Annual Meeting Schedule
The official days of the 2024 Annual Meeting are Friday, August 9 to Sunday, August 11. Program sessions are scheduled on all three days of the meeting. The meeting will kickoff with the Arrival Meet & Greet Reception on Thursday, August 8.
Most daytime program sessions are 1 hour and 40 minutes in length, followed by a 20-minute break. Exceptions are noted in the program schedule. All conference programming will take place in Eastern Time.
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Friday, August 9 8:30am – 10:10am 10:30am – 11:45am 12:30pm – 2:10pm 2:30pm – 4:10pm 4:30pm – 6:10pm 6:30pm – 7:30pm 7:45pm – 8:45pm |
Saturday, August 10 8:30am – 10:10am 10:30am – 12:10pm 12:30pm – 2:10pm 2:30pm – 4:10pm 4:30pm – 5:30pm 5:45pm – 7:00pm 7:15pm – 8:15pm |
Sunday, August 11 8:30am – 10:10am 10:30am – 12:10pm 12:30pm – 2:10pm 2:30pm – 4:10pm |
Refer to the Program Schedule for a daily listing of all sessions and evening social activities. Session presiders should ensure that sessions start and end on time to avoid conflicts with subsequent activities and to allow attendees time to transition to the next session or activity.
On Friday, the 10:30am–11:45am time slot is allocated for the SSSP Business Meeting, the Town Hall: An Open Forum will follow from 11:50pm–12:25pm in the same room, the 6:30pm–7:30pm time slot is allocated for the Welcoming Reception, and the 7:45pm–8:45pm time slot is allocated for the Student Social Hour.
On Saturday, the 4:30pm–5:30pm time slot is allocated for the Presidential Address, the 5:45pm–7:00pm time slot is allocated for the Awards Ceremony, and the 7:15pm–8:15pm time slot is allocated for the Division–Sponsored Reception.
On Sunday, all sessions conclude at 4:10pm.
Acknowledgment
On behalf of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Michele Smith Koontz, Administrative Officer & Meeting Manager, wishes to thank President Mary Bernstein; Program Committee Chair Claire M. Renzetti and her committee Ligaya Lindio McGovern, Raja Staggers-Hakim, and Dolores Trevizo; Local Arrangements Committee Chair Anick Desrosiers and her committee Helen Hudson, Amanda Keller, and Véronic Lapalme; Executive Officer Elroi J. Windsor; Assistant to the Administrative Officer Kelsey Whitaker; Information Technology Specialist Rachel Cogburn; and Graduate Research Associate and Webmaster Helen Elaine Wilds for their contributions to the program. Additional thanks to artist Laura Barroso, who created the program artwork.
A special thanks to our sponsors for their financial contributions to program activities: the Department of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, Bristol University Press | Home of Policy Press, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, and the Oxford University Press.
