Calls for Papers: Publications
Work and Occupations invites submissions for a special issue and accompanying research conference on the theme “Creative Work and New Technologies” that examine how advancements in digital technologies—particularly AI—are reshaping creative labor markets and the nature of creative work. Editors seek papers on a broad range of topics on how technology is transforming the power structures, processes, and outcomes of creative work. Submit an abstract of up to 1,000 words by December 1, 2024. Read the full call for papers here.
Sociological Theory seeks papers for a special issue on “Sociological Theorizing from the Global South.” Editors invite papers 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, including but not limited to self and identity, interaction, global and/or racial capitalism, ecological approaches, critical race approaches, feminist theories, queer theories, emotions and/or affect, empire/postcoloniality/decoloniality, and indigenous approaches. The submission deadline is December 15, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
The Sociological Quarterly seeks papers for a special issue on “Sociological Perspectives on Student Activism” that profile the variety of ways that students engage in activism, including through traditional social movement organizations, officially recognized student organizations that do not focus on protest, and individual-level “everyday activism.” Editors are also open to contributions focusing on student activism taking place within a variety of educational contexts (e.g., secondary schools, postsecondary schools), outside the formal confines of schools, and around the world. The abstract deadline is January 15, 2025. For a list of possible topics and submission instructions, visit the website.
New Technology, Work and Employment seeks papers for a special issue on the theme “Reshaping Work: Disabled People’s Inclusion and Digitalization in the New World of Work.” Editors invite both theoretical contributions and empirical studies building on qualitative, quantitative data or mixed methods to change the direction of debates on the future of work and reshape work with and for disabled people. Work using innovative methods that prioritize disabled people’s voices and that use emancipatory approaches is especially welcome. The submission deadline is January 31, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
Theorizing from Within is a new series from Temple University Press that series is rooted in Black, women of color, Indigenous, and transnational feminisms that takes seriously that the personal is political and that one’s embodied experiences within particular structural positions are key sources of knowledge to develop arguments, build theory, and extend existing research. Editors seek authors whose book projects draw on and use their own social worlds, interactions, experiences, and knowledges to theorize broader structural processes. Find out more on the website. The deadline is rolling.
Calls for Papers: Conferences
The James Joo-Jin Kim Center for Korean Studies will host the Digital Humanities and Social Science Korea Conference at the University of Pennsylvania on April 25, 2025. The conference aims to serve as a multidisciplinary platform that brings together digital scholarship on Korean studies across the humanities and social sciences. It invites papers from various disciplines that explore digital data, digital platforms, and digital phenomena in historical or contemporary Korea. Research themes may include but are not limited to digital platforms such as Facebook and YouTube, digital research methods such as geospatial mapping and text analysis, and the ways that online phenomena shape and are shaped by society. Submit an extended abstract and CV by December 15, 2024. Read the call for abstracts here.
The Fifteenth International Conference on Religion and Spirituality in Society will be held on the theme “Fragile Meanings: Vulnerability in the Study of Religions and Spirituality” on June 19-20, 2025, in Rome, and online. It seeks papers on the following topics: religious foundations, religious community and socialization, religious commonalities and differences, and the politics of religion. The deadline is March 19, 2025. Find out more about the meeting and submitting a paper here.
Calls for Book Chapters
Vernon Press seeks book chapters for the upcoming edited volume Reimagining the Nature of Work: A Comprehensive Analysis of Interpersonal Communication, Generational Dynamics, and Leadership in the Post-Pandemic Era. It invites original, high-quality research that addresses the implications of these changes across various disciplines, including sociology, history of work, communication, leadership, organizational behavior, and human resources. Submit an abstract of up to 500 words by December 1, 2024. Read the full call for proposals here.
Research in Social Movements, Conflict, and Change seeks chapters for an upcoming volume on “Coalition-Building and Solidarity Across Difference.” Editors welcome submissions related to coalition-building, working across difference and inequality, intersectionality practices, and/or solidarity building across divides. Editors invite a variety of methodologies and both historical and contemporary studies from all parts of the globe. The submission deadline is May 1, 2025. Read the full call for papers here.
