ASA Student Forum

It’s almost here! #ASA2025 starts the day after tomorrow. There’s still time to grab a train, plane, or automobile and meet us in Chicago for this gathering of sociologists that all your colleagues will be talking about! Register online or on site! bit.ly/RegisterASA25 

#Chicago #ASA #sociology

The 2026 ASA DDRIG is now open! Awards of up to $16K to support highly talented doctoral students who are conducting cutting-edge sociological research. Virtual Q&A 9/4. Deadline is 11/3. www.asanet.org/ddrig

Slide titled "2025 ASA SFAB Sessions" with details for Saturday, August 9 and Sunday, August 10. Includes the Student Forum Student Reception, Student Forum Advisory Board Meeting, and the Special Topic Paper Session featuring six student presentations on topics ranging from collective bargaining and career precarity to climate adaptation and child labor.

Slide titled "2025 ASA SFAB Sessions" for Monday, August 11. Lists two sessions: "Sociology Unlocked: Your Guide to Careers After Graduate School," a career workshop, and the Open Topic Paper Session featuring six presentations on topics such as identity formation, housing disrepair, suicide, and radical pedagogy.

Slide titled "2025 ASA SFAB Sessions" for Monday, August 11. Lists the Student Forum Business Meeting and the Refereed Roundtables session with 22 roundtables on topics including education, gender studies, race and place, mental health, AI, critical media, and global epistemologies.

Slide titled "2025 ASA SFAB Online Sessions" for Saturday, August 9. Promotes a virtual Student Forum Gathering on Zoom from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM CT. Agenda includes introductions, research sharing, icebreakers, networking, and a career development session on transferable skills and planning tools like ImaginePhD and AAAS myIDP. RSVP link included.

ASA student members—join us in Chicago or online!

Check out the 2025 Student Forum sessions at ASA Annual Meeting: papers, roundtables, career workshops, and more.
Open to all student members.
Details attached.

#ASA2025 #SociologyStudents #SFAB

The countdown begins! The ASA 2025 Annual Meeting starts in just 4 days in Chicago. Register online or on site any day of the meeting to participate in meaningful dialogue with sociologists! bit.ly/RegisterASA25 

#Chicago #ASA #sociology

We can’t wait to see you in Chicago next month for the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting! Whether you’re interested in the state of sociology, connecting with authors & publishers, or taking a deep dive into the character of our host city, ASA has got you covered! Register today! bit.ly/RegisterASA25

2025 ASA SFAB Sessions Saturday, August 9 21223 - Student Forum Student Reception Sat, August 9, 6:00 to 7:30pm, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Ballroom D North Sunday, August 10 30257 - Student Forum Advisory Board Meeting Sun, August 10, 8:00 to 9:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Picasso Session Submission Type: Meeting 30454 - Student Forum Special Topic Paper Session Sun, August 10, 10:00 to 11:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Water Tower Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute) Individual Presentations: ACFTU at an International Table: Evidence from Sino-Norwegian Collective Bargaining for Chinese Seafarers - Yi Sui, Renmin University of China; Hao Zhang, Renmin University of China An Elite Strategy to Navigate Career Precarity? Unpacking Platform Influencer Work of the Chinese International Students - Yifan Liu, University at Albany, SUNY Carceral Labor and the Inequities of Climate Adaptation Infrastructure - Rachel J Springer, Portland State University Liquid Life and Structural Suspension of Young Digital Nomads Based on China’s Localization Experience -Bo Liu, Fudan University; Yuan Deng, Peking University & University of California, Berkeley When Does Work Become Labor? Tracing the Transition from Zero Work to Child Labor in Pakistan - Shah Zaman, Georgia State University

