SSSP 2026 Annual Meeting
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
CFP 2 - Roundtables: PAPERS IN THE ROUND: Scholar Café: Building Collective Wisdom through Intergenerational Scholar Sharing
Room: TBD
Sponsor: Community, Research, and Practice
Organizer: Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Description: This session offers a roundtable opportunity for intergenerational sharing of experiences as social justice and social problems scholars. In a recent gathering, participants identified the significant wisdom within the membership of SSSP, as well as a clear opportunity to build stronger bonds to sustain scholars during an increasingly challenging higher education landscape. This session is designed as a set of prompted roundtable discussions to encourage participants to share their professional journeys, discuss pressing issues in their work, and build connections for future scholarship and action.
Roundtable #1 Title: Scholar Café: Building Collective Wisdom through Intergenerational Scholar Sharing
Presider:
Sarah E. Stanlick, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Papers:
“A Systematic Review of Prejudice against Immigrant Women in Organizational Leadership in the United States,” Vanessa Ampofoa Boadu, Ohio University
“Contesting the Court: Reform and Retrenchment in Criminal and Racial Justice Activism,” Cathy Hu, University of California, Berkeley
“Elders’ Stories of Resilience and Resistance Guide Young People into a Climate-Changed Future: A Student-Led Oral History Collection,” Finn McLafferty Bell, University of Michigan-Dearborn
“Navigating Civilian Life After Combat: Veterans’ Perspectives,” Melissa Villarreal, Nicholas K. Stevenson and Angel M. Burns, Grand Valley State University
“Teaching and Researching Race, Gender and Migration in Texas,” Luis A. Romero and Amina Zarrugh, Texas Christian University
“Which Relationships Matter? The Mediating Effect of Social Bonds on Immigration and Crime,” Sirat Kaur, University at Buffalo
