Calls for Papers: Publications
The Journal of Political Power welcomes submissions of empirical and theoretical work on the diverse arenas in which power can be understood, including: class and class relations, culture and cultural systems, gender, globalization and international relations, institutions and institutional change, ethnicity, nationalism and the nation-state, politics, race and racism, and violence and war. It is currently seeking submissions for two special issues. The deadline for the issue on “Paradox(a): Arts, Artists, Power, Paradox, and Organized Resistance” is February 29, 2024, and the deadline for the issue on “Power and Crisis” is October 31, 2024. Access details on each issue here.
Nature invites submissions for a special collection on “Barriers and Pathways to Climate Action,” inspired by the theme of the 2024 Annual Conference of the Eastern Sociological Society, “The Social Side of the Climate Crisis.” It welcomes original research contributions from all social science disciplines, regardless of methodology, that focus on identifying and analyzing societal barriers and/or pathways to action on climate mitigation and adaptation. It also welcomes contributions that offer commentary and reflection on action barriers and/or pathways in educational and pedagogical contexts. The submission deadline is April 30, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Journal of Global Ageing welcomes the submission of research and review articles, debates, and brief reports. It seeks to publish contributions that examine aging and later life from all regions of the world and welcomes country- or culture-specific studies that do not necessarily include international comparisons, as long as such contributions help one to better understand aging in a global context. The first issue will be published in early summer 2024, and currently the editors are welcoming submissions on an ongoing basis. For more information, visit the website.
Calls for Papers: Conferences
The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics seeks proposals for its upcoming conference on the theme “For Dignified and Sustainable Economic Lives: Disrupting the Emotions, Politics, and Technologies of Neoliberalism.” The conference will be held in Limerick, Ireland, June 27-29, 2024, and will feature papers on all issues of concern for socio-economics. For this conference, it especially welcomes contributions that offer visions and propose solutions related to contemporary economic chasms (climate change, pandemics, economic inequality, global poverty, military conflict, surveillance, AI, and others), as well as how to harness emotions, politics, and technologies for greater dignity and sustainability in economic lives. Participants are encouraged to submit their work to one of the 20 vibrant networks, or to submit proposals to this year’s thematic mini-conferences. Click here for submission guidelines. The deadline is January 19, 2024.
The International Conference for Computational Social Science (IC2S2) seeks abstracts and tutorials for its 2024 conference, to be held at the University of Pennsylvania, July 17-20, 2024. It will feature research and researchers from around the world, across a broad range of relevant fields, and working on all areas of computational social science to advance its many frontiers. Tutorial proposals are due January 19, 2024, and abstracts due February 24, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Eighteenth International Conference on Social Stress Research will be held on June 8-10, 2024, in Portland, OR, and is now accepting submissions for several thematic sessions. The conference is designed as a forum for sharing new research that incorporates components of the stress process among scholars working in the area of stress and health. For a complete list of themes and submission guidelines, visit the website. The deadline to submit is January 21, 2024.
The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Stigma Section, along with the University of Iceland, Indiana University Irsay Institute, and Bring Change to Mind seeks papers for the 2024 WPA co-sponsored meeting on the theme “Together Against Stigma: Together with Diverse Communities,” June 3-5, 2024, in Reykjavík. The meeting is designed to bring together a diverse cohort of researchers, advocates, individuals with lived experience, and policymakers in order to foster an exchange of groundbreaking scientific, policy, programmatic, and experiential insights into the multifaceted nature of stigma and the forefront of stigma reduction initiatives. The deadline is January 31, 2024. Find out more here.
