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SSSP 2013 Annual Meeting

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2013 Annual Meeting Program Schedule

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Thursday, August 8
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM Committee Meeting: Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee, 2012-13
11:45 AM - 5:45 PM Committee Meeting: Board of Directors Meeting, 2012-13
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Other Event: Welcoming Reception
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM Committee Meeting: Board of Directors Reception, 2012-13
Friday, August 9
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM Other Event: New Member Breakfast
8:00 AM - 2:10 PM Committee Meeting: Editorial and Publications Committee 2012-13 & 2013-14
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM Committee Meeting: C. Wright Mills Award Committee, 2012-13 Committee Meeting: Committee on Committees, 2012-13 & 2013-14 Committee Meeting: Graduate Student Meeting with Student Board Representatives Committee Meeting: Information Technology Options Committee, 2012-13 Committee Meeting: Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship Committee, 2012-13 Committee Meeting: Transnational Initiative Committee, 2012-13 Session 1: Transformative Environmental Education Session 2: Sex, Sexuality, and Intersectional Analyses I Session 3: Big Pharma, Big Consequences: Drug Diversion and Misuse Session 4: Teaching the Sociology of Crime & Delinquency Session 5: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: 21st Century Social Movements, Community Activism and Social Change Session 6: Transnational Social Movements, Markets and Change Session 7: Moving Beyond *Ignoring* Social Constructionism I: What is Critical? Session 8: Disabilities Across the Life Course Session 9: #PussyRiot: Class Consciousness and Social Protest in the 21st Century Session 10: Law, Policy and Institutional Ethnography Session 11: Community-Based Social Justice Activism, Education, and Social Change
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM Committee Meeting: Accessibility Committee, 2012-13 Committee Meeting: Committee on Race and Racism, 2012-13 Committee Meeting: Council of Division Chairpersons, 2012-13 & 2013-14 Committee Meeting: Lee Student Support Fund Committee, 2012-13 Session 12: Family Dynamics and Mental Health Session 13: Teaching Theory in Social Problems Session 14: Knowledge, Power and the Politics of Reality I: Policy-Making and Organizational Action Session 15: Citizen Issues Including Voter Suppression and Immigration Reform Session 16: Gender and Globalization Session 17: Re-imagining Human Rights Session 18: Drugs, Addiction, and Social Constructionism Session 19: Pedagogy, Social Integration, and Social Justice Session 20: Award Session & Panel Discussion in Honor of Jack Levin - Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division Session 21: Media, Social Problems, and Social Change
12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Committee Meeting: Local Arrangements Committee, 2012-13 & 2013-14 Committee Meeting: Nominations Committee, 2012-13 (Closed Meeting) Committee Meeting: Thomas C. Hood Social Action Award Committee, 2012-13 Session 22: Space, Place and Mental Health in Reimagined Institutional Contexts Session 23: Sex, Sexuality, and Intersectional Analyses II Session 24: New Directions in IE Research Session 25: New Strategies in Online Constructionism Session 26: CRITICAL DIALOGUE on Work and Class Session 27: Urban Environmental Issues Session 28: Public Health Sustainability, Ecological Justice, and Globalization Session 29: Housing First: The Promise and Practice of Homeless Service Provision Session 30: Immigrant Women Rising: Organizing for Social, Economic and Political Inclusion and Change Session 31: Community-Embedded Research: The Challenges and Opportunities of Collaboration between Academics and Community-Based Organizations
