Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 099: Intersections of Health, Criminal Justice, and Harm Reduction
Room: Drummond West

Sponsors: Crime and Justice
Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare

Organizer: Cynthia Baiqing Zhang, Evergreen Campus LLC

Presider: Gethin Rees, Newcastle University

Description: 

This session is focused on how health, criminal justice, and harm reduction are inter-related. The contact with the criminal justice system is significant for people’s lives, including health. The criminal justice system is supposed to reduce harm. That is, the criminal justice system is assigned the tasks of social security explicitly and social wellbeing implicitly. In this session, we explore the inter-connection of health, criminal justice, and harm reduction with theoretical and empirical studies. Because vulnerable people (e.g. women, minority, low-income individuals, LGBTQ community, and others) are overrepresented in the inmate population in the U.S., this session is also informed by scholarship on inequality.

Papers:

“Disrupting Constructions: How Prison Dog Rehabilitation Programs Destabilize Racialized Arrangements during and after Incarceration,” Jennifer K. Wesely, University of North Florida

“Exploring the Impact of a Cathartic Movement Program (Dance to be Free) on Incarcerated Women,” Timbre L. Wulf, Central State University, Suzanne L. Maughan Spencer and Julie N. Campbell, University of Nebraska Kearney

“Harm Reduction and Reproductive Health for Peripregnant Women Who Use Drugs and Have a History of Incarceration in the U.S.,” Kathryn Nowotny and Melanie McKenna, University of Miami and Edward Suarez, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine

“Methadone Access in Police Custody Healthcare as Denied Care: Professional Risk Discourses and the Patient Group Directive,” Gethin Rees, Newcastle University

“Trauma, Gender, and The Criminal(izing) Justice System: A Critical Review of Sentencing,” Josephine A. Barnett, The Graduate Center, CUNY

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Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 100: Teaching Social Problems in Time of Polarization
Room: Drummond Centre

Sponsor: Teaching Social Problems

Organizers: Perri S. Leviss, Rhode Island College
Katie Founds, Independent Scholar
Jennifer Roebuck Bulanda, Miami University
Morena Tartari, Northumbria University

Presider &

Discussant: Pedrom Nasiri, University of Calgary

Description: 

This session presents examples of different pedagogies and models that teachers are using to provide deep learning for both K-12 and college students in today's polarized and contentious educational environment. From the passage of legislation banning books to limiting the topics that are allowed to be discussed in the classroom, teachers today face significant challenges both in how and what they can teach. This session provides important learnings that attendees can apply to their own classroom environments.

Papers:

“Using the Social Order-social Justice Framework to Enhance Constructive Dialogue,” Monnica Gavin, Clark State College

“Racism Evasiveness and Racism Consciousness in the Curriculum: How We Talk and Teach about Racism and Why It Matters,” Wade P. Smith, Eastern Illinois University

“Crip Pedagogies as Anti-violent, Anti-carceral Practices in the College Classroom,” Siobhan Marie Pokorney, The Graduate Center, CUNY

“‘Controversial’ Content in K-12 Schools: The Intersection of Federal and State Policy and Its Bearing on Local Implementation,” Jane Rochmes and Linda M. Waldron, Christopher Newport University and Carlie Carter, College of William and Mary

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Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 101: Reproductive Justice
Room: Hemon

Sponsors: 
Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
Health, Health Policy, and Health Services

Organizer &

Presider: Giovanna Follo, Wright State University-Lake Campus

Discussant: Shannon K. Carter, University of Central Florida

Description: 

In a time where reproductive rights are being contested, we need to advocate for reproductive justice.

Papers:

“‘I Left There Just Like Crying.’: Black Doulas’ Response to Gender and Race-based Violence in Correctional Institutions,” Denae Bradley-Morris, Howard University

“Counter-narratives about Breastfeeding in Black Newspapers,” Shannon K. Carter, University of Central Florida and Bhoomi K. Thakore, University of Connecticut

“Seahorses on Social Media: Analyzing #SeahorseDads and Pregnant Trans* Men on TikTok,” Athanasia Angela Platis, Georgia State University

“The Experiences and Priorities of Women with Disabilities Regarding Reproduction and Pregnancy in Alberta, Canada,” Eleni Moumos and Alan Santinele Martino, University of Calgary

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Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 102: Institutional Ethnographies of Law, Crime, and Justice
Room: Jarry

Sponsors: Institutional Ethnography
Law and Society

Organizers: Catherine Hastings, Macquarie University
Colin Hastings, University of Waterloo

Presider &

Discussant: Elizabeth L. Brule, Queen's University

Description: 

Papers:

“Legitimating Strategies: Pretrial Risk Assessments and the Logics of Data-driven Judicial Discretion,” Sino V. Esthappan, Northwestern University, Winner of the Law and Society Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Mortality Tracking as Data Justice: An Ethnography into a Community-based Data Infrastructure Seeking to Address Homelessness,” Maxime Goulet-Langlois, McGill University

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Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

THEMATIC

Session 103: Violence and Theory
Room: Joyce

Sponsor: Social Problems Theory

Organizer &

Presider: Joshua H. Stout, Illinois State University

Description: 

This session broadly explores theoretical contributions to our understanding of violence, the impacts and implications of violence, and cultures of violence.

