ASA Body and Embodiment Section
asabodyembodiment.bsky.social
ASA Body and Embodiment Section
@asabodyembodiment.bsky.social
The official BlueSky account of the ASA section on Sociology of Body and Embodiment.
🏆 Introducing Our Award Winners (and more photos) at 2025 ASA in Chicago!

📷 Phung Su accepting the best article award on behalf of her coauthor Phi Hong Su, for their Frontiers in Sociology article, “Discomforting Surplus: Gender, Sexualization, and Omissions in Ethnographic Fieldwork”
August 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🏆 Introducing Our Award Winners (and more photos) at 2025 ASA in Chicago!

📷 Phung Su accepting the best article award on behalf of her coauthor Phi Hong Su, for their Frontiers in Sociology article, “Discomforting Surplus: Gender, Sexualization, and Omissions in Ethnographic Fieldwork”
August 18, 2025 at 11:07 PM
📢 Body & Embodiment July Newsletter

(1) Chair's corner: Don't forget to vote for section elections! Email sent on July 1st by asa-elections.com
(2) Calls for Papers and award nominations
(3) Section Business Meeting reminder
(4) mentoring program at ASA
July 9, 2025 at 6:14 AM
🍀Body&Embodiment June Newsletter

1. Words from Kate Mason
- Award Winners
- ASA sections
- Business Meeting & Reception
2. Upcoming Seminar
3. Gift a membership!
4. Mentorship Registration
June 16, 2025 at 10:37 PM
📚 Ask a Mentor Series part 6.
What are the tips for maximizing the ASA experience?

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June 13, 2025 at 8:58 PM
📚 Ask a Mentor Series part 5:
Given the current environment, what do you suggest we do to bolster our ability to remain in the field while the industry is particularly rough?
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May 28, 2025 at 3:43 AM
📢May Newsletter (1) Chair's Corner: Words from Kate Kason
: Voting has begun for ASA-wode positions (4/30-6/2)!
: Mark Saturday, 8/9 and Sunday, 8/10 as our section days!
May 4, 2025 at 8:36 PM
🌷Ask a Mentor Series: Part 4
As a scholar constantly engaging with the body and identities, do you have any insight into how and when to disclose information related to my identity while on the job market or during campus visits?
April 26, 2025 at 9:07 PM
📢 April Newsletter
Check out member publications and other announcements!
April 3, 2025 at 4:37 AM
📢 Ethnographic Summer School
The University of Texas at Austin, August 18-21, 2025.
More information: sites.utexas.edu/ethnolab/tra...
✅️ Deadline for applications: The deadline to apply is April 23. Admits will be notified by May 1.
April 3, 2025 at 4:36 AM
📚 Ask a Mentor Question for the Week
How do you suggest "translating" the relevancy of your work on bodies to more traditional Sociology departments when on the job market, especially for more general ads?
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April 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
📢 ANNOUNCEMENT: Now featuring Graduate Students and their research! Can we profile you on our social media, website, and in the newsletter?
Please submit materials here: forms.gle/11htfiRsfX8K... and email a headshot to bexm@uoregon.edu.
March 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📢 Call for Précis - 2025 Junior Theorists Symposium
✅️SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 21, 2025, 11:59pm Eastern Time
March 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
📢 Ethnographic Summer School
The University of Texas at Austin, August 18-21, 2025.
More information: sites.utexas.edu/ethnolab/tra...
✅️ Deadline for applications: The deadline to apply is April 23. Admits will be notified by May 1.
March 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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📣 📣 📣 ANNOUNCEMENT - Please share!

Body & Embodiment section is looking to feature our Graduate Students and their research! Can we profile you on our social media, website, and in the newsletter?

Please submit materials at forms.gle/11htfiRsfX8K... and email a headshot to asabodynews@gmail.com
ASA Body & Embodiment Section- Graduate Student Profile Interest Form
Thanks for your interest in sharing your research with the Body and Embodiment section! Materials submitted here may be shared in the newsletter, on social media, or on our section's website. IMPORT...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
📚 Ask a mentor QnA for February
Q: The body and embodiment is a key area of interest of mine, but essentially no faculty in my department falls into this area or are familiar with it. What tips would you provide to graduate students in this position?
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February 11, 2025 at 7:20 PM
📢 Call for submissions to our 2025 ASA section sessions! (due Feb. 26th 11:59 EST)

✅️Section on Sociology of Body and Embodiment: Open Session

✅️Section on Sociology of Body and Embodiment Roundtables
February 11, 2025 at 6:19 PM
📣 📣 📣 ANNOUNCEMENT - Please share!

Body & Embodiment section is looking to feature our Graduate Students and their research! Can we profile you on our social media, website, and in the newsletter?

Please submit materials at forms.gle/11htfiRsfX8K... and email a headshot to asabodynews@gmail.com
ASA Body & Embodiment Section- Graduate Student Profile Interest Form
Thanks for your interest in sharing your research with the Body and Embodiment section! Materials submitted here may be shared in the newsletter, on social media, or on our section's website. IMPORT...
forms.gle
February 11, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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📅 Mark your calendars for CBSM mini conference in Chicago, August 7-8th. Submission deadline March 14.
"The Many Impacts of Social Movements: Fifty Years after William Gamson’s The Strategy of Social Protest"

For details: www.asanet.org/collective-b...
Resources | American Sociological Association
Initially, most social movement research concerned what drove mobilization and why people participated in social movements.  William Gamson’s 1975 work stood
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February 7, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Watch now: the FSL vodcast with Sheree Bekker and Stephen Mumford!

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February 6, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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Free resource for ASA members! Interested in taking the next step in your sociology career? Whether you are looking for a job in academia or applied sociology, or if you’re interested in a pre- or postdoctoral fellowship, the ASA Career Center has options for you. https://bit.ly/ASACareerCenter
February 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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In case you are unable to join the online tribute honoring the life and contributions to sociology of Michael Burawoy today, Feb. 8, at noon (12 pm Eastern), you can watch the recording on the ISA YouTube channel afterward https://bit.ly/414VbLC
February 8, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Free webinar for ASA members! Join us in a talk with Rashawn Ray @sociologistray.bsky.social @univofmaryland.bsky.social about skills and strategies needed to effectively engage with the public through interviews, authoring op-eds and blogs, & more. Feb 20, 1 pm EST. Register: https://bit.ly/3WPI2ne
February 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
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Apply to be an editor for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity! ASA’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities is looking for editor applications from individuals and teams. Applications due March 28, 2025. Read the call here: https://bit.ly/4jsHxZN

#ASA #journals #sociology #research #editor
January 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Learn about the work of the Social Science Research Council, a consortium of higher education institutions dedicated to building the infrastructure for public innovation.
The 2024 College and University Fund for the Social Sciences conference, “Research to Solve Problems,” brought together leaders from 86 member campuses to advance collaboration and innovation. Learn more about the consortium’s work and the conference here:

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College and University Fund | Social Science Research Council
A consortium of higher education institutions dedicated to building the infrastructure for public innovation.
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January 22, 2025 at 9:11 PM