Committee Charges

ASC COMMITTEES 2011 - 2012:
CHARGES AND REPORTING SCHEDULES

AWARDS COMMITTEES
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The Awards Committees are responsible for developing a list of nominees for the nine major ASC awards, as follows:

l. Herbert Bloch Award
2. Ruth Shonle Cavan Award
3. Michael J. Hindelang Award
4. Outstanding Article Award
5. President's Award for Distinguished Contributions to Justice
6. Sellin-Glueck Award
7. Edwin H. Sutherland Award
8. Teaching Award
9. August Vollmer Award

Each of the Committees should develop a list of nominees. Self and member nominations are encouraged. Committee members are also encouraged to submit nominations. Every candidate nominated will be considered, in line with the submission guidelines. Each Committee should request documentation from the nominees; at the very least, obtain a vitae and a brief statement as to why the individuals should be considered to receive the award.

The chair of each award committee needs to communicate the award criteria to all committee members, and discuss the criteria with committee members if necessary. A ranking process will be identified by each award committee, though the process articulated in Appendix O, Item 7 is highly recommended. The chair of the committee must communicate with committee members on procedures and outcomes. If more than one iteration in the ranking process occurs, the results must be communicated to the committee members at each stage. Each award committee is to hold at least one conference call meeting (phone/Skype, etc.) to deliberate the outcome. The final report to the ASC Executive Board should include a detailed description of the ranking procedures and decision-making process, along with the final outcome. The report should include:

The list of committee members and their contact information (and note if any of the members did not fulfill their duties).
The number of individuals nominated by others and the number self-nominated.
A list of those nominated in order of merit.
A detailed discussion of the ranking and decision-making procedures.
Identification of the winner and a justification of the committee decision.
Any other information that the chair would like to provide, including any advice for future committees.

Generally, a copy of the vitae of the Committee's single nominee should also be included in the materials sent to the Board. An example of a thorough committee report appears in Appendix O of the ASC Policy and Procedures Manual (see http://www.asc41.com/ASC_Official_Docs/policy.htm).

Awards committee members are allowed to vote on candidates who are former or current students, previous or current mentors, and departmental colleagues. However, they also should recuse themselves if they feel they cannot be objective.

Award decisions will be based on the strength of the nominees' qualifications and not on the number of nomination endorsements received for any particular candidate (or manuscripts in the context of the Hindelang and Outstanding Paper awards).

When a member of an award committee resigns or is non-responsive, the President may appoint a new member to the said committee.

Only individuals, not institutions, shall be considered as candidates for any award (except the President’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Justice).

Each Awards Committee Chair is to ensure that individuals are not being considered for awards they have already received. A complete list of previous ASC award recipients is available at http://www.asc41.com/awards/awardWinners.html

The Board will give due consideration to each Committee's nominations for each award, although the Board is not bound by the slate or the nominee of any Committee. If the Board rejects the nominee, the Award Committee may be asked to suggest another nominee. The Executive Board may decide not to give certain awards in any given year.

Current members of the Executive Board shall be ineligible to receive any awards of the Society, including selection as a Fellow, during their term in office. However, if a current Board member is nominated for either the Michael J. Hindelang or Outstanding Article Award, their nomination shall be considered during the first year following their service on the Board.

Members of a said award committee are not eligible to receive that said award.

The President formally notifies award recipients.

The Awards Committees and their charge are as follows:

HERBERT BLOCH AWARD COMMITTEE
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The Herbert Bloch Award recognizes outstanding service contributions to the American Society of Criminology and to the professional interests of criminology.

This Committee is responsible for making a nomination to the Board for the Award. The Committee shall provide the Board with a list of those nominated (in order of merit) along with a single nominee for the award. It must include with its nomination, a short statement identifying the main reasons for its recommendations. The Committee may request nominators to submit the nominee's resume and a brief statement as to why the candidate should receive the award.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting. Typically, the report is due April 15.

