SSSP 2025 Annual Meeting
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 053: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Right to Resist I - Insurgent Counter-Hegemony and Agency of the Unapologetic, Emancipatory, Revolutionary, and Transformative Kinds
Room: Crystal Room
Sponsors: Conflict, Social Action, and Change
Critical Race and Ethnic Study
Organizers: Watoii Rabii, Oakland University
C. Michael Awsumb, Northwest Missouri State University
Presider/Discussant: Watoii Rabii, Oakland University
Description: The first of two sessions exploring themes around the framing of resistance, particularly the notion resistance should be orderly and easily ignored. This session interrogates the political and symbolic struggles against state, institutional and interpersonal violence, like racism, war, genocide, structural violence and the implicit demand that those who are oppressed suffer quietly and gratefully. The session concept is engaging the question of who gets to determine the “right” or “acceptable” way to resist your oppressor?
Papers:
“Gender as a Determinant of Political and Symbolic Struggles against the State: Findings from the U.S. Capitol Riots Project,” Stephen J. Morewitz, San Jose State University; Forensic Social Sciences Association
“‘Women’s Rights are under Attack’: The Discursive Role of Abortion and Reproductive Freedom in Democrat Electoral Politics,” Saphronia Carson, Emory University and Shannon K. Carter, University of Central Florida
“‘I Felt the Power of Everyone There and a New Strength to Take on the World’s Challenges’: Emotionality Of Black Mages during Black Lives Matter Protests and Women’s March Protests,” Jalia L. Joseph, James Madison University
“Black Gun Ownership: Does Perceived Racial Threat Affect Black Americans’ Gun Ownership?” Amber K. Burrell, University of Washington
“Girls with Guns,” Adriana Leela Bohm, Delaware County Community College
“Discipline, Disparities, and Regions: Analyzing Racial Inequities in U.S. School Expulsions,” Tanjida Islam and Syeda Erena Alam Dola, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
“Dispossession and Indigenous Resistance in Chicago,” Peter Kent-Stoll, University of Massachusetts Amherst
“State Violence, Colonialism, and the Control of Narrative: War, Resistance, and Terrorism in Palestine,” Isabella Markendorf Marins, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
THEMATIC
Session 054: Pushed to the Brink: Insurgencies, Emergency Responses, Societal Neglect and Vulnerability of People with Disabilities
Room: Indiana Room
Sponsor: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant: Muhammed Faisol Olaitan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Description: In the world of insurgencies where opportunities and safety have become a nightmare, people with disabilities are often encountered and confounded with multiple victimizations and jeopardies. They are bedeviled with the tragedy of contemporary realities and particularly susceptible to vulnerabilities as they are exposed to different kinds of realities during insurgencies. They are faced with difficulties in accessing necessary social protections despite efforts to live dignified lives. They remain invisible and not given priority in the state emergency responses. They, therefore, find themselves grappling with unimagined hardships, voice muted, and have been pushed to and/or left at the fringes of society.
Papers:
“A Voice to the Voiceless Refugees with Disabilities and Language Divide in Terms of Accessing Braille and Rohingya-friendly Sign Language through an Inclusive Justice System,” Natasha Israt Kabir, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
“The Impact of Urban Development on People with Disabilities: The Case of Corridor Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,” Liku Menberu Ferede, Fayyaa Integrated Development Organization
“Toward Disaster Justice: Centering Disability in Disaster Response Planning,” Rachel Springer, Portland State University
“Victimization Experiences and Coping Strategies of Women with Disabilities in Lagos State,” Muhammed Faisol Olaitan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
“Women with Disabilities as ‘Abirun’: Their Exclusion from the Social and Financial Protection in COVID-19 Pandemic Emergency Responses in Lagos, Nigeria,” Muhammed Faisol Olaitan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
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Session 055: Regulating Risk: Law, Crime, and Social Control in Uncertain Times
Room: Kimball Room
Sponsor: Law and Society
Organizer: Michael Branch, Hartwick College
Presider &
Discussant: To Be Determined, TBD
Description: This thematic session critically examines how legal systems define and regulate crime, risk, and social belonging. Panelists in this session will explore the complexities of these systems, along with strategies for navigating and resisting these systems. In particular, panelists will focus on the politics of illegality, the criminalization of survival strategies, and the transformation of debt and surveillance.
