- Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities
- From Our Webinar Archives: Teaching Sociology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
- ASA on the Issues: Advocating for Our Discipline and Academic Freedom
- A New TRAILS Resource on Race and Ethnicity
- Recent Podcasts from ASA Journals
Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities
Events for All ASA Members
| March 22 |
Workshop: Op-Ed Writing Workshop sponsored by SWS’s Media Relations Committee, Sister to Sister Committee, and Social Action Committee and ASA Sections on Sociological Practice and Public Sociology and Political Sociology |
| April 11 | Webinar: A Neurodivergent Inclusive Approach to Academic Policies and Practices |
| April 15 |
Webinar: Diverse Career Paths for Sociologists of Race and Ethnicity and Related Fields from the ASA Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities |
| May 9 | Webinar: Advocating for Sociology |
Virtual Proseminars for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty
| March 21 | The Ins and Outs of Publishing as a Graduate Student |
| April 18 | Art of Fieldwork: How to Develop Fieldwork Resiliency |
Events for Department Affiliates*
| June 5 | Chair Link Live: Forums on the Fifth (open discussion forum for department chairs) |
*Department Affiliate event links are shared via the listserv. Click here to learn more about Department Affiliates, including how to join and renew.
From Our Webinar Archives: Teaching Sociology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
ASA’s professional development videos and webinars, tailored specifically to sociologists, are a valuable starting point for members to learn about how to approach challenges and enrich their professional life at every career stage. The videos and webinars include a variety of topics related to career, department leadership, funding, public engagement, teaching, research, and more. Click here to access the entire suite; you will need to log in. In this issue, we’re highlighting the “Challenges and Opportunities: Teaching Sociology in the Age of Artificial Intelligence” webinar where panelists discuss the pedagogical difficulties this technology brings to the fore and how might it enhance teaching and learning.
ASA on the Issues: Advocating for Our Discipline and Academic Freedom
ASA takes public positions on issues related to policy for which there is consensus in the sociological literature or related to matters concerning the well-being of the discipline and profession.
We have been actively advocating for the value of sociology following a decision in Florida to remove sociology from the general education core course options. Among our activities, ASA leadership wrote an op-ed in the Tampa Bay Times, “Removing Sociology as a Florida Core Course Demonstrates the Danger of Politicizing Education,” and a piece in The Conversation, “What’s Sociology? A Sociologist Explains Why Florida’s College Students Should Get the Chance to Learn How Social Forces Affect Everyone’s Lives.”
We also wrote a statement on Academic Freedom in the Face of Global and National Crises. You can read about all our advocacy efforts here.
A New TRAILS Resource on Race and Ethnicity
TRAILS, ASA’s peer-reviewed digital teaching resources library, offers the Race and Ethnicity Syllabi and Assignments collection. It includes activities that use novels, streaming shows, and government data for instruction. It offers syllabi for a fully online course and for a course on Black Sociological Thought.
Recent Podcasts from ASA Journals
Each month, several authors of articles published in ASA journals record podcasts in which they provide, through an interview format, an overview of their research. We invite you to listen to the latest podcasts and read the corresponding articles linked below.
- Contemporary Sociology (January 2024): “The Limitations of Using Women as a Lever of Development.” Marnia Lazreg on Unfree: Migrant Domestic Work in Arab States by Rhacel Salazar Parreñas; listen to the podcast with Parreñas.
- Sociology of Education (January 2024): “The Anti-Affirmative Action Avalanche: The Rise of Underrepresented Minority Enrollment at For-Profit Institutions” by David Mickey-Pabello; listen to the podcast.
- Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (January 2024): “Ethno-Racial Stratification in the Refinanced Mortgage Market” by José Loya; listen to the podcast.
- Socius (2024): “Enduring Relationships: Social Aspects of Perceived Interactions with the Dead” by Karen A. Cerulo; listen to the podcast.
- Teaching Sociology (January 2024): “Preparing for Medical School: How Sociology Helps Premedical Students Prepare for the MCAT and beyond” by Elizabeth Culatta, Melissa Powell-Williams, and Kim Davies; listen to the podcast.
Visit Podcasts to review more recent podcasts from ASA journals.
