Author of "Above the Fray:The RC & the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector"&"Moral Minefields:How Sociologists Debate Good Science" (U Chicago Press). Harvard sociologist.
Shai M. Dromi
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4. Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Award Winner: Ludovico Genovese, “College Majors and Cooperative Behavior: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Sweden’s Centralized College Admission System.”
Award committee: Ashley Harrell (Chair), Mira Vale, Angelina Grigoryeva, and Weirong Guo.
2. Outstanding Published Book Award
Award Winner: Martin Eirmann, The Limiting Principle: How Privacy Became a Public Issue (2025, Columbia University Press)
Honorable Mention: Talia Shiff, “Asylum Decision-Making Under Trump: Shared Aspirations for Moral Realignment as a Mechanism of Moral Boundary Work in Times of Crisis.” American Journal of Sociology 131(4): 829–867.
Committee: Joshua Doyle (Chair), Owen Abbott, Greg Wurm, and Jiwon Yun.
Excited to share the ASA Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section's 2026 award winners:
1. Distinguished Career Award
Ann Swidler, University of California, Berkeley
Award committee: Francesca Polletta (chair), Philip Gorski, and Jennifer Reich.
3. Outstanding Published Article Award
Award Winner: Wan-Zi Lu, “Rationality or Relationality in Life and Death: Regulating Organ Donation in Singapore and Taiwan.” American Sociological Review 90(5): 848–878
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Honorable Mention: Gabriel Abend, Words and Distinctions for the Common Good: Practical Reason in the Logic of Social Science (2023, Princeton University Press)
Award committee: Larry Au (Chair), Galen Watts, Elfriede Wedam, and Wes Markofski.
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Thursday, May 14 • 12 PM - 1 PM EDT - Join us in the Culture and Contemporary Life Series to explore the role of political culture in democratic and authoritarian states! "Culture of Democracy and Authoritarianism" Signup link in first comment.
