LAST MINUTE REMAINDER DEADLINE APPROACHING Call for Nominations 1. CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award 2. CITASA Paper Award 3. CITASA Student Paper Award 4. CITASA Book AWARd 5. CITASA Public Sociology Award See Descriptions below Section on Communication and Information Technologies (CITASA) American Sociological Association DEADLINE: February 7, 2010 Nominations should be sent directly to the Chair of the relevant award committee. Self- nominations are welcome. CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award Recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Committee Chair: Barry Wellman, University of Toronto. (wellman@chass.utoronto.ca), Members: Anabel Quan-Haase (University of Western Ontario) Keith Hampton, (University of Pennsylvania). CITASA Paper Award Recognizes an outstanding published paper or book chapter related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Submissions must be in English and published within the two calendar years prior to the award nomination deadline. There are no limitations on length. Authors do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. Committee Chair: Karine Barzilai-Nahon, University of Washington. karineb@u.washington.edu Members: Gina Neff (University of Washington); Phil Howard (University of Washington) Student Paper Award Recognizes a published or unpublished paper/book chapter, or the design or use of a communication or information technology that provides an exceptional contribution to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. The award is open to students in other disciplines than sociology. Students do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. Authorship: Books, chapters, articles, papers and computing applications may have multiple authors. In the case of student-faculty collaborations, the student must be the lead or senior author. Authors need not have a degree in sociology or be in a sociology department to be considered for an award. Submissions must be in English and written within the two calendar years prior to the award deadline for nominations. There are no limitations on length. Committee Chair: Eszter Hargittai (Chair) , Northwestern University, citasastudentaward@hargittai.com Members: Shelia Cotten, University of Alabama - Birmingham Lee Humphreys, Cornell University Book Award CITASA Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Submissions must be in English and published within the two calendar years prior to the award presentation. There are no limitations on length. Single author, multiple author and edited books are eligible. Authors do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. Committee Chair: Lori Kendall (University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign) loriken@illinois.edu Members: Coye Cheshire (University of California-Berkeley), Mary Gray (Indiana University) Daniel Menchik, (University of Chicago) CITASA AWARD for Public Sociology CITASA Award for Public Sociology recognizes a specific achievement in teaching, the development or the use of a communication or information technology, or the dissemination of knowledge that advances public understanding or engagement with the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Committee Chair Jim Witte, (George Mason University), jwitte@gmu.edu Members: David Hachen, University of Notre Dame Hiroshio Ono, Texas A&M