Michael Burawoy, a world-renowned sociologist and professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, died after being struck by a vehicle on Monday, February 3. He was 77.

ASA President Adia Harvey Wingfield and Executive Director Heather M. Washington noted in a message to members on February 5, "Michael was a leading figure in the discipline, an advocate for public scholarship, and a former president of the International Sociological Association and of ASA. His contributions to labor studies, Marxist theory, and ethnography have had an indelible impact on our discipline. He will be missed."

The International Sociological Association (ISA) stated, in part, "ISA mourns one of its most influential and inspiring presidents, a remarkable and creative global sociologist, an advocate for a public sociology relevant to the people and civil society, an inspiring teacher who trained generations of sociologists, and an extraordinary human being."

The UC Berkeley Sociology Department has posted a memorial page.

A virtual memorial tribute was scheduled for February 8; as of this writing, the video has not yet been posted, but it may become available on the ISA YouTube channel.