The Society for the Study of Social Problems | 2023 Committee and Divisional Meetings Schedule

SSSP 2023 Annual Meeting

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2023 Annual Meeting Program Schedule

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Thursday, August 17
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Committee Meeting: Editorial Board Meeting-Critical Sociology
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Other Event: Arrival Meet & Greet Reception
Friday, August 18
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM Committee Meeting: Council of Division Chairpersons, 2022-23 & 2023-24 Session 001: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Networking and Navigating at SSSP: Getting the Most Out of Conference Attendance Session 002: Race and the Environment: Critical Relations on Environmental Justice Session 003: Issues Related to Early Childhood Education Session 004: New Directions, Same Problems in Social Problems Theory Session 005: Power to the People?: Community Power and Community Decision-Making I Session 006: Experiences of Essential Workers and Health Care Workers in the Context of a Continuing Pandemic Session 007: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Research on Gender, Sexuality, Sports, Leisure and/or the Body
10:30 AM - 11:45 AM Committee Meeting: SSSP Business Meeting, 2022-23 (Open Meeting) Session 008: SSSP Business Meeting
12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Committee Meeting: Editorial and Publications Committee, 2022-23 & 2023-24 Divisional Meeting: Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Divisional Meeting: Law and Society Divisional Meeting: Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Session 009: What Do You Want in Mentoring?: Guided Discussions of SSSP Mentoring Activities and Opportunities Session 010: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Researchers Working with Activists Session 011: How Do We Progress: Addressing Institutional Racism and Sexism in Higher Education Session 012: Social Safety Net Programs Session 013: Social Justice in the Global South Session 014: Reproductive Bodies and Autonomy Session 015: Social Problems, Theory, and Disability Session 016: Gender Surveillance and Drug Use
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM Committee Meeting: Council of Division Chairpersons, 2022-23 Committee Meeting: SSSP Meeting Location and Format Committee, 2022-23 (Closed Meeting) Session 017: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation Session 018: Celebrating G. Reginald Daniel - Multiracial Advocate, Scholar and Mentor Session 019: We Are Here Because You Were/Are There! Race and (Im)migration Session 020: Creating Communities of Care and Wellbeing Session 021: Institutional Ethnographies Across the Life Course Session 022: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: (Re)Emerging Ideologies, Political Polarization, and Drug Policy Session 023: Power to the People?: Community Power and Community Decision-Making II Session 024: Contingent Work Issues Session 025: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Drawing on Social Problems Theory From Different Perspectives
4:30 PM - 6:10 PM Committee Meeting: Accessibility Committee, 2022-23 Divisional Meeting: Community Research and Development Divisional Meeting: Family Divisional Meeting: Social Problems Theory Session 026: The Post-Pandemic Job Market: Prepping for Careers Beyond Academia Session 027: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: New Systemic Approaches to Old Environmental Problems Session 028: The Relevance of W. E. B. Du Bois to the Racial Problematics of Modern Times: A Symposium on The Oxford Handbook of W.E.B. Du Bois Session 029: Old and New Frontiers in Poverty and Inequality Session 030: Alternative and Emerging Approaches to the Study of Mental Health Session 031: Same Problems, Same Tired Terms: Investigating the Social Organization of Carceral Responses Session 032: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Improving Health and Well-Being: Pathways for Health Care Providers, Systems, and Policy CANCELLED Session 033: Gender, Sexuality, and the Law Session 034: (Re)imagining Drug and Alcohol Recovery Session 035: Understanding Intergenerational Experiences of Immigrants through an Intersectional Lens
6:30 PM - 7:30 PM Other Event: Welcoming Reception
7:45 PM - 8:45 PM Other Event: Student Social Hour
Saturday, August 19
7:15 AM - 8:15 AM Other Event: New Member Breakfast
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM Session 036: Responding to Recurrent Images and Practices in Criminal Justice: Proposals for Change Session 037: Publishing Tips from the Editors of Social Problems Session 038: Cisitude and Endosex Bodies Session 039: Institutional Ethnographies of Health and Wellness Session 040: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Challenges in Poverty and Inequality Research Session 041: The More Things Change...: Neoliberalism and Globalization v. Humanity Session 042: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Nothing About Us, Without Us, Is For Us Session 043: Contested Places: Community Responses to Place-Based Harms Session 044: Movers and Shakers: Activism, Resistance, and Social Progress among Women of Color Session 045: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Law, Media, and Culture Session 046: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Southern Theory: Expanding Theoretical Horizons
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM Committee Meeting: Membership and Outreach Committee, 2022-23 & 2023-24 Divisional Meeting: Disability Divisional Meeting: Environment and Technology Divisional Meeting: Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Divisional Meeting: Labor Studies Divisional Meeting: Poverty, Class, and Inequality Divisional Meeting: Society and Mental Health Session 047: Meaningful Actions toward Social Justice Session 048: Mentoring Doctoral Students Session 049: Gendered Violence I Session 050: New Directions in Institutional Ethnography Session 051: Teaching and Legislating Sexuality in Schools: Local and National Perspectives from Organizers, Advocates, and Scholars CANCELLED Session 052: First and Second Generation Immigrant Students and a Sense of Belonging Session 053: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: When the ‘Scholar Denied’ becomes the Scholar Admitted: Critiques and Counternarratives to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Regimes Session 054: University/Community Partnerships: Opportunities, Constraints, Possibilities for Advancing Research, Service and Teaching Session 055: From Police Department to Treatment Centers: Drug Research and the Challenges of Working within the System