Chair -
Meda Chesney-Lind, University of Hawaii - meda@hawaii.edu

RUTH SHONLE CAVAN AWARD COMMITTEE
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The Ruth Shonle Cavan Award is given to recognize outstanding scholarly contributions to the discipline of criminology by someone who has received the Ph.D., M.D., LL.D., or a similar graduate degree no more than five (5) years before the year of the award unless exceptional circumstance (i.e. illness) necessitates a hiatus in their scholarly activities. If the candidate has multiple of these degrees, the last five-year period is from the date when the last degree was received. The award may be for a single work or a series of contributions, and may include coauthored works.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting. Typically, the report is due April 15.

Chair -
Lorie Hughes, University of Nebraska, Omaha - lhughes3@unl.edu

MICHAEL J. HINDELANG AWARD COMMITTEE
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The Society has established the Michael J. Hindelang Award to be given annually for a book, published within three (3) calendar years preceding the year in which the award is made, that makes the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology. The Hindelang Award shall be presented during the annual meeting of the Society.

It shall be the responsibility of the Hindelang Book Award Committee to gather nominations for the award and to make a recommendation to the ASC Executive Board concerning the recipient(s). The Committee shall solicit nominations from the membership and from other persons deemed likely to contribute nominees of interest to the Society. To be considered, books must be nominated by individuals who are members of the American Society of Criminology. The Committee will not consider anthologies and/or edited volumes. The Chair will need to work with publishers to both acquire enough desk copies of the books to distribute to the Committee, and to acquire them in a timely fashion to meet Committee reporting deadlines.

The Committee should request nominators to submit a brief statement as to why the book should receive the award.

Current members of the ASC Board are ineligible to receive this award. However, if a current member of the Board is nominated for this award, their nomination shall be considered in the first year following their service on the Board.

It shall be the responsibility of each year's Committee to decide on the procedure to be used to select the book recommended for the award and to establish eligibility criteria (other than year of publication). The Committee shall forward with their nomination, a statement outlining the basis for the award. The report should also contain information about procedures followed, the number of nominations, the rank ordering of candidates, as well as a discussion outlining the basis for the award.

Report -
The Committee is asked to provide a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and a final report by August 15.

Chair -
Candace Kruttschnitt, University of Toronto - c.kruttschnitt@utoronto.ca

OUTSTANDING ARTICLE AWARD COMMITTEE
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The Outstanding Article Award honors exceptional contributions made by scholars in article form. The Award is given annually for the peer-reviewed article published in the previous calendar year that makes the most outstanding contribution to research in criminology (ie., the 2009-2010 Committee shall review articles published in 2008). The Outstanding Article Award shall be presented during the Annual Meeting of the Society.

It shall be the responsibility of the Outstanding Article Award Committee to consider articles published in the past calendar year in Criminology, and Criminology & Public Policy, to consider articles of interest published in other journals, to gather additional nominations for the award for articles appearing in other journals, and to make a recommendation to the ASC Executive Board concerning the recipient(s).

The Committee shall solicit nominations from the membership and from other persons deemed likely to contribute nominees of interest to the Society. The Committee should request nominators to submit a brief statement as to why the article should receive the award.

It shall be the responsibility of each year's Committee to decide on the procedure to be used to select the article recommended for the award and to establish eligibility criteria (other than year of publication). The Committee shall forward with their nomination, a statement outlining the basis for the award. The report should also contain information about procedures followed, the number of nominations, and the rank ordering of candidates, as well as a brief citation outlining the basis for the award.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and to submit a final report by August 15.

Chair -
Kenneth Land, Duke University - kland@soc.duke.edu

PRESIDENT'S AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED CONTRIBUTIONS TO JUSTICE COMMITTEE
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This award is given annually to an individual or organization who, through either a single initiative or over a longer period of time, has made significant and distinguished contributions to the cause of justice. In the case of joint efforts, co-recipients may be named. The President submits a nominee for Board approval. The President should provide a short statement identifying the main reasons for the recommendation along with the nomination. The Board may accept or reject the nominee. The Society will pay transportation and rooming costs for the recipient to attend the Annual Meeting, but no honorarium.

Report-
The President is asked to prepare a report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting. Typically, the report is due April 15.

