SSSP 2013 Annual Meeting

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Session # Session Title Sponsor(s) Organizer(s)
1 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Re-imagining New Ways to Study Communities
  1. Community Research and Development
  1. Kimelberg, Shelley M. [ s.kimelberg@neu.edu ]
2 The Social Economy and Justice
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Labor Studies
  1. Bauer, Carrie [ cmbauer1@asu.edu ]
3 PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Social Problems in Urban and Rural Communities
  1. Community Research and Development
  1. Kural, Melis Su [ meliskur@buffalo.edu ]
4 Community Groups: Bridging Racial and Class Divisions
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Labor Studies
  3. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Jonason, Amy [ ajonason@nd.edu ]
5 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Uniting Theory and Practice in the 21st Century: Consciousness, Vision, and Strategy
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  1. Katz-Fishman, Walda [ WKATZFISHMAN@IGC.ORG ]
6 Barriers to Social Activism: Gender, Race, and Class
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  1. Plotkin, Andy [ aplotkin@bellsouth.net ]
7 Media, Social Problems, and Social Change
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  1. Letukas, Lynn [ lletukas@uwlax.edu ]
8 Community-Based Social Justice Activism, Education, and Social Change
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  3. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Perkins, Debbie [ DPERKINS@COASTAL.EDU ]
9 Re-framing Sex Work: Women, Labor and Social Policy
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Mayo, Andrea [ andrea.mayo@asu.edu ]
10 Moving the Conversation Forward on Trauma, Lifecourse Development, Delinquency & Crime
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Society and Mental Health
  1. Artello, Kristine [ kristine.artello@gmail.com ]
11 Teaching the Sociology of Crime & Delinquency
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Maniglia, Rebecca [ Rebecca.Maniglia@nau.edu ]
12 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: What's Missing in Studies of Crime & Delinquency?
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  1. Berard, Tim J. [ TJBERARD@ALUMNI.REED.EDU ]
13 Crime & Delinquency as Socially Constructed Social Problems
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  1. Berard, Tim J. [ TJBERARD@ALUMNI.REED.EDU ]
14 Rethinking Distinctions between Crime, Deviance and Delinquency
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Law and Society
  1. O'Brien, Patrick K [ obrienp@uww.edu ]
15 Crime, Delinquency and Law Enforcement
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Law and Society
  1. Berard, Tim J. [ TJBERARD@ALUMNI.REED.EDU ]
  2. O'Brien, Patrick K [ obrienp@uww.edu ]
(co-organizers)
16 Re-Imagining War: Social Creation of Disability
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Disabilities
  1. Bender, Alexis A. [ alexisbender@gmail.com ]
17 Rights, wrongs, and in-betweens: Disability and the politics of inclusion Cancelled
  1. Disabilities
  2. Educational Problems
  1. Grossman, Brian R. [ Brian.Grossman@sjsu.edu ]
  2. Lorenz, Laura S. [ LLORENZ@BRANDEIS.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
18 Bioethics and Disability: Policy Challenges Cancelled
  1. Disabilities
  1. Lillie, Timothy [ tlillie@uakron.edu ]
19 Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: A CRITICAL DIALOGUE on Disability
  1. Disabilities
  1. Little, Deborah L. [ LITTLE@ADELPHI.EDU ]
  2. Lorenz, Laura S. [ LLORENZ@BRANDEIS.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
20 The Intersections of Disability and the Work Cancelled
  1. Disabilities
  2. Labor Studies
  1. Sayed, Sayeeda Amber [ sayeedaamber@hotmail.com ]
21 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Social Construction of Drug Use and Misuse
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  1. Lankenau, Stephen E. [ sel59@drexel.edu ]
