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