Officers

  • Chair: Kristin Plys, University of Toronto 
  • Chair-Elect: Jeff Goodwin, New York University
  • Past Chair: Brendan McQuade, University of Southern Maine
  • Section Secretary: Nada Matta, Drexel University
  • Section Treasurer: Zachary Levenson, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Student Representative: Umaima Miraj, University of Toronto

Section Council

  • David Embrick, University of Connecticut
  • Christina Ergas, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Zeynep Gonen, Framingham State University
  • Sahan Savas Karatasli, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
  • Roberto J. Ortiz, California State University, Long Beach 
  • Intan Suwandi, Illinois State University

Awards Committees

See instructions for submission of nominations under each award description. 

Marxist Sociology 

The Lifetime Achievement Award 
The Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes distinguished career achievement in Marxist Sociology. Nominators should send a letter stating the case for the nominee winning the award and attach a copy of the nominee’s vitae. The award is for a body of work of sociological importance in the area of Marxist theory and research. In accordance with ASA policies, the recipient must be a current member of the association at the time the award is given to receive the award. The deadline for nominations is February 29, 2024.

Please send inquiries and final nomination materials to the chair, Brendan McQuade, at (brendan.mcquade@maine.edu), and cc’ all committee members.

Lifetime Achievement Committee for 2024:

 

The Marxist Sociology Teaching and Praxis Award
The Marxist Sociology Teaching and Praxis Award recognizes outstanding integration of theory and practice in the promotion and achievement of social change through teaching and scholarship by sociologists. We look for nominees who have excellent accomplishments in teaching Marxist sociology and/or have successfully blended Marxist scholarship with activism. This may involve (but is not limited to) activism, organizing, and/or outreach to encourage/facilitate social change. Nominations should include a letter of support for the nominee and other supporting materials. Self-nominations are acceptable but nominations by others are highly recommended.

Supporting materials include:

  • CV
  • Teaching materials (such as syllabi, and teaching statements, and creative assignments geared towards public engagements) and public scholarship materials especially materials geared towards the public and progressive movements.
  • At least one letter from a former student or mentee and or community organizations and social movements.
  • Any other supporting materials such as news articles or local or national news coverage.

The deadline for receipt of all materials is March 1, 2024. Please send materials to all committee members.

The Marxist Sociology Teaching and Praxis Award Committee for 2024:

 

Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award 2023

The Sweezy Book Award goes to the author(s) of the best book published in the past two years in the area of Marxist theory and research.  The committee will select the book that best demonstrates the most thoughtful, competent, or innovative analysis of a theoretical, empirical, or activist issue(s) that is germane to Marxism, Marxist sociology, and Marxist praxis.  Nominations are being sought for books that were published in 2022 or 2023. In accordance with ASA policies, the recipient must be a current member of the association at the time the award is given to receive the award.

Instructions for nominating books: Step 1) Submit nomination by email. This should include standard bibliographic information about the work and a brief comment on its merits. Please send your nomination to the committee chair, Jeff Goodwin at: (jgoodwin.nyu@gmail.com), and cc’ all committee members Dylan Riley (riley@berkeley.edu), and Kevan Harris (kevanharris@gmail.com).

Step 2) In addition to the nomination, a copy of the book must be sent to each of the committee members. The address for each committee member is given below. The deadline for receipt of all material is February 29, 2023.

The Paul Sweezy Marxist Sociology Book Award Committee for 2024 is below. Make sure to mail a copy of the book to each committee member.

Jeff Goodwin (jgoodwin.nyu@gmail.com)
383 Lafayette St. 2nd floor
New York, NY 10003

Dylan Riley (riley@berkeley.edu)
University of California
Department of Sociology
410 Barrows Hall (1980)
Berkeley, CA 94720-1980

Kevan Harris (kevanharris@gmail.com)
284 Haines Hall
375 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095

 

The Outstanding Marxist Sociology Article Award
The Outstanding Marxist Sociology Article Award goes to the author(s) of the best article published in the past two years in the area of Marxist theory and research. The Committee will select the article that best demonstrates the most thoughtful, competent, or innovative analysis of a theoretical, empirical, or activist issue(s) that is germane to Marxism, Marxist Sociology, and Marxist Praxis. We encourage nomination of a wide range of papers, including, for example, those incorporating an intersectional analytic approach and/or integrative theoretical framework to the study of conflict, class, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, and/or citizenship status. In accordance with ASA policies, the recipient must be a current member of the association at the time the award is given to receive the award. Nominees should also be members of the Marxist Sociology Section.

Please send nominations to chair Christopher Shane Elliott (elliottc@uncw.edu), and cc’ all committee members. Nominations should include an attached document with brief comment on the merits of the published article (2022 or 2023) and a .pdf copy of the article. The deadline for receipt of all materials is February 29, 2023.

The Outstanding Marxist Sociology Article Award Committee for 2024:

Chair: Christopher Shane Elliott (elliottc@uncw.edu) 
Steven Osuna (steven.osuna@csulb.edu) 
Yige Dong (yigedong@buffalo.edu)

 

The Albert Szymanski-T.R. Young Marxist Sociology Graduate Student Paper Award

The Albert Szymanski-T.R. Young Marxist Sociology Graduate Student Paper Award is presented to the author(s) of the best graduate student paper drawing on a Marxist theoretical framework. The competition is open to papers written or published online or in print during the period January 2021 to December 2023. Papers should be roughly 25 pages in length, not including tables, figures, charts, or references. The committee will accept sole-authored and multiple-authored papers as long as the applicant is lead or senior author. No student-faculty collaborations can be accepted. In accordance with ASA policies, the recipient must be a current member of the association at the time the award is given. The committee will select the paper that demonstrates the most thoughtful, competent, or innovative analysis of a theoretical, empirical, or activist issue(s) that is germane to Marxism, Marxist Sociology, or Marxist Praxis. The award includes a prize of $250 to be split between multiple authors.

The deadline for submissions is February 29, 2024. All submissions must be sent electronically to the entire committee, while questions should be sent to the chair Lloyd Klein (lklein@lagcc.cuny.edu).

Albert Szymanski-T.R. Young Marxist Sociology Graduate Student Paper Award Committee for 2024:

Chair: Lloyd Klein (lklein@lagcc.cuny.edu)
Michael Stephens (michael.stephens@lr.edu) 
David Feldman (dfeldman@oberlin.edu)