Department Head and Franklin Professor of Sociology, Dr. William Pridemore, is the 2024 recipient of the Senior Scholar Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Drugs and Society. The award is presented annually to an established scholar who has made significant contributions to the scientific discipline and has provided service to the Section. Throughout his career, Dr. Pridemore has done research on the individual- and population-level effects of alcohol consumption on violence and on health, and the impact of alcohol policy on these outcomes. At last year’s ASA conference Dr. Pridemore received a similar recognition - the Albert J. Reiss, Jr. Distinguished Scholar Award - from ASA’s Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance for his career contributions to research on social structure and violence.
