Tagged: ASA

Gender & Sexuality

A World Beyond/Without Gender?

This past weekend was a busy one for those of us who travelled to Denver, CO for the annual American Sociological Association meeting. As usual, the conference was replete with interesting and insightful research projects. But this year’s theme, “Real Utopias: Emancipatory Projects, Institutional Designs, Possible Futures,” inspired conversations far more philosophical and theoretical than social scientists might have expected. I had the pleasure of attending one such panel—“A World Beyond Gender,” with Barbara Jane Risman, Judith Lorber, and Michael...

Sociology of Media & Communication

Personal Attacks on a leading Sociologist: How Should the Sociological Community Respond to the Attacks on Francis Fox Piven?

Sociologists have known about the work and viewpoints of Francis Fox Piven throughout her career. She is a leader in the field; she has taught at CUNY’s Graduate Center since 1982, helping begin the careers of numerous sociologists; in 2006/07, Piven was the president of the American Sociological Association, and she has won the ASA’s Lifetime Achievement Award for Political Sociology. She is widely published and respected throughout the field, but her renown outside the field of sociology was scant...

Opinion

Invitation to Sociology Editors Forum 2010 at this year's ASA

Wiley-Blackwell will host a Sociological Editors Forum at ASA in Atlanta and a community site has been created to complement the event. The Forum will give journal editors an opportunity to discuss hot topics in sociology publishing with peers. Please visit the community site for more information and valuable resources – http://asaeditorsforum.wordpress.com. If you are a journal editor and would like to attend the event, please email scanney@wiley.com. We look forward to seeing journal editors in Atlanta and/or on the...