1986 PROGRAM, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, THE WRITER’S MANOR, DENVER, COLORADO, APRIL 10-12, 1986
THEME: THE FUTURE OF SOCIOLOGY
THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1986
SESSIONS
1.Historical Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Robert Hanneman, UC Riverside
Discussant: Charles Wetherell, UC Riverside
Philip L. Reichel, Univ. of Northern Colorado: A Socio-Historical Review of Policing in the Colonial and Ante-Bellum South
David A. Smith, UC Irvine: ‘Dependent Urbanization’ In Colonial America: The Case of Charleston, South Carolina
Jack Whalen and Marion S. Goldman, Univ. of Oregon: From the new Left to the New Enlightenment: The Methodological Implications of Public Attention to Private Lives
Robert O. Schulze, Univ. of Northern Colorado: F.D.R.’s Influentials: Some Demographics
Mary Freifeld, UC San Diego: Technological Change and the ‘Self-Acting’ Mule: A Study of Skill and the Sexual Division of Labor
2.Race and Ethnic Relations
Organizer and Presider: Edna Bonacich, UC Riverside
Discussants: Lucie Cheng, UCLA; Celestino Fernandez, Univ. of Arizona; Melvin Oliver, UCLA
Edna Bonacich, UC Riverside: The Future of Race Relations
3.Sociology of Religion—I
Organizer and Presider: James Duke, Brigham Young University
Stan L. Albrecht and Marie Cornwall, Brigham Young Univ.: Leaving Mormonism: Disengagement and Disaffiliation
Fred Sklar, CSU Hayward: Does Bereavement Training for Ministers Make a Difference: Interaction Styles Between Clergy and Their Parishioner Survivors
John Heeren, Donald B. Lindsey and Barbara W. Sirotnik, CSU San Bernardino: Rating the Prime Time Preachers: An Experiment
David R. Norsworthy, Whitman College: Southern Baptists Face Modernity
4.Social Policy
Organizer and Presider: Richard G. Rogers, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
Robert M. Hunter, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder: The Reform of Junior High Civic’s Curricula and Its Impact on Delinquent Behavior
Robert A. Hackenberg, Univ. of Colorado Boulder: Policy Science of Applied Anthropology
Adele Platter, Univ. of Colorado Boulder: Elderly Needs: Colorado’s Policy Implications
Susan Green, Univ. of Colorado Boulder: Policy Implications for Increasing Prevalence of AIDS
Marie Valenzuela, Univ. of Colorado Boulder: The Impact of AIDS on the Insurance Industry
5.Sociology of Work
Organizer and Presider: James H. Frey, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Carol Copp, CSU Fullerton: The Professional Association as the Locus of Dissent: Marxists and Institutionalists in Contemporary Economics
Diane Calderon, Arizona State Univ., Tempe: Structural Factors Affecting Confidence in Union Leadership
Charles P. Gallmeier, CSU Long Beach: Playing a Game as Work
Clifford L. Staples, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, Houston: Working Out at Work: Corporate Wellness as a Control Strategy
David Dickens and James H. Frey, Univ. of Nevada Las Vegas: A Re-evaluation of the Work-Leisure Relationship
6.Sociological Theory—I
Organizer and Presider: Herman Turk, Univ. of Southern California
William C. Bogard, Colorado State University: Towards an Artistic Sociology
Herman Turk, Univ. of Southern California: Macrotheory and Number Crunching: Are They Coming Together?
David E. Willer, Univ. of Kansas: Social Structures and Historical Transition
7.Getting a Job: Academic and Non-Academic Opportunities
Organizer and Presider: Karen A. Miller, Arizona State Univ.
Panel Members: Frederick L. Campbell, Univ. of Washington; Bettina Huber, American Sociological Association, and Karen A. Miller, Arizona State Univ.
8.Medical Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Howard E. Freeman, UC Los Angeles
Discussant: Virginia L. Olesen, UC San Francisco
Howard E. Freeman, UC Los Angeles: The Present and Future of Medical Sociology
Karen A. Lyman, Univ. of Southern California: The Epidemiology of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Sociology of Medical Knowledge
Milton Bloombaum and Ted Gugelyk, Univ. of Hawaii Manoa: The Post-Institutional Phase of the Leprosy Patient
Rumi Kato Price, UC Berkeley: Psychological Well-Being and Opiate Use
9.Environmental Sociology: The Problems of Social Impact Assessment
Organizer and Preside: Ron Little, Utah State Univ.
Discussant: Joseph Jorgensen, UC Irvine and Richard Ranish, Utah State Univ.
