Feminist Pedagogy invites submissions for a special issue on the theme “Reimagining Group Processes Pedagogy.” Editors seek submissions that explore how to teach group processes without reinforcing problematic dynamics, spotlighting classroom practices, critical commentaries, and social justice strategies that challenge traditional assumptions about group learning. Abstracts are due October 1, 2025. Read the complete call for papers here.
Political Communication seeks papers for a special issue on the theme “Communicating Democratic Decline & Resilience” that illuminate the communication processes, institutions, organizations, and actors at work as liberal democratic polities give way to or resist the rise of illiberalism. Editors invite studies on topics including: comparative work that shows how anti-democratic and illiberal dynamics play out similarly or differently across nations; studies that document and theorize democratic resistance and reclamation; and research that integrates the institutionalist perspectives of political science with various communication perspectives on media, networks and discourse codes. The proposal deadline is December 15, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
Sociological Theory seeks papers for a special issue on the theme “Sociological Theorizing from the Global South.” Editors invite papers from authors situated geographically and/or metaphorically outside the centers of sociological theorizing that engage in assessment and critique of Northern theoretical approaches or offer fresh theoretical approaches from the Global South. Submissions may include any dimension of sociological theorizing. The deadline for papers is December 15, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
Sex & Sexualities, the newest ASA journal, is now accepting submissions. Editors seek cutting-edge sociological research on sexualities by fostering space for rigorous intersectional, interdisciplinary, transnational, feminist, and critical research. The journal is a space for work that reveals the importance of sex and sexualities in interrogations of the complex power dynamics that marginalize and oppress disempowered groups while opening up spaces for resistance, pleasure, and joy. Editors accept submissions on an ongoing basis. To learn more about the journal and to read submission guidelines, visit the website.
The Eastern Sociological Society’s 96th Annual Meeting – “Transformation & Repair: Worldmaking in Contexts of Struggle and Constraint”—will happen March 5-8, 2026, in Washington, DC. The meeting will consider worldmaking as it emerges in contexts of struggle and constraint, as a complex of everyday doings that have the capacity to stem the tides of subjugation and anti-democratic mobilizations, upend harmful systems, challenge the cultural logics of domination, and make possible transformation and repair. The abstract submission deadline is October 15, 2025. Find out more on the website.
The Midwest Sociological Society 2026 Annual Meeting will be held on the theme “Care and the Sociological Vocation: Learning About, Through, and With Care” on March 26-29, 2026, in St. Louis, MO. Organizers welcome submissions of formal papers, posters, teaching techniques, workshops, panels, organized closed sessions, and other alternative presentation formats. Paper and session submissions are open until October 15, 2025. Poster submissions are open until December 19, 2025. For more information, visit the website.
The 2026 British Journal of Sociology Conference will be held at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) on April 23-24, 2026, and will provide an in-person platform for more than 200 academics across the discipline to advance their research in conversation with colleagues. The conference will showcase cutting-edge research from across the discipline of sociology and feature keynotes, plenary sessions, and a series of author-meets-critics sessions debating high-profile new books. Organizers invite abstracts of up to 400 words on topics relating to any aspect of sociology. There is no predetermined theme for the conference, and sessions will be structured by the thematic streams and intellectual foci derived from the submitted abstracts. The deadline for abstracts is October 20, 2025. Find out more about the conference here.
The International Nineteenth Century Studies Association—in collaboration with the Nineteenth Century Studies Association, Interdisciplinary Nineteenth Century Studies, and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History–invites proposals for its second biennial conference. The conference will be held on the theme “Revolution, Revelation, Reconciliation” on July 21-24, 2026, in person and online. Organizers welcome submissions for individual papers, panels, posters, roundtable discussions, digital humanities projects, and performances exploring the nineteenth century from interdisciplinary, international, and intertemporal perspectives. The proposal deadline is October 31, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
The Twenty-Fourth International Conference on New Directions in the Humanities will be held on the theme "Beyond Borders: The Role of the Humanities in Reimagining Communities" on July 1-3, 2026, in Portugal and online. The New Directions in the Humanities Research Network is brought together by a common interest in established traditions in the humanities, while also developing innovative practices and setting a renewed agenda for their future. It seeks research on the following themes: critical cultural studies; communications and linguistics studies; literary humanities; civic, political, and community studies; and past and present in humanistic education. The submission deadline is April 1, 2026. For more details, visit the website.
