LEADERSHIP/ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Margaret Abraham is an action researcher in the field of Sociology. She is the current President of the International Sociological Association (ISA).

Margaret Abraham was the Vice-President of the International Sociological Association and a Member of the ISA Executive Committee from 2010 to 2014. In 2012, she organized the ISA Forum of Sociology, around the theme of “Social Justice & Democratization.”

Margaret has also co-developed the Social Justice & Democratization Project and Online Space, which aims to build a global community who can access and share resources through an open participatory approach to research, policy, pedagogy, practices and images on social justice and democratization.

Academic Leadership Positions

• National Representative to ISA, American Sociological Association, 2010-2014

• Section Officer, Asia and Asian America Section, American Sociological Association, 2009-2012

• Co-President, International Sociological Association (ISA), Research Committee on Women in Society (2006-2010). The full list of ISA Research Committees (of which the Research Committee on Women in Society is one) can be found here.

Academic Affiliations and Committees

Affiliations 

• International Sociological Association                        

• American Sociological Association

• Sociologists for Women in Society                                                                 

• Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP)                     

• Eastern Sociological Association 

University and College Committees

• Member, Center for Civic Engagement, 2006- Present

• Member, Center, for “Race, Culture and Social Justice, 2019 - Present

• Member, Department Personal Committee, 1997 - 2019

• Member, Middle States Working Group: Mission and Goals, 2017 - 2019

• Member, Diversity Task Force, 2004 - 2015

• Member, Faculty Personal Board, 2005 - 2008

• Member, Committee to recruit “Dean of Honors College” Hofstra University, Spring 2003     

• Member, HCLAS Five Year Strategic Planning Taskforce (Social Science), Fall 2002

• Member, Saturday College Committee, 2001 - 2003

• Member, Security Advisory Committee, 1999 - 2003

• Member, Ad Hoc University Honors Committee Program, 1999 - 2000

• Chair, Departmental Personnel Committee, 1997 - 2000     

• Chair, Women and Minorities, AAUP, Hofstra Chapter, 1997 - 2000     

• Member, Women Studies Steering Committee, 1994-1999

• Member, Dean of Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Search Committee, 1998

• Member, Committee to Recruit Director of New Opportunities at Hofstra, 1998    

• Member, Curriculum Proposals Committee,1995-1998

• Member, Africana Studies Committee, 1991-1998

• Member, University Senate, 1994-1997

• Member, University Academic Affairs Committee,1995-1997

• Member, Committee to Review Training of Public Safety Staff, 1995-1997

• Member, Task Force on Discrimination and Harassment, 1995-1997

• Faculty Member, Student Affairs Committee, 1994-1995

• Member, Senate Athletic Policy Committee, 1991-1994

• Member, Ad Hoc Committee to Recruit Dean of Admissions, 1993

• Member, Committee for a Bias Free Campus, 1990-1991