22 Current Trends in Drugs and Alcohol Use
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  1. Cepeda, Alice [ alicecep@usc.edu ]
23 PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Cultural Contexts of Substance Use
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  1. Benoit, Ellen [ BENOIT@NDRI.ORG ]
24 Global Innovations in Drug Policy
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  2. Global
  1. , [ ]
25 Youth Experiences and Drug Use
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Kelly, Brian C. [ bckelly@purdue.edu ]
26 Drugs, Crime and Incarceration
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Drinking and Drugs
  1. Valdez, Avelardo [ a.valdez@usc.edu ]
  2. Draus, Paul [ DRAUS@UMD.UMICH.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
27 Equalizing Educational Outcomes: New Approaches to Old Educational Problems
  1. Educational Problems
  1. Conner, Sonya [ sconner@worcester.edu ]
28 College for All?: Challenges to Providing Higher Education for the Masses
  1. Educational Problems
  1. Pearson, A. Fiona [ PEARSONAF@CCSU.EDU ]
29 The 'End' of Education: The Changing Role of Education in the 21st Century
  1. Educational Problems
  1. Southworth, Stephanie [ southwo@clemson.edu ]
30 Schools, Communities, and Inequality: The Significance of Place and Space in Perpetuating Unequal Opportunities and Outcomes
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Educational Problems
  1. Billingham, Chase M. [ c.billingham@neu.edu ]
31 The Social Construction of Educational Merit: Linking Theory and Practice
  1. Educational Problems
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Austin Smith, Margaret [ margaretaustinsmith@gmail.com ]
32 New Approaches to Racial Integration in Education: Thinking Beyond Affirmative Action and 'Diversity'
  1. Educational Problems
  2. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Smith, Jill M. [ jmsmith@brandeis.edu ]
33 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Competing Perspectives on Capitalism and the Environment
  1. Environment and Technology
  1. Trivette, Shawn [ shawn.trivette@gmail.com ]
  2. Ouimette, Monique Y. [ monique.ouimette.1@bc.edu ]
(co-organizers)
34 Persistence and Change in Environmental Issues
  1. Environment and Technology
  1. Robinson, Erin E. [ robinso5@canisius.edu ]
35 Environmental Privilege: Wealth, Waste, and Inequality
  1. Environment and Technology
  1. Mix, Tamara L. [ tamara.mix@okstate.edu ]
36 Transformative Environmental Education
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Environment and Technology
  1. Wilkinson, Matthew E. [ mwilkins@coastal.edu ]
37 New Resource Wars: Indigenous and Ethnic Environmental Struggles
  1. Environment and Technology
  2. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Mascarenhas, Michael [ MASCAM@RPI.EDU ]
38 Community Spaces and Food Security
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Environment and Technology
  1. Widener, Patricia [ PWIDENER@FAU.EDU ]
39 Urban Environmental Issues
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Environment and Technology
  3. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Lang, Steve [ slang@lagcc.cuny.edu ]
40 Re-imagining Family Policy
  1. Family
  1. Reid, Megan [ reid@ndri.org ]
  2. Mezey, Nancy J. [ nmezey@monmouth.edu ]
  3. Atwood, Kristin M. [ kmatwood@ucalgary.ca ]
(co-organizers)
41 Families and War Cancelled
  1. Family
  1. Atwood, Kristin M. [ kmatwood@ucalgary.ca ]
42 (Re)Constructing Parenthood and Marriage in Contemporary Families
  1. Family
  1. Stringer, Ebonie L. Cunningham [ e.cunninghamstringer@wingate.edu ]
43 Families and Poverty
  1. Family
  2. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Kelly, E. Brooke [ BROOKE.KELLY@UNCP.EDU ]
44 Family Dynamics and Mental Health
  1. Family
  2. Society and Mental Health
  1. Kanieski, Mary Ann [ KANIESKI@SAINTMARYS.EDU ]
45 Families Along the Life Course
  1. Family
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Dillaway, Heather E. [ DILLAWAY@WAYNE.EDU ]
