Distinguished Scholarly Book Award DEADLINE: 2/1/2017
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, 2015 and December 31, 2016. No more than two book nominations per person. Please send your nomination(s) to the committee chair, Jeff Sallaz at jsallaz@email.arizona.edu, no later than February 1, 2017.
Distinguished Scholarly Article Award DEADLINE: 3/01/2017
The LLM section is sponsoring the Distinguished Scholarly Article Award for outstanding scholarship for the best article published between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016. 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 welcome. All nominations must be received no later than March 1, 2017. Please send all nominations to the chair of the award committee, Joshua Bloom at joshuabloom@pitt.edu.
Distinguished Student Paper Award DEADLINE: 3/01/2017
The LLM section is sponsoring the Distinguished Student Paper Award for the best paper written by a graduate student between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2016, who was enrolled at the time the paper was written. Eligible papers: published papers, papers under review, and unpublished article-length manuscripts. Winners of the student paper award in the previous 3 years are ineligible. The winner receives $300. All methodological orientations and substantive topics related to labor and/or labor movements are welcome. Section members may self-nominate, and faculty should encourage graduate students to submit promising work. Nominations must include an electronic copy of
the paper and must be sent no later than March 1, 2017 to the Distinguished Student Paper Award committee chair, Penny Lewis, at Penny.Lewis@cuny.edu.