2014 Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Conference
October 9-11 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Call for Papers extended to July 15, 2014!
“Encouraging Inclusiveness in Doing Sociology: Public and Private, Applied and Clinical”
We hope you will join us in Pittsburgh for what promises to be a fabulous conference! Register for the 2014 AACS Annual Conference here or click here to download a fillable, mail-in form. You may join AACS or renew your AACS membership here.
The 2014 AACS Submission Proposal Forms invite all sorts of presentations, from the traditional to the experimental. Don’t be afraid to be creative!
Our room block at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel & Suites Pittsburgh Downtown is filling fast. If you are planning to attend the conference, please reserve your room ASAP using the AACS group reservations link: http://tinyurl.com/AACS-hotel or by calling the hotel directly at 412-281-5800 and using the code “AACS.”
This year’s conference program organizer is AACS Vice President, Anthony Troy Adams. Please direct all program inquiries and submissions to him at Keamen15@yahoo.com.
Student Project Competition
Students doing work in the areas of applied, clinical and/or public sociology are encouraged to submit their projects to the AACS Student Project Competition. Project submissions should be in a format appropriate to the project and may include papers, professional-style reports, posters, etc. Submitted projects presented using a poster format will be presented during the regular student poster session on Thursday night. Submitted projects using a paper or professional report-style format will be presented orally during scheduled student project presentation session(s). This competition is an opportunity for students to get extra recognition for their work. All student conference participants are invited as long as all project authors are students. We encourage creativity! Please use the conference submission form for all student project submissions: 2014 AACS Submission Proposal Forms.
Judith Little Problem Solving Competition
We are soliciting student teams for the Judith Little Problem Solving Competition which will run concurrently with the annual conference October 9-11 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Teams will be made up of 2 to 3 students with a faculty sponsor. Undergraduate and graduate student teams may enter.
The competition begins with the problem statement at the first conference session Thursday, October 9th at 12:30 PM. The problem statement will be given by a representative of a local Pittsburgh agency that is soliciting sociological assistance. Student teams will have the remainder of the conference to develop a solution. Students are encouraged to attend sessions that may help them develop their solutions. Students are also encouraged to interview conference attendees for information and suggestions. Online research is also encouraged.
Solutions are due on Saturday, October 11th by 2:15 PM. Teams will make presentations of their solutions to an adjudicating body of two AACS members and a representative of the agency providing the problem. The winner will be announced during the final session of the day at the completion of the adjudication process. The team and it members will be recognized on the AACS website and a plaque bearing their names will be sent to their respective college or university.
The Judith Little Problem Solving Competition provides students a meaningful way to exercise their sociological skills. It is a networking opportunity for the participants and also provides students a professional experience they can include on their resumes.
Team sponsors should contact Miriam Boeri who is overseeing the exercise at the October 9-11 meetings. Her email is: mboeri@bentley.edu.
More information about the conference can be found at our website: http://www.aacsnet.net/
We look forward to seeing you in Pittsburgh!
Anthony Troy Adams
Vice President, Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
Source: NCSA
