SSSP 2025 Annual Meeting
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 002: The Perpetual Crisis of Mass Incarceration
Room: Indiana Room
Sponsors: Crime and Justice
Critical Race and Ethnic Study
Law and Society
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant: Christopher Dum, Kent State University
Description: This session examines issues raised by the carceral state and the use of mass incarceration.
Papers:
“Governing the Ungovernable: Prisons and the ‘Inevitable Intimacy’ of Confinement,” Lauren Hagani, The University of Chicago
“Life Goes On: Navigating Reentry after Long-term Incarceration,” Kristen M. Budd, Sabrina Pearce, Warren Allen and Leyda Pereyra, The Sentencing Project
“Manufacture and Maintenance of Crisis: How Drug Courts and Homeless Policies Extend the Carceral State,” Maya Lucita McKeever, University of Southern California
“Shuffling within the System: The Pervasive Uncertainty of Prison Transfers,” Iolanthe Brooks, Northwestern University, Winner of the Crime and Justice Division’s Student Paper Competition
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 003: Global Solidarities for Climate Justice in the Age of Climate Chaos
Room: Kimball Room
Sponsor: Global
Organizers: Marko Salvaggio, Tulane University
Clare E. B. Cannon, University of California, Davis
Presider &
Discussant: Clare E. B. Cannon, University of California, Davis
Description: This session discusses global implications of climate change, including issues and problems of climate injustice and how communities come together or not to advance climate solutions. Following the theme of Insurgent Sociology in a Time of Crisis, this session seeks to unearth the many ways people are working to confront climate change and create equitable solutions.
Papers:
“Global Commodity Chains to Address Climate Change and Their Development Impacts,” David A. Smith, University of California, Irvine, Paul Ciccantell, Western Michigan University and Elizabeth Sowers, California State University, Channel Islands
“Land and Climate Justice among Racial, Ethnic, and Indigenous Populations in the Global South: Critical Insights on Sustainability Transitions from Bangladesh,” Saleh Ahmed, Michigan State University
“Pathways to Autonomy: A Settlement of the Landless Workers’ Movement (MST) in Agroecological Transition in Brazil,” Noa Cykman, University of California, Santa Barbara
“Deviant Resilience,” Clare E. B. Cannon, University of California, Davis
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 004: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Gender, Sexualities, and Class during Capitalist Crises
Room: Wabash Room
Sponsors: Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
Labor Studies
Poverty, Class, and Inequality
Organizer &
Presider/Discussant: alithia zamantakis, Northwestern University
Description: Crises are a recurring and inherent feature of capitalism, but their impact varies, disproportionately affecting people who experience the specific oppressions of race, class, gender, and sexual marginalization. This session explores the intersections of race, gender, sexualities, and class in the context of capitalist crises. As economic systems falter, the impact on marginalized groups intensifies, disproportionately affecting individuals based on their gender identities, sexual orientations, racial and ethnic backgrounds, and socio-economic positions. Presenters will discuss how crises amplify pre-existing structural oppressions, while also examining strategies of resistance, solidarity, and survival that emerge in response.
Papers:
“Deported Mexican Women Who Use Drugs from the U.S. to Mexico: A Risk Environment and Feminist Pathway Theory,” Leticia Morales, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work
“Marks of Heritage: Chicana Tattoo Artists Navigating Gender, Culture, and Artistic Expression,” Ryleigh Hickman, Illinois State University
“Surfing Desire: Transnational Romance, Identities, and Fantasies,” Anna P. Hidalgo, New York University
“The Militarization of the Seven Sisters during World War II and its Legacy on Feminism,” Madeleine P. Piersol, Bryn Mawr College
“Transgender Youth and the Politics of Education: An Insurgent Sociological Perspective on Resistance and Inclusion,” Elizabeth A. Mathews, Duquesne University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 005: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Institutional Ethnographies of Family Welfare
Room: Chicago Room
Sponsors: Family, Aging, and Youth
Institutional Ethnography
Organizer &
Presider/Discussant: Hans-Peter de Ruiter, Minnesota State University
Description: This session explores the application of Institutional Ethnography (IE) in examining the intersections of family, aging, and youth within welfare systems. Through critical dialogue, scholars will share research that unpacks how institutional processes shape the lived experiences of families across the lifespan. Topics may include the medicalization of childhood through cultural texts, the interplay of parenting, precarity, and gender transformations, ethical lessons from National Socialist-era healthcare practices, textually mediated helping relationships in public social services, and the overarching question of who takes responsibility for care in family and societal structures By centering the perspectives of those directly affected, this session highlights how IE can reveal hidden power structures and opportunities for transformative change in family welfare.
