What Our Members Say...
"Grad students often bemoan the pressure to give up on activist-based research in favor of more disinterested, scholarly pursuits, not realizing that SSSP has a richly cultivated tradition of proving that activism can be scholarly, and scholarship can--and should--incite social change. I would be a member of this organization even if I wasn’t pursuing a career in academia. Fortunately, others feel the same way, and you’re as likely to run into a local community organizer as a big-name sociologist at the annual conference."
Mary Scherer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
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"SSSP connected me with numerous opportunities that aided my professional growth while I was a graduate student. During the annual meetings, I witness tremendous support for scholar-activism and benefit from the organization's ample networking opportunities. SSSP is a place where I can expect to find friendly colleagues eager to lend support and work for social justice."
Elroi J. Windsor, Salem College
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"The Society for the Study of Social Problems is an outstanding organization. As a graduate student, there are so many wonderful opportunities to engage and network with others (academics and non) who share the ambition to make a positive difference. I know that my voice has been heard and respected. Moreover, I have been encouraged to participate and be visible in a variety of difference ways. This is my favourite conference by far. I look forward to speaking and learning from those who attend–professors and students alike."
Mandy Frake-Mistak, York University
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"SSSP and Social Problems have always welcomed new and critical approaches to contemporary justice issues. As a graduate student I was drawn to SSSP by the seriousness with which members embraced alternative methodologies and conceptual frameworks. For me, the SSSP meetings continue to be a forum for putting me in touch with an interdisciplinary, international group of scholars and community activists doing significant justice work.
Suzanne Vaughn, Arizona State University
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"SSSP played a central role in shaping my academic life. From the start it supported my scholar activism, awarding me a scholarship that helped me finish the dissertation. As a young scholar, people in the organization helped me find a publisher for my book. And now, as I near tenure, SSSP members are helping me with letters of support. What SSSP does best is provide an intellectual refuse and support for scholars engaged in praxis. As such, it is a unique association of scholars pushing for change."
Luis A. Fernandez, Northern Arizona University
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"SSSP brings scholars, policy makers, and activists together to bring about social change to achieve social justice. SSSP attempts to hear every voice and to celebrate intellectual and social diversity. SSSP members work in and contribute to their local communities and in places throughout the wider world. It is simply the most generous and the best organization to introduce students and young scholars to social justice work."