PSA 2024 Awards

In Memorium Award: H. Edward Ransford, University of Southern California, for contributions to the field of sociology 

Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award: Veronica Lerma for “Intersectional Criminalization: How Chicanas Experience and Navigate Criminalization through Interpersonal Relationships with Latino Men and Boys.” Sociological Perspectives 66(2):311-330.

Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Praxis: Martha Dow, University of the Fraser Valley and Director, Community Health and Social Innovation Hub and Associate Professor in the School of Culture, Media and Society

Distinguished Scholarship Award: Chiara Galli, University of Chicago, for their book Precarious Protections: Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum in the United States

Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper (Honorable Mention): Ariel Segura (Portland State University) for “Motivations for a Green, Just, and Connected World: Analyzing Narratives of Young Environmental Activists in the Pacific Northwest”

Distinguished Graduate Student Paper: Leslie Luqueño, Stanford University’s Graduate School of Education, for the paper “From Immigrant Legacy to Educational Future: Redefining Latinx Immigrant Familial Engagement in College-Going Habitus Cultivation"

Social Conscience Award: Mid-City Community Action Network, for achievement in community organizing and for contributions to the San Diego Community

2023-2024 Awards Committee Members:

Amy Lubitow, Portland State University

Claudia López, California State University, Long Beach

Maria Mora, California State University, Stanislaus

Sojung Lim, Utah State University

Chioun Lee, University of California Riverside (Co-Chair)

Michael Cope, Brigham Young University (Co-Chair)