We are pleased to announce the Call for Books for the 2025 Annual Meeting - Author Meets Critics Sessions. Program Chair Assata Zerai will select two books to be featured on the program.

Author Meets Critic Sessions are designed to bring authors of recent books considered to be important contributions to the study of social problems and the advancement of social justice together with discussants chosen to provide different viewpoints. Only books published in 2023 or 2024 are eligible for nomination. You must be a current SSSP member to submit a nomination. All nominations must be submitted online. Self-nominations are not accepted. At the discretion of the Program Chair, the Committee may invite authors whose work is particularly relevant to the theme, “Insurgent Sociology in a Time of Crises.”

Author Meets Critics Session proposals must be submitted to the Program Chair by December 15, 2024. 

Proposals must include:

1) Complete Book Title (include publisher name and publication date)

2) Brief statement (200 words maximum) about the book’s importance to the study of social problems and the advancement of social justice in general, as well as the relevance of the book for the annual meeting’s theme

3) Session Organizer(s), including their e-mail address(es)—authors cannot serve as session organizers

4) A list of potential critics, including their e-mail addresses

For questions, please contact Program Chair Assata Zerai at SSSP2025ProgramChair@unm.edu.