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2011 Annual Meeting

2011 Meeting Highlights

SSSP members contributed a total of $1,240 for AFAN-Aid for AIDS of Nevada, the recipient of the AIDS fundraiser.
View the thank you letter from the Nevada ACLU.
The SSSP Membership approved two resolutions at the 2011 Business Meeting in August.
View the Award and Scholarship Winners!
Congratulations to the 2010 C. Wright Mills Award Winner: Mark Hunter, for the book Love in the time of AIDS: Inequality, Gender, and Rights in South Africa, Indiana University Press. Click here for a list of the 2010 C. Wright Mills Finalists.

Presidential Address

SSSP President A. Javier Treviño's Presidential Address entitled The Challenge of Service Sociology pushes the parameters of sociological inquiry and responsibility.

"I begin with the premise that the central concern of sociology is the betterment of society. And this goal is to be achieved through the critical problems of our time."

Click here (PDF) for Dr. Treviño's speech and below for the complete powerpoint presentation.

Slideshow

Thanks to everyone for making the 2011 Annual Meeting a success!

Below are pictures from our time in Vegas. See you all in Denver next year!