Annual Meeting Schedule

The official days of the 2017 SSSP Annual Meeting are Friday, August 11 to Sunday, August 13.  Program sessions are scheduled on all three days of the meeting.

Most daytime program sessions are 1 hour and 40 minutes in length, followed by a 20 minute break.  Exceptions are clearly noted in the detailed program schedule.

Sessions, committee meetings, and special events will be held at the Montreal Bonaventure Hotel, located at 900 De La Gauchetiere W., Montreal, Quebec H5A 1E4.

The turnover schedule is as follows:

On Friday, the 6:30pm-7:30pm time slot is allocated for the Welcoming Reception and the 10:00pm-11:00pm time slot is allocated for the Graduate Student Happy Hour.  On Saturday, the 4:15pm-5:25pm time slot is allocated for the SSSP Business Meeting, the 5:30pm-6:30pm time slot is allocated for the Presidential Address, the 6:45pm-7:45pm time slot is allocated for the Awards Ceremony, and the 7:45pm-8:45pm time slot is allocated for the Division-Sponsored Reception.  On Sunday, all sessions end at 6:10pm.

Please refer to the Preliminary Program Schedule for a daily listing of all sessions, meetings, and special events.  Session presiders and committee chairs should ensure that sessions and meetings end on time to avoid conflicts with subsequent activities scheduled in the same room and to allow participants time to transit to the next session or meeting.

Acknowledgment

On behalf of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Michele Koontz, Administrative Officer & Meeting Manager, wishes to thank President Donileen R. Loseke; Program Committee Chair Amir B. Marvasti and his committee Sara L. Crawley (Co-Chair), Hsiao-Chuan Hsia, Karyn D. McKinney, Marc R. Settembrino, and Jessica Sperling; Local Arrangements Committee Chair Jason Carmichael and his committee Annie Carrier, Alissa Mazar, Naomi Nichols, and Sophie Pomerleau; Executive Officer Héctor L. Delgado; Information Technology Specialist Rachel Cogburn; Administrative Assistant Marisa Stone; and outgoing Graduate Research Associate and Webmaster Bethany Nelson for their contributions to the program.  Additional thanks to artist Pam Kachel, Mariner Art and Design, who created the program cover and the conference bag design.

A special thanks to the University of South Florida Department of Sociology and President Donileen R. Loseke for their financial contributions to program activities and to Oxford University Press for its financial contribution to the conference bags.