A-MSA | Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association

Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association

Established in 1969, the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association (A-MSA) is a community of professionals and students dedicated to building a better world through the use of sociology and other social sciences. Our goal is to facilitate the development of knowledge in an environment that celebrates the diversity of life and recognizes the necessity of incorporating multiple forms of knowledge in the development of answers to social problems. The A-MSA website, annual conference and online journal bring people together for active learning.

~ President A-MSA John Green

ANNUAL MEETING INFO

Annual Meeting to be held on February 18-19, 2010 at Delta State University

Sense of Place and the Sociological Imagination

“Sense of Place and the Sociological Imagination.” The conference will include a variety of events and activities exploring the ways in which sociologists and other scholars conceptualize and utilize “place” in their theories, methods and analyses.

Submissions for the A-MSA meeting are invited on all topics, with formats including paper presentations, posters, panels and workshops.

Paper, poster, panel and workshop abstracts should be submitted through the A-MSA website (http://www.a-msa.org/) by December 15, 2009. Please include the title of the presentation, type of presentation, author names and affiliations, and an abstract (maximum of 300 words).

The Program Chair for the 2010 meeting is Deborah Moore, Director of Delta State University’s Center for Community and Economic Development.

For more information about the 2010 meeting, please email amsa.dsu.2010@gmail.com.

The meeting is scheduled for February 18‐19, 2010 on the Delta State University campus in Cleveland, Mississippi.

FINAL PROGRAM

Dear members of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association:

I want to thank those of you who submitted news items to the spring newsletter to me. I want to also thank our last year's president, John Green for his help. The most current newsletter is available within the publications link.

Sincerely,

Thomas M. Kersen, Ph.D., AMSA Communications Director