ASA) members. The award will come with membership in ASA and the SKAT section if the selected recipient is not currently a member. Self-nominations are especially encouraged from students, postdoctoral scholars, and those in contingent or short-term academic positions. Nominees may put forward their work for consideration for this award and for any of the other SKAT awards at the same time.
2024 Emancipatory Practice Award
Deadline: 3/15/2024 (EXTENDED TO 3/25)
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations for the Emancipatory Practice in SKAT Award, which recognizes the often-hidden contributions of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) to the pursuit of anti-racist social change, either by supporting BIPOC communities within our subfield or by supporting broader public engagement with SKAT knowledge and principles. Nominations are welcome for creative contributions and work not traditionally recognized in the academy, including mentoring, public engagement through social media/blogs, activist leadership, artistic works including films, and social justice curriculum development.
The emancipatory practice award will alternate between non-academic and academic recipients. In even years, nominees should be non-academic, and in odd years, they should be academic. Because this is a call for 2024, the committee invites non-academic nominees. Collective contributions should identify 1-2 leaders to receive the award. In addition to identifying as BIPOC, nominees may be at any career stage or location inside or outside academia. The Emancipatory Practice award comes with a $250 prize. SKAT welcomes nominations for this award of people who are not currently SKAT (or ASA) members. The award will come with membership in ASA and the SKAT section as appropriate if the selected recipient is not currently a member.
Nomination letters should name a person who identifies as BIPOC and describe the relevant contribution the nominee has made, specifying how the contribution supports BIPOC communities in SKAT or has implications for public engagement with SKAT knowledge in the spirit of anti-racism. Nomination letters should be no more than 2 single-space pages in length, and if relevant, the nomination letter should include a link to a website, blog, or other social media platform.
Nominations should be email to Emily Vasquez (eev@uic.edu), Chair of the Anti-Racism in SKAT Committee. Please include the contact information of the nominator for potential follow-up. Self-nominations are welcome. SKAT welcomes nominations for this award from people who are not currently SKAT (or ASA) members.
Previous Years
2023 Star-Nelkin Paper Award
Deadline: 3/1/2023
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association invites nominations for the 2023 Star-Nelkin Paper Award. ASA-SKAT welcomes nominations (including self-nominations) of published articles that advance the field of sociology of science, knowledge, and technology. To be eligible, an article’s earliest date of publication in a scholarly journal (whether online or in print) must have been in 2021 or 2022. The winner should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given and will be honored at the ASA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia (August 2023) and will receive a plaque. Please email a brief nominating statement and a copy of the nominated article in PDF format to the chair of the selection committee, Oliver Rollins (orollins@uw.edu), who must receive both by March 1, 2023. All nominees must be ASA members to be considered for this and other section awards. We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). Send any requests for more information to the award committee chair.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS.
2023 Star‐Nelkin Paper Award Committee:
Oliver Rollins, University of Washington, orollins@uw.edu, Chair
Paolo Parra Saiani, University of Genoa, paolo.parra.saiani@unige.it
Nilanjan Raghunath, Singapore University of Technology and Design, nilanjan@sutd.edu.sg
2023 Robert K. Merton Book Award
Deadline: 2/1/2023
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2023 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding three years (2022, 2021, or 2020). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner, who should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given, will be honored at the ASA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, PA (August 2023) and will receive a plaque. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2023. Nominations or requests for more information should be sent to the committee chair, Joan Robinson (jrobinson1@ccny.cuny.edu). Copies of nominated books should be received by all committee members by March 1, 2023. Please contact Joan Robinson (jrobinson1@ccny.cuny.edu) for mailing addresses.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS.