The Fifteenth International Conference on Sport and Society will be held on the theme “Teaching and Learning Physical Education” on June 13-14, 2024, in Spain and online. The Sport and Society Research Network is brought together around a common interest in cultural, political, and economic relationships of sport to society. It seeks papers on several topics, including: sporting cultures and identities, sport and health, sports education, sports management, and commercialization. The submission deadline is March 13, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Institute for Interdisciplinary Research’s ICSA X World Congress 2024 seeks presentation abstracts for the upcoming meeting to be held on the theme “DNA + AI Superintelligence: A Perfect Dystopia?” in Pasadena, CA, on July 26-27, 2024. The meeting endeavors to bring together scholars from a wide range of disciplines and denominations for an exciting international conference that takes both scholarship and faith seriously. Fully developed papers will also be considered for publication in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies. Submit 250-word abstracts by March 15, 2024. For more details, including how to register, click here.
The Nineteenth International Conference on the Arts in Society will be held on the theme “Art for Sustenance” on May 24-26, 2024, in South Korea and online. The conference is a place for critical engagement, examination, and experimentation, developing ideas that connect the arts to their contexts in the world—on stage, in studios and theaters, in classrooms, in museums and galleries, on the streets, and in communities offers. This an interdisciplinary forum for discussion of the role of the arts in society and seeks papers on several topics. The submission deadline is March 24, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Twenty-fourth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations will be held on the theme “The Future We Want: Socio-Environmental Challenges in Times of Climate Emergency” on July 3-5, 2024, in Portugal and online. Brought together by a shared interest in human differences and diversity, and their varied manifestations in organizations, communities, and nations, the network aims to traverse a broad terrain, sometimes technically and other times socially oriented, sometimes theoretical, and other times practical in their perspective, and sometimes reflecting dispassionate analysis while at other times suggesting interested strategies for action. It seeks papers on several themes, including: identity and belonging, education and learning in worlds of differences, organizational diversity, and community diversity and governance. Submissions are due April 3, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Twenty-fourth International Conference on Knowledge, Culture, and Change in Organizations will be held on the theme “The Future We Want: Organizational Responsibilities for Climate Responses” on July 3-5, 2024, in Portugal and online. The Organization Studies Research Network comes together around a common concern for, and a shared interest to explore, new possibilities in knowledge, culture, and change management, within the broader context of the nature and future of organizations and their impact on society. It seeks papers on several themes, including: organizational intangibles and tangible value, knowledge economies as the constant, organizations as knowledge makers, and the value of culture and the demand of change. The submission deadline is April 3, 2034. For more information, visit the website.
The Disaster Behavioral Health Conference will hold its fourth annual conference, September 17-19, 2024, in Nashville, TN, on the theme “We the Resilient.” It seeks submissions for presenters and panelists representing a diverse mix of government, private sector, and NGO leaders; spiritual and faith organizations; academics and researchers; volunteer organizations poised to respond; and community members who have created positive change in their communities. Submissions are due April 10, 2024. Read the complete call here.
The Thirty-First International Conference on Learning will be held on the theme “The Converging Challenges for Inclusive Education: Intercultural Competences and Digital Literacies in Global Contexts” on July 10-12, 2024, in the Netherlands 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 papers on several themes, including: 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 submission deadline is April 10, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Nineteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences will be held on the theme “The World on the Move: Understanding Migration in a New Global Age” on July 17-19, 2024, in Poland 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 several themes, including: social and community studies, civic and political studies, cultural studies, global studies, environmental studies, organizational studies, educational studies, and communication studies. The submission deadline is April 17, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
Call for Manuscripts
Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research is an annual series which focuses upon cutting-edge topics in family research around the globe. Its editors invite manuscript submissions for two special volumes. A volume focusing on the theme of “The Retreat from Marriage and Parenthood: Examining the Causes and Consequences of Declining Rates” seeks a broad examination of the retreat from marriage and parenthood. The submission deadline for this volume is April 15, 2024. Authors are encouraged to submit a brief abstract prior to the manuscript deadline. For more information on this volume and submission guidelines, click here. A volume focusing on the theme of “Blood Ties and Politics: The Influence of Political Polarization upon Family Life” seeks submissions from scholars around the globe that address the relationship between politics and the family. Editors welcome submissions from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives. The deadline for this volume is April 30, 2024. Read the full call for papers here.
