USC Sociology Faculty Awards

  
BOOK AWARDS

Rhacel Parreñas, 2012.  Distinguished Book Award in the American Sociological Association Secion on Labor & Labor Movements for Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration, and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo.

Leland Saito, 2012. Best Book Award in the American Sociological Association Section on Asian/American Studies for The Politics of Exclusion: The Failure of Race-Neutral Policies In Urban America.

 

Leland Saito, 2010. Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities for The Politics of Exclusion: The Failure of Race-Neutral Policies In Urban America.

Michael Messner, 2009. Choice Outstanding Academic Ttile for Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender and Sport, from the American Library Association.

 

Paul Lichterman, 2006 Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America’s Divisions.

 

Sharon Hays, 2004 C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems for Flat Broke With Children:  Women in the Age of Welfare Reform

 

Michael Messner, 2004. Outstanding Book Award from the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport for Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports.

 

Lynne M. Casper, (with Suzanne M. Bianchi). 2002 Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship from the Social Demography section of the American Sociological Association for Continuity and Change in the American Family: Anchoring the Future.

 

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2001-2002 winner of the C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems; the Distinguished Book Award from the Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association; the Distinguished Contribution to Latino Research from the Latina/o Studies Section of the American Sociological Association; the Max Weber Award from the Labor Studies Section of the American Sociological Association; and the Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Pacific Sociological Association, for Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadow of Affluence.

 

Elaine Bell Kaplan, 2000. Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the Race, Gender, and Class Section of the American Sociological Association for Not Our Kind of Girl: Unravelling the Myths of Black Teenage Motherhood.

 

Leland Saito 2000, Outstanding Book Award from the Asia and Asian America Section of the American Sociological Association for Race and Politics: Asian Americans, Latinos, and Whites in a Los Angeles Suburb.

 

Nina Eliasoph, 2000 Outstanding Book Award from the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association for Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life.

 

Michael Messner, 1993 Outstanding Book Award from the North American Society for Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity.

 

ARTICLE AWARDS

 

Michael Messner, 2012, Outstanding Article Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport, for "Gender Ideologies, Youth Sports, and the Production of Soft Essentialism."  Sociology of Sport Journals

Veronica Terriquez  2012 Best Article Award, Latino Studies Section of the American Sociology Association.  “Schools for Democracy: Labor Union Participation and the School-Based Civic Engagement of Latino Immigrant Parents.” American Sociological Review.

Timothy Biblarz  2011 Best Article Award, Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association.  “How Does the Gender of Parents Matter?”  Journal of Marriage and Family

Nina Eliasoph and Paul Lichterman 2004. Outstanding article award from the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association for "Culture in Interaction,” American Journal of Sociology

Timothy Biblarz  2004 Outstanding Article Award, Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association.  “(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?”  American Sociological Review

Paul Lichterman 2001. Outstanding article award from the Culture Section of the American Sociological Association for "Identity Talk in the Public Sphere:  Broad Visions and SmallSpaces in Sexual Identity Politics,"  Theory and Society

 

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

Michael Messner, 2012 Jessie Bernard Award, American Sociological Association

Dr. Malcolm Klein, 2008 is the recipient of the August Vollmer Award of the American Society of Criminology.

Michael Messner, 2007 Distinguished Service Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport.

Vern Bengtson, 1998 Ernest W. Burgess Award for outstanding career achievement, National Council on Family Relations; 1996 Robert W. Kleemeier Award for outstanding research in the field of gerontology, Gerontological Society of America; 1995 Distinguished Scholar Award, Section on Aging, American Sociological Association

 

USC AWARDS

USC MELLON AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN MENTORING

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2006

Leland Saito, 2010

Macarena Gomez-Barris, 2010

Veronica Terriquez, 2011

Michael Messner, 2012

Jody Agius Vallejo, 2012

 

USC ASSOCIATES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH

Barry Glassner, 2002

Vern Bengtson, 1991

 

USC ASSOCIATES AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING

Michael Messner, 2006

Ed Ransford, 1999

Jon Miller, 1995

 

USC FACULTY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

Vern L. Bengtson, 2008

Malcolm Klein, 2007

 

USC COLLEGE JUNIOR RAUBENHEIMER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 1997

Macarena Gomez-Barris, 2008

Jody Agius Vallejo, 2012

 

USC COLLEGE SENIOR RAUBENHEIMER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING, RESEARCH AND SERVICE

Michael Messner, 2007

USC COLLEGE GENERAL EDUCATION TEACHING AWARD

Michael Messner, 2004

Timothy Biblarz, 2002

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2000

Vern Bengtson, 1999

Ed Ransford, 1999