Call for Submissions
ASA invites submissions for the Annual Meeting Teaching and Learning Symposium. The symposium will advance the conference theme of “Bureaucracies of Displacement,” which examines how laws, policies, and bureaucratic processes have actively pushed out certain groups. The events of the last two years have created both challenges and opportunities for teaching that are connected to these inequities. We invite submissions that address the challenges and also those that employ a critical sociological lens to examine the impact of various forms of displacement, marginalization, and exclusion.
The symposium consists of four back-to-back sessions focused on the practice of teaching and learning in the discipline. The symposium will take place on Sunday August 7. We will have four sessions, including workshops, roundtables, and a lightning round.
The symposium focuses on the practice of teaching and learning in sociology; the goal is for participants to gather specific and applied teaching ideas that they can use in their own classrooms. Submissions should consist of an abstract, rather than a full research paper. We especially encourage submissions from sociologists working at teaching institutions and community colleges, long-term contingent faculty, and faculty with teaching experience at diverse institutions, such as HBCUs and HSIs.
Individuals who wish to present research papers on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) are encouraged to submit their papers to the Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology or the regular session on Teaching Sociology advertised in the 2022 Call for Papers.
Proposal Requirements
Symposium submissions can address any topic related to the practice of teaching and learning in sociology, including, but not limited to: classroom activities, innovative assignments, pedagogical strategies, assessment approaches, implementation of high-impact practices, and strategies for student engagement.
Submissions that address teaching and learning-related implications or applications of the annual meeting theme, “Bureaucracies of Displacement” are strongly encouraged, but others will be considered.
Submissions can take the form of
- 15-minute Informal Roundtable Presentation, in which the presenter will guide a small group through a topic pertinent to teaching and learning and/or related to the annual meeting theme,
- 10-minute Lightning Presentation: demonstration and/or presentation of a specific teaching, or
- 45-minute Interactive Workshop that includes opportunities for participants to dialogue and participate.
When making a submission to the symposium, the following will be required:
- Preferred format (15-minute informal roundtable discussion topic; 10-minute lightning presentation; 45-minute interactive workshop).
- Title.
- Structured description (300 words), including a brief statement of the specific teaching practice and/or learning objective to be addressed, the approach used, and how the presentation will be useful to audience members.
- Names, affiliations, and contact information for each presenter.
If you have any questions about submitting a proposal for the symposium, please contact Erynn Masi de Casanova, Ph.D., Director of Research, Professional Development, and Academic Affairs, at [email protected].
The Teaching and Learning Symposium Committee members include:
Michel Estefan, University of California-San Diego
Sarah Hoiland, Hostos Community College
Laurie Linhart, Des Moines Area Community College
Julie Pelton, University of Nebraska Omaha
Rifat Salam, Borough of Manhattan Community College
Vondora Wilson-Corzen, Nassau Community College
How to Submit
All submissions must be made via the online submission portal. The online forms will guide you through the steps required to submit your proposal. You will have one hour to complete your submission. The system will log you out after one hour of inactivity.
- Go to the 2022 Annual Meeting portal. Log in using your ASA username and password.
- Under the Submitter Menu, select Submit or Edit a Proposal.
- Select Submit to the Teaching and Learning Symposium and then choose your submission category.
Confirmation of Proposal Submission
All electronic proposal submissions will receive an email confirmation from [email protected]. Please save the confirmation email for future reference. If you do not immediately receive your confirmation email, please check your junk or spam folder. Contact [email protected] if you do not receive an email confirmation of your submission within 12 hours.
Acceptance Notification
You can expect to receive an acceptance or decline email for each proposal you submitted in March. If your submission is accepted by your second/third choice option, that indicates that your first choice session organizer declined to accept the submission.
