SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting

Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Council of Division Chairpersons, 2023-24 & 2024-25
Room: Salon 1


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

THEMATIC

Session 001: Gender-Based Violence: Institutional Issues
Room: Drummond West

Sponsors: 
Crime and Justice
Family, Aging, and Youth
Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities

Organizer: Lloyd Klein, LaGuardia Community College, CUNY

Presider: Cory Rowe, CUNY LaGuardia Community College

Description: 

This session offers an analysis of gender-based violence and individual attitudes as represented among incarcerated women, state institution members, university settings, and police violence.

Papers:

“Campuses in Crisis: The Failure of Sexual Violence Policies and Procedures at Canadian Universities,” Elizabeth Quinlan, University of Saskatchewan and Andrea Quinlan, University of Waterloo

“My Brotherhood or My Brothers? Fraternities Navigate Organizational Change,” Anna K. Wood, University of Michigan

“Bringing it Home: Police-perpetrated Gender Violence and Legal Estrangement in Chicago,” Anna D. Fox, The University of Chicago

“From ‘Culture’ to Complicity: Investigating Responses to Gender Violence in a State Institution,” Jillian E. Sunderland, University of Toronto

“Empowering Transformation: Teaching Women in Prison Charged with Violent Crimes,” Cory Rowe, CUNY LaGuardia Community College and Kathy Mora, John Jay College, CUNY


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Session 002: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Teaching Institutional Ethnography
Room: Joyce

Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography

Organizers &

Presiders/Discussants: Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University
Suzanne Vaughan, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University

Description: 

Institutional Ethnography (IE) is an important alternative sociology with a growing corpus of empirical and methodological writings produced by scholars across the globe. Writing and discourse specially on how to teach IE is far less common, despite its importance for the continued development of IE. As an approach that cuts against the grain of established sociology, IE can be difficult to teach and learn. This session invites speakers and participants to critically reflect on the challenges, possibilities, and future of teaching IE. Our aim is to create a context for sharing ideas, resources, and strategies that can strengthen teaching IE as an alternative sociology.

Papers:

“How Did Dorothy Teach? Reflections on a Memorable Day,” Marjorie DeVault, Professor Emeritus, Syracuse University

“Institutional Ethnography, Sociology, and Undergraduate Teaching,” Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University

“Introduction to Sociology Courses as Moments of First Exposures of Students to Institutional Ethnography: Potentials and Challenges,” Agnieszka Doll, University of British Columbia

“Pedagogue and Praxis in the Classroom: Using IE to Teach Undergraduate Students Critical Thinking ,” Matthew J.P. Strang, York University

“Teaching and Learning Institutional Ethnography inside and outside the University,” Naomi E. Nichols, Trent University and Jayne Malenfant, McGill University

“Experiences of Teaching and Mentoring Institutional Ethnography,” Suzanne Vaughan, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Session 003: Empowered People: Local Regeneration
Room: Hemon

Sponsor: Community, Research, and Practice

Organizer &

Presider: Paul J. Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Description: 

Using a combination of case studies, quantitative data analysis, ethnography and participatory action research, the papers in this session consider factors that contribute to increased or decreased civic engagement around local regeneration efforts, from the streets of Calgary to the alleys of Detroit, from the parishes of Southeast Louisiana to the homeless population of Portland, Oregon.

Papers:

“Identifying Supports for Unhoused Portlanders: A PAR Project,” Susan Halverson, Portland State University

“The Intersection between Mastery, Community Engagement, and Perceived Neighborhood Quality,” Rachel E.M. Johnson and Amanda C. McGowan, Baylor University

“Opening Doors and Improving Lives: Merging Applied Sociology with a Bit of Neuroscience and Learning Science,” Marilyn L. Dyck, The Doorway and Jeffry A. Will, University of North Florida Center for Community Initiatives

“Alley Alchemy: The Application of Urban Acupuncture in Detroit’s Neglected Neighborhoods,” Paul J. Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn

“Black Skin, White Asks: The Role of Emergency Managers in Carrying out the Flint Water Crisis,” Aaron C. Foote, Central Michigan University and Cedric de Leon, University of Massachusetts Amherst


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

Session 004: Inequalities and Abilities
Room: Jarry

Sponsors: Poverty, Class, and Inequality
Sport, Leisure, and the Body

Organizer &

Presider: Annette M. Mackay, SUNY Oneonta

Description: 

Over the past 4 or 5 decades, public policy has advanced the effort to include persons with disabilities into all aspects of social life. This session explores ongoing inequalities according to ability even after passing the Americans with Disabilities Act and Title IX legislation.