Fellowship
The Lake Institute on Faith and Giving seeks applications for the 2024-2025 Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for doctoral students whose research engages issues at the intersection of religion and philanthropy or faith and generosity. While the intersection of faith and giving are key to its mission, the institute welcomes a broad range of proposals that consider these topics together. The application deadline is January 31, 2024. Click here for more information.
Grant
The Sociological Initiatives Foundation provides grants for community-based research that addresses urgent inequities in communities and helps them take action. The grants (up to $20,000) support participatory research projects that help change systems, reform institutions, level the playing field, and amplify the voices of those left out. The foundation supports projects that address institutional rather than individual or behavioral change. It does not fund services, programs, or program evaluation. Guidelines and a short concept application form are available on the website. The next deadline is February 1, 2024, and applications will also be invited during the summer, with a deadline of August 15, 2024.
Workshops
The 2024 Annual Workshop on U.S. State Policies, Population Health, and Aging will be held on May 21, 2024, in person at Syracuse University. It is aimed at researchers who study, or are interested in studying, how U.S. state policies affect adult health. Advanced graduate students who are ABD, post-doctoral fellows, and early career researchers and faculty are encouraged to apply. Support for travel expenses (up to $2,000) is anticipated for 10 workshop fellows. The application deadline is February 1, 2024. Find out more information here.
The Santa Fe Institute 2024 Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling Complexity will be held in Santa Fe, NM, June 30-July 12, 2024. It will bring together a group of advanced PhD students and a small faculty for an intensive two-week study of computational social science modeling and complexity. Participants will learn how to apply tools and approaches from complex systems and computation to questions in the social sciences, while advancing their independent research and working collaboratively with fellow participants. The workshop convenes in-person and consists of seminars, independent research, formal and informal discussions, and a hackathon-style challenge. The application deadline February 29, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
Summer Programs
NextGenPop is an undergraduate program in population research that aims to increase the diversity of the population field and nurture the next generation of population scholars. The program includes a two-week, in-person, on-campus summer experience and subsequent virtual components focused on research and professional development. Twenty undergraduate students will be hosted by the Duke University Population Research Institute in Durham, NC, June 2-15, 2024. Participants receive a $1,000 stipend as well as funds to cover travel and living expenses. Classroom instruction and hands-on applications address contemporary social and policy issues in population research, including race and income inequalities, health disparities, immigration, and family change. For more information, see the website. The submission deadline is February 5, 2024.
The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are now accepting applications to the Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. The program will take place June 10-August 2, 2024. Funded in part by the U.S. Department of State’s Title VIII Program, the SRL program provides research support for graduate and post-graduate level research on Central and East Europe and the Independent States of the former Soviet Union. The program is open to a wide range of researchers, including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, faculty, independent scholars, professionals in government and nongovernmental organizations, and library science. The application deadline is March 1, 2024. Read the full call here.
Accomplishments
Jonathon Acosta, Brown University, received the John E. Fogarty Award from the Rhode Island Governor’s Commission on Disabilities in recognition of work to advance the rights of people with disabilities.
Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University, delivered the TED Talk “Is Technology Our Savior—or Our Slayer?” in October 2023 in Atlanta, GA.
Michael G. Flaherty, Eckerd College and University of South Florida, received the 2023 George Herbert Mead Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction.
Minwoo Jung, Loyola University-Chicago, received the British Journal of Sociology Early Career Prize for the paper “Embracing the Nation: Strategic Deployment of Sexuality, Nation, and Citizenship in Singapore” (2021), awarded to the best scholarly article published in the journal in the past two years by a junior scholar.
Jerome Krase, CUNY-Brooklyn College, received a Fulbright Special Award to travel to Prague for a meeting on the “Impact of the War in Ukraine on Central and Eastern Europe,” jointly sponsored by Charles University (Czech Republic) and European Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Fred Markowitz, Northern Illinois University, was named as a 2023-2024 Fellow of the American Scandinavian Foundation. Building on research conducted during his 2021 Fulbright, he will investigate macro- and micro-level processes associated with mental illness and crime in Finland.
