Wildeman (left) received the Clifford C. Clogg Award for Mid-Career Achievement from the Population Association of America, recognizing innovative scholarly achievements by population scientists within 10–20 years of earning their highest degree. Lee (right) received the PAA's W.E.B. Du Bois Award and is the inaugural recipient of the honor recognizing sustained and innovative research on race and ethnicity in demography. (Photos courtesy of Wildeman and Lee)
Two Trinity Sociologists Honored with Prestigious PAA Awards
Two Trinity sociologists have received major honors from the Population Association of America (PAA), recognizing their influential scholarship and leadership in the field of population science. Christopher Wildeman, professor of Sociology, has been awarded the Clifford C. Clogg Award for Mid-Career Achievement, while Hedwig (Hedy) Eugenie Lee, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Sociology, has received the W.E.B. Du Bois Award, becoming the inaugural recipient of that distinction.
Wildeman received the Clifford C. Clogg Award, which honors outstanding and innovative scholarly achievements by population scientists who earned their highest degree within the previous 10–20 years. Established in 1995 and sponsored by PAA in association with the Population Research Institute at Pennsylvania State University, the award commemorates Clifford C. Clogg's creative contributions to quantitative methods and labor force demography. The award places Wildeman among the leading scholars recognized for shaping contemporary demographic research.
Lee, co-editor-in-chief of Demography, the population research journal published by Duke University Press, received the PAA's W.E.B. Du Bois Award. The biennial honor recognizes scholars with sustained and innovative research contributions to the study of race and ethnicity in demography, particularly those whose work engages public audiences and informs policy and practice. Lee is the inaugural recipient of the award, marking a significant milestone for both her career and the recognition of research addressing racial inequality in population studies.
The awards were presented at a meeting of the Population Association of America.