Papers:
“Ethical and Professional Dilemmas Facing Social Workers in Eldercare,” Chris R. Wellin, Illinois State University
“Lessons from National Socialist-era Healthcare for Ethical Practices Today: An Archival Institutional Ethnography,” Hans-Peter de Ruiter, Minnesota State University
“Medicalizing Childhood: A Discourse Analysis of Children’s Books about Doctors and Hospitals,” Wendy Simonds, Georgia State University
“Textually Mediated Helping Relationships in Public Social Services,” Hagit Sinai-Glazer, Tel Aviv University
“Who Cares? An Institutional Ethnographer’s Sensibility at Work,” Brenda Solomon, University of Vermont
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 006: The Impact of Trauma on Mental Health Mental Illness and Disability
Room: Grant Park Parlor
Sponsors: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice
Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare
Organizers: Erica FS Jablonski, University of New Hampshire
Rebecca Siqi Qin, University of British Columbia
Presider: Rebecca Siqi Qin, University of British Columbia
Description: This session explores the wide-ranging effects of trauma and stress experiences on mental health and disability, as well as the strategies individuals and communities use to foster resilience.
Papers:
“Insecure: An Autoethnographic Study of Financial Insecurity and Mental Health Issues in Graduate Students,” Erika Houston Brown, Texas Woman's University
“Is Climate Change Anxiety or Experience of Climate Change a Better Predictor of the Climate Change Behavioral Engagement of Emerging Adults?” M. E. Betsy Garrison, University of Arkansas, Charleen McNeill, The University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Elisabeth Ponce-Garcis, The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center and Robert Rohli, Louisiana State University
“Sexual Violence: Effects on Victim Emotional Wellbeing and Sense of Self,” Jacob V. Silva, University of Miami
“Suicidal Ideation in Prison: An Examination of Risks Factors among Male Inmates,” Gift Onwuadiamu, University of Delaware
“The Association between Perceptions of Policing and African American Mental Health and Well-being,” Robert L. Peralta, Auriel Jasper-Morris, Juan Xi, Daniela Jauk-Ajamie, Sanaullah Khan and Xiaoshuang Iris Luo, The University of Akron
“Understanding the Role of Cultural Stress in the Lives of Latino Immigrant Parents in the USA: A Qualitative Study,” Esme Ramirez, Pablo Montero-Zamora and Andrea Lopez-Soto, The University of Texas
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
THEMATIC
Session 007: Insurgent Productions: The Use of Culture as a Vehicle for Social Change
Room: Spire Parlor
Sponsor: Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant: Michael O. Johnston, William Penn University
Description: In this thematic session we will focus on productions that generate cultural goods for social purposes. Panelists for this session will have conducted research on the production of symbolic and material aspects that are associated with a group of people's shared beliefs, values, and practices (e.g., applied art, comedy, fine art, music, poetry, sport, and so on). They will particularly focus on production of cultural goods that are made to deliver social change.
Papers:
“Mental Health & the Movies: An Analysis of Depictions of Mental Illness in Films Spanning from 1922 to Today,” Melinda Leigh Maconi, Moffitt Cancer Center
“Mentioning the Unmentionable: Perception of Opportunities, Agency, Emotions, and Identity in Iranian Resistance Rap prior and during the Women, Life, Freedom Uprisings,” Danial Vahabli, SUNY Stony Brook, Winner of the Conflict, Social Action, and Change Division’s Student Paper Competition
“Reel Deadly: Resisting Colonial Images in Reservation Dogs,” Rowan Greywolf Moore, Arizona State University
“The Corruption of the Lifeworld: Habermas in the Time of X,” Andrew Wilczak, Emily Roberts and Alyssa Donnini, Wilkes University
“White Widow: Karen Read and Racialization of Innocence,” Carly Jennings, Texas A&M University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM
Session 008: Roundtable Discussion on Marital Satisfaction and Sex Testing
Room: Water Tower Parlor
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizer: Assata Zerai, The University of New Mexico
Description: This roundtable will present, “Put a Ring on It? Examining the Factors Influencing Relationship Satisfaction among Married and Cohabiting Couples in the U.S.,” a study investigates the factors most influential in determining relationship satisfaction among heterosexual couples in the U.S.
Roundtable #1 Title: Roundtable Discussion on Marital Satisfaction and Sex Testing
Presider:
Assata Zerai, The University of New Mexico
Paper:
“Put a Ring on It? Examining the Factors Influencing Relationship Satisfaction among Married and Cohabiting Couples in the U.S.,” Amanda Lima-Lugo, Georgia State University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 10:30 AM - 11:45 AM
PLENARY
Session 009: SSSP Business Meeting
Room: Crystal Room
Sponsor: Program Committee
Facilitator: Rose M. Brewer, University of Minnesota
All members are invited to attend the SSSP Business Meeting for an update on the status and future of SSSP. Summary reports on the Society and its key activities this year will be given. In addition, thirty minutes will be allocated to a discussion in favor of or in opposition to all proposed resolutions. The meeting concludes with the traditional transfer of the gavel, marking the transition of duties from President Rose M. Brewer to incoming President Sarah Jane Brubaker. Click here to review the agenda.
