Dear Family Division, Thanks to the hard work of the amazing staff, SSSP is presenting a fabulous schedule of sessions and events for the 65th annual meeting in Chicago from August 21st-23rd. Please don't forget that online registration is available until Friday, July 31st. This is my final newsletter as chair of the Family Division, and I have enjoyed getting to know the Division and meeting many of you. Also this is an important reminder that the Family Division Chair Election to select the incoming chair is open until Wednesday, July 15th. Please vote! Chicago is one of the United StatesÕ most racially and ethnically diverse, yet most segregated, cities (see Nate SilverÕs article: http://53eig.ht/1I1T3WY for more details), a fact that undoubtedly affects Chicago families. Chicago also has a long history of protest and resistance to social inequalities, including present day labor walkouts by both adjunct professors and fast food workers. So what better place than Chicago to explore this yearÕs conference theme ÒRemoving the Mask, Lifting the Veil:ÊRace, Class, and Gender in the 21st CenturyÓ? Also please consider getting involved in SSSP and the Family Division. Some options include: * if youÕre a new member, let us introduce you to the division. Please contact myself of the newsletter editor, Laura Simon, for more details. * Write a brief piece about an issue, research topic, or current event that relates to families * volunteer to organize or co-organize a paper session for the 2016 meetings in Seattle * volunteer to chair or co-chair the graduate student paper competition award committee * volunteer to judge or co-judge papers in the graduate student paper competition * If youÕll be in Chicago, come to the Family Division Meeting on Friday, August 21, 4:30-6:10pm, Room Atlantic C. Otherwise, feel free to drop me an e-mail with any ideas. ¥ I look forward to seeing all of you in Chicago! Kristy Watkins, ?outgoing SSSP Family Division Chair profkwatkins@gmail.com Publications Crossley, S. (2015). ÔRealising the (troubled) familyÕ, Ôcrafting the neoliberal stateÕ. Families, Relationships and Societies. Online first: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tpp/frs/pre-prints/content-PP_FRS-D-14-00064R2 Garcia, J. (2015). The Importance of the Mentor-Mentee Relationship in WomenÕs Desistance from Destructive Behaviors.ÊInternational Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology.ÊDOI: 10.1177/0306624X14568257 Awards and Accomplishments Julie Mikles-Schluterman, an Associate Professor of Sociology at Arkansas Tech University, was named the assistant director of the University Honors Program and received the 2015 Faculty Award of Excellence for Service at Arkansas Tech University. In addition to these great accomplishments, she and a colleague organized an event on campus where they broke a Guinness World Record. More details in the links below: http://www.atu.edu/academics/facultyexcellence.php http://www.arkansastechnews.com/university/tech-bestows-faculty-awards-of-excellence/ http://www.couriernews.com/view/full_story/26586401/article-ATU-registers-almost-1-700-with-Be-the-Match Ê Janet Garcia, a PhD. Candidate at Rutgers University, received the American Society of Criminology Graduate Fellowship for Ethnic Minorities (2014) to fund dissertation research on the navigation of motherhood for formerly incarcerated mothers. Janet also received the Rutgers University Dissertation Fellowship (2015-2016). Laura Simon, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Nebraska Ð Lincoln (UNL), received UNLÕs Ogle Dissertation Fellowship for the upcoming Spring 2016 semester and the UNL Department Teaching Award for demonstrating teaching excellence. The Family Division now has a Twitter Page! Consider following us @SSSPFamilyÊor just checking out our posts -https://twitter.com/SSSPFamily The Society for the Study of Social Problems 65th Annual Meeting August 21st Ð 23rd, 2015 Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago, IL Family Division Meetings Friday, August 21, 4:30-6:10pm Room: Atlantic C Society for the Study of Social Problems 2015 Annual Meeting Family Division Sponsored Paper Sessions Friday, August 21, 8:30 AM Session 1:ÊPAPERS IN THE ROUND: FamiliesÊ Room: Atlantic C Sponsor:ÊFamily Friday, August 21,10:30 AM Session 17:ÊChanging Issues in Families: Sexualities, Health, Gender, RaceÊ Room: Aegean Sponsors:ÊFamily & Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Friday, August 21,12:30 PM Session 27:ÊWork, School, and Inequality for People of ColorÊ Room: Aegean Sponsors:ÊFamily & Labor Studies Friday, August 21, 2:30 PM Session 38:ÊReproductive and Family HealthÊ Room: Aegean Sponsors:ÊFamily & Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Saturday, August 22 8:30 AM Session 60:ÊUnmasking Inequalities in Family CareworkÊ Room: Baltic Sponsor:ÊFamily Saturday, August 22, 10:30 AM Session 72:ÊDisability and CareÊ Room: Baltic Sponsors:ÊFamily & Disability Saturday, August 22, 2:30 PM Session 104:ÊRace, Class, Kin and CultureÊ Room: Caribbean Sponsors:ÊFamily & Racial and Ethnic Minorities Sunday, August 23, 12:30 PM Session 152:ÊFamily and Social MovementsÊ Room: Pacific 2 Sponsors:ÊFamily & Conflict, Social Action, and Change Sunday, August 23, 2:30 PM Session 165:ÊFood and InequalityÊ Room: Pacific 2 Sponsors:ÊFamily & Poverty, Class, and Inequality Sunday, August 23, 4:30 PM Session 174:ÊState Regulation of 21st Century FamiliesÊ Room: Pacific 2 Sponsor:ÊFamily Spotlight on Graduate Student on the Job Market: Janet Garcia is a Ph.D. Candidate at Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice. Her research is primarily focused on the racial-ethnic differences in policing strategies, the impact of incarceration rates on communities of color, and the obstacles women face post-incarceration. JanetÕs dissertation investigates how formerly incarcerated women navigate motherhood post-incarceration and how this process influences mothersÕ ability to reintegrate back into society after imprisonment. Examining African American, West Indian and Hispanic formerly incarcerated mothers, her dissertation research unpacks the experiences of groups often viewed collectively as Òminorities.Ó Devoted to social justice matters and the increased life chances of disadvantaged groups, Janet has served as a plenary panelist for a panel entitled, ÒWorn Out: Motherwork in the Age of AusterityÓ; she has also served as a keynote speaker for a panel on ÒDisrupting the ÔPrimary School to PrisonÕ Pipeline.Ó Her professional experience and involvement in previous research has received academic acknowledgements in publications by Rand Corporation and the Vera Institute of Justice. Janet has also received the Rutgers University Presidential Fellowship, the Rutgers University Dissertation Fellowship, and the American Society of Criminology Graduate Fellowship for Ethnic Minorities.