MSS Upcoming Annual Meetings:
2024 Annual Meeting I April 4-7 I Marriott Downtown, Des Moines, IA
2025 Annual Meeting I March 13-16 I Swissotel, Chicago, IL
2026 Annual Meeting | March 26-29 | The Chase Park Plaza Royal Sonesta, St. Louis, MO
Online submission
Online paper submission for the MSS Annual Conference meeting is available on or about September 5. The deadline for submissions is early November. When the portal opens, you will be able to submit abstracts for individual presentations and closed/complete sessions. All members will be notified by email when the portal opens.
For submission guidelines, visit our Call for Submissions page and Submission Instructions page.
Planning to participate in the MSS Annual Meeting?
We welcome you to the MSS Annual Meeting! Whether this is your first meeting or your 85th, we’re glad to have you!
If you are not currently a member of MSS, but you plan to participate in the annual meeting – as a session organizer, panelist, paper presenter, round table or poster presenter – please join MSS before you submit your abstract or proposal for consideration. Membership is required for participation in the annual meeting. If you already submitted a paper, poster, etc., but are not yet a member – join MSS now.
Being a member of MSS ensures that you will receive vital information about the annual meeting during the months preceding the meeting. Nonmembers may be removed from the program if they don't purchase a membership prior to printing of the program book.
Join MSS online at the Membership Page.
Code of Ethics of the Midwest Sociological Society
As sociologists, members of the Midwest Sociological Society subscribe to the Code of Ethics of the American Sociological Association. To read the Code in its entirety, please visit www.ASAnet.org and follow the link to ‘Ethics.’
MSS members are reminded that sexual or racial harassment is unethical in any professional setting, and that the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society constitutes such a professional setting. Instances of harassment should be reported as soon as possible to the Professional Issues and Standards Committee. To review the MSS grievance procedure in its entirety, please email the MSS Executive Office at [email protected].