{"id":2994,"date":"2023-03-31T19:06:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T19:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/?page_id=2994"},"modified":"2026-02-05T13:13:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T21:13:27","slug":"faculty-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/faculty-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n        \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--accordions \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--accordions\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  \n      <ul>\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-1-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" aria-controls=\"section-1-1-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Career Achievement Awards<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-1-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-1-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p dir=\"ltr\">Lynne Casper, 2023 Distinguished Career Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Family Section<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jody Agius Vallejo, 2023 Award for Public Sociology in International Migration, American Sociological Association&#8217;s International Migration section<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ann Owens, 2022 William Julius Wilson Early Career Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Karen Sternheimer, 2022 American Sociological Association&#8217;s Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Manuel Pastor, 2022 Inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">John Wilson, 2021 Fellow, American Association of Geographers<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rhacel Salazar Parre\u00f1as, 2020 Feminist Mentor Award, Sociologists for Women in Society<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">John Wilson, 2019\u00a0GIS Education Award by the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rhacel Salazar Parre\u00f1as, 2019 ASA Jessie Bernard Award<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2018 Julian Samora Distinguished Career Award, American Sociological Association\u2019s Latina\/o Sociology Section<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Emily Smith-Greenaway, 2018\u00a0Distinguished Early Career Award, American Sociological Association\u2019s Children and Youth Section<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Manuel Pastor, 2018\u00a0Award for Public Sociology in International Migration, American Sociology Association\u2019s International Migration Section<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2018\u00a0Honorary Scholar, University of Trento Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies, Trento, Italy<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2017\u00a0NASSS Research Fellow Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">John Wilson, 2016\u00a0Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Association of Chinese Professionals in Geographic Information Science<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2015\u00a0Distinguished Career Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s International Migration Section<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2015\u00a0Feminist Mentor Award, Sociologists for Women in Society<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2014\u00a0Feminist Mentoring Award, Sociologists for Women and Society<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2013\u00a0Feminist Scholar Activist Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Sex and Gender Section<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2012\u00a0Jessie Bernard Award, American Sociological Association<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2011\u00a0Abbey J. Liebman Pursuit of Justice Award, California Women\u2019s Law Center<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Malcolm Klein, 2008\u00a0August Vollmer Award of the American Society of Criminology<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">John Wilson, 2008\u00a0Special Achievement in GIS Award for Leadership with Geospatial Technology, Esri International User Conference<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2007\u00a0Distinguished Service Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2006-7\u00a0Distinguished Feminist Lecturer, Sociologists for Women in Society<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">John Wilson, 2006\u00a0Special Achievement in GIS Award for Leadership in Geospatial Teaching, Esri International User Conference<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">John Wilson, 2005\u00a0Webby Worthy Selection, Ninth Annual Webby Awards<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Vern Bengtson, 1998\u00a0Ernest 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<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-2-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" aria-controls=\"section-1-2-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Book Awards<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-2-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-2-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p dir=\"ltr\">Hajar Yazdiha, 2024. The Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Sociology of Culture Section for <em>The Struggle for the People&#8217;s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hajar Yazdiha, 2024. Honorable Mention for Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association for <em>The Struggle for the People&#8217;s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rhacel Salazar Parre\u00f1as, 2023. Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, American Sociological Association for <em>Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor, 2022. Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Latina\/o Sociology Section for <em>South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South LA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor, 2022. Honorable Mention for Robert E. Park Book Award,\u00a0American Sociological Association&#8217;s Community and Urban Sociology Section for <em>South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South LA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo and Manuel Pastor, 2022. C. Wright Mills Book Award Finalist, Society for the Study of Social Problems\u00a0for <em>South Central Dreams: Finding Home and Building Community in South LA<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2016. John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize, Foundation for Landscape Studies for <em>Paradise Transplanted: Migration and the Making of California Gardens<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2016.\u00a0Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Association for\u00a0<em>Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rhacel Salazar Parre\u00f1as, 2012.\u00a0\u00a0Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Labor &amp; Labor Movements Section for <em>Illicit Flirtations: Labor, Migration, and Sex Trafficking in Tokyo<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leland Saito, 2012.