mss
MSS members receive:

  • The Midwest Sociologist, a three issue-a-year newsletter that contains listings of conferences, calls for papers, reports on the work of MSS committees, and news about departments and sociologists in the region.  Karla Erickson of Grinnell College is Executive Editor.

  • The Sociological Quarterly, one of the leading generalist journals in sociology.  TSQ is a quarterly, edited by Brian Donovan and Bill Staples of the University of Kansas.

  • E-news from MSS, a brief update  delivered electronically to MSS members 6-8 times a year.  E-news notifies members of deadlines for annual meeting particpation; and for grant and award applications.

  • The opportunity to participate in the Annual MSS Meetings, a collegial gathering of 800-1500 scholars and practitioners of sociology, held each year in a major Midwestern city.
Members of the Midwest Sociological Society subscribe
to and are bound by the Code of
Ethics of the American Sociological Association.

To read the Code in its entirety, please visit the ASA online at www.ASAnet.org and follow the link to “Ethics.”  

MSS Grievance Procedure. 

about MSS
About the Midwest
Sociological Society
The Midwest Sociological Society, founded in 1936, is a professional organization of academic and applied sociologists as well as students of the discipline. Nearly 1200 scholars, students and practicing sociologists in universities, government and business belong to the organization. Known for its accessible but rigorous meetings, the MSS encompasses nine states - Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Minnesota, Kansas, South Dakota and North Dakota. However, more than one-third of the members are from other parts of the nation and the world.
Benefits of MSS
Membership
Some History of the Midwest
Sociological Society
Official Documents
Code of
Ethics
The physical historical archives of the Midwest Sociological Society, including past minutes, membership lists, program books, newsletters and journals, are held at the State Historical Society of Iowa Library in Iowa City, Iowa. 
Manuals:  Volunteer Positions
updated 6-09
updated 6-10