The annually organized Stuart Hall Award in Cultural Sociology recognizes a mid-career
sociologist whose work holds great promise for advancing the cultural study of racial or
ethnic inequality. The winner must be a cultural sociologist who uses cultural theories and/or
methods in their research. They must have received a Ph.D. no less than five, but no more
than 20, years before their candidacy. The winner will be expected to deliver a lecture in the
course of the academic year following the award as part of the Section’s Culture and
Contemporary Life Series. An adapted version of the lecture will be published in Poetics.

Nomination letters should make a strong, substantive case for the nominee’s selection and
should discuss the nominee’s past work and anticipated future research trajectory as they
relate to the study of both cultural sociology and the sociology of race and ethnicity. Self-
Nominations are preferred. Nomination letters and CVs as well as an article-length
publication, which exemplifies the author’s contribution to the advancement of the cultural
study of racial or ethnic inequality should be submitted through this form.

The committee may be in touch to request copies of writings that are not easily accessible.
The deadline for nominations is March 1st 2025.

The committee may, in any given year, decide not to give the award.

Please direct any inquiries to the Committee Chair, Clayton Childress
(clayton.childress@ubc.ca).

Committee Members:
Clayton Childress (Chair)
Ben Carrington
Michaela DeSoucey
Omar Lizardo
Tania Aparicio

2025 Award Winner

Patricia A. Banks, Mount Holyoke College

Previous Winners

2024 – Ben Carrington, University of Southern California