2023 Robert K. Merton Book Award Committee:
Joan H Robinson, The City College of New York, CUNY, jrobinson1@ccny.cuny.edu, Chair
Sharla Alegria, University of Toronto, sharla.alegria@utoronto.ca
Danah Boyd, Microsoft Research, danah@danahboyd.org
Sarah Brothers, The Pennsylvania State University, sarah.brothers@psu.edu
Melanie Jeske, University of Chicago, mjeske@uchicago.edu
2023 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Deadline: 3/15/2023
The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites submissions for the 2023 Hacker-Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award. The winner will be honored at the ASA meetings in Philadelphia, PA (August 2023) and will receive a plaque and a $350 monetary prize. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2023. Self-nominations are welcome. To be eligible, the primary author must be a student at the time of submission. Each student may submit only one paper in which they are the primary author. On papers co-authored with faculty members, a paper is eligible if the graduate student of the paper is the primary author and the non-student author must attest to the student’s primary role in the design, execution, and writing of the paper. Published and unpublished papers of no more than 10,000 words are accepted (excluding references); if published, the article must have been published no earlier than 2021. Please send the nominated paper and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to the committee chair Michael Stambolis (mstambolis@gmail.com). We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS.
2023 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Committee:
Michael Stambolis-Ruhstorfer, University Toulouse – Jean Jaurès, mstambolis@gmail.com, Chair
Arvind Karunakaran, Stanford University, arvindka@stanford.edu
Madeleine Pape, University of Lausanne, madeleine.pape@unil.ch
Victoria Pitts-Taylor, Wesleyan University, vpitts@wesleyan.edu
2023 Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award
Deadline: 3/1/2023 (EXTENDED TO MARCH 22, 2023)
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for written scholarship that develops understanding of Black, African American, or Indigenous intersections with science, knowledge, and technology in the spirit of anti-racism. The award honors sociologist Troy Duster (past President of ASA, and mentor to many), and his pathbreaking grandmother Ida B. Wells. Priority will be given to work that, in the tradition of both Wells and Duster, involves pioneering investigation of neglected arenas of social injustice. To encourage career development among junior scholars, who are otherwise disadvantaged as applicants for such awards, preference will be given to applicants who are Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) and located in non-tenure track positions. Tenure-track faculty may be nominated but only non-tenured authors are eligible for this award. Eligible works for submission include work in progress, a published article, or a published chapter in an edited volume or a full-length book and should be no more than 10,000 words. The published works must have publication dates of no more than two years prior to award year (2021 for the 2023 award). Self-nominations are encouraged from students, postdoctoral scholars, and those in contingent or short-term academic positions. Sociologists may put forward their work for consideration for this award and for any of the other SKAT awards at the same time. Please send nominated work and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to the committee chair.
The Wells-Duster award comes with a $500 prize.
SKAT welcomes nominations for this award from people who are not currently SKAT (or ASA) members. The award will come with membership in ASA and the SKAT section, if the selected recipient is not currently a member.
2023 Wells-Duster Award Committee:
Susan Bell, Drexel University, seb376@drexel.edu, Chair
Daniel Breslau, Virginia Tech, dbreslau@vt.edu
Emily Vasquez, University of Illinois, Chicago, eev@uic.edu
Taylor Cruz, California State University, Fullerton, tacruz@fullerton.edu
Daniel Navon, University of California, San Diego, dnavon@ucsd.edu
Emily Vasquez, University of Illinois, Chicago, eev@uic.edu
2023 Emancipatory Practice Award
Deadline: 3/1/2023 (EXTENDED TO MARCH 22, 2023)
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations for the Emancipatory Practice in SKAT Award, which will recognize the often-hidden contributions that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) make to the production of knowledge and sustaining of community in sociology, and from which SKAT has benefited. Nominations are welcome for creative contributions and work not traditionally recognized, including mentoring, public engagement through social media/blogs, ways of knowing that may challenge traditional science, activist leadership, artistic works including films, and social justice curriculum development. Nomination letters should name a person who identifies as BIPOC and describe the contribution the nominee has made and how the contribution supports BIPOC communities in sociology or has implications for shaping SKAT knowledge. The emancipatory practice award should alternate between non-academic and academic recipients. In even years, nominees should be non-academic, and in odd years, they should be academic. Because this is a call for 2023, the committee invites academic nominees. Collective contributions should identify 1-2 leaders to receive the award. Nominees must identify as BIPOC and may be at any career stage or location inside or outside academia. Email to the committee chair nomination letters, which should be limited to 2 single-spaced pages and include the contact information of the nominator for potential follow-up. Self-nominations are welcome.
The Emancipatory Practice in SKAT award comes with a $250 prize.
