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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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