Wayne State University sociologist Steven Stack is the recipient of the American Association of Suicidologists' Louis Dublin Award. The AAS award, granted annually since 1970, recognizes outstanding lifetime contributions to the field of suicidology.

Stack, a resident of Troy, is the second person in the Association's history to receive both of its research awards: the Dublin, a senior level award, and the Edwin Shneidman young contributor award, which he received in 1985.

"Stack has made important contributions to the study of suicide, and this award is a fine, well-deserved acknowledgment of his lifework," said Lawrence Scaff, Dean of the Wayne State College of Liberal Arts.

He is only the second sociologist to receive the Dublin Award in its 34-year history. In this honor, Stack joins the esteemed company of Dr. Keith Hawton, University of Oxford Medical School, Dr. John Mann Columbia University Medical School and Dr. John Maltzberger, Harvard Medical School.

Stack received his BA in English and Math from the University of Connecticut in 1969, as well as a M.A. in education in 1970, a MA in sociology in 1973 and a PhD in sociology in 1976. In addition to writing 202, refereed, journal articles and book chapters, Stack served as Secretary of AAS (1196-1998), and received several grants from the National Institute of Mental Health. Recently, he gave the plenary address to the World Health Organization's biannual conference on Injury Prevention and Control in Montreal. He's written about copycat suicide, religion and suicide, and family integration and suicide - when he's not hiking or mountain climbing.

Stack is a tenured professor in Wayne's department of criminal justice, where he has taught since 1990. He was chair of Wayne's criminal justice department from 1994 to 2001. He held previous appointments in the sociology departments at Auburn University, Penn State University, Indiana University, and Alma College.

Wayne State University is a premier institution of higher education offering more than 350 academic programs through 13 schools and colleges to more than 31,000 students in metropolitan Detroit.

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