Michael Ryan, Baylor University, was named a 2022-2023 Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, given in recognition of a remarkable dedication to teaching—masterfully balancing their studies, excelling in teaching, and inspiring students in the classroom or laboratory.
In the News
Musa al-Gharbi, Columbia University, was quoted in the December 12, 2023, opinion piece “The World Could Use More Jerks” in the Washington Post.
David Altheide, Arizona State University, was interviewed for the September 5, 2023, article “‘Recovering from Gonzo Governance’: Media Scholars on How Journalism Can Get Over ‘Trump, the Meme’” on Salon.
Loka Ashwood, University of Kentucky, was quoted in the December 12, 2023, article “Pig Farm Developer Gains Little Trust in Wisconsin Town. He Doesn’t Particularly Care” in Wisconsin Watch.
Jessica Austin, University of Colorado-Boulder, was quoted in the December 11. 2023, article “What Makes a Good Cat?” on Vox.
Amy J. Binder, Johns Hopkins University, was quoted in the December 14, 2023, article ““Oh My God! Consider The Source”: Students Frustrated by Derailment of Campus Free Speech Debates” on Salon.
Stephanie Canizales, University of California-Merced, authored the October 26, 2023, opinion piece, “Our Failed Immigration Policy Is Causing a Child Labor Epidemic in The U.S.” in the Los Angeles Times.
Carolyn Chen, University of California-Berkeley, was cited in the November 26, 2023, article “The Envy Office: Can Instagrammable Design Lure Young Workers Back?” in the New York Times.
Jared Del Rosso, University of Denver, authored the December 7, 2023, article “Why Dozens of North American Bird Species Are Getting New Names: Every Name Tells a Story” in the Conversation.
Stefanie DeLuca, Johns Hopkins University, was quoted in the December 11, 2023, article “Record Rent Burdens Batter Low-Income Life” in the New York Times.
Matthew Desmond, Princeton University, was interviewed for the December 10, 2023, article “We Are Contributing to Poverty, But We Can Make Choices That Help End It, Says Princeton Sociologist” in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Susan Eckstein, Boston University, was quoted in the December 6, 2023, article “Cuba Health and Education Hollowed Out as Staff Join Emigration Exodus” in the Guardian.
Frank Edwards, Rutgers University-Newark, was quoted in the November 17, 2023, article “What’s Being Done to Address the High Number of Native Children In Foster Care in SD” in the Argus Leader.
James A. Evans, University of Chicago, was quoted in the November 17, 2023, article “Hypotheses Devised by AI Could Find ‘Blind Spots’ In Research” in Nature.
Scott Frickel, Brown University, and James R. Elliott, Rice University, had work cited in the September 14, 2023, article “The Importance of Shining a Light on Hidden Toxic Histories” in the Conversation.
Adia Harvey Wingfield, Washington University in St. Louis, authored the November 7, 2023, article “Creating an Organizational Culture That’s More Inclusive for Black Employees” in the Harvard Business Review.
Eric Klinenberg, New York University, was cited in the December 3, 2023, opinion piece “The Holiday Season Finds Us Divided and Isolated. This Modest Gesture Might Help” in the Los Angeles Times.
Demie Kurz, University of Pennsylvania, was quoted in the December 8, 2023, article “College-Age Kids are about to Come Home for the Holidays. Helicopter Parents, Please Be Cool” in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, was featured on the December 4, 2023, episode of the podcast Intelligence Squared titled “For What it’s Worth: The Importance of Recognition and Being Seen.”
Scott D. Landes, Syracuse University, was quoted in the December 8, 2023, article “Census Bureau Wants to Change How It Asks about Disabilities. Some Don’t Like It” from the Associated Press.