Papers:

“Belonging à la Muscle: The Unspoken Rule of Gay Men’s Pride Bodies,” Daniel Uy, University of Toronto

“Geographies of (Sporting) Islamophobia: The Impact of Mosque-based Sports Programs on the Movement Practices of Muslim Women in Canada,” Zeana Hamdonah, University of Toronto, Winner of the Sport, Leisure, and the Body Division’s Student Paper Competition

“How Discovery Rule Accelerates the Treadmill of Law,” Tanesha A. Thomas, Montclair State University

“The Lived Experiences of Incarcerated Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Adults: A Scoping Review,” Meechie Poston, Miami University

“The Normate Circle and the Biopolitics of Trans Stigma,” Eden Dean Ellen Nay, Oklahoma State University, Winner of the Social Problems Theory Division’s Student Paper Competition


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM

THEMATIC

Session 005: Violent Environments: Empire and Colonial Legacies CANCELLED


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM

PLENARY

Session 006: SSSP Business Meeting
Room: Ballroom Centre

Sponsor: Program Committee

Facilitator:  Mary Bernstein, University of Connecticut

All members are invited to attend the SSSP Business Meeting for an update on the status and future of SSSP. Summary reports on the Society and its key activities this year will be given. In addition, thirty minutes will be allocated to a discussion in favor of or in opposition to all proposed resolutions. The meeting concludes with the traditional transfer of the gavel, marking the transition of duties from President Mary Bernstein to incoming President Rose M. Brewer. 

Click here to view the agenda.


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 11:50 AM - 12:25 PM

PLENARY

Session 007: Town Hall: An Open Forum
Room: Ballroom Centre

Sponsor: Program Committee

Organizers: Mary Bernstein, University of Connecticut
Rose M. Brewer, University of Minnesota

Presider: Mary Bernstein, University of Connecticut

Description: 

As a social justice and member-driven organization, open communication is essential to ensure that SSSP continues to serve members. In addition, the Permanent Organization and Strategic Planning Committee is working on drafting SSSP’s mission statement, values statements, and plan of action for the future. Please join us for an open dialogue to discuss these initiatives, the future of SSSP, fiscal realities, how SSSP communicates with members, and ways to enhance professional opportunities and connections.

Panelists:

Mary Bernstein, University of Connecticut

Rose M. Brewer, University of Minnesota

Anthony A. Peguero, Arizona State University

David J. Luke, University of Michigan-Flint

Elroi J. Windsor, University of West Georgia

Michele Smith Koontz, The Society for the Study of Social Problems


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Joseph B. Gittler Award Committee, 2023-24 CANCELLED


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Community Research and Development
Room: Ballroom West


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Environment and Technology
Room: Ballroom West


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Institutional Ethnography
Room: Salon 1


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Youth, Aging, and the Life Course
Room: Ballroom West


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 008: Addressing the Mental Health Crisis in K-16
Room: Salon 5

Sponsors: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice
Educational Problems

Organizers: Douglas J. Engelman, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Kyla Walters, Sonoma State University

Presider &

Discussant: Melinda Leigh Maconi, Moffitt Cancer Center

Description: 

Authors explore dynamics and impacts of mental health that impact youth, especially related to the school experience.

Papers:

“The Paradox of Adversity: Analyzing the Effect of Adverse Childhood Experiences on First-generation Postsecondary Education Enrollment and Retention,” Daniel Noriega, Chapman University and Rashad Freeman, Indiana University Bloomington

“Inside the Classroom: How Does Internet Usage, Early School Day Routines, and Classroom Design Impact the Mental Health of Students?” Jacob R. Bahnick, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Winner of the Society and Mental Health Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Youth and Suicide in American Cinema: Silence and its Repercussions,” Alessandra Seggi, Villanova University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 009: Bodies for Sale: Use of Humans and Animals for Entertainment
Room: Drummond West

Sponsors: Critical Race and Ethnic Study
Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Social Problems Theory
Sport, Leisure, and the Body

Organizer &

Presider: Michael O. Johnston, William Penn University

Description: 

The concept of “body culture” appeared during the 20th century as an area of study that focused on the aesthetics and movement of the human body. The study of body culture provides a description and compares bodily practices as they exist in the larger context of culture and society (e.g., dance, play and game, outdoor activities, festivities, medical culture, working habits, gender and sexual culture, fashion, body decoration, as well as popular culture). The Frankfurt School of Critical Theory first saw the body (living and dead) as a commodity under capitalism.

This thematic session brings scholars together to talk about their research on commodification and use of human bodies (and the bodies of other animals) for entertainment.

Papers:

“‘The Devil and God Are Raging Inside’: Exploring Gender-based Violence in the Alternative/Indie Music Scene Subculture,” Joshua H. Stout, Illinois State University

“Children’s Social Interaction, Digital Engagement, and Mental Health in the COVID Era: Social-technical Production and Reproduction of Disparity,” Yuying Shen, Norfolk State University

“Reflections on White-passing Black Identity,” Edi Mucka, University of Central Florida

“The Real Costs of the Unreal: Deepfakes as Digital and Social Sexual Assault,” Liz Wilcox and Stephen Pfohl, Boston College


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 010: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: I Choose You: What Constitutes Family in the 21st Century
Room: Drummond Centre

Sponsor: Family, Aging, and Youth

Organizer &

Presider/Discussant: Monnica Gavin, Clark State College

Description: 

The institution of family has undergone many changes in recent years with the increasing global acceptance of contemporary family structures. As we shift our understanding of what a family "looks like" in countries throughout the world, new forms are emerging. This session will examine the 21st century family in its diversity as we explore topics such as interracial partnering, LGBTQIA+ partnering and parenting, marital migration, and non-human animal family members. 