Scholarship
The Laura Bassi Scholarship from Editing Press awards $8,000 three times a year. Established with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected topics of study, scholarships are open to every discipline. All currently enrolled master’s and doctoral candidates are eligible to apply, as are academics in the first five years of full-time employment. Applicants are required to submit a completed application form along with their CV through the application portal by November 24, 2024. Learn more here.
Fellowships
United States Institute of Peace seeks applications for the Peace Scholar Fellowship from doctoral candidates at U.S. universities with high-quality, policy relevant research that will deepen understanding of conflict management, peacebuilding, and security issues. Up to 18 Peace Scholars will be funded for 10-month nonresidential fellowships with stipends of up to $20,000. The application deadline is November 20, 2024. Learn more about the program and the application process here.
The Princeton University Center for Information Technology Policy has launched its call for fellows for next year. This includes both postdoctoral and visiting positions for faculty and relevant professionals. The program is a competitive, fully funded, in-residence program that supports scholars and practitioners in research and policy work tied to the center’s mission. Center research falls into the following three areas: platforms and digital infrastructure; data science, AI and society; and privacy and security. Fellows accepted into this program conduct research with members of the center’s community across disciplines and engage in public programs, such as workshops and conferences. The deadline is December 2, 2024. Find out more about the center and how to apply here.
Scholars Program
The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Azrieli Global Scholars Program welcomes applications from researchers in their first five years as principal investigators who are highly motivated to engage in interdisciplinary collaboration and discussion, broaden their networks, and strengthen their leadership capacity. Global Scholars join one of CIFAR’s interdisciplinary research programs that advance transformative knowledge and solve humanity’s biggest problems. The program invites applicants from across the humanities and natural, biomedical, and social sciences and from anywhere in the world. The programs accepting applications are Boundaries, Membership & Belonging; Earth 4D: Subsurface Science & Exploration; Fungal Kingdom: Threats & Opportunities; and Innovation, Equity & the Future of Prosperity. Apply by November 20, 2024. For details, click here.
Summer Program
The Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center and the Slavic Reference Service at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are accepting applications for the 2025 Summer Research Laboratory (SRL) program. The SRL is an in-person program that offers comprehensive research support, access to library resources and competitive research awards to graduate and postgraduate scholars developing projects on all aspects of Russian, East European, and Eurasian studies. The SRL will take place on campus, June 9-August 1, 2025. It is open to advanced graduate students, independent scholars, and academic professionals in government and nongovernmental organizations. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career scholars are especially encouraged to apply. February 17, 2025. Find out more here.
Workshops
The Introduction to the Economics of Religion workshop will be held at George Mason University in Arlington, VA, March 6-8, 2025. This one-day workshop will allow a select group of graduate students to explore the interdisciplinary study of the economics of religion. Participants will have the chance to receive valuable advice, comprehensive instruction, and constructive feedback from leaders in the field. After the workshop, students will attend and participate in the Association for the Study of Religion, Economics and Culture (ASREC) Conference, which will cover recent research in the field and offer practical guidance and access to resources through Q&A sessions. An honorarium will be awarded to cover the expenses of an economy flight, transportation, hotel, and meals. Apply by November 17, 2024. Read more here.
The Ann Johnson Institute for Science, Technology and Society at the University of South Carolina welcomes applications for a one-day book manuscript workshop to be held in the Winter/Spring Term 2026. These annual workshops target individuals at any career stage who have not previously published a monograph. The successful applicant will have a first-time book manuscript near completion at the time of applying. The successful applicant will be expected to deliver a full draft of their manuscript to all workshop participants no later than one month before the workshop convenes. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2025. If interested, please apply here.
