2026 Conference
“Schools as Microcosms: Mirrors of Society, Engines of Change”
Speakers: Natasha Warikoo and Mitchell Stevens
2025 Conference
“What Can We Do About It? Sociologists As Change Agents”
Speakers: Anna Haskins and Cynthia E. Coburn
2024 Conference
“If They Come In The Morning”: Stories and the Sociology of Education
Speakers: Karida L. Brown and Daniel G. Solórzano
2023 Conference
“The Future of the Sociology of Education and Navigating the Four Pandemics”
Speakers: Dominique J. Baker and Odis Johnson Jr.
2022 Conference
“Unequal Organizations”
Speakers: Eve L. Ewing and Victor Ray
2021 Conference
“When Inequality Comes to School”
Speakers: John Diamond, Annette Lareau, Anthony Jack, Douglas Downey, Josipa Roksa, and Jessica Calarco
2020 Conference
“The Limits of American Education’s Promise”
Speakers: Tressie McMillan-Cottom and Gilda L. Ochoa
2019 Conference
“Knowledge and Power”
Speakers: Kris Gutiérrez and Elizabeth Popp Berman
2018 Conference
“Educational Resources”
Speakers: Roberto G. Gonzales and Thomas M. Smith
2017 Conference
“Power and Schooling in the 21st Century”
Speakers: Steven Brint and Amanda Lewis
2016 Conference
“Contradictions in Education: Patterns and Consequences”
Speakers: David Labaree and Brian Powell
2015 Conference
“Trajectories of Educational Advantage and Disadvantage”
Speakers: Karl Alexander and Lois Weis
2014 Conference
“Understanding Educational Contexts and Inequalities: Influences and Outcomes “
Speakers: Amy Binder and Adam Gamoran
2013 Conference
“The Social Context of Schooling: Educational Inequality in a Changing Society”
Speakers: Prudence Carter and Sean Reardon
2012 Conference
“40 Years of Research: Sociology, Education and Equity 1972-2012”
Speakers: Karl Alexander and Patricia McDonough
2011 Conference
“Equality of Educational Opportunity and Educational Policy “
Speakers: Christopher Jencks and Thomas A. DiPrete
2010 Conference
“Social Relationships, Schools, and Student Outcomes”
Speakers: Annette Lareau and Robert Crosnoe
2009 Conference
“Moving Up or Moving Out: Social Inequality in Educational Transitions”
Speakers: Claudia Buchmann and Russell Rumberger
2008 Conference
“Higher Education Access and Success: Identifying Successful Pathways”
Speakers: Michael Nettles and Patricia Gandara and Gary Orfield
2007 Conference
“School Contextual Effects on Educational Outcomes for Diverse Populations”
Speakers: Jacquelynne Eccles and William Trent
2006 Conference
“Social Capital and Educational Achievement”
Speakers: Ricardo Stanton-Salazar and Barbara L Schneider
2005 Conference
“Critical Issues in Urban Education: Sociological Perspectives”
Speakers: Gloria Ladson-Billings and Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco
2004 Conference
“Education and the Law: Sociological Perspectives On the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education”
Speakers: Roslyn Arlin Mickelson, Honorable Cruz Reynoso and William H. Watkins
2003 Conference
“Silencing Dissent: Categorization, Regulation and the Patrolling of Identity”
Speakers: Pedro A. Noguera and Joyce Elaine King
2002 Conference 2002
“Race, Ethnicity, and Urban Education in the 21st Century: The New Demographic Context & Its Sociological Implications”
Speakers: Jean Anyon, Samuel R. Lucas, Michele Foster
2001 Conference
“Dangerous Dialogues: Talking Through the Complex Texture of Class, Race and Gender”
Speakers: Joseph R. Feagin and Walter R. Allen
2000 Conference
“Educational Stratification: Past and Prospects”
Speakers: Joel Spring and Ronald Corwin
1999 Conference
“Difference and Power: Issues of Race, Social Class, Gender and Language”
Speakers: Donaldo Macedo and Roxana Ng
1998 Conference
“Will the “Public” in Public Education Survive School Reform?”
Speakers: Herbert Gintis and Michael Apple
1997 Conference
“Stratification of Educational Opportunities in an Era of Waning Affirmative Action”
Speakers: Troy Duster and Gary Orfield
1996 Conference
Immigration and Schooling
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