Doctoral student David Su's paper, “Gaming the Algorithm: Tactical Innovation and Collective Resistance in China’s Platform Economy,” won two awards: the 2026 Mayer Zald Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements and the Thompson Graduate Student Paper Award from the section on Organizations, Occupations, and Work.
Doctoral student Janna Huang received an honorable mention from the ASA Sociology of Law Graduate Student Paper Award for her paper “Risky Climate: The Endogenous Institutionalization of Climate Disclosure in Corporate Climate Governance” (Social Forces, 2026).
Professor Armando Lara-Millan won the Community and Urban Sociology Section's Jane Addams Article Award for his paper, "Digital Platforms and the Maintenance of the Urban Order, Social Problems" (Social Problems, 2025).
Professor Christina Cross won the 2026 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award from the Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities for her book, Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist Between Black and White Youth Raised in Two Parent Families.