Social Science Research is preparing a special issue focused on a critical but underexplored dimension of AI: its role in widening or narrowing social inequalities. The deadline for abstracts is now Nov 17th. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...

📢NEW Vacancy📢 Assistant Professor in Sociology at @tcddublin.bsky.social Specialising in quantitative sociology ⏰Deadline: 6 October Maternity cover MORE INFO: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOP688/a... APPLY HERE: www.tcd.ie/hr/vacancies/

Lisa Walker is editing a volume highlighting multi-disciplinary work in social psychology. They are looking for short empirical papers that feature a multidisciplinary approach. Extended abstracts due Dec 15th. See attached for more.

UC-Davis is hiring for a tenure-track assistant professor in the sociology of gender. See more details here: careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311028/...

Kudos to editors Doan, Hegtvedt & Stets! Learn how soc psych sheds light on demographic process (w/Sophie Arnold). @popassocamerica.bsky.social @asasocpsych.bsky.social @geronmedia.bsky.social @buciss.bsky.social @asa-family.bsky.social link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357 Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

The social psychology reception was a great time to catch up with new and old friends. Share your photos with us here! forms.gle/xQWdxyn8J9q5...

Take any pictures of your time at ASA Chicago? Submit one to us at this link for us to share on Bluesky! forms.gle/TwErJMVJeVsG...

Interested in volunteering for the section? Let Dave Melamed ([email protected]) know! You can see our list of committees here: www.socialpsychologyasasection.com/committee-me...

Yesterday, we inducted section chair Dave Melamed. Long Doan serves as secretary/treasurer, with Kimberly Rogers and Justine Tinkler as council members. Let's welcome our incoming leadership and thank last year's volunteers for their service to the section!

Huge thanks to the @asasocpsych.bsky.social section for the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award! #ASA2025

The University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenured position to direct the IBS Prevention Science Program in Fall 2026. Review of applications starts September 19. careercenter.asanet.org/job/1310920/...

Feminist Pedagogy is seeking submissions (up to 2,500 words) for a special issue on group processes pedagogy. Abstracts are due Oct 1. Read more here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

If you are attending the Group Processes mini-conference at ASA this year, please be sure to email Dave Melamed ([email protected]) with your lunch reservation request by the 31st. You can see the options here: www.groupprocesses.com/about-1

Experimentology is out today!!! A group of us wrote a free online textbook for experimental methods, available at experimentology.io - the idea was to integrate open science into all aspects of the experimental workflow from planning to design, analysis, and writing.

If you have a question about research or life in the academy but don't know who to ask, Dr. Gordon is here to fill you in. If you submit a question to him, his response will appear in the September newsletter. forms.gle/anAVrNcJp3rC...

David A. Snow, UC-Irvine, is recipient of the 2025 W.E.B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award, honoring scholars who've shown outstanding commitment to sociology & whose cumulative work has contributed in important ways to advancement of discipline. bit.ly/ASA25Awards

I’m looking for a postdoctoral scholar to join me in the Self & Society Laboratory at UC Riverside! Sharing would be much appreciated! aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF02104

Just a few days left before early registration for Group Processes ends! Register before June 15th to get the early bird rate. And, don't forget to contact Dave Melamed to sign up for lunch: check out the program page for more details. www.groupprocesses.com/about-1

Categories in Social Interaction by Kevin Whitehead, Elizabeth Stokoe, and Geoffrey Raymond investigates the situated (re)production of categories, from the most mundane and unremarkable to those most strongly associated with power and privilege. Read more here: www.routledge.com/Categories-i...

Our June newsletter is out now. You can read it on our website here: www.socialpsychologyasasection.com

It's that time of year: we hope that you will consider taking part in the section's mentorship program. If you are interested in serving as a mentor or if you would like to be matched with a mentor, fill out this form by June 30th. unh.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Guides needed! Share your knowledge and help first-time ASA attendees feel connected. As an Annual Meeting Guide, you’ll be paired with a small group & help them learn how to navigate the meeting. Apply by May 29! https://bit.ly/ASA_guide

The social psychology section newsletter is coming out June 2nd. Tell us about new books, publications, awards, and other good news at [email protected].

From Olivia Hu: Racialized Romance: An Intersectional Analysis of East Asian Women’s Masculinities Construction Processes" is out now in Sociology of Race and Ethnicity.

