The W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award is given annually by the American Sociological Association to a scholar among its members, whose cumulative body of work constitutes a significant contribution to the advancement of sociology.[1] Formerly called simply the Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, the award was renamed in 2006 to honor pioneering American sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois.[2][3]
List of recipients[edit]
- 1980 – Robert K. Merton
- 1981 – Everett C. Hughes
- 1982 – Kingsley Davis
- 1983 – Herbert Blumer
- 1984 – Morris Janowitz
- 1985 – Reinhard Bendix
- 1986 – Edward A. Shils
- 1987 – Wilbert E. Moore
- 1988 – George C. Homans
- 1989 – Jessie Bernard
- 1990 – Robin M. Williams Jr.
- 1991 – Mirra Komarovsky
- 1992 – Daniel Bell
- 1993 – Joan Acker
- 1994 – Lewis A. Coser
- 1995 – Leo Goodman
- 1996 – Peter Blau
- 1997 – William H. Sewell
- 1998 – Howard S. Becker
- 1999 – Dorothy E. Smith
- 2000 – Seymour Martin Lipset
- 2001 – William Foote Whyte
- 2002 – Gerhard Lenski
- 2003 – Immanuel Wallerstein
- 2004 – Arthur Stinchcombe
- 2005 – Charles Tilly and Charles V. Willie
- 2006 – Herbert J. Gans
- 2007 – Joseph Berger
- 2008 – Barbara Reskin
- 2009 – Sheldon Stryker
- 2010 – Alejandro Portes
- 2011 – Harrison White
- 2012 – William A. Gamson
- 2013 – Joe Feagin
- 2014 – William Julius Wilson
- 2015 – John W. Meyer
- 2016 – Glen Elder
- 2017 – Patricia Hill Collins
- 2018 – Elijah Anderson
- 2019 – Harvey L. Molotch
- 2020 - Aldon Morris
- 2021 - Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
- 2022 - Mary Romero
- 2023 - Viviana A. Zelizer
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award". American Sociological Association. Retrieved March 20, 2024.
- ^ "Members Propose Resolution to Rename ASA Awards". www.asanet.org. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
- ^ "Background on Proposed Name Change for ASA's Distinguished Scholarship Award". www.asanet.org. Retrieved 2017-11-07.