- Professional Development Opportunities
- A Resource You Can Use: Using Time-Diaries to Understand Work-Family Theory
- Strengthen Your Sociology Department with ASA Program Reviewers and Consultants
- Sorokin Lecture Grant Funds Available
- Data on 2024 ASA Journal Submissions and Decisions
- Recent Podcasts from ASA Journals
Professional Development Opportunities
Featured Recorded Webinar
| Access Anytime | Career Lessons from Sociologists: How to Use Sociology to Improve Your Work |
Live Webinars for All ASA Members
| September 25 | Rebranding Yourself: Transitions Across Employment Sectors with Jennifer Turner (Institute for Women’s Policy Research) |
| October 23 | Presenting Sociological Findings to Non-Academic Audiences with Douglas Hartmann (University of Minnesota) and Jill Yavorsky (University of North Carolina-Charlotte) |
Virtual Proseminars for Graduate Students and Early Career Faculty
| October 9 | Teaching Tips and How to Balance Teaching with Graduate Studies |
Events for Department Affiliates*
| November 5 | ChairLink Live: Forums on the Fifth *Discussions led by members of ASA Program Consultants and Reviewers. |
| November 20 | Making Sociology Marketable/What Employers Are Looking For |
*Department Affiliate event links are shared via the listserv. Join today to stay informed!
A Resource You Can Use: Using Time-Diaries to Understand Work-Family Theory
TRAILS, ASA’s peer-reviewed digital teaching resources library is free to ASA members and features the resource Using Time-Diaries to Understand Work-Family Theory , an applied theory assignment for work-family courses that addresses how employment, family and leisure come together (or not).
Strengthen Your Sociology Department with ASA Program Reviewers and Consultants
Whether you’re a new department leader seeking mentoring, planning an external program review, or embarking on strategic planning or curriculum redesign, ASA Program Reviewers and Consultants offer tailored support to meet your goals. Explore our list of trained consultants to find the right match for your department’s needs. Learn more or request support by contacting [email protected]. Let ASA help you build a stronger, more dynamic department.
Sorokin Lecture Grant Funds Available
Get funds to host an ASA-wide award winner from the past two calendar years. Apply for Sorokin Lecture Grant funding to organize an awardee’s lecture at a state, regional, or aligned sociological association meeting or on an academic campus. Grant funds cover travel and up to two days of hotel costs only. Click here for application instructions. Contact Mark Fernando at [email protected] with questions. Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
Data on 2024 ASA Journal Submissions and Decisions
ASA annually provides a report from our journal editors on the frequency and timing of their editorial decisions so that scholars can make wise decisions about where to submit their manuscripts for potential publication. The Summary of Editorial Activity Table reports on decisions, as of April 1, 2025, for manuscripts submitted in the 2024 calendar year. Narrative reports for these journals and the ASA Rose Series are also available.
Recent Podcasts from ASA Journals
ASA invites you to listen to our latest podcasts featuring engaging interviews with several authors of recently published articles in the ASA journals!
- American Sociological Review (August 2025): “Competence over Partisanship: Party Affiliation Does Not Affect the Selection of School District Superintendents” by Greer Mellon; listen to the podcast.
- Sociological Methodology (August 2025): “The Daily Lives of Crowdsourced U.S. Respondents: A Time Use Comparison of MTurk, Prolific, and ATUS” by Gordon Rinderknecht, Long Doan, and Liana C. Sayer; listen to the podcast.
- Society and Mental Health (July 2025): “Identity Characteristics as Moderators of Discrepancy on Well-Being” by Mary Gallagher; listen to the podcast.
- Socius (July 2025): “Human Rights as a Lay Category of Thought: Content and Structure in the United States” by Katherine Jensen, Monika Krause, and Benjamin Witkovsky; listen to the podcast.
- Teaching Sociology (July 2025): “Examining Engagement, Note-Taking, and Multitasking in Podcast-Based Learning” by Jamie Oslawski-Lopez and Gregory T. Kordsmeier; listen to the podcast.
- Sociology of Race & Ethnicity (July 2025): “Without Risk Reduction: How Black Men’s Well-being and Humanity Are Compromised in Mobile Public Spaces” by Gwendolyn Y. Purifoye and Derrick R. Brooms; listen to the podcast.
- Sociology of Education (July 2025): “Consequences of Eviction-Led Forced Mobility for School-Age Children in Houston” by Peter Hepburn, Danny Grubbs-Donovan, Nick Graetz, Olivia Jin, and Matthew Desmond; listen to the podcast.
- Contemporary Sociology (July 2025): “The Employable Sociologist: A Guide for Undergraduates” Catherine Richards Solomon on The Employable Sociologist: A Guide for Undergraduates, by Martha Martinez; listen to the podcast.
Click here to visit the archive of past podcasts from ASA journals.