Accomplishments
Loka Ashwood, University of Kentucky; Ruha Benjamin, Princeton University; and Dorothy Roberts, University of Pennsylvania, were named 2024 MacArthur Fellows.
Jennifer D. Carlson, Arizona State University-Tempe, was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
In the News
Tim Bartley, Georgetown University, was quoted in the October 12, 2024, article “’Fighting for Our Lives’: Environmental Justice in the Nation’s Capital” in the Georgetown Voice.
Tricia C. Bruce, Springtide Research Institute, was quoted in the October 16, 2024, article “Mass Movement: Sixty Years Ago, Milwaukee Catholics Were on A Building Spree. That World Has Changed” in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Frank Dobbin, Harvard University, was quoted in the November 1, 2024, article “The Anti-DEI Agitator That Big Companies Fear Most” in the New York Times.
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University, Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University, and Denise Daniels, Wheaton College, authored the October 30, 2024, article “Religion in the Workplace Is Tricky–but Employers and Employees Both Lose When It Becomes a Total Taboo” in the Conversation.
Karrie Gaspard- Hogewood, Tulane University, was quoted in the October 29, 2024, article “In A Race They Cast as Good Vs. Evil, Christian Hard-Liners Are Fired Up for Trump” in the Washington Post.
Lester R. Kurtz, George Mason University, was quoted in the October 20, 2024, article “Mothers of Israeli Hostages Fight to Get Children Back” in the Providence Journal.
Yao Lu, Columbia University, was quoted in the April 18, 2024, article “Why So Many Chinese Graduates Cannot Find Work” in the Economist and the September 1, 2024, article “New Unproductive Forces: The Chinese Youth Owning Their Unemployment” from Reuters.
Kris Marsh, University of Maryland-College Park, was a guest on September 30, 2024, episode of the Tamron Hall Show.
Kumiko Nemoto, Senshu University, had her research referenced in the October 13, 2024, article “Can the Government Get People to Have More Babies?” in the New York Times.
Samuel L. Perry, University of Oklahoma, and Andrew Whitehead, Indiana University Purdue University-Indianapolis, were quoted in the November 2, 2024, article “Christian Nationalism and State Power: UTC Professor on A Political Movement Looming Over the Election” in the Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Deana Rohlinger, Grant Bailey, and E. Ashby Plant, Florida State University, authored the opinion piece “Does Social Media Drive Young Voters to The Polls? Not Necessarily” in the Tallahassee Democrat.
Patrick Sharkey, Princeton University, authored the October 21, 2024, article “Why Are Shootings Down? The Answer May Lie in Gun Violence Interventions Begun in the Pandemic” in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Kim Lane Scheppele, Princeton University, was quoted in the October 29, 2024, article “The Game Theory of Democracy” in the New York Times Magazine.
Christopher Uggen, University of Minnesota, was quoted in the October 21, 2024, article “Here’s Why More Than 4% of Arizona’s Electorate Cannot Vote in 2024” in the Arizona Republic.
New Books
Maria Luisa Amado, Guilford College, Neoliberalism and Labor Displacement in Panama. Contested Public Space and the Disenfranchisement of Street Vendors (Lexington Books 2024).
Stephen Barnard, Butler University, Hacking Hybrid Media: Power and Practice in an Age of Manipulation (Oxford University Press 2024).
Roger Baumann, Hope College, Black Visions of the Holy Land: African American Christian Engagement with Israel and Palestine (Columbia University Press 2024).
Kathleen Blee, University of Pittsburgh, and Peter Simi, Chapman University, Out of Hiding: Extremist White Supremacy and How It Can Be Stopped (Routledge 2024).
Steven Carlton-Ford, University of Cincinnati, Legacies of Injustice: The African Slave Trade, Colonialism, and Today’s Human Rights (Routledge 2025).
Elizabeth Chiarello, Saint Louis University, Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis (Princeton University Press 2024).
Elaine Howard Ecklund, Rice University, and Denise Daniels, Wheaton College, and Christopher P. Scheitle, West Virginia University, Religion in a Changing Workplace (Oxford University Press 2024).
