Sociology and Social Welfare Division Fall 2023 Newsletter

Greetings:

Hi everyone. This is Dr. Bill Cabin, your lead co-chair. There is some important news to convey in this newsletter, most of it reminders and updates on member activities. For future issues, please email me (wcabin@umich.edu ) with information on your professional activities (i.e., awards; promotions; new jobs; publications, etc.) so I can include them in future newsletters.

SSSP Membership:

Please renew asap and see the SSSP website for a special deal for renewals made by December 31, 2023.

Graduate Student Paper Award Competition:

Sociology and Social Welfare Division Announcement of 2024 Graduate Student Paper Competition
The Sociology and Social Welfare Division (SSW) announces its 2024 Graduate Student Paper Competition. Paper topics can focus on various aspects of sociological, social welfare or social work research. Quantitative and qualitative analyses, applied research, and theoretical papers are all acceptable. There are several requirements for a paper to be eligible for submission. First is that the paper may not already be published or accepted for publication. Second is that the paper must be student-authored. This means the paper may be authored by either one student or co-authored by multiple students but cannot be co-authored by a faculty member or non-student. Third, papers may not exceed 25 double-spaced pages (including all notes, references, tables, and graphs) and must include a brief abstract. Fourth, students may only submit their paper to one Division. If selected for the award, the author(s) must commit to present the paper at a session at the 2024 SSSP Annual Meeting in Montreal and will receive: a $200 cash award; a one-year SSSP student membership; waiver of 2024 Conference registration fees; and a recognition plaque at the Conference awards ceremony.
To be considered for the award please submit the following: (a) a copy of the paper; (b) a cover letter specifying that the paper is being submitted for consideration in the 2024 Sociology and Social Welfare Division Graduate Student Paper Competition; and (c) a short letter from each author’s adviser certifying the author status as a student and including some brief comments about their author’s research. All materials must be submitted electronically by January 31, 2024, to: (1) the annual meeting Call for Papers on the SSSP 2024 Conference website and (2) SSW Division Co-chair Dr. William Cabin at wcabin@umich.edu 









Member Happenings:

Two studies by Dr. Erica Jablonski, Postdoctoral Research Associate
Center for Research on Disability, University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability:

Jablonski, E. S., Surfus, C. R., & Henly, M. (2023). Full-Time Caregiving During COVID-19 Based on Minority Identifications, Generation, and Vaccination Status. In Social Factors, Health Care Inequities and Vaccination (pp. 43-64). Emerald Publishing Limited.

Jablonski, E. S., Phillips, K. G., & Henly, M. (forthcoming). Employment Barriers Experienced at Different Job Acquisition Stages  
by People With and Without Disabilities. Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation.



Three publications by member Dr. Anthony Nocella II, Associate Professor, Department of Criminal Justice, Salt Lake Community College:

The Lowrider Studies Reader
Culture, Resistance, Liberation, and Familia
by Anthony J. Nocella II (Volume editor)
https://www.peterlang.com/document/1320961


Resisting Neoliberal Schooling
Dismantling the Rubricization and Corporatization of Higher Education
by Anthony J. Nocella II (Volume editor)
https://www.peterlang.com/document/1320259


Critical Animal Studies and Activism
International Perspectives on Total Liberation and Intersectionality
by Anthony J. Nocella II (Volume editor) Richard J. White (Volume editor)
https://www.peterlang.com/document/1288792