Who We Are
We are 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.
SSSP Anti-Harassment Policy
If you are a member of the SSSP, or considering membership, please read this policy carefully. We want to assure members that we will do what we can to provide them with a safe environment in which they will be free to pursue their intellectual interests and engage other members in spirited, stimulating, and productive intellectual exchanges.
View the SSSP Statement and Policy against Discrimination and Harassment. Make an anonymous report regarding behavior that violates the anti-harassment policy.
SSSP Anti-Harassment Advocates
These SSSP members have participated in discussions of our policy, advocacy principles, and our commitment to a welcoming culture, and they are available to consult with members seeking related information, resources and support.
Action and Activism
SSSP Statement on Campus Protests (4/30/24)
The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) condemns the actions taken by police agents and university leaders in response to pro-Palestinian campus protests around the country. We unequivocally support academic freedom, free speech, and the right to peaceful protest.
Click here to view the full approved statement.
2024 SSSP Approved Resolutions
SSSP resolutions constitute an important opportunity for our scholar-activist membership to analyze and offer their opinions on contemporary social problems that we believe the Society should address as a social justice organization. All SSSP members were invited to review the proposed 2024 resolutions and participate in the resolutions process.
Click here to view the 2024 Approved Resolutions.
2024 SSSP Approved Statements
Thank you to those who voted on the SSSP Statements – January 2024. 277 votes were cast; 21% of the membership participated in the election. Proposed Statement 2 and the General Item: "SSSP should issue a statement on the violence happening in Palestine and Israel" passed, but Proposed Statement 1 did not pass.
Click here to view the 2024 Approved Statement.
What Our Members Say
"I have come to understand a good deal about SSSP over the years, its challenges and possibilities. What is clear to me is that I cannot think of a time in my life as a sociologist and scholar of African American and African Studies without The Society for the Study of Social Problems being central to my scholarship and activism. I continue to experience this connection in the day to day commitments of our members. I know the solid, serious research and practice articulated in their work. These values of theory and practice undergird my ongoing commitment to SSSP. The Annual Meeting, of course, is the site where much of this work is show cased.
I’m excited about a new generation of members who are bringing creativity, scholarly excellence and visons of emancipatory change to SSSP. They are a key pillar of what will fuel the Society forward in the years to come. I know we need the deepest of commitments, the sharpest scholarship, and the greatest strategic clarity regarding the road ahead. I’m very much looking forward to the annual meeting in Chicago where much of this theory and practice will be shared as we commemorate the 75th anniversary of SSSP."
Rose M. Brewer, SSSP President 2024-2025, University of Minnesota
