The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy aims to support emerging scholars in the social sciences through small grants for their doctoral research. Grant Information Aim and Mission To support emerging scholars through small grants; To promote scholarship with a social policy application; and To encourage projects that address contemporary issues in the social sciences. Grants Grants are based solely on merit. Each is worth a total of $10,000; $7,500 is awarded initially and $2,500 upon completion of the project. For grant recipients to be entitled to their second installment, they must show evidence of one of the following: Acceptance and approval of their dissertation; Acceptance of an article based on the research by a peer-reviewed journal; or Invitation to write and publish a book chapter based on the research. Grants are non-renewable and recipients have five years from announcement of the award to complete their project and claim their final payment. Eligibility Beginning in 2023 you CANNOT apply more than once. If you have applied before 2023 and want to apply again, you are still eligible. Applicants must be current PhD (or DrPH) candidates who are working on their dissertation; Applicants must not have a PhD; those who do, are ineligible; Applicants must have defended their dissertation proposal or had their topic approved by their department; Applicants can be from any country and any university in the world. US citizenship or residency is not required. Criteria The Foundation supports projects with a social policy application on either a global or local level. Applications are evaluated based on the Trustees’ assessment of criteria such as: feasibility, applicability, originality, methodology, theoretically informed or empirically rich research, and recommendation forms. No specific weight is given to any one area. Proposals are evaluated based on overall merit of all aspects of the application. We encourage applicants to look at the kind of projects we have supported in previous years. See Previous Recipients. Conditions Awards are made to individuals, not institutions. If processed through an institution, a waiver for overhead is required. Recipients are expected to acknowledge assistance provided by the foundation in any publication resulting from their research and should notify the Foundation with publication details. Grants are issued immediately on receipt of an acceptance letter from the recipient. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure the grant does not conflict with other funding they have secured. Grants are usually administered in June of the year they are decided. Grant recipients will be publicized on the foundation's website, in appropriate professional media, and a press release to university media offices. Special Awards Each year, the Trustees issue special monetary awards for the two most outstanding projects. These awards cannot be applied for directly, and are only granted at the discretion of the Trustees. Irving Louis Horowitz Award Overall most outstanding project This award carries with it an additional $5,000. Trustees' Award For the most innovative approach in theory and/or methodology This award carries with it an additional $3,000.

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy aims to support emerging scholars in the social sciences through small grants for their doctoral research. Meet the Foundation Mary Curtis Horowitz & Dr. Irving Louis Horowitz, Founders The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy was established in 1997 by Irving Louis Horowitz and Mary Curtis Horowitz and has been funded by contributions from them since its inception. The Foundation received approval as a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) organization in 1998. The Foundation's general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. Its specific purpose is to provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project. The idea for the Foundation emerged from Irving Louis Horowitz’s experience working with doctoral students. He found that many faced financial barriers to completing their research. Dr. Horowitz initially provided assistance to these scholars personally, and later through Transaction Publishers’ Grants-in-Publication Program. After the termination of that program, the foundation was established in 1997. The first grants were issued in 1999. Dr. Irving Louis Horowitz, 1968 Board of Trustees Dedication. Expertise. Passion. Irving Louis Horowitz (1929–2012) Founding Chairman Rutgers University Irving Louis Horowitz was a co-founder of the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy and helped shape its enduring commitment to supporting emerging scholars whose research advances understanding of important social issues. He was a distinguished sociologist, political