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Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - Call for Awards

SSSI 2026 award nominations open:
-George Herbert Mead Award
-Charles Horton Cooley Book Award
-Herbert Blumer Award for Best Graduate Student Paper
-Helena Lopata Mentor Excellence Award
-The Kathy Charmaz Early-In-Career Award
Submission details available at symbolicinteraction.org/CallforAwards

10.02.2026 04:29 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Call for Editor for Symbolic Interaction!

The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) invites applications for Editor(s) of the journal Symbolic Interaction for a five-year term beginning January 1, 2027.

More info: sssi.wildapricot.org/Call-for-Edi...

07.02.2026 05:16 — 👍 0 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Oslo 2026: Situations, Power, and Persuasion - Department of Sociology and Human Geography The annual conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction will take place from June 16th - June 19th in beautiful Oslo, Norway. This is the main European conference designed ...

EU SSSI Annual Meeting

The annual conference of the European Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction will be held June 16-19 in Oslo, Norway. The theme is "situations, power, and persuasion," reflecting recent trends in scholarship and public life.

More info: www.sv.uio.no/iss/english/...

07.02.2026 04:14 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Symbolic Interaction, Vol.48 No4 is out - it's a special issue on "The (Re)Production and Navigation of Social Asymmetries‐in‐Action" co-edited by Catherine L. Tam @cathtam.bsky.social & Robin James Smith @robinjsmith.bsky.social congratulations, both co-editors and authors #sssi #emca #interaction

11.12.2025 18:49 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

Temporal and Spatial Organization in Collaborative Work by Nurses in an Emergency and Critical Care Center This study describes the work at an emergency and critical care center, focusing on the collaboration of multiple nurses when moving patients from the outpatient department to the ward. This study is...

New Article on Early view: "Temporal and Spatial Organization in Collaborative Work by Nurses in an Emergency and Critical Care Center" by Hiroki Maeda, Yumi Nishimura #sssi #emca #sociology #healthcare doi.org/10.1002/symb...

11.12.2025 18:45 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Dr. Christopher Conner will be presenting research on conspiracy theories and QAnon in Kansas City. Please RSVP, attend in person, or join the livestream.
Live Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Xkj...
For more information visit: kclibrary.org/events/consp....

02.12.2025 20:19 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Forged in Heat: Craft, Body, and Knowledge in Fire Craft Click on the article title to read more.

"Forged in Heat: Craft, Body, and Knowledge in Fire Craft" Claudio E. Benzecry reviews "Fire Craft: Art, Body, and World among Glassblowers" By Erin O'Connor #sssi #bookreview #culture #sociology #glassblowing doi.org/10.1002/symb...

01.12.2025 21:33 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

"The (Re)Production, Negotiation, and
Navigation of Social Asymmetries-in-Action:
An Introduction to the Special Issue" by Catherine L. Tam and Robin James Smith #sijournal #sociology #EMCA #SSSI #interactionism - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

01.12.2025 21:29 — 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - North American Annual Meeting

The deadline to submit abstracts for the SSSI 2026 conference is quickly approaching! Abstracts due by November 28th, 2025: www.qualitatives.ca/submit-abstract
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
June 10-12, 2026
More information at www.symbolicinteraction.org/North-Americ... or www.qualitatives.ca/CFP

24.11.2025 19:57 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

The Qualitatives - Submit an Abstract Deadline for Submissions: 28 November 2025 We expect to send notifications early in 2026. Please Note: Some Safari users have had difficulty submitting using the form. If this is the case, please try...

The SSSI 2026 annual meeting will be held in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, June 10-12, 2026, with The Qualitatives. Submit abstracts at www.qualitatives.ca/submit-abstract by November 28th, 2025. More information at www.symbolicinteraction.org/North-Americ... or www.qualitatives.ca/CFP.

28.10.2025 17:46 — 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: “From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing” by Alvenio G. Mozol Jr. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70025 #sssi #sociology #academic #publishing #rejection #autoethnography We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article "From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing" on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: “From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing” by Alvenio G. Mozol Jr. https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70025 #sssi #sociology #academic #publishing #rejection #autoethnography

We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article…

23.10.2025 15:28 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1

New on Early View: “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes” by Nadja Tadic https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70022 #sssi #sociology #categorization We have just published Nadia Tadic’s article “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes” on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes” by Nadja Tadic https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70022 #sssi #sociology #categorization

We have just published Nadia Tadic’s article “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending…

