Funds Available for the SSSP Virtual Annual Meeting, application deadline March 31

03/30/2021, 01:44 PM

Nominations for the Thomas C. Hood Social Action Award, due April 1

The 2021 Thomas C. Hood Social Action Award will be awarded to a local grassroots social justice organization in the SMSA (as defined by the U.S. Bureau of Census) in which the annual meeting was scheduled to be held. While the recipient can be an organization in the Chicago Metropolitan area that engages in direct service work, preferred recipients for the Social Action Award will be organizations that also work at the level of systems change. The award carries a stipend of $3,000–$5,000 (TBD). 

To learn more, visit https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/262/Thomas_C_Hood_Social_Action_Award/

03/25/2021, 08:34 AM

Call for Nominations for the SSSP 2022 General Election (deadline 6/15)

Nominations are open for candidates to run in the 2022 General Election. Please consider nominating a colleague or yourself for one of these offices by completing the online nomination form at https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/pageid/2178. All nominees must be a current member in order to be considered.

03/23/2021, 12:47 PM

Applications for the Beth B. Hess Memorial Scholarship, due April 1

03/19/2021, 08:37 AM

Call for Chapter Proposals: Global Agenda for Social Justice 2022

Proposals due April 1, 2021; Chapters due August 1, 2021

Since 2004, SSSP has published eight volumes of the Agenda for Social Justice. Work is now beginning for the ninth iteration of the publication—Global Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2022, which is designed to inform the public-at-large about the world’s most pressing social problems and to propose feasible, evidence-based public policy solutions. This project affirms the commitment of the SSSP to social justice scholarship, and enables scholars to communicate on significant social issues worldwide. This volume will be an “agenda for social justice,” that contains recommendations for action worldwide by public officials, policymakers, and the public. View more information here https://www.sssp1.org/file/CFP-Global_Agenda_for_Social_Justice_2022.pdf.

03/16/2021, 09:39 AM

Vote in the 2021 General Election

Today is the last day to vote in the 2021 General Election. We are excited to have a slate of highly qualified candidates willing to serve. Candidates have provided an online resume form highlighting their professional work and a candidate statement. Please take time to review the slate of candidates and cast your vote in this important election! Remember, every vote counts. Click here to cast your vote, if you haven’t already: https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/pageId/1017

03/15/2021, 01:35 PM

Vote in the SSSP 2021 General Election (deadline 3/15)

There are only a few days left to review the slate of highly qualified candidates and cast your vote in the SSSP 2021 General Election. Online voting will close on March 15.

03/11/2021, 09:55 AM

Funds Available for the SSSP Virtual Annual Meeting, application deadline March 31

The Erwin O. Smigel Award Committee announces funds to pay for registration fees for unemployed and underemployed sociologists to participate in the SSSP virtual annual meeting. The Transnational Initiatives Committee announces funds to subsidize both the registration fee and membership dues for students and scholars located in the Global South, including students and scholars from politically, economically, and culturally oppressed groups in countries not considered part of the Global South, to participate in the SSSP virtual annual meeting. View more information here.

03/09/2021, 12:37 PM

Call for Papers – Social Problems Special Issue

Social Problems invites submissions for a special issue on the lives and futures of Black children and youth, focused on how their lives are impacted by various structures and social institutions while also appreciating their needs and development. For more information visit: https://www.sssp1.org/file/2020/Social_Problems_Special_Issue_CFP.pdf. The deadline for submitting papers is April 30, 2021.

03/04/2021, 07:05 AM

Should the Feds Guarantee You a Job?

As the federal government considers the move to a $15 minimum wage, labor organizing grows in momentum and COVID-19 continues to ravage the economy, the future of work is more hotly debated than ever. In an age of growing job precarity, what role should our government play in providing jobs and job security? “The question is, would the Biden administration embrace a policy not deployed since the New Deal?”

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/business/economy/job-guarantee.html

Post written by Janelle M. Pham, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Oglethorpe University, Membership and Outreach Committee

03/02/2021, 10:18 AM