scientist, publisher, and public intellectual. He served as Hannah Arendt Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Political Science at Rutgers University and was Chairman of the Board and Editorial Director of Transaction Publishers. A prolific scholar, Dr. Horowitz authored more than 50 books and hundreds of articles and essays spanning political theory, public policy, education, academic affairs, and publishing. His work was translated into multiple languages and earned widespread recognition. Throughout his career, he received numerous honors and awards for his intellectual and civic contributions. In recognition of his enduring impact on scholarship and publishing, Penn State University established the Irving Louis Horowitz–Transaction Publishers Archives, which documents the growth and development of social science research and publishing over more than half a century. Mary Curtis Horowitz Founder and Former Chair (2012-2023) Transaction Publishers (President, 1997-2017) Mary Curtis Horowitz was a co-founder of the Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. She served as the Foundation’s first Vice Chair and later as Chair from 2012 to 2023, providing dedicated leadership and helping to advance the Foundation’s mission of supporting emerging scholars in the social sciences. During her nearly 50 years in publishing, she was President of Transaction Publishers until its sale to Taylor & Francis in 2017. Prior to her work at Transaction, she was Vice President at Wiley Publishers, and Editorial Director of Praeger Publishers, at that time part of CBS Publishing. She now serves on the boards of several other not for profit organizations, and is on the National Council of the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Ayse Akincigil Chair Rutgers University Ayse Akincigil, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at the Rutgers School of Social Work. She is also Director of the Health Services Research Branch of the Hub for Aging Collaboration and a Core Member of the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research. Dr. Akincigil is a health economist whose research focuses on health services, aging, health care access, quality of care, and the experiences of older adults and individuals with serious illness. Her work combines advanced econometric methods with large-scale Medicare and survey data to examine health care utilization, costs, outcomes, and disparities in care. More recently, she has expanded her research to palliative and end-of-life care, drawing on both personal caregiving experiences and collaborations with leading oncology and palliative care researchers. A dedicated scholar and mentor, Dr. Akincigil leads a research program centered on rigorous, reproducible methods and interdisciplinary collaboration. She serves on the advisory board of the Goals of Care Coalition of New Jersey, where she contributes to efforts to improve access to palliative care and advance policies that support patients and families. She earned her Ph.D. in Economics from Rutgers University, specializing in Econometrics and Health Economics. Maggie Schneiderman Vice Chair National Geographic Society Maggie Schneiderman is a Major Gifts Officer at the National Geographic Society and has over 10 years of experience in individual philanthropy and nonprofit board management. Prior to joining National Geographic, she worked at the Field Museum as the Women's Board Manager and has held development roles at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine and Lincoln Park Zoo. Maggie studied Religion and Philosophy at Bucknell University and earned a master’s degree from the University of Chicago. She lives in Chicago, IL. Jonathan D. Breul Treasurer Georgetown University Jonathan Breul worked at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for 22 years, including as a Senior Executive who played an instrumental role in the development and implementation of presidential management agendas and efforts to increase the use of performance information. Later he was Executive Director of the IBM Center for The Business of Government and a Partner in IBM Global Business Services. He is a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), was for six years a member of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) Oversight Advisory Committee, and for many years taught graduate courses at the McCourt School of Public Policy. He is now retired. Richard L. Edwards Trustee Emeritus Rutgers University Richard L. Edwards, Ph.D., is Chancellor Emeritus of Rutgers University--New Brunswick, where he had earlier served as Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and as Dean of the School of Social Work. Previously, Edwards served at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as Interim Provost, as Dean of the School of Social