The Family Section Distinguished Career Award
Judith Seltzer, University of California, Los Angeles

William J. Goode Book Award
Laura E. Enriquez, University of California, Irvine.
Of Love and Papers: How Immigration Policy Affects Romance and Family. 
University of California Press, 2020.

And honorable mention: 
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Jennifer M. Randles, California State University, Fresno.
Essential Dads: The Inequalities and Politics of Fathering. 
University of California Press, 2020. 

Article of the Year Award
Kelly Fong. 2020. “Getting Eyes in the Home: Child Protective Services Investigations and State Surveillance of Family Life.” American Sociological Review 85(4): 610-638.

Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Shannon Malone Gonzalez. 2020. “Black Girls and the Talk? Policing, Parenting, and the Politics of Protection,” Social Problems. 

Allison Daminger. 2020. "De-gendered Processes, Gendered Outcomes: How Egalitarian Couples Make Sense of Non-egalitarian Household Practices. American Sociological Review 85(5): 806-829. 

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 Jessica Halliday Hardie (jh1389@hunter.cuny.edu) by March 13, 2021.

The ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award
This award is for a book published on the family in 2019 or 2020. The committee will consider only books nominated by section members and we encourage self-nominations. Textbooks and edited volumes are not eligible. Please send an email notification of your nomination to Kelly Raley (kelly.raley@austin.utexas.edu) no later than January 31, 2021 and request the mailing addresses for the members of the committee. Arrange for the publisher to send copies of the books directly to the committee chair and all members (6 copies total), which 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 2018, 2019, or 2020. 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, Sarah Halpern-Meekin (sarah.halpernmeekin@wisc.edu). The deadline for nominations is March 13, 2021.

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, 2021 to Christine Schwartz (cschwart@ssc.wisc.edu).

The Family Section Distinguished Career Award
​Debra Umberson, University of Texas - Austin.

William J. Goode Book Award
Dawn Dow, University of Maryland.
Mothering While Black: Boundaries and Burdens of Middle-Class Parenthood.
UC Press, 2019.
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Caity Collins, Washington University in St. Louis.
 Making Motherhood Work: How Women Manage Careers and Caregiving.
Princeton University Press, 2019.

Article of the Year Award
Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, Heather H. Gatny, and Jamie Budnick. 2018. “The Dynamics of Intimate Partner Violence and the Risk of Pregnancy during the Transition to Adulthood.” American Sociological Review,  83(5):1020-1047.

Honorable mention
Gurusami, Susila. 2019. “Motherwork Under the State: The Maternal Labor of Formerly Incarcerated Black Women.” Social Problems, 66(1):128–143.
 
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Cross, Christina. 2020. “Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Family Structure and Children’s Education”.  Journal of Marriage and Family, 82,(2):691-712.

Honorable mentions:
Daminger, ​Allison. 2019. “The Cognitive Dimension of Household Labor.” American Sociological Review,  84(4): 609-633.

Hill, ​Jasmine. Forthcoming. “Kin Support of the Black Middle Class: Negotiating Need, Norms, and Class Background.” Social Problems..

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.
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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. 

• Sharon Sassler (Committee Chair), Department of Policy Analysis & Management, Cornell University, 2309A Martha van Rensselaer Hall, Ithaca, NY  14853.
• Robert Crosnoe, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 305 E 23rd St, G1800, Austin, TX 78712-1086
• Corinne Reczek, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 238 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus OH  43210
• Margaret Hagerman, Department of Sociology, Mississippi State University, Mailstop 9562 P.O. Box C, Mississippi State, MS 39762
• Richard J. Petts, Department of Sociology 222 North Quad, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306
• Deniz Yucel, William Paterson University, Department of Sociology & Criminal Justice, 300 Pompton Road, 465 Raubinger Hall, Wayne, New Jersey  07470

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).

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).

• Philip Cohen (Committee Chair), Department of Sociology, University of Maryland, 2112 Parren Mitchell Art-Sociology Building (Bldg 146), 3834 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742.
• Amanda Miller, Department of Sociology, University of Indianapolis, 1400 East Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, Indiana 46227
• Aaron Hoy, Department of Sociology, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Armstrong Hall 113D, Mankota, MN 56001
• Joan Mazelis, Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University, 405-07 Cooper Street, Room 206, Camden, NJ 08102
• Corinne Reczek, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 238 Townshend Hall, 1885 Neil Avenue Mall, Columbus, OH 43210
• Claudia Geist, Department of Sociology, University of Utah, 380 S 1530 E RM 301, Salt Lake City, UT 84112

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).