Join us for an engaging virtual panel event as scholars and researchers from across disciplines share their work, from trans representation in the Philippines to gender norms in South Asian culture and more. This panel will offer valuable insights into the impact of colonial legacies on LGBTQ+ research, the challenges faced by those studying LGBTQ+ communities outside the West, and strategies for decolonizing queer identities and academia.

In this webinar, Editors from Sage journals will share their experiences and initiatives in promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in academic publishing.

This engaging discussion brings together researchers and scholars to shed light on the experiences, challenges, and contributions of bisexual individuals in academic and research fields.

Join us in updating the public profiles of scholars doing critical work at the Women in Social & Behavioral Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Participants can join in the editing virtually or in person in Washington, DC or London.  

This Webinar, led by Professor and SAGE author Michàlle Mor Barak, focuses on the advantages of applying a global lens to teaching diversity, equity and inclusion.

To celebrate Pride Month, we are holding a virtual panel on Monday, June 27th at 5PM (BST) to celebrate and recognize expressions of LGBTQIA+ joy.

With expertise from diverse perspectives, panelists will discuss the vital place that self, community, art, and media play for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies. Some of the key themes we’ll be covering in the event include:

• Expressions of LGBTQIA+ joy in culture, art, and media

• Fostering peer-to-peer support and volunteer work

• Building love and joy within a community that often experiences discrimination and violence

SAGE Publishing, in collaboration with The Conversation and the Campaign for Social Science, is hosting an exciting panel event to celebrate LGBTQIA+ History Month in the UK.

This webinar included a discussion on teaching policing courses during a time when societal expectations and perceptions of policing are changing in the United States. The authors discussed their experiences in the classroom where they have effectively engaged students in conversations regarding race, gender, and police reform. They also provided tips on how to create a classroom environment that encourages students to use critical thinking skills and to apply concepts and ideas from class to real world situations.

This session will highlight the national and institutional implications of diversifying the academy. Renowned thought leaders will dialogue with hosts Drs. Curtis Byrd and Rihana Mason on how academic pipeline initiatives are used, replicated, and promoted at the institutional level around the country. Senior leadership from a research intensive institution and a top executive of a major academic publication will discuss how these programs are positioned to transform the educational landscape.

In this hour-long webinar presented on July 28, a funder, editor, and publisher – moderated by University of Michigan psychologist Elizabeth Cole – shared what they are doing to make a more inclusive research environment, challenges they face along the way, and ideas for future improvement.

How can a university’s professors and administrators help build a strong academic pathway for underrepresented students? Over the next few months, join Curtis Byrd and Rihana Mason of Georgia State University, and various pathway program directors as they join Social Science Space to explore what makes for a successful pipeline program.

This panel will look at LGBT+ heritage in academic institutions, queer methodologies in social scientific inquiry, and trans perspectives on abolition. By bringing together diverse perspectives from various disciplines, we will be discussing the vital place of gender and sexuality in our understanding of academic institutions, the social sciences and some of the most pressing social problems we face today.

A panel of social and behavioral scientists discussed how we can build a more diverse and dynamic workforce in science, technology, engineering and mathematics by addressing key issues.

While poverty and inequality in the United States are appalling realities, it’s safe to say that a substantial body of myth enshrouds the sad facts. Join sociologists Mark Rank, the Herbert S. Hadley Professor of Social Welfare in the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis, and Dawne Mouzon, associate professor in the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University, as they lead an hourlong online discussion on “Myths and Realities of U.S. Inequalities.”

With the 2021 publication of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, a timely question is, what is the state of trans studies now and in the future? This panel of leading scholars in the field — all contributors to the encyclopedia — discuss this topic.

Marking the publication of The SAGE Encyclopedia of Trans Studies, edited by Abbie Goldberg and Genny Beemyn, a 90-minute panel discussion featuring contributors to that pioneering work addressed priorities they have in ensuring the new U.S. president protects and advances trans rights.

Join this round table discussion on what it means to be a woman of colour starting out a career in academia. We will be discussing the intersection of race and gender and how that translates into the experiences and obstacles of an early career researcher.