Papers:
“Faulty Measures and Failed Promises: Crime, Risky Behavior, and Body Modifications.,” David C. Lane, Illinois State University and Whitney DeCamp, Western Michigan University
“Meanings of Illegality: Everyday Durkheimian Approach to the Politics of Lawbreaking and Group Construction,” Jesse Yeh, Northwestern University
“Oklahoma Foragers and the Commons: Is Food Access a Right or a Privilege?” Olivia M. Fleming, Transylvania University and Tamara L. Mix, Oklahoma State University
“Parasites of Predation: When Bankruptcy Turns Debts into Assets,” Kasey Henricks, University of Illinois Chicago, Ruben Ortiz, Acacia Center for Justice and Nicole Sroka, University of Illinois Chicago
“Recognizing ‘Camera Cues’: Policing, Cellphones, and Citizen Countersurveillance,” Brandon Alston, The Ohio State University
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Session 056: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Precarity, Contingency, and Non-Standard Relations of Labor
Room: Wilson Room
Sponsor: Labor Studies
Organizers: Seth Kahn, West Chester University
Jacqueline M. Zalewski, West Chester University
Presider/Discussant: Jacqueline M. Zalewski, West Chester University
Description: Six short discussion-starters in this session raise issues of precarious and/or contingent relations of labor across a variety of workplaces and locations. Presenters each describe a different problem emerging from a different non-standard employment situation. Taken together the presenters raise issues ranging from ambiguous understandings of professionalism to class construction in unemployment claims to consequences of remote work for workers, and more. Each presenter will speak for 6-7 minutes, with plenty of time for participants to draw and/or challenge connections.
Papers:
“Career Advising for Non-standard Employment,” Jacqueline M. Zalewski, West Chester University and Lauren M. Donovan, Delaware County Community College
“Checked Out: Coping and Cashiering in Retail Grocery Work,” Katherine L. Mott, Syracuse University
“Economic Precarity, Quality of Work Life, and Social Trust: An Empirical Study of the U.S. Workforce,” Waris Ahmad Faizi, Virginia Tech Graduate School
“Job Loss and Unemployment Relief in Precarious Times: The Foundational Role of Legal Status in Producing Inequality,” Ewa Protasiuk, Temple University, Winner of the Poverty, Class, and Inequality Division’s Student Paper Competition
“On Contingency and Professionalism in U.S. Higher Ed: Why So Many Calls to ‘Save the Profession’ Don’t Work and What Might Work Better,” Seth Kahn, West Chester University
“Stagnation Anxiety: The Hidden Costs of Security in a Culture of Enterprise,” Sejin Um, New York University
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
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Session 057: Issues in Caretaking and Care Work
Room: Buckingham Room
Sponsors: Family, Aging, and Youth
Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare
Organizer, Presider &
Discussant: Ami MH Frost, The University of Oklahoma
Description: This session is focused on the multiple caregiving crises that are currently occurring, different responses to them, as well as evaluations of their success. Qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research or evaluation-related abstracts are welcome. They may pertain to paid or unpaid care to recipients of any age or condition (e.g., eldercare, childcare, care for people with disabilities, injuries, or chronic conditions).
Papers:
“Women’s Oppressed Reproductive Labor and Marxist Feminism’s Solutions: Challenges to Achieving Gender Equity,” Ziding Shen, University of Georgia
“Housewives’ Invisible Contributions and Labor: The Caregiving Crisis Embedded in Domestic Work,” Biyang Chen, The George Washington University
“Working Together for the Kids: Egalitarianism, Maternal Employment, and Adolescent Life Satisfaction,” Ami MH Frost, The University of Oklahoma
“Balancing Public and Private Care: An Analysis of Taiwan’s Long-term Care Legal Framework,” Bi-Chu Tsai, University of Tokyo Faculty of Law and Graduate Schools for Law and Politics
“Bipartisanship amid Polarization? The Curious Case of Elder Care in Connecticut,” John O'Connor and Christina Barmon, Central Connecticut State University
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Session 058: Teaching about Conflict and Inequalities in Challenging Times
Room: Chicago Room
Sponsors: Crime and Justice
Poverty, Class, and Inequality
Teaching Social Problems
Organizers: Stephani Williams, Northern Arizona University
Kasey Ragan, St. Edward's University
Jessica S. Pearce, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Presider &
Discussant: Jessica S. Pearce, University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Description: This session explores the various issues related to teaching, pedagogy, and student engagement and learning outcomes whether teaching difficult topics or just given the challenging times that we live in.
