SSS 2024 Satisfaction Survey
Please take a moment to fill out this survey (click here) to help us understand your experiences at SSS 2024. This survey will remain open until midnight (EST) on Wednesday, May 8th, 2024. We deeply value your responses.
Announcements
From SSS 2024 to SSS 2025
SSSers. I hope everyone had safe travels back from New Orleans. We had some 941 of you register for these meetings! This means that SSS continues to grow since the pandemic and this is so exciting to see! Thanks again to our 2023-2024 President, Gayle Kaufman, and their Program Chairs D’Lane Compton and Hiromi Taniguchi … Read more
The Southern Sociologist, Vol. 55, No. 2
Dear SSS community, 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: A heartfelt thank you to Nadya Vera and her entire team for bringing these stories, updates, and accolades together for the society. This newsletter … Read more
SSS 2024 is One Week Away, Here is Everything You Need To Know (Including a Note on Coffee, yes, Coffee)
New Orleans! Here we come! Ready. Or. Not. In just one week we will be coming together for the 87th time as a Society. This time for President Gayle Kaufman’s fantastic program: “Disrupting Binaries”. SSS 2024 will take place April 3-6, 2024, at the Sheraton New Orleans. In this email we try to bring together … Read more
Introducing the Mobile App for SSS 2024
We will be using Whova for our mobile app this year. As we no longer offer physical programs (although copies will be in each breakout room), attendees will want to download the mobile app for SSS 2024 to get the most out of your conference experience. Some highlights include: You can download the Whova app or access … Read more
SSS 2024 Final Program Now Available
Dear SSS community, We are pleased to announce that the SSS 2024 Final Program is now available. The final program is saved as a PDF file and searchable with the function (Ctrl+F). The program includes a full list of sessions along with daily schedules. A session index is found in the back of the program. Be on … Read more
Recently Published Books at SSS 2024
At the 2024 Annual Meeting, the Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Committee will recognize recently published books by, or about, historically marginalized groups. The committee will also host a free raffle to give away donated books to graduate students and first-time attendees. If you are interested and willing to donate one copy of your … Read more
2024 Award Recipients
Dear SSS community, On behalf of the Committee on Honors, I am pleased to announce the 2024 Southern Sociological Society award recipients. We invite you to attend the Presidential Honors and Convocation event at the Annual Meeting to offer congratulations and best wishes to the following recipients: Roll of Honor Award Larry Isaac, Vanderbilt University … Read more
Follow-Up: SSS Response to Florida
Dear SSS community, Thank you for responding to our short survey about what sociology is and what SSS should do in response to attacks on sociology in Florida and potentially elsewhere. We have created a word cloud based on your responses. It heartens me to see the many ways in which sociology is seen as … Read more
Registrations, Memberships, and Room Reservations for SSS 2024
Good day SSSers! You’ve seen President Gayle Kaufman’s exciting and important theme, “Disrupting Binaries” – charging us to engage in a sociology that dismantles biases, structures, and laws that do harm to people. You’ve seen the Preliminary Program for our 87th annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society – masterfully assembled from your submissions by Program Co-Chairs Hiromi Taniguchi, … Read more