Category Archives: Organization
A Quick look back to the History of SSSI #sssi #sociology #history
Almost 20 years ago, in Summer 1997, Symbolic Interaction published a Special Issue (Vol. 20(2)) concerned with the history of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. The Special Issue co-edited by Michael G. Flaherty and Donna Daren includes 12 essays … Continue reading
SSSI Call for Nominations
SSSI CALL FOR NOMINATIONS The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction has opened the floor for nominations for several positions through April 1, 2015. Please forward nominations for the following positions to the Society’s secretary, Laurie Linhart, at lclinhart@dmacc.edu: … Continue reading
Award Nominations Needed!
Dear SSSI members, please consider nominating a colleague or two for our annual SSSI awards! The deadline for all nominations in coming up very soon: Monday, March 2, 2015. – Mead Lifetime Achievement Award – Cooley Award for Best Book … Continue reading
#SSSI Call for Session Proposals – Annual Meeting 2015
Dear SSSI members, I have two announcements today: The deadline to submit session proposals for our next annual conference in Chicago (2015) is coming up very soon, December 1. Please send a title, a short abstract describing your proposed session, … Continue reading
Updates on #SSSI Officers and Awards
Our SSSI website has been updated. Our current president, Maggie Kusenbach, has posted a welcome message, the list of officers has been updated and the various award committees have been announced. In 2015 the Society will be launching a new … Continue reading
Updated Constitution of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
The updated constitution of SSSI has been published on the Society’s website. You can download it here: SSSI Constitution
SSSI 2014 Conference in San Francisco – August 15th to 18th
The SSSI 2014 Conference in San Francisco is approaching. It will be held at Hotel Nikko in San Francisco. Patrick Williams, the Vice-President of the Society, has put together a fantastic programme which can be downloaded here. As in the … Continue reading
Renewing SSSI Membership
Dear Colleagues, If you have had a difficult time renewing membership to SSSI, please let us know what the issues have been and Shannon Canney with Wiley will forward those to the appropriate people to get all glitches in the … Continue reading
SSSI Notes Winter 2013/2014 is out!
Dear SSSI Members and Future Members of SSSI, the Winter 2013/2014 Newsletter SSSI Notes has just been published. It is attached here SSSINotes-Winter-2013-Vol42 and can also be found on our website . The Newsletter includes information on forthcoming conferences and … Continue reading
SSSI History query/ies
Dear SSSI-lers on sssi-talk a short discussion happened about sources on the history of the Society. A few papers were mentioned. Surely there is more out there. In the response to this query would you please post sources (books, articles, … Continue reading
Some impressions of SSSI 2013 in New York
While the European Conference is on its way in Uppsala here are a few pictures from our annual conference in New York. The conference was organised by Kerry Ferris (Northern Illinois University). Apart from a large number of presentations and … Continue reading
2013 Cooley Award: Nancy Berns “Closure”
The Charles Horton Cooley Award Committee has announced the winner of the 2013 Cooley Award. This award is given annually to an author for a book or article that represents an important contribution to the perspective of symbolic interaction. The … Continue reading
Robert Dingwall elected to Council of UK Academy of Social Science
Professor Robert Dingwall, the editor of our journal, has just been elected to the Council of the UK Academy of Social Science for a three-year term. The UK Academy of Social Science is composed of over 900 individual Academicians and 46 Learned Societies, … Continue reading
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