Previous NCSA Meetings
2025, Lexington, Kentucky
Sociology in a Pluralistic World: Finding Common Ground
2024, Columbus, Ohio
One Hundred Years of NCSA: Connecting to Our Past, Making Meaning of Our Present, and Preparing for Our Future
2023, Grand Rapids, Michigan
All Together Now: Sociology as a Liberal Art and a Liberating Practice
2022, Indianapolis, Indiana
Inequality in the Culture of Capitalism: The Ever-widening Gap in Contemporary Societies
2021, Virtual due to COVID-19
Doing Sociology that Matters, A Journey of Discovery
2020, Virtual due to COVID-19
Constant Crisis in the Modern World
2019, Cincinnati, Ohio
Storytelling: Sociological Methods, Motives, and Mantras
2018, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Crime, Punishment & (In)Justice
2017, Indianapolis, Indiana
Peace in a Time of Polarization
2016, Chicago, Illinois
joint meeting with the Midwest Sociological Society
Inequality, Injustice and Intersectionality
2015, Cleveland, Ohio
New Visions of Human Flourishing
2014, Cincinnati, Ohio
Doing Good: Positive Behavior, Promising Programs, Promoting Change
2013, Indianapolis, Indiana
In Defense of Theory
2012, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Renewing Sociology: Living Traditions & Creative Beginnings
2011, Cleveland, Ohio
Pragmatism in Research and Education
2010, Chicago, Illinois
joint meeting with the Midwest Sociological Society
Communities in an Age of Social Transformation
2009, Dearborn, Michigan
The Sociological Way of Looking at the World: Research, Teaching and Application
2008, Cincinnati, Ohio
Common Situations: Complex Realities
2007, Chicago, Illinois
joint meeting with the Midwest Sociological Society
Social Policy, Social Ideology, and Social Change
2006, Indianapolis, Indiana
Making a Difference: Sociology as Social Activism
2005, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The Local Community in the Global Age
updated June 2026