In the Fall of each year, the Mid-South Sociological Association holds an annual conference in one of its member states. As with other professional organizations, the annual conference provides members an opportunity to network with other professionals, introduce students to the wider professional community and, most important, share and discuss current efforts in sociological research.
| Sites for Future Conferences |
2024: Nashville, TN
2025: Columbia, SC
2026: TBD
| Past MSSA Annual Meetings |
- Program for the 2023 49th Annual Meeting – New Orleans, LA
- Plenary #1: Sherice Nelson, “American Higher Education in Crisis, The
Faculties Role in Reaching Stability” - Plenary #2: Cleo Scott Brown, “Witness to the Truth, My Struggle for Human
Rights in Louisiana”
- Plenary #1: Sherice Nelson, “American Higher Education in Crisis, The
- Program for the 2022 48th Annual Meeting – Nashville, TN and Online (Hybrid)
- Plenary #1: Earl Wright II, “Looking Back. Leading Forward!: MSSA in the 21st Century”
- Plenary #2: Black Nashville Assembly, “Participatory Democracy as a Solution to Structural Violence”
- Program for the 2021 47th Annual Meeting – Charlotte, NC and Online (Hybrid)
- Plenary: Tina Deshotels, “The State of the Discipline”
- Program for the 2020 46th Annual Meeting – Online
- Plenary: James Loewen, “The Sociology of American History”
- Program for the 2019 45th Annual Meeting – Jackson, MS
- Plenary: Lynn Weber, “Doing Intersectionality: From Theory to Action”
- Program for the 2018 44th Annual Meeting – Birmingham, AL
- Plenary: Heidi Beirich, “The Role of the Southern Poverty Law Center in Advancing Civil Rights in the South”
- Program for the 2017 43rd Annual Meeting – Chattanooga, TN
- Plenary: Shan Gunderson, “The Big “What If”: Imagining New Paradigms for Interdisciplinary Studies”
- Program for the 2016 42nd Annual Meeting (unavailable) – North Charleston, SC
- Program for the 2015 41st Annual Meeting – Lafayette, LA
- Plenary: Thomas Durant, Jr, “Desegregation in Higher Education: A Case Study of a Predominantly
White University in the South” - Plenary: Dennis McSeveney, “It’s Not the Institutions, It’s the People: American Higher Education in the 21st Century”
- Plenary: Thomas Durant, Jr, “Desegregation in Higher Education: A Case Study of a Predominantly
- Program for the 2014 40th Annual Meeting– Mobile, AL
- Plenary: J. Steven Picou
- Program for the 2013 39th Annual Meeting – Atlanta, GA
- Plenary: Rob Benford, “Classroots Social Action: From Activist Pedagogy to Student-Led Mobilization for Change”
- Program for the 2012 38th Annual Meeting – Mobile, AL
- Plenary: Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, “The Real “Race Problem” in Sociology: The Power of While Rule in our Discipline”
- Program for the 2011 37th Annual Meeting – Little Rock, AR
- Plenary: Heidi Beirich, “The South and the Neo-Confederate Hate Movement”
- Program for the 2010 36th Annual Meeting – Baton Rouge, LA
- Plenary: Clara H. Cobb, “Health Disparities and the Affordable Care Act: Opportunities and Challenges”
- Program for the 2009 35th Annual Meeting (unavailable) – Lafayette, LA
- Program for the 2008 34th Annual Meeting – Huntsville, AL
- Plenary: Mark Bauerlein, “The New Peer Pressure: How the Digital Age is Changing Youth Social Life”
- Program for the 2007 33rd Annual Meeting (unavailable) – Mobile, AL
- Program for the 2006 32nd Annual Meeting – Lafayette, LA
- Plenary: William Freudenburg
- Program for the 2005 31st Annual Meeting – Atlanta, GA
- Plenary: Lena Wright Myers, “All Bigots Don’t Wear White: Sociological Reflections on DIFFERENCES in America”