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM Committee Meeting: Council of Division Chairpersons, 2012-13 Committee Meeting: Justice 21 Committee, 2012-13 (Open Meeting) Committee Meeting: Lee Founders Award Committee, 2012-13 CANCELLED Committee Meeting: Open Discussion of Resolutions Proposed to the Board of Directors Committee Meeting: Permanent Organization and Strategic Planning Committee, 2012-13 Session 32: Medical Interventions into Sex: Intersex and Trans* Perspectives Session 33: Recidivism, Defiance, and Rehabilitation Session 34: Teaching the World that isn't: Envisioning Social Change in the Classroom Session 35: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: New Media and Sociology Session 36: Open Discussion of Resolutions Being Proposed to the Board of Directors Session 37: Re-framing Sex Work: Women, Labor and Social Policy Session 38: Urban Environmental Issues 2 Session 39: Drugs, Crime and Incarceration II Session 40: Fragile Families: Programs and Services to Meet the Social, Health, and Educational Needs of Poor Parents and their Children Session 41: Community Groups: Bridging Racial and Class Divisions
3:30 PM - 6:10 PM Divisional Meeting: Institutional Ethnography (including a memorial tribute for Roxana Ng)
4:15 PM - 6:15 PM Committee Meeting: Board of Directors Meeting, 2012-13
4:30 PM - 6:10 PM Divisional Meeting: Community Research and Development Divisional Meeting: Conflict, Social Action, and Change Divisional Meeting: Drinking and Drugs Divisional Meeting: Educational Problems Divisional Meeting: Environment and Technology Divisional Meeting: Family Divisional Meeting: Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Divisional Meeting: Labor Studies Divisional Meeting: Society and Mental Health Divisional Meeting: Poverty, Class, and Inequality Divisional Meeting: Social Problems Theory Divisional Meeting: Sociology and Social Welfare Divisional Meeting: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Session 42: Teaching About Race and Ethnicity Session 43: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Re-imagining Representation: Media and Popular Culture in Social Problems Analysis Session 44: Reconciling Occupy Wall Street outside of New York City Session 45: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Re-Imagining Sexual Politics
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Regular: Division Sponsored Reception
7:45 PM - 10:30 PM Other Event: Concert to Support the Initiative to End Domestic Violence
10:30 PM - 11:30 PM Other Event: Graduate Student Happy Hour
Saturday, August 10
9:00 AM - 10:10 AM Committee Meeting: SSSP Business Meeting, 2012-13 (Open Meeting) Session 46: SSSP Business Meeting
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM Committee Meeting: Revenue Generating Committee, 2012-13 Session 47: Re-Imagining War: Social Creation of Disability Session 48: Empowering Low-Wage Workers: Domestic Workers Leading Carework Reform Session 49: Critique of the Leftist Utopian Imagination Session 50: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Globalization: Defining and Debating Costs and Benefits Session 51: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Stress, Coping, and Mental Health Disparities Session 52: Families and Poverty Session 53: Persistence and Change in Environmental Issues Session 54: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to Studying Health and Inequality Session 55: Current Trends in Drugs and Alcohol Use Session 56: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: New Trends in Teaching Social Problems: Content, Technology, Engagement and More Session 57: Theorizing Scandal in Social Problems Session 58: New Resource Wars: Indigenous and Ethnic Environmental Struggles Session 59: Teaching Sexuality: Challenges, Rewards, and Innovations Session 60: Crime & Delinquency as Socially Constructed Social Problems Session 61: New Directions in IE Research II Session 62: Reproductive Rights in the 21st Century
12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Committee Meeting: Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee, 2013-14 Divisional Meeting: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Divisional Meeting: Disabilities Divisional Meeting: Global Divisional Meeting: Law and Society Divisional Meeting: Racial and Ethnic Minorities Divisional Meeting: Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Divisional Meeting: Sport, Leisure, and the Body Divisional Meeting: Teaching Social Problems Session 63: Contested Medicine Session 64: Seeking Justice for Immigrants: Re-imagining Human Migration Session 65: Social Mobilizations and the Dialectic of Change Session 66: Beyond Social Constructionism: The New Faces of Poverty, Welfare and Inequality Session 67: Community Spaces and Food Security Session 68: Drugs, Crime and Incarceration Session 69: Green Economy Meets Extractive Economy: State Roles in Development Strategies Session 70: Social Action - Highlight the Work of the Social Action Winner Session 71: The Social Organization of Health Professional Education Session 72: Schools, Communities, and Inequality: The Significance of Place and Space in Perpetuating Unequal Opportunities and Outcomes Session 73: Social Forces and Mental Health Session 74: (Re)Constructing Parenthood and Marriage in Contemporary Families Session 75: Racial Identities and Social Problems
