SSSP 2024 Annual Meeting
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Budget, Finance, and Audit Committee, 2024-25
Room: Kafka
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Committee on Social Action, 2023-24 CANCELLED
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
SPECIAL
Session 021: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Sociology on the Ropes: Recent Attacks on the Discipline
Room: Salon 1
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizer &
Presider/Discussant: R.A. Dello Buono, Manhattan University
Description: The threat to sociology as a discipline is growing. Recent moves to dilute or remove course requirements for sociology seem intent on undoing the discipline’s capacity for encouraging critical thinking. Increasingly conservative-minded administrations in higher education are bending in the face of state and/or donor mandates to ideologically muzzle, downsize, merge or eliminate sociology departments and their faculty. The American Sociological Association (ASA) among other professional associations have cautiously weighed in on these attacks in various missives. What can associations like the SSSP do in the face of these attacks? How can scholar-activism be defended in the face of right-wing hostility? This dialogue seeks to explore these issues confronting sociology and other academic programs based in critical analysis and advocacy.
Papers:
“Same Old Song, Much Larger Band: The New White Nationalist Attacks on Higher Education,” Woody Doane, University of Hartford
“Fight the Power: Stopping State Attacks against Sociology,” Rose M. Brewer, University of Minnesota
“The Death of Sociology? Don’t Mourn, Organize!,” Corey Dolgon, Stonehill College
“‘It’s Trump’s Fault!,’ and Other Ways to Avoid Responsibility,” Louis Edgar Esparza, California State University, Los Angeles
“Our Fight for Sociology is Part of Today’s Revolutionary Struggle,” Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America and Howard University
“Countering Attacks on Sociology: The Precarious Nature of Building Scholar-Activists, Professional Associations and Universities Coalitions,” Mary Romero, Professor Emerita, Arizona State University
“Sociology as Complicit in Chronic Mediocrity: The Fight to Maintain the Status Quo,” David G. Embrick, University of Connecticut and Johnny Eric Williams, Trinity College
“What’s Old is New Again: Academia and the Postliberal State,” Nancy A. Naples, University of Connecticut
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
SPECIAL
Session 058: Publishing Tips from the Editors of Social Problems
Room: Salon 5
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizers: Michael A. Long, Oklahoma State University
Kelley Sittner, Oklahoma State University
Andrew S. Fullerton, Oklahoma State University
Rachel M. Schmitz, Oklahoma State University
Presider: Andrew S. Fullerton, Oklahoma State University
Description: The publishing process can be confusing at times even for the seasoned scholar. In this session, the co-editors of Social Problems share their experiences as editors, authors, and reviewers and discuss the process of publishing in the journal.
Panelists:
Kelley Sittner, Oklahoma State University
Andrew S. Fullerton, Oklahoma State University
Michael A. Long, Oklahoma State University
Rachel M. Schmitz, Oklahoma State University
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 059: Criminalizing Vulnerable Populations
Room: Drummond West
Sponsors: Crime and Justice
Environment and Technology
Law and Society
Poverty, Class, and Inequality
Organizers: Marko Salvaggio, Tulane University
Miltonette Olivia Craig, Sam Houston State University
Presider: Marko Salvaggio, Tulane University
Description: This session addresses the nexus between criminalization and marginalized people, and/or criminalization as it serves to produce marginality. For example, papers submitted to the session could pertain to the criminalization of unhoused people, the criminalization of reproductive choices, or the intersections between race, criminalization, and the incidence of environmental hazards. These are only a few of the possible angles that could be taken up in this session. We welcome submissions that analyze dynamics pertaining to vulnerability and criminalization in multiple ways.
