PAGE # SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS DIVISION ASSOCIATE CHAIR: alithia zamantakis (2022-2024). Postdoctoral Fellow. Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing. Northwestern University. Email: alithia.zamantakis@northwestern.edu II. 2023 annual meeting call for papers is open! The slate of 2023 annual meeting sessions is set! President Jackson’s theme for 2023’s annual meeting in Philadelphia is “Same Problem, Different Day: Recognizing and Responding to Recurring Social Problems.” The Sexual Behavior, Politics and Communities Division-sponsored sessions are below. Consider submitting a paper, or forwarding this list to colleagues whose work would be a good fit for a session – deadline is January 15, 2023. https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/873/fuseaction/ssspsession2.publicView Division-Sponsored:  1. Sexualities on the Edge Session Type: Critical Dialogue  Session Organizer: Kathleen Asbury, kasbury@ccp.edu 2. Sexual Politics and Movements - THEMATIC Session Type: Critical Dialogue Session Organizer: Rick Braatz, ricky.braatz@siu.edu 3. Sexualities in Historical Context: The Past is Present – THEMATIC Session Type: Regular Paper Session Session Organizer: Joshua E. Warren, jwarre4@kent.edu Co-sponsorships: 1. Papers in the round: Research on Gender, Sexuality, Sports, Leisure and/or the Body (co-sponsored with Sport, Leisure & the Body, and Gender) Session Type: Roundtable Session Co-Organizers: Kyle Shupe (shupekn@mail.uc.edu), Jinsun Yang (jinsuny@uoregon.edu) Fall 2022 EDITOR: Rafia Mallick, M.A., Graduate Student, Department of Sociology, Georgia State University. 38 Peachtree Center Ave. SE, Suite 941, Atlanta, GA 30303. Email: rmallick1@student.gsu.edu 2023 Annual Meeting Call for Papers 2 2023 Student Paper Competition 4 2023 Outstanding Book Award 5 New Publications 6 Job Announcements 7 Inside this issue: SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS DIVISION CHAIR: Janelle M. Pham (2022-2024), Assistant Professor, Sociology, Oglethorpe University. Hearst 319, Atlanta, GA 30319. Email: jpham@oglethorpe.edu FALL 2022 IV. New Publications Meyer, Doug.  2022.  Violent Differences: The Importance of Race in Sexual Assault against Queer Men.  Oakland: University of California Press.   https://www.ucpress.edu/book/9780520384705/violent-differences Kao, Ying-Chao. 2022. “One Virus, Two Worlds: A Taiwanese Queer Stranger’s ‘World’-Traveling and Loving in the COVID U.S.” Pp. 216–229 in Global Feminist Autoethnographies During COVID-19: Displacements and Disruptions, edited by M. Heath, A. Darkwah, J. Beoku-Betts, and B. Purkayastha. New York: Routledge. Longo, Gina Marie. 2022. "Moral Lines of Credit: Forging Race Projects, Citizenship, and Nation on Online U.S. Spousal Reunification Forums". Migration Politics 1(1): 1-35 (open source link: https://www.scipost.org/MigPol.1.1.005)  Lee, Po-Han & Ying-Chao Kao. 2022. “Health Apartheid during COVID-19: A Decolonial Critique of Racial Politics between Taiwan and the WHO.” International Journal of Taiwan Studies 5(2):375–402. (Equally shared authorship) Kao, Ying-Chao. 2021. “The Coloniality of Queer Theory: The Effects of ‘Homonormativity’ on Transnational Taiwan’s Path to Equality.” Sexualities. Online First,  https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13634607211047518.  Like and Follow the SBPC page here: https://m.facebook.com/SSSP-Sexual-Behavior-Politics-and-Communities-Division-343457819083988/ FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE # 2. Gender, Sexuality and the Law (co-sponsored with Law & Society, Gender) Session Type: Regular paper Session Organizer: Lillian Jungleib, lillian.jungleib@unlv.edu 3. Impacts of Reproductive Legislation and Criminalization (co-sponsored with Poverty, Class & Inequality, Family, Sociology & Social Welfare, Disability, and Crime & Juvenile Delinquency) Session Type: Critical Dialogue Session Organizer: Monnica Gavin, gavinm@clarkstate.edu 4. Sexualities across the Life Course (co-sponsored with Youth, Aging and the Life Course) Session Type: Critical Dialogue Session Organizer: Hannah Regan, reganh@etsu.edu 5. Teaching and Legislating Sexualities in Schools (co-sponsored with Teaching Social Problems and Law and Society) Session Type: Critical Dialogue Session Organizer: alithia zamantakis, alithia.zamantakis@northwestern.edu 6. Sexualities & Disability (co-sponsored with Disability) Session Type: Regular Paper session Session Co-Organizers: Alan Santinele Martino (alan.martino@ucalgary.ca) and Lloyd Klein (lklein@lagcc.cuny.edu) 7. Gender, Sexualities and Immigration in Global Context (co-sponsored with Global) Session Type: Critical Dialogue Session Organizer: Rafia Mallick, rmallick1@student.gsu.edu FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE # II. 2023 SBPC Student Paper Competition Deadline: 1/15/2023 The Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division invites papers for its 2023 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers may be empirical and/or theoretical, and they may be on any aspect of sexuality, including sexual behavior, sexual identity, sexual politics, sex law, political activism, sexual communities, etc. The winner will receive a plaque of recognition, one-year membership to SSSP, a waived conference registration fee to attend the 2023 SSSP Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, and an additional cash prize of $200. To be eligible, a paper must meet the following criteria: 1) the paper must have been written between January 2021 and January 2023; 2) the paper may not have been submitted or accepted for publication (papers