Nora Gross, Barnard College, Brothers in Grief: The Hidden Toll of Gun Violence on Black Boys and Their Schools (University of Chicago Press 2024).
Karen V. Hansen and Nicholas Monroe, Brandeis University, Working-Class Kids and Visionary Educators in a Multiracial High School: A Story of Belonging (Lexington Books 2024).
Shenila Khoja-Moolji, Georgetown University, The Impossibility of Muslim Boyhood (University of Minnesota Press 2024).
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Sarah Mayorga, Brandeis University, A Good Reputation: How Residents Fight for an American Barrio (University of Chicago Press 2024).
Hasan Mahmud, Northwestern University, Remittance as Belonging: Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home (Rutgers University 2024).
Stephen J. Morewitz, San Jose State University, and Martine Herzog-Evans, University of Reims-Champagne-Ardenne, Eds., Handbook of Understanding Terrorism: Forensic Social Sciences Case Studies (Springer 2024).
Jason E. Shelton, University of Texas-Arlington, The Contemporary Black Church: The New Dynamics of African American Religion (New York University Press 2024).
Hwa-Ji Shin, University of San Francisco, Being Korean, Becoming Japanese? Nationhood, Citizenship, and Resistance in Japan (University of Hawaiʻi 2024).
David L. Swartz, Boston University, The Academic Trumpists: Radicals Against Liberal Diversity (Routledge 2024).
Amanda Udis-Kessler, Colorado College, Cultural Processes of Inequality: A Sociological Perspective (Anthem Press 2024).
Lisa-Jo K. van den Scott, Memorial University, Walled-In: Arctic Housing and a Sociology of Walls (Lexington Books 2024).
Anthony (Tony) J. Blasi has passed away. Born in 1946, Blasi earned a PhD in sociology and anthropology from the University of Notre Dame in 1974 and spent most of his academic career teaching at Tennessee State University. He served as book review editor and as an associate editor for many years for Sociological Analysis (now Sociology of Religion) and served for a term as editor of the Review of Religious Research. He was also the 2001 president of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. You can read Blasi’s full obituary here.
David Broad, professor of sociology at the University of North Georgia (UNG) since 2006, died on Sunday, October 6, 2024. A dedicated educator who was much beloved by his students, Broad encouraged them to think critically about the social world and inducted every graduate into the “Safety Patrol,” charging them to use their sociology degrees to make the world safe. He also cofounded the UNG chapter of the American Association of University Professors and served as its president for several years. You can read his full obituary here.
Barbara Laslett, a sociology professor at the University of Southern California and the University of Minnesota, died on March 18, 2024, after a long battle with dementia. Laslett played an active role in the first generation of feminist sociologists who led the transformation of the discipline through their publications and organizing work. The American Sociological Association recognized her many contributions to academic sociology in 2001 with its Jessie L. Bernard award, given in recognition of significant cumulative work done throughout a professional career that demonstrates broad feminist impact. Laslett was also editor of Signs: A Journal of Women, Culture and Society (1990-1995), and you can read her full obituary on its website here.
Theo Majka died on September 19, 2024, at the age of 77. A sociology professor at the University of Dayton, Majka retired in May after more than 40 years of teaching, research, and service. His work emphasized community empowerment and critical, engaged sociology focused on the common good. Majka is remembered fondly by his colleagues for his good humor and dedication to social justice. Read more about his life and accomplishments in this obituary.
Judith Porter, professor emerita and former chair of the Department of Sociology at Bryn Mawr College, died Monday, October 21, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease. Porter earned a doctorate in sociology from Harvard University in 1967. At Bryn Mawr, she created classes that focused on the sociology of race and health. She received accolades for her work from the Ford Foundation and the National Science Foundation, among others. She was also active in several organizations, including the American Sociological Association and the American Civil Liberties Union. Porter was 84. You can read her full obituary here.