Papers:
“Criminalizing Trauma: Trauma-informed Practices and Community-based Juvenile Justice Reforms,” Kayla M. Martensen, University of New Mexico
“Examining Policing Homelessness in a Redeveloping City,” Stephanie Southworth and Sara Brallier, Coastal Carolina University
“Judicial System and Social Reproduction: A Panel Analysis of 22 Years of Penal Practice in Canadian Provinces,” Mohamed Imoussaïne, National Institute of Scientific Research
“Navigating the Invisibility/Hyper-visibility Paradox: Redemptive Generativity as a Means of Resisting Racial-criminal Stigma,” Jamie J. Fader, Temple University
“Punitive Inertia: Anti-blackness and the Policing of Motion,” Korey Tillman, Northeastern University
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 060: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Anti-Violence and Violence: Counter-hegemony from Subversive to Revolutionary
Room: Drummond East
Sponsors: Community, Research, and Practice
Conflict, Social Action, and Change
Critical Race and Ethnic Study
Organizers: C. Michael Awsumb, Northwest Missouri State University
Watoii Rabii, Oakland University
Presider/Discussant: Watoii Rabii, Oakland University
Description: This session looks broadly at questions around the types of political praxis persons and groups use and/or may theoretically be necessary in response to forms of violence, like racism, war, genocide, structural violence, etc. The session concept is engaging with question of "who gets to determine the “right” or “acceptable” way to resist your oppressor?"
Papers:
“Broken Bond or Resilient Threads: Understanding Social Cohesion in Black American Streets,” Abass Muhammed, University of Delaware, Winner of the Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Division’s Student Paper Competition
“Dystopian Dreams: Narratives of Social Control and the Techno-future,” Katarina M. McGuire, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
“Exploring the Effect of Video Literacy Program in Enhancing Emotional Intelligence Capabilities in Primary Schoolchildren to Develop Resilience to Extremism,” Faryal Razzaq, Karachi School of Business & Leadership and Glenn Muschert, Khalifa University
“Rediscovering Citta: Vignettes on Violence and Healing in Life and Commercial Yoga Spaces,” ,
“Resistance to Sexual Violence as Statecraft,” Melanie Brazzell, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
“The Reproduction of Colonial Violence in Humanizing and Peacebuilding Initiatives,” Emily Schneider, Northern Arizona University
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 061: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Womxn's Bodies as Sites of Statist Violence: A Critique of Imperialist, Heteropatriarchal Politics
Room: Salon 7
Sponsor:
Organizers: Pallavi Banerjee, University of Calgary
Meghna Bhat, Independent Scholar and Consultant
Presider/Discussant: Pallavi Banerjee, University of Calgary
Description: The critical dialogue session invites researchers and practitioners to submit papers that discuss the mechanism through which state and institutions of the state seek to control and oppress bodies that are perceived feminine. The panel particularly invites dialogue that is anti-racist, anti-hetero-cis-patriarchal, intersectional, decolonial and orients the field of gender away from normative ways of knowing.
Papers:
“From Violence to Victory: How Young Black People with Diverse Sexual Identities Experience Religion and Spirituality,” Sandra Lynn Barnes, Brown University
“Intersecting Liminalities: Controlling Pregnant Immigrant Bodies,” Zoë Chaetana Miller-Vedam, University of California, Irvine
“One Life: The Impact of China’s One Child Policy on Girls and Women in Society Today,” Jenny Athena Wong, Mothers Lead
“Resisting Across Borders: Iranian Diaspora Activists’ Struggles in Transnational Contexts,” Fateme Ejaredar, University of Calgary
“The Problem of Mononormativity: Disrupting Colonial and Imperial Conceptions of Family in the Canadian Government’s Pursuit of Gender Justice,” Pedrom Nasiri, University of Calgary
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 062: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Bodily Autonomy and Health
Room: Ballroom West
Sponsor: Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Organizer: Virginia Kuulei Berndt, McDaniel College
Description: Bodily autonomy in the realm of health and healthcare has inspired scholarly and activist work across a broad range of disciplinary and methodological approaches. As such, this interdisciplinary session includes intersectional research drawing from diverse methodological approaches including in-depth interviews, policy briefs, content analyses, and literature reviews. Topics in this section include abortion policy, technology and inequalities, eating disorder treatment and research, autonomy in long-term residential care, and prenatal care.
Roundtable #1 Title: Bodily Autonomy and Health
Presider:
Yuying Shen, Norfolk State University
Papers:
“Bodily Autonomy and Abortion Policy in U.S. States,” Kelsey Johnson, Middle Tennessee State University
“Coercion in Care: Examining the Acceptability of the Use of Force in Long-term Residential Care,” MacGregor Goodman, University of Manitoba
“Not by Accident: The Technological Production of Embodied Health Inequalities,” Manning Zhang, Brandeis University
“Parallel Experiences of the Panopticon in the World of Eating Disorder Treatment and Research,” Heather C. Pizzanello, Salve Regina University
“Prenatal Care at SEPs,” Leticia Morales, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 063: New Work in Social Problems Theory
Room: Jarry
Sponsor: Social Problems Theory
Organizer &
Presider: Clara Mey, University of Delaware
Description: This session explores new trends and developments in social problems theory.
