Calls for Papers: Publications
The Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race invites submissions for a special issue examining the seismic shifts in American higher education following the Supreme Court’s landmark June 2023 rulings in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA) v. President and Fellows of Harvard College and SFFA v. University of North Carolina. Editors seek rigorous, multidisciplinary scholarship that interrogates the sociopolitical, legal, and institutional consequences of these rulings. The submission deadline is December 31, 2026. Read the full call for papers, including topics of interest, here.
Feminist Worlds, a new book series with NYU Press, seeks manuscripts that uplift theoretically sophisticated, methodologically rigorous, empirically rich, and boundary-pushing scholarship. Work grounded in decolonial/anticolonial, Black feminist, intersectional, transnational, Indigenous, Diasporic, and Third World feminist perspectives is particularly welcome. The series editors are also committed to feminist mentoring as part of their editorial practice. The deadline is ongoing. You can read more about the project here.
Calls for Papers: Conferences
The XXI ISA World Congress of Sociology will take place on the theme “Global Sociology in Turbulent Times” on July 4–10, 2027, as a fully in-person event in Gwangju, South Korea. The conference will bring together a global community of researchers driven by the shared conviction that sociology has a crucial role to play in making sense of these turbulent times, by uncovering the social roots of crises and transformations, analyzing how inequalities are produced and contested, examining how institutions, democracy and society are reshaped, and understanding how actors, from grassroots movements to global elites, navigate and transform our world. The submission deadline for Research Committees, Thematic Groups, and Working Groups is June 25, 2026. Learn more about the conference here.
The Fifth Annual University at Buffalo (SUNY) Korean Studies Conference will take place on the theme “(Re)Thinking Lowest-Low Fertility in Korea and Beyond” on September 30–October 2, 2026. This conference will bring together scholars from diverse fields and methodological traditions to provide a comprehensive understanding of lowest-low fertility observed in South Korea and other countries within the contemporary global context and to facilitate theoretical discussions grounded in rigorous empirical research. The deadline for paper session proposals is July 31, 2026. For more information about the conference, visit this website.
Fellowship
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) is offering a new global research fellowship developed in partnership with the LEGO Foundation. The Lego Foundation Fellowship will provide flexible support of up to $300,000 over three years for researchers pursuing ambitious, rigorous, and practically relevant work. SSRC is seeking fellows with strong research potential, clear ideas for the next phase of their work, and a commitment to building evidence that can inform action for children. Researchers who have received their PhD within the past 10 years and are employed by a university or research institute are eligible. The application deadline is July 31, 2026. Read complete details on the website.
Award
The Nineteenth-Century Studies Association invites submissions for its Emerging Scholars Award, Article Prize, and BIPOC Scholars Prize. Each winner will receive a cash award of $500 to be presented at the Annual NCSA Conference in 2027 to be held in Philadelphia. The submission deadline for all awards is July 1, 2026. For details about each award, click here.
Call for Applications
The Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies’ 2027 International Winter School (IWS) seeks applications. The school will focus on the theme “Migrant Communities in an Age of Resurgent Nativism: Rethinking the Questions of Citizenship and Belonging” and will take place on January 9–14, 2027, in Qatar. IWS is the Arab Center’s flagship annual academic gathering, a space where advanced PhD candidates and early-career scholars engage directly with prominent regional and international academics through research presentations, lectures, and workshops. This year is focused on questions of migration, citizenship, belonging, and exclusion in a time of rising nativism, with particular attention to both broader political structures and the lived experiences of migrant and displaced communities. The application deadline is July 1, 2026. Read more about how to apply here.
The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) invites R1 research universities in SSRC’s College and University Fund for the Social Sciences to apply to join the Public Exchange Network. Public Exchange is a new network that turns university research expertise into real-world action and impact. It is designed to help universities work together seamlessly to build robust partnerships and to develop, test, and implement solutions to the most urgent problems in their regions and beyond. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Find out more about this opportunity here.
Accomplishments
Erick Axxe, Hendrix College, received a grant from the Hendrix-Murphy Foundation to co-lead the project Deutsch Im Alltag: German Language and Cultural Immersion in Berlin.
Alma Begicevic, Loyola University Chicago, has been selected to participate in the 2026 Global Scholars Intensive (GSI) program, funded and hosted by the Institute for Global Law &Policy (IGLP) at Harvard Law School, in collaboration with Sciences Po Law School.
Prudence L. Carter, Brown University, received the Teachers College 2026 Medal for Distinguished Service, the highest honor the school bestows, during convocation on May 18, representing the transformative and impactful journeys ahead for those who dedicate their lives to supporting others.
Morten G. Ender, United States Military Academy at West Point, received his campus’ 2026 Dean’s Career Award for Distinguished Service and Faculty and Cadet Development Excellence.
Bárbara Farias Mota, Freie Universität Berlin, received the Rainer Bauböck Essay Award on the Global State of Citizenship from the Global Citizenship Observatory at the European University Institute in Florence, for her essay “AI and Citizenship in Democratic Governance: Mediation, Power, and Accountability.”
