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The 73rd RSS Annual Meeting
August 12-15, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel

 

Atlanta, Georgia skyline

Theme:
How Flat is Rural? Diversity in the Age of Globalization

Go to the Meeting website to read more!

Graduate Students, please read this information!

Upcoming Annual Meeting Schedule:

2011, Boise, Idaho in conjunction with the Community Development Society, to be held on July 27 - 31 at the Boise Center, hosted by the Grove Hotel and the Hampton Inn as housing
 
2012, Chicago, Illinois at the Palmer House July 25 - 29, celebrating the 75th anniversary of the RSS

2013, New York City (just before ASA in the same hotel) Sheraton Towers, August 4 - 9

2014, New Orleans, LA at the Roosevelt Waldorf Astoria, July 30 - August 3

 

 

Website updated: July 22, 2010

Welcome

The Rural Sociological Society (RSS) welcomes you to our place in cyberspace. The RSS is a professional social science association that promotes the generation, application, and dissemination of sociological knowledge. The Society seeks to enhance the quality of rural life, communities, and the environment. This website is intended to serve all those interested in rural people and places.

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To register, you will need to create a login account for the Annual Meeting webpage, found in the bottom left corner of the Annual Meeting webpage. This will be different from your Member login info for the RSS homepage. If you have any questions, please contact the RSS Business Office: rural_sociology@byu.edu.

Click the picture to begin your Westin Hotel Reservation.

Book your room NOW for the RSS 73rd Annual Meeting! We are staying at the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Benefits and Opportunities
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RSS Members can receive discount pricing for the Annual Meeting! Register now!


The Rural Sociologist, a publication of the RSS, is now FREE for download online! You can find it under the "Publications and Announcements" menu tab at the top of this webpage.


Be part of the RSS Oral History Project!

Click here to see a PDF descrition of the project and what you can do to help. For questions or comments, contact Julie Zimmerman (the RSS Historian).

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For Members Only

2010 Election Results

President- elect: Conner Bailey
Vice President: Leif Jensen
Secretary: Curt Stofferahn
Council Member 1: Peggy Petrzelka
Coucil Member 2: Wynne Wright
Council Member 3: Johnelle Sparks
Student Council: Lisa Conley
Chair Nominating: Kai Schafft
Nominating 1: Kathryn Brasier
Nominating 2: Jennifer Cross

Congratulations to those who won, and a big thank you to all those who ran in the elections this year!

 

Rural Sociology is now available online! Please login to the RSS website in the top right-hand corner of this webpage to view the links, or click the link below:
www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/ruso 

You have full access to all issues of the journal with current membership. Issues from 1937 to 2003 are available on the new Wiley Blackwell links to InterScience found under the Rural Sociology button. Access may come via your institution's library subscription (if activated) or the direct connection that is available via your membership in RSS.

Instructions for institutional and individual subscribers.

If you are not a member but have subscribed to Rural Sociology, please email the RSS Business office at rural_sociology@byu.edu.

 

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