SKAT welcomes nominations for this award from people who are not currently SKAT (or ASA) members. The award will come with membership in ASA and the SKAT section as appropriate, if the selected recipient is not currently a member.
2023 Emancipatory Practice Award Committee:
Susan Bell, Drexel University, seb376@drexel.edu, Chair
Daniel Breslau, Virginia Tech, dbreslau@vt.edu
Emily Vasquez, University of Illinois, Chicago, eev@uic.edu
Taylor Cruz, California State University, Fullerton, tacruz@fullerton.edu
Daniel Navon, University of California, San Diego, dnavon@ucsd.edu
Emily Vasquez, University of Illinois, Chicago, eev@uic.edu
2022
2022 Star-Nelkin Article Award
Deadline: 3/1/2022
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association invites nominations for the 2022 Star-Nelkin Paper Award. ASA-SKAT welcomes nominations (including self-nominations) of published articles that advance the field of sociology of science, knowledge, and technology. To be eligible, an article’s earliest date of publication in a scholarly journal (whether online or in print) must have been in 2020 or 2021. The winner should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given and will be honored at the ASA meetings in Chicago (August 2022) and will receive a plaque. Please email a brief nominating statement and a copy of the nominated article in PDF format to the chair of the selection committee, Daniel Navon, UC San Diego (dnavon@ucsd.edu), who must receive both by March 1, 2022. All nominees must be ASA members to be considered for this and other section awards. We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). Send any requests for more information to the award committee chair.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS. We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).
2022 Star‐Nelkin Article Award Committee:
Daniel Navon, Chair (UC San Diego, dnavon@ucsd.edu)
Sarah Brothers sarah.brothers@psu.edu
Brandon Kramer brandonleekramer@gmail.com
Diana Mincyte dmincyte@citytech.cuny.edu
Yu Tao, ytao@stevens.edu
2022 Robert K. Merton Book Award
Deadline: 2/1/2022
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2022 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding three years (2021, 2020, or 2019). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner, who should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given, will be honored at the ASA Annual Meeting in Los Angeles, CA (August 2022) and will receive a plaque. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2022. Nominations or requests for more information should be sent to the committee chair, Jill Fisher (jill.fisher@unc.edu). Copies of nominated books should be received by all committee members by March 1, 2021. Please contact Jill Fisher (jill.fisher@unc.edu) for mailing addresses.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS. We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).
2022 Robert K. Merton Book Award Committee:
Jill Fisher, Chair (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Madeleine Pape (University of Lausanne)
Victoria Pitts-Taylor (Wesleyan University)
Paolo Parra Saiani (Università di Genova)
Grant W. Shoffstall (Rowan University)
2022 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Deadline: 3/15/2022
The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites submissions for the 2022 Hacker-Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award. The winner will be honored at the ASA meetings in Los Angeles, CA (August 2022) and will receive a plaque and a $350 monetary prize. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2022. Self-nominations are welcome. To be eligible, the primary author must be a student at the time of submission. Each student may submit only one paper in which they are the primary author. On papers co-authored with faculty members, a paper is eligible if the graduate student of the paper is the primary author and the non-student author must attest to the student’s primary role in the design, execution, and writing of the paper. Published and unpublished papers of no more than 10,000 words are accepted (excluding references); if published, the article must have been published no earlier than 2020. Please send the nominated paper and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to the committee chair Janet Vertesi (jvertesi@princeton.edu). We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS. We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).
2022 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Committee:
Janet Vertesi, Princeton University (jvertesi@princeton.edu)
Jane Pryma, jane.pryma@uconn.edu
Michelle Smirnova, smirnovam@umkc.edu
Charles Thorpe, cthorpe@ucsd.edu
Alexandra Vinson, ahvinson@umich.edu
2022 Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award
Deadline: 3/1/2022
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self nominations) for written scholarship that develops understanding of Black, African American, or Indigenous intersections with science, knowledge, and technology in the spirit of anti-racism. The award honors sociologist Troy Duster (past President of ASA, and mentor to many), and his pathbreaking grandmother Ida B. Wells. Priority will be given to work that, in the tradition of both Wells and Duster, involves pioneering investigation of neglected arenas of social injustice. To encourage career development among junior scholars, who are otherwise disadvantaged as applicants for such awards, preference will be given to applicants who are Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) and located in non-tenure track positions. Eligible works include work in progress and published articles and chapters of no more than 10,000 words. Books may be considered in part (for example, chapters of published books or edited volumes). The published works must have publication dates of no more than two years prior to award year (2019 for the 2021 award). Self-nominations are encouraged from students, postdoctoral scholars, and those in contingent or short-term academic positions. Sociologists may put forward their work for consideration for this award and for any of the other SKAT awards at the same time. Please send nominated work and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to the committee chair.
