Committee Chair: Michael Macy, mwm14@cornell.edu<mailto:mwm14@cornell.edu>

            Committee Chair: Hiroshi Ono (Texas A&M University), hono@tamu.edu<mailto:hono@tamu.edu>

            Committee Chair: Zeynep Tufekci (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), zeynep@umbc.edu<mailto:zeynep@umbc.edu>

Call for Nominations Section on Communication and Information Technologies American Sociological Association DEADLINE: March 16, 2009 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 Co-Chairs: Anabel Quan-Haase (University of Western Ontario) aquan@uwo.ca<mailto:aquan@uwo.ca>, and Barry Wellman (University of Toronto) wellman@chass.utoronto.ca<mailto:wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> 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. Recipients receive $250 in recognition of their work. Committee Chair: Michael Macy, mwm14@cornell.edu<mailto:mwm14@cornell.edu> CITASA Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Committee Chair: Leslie Regan Shade (Concordia), lshade@alcor.concordia.ca<mailto:lshade@alcor.concordia.ca>, Department of Communication Studies, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, CJ 3.230, 3rd Floor, Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1R6, Canada CITASA Paper Award recognizes an outstanding published paper or book chapter related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Committee Chair: Hiroshi Ono (Texas A&M University), hono@tamu.edu<mailto:hono@tamu.edu> CITASA Student Paper/Application Award recognizes a published or unpublished paper/book chapter, or the design or use of a communication or information technology that provides an exceptional contribution to the sociology of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. Recipients receive $250 in recognition of their work. Committee Chair: Zeynep Tufekci (University of Maryland, Baltimore County), zeynep@umbc.edu<mailto:zeynep@umbc.edu> 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. Author's need not have a degree in sociology or be in a sociology department to be considered for an award. Submission Formats Submissions involving new or existing software should include detailed descriptions of the project. Chapters, articles, papers and computing application project descriptions should be sent as email attachments. Book authors should send three copies of their book. Authors of software applications should also provide online access to their software or send three copies on CD. Submissions must be in English and written within the two calendar years prior to the award presentation. There are no limitations on length. Call for nominations: http://citasa.org/awards Past award recipients: http://citasa.org/awards/recipients Keith Hampton Chair, CITASA http://citasa.org