For Retired Sociologists

Last Updated: November 3, 2025

Retired Sociologists Community

This community works with members as they transition from full-time work to retirement, promotes interaction and creates community among retired members, encourages interaction between retired members and members of all career stages, and provides the means for sharing information about opportunities in teaching, research, and other activities that would benefit from the expertise of retired sociologists.

Members can join/leave a Community at any time during their membership at no additional charge. When joining, members can also make a voluntary donation to a specific ASA Community to help support its activities. To join:

  1. Login into the ASA Member Portal at http://my.asanet.org.
  2. Once logged in, along the lefthand menu, click Profile.
  3. Scroll down through your contact, education, demographic, and interests information until you reach the Community Membership section.
  4. At the Community Membership section, you can check to add or uncheck to leave the boxes next to each Community name.
  5. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click the Update Profile button to save your preferences.

A Life in Sociology Invited Lecture

“A Life in Sociology” Lecture is delivered by an eminent retired or late-career sociologist at the Annual Meeting. To listen to recent lectures, click here.