ASA Sociology of Mental Health

Spring/Summer Section Newsletter

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🌟 Congratulations to all the section award winners!

🌻Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health

Pamela Braboy Jackson — Department of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington

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🌻 Honourable Mention Best Book Award:

Conservatorship: Inside California’s System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness (Columbia University Press, 2023)

Alex Barnard — Sociology, New York University

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🌻 Best Dissertation Award

“Surviving Suicide”

Katie Billings — Sociology, University of Massachusetts Amherst (2024)

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🌻 Best Student Article Award — Co-Winners

“The Moderating Effect of Values on the Relationship Between Subjective Social Status and Depression: Evidence from MIDUS.” Society and Mental Health (2023)

Emily Ekl & Benjamine Gallati — Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington

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🌻 Best Student Paper Award-Co-Winners

“Racial/Ethnic Differences in Living Arrangements, Distant Relations, and Later-Life Mental Health.” Journal of Marriage and Family (2024)

Jingwen Liu — Sociology, University of Maryland

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🌻 Honourable Mention Best Article Award:

“Misery Needs Company: Contextualizing the geographic and Temporal Link between Unemployment and Suicide.” American Sociological Review (2024).

Byungkyu Lee — New York University
Bernice Pescosolido — Indiana University Bloomington

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🌻 Best Article Award

“Deportation Threat Predicts Latino U.S. Citizens’ and Non-Citizens’ Psychological Distress, 2011-2018.” PNAS (2024)

Amy Johnson, Lehigh University
Christopher Levesque, Kenyon College
Neil Lewis Jr., Cornell University
Asad L. Asad, Stanford University

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🌻Best Book Award

Life Under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them (Oxford University Press, 2024)

Anna Mueller — Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington
Seth Abrutyn — Sociology, University of British Columbia

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Honorable Mention, 2025 Best Book Award, Sociology of Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association. Includes the cover to Conservatorship: Inside California’s System of Coercion and Care for Mental Illness, by Alex V. Barnard. Save 20% with code CUP20SM at cup.columbia.edu

We are pleased to announce that Alex Barnard's CONSERVATORSHIP was named Honorable Mention for the 2025 Best Book Award from the Sociology of Mental Health Section, American Sociological Association. buff.ly/LqsQROV @avbsoc.bsky.social @asasmh.bsky.social #MentalHealth #PublicPolicy

Our section mentorship program matches students, postdocs, and early- and mid-career scholars with more senior faculty mentors. Please sign up by March 1. Questions? Contact Eric Wright (ewright28@gsu.edu) or Emily Ekl (eekl@iu.edu).
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Once again, our section offers a Student Membership Sponsorship Drive for new and renewing student members. Please use the link to sign up. Questions? Contact the Membership Chair, Dr. Lacee Satcher (satcher@bc.edu
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Let’s stay connected, stand strong in solidarity, and continue supporting each other. ASA Sociology of Mental Health Section Newsletter – December 2024.

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🏆Call for Section Awards. 1) Award for Best Publication in Mental Health (by Feb. 1); 2) Award for Best Book in Mental Health (by Feb. 1); 3) Award for Best Dissertation in Mental Health (by Mar. 1); 4) Graduate Student Paper Award (by Apr. 1). Please contact Dr. Marisa Young at myoung@mcmaster.ca🏆

As we begin the new semester—amid unpredictable weather and challenges—we hope you’re safe and well. Many in our community face hardships, from wildfires to snowstorms. Our section is a space for support. Let’s stay connected, share ideas, and remind each other we’re not alone. @asanews.bsky.social