Faculty Distinction 2020/21
Sociology
Faculty Distinction 2020/21
![Peter_Bearman](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Peter_Bearman.jpg)
Peter Bearman
Jonathan R. Cole Professor of Sociology; President of the American Assembly
NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative and Memory Archive, National Science Foundation
![Peter_Bearman](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Peter_Bearman.jpg)
Peter Bearman
Jonathan R. Cole Professor of Sociology; President of the American Assembly
NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative and Memory Archive, National Science Foundation
![Peter_Bearman](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Peter_Bearman.jpg)
Peter Bearman
Jonathan R. Cole Professor of Sociology; President of the American Assembly
NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative and Memory Archive, National Science Foundation
![Jennifer_Lee](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Jennifer_Lee.jpg)
Jennifer Lee
Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences
Presidential Address for the Eastern Sociological Society
Rapid-Response Grant, “The Impact of Anti-Asian Hate in the Wake of Covid-19,” Social Science Research Council
![Jennifer_Lee](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Jennifer_Lee.jpg)
Jennifer Lee
Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences
Presidential Address for the Eastern Sociological Society
Rapid-Response Grant, “The Impact of Anti-Asian Hate in the Wake of Covid-19,” Social Science Research Council
![Jennifer_Lee](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Jennifer_Lee.jpg)
Jennifer Lee
Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Social Sciences
Presidential Address for the Eastern Sociological Society
Rapid-Response Grant, “The Impact of Anti-Asian Hate in the Wake of Covid-19,” Social Science Research Council
![Yao_Lu](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Yao_Lu.jpg)
Yao Lu
Associate Professor of Sociology
Louis Wirth Best Article Award Honorable Mention, International Migration Section, American Sociological Association
![Yao_Lu](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Yao_Lu.jpg)
Yao Lu
Associate Professor of Sociology
Louis Wirth Best Article Award Honorable Mention, International Migration Section, American Sociological Association
![Yao_Lu](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/03/Yao_Lu.jpg)
Yao Lu
Associate Professor of Sociology
Louis Wirth Best Article Award Honorable Mention, International Migration Section, American Sociological Association
![Denise_Milstein](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Denise_Milstein.jpg)
Denise Milstein
Lecturer in the Discipline of Sociology
NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative and Memory Archive, National Science Foundation
![Denise_Milstein](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Denise_Milstein.jpg)
Denise Milstein
Lecturer in the Discipline of Sociology
NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative and Memory Archive, National Science Foundation
![Denise_Milstein](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Denise_Milstein.jpg)
Denise Milstein
Lecturer in the Discipline of Sociology
NYC COVID-19 Oral History, Narrative and Memory Archive, National Science Foundation
![Saskia_Sassen](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Saskia_Sassen.jpg)
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology
Edgar de Picciotto Prize, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
![Saskia_Sassen](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Saskia_Sassen.jpg)
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology
Edgar de Picciotto Prize, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
![Saskia_Sassen](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Saskia_Sassen.jpg)
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology
Edgar de Picciotto Prize, The Graduate Institute, Geneva
![Bruce_Western](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Bruce_Western.jpg)
Bruce Western
Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice; Chair, Department of Sociology
Just Futures Initiative Grant for “Racial Justice and Abolition Democracy: An Action Curriculum for a Just Society,” Mellon Foundation
![Bruce_Western](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Bruce_Western.jpg)
Bruce Western
Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice; Chair, Department of Sociology
Just Futures Initiative Grant for “Racial Justice and Abolition Democracy: An Action Curriculum for a Just Society,” Mellon Foundation
![Bruce_Western](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2020/10/Bruce_Western.jpg)
Bruce Western
Bryce Professor of Sociology and Social Justice; Chair, Department of Sociology
Just Futures Initiative Grant for “Racial Justice and Abolition Democracy: An Action Curriculum for a Just Society,” Mellon Foundation
![Andreas_Wimmer](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Andreas_Wimmer.jpg)
Andreas Wimmer
Lieber Professor of Political Philosophy
Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
![Andreas_Wimmer](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Andreas_Wimmer.jpg)
Andreas Wimmer
Lieber Professor of Political Philosophy
Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
![Andreas_Wimmer](https://facultydistinction.fas.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2022/02/Andreas_Wimmer.jpg)
Andreas Wimmer
Lieber Professor of Political Philosophy
Fernand Braudel Fellow, European University Institute, Florence, Italy
The Faculty Distinction awards are compiled annually by the offices of the Executive Vice President for Arts and Sciences in coordination with the Arts and Sciences Departments. The information displayed is archival in nature and reflects distinctions of the previous academic year - 2020 is a collection of awards an honors from the 2019-2020 academic year.
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