By Neely Tucker

Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, April 29, 2009

She never learned to read or write, and the only known example of her signature seems to spell "Sonnog."The only photographs are of her in old age, high cheekbones and strong features, her tight curls covered in a white bonnet. Isabella Baumfree -- she didn't call herself Sojourner Truth until she was 46 -- stood more than 6 feet tall. In pictures, she always seems to have a gaze that makes you want to stand up straighter.

"Sojourner Truth bust is the first sculpture to honor an African Americn woman in the United States Capital. It was a great honor to witness this historical event in the nations capital."

Professor Umeme Sababu, April 29, 2009

Umeme Sababu's Presentation 2018 National Conference

National Social Science Association Blo

Professor Umeme Sababu, Board Member and Dr. Jery Baydo, Executive Director

Message from our Executive Director of the Mational Social Science Director, Jerry Baydo

"We look forward to the upcoming year 2018 and all the changes for the association and the great meeting places for 2018.Our agenda for the year consists of meetings and seminars in Las Vegas, Lake Tahoe, and New Orleans which are great locations for our conferences.  We are reaching out to other groups and association and are having them join us for our national conference. We are also reaching out to other disciplines that can fit into our social science and technology agenda for our national conference." 

I am honored to oversee the association blog. With your asistance, we want the blog to be a platform to share ideas, experiences, collaborations, research, news, and awards from our members. Moreover, our goal is to promote the National Social Science Association. We have been inexistence for more than 34 years and have seved countless thousands of social scientist with our confereences, seminars and publications. During our 2017 board meeting, we were informed that other associations would like to attend our conference. Hence, we are looking forward to a great  2018 national conference. If you have not submitted your proposal for the National Conference, please do so as soon as possible.I have taken the liberty to post some pictures from last year's national conference reception.  I look foward to your your participation in the NSSA blog.

Professor Umeme Sababu

NSSA Reception Match 2017

National Social Science Journal Articles and Reviewers

Barba Patton is now the guest editor of the National Social Science Journal and is interested in your submission of articles for our national journal and in inviting you to become a reviewer of articles for this journal. We place all journals first online at the NSSA website and then we print the journals and send them out to authors and reviewers.  Look forward to your future articles and to you becoming a reviewer of our journal articles.

Las Vegas Conference March 20-22, 2016

There will be nearly 350 professors and students at our conference in Las Vegas at Harrahs Hotel and Casino March 20-22, 2016.  We hope that you are able to participate or attend this conference. This will be the 35th conference of the association.  We look forward to your suggestions for possible sessions and themes at this conference and future national conferences. Look forward to hearing from you.

Locations for Future Conferences

The officers and board members and site committee would like your input on future conference sites. We are looking at possible sites for the summer seminar and fall conference. We are also interested in knowing if there is interest in having a seminar in Havana, Cuba and in doing more cruise conferences. Look forward to your opinions here, thanks.

Welcome! I hope this blog will provide NSSA members opportunities to communicate on issues of importance to the organization, the social sciences in general and maybe some current events as well. Perhaps we can start off with a suggestion of some topics?

Welcome to the NSSA Blog!