CITASA gives out awards in five categories at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Nominations (including self-nominations) should be sent to the CITASA Chair (jwitte@clemson.edu) by April 30, 2007. Nominations of chapters and papers should be accompanied by copies (preferably digital) of the papers themselves. For books, have publisher send three copies to James Witte, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634 (jwitte@clemson.edu) .
1) Outstanding Contribution Research: For a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of sociological knowledge.
Past Recipients
2006 - Manuel Castells
2004 - Barry Wellman, University of Toronto
2003 - Caroline Hodges Persell, NYU
2) DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL 6/8/07Teaching or Computer Application: For the development of a computing application or applications that provides an outstanding contribution for the advancement of sociological theory or practice; and/or for developments that enhance instruction in sociology.
Past Recipients
2006 - Marc Smith, Microsoft Research
2005 - Stephen P. Borgatti, Boston College
2004 - Earl Babbie, Chapman University
2002 - Robert Wood, Rutgers University
3) Outstanding Book: For an outstanding book in the social study of communication and information technology published in the two calendar years prior to the award being presented.
Past Recipients
2006 - Philip Howard, University of Washington
2005 - Paul Starr, Princeton University
4) DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL 6/8/07Outstanding Paper: For an outstanding published paper or book chapter in the social study of communication and information technology published in the two calendar years prior to the award being presented.
Past Recipients
2006 - Fred Turner
2005 -Daniel Beunza, Unversitat Pompeu Fabra and David Stark, Columbia University
2005 - Siobhan O'Mahony, Harvard Business School
5) DEADLINE EXTENDED TILL 6/8/07Graduate Student Publication / Software Award
For an application which either addresses a unique problem in sociological analysis, or a paper which provides exceptional analysis of a specific issue related to computing technology and society. Submissions involving new or existing software should include detailed descriptions of the projects and copies of the software. The award shall pertain to applications or papers written in the two calendar years prior to the award being presented. Papers must be authored by graduate students (MAs or Ph.D.) only. Post-docs are excluded from submissions. The paper or software may have multiple student authors. The student can be enrolled in other disciplines than sociology. There are no limitations on the length of the paper and may include: course work, published work, submitted work or white papers. The paper must be in English. Students do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA.
Past Recipients
2006 - Sara Nephew, Princeton University
2005 - Laura Robinson, UCLA (paper)
2005 - Sean Zehnder, Northwestern University (software)
2004 - Jeffrey Boase, University of Toronto
2003 - Tracy Kennedy and Kristine Klement, University of Toronto
2002 - Julian Dierkes, University of British Columbia
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