SSSP 2026 Annual Meeting
Date: TBD
Time: TBD
CFP 58 - Critical Dialogue: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Institutional Inequalities: Constraints on Communication, Research, Organizing, and Action
Room: TBD
Sponsor: Poverty, Class, and Inequality
Organizer &
Presider/Discussant: Nicole Kraus, West Texas A&M University
Description: This session invites research addressing institutional stratification in the capacity to conduct research, organize social action, and communicate both internally and with the broader public. How are institutions weathering political and economic challenges, and what strategies have proven successful in retaining independence of thought and action both on and off campus?
Papers:
“The United States Supreme Court’s Ending of ‘Diversity’ as a Compelling State Interest in SFFA v. Harvard (2023): And the Recent Remergence of the Contested Public Discourse on Racial Inclusion,” Gunercindo Antoneo Espinoza, University of Minnesota Twin Cities
“Higher Education Faculty and Students-Part of Today’s Working Class Struggle,” Walda Katz-Fishman, League of Revolutionaries for a New America and Howard University
“Racist Bullying and Betrayal in Higher Education,” Angie Beeman, Baruch College, CUNY
“Platforms against the State,” Isak Ladegaard, University of Hong Kong
“Fighting Fascism is the Only Education That Matters,” Corey Dolgon, Stonehill College
“TBD,” Loren Henderson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
