World Social Science Association
Formerly the Western Social Science Association
Scholarship, Service, Collegiality
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Scholarship, Service, Collegiality
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Staff Work Day – Executive Board Room
WSSA Executive Council Meeting – Dolores – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Conference Registration – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Publishers’ Book Exhibit – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
ABS Board Meeting – Invitation only – 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
All paid attendees invited
WSSA Recepción de bienvenida
Se invita a todos los asistentes
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 8:00 am
Conference Registration -Palm Foyer – 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
Publishers’ Book Exhibit – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Concurrent Panels – See Program – 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 2:30 pm
AIS Business Meeting – Sand Lotus – 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
AFIT Board Meeting – Augustine – 11:30 am to 12:50 pm
WSSA Business Meeting, Section Coordinators Meeting and Section Coordinators Training Colonade 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
AFIT Banquet – TBD – 6:00 pm to 8:00 p
Screening of “Undeterred”
with comments by the director, Eva Lewis
Palm F – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
All attendees invited
Morning Break and WSSA Give Back – Court Yard East – 7:00 am – 9:00 am
During this break we will be asking for donations to the local food bank.
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 8:00 am
Conference Registration -Palm Foyer – 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
Conference Registration – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Publishers’ Book Exhibit – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Concurrent Panels – See Program – 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 2:30 pm
Awards and Presidential Presentation -Cloister East 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Grab and Go Lunch with Coffee
NPSEE Section Meeting – Campanile – 4:30 pm to 6: pm
LASC, Latin American Studies & Chicano-Iberian Culture Network Business Meeting
Xavier 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
ABS Reception – Court Yard – 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Invitation only
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 8:00 am
Conference Registration -Palm Foyer – 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
Conference Registration – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Publishers’ Book Exhibit – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Concurrent Panels – See Program – 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 2:30 pm
WSSA President’s Reception – Palm DEF – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
All Attendees Invited
WSSA Recepción del presidente
Se invita a todos los asistentes
Staff Work Day – Executive Board Room
WSSA Executive Council Meeting – Dolores – 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Conference Registration – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Publishers’ Book Exhibit – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
ABS Board Meeting – Invitation only – 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm
All paid attendees invited
WSSA Recepción de bienvenida
Se invita a todos los asistentes
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 8:00 am
Conference Registration -Palm Foyer – 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
Publishers’ Book Exhibit – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Concurrent Panels – See Program – 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 2:30 pm
AIS Business Meeting – Sand Lotus – 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
AFIT Board Meeting – Augustine – 11:30 am to 12:50 pm
WSSA Business Meeting, Section Coordinators Meeting and Section Coordinators Training Colonade 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
AFIT Banquet – Court Yard West – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Screening of “Undeterred”
with comments by the director, Eva Lewis
Palm F – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
All attendees invited
Morning Break and WSSA Give Back – Court Yard East – 7:00 am – 9:00 am
During this break we will be asking for donations to the local food bank.
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 8:00 am
Conference Registration -Palm Foyer – 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
Conference Registration – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Publishers’ Book Exhibit – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Concurrent Panels – See Program – 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 2:30 pm
Awards and Presidential Presentation -Cloister East 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Grab and Go Lunch with Coffee
WSSA Council Members and Section Coordinators Only
NPSEE Section Meeting – Campanile – 4:30 pm to 6: pm
LASC, Latin American Studies & Chicano-Iberian Culture Network Business Meeting
Xavier 4:30 pm to 6:00 pm
ABS Reception – Court Yard – 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
Invitation only
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 8:00 am
Conference Registration -Palm Foyer – 7:30 am to 5:00 pm
Conference Registration – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Publishers’ Book Exhibit – Palm Foyer – 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm
Concurrent Panels – See Program – 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
Coffee Break – Palm Foyer – 2:30 pm
WSSA President’s Reception – Palm DEF – 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
All Attendees Invited
WSSA Recepción del presidente
Se invita a todos los asistentes
African/African American Studies
This section adds to a commitment of multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary academic excellence by highlighting Contemporary theories and research of African and African Americans. Scholarly discussions are presented on academic, social, economic, and historical issues that impact the African and African American experience in the United States. We accept contributions from any discipline that facilitates intellectual discussion on the history, culture, religion, politics, economics, arts, sociology, health, and the Diaspora of peoples of African descent as developed from experiences in both the old and new worlds.
George Kieh, Ph.D.
