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Welcome to MSSA

Founded as a nonprofit professional organization in 1976, the Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) promotes the study and understanding of sociological issues and problems.

MSSA

Award Winners

2012 Stanford M. Lyman Distinguished Book

Hazardous Wastes, Industrial Disasters and Environmental Health Risks: Local and Global Environmental Struggles by Francis O. Adeola, University of New Orleans.

2012 Sociological Spectrum Paper of the Year

“On the Margins of the Periphery: Unassisted Childbirth and the Management of Layered Stigma” (Sociological Spectrum 32(5): 406-23) by Amy Chasteen-Miller, University of Southern Mississippi.

2012 Stanford M. Lyman Memorial Scholarship

Kristi L. Stringer, University of Alabama – Birmingham, Motherhood Stigma and Illicit Substance Use: The Impact of Socially Constructed Ideas of Motherhood on Treatment Seeking among Substance Using Women.

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Basudhara Sen (Jhumi), Oklahoma State University, Ethnic Identity Formation and Ritual Dynamics: An Analysis of First Generation Asian Indian Immigrants in the United States

2012 Graduate Student Paper of Distinction

"Peer versus Professional Trainers: Educating Fraternities about Rape and Sexual Assault." by Melani Duvall, University of Louisville

2012 Undergraduate Student Paper Competition

“Sex Toys, Child-raisers, and Home-makers: Hegemonic Gender Norms and College Women’s Sexual Experiences,” by Mary Wygle, Centenary College of Louisiana

Announcements

Upcoming Deadlines

  • June 1: Stanford M. Lyman Distinguished Book Award
  • July 15: MSSA Graduate Paper of Distinction Award
  • July 31: Stanford Lyman ($1000) Memorial Scholarship
  • July 31: MSSA Undergraduate Student Paper Competition

Details for submissions is in This Flier

Annual Meeting

39th Annual MSSA Conference.
Action Sociology: Opportunities in a (Post) Modern World
October 23-26, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Promoting Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service.