Sociologists of Minnesota

Friday, October 13, 2023
9:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Gustavus Adolphus College, 800 West College Avenue, Saint Peter Minnesota, 56082

Schedule:

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. - Registration and Check-In Begins.

[Jackson Campus Center, Banquet Rooms]

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m. - Welcoming SOM to Gustavus Adolphus College!

[Jackson Campus Center, Banquet Rooms]

9:50 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. - Networking and Socializing

[Jackson Campus Center, Banquet Rooms]

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. - General Session Slot 1

General Session 01 – Panel Discussion, “Social Changes and AI: Social Science Responses” [Three Crowns Room]
Facilitators: Sadie Pendaz-Foster, Inver Hills Community College; Wayne Whitmore, Inver Hills Community College

General Session 02 – Paper Session, “Examining Structure, Culture, and Social
Change in Work and Education” [St. Peter Room & Virtual Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/bga-sdhj-tcp]
Presider: Lukas Szrot, Bemidji State University

• Neoliberalism, Care, and the Decline of Expert Legitimacy: Lessons (Un)Learned, Post Pandemic…Lukas Szrot, Bemidji State University
• Toward Entrepreneurial Sociology: Challenges and Strategies for Community Colleges…Agatha Nnazor, Anoka Ramsey Community College
• Backlash against DEI: Does Intercultural Competence Development Facilitate the Path to Become Anti-Racist?... Ryuto Hashimoto, Minnesota State University, Mankato
• “Diversity” to “DEI:” Exploratory Analysis of Changing Language in American Higher Education…Evan Gunderson, University of Minnesota Duluth

General Session 03 – Panel Session, “Combating Food Insecurity on College Campuses through Student Engaged Sociological Research”
[Heritage Room& Virtual Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/vft-ecio-yyj]

• Presider: Carol Glasser, Minnesota State University, Mankato
  Using Project-Based Learning to Address Student Needs…Carol Glasser, Minnesota State
  University, Mankato
• No Ride? No Groceries? How a Lack of Transportation Impacts Food Insecurity among College
  Students…Ava Corey-Grunes, Minnesota State University, Mankato; Ashley Jaxel, Minnesota
  State University, Mankato
• Transportation and Food Insecurity among Minnesota State Mankato Students…Mitchel Pomije,
  Minnesota State University, Mankato

12:00 p.m. – 12:45 p.m. – Lunch

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. – Keynote Address 

[Heritage Room & Virtual GoogleMeet Link: meet.google.com/giu-refx-krf]

• Consequences of Global Disasters: War, Public Health Crises, and Possible
  Solutions…Anastasiia Timmer, California State University, Northridge

2:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. – Presentation of Student Awards and Townhall Session

[Heritage Room & Virtual Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/vft-ecio-yyj]

• Award Presentations: Timothy Loney, Minnesota North College-Vermilion
• Townhall Presider: Lai Sze Tso, Gustavus Adolphus College

3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. – General Session Slot 2

General Session 04 – Paper Session, “Cultural Practices and Processes: Individuals, Communities, Policies”
[Heritage Room & Virtual Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/vft-ecio-yyj]
Presider: Lisa Waldner, University of St. Thomas

• Basketball in the Northland: A Community Account of Youth Basketball in a “Hockey
  Town”…Jason Torkelson, University of Minnesota Duluth
• Why Do College Students Use Swipe Dating Apps?... Abbey Cornelius, University of St. Thomas
• Looking Back on a Career of Academic Writing and Writing Tips…Steve Buechler, Professor
  Emeritus Minnesota State University, Mankato
• Does Two-Child Policy Improve People’s Fertility Intention?... Yingyue Jiang, Brown University

General Session 05 – Paper Session, “Caroline Rose Paper Award Winners Present Their Work”
[St. Peter Room & Virtual Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/bgasdhj-tcp]
Presider: Kirsten Olsen, Anoka Ramsey Community College

• Christianity as Deviance: Flipping the Script at a Religiously Affiliated Liberal Arts
  College…Emery Teague, Macalester College
• Food and Transportation Insecurity at Midwestern University…Mitchel Pomije, Minnesota State
  University, Mankato
• Family Resilience in the United States…Ian Smith, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
• Home is Where There is Oxygen: The Body as a Site of Resistance against Oppressive
  Practices…Mao Lee, University of Minnesota

4:45 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. – Sociologists of Minnesota Business Meeting

[St. Peter Room & Virtual Google Meet Link: meet.google.com/bga-sdhj-tcp]

5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. – Board of Directors Meeting and Dinner

 [St. Peter Room & Virtual Link Provided to Board Members Separately]

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Public parking:
There are two publicly accessible parking lots on Gustavus Adolphus College campus. First, Lot A, is near Almen-Vickner Guest House on Three Flags Drive. Second, Lot N is near the Melva Lind Interpretive Center (Arboretum) on South Ring Road. There is also ample street parking immediately off-campus.

Accessibility:
Jackson Campus Center Banquet Rooms are on the second floor of Jackson Campus Center. There is an elevator into the complex near the south entrance of the Johnson Student Union. The two buildings are connected on the second floor. There is a gender-neutral bathroom and a lactation room on the second floor next to the President's Dining Room (203B).