In preparation for the 65th meeting of the American Sociological Association taking place August 17-21, 2023 in Philadelphia, PA, the Graduate Sociology Society at the University of Pennsylvania and Sociology Graduate Students at Temple University invite fellow doctoral students to a Philadelphia Area Graduate Student Mini-Conference. The conference will take place March 16-17, 2023 at the University of Pennsylvania main campus in Philadelphia.

We invite Sociology doctoral students at any stage of their program to participate by
submitting works in progress for either 1) paper presentation panels or 2) roundtable
discussions.

We hope this conference will act as a space to develop inter-institutional graduate student relationships, foster greater networking and collaborating, and provide students who expect to present at ASA an opportunity to share their works in progress in a collegial, constructive, and supportive environment.

While we encourage participants and attendees from doctoral students at all stages of their degree, priority for paper panels will be given to students who have submitted to present at ASA. However,works submitted to roundtable discussion sessions do not need to have been submitted to ASA. Sessions will be organized according to subject and methodological themes, with an eye toward encouraging institutional diversity.