Community and Urban Sociology

CUSS Outstanding Book Award

This award goes to the author(s) of the best book published in the previous 2 years (2023/24). Submit nominations using CUSS’s page for award submissions, here. Also, mail a hard copy of the book to each committee member (addresses will appear in the nomination form).

Book Award Committee:
Committee Chair: Tanya Golash Boza, tanyaboza@gmail.com
Robert Durán, rjduran@tamu.edu
Nate Ela, nate.ela@temple.edu
Janini Selzer, jselzer@hamilton.edu

Jane Addams Article Award

The Jane Addams Award goes to the author(s) of the best scholarly article in community and urban sociology published in the previous 2 years (2023/2024). Submit nominations using CUSS’s page for award submissions, here.

Jane Addams Article Award Committee:
Committee Co-Chair: Christof Brandtner, brandtner@em-lyon.com
Committee Co-Chair: Jan Doering, jan.doering@utoronto.ca
Luis Nuño, lnuno3@calstatela.edu
Emily Walton, Emily.C.Walton@dartmouth.edu
Kasey Zapatka, kaseyzapatka@berkeley.edu 

Community and Urban Sociology Graduate Student Paper Award

The CUSS Student Paper award goes to the student author of the paper the committee regards as the best graduate student paper in community and urban sociology. The award is granted to current graduate students for papers completed, published or forthcoming in 2023-2024 . Submit nominations using CUSS’s page for award submissions, here.

Community and Urban Sociology Graduate Student Paper Award Committee:
Committee Chair: Jeremy Levine, levinejr@umich.edu
Anna Fox, annafox@uchicago.edu
Whitney Gecker, whitney.gecker@mcla.edu
Jaleh Jalili, jj70@rice.edu
Lacee Satcher, satcher@bc.edu

CUSS Early Career Award

The Early Career Award recognizes members, who are within 10 years of their PhD,for interdisciplinary contributions, innovation and creativity, and mentorship. Submit nominations using CUSS’s page for award submissions, here.

CUSS Early Career Award Committee:
Committee Chair: Elena Vesselinov, elena.vesselinov@gmail.com
Jerome Hodos, jerome.hodos@fandm.edu
Mervyn Horgan, mhorgan@uoguelph.ca
Ian Kennedy, ikennedy@uic.edu

CUSS Publicly Engaged Research Award

This award recognizes community and urban sociologists who use their research to make significant and meaningful contributions to public debates, public policy, and/or communities. Submit nominations using CUSS’s page for award submissions, here.

CUSS Publicly Engaged Scholar Award Committee:
Committee Chair: Jeni Cross, jeni@innosphere.org
Brandon Alston, alston.113@osu.edu
JoAnne DeRouen, jo.derouen@louisiana.edu
Derek Hyra, hyra@american.edu

Click here to access Community and Urban Sociology’s page for award submissions. Nominations are open through March 1, 2025