Gabriela León-Pérez, Virginia Commonwealth University, received the school’s Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award in recognition of her contributions to undergraduate research and scholarship at the institution.
Laura Beth Nielsen, Northwestern University, received the 2026 Law and Society Ronald Pipkin Service Award in recognition of her dedicated service to the association.
Joshua Aaron Page and Joe Soss, University of Minnesota, received the 2026 Herbert Jacob Book Prize for Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice (University of Chicago Press 2025).
Sharon Quinsaat, Grinnell College received the 2026 Outstanding Contribution in the Social Sciences Book Award from the Association for Asian American Studies for Insurgent Communities: How Protests Create a Filipino Diaspora (The University of Chicago Press 2024).
Gillian Slee, University of Georgia, received the 2026 Law and Society Association Article Prize for “Home but Not Free: Rule-Breaking, Withdrawal, And Dignity in Reentry.”
In the News
Amy Adamczyk, CUNY-John Jay College of Criminal Justice, was quoted in the May 19, 2026, article “Trump Just Made a Bold Comment About Religion and Crime—And Experts Have Thoughts” on HuffPost.
Kent Bausman, Maryville University-St. Louis, was quoted in the May 27, 2026, article “Gen Z Turns to Soft Socializing for Meaningful Hangouts” on Goodnet.
Sarah Brabant, University of Louisiana-Lafayette (retired), was interviewed for the April 27, 2026, episode of CBS Mornings by her former student, CBS News contributor David Begnaud, about her class on death and dying and her own terminal illness.
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University, and Denise Daniels, Wheaton College, had their book Working for Better: A New Approach to Faith at Work (IVP Academic 2025) profiled in the May 20, 2026, article “Working for Better” in Banner.
Kenneth F. Ferraro, Purdue University, was quoted in the May 22, 2026, piece “Purdue Professor Discusses How to Keep Your Brain Healthy as You Age” from 93.1FM WIBC (Indiana) and was a guest on the May 27, 2026, segment “Purdue Professor Discusses How to Keep Your Brain Healthy as You Age” on News/Talk 95.3 MNC (Michiana).
Timothy Gill, University of Tennessee-Knoxville, authored the May 11, 2026, article “What Real American Won’t Say About Hulk Hogan” in Jacobin.
Mark Horowitz, Seton Hall University, authored the May 25, 2026, article “Harvard’s Grade Inflation Fix” in Psychology Today.
Ellen Idler, Emory University, was quoted in the May 4, 2026, article “Does Frequent Worship Lead to Better Mental Health? Often, but Not Always, Experts Say” from the Associated Press.
Ethel L. Mickey, California State Univ-San Bernardino, was a guest on the May 26, 2026, episode of All Sides with Amy Juravich from WOSU Public Media (Ohio) titled “Tech Tuesday: University of Cincinnati Creates Its Own Version of an AI Chatbot Based on Mascot.”
Alondra Nelson, Institute for Advanced Study, was interviewed for the June 3, 2026, piece on NPR’s Morning Edition titled “Trump Signs Order Requesting AI Companies Submit Products for Government Review.”
Ingrid A. Nelson, Bowdoin College, authored the May 29, 2026, article “I’ve Been Studying Racist Costume Parties for a Decade, And Colleges Are Failing at Educating the Students About Why They’re Wrong” in the Conversation.
Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, was a guest on the May 20, 2026, segment “Cuba Fraught with Energy Blackouts as U.S. Stays Firm with Pressure Blockade on Nation” on ‘JR Morning on WJR 760 AM (Michigan).
Lori Peek, University of Colorado Boulder, was interviewed for the segment “UC Boulder Professor Shares How COVID-19 Inspired Younger Generations to Make a Difference in the Community” on KKTV 11 News (Colorado).
Alex Piquero, University of Miami, and Alejandro Portes, Princeton University (retired), authored the May 11, 2026, opinion piece “Miami’s Homicide Rate Is the Envy of Other U.S. Cities. We Researched Why “ in the Miami Herald.
Jukka Savolainen, Wayne State University, coauthored the May 18, 2026, article “The “Pipeline” Problem That Medical Schools Don’t Want to Discuss” in the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal.
Juliet B. Schor, Boston College, was interviewed for the May 28, 2026, episode of the 21st Show from Illinois Public Media titled “The Life-Changing Magic of Working ‘Four Days a Week’.”
Benjamin Shestakofsky, Cornell University, was quoted in the May 17, 2026, article “The AI Boom Hasn’t Stopped U.S. Companies from Hiring Cheap Offshore Labor, And Overseas Call Center Employment Is Still Skyrocketing” in Fortune.
Peter Simi, Chapman University, and Kathleen Blee, University of Pittsburgh, were quoted in the May 1, 2026, article “DOJ Case Threatens Southern Poverty Law Center’s Mission Monitoring California Hate Groups” in the Los Angeles Times.
