1118 - Engaging Community in Sociology

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Social justice emphasis in doing sociology involves engaging with communities impacted by social inequality. This panel explores the ways that sociologists engage neighborhoods, organizations, and other community structures that bring local, national or international members together to develop projects that embrace their needs and concerns.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Session Organizer

• Mary Romero, Arizona State University

Presider

• Ashley Wood Doane, University of Hartford

Individual Presentations

• An Intersectional Study of My Personal Food Justice Journey - Phoebe Christina Godfrey, University of Connecticut

• Objectivity, Neutrality, Access, and Advocacy: Conundrums in Socially Engaged Research - Mary E. Pattillo, Northwestern University