Work, and as Distinguished Professor. Prior to that, he served as Dean of the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University and as Acting Dean at the School of Social Welfare at the State University of New York at Albany. His teaching and research interests focused on nonprofit management, social policy issues, and global affairs. His publications include twenty books he authored, co-authored, edited or co-edited. He served as a Fulbright Scholar in Israel and had numerous trips to Hungary, Romania, China, and other countries as part of research grants and consultation activities. Ray C. Rist, Trustee Emeritus The World Bank Ray C. Rist is a distinguished international scholar and leader in evaluation, governance, and results-based management. He is a former senior official of the World Bank, having served in the Independent Evaluation Group, and is widely recognized for his contributions to monitoring and evaluation systems used by governments and development organizations around the world. He is a co-founder and co-director of the International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET), one of the leading professional training programs in development evaluation. Over the course of a career spanning academia, government, and international development, Dr. Rist has advised organizations and national governments on designing and implementing results-based monitoring and evaluation systems. His professional experience includes senior appointments in the U.S. government, academic positions at leading universities, and leadership roles within the World Bank. He is the author or editor of more than 30 books and over 150 scholarly articles and has lectured extensively throughout the world on evaluation, governance, accountability, and public sector performance. Dr. Rist has also provided long-standing leadership to the international evaluation community, serving as President of the International Development Evaluation Association (IDEAS) and contributing to numerous professional journals and research initiatives. Through his work with the World Bank, IDEAS, and numerous governments and organizations around the world, he has helped advance the use of evidence and evaluation in public policy and development practice. Hans-Martin Boehmer Trustee Duke University Hans-Martin Boehmer holds a Ph.D. in economics from Georgetown University and an undergraduate degree in economics from the University of Bonn, Germany. He is currently a faculty member at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs, and Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Duke Center for International Development. Previously, he spent over 20 years at the World Bank Group holding senior positions in areas related to social policy, corporate strategy, and evaluation. During that time, he spearheaded global programs on education, health and social protection. He has worked with governments on economic and social policy in over 30 countries from the Caribbean and Latin America to Africa and Asia. Michal Grinstein-Weiss Trustee American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Michal Grinstein-Weiss, PhD, MA, MSW, is the Executive Director of the Myers JDC Brookdale Institute, Israel, a Full Professor at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, a Nonresident Senior Fellow in Global Economy and Development at the Brookings Institution in the United States and is on the board of trustees of The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy. In her previous esteemed positions, Professor Grinstein-Weiss served as the Shanti K. Khinduka Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Policy Initiatives at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, the founding director of the university- wide Social Policy Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, the founding director of the Centene Center for Health Transformation, and an advisor for the Financial Inclusion Working Group for the Clinton Global Initiative-America. Grinstein Weiss’ work is focused on improving health and socioeconomic mobility, addressing inequalities in health, financial security, education, and housing, particularly those in low-income households. In Israel, Professor Grinstein-Weiss spearheaded the creation and implementation of the Savings for Every Child legislation, a national policy which establishes a seeded savings account for all children as of 2017. Mary M. McKay Trustee Washington University in St. Louis Mary M. McKay is the Executive Vice Provost at Washington University in St. Louis. In this role, she works to enhance interdisciplinary research and education across the campus and to build the collaborations needed to ensure the successful implementation of the university’s strategic plan. With over 200 publications, Dean McKay brings a wealth of critical