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 11:50 AM - 12:25 PM
PLENARY
Session 010: Town Hall: An Open Forum
Room: Crystal Room
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizer &
Presider: Rose M. Brewer, University of Minnesota
Description: This SSSP Town Hall Plenary draws upon the best of that tradition. Our members are centered to voice their opinions and raise their concerns in an open discussion. We hope to engage in dialogue on the issues of member importance. Indeed, scholars are confronting attacks on academic freedom, right to protest, and scholarship centered on social justice. There are threats as well as possibilities. And, there is resistance. Please join us for an open dialogue to discuss these issues, Organizational values, the future of SSSP, fiscal realities, and other concerns. Panelists from SSSP leadership and membership will engage in discussion. Importantly, in this 75th year of the Organization’s founding what is the critical, member-led vision for the next 75 years?
Panelists:
Rose M. Brewer, University of Minnesota
Sarah Jane Brubaker, Virginia Commonwealth University
Michele Smith Koontz, The Society for the Study of Social Problems
Elroi J. Windsor, University of West Georgia
Corey Dolgon, Stonehill College
Rodney D. Coates, Miami University
Melissa F. Weiner, College of the Holy Cross
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Editorial and Publications Committee, 2024-25 & 2025-26
Room: Buckingham Room
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Crime and Justice
Room: Water Tower Parlor
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Institutional Ethnography
Room: Marshfield Room
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Social Problems Theory
Room: Water Tower Parlor
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
SPECIAL
Session 011: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Connecting and Navigating SSSP as an Insurgent Scholar: Getting the Most Out of Conference and Academic Association Affiliations
Room: Crystal Room
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizer &
Presider: Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America and Howard University
Description: This session is designed to welcome SSSP accomplices to foster a conversation about being an insurgent scholar. Seasoned and new members with varying years of SSSP participation will share insights and tips on how to get the most out of the SSSP conference, academic association affiliations, community engagement, and scholar-activism. We will also explore: A. How can we intentionally stay connected throughout the year? B. How does being an insurgent sociologist impact our involvements in academic associations? C. And how does our scholar activism impact our involvement in other work and community spaces?
Panelists:
Tia M. Dickerson, Columbia University
Barbara Katz Rothman, The Graduate Center, CUNY
David G. Embrick, University of Connecticut
Melissa F. Weiner, College of the Holy Cross
Loren Henderson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Anthony Jerald Jackson, Bowie State University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 012: Intersectionality in the Classroom: Theory and Practice
Room: Indiana Room
Sponsors: Critical Race and Ethnic Study
Teaching Social Problems
Organizers: Laurie J. Linhart, Des Moines Area Community College
Christina M. Leshko, SUNY Canton
Presider &
Discussant: Laurie J. Linhart, Des Moines Area Community College
Description: This session explores how intersecting identities shape classroom dynamics and educational outcomes. Papers examine how race, gender, class, ability, and sexuality converge to create unique experiences for students and educators. Presentations highlight innovative pedagogical approaches that acknowledge intersectional identities, challenge traditional power structures, and create more inclusive learning environments. Research focuses on higher education contexts employing both quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The session aims to bridge theoretical frameworks with practical applications, offering concrete strategies to recognize and address the complex ways social categories interact within educational spaces.
Papers:
“Abolition Feminism as Pedagogy. Abolition Feminism as Pedagogy,” Kayla M. Martensen, University of New Mexico
“Empowering Latina Undergraduates: Addressing Income Inequality and the Experiences of Latina Students at Hispanic-serving Institutions,” Angela Vergara, University of Central Florida
“Inclusion and Engagement for Students of Color: Identifying Systemic Responsibility of Higher Education Institutions,” Nicholas J. Payton, Simpson College
“Practicing Pedagogy and the Sociological Imagination Using the Many Daughters of Afong Moy,” Jeanne Kimpel, Molloy University
“Sense of Belonging on Campus among International Students in Nova Scotia,” Isla Parker, Acadia University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 013: Militarization, Forced Migration, and Authoritarianism
Room: Kimball Room
Sponsor: Global
Organizer &
Presider: Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus, West Texas A&M University
Description: This paper session will address militarization, forced migration, and authoritarianism. It includes work from a variety of theoretical perspectives and empirical methods, particularly focusing on cases of global interest.
