Sociology Department

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2007 C. Wright Mills Award (October 2007)

The Department of Sociology is pleased to announce that Laura Chandler and Lianna Hart have received the 2007 C. Wright Mills Award for Sociological Imagination. The Mills Award is bestowed upon the best student paper from the previous academic year (2006-07). The Department decided to honor two students this year. Laura Chandler received the award for her paper “Cohousing: Community Formation and Enactment,” which she wrote for Sociology 498 (Senior Seminar, Spring 2007). Lianna Hart earned the award for her paper “Enacting Ideologies: Autism and the Maternal Role,” which she wrote for Sociology 495 (Special Study, Fall 2006, Spring 2007). Congratulations, Laura and Lianna!