scholarship and leadership in the areas of poverty, mental health and the health- prevention needs of poverty-impacted youth and families. Prior to joining Washington University in St. Louis, Dean McKay was the McSilver Professor of Social Work and the inaugural director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research at New York University's Silver School of Social Work. Peter Moskos Trustee John Jay College of New Jersey Peter Moskos is a professor in the Department of Law, Police Science, and Criminal Justice Administration at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York City. Moskos, a Princeton and Harvard trained sociologist, is the author of four books, the most recent being Back from the Brink, an oral history about NYC’s 1990s crime drop. He is a former Baltimore City Police Officer and the director of John Jay College’s NYPD Executive Master’s Leadership Program. Nandini Ramanujam Trustee McGill University Nandini Ramanujam is a Professor and the Co-Director and Director of Programs of the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism at McGill University's Faculty of Law. Her research and teaching interests include Law and Sustainable Development, Rule of law with a focus on institutions and governance, Economic Justice, Food Security, as well as the exploration of interconnections between field based human rights work and theoretical discourses. She has a Doctorate in Economics from Oxford University. William M. Rodgers III Trustee Federal Reserve William M. Rodgers III is vice president of Community Development Research at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. Before joining the St. Louis Fed, he served as a professor of public policy at the Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy and the chief economist at the Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University. Rogers’ research interests and areas of expertise include economic mobility, compensation, labor markets and general economic trends. He is an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance and served as the academy’s board chair from 2016 to 2021. In 2024, the organization awarded Rodgers the Robert Ball Award for Outstanding Contributions in Social Insurance. Previously, Rogers was a nonresident fellow at The Century Foundation and has served in many public capacities, including on former President Barack Obama’s Department of Labor transition team and as chief economist at the U.S. Department of Labor from 2000 to 2001. He served on the National Economic Association Board and is a past president. Other roles in which Rodgers has served include as treasurer of the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, a member of the U.S. board of United Way Worldwide, and a member of the board of trustees of McDaniel College. He was a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta and chaired the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s expert panel to evaluate the quality of compensation data collected from U.S. employers by the EEOC. Rodgers has published articles in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics, The Review of Black Political Economy, International Migration, and Family Economics and Nutrition Review. He edited the book Handbook on the Economics of Discrimination, which was selected by Choice, the review journal of the American Library Association, as an Outstanding Academic Book of 2006. Rodgers has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune magazine, The Washington Post, The Guardian, Financial Times, and many other publications. He has been a guest on numerous television and radio shows, including MSNBC, Yahoo Finance, CNBC and NPR’s Marketplace, Weekend Edition and America Amplified. William Strong Trustee Kotin Crabtree & Strong William Strong is an attorney whose practice focuses on copyright and trademark law, as well as related publishing matters including defamation and false advertising. He advises clients on intellectual property registration, licensing, transactional issues, dispute resolution, and litigation. Throughout his career, he has represented a diverse range of clients in the publishing and creative industries, including publishers, authors, trade associations, curriculum developers, and literary agents. In addition to his legal practice, Mr. Strong served as an Adjunct Professor of Copyright Law at Franklin Pierce Law Center (now the University of New Hampshire Franklin Pierce School of Law) from 1987 to 1996. He also maintains a long-standing interest in estate planning, working closely with clients and serving as trustee for numerous trusts. Jos Vaessen Trustee The World Bank Jos Vaessen is Chief Evaluation Officer and Senior Adviser at the Independent Evaluation Group at the World Bank. Since 1998 he has been involved in evaluation research