Chair -
Robert Sampson, Harvard University - rsampson@wjh.harvard.edu

SELLIN-GLUECK AWARD COMMITTEE
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The Sellin-Glueck Award is given in order to call attention to criminological scholarship that considers problems of crime and justice as they are manifested outside the United States; internationally or comparatively. Preference is given for scholarship that analyzes non-U.S. data, is published predominantly outside of U.S. criminological journals, and in granting the award, brings new perspectives or approaches to the attention of the members of the Society. The recipient need not speak English, however, his/her work must be available in part at least, in the English language (either by original publication or through translation).

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting. Typically, the report is due April 15.

Chair -
Per-Olof Wikstrom, University of Cambridge - pow20@cam.ac.uk

EDWIN H. SUTHERLAND AWARD COMMITTEE
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The Sutherland Award is given to recognize outstanding contributions to theory or research in criminology on the etiology of criminal and deviant behavior, the criminal justice system, corrections, law, or justice. The distinguished contribution may be based on a single outstanding book or work, on a series of theoretical or research contributions, or on the accumulated contributions by a senior scholar.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a report for the Mid-Year Board meeting. Typically, the report is due April 15.

Chair -
Francis Cullen, University of Cincinnati - cullenft@ucmail.uc.edu

TEACHING AWARD COMMITTEE
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The Teaching Award is a lifetime-achievement award designed to recognize excellence in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching over the span of an academic career. This award is meant to identify and reward teaching excellence that has been demonstrated by individuals either (a) at one educational institution where the nominee is recognized and celebrated as a master teacher of criminology and criminal justice; or, (b) at a regional or national level as a result of that individual's sustained efforts to advance criminological/criminal justice education.

Any faculty member who holds a full-or part-time position teaching criminology or criminal justice is eligible for the award, inclusive of graduate and undergraduate universities as well as two- and four-year colleges. In addition, faculty members who have retired are eligible within the first two years of retirement.

Faculty may be nominated by colleagues, peers, or students, or they may self-nominate, by writing a letter of nomination to the chair of the Teaching Awards Committee. Letters of nomination must include a statement in support of nomination of not more than three pages. The nominee and/or the nominator may write the statement.

Nominees will be contacted by the Chair of the Teaching Award Committee and asked to submit a teaching portfolio of supporting materials. The teaching portfolios should include:

a table of contents
curriculum vita, and
evidence of teaching accomplishments, which may include:

student evaluations, which may be qualitative or quantitative, from recent years or over the course of the nominee's career,
peer reviews of teaching,
nominee statements of teaching philosophy and practices,
evidence of mentoring,
evidence of research on teaching (papers presented on teaching, teaching journals edited, etc.),
selected syllabi,
letters of nomination/reference, and
any other evidence of teaching achievements.

The materials in the portfolio should include brief, descriptive narratives designed to provide the Teaching Award Committee with the proper context to evaluate the materials. Student evaluations, for example, should be introduced by a very brief description of the methods used to collect the evaluation data and, if appropriate, the scales used and available norms to assist with interpretation. Other materials in the portfolio should include similar brief descriptions to assist the Committee with evaluating the significance of the materials. Letters of nomination (including statements in support of nomination) should be submitted in electronic format and must be received by April 1. The nominee's portfolio and all other supporting materials should also be submitted in electronic format and must be received by June 1.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a progress report for the Mid-Year meeting (typically due April 15) and to submit a final report by August 15.

Chair -
Gaylene Armstrong, Sam Houston State University - garmstrong@shsu.edu

AUGUST VOLLMER AWARD COMMITTEE
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The August Vollmer Award recognizes a criminologist whose research scholarship has contributed to justice or to the treatment or prevention of criminal or delinquent behavior, either through a single outstanding work, a series of theoretical or research contributions, or on the accumulated contributions by a senior scholar.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a report for the Mid-Year Board meeting. Typically, the report is due April 15.

Chair -
Jodi Lane, University of Florida - jlane@ufl.edu

CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS COMMITTEE
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The Committee ensures that the ASC operates in accordance with its Constitution and By-Laws. The committee recommends revisions in the Constitution and/or By-Laws to meet changing circumstances in the operations of the ASC.

Report -
The Committee is asked to provide a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and a final report by October 15.

