CITASA AWARDS CALL FOR NOMINATIONS Deadline: March 15, 2008 The Communication and Information Technologies Section presents five awards each year at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association: 1. CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 2. CITASA Award for Public Sociology recognizes a specific achievement in teaching, the development or the use of a communication or information technology, or the dissemination of knowledge that advances public understanding or engagement with the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 3. CITASA Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology communications or the sociology of information technology. 4. CITASA Paper Award recognizes an outstanding published paper or book chapter related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. 5. CITASA Student Paper/Application Award recognizes a published or unpublished paper/book chapter, or the design or use of a communication or information technology that provides an exceptional contribution to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. The award is open to students in other disciplines than sociology. Students do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. More information, including past recipients can be found at http://citasa.org/awards Nominations and materials should be submitted to the CITASA Awards Chairs by the indicated deadlines. Self nominations are welcome. AWARD CHAIRS: CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award Barry Wellman, University of Toronto (wellman@chass.utoronto.ca) CITASA Public Sociology Award Marc Smith, Microsoft Research (masmith@microsoft.com) CITASA Outstanding Book Award Gustavo Mesch, University of Haifa (gustavo@soc.haifa.ac.il) CITASA Paper Award Shanyang Zhao, Temple University (bzhao001@temple.edu) CITASA Student Paper Award Fred Turner, Stanford University (fturner@stanford.edu)