Call for Nominations: Section on Labor and Labor Movements Distinguished Student Paper Award, Co-Sponsored by Critical Sociology 
The Labor and Labor Movements section sponsors the Distinguished Student Paper Award, Co-Sponsored by Critical Sociology as an award for the best paper written by a graduate student in the previous year. Published papers, papers under review, and unpublished article-length manuscripts are eligible. The paper must have been written between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012, and the author must have been enrolled as a graduate student at the time the paper was written. The winner receives $500 ($250 of which is funded by Critical Sociology). The winning paper and runners-up will receive editorial feedback from the committee and are encouraged to submit the paper to Critical Sociology for the standard review process.  All methodological orientations and substantive topics related to labor and/or labor movements are welcome.Section members are encouraged to self-nominate and faculty to encourage graduate students to submit promising work.  Nominations must include an electronic copy of the paper and must be sent no later than April 1, 2013 to the Distinguished Student Paper Award, Co-sponsored by Critical Sociology  committee chair, Nancy Plankey-Videla atplankeyvidela@tamu.edu.

Call for Nominations: Section on Labor and Labor Movements Distinguished Scholarly Article Award
The Labor and Labor Movements section gives an annual award for the Distinguished Scholarly Article. For 2013, the distinguished scholarly article award will go to the best article published between January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2012. The article is open to both qualitative and quantitative orientations and can reflect work that is U.S.-based or global in scope.Section members are strongly urged to nominate articles for the prize. Self-nominations are always welcomed. All nominations must be received no later than March 31, 2013. Please send all nominations to the chair of the awards committee, Belinda Lum at bclum1974@gmail.com.

Call for Nominations: Section on Labor and Labor Movements Distinguished Scholarly Book Award
The LLM's section's book award goes to what the Book Award Committee judges "the best book published in the sociology of work, the labor process, the working class, labor unions, or working class movements, based on original research."  To qualify, the book must have been published between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2012.  You may nominate more than one book.  Please send your nomination(s) to the committee Chair, Ian Robinson, at eian@umich.edu, no later than January 15, 2013.

The New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences at Arizona State University invites applications for the tenure track position of Assistant Professor in Sociology with an emphasis on structures of class inequality. Applicants must have expertise in class inequality in global contexts, including the U.S. Of particular interest are scholars who explore inequality from an historic, comparative, extended case and/or institutional ethnographic methods in their research. To qualify applicants must have a PhD in Sociology by August, 2013, evidence of an ongoing research program and level of publication consistent with experience, and evidence of successful college/university teaching.   

Application procedure: Send the following items electronically to Jamie Howell at NewCollegeJobs@asu.edu: 1) a letter of application, 2) a current curriculum vitae, 3) three samples of scholarly work; 4) teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching accomplishment; and 5) the names and contact information for three references (references will not be contacted without candidate notification). Application deadline is January 7, 2013; if not filled, applications will be reviewed weekly thereafter until the search is closed. For complete application information and requirements see http://newcollege.asu.edu/jobs. Arizona State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.  ASU’s complete non-discrimination statement may be found at:  https://www.asu.edu/titleIX.