SSSP Gender Division Summer 2022 Meeting Minutes
July 26, 2022 1:00pm EST
Attendees: Shannon Carter (Chair), Janelle Pham, Ariane Prohaska, Raphia Mallick, Giovanna Follo
1. Introductions
2. Discussion of leadership opportunities: Vice-Chair (beginning following election) Chair (beginning at 2023 meeting)
a. Send nominations (including self-nominations) to Shannon at skcarter@ucf.edu
b. Vice-Chair is ideal for a graduate student or recent graduate seeking involvement in SSSP and mentoring
c. Chair is ideal for a faculty member or activist seeking involvement and leadership opportunities; Chair duties are clearly explained here: The Society for the Study of Social Problems | Roles and Responsibilities of Division Chairs (sssp1.org)
d. Current bylaws require 2 nominees per position
3. Session Ideas for 2023 Annual Meeting (3 Division-Sponsored Sessions, 7 Co-Sponsored Sessions – include thematic sessions and critical dialogue)
a. Sessions will continue to be developed and collaborations formed with other division chairs at the Annual Meeting in LA
b. Division members who would like to organize a session, or Division Chairs who would like to collaborate should email Shannon at skcarter@ucf.edu 
c. Preliminary list of brainstormed ideas: 
i. From Roe to Dobbs (Thematic, Critical Dialogue, Shannon)
ii. Violence against Women (Giovanna)
iii. Gender Issues in Society (Roundtable)
iv. Gender, Sexualities, and Legislation (Janelle; with
v. Gender and Labor (Giovanna; Labor Division)
vi. Gender and Sport (Ariane; Body, Sports and Leisure Division)
vii. Gender, Sexualities, and Immigration (Raphia)
viii. Gender, Deviance, and Drugs (Raphia) and/or Gender, Trauma and Criminality, and/or Gender and Trauma (Giovanna)
ix. Gendered Representations in Media and/or Gender and Storytelling (via email from Meghna Bhat)
x. Gender and Spatial Justice (via email from Meghna Bhat)