The Humboldt Journal of Social Relations invites abstract submissions for a 2026 special issue on “Resistance to State Violence.” This issue will explore the diverse forms, sites, expressions, mediums, and agencies involved in popular resistance in contexts of state violence across the globe. Editors welcome theoretical explorations of various aspects of resistance and empirical examinations of contemporary case studies from around the world and are open to contributions from any theoretical tradition, geographic scale, and methodological standpoint. The deadline is June 1, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences seeks papers for an upcoming issue on “Inequality in America: Beliefs, Attitudes, and Actions.” Editors invite original research contributions pertaining to the relationships between societal inequalities and individuals' psychology in the United States. Proposals should include a clearly stated research question, details on data and some initial analysis, and a timeline that describes how and when the project will be completed by. Abstracts are due June 4, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
The Journal of Social Issues seeks papers abstracts for an upcoming special issue on “Navigating Inequalities in East and Southeast Asia: Exploring the Intersections of Material, Relational, and Recognition Inequalities.” Scholars are invited to examine evolving forms of inequality in East and Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on social identity formation and recognition gaps. The purpose of the special issue is to use the region of East and Southeast Asia as an empirical lens to enrich global research and debates around the study of material, network, and recognition inequalities. Papers for this special issue should explore the social and psychological processes that sustain or challenge present forms of inequality in the region. Editors seek contributions that investigate the interplay of material, relational, and recognition-based inequalities, with an emphasis on how they shape individual perceptions (beliefs, stereotypes, mental models, and cognitive shortcuts), emotions, and behaviors. Abstracts are due June 15, 2025. Read the full call for papers, including possible topics, here.
The International Journal of Public Leadership seeks papers for an upcoming issue on "Gender Identity and Public and Nonprofit Leadership." We invite submissions from scholars across interdisciplinary fields, including but not limited to public administration and policy, gender studies, political science, sociology, and organizational leadership. We welcome a variety of methodological approaches, including qualitative, quantitative, theoretical, and case study research, to explore gender dynamics in leadership. To read the full call for papers, including topics of interest, click here. Manuscripts are due by August 15, 2025.
The Feminist Politics of Radical Hope in a Time of Oppression conference will be co-convened by the Law, Gender, & Sexuality Research Network; the Violence Against Women and Girls Network; the Feminist Legal Research and Action Network; and the Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law on November 6-7, 2025, at the University of Liverpool. The conference will comprise papers, posters and exhibits that aim to showcase themes of hope through a feminist lens. We invite submissions that draw from a diverse range of disciplines and methodologies, and that explore the concept of a ‘feminist politics of radical hope.’ The submission deadline is May 30, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
The Fifteenth International Conference on Health, Wellness & Society will be held on the theme "Emotional vs Artificial Intelligence: A Paradigm Shift in Healthcare?" on September 4-5, 2025, in Spain and online. The Network is brought together by a common concern in the fields of human health and wellness, and in particular their social interconnections and implications. It seeks papers on the following themes: the physiology, kinesiology, and psychology of wellness in its social context; interdisciplinary health sciences; public health policies and practices; and health promotion and education. For more information, visit the website. The deadline is June 4, 2025.
The Twenty-Second International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability will be held on the theme "Unseen Sustainability: Addressing Hidden Risks to Long-Term Wellbeing for All" on April 20-22, 2026, in Greece and online. The network is brought together by a common concern for sustainability from a holistic perspective, where environmental, cultural, economic, and social interests intersect. It seeks papers on the following themes: ecological realities; participatory process; economic, social, and cultural context; and education, assessment, and policy. The submission deadline is January 20, 2026. Find out more on the website.
The Labor Tech Research Network invites nominations for its three annual awards: the book award, the graduate student paper award; and the social justice award. These awards recognize projects that demonstrate distinctive intellectual merit or activist impact; advance knowledge about labor and technology in the global society; address feminism, anti-racism, and/or transnationalism. The application deadline is June 1, 2025. For more information, visit the website.
Sarah Friedman, senior lecturer of Sociology at Georgia State University, is recruiting participants for a study about experiences instructors have when they teach about race in Introduction to Sociology classes. Friedman hopes to gain information about teaching challenges to better understand pedagogical needs. If you have taught an introductory sociology course at a U.S. college or university within the past five years, and are at least 18 years old, you are eligible to participate. Participants will complete an anonymous online survey that asks about your teaching background, classroom environment, and bigger institutional context. The survey takes approximately 15-20 minutes. If you are interested in participating, learn more and to begin the survey here. Please also feel free to circulate this message to anyone who might be eligible and interested in participating, particularly if they are not full-time faculty.
Tufts University’s Tisch College Community Research Center is offering a one-week summer course on Participatory Action Research (PAR)—an approach to research that prioritizes inclusivity, collaboration, and community-driven inquiry. The course is designed for graduate students, postdocs, faculty, NGO researchers, and undergraduates working on thesis projects—anyone looking to make their research more inclusive, participatory, and community-centered. Participants will learn about PAR’s guiding principles and apply them directly to their own research projects. The course will take place June 2-6, 2025, over Zoom. Read the course description and register here.
