Faculty Awards

Ann Owens, 2022 William Julius Wilson Early Career Award, American Sociological Association’s Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section

Karen Sternheimer, 2022 American Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award

Manuel Pastor, 2022 Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

John Wilson, 2021 Fellow, American Association of Geographers

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, 2020 Feminist Mentor Award, Sociologists for Women in Society

John Wilson, 2019 GIS Education Award by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, 2019 ASA Jessie Bernard Award

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2018 Julian Samora Distinguished Career Award, American Sociological Association’s Latina/o Sociology Section

Emily Smith-Greenaway, 2018 Distinguished Early Career Award, American Sociological Association’s Children and Youth Section

Manuel Pastor, 2018 Award for Public Sociology in International Migration, American Sociology Association’s International Migration Section

Michael Messner, 2018 Honorary Scholar, University of Trento Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, Trento, Italy

Michael Messner, 2017 NASSS Research Fellow Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport

John Wilson, 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2015 Distinguished Career Award, American Sociological Association’s International Migration Section

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2015 Feminist Mentor Award, Sociologists for Women in Society

Michael Messner, 2014 Feminist Mentoring Award, Sociologists for Women and Society

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2013 Feminist Scholar Activist Award, American Sociological Association’s Sex and Gender Section

Michael Messner, 2012 Jessie Bernard Award, American Sociological Association

Michael Messner, 2011 Abbey J. Liebman Pursuit of Justice Award, California Women’s Law Center

Malcolm Klein, 2008 August Vollmer Award of the American Society of Criminology

John Wilson, 2008 Special Achievement in GIS Award for Leadership with Geospatial Technology, Esri International User Conference

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

Michael Messner, 2006-7 Distinguished Feminist Lecturer, Sociologists for Women in Society

John Wilson, 2006 Special Achievement in GIS Award for Leadership in Geospatial Teaching, Esri International User Conference

John Wilson, 2005 Webby Worthy Selection, Ninth Annual Webby Awards

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

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor, 2022. Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association’s Latina/o Sociology Section for South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South LA.

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor, 2022. Honorable Mention for Robert E. Park Book Award, American Sociological Association’s Community and Urban Sociology Section for South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South LA.

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor, 2022. C. Wright Mills Book Award Finalist, Society for the Study of Social Problems for South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South LA.

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2016. John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize, Foundation for Landscape Studies for Paradise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens.

Michael Messner, 2016. Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Association for Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women.

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, 2012.  Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association’s Labor & Labor Movements Section for Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration, and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo.

Leland Saito, 2012. Outstanding Book Award, American Sociological Association’s Asia and Asian America Section for The Politics of Exclusion: The Failure of Race-Neutral Policies In Urban America.

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

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

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

Paul Lichterman, 2006. Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Association for Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America’s Divisions.

Michael Messner, 2004. Outstanding Book Award, 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, American Sociological Association’s Social Demography Section 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, American Sociological Association’s Sex and Gender Section; the Distinguished Contribution to Latino Research, American Sociological Association’s Latina/o Studies Section; the Max Weber Award, American Sociological Association’s Labor Studies Section; 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, American Sociological Association’s Race, Gender, and Class Section for Not Our Kind of Girl: Unravelling the Myths of Black Teenage Motherhood.

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

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

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

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, 2022. Louis Wirth Best Article Award, American Sociological Association’s International Migration Section. “Discipline and Empower: The State Governance of Migrant Domestic Workers.” American Sociological Review 86(6): 1043-1065.

Hajar Yazdiha, 2022. Louis Wirth Best Article Award, American Sociological Association’s International Migration Section. “Toward a Du Boisian Framework of Immigrant Incorporation: Racialized Contexts, Relational Identities, and Muslim American Collective Action.” Social Problems 68(2): 300-320.

Jennifer Hook and Eunjeong Paek, 2021. Finalist for the 2021 annual Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research (one of five finalists chosen from over 2500 research articles published in 2020 in the interdisciplinary field of work and family research internationally). “National Family Policies and Mothers’ Employment: How Earnings Inequality Shapes Policy Effects Across and Within Countries.” American Sociological Review, 85(3): 381-416.

Deisy Del Real, 2021. Best Article Award (first place), Latin American Studies Association (LASA), International Migration Section. “Seemingly Inclusive Liminal Legality.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), 48:15, 3580-3601.

Deisy Del Real, 2021. Best Article Award, International Sociological Association, Migration Studies (RC31). “Toxic Ties.” International Migration Review 52(2): 548-570.

Paul Lichterman, 2016. Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association’s Political Sociology Section. “Civic Action.” American Journal of Sociology 120(3):798-863.

Paul Lichterman, 2016. Clifford Geertz Award, American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Culture Section. “Civic Action.” American Journal of Sociology 120(3):798-863.

Jennifer Hook, 2016. Aldi J.M. Hagenaars Memorial Award (best 2015 LIS Working Paper written by a scholar under the age of forty). “Incorporating Class into Work-Family Arrangements: Insights from and for Three Worlds” Journal of European Social Policy

KyoHyouk Kim and John Wilson, 2015. Best Professional Paper, Journal of Spatial Science. “Planning and visualising 3D routes for indoor and outdoor spaces using CityEngine” Journal of Spatial Science

Lynne Casper, 2015. Rosabeth Moss Kanter International Award for Research Excellence in Work and Family. “Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict Evidence from the Work, Family and Health Network” American Sociological Review

Emily Smith-Greenaway, 2014. Best Paper (Graduate Student), American Sociological Association’s Population Section. “Mothers’ Reading Skills and Child Survival in Nigeria: Examining the Relevance of Mothers’ Decision-making Power” published in Social Science & Medicine

Tanya Golash-Boza and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2014. Honorable Mention for Distinguished Contribution to Research Article Award, American Sociological Association’s Latina/o Sociology Section. “Latino Immigrant Men and the Deportation Crisis: A Gendered Racial Removal Program”  Latino Studies

Dan Lainer-Vos, 2014. Outstanding Published Article Award, American Sociological Association’s Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section. “The Practical Organization of Moral Transactions: Gift Giving, Market Exchange, Credit, and the Making of Diaspora Bonds,” in Sociological Theory

Paul Lichterman, 2013. Honorable Mention, Best Article Award, American Sociological Association’s Sociology of Religion Section. “Religion in Public Action: From Actors to Settings.” Sociological Theory 30(1): 15-37 (February).

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

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

Nina Eliasoph and Paul Lichterman, 2004. Outstanding Article Award, American Sociological Association’s Culture Section. “Culture in Interaction,” American Journal of Sociology

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

Paul Lichterman, 2001. Outstanding Article Award, American Sociological Association’s Culture Section. “Identity Talk in the Public Sphere: Broad Visions and Small Spaces in Sexual Identity Politics,” Theory and Society

Ann Owens, 2019-2024 William T Grant Scholars Award

Emily Smith-Greenaway, 2018-2019 Sabbatical Laureate, Max Planck Society

Jennifer Hook, 2018-2019 Humboldt Research Fellowship

Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2017-18 Weatherhead Writing Fellowship, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe

Andrew Lakoff, 2016 Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, 2015-2016 Institute for Advanced Study

Michael Messner, 2016 2016 Ethel Westfeldt Bunting Fellowship, School for Advanced Research

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, 2015 Fulbright Research Chair in Globalization

John Wilson, 2014 Fellow, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science

Rhacel Salazar Parreñas, 2010-2011 Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences