SSSP: Educational Problems Division Newsletter Winter 2015-2016 INCLUDED IN THIS ISSUE: ¥ Â Message from the chair ¥ Â Education Problems Sessions Scheduled for Seattle ¥ Â SSSP Website Offerings ¥ Â Upcoming Conferences and Events ¥ Â Member Achievements ¥ Â Good Reads ¥ ¥ Important deadlines ¥ ¥ 2016 Annual meeting papers submissions: January 31, 2016 ¥ ¥ 2016 Graduate Student Paper Competition: January 31, 2016 ¥ Division Chair ¥ Maralee Mayberry, Ph.D. ¥ Professor of Sociology, University of South Florida, 2015-2017 ¥ mayberry@usf.edu ¥ ¥ Newsletter Editor ¥ Mollie Davis ¥ Drexel University ¥ School of Education Message from the chair The New Year is here and IÕm energized to serve as the Chair of the Educational Problems Division (2015-2017). The 2015 meetings in Chicago were exciting, as we sponsored a well-attended Critical Dialogue session Ð Progressive Housing and Educational Reform in Chicago Ð as well as a variety of other well-attended sessions. Thanks to everyone who organized and presided over sessions in Chicago and thanks to those audience members for making our division program successful! In addition, we had a very successful division business meeting. A number of interested members convened for several hours to discuss ideas for the 2016 program and then threw around various session titles and proposed modifications. At the conclusion of the meeting we had developed a thoughtful and engaging draft for 2016! Thanks to all those who attended. Your insights were incredible! Next yearÕs SSSP annual meeting will be held in Seattle, and the theme is ÒGlobalizing Social Problems.Ó As stated by the SSSP President, David Smith, ÒThe 2016 SSSP conference should be a platform to discuss global social problems that are among the worldÕs most pressing. Indeed, arriving at some sort of solution to vexing issues like world climate change, intensifying global inequality, and the threat of war in an era of weapons of mass destruction are imperative for the survival of humanity on this planet.Ó The Educational Problems lineup for these meetings will bring these and other issues to the fore: global conflicts and schooling; educational problems and rural schools; transgender identities in schools; higher education and addressing familial poverty; student protests; disabilities and schools; ethnographies in education; and learning beyond the classroom. The 2016 Educational DivisionÕs preliminary program is included in this newsletter and the submission process is open until January 31, 2016. Also, a reminder that the divisionÕs Graduate Student Paper competition is still open for submission until January 31, 2016. The CFP is included in this newsletter. Onward toward 2016 in Seattle! Educational Problems sessions scheduled for the Seattle meeting Ð Please check the preliminary program for dates, times, and locations: Each participant is permitted to submit one sole-authored paper and one critical dialogue paper, but additional co-authored papers may be submitted. Critical Dialogue sessions include short (5 minute) presentations by up to 8 authors followed by facilitated dialogue that critically explores connections among the papers. The audience will have an opportunity to participate in the dialogue as well. Emphasis is placed on exploring interesting connections between papers with a broadly similar theme. The hope is that both presenters and the audience will have an opportunity to make new and deeper connections from their unique insights and presented ideas. Critical Dialogue sessions will not have audio-visual equipment. From the SSSP Call for Papers website: http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/655/fuseaction/ssspsession2.publicView Session # Session Title Sponsor(s) Organizer(s) 6 Head Start to Higher Education: Addressing Familial Poverty 1. Community Research and Development 2. Educational Problems 3. Poverty, Class, and Inequality 1. Green, Autumn R. [agreen@endicott.edu] 2. Katz, Sheila M. [smkatz@uh.edu] (co-organizers) 12 Transgender Identities and Experiences in Education 1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change 2. Educational Problems 1. Hanson, Lane L [llhanson@wisc.edu] 13 ROUNDTABLES: Student Protests 1. Conflict, Social Action, and Change 2. Educational Problems 3. Sociology and Social Welfare 1. Guzm‡n, Sebastian G. [guzmas31@newschool.edu] 27 Disability, Schools, and the Prison Pipeline 1. Disability 2. Educational Problems 1. Dalmage, Heather M. [hdalmage@roosevelt.edu] 42 Global Conflicts: Migration, Immigration and Schooling - THEMATIC 1. Educational Problems 1. Pereira, David A. [david.pereira@utoronto.ca] 43 Educational Problems in Rural Schools 1. Educational Problems 1. Waldron, Linda M. [lwaldron@cnu.edu] 2. Strayer, Christine Elizabeth [christine.e.strayer@wmich.edu] (co-organizers) 44 Transformations in Higher Education in the 21st Century 1. Educational Problems 1. Pearson, A. Fiona [pearsonaf@ccsu.edu] 45 Ethnographies in Education 1. Educational Problems 1. Institutional Ethnography 1. Davis, Mollie A. [mad432@drexel.edu] 46 Beyond the Classroom: Learning through Extra-and Co- curricular Activities 1. Educational Problems 2. Sport, Leisure, and the Body 1. Sacha, Jeffery O. [sacha@usc.edu] 47 Pedagogical (R)evolutions in a globalizing World - THEMATIC 1. Educational Problems 2. Teaching Social Problems 1. Mayberry, Maralee [mayberry @usf.edu] CHECK OUT WHAT THE SSSP WEBSITE HAS TO OFFER! JOB OPENINGS ON SSSPÕS WEBSITE ÒThe Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) provides a free career center for members and non-members to browse current job opportunities related to sociology. Please remember to contact each employer individually if you would like more information about a job listing. SSSP hopes you find this service valuable. Jobs are listed in chronological order by date posted.Ó Visit http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/320/locationSectionId/0/Job_Opportunities for more information. CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS AND CONFERENCES Did you know that SSSP posts calls for submissions and other conferences on our website? Visit http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/361/Calls_for_Submissions_&_Conferences/ to see current calls for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, Catalyst: A Social Justice Forum,Êand the African Journal of History and Culture. According to the website, If you want to have SSSP Òpost a call for papers, book chapter, article submission, or a conference announcementÊlisted please email your announcement toÊsssp@utk.edu.ÊÊThe announcement may be included in the email, attached as a word document, PDF file or word perfect document. Please include a URL for more information, if available. There is no charge to place an announcement on this website. Announcement for book chapters or articles will be posted until the submission deadline.ÊAnnouncements will be posted on the website until the date of the conference has passed.Ó Upcoming Conferences, Events, and Calls for Papers: ONE: City, Culture, and Community Graduate Student Symposium Social Justice and the City: Implications for Race and Equity Annual Graduate Student SymposiumÊ Hosted by City, Culture and Community, an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program at Tulane University March 10th-11th Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mary Pattillo www.tulane.edu/ccc TWO: Media Review Submissions Recognizing the multiple modalities of communication and how presentations enhance our sociological understanding of the complex realities of the 21st century, the journal Humanity & Society seeks authors for Media Reviews. We invite reviewers of critical messages in popular films, television shows, documentaries, multimedia presentations, video games, and other forms of media. Written submissions should be approximately 1,000 words.ÊThe journal welcomes reviewers from diverse backgrounds and with diverse perspectives, including activists, graduate students, and practitioners in fields other than sociology. To review for Humanity & Society, please contact the Media Review Editor, Bhoomi K. Thakore, atÊbhoomi.thakore@northwestern.eduÊwith your background information and suggested review topic. THREE: Drexel UniversityÕs Global Education Colloquium Join us for a live streamed event on the third Tuesday of every month at Noon EST. Check the website for upcoming and archived talks http://drexel.edu/soe/event-series/gec/ For more information, email Dr. Kristy Kelly, faculty coordinator for the GEC, at kek72@drexel.edu, or follow the conversation on Twitter #DrexelGlobalEducation UPCOMING SPEAKERS: January 19, 2015 Expanding Notions of Blackness, Tools for a Better Pedagogy Evelyn Laurent-Perrault, Bryn Mawr College February 16, 2016 Schools without Stones: Education for Conflict or for Peace in Afghanistan Dana Burde, Steinhardt, New York University March 15, 2016 Charter school dynamics in Colombia: Findings on the operationalization of accountability and Competition Brent Edwards, Drexel University April 19, 2016 Transformation for Inclusive Practices: Developing a sustainable model for vulnerable children in post-conflict Uganda Susan O'Rourke, Carlow University May 17, 2016 - TBA June 7, 2016 High Stakes Schooling: Japan's Experiences with Testing, Accountability & Education Reform Christopher Bjork, Vassar College Member Achievements: ONE: Brigit Dyer, PhD student in Sociology at Wayne State University has recently accepted a full time, tenure track Sociology instructor position at Macomb Community College, in Warren, MI.Ê She begins at the college in January. TWO: Adrian H. Huerta, a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in education, at the University of California, Los Angeles and has a forthcoming paper titled: ÒI didnÕt want my life to be like thatÓ: Gangs, college, or the military for Latino male high school students. Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, 7(2), 156-167.Ê He is currently an American Educational Research Association Minority Dissertation Fellow for the 2015-2016 academic year.Ê THREE: ÊMaralee Mayberry and Lane HansonÕs article, ÒBarriers to Gay-Straight Alliance Social Activism:Ê An Assessment Model for Education Researchers and PractitionersÓ has been recently published in the Journal of Sociology and Social Work, 3(1), 7-16.Ê The paper provides an ecological assessment model that will be of value to those interested in replacing oppressive school structures with socially-just educational climates and to those directly involved in GSA formation and implementation. FOUR: Ê Leslie R. Hinkson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology?at Georgetown University gave a TedX Talk in October. Click on the url to watch her talk titled, ÒRacial Issues in Urban SchoolsÓ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNs3HDMp9hA Good Reads ONE: Educated in Whiteness (2014, University of Minnesota Press) by Angelina E. Castagno.Ê This excellent book provides a Òup-close look at how whiteness operates in actual schools, and within one school district.Ê It offers a rare, ethnographic portrait of how policies ostensibly aimed at effecting educational equity end up reinforcing the status quo.ÓÊ Framed by critical race theory and whiteness studies, this book employs concepts like interest convergence, a critique of liberalism, and the possessive investment in whiteness to better understand diversity-related educational policy and practices.Ê Castagno not only sheds light on the disconnect between the promises and practices of diversity-related initiatives but also provides insight into why the disconnect persists. TWO: Queer Inclusion in Teacher Education (2015, Routledge) by Olivia J. Murray.Ê Another excellent read! ÊThis book explores the challenges and promises of building queer-inclusive pedagogy and curriculum into teacher education.Ê Weaving together theory, research findings, and practical Ôhow-toÓ strategies and materials, it fills an important gap by offering a clear road map and resources for influencing the knowledge, beliefs, and actions of faculty working with pre-service teachers.Ê Looking at both the politics and practices of teacher education and the ways in which queer issues manifest in schools, it is hopeful in suggesting that if teachers and pre-service teachers can critically reflect on homophobia and heternormativity, they can begin to think about and relate to queer youth in a different, more positive and inclusive way. Ê THREE: Sexuality in School:Ê The Limits of Education (2014, University of Minnesota Press) by Jen Gilbert.Ê Sexuality in School investigates the breakdowns, clashes, and controversies that flare up when sexuality enters spaces of schooling.Ê Education must contain the volatility of sexuality, Gilbert argues, and yet, when education seeks to limit the reach of sexuality, it risks shutting learning down.Ê Gilbert penetrates this paradox by turning to fiction, film, legal case studies, and personal experiences.Ê By examining the strange workings of sexuality in schools, Gilbert draws attention to the explosive but also compelling force of erotic life in teaching and learning. Ê