SSSP SOCIAL PROBLEMS THEORY DIVISION BUSINESS MEETING 
AUGUST 2024 
 
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 Territorial acknowledgement Ð Treaty 7 

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 Welcome Joshua Stout as incoming Chair Elect 

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 Budget 


 
SSSP THEORY DIVISION PROJECTED BUDGET 2025 
 
Budget Item Requested 
 Amount 
 Justification 
 

Cash award to the DivisionÕs student paper competition 
 $200 
 We request a $200 honorarium to help cover the studentÕs expenses associated with attending the meeting 
 
Plaque for the DivisionÕs outstanding scholarship award winner + shipping (if needed) 
 $80 
 We request $80 to pay for a plaque and shipping (if the winner does not attend the annual meeting) for our DivisionÕs outstanding scholarship award. 
 
Stipend for social media manager / newsletter editor 
 $170 
 We request $170 (or $14/month) for the dual role of social media manager and editor of the DivisionÕs newsletter. Managing the Facebook and X accounts well requires significant work. 
 
Division-sponsored reception at the annual meeting 
 $150 
 We would like to contribute $150 toward the co-sponsored reception with other SSSP divisions. 
 
Total 
 $600 
  
 


 
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 Membership o
 Currently 130 members, 119 approving of group announcements, up from 101 members on the group list in fall 2023, and 115 in 2022 

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 Thanking subcommittees 


 
I would like to thank (in the order of our sessions) those who have organized and/or will chair one of our sessions: Michael O. Johnston, Faryal Razzaq, Korey Tillman, Keith Johnson, Michael Branch, David Lane, Clara Mey, Joshua Stout, Benjamin Fleury-Steiner, and Nicholas Dumas. 
 
Our outstanding student paper subcommittee was chaired by Faryal Razzaq, with Joshua Stout and Morena Tartari. Our outstanding book award subcommittee was chaired by David Lane, with Keith Johnson and Kemi Johnson Pratt. My deep thanks to all our subcommittee members! 
 
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 Award winners 


 
I'm very pleased to announce this year's winner and honourable mention for the SSSP Theory Division's outstanding student paper competition. CONGRATULATIONS to Mx. Eden Nay for their paper The Normate Circle and the Biopolitics of Trans Stigma. Mx. Nay's achievement will be recognized at our awards ceremony to be held on Saturday, August 10 from 5:45pm-7:00pm in the Ballroom Centre. Mx. Nay will present their paper at the conference in Session #4: Inequalities and Abilities, on Friday August 9th, 8:30am ET. 
 
Our honourable mention goes to Andrew Shapiro for his paper Hurt People Hurt People: Theorizing liminal complicity in the reproduction of inequality, which he will present during Session #63: New Work in Social Problems Theory, on Saturday, August 10th, 12:30pm ET. Congratulations Andrew! 
 
This year we recognize outstanding books published by our members. It's my sincere pleasure to announce this year's outstanding book award goes to Dr. Asia Friedman for 
Mammography Wars: Analyzing attention in cultural and medical disputes, published by Rutgers University Press! 
 
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 Key sessions this year 


 
Session 009: Bodies for Sale: Use of Humans and Animals for Entertainment  Room: Drummond West  
Date: Friday, August 9 
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM 
THEMATIC 
Sponsors: Critical Race and Ethnic Study Health, Health Policy, and Health Services Social Problems Theory Sport, Leisure, and the Body  
Session 028: Decolonizing the Canon: Global South Scholarship and Countering Western Hegemony in Social Problems Theory and Research  Room: Lamartine  
Date: Friday, August 9 
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM 
Sponsors: Conflict, Social Action, and Change Global Social Problems Theory  
Session 045: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Critical Perspectives on Law and Violence  Room: Jarry  
Date: Saturday, August 10 
Time: 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM 
THEMATIC 
Sponsors: Law and Society Social Problems Theory  
Session 054: Social Problems in the Digital Age  Room: Jarry  
Date: Saturday, August 10 
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM 
Sponsor: Social Problems Theory  
Session 063: New Work in Social Problems Theory  Room: Jarry 
Date: Saturday, August 10 
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM 
Sponsor: Social Problems Theory  
Session 093: Problematizing the Medicalization of Addiction  Room: Hemon  
Date: Sunday, August 11 
Time: 10:30 AM - 12:10 PM 
Sponsors: Drinking and Drugs Social Problems Theory  
Session 103: Violence and Theory  Room: Joyce 
Date: Sunday, August 11 
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM 
THEMATIC 
Sponsor: Social Problems Theory  
Session 107: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Critical Race and Rural Studies  Room: Salon 5  
Date: Sunday, August 11 
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:10 PM 
Sponsors: Community Research and Development Social Problems Theory  
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 Social media site ÒXÓ Ð consider alternatives? Discord? 


 
Q. what are we using social media for? 
-frequency? 
 
Discord? 
User friendly? 
-would need training 
q. who would maintain it 
q. objective 
 
arg. Ð discord Ð best platform Ð can have video chats, groups, stable and secure 
need knowledgable person managing it, and connecting it with SSSP 
 
arg. Ð good for communications with members, but not those not already members 
 
arg. Ð Instagram and/or tiktok, can showcase works and books, reels of members attending members 
snips Ð why joined 
can connect through discord to insta and tiktok too 
 
arg. Ð youtube? 
-award winners 
 
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 Keynotes 


 
Speaker series on youtube 
Subscription for editing 
Transcribe interviews automatically, can archive in volume 
 
Signal and telegram 
 
Training sessions Ð free for members 
Mentorship 
-volunteers 
 
Volunteers for organizing sessions and outstanding paper awards 
 
Speaker workshop Ð foregrounding theory in action/community engagement 
 
Institutional memory 
 
WhatÕs appealing? 
NICK CANNON Ð celebrity talking social problems theory, got cancelled  
Swiss Beats Ð Yale 
Non-traditional scholars and academic 
TI Ð social problems theory 
 
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 Division consolidation o
 Our title is not changing 

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 Relevance and experiences with ÔtheoryÕ 

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 Tightening up ÔbinÕ new directions session 




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 New business/items going forward