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM Committee Meeting: Membership and Outreach Committee, 2012-13 & 2013-14 Session 76: Medical Normalization of the Body Session 77: Gender, Sexuality and Sport Session 78: Debt, Derivatives and Dispossession Session 79: CRITICAL DIALOGUE - Racism under Capitalism in Crisis: Theorizing Resistance and Struggle Session 80: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: What's Missing in Studies of Crime & Delinquency? Session 81: Diminishing Returns: Assessing the Impact of Education on Social Mobility Session 82: Human Rights and Global Inequality Session 83: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Social Problems in Urban and Rural Communities Session 84: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Cultural Contexts of Substance Use Session 86: Graduate Student Teaching: Work and Workers Session 87: Racial Discourse in Social Problems Session 88: Re-Imagining Social Constructionism: Moving beyond Western, Capitalist, Individualistic Biases Session 89: Management and Ruling Relations Session 90: LGBT Relationships and Law Session 91: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Pedagogy and Race Class and Gender Session 92: Gender, Work, and Family Session 93: Environmental Privilege: Wealth, Waste, and Inequality
4:30 PM - 6:10 PM Committee Meeting: Committee on Social Action, 2012-13 Session 85: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Teaching about Human Rights and Social Justice Session 94: The Social Construction of Veterans with Mental Health Issues Session 95: Youth Sports Session 96: Re-Imagining Utopia Along Race, Class, Gender Lines Session 97: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Immigrant Status: Re-imagining the Outsider Session 98: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Re-imagining New Ways to Study Communities Session 99: Poverty, Class, Inequality and the Social Determinants of Health Session 100: New Approaches to Racial Integration in Education: Thinking Beyond Affirmative Action and 'Diversity' Session 101: Global Innovations in Drug Policy Session 102: Sexing the Body Session 103: Barriers to Social Activism: Gender, Race, and Class Session 104: Institutional Ethnography Approaches to Gender, Race, Colonization and Migration in Transnational Contexts Session 105: Sex, Justice and the Law Session 106: Re-imagining Family Policy Session 107: Re-imagining the Criminal Justice System Session 108: Moving Beyond *Ignoring* Social Constructionism II: Engaging Publics
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Other Event: Awards Reception
7:30 PM - 8:45 PM Session 109: Presidential Address
8:45 PM - 10:30 PM Session 110: Awards Ceremony
Sunday, August 11
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Committee Meeting: Board of Directors Meeting, 2013-14
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM Session 111: Knowledge, Power and the Politics of Reality II: Violence and Control Session 112: Equalizing Educational Outcomes: New Approaches to Old Educational Problems Session 113: Moving the Conversation Forward on Trauma, Lifecourse Development, Delinquency & Crime Session 114: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Social Construction of Drug Use and Misuse Session 115: Health Disparities as a Social Problem Session 116: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Marxist Critique & Prefigurative Politics: New Approaches to Social Problems Session 117: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Critical Issues in the American Legal System Session 118: Life After Death Row by Saundra Westervelt and Kim Cook: A Discussion of Wrongful Conviction Session 119: Race, Racism, Incarceration, and Social Welfare Session 120: Radio Unnameable Session 121: Beyond Budget Cuts: Managing Human Services in the Neoliberal Era Session 122: Re-imagining Globalization and Social Change Session 123: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Competing Perspectives on Capitalism and the Environment Session 124: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Thinking About Health Outside of the Box Session 125: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Race, Racism and the Life Course