activities, first as an academic and consultant to bilateral and multilateral development organizations and from 2011 to 2016 as a lead evaluator at UNESCO. Between 2016 and 2024 he has worked at the World Bank's Independent Evaluation Group as evaluation adviser. He established and led IEG's Methods Team (2016-2022) and in collaboration with other colleagues and institutional partners, contributed to establishing the Global Evaluation Initiative, a global partnership to strengthen M&E systems and capacities. In 2024-2025 Jos was Principal Advisor at the Office of Evaluation and Oversight at the Inter-American Development Bank. Jos has taught evaluation-related courses at the University of Antwerp (2002-2010), Maastricht University (2010-2012), the International Program for Development Evaluation (2016-present) as well as various other institutions. Jos has been author of several internationally peer-reviewed publications, including three books. Notable examples of his publications are: Impact evaluations and development – NONIE guidance on impact evaluation (2009, with Frans Leeuw; World Bank), Mind the gap: perspectives on policy evaluation and the social sciences (2009, with Frans Leeuw; Transaction Publishers), Dealing with complexity in development evaluation: a practical approach (2015, with Michael Bamberger and Estelle Raimondo; SAGE Publications), Evaluation of international development interventions: an overview of approaches and methods (2020; with Sebastian Lemire and Barbara Befani; World Bank). Jos regularly serves on reference groups of evaluations for different institutions. Ryan Watkins Trustee George Washington University Ryan Watkins is a Professor of Educational Technology at the George Washington University in Washington DC. He teaches and does research on the application of intelligent technologies in classrooms and workplaces. He is an author of 12 books and 100+ articles on topics including needs assessment, instructional design, and the use of AI in scientific research. Allison Zippay Trustee Rutgers University Allison Zippay, PhD is Professor at the Rutgers University School of Social Work. Her research focuses on community planning, community practice, and the ways that place-based factors and social connections shape economic opportunity and access to social services for low-income populations. Dr. Zippay’s research has examined community responses to special-needs housing, including a National Institute of Mental Health–funded study exploring how communities and service agencies plan and locate psychiatric housing. This work identified “geographies of opportunity” that support social inclusion and examined factors associated with community opposition to supportive housing. Her broader research interests include resource mobilization, employment, and economic opportunity among disadvantaged groups. In addition to her research, Dr. Zippay has held leadership roles at Rutgers, including serving as Associate Dean for Curriculum, and participated in the Harvard University Institute for Higher Education’s Management Development Program. She teaches graduate courses in social policy and management and is the recipient of the Rutgers University Susman Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy administers grants to PhD students in the social sciences who are at the dissertation stage. The Horowitz Foundation supports policy research by emerging scholars whose work addresses contemporary issues in the social sciences. Established in 1997, our first grants for outstanding policy research were issued in 1999. Since then we have made 441 awards to students around the world. About Us The Foundation's general purpose is to support the advancement of research and understanding in the major fields of the social sciences. We provide small grants to aspiring PhD students at the dissertation level to support the research they are undertaking for their project. Learn More Applications for the 2027 Horowitz Foundation Awards Are Now Open Apply Here 2026 Award Recipients 1/1 Join to receive email updates on awards! 2026 Awards Announced For applications submitted in December 2025

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Board of Trustees BOARD OF TRUSTEES Irving L. Horowitz (1929–2012), Founding Chairman Rutgers University Mary Curtis Horowitz , Chairman Transaction Publishers (President, 1997-2017) Ray C. Rist , Vice Chairman The World Bank Ayse Akincigil Rutgers University David J. Armor, Emeritus George Mason University Hans-Martin Boehmer Duke University Jonathan D. Breul Georgetown University Richard L. Edwards Rutgers University Pearl Eliadis McGill University Michal Grinstein-Weiss Washington University in St. Louis Melissa Jonson-Reid Washington University in St. Louis Mary M. McKay Washington University in St. Louis Nandini Ramanujam McGill University William M. Rodgers III Rutgers University Maggie Schneiderman Jos Vaessen The World Bank

