Alford A. Young, Jr., has been elected the 118th President of the American Sociological Association (ASA), and Jessica Calarco has been elected ASA Vice President.
Young is the University of Michigan’s Diversity and Social Transformation Professor, Edgar G. Epps Collegiate Professor of Sociology, and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Sociology, Afroamerican and African Studies, and Public Policy. He uses ethnographic, interview-based research methods to investigate the role of race in shaping the experiences of African Americans, including how low-income urban African Americans view work, how African American scholars connect their research to their academic purpose, and the experiences of faculty and students of color in higher education.
Jessica Calarco is a professor of sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research explores how and why systems of power and privilege contribute to socioeconomic, racial, and gender inequalities in various aspects of social life, including education, family, and health. Young and Calarco will begin their terms as President-Elect and Vice President-Elect on September 1, 2025. In 2026, they will succeed Shelley J. Correll, Stanford University, and Victor E. Ray, University of Iowa, respectively, as President and Vice President. Young will also chair the Program Committee, shaping the 2027 ASA Annual Meeting.
In addition, the following ASA members wereor pos elected to the following positions:
Council Member-at-Large
- The elected will serve from September 2025 to August 2028.
- Amy L. Best, George Mason University
- Jessica Halliday Hardie, Hunter College-CUNY
- Jennifer Randles, California State University-Fresno
- Rashawn Ray, University of Maryland
Committee on Committees: Member-at-Large
The elected will serve from September 2025 to August 2027.
- Saida Grundy, Boston University
- Quincy Thomas Stewart, Northwestern University
Committee on Committees (PhD Granting Institution)
The elected will serve from September 2025 to August 2027.
- Pallavi Banerjee, University of Calgary
Committee on Committees (Non-Teaching Institution or in Self-Employment)
The elected will serve from September 2025 to August 2027.
- Lisette M. Garcia, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility
Nominating Committee
The elected will serve from September 2025 to August 2027.
- Carolina Bank Muñoz, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
- Freeden Blume Oeur, Tufts University
- Jeffrey Guhin, University of California-Los Angeles
- Michael Rodríguez-Muñiz, University of California-Berkeley
- C.J. Pascoe, University of Oregon
Publications Committee
The elected will serve from September 2025 to August 2028.
- Tristan Bridges, University of California-Santa Barbara
- Shirley A. Jackson, Portland State University
- Theresa Rocha Beardall, University of Washington
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