Papers:
“Conceptualizing Pan-African Militarism in the 21st Century: The Incorporation of the Sahel into the Capitalist World-economy,” Tamas Gerocs, SUNY Binghamton
“Forced Migration and the Politics of Crisis: Discursive Constructions of Agency and Safety in U.S. Immigration News,” Emma-Claire LaSaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Polish Community and Organizational Responses to Ukrainian War Refugees,” Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus, West Texas A&M University
“Political Reproduction in the Transition Society: Parental Communist Party Membership and Offspring Political Behaviour,” Ekaterina Baldina, Indiana University Bloomington
“Rethinking Queer Migration: The Case of Skilled Chinese LGBTQ+ Migrants in North America,” Tori Shucheng Yang, University of British Columbia
“Sacrificing the Feminine to Fit in and Embracing the Feminine to Stand out: Servicewomen’s Response to the Essentialist Gendered Practices of the U.S. Military,” Stephanie Bonnes, University of New Haven
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 014: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Co-constructing Methodologies Towards Just and Sustainable Futures
Room: Wabash Room
Sponsor: Community, Research, and Practice
Organizers &
Presiders/Discussants: Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Ireri Bernal, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Description: In this session, we seek work that is rooted in community voice and disrupts deficit-based narratives in community-based participatory action research. We hope to raise examples of methodologies that center epistemic justice through meaningful co-creation. This session promotes research ethics grounded in relationality, disrupting the university- academic divide, as well as global north and south divides in knowledge production and social problem definitions.
Papers:
“Centering Care and Dignity in Refugeehood through Animated Filmmaking: Newcomer Youths’ Multimodal Representations of War and Forced Migration,” Santanu Dutta, University of Calgary
“Community-engaged Oral History as Insurgent Sociology: Developing a Community Advisory Board (CAB) for the Ypsi Farmers & Gardeners Oral History Project,” Finn McLafferty Bell and Sasha K. Kindred, University of Michigan-Dearborn, Omer Jean Winborn, Washtenaw African American Genealogical Society and Briana Hurt, University of Michigan-Dearborn
“Dare We Propose Threshold Experiences on the Paths to White Anti-Racist Allyship? Sightings from a Socio-Narratology,” Michael R. Bishop, Cornell University
“Do It When You’re Tenured: Reflecting on the Barriers and Strengths of CBPR with People Who Use Drugs,” Jordan A. Dyett, University of Wyoming
“Performative or Progressive? Re-engaging Community-based Research in Community Violence Intervention (CVI) with Disability Studies,” Litany Esguerra, Northwestern University
“The Interconnected Crises of Riverbank Erosion in Bangladesh: Policy Gaps and Pathways to Environmental Justice,” Syeda Erena Alam Dola, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 015: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Community-Based Sexual and Reproductive Care
Room: Chicago Room
Sponsor: Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities
Organizers: Ellen Benoit, North Jersey Community Research Initiative
Jason M. Dotson, Wellness with Jason Dotson
Presider/Discussant: Jason M. Dotson, Wellness with Jason Dotson
Description: This session will examine issues regarding equity in access to support for various types of sexual health and reproductive care among all genders. Papers address gaps in messaging related to sexual health education and STI prevention, challenges in advocating for reproductive rights and obtaining care, and threats to the well-being of sexually minoritized populations. Presentations include discussions about strategies to resist various forms of oppression imposed by dominant heteropatriarchal norms.
Papers:
“A Critical Analysis of U.S. State Sexual and Reproductive Health Curricula Guidelines,” Jonzelle Marshay Bell, University of Central Florida
“Linkages: Community-Engaged Research to Develop Holistic Measures for Youth Impacted by Sexual Exploitation,” Angie P. Mejia, Brittany Lewis and Amanda Bolton, Research in Action
“Guy Talk, Precarious Masculinity, and Men’s Sexual Health: A Qualitative Content Analysis of Men’s Magazine Covers,” Trenton M. Haltom, Baylor College of Medicine and Meredith G. F. Worthen, The University of Oklahoma
“STI Prevention Challenges in a Time of Risk for Research,” Jason M. Dotson, Wellness with Jason Dotson and Ellen Benoit, North Jersey Community Research Initiative
“The Influence of Religiosity, Political Affiliation, and Social Dominance Orientation on Contraceptive Use among Women,” Silvana Iskandar, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine and Lisa Welling, Oakland University
“Post-Roe America: Analyzing Emerging Narratives and Structural Inequalities in Abortion Access,” Claire M. Reardon, University of Kentucky
“Intersex Community Organizing to Resist Forced Sex Reassignment Surgeries: Failed and Successful Tactics,” Cary Gabriel Costello, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
“Strategic Visibility: Navigating Advocacy and Survival for Lesbian NGOs in China,” yuliang lu, University College Dublin and shuai wei, University of Liverpool
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 016: Environmental Injustice, Policing, and Inequalities
Room: Grant Park Parlor
Sponsors: Environment and Technology
Law and Society
Poverty, Class, and Inequality
Organizers: Marko Salvaggio, Tulane University
Angus A. Nurse, Anglia Ruskin University
Presider: Marko Salvaggio, Tulane University
Discussant: Angus A. Nurse, Anglia Ruskin University
Description: This session presents papers exploring environmental injustice and the manner in which policing and regulatory bodies contribute to or fail to address environmental risk. The panel also considers how surveillance and enforcement activities can also be negative factors in achieving effective environmental justice and contribute to environmental inequality and injustice.
