We are proud to announce that U-M has been well-represented in annual awards granted by the American Sociological Association (ASA). This year, U-M faculty and graduate students received recognition for their work in multiple research areas, such as economic sociology, law, urban sociology, religion, sex & gender, public policy, and more.
Here is the full list of U-M constituents who received awards or honorable mention this year:
2026 U-M ASA Award Winners
ASA Dissertation Award
Erin Ice — Dissertation Award
“My Mother's Keeper: The Singularity of Caregiving in the U.S.”
Dissertation Committee: Sarah Burgard, Alexandra Murphy, Roi Livne, Celeste Watkins-Hayes
Section Awards
Community and Urban Sociology: Jane Addams Article Award (Honorable Mention)
Robert Manduca, "Tax Base Fragmentation as a Dimension of Metropolitan Inequality." Socio-Economic Review, 24(1):331-362, 2025.
Crime, Law, and Deviance: James F. Short Jr. Distinuished Article Award
Jeremy R. Levine, “Whose Victimization Pays? Policing Innocent Victimhood in Victim Compensation Law.” Law and Society Review, 59(4): 785-821, 2025.
Economic Sociology: Granovetter Award for Best Article in Economic Sociology
Greta R. Krippner, “Gendered Market Devices: The Persistence of Gender Discrimination in Insurance Markets.” American Journal of Sociology, 130(3): 595-643, 2024.
Economic Sociology: Granovetter Award for Best Article in Economic Sociology (Honorable Mention)
Robert Manduca, "Tax Base Fragmentation as a Dimension of Metropolitan Inequality." Socio-Economic Review, 24(1):331-362, 2025.
Organizations, Occupations, and Work: Richard Scott Article Award
Christopher I. Rider, James B. Wade, Anand Swaminathan, and Andreas Schwab, “Racial Disparity in Leadership: Evidence of Valuative Bias in the Promotions of National Football League Coaches.” American Journal of Sociology, 129(1): 227-275, 2023.
Politcal Sociology: Theda Skocpol Dissertation Award
Leydy Diossa-Jimenez, “Political Violence, Exile, and Mobilization from Abroad: The Approval of Emigrant Political Rights in Argentina and Colombia (1970–1991)” 2024.
Sociology of Culture: Clifford Geertz Prize for Best Article (Honorable Mention)
Andreas Wimmer, Seungwon Lee, Jack LaViolette, “Diffusion Through Multiple Domains: The Spread of Romantic Nationalism Across Europe, 1770-1930.” American Journal of Sociology, 130(4), 2025.
Sociology of Religion: Distinguished Article Award
Jaeuun Kim, “Getting Saved from Illegality and Unbelief? Religious Asylum, Migration Dreams, and Christian Conversion.” Migration Studies, 13(3), 2025.
Sociology of Sex and Gender: Distinguished Article Award
Greta R. Krippner, “Gendered Market Devices: The Persistence of Gender Discrimination in Insurance Markets.” American Journal of Sociology, 130(3): 595-643, 2024.
Sociology of Sex and Gender (Honorable Mention)
Jun Zhou, “Doing Data, Doing Gender: How Gendered AI Is Produced through an Optimization Loop.” Big Data & Society, 13(2), 2026.
Sociological Practice and Public Sociology: Robert Dentler Student Practitioner Award
Erykah Benson and Jasmine Simington
Congratulations to all who received awards for their dedication to our field!