Papers:

“‘They Had Baby Faces Just Like Me’: How East Asian Women Construct Racialized Masculinities,” Olivia Y. Hu, University of Pennsylvania

“Asian American Men’s Ethnically Heterogenous Intermarriage Patterns and Racialized Masculinity,” Jess Lee, California Polytechnic State University

“Ecoexpansive Kinship: A Model for Expanding Conceptualizations of Family to Include Companion Animals,” Rachel M. Schmitz, Oklahoma State University and Jennifer Tabler, University of Wyoming

“Good Brokers, Bad Migrants: Migration Industry and Immigrant Illegality,” Dasom Lee, University of California, San Diego

“Intensive Partnering: Gendered Partnership Aspiration and Household Inequality,” Yinan Wang, Harvard University

“Legality and Why It Matters: LGBTQ Parental Identity Construction and Experiences,” Allison Jendry James, Albion College

“Yes, Dear; Yes, Queer: Division of Household Labor among Queer Couples,” Ami Mariko Hood Frost, The University of Oklahoma, Honorable Mention in the Family Division’s Student Paper Competition

“‘Omo Iya’wusa’: Family Inheritance Feud, Communal Conflicts, and its Social Problem in Akure South Local Government, Ondo State, Nigeria,” Adejoke Rachael Adesida, Achievers University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

SPECIAL

Session 011: Networking and Navigating at SSSP: Getting the Most Out of Conference Attendance
Room: Drummond East

Sponsor: Program Committee

Organizer: Claire M. Renzetti, University of Kentucky

Facilitator: A. Javier Trevino, Wheaton College

Description: 

This session is designed to welcome new participants to the Annual Meeting. Seasoned participants with varying years of meeting participation will share insights and tips on how to get the most out of this unique professional experience.

Panelists:

Elroi J. Windsor, University of West Georgia

David J. Luke, University of Michigan-Flint

Stephani Williams, Northern Arizona University

Foroogh Mohammadi, Acadia University

Adriana Leela Bohm, Delaware County Community College

Giovanna Follo, Wright State University-Lake Campus

A. Javier Trevino, Wheaton College


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 012: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Gender, Religion, and Social Control
Room: Ballroom West

Sponsors: 
Conflict, Social Action, and Change
Crime and Justice
Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities

Organizer: Rafia Javaid Mallick, Georgia State University

Description: 

Embark on a thought-provoking journey as our conference session, "Gender, Religion, and Social Control," unfolds narratives that delve into the complex interplay between gender dynamics, religious influences, and societal control. This session features five compelling papers, an engaging and insightful session that transcends disciplinary boundaries, providing a holistic understanding of how gender, religion, and social control converge and influence various aspects of our societies. This conference session promises to spark discussions that challenge assumptions and foster a deeper understanding of the intricate dynamics shaping our cultural and religious landscapes.

Roundtable #1 Title: Gender, Religion, and Social Control

Presider & Discussant: Melissa Maxey, The University of Oklahoma

Papers:

“Women, Revolution, and Cinema: A Cinematic Narrative of Women’s Representation at Home before and ‎after the 1979 Iranian Revolution,” Pouya Morshedi, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador

“Navigating Cultural and Biblical Norms: Experiences of Young and Older Married Yoruba Women in Abusive Marriages,” Abiodun O. Oyebode Adeyombo, Federal Polytechnic, Offa

“Exploring the Pipeline from TERF to White Christian Nationalism,” Kat Fuller, University of Nevada, Las Vegas


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 013: The Sociology of Psychedelics
Room: Hemon

Sponsor: Drinking and Drugs

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Sarah Cullingham, Trent University

Description: 

From medical trials to legally sanctioned therapies and a burgeoning commercial market, we are witnessing a marked shift in the use and availability of psychedelic substances across North America. In this session, authors will present research assembled under the broad theme of "the sociology of psychedelics." Paper topics include the impact of structural inequalities on mental health outcomes associated with psychedelic use, how psychedelic-assisted therapies may offer lessons for re-imagining our health care systems, the relationship between psychedelics and dominator culture, and how regulatory changes in Canada are potentially paving the way for a commercial market of psychedelic-assisted therapies in this country.

Papers:

“Diminished Psychedelic Returns on Distress: Gender and Education,” sean m. vina, University of the Incarnate Word

“Dominator Culture: Violence, Ego, and the Role of Psychedelics,” Fabio Felli and Kaitlin Pericak, North Carolina Wesleyan University

“Special Access Program for Psychedelics: A Regulatory Passage to the Market,” Agnieszka Doll, University of British Columbia


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 014: Structural Bias and Inequalities
Room: Jarry

Sponsor: Poverty, Class, and Inequality

Organizer &

Presider: Annette M. Mackay, SUNY Oneonta

Description: 

What are the structural foundations of inequality in modern society? This session explores the conceptualization of biases and injustice and examines the consequences through lived experiences of excluded and marginalized groups.