The Wells-Duster award comes with a $500 prize.
SKAT welcomes nominations for this award from people who are not currently SKAT (or ASA) members. The award will come with membership in ASA and the SKAT section, if the selected recipient is not currently a member.
2022 Wells-Duster Award Committee:
Diana Graizbord, University of Georgia (dgraizbord@uga.edu)
Cal Garrett, cgarre8@uic.edu
Oliver Rollins, orollins@uw.edu
Arafaat Valiani, valiani@uoregon.edu
Emily Vasquez, eev2105@columbia.edu
2022 Emancipatory Practice Award
Deadline: 3/1/2022
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations for the Emancipatory Practice in SKAT Award, which will recognize the often-hidden contributions that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) make to the production of knowledge and sustaining of community in sociology, and from which SKAT has benefited. Nominations are welcome for creative contributions and work not traditionally recognized, including mentoring, public engagement through social media/blogs, ways of knowing that may challenge traditional science, activist leadership, artistic works including films, and social justice curriculum development. Nomination letters should name a person who identifies as BIPOC, and describe the contribution the nominee has made and how the contribution supports BIPOC communities in sociology or has implications for shaping SKAT knowledge. The emancipatory practice award should alternate between non-academic and academic recipients. In even years, nominees should be non-academic, and in odd years, they should be academic. Because this is a call for 2022, the committee invites non-academic nominees (including individuals and groups in the Los Angeles area where ASA will be held). Collective contributions should identify 1-2 leaders to receive the award. Nominees must identify as BIPOC and may be at any career stage or location inside or outside academia. Email to the committee chair nomination letters, which should be limited to 2 single-spaced pages and include the contact information of the nominator for potential follow-up. Self-nominations are welcome.
The Emancipatory Practice in SKAT award comes with a $250 prize.
SKAT welcomes nominations for this award from people who are not currently SKAT (or ASA) members. The award will come with membership in ASA and the SKAT section as appropriate, if the selected recipient is not currently a member.
2022 Emancipatory Practice Award Committee:
Diana Graizbord, University of Georgia (dgraizbord@uga.edu)
Cal Garrett, cgarre8@uic.edu
Oliver Rollins, orollins@uw.edu
Arafaat Valiani, valiani@uoregon.edu
Emily Vasquez, eev2105@columbia.edu
2021
SKAT Section Announces Call for Nominations for Two New Awards Established in the Spirit of Anti-racism
At the August 2020 Business/Council meeting, the Science, Knowledge and Technology (SKAT) section of American Sociological Association decided to form an ad-hoc committee to explore how our scholarly community might support anti-racist action. The committee has been meeting regularly and consulted both with current SKAT Council members and past SKAT chairs to develop a proposal for TWO new awards that together will recognize the work of Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) who contribute to the vibrant scholarship in our corner of sociology. At the same time, we hope this recognition draws a more diverse section membership and a wider range of intellectual work. The first award recognizes written scholarship. The second award recognizes the often-invisible work done by BIPOC scholars and community members who help to make SKAT scholarship possible. Information on the awards is in the Call for Nominations below.
Call for Nominations
The Science, Knowledge and Technology (SKAT) section of the American Sociological Association invites nominations for two new annual awards beginning in 2021 to recognize the work and contributions by BIPOC knowledge producers.