The Thirty-Third International Conference on Learning will be held on the theme "Digital Literacy for Future Readiness" on July 8-10, 2026, in Hong Kong and online. The Learner Research Network is brought together around a common concern for learning in all its sites, formal and informal, and at all levels, from early childhood to schools, colleges, and universities, as well as adult, community, and workplace education. It seeks research on the following themes: pedagogy and curriculum; assessment and evaluation; educational organization and leadership; early childhood learning; learning in higher education; adult, community, and professional learning; learner diversity and identities; technologies in learning; literacies learning; and science, mathematics, and technology learning. The deadline is April 8, 2026. For more information, visit the website.
The Twenty-First International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences will be held on the theme "Bridging Boundaries: Collaborative Solutions to Complex Social Issues in an Interconnected World" on July 15-17, 2026, in Ireland and online. The Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network is brought together by a common interest in disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, within and across the various social sciences, and between the social, natural, and applied sciences. It seeks papers on the following themes: social and community studies; civic and political studies; cultural studies; global studies; environmental studies; organizational studies; educational studies; and communication studies. The proposal deadline is April 15, 2026. For more information, visit the website.
The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University invites applications to join its class of residential fellows for the 2026-27 academic year. The program seeks scholars working in a diverse range of disciplines that contribute to advancing research and thinking in social science. CASBS is a collaborative environment that fosters the serendipity arising from unexpected intellectual encounters and focused on cross-disciplinary interactions that may lead to beneficial transformations in thinking and research. The program seeks fellows who will be influential with, and open to influence by, their colleagues in this diverse multidisciplinary cohort. The application deadline is October 31, 2025. Find out more on the website.
Women, Algeria, Torture, Foucault: Advancing the Anticolonial Sociology of Marnia Lazreg will take place on September 25-26, 2025, online and in-person at The Graduate Center, CUNY and Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College in New York City. Marnia Lazreg was a pathbreaking historical sociologist who made important contributions to a wide variety of fields, including the study of women, torture, colonialism, Islam, Foucault, and her native Algeria. Much of this work was informed by an abiding belief in the emancipatory potential of a universalistic conception of the human. The conference will consider themes from five of Lazreg’s books: The Eloquence of Silence; Torture & the Twilight of Empire; Questioning the Veil; Foucault's Orient; and Islamic Feminism and the Discourse of Post-Liberation. For the full program and to register to attend in person or via Zoom, click here.
The Mid-South Sociological Association Annual Meeting will be held on the theme "Disasters: Understanding the Textures of Loss, Love, and Recovery Amidst Forced Social Change" on October 15-18, 2025, in North Augusta, SC. The meeting will be in-person, with a virtual option for a limited number of sessions. Presidential Sessions include Internal Disaster Displacement, Lived Experiences of Displaced Scholars, Indigenous Frameworks of Disaster Knowledge, and Universities Facing Disaster. Find out more about the conference and register here.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) seeks nominations for the John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science, recognizing noteworthy and distinguished accomplishments in the social sciences (excluding economics). The award is presented with a medal and a $25,000 prize. Neither nominators nor candidates need to be NAS members. Nominations must be submitted online by October 6, 2025. Unless otherwise stated, preference will be given to scientists who may be earlier in their careers or those whose work has not been recognized by other prizes or awards. Find out more about the award and requirements on the website.
Lisa Marie Broidy, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, is part of a multidisciplinary team from the university and the State of New Mexico's First Judicial District Attorney’s Office that has received a 2025 Institutional Challenge Grants from the William T. Grant Foundation for the team’s work reducing racial and ethnic inequalities in the juvenile justice system through a deflection and diversion program.
Corey D. Fields, Georgetown University, has been selected as a 2025-26 fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. He will be working on a book manuscript that explores recent discourse in the U.S. around issues of public health and racial inequality.
Amin Ghaziani, University of California-Santa Barbara, has been named as a finalist in the LGBTQ+ Nonfiction category for the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards for his book Long Live Queer Nightlife (Princeton University Press 2024). The Lambda Literary Awards are a long-running international awards competition highlighting LGBTQ+ voices in research and literature.
Kurt W. Kuehne, New York University-Abu Dhabi, has received the 2025 IMISCOE ((International Migration Research Network) Maria Baganha Dissertation Award for his research on South and Southeast Asian migrants in Singapore. The dissertation, titled “Lives in Limbo: Precarity, Control, and Temporary Migrant Workers in the Global City,” was completed in at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Mabel Abraham, Columbia University, and Tristan L. Botelho, Yale University, authored an August 6, 2025, post "Why Getting Overlooked—or Overrewarded—Can Affect How You Evaluate Others" on Work in Progress.
