Calls for Papers: Publications
Complex Care: Stories from Fractured, Fraught, or Strained Family Relationships seeks to explore caregiving contexts including, but not limited to: estranged, “no-contact,” or emotionally distant family relationships; family hostility or rejection; abusive or neglectful family systems; families shaped by divorce and/or remarriage; families impacted by incarceration; families affected by addiction or substance use disorders; families experiencing intergenerational trauma; transnational families; long-distance or “intimate-but-distant” family relationships. In addition to traditional narrative forms, editors also encourage submissions that experiment with poetry, hybrid genres, visual storytelling, or other creative and multimodal approaches. Submit proposals no longer than 500 words by August 15, 2025. Read the full call for proposals here.
The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences seeks papers for an upcoming issue on “Gender Inequality Beyond Categories: Femininity, Masculinity, and Gender Expression.” Inspired by results from the 2024 General Social Survey, editors invite papers on contemporary gender inequality in the United States that integrate an analysis of the roles of gender expression and/or perceptions of gender. Prospective contributors should submit a CV and an abstract of their study along with up to three pages of supporting material by October 15, 2025. A conference will take place at the Russell Sage Foundation in New York City in June 2026 during which the selected contributors will gather for a one-day workshop to present draft papers and receive feedback from the other contributors and editors. To read the full call for papers, visit the website.
Debates en Sociología, a peer-reviewed journal of sociology from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, seeks papers for an upcoming issue on the theme “Mobilizations, Social Outbursts, and Political Change: After Social Insurgency in Latin America and the Caribbean.” The issue will analyze the morphology of mobilization and the effects of social outbursts in relation to the democratic political regime and its influence in generating substantial changes in the representation and legitimization of the public order. The submission deadline is November 15, 2025. Read the full call for papers, including a list of possible topics, on the website.
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.
Calls for Papers: Conferences
Kinsey Institute’s Symposium on Sex and Aging at Indiana University Bloomington will be held on October 4, 2025, and is accepting poster submissions on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods studies from across disciplines such as psychology, sociology, anthropology, medicine, public health, and other fields relating to innovative, scientific work that explores the intersection of sex and aging. The submission deadline is August 1, 2025. For more details, including application instructions, click here.
The Work and Family Researchers Network 8th Biennial Conference will be held on the theme “Centering Care Across the Life Course” on June 17-20, 2026, at Concordia University in Montreal. More than 400 scholars are anticipated to attend this conference that will explore how we can place care at the core of work, family, and policy conversation, ensuring that care and caregiving responsibilities are supported equitably. Submit your paper, poster, or session proposal by October 1, 2025. The network will also hold a Predoctoral Preconference on June 17, 2026, that will provide workshops intended to help graduate students form meaningful connections with diverse scholars, learn about publication strategies, as well as how to engage with stakeholders such as organizational leaders or policy advocates. Applications for the preconference close on January 15, 2026. For more information on the 2026 conference and the predoctoral preconference, visit the conference webpage.
The Seventeenth International Conference on Sport & Society will be held on the theme “Innovation, Transformation, Contestation: Can Sport Keep Up with Society’s Future?” on June 11-12, 2026, in Norway and online. The conference centers around a common interest in cultural, political, and economic relationships of sport to society. It seeks papers on the following themes: sporting cultures and identities; sport and health; sports education; and sports management and commercialization. The deadline is March 11, 2026. For more information, visit the website.
The Sixteenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society will be held on the theme “Indigenous Spiritualities in Global Perspective” on June 22-23, 2026, in Peru and online. The conference will explore the relationship between religion in society and the changing nature of spirituality and seeks papers on the following themes: religious foundations; religious community and socialization; religious commonalities and differences; and the politics of religion. The deadline is March 22, 2026. For more information, visit the website.
Fellowships
Forum Basiliense, a research center and platform for interdisciplinary dialogue at the University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applicants to the Forum Basiliense Junior Fellows program. In 2026, the intellectual focus for international fellows and guests will be “Conflict and Cooperation.” Fellows are invited for three to six months during 2026, preferably during the spring or autumn term. Fellows are expected to participate in events and in scientific exchange (a regular colloquium) during their stay. The application deadline is July 31, 2025. For more information and complete application instructions, visit the website.
The Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) is seeking applicants for its 2026-2027 Early Career Work and Family Fellowships. The goal of the program is to help promising young scholars establish career successes and integrate them within the WFRN research community. Fellows receive a 2026 membership in the WFRN, conference registration, and $250 to attend an Early Career Fellowship Preconference on June 17, 2026, and the 2026 WFRN Main Conference on June 18-20, 2026, in Montreal. To be eligible, candidates must have received their doctorate in 2023 or later and have yet to progress into tenured or secure senior-level positions. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2025. Application submission information and further details can be found here.
Grant
The Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust offers research grants of up to $100,000 each to nonprofit organizations for research into the causes of alcoholism or substance abuse. Basic, clinical, and social science proposals will be considered. Applications should include a brief summary proposal (2-3 pages), proposed budget, copy of institution’s (501)(c)(3) letter, and investigator’s bio-sketch. For a copy of the complete application guidelines, email [email protected]. Applications must be postmarked or placed with courier service on or before September 12, 2025.
Event
The 2025 Data-Intensive Research Conference will be held on the theme “Understanding Health and Population Dynamics through Big Microdata” on August 6-7, 2025, in Minneapolis and online. Presented by the IPUMS Big Microdata Network and the Network for Data-Intensive Research on Aging (NDIRA), a collaboration between the University of Minnesota Life Course Center and IPUMS, the program will include work that leverages big microdata sources to develop novel data and methods. It will explore issues related to health exposures and outcomes; education and economic pathways; impacts of housing; individual and intergenerational trajectories; mortality in context; and migration and displacement. Registration is free and open through July 18, 2025, and all research sessions are available to virtual attendees. Find out more and register here.
Accomplishments
Guillermina Jasso, New York University, has received the 2025 International Society for Justice Research Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of a distinguished lifetime contributions to the scientific study of justice and for efforts to advance justice as a field of study.
Douglas L. Murray, Colorado State University (retired), received a 2025 Nautilus Award silver award in the “Better Books for a Better World, Social Change, and Social Justice” category for his book We Can Change the World: Tales from a Generation’s Quest for Peace and Justice (Ideas Into Books Westview 2024).
Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan, received the award for Distinguished Contribution to Research on Cuban Studies from the Latin American Studies Association’s Cuba Section.
In the News
Rebecca G. Adams, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, was quoted in the July 1, 2025, article “Here Are 5 Ways to Make Friends in Greenville” in the Post and Courier-Greenville.
Jody Agius Vallejo, University of Southern California, was quoted in the June 15, 2025, article “A Tumultuous Week In Los Angeles Illustrates the Human Toll of the Trump Administration’s More Aggressive Immigration Crackdown” on CNN.
Musa al-Gharbi, Stony Brook University, authored the June 17, 2025, article “Will the Public Side with the Protesters in LA? Here Are Some Lessons from History” in the Guardian.
Sean Arayasirikul, University of California-Irvine, was quoted in the July 1, 2025, article “The Health Research Trump Really Cut When He Joked About Defunding Trans Mice” in Fast Company.
Jesse Callahan Bryant, Yale University, was quoted in the June 1, 2025, article “Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement” in Heated.
Jennifer Carlson, Arizona State University-Tempe, and sociologist and Wisconsin State Legislature Rep. Angela Stroud, were quoted in the July 1, 2025, article “White, Legally Armed, and Primed for Political Violence” co-published in the Trace and Rolling Stone.
Dana Fisher, American University, was quoted in the June 16, 2025, article “The Online Tools That Fueled ‘No Kings’ and the Trump Resistance” in Wired.
Amin Ghaziani, University of California-Santa Barbara, authored the June 13, 2025, article “Want Vibrant Cities? Save Gay Bars” in Maclean’s.
Karen B. Guzzo, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, was quoted in the June 13, 2025, article “There’s Never a Perfect Time to Have a Baby—But 2025 Is Looking Pretty Tough” in Business Insider.
Alex Hanna, Distributed AI Research Institute, and Emily M. Bender, University of Washington, were quoted from their book The AI Con (Harper Collins 2025) in the July 1, 2025, article “People Are Using AI to ‘Sit’ with Them While They Trip on Psychedelics” in the MIT Technology Review.
Brooke Harrington, Dartmouth University, was quoted in the June 15, 2025, article “What You’ve Suspected Is True: Billionaires Are Not Like Us” in Rolling Stone.
Adia M. Harvey Wingfield, Washington University-St. Louis, authored the June 17, 2025, article “What to Make of the New Surge in Labor Activism?” in Forbes.
Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, authored the June 5, 2025, article “Trump’s Justifications for the Latest Travel Ban Aren’t Supported by the Data on Immigration and Terrorism” in the Conversation.
Norah MacKendrick, Rutgers University-New Brunswick, was quoted in the June 10, 2025, article “How the MAHA Food Agenda Threatens to Set Women Back Decades” in Self.
Calvin Morrill, University of California-Berkeley, was quoted in the June 13, 2025, article “Graffiti at Night. Cleanup in the Morning. The Night-and-Day Difference of L.A. Protests” in the Los Angeles Times.
Manuel Pastor, University of Southern California, was quoted in the June 10, 2025, article “Demographics of Los Angeles Show It’s a Fertile Ground for Anti-ICE Protests” in USA Today and was a guest on the June 16, 2025, episode of the Politics Done Right podcast titled “The real ICE/National Guard/Police Disruption Story in Los Angeles Was Exposed by Dr. Manuel Pastor.”
Melissa J. Wilde, University of Pennsylvania, was quoted in the June 17, 2025, article “Many U.S. Catholics Don’t Fully Practice Their Faith. Could Pope Leo’s Papacy Change That?” in USA Today.
New Books
Rene Almeling, Yale University; Lisa Campo-Engelstein, University of Texas Medical Branch; and Brian T. Nguyen, University of Southern California, Eds., SEMINAL: On Sperm, Health, and Politics (New York University Press 2025).
Aarushi Bhandari, Davidson College, Attention and Alienation: The International Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies (Columbia University Press 2025).
Stephanie L. Canizales, University of California-Berkeley, and Brendan H. O’Connor, Arizona State University, Everyday Futures: Language as Survival for Indigenous Youth in Diaspora (Stanford University Press 2025).
Jacinto Cuvi, Université Libre de Bruxelles, The Edge of the Law: Street Vendors and the Erosion of Citizenship in São Paulo (University of Chicago Press 2025).
Lea David, University College Dublin, A Victim’s Shoe, a Broken Watch, and Marbles Desire Objects and Human Rights (Columbia University Press 2024).
Joanna Dreby, SUNY-University at Albany, Surviving the ICE Age: Children of Immigrants in New York (Russell Sage 2025).
Alex Hanna, Distributed AI Research Institute, and Emily M. Bender, University of Washington, The AI Con (Harper Collins 2025).
Will Kalkhoff, Kent State University; Joseph Dippong, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; and Rengin B. Firat, Antioch University, Handbook of Neurosociology (Springer 2025).
Katherine Eva Maich, Texas A&M University-College Station, Bringing Law Home: Gender, Race, and Household Labor Rights (Stanford University Press 2025).
Brian J. Miller, Wheaton College, Sanctifying Suburbia: How the Suburbs Became the Promised Land for American Evangelicals (Oxford University Press 2025).
Dawne Moon and Theresa W. Tobin, Marquette University, Choosing Love: What LGBTQ+ Christians Can Teach Us All About Relationships, Inclusion, and Justice (Oxford University Press 2025).
Yasmin Y. Ortiga, Stuck at Home: Pandemic Immobilities in the Nation of Emigration (Stanford University Press 2025).
Thomas F. Pettigrew, University of California-Santa Cruz, Anti-Black Racism in America: Is It Declining? (Oxford Academic 2025).
John Sanbonmatsu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, The Omnivore’s Deception: What We Get Wrong about Meat, Animals, and Ourselves (New York University Press 2025).
Daniel B. Shank, Missouri University of Science and Technology, The Machine Penalty: The Consequences of Seeing Artificial Intelligence as Less Than Human (Palgrave-Macmillan 2025).
Jan E. Stets, University of California-Riverside; Karen A. Hegtvedt, Emory University; and Long Doan, University of Maryland-College Park, Handbook of Social Psychology, Volume I: Micro Perspectives Handbook of Social Psychology and Volume II: Meso and Macro Perspectives (Springer 2025).
Yvonne M. Vissing, Salem State University, Child Welfare in America: A Reference Handbook (Bloomsbury 2025).
Mark A. Chesler, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Michigan, passed away on the morning of June 5, 2025, at the age of 88. Chesler earned his PhD in social psychology from the University of Michigan (UM) in 1966, joining the school’s sociology faculty and ultimately serving there for more than 50 years. Among his many career achievements, Chesler co-led ASA’s Minority Opportunity Summer Training (MOST) Program at UM to help support marginalized students. You may read his obituary on the UM Sociology Department website here.