2025 ASA SFAB Sessions Monday, August 11 40231 - Sociology Unlocked: Your Guide to Careers After Graduate School Mon, August 11, 8:00 to 9:30am, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Hall M Session Submission Type: Workshop Description: A sociology graduate degree opens up so many possible career pathways. In this workshop, we will talk about these pathways, hearing from people with various experience in the academy, technology, and NGOs. Hear advice from hiring committee members and recent sociology grad students on how to best prepare for your desired career after grad school. 40254 - Student Forum Open Topic Paper Session Mon, August 11, 8:00 to 9:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Water Tower Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute) Individual Presentations: Are Non-Work Elements Impacting My Voice? A Study on Influences of Employee Voice Behavior in SMEs - Xiangjing Guo, Harbin Institute of Technology; Li Zhang Beyond Institutionalized NGOs and Radical Movements: Dialogical Pedagogical Practice in São Paulo’s Urban Periphery - Gustavo de Almeida Silva, Brown University Disparate Experiences and The Formation of Perceived Disorder in a New York City Neighborhood - Ixchel Bosworth, Columbia University Everything Can’t Be Pretty, Proper, & Pristine: Black Women’s Experiences with Housing Disrepair in the HCV Program - Marnay C. Avant, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor “I’m not half straight, not half gay, but 100% bisexual” Identity Formation of Bisexual Young Adults - Meagan Brooke Pendleton, Ohio State University Migrant Suicide: Reclaiming Durkheim’s Fatalistic Suicide in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization - Yee Lok Wong, CUNY-Graduate Center

2025 ASA SFAB Sessions Monday, August 11 40454 - Student Forum Business Meeting Mon, August 11, 10:00 to 11:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Water Tower Session Submission Type: Meeting 41021 - Student Forum Refereed Roundtables Mon, August 11, 4:00 to 5:30pm, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Ballroom B Roundtable 1: Education and Pedagogy Roundtable 2: Critical Gender Studies Roundtable 3: The Political Economy of China Roundtable 4: Substance Use Disorder and Anxiety Roundtable 5: Mental Health and Well-being Roundtable 6: Labor Movements, Global Economics, and the Gig Economy Roundtable 7: Work and Labor Roundtable 8: Geography, Space, and Place Roundtable 9: Global Family Dynamics Roundtable 10: Health and Illness Roundtable 11: Intersectional Inequalities Roundtable 12: Qualitative Studies Roundtable 13: Technology and the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence Roundtable 14: Race and Place Roundtable 15: Environmental and Occupational Health Roundtable 16: Open Topic Roundtable 17: Higher Education Roundtable 18: Theoretical Sociology Roundtable 19: Critical Feminism and Intersectionality Roundtable 20: Critical Media Studies Roundtable 21: Quantitative Methods Roundtable 22: Global Epistemologies

Headed to #ASA2025 in Chicago?

Join us for this year’s ASA Student Forum sessions—networking, career prep, roundtables & cutting-edge student research!

August 9–11
Hyatt Regency Chicago

#Sociology #GradStudents #ASAStudentForum

ASA’s robust library of webinar recordings is free for members! Check out “Media Savvy: Tools for Public-facing Scholars,” w/ Rashawn Ray @sociologistray.bsky.social @univofmaryland.bsky.social for tips for selecting & navigating interviews, writing op-eds & blogs, & more. https://bit.ly/4l8EFBL

Don’t miss out on early-bird rates for the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting—ending Tuesday, July 1! Come together in Chicago to meet with peers, share research, provide encouragement, & demonstrate the necessity of sociological inquiry for the benefit of society. Register today! http://bit.ly/RegisterASA25

There’s just one week left to get early-bird rates for the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting! We’ve got lots of networking opportunities, including our new (Soc)ial Circles. Register today to be part of these fun and interactive, small-group guided discussions! https://bit.ly/RegisterASA25

American Journal of Sociology | Vol 130, No 6

The May 2025 issue of the American Journal of Sociology is now available online at www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ajs/curr...

New on the blog! In Princeton sociology post-doc fellow @elenaah.bsky.social's research on "expectational liminality," she finds that many young college graduates around the world simply aren't experiencing the benefits promised by the education gospel. contexts.org/blog/after-c...

You can get funds to help bring social science knowledge and methods to bear in addressing community-based problems. Apply for an ASA CARI grant! Must have PhD in sociology or be enrolled in PhD-granting sociology program. Deadline 8/28. https://bit.ly/3O58KCY.

🎉 Celebrating 105 Years of Sociological Excellence! 🎓

This year marks the 105th anniversary of Alpha Kappa Delta’s very first chapter, founded in 1920 at the University of Southern California by Emory Bogardus.