The Knapsack Institute at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs is a unique three-day experience designed for anyone committed to creating more inclusive and supportive environments where everyone can thrive and reach their fullest potential. Applications are now open for this summer's Knapsack Institute: Transforming Teaching and Learning. Apply now for the virtual June 9-11, 2025, sessions. Read more about the institute here.
Instats will host a free one-day seminar on “How Work Sustains Racial Inequality” virtually on June 16, 2025, 2:00-3:00 p.m. Eastern. American Sociological Association President Adia Wingfield, Washington University in St. Louis, will introduce the concept of “gray areas” to dissect the sociological dynamics that hinder Black workers' advancement. The seminar will explore narratives of Black professionals across various fields and uncover how foundational work structures contribute to persistent racial inequality. Read the full description and register here.
Laura C. Chavez-Moreno, University of California-Los Angeles, received the 2025 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education’s Book of the Year Award (Early Career Category) for her book, How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racialization in America (Harvard Education Press 2024).
Sarah Shannon, University of Georgia, received funding from the school’s Franklin College of Arts and Sciences Multidisciplinary Seed Grant Program to develop the new course, Sociology of Prisons. The seed grant program responds to the need for new paradigms that shape future research, life-long learning, public discourse, service, and dynamic entrepreneurship. It includes $50,000 in seed funding from college philanthropic resources.
Musa al-Gharbi, Stony Brook University, authored the April 16, 2025, article "Trump's War on Universities Will Not End Well for Him" in the Washington Post.
Michel Anteby, Boston University, authored the April 28, 2025, article "Bureaucrats Get a Bad Rap, but They Deserve More Credit—A Sociologist of Work Explains Why" in the Conversation.
Asad L. Asad, Stanford University, was quoted in the April 15, 2025, article "Deportation Fears Add to Mental Health Problems Confronting Colorado Resort Town Workers" in KFF Health News.
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College, was interviewed for the April 17, 2025, episode of the Conversation Weekly podcast titled "Birkin V Wirkin: The Backlash Against the Global Elite and Their Luxury Bags" from the Conversation.
Tristan Bridges, University of California-Santa Barbara, was quoted in the April 27, 2025, article "A Progressive Mind in a Body Made for the 'Manosphere'" in the New York Times.
Kyle Chan, Princeton University, was quoted in the April 22, 2025, article "Want to Understand the New Cold War? Look to Huawei" in the Nation.
Penny Edgell, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, was quoted in the April 18, 2025, article "The Moments That Shape Our Beliefs" in the New York Times.
Gary Alan Fine, Northwestern University, was quoted in the April 19, 2025, article "What We Lose When We’re Priced Out of Our Hobbies" in the Atlantic.
Nancy Foner, City University of New York-Hunter College, was quoted in the April 8, 2025, article "Another Group the Democrats Should Stop Taking for Granted" in the New York Times.
Lori Freedman, University of California-San Francisco, was quoted in the April 22, 2025, article "Ob/gyns in States with Abortion Bans Face Risks, but New Study Shows That Most Stayed After Dobbs" on CNN.
Madonna Harrington Meyer, Syracuse University, was quoted in the April 13, 2025, article "Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit" in the Atlantic.
Peter Scholfield Hepburn, Rutgers University-Newark, was quoted in the April 28, 2025, article "When Kids Are Evicted, They Often Lose Both Home and School" from the Associated Press.
Michelle Y. Janning, Whitman College, was quoted in the April 14, 2025, article "There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People" in the Atlantic.
Tom Juravich, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, was quoted in the April 8, 2025, article "How Contracting Work Became a Race to the Bottom" in the New York Times.
Eric Klinenberg, New York University, was a guest on the April 21, 2025, episode of Democracy Works on WPSU (Central Pennsylvania) titled "How 2020 Changed America."
Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, and Daniel B. Cornfield, Vanderbilt University, co-authored the April 21, 2025, article "The Art of Resistance: Trump’s Attack on Humanities Triggers a Blowback Movement" on Salon.
Stacy Torres, University of California-San Francisco, authored the April 27, 2025, article "I Used to Laugh at My Chilean Father's Paranoia about Life in the US—Not Any More" in the Guardian.
Amy Adamczyk, City University of New York-John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Fetal Positions: Understanding Cross-National Public Opinion about Abortion (Oxford University Press 2025).
William C. Cockerham, University of Alabama-Birmingham and University of Maryland-College Park (retired), Medical Sociology, 16th Edition (Routledge 2025).
Cedric de Leon, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Freedom Train: Black Politics and the Story of Interracial Labor Solidarity (University of California Press 2025).
Shani Evans, Rice University, We Belong Here: Gentrification, White Spacemaking, and a Black Sense of Place (University of Chicago Press 2025).
Glenda M. Flores, University of California-Irvine, The Weight of the White Coat: Latinos Navigating American Medicine (University of California Press 2025).