Patrick C. Jobes, Montana State University: Failures of Social Impact Research: the Case of Reservation Impacts
Richard O. Clemmer, Univ. of Denver: The Regrettable Fragmentation of Impact Analysis
James G. Thompson and Garry Williams, Western Research Corporation: The Multiple Roles of the Social Impact Assessor: Scientist, Issues Analyst, Facilitator, Arbitrator and Conflict Manager
William R. Freudenburg, Washington State Univ.: The Role of Environmental State Process
James Bam burger, Alaska Legal Service: Challenging Government Impact Analysis
10.Sociology of Education—I
Organizer, Presider and Discussant: Leonard Gordon, Arizona State University
Virginia Olesen, Patricia Anderson, Sheryl Ruzck and Adele Clarke, UC San Francisco: Early Stages of Adopting and Implementing Innovative Curricular Content
Ronald Hardert, Arizona State Univ.: Social Factors Related to Adolescent Drug Abuse Among High School Students: A Test of Three Theories
Rosalind Mau, Univ. of Hawaii Manoa: Sources of Alienation in the Secondary School Setting in Hawaii
Dwight Lang, UC Berkeley: Is Higher Education Meritocratic? Recent Findings Regarding Equality and Inequality in the Academic Hierarchy
11.Sex Roles
Organizer and Presider: Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman, Washington State University
Discussant: Diane Mitsch Bush, Colorado State University
Robert Enright, Univ. of Wisconsin, Stevens Point: Working Class Women’s Attitudes toward Women’ s Role and the Feminist Movement
Susan B. Kaiser, Joan L. Chandler, Carla M. Freeman and Susan C. Carstens, UC Davis: Appearance Forms and Sex Role Ideology: A Characterization of Females on Saturday Morning Television
Annette Carney, Elizabeth Wong and Margaret Franklin, Univ. of Nevada, Reno: Impact of Parental Sex Role Attitudes on Females Mathematical Achievement
Richard Dukes, Joyce Calese, Robert Lake, James Scott and B. Shiver, Univ. of Colorado, Colorado Springs: Father or Mother is Okay: Quality of Parenting as an Effect of Perceived Parent Gender
12.Computer Applications in Sociology—I
Organizer and Presider: Jane Reisman, Pacific Lutheran Univ.
Discussant: Theodore C. Wagenaar, Miami University
Sheila Cordray, Oregon State Univ.: Teaching with Micros: Issues in Integration
John Schiller, Pacific Lutheran Univ.: Case Examples of Using Computer Programs in Teaching Sociology
Lawrence Hamilton, Univ. of Hampshire: Microcomputer Graphics for Statistical Analysis
Bryce Johnson and Victoria Sturtevant, Southern Oregon State College: A Comparison of Computer Interviewing with Traditional Paper and Pencil Format: Soliciting Sensitive Information
13.Criminology
Organizer and Presider: Travis Hirschi, Univ. of Arizona
F.D. Cousineau and D.C. Betts, Simon Fraser Univ.: The Rehabilitation Effectiveness Debate: A CITATION and Bibliometrics Analysis
Peter G. Garabedian, San Francisco State Univ.: The Impact of the Plea Bargaining Ban on Sentencing Under the California Victim’s Bill of Rights
Robert M. O’Brien, Univ. of Oregon: The Extent of Violent Crimes Within and Between Sexes
Earl Smith and Siu Kwong Wong, Washington State Univ.: Percent Black and Homicide Rate: A Test of Durkheim’s Proposition of Individuation
14.Getting Grants: Opportunities for Research Funding and Dissertation Support
Panel members: Marsha Ory, National Institute on Aging; Julius Pellegrino, National Center for Health Services Research
15.Applied Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Richard A. Berk, UC Santa Barbara
Discussants: Thomas Pullum, Univ. of Washington and Michael, Univ. of Arizona
Richard A. Berk, UC Santa Barbara: How Applied Sociology Can Save Basic Sociology
16.Complex Organizations
Organizers and Presiders: Lee Clarke and Oscar Grusky, UC Los Angeles
Discussants: Lee Clarke and Oscar Grusky, UCLA; Marshall Meyer, UC Riverside
Katherine L. Woodard, Univ. of Pittsburgh: Organizational Response to Community Needs
David Strang, Stanford University: The Centralization of American Education: District Consolidation 1938-1980
Lee Clarke: and Oscar Grusky, UC Los Angeles: The Future of the Sociology of Organizations
John Olson, Battelle Human Affairs Research Centers; Richard N. Osbom, Wayne State Univ.: Organizational Design of the Engineering Function and the Safety Performance of Nuclear Power Plants
Kevin Delaney, State Univ. of New York: Logic of Computers and Social Control: A Case Study of a New York Trading Company
Vicki Smith, UC Berkeley: When Managers Don’t Manage
Marshall Meyer, UC Riverside: What Happened to Industrial Sociology?