Chair -
Barry Feld, University of MN Law School - bfeld@bigfork.net

FELLOWS COMMITTEE
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The Committee recommends to the Executive Board ASC members to be selected as Fellows. Those designated as Fellows are recognized for their scholarly contributions to criminology and distinction in the discipline. Longevity alone is not sufficient. In addition, a Fellow must have made a significant contribution to the field through the career development of other criminologists and/or through organizational activities within the American Society of Criminology. Names of all candidates shall be circulated to all members of the Fellows Committee. Nominees must be members in good standing of ASC; for purposes of this committee, a member in good standing is one who has paid dues in the year in which the nomination will be considered. The Board may elect up to four (4) persons as Fellows annually. The Board may also not elect anyone as a Fellow in a given year. Award decisions are to be based on the strength of nominees' qualifications and not on the number of nomination endorsements received for any particular candidate.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting. Typically, the report is due April 15.

Chair -
Peggy Giordano, Bowling Green State University - pgiorda@bgsu.edu

FINANCE COMMITTEE
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This Committee will oversee ASC budgetary and fiscal policy matters, as well as the audits of our financial records. The Committee will generally ensures that ASC is operating in a financially responsible fashion. There are three particular duties with respect to the audits:

1. Insure that audits are undertaken at least once every three years, and more frequenlty if concerns arise which would necessitate more frequent external reviews.
2. Insure that the audits are conducted by a reputable and properly licensed entity.
3. Review the audit and report to the ASC Board.

Report -
This Committee is asked to prepare a report for the Board subsequent to their review of the audit, and at any other time as they deem necessary.

Chair -
Robert Sampson, Harvard University - rsampson@wjh.harvard.edu

LIAISONS TO RELATED SOCIETIES
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These individuals serve as the Society liaison with various professional associations that have criminology-related interests. The Liaisons foster communication between the Society and the various organizations, and are responsible for setting up panels at the meetings of these various societies when requested, and appraising the Board of these and other relevant activities that would have a bearing on the Society and the field of criminology in general. While various organizations and entities may utilize the "representative" terminology, Society liaisons do not represent the Society, nor the Society leadership in the literal sense of the word. They cannot speak for the Society. Liaisons serve a three (3) year renewable term.

AAAS Liaison - This individual is responsible for setting up panels on behalf of ASC at the annual AAAS meetings, and appraising the Board of these activities.
Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) - There shall be two (2) individuals appointed as official ASC representatives for three (3) years, on staggered terms. Given the need for the COSSA Liaisons to regularly interact with persons in the Washington, D.C. community, it is generally assumed (though not required) that both COSSA Liasons will be Society members who reside in the Washington, D.C. area.
United Nations Coordinator - This individual works with the Divisions and individual members to inform them of relevant U.N. activities, and encourage and coordinate participation in such U.N. venues as Alliance, ISPAC, Crime Commission, and Crime Congress meetings. This individual, utilizing United Nations terminology, can serve as the Society's lead representative at United Nations meetings where the Society has a presence, or can designate another as the lead representative, ultimately subject to Board approval. While the United Nations utilizes “representative” terminology, this individual and those attending various United Nations venues are not representing the Society in the literal sense of the word. They cannot speak for the Society. The Executive Board will carefully consider the input, advice, and recommendations from the Division of International Criminology leadership when selecting the individual to fulfill this position.

Current Liaisons are as follows:
AAAS - William Pridemore, Indiana University - wpridemo@indiana.edu (term expires 11/14)
COSSA - Gary LaFree, University of Maryland - glafree@msn.com (term expires 11/12)
COSSA - Stephen Mastrofski, George Mason University - smastrof@gmu.edu (expires 11/14)
Observatory on Academic Criminology Programs - Susan Krumholz, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth - skrumholz@umassd.edu (term expires 11/12)
United Nations (Main Representative) - Aaron Fichtelberg, University of Delaware - afichte@udel.edu (term expires 11/13)
United Nations (Alternate Representative) - Nikos Passas, Northeastern University - n.passas@neu.edu (term expires 11/13)

Report -
The Committee is asked to provide a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and a final report by October 15. In addition, the Liaisons are asked to submit at least one (1) article a year to The Criminologist in which they outline their activities, and inform the Society members of the various organizations’ activities scheduled and meetings.

