ASA Elections: Several members of the Sociology Department have been elected to positions in the American Sociological Association. Professors Robert Nelson and Gary Fine have been named chairs of the Sociology of Law Section and the History and Sociology Section, respectively. Graduate Student, Erin McDonnell has been elected to be the student Council Member of the Theory Section.

Faculty Award: John Hagan has received the Albert J. Reiss Distinguished Scholarship Award from the Crime, Law & Deviance Section of the American Sociological Association for his book Darfur and the Crime of Genocide with Wenona Rymond-Richmond.

Faculty Award: Wendy Espeland has been named the Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence for a three-year period beginning in Fall 2009. This is the highest teaching honor bestowed on Northwestern Faculty.