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Latest News News Sign up Above for Email Alerts for Upcoming 2022 Application Deadlines March 2023: María-Elena Giner, 2020 Grant Recipient, is published in the Journal of Environmental Science & Policy for research entitled "Assessing the impact of wastewater infrastructure along the Texas-Mexico Border: Did we make a difference on contagious diseases?" February 2023: Anisa Kline, 2021 Recipient, is published by the Ohio Latino Affairs Commission for research entitled "Latino H2A Workers and Their Importance for Ohio" 2022: Betsy Q. Cliff, 2018 Recipient, is published in Health Services Research for research entitled "Do high-deductible health plans affect price paid for childbirth?" July 2022: Call for Applications June 2022: Press Release, Horowitz Foundation Announces 2021 Awards March 2022: Shiran Shen, 2016 Grant Recipient, published a book, "The Political Regulation Wave: A Case of How Local Incentives Systemically Shape Air Quality in China" October 12, 2021: Douglas Luke installed as the Irving Louis Horowitz Professor in Social Policy at Washington University in Saint Louis' Brown School. July 26, 2021: Call for Applications June 23, 2021: Press Release, Horowitz Foundation Announces 2020 Awards 2020: Danielle Judith Zola Carr, 2017 Recipient, is published in History of the Human Sciences for research entitled "‘Ghastly marionettes’ and the political metaphysics of cognitive liberalism: Anti-behaviourism, language, and the origins of totalitarianism" July 1, 2020: Press Release, Horowitz Foundation Awards Grants to 25 Scholars for Social Policy Research February 2020: Alexis Walker, 2011 Grant Recipient, publishes a new book based on research partially funded by HFSP: https:/www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/16036.html May, 2019: UC - Berkeley Events and Media, DCRP PH.D. CANDIDATE RECEIVES HOROWITZ FOUNDATION GRANT October 3, 2018: Inside Higher Ed Weekly Newsletter, Advertisement September 22, 2018: Philanthropy News Digest, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Accepting Applications for Research August 7th, 2018: ProFellow Call for Applications , PhD Candidates: Apply Now for 2018 Social Policy Research Grants July 11, 2018: Veronica Horowitz (2017 winner) & Christopher Uggen, "Consistency and Compensation in Mercy: Commutation in the Era of Mass Incarceration" , Social Forces

Apply RECIPIENT PUBLICATIONS Supported by Horowitz Foundation Grants 20 15 Recipients Koebele, Elizabeth A., "Cross-Coalition Coordination in Collaborative Environmental Governance Processes," Policy Studies Journal, (2019). Grant recipient for "Collaborative Water Governance in the Colorado River Basin: Understanding Coalition Dynamics and Processes of Policy Change." Niker, Fay, Forthcoming Chapter in Putting Virtue into Practice: Theoretical and Practical insights, Routledge. Grant recipient for "Transformative Nudging: A Framework for Designing Policy Ecologies that Support Living Well." 20 13 Recipients Leeuw, H.B.M, Big Data and Evaluation: A Case Study on Digital Piracy, the Copyright Alert System and Big Data , Piscataway, New Jersey, Transaction Publishers 2016. Grant recipient for "Big Data and Digital Piracy: Evaluating the graduated response." Cantor, Alida, "The public trust doctrine and critical legal geographies of water in California, Geoforum , Vol 72, June 2016 49-57. Grant recipient for "Dust storms and dying lakes: Wastefulness, beneficial use, and water transfers in California." Reisenbichler, Alexander “A Rocky Path to Homeownership: Why Germany Eliminated Large-Scale Subsidies for Homeowners.” Cityscape vol. 18 no. 2 (November 2016). Grant recipient for "Safe as Houses: What Explains Government Involvement in Housing Markets in the U.S. and Europe?" 20 12 Recipients Fisher, Michael P., “PTSD in the U.S. Military, and the Politics of Prevalence,” Social Science & Medicine 115 (2014) 1-9. Grant recipient for “Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in the 21st Century: Social Action in the Name of Diagnosis and Disability Compensation." Mackey, Tim, “Global Health Diplomacy and the Governance of Counterfeit Medicines: A Mapping Exercise of Institutional Approaches” Journal of Health Diplomacy, Volume 1, Issue 1 (2013). Grant Recipient for “Pharmaceutical e-Marketing: Illicit Actors and Challenges to Global Patient Safety and Public Health." 