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

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