The first award, the Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award, will be granted for written scholarship related to the field of sociology of science, knowledge, and technology, preferably work that develops understanding of Black, African American, or Indigenous intersections with science, knowledge, and technology in the spirit of anti-racism. Priority will be given to work that, in the tradition of Wells, involves pioneering investigation of neglected arenas of social injustice. SKAT is delighted to honor eminent sociologist Troy Duster (past President of ASA, and mentor to many), and his pathbreaking grandmother Ida B. Wells with the name of this award. To encourage career development among junior scholars, who are otherwise disadvantaged as applicants for such awards, preference will be given to applicants who are Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC) and located in non-tenure track positions. Eligible works include work in progress and published articles and chapters of no more than 10,000 words. Books may be considered in part (for example, chapters of published books or edited volumes). All authors of a submitted collaborative work must not hold a tenured appointment in higher education. The published works must have publication dates of no more than two years prior to award year (2019 for the 2021 award). Self-nominations are encouraged from students, postdoctoral scholars, and those in contingent or short-term academic positions. Sociologists may put forward their work for consideration for this award and for any of the other SKAT awards at the same time.
The Wells-Duster award comes with a $500 prize.
The second award, the Emancipatory Practice in SKAT Award, will be granted to recognize the often-hidden contributions that Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) make to the production of knowledge and sustaining of community in sociology, and from which SKAT has benefited. Nominations are welcome for creative contributions and work not traditionally recognized, including mentoring, public engagement through social media/blogs, ways of knowing that may challenge traditional science, activist leadership, artistic works including films, and social justice curriculum development. Nomination letters should name a person who identifies as BIPOC, and describe the contribution the nominee has made and how the contribution supports BIPOC communities in sociology or has implications for shaping SKAT knowledge. Collective contributions should identify 1-2 leaders to receive the award. Nominees must identify as BIPOC and may be at any career stage or location inside or outside academia. Nomination letters should be limited to 2 single-spaced pages and include the contact information of the nominator for potential follow-up. Self-nominations are welcome.
The Emancipatory Practice in SKAT award comes with a $250 prize.
SKAT welcomes nominations for these two new awards from people who are not currently SKAT (or ASA) members. The award will come with membership in ASA and the SKAT section, if the selected recipient is not currently a member.
The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2021. The selected prize winners will be presented with their award at the annual meeting of the ASA in August 2021, during the SKAT reception or business meeting. Please send nominations (pdf of written work for Wells-Duster Award or 2- page nomination letter for Emancipatory Practice Award) to SKAT Chair, Laurel Smith-Doerr (lsmithdoerr@umass.edu).
Please feel free to contact any of the members of the Ad-hoc Committee for Anti-racist Action in SKAT if you have questions:
Emily Vasquez (eev2105@columbia.edu)
Santiago Molina (santiagojmolina@berkeley.edu)
Kevin Moseby (kmm647@drexel.edu)
Diana Graizbord (dgraizbord@uga.edu)
Cal Garrett (cgarre8@uic.edu)
2021 Star-Nelkin Article Award
Deadline: 3/1/2021
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association invites nominations for the 2021 Star-Nelkin Paper Award. ASA-SKAT welcomes nominations (including self-nominations) of published articles that advance the field of sociology of science, knowledge, and technology. To be eligible, an article’s earliest date of publication in a scholarly journal (whether online or in print) must have been in 2019 or 2020. The winner should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given and will be honored at the ASA meetings in Chicago (August 2021) and will receive a plaque. Please email a brief nominating statement and a copy of the nominated article in PDF format to the chair of the selection committee, Alka Menon, Yale University (alka.menon@yale.edu), who must receive both by March 1, 2021. All nominees must be ASA members to be considered for this and other section awards. We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC). Send any requests for more information to the award committee chair.
2021 Star‐Nelkin Article Award Committee:
Alka Menon, Chair (Yale University, alka.menon@yale.edu)
Renee Shelby (Georgia Tech)
Jimi Adams (University of Colorado Denver)
Juan Pablo Pardo‐Guerra (University of California San Diego)
Alexandra Vinson (University of Michigan)
Robert K. Merton Book Award
Deadline: 2/1/2021
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2021 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding three years (2020, 2019, or 2018). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner, who should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given, will be honored at the ASA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL (August 7-10, 2021) and will receive a plaque. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2021. Nominations or requests for more information should be sent to the committee chair, Owen Whooley (owenwho@unm.edu). Copies of nominated books should be received by all committee members by March 1, 2020. Please contact Owen Whooley (owenwho@unm.edu) for mailing addresses.
