The Sociology of Development Section of ASA promotes work in sociology on the causes and effects of development. We support work in all geographical regions including the United States, other advanced industrial nations and the Global South. We are open to work of all theoretical orientations and all methodological orientations. Both theoretical and applied work is welcome.

Bylaws
Annual Report (2025)
Award Recipient History

Section Council

Chair: Brian Dill, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Chair-Elect: Joseph A. Harris, Boston University
Past Chair: Monica Prasad, Northwestern University
Section Secretary/Treasurer: Andy Chang, Florida State University
Rina Agarwala, Johns Hopkins University
Benjamin Bradlow, Princeton University
Nikhil Deb, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Isabel Pike, McGill University
Heidi E. Rademacher, SUNY Brockport
Holly Reed, CUNY Graduate Center
Sebastián Rojas Cabal, Princeton University (Student Representative)

Visit the Section’s website here.