American Sociological Association 2023

Please enjoy this virtual space, showcasing our new authors, award-winning books, and highlights from the last year of sociology at SUP.

New Books

Announcing new books, published in the last year. We’re offering 30% off recent SUP Sociology titles with discount code S23XASA through our virtual exhibit ».

SUP 2023 Sociology Catalog »

Recent Award Winners

Black Culture, Inc.: How Ethnic Community Support Pays for Corporate America »

PATRICIA A. BANKS

Gold Medal in the Women / BIPOC in Business Category from the 2023 Axiom Business Book Awards.
Bronze Medal in the Current Events II (Social Issues/Humanitarian) for the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).
Winner of the 2023 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Racial and Ethnic Minorities Section.

Wartime North Africa: A Documentary History, 1934–1950 »

Edited by AOMAR BOUM and SARAH ABREVAYA STEIN

Winner of the 2023 Best Historical Materials Award, sponsored by the American Library Association.
Winner of the 2023 Annual Reference Award, sponsored by the Association of Jewish Libraries.

A Decent Meal: Building Empathy in a Divided America »

MICHAEL CAROLAN

Gold Medal in the 2022 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) – Current Events II (Social Issues/Humanitarian) Category.
Winner of the 2022 getAbstract International Book Award in the Business Impact Category, sponsored by the getAbstract.

Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis »

EVE DARIAN-SMITH

Winner of the 2022 Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award, sponsored by the Association for Humanist Sociology.
Silver Medal in the Environment/Ecology Category for the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).

Bread and Freedom: Egypt's Revolutionary Situation »

MONA EL-GHOBASHY

Joint-Winner of the the 2022 Charles Taylor Book Award, sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA) – Interpretive Methodologies and Methods Conference Group (IMM).
Joint-Winner of the the 2022 APSA MENA Politics Section Award for Best Book, sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA) – Middle East and North Africa Politics Section.
Honorable Mention for the 2022 Nikki Keddie Book Award, sponsored by the Middle East Studies Association (MESA).
Winner of the 2022 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association.
Named a 2022 Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year Award, sponsored by the Foreign Affairs.

Laboring for Justice: The Fight Against Wage Theft in an American City »

REBECCA BERKE GALEMBA

Winner of the 2023 Kate Browne Creativity in Research Award, sponsored by the Society for Economic Anthropology.

The Lives and Deaths of Shelter Animals »

KATJA M. GUENTHER

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

The Biomedical Empire: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic »

BARBARA KATZ ROTHMAN

Winner of the 2023 Outstanding Scholarship Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Division.

Refusing Death: Immigrant Women and the Fight for Environmental Justice in LA »

NADIA Y. KIM

Winner of the 2022 Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize for Interdisciplinary Scholarship, sponsored by Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities Research at Texas A&M University.
Winner of the 2023 AAAS Best Book in Social Sciences Award, sponsored by the Association for Asian American Studies.
Winner of the 2023 Distinguished Scholarship Award, sponsored by the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA).
Winner of the 2023 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).
Honorable Mention for the 2023 Sociology of the Body and Embodiment Best Publication Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Bodies and Embodiment Section.

Marriage Unbound: State Law, Power, and Inequality in Contemporary China »

KE LI

Winner of the 2023 ASA Sociology of Law Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Sociology of Law Section.
Winner of the 2023 Herbert Jacob Book Prize, sponsored by the Law and Society Association (LSA).
Winner of the 2023 Victoria Schuck Award, sponsored by the APSA – American Political Science Association.
Winner of the 2023 C. Herman Pritchett Award, sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA) – Law and Courts Section.

States of Subsistence: The Politics of Bread in Contemporary Jordan »

JOSÉ CIRO MARTÍNEZ

Honorable Mention for the 2023 Charles Taylor Book Award, sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA) – Interpretive Methodologies and Methods Conference Group (IMM).
Named a 2022 Best Book of the Year Award, sponsored by the Foreign Affairs.

Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States »

RHACEL SALAZAR PARREÑAS

Honorable Mention in the 2022 Alice Amsden Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE).
Winner of the 2022 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association.
Winner of the 2023 ASA Distinguished Scholarly Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA).

The Souls of White Jokes: How Racist Humor Fuels White Supremacy »

RAÚL PÉREZ

Finalist of the 2022 C. Wright Mills Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).
Winner of the 2023 Mary Douglas Prize for Best Book, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Sociology of Culture Section.

Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope »

VICTORIA REYES

Honorable Mention for the 2022 Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award, sponsored by the Association for Humanist Sociology.
Gold Medal in the Essay Category for the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).

Surviving Solitary: Living and Working in Restricted Housing Units »

DANIELLE S. RUDES, with SHANNON MAGNUSON and ANGELA HATTERY

Winner of the 2023 ACJS Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences.

Protesting Jordan: Geographies of Power and Dissent »

JILLIAN SCHWEDLER

Named a 2022 Notable Book of the Year Award, sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy.

Against Progress: Intellectual Property and Fundamental Values in the Internet Age »

JESSICA SILBEY

Finalist of the 2023 PROSE Award in the Legal Studies and Criminology Category, sponsored by the Professional and Scholarly Publishing Division, Association of American Publishers.

Counterrevolution: The Crusade to Roll Back the Gains of the Civil Rights Movement »

STEPHEN STEINBERG

Silver Medal in the History (U.S.) Category for the 2023 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs).

The Border Within: Vietnamese Migrants Transforming Ethnic Nationalism in Berlin »

PHI HONG SU

Honorable Mention for the 2023 Thomas and Znaniecki Best Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – International Migration Section.

Racial Baggage: Mexican Immigrants and Race Across the Border »

SYLVIA ZAMORA

Winner of the 2023 ASA Section on Latina/o Sociology: Distinguished Contribution to Research Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Section on Latino/a Sociology.