[Chass-gradstudents] Fwd: PSA Announcements for week of November 3, 2025 (Last Day for Early Bird Registrations for PSA 2026)
Tyler Cohen
tyler.cohen at email.ucr.edu
Mon Nov 3 17:14:16 PST 2025
Hi CHASS Grad Students!
I'm forwarding this email from PSA -- Pacific Sociological Association. You
don't have to be a sociologist to attend or present -- many of the CHASS
disciplines are relevant. It's a super fun conference and friendly
atmosphere (not too stilted or networky like many conferences can be).
Their call for presentations is still open for about a week more, and
registration is open too. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any
questions about this conference.
I hope you're having a good week,
-Tyler
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From: Pacific Sociological Association <executivedirector at pacificsoc.org>
Date: Mon, Nov 3, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Subject: PSA Announcements for week of November 3, 2025 (Last Day for Early
Bird Registrations for PSA 2026)
To: <tcohe008 at ucr.edu>
Check out of PSA Announcements this week including that today is last day
for early bird registration and the PSA 2026 Hotel Block is open for
reservations.
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PSA Announcements
Week of November 3, 2025
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PSA 2026 Hotel Room Block Is Open
Please reserve your rooms early
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The 97th Annual Conference of the Pacific Sociological Association is being
held from Wednesday, April 1, 2026 to Saturday, April 4, 2026 at the
beautiful Westin Long Beach in Long Beach, CA. Conference registration is
currently open
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and early bird registration closes on 11/3/2025. Register today and save.
The PSA Room Block is open for online registrations on Monday, November
3rd. Please only reserve a Student Room if you are a current student. Once
the student block is full, students will need to reserve rooms in the
attendee room block. Please be sure to reserve your room early. Once our
room block fills, rooms will only be available at the regular,
non-discount, rate which is subject to availability and dynamic pricing.
The Westin Long Beach hotel is located steps from the Long Beach Convention
& Entertainment Center. This hotel in Long Beach, California, is close to
Huntington Beach and Belmont Shore, The Queen Mary, LBC Airport, and the
East Village Arts District.
PSA 2026 Host Hotel Information Page
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PSA 2026 Call For Submissions
Deadline for Faculty/Grad./Applied Extended
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The Call For Submissions for the 97th Annual Pacific Sociological
Association (PSA 2026) Conference in Long Beach, California has been
officially opened. At this conference we gather brilliant minds and work in
powerful community to address critical problems of our time and offer
generative pathways forward in our shared futures and this conference is
made possible by the submissions made be each of you.
The deadline for submissions has been extended for graduate
students/faculty/etc. submissions to *November 9, 2025*. The deadline for
undergraduate student submissions remains *November 15, 2025*. Please be
sure you submit your submission at the appropriate level. If you are an
undergraduate, please only submit to the undergraduate (Roundtable or
Poster) sessions. If you are advising undergraduates, be sure to remind
them of this.
The button below will take you directly to our Call For Submissions system.
You are welcome to visit https://pacificsoc.org/2026Submissions
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for
more information on the submissions process. This page also include the
Topic List for 2026. Take a moment to review these as they are different
than past conferences.
*Sponsored Sessions, sessions that are hosted by 1 or more PSA Committee,
have been added since our initial call so please check them out on our
submissions page*
Thank you in advance for helping to make PSA 2026 a fantastic conference
and we are excited to bring all of you together.
PSA 2026 Submissions Portal
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PSA Elections - Nominations Needed
*Nominate today to help shape the PSA*
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Dear PSA Members,
We hope your academic year is off to a strong start! The PSA Nominations
Committee is reaching out to ask for your help in shaping the future of our
association. Each year, we rely on the energy, ideas, and leadership of our
members to keep our organization vibrant and responsive to the needs of our
community.
We’re currently seeking nominations for members who would make thoughtful,
dedicated leaders within PSA. Your input is essential — you know who in our
community is doing great work and deserves recognition!
Please take just five minutes to complete a brief Qualtrics survey using
the link below to nominate yourself or someone else for one of our elected
leadership positions. The Nominations Committee will review nominations
that come in with the goal of holding elections this fall. Your
participation helps ensure that PSA continues to reflect the diversity,
creativity, and commitment of its membership.
*https://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bDcmoY5twEfgaXA*
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Thank you for taking a few moments to strengthen our organization and
support the next generation of PSA leadership.
With appreciation,
Dwaine Plaza
Immediate Past President of the PSA and Chair of the Nominations Committee
PSA 2026 Awards
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Award nominations are open for PSA 2026. Please take some time to review
the available awards and submission nominations. We want to celebrate all
the great work going on and need your help to nominate someone or yourself,
for an award. Below is a brief description on each award. For more
information on each award as well as how to you apply, visit
https://pacificsoc.org/2026Awards
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*The Distinguished Scholarship Award * - The Distinguished Scholarship
Award is granted to sociologists from the Pacific region in recognition of
major intellectual contributions embodied in a recently published book or
series of at least three articles on a common theme. The deadline for
nominations is *November 15, 2025.* You will need to send three copies of
the book; request mailing address when you submit nomination information.