Papers:
“Cattle Ranching and Deforestation in Colombia: The Impact of Conflict, Land Protection, and Uneven Development,” Alvaro German Torres Mora, University of Tennessee
“Constructing the Conservation State: Protected Areas as States-within-states and the Contours of Sovereignty,” Aalayna Rae Green, Cornell University
“Criminalization of Climate Protest and Erosion of Democratic Principles in Australia,” Ibolya Losoncz, The Australian National University
“The Treadmill of Law: A Case Study of Waste Incineration in Albany, NY,” Tanesha A. Thomas, Montclair State University
“Working the Fireline: Incarcerated Labor in Wildfire Suppression and its Ethical Implications,” Amy E. Lubitow and Rachel Springer, Portland State University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 017: Author Meets Critics: Funk the Clock: Transgressing Time while Young, Perceptive, and Black
Room: Hancock Parlor
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizer: Rose M. Brewer, University of Minnesota
Presider: Zophia Edwards, Johns Hopkins University
Description: This session will place Rahsaan Mahadeo in conversation with critics of Funk the Clock. Funk the Clock is about those said to be emblematic of the future yet denied a place in time. Hence, it is both an invitation and provocation for Black youth to give the finger to the hands of time, while inviting readers to follow their lead. In revealing how time is racialized, how race is temporalized, and how racism takes time, Mahadeo makes clear why conventional sociological theories of time are both empirically and theoretically unsustainable and more importantly, why they need to be funked up/with.
Author:
Rahsaan H. Mahadeo, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Critics:
Jalia L. Joseph, James Madison University
David Stovall, University of Illinois Chicago
Kaleb Germinaro, University of Illinois Chicago
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
SPECIAL
Session 018: Workshop: Strategy Session for Current and Future Family Caregivers
Room: Spire Parlor
Sponsors: Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare
Family, Aging, and Youth
Organizer: Erica FS Jablonski, University of New Hampshire
Facilitators: Alicia M. Gomez, Boston Senior Home Care
Erica FS Jablonski, University of New Hampshire
Description: The special workshop will allow for discussion with SSSP members to better understand: • the likelihood of becoming an informal caregiver The hope is that members will then be able to consider how they might incorporate this information into their own lives and communities. SSSP members are expected to bring their own experiences in this arena to have an informed discussion about different scenarios and potential responses within different contexts (e.g., the family, the workplace).
• the current and expected demands for caregiving in the U.S.,
• signs that you may be embarking on a caregiving journey,
• tasks associated with caregiving,
• potential benefits of caregiving,
• potential challenges of caregiving (e.g., emotional impact of caregiving), as well as,
• caregiver coping strategies.
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 019: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Doing the Work of Education
Room: Water Tower Parlor
Sponsors: Educational Problems
Labor Studies
Organizer: A. Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University
Description: This session explores the many ways that the work of higher education is evolving in a social and political environment that is increasingly challenging the opportunities and rights of historically marginalized populations.
Roundtable #1 Title: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Doing the Work of Education
Presider & Discussant:
A. Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University
Papers:
“Exploring Graduate Students’ Understanding of Cultural Humility in the U.S. Higher Education,” Gizem Arat, Dominican University and Narine Nora Kerelian, University of San Francisco
“Induced Paranoia: The Panopticonness of Teaching in 2025 While Navigating the Possibility of Surveillance in a University Classroom When Teaching LGBTQ2S+-ness and K-12 Schooling,” Michael Bartone, Central Connecticut State University
“Paid Placements in Social Work: A Policy Brief Addressing Inequity and Student Well-being,” Alison Fedoris Leslie, Widener University
“Teaching Ethnic Studies during a Complex Context: Ethnic Studies Educators in Public High Schools,” Angeles Rubi Castorena, University of California, Irvine
“Title IX Under Attack and Fighting Back: How Colleges and Universities are Responding,” A. Fiona Pearson, Central Connecticut State University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Permanent Organization and Strategic Planning Committee, 2024-25 & 2025-26
Room: Medinah Parlor
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Community, Research, and Practice
Room: Water Tower Parlor
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare
Room: Water Tower Parlor
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Session 020: Pursuing Racial Justice to Improve Health Inequities in Historically Marginalized Groups
Room: Kimball Room
Sponsor: Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Organizers: Raja Staggers-Hakim, University of Connecticut
Virginia Kuulei Berndt, McDaniel College
Presider &
Discussant: Raja Staggers-Hakim, University of Connecticut
Description: Current Heath Sociology and Public Health Scholarship acknowledge the need to eliminate health inequities in order to achieve health justice. However, despite awareness of this great need, much discussion in academic and policy circles are concerned with socioeconomic resources exclusively and neglect how groups from marginalized disadvantaged communities experience multiple oppressions simultaneously and overtime. This session will explore the interface of social protest for human and civil rights that communities are still fighting in the quest for racial justice and good health. Topics include health, human rights, environmental justice, criminology, education, and more, which make connections between racial justice and human rights related to various social determinants which drive adverse health outcomes.
