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The ASA Family Section Distinguished Career Award
This award recognizes the collective body of a person’s work as it relates to the sociology of the family (not a single publication). Award winners may be selected on the basis of distinguished contributions to either research or service. Service to the field includes developments (such as data sets or analytic techniques) that have had a substantial impact on family research. Please send letters of nomination (no longer than one page) and the nominee’s CV to Kei Nomaguchi (knomagu@BGSU.Edu) by March 13, 2020. The ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award This award is for a book published on the family in 2018 or 2019. Self-nominations are appropriate. Textbooks and edited volumes are not eligible. Please arrange for the book’s publisher to send a copy of the book directly to all members of the committee (listed below). Please send an email notification of your nomination to Sharon Sassler (Sharon.Sassler@Cornell.Edu) no later than January 31, 2020. The books may arrive shortly thereafter.
The ASA Family Section Article of the Year Award This award recognizes a journal article that has made a significant contribution to the field of family sociology. The award committee will accept nominations for articles published in 2017, 2018, or 2019. Nominations may be made by the author or others. To nominate, please send an electronic copy of the article to the chair of the award committee, Jessica Halliday Hardie (jh1389@hunter.cuny.edu). The deadline for nominations is March 13, 2020. The ASA Family Section Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award Graduate students are invited to submit an article-length paper on the family. The paper should represent a finished product rather than a proposal for future work. The submission can be based on a course paper, a recently published journal article, a manuscript under review at a journal, or a conference presentation. Co-authored papers are acceptable if all authors are students, although the prize will be shared. The paper must have been written when the author was enrolled in a graduate program. The paper may not exceed 30 pages or 11,000 words. Please send an electronic copy of the paper by March 13, 2020 to Kelly Raley (kelly.raley@austin.utexas.edu).
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The Family Section Distinguished Career Award
Linda Waite, The University of Chicago. William J. Goode Book Award Margaret A. Hagerman, Mississippi State University. White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America. New York University Press, 2018. Article of the Year Award Margaret Frye, University of Michigan; and Sara Lopus, California Polytechnic State University. 2018. “From Privilege to Prevalence: Contextual Effects of Women’s Schooling on African Marital Timing.” Demography 55(6):2371–2394. Daniel Schneider, University of California-Berkeley; Orestes P. Hastings, Colorado State University; and Joe LaBriola, University of California-Berkeley. 2018. "Income Inequality and Class Divides in Parental Investments." American Sociological Review 83(3): 475–507. Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award Daniela Urbina, Princeton University. "In the Hands of Women: Conditional Cash Transfers and Household Dynamics." Jaclyn (Jackie) Tabor, Indiana University. 2018. “Mom, Dad, or Somewhere in Between: Role-Relational Ambiguity and Children of Transgender Parents.” Journal of Marriage and Family 81(2): 506-519. Dear Members of the ASA Family Section,
Our election results from the ASA are in. We had a wonderful pool of candidates for Chair, Council, and Student Representative for Council. Our active section depends on the willingness of our members to be involved at all levels, and we owe those who ran our thanks. Sincerely, Sharon Sassler Our new section officers are: Chair-Elect (1-year term begins in 2019): Christine Schwartz, University of Wisconsin-Madison Council Member (3-year term begins in 2019): Corinne Reczek, The Ohio State University Jessica Calarco, Indiana University Council Member, Student (2-year term begins in 2019): Abigail Jorgensen, University of Notre Dame The ASA Family Section Distinguished Career Award.
This award recognizes the collective body of a person’s work as it relates to the sociology of the family (not a single publication). Award winners may be selected on the basis of distinguished contributions to either research or service. Service to the field includes developments (such as data sets or analytic techniques) that have had a substantial impact on family research. Please send letters of nomination and the nominee’s CV to Kei Nomaguchi (knomagu@BGSU.edu) no later than March 15, 2019. The ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award. This award is for a book published on the family in 2017 or 2018. Self-nominations are appropriate. Textbooks and edited volumes are not eligible. Please also arrange for the book’s publisher to send a copy of the book directly to all members of the committee. The deadline to receive the letter of nomination is January 31, 2018. The books may arrive shortly thereafter. Please send a letter of nomination to Philip Cohen (PhilipNCohen@Gmail.com).
The ASA Family Section Article of the Year Award. This award recognizes a journal article that has made a significant contribution to the field of family sociology. The award committee will accept nominations for articles published in 2016, 2017, or 2018. Nominations may be made by the author or others. To nominate an article, please send a letter of nomination (not to exceed one page) that details the contribution of the article to the field of family sociology, as well as an electronic copy of the article, to the chair of the award committee, Jessica Halliday Hardie (jh1389@hunter.cuny.edu). The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2018. The ASA Family Section Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. Graduate students are invited to submit an article-length paper on the family. The paper should represent a finished product rather than a proposal for future work. The submission can be based on a course paper, a recently published journal article, a manuscript under review at a journal, or a conference presentation. Co-authored papers are acceptable if all authors are students, although the prize will be shared. The paper must have been written when the author was enrolled in a graduate program. The paper may not exceed 30 pages or 11,000 words. Please send an electronic copy of the paper by March 15, 2018 to Sharon Sassler (Sharon.Sassler@cornell.edu). At the meeting in Philadelphia and through a member survey, we solicited recommended sessions for the annual meeting next year in New York City. Thanks to the members listed below for volunteering to organize our sessions. We will be holding three research paper sessions, with one session in cooperation with the Population Section. We will also have the Roundtables, followed by the Business Meeting. Paper submissions will be accepted starting November 1, 2018 until January 9, 2019.
