Soc Prof Ion Bogdan Vasi wins two ASA Best Paper Awards

Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Ion Bodgan Vasi
Ion Bodgan Vasi

University of Iowa Professor Ion Bogdan Vasi has won two Best Paper Awards from the American Sociological Association. The winning paper, titled “No Fracking Way! Media Activism, Discursive Opportunities and Local Opposition Against Hydraulic Fracturing in the United States, 2010-2013,” was published in the American Sociological Review and presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting in August of last year.

The paper won the following awards:

  • 2016 Best Paper Award from Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association
  • 2016 Best Paper Award from the Communication, Information Technologies, and Media Sociology of the American Sociological Association

Bogdan Vasi is an associate professor in the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences’ Department of Sociology and the Tippie College of Business’ Departments of Sociology & Management and Organizations. His research focuses primarily on how social movements contribute to the diffusion of technological innovations, organizational change, and policymaking. He also studies industry emergence and the adoption and implementation of environmental practices by businesses.

The University of Iowa College of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers about 70 majors across the humanities; fine, performing and literary arts; natural and mathematical sciences; social and behavioral sciences; and communication disciplines. About 15,000 undergraduate and nearly 2,000 graduate students study each year in the college’s 37 departments, led by faculty at the forefront of teaching and research in their disciplines. The college teaches all Iowa undergraduates through the college's general education program, CLAS CORE. About 80 percent of all Iowa undergraduates begin their academic journey in CLAS. The college confers about 60 percent of the university's bachelor's degrees each academic year.