Submissions to present at the 2021 conference are now closed.
To organize its annual meeting, PSA primarily uses an online system of open submissions to topical areas.
Faculty and other professional sociologists as well as graduate students will access the online system, choose a topical area, and indicate their preferred type of participation (formal research presentation, research-in-progress, or some other type of session). You can find the list of topical areas below, as well as the program committee members who will organize submissions into sessions for each of these areas. PSA committees also sponsor some special sessions and seek paper submissions; the list of these sessions is also included below. Faculty, graduate students, and other professional sociologists need to provide an abstract of their proposal, with a maximum 200 words, to include the objective, methods, results, and findings as appropriate.
Faculty, graduate students, and applied sociologists can also submit a proposal for a complete session. This might be a book salon (formerly called author-meets-critics session), a film or other creative media session, or a panel of scholars who want to present together on a particular topic. However, submissions of sessions completely composed of presenters from one school are discouraged; these sessions are often not well attended, and space in the program is limited. Presenters instead should submit their individual papers, where they will be placed appropriately in sessions with other presenters—and thus also have the opportunity to learn from these other presenters.
For more information: 2021 submission instructions FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS, FACULTY, APPLIED SOCIOLOGISTS, ETC
Undergraduate students first select either the undergraduate poster or roundtable format, then choose the topical area that best fits their work. For a poster, students will prepare a large poster about their research, then stand next to it and explain to any interested viewers. For a roundtable, students will send their completed paper to the faculty assigned as Discussant for their table prior to the conference. Then, at the conference, they will be seated at a large table with several other students whose research is on related topics; each student will orally present a summary of their work, and then the faculty Discussant will guide discussion. At the time of submission, undergraduate students are asked to provide a longer proposal that includes two pages of information on their research question, intended contribution of their research, description of theory and methods, and a third page of source references. Undergraduates also are required to give name and contact information for a faculty mentor who is familiar with their work. Undergraduate submissions are organized into sessions by Undergraduate Coordinator Robert Kettlitz.
For more information: 2021 submission instructions FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
You may not submit the same paper to more than one place within the online submission system. You may, however, submit different papers to one or more topical areas or open-call committee-sponsored sessions.
Please submit only papers you really intend to present. At PSA, papers are generally accepted. Do not submit a lot of papers in hopes that a few will be accepted. Submit only papers you firmly expect to be ready to present.
New(ish) topical areas include Black Sociology, Indigenous Sociology, and Rural Sociology. A few topical areas have been joined: Education is now for all levels of education; Economic Sociology has been joined to Work and Organizations; Applied Sociology explicitly includes Public Sociology and Community Research; Youth, Aging, and Lifecourse have been joined; Population and Demography is included with Migration/Immigration; the Military is included with Politics and the State; and Theory covers Classical, Marxist, and Critical strands.
Note: General questions about the conference, submission system, or other general information should be directed to the PSA Executive Office, executivedirector@pacificsoc.org.
2021 Program Committee
Program Chair: Marcia Marx, California State University, San Bernardino mmarx@csusb.edu
You will choose from these Topical Areas when you submit your paper. The Organizers listed will review submissions and organize them into sessions. Please do not send your paper to an Organizer unless you are asked to do so. You must submit your paper in the online submission system.
Topical Area |
Name and Affiliation |
|
Applied, Public Sociology, and Community Research |
José Muñoz CSU San Bernardino |
munoz@csusb.edu |
Art, Culture, and Popular Culture |
Linda Rillorta Mount San Antonio College |
lrillorta@mtsac.edu |
Asian/Asian American Sociology
|
Hyeyoung Woo Portland State University |
hyeyoung@pdx.edu |
Black Sociology |
Lori Walkington CSU San Marcos |
lwalking@csusm.edu |
The Intersections of Youth, Aging and the Life Course
|
Gabrielle Plickert Cal Poly Pomona |
gplickert@cpp.edu |
Crime, Law, and Deviance |
Josh Meisel Humboldt State University |
joshua.meisel@humboldt.edu |
Education (Higher Education and other) |
Brianne Davila Cal Poly Pomona |
badavila@cpp.edu |
Environmental Sociology |
Laura Earles Lewis-Clark State College |
leearles@lcsc.edu |
Ethnography |
Jennifer Reich Univ. of Colorado, Denver |
jennifer.reich@ucdenver.edu |
Food and Society |
Rachel Soper CSU Channel Islands |
rachel.soper@csuci.edu |
Gender |
Marjukka Ollilanen Weber State |
mollilainen@weber.edu |
Indigenous Sociology |
James Courage Singer Salt Lake Community College |
james.singer@slcc.edu |
Intimate Relationships, Families, & Reproductive Politics |
Megan Carroll CSU San Bernardino |
Megan.carroll@csusb.edu |
Labor and Labor Movements |
Jason Struna University of Puget Sound |
jstruna@pugetsound.edu |
Latinx Sociology |
Daniel Olmos CSU Northridge |
daniel.olmos@csun.edu |
Media and Communication
|
Linda Rillorta Mt San Antonio College |
lrillorta@mtsac.edu |
Medical Sociology and Health |
Alicia Bonaparte Pitzer College |
alicia_bonaparte@pitzer.edu |
Methods |
Pete Simi Chapman University |
simi@chapman.edu |
Migration/Immigration//Population |
Katie Dingeman CSU Los Angeles |
mdingem@calstatela.edu |
Politics, the State and Military
|
Raphi Rechitsky National University |
rechitsky@nu.edu
|
Race, Class and Gender |
Kristy Shih CSU Long Beach |
kristy.shih@csulb.edu |
Race/Ethnicity |
Raul Perez University of La Verne |
raul.perez.soc@gmail.com |
Regional Studies, Transnationalism, Globalization, & Development |
Shweta Adur CSU Los Angeles |
sadur@calstatela.edu |
Religion (including Sociology of Islam) |
Reid Leamaster Glendale Community College |
reid.leamaster@gccaz.edu |
Rural Sociology |
Ryanne Pilgeram University of Idaho |
Rpilgeram@uidaho.edu |
Science and Technology |
Dilshani Sarathchandra University of Idaho |
dilshanis@uidaho.edu |
Sexualities |
Jodi O’Brien Seattle University |
jobrien@seattleu.edu |
Social Movements and Social Change |
Nella Van Dyke UC Merced |
nvandyke@ucmerced.edu |
Social Psychology, Identity, and Emotions |
Amanda Shigahara Sacramento State University |
shigihara@csus.edu |
Social Stratification, Inequality, and Poverty |
Alexis McCurn CSU Dominguez Hills |
amccurn@csudh.edu |
Sport and Leisure |
Ann Travers Simon Fraser University |
atravers@sfu.ca |
Urban and Community Studies |
Pepper Glass Weber State University |
pepperglass@weber.edu |
Theory: Classical, Marxist, and Critical |
Reha Kadakal CSU Channel Islands |
reha.kadakal@csuci.edu |
Teaching Sociology |
Dolores Ortiz Oxnard College |
dortiz@vcccd.edu |
Work, Organizations, and Economic Sociology |
Rebecca Li The College of New Jersey |
Lirebecc@tcnj.edu |
Undergraduate Roundtables & Posters |
Robert Kettlitz Hastings College |
rkettlitz@hastings.edu |