\u00a0Outstanding Book Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Asia and Asian America Section for\u00a0<em>The Politics of Exclusion: The Failure of Race-Neutral Policies In Urban America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leland Saito, 2010. Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s\u00a0Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section for\u00a0<em>The Politics of Exclusion: The Failure of Race-Neutral Policies In Urban America<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2009.\u00a0Choice\u00a0Outstanding Academic Title, American Library Association for\u00a0<em>Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender and Sport<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paul Lichterman, 2006.\u00a0Distinguished Book Award, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion for\u00a0<em>Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America\u2019s Divisions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paul Lichterman, 2006.\u00a0Distinguished Scholarship Award, Pacific Sociological Association for\u00a0<em>Elusive Togetherness: Church Groups Trying to Bridge America&#8217;s Divisions<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2004.\u00a0Outstanding Book Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport for\u00a0<em>Taking the Field: Women, Men, and Sports<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lynne M. Casper (with Suzanne M. Bianchi), 2002.\u00a0Otis Dudley Duncan Award for Outstanding Scholarship, American Sociological Association&#8217;s\u00a0Social Demography Section for\u00a0<em>Continuity and Change in the American Family: Anchoring the Future<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2001-2002.\u00a0Winner of the C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems; the Distinguished Book Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Sex and Gender Section; the Distinguished Contribution to Latino Research, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Latina\/o Studies Section; the Max Weber Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Labor Studies Section; and the Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Pacific Sociological Association, for\u00a0<em>Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadow of Affluence<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Elaine Bell Kaplan, 2000.\u00a0Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s\u00a0Race, Gender, and Class Section for\u00a0<em>Not Our Kind of Girl: Unravelling the Myths of Black Teenage Motherhood<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Leland Saito, 2000.\u00a0Outstanding Book Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Asia and Asian America Section for\u00a0<em>Race and Politics: Asian Americans, Latinos, and Whites in a Los Angeles Suburb<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nina Eliasoph, 2000.\u00a0Outstanding Book Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Culture Section for\u00a0<em>Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 1993.\u00a0Outstanding Book Award, North American Society for\u00a0<em>Power at Play: Sports and the Problem of Masculinity<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-3-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" aria-controls=\"section-1-3-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Article Awards<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-3-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-3-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p>Deisy Del Real, 2025. RC31 Best Scholarly Article Award on Migration, International Sociological Association. &#8220;Gradations of Migrant Legality: The Impact of States&#8217; Legal Structures and Bureaucracies on Immigrant Legalization and Livelihoods.&#8221;\u00a0<em>International Migration Review.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Alexandra Brewer, 2024. Donald W. Light Award for Applied or Public Practice of Medical Sociology, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Medical Sociology Section.\u00a0\u201cPainful Feelings: Opioids as Tools for Avoiding Emotional Labor in Hospital Work.\u201d\u00a0<em>Journal of Health and Social Behavior<\/em>\u00a064(3):386\u2013400. 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Jody Agius Vallejo &amp; Stephanie Canizales, 2023. Oliver Cromwell Cox Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Race and Ethnic Minorities Section. \u201cEthnoracial Capitalism and the Limits of Ethnic Solidarity.\u201d\u00a0<em>Social Problems<\/em>. 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Hook, Leah Ruppanner &amp; Lynne Casper, 2022. IPUMS Time Use Research Award. &#8220;Occupational characteristics and parents&#8217; childcare time.&#8221; Journal of Marriage and Family 84(1) 210-229.<\/p>\n<p>Rhacel Salazar Parre\u00f1as, 2022. Louis Wirth Best Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s International Migration Section. &#8220;Discipline and Empower: The State Governance of Migrant Domestic Workers.&#8221; American Sociological Review 86(6): 1043-1065.<\/p>\n<p>Hajar Yazdiha, 2022.\u00a0Louis Wirth Best Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s International Migration Section. &#8220;Toward a Du Boisian Framework of Immigrant Incorporation: Racialized Contexts, Relational Identities, and Muslim American Collective Action.&#8221; Social Problems 68(2): 300-320.<\/p>\n<p>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). &#8220;National Family Policies and Mothers&#8217; Employment: How Earnings Inequality Shapes Policy Effects Across and Within Countries.&#8221; American Sociological Review, 85(3): 381-416.<\/p>\n<p>Deisy Del Real, 2021. Best Article Award (first place), Latin American Studies Association (LASA), International Migration Section. &#8220;Seemingly Inclusive Liminal Legality.&#8221; Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (JEMS), 48:15, 3580-3601.<\/p>\n<p>Deisy Del Real, 2021. Best Article Award, International Sociological Association, Migration Studies (RC31). &#8220;Toxic Ties.&#8221; International Migration Review 52(2): 548-570.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paul Lichterman, 2016.\u00a0Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Political Sociology Section. &#8220;Civic Action.&#8221;\u00a0American Journal of Sociology\u00a0120(3):798-863.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paul Lichterman, 2016.\u00a0Clifford Geertz Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Sociology of Culture Section. &#8220;Civic Action.&#8221;\u00a0American Journal of Sociology\u00a0120(3):798-863.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jennifer Hook, 2016.\u00a0Aldi J.M. Hagenaars Memorial Award (best 2015 LIS Working Paper written by a scholar under the age of forty). \u201cIncorporating Class into Work-Family Arrangements: Insights from and for Three Worlds\u201d\u00a0Journal of European Social Policy<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">KyoHyouk Kim and John Wilson, 2015.