Past Meetings – California Sociological Association

Past Meetings

California Sociological Association Annual Meetings
Year	City	Theme and Keynote Speaker
2025	Berkeley	“Creativity and Community in Times of Crises” Catherine Hanna Schrock Co-Founder & Director of Programs for IMAGINE Program
2024	Pomona	“Human Rights: Policy Threats, Alliances, and community Rsistance” Dr. Camila Alvarez, University of California, San Diego, Scoping Out the Environmental (In)justice from the U.S. Military and Militarization Conference Page (includes program)
2023	Sacramento	Theme: Academia and Praxis: The Labor and Obligations of Creating a More Just World Keynote Speaker: Dr. Melina Abdullah. Program
2022	online	Theme: “Community Cultural Wealth” Keynote: Dr. Tara Yosso, UC Riverside
2021	online	Theme: “Radical Sociology: Challenging Multiple Pandemics” Keynote: William I. Robinson, UCSB
2020	online	Keynote: Dr. Leisy Abrego, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, UCLA, Chicana/o and Central American Studies
2019	Sacramento	Victor Rios, University of California, Santa Barbara, Theme: Between the Nexus of Social Control and Social Resistance, Keynote: Race, Resistance, and the Criminalization and Social Control of Black and Latino Youth
2018	Riverside	Inequality and Social Justice in the Contemporary Era Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, USC, “Racies y Raza / Roots and Race: Latino Immigrant Home-making in L.A.’s Historically Black Neighborhoods.”
2017	Sacramento	A Legacy of Sociology G. William Domhoff, UC Santa Cruz, “’Who Rules America’ and Power Structure Research: Legacies of the Sixties? Or Relics?”
2016	Riverside	Global and Local Change Mark Juergensmeyer, UC Santa Barbara, “International Terrorism”
2015	Sacramento	Social Realities, Social Change: The Importance of Global Context Bill Robinson, UC Santa Barbara, “Global Capitalism and the Crisis of Humanity”
2014	Riverside	Social Responsibility Jane Prather, CSU Northridge, “Lessons Learned in Prison: The Urgency of Prison Reform”
2013	Berkeley	Social Change: Local and Global John W. Meyer, Sanford University, “The Worldwide Cultural Reconstructions of Local Identities”
2012	Riverside	California’s Regional Diversity Roger Waldinger, UCLA, “Cross Boundaries: International Migration in the New Century”
2011	Berkeley	California and the World Christopher Chase-Dunn, UC Riverside, “World-systems in California and California in the Modern World-System”
2010	Riverside	Sociology in a Time of Crisis Peter Skerry, Boston College, “How Muslims Are Becoming Americans”
2009	Berkeley	The Next Generation Peter Phillips, Sonoma State University, “Truth, Emergency and Public Sociology: How Colleges and Universities Can Support Media Democracy”
2008	Riverside	Applying Sociology to Societal Issues Daniel Yankalovich, UC San Diego “ The New Pragmatism: Coping with America’s Overwhelming Problems”
2007	Berkeley	Building Communities: Local &Global Landscapes Charles Hohm, “Improving Sociology’s Standing in the Academy”
2006	Riverside	Dreaming California: The Myth, the Image, and the Possibilities of California Robert Scheer, “War and Poverty in California”
2005	Sacramento	California Faultlines Michael Burawoy, “Public Sociology”
2004	Riverside	The Relevance of Sociology Tom Hayden, Former California State Senator and Assemblyman, “Empire, Democracy, and the Role of Public Intellectuals” Michael Messner, University of Southern California, “Masculinities, Femininities and the Governator”
2003	Berkeley	Using the Sociological Imagination Barrie Throne, UC Berkeley, “Unpacking School Lunches: The Changing Contours of Childhood in Urban California” Neil Smelser, UC Berkeley, “Cultural Dimensions of 9/11: Issues of Trauma and Revenge”
2002	Riverside	The Challenges to Social Justice and Diversity in a Changing World Ruben G. Rumbaut, UC Irvine, “The Melting and the Pot: Variety and Assimilation in American Life”
2001	Sacramento	Sociology For the New Century Dan Walters, “The Interaction of Demographics Trends with California’s Economics and Politics” Panel—Gordon Clanton, Diane Beeson, Susan Garfin, Shoon Lio, “9/11/01 Attack and Aftermath: Sociological Perspectives”
2000	Riverside	The Uses of Sociology G. William Domhoff, “The Uses of Sociology” Panel–Harvey Rich, Steven Brint, Mark Drummond, Phillip Glotzback, Scott McNall, David Warren, “Facing Higher Education in the 21^st Century”
1999	Berkeley	Work & Leisure in the New Millennium Robert Bellah, “Public Life in a Privatized Society” Scott Coltrane, “Gender, Work, & Families”
1998	Riverside	Has Sociology Made the World Better? Richard Flacks, “Has Sociology Made the World Better?” Panel–Gordon Clanton, Earl Babbie, Jonathan Turner, Shoon Lio, Robin Franck, “How Can We Improve the Teaching of Sociology?”
1997	Sacramento	Insecurity in Contemporary Society: Perception & Reality John Vasconcellos, “California Social Problems and Higher Education” Robert Gurian, “The Legislature and California Higher Education”
1996	San Diego	Sociology Making a Difference: Public Policy & Practice Jonathan H. Turner, UC Riverside,“Must Sociological Theory & Practice be So Far Apart”
1995	San Francisco	California’s Information Highway 2000: Gridlock or Easy Access? David Nasatir, CSU Dominguez Hills & UC Berkeley
1994	Long Beach	California Disasters: Natural, Economic, Social Ruben Rumbaut, Michigan State University
1993	Berkeley	Re-building California: The Role of Sociology in Reconstructing the StateAnn Swidler, UC Berkeley
1992	San Diego	The Cutting Edge: Sociology & Technology in California Troy Duster, UC Los Angeles
1991	Oakland	New Ways of Examining Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in California Walter Allen, UC Los Angeles
1990	Carson	Sociologists in California’s Future Earl Babbie, Chapman University