17.Deviance—I: Family Perspectives
Organizer and Presider: Eric Roole, Univ. of Colorado, Denver
Discussant: Robert M. Rigoli, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder
Stephanie Amedeo-Eineker and Susan B. Tiano, Univ. of New Mexico: Blaming the Victim of Child Abuse
Faye Wood and Lyle Warner, Univ. of Nevada, Reno: The Relationship Between Child Abuse and Seriousness of Delinquent Behavior
Mildred Daley Pagelow, CSU Fullerton: Marital Rape
18.Symbolic Interaction
Organizer and Presider: Inger J. Sagatun, San Jose State University
Discussant: Chef Winton, San Jose State University
Michael Blain, Boise State University: Fighting Words and War Movements: What We Can Learn From Hitler’s Battle
Patricia Robinson, UC Davis: Body Work: The Organizational Manipulation of the Physical Self by the Female Figure Salon
Marcia Empey and Anna Kuhl, San Jose State Univ.: A Symbolic Interaction Approach to the Victimization of Parents of Murdered Children
A.D. Olmsted, The Univ. of Calgary: Collecting Popular Culture: Identity and Interaction in Mass Society
Susan Ellen Green, Univ. of Montana: A Comparative Descriptive Analysis of Two Instances of Face o Face Interaction
19.Sociological Theory—II
Organizer and Presider: Herman Turk, Univ. of Southern California
F. Douglas Cousineau, Simon Fraser Univ. B.C.: Theoretical Growth in Sociology: Some Methods of Appraisal
Robert L. Hamblin and June A. Hamblin, Univ. of Arizona: Collective Learning Theory: The Air Hijacking Epidemics
Jon P. Miller, Univ. of Southern California: Social Accounts and Organizational Decisions: Rethinking Weber’s Treatment of Rationality
20.Poster Session—I: Summary Research Reports
David Taylor, Univ. of Montana: ‘No Surrender!’ Paisleyism and the Politics of Ethnic Identity in Northern Ireland
James A. Aho, Idaho State Univ.: Idaho Christian Patriotism: Preliminary Testing of Sociological Theories of Casuality
Mary White Stewart, Univ. of Missouri, Kansas City: Seeing Red: Women, Men and Anger
Ronny E. Turner and Patricia Harvey, Colorado State Univ.: Six, Sex, Sin and Sorcery: The Social Construction of Gendered Religion
John Crank, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder: Legal Culture: A Re-examination of the Adversarial Perspective
Asghar Fathi, Univ. of Calgary: The Social Organization of the Islamic Pulpit as a Medium of Public Communication
21.Apha Kappa Delta: Information, Ideas, and Activities Exchange
Moderators: Lyn H. Lofland, UC Davis; James Duke, Brigham Young Univ.; Nancy Reichman, Univ. of Denver
22.Getting Published: Suggestions From Editors
Panel Members: Edgar Borgatta, Univ. of Washington; Bernard Farber, Arizona State Univ.; Leonard Pearlin, UC San Francisco
23.Plenary Session
Lois DeFleur, Washington State Univ.: Deviance and Social Control
Stanley Lieberson and Mary C. Waters, UC Berkeley: Ethnic Groups in Flux
24.Computer Applications in Sociology II: An Informal Demonstration Session
Organizer: Jane Reisman, Pacific Lutheran University
Mary Beth Susman, Community College of Denver: Computer Testing
Bryce Johnson and Victoria Sturtevant, South Oregon State College: Computerized Interviewing
Lawrence Hamilton, Univ. of New Hampshire: Computerized Graphics
John Schiller, Pacific Lutheran Univ.: Courseware
25.Urban Sociology Yet To Come: Directions For The 1990s
Organizer and Presider: Barrett A. Lee, Vanderbilt University
Panel Members: Dennis R. Judd, Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis; Barrett A. Lee, Vanderbilt Univ. ; Lyn H. Lofland, UC Davis
26.Sociologies of Everyday Life—I
Organizer: Andrea Fontana, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Presider and Discussant: Frederick W. Preston, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Patricia Adler, Oklahoma State Univ. and Peter Adler, Tulsa Univ.: Advances in Everyday Life Methodology: Morality, Subjectivity, Participation and Commitment
Frederick W. Preston and Andrea Fontana, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: City of Lights
Jeffrey Ferrell, Regis College, and Stith Benneth, Colorado Observations: Into the Breach: Common Knowledge in Music Video
David Altheide and Robert Snow, Arizona State Univ.: Electronics Imagery and Social Interaction
27.Teaching Sociology
Organizer and Presider: William C. Martin, CSU Chico
Robert M. Schwieder and Gary A. Cretser, Cal Poly Univ. and Sheila Cordray, Oregon State Univ.: We Will Survive, But Will the Discipline? Or, Can There Be Quality Sociology in a Shrinking Market?
