Welcome to the Michigan Sociological Association's Fall Conference page! Join us October 17th-18th, 2025, at Wayne State University for an engaging experience filled with insightful discussions, networking opportunities, and the latest research in sociology. We look forward to connecting with scholars and practitioners dedicated to advancing our understanding of society. Don't miss out on this chance to collaborate and share ideas!
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Part of the Solution: Sociology in Action
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The Michigan Sociological Association's call deadline for paper submissions is September 15th. Notifications will be sent out at the end of September.
We encourage submissions for presentations or panels from scholars, students, community members, and activists. Papers may address the conference theme or any other sociology-related topics; we encourage submissions from diverse theoretical and methodological approaches.
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We encourage graduate and undergraduate students and public sociologists to submit their work.​
Preliminary Sessions:
Compelling Conformity: The Stick and/or the Carrot
Sharing Teaching Technologies: A Demonstration Workshop
Media and Culture
Dispossession and Trafficking in Persons
DEI, CRT, LGBTQIA: Where Do We Go from Here?
The Career of the Sociologist Graduate
Panel: Teaching the Total Institution
Education in Sociology
Student Paper Session - both for graduate and undergraduate students
Society and Mental Health
America: How Did We Get Here?
The Sociology of Community College
Environmental Justice
Sociological Theory and Methods
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If you have further questions, or, if you wish to organize a session or round table, please submit proposals (three-page maximum) with the session title, a summary of its scope, a list of participants with their affiliations and email addresses, and titles of the papers with brief abstracts. To submit your paper or session proposals, please email our conference organizer Brigit Dyer dyerb18@macomb.edu.
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If you wish to present or be part of a panel please register here:
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