Nominations for 2025 DCSS awards are now open! The deadline for award nominations is March 17, and for graduate student papers March 31.

The Irene B. Taeuber Graduate Student Paper Awards competition is open to all graduate students enrolled in Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia colleges and universities. The winning authors each receive a $200 cash award and will be recognized at the annual DCSS award event.

The Morris Rosenberg Award for Outstanding Sociological Achievement

The Stuart A. Rice Merit Award for Career Achievement

The Anna Julia Cooper Award for Public Sociology by a Community Organization

See complete details and a link to past award recipients on the Awards page. We are currently planning an awards event for late April.