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We have just published Alvenio G. Mozol Jr.'s article "From River to Review: An Autoethnographic Inquiry into the Negotiated Self in Academic Publishing" on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published Nadia Tadic’s article “Contrastive Self-Categorization as a Resource for Defending Cultural Stereotypes” on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE Open Access Passing as Able-Bodyminded, Disabled, or Supercrip: Rethinking Impression Management Strategies Through a Disability Lens Yvonne Wechuli Pages: 293-314 “Lace up Your Boots and Do Something:” A Symbolic-Interactionist Analysis of Girls and Young Women Equestrian Athletes' Resilience Laura Sanchez Pages: 315-343 Alexandrina Schmidt, Susie Scott Pages: 344-364 From Tourists' Interpretation to National Identity in National Parks: A Semiotic Analysis…

We have just published on Early View Seth Abrutyn's review of "Our Emotions and Culture: How Modern Life Changes Us” by E. Doyle McCarthy on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published Baptiste Brossard's review of “"From Skepticism to Competence: How American Psychiatrists Learn Psychotherapy By Mariana Craciun" by Mariana Craciun” on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

Face-to-face interaction is a foundational concept in microsociology. This article surveys the social experiences of autistic people, who are commonly known for having a strained relationship with in...

We have just published New on Early View: "“Do You Want to Continue?”—Coordinating the Closing of Conversations and Managing Face Concerns" by Emmi Koskinen on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published New on Early View: "Rethinking Face-to-Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”" by Lars E. F. Johannessen on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

As announced at the 2025 SSSI Annual Meetings in Chicago, the 2026 SSSI Annual Meeting will be held in collaboration with the Canadian Qualitative Analysis Conference, June 10-12, 2026 in Niagara Falls, Ontario (Canada).  The European SSSI Meeting 2026 will be held in Oslo, Norway, June 17-19, 2026. Please mark these dates on your calendar and plan to attend, as you are able! 

We have just published New on Early View: "Exploring the EMCA Community: Strengths, Challenges, and Opportunities" by Mehmet Ali Icbay on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published “The MBTI as a Cultural Meme, Its Diffusion on Chinese Social Media, and Its Significance for Millenials' and Gen-Zs' Selves and Identities" by by J. Patrick Williams and Si Wu on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

At the 2025 SSSI Annual Meetings in Chicago the Society presented its awards. George Herbert Mead Award (Lifetime Achievement) - Simon Gottschalk (University of Nevada, Las Vegas) Charles Horton Cooley Book Award - Asia Friedman's (University of Delaware) Mammography Wars: Analyzing Attention in Cultural and Medical Disputes Herbert Blumer Award for Best Graduate Student Paper - Yuchen Yang’s (University of Birmingham)

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We have just published ““Excluded Participation”: Some Observations of Non-Reciprocal Interaction in a Danish Fifth Grade Classroom” by  Jørn Bjerre on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published Philip Lewin’s’s review of “Embedded Interactions and Selective Disclosure" by Michael Schultz, Leslie DeChurch, and Noshir Contractor on Early View of Symbolic Interaction.  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published Philip Lewin's’s review of “Interpreting Subcultures. Approaching, Contextualizing, and Embodying Sense-Making Practices in Alternative Cultures" edited by  J. Patrick Williams on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published Richard E. Ocejo’s review of “'Being Nice' as Modus Vivendi in Classrooms: A Collective Behavior Approach to Deviant Behavior in Primary Schools” by Doris Bühler-Niederberger, Leon Dittmann, and Claudia Schuchart on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. #sssi #sociology Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

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We have just published Richard E. Ocejo's review of "Passionate Work: Choreographing a Dance Career" by Ruth Horowitz on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. #sssi #sociology Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published "Types of Struggles in Disrupted Interaction: A Case of Hard-of-Hearing Employees" by Ida Friis Thing on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. #sssi #sociology #emca  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published “'Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia': Managing Stigma and Threats in the Wake of False Criminal Accusations'” by Steven Windisch on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. #sssi #sociology #emca  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.

We have just published Nancy Bern's review of “Brothers in Grief: The Hidden Toll of Gun Violence on Black Boys and their Schools” by Nora Gross on Early View of Symbolic Interaction. #sssi #sociology #emca  Members of SSSI can access the article HERE and by clicking the image below. To join SSSI and subscribe to Symbolic Interaction from $35 (£30), please click HERE.