Welcome to the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences. The goal of IASS is to support networking and collaboration between social scientists in the state of Indiana.
IASS recognizes the disciplines of anthropology, business, criminology, economics, history, geography, psychology, political science, and sociology. Further, disciplines such as environmental studies, gender studies, urban studies and international studies utilizing social science perspectives and methods are also represented. The Academy has held more than 80 meetings, providing researchers opportunity to present their research, and collaborate with colleagues across institutions. The 82nd Annual Meeting was held at Valparaiso University in 2011. Over ninety scholars from many of the colleges and universities in the State came to Valparaiso for the conference. The paper sessions proved extremely popular, with over fifty participants presenting their research in one of the fifteen panel sessions held throughout the day. The 83rd Annual Meeting was held at Indiana University Northwest in Gary, Indiana on October 12, 2012. It was a big success, with close to 80 presentations. | IASS 2012 Conference  |