\u00a0Best Professional Paper, Journal of Spatial Science. &#8220;Planning and visualising 3D routes for indoor and outdoor spaces using CityEngine&#8221;\u00a0Journal of Spatial Science<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Lynne Casper, 2015.\u00a0Rosabeth Moss Kanter International Award for Research Excellence in Work and Family. &#8220;Changing Work and Work-Family Conflict Evidence from the Work, Family and Health Network&#8221;\u00a0American Sociological Review<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Emily Smith-Greenaway, 2014.\u00a0Best Paper (Graduate Student),\u00a0American Sociological Association&#8217;s Population Section. \u201cMothers\u2019 Reading Skills and Child Survival in Nigeria: Examining the Relevance of Mothers\u2019 Decision-making Power&#8221; published in\u00a0Social Science &amp; Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Tanya\u00a0Golash-Boza and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2014. Honorable Mention for Distinguished Contribution to Research Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Latina\/o Sociology Section. \u201cLatino Immigrant Men and the Deportation Crisis: A Gendered Racial Removal Program\u201d\u00a0 Latino Studies<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Dan Lainer-Vos, 2014.\u00a0Outstanding Published Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section. \u201cThe Practical Organization of Moral Transactions: Gift Giving, Market Exchange, Credit, and the Making of Diaspora Bonds,\u201d in\u00a0Sociological Theory<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paul Lichterman, 2013.\u00a0Honorable Mention, Best Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Sociology of Religion Section. &#8220;Religion in Public Action: From Actors to Settings.&#8221; Sociological Theory 30(1): 15-37 (February).<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2012.\u00a0Outstanding Article Award, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. &#8220;Gender Ideologies, Youth Sports, and the Production of Soft Essentialism.&#8221;\u00a0Sociology of Sport Journals<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Timothy Biblarz, 2011.\u00a0Best Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Sex and Gender Section. \u201cHow Does the Gender of Parents Matter?\u201d\u00a0Journal of Marriage and Family<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nina Eliasoph and Paul Lichterman, 2004.\u00a0Outstanding Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Culture Section. &#8220;Culture in Interaction,\u201d\u00a0American Journal of Sociology<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Timothy Biblarz, 2004.\u00a0Outstanding Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Sex and Gender Section. \u201c(How) Does the Sexual Orientation of Parents Matter?\u201d\u00a0American Sociological Review<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paul Lichterman, 2001.\u00a0Outstanding Article Award, American Sociological Association&#8217;s Culture Section. &#8220;Identity Talk in the Public Sphere: Broad Visions and Small Spaces in Sexual Identity Politics,&#8221;\u00a0Theory and Society<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n              <li>\n          <button type=\"button\" class=\"accordion-trigger \" id=\"heading-1-4-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" aria-controls=\"section-1-4-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-disabled=\"false\">\n                          <span class=\"item-title\">Distinguished Fellowships<\/span>\n            \n                      <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"section-1-4-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"heading-1-4-jkgHZ6Gn-E\" class=\"accordion-panel\">\n\n                            \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--rich-text \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--rich-text\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      \n<div class=\"f--field f--wysiwyg\">\n\n    \n  <p dir=\"ltr\">Leland Saito, 2024-2025 Haynes Faculty Fellowship<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ann Owens, 2024-2025 Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hajar Yazdiha, 2024-2025 Carr Center Racial Justice Fellowship<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hajar Yazdiha, 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brittany Friedman, 2023-2024 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Postdoctoral Research Leave Fellowship<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Deisy Del Real, 2023 PD Soros Public Voices Fellow<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Paul Lichterman, 2023 Humboldt Research Award<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Brittany Friedman, 2021-2023, American Bar Foundation Access to Justice Faculty Scholar<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Ann Owens, 2019-2024\u00a0William T Grant Scholars Award<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Emily Smith-Greenaway, 2018-2019\u00a0Sabbatical Laureate, Max Planck Society<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Jennifer Hook, 2018-2019\u00a0Humboldt Research Fellowship<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, 2017-18\u00a0Weatherhead Writing Fellowship, School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Andrew Lakoff, 2016\u00a0Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Michael Messner, 2016 Ethel Westfeldt Bunting Fellowship, School for Advanced Research<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rhacel Salazar Parre\u00f1as, 2015-2016 Institute for Advanced Study<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rhacel Salazar Parre\u00f1as, 2015 Fulbright Research Chair in Globalization<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">John Wilson, 2014\u00a0Fellow, University Consortium for Geographic Information Science<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rhacel Salazar Parre\u00f1as, 2010-2011 Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n            \n                      <\/div>\n        <\/li>\n\n          <\/ul>\n  \n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n        \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n  \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--editorial-cards \"\n\n  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Bengtson, 2008<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Malcolm Klein, 2007<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                      <\/div>\n\n\n        <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n          \n                                      \n                \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2024\/01\/2-USC-JR-Raubenheimer-Award-768x432.png\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/soci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/115\/2024\/01\/2-USC-JR-Raubenheimer-Award-768x432.png 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 23vw, (min-width:768px) 39vw, 83vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n          \n          <div class=\"text-container\">\n            \n            \n                          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