The 46th annual meeting of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association in Montgomery, Ala., was a signal event for three Jackson State University students and a JSU professor.
Three students won awards in the graduate student competition for papers, according to Dr. Thomas M. Kersen, associate professor of Sociology, who led the delegation.
Fallon Sutton of the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology in the College of Liberal Arts won honorable mention; Christopher Peace of the English Department won second place; and Charlie Coats of the Department of Criminal Justice and Sociology won third place.
Also at the convention, Kersen was chosen as the 47th president of the association and will host the meeting here at JSU in 2016 and 2017.
“Each year the conference attracts many participants in the southeast but particularly in Alabama and Mississippi. The last time JSU hosted an AMSA conference was in 1984 during the presidency of Dr. Mary E. Benjamin,” Kersen said.
Founded in 1969 to foster student participation and learning, AMSA was among the first to provide an integrated and diverse professional environment for members, Kersen said.
AMSA provides collaborative research and learning across the various institutions in the two states as well as addresses timely social issues. Participants come from all backgrounds such as university and community college educators, students, and anyone interested in sociological issues, he added.
For more information, contact Kersen at 601-979-3040 or see the college’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/jsucjsoc