Sociology in the News

March 2025

Call for Editor Sociological Focus

Deadline: June 1, 2025 The North Central Sociological Association (NCSA) invites applications for the position of Editor of Sociological Focus. This is a three-year position, staring January 1, 2026. [...]

September 2024

The 2025 Call for Papers is here!

Ready to 'Find Common Ground' in 2025? Check out the call for proposals here!

August 2023

Happy Birthday to…NCSA! The 2024 Call for Papers is here!

Ready to head 'Back to the Future' to celebrate NCSA's 100th year as an association? Check out the call for proposals here!

January 2022

Congrats

Congratulations! Welcome to Our Newly Elected Council Members! President-Elect: Geoff Wood, University of Pittsburgh, Greensburg Vice President-Elect: Michelle Jacobs, Wayne State University Treasurer: Mary Scheuer Senter, Central Michigan State Member-at-Large: [...]

October 2021

Sociologists, Start Your…Papers?!

Clearly, that headline sounded better (and far less writing-intensive) with "engines," but nonetheless, NCSA is back in person for 2022 (April 1st & 2nd)! And, if you didn't catch the [...]

September 2021

Dr. Brendan Mullan Selected for Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Award

Congratulations to former NCSA president, Dr. Brendan Mullan, on receiving the prestigious Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Award! This spring semester (2022), Dr. Mullan will spend four months at the University of [...]

March 2021

Measuring Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities

Announcing a new Open Access Oxford University Press book Measuring Well-Being: Interdisciplinary Perspectives from the Social Sciences and the Humanities (eds. Matthew T. Lee, Laura D. Kubzansky, and Tyler J. [...]

Sociological Focus Special Issue

Don't wait! Visit Sociological Focus today and submit your paper on non-institutionalized sports!

February 2021

December 2020

2020 Fall/Winter NCSA Newsletter

The 2020 Fall/Winter edition of the North Central Sociologist is available. Click here to see the latest news on the shift to a virtual conference, notable speakers, and awards.

June 2020

Bad Apples vs. Bad Barrels vs. Rotten Trees

Police violence in the United States: What lies behind the ‘bad apples’ narrative Our 2020 Useem speaker, Rashawn Ray, weighs in on the debate.

Spring/Summer 2020 Newsletter

The 2020 Spring/Summer edition of The North Central Sociologist is out! Click here to see the latest NCSA news. Read about highlights of the virtual conference and get a sneak [...]

April 2020

COVID-19 and Human Interaction

What will our world look like when the dust settles? Will we continue to fear others? What is the fate of face to face interaction? Read: What Will Our New [...]

November 2019

Fall/Winter 2019 Newsletter

The Fall/Winter 2019 newsletter is out! Click here to read it! Don't forget to submit your abstract for the 2020 conference!