16.10.2025 09:01 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Symbolic Interaction Vol. 48 No.3 (TOC) ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Passing as Able-Bodyminded, Disabled, or Supercrip: Rethinking Impression Management Strategies Through a Disability Lens Yvonne Wechuli Pages: 293-314 “Lace up Your Boots and Do Something:” A Symbolic-Interactionist Analysis of Girls and Young Women Equestrian Athletes' Resilience Laura Sanchez Pages: 315-343 Alexandrina Schmidt, Susie Scott Pages: 344-364 From Tourists' Interpretation to National Identity in National Parks: A Semiotic Analysis…

Symbolic Interaction Vol. 48 No.3 (TOC)

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Passing as Able-Bodyminded, Disabled, or Supercrip: Rethinking Impression Management Strategies Through a Disability Lens Yvonne Wechuli Pages: 293-314 “Lace up Your Boots and Do Something:” A Symbolic-Interactionist Analysis of…

07.10.2025 08:21 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: Seth Abrutyn (sethabrutyn.bsky.social) discusses “Our Emotions and Culture” by E. Doyle McCarthy http://doi.org/10.1002symb.70019 #sssi #sociology #emotion #culture #interactionism We have just published on Early View Seth Abrutyn's review of "Our Emotions and Culture: How Modern Life Changes Us” by E. Doyle McCarthy on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: Seth Abrutyn (sethabrutyn.bsky.social) discusses “Our Emotions and Culture” by E. Doyle McCarthy http://doi.org/10.1002symb.70019 #sssi #sociology #emotion #culture #interactionism

We have just published on Early View Seth Abrutyn's review of "Our Emotions and Culture: How…

11.09.2025 15:28 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: Baptiste Brossard reviews “From Skepticism to Competence” by Mariana Craciun http://doi.org/10/1002/symb.70018 #sssi #sociology #psychology #education We have just published Baptiste Brossard's review of “"From Skepticism to Competence: How American Psychiatrists Learn Psychotherapy By Mariana Craciun" by Mariana Craciun” on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: Baptiste Brossard reviews “From Skepticism to Competence” by Mariana Craciun http://doi.org/10/1002/symb.70018 #sssi #sociology #psychology #education

We have just published Baptiste Brossard's review of “"From Skepticism to Competence: How American Psychiatrists Learn…

11.09.2025 15:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Rethinking Face‐to‐Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality” Face-to-face interaction is a foundational concept in microsociology. This article surveys the social experiences of autistic people, who are commonly known for having a strained relationship with in...

New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”" by Lars E. F. Johannessen doi.org/10.1002/symb... #sssi #sociology #interactionism #autism #sociality

22.08.2025 10:38 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1

New on Early View: ““Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns” by Emmi Koskinen https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70013 #sssi #emca #interactionism #face #conversation #closings We have just published New on Early View: "“Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns" by Emmi Koskinen on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: ““Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns” by Emmi Koskinen https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70013 #sssi #emca #interactionism #face #conversation #closings

We have just published New on Early View: "“Do You Want to…

22.08.2025 10:36 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: “Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”” by Lars E. F. Johannessen #sssi #sociology #interactionism #autism #sociality We have just published New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”" by Lars E. F. Johannessen on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: “Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”” by Lars E. F. Johannessen #sssi #sociology #interactionism #autism #sociality

We have just published New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic…

22.08.2025 10:31 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Upcoming 2026 SSSI Conferences As announced at the 2025 SSSI Annual Meetings in Chicago, the 2026 SSSI Annual Meeting will be held in collaboration with the Canadian Qualitative Analysis Conference, June 10-12, 2026 in Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada). The European SSSI Meeting 2026 will be held in Oslo, Norway, June 17-19, 2026. Please mark these dates on your calendar and plan to attend, as you are able!

Upcoming 2026 SSSI Conferences

As announced at the 2025 SSSI Annual Meetings in Chicago, the 2026 SSSI Annual Meeting will be held in collaboration with the Canadian Qualitative Analysis Conference, June 10-12, 2026 in Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada). The European SSSI Meeting 2026 will be held…

22.08.2025 10:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: “Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities” by Mehmet Ali Icbay https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70010 #emca #sssi #ethnomethodology #conversationanalysis #science #community We have just published New on Early View: "Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities" by Mehmet Ali Icbay on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: “Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities” by Mehmet Ali Icbay https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70010 #emca #sssi #ethnomethodology #conversationanalysis #science #community

We have just published New on Early View: "Exploring the EMCA Community:…

13.08.2025 17:49 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: “The MBTI as a Cultural Meme, Its Diffusion on Chinese Social Media, and Its Significance for Millenials’ and Gen-Zs’ Selves and Identities” by J. Patrick Williams and Si Wu https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70012 #sssi #sociology #memes #socialmedia #identity #self #KUFAT We have just published “The MBTI as a Cultural Meme, Its Diffusion on Chinese Social Media, and Its Significance for Millenials' and Gen-Zs' Selves and Identities" by by J. Patrick Williams and Si Wu on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: “The MBTI as a Cultural Meme, Its Diffusion on Chinese Social Media, and Its Significance for Millenials’ and Gen-Zs’ Selves and Identities” by J. Patrick Williams and Si Wu https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70012 #sssi #sociology #memes #socialmedia #identity #self #KUFAT

We have…

13.08.2025 17:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

We will be posting images from the award ceremony here - sssiorg.wordpress.com/2025/08/12/s...