H. Reed Geertsen, Utah State Univ.: Simulation, Theory Construction, and Research
Kathleen E. Kaiser, CSU Chico: Bringing the Applied into the Fold: Contracting and Mentoring
Kris Bulcroft and Michael Leming, St. Olaf College: Teaching Undergraduates about Research Methods and Statistics: Doing-Sociology as a Team
Mary Beth Susman, Community College of Denver: Developing Computer Based Education and Self-Pacing for Introductory Sociology: A Teacher’s Perspective
William C. Martin, CSU Chico: What’s Working Well in Undergraduate Sociology: A survey of PSA Departments
28.Minority Relations
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Celestino Fernandez, Univ. of Arizona
Peter Nelligan and Allen Martin, Univ. of Texas: Differential Ethnic Participation in Business Activities in the Hawaiian Islands During the 19th Century
Tomoji Ishi, UC Berkeley: A Comparative Study of Occupational Distributions: Japanese Immigrants in Brazil and the United States
Richard B. Hill, Jr., San Diego State Univ.: Class and Education Conflict in California’s Imperial Valley: A Case Study of a Border County
Phylis Cancilla Martinellie and Richard Nagaswa, Arizona State University: A Further Test the ‘Model Minority’ Thesis: Japanese Americans in a Sunbelt State
29.Sociology of Education—II
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Leonard Gordon, Arizona State Univ.
Warren Ten Houten, UC Los Angeles: Australian Aborigines Outperform Whites at Visual Closure
John Booker, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks: The Institutionalization of a Teacher Corp Program: From ARTTC to X-CED to What?
Theodore Wagenaar, Miami Univ.: Financial Aid and Postsecondary Education Attendance: 1972-1980
Yasemin Soysal and David Strang, Stanford Univ.: The Timing of National Education: 19th Century Europe
30.The Future of Sociology of Law
Organizer and Presider: H. Laurence Ross, Univ. of New Mexico
Discussants: Stewart Macaulay, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison and Patrick Lauderdale, Arizona State University
Lee Teitelbaum and H. Laurence Ross, Univ. of Mexico: The Future of the Sociology of Law
31.Professional Certification By The ASA: Question and Answers
Bettina Huber, Deputy Executive Officer, American Sociological Association
32.World Culture
Organizer: Francisco O. Ramirez, San Francisco State Univ.
Presider: David Strang, Stanford Univ.
Robert Fiala, Univ. of New Mexico: The Service Sector and the Social Construction of Economic Growth
Yasemin Soysal and Connie McNeely, Stanford Univ.: Resistance to Cultural Hegemony: Televisions Flows in the Third World
Francisco O. Ramirez, San Francisco State Univ.: Global Changes, World Myths, and the Demise of Cultural Gender
33.Class, Stratification and Gender
Organizer and Presider: Joan Acker, Univ. of Oregon
Karen Petersen, American Univ.: Social vs. Technical Relations of Production: Reformulating Kohn’s Concept of Occupational Self-Direction
Elizabeth Mown, Univ. of Colorado Boulder: Fetal Stratification: High Tech Reproduction (and old sociology?) in the New China
Amy Wharton, Stanford Univ.: New Directions in Gender Stratification Research
Carol Andreas, Colorado Springs, Colorado: The Feminist Dialectic: Class and the Women’s Movement
Joan Acker, Univ. of Oregon: Comment: Emerging Issues in the Study of Class, Stratification, and Gender
34.Family: Qualities of The Marital Relationship as Causes and Consequences
Organizer and Presider: Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, Univ. of Washington
Discussants: Rebecca Warner, Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Karen Seccombe, Univ. of Washington
Patricia Thomas Crane, CSU Fullerton: Childbearing Post-ponement: Marital and Lifestyle Differences Between Voluntarily Childless Wives and Wives Who Intend to Have Children
Bartolomeo J. Palisi and Myron Orleans, CSU Fullerton: Adjustment to Stepfatherhood: Marital History, Status and Resources
Eugen Lupri, The Univ. of Calgary: Conjugal Violence in Canadian Families
William R. Catton, Jr., Washington State Univ.: Potential Effects of a ‘Divorce Heritage’
Donald E. Stull, Karl D. Kosloski and Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, Univ. of Washington: Predictors of Well-being among Caregivers of the Elderly
