Communities

Community Wellness and Policing

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Friday May 20 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

How do we assess the stability and well-being of a community? How does policing and other government and community agencies help or hinder in the long term development and sustainment ... more

Drawing on Doucet: Methodological Invitation and Relation in the work of Andrea Doucet

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Friday May 20 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This roundtable session will feature a dialogue inspired by the methodological insights, innovations and contributions of Andrea Doucet. Participants in this session will speak to engaging with Doucet’s scholarship ... more

Environmental Sociology

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Thursday May 19 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

This session features presentations applying sociological perspectives to the study of environmental issues. In the midst of a global social movement cohering around the climate crisis, political debates over extractive ... more

New Directions in Environmental Justice Research

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Wednesday May 18 11:00 am to 12:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Environmental justice researchers examine how social inequality and environmental risk overlap. Classic work has focused on explaining racial and class-based differences in exposure to environmental harms. Contemporary ... more

Sociology Outside the Classroom

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Thursday May 19 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm (Eastern Daylight Time)
Virtual Platform

Experiential learning courses are promoted by universities and colleges across the country as opportunities for students to gain real-world experiences to connect them to their discipline and their communities. Experiential ... more