American Sociological Association Conference 2021

New Books and New SUP Authors

Announcing new books, published in the last year. We’re offering 30% off these and other recent SUP Sociology titles with discount code S21XASA-FM through our virtual exhibit ».

For the best shipping rates on orders outside of North America use the discount code S21XAOM-FM at our international distributor, CAP.

Marcela Maxfield, SUP's Sociology Acquisitions Editor, says hello to ASA and explains her areas of interest.

Oluwakemi M. Balogun discusses her brand-new book Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation ».

David Scott FitzGerald and John D. Skrentny discussed their brand-new book Immigrant California: Understanding the Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Policy ».

Recent Award Winners

Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique »

SA’ED ATSHAN

Honorable Mention in the 2020 Lee Ann Fujii Book Award, sponsored by the International Studies Association (ISA).

Reclaiming Community: Race and the Uncertain Future of Youth Work »

BIANCA J. BALDRIDGE

Winner of the 2019 Critic's Choice Book Award, sponsored by the American Educational Studies Association (AESA).

Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation »

OLUWAKEMI BALOGUN

Winner of the 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association.

Living Emergency: Israel’s Permit Regime in the Occupied West Bank »

YAEL BERDA

Runner-up in the 2019 APLA Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology (APLA).

A Place to Call Home: Immigrant Exclusion and Urban Belonging in New York, Paris, and Barcelona »

ERNESTO CASTAÑEDA

Winner of the 2020 William M. LeoGrande Award, sponsored by The School of Public Affairs and the Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University.

The Politics of Love in Myanmar: LGBT Mobilization and Human Rights as a Way of Life »

LYNETTE CHUA

Winner of the 2019 ALSA Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the Asian Law & Society Association (ALSA).

Honorable mention in the 2019 Gordon Hirabayashi Sociology of Human Rights Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - Human Rights Section.

Trading Life: Organ Trafficking, Illicit Networks, and Exploitation »

SEÁN COLUMB

Shortlisted in the 2021 Hart–SLSA Prize for Early Career Academics, sponsored by the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA).

Winner of the 2021 Hart–SLSA Prize for Early Career Academics, sponsored by the Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA).

Giving Way: Thoughts on Unappreciated Dispositions »

STEVEN CONNOR

Winner of the 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association.

Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African-American Newspapers »

MATTHEW DELMONT

Winner of the 2019 Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities, sponsored by the American Studies Association (ASA) - Digital Humanities Caucus.

Migrant Crossings: Witnessing Human Trafficking in the U.S. »

ANNIE FUKUSHIMA

Winner of the 2020 Asia and Asian America Section Book Award: Asian America, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - Asia and Asian America Section.

The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals »

KATJA GUENTHER

Winner of the 2021 Animals & Society Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) Section on Animals & Society.

Citizens in Motion: Emigration, Immigration, and Re-migration Across China’s Borders »

ELAINE HO

Winner of the 2019 Global and Transnational Sociology Best Book by an International Scholar Award, sponsored by the American Sociology Association - Global and Transnational Sociology Section.

Filming Revolution »

ALISA LEBOW

Winner of the 2020 Anne Friedberg Innovative Scholarship Award, sponsored by the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS).

The Limits of Whiteness: Iranian Americans and the Everyday Politics of Race »

NEDA MAGHBOULEH

Honorable Mention in the 2018 PROSE Award in the category of Cultural Anthropology & Sociology, sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers.

Honorable Mention in the 2019 Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - International Migration Section.

Politics of Empowerment: Disability Rights and the Cycle of American Policy Reform »

DAVID PETTINICCHIO

Winner of the 2020 ASA Outstanding Publication in the Sociology of Disability Award, sponsored by the American Sociology Association (ASA) - Disability in Society Section.

Dying to Serve: Militarism, Affect, and the Politics of Sacrifice in the Pakistan Army »

MARIA RASHID

Shortlisted in the 2020 IPS Book Award, sponsored by the ISA International Political Sociology Section.

Global Borderlands: Fantasy, Violence, and Empire in Subic Bay, Philippines »

VICTORIA REYES

Silver Medal in the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) - Australia/New Zealand: Best Regional Non-Fiction category, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

Honorable Mention in the 2020 PEWS Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - Political Economy of the World System Section (PEWS).

Honorable Mention in the 2020 PSWC Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section (PSWC).

Honorable Mention in the 2020 ASA Sociology of Law Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - Sociology of Law Section.

Winner of the 2019-20 Emory Elliot Book Award, sponsored by Center for Ideas and Society at University of California, Riverside.

Honorable Mention in the 2021 Association for Asian American Studies Book Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Social Sciences.

Winner of the 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association.

Runner-Up in the 2021 Edwin H. Sutherland Award, sponsored by the American Society of Criminology.

The Power of Being Divisive: Understanding Negative Social Evaluations »

THOMAS ROULET

Silver in the 2021 Axiom Business Book Awards in the Networking category.

Finalist in the 2021 George R. Terry Book Award, sponsored by the Academy of Management.

Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World »

TAHSEEN SHAMS

Winner of the 2021 Distinguished Scholarship Award, sponsored by the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA).

Winner of the 2021 Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - International Migration Section.

Winner of the 2021 Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - Sociology of Religion Section.

Winner of the 2021 Asian America Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) - Asia and Asian America Section.

Our Non-Christian Nation: How Atheists, Satanists, Pagans, and Others Are Demanding Their Rightful Place in Public Life »

JAY WEXLER

Gold Medal in the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) - Religion (Eastern/Western) category, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.