Title: Dean of Barbara Jordan-Mickey Leland School of Public Affairs
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Affiliation: Texas Southern University
Union for Radical Political Economists (Affiliate)
Founded in 1968, The Union for Radical Political Economics (URPE) is an interdisciplinary membership organization of academics and of activists. Its mission is to promote the study, development, and application of radical political economic analysis to social problems. Concretely this involves a continuing critique of both the capitalist system and of all forms of exploitation and oppression. URPE’s mission also includes coming out of this critique, helping to construct a progressive social policy and a human-centered radical alternative to capitalism. Please go to www.urpe.org for more information about URPE, including how you can join.
URPE is a national and international organization, but it has to date provided very few conference opportunities for our western members. We seek to rectify that by becoming a regular part of the WSSA. In particular, we hope to bring together academics and activists working to try to build a better, fairer, more sustainable society. As an interdisciplinary organization, we see the WSSA as a natural partner and we look forward to many years of fruitful collaboration.
We would welcome proposals for joint sessions from other WSSA associations.
URPE is interested in proposals from any perspective that incorporates or is sympathetic to Radical Political Economy. Submissions could involve individual papers, entire sessions, round tables on important topics or books, and sessions and workshops on teaching. Submissions by graduate students, activists, and academics are encouraged.
Geoffrey Schneider
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Bucknell University
American Indian Studies
Aresta Tsosie-Paddock
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Arizona
Arid Lands Studies & Geography
Arid Lands Studies & Geography is designed to emphasize the importance of, and coordinate the efforts for, studying human adaptation to the world’s arid and semiarid lands. As a multidisciplinary section, we welcome submissions from a diverse set of disciplines such as economics, anthropology, geography, history, agriculture, and hydrology. Our goal is to encourage and increase the general awareness of the problems and potentials of the arid and semiarid lands of the world, and of human adjustment to and impact upon them.
Mark Melichar
Title: Associate Professor of Business, Accounting, and Economics
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Affiliation: Nebraska Wesleyan
Asian Studies
This section presents studies on issues, concerns and perspectives of Asia and Asians. Topics can be in the areas of communication, economics, education, health, politics and sociology.
Barbara Greene
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Tokyo International University, Japan
Association For Borderlands Studies
A community of border scholars and practitioners committed to the interdisciplinary understanding of borders and transborder communities.
Únete a una comunidad de académicos y expertos comprometidos con el estudio interdisciplinario de las fronteras y las comunidades fronterizas.
Anna Casaglia
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: University of Trento, Autonomous Province of Trento
Canadian Studies
This section accepts proposals for papers, panels and roundtables relating to any disciplines or areas of Canadian Studies, not just the social sciences. Usually the Canadian Studies Section has an emphasis on the Canadian West and comparisons between the Canadian and American West, and also Mexico, however, the section covers all aspects of Canadian Studies and is happy to have panels on Canadian Literature, Arts, and Humanities as well as panels on Canadian Geography, History, Anthropology, Economics, Politics, Business, Environment, Public Policy, etc. etc. The Canadian Studies Section is eager to have panels appropriately cross-listed with other WSSA Sections, such as Borderland Studies, Political Science, Native Studies, etc.
Christopher Kirkey
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: State University of New York Plattsburgh
Chronic Disease & Disability
The section encourages research on policies, problems, cultural representations, health issues, and experiences that involve people with chronic diseases and disabilities. This section encourages graduate students and junior professors to present their work in a supportive setting. Experienced and advanced scholars also are very welcome to share their work. In the late 1980s, the WSSA Section on Chronic Disease and Disability developed the national and international professional organization, Society for Disability Studies. Sociologists Irving K.Zola, Barbara Altman, and Devva Kassnitz were among the leaders of this pioneering effort.
Main Contact : James G. Linn, Ph.D.
Title: Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Optimal Solutions in Healthcare and International Development
Debra Rose Wilson, Ph.D.
Title: Co-Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: Austen Peay University and Walden University
Communication Studies
Jon Leon Torn
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Northern Arizona University
Elvis Nshom
Title: Assistant Professor, CHABSS Communication
Email:
Affiliation: San Marcos State University
Criminal Justice & Criminology
This section accepts papers on all aspects of criminological theory, research and practice. This includes both the practice of criminal justice administration and the critical study of this practice. Areas range from the micro study of criminal behavior and victimology through the meso study of both criminal and criminal justice organizations to the macro study of the social implications of crime and the administration of criminal justice through the police, courts and correctional systems.
