American Sociological Association: W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award

W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship
ASA Major Award

Award Description

This award honors those ASA member scholars who have shown outstanding commitment to the profession of sociology and whose cumulative work has contributed in important ways to the advancement of the discipline. The body of lifetime work may include theoretical and/or methodological contributions. The award selection committee is particularly interested in ASA members whose work that substantially reorients the field in general or in a particular subfield.

Nominations should include a copy of the nominee's curriculum vitae and letters in support of the nomination. The most compelling cases contain five to eight letters from a variety of individuals able to speak to the qualifications of the nominees. The person making the nomination should obtain this material and forward it to the committee, with the nominee's curriculum vitae, as a package. Nominations remain under active consideration for five award cycles.

Send nominations to: American Sociological Association, c/o Governance, 1430 K Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; fax: (202) 638-0882; e-mail governance@asanet.org. The deadline for nominations for this award is January 31, 2013.

Selection Committee Members

Name	Beginning of Term	End of Term	Position
Shari Lee Dworkin	1/1/2013	12/31/2014	Member
Cornelia B. Flora	1/1/2011	12/31/2013	Chair
Marion Fourcade	1/1/2013	12/31/2015	Member
Ann Mische	1/1/2013	12/31/2015	Member
Adlon D. Morris	1/1/2012	12/31/2014	Member
Raka Ray	1/1/2012	12/31/2014	Member
Edward E. Telles	1/1/2012	12/31/2014	Member
Charles V. Willie	1/1/2011	12/31/2013	Member