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SSSP’S YOUTH, AGING, AND THE LIFE COURSE DIVISION / CALL FOR PAPERS

The Youth, Aging, and Life Course Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) is organizing a broad array of panels for the 2015 Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL (August 21-23).  Sessions on crime, disability, substance use, sexuality, and leisure and recreation across the life course, as well as a session on mental health, aging, and the life course, are planned.  Additionally, there will be a thematic session on inequalities in aging.  Papers / abstracts will be accepted through midnight (EST) on January 31, 2015.  The call for paper can be accessed at: Call for Papers process for the annual meeting.  Please submit your work, and encourage your colleagues and students to do so by forwarding this announcement widely.

 

SSSP’S YOUTH, AGING, AND THE LIFE COURSE DIVISION GRADUATE STUDENT PAPER AWARD / CALL FOR PAPERS

The Youth, Aging, and the Life Course (YALC) Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) invites graduate students to submit a paper to the Graduate Student Paper Award competition. The paper can be theoretical and/or empirical, and must be directly related to some aspect of scholarship on youth, aging, and the life course. Current graduate students and recent graduates (who received their degrees after January 2014) may submit a paper if it was written while a student. The paper must be unpublished, not accepted for publication, and not under review at the time of submission. Papers based on theses or dissertations are acceptable. Co-authored papers are also acceptable as long as all of the listed authors are current or recent graduate students; faculty and non-graduate student co-authors are not allowed. Students may submit to only one SSSP student paper award competition; submission to multiple SSSP award competitions will disqualify the paper. The award recipient is expected to present the winning paper at the 2015 SSSP Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL (August 21-23, 2015). To facilitate scheduling the presentation, the (lead) author is required to submit the paper through the Call for Papers process for the annual meeting. Regular submission through the Call for Papers process ensures that the winning paper can be placed on the program. The paper should be submitted to any Youth, Aging, and the Life Course-(co)sponsored session, or the roundtable organizer, by the January 31stdeadline, as well as e-mailed separately to the Division and Award Committee Chair as indicated below. The award recipient will be publicly announced at the Awards Ceremony and receive a plaque, a monetary prize of $100, a student membership to SSSP, and a SSSP conference registration. To have a paper considered for this award, please send an electronic copy of the paper and a cover letter that includes a brief overview of the paper and the context in which it was written, identifies the graduate program and status of all authors, certifies that the paper meets all of the criteria for the award, and provides the name and contact information of an adviser who is familiar with the (lead) author’s work to Andrew London at: anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu. The submission should: be no more than 30 double-spaced pages (including references and notes); use 12-point font; be double-spaced throughout; use one-inch margins; and be prepared for anonymous review, with the (lead) author specified only on the cover page and identifying references blinded.

MAGGIE KUHN AWARD

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: Nominations are welcome for the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Division’s Maggie Kuhn Award for Scholar-Activists.  Maggie Kuhn was the founder of the Gray Panthers, an intergenerational social justice organization.  The Maggie Kuhn award, established in 2014, is awarded to a scholar-activist who upholds the ideals of social and economic justice, and peace, for individuals of all ages in both their scholarship and service.  These ideals include, but are not limited to, honoring age, intergenerational work, and scholarship and/or activism that promotes a humane society by putting the needs of people over profits, responsibility over power, and democracy over institutions.  For more information or to nominate a scholar-activist, please e-mail Andrew S. London at: anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu.

The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2015

Dr. Eric R. Kingson and Dr. Nancy J. Altman’s new book is entitled “Social Security Works! Why Social Security Isn’t Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All,” published by The New Press, 2015.

An excerpt of the book can be found here and can be pre-ordered here.

Dr. Alejandro Garcia is a recipient of the State Society on Aging of New York’s 2014 Advocate for Older Adults Award. The Advocate for Older Adults Award recognizes a record of planning, policy development and advocacy work. This year’s award was presented to Alejandro Garcia, Ph.D. and James O’Neal, MA.

Alejandro Garcia, Ph.D. currently holds the position of Professor, School of Social Work, Syracuse University, where he has taught in the areas of gerontology, social policy, and human diversity for 35 years. Currently on the editorial board of the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Dr. Garcia has served on the editorial boards of numerous national journals. He is the co-editor of three books, including Elderly Latinos: Issues and Solutions for the 21st Century (with Marta Sotomayor; 1993), HIV Affected and Vulnerable Youth: Prevention Issues and Approaches (with Susan Taylor-Brown; 1999), and La Familia: Traditions and Realities (with Marta Sotomayor; 1999). He is also the author of numerous articles and book chapters.

Dr. Garcia is a Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America, and an elected member of the National Academy of Social Insurance. He was elected vice president/secretary of the Council on Social Work Education in 2012. He has held national leadership positions with the National Association of Social Workers and the National Board and Commission on Accreditation of the Council on Social Work Education. Dr. Garcia is the immediate past-Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Hispanic Council on Aging. He is the immediate past Chair and current regional representative to the National Policy Council of AARP, and a member of the Executive Council of AARP New York. He has also served as a vice-president of the Schuyler Center for Analysis and Advocacy (SCAA) and was recently made a Lifetime Honorary Trustee of the Center.

Nationally, Dr. Garcia is known as a strong advocate for Hispanic populations, especially the elderly. For his contributions to the social work profession and those whom it serves, he was named a Social Work Pioneer by the National Association of Social Workers. The National Hispanic Council on Aging acknowledged Dr. Garcia with its Special Recognition Award for outstanding leadership and advocacy on behalf of older adults, and created the Alejandro Garcia Internship on Hunger and Poverty Policy. In New York State, Dr. Garcia has been the recipient of a number of honors including Lifetime Achievement Awards from the New York State Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers and from the New York State Social Work Education Association. He is a recipient of the Andrus Award, the highest recognition that AARP New York awards for community service.

Dr. Garcia has been named a Distinguished Social Work Educator of the Decades by California State University at Sacramento, and has received several outstanding teaching awards at Syracuse University, including Scholar/Teacher of the Year. He has also been honored by the SU LGBT Resource Center with the Foundation Award for Outstanding Faculty Member, and in 2006 was named the Outstanding Teacher of the Year by the Syracuse University Alumni Association.

Madonna Harrington Meyer, ASI Faculty Associate, presented her new book, Grandmothers at Work, at Smith College, North Hampton MA on September 25, and at Colgate College in Hamilton, NY on September 23.

Dr. Meyer was quoted in  “The Challenges of Being a Working Grandmother,”  9/30/14  Boston Globe http://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/09/30/the-challenges-being-working-grandmother/LmkS5N88ZlpLLJj7nA6ObN/story.html

In addition, Dr. Meyer presented “US Grandmothers’ Financial Contributions and the Impact on Grandmothers,” at the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, International Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, October.

On October 9-11, 2014, Ynesse Abdul-Malak presented “Health and Grandmothering among Latin and Caribbean Women in the U.S.” at the Society for Longitudinal and Life Course Studies Conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.

On July 31 – August 1, Dr. Merril Silverstein, ASI Faculty Associate, traveled to Mexico City to speak at The International Workshop on Social Support for Older Adults. To learn more about the event, click here.

To read more about Dr. Silverstein’s presentation entitled: “A Tale of Two Chinas: Rural-Urban Differences in Family Dynamics of the Aged,” click here.