46 Re-imagining Globalization and Social Change
  1. Global
  1. Samara, Tony Roshan [ tsamara@gmu.edu ]
47 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Globalization: Defining and Debating Costs and Benefits
  1. Global
  1. Smith, David A. [ dasmith@uci.edu ]
48 Transnational Social Movements, Markets and Change
  1. Global
  1. Dean, Paul [ psdean@owu.edu ]
49 Gender and Globalization
  1. Global
  2. Labor Studies
  1. McGovern, Ligaya Lindio [ lmcgover@iuk.edu ]
50 Health Disparities as a Social Problem
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Gage, Elizabeth [ eagage@buffalo.edu ]
  2. Kalousova, Lucie [ luciekal@umich.edu ]
(co-organizers)
51 Health Services and Health Policy
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Greil, Arthur L. [ FGREIL@ALFRED.EDU ]
52 Problems with Implementing Health Care Reform in a Neo-Liberal Era
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Potter, Deborah A. [ deborah.potter@louisville.edu ]
53 Medical Normalization of the Body
  1. Disabilities
  1. Costello, Cary Gabriel [ COSTELLO@UWM.EDU ]
54 Big Pharma, Big Consequences: Drug Diversion and Misuse
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  2. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Furst, R. Terry [ TFURST3334@AOL.COM ]
55 Public Health Sustainability, Ecological Justice, and Globalization
  1. Environment and Technology
  2. Global
  3. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  1. Reed, Jennifer J. [ reedj32@unlv.nevada.edu ]
56 PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Studying Health and Inequality
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  2. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  3. Social Problems Theory
  1. Monnat, Shannon M. [ SHANNON.MONNAT@GMAIL.COM ]
57 New Directions in IE Research
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Rankin, Janet [ JMRANKIN@UCALGARY.CA ]
58 Law, Policy and Institutional Ethnography
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Eastwood, Lauren E. [ eastwole@plattsburgh.edu ]
59 Knowledge, Power and the Politics of Reality II: Violence and Control
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Del Rosso, Jared [ jared.delrosso@du.edu ]
60 The Social Organization of Health Professional Education
  1. Educational Problems
  2. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Webster, Fiona [ FIONA.WEBSTER@utoronto.ca ]
61 Management and Ruling Relations
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  2. Labor Studies
  1. Zurawski, Cheryl [ CDZ@ARIALASSOCIATES.COM ]
62 Institutional Ethnography Approaches to Gender, Race, Colonization and Migration in Transnational Contexts
  1. Global
  2. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Bordoloi, Samit Dipon [ diponbordoloi@gmail.com ]
63 Institutional Ethnography and Activism
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Institutional Ethnography
  1. Hussey, Ian [ ihussey@yorku.ca ]
64 Teaching Institutional Ethnography Cancelled
  1. Institutional Ethnography
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Turner, Susan Marie [ turnersusanm@gmail.com ]
65 CRITICAL DIALOGUES: Worker Rights in the 21st Century: Overcoming Barriers and Re-imagining Opportunities - THEMATIC Cancelled
  1. Labor Studies
  1. Brimeyer, Ted M. [ tbrimeyer@georgiasouthern.edu ]
66 Worker and Labor Activism
  1. Labor Studies
  1. Brimeyer, Ted M. [ tbrimeyer@georgiasouthern.edu ]
67 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Critical Issues in the American Legal System
  1. Law and Society
  1. Borchert, Jay [ borjay@umich.edu ]
  2. Asbury, Kathleen A. [ asburykathy@comcast.net ]
(co-organizers)
68 Law, Policy and Social Justice
  1. Law and Society
  1. Budd, Kristen [ kbudd@iusb.edu ]
69 Sex, Justice and the Law
  1. Law and Society
  1. Borchert, Jay [ borjay@umich.edu ]
70 Reproductive Rights in the 21st Century
  1. Law and Society
  2. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Richman, Kimberly [ KDRICHMAN@USFCA.EDU ]
71 LGBT Relationships and Law
  1. Family
  2. Law and Society