Papers:

“Habituating the Police,” Justin Turner, Illinois State University

“Imagining Social Collapse: Intersectional Representation in Apocalyptic Cultural Field,” Jonathan Nathaniel Redman, University of California, Irvine

“Peculiar Sensations: Toward A (Racialized) Sociology of Violence,” Endia Hayes, Dartmouth College

“Violence by Design: How Mobile and Spatialized Violence Shape Urban Spaces,” Gwendolyn Purifoye, University of Notre Dame

“‘Peace is Dangerous’: Du Bois’ Theory of Colonial Post-fascism,” Ali Meghji, University of Cambridge

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Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 104: The Costs of Higher Ed
Room: Kafka

Sponsor: Educational Problems

Organizer: Myron T. Strong, Community College of Baltimore County

Presider &

Discussant: Assata Zerai, The University of New Mexico

Description: 

The papers in this section focus on the emotional, physical, academic and other labor individuals experience caused by the higher education and grant funding institutions. While there is a sort of freedom that comes with education, there is a cost navigating the structure. 

Papers:

“A Moral Dilemma of ‘Selling Out’: Race, Class, and Career Considerations among Elite College Students,” Joyce Kim, University of Pennsylvania, Winner of the Educational Problems Division’s Student Paper Competition

“Intersectional Microaggressions in Transnational Contexts: Black Students Experiencing Gendered, Ableist, and Queer-phobic Anti-blackness in the U.S. and South Africa,” Assata Zerai, The University of New Mexico

“The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on International Students’ Future Career and Migration Plans,” Eugena Kwon, Trent University

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Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 105: Patterns and Practices of Resistance, Solidarity, and Organizing vis-à-vis the Conditions of Poverty and Inequality
Room: Lamartine

Sponsors: Conflict, Social Action, and Change
Poverty, Class, and Inequality

Organizer: Sara Maani, University of Milan-Bicocca

Presider &

Discussant: Andrew Wilczak, Wilkes University

Description: 

This session aims at delving into the intricate dynamics of resistance, solidarity, and organizing emerging in response to the pressing issues of poverty, class, and inequality. We invite papers with the empirical research and theoretical discussions that explore varied patterns and practices that marginalized communities employ to confront and navigate multiple conditions of inequality through acts of resistance and solidarity for collective empowerment and social change. This session aims to foster a deeper understanding of the ways in which grassroots movements and community organizations challenge existing power structures and advocate for equitable solutions. We invite attendees to critically reflect on the complexities of social organizing and the potential for transformative action in the face of adversity and inequality.

Papers:

“‘I’m Pretty Bad at This, Dude’: Attending to Social Class and Power in Qualitative Research,” Shelley M. Kimelberg, SUNY University at Buffalo

“‘It’s the Stupid Food System Here’: Emotions, Solidarity, and Community Building in Food Access Spaces,” Julie Schweitzer and Tamara L. Mix, Oklahoma State University

“On Building a Criminology of Revolutions,” Andrew Wilczak, Wilkes University

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Date: Sunday, August 11

Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM

Session 106: Crisis and Globalization(s)
Room: Musset

Sponsor: Global

Organizer &

Presider: David A. Smith, University of California, Irvine

Description: 

The papers in this session cover a lot of topics in the area of world-system analysis. Come hear from junior scholars and faculty members alike as they present on issues of food, water, the Global South, tech workers, and issues of inequality and hierarchy. All five papers will dive deep on some very interesting topics!

Papers:

“A taste for terroir: The science and politics of the EU’s global geographical indication development agenda,” Matthew J. Zinsli, University of Wisconsin–Madison

“Comparative Analysis of Public Response to Mexico’s Junk Food Labeling Policy,” A. Susana Ramirez, University of California, Merced

“Privilege is a Prison: Indian Tech Workers Facing Covert Carcerality in India and the US,” Rianka Roy, Wake Forest University

“Why’s the Water Gone?: The Treadmill of Production through Global Water Exploitation,” Joshua Cafferty, Utah Tech University

“World-system Hierarchy, Economic Productivity, and Global Economic Downturns: Analyzing Trade Networks Post-2008 Global Financial Crisis,” Martin Jacinto, California State University, Chico

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