In 2001, the Southern American Studies Association's Executive Committee established Critoph Award for the best graduate student paper presented at SASA’s biennial conference. Named in memory of Professor Gerald “Jerry” Critoph of Stetson University, a former long-term member of SASA’s Executive...
The Digital Humanities Caucus of the American Studies Association seeks submissions for the Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities. This award honors caucus founder Susan Garfinkel for her longstanding service to the caucus and her commitment to an inclusive, interdisciplinary, welcoming Digital...
The Gene Wise-Warren Susman Prize recognizes the best paper presented by a graduate student at the Annual Meeting. The awardee receives $500.
The award honors two scholars who both wrote influential and foundational essays outlining the importance of American Studies as an intellectual...
The Ralph Henry Gabriel Prize is awarded annually to the best doctoral dissertation in American Studies, Ethnic Studies, or Women's Studies. The awardee receives $500.
The prize honors Ralph Henry Gabriel, an American intellectual historian who published on a wide assortment of topics...
The Lora Romero First Book Prize is awarded every year to the best first book published in American studies that highlights intersectional dynamics in the study of race, gender, class, sexuality, and/or nation. The awardee receives a lifetime membership in the association. Please note that a...
The John Hope Franklin Publication Prize is distributed yearly and honors the most outstanding book published in American Studies for the year preceding the Annual Meeting. The awardee receives $1,000. Please note that a book may be submitted for consideration for both the Romero and Franklin...
The Mary C. Turpie Prize, established in 1993, is given to the candidate who has demonstrated outstanding abilities and achievement in American Studies teaching, advising, and program development at the local or regional level. The recipient receives lifetime membership in the association....
The Angela Y. Davis Prize recognizes scholars who have applied or used their scholarship for the "public good." This includes work that explicitly aims to educate the public, influence policies, or in other ways seeks to address inequalities in imaginative, practical, and applicable forms....
The Carl Bode-Norman Holmes Pearson Prize recognizes the outstanding achievement of an individual who has dedicated a lifetime of work to the mission and values of American studies. The recipient is awarded lifetime membership in the association.
The award honors two early pioneers in...
In 2002 the Environment and Culture Caucus established the Annette Kolodny Environmental Studies Prize, awarded each year to the best environmentally themed paper presented at the ASA annual meeting. The prize includes a cash award and is generously supported by Orion...
