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Equitable Review for Tenure and Promotion

Marketing the Major: What Employers are Looking For

Advocacy as a Department Leader and Faculty Member

Career Pathways for Majors

Supporting and Advocating for Contingent Faculty

Marketing the Sociology Major to Incoming Freshmen

Enhancing Student Success: Internship Programs for Undergrads

Review Ready: How to Prepare for Program Review

International Jobs Discussion

Making the Most of Your Major: A Resume Workshop for Undergraduate Sociology Students

The Curriculum Mapping Toolkit: Taking the Guesswork out of Department Planning

After the Degree: Career Options for Sociology Majors

Connecting Undergraduate Students to Research Opportunities (Even During a Pandemic)

Confronting the Canon

The Virtual Sociology Classroom: Tips & Tricks for Students

Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time

Understanding Disability in the Classroom and Creating Accessible Courses

What Are You Going to Do With That? A Workshop for Undergraduate Sociology Students

Responding to and Preventing Harassment: Strategies for Departments

College Students and Mental Health: Strategies for Supporting Students

Attracting Students to the Sociology Major

Building Successful Mentoring Relationships: How to be an Effective Mentor or Mentee

Building a Career with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology

Applying For a Faculty Position in a Teaching Oriented Institution

Introduction to Sociology: Interactive Techniques to Make it Fresh

Connecting the Sociology Major to Employment for Undergraduates

Applying a PhD in Sociology to Careers Outside Academia: Associations, Government, and Non-Profit Opportunities

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Careers

Career Lessons from Sociologists: How to Use Sociology to Improve Your Work

Converting Your CV to Resumes for Practice-setting Jobs

New Year, New Goals: Learning from Masters of Teaching & Scholarship

Team Tenure: Preparing your Materials for Tenure Review

Thriving Outside Academia: Advice from Sociologists in Practice Settings

Strategies for a Successful Postdoc

Preparing for Diverse Careers in Higher Education

Linking Curriculum to Careers: Strategies from Practice

Preparing Graduate Students for Teaching-Focused Institutions

Building Successful Mentoring Relationships: How to be an Effective Mentor or Mentee

Building a Career with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Becoming Chair: Preparing for Successful On-Ramping

Building a Career with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology

Nuts and Bolts of Applying for a Job with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology

Navigating the Academic Job Market

Building Your Career with a BA in Sociology

Applying For a Faculty Position in a Teaching Oriented Institution

Connecting the Sociology Major to Employment for Undergraduates

Applying a PhD in Sociology to Careers Outside Academia: Associations, Government, and Non-Profit Opportunities

Department Leadership

Navigating the Current Academic Landscape

Supporting Students Through Economic Hardship: Advocacy Strategies that Work

Promoting Workload Equity for Black Faculty

Walking the Walk: Promoting the Inclusion and Empowerment of Sociologists at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Hispanic Serving Institutions

Creating a Vibrant Major Attracting majors, fostering a coherent program, and becoming indispensable

Becoming Chair: Preparing for Successful On-Ramping

Establishing a Family Friendly Department

Improving Department Climate: Concrete Steps Based on Evidence

Strategic Planning and Planning Strategically: Positioning Sociology Departments for the New Normal

Practical Advice for Department Chairs

MCAT Changes and Sociology Department Opportunity

Exclusive Content for Department Affiliates

Learn more about becoming a Department Affiliate.

Equitable Review for Tenure and Promotion

Marketing the Major: What Employers are Looking For

Advocacy as a Department Leader and Faculty Member

Career Pathways for Majors

Supporting and Advocating for Contingent Faculty

Marketing the Sociology Major to Incoming Freshmen

Enhancing Student Success: Internship Programs for Undergrads

Review Ready: How to Prepare for Program Review

International Jobs Discussion

Making the Most of Your Major: A Resume Workshop for Undergraduate Sociology Students

The Curriculum Mapping Toolkit: Taking the Guesswork out of Department Planning

After the Degree: Career Options for Sociology Majors

Connecting Undergraduate Students to Research Opportunities (Even During a Pandemic)

Confronting the Canon

The Virtual Sociology Classroom: Tips & Tricks for Students

Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time

Understanding Disability in the Classroom and Creating Accessible Courses

What Are You Going to Do With That? A Workshop for Undergraduate Sociology Students

