MSS Award Winners
Midwest Sociological Society Departmental Award for Teaching Excellence
Sociology Department of Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Midwest Sociological Society Jane Addams Award
Dr. Pamela Forman, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Midwest Sociological Society The Sociological Quarterly Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award
Dr. Danny Kaplan, Director of Masculinity Track, Program for Gender Studies, Bar Ilan University, Israel, for his article, “Folk Models of Dyadic Male Bonds in Israeli Culture.” Read Kaplan's article here.
Midwest Sociological Society Distinguished Book Award
- Wannabes, Goths, and Christians: The Boundaries of Sex, Style, and Status, by Amy Wilkins, University of Colorado – Boulder.
- Postindustrial Peasants: The Illusion of Middle-Class Prosperity, by Kevin Leicht, The University of Iowa; and Scott Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Winners of the Midwest Sociological Society’s Student Paper Competition Awards - Undergraduate Division:
- First Place - Alex C. Park, Macalester College
- Second Place - Jennifer Barnes, Macalester College.
- Third Place - Chen-Yu (Andy) Wu, Macalester College.
Winners of the Midwest Sociological Society’s Student Paper Competition Awards - Graduate Division:
- First place - Marc Eaton, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Second place - Zachary P. Neal, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Third place - Ervin R. Matthew, The Ohio State University.