Nomination Details
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Past Award Winners
MSS Distinguished Book Award
2017
Culling the Masses: The Democratic Origins of Racist Immigration Policy in the Americas
Harvard University Press, 2014
David Cook Martin, Grinnell College, and David Scott Fitzgerald, University of California San Diego
Honorable Mentions:
Organizing Organic: Conflict and Compromise in an Emerging Market
Stanford University Press
Michael Haedicke
Engines of Anxiety: Academic Rankings, Reputation, and Accountability
The Russell State Foundation
Wendy Nelson Espeland and Michael Sauder
Friends Disappear: The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston
The University of Chicago Press
Mary Barr
2016
Chicago Hustle and Flow: Gangs, Gangsta Rap, and Social Class
University of Minnesota Press
Dr. Geoff Harkness, Morningside College
2015
Blue Juice: Euthanasia in Veterinary Medicine
Temple University
Dr. Patricia Morris, Drury University
2014
Lincoln, Inc: Selling the Sixteenth President in Contemporary America
Rowman and Littlefield
Dr. Jackie Hogan, Bradley University
2013
The Paradox of Youth Violence
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Dr. J. William “Jack” Spencer, Purdue University
Honorable mention:
The Tender Cut
New York University Press
Dr. Patricia A. Adler, University of Colorado, and Dr. Peter Adler, University of Denver
2012
Behind the Backlash: Muslim Americans after 9/11
Temple University Press
Dr. Lori Peek, Colorado State University
2011
Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of Family
Russell Sage Foundation.
Dr. Brian Powell, Indiana University, Dr. Catherine Bolzendahl, University of California-Irvine, Dr. Claudia Geist, University of Utah, and Dr. Lala Carr Steelman, University of South Carolina
2010
Deliverance and Submission: Evangelical Women and the Negotiation of Patriarchy in South Korea
Harvard University Asia Center
Dr. Kelly Chong, University of Kansas
2009
Wannabes, Goths, and Christians: The Boundaries of Sex, Style, and Status
University of Chicago Press
Dr. Amy Wilkins, University of Colorado-Boulder
2009
Postindustrial Peasants: The Illusion of Middle-Class Prosperity
Worth Publishers
Dr. Kevin Leicht, University of Iowa & Dr. Scott Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina-Charlotte
2008
Black Intimacies: A Gender Perspective on Families and Relationships
Altamira Press
Dr. Shirley A. Hill, University of Kansas
MSS The Sociological Quarterly Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award
2017— No award.
2015— No award.
2013— Dr. Aaron M. McCright, Michigan State University, and Dr. Riley E. Dunlap, Oklahoma State University, for their article, “The Politicalization of Climate Change and Polarization in the American Public’s Views of Global Warming, 2001-2010,” published in Vol. 52 (Spring, 2011): 155-94
2011— Dr. Steven H. Lopez, Dr. Randy Hodson, and Dr. Vincent Roscigno, all of Ohio State University, for their article, “Power, Status, and Abuse at Work: General and Sexual Harassment Compared”
2009— Dr. Danny Kaplan, Bar Ilan University, for his article, “Folk Models of Dyadic Male Bonds in Israeli Culture”
MSS Early Career Scholarship Award
2014—Dr. Mary E Campbell, Texas A & M University
2012—Dr. ChangHwan Kim, University of Kansas & Dr. Melissa Walls, University of Minnesota Medical School-Duluth
2010— Dr. Scott Harris, Saint Louis University
2008— Dr. Jennifer Dunn, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale & Dr. Doug Hartmann, University of Minnesota
MSS Departmental Award for Teaching Excellence
2010— Sociology Department of Macalester College
2009— Sociology Department of Augsburg College
MSS Jane Addams Outstanding Service Award
2016 – Dr. Aditi Mitra, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, for her work with American Association of University Women (AAUW)
2015—Betty Edwards, Founder, Human Trafficking Task Force of Southern Colorado
2014—Dr. Susan Haworth-Hoeppner, Aquinas College, for her work with Girls Empowering Together
2013—Mytoan Nguyen Akbar, University of Wisconsin Madison, for her work with the Telling Our Stories Across Generations Project
2012—Dr. Meg Wilkes Karraker, University of St. Thomas for her activism on behalf of women and girls
2011—Dr. Andrea Nichols, St. Louis Community College, for her tireless efforts to empower women economically and furthering the study of domestic violence and improving policy
2010— Dr. Ellen Kennedy, University of Minnesota, for finding and directing the Genocide Intervention Network of Minnesota and work with the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the University of Minnesota.
2009— Dr. Pamela Forman, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, for working with elementary-aged girls, service to the University of Wisconsin, and her support of the LGBT community in Eau Claire.
2008— Dr. Kathryn Ward, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, for service with women and girls in Bangladesh and for her teaching and research.
2007— Dr. Martha Thompson, Northeastern Illinois University, for her work in the community to empower women and her teaching of feminism and gender at Northeastern Illinois University.
