Awards

2025

Rationality and Society James S. Coleman Outstanding Article Award

Nominations, including self-nominations, are encouraged for theoretical, empirical or experimental works in the tradition of analytical and computational sociology, including research on various action theory frameworks. To be eligible for the award, the article must be published within the last two years. Faculty and graduate students are eligible for the award. An article may be submitted to the Outstanding Article Award or the Graduate Student paper award, but not both. Co-authors share the award equally. Nominators should be members in good standing of the American Sociological Association.

Please include (1) a brief statement (1 or 2 paragraphs) by the nominator of the reason the article deserves this award; and (2) an electronic copy of the article.

Committee members and deadline for application: TBA

Rationality and Society section award for Best Paper by a Graduate Student 

Nominations, including self-nominations, are encouraged for theoretical, empirical or experimental works in the tradition of analytical and computational sociology, including research on various action theory frameworks. Eligible authors are students currently enrolled in a graduate program who will not have received the PhD at the time of the ASA meeting, August 5-9, 2022. Multi-authored papers are eligible if none of the authors has a PhD. An article may be submitted to the Outstanding Article Award or the Graduate Student paper award, but not both.

Nominations should include two electronic files: (1) A cover page with the paper title, paper abstract, author's name(s), institutional affiliation and institutional address, the name of the author's faculty advisor, and full contact information including preferred email address, telephone number(s) and mailing address; and (2) The nominated paper, double-spaced with author's name and other identifying information removed.

Committee members and deadline for application: TBA