2021 Robert K. Merton Book Award Committee:
Owen Whooley, Chair (University of New Mexico, owenwho@unm.edu)
Cal Lee Garrett (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Ethel Mickey (University of Massachusetts, Amherst)
John N. Parker (University of Oslo)
Shobita Parthasarathy (University of Michigan)
2021 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Deadline: 3/15/2021
The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites submissions for the 2021 Hacker-Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award. The winner will be honored at the ASA meetings in Chicago, IL (August 7-10, 2021) and will receive a plaque and a $350 monetary prize. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2021. Self-nominations are welcome. To be eligible, the primary author must be a student at the time of submission. Each student may submit only one paper in which they are the primary author. On papers co-authored with faculty members, a paper is eligible if the graduate student of the paper is the primary author and the non-student author must attest to the student’s primary role in the design, execution, and writing of the paper. Published and unpublished papers of no more than 10,000 words are accepted (excluding references); if published, the article must have been published no earlier than 2019. Please send the nominated paper and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to the committee chair. We especially encourage submissions of work written by scholars who identify as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC).
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS
2021 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Committee:
Diana Graizbord, Chair (University of Georgia; dgraizbord@uga.edu)
Shiri Noy (Denison University)
Grant Shoffstall (Williams College)
Yu Tao (Stevens Institute of Technology)
Tyler Walton (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
2020 Robert K. Merton Book Award
Deadline: 2/1/2020
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2020 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding three years (2019, 2018, or 2017). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner, who should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given, will be honored at the ASA Annual Meetings in San Francisco, CA (August 8-11, 2020) and will receive a plaque. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2020. Nominations or requests for more information should be sent to the committee chair, Tim O’Brien (obrien34@uwm.edu). Books should be received by committee members from authors or publishers no later than March 1, 2020. The committee members and their mailing addresses are listed below.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS
Merton Book Award Committee:
Copies of nominated books should be received by all committee members by March 1, 2020.
Taylor Cruz
California State University, Fullerton
2600 Nutwood Avenue
College Park 900
Fullerton, CA 92831
tacruz@fullerton.edu
Charles Gomez
The City University of New York, Queens College
Department of Sociology
6530 Kissena BLVD
Powdermaker Hall 252
Flushing, NY 11367-1597
charles.gomez@qc.cuny.edu
Tim O’Brien
Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Bolton Hall, Room 714
3210 N. Maryland Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
obrien34@uwm.edu
Emily Vasquez
Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics
Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons
Columbia University
630 West 168th Street, PH 1525
New York, NY 10032
eev2105@cumc.columbia.edu
2020 Star-Nelkin Article Award
Deadline: 3/1/2020
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association invites nominations for the 2020 Star-Nelkin Paper Award. ASA-SKAT welcomes nominations (including self-nominations) of published articles that advance the field of sociology of science, knowledge, and technology. To be eligible, an article’s earliest date of publication in a scholarly journal (whether online or in print) must have been in 2018 or 2019. The winner should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given and will be honored at the ASA meetings in San Francisco, California (August 8-11, 2020) and will receive a plaque. Please email a brief nominating statement and a copy of the nominated article in PDF format to the chair of the selection committee, Elaine Draper, California State University, Los Angeles: edraper@calstatela.edu, who must receive both by March 1, 2020. All nominees must be ASA members to be considered for this and other section awards. Send any requests for more information to the award committee chair.
