{"id":60307,"date":"2020-11-05T01:27:12","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T01:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/?p=60307"},"modified":"2020-11-05T01:32:39","modified_gmt":"2020-11-05T01:32:39","slug":"dr-jennifer-sims-wins-2020-mid-south-sociological-association-book-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=60307","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Jennifer Sims wins 2020 Mid-South Sociological Association Book Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Jennifer Sims wins 2020 Mid-South Sociological Association Book Award<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

University of Alabama in Huntsville News<\/a>
\n2020-10-19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nPictured Dr. Chinelo L. Njaka<\/a> and Dr. Jennifer Sims<\/a> with Bookcover Photo Credit Paul Wright<\/em><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

UAH Assistant Professor Dr. Jennifer Patrice Sims<\/a> has won the 2020 Stanford M. Lyman Distinguished Book Award for her co-authored book Mixed-Race in the US and UK: Comparing the Past, Present, and Future<\/em><\/a> (Emerald Publishing, 2020). The award is given annually by the Mid-South Sociological Association<\/a> (MSSA) to \u201chonor MSSA members whose recently published work makes a significant contribution to the field of sociology.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Association held its annual conference virtually October 14-17. Dr. Andrea Hunt<\/a>, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Alabama and Chair of this year\u2019s Book Award Selection Committee, presented the award at a virtual ceremony Friday evening. Dr. Hunt noted that six books were nominated this year, which she said is the largest amount received in the last several years. She described the 2020 nominations as \u201cvery very competitive. The scores were very close. In fact, there was a 0.28 difference between the first and second place scores.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking of Dr. Sims\u2019 Mixed-Race in the US and UK<\/em> specifically, Dr. Hunt quoted one member of the Selection Committee as saying the book \u201chelps to open an emerging area in the study of race and demography and has created a new and interesting area for social scientists that will guide research for decades.\u201d…<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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