Professor Shamus Khan at Columbia University is awarded the prize for his outstanding contributions to the study of elites. By turning our gaze towards the elite, Khan refers to classic sociology as well as contributes to the reinvigoration of research on stratification and inequality. Khan shows how the US elite functions, how it reproduces, and its role in modern society. Elite education has been central in his works.

Sociologist Jennifer Lee wrote an op-ed in The Conversation about the challenges faced by census officials and policy makers in attempting to collect data on Asian-American immigrant populations from varied countries of origin. See more here.

Sociologist Jennifer Lee published a paper in The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science on the challenges of tracking immigration across different Asian American communities as a result of varied migration histories and socioeconomic profiles. Access the article here.