Affiliate(s): Southwestern Social Science Association

The Southwestern Social Science Association is pleased to announce that Dr. Brian Hosmer will be the Presidential Plenary speaker at the 2024 SSSA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, April 18-20, 2024.

His presentation is entitled: “When Consultants Come to Town: How the Social Sciences can save higher education.”

Dr. Hosmer currently is a Professor of History at Oklahoma State University.  Previously he was the H.G. Barnard Associate Professor of Western American History at the University of Tulsa.  Dr. Hosmer also is the former Director of the McNickle Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies.  Dr. Hosmer’s presentation will be related to the theme of this year’s conference, “The Social Sciences Are Under Assault:  What Can We Do To Defend Ourselves?