Papers:

“Setting the Context for Denver Police Shootings: Historical Racialized Violence,” Robert J. Durán, Texas A&M University

“Voices of Combat Veterans: Perceptions, Needs, and Experiences,” Melissa Villarreal and Angel M. Burns, Grand Valley State University and Josh B. Jordan, Davenport University

“The Colonialist Racial Contract: Legalizing Structural Opportunities for Global Anti-blackness and Islamophobia,” Zaina Shams, University of Tennessee, Knoxville and Christopher Rogers, California State University, Sacramento

“Superficial Justice: Transition Problem in South Africa and the USA,” Patricia C. Agupusi, Worcester Polytechnic Institute


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 015: Racism, Policing, and Policy Change
Room: Joyce

Sponsor: Program Committee

Organizer: Raja Staggers-Hakim, University of Connecticut

Presiders: Raja Staggers-Hakim, University of Connecticut
Johnny Eric Williams, Trinity College

Description: 

National policing practices, especially those strategies and tactics used in Black and Brown communities, require deep analysis and change. In an effort to build the knowledge base around best practices to establish fair and humane policing practices or to reinvent policies and practices around policing, this session will critically examine policies and legislation proposed over the last decade in the United States and abroad. Panelists will address harmful police practices that target and terrorize communities of color, policy practices and tactics used by police that require change, and/or, policy options that have been proposed or adopted to eliminate harmful police practices. 

Papers:

“Anti-Black and Blue: Neighborhood Identity and Local Racial Ideologies in Chicago’s Police Enclaves,” Anna D. Fox, The University of Chicago, Winner of the Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Color, Race, and Interactions with the Criminal Justice System beyond the Black-white Binary,” Kemi Johnson Pratt, Texas Woman's University

“Institutional Violence: A Multiple Method Study on the Effects of Policing on the Mental Health of African Americans at a Mid-western City,” Robert L. Peralta and Dani Jauk-Ajamie, The University of Akron

“Police Surveillance Technology and Emotions in the Bronx, New York,” Katherine Gregory, New York City College of Technology, CUNY, Mia Budescu and Martin J.  Downing, Lehman College, CUNY

“The Relational Racialization of Docility and Danger: Examining How Cues of Categories Underpin Race Making in Police-civilian Encounters,” Darwin A. Baluran, The Ohio State University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 016: Experiencing the Law
Room: Kafka

Sponsor: Law and Society

Organizers: Chiara Clio Packard, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Catherine Hastings, Macquarie University

Presider &

Discussant: Shaneya Nyasia Simmelkjaer, Syracuse University

Description: 

The law affects people’s lives in a myriad of ways. This session examines how people experience the law, legal institutions, and legal practice. The papers explore the experiences of a variety of different people with different legal institutions, such as parents in family drug court, individuals on parole, family members of justice-involved individuals cosigning bail bonds, and tenants facing eviction and housing instability. Together, these presentations will draw us into the lives and on-the-ground experiences of individuals as they navigate and grapple with the consequences of legal practice and legal change.

Papers:

“‘They Can’t Keep Their Foot on Our Necks’: Carceral Citizenship, Parole Reform, and Disrupting Mass Incarceration,” Shaneya Nyasia Simmelkjaer and Winston J. Scott, Syracuse University

“Reconceptualizing Eviction: Examining the Violent Dynamics against Tenants,” Natalie J. Cholula, Portland State University, Honorable Mention in the Law and Society Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Community Experiences with COVID-19 Eviction Moratoriums in Florida,” Estefany Londono, University of Central Florida and Felicia O. Casanova, University of Miami

“Staying in the Program: Family Drug Court Parent Perceptions,” Erik Matthew Wittrup, Michigan State University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 017: Research Under Neoliberal Regimes: Peace, Human Rights, and Social Justice CANCELLED


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Council of Division Chairpersons, 2023-24
Room: Salon 1


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Permanent Organization and Strategic Planning Committee, 2023-24 & 2024-25
Room: Salon 4


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Session 018: Critical Analysis of Measurements of Poverty
Room: Salon 5

Sponsor: Poverty, Class, and Inequality

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Sarah E. Castillo, University of Tennessee

Description: 

This session delves into the complexities and nuances of poverty measurement, critically examining the existing metrics, their strengths, and their limitations. The papers in this session explore innovative methodologies, challenge conventional wisdom, and propose more holistic or nuanced measures of poverty. Topics include, but are not limited to, income-based measures, multidimensional poverty indices, relative poverty, and the impact of social, political, and economic factors on poverty metrics. The session aims to foster a comprehensive understanding of how poverty is quantified and the implications of these measurements on policy-making and societal perceptions. 

Papers:

“Alternative Foodways in Nashville: Complicating Food Desert Mapping,” Melissa Luong, Vanderbilt University

“Assessing the Landscape: Critiques and Insights into Chile’s Poverty Measurement through the National Survey of Socioeconomic Characterization (CASEN),” Rossana A. Diaz, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

“The Social Wallet: How Social Influence and Buy-in for Minorities Can Offer a Window into Policy for Systemic Equity,” Kayla Marshall, Engineer

“Wading through Credit Swamps: The Making of Diverse Consumer Credit Markets,” Asia Inez Bento, University of California, Irvine


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 019: Curricular Violence: White Supremacist Silencing in Education
Room: Drummond West

Sponsors: Crime and Justice
Critical Race and Ethnic Study
Educational Problems

Organizer: Miltonette Olivia Craig, Sam Houston State University

Presider &

Discussant: Florence Emilia Castillo, The University of Texas at Dallas

Description: 

This session focuses on how U.S. classrooms have become a political target, as numerous cities and states have instituted bans on materials and lectures that cover topics such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), critical race theory (CRT), gender and sexuality, and bias in the criminal legal system. Papers in this session will discuss the challenges that faculty across the U.S. have experienced due to such legislation that seeks to uphold white supremacy, stifle academic freedom, and silence teachings that focus on discrimination of marginalized groups and communities.

