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Section Activities
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ASA Sections contribute an important segment to the Annual Meeting Program. Section sessions and activities at the Annual Meeting are interspersed throughout the four-day schedule. These specialized sessions range in format from formal paper presentations to panels and discussion roundtables and are open to all meeting attendees.
The number of sessions allocated to each Section is based on the size of the Section membership. Over 180 sessions/meetings are scheduled. Sections provide a valuable way to meet colleagues interested in similar sociological specialties and find a small “home” in a large meeting.
Section Schedule
The primary day for each Section’s program is listed below. Sections whose programs are too large to fit onto one day (*starred below) will have the overflow accommodated on an adjacent day. Check the online Searchable Program when it is posted for specific information on section-sponsored sessions.
Aging and the Life Course
Asia and Asian America
Children and Youth
Crime, Law, and Deviance
Culture, Sociology of**
Economic Sociology
Labor and Labor Movements
Marxist Sociology
Methodology
Social Psychology
Teaching and Learning in Sociology
**two sessions must be scheduled on the following day
Community and Urban Sociology
Ethnomethodology & Conversational Analysis
History of Sociology
Latina/o Sociology
Law, Sociology of
Mathematical Sociology
Mental Health, Sociology of
Political Sociology*
Population, Sociology of
Science, Knowledge, and Technology
Sex and Gender**
Human Rights+
*one session must be scheduled on the following day
**two sessions must be scheduled on the following day
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Alcohol, Drugs, and Tobacco
Comparative and Historical Sociology
Environment and Technology
Family, Sociology of the*
Organizations, Occupations, and Work**
Peace, War, and Social Conflict
Racial and Ethnic Minorities*
Rationality and Society
Religion, Sociology of
Sexualities, Sociology of
Sociological Practice
Disability and Society+
*one session must be scheduled on the following day
**two sessions must be scheduled on the following day
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Animals and Society
Collective Behavior & Social Movements~~
Communication & Information Technologies
Education, Sociology of~~
Emotions, Sociology of
Evolution and Sociology
International Migration
Medical Sociology~~~
Political Economy of the World System
Race, Gender, and Class~~
Theory~~
~one session must be scheduled on the preceding day
~~two sessions must be scheduled on the preceding day
~~~three sessions must be scheduled on the preceding day
*overflow session(s) held on adjacent day
Section Receptions
In addition to sponsoring substantive program sessions, ASA Sections often host receptions for their section members during the Annual Meeting. These informal social events are primarily held in the evenings on the first and third days of the meeting, and all members of a sponsoring section are welcome to attend. Sometimes several sections will co-host a joint reception, which doubles or triples the fun! Look for the following Section receptions during the Annual Meeting in Boston.
Friday, August 1 - 6:30 p.m. [+] Details
Aging and the Life Course
Children and Youth
Economic Sociology (off-site)
Latino/a Sociology (off-site)
Methodology
Sociology of Mental Health
Sex and Gender
Social Psychology
Joint Reception: History of Sociology and Science, Knowledge, and Technology
Joint Reception: Asia and Asian Americans and Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Joint Reception: Theory, Comparative-Historical Sociology and Sociology of Culture
Sunday, August 3 - 6:30 p.m. [+] Details
Animals and Society
Communication and Information Technology (off-site)
Community and Urban Sociology (off-site)
Sociology of Education
Medical Sociology
Organizations, Occupations and Work (off-site)
Sociology of Religion
Joint Reception: International Migration, Collective Behavior & Social Movements
(in partnership with Ethnic & Racial Studies, a journal of Routledge)
Joint Reception: Sociology of Emotions; Evolution and Sociology
Joint Reception: Environment and Technology; and Race, Gender and Class (off-site)
Joint Reception: Mathematical Sociology; Rationality and Society
Joint Reception: Sociology of the Family and Sociology of Population
