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World Social Science Association

Formerly the Western Social Science Association

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Section Key

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AAAS - African/African American Studies
ABS - Association For Borderland Studies
AFIT - Economics (Association For Institutional Thought)
AIS - American Indian Studies
AS - Asian Studies
CDD - Chronic Disease & Disability
CJC - Criminal Justice & Criminology
CMS - Communication Studies
CS - Canadian Studies
EG - Economics General

EPN - Environmenal Policy & Natural Resource Management
GD - Globalization & Development
HIS - History
LASC - Latin American Studies & Chicano-Iberian Culture Network
MC - Mass Communication
MENA - Middle East & North Africa
NPPS - Non-Profit, Philanthropy, Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship
NZAS - New Zealand & Australia Studies
PA - Public Administration
PFB - Public Finance & Budgeting

PS - Political Science
RAS - Rural & Agricultural Studies
SA - Sociology & Anthropology
SES - Slavic & Eurasian Studies
SP - Social Psychology
SW - Social Work
URPE - Union For Radical Political Economists
US - Urban Studies
WGBL - Women's, Gender, & LGBTQ Studies

RAS - Rural & Agricultural Studies

13
Apr
2023

RAS 1 - From Urban to Rural, Choices & Patterns

04-13-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Dolores

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation:
Des Moines Area Community College

 

Moderator: Lisa Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College

 

"Multiculturalism Beyond the Big City: Population Change in Northern Ontario", Melissa Kelly, Toronto Metropolitan University

“Immigration, A Pathway to Mitigate the Rural Labor Shortage”, Brooke Thoendel, University of Nebraska at Kearney

“The Impact of Genomic Embryonic Medicine on Rural Communities”, Norah Renner, University of Nebraska at Kearney

13
Apr
2023

NZAS 1, RAS 2 - Academic Publishing Workshop (Co-Located)

04-13-2023 1:00 pm -2:30 pm
Dolores

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation: Des Moines Area Community College

 

Introduction: Dr. William Schaniel, Chair of the New Zealand & Australian Studies Section+

 

Workshop Host: Dr. Suzzanne Kelley, North Dakota State University Press
“How to Find, Submit, Sign and Partner with your Publisher”

13
Apr
2023

RAS 3 - 16th Annual Rural & Agricultural Studies Roundtable Book Discussion on the following new text: 'Rethinking Rural: Reflections on Today, Insights for the Future," edited by Matt Ehlman (NDSU Press)

04-13-2023 2:45 pm -4:15 pm
Dolores

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation:
Des Moines Area Community College

 

Moderators:  

Tom Isern, North Dakota State University

Lisa Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College

Suzzanne Kelley, North Dakota State University Press

Anthony Amato, Southwestern Minnesota State

14
Apr
2023

RAS 4 - Resources, Money & Trust in Rural Places

04-14-2023 9:45 am -11:15 am
Cloister East

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation:
Des Moines Area Community College

 

Moderator:  Lisa Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College

 

“The Misconduct of the Freedman’s [sic] Bureau: E.M. Gregory and East Texas Planters, 1865-66”, Matthew Hild, Georgia Tech

“Is Wildlife a Public Trust or Commercial Commodity? Some Observations on Big Game Permit Allocation and the Outfitting Industry”, Stephen Eliason, Montana State University

“No Ordinary Occupation, Tempting Booty & Danish Daring: Herbert Hoover’s World Famine Survey in Three Scandinavian Countries, April 1946”, Lisa Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College

14
Apr
2023

RAS 5 - Editors & Authors Roundtable

04-14-2023 1:00 pm -3:00 pm
Sand Lotus

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation:
Des Moines Area Community College

 

"Editors & Authors:  Organizing & Writing Rural Topics for Anthologies"
Hosts:  Matthew Hild, Georgia Tech & Lisa Ossian, Des Moines Area Community College

Highlighting "Gwinnett County, Georgia, and the Transformation of the American South, 1818-2018"
"Presidents and Place, America's Favorite Sons" [featuring Truman & Hoover's bipartisan friendship]

14
Apr
2023

RAS 6 - Rural Lives Facebook Concert Broadcast

04-14-2023 7:00 pm -10:00 pm

Coordinator: Lisa Ossian
Affiliation:
Des Moines Area Community College

 

“Italian Skies: Cattle Kings and Climate Change on the Northern Plains”, Tom Isern, North Dakota State University