Send nominations to awards at pacificsoc.org.
*The Dean S. Dorn Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award* - The Dean
S. Dorn Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award honors individuals
whose distinctions as teachers have made a significant impact on how
sociology is taught. It is typically given for contributions spanning
several years or an entire career.
*The Early Career Award for Innovation in Teaching Sociology* - The Early
Career Award for Innovation in Teaching Sociology is designed to honor and
encourage the work of assistant professors (untenured), graduate student
lecturers, and lecturer faculty. “Early career” is defined as fewer than
seven years of teaching experience. This award recognizes innovative and
creative approaches to teaching and/or mentoring that advance equity with
historically excluded communities.
*The Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Praxis Award* - The
Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Praxis Award honors sociological
work in the Pacific region (whether by an academic or non-academic), that
has made a positive impact on social and organizational institutions,
improved organizational performance, contributed to community betterment,
and/or eased human suffering.
*The Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award* - Each
year, the Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award
honors an outstanding article published in the most recent volume of
*Sociological
Perspectives*. To be eligible, the article must be worthy of special
recognition for outstanding scholarship and contribution to the discipline.
For the 2026 award, the article must have been published in 2025. For the
2026 awards cycle, awardee will be selected by the PSA Publications
Committee.
*The Distinguished Undergraduate Student Paper Award* - The Distinguished
Undergraduate Student Paper Award recognizes an undergraduate student or
students for a paper of high professional quality.
*The Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award* - The Distinguished
Graduate Student Paper Award recognizes a graduate student or students for
a paper of high professional quality.
*The Social Conscience Award* - The Pacific Sociological Association’s
Social Conscience Award is given to a worthy community-based organization
located in the city in which the PSA Annual meeting is held — for 2026,
this is Long Beach, California. This is a monetary award and honors a
community organization that is engaged in providing a much-needed social
service in the community.
*New Award this year at PSA 2026*
*Distinguished Contributions to the Pacific Sociological Association - *This
award recognizes individuals who have made significant contributions over a
long period of time to the Pacific Sociological Association. The award is
given to recognize a member’s contributions to the association and to honor
a member who has been committed to maintaining and improving the PSA as a
thriving and reputable regional association.
PSA 2026 Awards Information Page
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PSA 2026 Childcare Survey - Survey Closes Soon
Interested in Childcare at the conference? We want to hear from you
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One of the things the Council is considering for PSA 2026 is options for
childcare. We even have an optional questions on the PSA 2026 registration
form (currently open) to indicate if you may be interested in childcare
during the conference for a fee. This survey will help us not only
determine if there is interest in childcare during the conference, but to
what level of childcare members may be interested in.
PSA 2026 Childcare Survey
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PSA Career Center
Be sure to post open positions on the PSA Career Center
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Please continue to post open jobs at our career center. We want to make
sure opportunities are being shared across our network. Please forward the
link to your departments and to your HR departments as well and make sure
any new opportunities, tenure track, non-tenure track, instructor,
lecturer, adjunct, administrative, internships, post-docs, full-time,
part-time, or internships are posted on our career center. Visit
https://psa.mcjobboard.net
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to post an opportunity.
*Featured Job Opportunity*
*Senior Lecturer of Sociology - Criminology*
*Vanderbilt University*
*Link to application*
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*Job Description*
The Department of Sociology at Vanderbilt University seeks highly motivated
candidates for an instructional faculty position at the rank of Senior
Lecturer. The successful candidate will teach criminology with a focus on
race/ethnicity and other core sociology courses using the highest standards
of teaching in a student-focused manner. Expertise and interest in teaching
social science computational methods is a plus. The teaching load is six
courses per academic year with the possibility of multiple sections of some
courses. A strong record of teaching excellence, interest in pedagogy, and
experience working with diverse and highly motivated students is highly
desirable. The position will begin fall 2026 and is non-tenure-track. The
initial appointment is for three years, with the potential for continuing
reappointment, contingent upon institutional review.
*Qualifications*
Vanderbilt expects excellence in teaching. A Ph.D. in sociology is required
by August 1, 2026.
*Application Instructions*
To apply, please submit via Interfolio the 4) names and contact information
of at least three references. Please contact Holly McCammon (
holly.j.mccammon at vanderbilt.edu), Department Chair, with any questions.
PSA Career Center
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Like, Share,Tag & Follow PSA on Socials
The PSA is now on a variety of social media platforms. We are on X,
formally Twitter at the handle @PacificSocAssoc which is the same handle
for us on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. We are also on Linked In as
well. Simply search "Pacific Sociological Association" and you you can
connect with us there.
We are using the hashtags #PSA2025 and #Sociology on most posts regarding
the conference. Please feel free to share the news that you will be
attending PSA 2025 and include these hasgtags.
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