12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Committee Meeting: Justice 21 Editorial Board Luncheon, 2022-23 Session 056: Beyond ‘Publish or Perish’ Culture: Dynamic Writing Praxes for Sociologists Session 057: Family Courts CANCELLED Session 058: Neoliberalism, Mental Health and Social Theory Session 059: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Gender, Sexualities and Immigration in Global Contexts Session 060: Bringing Organizing Lessons from the Labor Movement into Our Own Workplaces CANCELLED Session 061: Environmental Activism Session 062: Author Meets Critics: Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, Race Brokers: Housing Markets and Segregation in 21st Century Urban America Session 063: Taking It All In: Embodiment and Empowerment Session 064: Policing and Resistance to Policing in America Session 065: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Gender and Representations in Mass Media, Social Media, and Digital Media Session 066: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Well-being in a Polarized World: Exploring the Consequences of Fragmented Relationships and Institutions Session 117: Town Hall: An Open Forum
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM Session 067: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: (Im)mobilities, Health, and the Law: On Remedying Human Rights and Health in Our Own Backyard Session 068: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Intergenerational Trauma Session 069: Evidence-based Mentoring: Exploring Resources for Structured and Formal Mentoring Models Session 070: Gendered Violence II Session 071: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Using Media to Teach about Social Problems Session 072: Locating Education Change in Community Session 073: Reflecting on ‘The Philadelphia Negro’ Session 074: Law (Re)Producing Inequality: Institutional Mechanisms Session 075: Invisible Disabilities, Chronic Illness, and the Body in Physical and Virtual Spaces Session 076: TABLES IN THE ROUND: Drinking and Drugs
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Session 077: Presidential Address
5:45 PM - 7:00 PM Session 078: Awards Ceremony
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Other Event: Drinking and Drugs Division Reception
7:15 PM - 8:15 PM Other Event: Division-Sponsored Reception
Sunday, August 20
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Committee Meeting: Board of Directors Meeting, 2023-24
8:30 AM - 10:10 AM Session 079: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Addressing Current Faculty and Students Issues Session 080: Race and Politics Session 081: Theorizing Injustice from/in the Global South Session 082: Gender and Work Session 083: Health, Healthcare, and Illness Inside the Carceral System and after Release Session 084: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: The Practicalities of Going Against the Grain Session 085: Racial Reparations at Community Level Session 086: The Changing Institution of Marriage Session 087: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Accelerating Health and Health Care Equity: Re-Examining Structural Determinants Session 088: Law Re(Producing) Inequality: Law, Courts, and Legal Services
10:30 AM - 12:10 PM Session 089: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Sociology Without Borders: A Book Discussion (TIC) Session 090: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: The Academy to Police Academy Pipeline Session 091: Race, Class, Gender, and Mental Health Session 092: The Future of Work and Workers Session 093: The Continued Criminalization of Sexuality, Gender, and the Body Session 094: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Activist Café: Community Activists and Scholars in Dialogue Session 095: Arts Based Justice: Using Art to Respond to Social Problems Session 096: The Body and the Life Course Session 097: Networking Event: Interdisciplinary Collaboration for Publishing Session 098: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Current Concerns in Substance Use: Promoting Health, and Combating Stigma
12:30 PM - 2:10 PM Committee Meeting: Editorial Board Luncheon-Social Problems, 2022-2023 & 2023-2024 Session 099: Approaching the Job Market: Options for the Academy and Beyond Session 100: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Violence Against Women, Girls, and the Female Identity: A Recurring Criminal Problem Session 101: Decolonizing Health Care Systems and Health Care Delivery Session 102: Is Lecturing Racist?: The Emergence of New Pedagogy Approaches Session 103: Dimensions of Sexuality and Disability Session 104: Mobilizing for Justice, Rights, and Protections Amidst Backlash Session 105: Author Meets Critics: Angus Nurse, Cleaning up Greenwash: Corporate Environmental Crime and the Crisis of Capitalism Session 106: Whose City is it Anyway? Spatial Development and Design Session 107: Intertextuality, Theory, and the Social Organization of Knowledge Session 108: Policing and Poverty
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM Committee Meeting: Council of Division Chairpersons and Program Chair, 2023-24 Session 109: Author Meets Critics: Angie Beeman, Liberal White Supremacy: How Progressives Silence Racial and Class Oppression Session 110: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Sexualities across the Life Course Session 111: Housing, Evictions, and Displacement of People Who Use Drugs Session 112: Dreamers Assemble: 1.5 Immigrant Youths and a Sense of Belonging Session 113: TIC Mentoring Session Session 114: War, Authoritarianism, Migration, and Communities-At-Risk in the 21st Century Session 115: From Roe to Dobbs: The Far-Reaching Impacts of Gaining and Losing the Right to Sexual Privacy Session 116: Understanding Community through Visual Images