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS COMMITTEE
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The Committee develops a web page, listing local attractions that may be of interest to meeting attendees, ie. - restaurants, cultural activities, local historical sights, child care providers, police stations, courts, juvenile facilities, prisons, jails, etc. The list should include a street address, phone number, email address if possible, cost estimates, perhaps some explanation regarding the best way to travel to the said site/activity; in short, any information that might be of help to the conference attendees who may wish to take the tour/go to these locations. The Committee is encouraged to connect with the local Chamber of Commerce and/or the local Convention Bureau, as they will likely have nearly all of this information on their web pages, and are typically very willing for groups such as ours to link to those existing sites. The Committee may also be called upon by Society personnel to assist with various annual meeting logistic matters that may arise, though this activity is generally quite minimal. In addition, the Committee may be asked to identify students who could work at the meetings.

Report -
The Committee does not file a regular report with the Executive Board. The Committee is asked to have the web page on-line by May 1.

Chair -
TBA

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE
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The Committee reaches out to criminology and related disciplines to increase the membership of the Society. The Committee periodically conducts membership surveys, assists in the development of brochures, serves as greeters at the Annual Meeeting, obtains mailing lists from other organizations, and contacts a wide variety of academic departments and research institutions in an attempt to solicit more members for the Society. The Committee is encourage to coordinate activities with the Student Affairs Committee. Of special importance is the need to maintain a significant measure of gender, racial and ethnic diversity in the Society, and efforts should be undertaken to achieve this end.

Report -
The Committee is asked to provide a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and a final report by October 15.

Chair -
Robert Brown, Fayetteville State University - rbrown20@uncfsu.edu

MINORITY AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
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The Committee is directed to manage and identify recipients for the Ethnic Minority Fellowships, and generally explore means and mechanisms that are designed to encourage minority participation in the field of criminology. The Committee has the primary responsibility for managing and awarding the Minority Fellowships.

In this capacity, the Committee is responsible for acquiring the following documentation from the applicants:

1. proof of admission to a criminal justice, criminology, or related program of doctoral studies;
2. up-to-date curriculum vitae;
3. indication of race or ethnicity;
4. copies of undergraduate and graduate transcripts;
5. statement of need and prospects for financial assistance for graduate study;
6. a letter describing career plans, salient experiences, and nature of interest in criminology and criminal justice; and
7. three letters of reference.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting. Typically the report is due April 15.

Chair -
Bob Crutchfield, University of Washington - crutch@uw.edu

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE
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The Committee shall oversee development of a slate of officers. The Committee shall provide the Board with a list of those nominated, along with the preferred candidates (two (2) for President; two (2) for Vice-President; six (6) for Executive Counselor). It shall be the responsibility of the Nominations Committee to prepare a memorandum outlining the procedures the Committee followed in obtaining nominations and recommending a slate of candidates to the Executive Board. This memorandum, the list of those nominated, and the preferred candidates shall be presented at the first Board Meeting that is held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting for approval by the Executive Board. The Board is to review, adjust when necessary, and approves a slate of candidates before the end of the Annual Meeting.

In an effort to reflect the diversity of Society membership, the Nominations Committee should consider the following factors in developing the slate of candidates: gender, ethnicity, geographic region, type of academic institution and/or employment setting, and orientation to the field.

Usually the Nominations Committee does not submit the names of current Board members as part of the slate. No seated member of the Nominations Committee can be nominated for an elected office. Those nominated for office must agree to the nomination (the Chair of the Nominations Committee should contact nominees in advance of the Annual Meeting to determine their willingness to run), must be active members in good standing at the time of the nomination, and must have been active members in good standing for at least one (1) year prior to nomination.

Shortly after the Annual Meeting the approved slate is submitted to the membership for review. If nominations for additional candidates for any office are received from two (2) percent or more of the active members via petition, those names are added to the ballot. Petition deadline is March 31.

In early spring, the final slate, along with brief biographical information and a statement from each candidate is mailed to the membership. The membership should be given at least ten (10) weeks to submit their ballots. Generally, July 15 is considered the cut-off date for ballots to be received in the Columbus office. The ballots are to be counted by the Administrator and at least two (2) other persons.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and submit a final report by October 15.