Papers:

“‘Making Whiteness Strange’: Displacing Whiteness through an Application of Racialized Organizational Theory in an Analysis of a Southwest School District,” Florence Emilia Castillo, The University of Texas at Dallas

“Curricular Injustice: How Medical Educators Obscure Structural Racism in the Teaching of Social Inequalities to Medical Students,” Lauren Olsen, Temple University

“White Liberal Supremacy in Higher Education as Symbolic and Institutional Violence: Experiences, Strategies, and Solutions,” Angie Beeman, Baruch College, CUNY


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

SPECIAL

Session 020: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Agenda for Social Justice: Active Agents for the Future
Room: Drummond Centre

Sponsor: Justice 21 Committee

Organizer: Jason A. Smith, George Mason University

Presider/Discussant: David C. Lane, Illinois State University

Description: 

This session will feature a dynamic discussion with authors from the most recent Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2024, focused on actionable insights to a number of social problems in the United States. Policy recommendations and solutions will be at the heart of the discussion, as panelists engage with each other and the audience. The goal of the discussion is not an overview or synopsis of the authors’ work, but centering the idea of research and people as active agents which can help shape the future.

Papers:

“A Bold Policy Agenda for Improving Immigrant Healthcare Access in the U.S.,” Meredith Van Natta, University of California, Merced

“Gender-affirming Healthcare for Transgender and Gender Minority Youth,” Ashley C. Rondini, Franklin & Marshall College

“From Blame to Criminalization: Black Motherhood and Intimate Partner Violence,” Sarah Jane Brubaker, Virginia Commonwealth University

“Affordable Housing in America: A Matter of Availability, Access, and Accountability,” Jeanne Kimpel, Molloy University

“Shelter from the Storm: A Framework for Housing and Climate Justice,” Tony Samara, Right to the City Alliance


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Session 022: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Sexualities
Room: Ballroom West

Sponsor: Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities

Organizer: Hannah R. Regan, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and Case Western Reserve University

Description: 

This roundtable covers an array of topics in sexuality.

Roundtable #1 Title: Sexualities

Presider & Discussant: Hannah R. Regan, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and Case Western Reserve University

Papers:

“‘You’re Hot, for an Asian!’ Resistance and Desires in the Lives of Cisgender Sexually Nonconforming Pinays,” Veronica B. Salcedo, Georgia State University

“A Dual Case Study of Elite Sex Trafficking and Government Indifference,” Thomas Volscho, College of Staten Island, CUNY

“Queering College Sports: LGBTQ+-inclusive Athletic Department Policies at U.S. Colleges and Universities,” Jonathan S. Coley and Gabby Gomez, Oklahoma State University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 023: Alternatives to Policing
Room: Hemon

Sponsors: Community, Research, and Practice
Drinking and Drugs
Health, Health Policy, and Health Services

Organizers: Keisha M. Muia, Portland State University
Paul J. Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn

Presider &

Discussant: Keisha M. Muia, Portland State University

Description: 

This session explores alternatives to policing currently taking place in the United States. 

Alternatives to policing includes any service in which behavioral health crises and public safety needs are addressed by trained community safety specialists rather than police. This may also include incorporating human services programs as opposed to exercising punitive practices.

Using police as the primary tool to address health and social issues such as mental illness, substance use, homelessness, and community violence has contributed to mass incarceration. This in turn causes individual as well as communal harm and incurs substantial costs. Investing in other programs and services would reduce costs and address the harms that are tied to the current model of responding to public safety concerns.

Papers:

“‘But Do They Have Their Rights?’ Informal Kinship Care, Custody Loss, and, Substance Use among Latinas in a Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Community,” Esmeralda Ramirez, University of Southern California, Jessica Frankeberger, University of California, San Diego, Alice Cepeda and Avelardo Valdez, University of Southern California

“Alternatives to Policing: What it is and Why it Matters,” Keisha M. Muia, Portland State University

“Examining Experiences of Non-police Responses to Mental Health Crisis,” Jenny K. Leigh, New York University

“What Happened after the Crisis? Comparing Post-year Arrest Outcomes between Law Enforcement and Clinical Service Responses,” Catherine Zettner and Kaitlyn Kok, Wayne State University Center for Behavioral Health and Justice and Juliette Roddy, Northern Arizona University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 024: Institutional Ethnographies of Everyday Experiences of State Violence
Room: Jarry

Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography

Organizers: Jayne Malenfant, McGill University
Helen Hudson, University of Ottawa

Presider &

Discussant: Helen Hudson, University of Ottawa

Description: 

This session will explore the social organization of everyday experiences of State Violence, informed by the work of Dorothy E. Smith.

