The SSSR Executive Council has adopted a new structure for SSSR committees and their charges, which will take effect following the 2025 Annual Meeting.  The new structure is intended to reduce unnecessary service of our members, clarify the work of the committees, and strengthen the role of Council.

Please welcome Meredith Whitnah, Ph.D., who will take over as SSSR's Executive Officer starting September 2, 2025. Meredith has an M.A. and Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Notre Dame. A long time member of SSSR with extensive administrative experience, she studies the role of religion in supporting or challenging inequality and violence. We thank our outgoing Executive Officer, Karen Hutchison, CAE, M.A., for her years of service and contributions to SSSR.

Nominations are invited for the 2027 Boniuk Institute Senior Scholar. Rice University’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance Senior Scholar Award is given annually to the senior scholar who has made outstanding contributions to the public understanding of religious pluralism and tolerance, and who most exemplifies Boniuk Institute’s mission to understand the conditions which lead to religious pluralism, conflict, and violence, and help people apply its findings in their lives and communities.