About SKAT
We are a Section of the American Sociological Association, and our purpose is to promote scholarly research and professional activity in relation to the sociology of science, knowledge, and technology. We began as a “section-in-formation” in 1987 and then became a full section the following year. As of 2024, our section has 590 members.
SKAT scholarship addresses a broad range of relevant questions, like: What makes some kinds of evidence credible? How do experts gain and lose trust? How do states set priorities for research funding, and who gets a say in the technological decision-making that undergirds decisions affecting population health, national security, or environmental sustainability? SKAT, therefore, engages with issues that are fundamental to building local communities, sustaining democracy and engaging human values.
The SKAT Section organizes sessions at the ASA annual meeting, selects and presents awards for books and articles in our field, organizes mentoring activities, publishes three newsletters per year, and regularly communicates with our members about relevant events, activities, and opportunities.
Have questions? Email: skatchairasa@gmail.com.
Updates from the Section
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Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa on November 25, 2025 Diana Graizbord is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia. Her first book, Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico, was published by Stanford University Press in 2024. Graizbord is currently a Visiting…
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Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi on October 30, 2025. Ulises A. Mejias is a professor in the Communication Studies department at SUNY Oswego and a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship. His research interests include critical data studies, philosophy and sociology of technology, and political economy of digital media. He’s on…
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Every year we publish profiles of some of our SKAT section student members to highlight some of the important work that they are doing. Below, see the bios of nine of our student members. If you see them at ASA and at the SKAT reception or business meeting, remember to say hi! Jeba Humayra (Ph.D.…
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The STS program at Vassar College celebrated its 50th anniversary. To mark the occasion we organized a conference on “Science and the Culture Wars,” April 3-5, 2025 held at the Vassar Institute for the Liberal Arts. Naomi Oreskes gave the keynote address, the Pauline Newman ’47 Distinguished Lecture, “From Anti-Government to Anti-Science and Back Again”.…
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