Section on Aging and the Life Course

Awards

Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award
Outstanding Publication Award
Graduate Student Paper Award
2008 Award Recipients

Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award

This annual award honors a scholar in the field of aging and the life course who has shown exceptional achievement in research, theory, policy analysis, or who has otherwise advanced knowledge of aging and the life course.

Letters of nomination should describe the nominee's contributions to the study of aging and the life course that warrant consideration. Additional letters of support are encouraged but not required.

Nominations and additional letters of support should be submitted by March 1, 2009 to the chair of the Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award.

Nominations of scholars for the 2009 award should be sent to Professor Peter Uhlenberg, Chair, Matilda White Riley Distinguished Scholar Award Committee, CB 3210 - Sociology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3210. Email: peter_uhlenberg@unc.edu.

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Outstanding Publication Award

This annual award honors an outstanding recent contribution to the field of sociology of aging and the life course as determined by the Outstanding Publication Award Committee.

Eligible publications include original research reports, theoretical or methodological developments, and policy-related contributions. The outstanding publication can be an article, chapter, or book published within the past three years. The committee will consider nominations and self-nominations. The award will rotate between a book and an article (or chapter) at least once every three years.

Nominations of publications for the Outstanding Publication Award should be sent to Chair of the Outstanding Publication Award Committee no later than March 1, 2009. Eligible nominations are limited to publications appearing from 2006-2008. A single author or one of the coauthors must be a SALC member. Only SALC members are permitted to make nominations.

Nominations of publications for the 2009 award should be sent to Professor Mark Hayward, Director, Population Research Center and Professor of Sociology, Population Research Center, 1800 Main Building, G1800, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78712. Email: mhayward@prc.utexas.edu.

Graduate Student Paper Award

This annual award honors the outstanding paper written by a graduate student (or students) member(s) of the Section on Aging and the Life Course, as determined by the Graduate Student Paper Award committee.

At the 1996 Annual Meeting, a Graduate Student Paper Award was established in place of the Doctoral Dissertation Award. Papers authored or coauthored solely by students are eligible; faculty co-authorship is not allowed. Eligible student authors include master's students and pre-doctoral student members of the section who are currently enrolled in a graduate program or who have graduated no earlier than December of 2008.

Unpublished, under review, accepted, or published papers are eligible. If published, the paper should have appeared within the past two calendar years (e.g., a paper nominated in 2009 may have been published anytime during 2008 or 2009). The nominated paper should be journal-length (35 pages maximum) and in the format used by the American Sociological Review. Only one award will be given.

All nominations are due by March 1, 2009. Self nominations are encouraged. To be nominated send a hard copy and an electronic version of the paper to the Chair of the Graduate Student Paper Award Committee.

The award consists of $250 presented to the winner at the Business Meeting of the Section, held during the annual ASA meeting.

Nominations for the 2009 award should be sent to Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, Department of Sociology, 247 Wilson Hall, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164-4020. Email: monicakj@wsu.edu.