DC Sociological Society upcoming events

Teaching with AI workshops (AAC&U) (August 31, 2026)

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:00:00 GMT

Teaching with AI

A series of workshops designed to prepare faculty for a new era of human learning

August 31 – September 28, 2026
Online

All workshops will be held from 2:00–3:00 p.m. ET.

"The emergence of powerful generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools is having a significant and disruptive impact on higher education today. Almost immediately after the release of ChatGPT in November 2022, students began leveraging it to help with a variety of course-related tasks, often including the completion of writing and other types of assignments. At the same time, nearly all business sectors now anticipate using generative AI in the workplace, and many are already reporting challenges filling roles that now require AI skills.

"While the initial inclination may have been to limit AI’s influence in the classroom, higher education now has the companion challenge of preparing students for a world where working with AI is increasingly likely to be a job expectation and a sought-after competency. How can we ensure that our students achieve the learning outcomes we have designed for our courses while also preparing them for a world where collaborating with AI is increasingly expected? Responding to this question is the key purpose of this workshop series.

"Led by authors José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson, based on the soon-to-be published second edition of their book Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025).

This four-part, live workshop series will transform how you teach in the age of AI.

Read the complete description and register on the AAC&U website

This Fire Will Never Cease: Defiant Ecologies in South Lebanon (September 10, 2026)

Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:30:00 GMT

This Fire Will Never Cease: Defiant Ecologies in South Lebanon

Thursday, September 10 12:30 - 2:00 PM ET
3700 O St. NW, CCAS Boardroom, ICC 241
Washington, D.C. and Zoom

Munira Khayyat,
Clinical Associate Professor of Anthropology at NYU Abu Dhabi

"Dr. Khayyat’s talk will share urgent truths from the grounds of being resistant amidst ceaseless wars in South Lebanon. Here, rooted communities defiantly confront seasonal military assaults by imperial and settler-colonial war-machines as the intentional destruction of life. War is lived across decades as repeated environmental devastation upon the land, its dwellers and keepers, who together confront methodical annihilation and enduring occupation through defiant acts of return and repair. Speaking from the shattered grounds of the present amidst the immediacy of ongoing wars and occupation and so-called ceasefires, the talk brings to light the multi-species ecologies that resist and survive endless seasons of scorched-earth devastation in South Lebanon."

Accelerating Migration Research in International Contexts with Harmonized Census Data (October 05, 2026)

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 GMT

Accelerating Migration Research in International Contexts with Harmonized Census Data

Organized by IPUMS, Gerontological Society of America, and International Migration Research Network

October 5, 2026 | 12:00pm ET

"This webinar will provide an introduction to IPUMS, focusing on the breadth of available data with special focus on topics related to immigration and migration within the context of aging research. Census microdata are a rich source of information on migration within and between countries, allowing for the study of change over time, boasting sample sizes that facilitate disaggregation, and situating individuals within their household and family contexts. The webinar will include demonstrations of our online data access system and online tabulator as well as a discussion with IMISCOE representatives."

Register on the GSA website. (Note that the event is shown on GSA as "International Aging and Migration Interest Group Meeting")