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Join us for this year’s ASA Student Forum sessions—networking, career prep, roundtables & cutting-edge student research!

August 9–11
Hyatt Regency Chicago

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2025 ASA SFAB Sessions Saturday, August 9 21223 - Student Forum Student Reception Sat, August 9, 6:00 to 7:30pm, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Ballroom D North Sunday, August 10 30257 - Student Forum Advisory Board Meeting Sun, August 10, 8:00 to 9:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Picasso Session Submission Type: Meeting 30454 - Student Forum Special Topic Paper Session Sun, August 10, 10:00 to 11:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Water Tower Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute) Individual Presentations: ACFTU at an International Table: Evidence from Sino-Norwegian Collective Bargaining for Chinese Seafarers - Yi Sui, Renmin University of China; Hao Zhang, Renmin University of China An Elite Strategy to Navigate Career Precarity? Unpacking Platform Influencer Work of the Chinese International Students - Yifan Liu, University at Albany, SUNY Carceral Labor and the Inequities of Climate Adaptation Infrastructure - Rachel J Springer, Portland State University Liquid Life and Structural Suspension of Young Digital Nomads Based on China’s Localization Experience -Bo Liu, Fudan University; Yuan Deng, Peking University & University of California, Berkeley When Does Work Become Labor? Tracing the Transition from Zero Work to Child Labor in Pakistan - Shah Zaman, Georgia State University 2025 ASA SFAB Sessions Monday, August 11 40231 - Sociology Unlocked: Your Guide to Careers After Graduate School Mon, August 11, 8:00 to 9:30am, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Hall M Session Submission Type: Workshop Description: A sociology graduate degree opens up so many possible career pathways. In this workshop, we will talk about these pathways, hearing from people with various experience in the academy, technology, and NGOs. Hear advice from hiring committee members and recent sociology grad students on how to best prepare for your desired career after grad school. 40254 - Student Forum Open Topic Paper Session Mon, August 11, 8:00 to 9:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Water Tower Session Submission Type: Paper Session (90 minute) Individual Presentations: Are Non-Work Elements Impacting My Voice? A Study on Influences of Employee Voice Behavior in SMEs - Xiangjing Guo, Harbin Institute of Technology; Li Zhang Beyond Institutionalized NGOs and Radical Movements: Dialogical Pedagogical Practice in São Paulo’s Urban Periphery - Gustavo de Almeida Silva, Brown University Disparate Experiences and The Formation of Perceived Disorder in a New York City Neighborhood - Ixchel Bosworth, Columbia University Everything Can’t Be Pretty, Proper, & Pristine: Black Women’s Experiences with Housing Disrepair in the HCV Program - Marnay C. Avant, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor “I’m not half straight, not half gay, but 100% bisexual” Identity Formation of Bisexual Young Adults - Meagan Brooke Pendleton, Ohio State University Migrant Suicide: Reclaiming Durkheim’s Fatalistic Suicide in the Age of Neoliberal Globalization - Yee Lok Wong, CUNY-Graduate Center 2025 ASA SFAB Sessions Monday, August 11 40454 - Student Forum Business Meeting Mon, August 11, 10:00 to 11:30am, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Concourse Level/Bronze, Water Tower Session Submission Type: Meeting 41021 - Student Forum Refereed Roundtables Mon, August 11, 4:00 to 5:30pm, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Ballroom B Roundtable 1: Education and Pedagogy Roundtable 2: Critical Gender Studies Roundtable 3: The Political Economy of China Roundtable 4: Substance Use Disorder and Anxiety Roundtable 5: Mental Health and Well-being Roundtable 6: Labor Movements, Global Economics, and the Gig Economy Roundtable 7: Work and Labor Roundtable 8: Geography, Space, and Place Roundtable 9: Global Family Dynamics Roundtable 10: Health and Illness Roundtable 11: Intersectional Inequalities Roundtable 12: Qualitative Studies Roundtable 13: Technology and the Evolution of Artificial Intelligence Roundtable 14: Race and Place Roundtable 15: Environmental and Occupational Health Roundtable 16: Open Topic Roundtable 17: Higher Education Roundtable 18: Theoretical Sociology Roundtable 19: Critical Feminism and Intersectionality Roundtable 20: Critical Media Studies Roundtable 21: Quantitative Methods Roundtable 22: Global Epistemologies
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