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Join us for ESS 2026:
Transformation & Repair: Worldmaking in Contexts of Struggle and Constraint

March 5-8, 2026
 

Conference Registration

Conference Hotel: Washington Marriott at Metro Center

Undergraduate Poster Guidelines

2026 Mini-Conference Descriptions

Preliminary Program

​​​Conference Highlights

DC '26 Institute on Teaching Social Action​​

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​ESS will host the DC ‘26 Institute on Teaching Social Action on March 5-6, 2026 as part of its annual conference. Lots of sociology courses teach about democracy and social change, but far fewer embrace a ‘learning by doing’ approach. The DC '26 Institute is for faculty who want to develop an experiential social action course.​

Registration will remain open until February 1, 2026 or

until all spots are filled. 

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​Presidential Plenaries

Repair as Worldmaking: Black Reparations and Closing the Racial Wealth Gap​

Karla Bruce, William "Sandy" Darity, Rashawn Ray, Amy Best (Moderator)

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Free DC & Empower DC: Organizing for a Democratic Future in ​the Nation's Capital

Free DC, Empower DC, Tanya Golash-Boza, Johanna Bockman (Moderator)

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Critical Imaginaries for Worldmaking

Freeden Blume Oeur, Jean Beaman, Rahsaan Mahadeo, Amy Best (Moderator)

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World Making & World Loss

 Amin Ghaziani, Amaka Okechukwu, Jyoti Puri, Amy Best (Moderator)

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Presidential Address

Amy Best

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Robin M. Williams Jr. Distinguished Lecture: “The Structure of Transantagonism: Institutions, Politics and Social Control”

Tey Meadow

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​ESS 2026 Conference Program Committee

Amy Best, Corey Doglon, Brian Levy, Freeden Blume Oeur, Tania Jenkins, Heba Gowayed, Barbara Prince, Ingrid Castro, Joe Guinta, Giselle Greenidge, Adrienne Lee Atterberry, Shenique Davis, Paoyi Yung

Special thanks to Deborah Cohan & Sociological Forum editors: Asia Freeman, Ann Bell, Tammy Anderson for session organizing.

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