Graduate students in the Washington, DC metro area are invited to submit papers for consideration for the Irene B. Taeuber Graduate Student Paper Awards. This competition for best paper is open to all graduate students enrolled in Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia colleges and universities. The winning authors each receive a $200 cash award and will be recognized at the annual DCSS award event.

Submissions must be solely authored papers on a sociological topic, and they must be the individual work of the author. Previously published papers (or those accepted for publication) are not eligible for consideration. Both M.A. and Ph.D. students are encouraged to apply. Please note your degree program with the submission since separate awards will be made to one M.A. student and one Ph.D. student. Papers should be under 50 pages in length (total number of pages including figures and references, double-spaced) and should not be full theses or dissertations. Papers should be submitted as Word documents.

Submissions should be sent to Dr. Michelle Newton-Francis (mnewtonf@american.edu) by March 1, 2024.

For a collection of original essays on the theme of “the campus crisis toolkit,” volume editors Lisa Di Bartolomeo and Kevin Gannon invite expressions of interest from authors. Essays accepted for inclusion in the volume will combine grounded perspective on campus crises with actionable strategies for combating attacks (in all their various forms) on higher ed.

Please submit your proposal by March 15, 2024.

The complete call is available via Google Drive

Qualitative Health Research announces a call for papers for a Special Issue: Culturally Responsive Qualitative Health Research. This special issue invites authors to contribute manuscripts that explore culturally responsive qualitative research (CRQR). CRQR is a research methodology that includes qualitative designs and qualitatively dominant designs and centers culture.

Early submissions are welcome; final deadline for submission: July 1, 2024. Anticipated publication of Special Issue: March 2025.

See the complete call online.

The American Political Science Association seeks an Executive Director to serve as the chief executive officer of the Association beginning in or around August 2024. Following more than two successful five-year terms as Executive Director, Steven Rathgeb Smith’s long-planned departure from the role is set to immediately follow the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting in September 2024.

The Executive Director is the chief executive officer of the corporation and an ex officio member of the Council. The executive director reports to the Council and works closely with the President and other APSA officials. 

The announcement is posted on the APSA home page, including a link to the full job description and application portal. Review of applications will begin on March 8.

"Sociology: Practically Constitutional!" Florida’s move to marginalize sociology is shortsighted, Jerry A. Jacobs writes. (Inside Higher Ed, 2/14/24)

"Being against sociology makes about as much sense as being against meteorology because the weather report might reveal an impending heat wave or cold snap. Good news or bad, we need to know about the weather just as we need to know about what is happening in our society."

ASA letter to members (PDF, 2/5/24): "Fundamentally, we want
students to have freedom to learn sociology, and this is a time when we all as sociologists must work together to advance this shared goal."

APSA statement (PDF, 2/5/24)

Carol J. Petty (GMU), “Sociology is worth fighting for” (Baltimore Sun, 2/2/24)

DCSS makes awards in four categories each year:  two are individual awards, one named for Stuart A. Rice and the other for Morris Rosenberg; one is an organization award named for Anna Julia Cooper; and two graduate student paper awards, named for Irene B. Taeuber, are made for papers by a Ph.D. student and an M.A. student.  The deadline for award nominations and graduate student paper submissions is February 16, 2024.

Awards will be presented at the annual awards celebration in April 2024, venue and date TBA.  Information on the awards is below; more information, including previous award winners, is on the DCSS website.

The Stuart A. Rice Merit Award for Career Achievement is presented to a distinguished senior member of the Society who has made a significant contribution to the discipline over a professional career of at least 25 years. Nominations are encouraged for individuals from any career setting, including but not limited to: academics, government service, private research, consulting, retirement and/or independent scholarship. To submit a nomination (which can include nominating yourself), please send a letter of nomination, the nominee’s resume or vita, and related supporting materials to dcsociologicalsociety@gmail.com.

The Morris Rosenberg Award for Outstanding Sociological Achievement is presented for outstanding sociological achievement during the past three years by any member of DCSS. Nominations are encouraged for individuals from any career setting, including but not limited to: academics, government service, private research, consulting, retirement and/or independent scholarship. To submit a nomination (which can include nominating yourself), please send a letter of nomination, the nominee’s resume or vita, and related supporting materials to dcsociologicalsociety@gmail.com.

The Anna Julia Cooper Award for Public Sociology by a Community Organization is given to a community group using the methods and insights of sociology in its work to improve life in the DCSS service area. The community organization should have a clearly defined purpose that involves addressing socially produced inequalities. The organization may be nominated by any DCSS member. The nomination should be made in a letter accompanied by a general overview of the organization, including the history, purpose, and achievements, and submitted to dcsociologicalsociety@gmail.com.

The Irene B. Taeuber Graduate Student Paper Awards competition is open to all graduate students enrolled in colleges and universities in the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia. Submissions must be solely authored papers on a sociological topic. Previously published papers (or those accepted for publication) are not eligible for consideration. Separate awards will be made to one M.A. student and one Ph.D. student. Papers should be under 50 pages in length (including figures and references, double-spaced) and should be submitted as Word documents. Submissions should be sent to Dr. Michelle Newton-Francis (mnewtonf@american.edu).

European Review of Applied Sociology is a double-blind peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes scientific articles, research reports, teaching notes, essays and book reviews. The Journal consistently covers an array of subject areas including social change and social structures, globalization, social networks, communication, law and politics, labor market, migration, ageing, social work, community research, family, social statistics and other topics from applied sociology.

The Editors invite authors to contribute with articles to issue no. 28/2024. The deadline for submission is March 15th. For guidelines on manuscript preparation, please visit the Author Guidelines

Time-sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (TESS) is an NSF-funded initiative. Investigators propose survey experiments to be fielded using a nationally representative Internet platform via NORC's AmeriSpeak Panel.

This Special Competition is limited to investigators who are either graduate students or no more than 3 years post-PhD or post-residency for MDs (i.e., PhD must be received, or MD residency completed, in 2021 or later).

TESS will begin accepting proposals for the Special Competition on March 15, 2024, and the deadline is April 30, 2024. Full details are at this link. 

Have you ever wondered how to get your research into the hands of policymakers, or wished your findings were known by a wider audience? PRB and APC are organizing a webinar to highlight ways to expand the reach of your research by distilling your findings into messages and formats tailored for nontechnical audiences, including policymakers and the media. Panelists from Syracuse University and PRB will describe how to write an effective research brief, common pitfalls in writing for nontechnical audiences, and using social media to communicate about your research.

Date: March 7, 2024 (2:00-3:00 PM ET)

More information and registration available at this link

Request for Articles - Climate Hazards and their Social, Political, and Economic Consequences. RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences

In this issue, the editors invite original research contributions pertaining to the social, political, and economic effects of climate-related hazards in the United States, inequalities exacerbated or created by hazards, and how federal, state, local and/or private mitigation,  recovery, and resilience policies affect inequalities. 

Abstracts and supporting materials due April 2, 2024

The complete call is on the RSF website