Call for Papers ASA 2020

Dear Colleagues,

Paper submissions for the 2020 American Sociological Association Annual meeting, to be held in San Francisco, California, August 8-11, are open. We encourage you to submit a short paper for review. Note that the submission system will close at 11:59 p.m. Eastern, on January 29, 2020.

We will hold two types of sessions:

(1) Regular sessions

(a) Conversation Analysis
Organizer:
Alexandra Tate, University of Chicago
alt108@gmail.com

(b) Ethnomethodology
Organizer:
Kevin Whitehead, University of California, Santa Barbara
kwhitehead11@gmail.com

(2) Section sessions 

(a) Current Research in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis
We welcome papers that report on current studies in EM and/or CA, further exploring how ordinary everyday practices and conversation are accomplished.
Organizer:
Morana Alač, University of California, San Diego
malac@ucsd.edu

(b) Engaging Environment in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Research (60 minutes, combined with our Business Meeting).
We welcome papers that, from the distinct and shared EM and CA positions, address our relationship with the environment broadly conceived (considering its social and cultural aspects while not excluding biotic, chemical and physical characteristics of the world in which we live).
Organizer:
Morana Alač, University of California, San Diego
malac@ucsd.edu

The more high quality submissions for Regular sessions we receive, the more additional sessions we may be able to request. So please do submit, and encourage your students and colleagues to submit. The absolute deadline is Wednesday, January 29, 2020.
The following URL includes instructions for submission:
https://www.asanet.org/annual-meeting-2020/call-submissionsvolunteers

Call for Nominations for Section Awards at ASA 2020

The call for nominations for the 2020 EMCA section awards is now open!

EMCA Garfinkel-Sacks Award for Distinguished Scholarship



This award recognizes those who have made distinguished lifetime career contributions to the fields of ethnomethodology and/or conversation analysis. To nominate an individual for this award, please submit the following:

1. 
A letter detailing the nominee's contributions to EMCA;
2. Relevant supporting materials, including a list of the nominee's
publications; and
3. At least two additional external letters speaking to the person's contributions and impact on the field(s)

Please send nominations to
Dušan Bjelić (Chair) (bjelic@maine.edu) by March 1.


EMCA Best Paper Award



This award recognizes an outstanding publication contributing to ethnomethodology and/or conversation analysis. The 2020 award will be given to a paper. Eligible papers for the 2020 award must be published between March 1, 2017 and February 29, 2020, inclusively. Authors can submit their own publications, or nominations can be made on their behalf.


Nominations should include:

1. full bibliographic information on the nominated publication and 
2. a PDF copy (preferable) or a hard copy of the article or chapter; or a link to a web site where the article or chapter can be downloaded in full at no charge.

Please send nominations to
David Gibson (Chair) (dgibson1@nd.edu) by March 1.


EMCA Graduate Student Paper Award



This award recognizes an outstanding publication contributing to ethnomethodology and/or conversation analysis. The 2020 award will be given to a paper. Eligible papers for the 2020 award must be published between March 1, 2018 and February 29, 2020, inclusively. Authors can submit their own publications, or nominations can be made on their behalf. 



Please send nominations to
Sarah Hitzler (Chair) (sarah.hitzler@uni-bielefeld.de) by March 1.

Melvin Pollner (1940-2007) Prize in Ethnomethodology



The Melvin Pollner Prize in Ethnomethodology honors the intellectual spirit and memory of Melvin Pollner. The $1000 award recognizes an article, chapter, or book published between 2014-2019, that develops original work drawing upon, or resonant with, Melvin Pollner's ethnomethodological interests in topics such as mundane reason, reality disjunctures, radical reflexivity, and the connections and contributions of ethnomethodology to other types of sociology.



Nominations should include

1. full bibliographic information on the nominated publication
2. a PDF copy (preferable) or a hard copy of the article, chapter orbook; or a link to a web site where the article, chapter or book can be downloaded in full at no charge, and
3. a brief description of the publication's special contribution and how it reflects the spirit of the award.

Please submit nominations to
Goetz Hoeppe (Chair) (ghoeppe@uwaterloo.ca) by March 1.