Some 1,200 scholars, teachers, activists, and community members from across the United States convened at New Orleans’ Astor Crowne Plaza for the 78th annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society.
The conference, held March 25th through 28th, showcased over 1,000 concurrent presentations of original research. Thematically focused on “Stalled Revolutions? Gender Inequality in the 21st Century,” the annual meeting featured scholarly work addressing the sociological aspects of gender inequities, Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, and changing and unchanging institutions such as sports, higher education, formal organizations, the military, and religion.
George Mason University was well represented at this year’s SSS meeting. The program committee was co-chaired by Mason Sociology professor Dr. Shannon Davis with Dr. Sarah Winslow from Clemson University. In addition, the following Mason students and faculty were on the program: Marisa Allison, Katlin Barrett, Molly E. Davis, Sara Louise Evers, Colby A. Fleming, Jane Garfinkel, Felicia Garland-Jackson, Dr. Angie Hattery, Brittany Owen, Carol Petty, Abigail Burris Reiter, Dr. Earl Smith, Erin Stephens, Perry Threlfall, Josh Tuttle, and Dr. James Witte.
The Southern Sociological Society promotes the development of sociology as a profession and scientific discipline through maintaining high professional and ethical standards, encouraging effective teaching, methods and research, disseminating sociological knowledge, applying this knowledge to societal
problems, cooperating with related disciplines and groups, recruiting and training new generations of sociologists, and developing sociology programs across agencies.
For more information on the Southern Sociological Society: http://www.southernsociologicalsociety.org/
April 14, 2015