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SSSI Annual Meetings 2025 (Chicago) Award Winners At the 2025 SSSI Annual Meetings in Chicago the Society presented its awards. George Herbert Mead Award (Lifetime Achievement) - Simon Gottschalk (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Charles Horton Cooley Book Award - Asia Friedman's (University of Delaware) Mammography Wars: Analyzing Attention in Cultural and Medical Disputes Herbert Blumer Award for Best Graduate Student Paper - Yuchen Yang’s (University of Birmingham)

SSSI Annual Meetings 2025 (Chicago) Award Winners

At the 2025 SSSI Annual Meetings in Chicago the Society presented its awards. George Herbert Mead Award (Lifetime Achievement) - Simon Gottschalk (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Charles Horton Cooley Book Award - Asia Friedman's (University of…

12.08.2025 22:42 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 2

Special Issue: Lyn Lofland's Intellectual Legacy: Symbolic Interaction: Vol 48, No 2 Click on the title to browse this issue

Symbolic Interaction: Volume 48, Issue 2
Special Issue: Lyn Lofland's Intellectual Legacy #sssi #Lofland #publicplace #interactionism onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15338665...

15.07.2025 15:23 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@sijournal.bsky.social Great to be at the EU-SSSI annual conference in Warsaw, Poland. #sssi

14.07.2025 11:18 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: ““Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of Non-Reciprocal Interaction in a Danish Fifth Grade Classroom” by Jørn Bjerre https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70005 #sssi #sociology #interaction #classroom # We have just published ““Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of Non-Reciprocal Interaction in a Danish Fifth Grade Classroom” by Jørn Bjerre on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: ““Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of Non-Reciprocal Interaction in a Danish Fifth Grade Classroom” by Jørn Bjerre https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70005 #sssi #sociology #interaction #classroom #

We have just published ““Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of…

15.07.2025 15:01 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: “Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure” by Michael Schultz, Leslie DeChurch and Noshir Contractor https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70003 #sssi #sociology #interaction #Skylab #astronaut We have just published Philip Lewin’s’s review of “Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure" by Michael Schultz, Leslie DeChurch, and Noshir Contractor on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: “Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure” by Michael Schultz, Leslie DeChurch and Noshir Contractor https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70003 #sssi #sociology #interaction #Skylab #astronaut

We have just published Philip Lewin’s’s review of “Embedded Interactions and Selective…

15.07.2025 14:57 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: Philip Lewin discusses “Interpreting Subcultures” edited by Patrick J. Williams https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70007 #sssi #sociology #subcultures #culture We have just published Philip Lewin's’s review of “Interpreting Subcultures. Approaching, Contextualizing, and Embodying Sense-Making Practices in Alternative Cultures" edited by J. Patrick Williams on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: Philip Lewin discusses “Interpreting Subcultures” edited by Patrick J. Williams https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70007 #sssi #sociology #subcultures #culture

We have just published Philip Lewin's’s review of “Interpreting Subcultures. Approaching, Contextualizing, and Embodying…

14.07.2025 16:52 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

New on Early View: ““Being Nice” as Modus Vivendi in Classrooms: A Collective Behavior Approach to Deviant Behavior in Primary Schools” by Doris Bühler-Niederberger, Leon Dittmann, and Claudia Schuchart https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70004 #sssi #sociology #deviance We have just published Richard E. Ocejo’s review of “'Being Nice' as Modus Vivendi in Classrooms: A Collective Behavior Approach to Deviant Behavior in Primary Schools” by Doris Bühler-Niederberger, Leon Dittmann, and Claudia Schuchart on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. #sssi #sociology Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

New on Early View: ““Being Nice” as Modus Vivendi in Classrooms: A Collective Behavior Approach to Deviant Behavior in Primary Schools” by Doris Bühler-Niederberger, Leon Dittmann, and Claudia Schuchart https://doi.org/10.1002/symb.70004 #sssi #sociology #deviance

We have just published Richard E.…

04.07.2025 11:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction - North America SSSI Media of Interaction

Registration for the 2025 Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL, USA is open. Please use the link below to check out the event and register for the conference.
www.symbolicinteraction.org/conferences/...

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