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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
SSS 2024 Submission Info Session Tuesday, October 17 4:30 – 5:30 pm EST Are you thinking of submitting an abstract for the SSS 2024 annual meeting in New Orleans? Join Program Co-Chair Hiromi Taniguchi for some tips and insights on choosing a submission type, writing an abstract, and what happens once you submit your abstract. … Read more