Chair -
Eric Stewart, Florida State University - estewart2@fsu.edu

POLICY COMMITTEE
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The Policy Committee shall consider issues related to crime and justice policy and make recommendations to the ASC Executive Board that further the ASC’s abiding interest in strengthening free and independent scientific inquiry, and support for crime and justice research.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), a final report by October 15, and to submit interim reports and recommendations as occasion requires.

Chair -
Todd Clear, Rutgers University - tclear@rutgers.edu

PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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The Committee has the responsibility to organize the substantive portion of the Annual Meeting. The Program Committee Chair carries out the President's theme for the Annual Meeting. In implementing this theme, the Program Chair works closely with the President, the Executive Director, the Meeting Manager, and the Administrator to determine the format and number of presentations, organize panel sessions, devise a schedule, and to generally ensure that the Annual Meeting flows smoothly. The Program Committee Chair is a member of the Annual Meeting "management team" and is expected to not only assist in the strategic planning phase, but also the on-site operational/implementation phase of the meetings.

Report -
The Program Chair is asked to prepare a formal progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15). The Program Committee Chair is asked to present a verbal report at the first meeting of the Executive Board held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting (typically held Tuesday afternoon).

Co-Chairs -
Pam Wilcox, University of Cincinnati - wilcoxp@ucmail.uc.edu
John Wooldredge, University of Cincinnati - wooldrj@ucmail.uc.edu

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE
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The Publication Committee's principal role is to oversee the Society's publications activities. For example, it makes recommendations to the Executive Board on such matters as editors, publishers, and publishing arrangements for the official society scholarly publications.

The Publications Committee shall consist of the ASC Vice-President as Chair, the ASC Vice President-Elect, and four members appointed by the ASC President, with the Editors of the society journals and Editors-Elect in years where such exist as ex officio (non-voting) members. The four (4) appointed Committee members shall serve staggered two-year terms.

The Publications Committee may, with Executive Board approval, commission intellectually stimulating works of major importance. Such works may cover the entire range of intellectual activity in criminology.

Report -
The Committee is asked to provide a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and a final report by October 15.

Chair -
Ross Matsueda, University of Washington - matsueda@u.washington.edu

STUDENT AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
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The Student Affairs Committee is to assist in the integration of student members into the activities of the Society. More specifically, the Committee is to oversee the student affairs column that appears in the The Criminologist. The Student Affairs Committee is to arrange for special sessions at the Annual Meeting dealing with topics specifically oriented to student interests. The Chair of the Student Affairs Committee serves as a member of the Annual Meeting Program Committee, with specific responsibility for the Professional Development/Students Meet Scholars area.

Report -
The Committee is asked to provide a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and a final report by October 15.

Chair -
Bianca Bersani, University of Massachusetts-Boston - Bianca.Bersani@umb.edu

STUDENT AWARDS COMMITTEE
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The Student Awards Committee is responsible for managing the Gene Carte Student Paper Competition. The Committee is responsible for specifying criteria and deadlines for submissions, determining procedures for judging entries, selecting first, second, and third place winners, or stipulating that there are no papers that satisfactorily conform to the criteria for selection. All applicants for the Gene Carte Award should receive comments from the Committee.

Report -
The Committee is asked to prepare a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and submit a final report by August 15.

Chair -
Richard Felson, Penn State University - rbf7@psu.edu

TEACHING COMMITTEE
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The Committee is to engage in three primary activities:

1. Oversee the Teaching Tips Column in The Criminologist.
2. Independently and in conjunction with the ASC divisions, organize sessions and workshops at the Annual Meeting.
3. Oversee the web-based syllabi collection project, including the collection of ancillary teaching-related items such as associated assignments, class exercises, film recommendations, etc.

In addition, the Committee is asked to take the lead in all teaching related issues that might arise, including serving as a liaison with other relevant entities and organizations that have teaching related functions and interests.

Report -
The Committee is asked to provide a progress report for the Mid-Year Board Meeting (typically due April 15), and a final report by October 15.

Chair -
Susan Krumholz, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth - skrumholz@umassd.edu