Awards and Distinctions
The George Herbert Mead Award for Lifetime Achievement
- 2009
- Joseph Kotarba
- 2008
- Spencer Cahill
- 2007
- Lonnie Athens
- 2006
- Kathy Charmaz
- 2005
- Clark McPhail
- David Altheide
- 2004
- Douglas Mitchell
- 2003
- Gary Alan Fine
- 2002
- John Johnson
- 2001
- Lyn H. Lofland
- 2000
- Sheldon Stryker
- 1999
- David Maines
- 1998
- Robert S. Perinbanayagam
- 1997
- Norman Denzin
- 1996
- Virginia Olesen
- 1995
- John Lofland
- 1994
- Peter Hall
- 1993
- Helena Znaiecki Lopata
- 1992
- Carl Couch
- 1991
- Joseph Gusfield
- 1990
- Ralph Turner
- 1989
- Jacqueline Wiseman
- 1988
- Louis Zurcher
- 1987
- Howard S. Becker
- 1986
- Tamotsu Shibutani
- 1985
- Anselm Strauss
- 1984
- Stanford Lyman
- 1983
- Erving Goffman
- 1982
- Kenneth Burke
- 1981
- Everett Hughes
- 1980
- Gregory Stone
- 1979
- Alfred Lindesmith
- 1978
- Herbert Blumer
- Issei Misumi
The Charles Horton Cooley Award for Recent Book or Article
- 2009
- Carolyn Ellis, Revision: Autoethnographic Reflections on Life and Work. Walnut Creek, CA: Left Coast Press, 2009.
- 2008
- Gary Alan Fine, Authors of the Storm: Meteorologists and the Culture of Prediction. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
- 2007
- David Altheide, Terrorism and the Politics of Fear. Lanham, MD: AltaMira, 2006.
- 2006
- Adele E. Clarke, Situational Analysis: Grounded Theory After the Postmodern Turn. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2005.
Joseph E. Davis, Accounts of Innocence: Sexual Abuse, Trauma and Self. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2005. - 2005
- Jennifer Dunn, Courting Disaster: Intimate Stalking, Culture and Criminal Justice. New York, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 2002.
- 2004
- David Altheide, Creating Fear: News and the Construction of Crisis. New York, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 2002.
- 2003
- Stanford Lyman, Roads to Dystopia: Sociological Essays on the Postmodern Condition. Fayetteville, AS: University of Arkansas Press, 2001.
- 2002
- Richard G. Mitchell, Dancing at Armageddon: Survivalism and Chaos in Modern Times. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2001.
- 2001
- Robert Perinbanayagam, The Presence of Self. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2000.
- 2000
- Clinton R. Sanders, Understanding Dogs: Living and Working with Canine Companions. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1999.
- 1999
- Gary Alan Fine, Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1998.
- 1998
- Laurel Richardson, Fields of Play: Constructing an Academic Life. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1997.
- 1997
- Arnold Arluke and Clinton Sanders, Regarding Animals. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1996.
- 1996
- David Karp, Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection and the Meaning of Illness. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1996.
- 1995
- Ruth Horowitz, Teen Mothers: Citizens or Dependents? Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1995.
- David Goode, A World Without Words: The Social Construction of Children Born Deaf and Blind. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1994.
- 1994
- Donileen Loseke, The Battered Woman and Shelters: The Social Construction of Wife Abuse. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 1992.
- Special recognition:
Irwin Deutscher, Fred P. Pestello and Frances G. Pestello, Sentiments and Acts. New York, NY: Aldine de Gruyter, 1993. - 1993
- David Snow and Leon Anderson, Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1993.
- 1992
- Kathy Charmaz, Good Days, Bad Days: The Self in Chronic Illness and Time. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 1991.
- 1991
- Joel Best, Threatened Children: Rhetoric and Concern About Child-Victims. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1990.
- 1990
- John P. Hewitt, Dilemmas of the American Self. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1989.
- Honourable mention:
Peter K. Manning, Symbolic Communication: Signifying Calls and the Police Response. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1988. - 1989
- Jack Katz, Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil. New York, NY: Basic Books, 1988.
- Honourable mention:
John Van Maanen, Tales of the Field: On Writing Ethnography. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1988. - 1988
- Norman Denzin, The Alcoholic Self. Newbury Park, CA: Sage, 1997.
- 1987
- Patrick Biernacki, Pathways from Heroin Addiction: Recovery Without Treatment. Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 1986.