Papers:
“Financial Hardship among Americans with Long COVID: An Intersectional Analysis,” Bita Nezamdoust, Georgia State University
“Healing Justice as a Community Organizing Methodology for Health Equity and Racial Justice: A Quasi Experiment with Restore Oakland,” Melanie Brazzell, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University and Tash Nguyen, Restore Oakland
“Hispanic LEP Patients’ Perceptions of Physicians’ Interpersonal Communication Habits as Mediators of Medical Test Delays,” Jamilah A. Watson, University of Delaware
“Invulnerable, Inferior, or Invisible: Health Inequities & Narrative Tropes about Black Bodies in American Medicine,” Ashley C. Rondini, Franklin & Marshall College and Rachel H. Kowalsky, Weill Cornell Medicine and New York Presbyterian Hospital
“Slavery and the Legacy of Racism on Health Outcomes among African Descendants in the Americas and the Caribbean,” Raja Staggers-Hakim, University of Connecticut
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Session 021: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Diverse Families at the Margins/LGBTQ+/Parents and Children with Disabilities
Room: Chicago Room
Sponsors: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice
Family, Aging, and Youth
Organizer &
Presider/Discussant: Tia M. Dickerson, Columbia University
Description: Papers in this session will focus on the topic of diverse families at the margins.
Papers:
“Navigating Dual Cultures and Well-being: Parental Support among Asylum Seeker and Refugee Families in Hong Kong,” Padmore Adusei Amoah, Lingnan University, Hong Kong
“Of Men, Metas, and Masculinity: Polyamory as a Site of Resistance,” Natalie Dickson, The University of Oklahoma
“Reworking Identity, Reworking Heteronormativity: The Case of Tongqi in China,” Tori Shucheng Yang, University of British Columbia, Hui Xie, University of Wisconsin and Changhui Song, Henan Normal University
“There in My Time of Need: Identity Support and Queer Fictive Kinship,” Maximillian Calleo, University of Massachusetts Amherst
“What’s Behind the ‘Oxford Study’? Relationship-based Stigma and the Symbolic Significance of East Asian Woman/White Man Unions,” Olivia Y. Hu, University of Pennsylvania, Winner of the Gender Division’s Student Paper Competition
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Session 022: Resistance and Survival
Room: Grant Park Parlor
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizer &
Presider: Melanie E.L. Bush, Adelphi University
Description: Over the last 600 years, the globe has been organized through hierarchies reflecting the capitalist imperialist, white supremacist, Euro and Western-centered, heteronormative patriarchal world-system. We are now witnessing a great upheaval characterized by multiple crises of new proportions. Our times also exemplify intensifying resistance, particularly of those who have faced the brunt of the system’s brutality. Local organizers will share reflections on the way forward at a time when genocide is televised, fascism is on the rise and democratic processes that existed if at all, are being abandoned. They will highlight the work they are doing in relation to the current moment. A cross-movement dialogue will seek to draw lessons and lift possibilities for engagement, for those in attendance.
Panelists:
Darakshan Raja, Muslims for Just Futures
Patrick Baranovskis, Chicago Patchwork Farms
Abbie Illenberger, Chicago Teachers Union
Saqib Bhatti, Action Center on Race and the Economy
Frank Chapman, Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Xochitl Espinosa, Co-op Ed Center
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 023: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Using IE to Explore Intersecting Crises: Climate, Social Justice, Housing, and Health
Room: Hancock Parlor
Sponsor: Institutional Ethnography
Organizer: TBD ,
Presider/Discussant: To Be Determined, TBD
Description: This session features institutional ethnographies of intersecting social and environmental crises.
Papers:
“Ideologies of Growth: Fueling/Organizing Climate and Social Justice Crises,” Lauren Eastwood, SUNY Plattsburgh
“Producing the Crisis of Opioid Use Disorder: The Transformation of Opioid Use into a Medical Affliction,” Leigha Comer, Western University and Graham George Macdonald, University of Toronto, Humber River Health
“Refugee Experience in the Upper Midwest United States of America: An Institutional Ethnography,” Doriane E. Paso, North Dakota State University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Session 024: New Directions in Social Problems Theory
Room: Spire Parlor
Sponsor: Social Problems Theory
Organizer &
Presider: Clara Mey, University of Delaware
Description: This session focuses on examining new theoretical directions in social problems research.
