Section of the American Sociological Association
Fostering sociological thinking about families. Bringing together those who want to learn & teach about families.
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Dear Family Section members,
Let’s begin this kick-off message with a heartfelt congratulations, and thank you, to the Megan Sweeney for her leadership this last year, and for putting together an extremely successful slate of sessions and activities at the Annual Meetings in Montreal. Thanks are also due to our Secretary Treasurer, Jenifer Bratter (who, thankfully is staying on another year in that role). Megan and Jenifer have done all I could hope for and expect to make my entry into the position as your section Chair as smooth as possible. At the meeting we also said our thank-yous to outgoing Council members Kevin Michael Roy and Sarah Damaske, and welcomed new members Robert Crosnoe and Kei Nomaguchi. Welcome also to Sharon Sassler, the new Chair-Elect. In the category of personnel changes, I also extend my sincere appreciation to Gwen Zugarek, from Bowling Green State University, who has done great work as the Communications Director in addition to serving on the Council. This job is vital to our work, and we’ve been extremely fortunate to work with her. Gwen is stepping down now, and I’m delighted to announce that Joanna Pepin, from the University of Maryland, will take over that role. (You can send announcements for the list to Joanna now, at ASAFamilySection@gmail.com.) New business Section business and meeting roles. The next order of business for the fall, as always, is to staff up the Section committees, session organizers and chairs. We solicited volunteers at the Business Meeting in Montreal, but before I move to fill these slots I want to make sure everyone has a chance to speak up if you would like to get involved – please do! For this year Joanna has prepared an online sign-up form, which I encourage you to fill out, available at: VOLUNTEER FORM. When we get our session allocation and volunteers lined up, I will work on the slate of positions. Thank you all for your contributions, past and future. Meeting reception. The 2018 ASA Annual Meeting will be in Philadelphia, August 11-14. High on our list of priorities is arranging an excellent venue for our section reception. This year we hope to collaborate once again with the Population Section. If you have ideas for suitable locations in Philadelphia, or would like to work on the reception, please let us know. Award policies. At the Council meeting in August we decided to add language to our paper award policies encouraging people to make public their award submissions, though SocArXiv or another non-profit repository. This is an opportunity to disseminate our best work earlier in the research process, and signal our commitment to open access scholarship. Individuals who use SocArXiv to submit their papers for awards will be eligible for a travel award. Look for details in the award nomination announcement. ASA engagement. The association has a new initiative to increase public engagement with the sections, and asked us to name a Public Engagement Liaison to be available for communicating with media or other interested parties during the year. The Council decided for this year that the Chair would serve in that role, but if it becomes a more involved job we can consider making that a separate position in future years. Conclusion I’m excited to start my year as your Chair, and look forward to working with you all over the year and at the meeting in Philadelphia. Please make sure to renew your Section membership (and encourage your colleagues and students to do the same); membership is how we vote for the importance of Sociology of the Family within our association. Feel free to get in touch with me if you have ideas or issues about the section (or anything else!) to discuss: pnc@umd.edu. Philip N. Cohen ----- [Volunteer URL if link is broken: https://goo.gl/forms/xPNx1X7aBdykuzgB3]
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Congratulations to the following ASA Family Section Award winners!
We will recognize their achievements at the ASA Family Section Reception. [August 14th, 6:30-8:30pm at Auberge St-Gabriel, Truteau Hall, 426 St. Gabriel Street] Distinguished Career Award: Kathleen Gerson, New York University William J. Goode Book Award: "Coming of Age in the Other America" Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University Susan Clampet-Lundquist, Saint Joseph's University Kathryn Edin, Johns Hopkins University Best Article of the Year Award: "Parenthood and Happiness: Effects of Work-Family Reconciliation Policies in 22 OECD Countries" Jennifer Glass, University of Texas, Austin Matthew Andersson, Baylor University Robin Simon, Wake Forest University Best Graduate Student Paper Award: "Own Gender, Sibling's Gender, Parent's Gender: The Division of Elderly Parent Care among Adult Children" Angelina Grigoryeva, Princeton University 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 Judith Levine (jalevine@temple.edu) no later than March 31, 2017 (extended from March 13, 2017). The ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award. This award is for a book published on the family in 2015 or 2016. 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, 2017. The books may arrive shortly thereafter. Please send a letter of nomination to Wendy Manning (wmannin@bgsu.edu).
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 2014, 2015, or 2016. 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, Kevin Roy (kroy@umd.edu). The deadline for nominations is March 13, 2017. 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, 2017 to Megan Sweeney (msweeney@soc.ucla.edu). Here are the Family Section's sessions this year. Submit by January 11, 2017, 3pm EST!
I am pleased to announce the results of the ASA Family Section election. Thanks to all of you for voting and participating in our section. Our new officers will begin their terms in August at the ASA meeting.
Chair-Elect: Philip Cohen (U of Maryland) He will serve as Chair-Elect for one year and in August 2017 serve a one-year terms as Chair. Council Members: Judith Levine (Temple U) Claudia Geist (U of Utah) Each council member serves for a three-year term. Student Representative: Christina Cross (U of Michigan) The student representative will serve a two-year term. We are fortunate to have a great set of incoming and outgoing officers and council members willing to serve our section. I look forward to seeing everyone at the ASA meeting in Seattle! We would like to inform you of the dates that the Family Section events will be on at ASA 2016 conference in order to help you in your travel plans.
This year's joint reception with the Population Section will be held Sunday, August 21st from 7:30-9:30pm. Our sessions and business meetings will be on Monday, August 22nd. The Family Section Distinguished Career Award
Deadline: 3/1/2016 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, analytic techniques, or highly-cited scholarly publications) that have had a substantial impact on family research. Send a one-page justification with your nomination. The nominee’s CV is helpful but not necessary. The deadline is March 1, 2016. Committee Chair: Sarah Damaske at sarahdamaske@psu.edu The Family Section Article of the Year Award Deadline: 3/1/2016 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 2013, 2014, or 2015. 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, Kevin Roy (kroy@umd.edu). The deadline for nominations is March 1, 2016. Committee Chair: Kevin Roy at kroy@umd.edu The Family Section Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award Deadline: 3/1/2016 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. Please send the paper by March 1, 2016 to Ann Meier (meierann@umn.edu). Committee Chair: Ann Meier, meierann@umn.edu Here are the Family Section's sessions this year. Submit by January 6th, 2016!
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