that have been presented at a professional meeting or that have been submitted for presentation at a professional meeting are eligible); 3) the paper must be authored by one or more students, and not co-authored with a faculty member or colleague who is not a student; 4) the paper must not exceed 30 pages including notes, references, and tables; 5) the paper must be double-spaced and typed using 12 point font; and 6) the paper may only be submitted to one division’s graduate student paper competition. In addition, authors are required to submit their papers through the annual meeting Call for Papers online system. Winners are expected to present their winning paper at the 2023 annual meeting. Students should submit the paper via e-mail, with no identifying information on any part of the paper, and the letter of nomination from a faculty member to: Dr. Lloyd Klein, lklein@lagcc.cuny.edu (Social Science Department, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY). FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE # III. 2023 SBPC Outstanding Book Award Deadline: 1/31/2023 The Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) invites submissions for its Outstanding Book Award for 2023. At conferences held during even numbered years, the award will be given for an outstanding peer-reviewed article published in the two years prior to the year of the conference. At conferences held during odd-numbered years, the award will be given for an outstanding peer-reviewed book published in the two years prior to the year of the conference. For the 2023 award, the division will consider peer-reviewed books published in 2021 or 2022, with empirical and/or theoretical focus, covering any aspect of sexuality, including but not limited to sexual behavior, sexual identity, sexual politics, sex law, political activism, sexual communities, etc. The winner will receive a $200 cash award in addition to the usual bragging rights. To be eligible, the book must meet the follow criteria: the book must have been published by a peer-reviewed press or publisher between January 2021 and December 2022; the book may be written by students or faculty, sole or co-written; the book may only be submitted to one SSSP division’s Outstanding Scholar competition; and the book cannot be a textbook. Winners are expected to attend the SBPC Division business meeting at the 2023 meeting in Philadelphia. Applicants must submit a brief letter explaining the significance of their book to the fields relevant to SBPC and a copy of their book (e-books are acceptable) for consideration by the judging committee to the Division Vice Chair by January 31, 2023. Self-nominations are encouraged. Send application information and five book copies (e-books preferred) to: Dr. alithia zamantakis, alithia.zamantakis@northwestern.edu. If mailing, please email Dr. zamantakis your application information and brief letter of significance with a statement that you will be mailing physical copies. Mailed packages should be postmarked by January 31, 2023 and mailed to: Dr. alithia zamantakis Institute for Sexual & Gender Minority Health & Wellbeing Northwestern University 625 N. Michigan Ave., Ste. 1400 Chicago, IL 60611 FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE # V. Job Postings Institution: George Washington University Department: Sociology Title: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Link: https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/96038 Description: The George Washington University’s Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin in Fall 2023. We encourage applications from current or recent PhD candidates and graduates; current and recent postdocs; and current assistant professors (including those who are assistant professors nearing tenure). We seek a scholar in the field of intersectionality whose work is rooted in critical, anti-racist, feminist, social justice frameworks and who will contribute to teaching and advising needs in the graduate and undergraduate programs in the Department. The department is interested in expanding its teaching and research on intersectionality as related to: social movements, LGBTQIA+ studies, postcolonial thought, crimes of the powerful, immigration, health disparities, Indigenous studies, education, critical science and technology studies, political economy, the Global South, and social theory. The Department strongly encourages Black, Latinx, and Indigenous scholars to apply for this position. The typical teaching load is two courses per semester. Basic Qualifications. Applicants must have a PhD in Sociology by date of appointment. Candidates must provide evidence of a strong commitment to and promise of scholarly publication, excellence in teaching, and meaningful service. Application Procedure. To be considered, please complete the online faculty application at https://www.gwu.jobs/postings/96038 and upload: a cover letter that addresses how you approach intersectionality, a curriculum vitae, a statement of how your teaching, research, service, and life experiences prepare you to contribute to the university’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, a statement of research interests, a statement of teaching and mentoring approaches, up to three copies of sample publications or unpublished manuscripts. FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE # Reference requirements. Applicants should arrange to have at least three (3) letters of reference submitted via email sochire@gwu.edu Only complete applications will be considered. Review of applications will begin on October 19, 2022 and will continue until the position is