Call for papers

The 2013 Annual Conference

Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology

October 3-5
Portland, Oregon

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From the President
February 26, 2013

Greetings AACS members and friends,

This is the first call for sessions and papers for the October 3-5 meetings of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology in beautiful Portland, Oregon! Our theme, “Change the Process; Change the Outcome; Change the World! Real World Sociology for the 21^st Century,” highlights our commitment to encouraging the use of sociological practice to effect beneficial social change. 

The session and paper proposal forms invite all sorts of presentations, from the traditional to the experimental. Don’t be afraid to be creative!

The deadline for this first call is May 15th.  A second call will only be made if room remains for sessions and papers after this deadline passes. Be sure to get your proposals in as soon as you can to be assured a space on the program.

You may reserve your room at our conference hotel, the Doubletree by Hilton Portland, using the AACS group reservations link or by calling the hotel directly at 1-503-281-6111 and using the code “AACS.”

To renew or begin your AACS membership and/or  to register for the conference, ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN: CLICK HERE, or use the printable registration form.

This year’s conference program organizer is AACS Vice President, Sandra Jones. Please direct all program inquiries and submissions to her at. jonessa@rowan.edu.

We look forward to seeing you in Portland!

Tina Quartaroli
President, Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology

Request for Nominations

Greetings to all!

Request for Nominations

As a benefit of your membership in the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology, you are invited to participate in selecting the potential officers and board members for 2013-2014.  We encourage you to nominate candidates for the following open positions:

3 board member-at-large positions

Vice President – Elect

President – Elect

All AACS members are eligible for nomination, including current officers and board members whose terms expire at the end of the 2013 October Annual Meeting.  To be placed on the ballot, nominees must be members in good standing.  Terms of office commence at the end of the 2013 Saturday general membership meeting. New officers assume their positions at the 2013 Sunday morning board meeting. Nominations will be accepted through March 15, 2013

Nominees must be prepared to attend all board meetings.  The general schedule of board meetings for each calendar year is as follows:

February – Midyear board meeting.  Usually held on a Friday and Saturday at the hotel where that year’s October conference will be held.

October - A series of meetings held just prior to and after the conference.  The Board meets on Thursday morning, the first day of the conference, prior to the afternoon sessions.  The board is also expected to attend the General Membership Meeting immediately after the conference on Saturday afternoon, and again on Sunday morning after the conference.

Please notice the attached nomination form which includes descriptions of board position terms and duties.  Email nominations to larsen@calu.edu with AACS 2013 Election in the subject line.

I look forward to receiving your nominations!

Nomination Form-02-04-2013

Message from the AACS President

Dear AACS members and friends,

Happy New Year!

We had a fantastic conference in Milwaukee! Very special thanks to Mike Hirsch for all of his hard work and dedication and for making us feel so welcome in his hometown. Many thanks also to Libby Larsen, Fonda Martin, Amy Allen, Mueni Rudd, and our amazing Milwaukee host committee for helping to make this one of our most successful meetings ever!

As the challenges facing individuals and societies in the domestic and world communities continue to broaden and deepen by the day, practitioners of applied and clinical sociology continue to make a difference in ways both big and small. Our organization works to make a difference through such means as our commitment to student outreach, our attention to critically-emergent issues, our advancement of theory, research and methods in the field, and through the outstanding community engagement of our members. If you are already a member of AACS, thank you for renewing your membership. If you are not a member, I hope you will consider establishing a new membership and partnering with us in our efforts to make a difference through the practice of sociology.

Each October our members come together and demonstrate their passion for working to promote the application of sociological knowledge to effect beneficial social change. This year we are heading to the beautiful Pacific Northwest!  We hope you will join us for the 2013 annual meetings of the Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology in Portland, Oregon, October 3-5 where our theme will be:

 Change the Process; Change the Outcome; Change the World!

Real World Sociology for the 21^st Century

Please mark your calendars now. The first call for sessions will go out early this year. We are planning another great conference and we hope to see you there!

DOUBLETREE BY HILTON HOTEL PORTLAND

Portland, Oregon

October 3, 4 & 5, 2013

Wishing everyone a healthy and joyful new year!

Tina Quartaroli

President, Association of Applied and Clinical Sociology

tquartaroli@gmail.com