The Group Processes ASA pre-conference will be held on August 8th (not the 7th as previously announced), and the submission deadline is now May 14th. Send a 500 word abstract to the organizers at [email protected].

We still need more folks to tell us their favorite restaurants and attractions in Chicago to share with newsletter readers ahead of ASA: forms.gle/Bd2J9LtLXKru...

Our section members are on a roll. From Laura Doering and András Tilcsik, check out “Location Matters: Everyday Gender Discrimination in Remote and On-Site Work” in Organization Science.

Check out new work from Ruth Ditlmann, Berenike Firestone, and Oguzhan Turkoglu: "Participating in a digital history project mobilizes people for symbolic justice and better intergroup relations," out in Psychological Science. @blfirestone.bsky.social

Dr. Alison Bianchi is guest editor for a special issue of Social Sciences: "Group Processes Using Quantitative Research Methods." See attached for details--submissions are due on October 31st, 2025.

If you have any publications, awards, or other good news to share with the section, let me know at [email protected]. The June newsletter is around the corner.

Don't forget to submit an abstract to the 37th annual Group Processes meetings in Chicago this August. www.groupprocesses.com

Call for proposals! Dr. Eric Fong and Dr. Vincent Chua seek contributions for "Navigating Inequalities in East and Southeast Asia: Exploring the Intersections of Material, Relational, and Recognition Inequalities" for the Journal of Social Issues. spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

The ASA Rose Series in Sociology has released a call for book proposals. You can read the details right here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Have a favorite spot in Chicago? Tell us about it here so that we can share your recommendations with the section in our next newsletter: forms.gle/WX9uLP2fYsCd...

Help out our friends @spquarterly.bsky.social by telling them your opinion on sociology journals: appstate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

The outstanding recent contribution in social psychology award and the graduate student paper award are both due on the 15th! Learn about the details here: www.socialpsychologyasasection.com/section-awar...

We have two new publications from Dr. Jessica Santana: How Machine Learning Is Reviving Sociological Theorization in The Oxford Handbook of the Sociology of Machine Learning and From Values to Codes: A Computational Text Analysis of the Codification of Occupational Ethics in Organization Studies.

Our SPQ editors and Dr. Rob Freeland are asking social psychologists to share their perspectives on the most influential sociology journals. Help them out by taking this two minute survey: appstate.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

We have a date correction: the graduate student paper award is due March 15th! The updated newsletter is available here: www.socialpsychologyasasection.com/uploads/6/4/...

Apply to be an editor for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity! ASA’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities is looking for editor applications from individuals and teams. Applications due March 28. Read the call here: https://bit.ly/4jsHxZN #ASA #journals #sociology #research #editor

Last call for newsletter items--tell us about your new publications, podcast appearances, awards, books, and other successes! Email me the details at [email protected] by tomorrow COB.

New publication alert! This one comes to you from Social Forces: "The intergenerational reproduction of self-direction at work: Revisiting Class and Conformity," by Kaspar Burger, Francesca Mele, Monica Johnson, Jeylan Mortimer, and Xiaowen Han. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

If you published a paper between January 1st, 2022 and December 31st, 2024, consider submitting it for the Outstanding Recent Contribution in Social Psychology Award. Submissions are due March 15th to Dr. Sarah Harkness at [email protected].

If you have a recent publication, media appearance, or other good news, please submit it by February 24th to include in our spring newsletter.

The International Sociological Association @isa-sociology.bsky.social invites the global community of sociologists to an online tribute to the life of Michael Burawoy, Saturday, Feb. 8, noon Eastern. Follow the YouTube live transmission bit.ly/414VbLC.

Check out a new publication from Dr. Jack Thornton: "Classmates or colleagues? How elite students learn to manage one another," just released in Qualitative Sociology.

We are looking for commentaries to include in our upcoming March newsletter. Commentaries can be between 500-1,000 words and on any topic related to social psychology. Share your thoughts with the section!

Calling all sociologists! Help shape the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting in Chicago. Submit papers, extended abstracts, courses, preconferences, symposiums, and workshops through the online portal by Feb 26. Details: https://bit.ly/ASA2025Call. #ASA #ASA2025 #sociology #research #professionaldevelopment

Tomorrow is the last day to submit a nomination for the Cooley-Mead award. To nominate someone, please send a brief description of the nominee's career contributions and any letters of support to Dr. Sarah Thebaud at [email protected].