filled. The George Washington University is committed to cultivating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable learning environment. The university is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer that does not unlawfully discriminate in any of its programs or activities on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or on any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Employment offers are contingent on the satisfactory outcome of a standard background screening. Institution: Northwestern Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) Title: Postdoctoral Fellowship Positions Link: https://isgmh.northwestern.edu/research/t32/ Description: The Northwestern Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing (ISGMH) is pleased to announce the availability of THREE, 2-year postdoctoral fellowship positions starting in Summer/Fall 2023. These positions are funded by our NIMH T32 training program in Translational Science, HIV, and Sexual and Gender Minority Health (NU-THRIVE), directed by Dr. Michael Newcomb. ISGMH is the first university-wide institute in the country focused exclusively on research to improve the health of the sexual and gender minority (SGM) community, with more than a decade of experience training successful postdoctoral fellows. NU-THRIVE fellows can focus their own research on any area of HIV and/or SGM health embedded within ongoing studies led by NU-THRIVE faculty mentors. Fellows will also have the opportunity to propose an independent, mentored research project that takes advantage of our rich  FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE # faculty expertise, research infrastructure, and community connections. The NU-THRIVE training curriculum is diverse and was designed specifically to meet the needs of the next generation of translational scientists in HIV and SGM health. Training consists of: Mentored research with a primary and secondary mentor, including working on existing research projects and/or proposing new research initiatives. Bi-annual intensive trainings in our four translational science domains: Quantitative Methods, Qualitative Methods, Interventions & Trials, and Implementation Science. A weekly seminar that rotates between presentations on: Research Skills, Professional Development, Faculty Presentations, and Works in Progress. Structured writing support, including a weekly writing group and bi-annual writing retreats, designed to improve manuscript and grant writing skills. In addition to gaining breadth of knowledge in each of the four translational science domains, fellows will specialize in two of the four domains to solidify depth of knowledge. Extensive opportunities exist to gain exposure to and mentorship on grant writing and other key professional skills. Prior trainees at ISGMH have been highly successful in being hired into faculty positions and securing competitive research grants. Applicants should propose one or more NU-THRIVE faculty mentors as their preferred primary mentor. They may also identify a secondary mentor(s). We welcome and encourage applicants focused on interdisciplinary work, and our training faculty come from numerous academic disciplines across Northwestern, including: Public Health, Medicine, Psychology, Sociology, Communications, and the Humanities. The appointment will be for two years, renewable in the second year based on performance. Medical residents seeking one-year research fellowships are also encouraged to apply. FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE # Eligibility: Completion of the doctorate prior to the start of the position is required. A plan for a career focused on research on HIV and/or sexual and gender minority health research is required. Due to the nature of the funding for this T32 fellowship, only United States citizens and permanent residents are eligible. Note that international applicants are eligible for many of ISGMH’s other postdoctoral scholar positions, which are posted on our website throughout the year. Applications will be accepted until December 1, 2022, with the goal of interviewing candidates in January 2023. The positions will begin in the Summer/Fall 2023. To apply: Candidates may submit their application materials here. Letters of reference should be emailed by referees direct to Jose Eduardo Hernandez Lopez, at jose.hernandezlopez@northwestern.edu.  2-3 page cover letter that clearly articulates applicant background, research program, previous training, and career development goals 1 page Diversity Statement, focused on research and career development Current CV 3 letters of reference, including one from pre-doctoral mentor Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE # ISGMH Diversity Statement: ISGMH’s commitment to diversity is critical to our mission of advancing access to excellence in academic programs, world-class research, and health programs. Engagement in discrimination or harassment against any person because of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, military service, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity or expression will not be tolerated. Through its work, ISGMH advances the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ individuals. Staff and trainees should expect to find a diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities among ISGMH staff, trainees, research participants, and in outreach experiences. We highlight the importance of respecting and valuing this aspect of diversity among staff and trainees. FALL 2022 SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, POLITICS, AND COMMUNITIES DIVISION NEWS PAGE #