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Annual Meetings

Each year the Sociological Practice section endeavors to share our
practices and insights with other sociologists through section sessions,
co-sponsored sessions, special sessions and a variety of workshops.
If you've ever wanted to organize a session or workshop, contact the
Section Chair for more information. To see what sessions, workshops
and events taking place at the ASA, click on the links below:

Next meeting: Boston, MA, August 1-4, 2008.

Click here for the ASA's information about the 2008 annual meeting.

Previous meeting: New York, NY, August 11-14, 2007.

Click here for the ASA's information about the 2007 annual meeting.

Upcoming ASA Annual Meetings

Section Activities: 2007 in New York

2009 in TBD. Early information provided by the ASA.

Upcoming Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS)

MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
The Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology is having its annual meeting in Michigan, at the Eagle Crest Resort and Conference Center, Ann Arbor-Marriott-Ypsilanti. October 4-6, 2007. The theme: Sociology: From Imagination to Action. Call for papers and presentations: Papers, workshops, demonstrations, exchanges about sociological practice, clinical sociological work, open discussions and the like. Be creative in your ideas and we are open-minded in our understanding of what a conference should be. More important, come and learn and share. Please visit http://www.aacsnet.org

Section Activities at ASA Annual Meetings

2007 in New York
NOTE: Our Section Day is Sunday, August 12. Our section reception will be on Saturday, August 11, beginning at 6:30 PM.

SESSIONS,
WORKSHOPS and
MEETINGS
for Applied and Clinical Sociologists

Meetings
- Orientation for New Section Officers
  Scheduled Time: Mon, Aug 13, 8:30 to 10:10 AM, Hilton.
  Sessions
  
  Sociological Practice Section Session:
  Session: Is Another World Possible? The Contribution of Sociological Practice
  Time: Sun, Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 2:10pm, Place: Hilton New York
  Regular Sessions. Sessions With Applied and Clinical Sociological Research
  
  Social Policy.
  Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 8:30am - 10:10am, Place: Sheraton New York
  Section on Sex and Gender Paper Session. Gendered Questions in Law and Public Policy
  Time: Sun, Aug 12 - 10:30am - 12:10pm, Place: Hilton New York
  Section on Children and Youth Paper Session. Public Policy and the Lives of American Youth Unit: Section on Children and Youth
  Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 10:30am - 12:10pm, Place: Hilton New York
  Housing Policy
  Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 4:30pm - 6:10pm, Place: Sheraton New York
  Health Policy: Emerging Issues
  Time: Tue, Aug 14 - 10:30am - 12:10pm, Place: Sheraton New York
  Section on Aging and the Life Course Paper Session. Aging and Health Policy: Gender and Race/Ethnic Dimensions (co-sponsored with the Section on Medical Sociology)
  Time: Tue, Aug 14 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm, Place: Hilton New York
  Informal Discussion Roundtables:
  Section on Sociological Practice Open Refereed Roundtable Session: Practicing Sociology - Changing Society
  Time: Sun, Aug 12 - 10:30am - 11:30am, Place: Hilton New York
  Student Forum Roundtable 06. Demography and Social Policy
  Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 4:30pm - 6:10pm, Place: Sheraton New York
  Workshops
  