Geoffrey Moss, Temple University, authored the November 22, 2023, article “Are Rents Rising in Your Philly Neighborhood? Don’t Blame the Baristas” in the Conversation.
Marcello Musto, York University, was interviewed for the December 14, 2023, article “Don’t Dismiss Marx. His Critique of Colonialism Is More Relevant Than Ever” in Truthout.
Alexandrea J. Ravenelle, University of North Carolina, was quoted in the December 10, 2023, article “Gig Work Is Getting Less Profitable” in Business Insider.
Michael Rosenfeld, Stanford University, was quoted in the December 14, 2023, article “How Rizz Assistants and AI Matchmakers Are Transforming Dating” in TIME.
Alvaro Santana-Acuña, Whitman College, was quoted in the June 13, 2023, article “Rise and Fall of Silicon Valley’s Barons,” and in the November 24, 2023, article, “How Technocapitalism Takes Us Back to the Middle Ages,” in El Mundo (Spain).
Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University, authored the November 27, 2023, article “The Challenges of Being a Religious Scientist” in the Conversation.
Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University, was quoted in the December 11, 2023, article “Dictator for a Day? Scholars Say Trump Can Do Damage Without Being One” in the Washington Post.
Louise Seamster, University of Iowa, was a guest on the November 16, 2023, episode of the podcast Indebted—Debt and Race in America titled “Hope, Solutions, and Forgiveness with Senator Elizabeth Warren.”
Patrick Sharkey, Princeton University was quoted about recent research with Megan Kang, Princeton University, in the November 1, 2023, article “A Drop in American Gun Violence” in the New York Times.
Stacy Torres, University of California-San Francisco, authored the November 16, 2023, opinion piece, “S.F. Photoshopped Away Its Warts For APEC. It Shouldn’t Have” in the San Francisco Chronicle and was interviewed for the November 16, 2023, episode of the Science Vs podcast, “Pssst!! The Science of Gossip.”
David Yamane, Wake Forest University, was quoted in the December 11, 2023, article “Gun Ownership as a Hedge Against the Chaos” in Discourse Magazine.
Joseph E. Yi, Hanyang University, authored the April 16, 2023, opinion piece “North Korean Food Crisis Proves Need to Resume Aid Flows” and the February 15, 2023, opinion piece “South Koreans Should Be Free to Be ‘Wrong’ about History” in Nikkei Asia; the April 25, 2023, article “Changing China by Respecting Liberty Is the Principled, Prudent Path” and the November 3, 2023, article “The Paradox of Gay Christian Foreign Teachers in Korea” in Japan Forward; and the November 8, 2023, article “South Korea Needs Open Discourse on North Korea—Even When Contentious” in NK News.
New Books
Abigail L. Andrews, University of California-San Diego, and the students of the Mexican Migration Field Research Program, Banished Men: How Migrants Endure the Violence of Deportation (University of California Press 2023).
Sandra L. Barnes, Brown University, Jesus to J-Setting: Religious and Sexual Fluidity among Young Black People (University of Georgia Press 2023).
Tony Cheng, Duke University, The Policing Machine: Enforcement, Endorsements, and the Illusion of Public Input (University of Chicago Press 2024).
Anna Gjika, SUNY-New Paltz, When Rape Goes Viral: Youth and Sexual Assault in the Digital Age (University of California Press 2023).
Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman, University of South Florida, Second-Class Daughters: Black Brazilian Women and Informal Adoption as Modern Slavery (Cambridge University Press 2022).
David Jacobson, University of South Florida, and Manlio Cinalli, University of Milan, Citizenship: The Third Revolution (Oxford Unversity Press 2023).
Meghan Elizabeth Kallman, University of Massachusetts-Boston, and Josephine Ferorelli, author, The Conceivable Future: Planning Families and Taking Action in the Age of Climate Crisis (Rowman & Littlefield 2024).
Martha A. Martinez, DePaul University, The Employable Sociologist: A Guide for Undergraduates (Palgrave MacMillan 2023).