Star-Nelkin Article Award Committee:
Elaine Draper, Department of Sociology, California State University, Los Angeles, Committee Chair: edraper@calstatela.edu
Madeleine Pape, Department of Sociology and Science and Human Culture Program, Northwestern University: madeleine.pape@northwestern.edu
Renee Shelby, School of History and Sociology, Georgia Institute of Technology: reneeshelby@gatech.edu
Torsten Voigt, Institute of Sociology, RWTH Aachen University: thvoigt@soziologie.rwth-aachen.de
2020 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Deadline: 3/15/2020
The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites submissions for the 2020 Hacker-Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award. The winner will be honored at the ASA meetings in San Francisco, CA (August 8-11, 2020) and will receive a plaque and a $350 monetary prize. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2020. Self-nominations are welcome. To be eligible, the primary author must be a student at the time of submission. Each student may submit only one paper in which they are the primary author. On papers co-authored with faculty members, a paper is eligible if the graduate student of the paper is the primary author and the non-student author must attest to the student’s primary role in the design, execution, and writing of the paper. Published and unpublished papers of no more than 10,000 words are accepted (excluding references); if published, the article must have been published no earlier than 2018. Please send the nominated paper and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to the committee chair.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS
Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Committee:
Kevin M. Moseby (kmm647@drexel.edu), Drexel University, Committee Chair
April Hovav, University of California-San Diego
Arafaat Valiani, University of Oregon
Aaron Yates, University of Massachusetts
2019 Robert K. Merton Book Award
Deadline: 2/1/2019
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2019 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding three years (2018, 2017, or 2016). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner, who should be a member of SKAT during the year in which the award is given, will be honored at the ASA Annual Meetings in New York, NY (August 10-13, 2019) and will receive a plaque. The deadline for nominations is February 1, 2019. Nominations or requests for more information should be sent to the committee chair. Books should be received by committee members from authors or publishers no later than March 1, 2019. The committee members and their mailing addresses are listed below.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS
Merton Book Award Committee:
Copies of nominated books should be received by all committee members by March 1, 2019.
Anthony Hatch, Committee Chair
Science in Society Program
Wesleyan University
Allbritton Hall, Room 214
222 Church Street
Middletown, CT 06459
Stephen Hilgartner
Department of Science & Technology Studies
Cornell University
303 Morrill Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Laura Mamo
San Francisco State University
Professor and Associate Director
Health Equity Institute
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Ave, HSS 359
San Francisco, CA 94132
Victoria Pitts-Taylor
Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Program
Wesleyan University
Allbritton Hall, Room 220
222 Church Street
Middletown, CT 06459
Anthony Urena
Department of Sociology
Columbia University
606 W 122nd Street, Suite 501
New York, NY 10027
Alondra Nelson, ex officio
Social Science Research Council
300 Cadman Plaza West, 15th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
2019 Star-Nelkin Paper Award
Deadline: 3/1/2019
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association invites nominations for the 2019 Star-Nelkin Paper Award. ASA-SKAT welcomes nominations of published articles that advance the field of sociology of science, knowledge, and technology. To be eligible, an article’s earliest date of publication in a scholarly journal (whether online or in print) must have been in 2017 or 2018. The winner will be honored at the ASA meetings in New York, NY (August 10-13, 2019) and will receive a plaque. Self-nominations are welcome. Nominated articles must be received no later than March 1, 2019. Please email a brief nominating statement and a copy of the nominated article in PDF format to the chair of the selection committee.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS
Star-Nelkin Paper Award Committee:
Timothy L. O’Brien, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Committee Chair
Diana Graizbord, University of Georgia
Savina Balasubramanian, Loyola University, Chicago
Kellie Owens, University of Pennsylvania
Christo Sims, University of California, San Diego
Alondra Nelson, Columbia University, ex officio
2019 Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Deadline: 3/15/2019
The Science, Knowledge and Technology Section invites submissions for the 2018 Hacker-Mullins Graduate Student Paper Award. The winner will be honored at the ASA meetings in New York, NY (August 10-13, 2019) and will receive a plaque. The award also comes with a $350 prize. The deadline for submissions is March 15, 2019. Self-nominations are welcome. To be eligible, an author or co-author must be a student at the time of submission. Each student may submit only one paper in which they are the primary author. On papers co-authored with faculty members, a paper is eligible if the graduate student of the paper is the primary author and the non-student author must attest to the student’s primary role in the design, execution, and writing of the paper. Published and unpublished papers of no more than 10,000 words are accepted (excluding references); if published, the article must have been published no earlier than 2017. Please send the nominated paper and a brief nominating statement in one PDF document, via email, to the committee chair.
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NOMINEES MUST BE REGISTERED MEMBERS OF THE ASA TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SECTION AWARDS
Committee:
Joanna Kempner, Rutgers University, Committee Chair
Andrew Deener, University of Connecticut, Storrs
Patrick Grzanka, University of Kentucky, Knoxville
Martine Lappe, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Rosalie Winslow, University of California, San Francisco
Alondra Nelson, Columbia University, ex officio
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