Program Committee

Last Updated: February 3, 2026
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The Program Committee is charged with developing a program of invited sessions that will service the diverse discipline of sociology and broaden participation by sociologists in the United States and around the world.

Alford A. Young, Jr., President and Chair-Elect, University of
Michigan

Jessica Calarco, Vice-President-Elect, University of
Wisconsin, Madison

Laurel  Westbrook,
Secretary-Treasurer, University of California, Santa Barbara

Eleanor R. Townsley, Mount Holyoke College

Jessi Streib, Duke University

Jessica Welburn Paige, RAND Corporation

John Iceland, Pennsylvania State University

L’Heureux Lewis-McCoy, New York University

Sonia Oliva, College of Lake County

Victor M. Rios, University of California, Santa Barbara

Whitney N. Laster Pirtle, University of California, Los
Angeles