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May 19, 2022
2021 C. Wright Mills Award Finalists
The 2021 C. Wright Mills Award Finalists have been selected. The committee reviewed 76 nominated books to select the six finalists. The winner will be announced at the Awards Ceremony on Saturday, August 6 from 5:45pm-7:00pm (Pacific Time). All finalists will be recognized at the Awards Ceremony.
To an outstanding degree, each of the finalists met the criteria for the award:
- Critically addresses an issue of contemporary public importance
- Brings to the topic a fresh, imaginative perspective
- Advances social scientific understanding of the topic
- Displays a theoretically informed view and empirical orientation
- Evinces quality in style of writing
- Explicitly or implicitly contains implications for courses of action
Click here to view the list of finalists.
05/19/2022, 09:38 AM
May 17, 2022
SSSP: Online Preliminary Program is Now Available
The preliminary program for the 72nd SSSP Annual Meeting is now available. Click here to review the program and to register for the conference. We look forward to your participation on August 5-7, 2022. President Noreen M. Sugrue and her Program Committee have worked diligently to organize collaborative sessions under this year’s program theme: The Sociological Reimagination: From Moments to Momentum. We recognize that the COVID-19 situation is fluid and would like to remind attendees that requirements may change in line with evolving conditions. Learn more about the SSSP Annual Meeting Protocol. It is our sincere hope that you will join us in Los Angeles in order to further a dialogue aimed at social change and action rooted in data and theory.
05/17/2022, 11:28 AM
May 13, 2022
FREE Virtual International Conference: Reimagining our Worlds from Below: Transnational Conversations on Resistance, Movements, and Transformations (May 2022)
The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) is sponsoring a free virtual international conference aimed to provide a platform for scholars, activists, practitioners, students, professionals, governmental entities, non-profit organizations, and members of civil society from all over the world to network, share experiences and learn from one another across boundaries – as we reimagine forms of resistance, movements, and solutions to the unconscionable historic and existential challenges we face on our planet. We warmly invite you to join the conversation on May 18-21, 2022. Participation from the Global South is especially encouraged. Please share this information with organizations, activists, scholars and colleagues, especially those from the Global South and from countries/cultures outside the US, Canada or Europe. For more information about the conference model, visit: https://ejcj.orfaleacenter.ucsb.edu/transnational-conversations/. Hosted by the Orfalea Center for Global and International Studies at the University of California at Santa Barbara.
05/13/2022, 09:09 AM
May 10, 2022
Social Problems Special Issue – Call for Papers: The Racism of Omission, submission deadline: 5/20/22
Social Problems invites submissions for a special issue, The Racism of Omission, aimed at inverting the logic of studying racism as solely an intentional (or explicit) act of exclusion and instead examining racism as an act of omission or choosing not to act or acting in a racially habituated fashion without thought or explicit intent.
The deadline for submitting papers is May 20. Please submit papers through the online submission portal and choose “Racism of Omission” at “step 6” of the submission process. Click here for more information.
05/10/2022, 03:52 PM
May 05, 2022
Register for the 2022 In-person Annual Meeting
Registration is open for SSSP’s 2022 In-person Annual Meeting, to be held in Los Angeles, CA from August 5-7! This year’s theme is “The Sociological Reimagination: From Moments to Momentum.” The 2022 meeting provides opportunities to define, energize, and commit to concrete social actions and policy work. Early Bird Registration ends on June 1, so don’t miss out on the cost savings. To register at the lowest rate, click here.
05/05/2022, 08:17 AM
May 03, 2022
What are you reading before the summer meeting?
What are you reading before the summer meeting? I am reading SSSP members’ @joyamisra and @kyla_walter’s book Walking Mannequins from @ucpress. Respond with your current read AND click the link to register for the Summer Meeting in LA: http://sssp1.org/2022_Annual_Meeting_registration
Post written by Andrea D. Miller, Ph.D., Webster University, Membership and Outreach Committee
05/03/2022, 01:34 PM
April 29, 2022
Two New Kauffman Foundation Paper Awards, nomination deadline April 30
Tomorrow (April 30) is the final day to make a nomination for two new awards (sponsored by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation) for promising research centering social entrepreneurship and innovation. Broadly conceived, social entrepreneurship is a process by which individuals or organizations develop and fund solutions that solve social problems. Social entrepreneurial efforts often explore and innovate in ways that positively impact communities and the larger social world. Scholarship about social entrepreneurship and innovation may also consider dynamics related to policymaking, organizing, and practitioners. Research that has direct implications and addresses pressing social problems are especially appropriate for these awards. For more information or to nominate a paper visit: https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/pageid/2388.
04/29/2022, 10:37 AM
April 28, 2022
Social Problems Special Issue – Call for Papers: The Racism of Omission (submission deadline: 5/20/22)
Social Problems invites submissions for a special issue aimed at inverting the logic of studying racism as solely an intentional (or explicit) act of exclusion and instead examining racism as an act of omission or choosing not to act or acting in a racially habituated fashion without thought or explicit intent.
The deadline for submitting papers is May 20, 2022. Please submit papers through the online submission portal and choose “Racism of Omission” at “step 6” of the submission process. Click here for more information.
04/28/2022, 08:05 AM
April 26, 2022
Nominations are Open for Candidates for the 2023 General Election – Deadline June 15
Nominations are open for candidates to run in the 2023 General Election. Consider nominating a colleague or yourself for an elected office by completing the online nomination form. All nominees must be a current member in order to be considered. Online nominations must be received by June 15, 2022.
04/26/2022, 12:57 PM
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