• 1: Home
• 2: Annual Meeting
  • 2.1: Online Registration
  • 2.2: Program Contacts & Information
  • 2.3: Registration Information
  • 2.4: Additional Information
  • 2.5: Hotel Information
  • 2.6: Exhibitors
  • 2.7: Online Exhibitor Registration
• 3: Membership
• 4: Social Science Quarterly
  • 4.1: Submissions
  • 4.2: Subscribe
• 5: Organization
  • 5.1: Executive Council and Committees
  • 5.2: Constitution & Bylaws
  • 5.3: Minutes and Reports
• 6: Affiliates
• 7: News
• 8: Blogs
  • 8.2: Executive Director's Blog
• 9: Contact

Welcome!

Get the latest annual meeting information here.

Welcome to the web site for the Southwestern Social Science Association (SSSA). Founded in 1919, SSSA is the oldest interdisciplinary social science association in the United States, and is composed of professionals and students in the social sciences, including academics and other professionals.

SSSA is the umbrella organization for seven academic and professional affiliate associations, including the areas of Economics, History, International Studies, Political Science, Social Work, Sociology, and Women's & Gender Studies. The purpose of SSSA is to promote, cultivate and correlate the various areas of the social sciences and their applications through:

• Publication of Social Science Quarterly, a well-regarded and well-ranked interdisciplinary journal; and
• Annual meetings, which regularly draw about 1,000 social scientists from across the country and the world. Our 2008 conference in Las Vegas drew nearly 1,100 participants from most states and more than a dozen different countries, while our 2009 conference in Denver had nearly 900 attendees.

2010 Annual Meeting: Houston, Texas, March 31-April 3

In 2010 SSSA returns to Texas! Our main conference hotel will be the beautiful Hyatt Regency (1200 Louisiana St.), with additional rooms reserved at the nearby Doubletree Hotel (Downtown; 400 Dallas St.). Our annual meeting page and all conference information can be found here.

We love our exhibitors! For exhibits information, go here.

Changes

2009-10 will be years of change for SSSA.

▪          A new Editor for Social Science Quarterly. After nearly twenty years, Robert Lineberry of the University of Houston will be stepping down as Editor of SSQ. We are grateful to Bob for his years of service, in which SSQ gained new prominence and impact among social science journals. See our offical announcement here.

▪          Hiring an Executive Director. In late 2008, Peter W. Wielhouwer was appointed as the first Executive Director for the Southwestern Social Science Association. Dr. Wielhouwer is Associate Professor of Political Science at Western Michigan University, and served from 2005-2008 as SSSA's Convention Director. The position of Executive Director consolidates duties previously performed by the Convention Director, Exhibitor Relations Director, Workshops Director, Membership Director, and Site Selection Director.

▪          A new website. After fifteen years with our old webhost, sssaonline.org moves to a new server, hosted and designed by Blue Tree Web Design. Our new website will be more dynamic and will include newsfeeds relevant to the social science community, as well as blogs from the SSSA President and Executive Director.