Megan Thiele Strong, San Jose State University, authored the May 15, 2026, article “An Attack on Democracy in Tennessee” in the Progressive Magazine.
Robert Vargas, University of Chicago, was quoted in the May 27, 2026, piece “CPD Officers Responded Faster to 911 Calls on South, West Sides After ShotSpotter Was Removed: UChicago Analysis” from WTTW News (Chicago).
Marisela Velazquez, independent sociologist, was interviewed for a May 14, 2026, segment on why more people are choosing to only have one child on Univision.
Hannah Waight, University of Oregon, had research profiled on the May 13, 2026, segment “AI Falls Prey To ‘Institutional Influence’ In Authoritarian Countries, UO Researcher Says” from Oregon Live.
New Books
Benjamin Cornwell, Cristobal Young, and Barum Park, Cornell University; and Nan Feng, New York University, Friends and Fortunes: Social Capital Inequality in America (Cambridge University Press 2026).
Nancy Foner, Hunter College and Graduate Center-City University of New York (retired), Immigration: How the Past Shapes the Present (Polity 2026).
Holly Foster-Talbot, Texas A&M University-College Station, We All Do the Time: Who Cares for Incarcerated Women and Why It Matters (New York University Press 2026).
Joss Taylor Greene, University of California-Davis, Gender Bound: Prisons, Trans Lives, and the Abolitionist Horizon (University of California Press 2026).
Susila Gurusami, University of Illinois-Chicago, Break the System: Criminalized Black Mothers and the Reproductive Politics of Abolition (University of Chicago Press 2026).
Tamara Kay, University of Pittsburgh, Sesame Street Around the World: Culture, Politics, and Transnational Organizational Partnerships (Oxford University Press 2026).
Ethel L. Mickey, California State University-San Bernardino, Networking to Nowhere: How Gender Inequality Persists in Tech (University of California Press 2026).
Sarah Miller, Boston University, The Tolerance Generation: Growing Up Online in the Anti-Bullying Era (University of Chicago Press 2026).
Pamela Oliver (retired), Anna Milewski, and Erin Gaede, University of Wisconsin-Madison; and Chaeyoon Lim, Washington University in St. Louis, The Jena 6: Of Nooses, Fights, Narratives, and Movement Building (Cambridge University Press 2026).
Melissa Osborne, Western Washington University, Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility (University of Chicago Press 2026).
Gala Rexer, University of Warwick, Demographic Anxieties: Bodies, Borders, and Reproductive Injustice in Palestine/Israel (University of California Press 2026).
Avelardo Valdez, University of Southern California (retired), Homeboys Forever: The Lifetime Consequences of Gang Membership (University of Chicago Press 2026).
Terrell J.A. Winder, University of California-Santa Barbara, Shameless: The Making of Black Gay Identities in LA (New York University Press 2026).
Benjamin R. Weiss, Occidental College, The Price of Justice: Money and the Limits of Sexual Violence Lawsuits (University of California Press 2026).
Min Zhou, University of California-Los Angeles, Ed., Crossing Borders, Advancing Scholarship. Sociologists of Chinese Descent Traversing Diaspora, Ethnic, and Migration Studies (De Gruyter Brill 2026).
In Memoriam
Bruce Keith died on the evening of April 29, 2026. He was 64. Bruce earned his PhD from the University of Nebraska. Following a stint at West Virginia University, Keith joined the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY, becoming the Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Sociology in the Department of Systems Engineering. He was chair of the ASA Sociology and General Education Task Force (2007). A prolific scholar, teacher, and higher education consultant, he lent his expertise to building capacities so that others might shine, including at campuses around the U.S. and in Afghanistan, Albania, Qatar, Niger, and Iraq. His full obituary is here.
Tahi Mottl-Reynolds passed away on Monday, April 27, 2026, following a brief illness. Mottl-Reynolds earned her undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and her master’s degree and PhD in sociology from Brandeis University. As part of her work in academia and advocacy, she published widely cited research on social movements and countermovements and taught classes at Harvard University, Occidental College, Catholic University of America, and Washington College. In the 2010s, she returned to Hawaii to teach in the University of Hawaii system. Mottl-Reynolds directed the ASA Minority Fellowship Program and the Minority Opportunities through Summer Training Program (MOST) (1991–92). You can read a full obituary here.
Dietrich Rueschemeyer, one of comparative international sociology’s most gifted and theoretically innovative practitioners, died at age 95 on September 27, 2025. His co-edited book Bringing the State back In (Cambridge University Press 1985) and his co-authored book Capitalist Development and Democracy (University of Chicago Press 1992) are classics in the field, the latter receiving the 1993 Outstanding Contribution to Political Sociology Book Award from ASA’s Political Sociology Section. As a professor at Brown University for 40 years, he was renowned for his skills as a mentor and institution builder. You can read a full obituary here.