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM Session 126: Crime, Delinquency and Law Enforcement Session 127: Youth Experiences and Drug Use Session 128: The Social Economy and Justice Session 129: Violence and the Law II: The Courts and Punishment Session 130: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Homelessness and Urban Problems Session 131: Problems with Implementing Health Care Reform in a Neo-Liberal Era Session 132: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Contesting Gender Representation Session 133: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Sexuality on the Edge Session 134: Families Along the Life Course Session 135: Brothers on the Line Session 136: Organizational Adaptation in the New Service Environment Session 137: Lifecourse Inequalities Session 138: Mobile People, Enduring Questions, Responsive Methods Session 139: Institutional Ethnography and Activism Session 140: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Innovative Techniques in Social Problems Research
12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Committee Meeting: Editorial Board Luncheon, 2012-13 Committee Meeting: Program Chair(s), 2012-13 & 2013-14 (Closed Meeting) Session 141: Rethinking Distinctions between Crime, Deviance and Delinquency Session 142: Movement Mobilization: Global Cases Session 143: The Social Construction of Educational Merit: Linking Theory and Practice Session 144: Violence and the Law III: Need for Legislation or Legislative Changes? Session 145: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Re-imagining governing, e-governance and the everyday work of the front-line Session 146: Health Services and Health Policy Session 147: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Teaching Racism: Challenges and Resistance in the Classroom Session 148: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Mental Health Issues Session 149: Worker and Labor Activism Session 150: Identity: Rethinking Ethnicity and Race in the 21st Century Session 151: Granito: How to Nail a Dictator Session 152: Theorizing Social Problems - Linking Research and Social Work Practice Session 153: Re-imagining Place and Home Session 154: Public Works or Disaster Capitalism: Lessons of Sandy and Katrina Session 155: Re-imagining Nation: Whose Dream is it?
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM Committee Meeting: Council of Division Chairpersons and Program Committee, 2013-14 Session 156: The Politics of Contention Session 157: Globalization and Contradictory Integration Session 158: College for All?: Challenges to Providing Higher Education for the Masses Session 159: Delinquency, Deviance, Schools, and Socialization Session 160: PRESIDENTIAL CRITICAL DIALOGUE: The Sociological Re-Imagination: What’s Left of Social Constructionism? Session 161: Getting Published in Social Problems Session 162: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Moving Beyond Educational Borders Session 163: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: How Do You Make Claims for Social Welfare in the Era of Neoliberalism? Session 164: Work Across the Life Course Session 165: Moving Beyond Social Constructionism in Race and Ethnicity Session 166: Broken on All Sides: Race, Mass Incarceration & New Visions for Criminal Justice in the U.S. Session 167: The Academic Job Market Session 168: Author Meets Critics: Women on Ice: Methamphetamine Use among Suburban Women Session 169: Re-Imagining Protest Music: From Occupy, the Arab Spring, to Pussy Riot Session 170: Law, Policy and Social Justice
4:30 PM - 6:10 PM Session 171: Re-thinking Social Policy Session 172: Constructionism and Institutional Ethnography Session 173: The 'End' of Education: The Changing Role of Education in the 21st Century Session 174: Violence and Law I: Police and State Session 175: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Uniting Theory and Practice in the 21st Century: Consciousness, Vision, and Strategy Session 176: New Research in Youth, Aging, and the Lifecourse Session 177: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: in Social Problems Theory Session 178: Borders, Boundaries, and Barriers: A CRITICAL DIALOGUE on Disability Session 179: (sub)Cultural Resistance and Social Change Session 180: Race and Politics Session 181: Puzzles: When Hate Came to Town Session 182: Workshop: How to Get Tenure Session 183: Natural Disasters: Exploring the Intersections of Race-Ethnicity, Gender and Class Session 184: Author Meets Critic Session on Democracy Deferred: Civic Leadership After 9/11 by David Woods Session 185: PANEL: Indigenous Perspectives in Context: Art, Poetry, and Politics