Silent Auction / Social, information and location to be announced.
Conference begins with Site Visits (options below) in the morning. Lunch will be provided. Following lunch we will have sessions, poster sessions, Student Paper Awards, and the Plenary. Dinner will be on your own.
Hmong Museum is the first museum dedicated to the preservation and education of Hmong culture, history, experiences, and arts. We do this through the creation and collaboration of programs that: Document Hmong history & knowledge, Exhibit Hmong culture & art, and Share Hmong experiences & stories
The East Side Walking Tour examines immigration and employment historically in St. Paul's east side. This tour is approximately 90 minutes in length, and is led by Dr. Peter Rachleff, a labor historian and retired professor of History at Macalester College.
The East Side Freedom Library (ESFL) is an independent nonprofit organization founded in 2013. Our mission is to mobilize community knowledge for solidarity, justice, and equity for all. The ESFL, in Saint Paul’s Payne-Phalen neighborhood has amassed a collection of over 35,000 items centered on labor, immigration, and social justice histories. Beyond archiving, ESFL fosters community connections and education through storytelling, exhibits, performances, and public programs, exploring themes of arts and humanities.Considerations: The walking portion of the tour is approximately 90 minutes in length, and may include uneven pavement and sidewalks, hills, and limited access to restroom facilities.
Photographer and storyteller Doug Ohman will explore the back roads and small towns of Minnesota to share stories of Minnesota's historical buildings that are quickly disappearing. Ohman spent more than 30 years photographing historic architecture and landscapes in Minnesota. His work has been featured in books, magazines, and calendars. He has been the featured host of eight PBS television programs, including “Landmarks – Keeping History Alive," which was nominated for a PBS Emmy in 2019.
We will have more paper presentation sessions, followed by our Keynote. Lastly, we will hold Board and Business meetings.
We welcome submissions for sessions, papers, posters, and panels. Please send the title and a brief abstract (~ 3 sentences or 100 words maximum) for review to Conference Coordinator, Elizabeth Scheel-Keita (edscheel@stcloudstate.edu) with the subject line Sociologists of Minnesota Submission. If you would like to submit a paper or serve as panelist for one of the sessions below, please indicate the session title in your email. We welcome original research on local or global issues, theoretical or applied areas, works in progress, and discussions on teaching from students, faculty, researchers, scholars, community activists, policy makers, and fellow conscious citizens.
Submission Deadline: September 9th, 2025
The Caroline Rose Student Paper Competition is a great opportunity for students to share their work with a professional audience! The Sociologists of Minnesota is offering cash prizes for first-and second-place within the undergraduate and graduate divisions. All winners receive free conference registration, meals, and membership in SOM. Winners are expected to present at our Annual Conference. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two members of the Student Paper Competition Committee using a rubric, and all students will receive feedback from the Committee on their work, even if they do not win an Award. Faculty, please invite your students to enter their papers in recognition of their outstanding work under your guidance. Students, we welcome you to submit one or more papers. Such a submission (and win) looks good on your resume and/or graduate school application and recognizes your outstanding engagement as a student sociologist.
Please submit an electronic version (Word or PDF) of the paper to via email to Jason Torkelson (tork0032@d.umd.edu).
Please also indicate in your email whether you are an undergraduate or graduate student.Papers involving human subjects must have Institutional Review Board (or its equivalent) approval and must note the receipt of approval in the methodology section of the paper.
Submission Deadline: September 9th, 2025
For questions, Please contact Jason Torkelson (tork0032@d.umn.edu)
Hotel blocks for the conference are available for the nights of October 2 - 5.
1352 Northland Dr, Mendota Heights, MN 55120↗
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Block rate expires on Tuesday, September 02, 2025 and prices will increase