Papers:
“Big White Elephant at the Ballot Box: Reckoning with the Suggestive Power of Trumpism,” Stephen Pfohl, Boston College
“Hurt People Hurt People: Theorizing Liminal Complicity in the Reproduction of Inequality,” Andrew J. Shapiro, The Graduate Center, CUNY, Honorable Mention in the Social Problems Theory Division’s Student Paper Competition
“The Process of Managing Stigma for Those Bereaved by a Drug-related Death,” Timothy Chesnik, University of Delaware, Joshua H. Stout, Illinois State University and Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, University of Delaware
“Toward a Sociology of Facts,” Joel Best, University of Delaware
“Understanding Motivation for Service Learning with Identity Theory,” Anne Statham, University of Southern Indiana and Helen Rosenberg, University of Wisconsin-Parkside
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 064: Student Mental Health on Campus: Who Isn't F*cking Crazy?
Room: Joyce
Sponsor: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice
Organizers: Douglas J. Engelman, University of North Carolina Wilmington
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Discussant: Douglas J. Engelman, University of North Carolina Wilmington
Description: An examination of the propensity of mental health issues on today's college and university campuses.
Papers:
“Family Relations and Mental Health: How Do Divorce, Single Parenthood, and Disconnected Extended Family Impact Mental Health?” Abigail Kozak, University of North Carolina Wilmington
“The Consideration of Race in the Organization of Campus Mental Health Services,” Hana Gebremariam, Temple University
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 065: Teaching Sexualities in the Classroom and Community
Room: Lamartine
Sponsor: Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant: Janelle M. Pham, Oglethorpe University
Description: Papers in this session explore the possibilities for community engagement and learning around issues and topics of sexuality, both within the classroom and beyond.
Papers:
“‘I Do Like Sex A Lot’: The Missing Discourse of Sexual Pleasure in Canadian Sex Education Programs and Curriculum for People Labelled/with Developmental Disability,” Melissa L. Miller, University of Calgary
“Gen Z and Teaching Sexualities: Strategies for Education Students that ‘Already Know’,” Hannah R. Regan, Flora Stone Mather Center for Women and Case Western Reserve University
“Punishing or Healing? The Paradox of Title IX,” Anna K. Wood, University of Michigan
“Sexual Violence Resource Centers as Allies in Primary Sexual Violence Prevention in Schools and Communities,” Linnea Hjelm, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Date: Saturday, August 10
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 066: Doing Fieldwork in the Global South
Room: Musset
Sponsors: Program Committee
Transnational Initiatives Committee
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant: Debadatta Chakraborty, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Description: This session includes critical reflections on doing ethnography in and from the global south. The five papers in this session address a range of key methodological, theoretical, ethical, and existential questions for ethnographers around positionality, risk, serendipity, affect, embodiment, subjective locations, power, violence, and their relationship to ethnographic witnessing, writing and knowledge production. The papers draw on a range of multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork experience of scholars in India, South Africa, Jamaica, Bangladesh, and Hong Kong. Overall, the session contributes to deeper questions on negotiation of intersectional identities for and by the ethnographers themselves in relation to the communities they are embedded in and the generative possibilities of such negotiations in exacerbating and mitigating colonial and gendered-racialized harms, risks, and violence.
Papers:
“Gender, Race, and Class as Resources in Global South Ethnography,” Annie Hikido, Colby College
“Serendipity or Structure? Reflections on Power, Privilege, and Pleasure during Fieldwork in Hyderabad, India,” Sneha Annavarapu, National University of Singapore
“‘Belly Pain’: Violence, Method, and Ethnographic Witnessing,” Sadiyah Malcolm, University of Michigan
“Gender, Caste, Class, and Positionality: Reflections on Intersectional Power and Its Interstices from Fieldwork in Bangladesh and India,” Debadatta Chakraborty, University of Massachusetts Amherst
