American Sociological Conference 2022

New Books and New 2022 Videos

Announcing new books, published in the last year. We’re offering 30% off these and other recent SUP Sociology titles with discount code S22XASA-FM through our virtual exhibit ».

For the best shipping rates on orders outside of North America use the discount code S22XASA-FM at our international distributor, CAP.

Book Trailer for The Border Within » by Phi Hong Su

Jane Lilly López discussed her new book Unauthorized Love: Mixed-Citizenship Couples Negotiating Intimacy, Immigration, and the State » in conversation with one of the interviewees from the book, Juliette.

Danielle S. Rudes discusses her brand-new book Surviving Solitary: Living and Working in Restricted Housing Units ». Hosted by Opportunities, Alternatives, and Resources (O.A.R.) and Stanford University Press.>.

Recent Award Winners

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.

Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation »

OLUWAKEMI M. BALOGUN

Winner of the 2020 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association.
Winner of the 2021 Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize for Best Scholarly Work, sponsored by the Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association (ASA).

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.

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.

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

NADIA Y. KIM

Silver Medal in the 2022 Nautilus Book Awards – Social Change & Social Justice Category.
Winner of the 2022 ASA AAA Asian America Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association – Asia and Asian America Section.
Honorable Mention in the 2022 ASA Section on Latina/o Sociology Best Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Section on Latino/a Sociology.
Honorable Mention in the 2022 Sociology of Emotions Outstanding Recent Contribution Award, sponsored by the American Sociology Association (ASA) – Section on Sociology of Emotions.
Winner of the 2022 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Race, Gender, and Class Section.

Identity Capitalists: The Powerful Insiders Who Exploit Diversity to Maintain Inequality »

NANCY LEONG

Gold Medal in the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPYs) – Current Events II (Social Issues/Humanitarian) category, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.

The Last Years of Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography »

MARCELLO MUSTO

Honorable Mention in the 2022 Eric Hoffer Book Award – Reference Category.

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.
Winner of the 2022 Bernard Cohn Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) – South Asia Council.

The Color of Creatorship: Intellectual Property, Race, and the Making of Amerians »

ANJALI VATS

Winner of the 2021 Critical and Cultural Studies Division Book of the Year Award, sponsored by the National Communication Association.
Honorable Mention in the 2021 RSA Book Award, sponsored by the Rhetoric Society of America.

At Risk: Indian Sexual Politics and the Global AIDS Crisis »

GOWRI VIJAYAKUMAR

Winner of the 2022 Outstanding Book Award, sponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) – Global Division.
Winner of the 2022 ASA Global and Transnational Sociology Section Best Scholarly Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association – Global and Transnational Sociology Section.
Winner of the 2022 Transnational Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Asia and Asian America Section.
Honorable Mention in the 2022 Sociology of Sexualities Distinguished Book Award, sponsored by the American Sociological Association (ASA) – Sociology of Sexualities 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.