- Professional Development Opportunities
- ASA on the Issues: Statement on the Importance of Teaching and Learning About Race and Racism
- A Resource You Can Use: Race and Racism in the United States: A Sociological Guide for the Public
- Teaching Materials Related to the Russia-Ukraine War
Professional Development Opportunities
Below is a listing of upcoming webinars.
For All ASA Members
*Please note that Department Chairs are invited to stay after the webinar for “ChairLink Live” to have brief, unrecorded discussions on these topics.
For Graduate Students
For Department Affiliates
Live Department Affiliate webinars are made available on the ASA Connect “Department Chairs” and “Director of Graduate Studies” Group Pages. To access these webinars and recordings, please create or renew your ASA department affiliation and then go to “My Groups” in ASA Connect. Please contact [email protected] for assistance.
| June 8 | Marketing the Sociology Major to Incoming Freshmen |
| August 17 | Department Leaders Preconference |
ASA on the Issues: Statement on the Importance of Teaching and Learning About Race and Racism
ASA takes public positions on issues related to policy for which there is consensus in the sociological literature or related to matters concerning the well-being of the discipline and profession. Recently, we issued a statement on the importance of teaching and learning about race and racism. You can read about all our advocacy efforts here.
A Resource You Can Use: Race and Racism in the United States: A Sociological Guide for the Public
ASA has released this guide for the public which offers vital sociological understanding of race and racism in the United States and demonstrates the importance of antiracism educational efforts for our national wellbeing. The guide has been authored by the ASA Task Force on the State of the Art in Sociological Scholarship on Race, appointed by the ASA Council.
Teaching Materials Related to the Russia-Ukraine War
Here are some materials that you may find useful as you prepare courses on this topic:
- Migration Consultant Activity and Lecture by Kenneth Chen and Gowoon Jung from TRAILS, ASA’s peer-reviewed digital teaching resources library which is free to ASA members
- European Union Agency for Asylum: Ukraine Crisis Data
- United Nations Office for the Coordination of Human Affairs: Maps and Infographics
- Data Visualization of Ukraine Humanitarian Operations