Papers:
“Critical Pedagogies and Transformative Possibilities for the Insurgent Sociologist,” Melissa Luong, Madeleine Lewis, Ellen Parks, Shayda Azamian, Megan McCormick and Hannah Morris, Vanderbilt University
“Empowering Agents of Change: Student-Led Research and Practical Experience Courses for Teaching Social Change,” Carlos N. Chapman II and Junior R. Hopwood, Grambling State University
“Exploring Strategies for Successful Classroom Engagement,” Stephani Williams, Northern Arizona University
“Realizing the Promise,” Angela E. Fillingim, San Francisco State University and Casey Tokia, Arizona State University
“Violent Crime of New Orleans Youth,” Lindsey G. Grace, Southeastern Louisiana University
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Session 059: Workshop: The Insurgency will not be De-Radicalized: Resisting Counterinsurgent Forces Inside and Outside the University
Room: Grant Park Parlor
Sponsor: Program Committee
Organizer &
Presider: Rahsaan H. Mahadeo, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Discussant: David Stovall, University of Illinois Chicago
Description: This workshop is designed to help participants identify counterinsurgent threats to radical political thought and praxis. Electoral politics, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (D.E.I.) regimes, liberal anti-racisms, and even subfields like Critical Race Theory are complicit in suppressing radical action aimed at bringing about transformative change. Similarly, public intellectualism/scholarship, including public sociology, represent a key threat to radical thought and praxis in the university. What many of these intellectual movements have in common is the capacity to distract, dilute, and dismiss. This workshop will center those with experience negotiating counterinsurgent pressures (e.g., political, financial) alongside insurgent impulses. Together, we will discuss ways to maintain principled positions and resist the urge towards concessions under the guise of “compromise.”
Panelists:
Andy Clarno, University of Illinois Chicago
Xanat Sobrevilla, Organized Communities Against Deportations (OCAD)
Chez Rumpf, Love and Protect
Ryan Oto, University of Minnesota
Date: Saturday, August 9
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM
Session 060: We All Play: Unequal Recognition of Human in Sport and Leisure
Room: Spire Parlor
Sponsor: Sport, Leisure, and the Body
Organizer &
Presider: Michael O. Johnston, William Penn University
Description: Social play refers to human behavior and interactions that occur in everyday life. It may be relaxed and spontaneous, planned, or compulsive. Playful activities are self-chosen, self-directed, and intrinsically motivated. All bodies are able to engage in play. This includes bodies of all abilities, ages, ethnicities, genders, race, mental health, and so on. The act of play occurs for its own sake and may involve social play, symbolic play, parallel play, cooperative play, or collaborative play.
Papers:
“A Forgotten History: The Social Construction of Place and Identity in Two Historical Districts,” Michael O. Johnston, William Penn University
“Constructing Space: Adolescents Growing up in the Redlight Areas of Kolkata,” Anuneeta Chatterjee, University of Calgary
“Kayfabe Kisses on the Padded Turnbuckle: Racialized Trans Feminine Professional Wrestlers,” Daniel Uy, University of Toronto, Winner of the Sport, Leisure, and the Body Division’s Student Paper Competition
“Policy and Politics: How Equity and Title IX Is Shaped by Rhetoric,” Karolina Staros, Dominican University
“The Proliferation of Driver’s License Suspensions in North Carolina,” Kevin Dahaghi, Rutgers University
“Localization of Sex Testing: Transnational Knowledge Production of Sex,” Jinsun Yang, University of Oregon