Jody Agius Vallejo, University of Southern California, had research cited in the July 22, 2025, article "ICE Raids Impact Key Industries in North Orange County" from iHeartRadio.
Musa al-Gharbi, Stony Brook University, was interviewed for the July 22, 2025, article "Sociologist Musa al-Gharbi to Discuss ‘Wokeness’ in Religion, Politics" in the Chautauquan Daily.
Manuel Barajas, California State University-Sacramento, was quoted in the July 23, 2025, article "Immigration Arrests in California Soar Under Second Trump Term" in the Sacramento Bee.
Caitlin Begg, Authentic Social, was profiled in the August 3, 2025, article "Sociologist's Simple Morning Rule to Improve Her Brain Health Goes Viral" in Newsweek.
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College, authored the July 14, 2025, article “Is There Any Hope for the Internet?” in the Conversation.
Matthew Borus, Binghamton University, authored the February 26, 2025, article "Cutting Medicaid and Federal Programs Are Among 4 Key Trump Administration Policy Changes That Could Make Life Harder for Disabled People" in the Conversation and the June 4, 2025, article "Trump’s Budget Would Limit Investigations into Abuse, Neglect of Disabled People" in Truthout.
Daniel F. Chambliss, Hamilton College (retired), was quoted in the July 31, 2025, article "It’s Not Just About Cheating. How AI Is Quietly Eroding College Students’ Networks" in Yahoo News.
Barry Eidlin, McGill University, authored the August 6, 2025, article "McGill Professors Challenge Quebec Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Anti-Strike Bill" in the Gazette.
Claude S. Fischer, University of California-Berkeley, was quoted in the July 8, 2025, article "A Del Mar Man Pioneered the Cellphone. It Changed How People Around the World Talk to Each Other—And Don’t" from the Associated Press.
Dana Fisher, American University, was quoted in the July 30, 2025, article "They Saw Their Neighbors Taken Away by ICE. Then They Made a Plan." in the New York Times.
Brittany Friedman, University of Southern California, was quoted in the July 29, 2025, article "The Hidden Bill of Incarceration: How Black Women Bear the Brunt Of ‘Pay-To-Stay’ Policies" in the Grio.
Erin E. Hatton, University at Buffalo, was quoted in the July 21, 2025, article "Hochul Urged to Help Sikh Trooper Who Faces 'Discriminatory Practices' In Effort to Grow Beard" in the Buffalo News.
Joanna Kempner, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, was quoted in the July 30, 2025, article "How Medical Misogyny Impacted the Treatment of Women’s Migraines" on Lit Hub.
Eric Klinenberg, New York University, was quoted in the July 17, 2025, article "30 Years After Chicago’s Deadliest Heat Wave, Systemic Racism Is Still the Root Problem" in Inside Climate News.
Ashley E. Mears, University of Amsterdam, was quoted in the August 3, 2025, article "Celebs Aren't Gatekeeping Their Plastic Surgery Anymore—But Don't Praise Them Just Yet" in HuffPost.
Nathan Meyers, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, authored the July 11, 2025, article "Inequality Has Risen from 1970 to Trump—That Has 3 Hidden Costs That Undermine Democracy" in the Conversation.
Andrew V. Papachristos, Northwestern University, was quoted in the July 9, 2025, article "Stubborn Feud between Gangs Surfaces Again in River North Mass Shooting" in the Chicago Tribune.
Michael Rosino, Molloy University, authored the August 7, 2025, article "What History Can Teach Modern Activists About Coalition Building" in TIME.
Ashley T. Rubin, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, was interviewed for the July 14, 2025, article "The Review: A Polemical Critique of Activist Sociology" in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Juliet B. Schor, Boston College, had research profiled in the July 22, 2025, article "Four-Day Work Week Benefits Workers, Employers, Study Says" from Health Day News.
John Skrentny, University of California-San Diego, was quoted in the July 8, 2025, article "Why Does the U.S. Have Birthright Citizenship? Should It?" in the Hill.
Shunsuke Tanabe, Waseda University, was quoted in the July 17, 2025, article "Why Has Japan Set Up a Task Force to Deal with Foreigners?" on CNN.
