Distinguished Career Award
Deadline: March 1, 2022
Contact: Pamela Paxton, University of Texas – Austin
The Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section of the ASA is seeking nominations for the 2022 Distinguished Career Award. This award is given annually to a person who has made a number of significant contributions to the study of altruism, morality, and/or social solidarity over an extended period of time. It is intended to recognize a senior scholar’s cumulative achievements. Nominations should include a brief description of the career contributions that make the candidate deserving of the award. Self-nominations are welcome. Please send nominations, with the subject line AMSS 2022 Distinguished Career Award Nomination, by March 1, 2022 to the Committee Chair: Pamela Paxton, [email protected]
 
 
Outstanding Published Book Award  
Deadline: March 1, 2022  
Contact: Deniz Yucel, William Patterson University  
The Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section of the ASA is seeking nominations for the 2022 Outstanding Published Book Award. This award is given annually to the author(s) of a theoretical analysis, research monograph, or reader published in the last five years (2017-2021) that increases knowledge and understanding of altruism, morality, and/or social solidarity. Nominations must include the book itself and a brief statement regarding the merits of the book. Self-nominations are welcome. A single author or one of the coauthors must be a current AMSS section member. Send the nomination letter and a PDF of the book, with the subject line AMSS 2022 Book Award Nomination, by March 1, 2022 to the Committee Chair: Deniz Yucel, [email protected]  
 
If a digital copy of the book is unavailable, please mail copies of the book to the committee: 
James Cavendish                                           
11304 Marjory Ave.              
Tampa, FL 33612                                      
 
Landon Schnabel 
323 Uris Hall 
Cornell University 
Department of Sociology
Ithica, NY 14853 
 
Deniz Yucel 
William Patterson University 
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
300 Pompton Rd, 457 Raubinger Hall
Wayne, NJ 07470 
 
Outstanding Published Article Award
Deadline: March 1, 2022
Contact: Steve Benard, Indiana University
The Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section of the ASA is seeking nominations for the 2022 Outstanding Published Article Award. This award is given annually to the author(s) of a peer-reviewed research or theoretical journal article published in the last three years (2019 - present) that increases knowledge and understanding of altruism, morality, and/or social solidarity. Nominations must include a PDF copy of the article and a brief statement regarding the merits of the article. Self-nominations are welcome. Multiple authored papers are eligible for the award. Co-author teams involving graduate students are eligible if the paper is not also under review for the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. A single author or one of the coauthors must be a current AMSS section member. send nominations, with the subject line AMSS 2022 Article Award Nomination, by March 1, 2022 to the Committee Chair: Steve Benard, [email protected]
 
Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Deadline: March 1, 2022
Contact: Bin Xu, Emory University
The Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section of the ASA is seeking nominations for the 2022 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award. This award is given annually to the author(s) of a research or theoretical paper that increases knowledge and understanding of altruism, morality, and/or social solidarity and that has been (a) presented at a regional, national, or international professional meeting, or (b) published, or submitted for publication, in a journal during the two preceding calendar years (2020-2021). Authors of eligible papers must be graduate students at the time of the paper submission. Multiple authored papers are eligible for the award if all authors are graduate students. Self-nominations are welcome. A single author or one of the coauthors must be a current AMSS section member. Please send nominations, with the subject line AMSS 2022 Graduate Paper Award Nomination, by March 1, 2022 to the Committee Chair: Bin Xu, [email protected]
 
 
 

Civic Sociology Call for Papers. The Quest for Normativity: Challenges and New Directions in Social Research
www.civicsociology.org/
A number of normative turns have arguably taken place in recent decades within social research. From the capabilities approach to moral anthropology, from the anti-utilitarian movement in the social sciences to feminism, and from critical realism to the sociology and ethics of care -- numerous authors and research communities have argued for the desirability and need of bringing together social inquiry and ethical reflection. Be it through calling for a normative branch of sociology, seeing sociology as moral philosophy, or bringing practical reason to the core of sociological practice, there exist numerous ways to rethink what Albert O. Hirschman called the “durable tension” between moral argumentation and explanation in social science.
Civic Sociology aims to be a forum for the cultivation of normative inquiry within the discipline, and to offer a space for the many conversations that different ethical turns have spurred. In order to contribute to this vision, this call for papers invites contributions from across the social sciences and humanities that address questions related to the challenges and opportunities derived from these different normative turns. It also welcomes papers that reflect on the history of ethical reflection within social research, and on the possible futures opened by different forms of ethical engagement in the social sciences.
History.
How to make sense of the history of normative engagement within social research? What histories remain to be told?
Challenges and future directions.
How to respond to Andrew Abbott’s call to develop a normative branch of sociology? What are the challenges for the realization of this vision and how to address them?
Pedagogy.
How best to cultivate ethical literacy among social researchers and their students?
Politics and Praxis.
What has been the role of ethical reflection within the social research landscape during recent struggles/movements for social justice, such as Black Lives Matter? What is the link between ethical inquiry and political praxis?
Institutions.
What institutional environments have facilitated/obstructed the cultivation of normative reasoning within different social scientific disciplines and national contexts?

Submission of papers
If you are interested in contributing to this call, please submit an abstracts of around 250 words to Rubén Flores [email protected] and Elisabeth Becker at [email protected] no later than 30 November 2021. Articles will be peer reviewed. Accepted contributions will become part of a special collection on normative reasoning within the journal. It is expected that papers will appear in the course of 2022 and the first half of 2023. Please note: Papers accepted for publication before mid-2022 will be exempt from article processing charges (APC) and will be open access free of charge.

Social Psychology Quarterly Call for Papers
Special Issue on Race, Racism, and Discrimination to be edited by: Corey D. Fields, Verna M. Keith, and Justine E. Tinkler

In 2003, SPQ published a special issue edited by Dr. Lawrence Bobo on the social psychology of race, racism, and discrimination. We are organizing a 20th anniversary special issue on the same topic to appear in 2023. This special issue calls for papers that seek to understand the social psychological processes that shape and are shaped by racialized social structures. We understand race to be a social construction and are open to papers that conceive of race as an independent or dependent variable. We invite empirical articles that employ quantitative and/or qualitative methods as well as theoretical articles that make important contributions to social psychological knowledge. Data collection may be conducted in the field, online, or in the laboratory, and investigations can occur at one or multiple levels of analysis. We are particularly interested in research that includes groups that have been historically underrepresented in research on race and racism (e.g., indigenous populations) and that examines social psychological processes in racialized institutions like the family, criminal justice system, education system, and in healthcare. The social psychology of race, racism, and discrimination includes but is not limited to the following topics:

• Discrimination and bias Identity
• Intergroup relations Social cognition
• Implicit and explicit racial attitudes Power and status
• Social networks and social capital Intersectionality
• Processes underlying health disparities Health and well-being
• Emotions Interaction
• Trust and social cohesion Collective action

Full papers should be submitted at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/spq by January 15, 2022. See ‘‘Notice for Contributors’’ for the submission requirements. Please indicate in a cover letter that the paper is to be considered for the special issue on “Race,Racism, and Discrimination”.

For more information on the special issue, please feel free to contact our editorial office ([email protected]) or the special issue editors, Corey D. Fields ([email protected]), Verna M. Keith ([email protected]), and Justine Tinkler ([email protected]).