The purpose of the section on sociology of the body and embodiment is to encourage and enhance theory, research, teaching, and other professional aspects in the study of sociology and body/embodiment. This section seeks to promote communication, collaboration, and consultation among scholars in the interdisciplinary study of the body and embodiment, as well as with other sections of the ASA. The aim of the Section on the Sociology of the Body and Embodiment is to support and encourage sociological scholarship on a wide range of embodied dynamics including human and non-human bodies, morphology, human reproduction, anatomy, body fluids, biotechnology, genetics; but also theories of embodiment, virtual bodies, productivity of bodies, changing bodies, life course and the body, body and spirit/soul, unequal bodies, micro and macro sociological analysis of the political, and social and individual bodies.
Bylaws
Annual Report (2023)
Award Recipient History
Section Council
Chair: Asia Friedman, University of Delaware
Chair-Elect: Kate Mason, Wheaton College Massachusetts
Past Chair: Michelle Smirnova, University of Missouri, Kansas City
Section Secretary/Treasurer: Piper Sledge, Bryn Mawr College
Dana Berkowitz, Louisiana State University
Virginia Kuulei Berndt, Texas A&M International University
Lacey Bobier, University of Michigan (Student Representative)
Angela Jones, SUNY-Farmingdale
Danya Lagos, University of California, Berkeley
Alka V. Menon, Yale University
Sonny Nordmarken, University of Houston
Madeleine Pape, University of Lausanne
Rayanne Streeter, Maryville College
Miranda Waggoner, Florida State University
Jinsun Yang, University of Oregon (Student Representative)
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