3231 - Transformation Sociology

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

Articulating the theme of the 114th ASA annual meeting, Dr. Mary Romero noted that “embracing sociology that challenges social injustices and sustains scholar activists is pivotal in this time of increasing social inequalities. Sociologists possess the analytical tools and empirical data necessary to support communities fighting against injustices in many realms.” With this objective in mind, this thematic session pulls together the work of expert sociologists who are engaged in a project of transformation sociology. In other words, a sociology that pushes the boundaries of mainstream sociology, propelling sociological theory out of traditional paradigms that inhibit social justice interventions, bringing sociological data and analysis to community through education and community activism, and connecting sociology and sociological research to national and global issues of human rights and social justice.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Session Organizer

• Wendy Leo Moore, Texas A&M University

Presider

• Shantel Gabrieal Buggs, Florida State University

Individual Presentations

• If Sociology Isn't Transformative, Then Why Are We Here? - Ashley Wood Doane, University of Hartford

• What the Abolition of the Racial Progress Paradigm Means for Sociology - Victor E. Ray, University of Tennessee-Knoxville

• Social Media, Interest Convergence, and a Campus Anti-Racism Movement - Ervin (Maliq) Matthew, University of Cincinnati

Discussant

• Shantel Gabrieal Buggs, Florida State University