MSU’s Hagerman wins ASA Distinguished Early Career Award for contributions to childhood studies

Contact: Sarah Nicholas

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University Associate Professor Margaret A. Hagerman has been honored with the Distinguished Early Career Award by the American Sociological Association’s Section on Children and Youth. This prestigious award recognizes exceptional contributions by early-career sociologists in childhood and youth studies.

This award is given to individuals who have demonstrated exceptional research achievements, often through significant publications or impactful studies, within the first 10 years of their careers post-Ph.D. The recognition emphasizes both innovative theoretical contributions and rigorous empirical research, reflecting the recipient’s potential to continue shaping the field in significant ways.

In addition to this recent accolade, Hagerman was awarded the William J. Goode Book Award from the ASA’s Family Section in 2019 and the same year received the Gary Meyers/Clinton E. Wallace Dean’s Distinguished Professor Award at MSU, recognizing her excellence in research and teaching.

Hagerman, who joined the university in 2014, has published “White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America” (NYU Press, 2018) and “Children of a Troubled Time: Growing up with Racism in Trump’s America” (NYU Press, 2024).

For more details about MSU’s College of Arts and Sciences or the Department of Sociology, visit www.cas.msstate.edu or www.sociology.msstate.edu.

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