Stephani Anne Williams
Title: Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: Northern Arizona University
Andrew Brown
Title: Co-Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: Northern Arizona University - Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Economics (Association for Institutional Thought) (Associate)
A.F.I.T. is an Associate disciplinary group of WSSA. With recognition of the role of culture in organizing economic activity, institutional work draws its inspiration from messy reality-- the overlap of disciplinary boundaries, the interaction between diverse intellectual traditions, and the conflict and cooperation between social groups within and between societies. Possible themes for papers and/or panels could include the influence of other social science traditions on institutional economics, the application of interdisciplinary work in pragmatic policy analysis, the connection or overlap between diverse elements within heterodox economic theory, and the relevance of cultural norms and cross cultural conflict in the study of economic systems.
Karol Gil-Vasquez
Title: Coordinator
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Affiliation: Nichols College
Economics (General)
This section presents perspectives for general economics on the allocation of scarce resources among competing ends. Topics include, but are not limited to, the subfields of labor economics, public finance, health economics, demographic economics, international trade and economic development.
Dr. Karl Geisler
Title: Professor of Business, College of Finance & Economics
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Affiliation: Idaho State University
Environmental Policy & Natural Resource Management
The Environmental Policy and Natural Resources Management section accepts covers the full array of environmental social science disciplines, subfields, and topics. Topics include but are not at all limited to: land management; public resource management; technology and policy related to food, energy, and water; animal studies; environmental values; consumption studies.
Chelsea Schelly
Title: Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technical University
Globalization & Development
Michele Companion
Title: Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
History
Primary Contact : Monica S. Gallamore Ph.D.
Title: Coordinator
Email:
Phone: 414-217-3706
Stanford K. Lester MA, MLIS
Title: Co-Coordinator
Email:
Phone: 414-217-1551
Affiliation: Independent Scholar
Dr. Melissa Langley Biegert
Title: Co-Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: Austin Community College
Latin American Studies and Chicano-Iberian Culture Network (LASCIC)
LASCIC, an affiliated organization to WSSA, receives proposals for panels or individual papers based on completed research or with partial results, as well as theoretical reflections and interventions on social, economic and cultural problems in Latin American/Chicano/Latinx/Iberian studies. Proposals may be within the regions and in their relationships and/or with the rest of the world, featuring presentations from any discipline which include dynamics addressing those targeted identities, no matter how they are defined, whether politically, ethnically, linguistically or otherwise, but all with a scientific, interdisciplinary and transregional perspective, based on the social sciences and the humanities. Latin America is considered both in its traditions that are prolonged in the present and in its aspirations for integration and autonomy under construction, not only in the economic field, but in the ideological, cultural, political, and more.
Among others, we welcome proposals on
Jesus Ruiz Flores
Title: Primary Coordinator
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Affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara
Debra D. Andrist
Title: Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Sam Houston State University, Texas, USA
Fernando Pedro Viacava-Breiding
Title: Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico, Campus Morelia
Mass Communication
Mary Jackson-Pitts
Title: Co-Coordinator
Email:
Phone: 870-972-3361
Affiliation: Dept. Radio-Television - Arkansas State University
Lily Zeng
Title: Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Arkansas State University - Dept. Radio-Television
Middle East & North Africa
Gamze Cavdar
Title: Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: Colorado State University
New Zealand & Australia Studies
William C. Schaniel
Title: Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: International Services & Programs - University of West Georgia
Suzzanne Kelley
Title: Co-Coordinator
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Phone: 701-231-6848
Affiliation: North Dakota State University
Non-Profit, Philanthropy, Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
This section is multidisciplinary and encompasses nonprofit administration, strategy, social enterprise, social entrepreneurship and philanthropy. The section encourages submission for the inaugural year to include topics related to the impact of the Covid pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, and social justice strategies. Submissions from all disciplines relating to nonprofit, philanthropy, social enterprise and entrepreneurship will be considered.
Patsy Kraeger
Title: Co-Coordinator
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Affiliation: Georgia Southern University
Umar Ghuman
Title: Co-Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: California State University, Stanislaus - Public Administration
Political Science
Jesus Ruiz Flores
Title: Primary Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: Universidad de Guadalajara
Fernando Pedro Viacava-Breiding
Title: Co-Coordinator
Email:
Affiliation: Tecnologico Nacional de Mexico, Campus Morelia