Sarah L. Hoiland, City University of New York-Hostos Community College, Righteous Sisterhood: The Politics and Power of an All-Women’s Motorcycle Club (Temple University Press 2025).
Ilana Horwitz, Tulane University, The Entrepreneurial Scholar: A New Mindset for Success in Academia and Beyond (Princeton University Press 2025).
Carole Joffe, University of California-San Francisco, and David S. Cohen of Drexel University Law School, After Dobbs: How the Supreme Court Ended Roe but not Abortion (Beacon Press 2025).
Anna Kirkland, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Health Care Civil Rights: How Discrimination Law Fails Patients (University of California Press 2025).
Gerardo Marti, Davidson College, and Mark T. Mulder, Calvin University, The Church Must Grow or Perish: Robert H. Schuller and the Business of American Christianity (Eerdmans 2025).
Corey Moss-Pech, Florida State University, Major Trade-Offs: The Surprising Truths About College Majors and Entry-level Jobs (University of Chicago Press 2025).
Ranita Ray, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque, Slow Violence: Confronting Dark Truths in The American Classroom (St. Martin's Press 2025).
Rianka Roy, Wake Forest University; Anjana Narayan, California State Polytechnic University-Pomona; Melanie Heath, McMaster University; Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut, Eds., Theory Reimagined: Voices of Sociologists from around the World (Frontpage Publications 2025).
Jessica Vasquez-Tokos, University of Oregon, Burdens of Belonging: Race in an Unequal Nation (New York University Press 2025).
Meredith C. Whitnah, Westmont College, Faith and the Fragility of Justice: Responses to Gender-Based Violence in South Africa (Rutgers University Press 2025).
Andrew A. Beveridge passed away from a heart attack on April 10, 2025, while attending the Population Association of America meeting in Washington, D.C. He was 79. Beveridge was professor emeritus of sociology at Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he served as chairman of the sociology department from 2006 to 2018. He also directed the university’s Applied Social Research program and helped establish its Institute for Demographic Research. Through the data-driven academic research group he cofounded, Social Explorer, Beveridge brought demographic tools to policymakers, journalists, and other stakeholders. He received the American Sociological Association’s 2007 Public Understanding of Sociology Award. Read more about Andrew Beveridge here.
Herbert J. Gans, professor emeritus at Columbia University and the 78th President of the American Sociological Association, passed away on April 21, 2025. He was 97. Gans was the author of several influential books on subjects such as print journalism and network power, suburbia, and the local impact of government policy. He served on the committee that prepared the Kerner Report, the 1968 government study that warned the country was moving toward a “separate and unequal” society. He also testified on behalf of Lenny Bruce when the comedian was on trial for obscenity in 1964. The American Sociological Association recognized Gans’s contributions to the discipline with its 1999 Public Understanding of Sociology Award and its 2006 W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award. Read his obituary here.
Michael Burawoy, the internationally recognized and acclaimed sociologist and professor emeritus at the University of California-Berkeley, died on Monday, February 3, 2025, after being struck by a vehicle while walking near his home in Oakland, CA. He was 77. Burawoy joined the UC Berkeley Sociology Department in 1976 after earning his PhD at the University of Chicago under the mentorship of William Julius Wilson. He became a towering figure in sociology over his nearly five-decade-long career, and colleagues confirm he profoundly shaped the discipline's scholarship, pedagogy, and public engagement.
Celebrated for his pioneering work in labor studies and sociological theory and for championing public sociology, Burawoy called for all sociologists to engage directly with communities outside of academia. As 2004 president of the American Sociological Association, this theme was woven throughout the presidential address he delivered at the 2004 Annual Meeting in Philadelphia. His numerous accolades include the UC Berkeley Distinguished Teaching Award, the American Sociological Association’s 2003 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award and 2024 W.E.B. DuBois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, as well as 2020 Section on Marxist Sociology’s Career of Distinguished Service Award.
Burawoy also served as president of the International Sociological Association and promoted international scholarly exchange that amplified voices from the Global South. He authored more than a dozen books and more than 120 articles, including landmark works such as Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism (University of Chicago Press 1979) and The Extended Case Method: Four Countries, Four Decades, Four Great Transformations, and One Theoretical Tradition (University of California Press 2009). His teaching and mentorship shaped the lives of thousands of students, and his leadership roles reflected a lifelong commitment to equity, the public good, and intellectual rigor. Upon his retirement in 2023, he was awarded the prestigious Berkeley Citation for his extraordinary contributions to the university. Below is a list of just a few of the many online articles and tributes to Burawoy’s remarkable career:
ASA Presidential Biography: Michael Burawoy
The Sociologist and the Critic: Remembering Michael Burawoy | Verso Books
Razones y personas: repensando Uruguay
Michael Burawoy, 1947–2025 in: Work in the Global Economy - Ahead of print
Michael Burawoy’s Marxism for Realists
Michael Burawoy, RIP | Berkeley Faculty Association
For Michael Burawoy: A Tribute to a Life of Thought and Action – Daily27