BU Sociology at ESS 2026 this weekend
The Eastern Sociological Society’s annual conference begins today in Washington, DC. The theme for ESS 2026 is “Transformation & Repair: Worldmaking in Contexts of Struggle and Constraint.” Below is a list of BU Sociology faculty and students who are participating this year. You can see the full conference program here.
Thursday , March 5, 2026
- Allison Wigen: “Fishermen as Artists: Cultural Production in Times of Change” tomorrow morning, 8:00 AM in the “Worlds of Work” session, Salon E.
- Max Greenberg: “From Sociological Imagination to Sociological Attention: Revisiting Mills in the Digital Age,” Teaching Sociology Mini-Conference: Theory, Self, and Society: Innovations and Reflections, 12:30pm in Salon 1
Friday, March 6, 2026
- Japonica Brown-Saracino: “The Death and Life of Gentrification: A New Map of a Persistent Idea” AMC Salon C, 9:30am
- Undergraduate Student Poster Session III: “Stripping it Down; How LGBTQ+ Individuals are Intimately Repairing Body Image,” Ju Derraik, Boston University. “From Abstinence to Algorithm: Individual Differences in Assessing Sexual Health Information on TikTok,” Ella Wagner, Boston University. “Generations Apart: The Impact of Puerto Rican Residency in the United States on Identity and Perceptions of Latinidad,” Abigail Rosario, Boston University. “Immigration Policy Uncertainty and the Structural Vulnerabilities of Mixed-Status Families in Texas Border Communities,” Ammy Garcia, Boston University. “Impact of State Medicaid Policies on Health Disparities Across Income Groups,” Kennedy Cargo, Boston University. “Creativity in the Age of Metrics: Fanwork creators’ labor, autonomy and sense of self,” Tingyu Wang, Boston University, 11:00am-12:15pm
- Jyoti Puri: “The Critical Sociology of Death: Plenary Session: Toward a Decolonial
Sociology of Death” mini-conference plenary, 2:00pm
Saturday, March 8, 2026
- Taylor Beauvais: “Through the looking glass: algorithmic worldmaking and identity in content recommendation systems,” 9:43am
- Jyoti Puri: “Worldmaking and World Loss” presidential panel: Worldmaking and World Loss. 3:30pm