20 11 Recipients Ciplet, David, et al., Power in a Warming World: The New Global Politics of Climate Change and the Remaking of Environmental Inequality, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 2015 (forthcoming), 332 pp. Grant recipient for “Between a Rock and a Gas Place: How Regulatory Policy for Emerging Technologies is Shaped in the Context of Scientific Uncertainty." Good, Michael, “Do Immigrant Outflows Lead to Native Inflows? An Empirical Analysis of the Migratory Responses to US State Immigration Legislation,” Applied Economics, Volume 45, Number 30. pp. 4275–4297. Grant recipient for “Do Immigrant Outflows Lead to Native Inflows? An Empirical Analysis of the Migratory Responses to U.S. State Immigration Legislation." Hussain, Muzammil M., State Power 2.0: Authoritarian Entrenchment and Political Engagement Worldwide. Grant recipient for “Post-Authoritarian Political Monitoring in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya: Investigating Information Activist Networks in the European Neighborhood." McCarthy, Michael, “Turning Labor into Capital: Pension Funds and the Corporate Control of Finance,” Politics & Society, Volume 42, No. 4 (2014). Grant Recipient for “Privatizing the Golden Years: How American Unions Made Pensions More Risky, 1945-2000." McCarthy, Michael, “Political Mediation and American Old-Age Security Exceptionalism,” Work and Occupations , Volume 41, No. 2 (2013). Grant Recipient for “Privatizing the Golden Years: How American Unions Made Pensions More Risky, 1945-2000” (2011). Pedulla, David, "Penalized or Protected? Gender and the Consequences of Nonstandard and Mismatched Employment Histories," American Sociological Review, Volume 81, No. 2 (2016). Grant Recipient for "Precarious Work and the New Economy: An Experimental Approach." Polson, Michael “Land and Law in Marijuana Country: Clean Capital, Dirty Money and the Drug War’s Rentier Nexus” Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Vol. 36, No. 2 (November 2013). Grant Recipient for “Marijuana in Northern California: Law, Economy and Medicine in a Shifting Policy Environment." Walker, Alexis N., “Labor’s Enduring Divide: The Distinct Path of Public Sector Unions in the United States,” Studies in American Political Development Volume 28. Issue 2 (October 2014): pp. 175-200. Grant Recipient for “The Rise of Public Sector Unionization and its Effect on Organized Labor’s Political Activities in the United States." Walker, Alexis N., "Divided Unions:The Wagner Act, Federalism, and Organized Labor", University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. Grant Recipient for “The Rise of Public Sector Unionization and its Effect on Organized Labor’s Political Activities in the United States." 2010 Recipients Gest, J (2016) The New Minority: White Working Class Politics in an Age of Immigration and Inequality , Oxford University Press: New York. Grant recipient for "The New Minority: Alienation and Identity among White Working Class Americans." 2009 Recipients Hahn, J. W., Aldarondo, E., Silverman, J. G., McCormick, M. C., & Koenen, K. C. (August 2015). Examining the association between post-traumatic stress disorder and intimate partner violence perpetration among adult men. Journal of Family Violence , 30(6), 743-752. Grant recipient for "Understanding the Role of Trauma and Violence in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration by Males in the General and Incarcerated Populations." Hahn, J. W., McCormick, M. C., Silverman, J. G., Robinson, E. B., & Koenen, K. C. (November 2014). Examining the impact of disability status on intimate partner violence victimization in a population sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence , 29(17), 3063-3085. Katz, James E., Mobile Communication: Dimensions of Social Policy , New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2011. Grant recipient for “Mobile Communication and Social Policy Conference” held on October 9-11, 2009 at the Heldrich Hotel, New Brunswick, NJ. 2008 Recipients Desmond, Matthew, Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the America City. New York: Crown, 2016. Grant recipient for "Eviction and the Reproduction of Inner-City Poverty." Skarbeck, David Benjamin, “Governance and Prison Gangs,” American Political Science Review (forthcoming). Grant recipient for “Problems of Organized Crime: How to Combat Thieves, Thugs, Terrorists, and Traffickers." 2007 Recipients Cross-Barnet, Caitlin and Katrina Bell McDonald , Marriage in Black: The Pursuit of Married Life among American-born and Immigrant Blacks, Routledge, 2018. Grant recipient for "The Successful Black Marriage Study." 2006 Recipients Gao, Qin, “The Chinese Social Benefit System in Transition: Reforms and Impacts on Income Inequality,” Annuals of the New York Academy of Sciences special volume “Reducing the Impact of Poverty on Health and Human Development: Scientific Approaches,” 2008. Grant recipient for “The Chinese Social Benefit System in Transition." 2005 Recipients Guzzo, Karen, “Competing Obligations, Child Support, and Men’s Visitation with Nonresidential Children,” presented at the National Survey of Family Growth Research Conference, October 19-20, 2006, pending publication at Journal of Family Issues. Grant recipient for, "Men's Multi-Partnered Fertility: Implications for Paternal Involvement." 