Our Mission
Our mission is to build a tradition of scholarship and service, informed by the interests of historically oppressed groups in general and Black/African American people in particular.
Leadership
The Association of Black Sociologists is committed to cultivating the next generation of social science leaders within the organization and in the public sphere. Meet our current leadership team.
About the association
The Association of Black Sociologists is committed to research,
teaching, mentoring, service, and social justice.
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A Statement from ABS on Global Atrocities and First Amendment Freedoms
A Statement From ABS On Attacks On Black Women/Black Academics
A Statement from ABS on Supreme Court Ruling
Statement on the Murder of Tyre Nichols
Annual Conference
what we do
- Cultivate and distribute critical Black social scientific perspectives on the social world
- Provide one-of-a-kind, multigenerational mentoring networks for Black/minority sociologists at all career stages
- Advocate for the professional and civil rights of Black/minority sociologists
Your membership supports a collective of black social scientists reframing the way we approach social problems, professional life, and social justice.
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ABS strives to maintain and cultivate a prophetic tradition of research, teaching, and scholarship that will catalyze equitable societal transformation locally, nationally, and globally.