[SSSNET] Reminder: Second Public Sociology Graduate Conference
Bernal, Brenda
Please see email/attachment with more information…………thanks, Brenda
From: Keith, Verna M.
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2012 1:19 PM
To: Bernal, Brenda
Subject: FW: [SSSNET] Reminder: Second Public Sociology Graduate Conference
Please forward to grad students.
Verna M. Keith, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology
Director, Race & Ethnic Studies Institute (RESI)
311 Academic Building
Texas A&M University
4351 TAMU
College Station, TX 77840-4351
Phone: 979-458-4429/979-845-0966
Fax: 979-862-4057
Email: kei...@tamu.edu
From: Southern Sociological Society
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On Behalf Of GMU Grad Student Sociological Association
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Subject: [SSSNET] Reminder: Second Public Sociology Graduate Conference
Please circulate widely among graduate students!
Second Annual Public Sociology Graduate Conference: "Borderlands in Academia, Activism, and Policy"
Saturday, October 20, 2012
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Submission deadline: June 15
Call for papers (see attached):
Social problems are not black and white issues. To understand their complexity, knowledge from multiple academic disciplines must be considered. However, opportunities to uncover and synthesize such knowledge are few and far between. As such, George Mason University announces its second annual public sociology graduate conference. This year’s theme, “Borderlands in Academia, Activism, and Policy,” will create a space to synthesize knowledge across various disciplines in the social sciences and humanities.
This conference seeks submissions on social topics, including but not limited to age, race, gender, class, sexualities, health, work, communication and media, education, families, organizations, institutions, collective behavior, social justice, human rights, and political, economic, and civil societies. Paper submissions from many different disciplines are welcome, but the focus of each must strike the tenor of public sociology. We also encourage undergraduate students to submit a proposal for one of our Undergraduate Roundtable Sessions. These sessions provide an opportunity for advanced undergraduate students to share work related to public sociology while receiving valuable feedback from peers and graduate students.
In addition to an abstract, submitters should include a reflexive statement describing how their papers engage with public sociology. Possible forms of reflexive statements include:
· How research findings inform public debates, including proposed or implemented policies, media narratives, and social problems.
· How concepts or findings might be used to empower groups and promote more equitable social relations.
· How concepts or findings might be made more accessible to diverse publics in ways that account for language, cultural practices, and perspectives.
· How papers relate to authors’ personal commitments to one or more research topics.
Abstracts and reflexive statements of no more than 500 words each and a current CV should be sent to gmuso...@gmail.com with “Conference Proposal” in the subject line by June 15th, 2012. Please include the title, presenter’s name, affiliation, contact information, A/V requests, and any special needs required. Abstracts and statements should be sent as Word documents (.doc).
Sponsored by the Graduate Student Sociological Association, Public Sociology Association, and Department of Sociology and Anthropology at George Mason University. GMU is located just outside of Washington, DC in Fairfax, VA. This conference is the second in an attempt to encourage graduate students to engage their research in ways that move beyond the conventional academic setting. For more information, visit the conference website at http://gmupublicsoci.wordpress.com/public-soci-grad-conference.
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