This award honors 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 award selection committee is particularly interested in work that substantially reorients the field in general or in a particular subfield. Nominations should include a copy of the nominee s curriculum vita 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. These may be obtained by the person making the nomination and forwarded to the committee, with the nominee s vita, as a package.
Nominations remain under active consideration for five award cycles.
The deadline is June 15, 2001. Late arriving nominations or package updates will be held over for the following award year.