Stacy Torres, University of California-San Francisco, authored the August 16, 2025, op-ed "Hold a Fair Vote for NYCHA’s Chelsea Folks" in the New York Daily News.
Gülay Türkmen, RWTH Aachen University, authored the June 19, 2025, article “What Losing Birthright Citizenship Will Mean Long Term” in the Boston Globe.
Robin E. Wagner-Pacifici, New School for Social Research, was quoted in the August 2, 2025, article "After a Reference to Trump's Impeachments Is Removed from a History Museum, Complex Questions Echo" from the Associated Press.
Anaheed Al-Hardan, Howard University, and Julian Go, University of Chicago, Eds., Anticolonialism and Social Thought (Cambridge University Press 2025).
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College, Attention and Alienation: The International Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies (Columbia University Press 2025).
Emilio J. Castilla, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, The Meritocracy Paradox: Where Talent Management Strategies Go Wrong and How to Fix Them (Columbia University Press 2025).
Mohammad Ali Chaichian, Santa Clara University, Transformative Power of Architecture and Urban Design: Planning for Social and Spatial Justice (Springer Cham 2024).
Barbara Chasin, Montclair State University (retired), Inequality and Violence in the United States: Casualties of Capitalism, 3rd Edition (Lexington Books 2025).
Michelle Christian, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, The Global Journey of Racism (Stanford University Press 2025).
William C. Cockerham, University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Maryland-College Park (retired), Ed., Medical Sociology on the Move, 2nd Edition (Springer Nature 2025).
Christina J. Cross, Harvard University, Inherited Inequality: Why Opportunity Gaps Persist between Black and White Youth Raised in Two-Parent Families (Harvard University Press 2025).
Georgiann Davis, University of New Mexico, Five Star White Trash Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family (New York University Press 2025).
Lara Maria Espeter, Technische Universität Berlin, and Linda Hering, Humboldt-Universität Berlin, Eds. Commodity Chains under Pressure: Resilience through Coping, Adaptation, and Transformation (Elgar Online 2025).
Laura Garbes, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Listeners Like Who?: Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry (Princeton University Press 2025).
Andrea Gomez Cervantes, Wake Forest University, Illegality in the Heartland: Latinidad, Indigeneity, and Immigration Policies during Times of Hate (University of California Press 2025).
Adam Hayes, University of Lucerne, Irrational Together: The Social Forces That Invisibly Shape Our Economic Behavior (University of Chicago Press 2025).
Arielle Kuperberg, University of Maryland-Baltimore County, and Alicia M. Walker, Missouri State University, Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life (Bloomsbury Academic 2025).
Mike Messner, University of Southern California, The High School: Sports, Spirit, and Citizens: 1903-2024 (Rutgers University Press 2025).
Erin Michaels, University of North Carolina-Wilmington, Test, Measure, Punish: How the Threat of Closure Harms Students, Destroys Teachers, and Fails Schools (New York University Press 2025).
Lauren D. Olsen, Temple University, Curricular Injustice: How U.S. Medical Schools Reproduce Inequalities (Columbia University Press 2025).
Christopher Pieper, Baylor University, and Justin Nelson, Campbell University, Society Without People: The Social Implications of the Metaverse and AI (DeGruyter 2025).
Michael Rosino, Molloy University, Democracy Is Awkward: Grappling with Racism inside American Grassroots Political Organizing (University of North Carolina Press 2025).
Dmitri Shalin, University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Erving Manuel Goffman. Biographical Sources of Sociological Imagination (Routledge 2025).
Michael Strand, Brandeis University, and Omar Lizardo, University of California-Los Angeles, Orienting to Chance: Probabilism and the Future of Social Theory (University of Chicago Press 2025).
Stacy Torres, University of California-San Francisco, At Home in the City: Growing Old in Urban America (University of California Press 2025).
Jose Eos Trinidad, University of California-Berkeley, Subtle Webs: How Local Organizations Shape U.S. Education (Oxford University Press 2025).
Mustafa Yavaş, Johns Hopkins University, White-Collar Blues: The Making of the Transnational Turkish Middle Class (Columbia University Press 2025).
Theresa Rogers died August 16, 2025, of natural causes. She was 96. Rogers was last a member of ASA in 2008. She earned a PhD in sociology from Columbia University and taught sociology at Columbia and Barnard College and continued working well into her 80s, conducting a study for Barnard on the social and academic experiences of students at women’s colleges, including Smith, Mount Holyoke, Wellesley, and Spelman colleges. You can read her full obituary here.