  1. Mezey, Nancy J. [ nmezey@monmouth.edu ]
72 Re-imagining Human Rights
  1. Global
  2. Law and Society
  1. Klein, Lloyd [ lklein@york.cuny.edu ]
73 Violence and Law I: Police and State
  1. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency
  2. Law and Society
  1. Morewitz, Stephen [ morewitz@earthlink.net ]
74 The Social Construction of Veterans with Mental Health Issues
  1. Disabilities
  2. Society and Mental Health
  1. Hartwell, Stephanie W. [ STEPHANIE.HARTWELL@UMB.EDU ]
  2. Lorenz, Laura S. [ LLORENZ@BRANDEIS.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
75 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Stress, Coping, and Mental Health Disparities
  1. Society and Mental Health
  1. Hartwell, Stephanie W. [ STEPHANIE.HARTWELL@UMB.EDU ]
76 Space, Place and Mental Health in Reimagined Institutional Contexts
  1. Society and Mental Health
  1. Hartwell, Stephanie W. [ STEPHANIE.HARTWELL@UMB.EDU ]
77 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Marxist Critique & Prefigurative Politics: New Approaches to Social Problems
  1. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Cassiman, Shawn A. [ shawncassiman@gmail.com ]
78 Beyond Social Constructionism: The New Faces of Poverty, Welfare and Inequality
  1. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Luna, Yvonne M. [ yvonne.luna@nau.edu ]
  2. Wesely, Jennifer K. [ JWESELY@UNF.EDU ]
(co-organizers)
79 #PussyRiot: Class Consciousness and Social Protest in the 21st Century
  1. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Turner, Eric [ eturne84@unm.edu ]
80 Diminishing Returns: Assessing the Impact of Education on Social Mobility
  1. Educational Problems
  2. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Green, Autumn R. [ GREENAU@BC.EDU ]
81 Poverty, Class, Inequality and the Social Determinants of Health
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  2. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Monnat, Shannon M. [ SHANNON.MONNAT@GMAIL.COM ]
82 Pedagogy, Social Integration, and Social Justice
  1. Educational Problems
  2. Family
  3. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Cabin, William D. [ williamcabin@yahoo.com ]
83 Housing First: The Promise and Practice of Homeless Service Provision
  1. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Cabin, William D. [ williamcabin@yahoo.com ]
84 Fragile Families: Programs and Services to Meet the Social, Health, and Educational Needs of Poor Parents and their Children
  1. Family
  2. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  3. Poverty, Class, and Inequality
  1. Cabin, William D. [ williamcabin@yahoo.com ]
85 Race, Racism, Incarceration, and Social Welfare
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Miller, Reuben Jonathan [ reubenjonathan1@gmail.com ]
86 Identity: Rethinking Ethnicity and Race in the 21st Century
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Jackson, Crystal L. [ CJACK1@LUC.EDU ]
87 Moving Beyond Social Constructionism in Race and Ethnicity
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Thakore, Bhoomi K. [ bhoomi.thakore@northwestern.edu ]
88 Race and Politics
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  1. Henricks, Kasey [ khenricks@luc.edu ]
89 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Re-Imagining Sexual Politics
  1. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Schroer, Sandra E. [ SSCHROER@MUSKINGUM.EDU ]
90 Sexing the Body
  1. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Nordmarken, Sonny [ snordmar@soc.umass.edu ]
91 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Sexuality on the Edge
  1. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Asbury, Kathleen A. [ asburykathy@comcast.net ]
92 Teaching Sexuality: Challenges, Rewards, and Innovations
  1. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Jungels, Amanda M. [ amanda.jungels@gmail.com ]
93 Sex, Sexuality, and Intersectional Analyses II
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  2. Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