Exploring the sociology job market? As an ASA member, you can access our Career Center for free! Create a profile and start searching for positions in academia or the public or private sectors. https://bit.ly/ASACareerCenter

ASA is pleased to announce the 2025 ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant recipients. These 26 exceptional research projects by a talented group of advanced graduate students were chosen for their intellectual merit and potential broader impacts. https://bit.ly/ASADDRIG25

ASA is pleased to announce Cohort 52 of the Minority Fellowship Program: 6 PhD candidates chosen from a competitive pool of applicants to receive financial support & professional development as they write their dissertations and join in lifelong fellowship w/500+ MFP Fellows https://bit.ly/ASAMFP52

Unanimous Supreme Court makes it easier to sue schools in disability cases Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the unanimous opinion, with Justice Clarence Thomas, joined by Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Justice Sonia Sotomayor, joined by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson writing se...

This decision will be beneficial for all students w/disabilities regardless of where they are in their stage of education. Disabled students deserve access. #disabledinhighered

It's been 35 years since Patricia Hill Collins’s groundbreaking book, Black Feminist Thought. Hear Collins & ASA Pres. Adia Harvey Wingfield reflect on the continued relevance of this work at #ASA2025. Access the program https://bit.ly/ASA25Program & register bit.ly/RegisterASA25!

Interested in taking the next step in your sociology career? Whether you are looking for a job in academia or applied sociology, a pre- or postdoctoral fellowship, the ASA Career Center has options for you. Free for ASA members! Access via your ASA account.

#ASA #sociology #sociologyjobs

The complex reality of college student mental health: Data reveals both challenges and positive trends College students’ psychological well-being has deteriorated in the past two decades, but recent data suggests the tide could be turning.

The complex reality of college student mental health: Data reveals both challenges and positive trends theconversation.com/the-complex-...

The Buffalo State University Alpha Kappa Delta chapter received an Initiation Speaker Grant this year! 🏆

Their speaker, Kenneth Vargas is an alum of Buffalo State and an AKD member! We love to see it! 🤩

Also pictured here are 5 new AKD members. Welcome and congratulations to each of you! 🥳

When classifying others, White, Black, Latino, and Asian Americans all discount White self-identification more than they discount self-identification as Black, Latino, Asian or MENA. Classification and status theories make sense of why.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

What Comes After Roe? Fear, Surveillance and Felony Charges - Ms. Magazine Most voters oppose legal rights to fertilized eggs, embryos and fetuses; criminalization of pregnancy loss; and denial of emergency abortion care.

What Comes After Roe? Fear, Surveillance and Felony Charges msmagazine.com/2025/06/12/r...

ASA 2025 Annual Meeting Guide applications are due tomorrow! Share your insights and help first-time attendees navigate all ASA has to offer at the annual meeting. Complete a simple form on the website by May 29! First-timers, apply to be matched with a guide by June 9. https://bit.ly/ASA_guide

The Spring 2025 issue of ASA’s Footnotes explores some of the ways sociology and public policy intersect and includes an intro from ASA President Adia Harvey Wingfield on our new Policy Outreach Program Fellowship. Read all the articles here: https://bit.ly/FootnotesSpring25

Guides needed! Share your knowledge and help first-time ASA attendees feel connected. As an Annual Meeting Guide, you’ll be paired with a small group & help them learn how to navigate the meeting. Apply by May 29! https://bit.ly/ASA_guide

Considering a career move? ASA’s Career Center can help with your next steps! Create your profile via your ASA account to get started searching for fellowships and jobs in academia and applied sociology. ASA members get access for free! https://bit.ly/ASACareerCenter

ASA offers so many opportunities for members to connect! Find out about webinars, online meetings, and other events that ASA, Sections, and Communities have planned on the ASA Calendar! Visit www.asanet.org/calendar.

Sections & Communities are a core nexus for connection w/in ASA. Learn about ways to get involved w/ these key cohorts during the Section & Community Open House at the Annual Meeting! Details at https://bit.ly/ASA25Program & register today for early-bird rates! bit.ly/RegisterASA25

#ASA2025