Download Joining the professional sociological community

Joining the professional sociological community
Sociological & Social Science Associations Annual Conferences (selected):
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American Sociological Association [ASA]
o Aug 22-25 2015: Chicago, IL (Full paper submissions due early Jan 2014)
Society for the Study of Social Problems [SSSP]
o August 21-23, 2015 Chicago, IL
Western Social Science Association [WSSA]
o April 8-11 2015: Portland, OR (Abstract submissions due Dec 1 st, 2014)
Southwestern Social Science Association (SSSA)
o April 8-11 2015: Denver, CO
Southwestern Sociological Association [SSA]
o April 8-11 2014 New Orleans, Louisiana,
Association of Black Sociologists [ABS]
o Oct 23-25 2014: Charlotte, NC
Pacific Sociological Association [PSA]
o April 1-4, 2015: Long Beach, CA
Sociologists for Women in Society [SWS]
o Feb 19-22 2015: Nashville, TN www.socwomen.org
Midwestern Sociological Society [MSS]
o March 26-29: Kansas City, MO http://www.themss.org
Interdisciplinary Conferences
 White Privilege Conference http://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com
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o March 11-14 2015: Louisville, KY (Graduate course credit available)
Society for Disability Studies Conference [SDS]
o June 10-13 2015: Atlanta, GA, WI http://disstudies.org
National Association for Ethnic Studies [NAES]
o October 20-21, 2014: Mississippi State University, MS, http://ethnicstudies.org
National Women’s Studies Association [NWSA]
o November 13-16, 2014, San Juan, PR http://www.nwsa.org
Motherhood conference www.motherhoodinitiative.org
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion www.sssrweb.org
In addition to going to conferences, I recommend joining associations (in particular, the ASA) and sections
within them. When you do this, you get on that section’s listserve.
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Aging and the Life Course
Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco
Altruism and Social Solidarity
Animals and Society
Asia and Asian America
Body and Embodiment
Children and Youth
Collective Behavior & Social Movements
Communication and I.T.
Community and Urban Sociology
Comparative and Historical Sociology
Crime, Law, and Deviance
Culture
Economic Sociology
Education
Emotions
Environment and Technology
Ethnomethodology
Evolution, Biology and Society
Family
History of Sociology
Human Rights
International Migration
Labor and Labor Movements
Latino/a Sociology
Law
Marxist Sociology
Mathematical Sociology
Medical Sociology
Mental Health
Methodology
Organizations, Occupations, and Work
Peace, War, and Social Conflict
Political Economy of the World-System
Political Sociology
Population
Race, Gender, and Class
Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Religion
Science, Knowledge, and Technology
Sex and Gender
Sexualities
Social Psychology
Sociological Practice and Public Sociology
Teaching and Learning
Theory