As well as outgoing Past Chair Jill Fisher for her tireless work leading our Fundraising Committee.

If you would like to volunteer for a SKAT committee this coming year, please reach out to Claire Decoteau!

And we thank our outgoing council members for their service:

Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social
Natalie Aviles @nataliebaviles.bsky.social
Catherine Lee
Ni'Shele Jackson
Mira Vale

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💼 We will be welcoming new council members this year:

Council (2 year)
Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social
Luciana de Souza Leao
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social

Student Reps (1 year)
Mary Shi
Jorge Ochoa @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social

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Thank you to all our awards committee chairs, members, and nominators for sending in so many great submissions this year! Keep an eye out for next year’s call for award nominations later in the Fall.

#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award Honorable Mention:

Elizabeth Chiarello:
@lizchiarello.bsky.social
“Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis”
@princetonupress.bsky.social

🔗: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award:

Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social

🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...

#ASA2025 Emancipatory Practice Award Honorable Mention:

Policing in Chicago Research Group (PCRG), University of Illinois Chicago

🔗: soc.uic.edu/profiles/and...

#ASA2025 Emancipatory Practice Award:

Jennifer James, University of California, San Francisco

🔗: amp.profiles.ucsf.edu/jennifer.james

#ASA2025 Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award:

Shannon Malone Gonzalez and Yasmiyn Irizarry:
“Investigating Invisible Encounters: Mapping The Margins Of Police Violence Against Black Women”

#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Honorable Mention:

Janet Vertesi and danah Boyd:
@cyberlyra.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social
“The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations Authors”

🔗: doi.org/10.6092/issn...

#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Co-Winner:

Daniel Navon:
“Reiterated Fact-Making: Explaining Transformation and Continuity in Scientific Facts”

🔗: doi.org/10.1177/0003...