Pre-conference Events
(All times are in Eastern Time Zone)
Friday, January 8, 2021
10am – 1pm Session 1 of Gender, Professions, and Organizations Writing Workshop
1pm-4pm Session 2 of Gender, Professions, and Organizations Writing Workshop
Co-organizers:
- Melissa Abad, Stanford University, VMWare Women’s Leadership Innovation Lab
- Rodica Lisnic, University of Arkansas
- Ethel Mickey, University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Liza Shifrin, University of Illinois
This will be the 20th Semi-Annual Gender, Professions, and Organizations Writing Workshop. The workshop is a full pre-conference day of writing, networking, and collaborative project building. Originally a workgroup of sociologists doing research on gender and academic careers, scientific workplace organizations, and organizational transformations to promote gender equality, the workshop now includes scholars of gender, professional work, and organizational change. The purpose of the workshop is to learn about the range of work that attendees are doing, to facilitate collaboration and to set aside time for writing. We encourage new and returning participants.
As a group, we will talk about our current research projects. This will provide information useful for exploring potential collaborative projects. There will also be designated blocks of time for working. Participants may use this time for brainstorming a new paper, putting the finishing touches on a research manuscript, working with collaborators, doing data analysis, or another research related task.
The day will be organized as two sessions with time to learn about each other and our work and time for writing in each block, with a lunch break in between. The last part of the workshop brings us back together for a brief discussion of the day and future plans. Participants are welcome to join for the morning, afternoon, or both.
Monday, January 11, 2021
1:30 pm – 3:00 pm New Member Orientation
Thursday, January 14, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Self-Care and Doing the Work of Love: A Dialogue with Black and Decolonial Feminist Scholars about Self-Care and Love in an Era of Trumpism, Covid-19, and the Persistent Attack on Cisgender and Transgender Women of Color.
Organizer: LaToya Council, University of Southern California
Moderator: Lisa Covington, The University of Iowa
Participants:
- Blanca Ramirez, University of Southern California
- Allison Monterrosa, University of California, Riverside
- Taylor Jackson, Florida State University
- Yael Findler, University of Southern California
Friday, January 15, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Choosing Applied Sociology: Panel Presentation and Discussion
This panel will feature a diverse group of speakers who will discuss the following: the nature of their work and how it contributes to progressive social change, why they have chosen to do applied work, the key issues they focus on in their work, the types of jobs they have held, the roles they play within the organizational structure in which they work, and what their actual work entails.
Presider/Organizer: Mindy Fried, Arbor Consulting Partners
Panelists:
- Mindy Fried, Arbor Consulting Partners
- Bhavani Arabandi, Urban Institute
- Rita Stephan, North Carolina State University and the Department of State
- Renée Skeete, Sapodilla Group, LLC and ComEd
Sponsored by the SWS Career Development Committee
Tuesday, January 19, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Workshop on Colleges for CEDAW Initiative
The CEDAW Subcommittee has been working on an innovative campaign called “Colleges for CEDAW” with the goal of making the Convention known among college students as a way to increase its usage among progressive organizations, feminist activists, scholars, students, and others. The purpose of the workshop is to share the results we have had so far and build upon other SWS members’ creativity, expertise, and support in defining the next steps for this initiative.
Panelists:
- Vicky Demos, University of Minnesota, Morris
- Esther Hernández-Medina, Pomona College
- Nicole Fox, California State University Sacramento
- Nancy Martin, California State University Long Beach
- Shuchi Sanyal, Hollins University
- Rodica Lisnic, University of Arkansas
- Amy Agigian, Suffolk University
Thursday, January 21, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Podcasting as Public Sociology
What makes for an interesting and engaging podcast, and what does it take to create it? This session will include presentations by each of the four panelists, three of whom have an existing podcast, and one who has a podcast in production, soon to be released. There will be ample time for discussion so that participants can ask questions, and get help in thinking through their podcast ideas as well as the nuts and bolts of podcasting.
Speakers will talk about:
- Why they created a podcast and steps they took to make it happen
- The format of their podcasts, and how they make their podcast engaging
- The skills we have as sociologists that can be applied to producing a podcast
- The importance of storytelling, and how to link personal stories to broader issues
- The nuts and bolts of podcasting (e.g., setting up and recording interviews, transcribing interviews, editing, scriptwriting, marketing, social media and more).
Organizer/Moderator/Panelist: Mindy Fried, The Shape of Care: A Podcast about Caregiving
Panelists:
- Celeste Graham, The Slayyyleste Show
- Kemi Johnson-Pratt, Bulletproof Soul
- Christina Ong, Seats at the Table
Friday, January 22, 2021
12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Twitter for Academics & Activists
The goal of this workshop is to give members a chance to talk with members of all ranks and backgrounds who are active on Twitter, and to ask questions and share ideas. Panelists will present their experiences for a few minutes, and then the rest of the workshop will be open for discussion.
The topics covered will include
- how to use Twitter to increase online visibility at various stages of your career
- how to brand oneself on Twitter and build an audience
- using Twitter to engage with the wider public, the media, and journalists
- how to cope with pushback and hostility online.
Panelists:
- Shantel Buggs, Florida State University
- Wendy Christensen, William Paterson University, SWS Social Media Rep
- Tina Fetner, McMaster University
- Korey Tillman, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Saturday, January 23, 2021
9:00 am – 2:00 pm Teaching Transnational Feminism in the High School Classroom
This 5-hour professional development workshop will bring Florida high school educators who teach world history, social science, ethnic studies, women and gender studies, and related subjects to explore feminist sociological approaches to the study of transnational feminism. Topics covered will address the following:
- Deconstructing representations of women in Africa, Asia, Latin America, Caribbean, Arab Societies, and minoritized communities in the global North
- Definition and development of transnational feminism
- Types of transnational feminist networks
- The role of the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
Organizers:
- Josephine Beoku-Betts, Florida Atlantic University, SWS President
- Nancy López, University of New Mexico, Vice President of SWS
Co-Facilitators:
- Manisha Desai, University of Connecticut
- Solange Simões, Eastern Michigan University
- Edelweiss Murillo Lafuente, University of Florida
- Josephine Beoku-Betts, Florida Atlantic University, SWS President
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Brunch with Scholars
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Publishing and Marketing Your Book
The goal of this workshop is to give members a chance to talk with members of all ranks and backgrounds who have published books, and to ask questions and share ideas. Panelists will present their experiences for a few minutes, and then the rest of the workshop will be open for discussion.
The topics covered will include
- what to expect when publishing your book
- how to promote your book yourself
- how to find help promoting your book.
Panelists:
- LaToya Council, University of Southern California
- Ghassan Moussawi, University of Illinois
- Jennifer Reich, University of Colorado Denver
- Kathrin Zippel, Northeastern University
- Baker Rogers, Georgia Southern University