This award was created by the Association for the Scientific Study of Religion--Southwest at the 2008 meeting of the ASSR-SW as part of the Southwest Commission on Religious Studies. The Award was created to honor the service and dedication of Frank P. Forwood, a founding member and long-time program chair of the ASSR-SW. He was a Professor of Sociology and Religion at Northeast Louisiana University (now the University of Louisiana--Monroe) for more than thirty years. Dr. Forwood passed away in 2007 and the Award commemorates his memory, honoring his career service to the ASSR-SW and SWCRS and his many contributions to the study of religion in society.
Previous Honorees:
2023-24 Patrick Scott Smith, Independent Scholar
2022-23 Todd Jay Leonard, Fukuoka University of Education
2021-22 Adam Toler, Yale Divinity School
2020-21 John Francis Burke, Trinity University
2019-20 Darren J. N. Middleton, Texas Christian University
2018-19 Derek de la Pena, University of Houston Downtown
2017-18 Jerry Summers, East Texas Baptist University
2016-17 Dianne Dentice, Stephen F. Austin State University
2015-16 Ann Reed Wilder, Stephen F. Austin State University
2014-15 Patrick Scott Smith, Independent Scholar, Nixa, Missouri
2013-14 Stephen Padilla, Wayland Baptist University—San Antonio
2012-13 Dennis Horton, Baylor University
2011-12 Todd Jay Leonard, Fukuoka University of Education
2010-11 Ben D. Craver, Wayland Baptist University
2009-10 Todd Jay Leonard, Fukuoka University of Education
2008-09 Dennis P. Horton, Baylor University
2007-08 J. B. Watson, Stephen F. Austin State University
For information regarding this award, contact the ASSR President.