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 …
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, …
Dear SSS members, I am writing to express my outrage at the recent decision by the Florida board of governors to remove Principles of Sociology from the list of core course requirements. It is frustrating to see sociology under attack because of the many benefits to students and society of engaging with a sociological perspective …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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. …
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 …
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 …
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