Meeting Notes 
Business Meeting: Global Division 
Date: 7.22.22; 1-2pm (PST), Virtual 
Convener: Nikhil Deb (Chair of the division) 


Attendees: Annie Hikido, Gowri Vijayakumar, Glenn Muschert, Brain Gran, Nikhil Deb


Agenda: 
Introductions
Congratulating Global Division's Awardees
A short report
Newsletter update
Sociologists in the public square
Award committee formations
Paper session ideas for the next annual meeting  
Miscellaneous

The meeting began with a round of introductions. Nikhil Deb, who convened the meeting, thanked everyone for joining. 

Recognized all award winners with a summary of their award-winning works 
- Nikhil Deb recognized Pamela Nwakanma as the winner of the best graduate student paper  for her paper, “From Black Lives Matter to EndSARS: Women’s Socio-political Power and the Transnational Movement for Black Lives.” 
- Deb thanked the award committee which was comprised of Dr. Paul Gellert, Dr. Caleb Scoville, and Dr. Sneha Annavarapu

- Nikhil Deb recognized this year’s Global Division Outstanding Book Award winner Gowri Vijayakumar for her book, At risk: Indian Sexual Politics and the Global AIDS Crisis. 

- Deb thanked the award committee, which was comprised of Ben Manski, Annie Hikido, and Raja Swamy. 

- Deb mentioned that the committee for both considered several strong submissions and agreed that Pamela and Gowri’s work was an excellent example of scholarship in the area of global studies and social problems


A short report:
- Nikhil Deb mentioned that there are ~170 members and asked others to encourage others to join.
- The importance of the global division at this time was discussed, with Deb mentioning the need to do more work to reinvigorate the division 
Newsletter update: 
- Send your materials to Debadatta Chakraborty (debadattacha@umass.edu). It’s almost done and will be published soon! 


Sociologists in the public square
SSSP’s current president, Noreen M. Sugrue, emphasizes this point. Deb encouraged others to spread the word and send materials relevant to it. It will, as said on the website, showcase non-peer-reviewed work (e.g., writings, legislative testimony, media appearances, podcasts, op-eds, letters to the editor, and blog writings found in local, state, national, and international arenas. Submissions should be emailed to the SSSP GRA & Webmaster at ssspgra@utk.edu.

Award committee formations: 
Attendees discussed the award committee formation. Details will follow. 

Paper session ideas for the next annual meeting:  
At least three session ideas were discussed. Details are coming soon! Follow the announcement in the listserve.


Miscellaneous: 
The attendees at the end discussed the possibility of meeting in LA, the site of this year’s conference