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- EIN 35-1263022
- (865) 689-1531
- 901 Mcclung Tower-university Of Tn Knoxville TN 37996-0490 USA
- http://www.sssp1.org
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Causes: Anthropology & Sociology
Mission: To encourage the work of young sociologists; to stimulate the application of scientific method and theory to the study of vital social problems; to encourage problem centered social research; to foster cooperative relations among persons and organizations; to engage in the application of scientific sociological findings to the formulation of social policies; to foster higher quality of life, social welfare, and positive social relations in society and the global community and to undertake any activity related thereto or necessary or desirable for the accomplishment of the foregoing purposes.
Programs: The organization sponsors a quarterly journal titled "social problems. " the journal presents accessible, relevant and theoretically innovative articles which embody critical perspectives on contemporary social issues.
the organization's annual meeting provides attendees with literature, workshops, and interaction with other professionals and students in the field of social problems.
the organization maintains divisions and committees to provide groups of members with interests in a specific part of the field. Committee and division activity shapes the annual meeting of the society to organizing paper sessions and panels.
the organization awards scholarships and subsidies to attend the sssp annual meetings to students who exemplify the sssp history and are committed to scholar activism. One purpose of the scholarship is to increase the pool of minority social and behavioral scientists. The sssp granted money to two minority graduate students as well as funding four foreign scholars to attend the annual meeting with the lee scholar support fund. Sssp also funded three unemployed/underemployed sociologists to attend the annual meeting with the erwin o. Smigel award and awarded sixty-two undergraduate and graduate students to attend the annual meeting with the lee student support fund.