If you plan to attend a one-day workshop, purchase your ticket while registering for the SSSP Annual Meeting. If you have already registered and would like to purchase a ticket, contact the IT Specialist directly.

Community-Based Participatory Action Research (limit 50)

Monday, August 21, 8:45am–4:30pm (Eastern Time)
Location: Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel
Registration Fee: $75 for employed registrants or $25 for unemployed/activist/student registrants

The Community Research and Development Division is hosting an interactive workshop for researchers who use or are interested in community-based participatory action research. CBPAR empowers communities to tackle social problems and find solutions that are tailored to their self-identified needs as co-equal partners in the research process. The workshop will (1) offer a foundational orientation to the purpose and process of CBPAR, (2) equip attendees with equity and justice frameworks, and (3) provide a context within which CBPAR scholars, both new and old, can learn from each other and build a stronger network. This one-day workshop will be divided into two sections. In the morning, Section I will cover the following topics: (1) What is CBPAR and Why Do It?; (2) Building Partnerships and Centering Community Voice; and (3) CBPAR Methodologies. In the afternoon, Section II will cover the following topics: (1) Data Dissemination: To Whom, How, and Where; (2) Publishing and Funding: Challenges and Opportunities; and (3) Moving Your CBPAR Work Forward. We will also consider the shifts and adjustments that are required in the context of shocks and disruptions like the recent pandemic. The workshop will be collaboratively delivered by Drs. Jessica Lucero and Sarah Stanlick. The workshop will be interactive in nature and provide opportunities for attendees to discuss their CBPAR research ideas and receive feedback. The workshop will be tailored for a variety of levels of familiarity with CBPAR. All are welcome.

Institutional Ethnography (limit 50)

Monday, August 21, 9:30am–3:30pm (Eastern Time)
Location: Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel
Registration Fee: $75 for employed registrants or $50 for unemployed/activist/student registrants

The Institutional Ethnography Division is hosting an interactive workshop for researchers who use or are interested in institutional ethnography – the method of inquiry developed by Dorothy E. Smith. The workshop features a keynote presentation as well as opportunities for large and small-group discussion and learning. The workshop will provide people with opportunities to engage directly with institutional ethnographies in the proposal, analysis, and final writing stages. Workshop fee includes morning coffee.

Professional Development for Early Career Scholars (limit 50)

Monday, August 21, 9:00am–12:00pm (Eastern Time)
Location: Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel
Registration Fee: $30 for employed registrants or $20 for unemployed/activist/student registrants

The Environment & Technology Division is hosting an interactive workshop for early career scholars who are interested in gaining mentorship and professional development skills. The workshop will feature a panel discussion with best practices and lessons learned from established scholars in the field, as well as opportunities for large and small-group discussion and learning. The workshop offers early career scholars, including graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, adjunct and tenure track professors, among others, a foundational orientation to professional development strategies and tactics and provide networking opportunities. This workshop is particularly geared towards underrepresented scholars and Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), lesbian, gay, trans, bisexual, queer (LGBTQ+), and disability scholarship to provide an opportunity to gain valuable mentoring advice and an opportunity to network with established scholars. Workshop fee does cover room space but does not include coffee or snacks.

Purposive Community-Engaged Research (limit 50)

Monday, August 21, 9:00am–5:00pm (Eastern Time)
Location: Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel
Registration Fee: $50 for employed registrants or $25 for unemployed/activist/student registrants

The Program Committee is hosting a workshop on purposive community-engaged research. This interactive workshop provides an opportunity for attendees to share ideas and receive feedback from the presenters and in small groups. The first part of the workshop will feature two scholars who will discuss working with constituents to provide solutions to problems facing prisons and schools. Dr. Valerie Jenness who has worked on hate crime and prison violence will share her path to engaging in research involving incarcerated transgender persons in the California prison system. Dr. Charles Bell will discuss his work on the negative impact of school punishment on Black students and their parents in Detroit. The second part of the workshop features members of the New Jersey-Philadelphia chapter of the Scholar Strategy Network and focuses on doing community-engaged work and disseminating research findings to academic and non-academic audiences. Participants will have the opportunity to work on developing or refining proposals to engage in their own "purposive research" projects. This workshop is especially helpful for scholars interested in conducting publicly engaged scholarship that benefits the community and government agencies and translating knowledge to diverse audiences.