SSSA Communications Director, Site Director up for election at Fort Worth 2023 Annual Meeting
The SSSA Nominations Committee is accepting nominations for the positions of SSSA Communications Director and SSSA Chair of the Site Policy Committee (Site Director), each for a three-year term serving through the 2026 Annual Meeting. Position announcements are as follows:
The SSSA Council will elect a Communications Director at the 2023 Annual Meeting in Fort Worth, TX. Members of the SSSA, ...
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Applications for Fort Worth 2023 Student Travel Grants Now Open
The SSSA Council is pleased to announce availability of student travel grants for our 2023 Annual Meeting in Fort Worth. We will award up to twenty (20) grants in the amount of $300 each, with at least one (1) award provided to an attendee in each of our affiliates (identified as the primary affiliate on the student’s membership file).
Honorees will be recognized ...
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SSAA Political Scientist Chris White publishes article on security and migration
Livingstone College political scientist and active SSSA member Dr Chris White has published an article entitled “Security Arrangements and Migration Crises” in the journal International Social Science Review. His work examines the role of maritime military intervention in an international immigration crisis, using NATO as a case study. His article is available at this link.
Dr White is an active member ...
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Call for Papers for 2023 deadline extended
Our Call for Papers for the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association has been extended. You can submit your poster, paper, or full panel by clicking here.
Our 2023 Annual Meeting will be at the Omni Fort Worth, 30 March – 1 April.
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 allow her to advance her research in immigration, race relations, and Latina/o studies, in addition to other fields. She is also co-coordinator of Southwest Borderlands ...
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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 Education.
Her article can be accessed at this link.
The SSSA congratulates her and her colleagues on their work, and we also thank her for her ...
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SSSA Announces 2022 Bonjean, Lineberry Awards
The Southwestern Social Science Association is proud to announce the recipients of the Charles Bonjean and Robert Lineberry awards for 2022. These awards are presented for the two best articles published in our journal, Social Science Quarterly, in the preceding year.
The Charles Bonjean Award, goes to “Measuring Income Inequality Across Countries and Over Time: The Standardized World Income Inequality Database ...
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SSSA keynote speaker Thomas Preston gives YouTube presentation “Crisis in Ukraine”
SSSA 2022 Presidential Keynote Address Speaker Dr. Thomas Preston recently gave a presentation for the Foley Institute entitled “Crisis in Ukraine.” The presentation was uploaded to YouTube and is available to the general public at this link.
Dr. Preston offered background on the events leading toward Putin’s decision to invasion of Ukraine, including Russia’s view as an “existential threat” of ...
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SSSA Presidential Reception open to guests
As part of our (COVID-delayed!) Centennial Celebrations, the Presidential Reception on Thursday, 21 April, will be open to guests in addition to registered attendees.
The evening will include a cocktail hour and dinner, recognition of honorees, dancing across the decades, a 1920s costume contest, and a Charleston contest. Everyone is encouraged to dress in 1920s period attire.
Those attending the full Annual ...
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Nominations sought for SSSA Secretary, General Program Director
The SSSA Council will elect a Secretary and a General Program Director at the 2022 [Centennial] Annual Meeting in San Antonio, TX. Members of the SSSA, in good standing, are eligible for consideration for the Officer position of Secretary and of General Program Director; both are members of the Executive Committee and SSSA Council. Those interested and willing to serve ...
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