Papers:
“Fatness in Academia: An Examination of the Production and Reproduction of Anti-fat Bias in Knowledge Creation,” Clara Mey, University of Delaware
“Consuming Killers: The Interpretation of Serial Killers within Cultural Productions and Media,” Clara G. Tsoumbakopoulos and Brian Monahan, Baldwin Wallace University
“How Episodic Framings in Press Coverage of Mass Shootings Impede Policy Narratives,” Brian Monahan, Baldwin Wallace University
“Power to the People: A Guide to Community-based Initiatives,” Daya F. Meshri, University of Miami
“Relational Colonialisms and a Turn to Place Based Epistemologies,” Sione Lynn Pili Lister, Arizona State University, Winner of the Social Problems Theory Division’s Student Paper Competition
“Normalizing Discrimination? From Structural Racism to Unintentional Bias in Automobile Insurance,” Stève Bernardin, Université Gustave Eiffel
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 4:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Board of Directors Meeting II, 2024-25
Room: Buckingham Room
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Session 025: Juvenile Justice and Systems of Surveillance
Room: Indiana Room
Sponsors: Crime and Justice
Family, Aging, and Youth
Organizer &
Presider: Paul D. Steele, Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico
Description: This session will present papers that address issues in the juvenile justice system as it interfaces with other youth institutions such as education and social services, and the role of the system in surveillance of youth. Authors are encouraged to discuss a range of topics from the history of surveillance approaches to the experiences of youth in the system, program evaluation, collateral consequences of surveillance, and more.
Papers:
“Convergence and Combustion: A Critical Exploration of the Troubled Teen Industry,” Brenna Elisabeth Jones, Pavel Ahmed, Joshua H. Stout and Kaitlyn J. Selman, Illinois State University
“Conceptualizing the Receipt of Unfair School Discipline through a Betrayal Trauma Lens,” Charles Bell, Illinois State University
“Decriminalizing or Reassembling Schools? Implications of Removing Police from Schools for Racial and Ethnic Disparities in School-based Referrals to Law Enforcement,” Catalina Valdez, Benjamin W. Fisher and Abigail J. Beneke, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“The Effect of Juvenile Detention Center Admittance on Recidivism in Adulthood,” Courtney Rose Mallon, Wilkes University
“Evaluating Health Services in Juvenile Detention,” Amanda C. Ball, Nationwide Children's Hospital, The Ohio State University
“Reflections on Surveillance and Intervention with at-risk Youth: The Connection between Juvenile Justice and Social Service Systems in Six Studies,” Paul D. Steele, Professor Emeritus, University of New Mexico
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Session 026: Pursuing Racial Justice to Improve Health Inequities in Historically Marginalized Groups II
Room: Kimball Room
Sponsor: Health, Health Policy, and Health Services
Organizers: Virginia Kuulei Berndt, McDaniel College
Raja Staggers-Hakim, University of Connecticut
Presider &
Discussant: Raja Staggers-Hakim, University of Connecticut
Description: Current Heath Sociology and Public Health Scholarship acknowledge the need to eliminate health inequities in order to achieve health justice. However, despite awareness of this great need, much discussion in academic and policy circles are concerned with socioeconomic resources exclusively and neglect how groups from marginalized disadvantaged communities experience multiple oppressions simultaneously and overtime. This session will explore the interface of social protest for human and civil rights that communities are still fighting in the quest for racial justice and good health. Topics include health, human rights, environmental justice, criminology, education, and more, which make connections between racial justice and human rights related to various social determinants which drive adverse health outcomes.
Papers:
“Access to and Utilization of Dental Care Services by Older Adults in Nigeria: Barriers and Facilitators,” Sunkanmi Folorunsho, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Victor Ajayi, University of North Carolina School of Social Work, Munirat Sanmori, Georgia State University, Medinah Suleiman, Department of Common and Islamic Law, Raji Abdullateef, University of Ilorin and Abdulazeez Abdulganiyu, Brooks Insights
“Border Disablement: How Embodied Borders Disable Latina Immigrants with Breast Cancer,” Susana Echeverri Herrera, The University of New Mexico
“Familismo and Fear: Narratives of Parent Separation and Legal Uncertainty among Mexican and Central American Immigrants,” Natalie J. Cholula, Portland State University
“HIV Testing Patterns and Risk Behaviors among U.S. Deportees and Return Migrants in Mexico City,” Alice Cepeda, Arizona State University, Avelardo Valdez and Nefertari Rincon-Guerra, University of Southern California
“Transnational Care Webs: Understanding Latina Migrant Experiences Navigating Exclusion and Challenging Oppressions,” Alejandra G. Lemus, The University of New Mexico
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Session 027: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Revolutionary Possibilities: Confronting Capitalist Crises and Fascist Forces with Transformative Theory and Practice
Room: Wabash Room
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizer &
Presider/Discussant: Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America and Howard University
Description: Humanity stands at a crossroads. Economic, ecological, social, political crises, state violence at home, endless war abroad – including U.S. funded and armed genocide in occupied Palestine – are our reality. Ruling class forces are moving toward fascist state rule and winning their social base in support of fascism. Social struggles are rising to demand a resolution to these crises and an end to war. Our survival and the survival of our planet are contested terrain. What does it mean to be an “insurgent sociologist” – individually and collectively – in this moment?
