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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Good day SSSers. I would like for you to consider the ways you can make your work, your programs, and your organizations visible at SSS 2024. There are a variety of ways, and, indeed, we are always open to new ideas and working with members, their publishers, and a myriad of organizations. Tabling/Exhibiting/Advertising at SSS … Read more
Social Currents is seeking a new editor or editorial team to begin a three-year term that will run from July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2027, with the overlapping transition between editorial offices beginning July 1, 2024. This transition period will allow for the new editorial team to learn from the outgoing editorial team. About … Read more
We are excited to share with you the most recent issue of The Southern Sociologist, the official newsletter of the Southern Sociological Society! In this issue, you’ll find: Importantly, you will also find a call for graduate student editors to support the efforts of putting together this important document several times each year. If you or someone you … Read more