Papers:

“‘It’s Literally Jail’: Carcerality in School Discipline,” Karlyn J. Gorski, The University of Chicago

“Child Protective Services: Policing, Prosecuting, and Punishing Parents,” Anna Rockhill, Portland State University

“The Intersectionality of Race, Culture, and Income on Oral Language and Literacy Practices in the Black Communities of Montreal,” Tanya Matthews, McGill University

“Topologies of Dispossession: An Exploration on Administrative Data and Reshaping of Racial Capitalist Systems on the Lives Crossover Youth,” Faith Mottahedi, Trent University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 025: Teaching about Violence: How to Navigate Trust and Disclosure with Students
Room: Joyce

Sponsor: Teaching Social Problems

Organizers: Kathleen J. Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Alessandra Seggi, Villanova University

Presider &

Discussant: Kathleen J. Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Description: 

This session will cover a variety of topics and issues revolving around teaching about violence.

Papers:

“Teaching about American Society in Broken English,” Jinsun Yang, University of Oregon, Winner of the Teaching Social Problems Division’s Student Paper Competition

“When Only Some Violence Counts: Curricular Violence, Community Silence, and How Education Must Shift in Order to Heal,” Cami L. Touloukian, Teachers College, Columbia University and Uzma Chowdhury, Teachers College at Columbia University

“Using Trauma Informed Pedagogy to Teach about Sexual Assault on Campus,” Kathleen J. Fitzgerald, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

“Talking about Suicide through Film,” Alessandra Seggi, Villanova University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Session 026: Contingent/Precarious Work
Room: Kafka

Sponsor: Labor Studies

Organizers: Jacqueline M. Zalewski, West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Seth Kahn, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Presider: Jacqueline M. Zalewski, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: Seth Kahn, West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Description: 

This session examines contingent and precarious work across a range of sites (human services; Amazon; sex work; multi-level marketing) and situates the conditions of precarity/contingency among a complex array of analytical schemes: late-stage neoliberal capital; professionalism and white-collar self-perception; global supply chains; and more.

Papers:

“Amazon, Global Supply Chains -- and Gig and Contingent Labor,” David A. Smith, University of California, Irvine

“Double Disadvantage? Nonstandard Work Forms and Job Quality in the US, 2002-2018,” Jeffrey C. Dixon, College of the Holy Cross and Andrew S. Fullerton, Oklahoma State University

“Privileged and Unprivileged Precarity: Multi-level Marketing as a Site of Non-standard Work in the New Economy,” Nicole Cochran, Temple University

“Risky Business: Sex Work as Precarious Work,” Quinn Maya Kinzer, University of Wisconsin-Madison


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Session 027: The Neoliberal Nonprofit-Trapped in a Conundrum of Care
Room: Musset

Sponsor: Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Bob Spires, University of Richmond

Description: 

This session offers scholars and practitioners to engage in dialogue and present work on neoliberalism and its impact on today's nonprofit. From New Public Management, to managerialism and marketing, we intend to explore why neoliberal pressures on nonprofits have not faded despite continuous failure of late-stage capitalism. 

Papers:

“How Much Do We Help? The Colonial Legacies of Anti-rape Victim Advocacy,” Melinda Chen, The University of Oklahoma

“The Industrialization of Nonprofit Labor,” Andrew Schoeneman and Bob Spires, University of Richmond

“Integrative Interactions as Market Contestations: A Microfoundational Perspective on Transformative Hybrid Organizing,” Yi Ming Ng, Northwestern University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM

Session 028: Decolonizing the Canon: Global South Scholarship and Countering Western Hegemony in Social Problems Theory and Research
Room: Lamartine

Sponsors: Conflict, Social Action, and Change
Global
Social Problems Theory

Organizers: Faryal Razzaq, Karachi School of Business & Leadership
Korey Tillman, Northeastern University

Presider: Faryal Razzaq, Karachi School of Business & Leadership

Discussant: Korey Tillman, Northeastern University

Description: 

The session is dedicated to shed light on the realities of social justice and social problem theory implications in the Global South, as mostly the social problem theories were developed in North America, and create a hegemony in research and thesis, which may have discounted the ground realities in global south. 

Papers:

“Critical Phenomenology of Citizenship and Protest Spaces: Online Anti-immigration Movement Discourse in India,” Chetna Khandelwal, University of Calgary, Winner of the Global Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Gender-based Violence and Human Security in Conflict Zones: The Lived Experiences of Internally Displaced People from Zamboanga and Marawi,” Diana Therese M. Veloso, De La Salle University

“Why A Focus on Autonomous Social Science Traditions in the Global South Is Vital for Decolonizing Knowledge Production,” Caroline M. Schöpf, University of the Philippines Diliman

“Indigenous Women of the Global South Challenging Global Capitalism, Extractivism, and the Age of the Anthropocene,” Ligaya Lindio McGovern, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Indiana University Kokomo


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Feminist Collective Meeting
Room: Ballroom Centre


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:15 PM - 6:15 PM

Board of Directors Meeting II, 2023-24
Room: Salon 1


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Crime and Justice
Room: Ballroom West


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Room: Ballroom West


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Labor Studies
Room: Ballroom West


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Social Problems Theory
Room: Ballroom West


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Session 029: Cross-Generational Sociological Lessons
Room: Salon 5

Sponsor: 

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Brittney Miles, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Description: 

This panel will examine the critical insights we gain from looking across and between generations in the contexts of education, medicine, and rural communities in the United States and Nigeria. Specifically, this panel explores how resident doctors in Nigeria consider aging in place, Black place-making through historically Black K-12 schools, intersectional intergenerational social mobility through education among rural families of color, and how 1.5-generation immigrant youth navigate informational resources for college access. Together, these papers highlight how we learn from diverse populations to reveal layers of meaning-making across and between generations.