2004 Recipients Garay, Maria Candelaria, “Social Policy and Collective Action: Unemployed Workers, Community Associations and Protest in Argentina,” Politics & Society 35, June 2007. Grant recipient for “Social Policy Regimes in Newly Liberalized Economics." 2003 Recipients Lin, Fen, “Dancing Beautifully but with Hands Cuffed? A Historical Review of Journalism Formation during Media Commercialization in China,” Perspectives, 7(2): 79–98 pp., 2006. Grant recipient for “Dancing with Hands Cuffed: Media Commercialization and Political Development in China." Whelan, Christal K., “Agonsho: A Japanese New Religion.” Completion of dissertation at Boston University on topic of the same title, December 22, 2003. 2002 Recipients Davis, Joseph E., “Suffering, Pharmaceutical Advertising, and the Face of Mental Illness,” The Hedgehog Review, Fall 2006.pp. 62–67. Grant recipient for "Paxil and Anxiety: Social and Ethical Implications of the New Pharmacology." Haffmann, Drew, Jesse Rude, and Kim Ebert, “The Biomedical Legacy in Minority Health Policy-Making, 1975–2002,” Research in the Sociology of Healthcare, Volume 23, 245–275 pp., 2005. Grant recipient for “Closing the Gap: Explaining the Content, Heterogeneity, and Survival of Minority Health Policy Proposals." 2001 Recipients Germani, Ana Alejandra, Gino Germani: Del Antifascismo a la Sociolgía, Buenos Aires: Taurus Ediciones, 2004. 412 pp.; and Gino Germani: Antifascism and Sociology. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 2008. 248 pp. Grant recipient for, "From Antifascism to the Institutionalization of Sociology in Argentina." Leoussi, Athena S., “The Ethno-Cultural Roots of National Art,” Nations and Nationalism (2004). Grant recipient for “Cultural Policies and the Development of Czech National Art." 2000 Recipients Handley, Antoinette, Business, Government, and the Privatization of the Ashanti Goldmine Company in Ghana. Prepared for the 2004 Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana. Grant recipient for “Business and Economic Policymaking in Africa: Four African Cases." Pollack, Sheldon D., Refinancing America: The Republican Antitax Agenda, Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 2003. Grant recipient for “The Politics of Wealth Transfer Taxation." Wong, Joseph, Healthy Democracies: Welfare Politics in Taiwan and South Korea, Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2004. 232 pp. (Paperback, 2006) Grant recipient for “Political Transaction and Welfare Reform in Taiwan and South Korea." 1999 Recipients Bard, Mitchell G., From Tragedy to Triumph: The Politics behind the Rescue of Ethiopian Jewry, Westport, CT and London: Preager Publishers, 2002, 217 pp. Grant recipient for “Israeli Policy toward Ethiopian Jews." Renshon, Stanley A., The 50% American: Immigration and National Identity in an Age of Terror, Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2005. 273 pp. Grant recipient for “One America?: Presidential Leadership and the Dilemma of Diversity." Strolovitch, Dara Z., Affirmative Advocacy: Race, Class, and Gender in Interest Group Politics, Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2007. 284 pp. Grant recipient for “Closer to a Pluralist Heaven: Advocacy Groups and the Politics of Representation." 1998 Recipients Castiglioni, Rossana, “The Politics of Retrenchment: The Quandaries of Social Protection Under Military Rule in Chile, 1973-1990,” Latin Americans Politics and Society, Volume 43, No. 4, Winter 2001. Grant recipient for “Retrenchment versus Maintenance: The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Chile and Uruguay." Castiglioni, Rossana, The Politics of Social Policy Change in Chile and Uruguay, New York, NY : Routledge, 2005, 168 pp. Grant recipient for “Retrenchment versus Maintenance: The Politics of Welfare State Reform in Chile and Uruguay." Drumble, Mark A., “Poverty, Wealth, and Obligation in International Environmental Law,” Tulane Law Review, Volume 76, No. 4, March 2002. Grant recipient for “Selfish Altruism or Shared Compact, Mechanisms to Promote Developing Nation Participation in Environmental Agreements." Peabody, Bruce Garen, “Recovering the Political Constitution: Nonjudicial Interpretation, Judicial Supremacy, and the Separation of Powers,” dissertation at the University of Texas, faculty of the graduate school, 2001 (Ph.D.) 307 pp. Grant recipient for “Recovering the Political Constitution: Changing Regimes Nonjudicial Interpretation." Williams, Kim, Mark One or More: Civil Rights in Multiracial America, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2006. 208 pp. Grant recipient for “Boxed In: The United States Multiracial Movement."

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