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<\/a>Dr. Ken Kolb<\/p><\/div>\n
Moral Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of Victim Advocacy and Counseling<\/em> has been honored with the organization\u2019s 2015 Outstanding Recent Contribution in Social Psychology Award.\u00a0 The book was published by the University of California Press in the fall of 2014.<\/p>\n In Moral Wages<\/em>, Kolb describes what it\u2019s like to work inside an agency that assists victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. Based on more than a year of fieldwork, the book focuses not on the victims or perpetrators of abuse but on the service providers in the middle.<\/p>\n Kolb writes that while victim advocates and counselors don\u2019t ordinarily enjoy extrinsic benefits like pay, power and prestige, they earn a special type of emotional reward reserved for those who help others in need: moral wages. But it is also clear that their jobs often put them in impossible situations and provide few tools to combat a persistent social problem.<\/p>\n Dr. Kolb joined the Furman faculty in 2008. His current research project addresses how residents of \u201cfood desert\u201d communities in Southernside and West Greenville obtain fresh fruits and vegetables. He is a graduate of Bates College, and holds master\u2019s and doctorate degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n The American Sociological Association (ASA) is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good.<\/p>\n