Papers:

“‘They Are Just More Approachable’: Immigrant Youth and the College Information Search,” Irina Chukhray, University of California, Davis

“A Journey beyond White Coats: Aging in Place Intention of Resident Doctors in South-west Nigeria,” Macellina Yinyinade Ijadunola, Obafemi Awolowo University

“Everything is Changing: Cross-generational Placemaking and Black High Schools,” Kierra N. Toney, University of Cincinnati

“Phased Retirement and the Devaluation of Older Workers in Academia,” Wendy Simonds, Georgia State University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 030: Sex and Violence
Room: Drummond West

Sponsor: Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities

Organizer &

Presider: alithia zamantakis, Northwestern University

Description: 

This session will explore the relationship between sex/sexuality and violence, the violence of (hetero)sexism, and the intersections of sex, violence, colonialism, and white supremacy.

Papers:

“Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Jewish Fear of Gendered Violence in Palestine/Israel,” Emily Schneider and Lillian Selznick, Northern Arizona University

“Appraisals of Childhood Sexual Experiences and Masculine Norms among Black and Latino Sexual Minority Men,” Ellen Benoit, North Jersey Community Research Initiative, Martin J.  Downing, Lehman College, CUNY and Jason M. Dotson, Wellness with Jason Dotson, LLC

“Exploring Similarities and Differences between Bullying and Gender-based Violence: An Intersectional Narrative Review,” Sarah Jane Brubaker and Zehra Sahin Ilkorkor, Virginia Commonwealth University

“Linked Lives and Disclosures of Sexual Assault in the Electronic Health Record,” Alyssa J. Davis, Savannah Bastian and Laura M. Carpenter, Vanderbilt University

“Memory Storytelling of Aids and Black Gay Living,” K. L. Broad, University of Florida


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Session 031: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Critical Methods for Studying Law and Society
Room: Ballroom West

Sponsor: Law and Society

Organizer: Michael Branch, Hartwick College

Description: 

This roundtable is a space meant to explore and develop critical methodological tools for studying the complex relationship between law, culture, and society. 

Roundtable #1 Title: Methodological Reflections

Presider & Discussant: Michael Branch, Hartwick College

Papers:

“Dying in Prison: A Study of Institutional Failure,” Hannah Schwendemen, University of Minnesota

“Virtual Law and Order: Navigating the Ordinary Affects and Cruel Optimisms of Video Games,” Michael Branch, Hartwick College


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Session 032: Who Speaks for the Community? Complicating Power, Representation and Decision Making
Room: Hemon

Sponsor: Community, Research, and Practice

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Susan Halverson, Portland State University

Description: 

Social science researchers likely all engage with communities in some way. But what does "community" actually mean? Who is included and excluded, and who participates? Who is considered a valid representative of the community? How is power distributed and used in communities? The papers in this session explore and complicate community power, representation, and decision-making in spatial/geographic, identity, and interest communities.

Papers:

“‘No One Can Tell Our Stories Like We Can’: The Ypsi Farmers and Gardeners Oral History Project,” Finn McLafferty Bell and Sasha Kindred, University of Michigan-Dearborn

“Civic Engagement in the Homeless Community: How the Homeless Are Left out of the Democratic Process, and What to Do about It,” Caitlin M. Krenn, New York University

“Community Power in Inclusionary Housing,” Susan Halverson, Portland State University

“The Financialization of Human Shelter and Community-based Public Sociology,” David Jaffee, University of North Florida


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 033: Understanding the Sociology of Violence in a Quebecois Context/Comprendre une "sociologie de la violence" dans un contexte québécois/
Room: Jarry

Sponsor: Program Committee

Organizers &

Presiders: Eric Mykhalovskiy, York University
Jayne Malenfant, McGill University
Mitchell McLarnon, Concordia University

Description: 

This session opens up an opportunity for SSSP participants to gain insights into the diverse approaches to social justice scholarship in Québec. It features social scientists and researcher activists who reflect on the unique historical and political context of social problems research in Québec. Drawing on their experiences and research, they explore the challenges of working on a range of social justice issues within and across languages, borders, and perspectives. The session will create a space for dialogue about what this year’s Annual Meeting theme, “a sociology of violence” might mean to critical scholars, researchers, and activists in Québec, and how this interpretation relates to scholarship and activism in other parts of Canada and the United States.

