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6 unusual facts about American Sociological Association


Arland Thornton

In 1995 Thornton's book Social Change and the Family in Taiwan received both the William J. Goode Book Award and the Otis Dudley Duncan Award from the American Sociological Association.

ASA style

Standards for ASA style are specified in the ASA Style Guide, which is published by the American Sociological Association, the main scholarly organization for academic sociologists in the United States.

Immanuel Wallerstein

In 2003 he received the Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award from the American Sociological Association.

Martin S. Weinberg

In 2002 he received the Simon-Gagnon Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Sexualities from the American Sociological Association.

Matilda White Riley

From 1949 to 1960 she served as the Executive Officer of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and later became the 77th President of the Association.

Sally Hacker

The American Sociological Association awards a graduate student paper award each year in her memory.


Martin King Whyte

He is active in the American Sociological Association, Association for Asian Studies, Sociological Research Association, Population Association of America, National Committee for U.S. China Relations.


see also

Alfred Lee

Alfred McClung Lee (1903–1992), American sociologist, past president of American Sociological Association

David C. Stark

Stark won the 2009 W. Richard Scott Award for Distinguished Scholarship from the American Sociological Association for his paper, “Social Times of Network Spaces” (with Balazs Vedres), which appeared in American Journal of Sociology (2006).