Papers:
“Palestine was a Preview – Are Sociologists Ready for What Comes Next?” Melissa F. Weiner, College of the Holy Cross
“Transforming the Narrative of the Dangerous Other,” Mary Romero, Professor Emerita, Arizona State University
“Beyond Colonial Cognitive Maps: The Decolonial Imagination,” Apoorvaa Joshi, Rutgers University
“Neoliberalism, Imperialism and Militarism and the Crisis of Human Rights in the Philippines and the People’s Resistance,” Ligaya Lindio McGovern, Indiana University
“Setting Our Sights on a Future beyond Capital,” R.A. Dello Buono, Manhattan University
“Taking the Offensive in the Class War against Fascism,” Jerome Scott, League of Revolutionaries for a New America and Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America and Howard University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 028: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Power to the People: What is Insurgent Sociology?
Room: Chicago Room
Sponsor: Community, Research, and Practice
Organizers: Teresa Irene Gonzales, Loyola University Chicago
Paul J. Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Presider/Discussant: Paul J. Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Description: This panel seeks to foster a critical dialogue on how sociological practices can disrupt hegemonic discourses and empower marginalized voices, much in line with the critical frameworks discussed in the Critical Sociology Journal. Panelists interrogate power relations, challenge socio-political structures, and engage in reflexive critique while inviting diverse perspectives on the role of sociology in activism. Presenters consider the implications of insurgent approaches in various contexts, including racial justice, education, housing, environmental justice, and economic inequality. Join us in redefining sociology’s role in addressing pressing social issues and fostering transformative change through engaging discussions and collaborative learning.
Papers:
“Insurgent Sociology, Emancipatory Sociology, Power Research and PAR: Looking Back and New Directions,” Felicia Arriaga, Baruch College, CUNY
“Feasts and Festivals: The Promises and Pitfalls of DEI in K-12 Education,” Stephanie Laudone, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
“Broke-ish: Exploring Black Economic Inequality through Public Scholarship,” Erika Houston Brown, Texas Woman's University
“Transitional Justice Mechanisms, Collective Memory, and Teaching Practices,” Jillian P. LaBranche, University of Minnesota, Winner of the Educational Problems Division’s Student Paper Competition
“Circling Like Vultures: Mobility Justice and Disaster Capitalism in a South Carolina African-American Settlement Community,” Jaime McCauley and Jennifer Mokos, Coastal Carolina University
“A Garment Made in Collaboration with Indigenous Women of the Ecuadorian Amazon Contextualized through Principles of Ecofeminism, Cultural Revitalization, and the Potentials of Activism through Art,” Evamarie Pearl Kropp, California Polytechnic State University
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 029: Disrupting the Norm: Mental Health, Illness, and the Law
Room: Grant Park Parlor
Sponsors: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice
Law and Society
Organizers: Michael Branch, Hartwick College
Faryal Razzaq, Karachi School of Business & Leadership
Presider &
Discussant: Faryal Razzaq, Karachi School of Business & Leadership
Description: This session dilates on the theme of disability, mental wellness and social justice.
Papers:
“At What Cost? Economized Death, State Sanctioned Suicide and Normalizing MAiD for Mental Illness,” Danielle Landry and Aisha Khan, Toronto Metropolitan University
“How Relationships between Owners, Property Managers, and Service Providers Impact the Success of Subsidized Housing for Populations with High Needs,” Katherine Smock, University of California, Los Angeles
“Sexuality and Cultural Taboos in Turkey,” Gokhan Savas, American University of Sharjah
“The Micropolitics of Community Reintegration in Mental Health Courts,” Julian Thompson, University of Illinois Chicago
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM
Session 030: Workshop: U.S.A.I.D. and the Global South
Room: Spire Parlor
Sponsor: Transnational Initiatives Committee
Organizer, Facilitator &
Discussant: Pattie Thomas, College of Southern Nevada
Description: Many in the US only became aware of the U.S. Agency for International Development (U.S.A.I.D.) when it was one of the earliest targets of drastic funding cuts by the current federal administration. As a significant component of American foreign policy, U.S.A.I.D. has influenced domestic and international policies. Many of its programs have had direct impacts on the Global South. Attendees of this workshop will learn the history of U.S.A.I.D., be able to identify the political and economic policies influenced by the agency's programs, and specifically will examine the impact of both the history of U.S.A.I.D. programs on the Global South, as well as the implications of cuts to their programs.
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Welcoming Reception
Room: Crystal Room
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 7:45 PM - 8:45 PM
Student Social Hour
Room: Potters Restaurant (private section)