- Honourable mention:
Patricia A. Adler, Wheeling and Dealing: An Ethnography of an Upper-Level Drug Dealing and Smuggling Community. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1985. - 1986
- David Altheide, Media Power. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage, 1985.
- 1985
- Kristen Luker, Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1984.
- 1984
- Arlie Hochschild, The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1983.
- 1983
- Joseph Gusfield, The Culture of Public Problems: Drinking-Driving and the Symbolic Order. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1981.
- 1981
- Peter Conrad and Joseph Schneider, Deviance and Medicalization: From Badness to Sickness. St Louis, MO: Mosby, 1980.
- 1980
- Howard S. Becker, for significant contributions to the perspective
- 1979
- Anselm Strauss, Negotiations: Varieties, Contexts, Processes and Social Order. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1978
- 1978
- Ralph Turner, ‘The Real Self: From Institution to Impulse’, American Journal of Sociology, 81(5): 989–1016, 1976.
- Ralph Turner, ‘The Role and the Person’, American Journal of Sociology, 84(1): 1–23, 1978.
The Herbert Blumer Graduate Student Paper Award
- 2009
- Raymond Garrett-Peters
- 2008
- Eric C. Bonds
- 2007
- Ken Kolb
- 2006
- Margaret Leaf
- Honourable mention:
Annie Wagganer - 2005
- Elly Teman
Avi Shoshana - 2004
- Amy Leisenring
- 2003
- Rob Gardner
- 2002
- Hilary Smith
- 2001
- Adina L. Nack
- Honourable mentions:
Scott R. Harris
Tony Puddephatt - 2000
- Alice Fothergill
- 1999
- Penny Phillips
- 1998
- Jennifer Lois
- 1997
- Leslie Irvine
Joanna Gregson - 1996
- Daphne Holden
- 1995
- Jessica Fields
- Honourable mention:
Stefan Timmermans - 1994
- Joseph Hopper
- 1993
- Carol Rambo-Ronai
- 1992
- Lori Ducharme
- 1991
- Jody Miller
- 1990
- J. David Brown
- 1989
- Kent Sandstrom
- 1988
- Martha Copp
- 1987
- Elisabeth Schillinger
- 1986
- Judi Miller
- 1985
- Steve Worden
- 1983
- William L. Tam
- 1981
- Spencer Cahill
Wendy Espeland
Bill Gronfein - 1980
- Diane Bjorkland
Monica Hardesty - 1979
- Claire Fraser Holt
- 1978
- David Unruh
The Mentor Excellence Award
- 2009
- John M. Johnson
- 2008
- Viktor Gecas, Purdue University
- 2007
- David Altheide, Arizona State University
- 2006
- Michael Schwalbe, North Carolina State University
- 2005
- Peter Adler, University of Denver
- 2004
- Patti Adler, University of Colorado
- 2003
- Patricia Ticineto Clough, City University of New York
- 2002
- Adele Clarke, University of California at San Francisco
Sherryl Kleinman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - 2001
- Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State University
- 2000
- Carolyn Ellis, University of South Florida
Virginia Olesen, University of California at San Francisco - 1999
- Helena Znaiecki Lopata, Loyola University
Laurel Richardson, Ohio State University - 1998
- Lyn Lofland, University of California at Davis
Barrie Thorne, University of California at Berkeley - 1997
- Mary Lou Dietz, University of Windsor
Dorothy Smith, University of Toronto
SSSI Annual Meetings Distinguished Lecturers
- 2009
- Eviatar Zerubavel
- 2008
- Karin Knorr-Cetina
- 2007
- Gary Cook
- 2006
- Norman Denzin
- 2005
- Clark McPhail
- 2004
- Christine Williams
- 2003
- Irwin Deutscher
- 2002
- Elijah Anderson
- 2001
- Stanford Lyman
- 2000
- Joane Nagel
- 1999
- Jaber Gubrium
- 1998
- Laurel Richardson
- 1997
- Joel Best
- 1996
- Peter Hall
- 1995
- Arthur Vidich
- 1994
- Carl Couch
- 1993
- Ralph Turner
- 1992
- John Johnson
- 1991
- Rom Harré
- 1990
- Harvey Farberman
- 1989
- Jack Douglas
- 1988
- Lyn Lofland
- 1987
- William Gamson
- 1986
- Howard S. Becker
- 1985
- Louis Zurcher
- 1984
- Robert Perinbanayagam
- 1983
- Morris Rosenberg
- 1982
- Guy E. Swanson
- 1981
- Fred Davis
- 1980
- Lillian Rubin
- 1979
- Alfred Lindesmith
- 1978
- Herbert Blumer
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