The Distinguished Scholarship Award is given by the
Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) to
sociologists based in the
Pacific region of
North America, in recognition of major scholarly contributions.[1] To be eligible for the award, a sociologist's contribution must be embodied in a recently published
book or through a series of articles with a common theme.[2]
This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(February 2024)
The Distinguished Scholarship Award was created by the PSA in 1984. The award was given biennially until 1990, when it became an annually granted award.[4]
2023 - Nadia Y. Kim,
Loyola Marymount University: Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA
2022 - Matthew Clair,
Stanford University: Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court
2021 - Tahseen Shams,
University of Toronto: Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World
2020 - Ranita Ray,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City
2019 - Abigail Leslie Andrews,
University of California, San Diego: Undocumented Politics: Place, Gender, and the Pathways of Mexican Migrants
2017 - Allison Nasson,
University of Puget Sound: Donor Friendly Victimhood: Narrative Construction as a Fundraising Strategy
2016 - Michael Messner (
University of Southern California), Max Greenberg (University of Southern California), and Tal Peretz (
Auburn University): Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women
2002 - Pierrett Hondagneu-Sotelo,
University of Southern California: Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence
2001 - Valerie Jeness,
University of California Irvine for a series of published articles dealing with hate-crimes, hate-crime legislation, and community responses to hate-motivated violence. The series was published in the following journals between 1994-1998: Gender and Society, Social Problems, Sociological Perspectives, Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change, and the American Sociological Review.
2000 - Charles Varano: Forced Choices: Class, Community, and Worker Ownership
1999 -
William Domhoff: Who Rules America? Power and Politics in the Year 2000
1998 - Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi: Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy
1997 - Calvin Morrill: The Executive Way : Conflict Management in Corporations
1996 - James Aho: This Thing of Darkness: The Sociology of the Enemy
The Distinguished Scholarship Award is given by the
Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) to
sociologists based in the
Pacific region of
North America, in recognition of major scholarly contributions.[1] To be eligible for the award, a sociologist's contribution must be embodied in a recently published
book or through a series of articles with a common theme.[2]
This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.(February 2024)
The Distinguished Scholarship Award was created by the PSA in 1984. The award was given biennially until 1990, when it became an annually granted award.[4]
2023 - Nadia Y. Kim,
Loyola Marymount University: Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA
2022 - Matthew Clair,
Stanford University: Privilege and Punishment: How Race and Class Matter in Criminal Court
2021 - Tahseen Shams,
University of Toronto: Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World
2020 - Ranita Ray,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: The Making of a Teenage Service Class: Poverty and Mobility in an American City
2019 - Abigail Leslie Andrews,
University of California, San Diego: Undocumented Politics: Place, Gender, and the Pathways of Mexican Migrants
2017 - Allison Nasson,
University of Puget Sound: Donor Friendly Victimhood: Narrative Construction as a Fundraising Strategy
2016 - Michael Messner (
University of Southern California), Max Greenberg (University of Southern California), and Tal Peretz (
Auburn University): Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence Against Women
2002 - Pierrett Hondagneu-Sotelo,
University of Southern California: Domestica: Immigrant Workers Cleaning and Caring in the Shadows of Affluence
2001 - Valerie Jeness,
University of California Irvine for a series of published articles dealing with hate-crimes, hate-crime legislation, and community responses to hate-motivated violence. The series was published in the following journals between 1994-1998: Gender and Society, Social Problems, Sociological Perspectives, Research in Social Movements, Conflict and Change, and the American Sociological Review.
2000 - Charles Varano: Forced Choices: Class, Community, and Worker Ownership
1999 -
William Domhoff: Who Rules America? Power and Politics in the Year 2000
1998 - Simonetta Falasca-Zamponi: Fascist Spectacle: The Aesthetics of Power in Mussolini's Italy
1997 - Calvin Morrill: The Executive Way : Conflict Management in Corporations
1996 - James Aho: This Thing of Darkness: The Sociology of the Enemy