4111 - Critical Sociology and Public Policy

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Critical sociological perspectives and analyses have the potential to make important contributions to the formation and assessment of public policy on numerous issues but particularly on those related to racial, gender, and class inequality. Critical sociology is especially needed today in the contentious political environment associated with the Trump presidency. Race, gender, and class imbue major public policy issues in the national landscape but they tend to be veiled with color- and gender-blind ideologies. Major substantive public policy issues of the day that are informed by critical sociology include health care, education, labor, immigration, sexual harassment, inequality, human rights, housing, and voting, among others. This panel brings together leading sociologists who work from critical sociology perspectives and public policy on a variety of areas associated with race, gender, and class. The panelists work from various methodological and analytical approaches. The potential panelists include the following scholars.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Session Organizer

• Rogelio Saenz, University of Texas-San Antonio

Presider

• Rogelio Saenz, University of Texas-San Antonio

Individual Presentations

• Immigration Policy as a Social Determinant of Health - Edward D. Vargas, Arizona State University

• An Intersectional Guide to the Theory and Practice of Dismantling the Coercive Arm of the State - Tanya Maria Golash-Boza, University of California, Merced

• Leveraging the Conceptual Use of Intersectionality in K-12, Higher Education and 2020 Census Data Policy for Empowering Vulnerable Communities - Nancy López, University of New Mexico-Albuquerque

• Students’ Safety as a Top Priority: Cross-National Perspectives on School Violence and Education Policy - Derron Wallace, Brandeis University