  1. Brown, Marni A. [ mbrown30@ggc.edu ]
94 Moving Beyond Ignoring Social Constructionism I: What is Critical?
  1. Social Problems Theory
  1. Berbrier, Mitch [ berbrim@uah.edu ]
95 Theorizing Scandal in Social Problems
  1. Social Problems Theory
  1. Barnshaw, John [ jbarnshaw@uwlax.edu ]
96 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: in Social Problems Theory
  1. Social Problems Theory
  1. Best, Joel [ JOELBEST@UDEL.EDU ]
97 Re-Imagining Social Constructionism: Moving beyond Western, Capitalist, Individualistic Biases
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Loseke, Donileen R. [ dloseke@usf.edu ]
98 Teaching Theory in Social Problems
  1. Social Problems Theory
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Lowney, Kathleen S. [ KLOWNEY@VALDOSTA.EDU ]
99 Drugs, Addiction, and Social Constructionism
  1. Drinking and Drugs
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Tiger, Rebecca [ rtiger@middlebury.edu ]
100 New Strategies in Online Constructionism
  1. Environment and Technology
  2. Social Problems Theory
  1. Maratea, R.J. [ RJM@NMSU.EDU ]
101 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: How Do You Make Claims for Social Welfare in the Era of Neoliberalism?
  1. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Bialik, Joyce [ BIALIK@YU.EDU ]
102 Beyond Budget Cuts: Managing Human Services in the Neoliberal Era
  1. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Bialik, Joyce [ BIALIK@YU.EDU ]
103 Austerity vs. Stimulus: International Challenges for Social Welfare Cancelled
  1. Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Karger, Howard [ h.karger@uq.edu.au ]
  2. Midgley, James [ midg@berkeley.edu ]
(co-organizers)
104 Community-Embedded Research: The Challenges and Opportunities of Collaboration between Academics and Community-Based Organizations
  1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Houser, Linda [ ldhouser@widener.edu ]
105 Social Welfare Policies in the Global South Cancelled
  1. Global
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Safadi, Najwa Sado [ nsafadi@art.alquds.edu ]
106 Citizen Issues Including Voter Suppression and Immigration Reform
  1. Community Research and Development
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Selod, Saher [ saher.selod@simmons.edu ]
107 Human Rights and Global Inequality
  1. Global
  2. Sociology and Social Welfare
  1. Safadi, Najwa Sado [ nsafadi@art.alquds.edu ]
108 CRITICAL DIALOGUES: Moving Beyond Social Constructionism in Sport - THEMATIC Cancelled
  1. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  1. Cooky, Cheryl [ ccooky@purdue.edu ]
109 Gender, Sexuality and Sport
  1. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  1. McGann, PJ [ pjmcgann@umich.edu ]
110 Youth Sports
  1. Sport, Leisure, and the Body
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Musto, Michela [ mmusto@usc.edu ]
111 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: New Trends in Teaching Social Problems: Content, Technology, Engagement and More
  1. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Smith, Carrie L. [ CARRIE.SMITH@MILLERSVILLE.EDU ]
112 Teaching the World that isn't: Envisioning Social Change in the Classroom
  1. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Korgen, Kathleen Odell [ korgenk@wpunj.edu ]
113 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Teaching about Human Rights and Social Justice
  1. Human Rights Section - ASA
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Dolgon, Corey [ cdolgon@stonehill.edu ]
114 Teaching About Race and Ethnicity
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Dolgon, Corey [ cdolgon@stonehill.edu ]
115 Graduate Student Teaching: Work and Workers
  1. Labor Studies
  2. Teaching Social Problems
  1. Roth, Reuben N. [ rroth@laurentian.ca ]
116 New Research in Youth, Aging, and the Lifecourse
  1. Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
117 Lifecourse Inequalities
  1. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]
118 CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Race, Racism and the Life Course
  1. Racial and Ethnic Minorities
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Embrick, David G. [ DEMBRIC@LUC.EDU ]
119 Work Across the Life Course
  1. Labor Studies
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Brimeyer, Ted M. [ tbrimeyer@georgiasouthern.edu ]
120 Disabilities Across the Life Course
  1. Disabilities
  2. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Wellin, Chris [ cwellin@ilstu.edu ]
121 Re-imagining Place and Home
  1. Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
  1. Byrnes, Mary E. [ mbyrnes4404@marygrove.edu ]