📚 Turn scholarship into teaching with Sociological Inquiry with this Open Access article on reconceptualizing #Crisis!
Read via the link 👉https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/soin.70016
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It also highlights how qualitative methods—such as interviews and grounded theory—help capture the lived complexity of crisis.
This Teaching Takeaway from Qi (2025) invites us to rethink crisis as an unfolding process where new structures of opportunity can emerge, not just moments of breakdown.
Crisis isn’t only about disruption—it can also create new possibilities.
👉 Swipe through to explore how this research can be brought into your classroom!
#Sociology #Crisis
30 and 35 Years of Sociological Community! 🤩
These 18 chapters were chartered in the 1990s and continue to induct students each spring!
Were you inducted in the 90s? Drop your year below and reconnect with your cohort.
#AKDThroughTime
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@morganstateu.bsky.social @nausociology.bsky.social @sunybrockport.bsky.social @nmsu.edu @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social
45 -40 Years of Impact! 🙌
Founded in the 1980s, these chapters have witnessed the rise of digital research, globalization, & new waves of sociological inquiry.
What year did your AKD story begin and at what university?
👉 Drop your answer in the comments!
#AKDThroughTime #Sociology
@uahuntsville.bsky.social
@uwestga.bsky.social
@stonybrooku.bsky.social
@rhodeislandcollege.bsky.social
@usuaggies.bsky.social
50 Years and still building!
Some of these chapters are celebrating not only 50 years of history, but renewed momentum through recent reactivations.
If you were inducted at one of these 50-year chapters, drop a 🎓 and your graduation year in the comments!
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@umbsociology.bsky.social @utknoxville.bsky.social @eastcarolinauniv.bsky.social @illinoiswesleyan.bsky.social @westvirginiau.bsky.social @sunycortland.bsky.social @lehmancollege.bsky.social @hofstrau.bsky.social @calstateeastbay.bsky.social
More than half a century of sociological excellence! 🥳
These 55- and 60-year chapters have shaped generations of sociologists.
👉 If your chapter is celebrating 55 or 60 years, comment your school name below and help us celebrate your legacy! 💬
#AKDThroughTime
#Sociology
AKD at #SSS2026 this weekend!
From our session on reclaiming #sociology to time at the AKD table with council members & SI’s past editors Drs. Lippard & Carter, these moments reflect our community.
Thank you to Sylvia Stewart for representing AKD & sharing these photos!
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70 & 65 years strong 💪🏼
Founded during sociology’s mid-century expansion, these chapters continue to build leaders in the field.
Congrats to @emoryuniversity.bsky.social (70), and University of Kansas & @tamusoci.bsky.social (65)! 🥳
In what decade were you initiated?👇
#AKDThroughTime #Sociology
80 Years of Chapter Legacy 🎉
Since 1946, AKD chapters at Winthrop University & Clark Atlanta University have shaped generations of sociologists.
What year were you inducted? Drop it below!👇
#AKDThroughTime
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When #sociology is facing real challenges, connection matters more than ever.
Join colleagues from across FL at the SSS meeting for an evening of conversation & collective organizing—supported by the United Faculty of Florida.
🗓 April 9 | 6:30–9:30 PM
📍 Ruby Beach Brewing (2nd Floor)
#SSS2026
You are so welcome! Thank you for YOUR dedication to sociology students and their scholarship!
Celebrating nearly a century of sociological excellence this year are these 🖐️ AKD chapters:
1️⃣ @uncchapelhill.bsky.social 95 years
2️⃣ @txwomans.bsky.social 90 years
3️⃣ @iusociology.bsky.social 90 years
4️⃣ @pittsociology.bsky.social 90 years
5️⃣ @unlincoln.bsky.social 90 years
#AKDThroughTime #Sociology
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Alpha Kappa Delta info card
Did you know that MTSU has an active chapter of @alphakappadelta.bsky.social, the international sociology honors society affiliated with @asanews.bsky.social? Email our chapter representative, Dr. Rachel Davis, by April 12th if you're interested in joining! alphakappadelta.org/membership/b...
Join us at the Southern Sociological Society conference for an engaging workshop on April 10th!
We'll be discussing AKD as a Resource and Solidarity in Challenging Times.
Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect and collaborate. See you there!
#SSS2026 #AlphaKappaDelta #Sociology
💯 Years. 1926 → 2026.
These two AKD chapters have been shaping sociology for a full century! 🎉
👉 Were you inducted at @unomaha.edu or @uoregonsociology.bsky.social? Drop your year in the comments!
#AKDThroughTime
#AlphaKappaDelta #Sociology #HonorSociety
Building confidence beyond the classroom 📚
The @uakronpress.bsky.social AKD chapter hosted a Conference Prep Workshop to help students practice presentations, learn conference etiquette, and prepare for the NCSA conference.
Supported by an AKD Chapter Activity Grant!
@uakronpress.bsky.social
Reclaiming sociology starts in the classroom.
Join Alpha Kappa Delta & the North Central Sociological Association for a preconference workshop. Let's shape the future of sociology, together!
📅 April 16, 2026 | 1–5 PM
📍 NCSA Preconference Workshop in Pittsburgh
#MSS26 Final Session Reminder:
AKD presents "Reclaiming Sociology through Community Engaged Scholarship and Teaching"
🗓 March 29 | ⏰ 8:40–10:10 AM
🎤 Daphne Pederson, @uofnorthdakota.bsky.social
Thank you for following along with our AKD session series @midwestsoc.bsky.social this week!
#MSS26 Session Reminder:
AKD presents "Reclaiming Sociology by using Sociological Research to Address Social Problems"
🗓 March 28 | ⏰ 8:40–10:10 AM
🎤 Joseph Jochman, @uofnorthdakota.bsky.social
Exploring how research can address real-world social problems.
#Sociology @midwestsoc.bsky.social
🛎️ @midwestsoc.bsky.social session reminder:
AKD presents "Reclaiming Sociology by Sharing the Promises of Sociological Ideas"
🗓 Friday, March 27 | ⏰ 2:50–4:20 PM
🎤 Presided by: Erik Larson, @macalestercollege.bsky.social
#MSS26 #Sociology
#MSS26 Session Reminder:
AKD presents "Reclaiming Sociology in the Classroom and our Curricula"
🗓 March 26 | ⏰ 2:50–4:20 PM
🎤 Presided by Daphne Pederson, @uofnorthdakota.bsky.social
Join the conversation on reclaiming sociology in teaching!
#Sociology @midwestsoc.bsky.social
AKD is heading to #MSS26 @midwestsoc.bsky.social!
Join us for FOUR panels on reclaiming sociology + stop by our Exhibit Hall table for FREE swag (including “Reclaiming Sociology” buttons ✊)
This is post 1 of 5—daily session reminders coming soon!
#AlphaKappaDelta #Sociology
Welcome to the AKD family! ✨
Congratulations to the newest inductees of the Eta Chapter at @wwu.edu. Your hard work, curiosity, and commitment to #sociology have brought you here.
Join us in celebrating this incredible milestone! 👏
Drop a 🎉 in the comments to welcome our newest members!
For instructors, this framework helps students connect hate crime research with sociological theory and examine how conflict and social change shape patterns of violence.
Access the full text here: doi.org/10.1111/soin...
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