Anna S. Mueller, Indiana University-Bloomington, and Seth Abrutyn, University of British Columbia, Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide and What to Do About Them (Oxford University Press 2024).
Smitha Radhakrishnan, Wellesley College, and Cinzia Solari, University of Massachusetts-Boston, The Gender Order of Neoliberalism (Polity Press 2023).
Elizabeth K. Seale, SUNY-Oneonta, Understanding Poverty: A Relational Approach (Polity Press 2023).
Calvin John Smiley, Hunter College, Purgatory Citizenship: Reentry, Race, and Abolition (University of California Press 2023).
Michaela Soyer, Hunter College, The Price of Freedom: Criminalization and the Management of Outsiders in Germany and the United States (University of California Press 2023).
Jessi Streib, Duke University, The Accidental Equalizer: How Luck Determines Pay after College (University of Chicago Press 2023).
Sarah Tosh, Rutgers University-Camden, The Immigration Law Death Penalty: Aggravated Felonies, Deportation, and Legal Resistance (NYU Press 2023).
Obituary
1938-2023
Larry T. Reynolds of Omena, MI, and emeritus professor of sociology at Central Michigan University, died unexpectedly on October 30, 2023, in Grand Rapids. Among the adherents to his discipline (sociology and social psychology/symbolic interactionism), his prodigious work figured prominently. Throughout his remarkable career, he sought to strengthen the intellectual and theoretical foundations of the discipline as a progenitor of “reflexive sociology.” In so doing, his efforts were focused on encouraging practitioners and scholars to engage in self-analytical appraisal of the discipline while pursuing their topical areas. His brand of meta-analysis is also understood as the “sociology of sociology.”
Reynolds’s ongoing critique of the role of corporatism within sociology is well-documented and elucidated. In reflexive practice, he produced 12 books and well over 100 articles. A scholar of great renown, his emphatic and incisive pursuit of knowledge led to the Reynolds Series in Sociology (now published by Rowman and Littlefield), which to date remains among the most unique displays of highly skilled research across the social justice constellation with 40 volumes and 38 authors. Reynolds’s major contribution to symbolic interactionism was as a critic. His best-known work as a critic was on the astructural bias in symbolic interactionism, a criticism that argued that symbolic interactionism ignored the large-scale social forces that influenced everyday life.
Since the late 1960s, Reynolds has taught legions of students to legendary effect. In 2006, the Michigan Sociological Association established its highest teaching award in his name, the Larry T. Reynolds Award for Outstanding Teaching of Sociology, of which he was the first recipient in 2006. Reynolds also received the J. Milton Yinger Award for a Distinguished Career in Sociology from the North Central Sociological Association (2011), and the Marvin Olsen Award for Distinguished Service to Sociology in Michigan and/or the MSA (2008) and the Charles Horton Cooley Award for Scholarly Contributions to Sociology (1993), both from the Michigan Sociological Association (2008). Reynolds also served as president of the North Central Sociological Association (1990-91) and as chair of the American Sociological Association’s Marxist Sociology Section, from which he received the Career Distinguished Service Award in 2000, the founding year of the award. On November 5, 2022, the Michigan Sociological Association presented Reynolds with its Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of contributions to Michigan sociology, accompanied by a special acknowledgement letter from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
Beyond what Reynolds often smilingly referred to as “mere scholarship” lived a person with a voracious appetite for justice and goodness. He encouraged his students and his neighbors to act as agents and to always demand justice. Simultaneously, Reynolds found balance in the fields and forests of Northern Lower Michigan where he fished and hunted with profound harmony. His nimble wit and humor charmed others into sharing a table with him and his partner and noted anthropologist, Dr. Alice Littlefield. Together they carved out a beautiful life away from the academy. Reynolds remained a productive and active scholar to his last breath. His legacy is immeasurable.
Berch Berberoglu, University of Nevada-Reno; Gil Richard Musolf, Central Michigan University; and Joseph M. Verschaeve, Grand Valley State University
