Welcome to the Southwestern Social Science Association!

Founded in 1919, we are the oldest interdisciplinary social-science association in the United States, bringing together professionals and students in the spirit of collaboration. Join us! Present your work!

Submissions are now open for our 2023 Annual Meeting at the Omni in Fort Worth.

2023 hotel registration information will be forthcoming.

Thank you for attending our 2022 Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration!

Click here to access the virtual program for the 2022 Annual Meeting, or click here for a PDF copy of the program

Click here to enjoy memories from the 2022 Annual Meeting and Centennial Celebration

Relive the 2022 Presidential Plenary session, including keynote speaker Prof Thomas Preston’s address

Click here to celebrate our 2022 Student Travel Grant Award winners

Celebrate with us a Century of Scholarship as we look back on the SSSA’s first century, decade by decade

Join the SSSA and receive the Social Science Quarterly and discounted conference registration.

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Our Affiliates

Anthropology
Economics
History
International Studies
Political Science
Social Work
Sociology
Women's & Gender Studies

News & Events Past Stories

Texas A&M-Kingsville professor named Career Enhancement Fellow

Dr Liliana Rodriguez, assistant professor of sociology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, was recently named as a Career Enhancement Fellow by the Institute for Citizens and Scholars and funded by the Mellon Foundation. The fellowship will ...
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SSSA Secretary Chastity Blankenship announces publication

Outgoing SSSA Secretary Chastity Blankenship, Southern Florida College, has co-authored a recently published article entitled “‘Since me Back Home’: Using Country Music to Clarify Criminological Theory in Undergraduate Courses” in the Journal of Criminal Justice ...
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