Awards
Barbara Rosenblum Cancer Dissertation Scholarship
A scholarship designed to encourage doctoral
research on women's experience of breast cancer
and other reproductive cancers and the prevention
of these cancers and to make research available to the public.
Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship
A scholarship awarded to a new or continuing
graduate student who began her or his study in a
community college or technical school and who has
been accepted in an accredited MA or PhD program in sociology.
Cheryl Allyn Miller Award
To recognize a sociology graduate student or a
recent doctorate whose research or activism
constitutes an outstanding contribution to the
field of women and work.
Feminist Activism Award
An annual award to recognize a SWS member who has
made notable contributions to improving the lives
of women in society, especially through activism.
Feminist Lecturer Award
A lectureship founded in 1985 as a way of recognizing those whose
scholarship employs a feminist perspective and making these scholars
more available to campuses where such a voice is unusual and/or unwelcome.
Mentoring Award
An award to honor an SWS member who is an outstanding feminist mentor.
Women of Color Dissertation Scholarship
A scholarship designed to offer support to female
scholars who are from underrepresented groups and
are studying concerns that women of color face
domestically and/or internationally.