Our next big task is organizing our reception. We will be holding it jointly with the Population Section. If you would like to work on this event, please contact me to discuss (sharon.sassler@cornell.edu). Research paper sessions, with organizers for each: Variation in Sexual & Romantic Relationships by Socioeconomic Status Sarah Halpern-Meekin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Description: Marital delay, relationship dissolution and churning, and high divorce rates have extended the amount of time adults spend outside of formal marriage. Individuals can select from a veritable smorgasbord of romantic options, including casual, short-term sexual relationships, dating as an end toward finding a long-term partner, cohabitation or living-apart-together, and/or marriage. But intimate relationships can vary in important ways by socioeconomic status, shaped by the financial resources, environments, cultural norms, etc., within which partnering occurs. This session welcomes papers that examine variation and consistencies in sexual and romantic relationships across socioeconomic status. Caregiving & Intergenerational Relationships Matthew Wienshenker, Fordham University Description: How families provide care to their various members is often complex. Researchers are increasingly expanding their lens to encompass family caregivers of both genders, grandparent care, and care relationships among siblings and distant and created kin. Family strategies are as different as shift work, scaling back work hours, and outsourcing household tasks. Institutional approaches involve various forms of leave, the entitlements to which vary by employer and by state. This session welcomes papers which utilize social science research on the caregiving side of contemporary family life. Reproduction of Families & Inequality Christie Sennott, Purdue University Description: Reproduction and family life are intimately intertwined in contexts across the globe and often work together in ways that perpetuate existing inequality. This session will explore the relationship between inequality and issues surrounding the reproduction of families, including: decision-making, fertility preferences and intentions, ambivalence, the timing of childbearing, and interactions between partners. The session also invites papers that examine inequality and contextual variation in reproductive processes, such as by relationship or marital status, at the country level, or across the life course. We welcome papers that employ a variety of methods and theoretical perspectives. Social Inequality in Family Formation (Jointly organized with the Population Section) Jessica Su, SUNY-Buffalo Description: Just as there is no single understanding of what constitutes a family, there is increasing heterogeneity in how families are formed in contemporary society. Much recent research draws on the diverging destinies perspective to examine variation in family processes. This panel welcomes papers that consider the consequences of social inequality – whether by race/ethnicity, social class, nativity, sexual orientation, or other dimensions – for family formation. Roundtables Teresa Swartz, University of Minnesota Please be in touch if you have suggestions about mentoring, activities to do in New York, or are interested in chairing round tables. Thanks! Sincerely, Sharon Sassler Family Section Chair Thanks to the diligent efforts of our dedicated committee members, we have arrived at the list of ASA Family Section award winners. I know that each of these committees worked hard to seriously evaluate many possible winners, and so thank you to them – and to everyone who took the time to submit their work, or the work of their colleagues, for consideration.
The awards will be celebrated at the Family Section reception (held jointly with the Population Section), at the ASA meetings in Philadelphia, Sunday August 12th (7:30-9:30pm, Tir Na Nog Irish Bar & Grill, 1600 Arch St, http://tirnanogphilly.com/.) Congratulations! Yours, Philip Cohen ASA Family Section Chair The Family Section Distinguished Career Award Daniel T. Lichter, Cornell University William J. Goode Book Award Winner: Sharon Sassler, Cornell University; and Amanda Miller, University of Indianapolis. Cohabitation Nation: Gender, Class, and the Remaking of Relationships. University of California Press, 2017. Honorable mention: Leslie K. Wang, University of Massachusetts Boston. Outsourced Children: Orphanage Care and Adoption in Globalizing China. Stanford University Press, 2016. Article of the Year Award Winners: Daniel Schneider, University of California; and Orestes P. Hastings, Colorado State University. "Income Inequality and Household Labor." Social Forces 96(2):481–506, December 2017. Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award Brielle Bryan, Harvard University. "Paternal Incarceration and Adolescent Social Network Disadvantage." Demography 54(4):1477–1501, August 2017 Dear ASA Family Section members,
The results are in and I am delighted to announce the newly elected members of our leadership team. These people will start their terms at the ASA meeting this summer. Also, the Bylaws amendment passed. Thank you to all the candidates, and to all the members for participating in the section, and in the election. You all are the reason we have such a vibrant section. See you in Philadelphia! Yours, Philip Cohen ASA Family Section Chair Election results: Chair-Elect (1-year term begins in 2018): Kelly Raley, University of Texas-Austin Secretary/Treasurer (3-year term begins in 2018): Sarah Damaske, Pennsylvania State University Council Member (3-year term begins in 2018): Jessica Halliday Hardie, Hunter College, CUNY Fenaba Addo, University of Wisconsin-Madison Council Member, Student (2-year term begins in 2018): Kara Takasaki, University of Texas-Austin After gathering suggestions and comments from section members, both at the meeting in Montreal and through the email survey, I have generated the list of section sessions for the annual meeting next year in Philadelphia. Thanks to the members listed below for volunteering to organize our sessions. In addition to these four research paper sessions, we will have one session in cooperation with the Population Section, which will be listed among their sessions in the program. And, as usual, we will have the Roundtables / Business Meeting session. Paper submissions will be accepted starting November 1, 2017 and closes on January 11, 2018.
Finally, the next big task for is organizing our joint reception with the Population Section. If you live in or love the city of Philadelphia and you would like to help locate a venue and work on this event, please contact me at pnc@umd.edu. Thank you. Research paper sessions, with organizers for each:
Sincerely, Philip Cohen Family Section Chair |
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