  SATURDAY Policy and Research Workshop. Intersectionality and Public Policy: Collaborating Toward Social Justice Time: Sat, Aug 11 - 8:30am - 10:10am Place: Hilton New York Policy and Research Workshop. Planning the Future of the GSS (co-sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the ASA Research Support Forum) Time: Sat, Aug 11 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Place: Hilton New York Professional Workshop. Successful Organizational Consultants: Using Our Work to Build a Better World Time: Sat, Aug 11 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Place: Hilton New York Practitioner Networking Workshop. A Hidden Washington Story: Sociologists in .Natural. Science Organizations (part of the Research Support Forum) Time: Sat, Aug 11 - 4:30pm - 6:10pm Place: Hilton New York Professional Workshop. Preparing Professional Presentations Time: Sat, Aug 11 - 4:30pm - 6:10pm Place: Hilton New York SUNDAY Professional Workshop. Early Careers in Applied & Research Settings Time: Sun, Aug 12 - 8:30am - 10:10am Place: Hilton New York ASA Initiatives Workshop. The Mismatch between Graduate Sociology Curriculum and the Skills Needed for Employment in Applied, Research, and Public Settings Time: Sun, Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 2:10pm Place: Hilton New York Practitioner Networking Workshop. Sociologists in Federal Government Time: Sun, Aug 12 - 10:30am - 12:10pm Place: Hilton New York Professional Workshop. Sociologists in Community Action Research: AIDS Time: Sun, Aug 12 - 10:30am - 12:10pm Place: Hilton New York Professional Workshop. Sociologists in Community Action Research: At Risk Adolescents Time: Sun, Aug 12 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Place: Sheraton New York MONDAY Policy and Research Workshop. Sexual Citizenship in International Perspective: Constructing a Comparative Policy Study (supported by the ASA Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline) Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 10:30am - 12:10pm Place: Hilton New York Professional Workshop. Civic Engagements: College Presidents' Viewpoints on Working in the Community Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 10:30am - 12:10pm Place: Sheraton New York Practitioner Networking Workshop. Challenges and Opportunities for working on State Government Contracts for Family and Childrens. Services Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 10:30am - 12:10pm Place: Sheraton New York Academic Workshop. Criminology-Programs Inside and Outside of Sociology Departments (cosponsored with the American Society of Criminology) Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Place: Hilton New York Practitioner Networking Workshop. Careers in Contract Research Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Place: Sheraton New York Policy and Research Workshop. Sociology and the New National Science Foundation Initiative on The Science of Science and Innovation Policy (part of the Research Support Forum) Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Place: Hilton New York ASA Initiatives Workshop. Guidelines for Tenure and Promotion Reviews of Public Sociology (co-sponsored by the ASA Task Force on Institutionalizing Public Sociology) Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Place: Sheraton New York Policy and Research Workshop. Bringing the Social Environment into Focus in Drug Abuse Research (co-sponsored by National Institute on Drug Abuse an Minority Fellowship Program) Time: Mon, Aug 13 - 4:30pm - 6:10pm Place: Sheraton New York TUESDAY Policy and Research Workshop. School Composition and School Outcomes Time: Tue, Aug 14 - 8:30am - 10:10am Place: Hilton New York Practitioner Networking Workshop. Sociologists Working in Advertising and Marketing Time: Tue, Aug 14 - 12:30pm - 2:10pm Place: Hilton New York Professional Workshop. Sociologists in Community Action Research: International Projects Time: Tue, Aug 14 - 12:30pm - 2:10pm Place: Sheraton New York Professional Workshop. Sociologists in Community Action Research: Violence Against Women Time: Tue, Aug 14 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm Place: Sheraton New York
  
  2009 in TBD
  
  Develop and submit a proposal for a session next year. Create a workshop. First deadline is December 1, 2007 but technically they are somewhat open until February 1, 2008 for workshops, regular sessions, and author-meets-critics. 2008 Meeting Page to see the ASA guidelines for submitting proposals. This is a great chance to say what you've always wanted to say and organize a way to meet people in your field.
  Session proposal form
  Fill out this form and send it either to Janet Asnet, meetings@asanet.org or to Secretary Leora Lawton (lawton at techsociety dot com) if you would prefer that she edits it first.
  
  2009

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Upcoming ASA Annual Meetings

Upcoming Annual Meeting of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS)

Section Activities at ASA Annual Meetings

2007 in New York

SESSIONS, WORKSHOPS and MEETINGS for Applied and Clinical Sociologists

2009 in TBD

2009

SESSIONS,
WORKSHOPS and
MEETINGS
for Applied and Clinical Sociologists