Nominations for the 2015 C. Wright Mills Award are now open

Nominations are now open for the 2015 C. Wright Mills Award.  Members of the Society are encouraged to submit letters of nomination for this prestigious annual award.  Self nominations are acceptable.  Edited volumes, textbooks, fiction and self-published works are not eligible.  Eligible books must be first edition (not a reprint or later edition) and bear a 2015 copyright.  The C. Wright Mills Award, established in 1964, is made annually and carries with it a stipend of $1,000 for the author(s) of the winning book. The deadline for the 2015 award nominations is December 15, 2015.

http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/259/C_Wright_Mills_Award/

Posted by Douglas R. Oeser - 09/29/2015, 10:36 AM

Editor of Social Problems Accepts a Position at the University of Houston

We are proud to announce that the Editor of Social Problems, Dr. Pamela Anne Quiroz, has accepted a position at the University of Houston (http://bit.ly/1EEFNHS). She now holds the titles of Director of the Center for Mexican American Studies and Professor of Sociology. Correspondence can be directed to her new email address: paquiroz@uh.edu. 

In addition, the editorial office of Social Problems has moved to the University of Houston as of September 1, 2015. General inquiries from authors, reviewers, and other interested parties ​may still ​be directed to the Social Problems Managing Editor at: socialproblems@uic.edu.

Manuscripts can be submitted via Manuscript Central at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/socpro

Sincerely,
Social Problems, Editorial Team

Posted by Douglas R. Oeser - 09/08/2015, 08:15 AM