Papers:

“Epistemological Terror: Québec and the Threat of Black Studies,” Philippe Néméh-Nombré, Saint Paul University

“Languages and Epistemological Violence: Histories of HIV/AIDS and Montréal’s Haitian Communities,” Viviane Namaste, Concordia University

“Equity and Advocacy in University-community Collaborations: Supporting Montreal Social Movements through Community-based Action Research Networks,” Alex Megelas, Concordia University

“Extended and Chosen Family: Lessons from Quebec on Experiential Knowledge, Peer Support, and Love as a Liberatory Practice for People from Care,” Marcelle Partouche Gutierrrez, National School of Public Administration

“In Search of Harmonious Coexistence alongside Suffering: Issues in Mediating Visible Homelessness in Public Spaces,” Anick Desrosiers, McGill University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Session 034: Teaching Social Problems with a Transnational Perspective
Room: Joyce

Sponsors: Teaching Social Problems
Transnational Initiatives Committee

Organizers &

Presiders: Jinsun Yang, University of Oregon
Morena Tartari, Northumbria University, Newcastle

Discussant: Morena Tartari, Northumbria University, Newcastle

Description: 

In the contemporary global landscape, most social issues extend beyond national borders, prompting us to adopt a transnational perspective that reexamines them through historical and geopolitical approaches. This session offers a platform for scholars, instructors, and activists to collaboratively explore the potential and challenges of integrating a transnational perspective into classroom discussions on social issues.

Papers:

“Embracing Open Educational Resources (OER) in Sociology: A Case Study of SUNY Oneonta’s Department of Sociology,” Gregory M. Fulkerson, Alexander R. Thomas and Elizabeth K. Seale, SUNY Oneonta

“Intertwining the Significance of Critical Race Theory and the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity,” Christine M. Capili, University of Oregon

“Teaching Health and the Media: A Transnational Perspective,” A. Susana Ramirez, University of California, Merced

“Who Are You? Using Personal Storytelling to Teach Sociological Concepts,” Monnica Gavin, Clark State College


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Session 035: Global Health, Climate, Inequality and Environment I
Room: Kafka

Sponsors: Environment and Technology
Global
Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Poverty, Class, and Inequality

Organizer &

Presider: Clare E. B. Cannon, University of California, Davis

Description: 

This session tackles issues related to global health, climate, inequality and the environment.

Papers:

“Under What Conditions Are Ethnic Enclaves Beneficial for Health in Urban Areas? - A Conceptual Framework,” Oluwaseun Temitope Emoruwa, University of Alabama at Birmingham

“‘Ready to Abandon Your Community?’: Unsaid Analysis of Disaster Capitalism Impacts on Native Hawaiians Post Maui Wildfire,” Sydney M. Shevat and Helen E. Wilds, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

“Environmental Risk and the Reorganization of Urban Inequality in the Late 19th and Early 20th Century,” Jonathan Tollefson, Brown University, Winner of the Environment and Technology Division’s Student Paper Competition

“A Feminist Community-Based Participatory Action Research Approach to Advance Climate Justice,” Clare E. B. Cannon, University of California, Davis

“Corporate Corruption and Energy Transitions: Global Harm within a World-systems Framework,” Kimberly Ann Haliburda, University of Tennessee, Knoxville


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 036: Reckoning with Institutional Violence: Perspectives across Organizational Contexts
Room: Musset

Sponsor: Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare

Organizer, Presider &

Discussant: Julio A. Alicea, Rutgers University-Camden

Description: 

This session seeks to examine how a range of organizations (i.e., social service organizations, government agencies, hospitals, schools, workplaces, etc.) create and reproduce inequality through institutional violence. Here institutional violence is understood as how policies, practices, and routines that contribute to forms of stratification and injustice within an organization. In focusing on institutional violence, this session calls attention to meso-level machinations of inequality that then resonate with and reinforce inequalities on micro and macro levels.

Papers:

“Methadone Access in Police Custody Healthcare as Denied Care: Strategies and Consequences of Detainment in Police Custody in England, UK,” Stephanie Mulrine and Gethin Rees, Newcastle University

“Misguided Fantasies of Resistance: Volatile Service Encounters at U.S. Dollar Stores,” Tracy L. Vargas, University of North Carolina at Pembroke

“Organizational Neglect: Unsympathetic Racial Crisis Response as Institutional Violence,” Julio A. Alicea, Rutgers University-Camden

“Racial Equity in Homelessness Response: A Qualitative Study of Two Urban Communities,” Molly K. Richard, Boston University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 037: Culture in Conflict, Action, and Change I: Mobilization, Organizing, Resistance, and Politicization
Room: Lamartine

Sponsor: Conflict, Social Action, and Change

Organizer &

Discussant: C. Michael Awsumb, Northwest Missouri State University

Presider: Michael Lee Hurst Jr., Swansea Mutual Aid Resource Treasury

Description: 

Papers in this session explore the ways symbolic and subjective factors (e.g., community-based culture, ideology, narrative, and trust) shape the experiences and outcomes of activist/organizer/movement mobilization, politicization, organization, and resistance. 

Papers:

“Mobilizing Potential: Pathways to Engaged Citizenship,” Sadie Dempsey, University of Wisconsin

“Barriers to Participation in Protest,” Burrel Vann, San Diego State University

“Mobilizing Cultures, Community Action Toolkits, and Rules of Resistance against Crimes of the Powerful,” C. Michael Awsumb, Northwest Missouri State University


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Welcoming Reception
Room: Ballroom Foyer


Date: Friday, August 9

Time: 7:45 PM - 8:45 PM

Student Social Hour
Room: Stanley-Hotel Bar