SSSP Family Division Fall 2022 Newsletter Welcome! from Co-chairs Rin Ferraro and Monnica Gavin Dear members of the Family Division, Happy December everyone! 2022 has been an eventful year, but we're so appreciative to all our Division members for keeping the Division thriving during these challenging times and for contributing to the success of SSSP's return to in-person meetings! As Co-chairs, we would like to quickly introduce ourselves. The 2021-2023 Co-chair is Rin Ferraro (ferraro@ou.edu), a Sociology Ph.D. student at the University of Oklahoma. The 2022-2024 Co-chair is Dr. Monnica Gavin (gavinm@clarkstate.edu), an Associate Professor at Clark State College. We are so thankful for everyone's involvement this year. We admire your resilience through a changing and often virtual year and are excited to announce the sessions that the Family Division will be offering at the 2023 Annual Meeting. Thank you for your involvement during this past year; we look forward to your engagement and participation in 2023. If you have any questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out to us! 2023 Conference Theme Same problem, different day: Recognizing and Responding to Recurring Social Problems Join us at our Annual Meeting in Philadelphia on August 18-20, 2023! Read President Shirley A. Jackson's message on the conference by following the link below: https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/902/2023_Annual_Meeting/ We want to hear about your work! Get the latest info on the 2023 Call for Papers here: https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/873/fuseaction/ssspsession2.publicView Reading list request: Have you read something interesting related to the study of Families recently? Tell us! We are working to create an inclusive list of these fascinating reads to share with the Division. Please email these submissions to gavinm@clarkstate.edu or ferraro@ou.edu. Job Announcement Request: If you have information related to current or upcoming faculty or staff postings in family sociology, please share them with us. We will compile this information to share in our spring newsletter! Please email these submissions to gavinm@clarkstate.edu Family Sessions at SSSP 2023 in Philadelphia: (Note that all papers must be submitted by January 15, 2023, 11:59 PM EST) Understanding Community through Visual Images (Session #7) Sponsored by Community Research & Development; Family Organized by Rin Ferraro (ferraro@ou.edu ) Reproductive Bodies and Autonomy (Session #6) Sponsored by Conflict, Social Action, & Change; Family; Health, Health Policy, & Health Services; Sport, Leisure, & the Body Organized by Birginia Kuulei Berndt (virginia.berndt@tamiu.edu) Critical Dialogue: Impacts of Reproductive Legislation and Criminalization (Session #22) Sponsored by Crime & Juvenile Delinquency; Disability; Family; Poverty, Class, & Inequality; Sexual Behavior, Politics, & Communities; Sociology & Social Welfare Organized by Monnica Gavin (gavinm@clarkstate.edu) Are Bathrooms Enough: Addressing LGBTQIA Issues in Higher Education (Session #45) Sponsored by Educational Problems; Family; Gender Organized by Myron Strong (mstrong2@ccbcmd.edu) Issues Related to Early Childhood Education (Session #45) Sponsored by Educational Problems; Family; Youth, Aging, & the Life Course Organized by LaNysha T. Adams (lanysha@edlinguist.com) The Changing Institution of Marriage (Session #58) Sponsored by Family Organized by Monnica Gavin (gavinm@clarkstate.edu) Critical Dialogue: The Role of Fathers in the 21st Century-THEMATIC Sponsored by Family Organized by Monnica Gavin (gavinm@clarkstate.edu) Papers in the Round: Family Formation versus the SNAF Model-THEMATIC Sponsored by Family Organized by Rin Ferraro (ferraro@ou.edu ) Critical Dialogue: Intergenerational Trauma-THEMATIC Sponsored by Family; Youth, Aging, & the Life Course Organized by Roma Stovall Hanks (rhanks@southalabama.edu) Student Paper Competition The Family Division announces its 2023 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Papers should be of a professional quality and may relate to any aspect of the sociology of the family. Submitting authors must be enrolled as graduate students at the time of their submission. To be eligible, a paper may not be published, accepted, or under review for publication. All papers must be student authored; they may be jointly authored by one or more students, but may not be co-authored with a faculty member or non-student. Papers should be no more than 25 pages in length, including all notes, references, and tables. Please e-mail papers and a cover letter specifying that the paper is to be considered for the Family Division Graduate Student Paper Competition to the Division Co-Chair Rin Ferraro at ferraro@ou.edu. Authors are required to submit their papers through the annual meeting Call for Papers online system. Submissions must be received no later than midnight on January 15, 2023. The winner and any runners-up will be announced in Spring 2023. The first-place winner will receive a $150 cash stipend, a plaque of recognition, student membership, conference registration, and an opportunity to present their paper at the upcoming SSSP meetings in Philadelphia. Please include your name, institutional affiliation, and contact information in the body of your e-mail. Also indicate that your paper is being submitted for the Family Division Graduate Student Paper Competition in the subject line of your e-mail. Please note that you may compete in only one SSSP division. 2022 Meeting Recap The 2022 Meeting was a huge success! Please check here for highlights, recordings, and a video of the presidential address: https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/906/2022_Annual_Meeting Renew Your SSSP Membership It's time to renew your SSSP membership for 2023! And please encourage your colleagues and friends to join the Family Division! SSSP has great opportunities for professional development and can provide great resume enhancement for graduate students and scholars in all stages of their career! Join or Renew today! https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/255/fuseaction/ssspmember.portal Announcements Maria D. Duenas was recently awarded a Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship at the University of Illinois at Springfield for the 2022-2023 academic year. She also won the 2022 Graduate Student Contributions to Teaching and Learning Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology for her publication, "Naming Racisms: Identifying and Responding to Biological and Colorblind Racisms." Link to the publication: https://trails.asanet.org/article/view/naming-racisms-identifying-and-responding-to Give the gift of SSSP! Give a student or a non-academic activist a membership for a year. This gift would allow them to participate in the Society and their divisions of choice. It's a simple way to share the work of our society! https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/880/fuseaction/ssspmember.giftMembershipSelect/userid/6896