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Eastern Sociological Society
We provide a platform for sociological scholarship and host an annual conference.
OUR ANNUAL CONFERENCE
#ESS2024: “The Social Side of the Climate Crisis”
29 February-3 March 2024
Washington Marriott at Metro Center
Washington, DC
As scientific consensus about the effect humans have on the climate is indisputable, increasing attention is being given to understanding the role that society plays in both creating the climate crisis and solving it (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 2021; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 2 2022; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 3 2022; also see Oreskes 2004).
Our presidential plenaries will bring together prominent policymakers, journalists, community leaders, and sociologists to discuss a range of issues related to the societal causes, consequences, and solutions to the climate crisis. Across these plenaries we will focus on the important role that society and sociology plays in our shared understanding of the climate crisis.


REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIP NOW OPEN!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE MEETING AND TO JOIN ESS!
ALL PRESENTERS MUST BE MEMBERS AND REGISTER TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE
*UNDERGRAD POSTERS SUBMIT HERE:
*NOTE: At the end of your submission, there is a prompt to "pick at least one topic". Simply click on "click to continue", and then "Done", as there are no topics to pick and your submission will be complete.
HOTEL RESERVATIONS WITH ESS DISCOUNT:
Guest Room Block: Please note your guest rooms are available until 6:00pm on February 7, 2024. Please use the below link for easy access to book your rooms.
(https://book.passkey.com/e/50553604)

Interested in our New Book Exhibit and Reception? It's an inexpensive way to promote your work.
Email us at ess@wpunj.edu
Thank you to all who supported our 93rd Annual Meeting
in 2023
“Dignity & Society”
#ess2023 #dignity&society
The Program Committee was co-chaired by Natasha Pratt-Harris (Morgan State University), Alexandre White (Johns Hopkins
University), and John N. Robinson III (Princeton) with President Frederick Wherry serving ex-officio. This committee made
decisions on the mini-conferences, workshops, and conference panels. Our (now Past) Vice-President Jennifer Lena,
and President-Elect, now President, Dana Fisher handled the Author-Meets-Critics submissions.




Previous Meetings
Interested in refreshing your memory about what went on at a past meeting? Trying to remember the title of your 2008 ESS presentation for your tenure and promotion package? Consult an archived version of the meeting programs below.
What Is ESS?
Our Society was founded in 1930 to advance sociological research, promote the effective teaching of sociology, develop more vital relationships between sociology and related disciplines, and to use the tools of the social sciences to address social problems. We publish a peer-reviewed journal Sociological Forum, host an annual conference, support workshops, and award prizes for excellence in the discipline.
Congratulations to our 2023 Award Recipients!
Maria Valdovinos Olson,
George Mason University
Honorable Mention: Black Church Security Network
University of Illinois-Chicago
Jeffrey K. Hass, Wartime Suffering and Survival: The Human Condition under Siege in the Blockade of Leningrad, 1941-44, Oxford University Press, 2021
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Alexander Adames, University of Pennsylvania
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Honorable Mention,
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Yifeng Wan, Johns Hopkins University
Max Bebris. University of Wisconsin, Madison
Meg Bishop, University of Texas at Austin
Andres Besserer Rayas, CUNY Graduate Center
Tannuja Rozario, Every Town for Gun Safety
Post-Tenure:
Ernesto Castañeda, American University
Ingrid Castro, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Victoria Reyes, University of California, Riverside
Sociological Forum
Sociological Forum, edited by Karen A. Cerulo, is the flagship journal of the Eastern Sociological Society. The journal is peer reviewed and committed to publishing high quality, cutting edge research on substantive issues of fundamental importance to the study of society. The journal’s mission is broad in scope, encompassing empirical works (both quantitative and qualitative in nature), as well as works that develop theories, concepts, and methodological strategies.
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