ASA Service Award
Re-established in 2013, the ASA Service Award has been designed to recognize individuals or organizations that have distinguished themselves through outstanding dedication to the ASA’s mission of encouraging production and dissemination of knowledge about Africa.
Eligibility
Candidates for the ASA Service Award must have made outstanding contributions to the ASA’s mission and/or the ASA such as:
- Showed a strong commitment to the ASA’s mission through public service and service to the Association;
- Encourage the study and teaching of Africa;
- Promoted creative exchanges and interactions of North America-based individuals or groups with Africa;
- Increased public understanding of Africa through the media, movies, music, books, and other cultural fora;
- Forges strategic partnerships with the ASA to further the organization’s mission;
- Promoted policies supportive of the interests of Africans and Africa;
- Volunteered time and actively contributed to ASA activities;
- Advanced humanitarian and philanthropic work in Africa.
Current ASA members may submit letters of nomination to the Executive Director of the ASA by September 1 of the year preceding the Annual Meeting in which the award would be given. Nominations for individuals must state how the nominee meets the stated criteria and elaborate on the contributions of the individual. The nomination must include the nominator’s name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address, as well as the name, title, and contact information of the nominee. Nominations for organizations must summarize the organization’s activities as they relate to the selection criteria mentioned above. They must also include the nominator’s name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address. The name, address, and telephone number of a contact person with the nominated organization must also be provided.
The ASA Awards Committee may also nominate individuals or organizations for consideration by the entire board.
ASA Service Award Winners (2013-Present)
2019 Michel Doortmont, University of Groningen, John Hanson, Indiana University, Jan
Jansen, Universiteit Leiden, and Dmitri van den Bersselaar, Universität Leipzig, History in Africa
2018 Sandra Barnes, University of Pennsylvania, and Andrzej Tymowski, American Council of Learned Societies
2017 Elliot Fratkin, Smith College and Sean Redding, Amherst College, African Studies Review
2016 Brenda Randolph, Africa Access
2015 Gillian Berchowitz, Ohio University Press
2015 Barbara Brown, Boston University
2015 Ali Ali-Dinar
2015 Kenneth W. Harrow, Michigan State University
2014 Indiana University Press
2014 Association of Concerned African Scholars
2014 Bill Minter, Africa Focus
2014 Aili Tripp, University of Wisconsin
2013 Lynne Rienner, Lynne Rienner Publishers
2013 Kassahun Checole, Africa World Press