Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Radford University

The Department of Sociology at Radford University, a regional comprehensive university with a diverse student body and a growing commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, seeks applications for a tenure-track position beginning in Fall 2024. We are seeking candidates who specialize in Quantitative Research Methods and Medical Sociology, Social Determinants of Health, or Public Health. … Read more

Job Opportunity: Assistant Professor in Medical Sociology, University of Central Florida

The Department of Sociology at the University of Central Florida (UCF) invites applications for one full-time, 9-month, tenure-earning assistant professor in medical sociology anticipated to begin August 2024. The ideal candidate will have a record of, or potential for, external research funding as appropriate for the discipline. We are especially interested in an individual who … Read more

SSS 2024 CREM Minority Serving Institution Travel Scholarship

The Southern Sociological Society and the Committee on Racial and Ethnic Minorities (CREM) are pleased to announce the availability of travel scholarships for support in attending the 2024 annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. These scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis and are meant to assist faculty in defraying costs associated with attending … Read more

SSS Antiharassment Taskforce Seeks Advocates

The SSS Antiharassment Taskforce has been working hard to solidify antiharassment policies and practices for SSS. As part of this undertaking, we are interested in recruiting Advocates from SSS members who are planning to attend the meeting this year. Please see below to see the responsibilities and experience that advocates will get during their 1-year … Read more

Job Opportunity: Visiting Assitant Professor of Sociology, Davidson College

The Sociology department at Davidson College invites applications for a two-year Visiting Assistant Professor starting July 1, 2024. Substantive areas are open, but there is a need to teach statistics and/or quantitative methods. The successful candidate will teach five courses each year. New Sociology courses and potential contributions to Davidson College’s interdisciplinary programs (including Africana … Read more

SSS 2024 Preliminary Program Now Available

We are happy to tell you that the preliminary program is now available here! We would like to thank the members of the SSS2024 Program Committee – Aarushi Bhandari, Blu Buchanan, Felicia Casanova, Melanie Escue, Won-tak Joo, Nik Lampe, Braden Leap, Gabriela Leon-Perez, Corey Miles, Ugur Orak, Ryan Parsons, Elizabeth Rahilly, Kapriskie Seide, Jaclyn Wong, … Read more

Good STARTS Inclusivity Institute

The Southern Sociological Society is offering a second round of Striving Towards Anti-Racist Teaching in the South (STARTS) to a cohort of 20 graduate students to give them good STARTS in their classrooms and the discipline. Workshops will be held virtually during Spring 2024, leading up to the Southern Sociological Society meetings where we will … Read more

Announcing the SSS 2024 Presidential Plenary Sessions

Dear SSS community: I am super excited for our upcoming meeting in New Orleans! There will be so many great sessions and activities. For today, I want to focus on the amazing presidential plenary sessions. On Thursday, we will have S.L. Crawley present a plenary on “Resisting Sociology’s Binaries — and Why It Matters.” Dr. … Read more

SSS 2024 Update from Program Co-Chairs

Dear SSS members, We are so excited to update you on our planning for the 2024 meeting. In response to the Call for Papers built around President Gayle Kaufman’s theme “Disrupting Binaries,” we received about 700 submissions for research papers, posters, thematic sessions, panels, workshops, and much more. It is truly impressive to see all … Read more

Statement in Support of Introductory Sociology as a General Education Course

The Southern Sociological Society strongly supports the inclusion of Introductory Sociology as a course that counts toward general education requirements, such as core social sciences requirements. Introductory Sociology is an important course for understanding society. It allows students to see connections between their individual lives and larger forces, including organizations, institutions, and the state, enabling … Read more