Join the SSSP

First-time professional memberships are $50
and student memberships are $33.

For over seventy years, the Society has provided a supportive, inviting, and respectful space for those working to change the world we study. The strength of our organization rests on the diversity of our membership and ideas—and a steadfast commitment to collectively make a difference. Join us today and bring your unique contribution to SSSP.

Connect

with an interdisciplinary community of scholars, practitioners, advocates, and students interested in the application of critical, scientific, and humanistic perspectives to the study of vital social problems, both national and international

Promote

sociological research and teaching on significant problems of social life and protect academic freedom

Encourage and Support

the work of young scholars, practitioners, and activists

Foster

collaborative relationships among persons and organizations engaged in the application of research to the development of social policies and activism

Create

a more just and humane world

 

Discover Membership Benefits

Members have a unique opportunity to exchange ideas and form friendships with others committed to research and action to make a more just world. In addition, membership in the SSSP provides:

  • Awards, Fellowships, and Scholarships
  • Discounted Access to Conferences
  • Leadership Opportunities
  • Mentorship Programs
  • Networking Opportunities
  • New Job Prospects
  • Op-Ed Workshops
  • Paper Presentations
  • Professional Development
  • Special Pricing on Titles from Oxford University Press and Bristol University Press I Home of Policy Press
  • Inspiration, Motivation, and Solidarity toward working for social justice
2024 Annual Meeting
 
SSSP Members
Social Problems Cover

SSSP members enjoy access to all issues from 1953-current of the Society’s flagship journal, Social Problems, one of the top social science journals in the country.

A Message from Our President

Dr. Mary Berstein

SSSP’s importance as a professional organization lies in its mission to create cutting edge, empirically sound research that contributes to reducing inequality and injustice in the world. As someone who entered the world of academia believing that education and research are the best tools for fostering a more fair, just, and equal world, I’ve found a home in SSSP. As a community of scholars committed to using sociological theory backed by empirical research to find solutions to social problems, SSSP is truly unique.
Dr. Mary Bernstein, SSSP President 2023-2024, University of Connecticut

 
SSSP: Better Together