Responding to and Preventing Harassment: Strategies for Departments

College Students and Mental Health: Strategies for Supporting Students

Attracting Students to the Sociology Major

Building Successful Mentoring Relationships: How to be an Effective Mentor or Mentee

Building a Career with a Bachelors Degree in Sociology

Applying For a Faculty Position in a Teaching Oriented Institution

Introduction to Sociology: Interactive Techniques to Make it Fresh

Connecting the Sociology Major to Employment for Undergraduates

Applying a PhD in Sociology to Careers Outside Academia: Associations, Government, and Non-Profit Opportunities

Funding

Funding Your Future: How to Get Grants for Sociology Research

Grant Seeking from Private Foundations: What Investigators Should Know

Graduate School

First-Gen and Proud: Succeeding as a First-Generation College Student in Sociology

Strategies for a Successful Postdoc

Get a Life, PhD: Strategies for Becoming More Creative and Productive

Preparing Graduate Students for Teaching-Focused Institutions

Thinking about the PhD: Practical Advice for Students Considering Graduate School

Public Engagement

Presenting Sociological Findings to Non-Academic Audiences

Media Savvy: Tools for Public-facing Scholars

Advocating for Sociology

A Neurodivergent Inclusive Approach to Academic Policies and Practices

Community Engaged Research and Teaching

Uprooting Racism: The Role of Sociology

Teaching Sociology as Activism

Getting the Word Out: Promoting Your Research to the Public

Promoting Social Science with Social Media

Making the Connections Between Human Rights and Sociology

Publishing

Creating Successful Writing Groups and Co-Authorships

Becoming an ASA Journal Editor

Can Sociologists be Good Writers? Writing for Clarity and Impact

Getting to Submit: Advice on Preparing a Paper for Publication

Creating and Using Accountability Groups

Turning Your Dissertation Into a Book – June 2015

Turning your Dissertation Into a Book – May 2012

Research

Best Practices for Data Collection and Management

Trends in Mixed Methods Research

The Intersectional Future of Qualitative Data Analysis

Studying Power from the Ground Up: Using Qualitative Research to Investigate Critical Societal Issues

Community Colleges: Getting Students Involved in Research

Coming into Focus: Focus Groups as a Research Method

An Introduction to the American Time-Use Survey

Getting the Word Out: Promoting Your Research to the Public

Qualitative and Quarantined: Techniques and Ethics of Online Interview Research

Discover the World of IPUMS

Flexible Coding: A 21st Century Approach to Coding Interview Data

An Introduction to Census Data Tools for Research and Teaching

Teaching

Teaching Under Pressure

WikiEdu: Using Wikipedia in the Classroom and Building a More Informed Public

Fostering Student Engagement in the Classroom

Challenges and Opportunities: Teaching Sociology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Teaching Talk: Demonstrating Your Teaching Efficacy

Community Colleges: Getting Students Involved in Research

Teaching Sociology as Activism

What’s Settler Colonialism and Why Should You Teach About It in Intro to Soc?

Best Practices and Strategies for Successful Online Teaching

Transitioning to Online Teaching in the Face of COVID-19

Teaching Climate Change in Introduction to Sociology Classes

Rethinking Student Evaluations of Teaching

Addressing Incivility in the Classroom

An Introduction to Census Data Tools for Research and Teaching

Long Live the Lecture: The Research and Practice of an Essential Pedagogy

Teaching Theory with TRAILS

Bringing Quantitative Data Analysis into Sociology Classes: Three GIFTS from TRAILS

Using Social Media and Technology to Improve Student Learning

Group Work that Works

Peer Mentoring Programs in Sociology: Pedagogy of Empowerment

Making Large Classes Feel Small

Integrating Data Analysis into the Undergraduate Sociology Curriculum

Introduction to Sociology: Interactive Techniques to Make it Fresh

Teaching Sensitive Topics to High School and First Year College Students

The American Sociological Association

ASA and the Organizational Face of Sociology as a Discipline and Profession

A Student Members-Only Event with Three ASA Presidents

Becoming an ASA Journal Editor

Making the Most of the ASA Annual Meeting

Getting Your Paper on the Program