35.Sociologies of Everyday Life—II
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Andrea Fontana, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
John M. Johnson, Arizona State Univ.: Cultivated Ignorance
John Hillebrand, UC San Diego: Comedians, Loners and Gossips: Arbitrating the Rules of Male Friendships
Colette Bruegel and Robert Bruegel, Boulder, Colorado: Everyday Medical and Social Management of a Child with Spina Bifida
Jack D. Douglas, UC San Diego: The Strange and Mysterious Sex Life of Savages
36.Juvenile Delinquency
Organizer and Presider: Robert Regoli, Univ. of Colorado Boulder
Discussant: Eric D. Poole, Univ. of Colorado, Denver
John E. Donovan, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder: A Typological Approach to Ineractionism in the Explanation of Adolescent Deviant Behavior
David Musick, Univ. of Northern Colorado: Working Notes on the Conceptual Context of Delinquency in the United States
Joe Weis, Univ. of Washington: A Test of Adolescent Sub-Culture Theory
37.Sociology of Age, Aging and the Aged
Organizer and Presider: Judith Treas, Univ. of Southern California
Discussant: Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State Univ.
Judith Treas and Patricia Passuth, Univ. of Southern California: The Three Sociologies: Age, Aging, and the Aged
Barbara S. Lawrence, UC Los Angeles: An Organizational Theory of Age Effects
Dale Dannefer, Univ. of Rochester: The Matthew Effect and the Life Course: Aging as Intracohort Differentiation
Denise D. Bielby, UC Santa Barbara: Sources of Diversity in Economic Well-Being of the Elderly
38.Didactic Seminar—Lisrel: Procedures and Problems
Jerald R. Herting and Herbert L. Costner, Univ. of Washington
39.Deviance II: Comparative Perspective
Organizer and Presider: Eric Poole, Univ. of Colorado Denver
Discussant: Stuart Hayden, Northern Arizona State University Flagstaff
Chris Girard, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison: The Dubious Legacy of Freud: An Empirical Critique of Frustration—Aggression Theories of Suicide
Frederick L. Whitman, Arizona State Univ.: A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Homosexuality, Transvestism and Transsexualism
R. George Kirkpatrick, San Diego State Univ.: Rapport, Trust and Test of Admission to the Inner Circles of Neo Pagan Witchcraft
40.Social Psychology I: Toward Synthesis
Organizer and Presider: Karen S. Cook, Univ. of Washington
C. David Gartrell, Univ. of Victoria: Network Approaches to Social Evaluation
Jonathan H. Turner, UC Riverside: Toward a Sociological Theory of Motivation
Thomas F. Pettigrew, UC Santa Cruz: Toward Unity and Bold Theory: Popperian Suggestions for Two Persistent Problems of Social Psychology
Karen S. Cook, Univ. of Washington: The Sociological Foundations of Social Psychology: A Comment on Models of Action, Reaction and Interaction
41.Latin America
Organizer and Presider: David E. Lopez, UC Los Angeles
Lisa Fuentes, Stanford University: The Stabilizing Role of the Latin American Middle Class: A Reassessment
David S. McKell, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff: Religion and Revolution in Nicaragua
Diane Davis, Brown University: Mexico’s Debt Crisis
Susan Tiano, Univ. of New Mexico: Autonomy and Traditionality Among Maquila Workers in Mexicall
42.Sociology of Health
Organizer and Presider: Rita Braito, Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis
Dorothy Everts, Arizona State Univ.: Role Distance as a Measure of Mental Health
Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State Univ.: Salvaging a Self: Maintaining a Healthy Self in the Face of Devastating Illness
Katherine Woodard and Herbert C. Chulburg, Univ. of Pittsburg: Differences in Social Networks Between Patients with Psychiatric and Physical Diagnosis
H. Edward Runsford, Univ. of Southern California: Correlates of Preventive Behavior Among Women
Susan Calhoun-Studer, and Alvin Goldberg, Univ. of Denver; Rita Braito, Univ. of Missouri, St. Louis: Health Orientation, Self Concept, and Breast Self Examination Among Professional Women
43.Applied Environmental Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Ron Little, Utah State Univ.
Discussants: Charles Cortesse, Univ of Denver and Patrick Jones, Montana State Univ.
Paul Mohai, Utah State Univ.: The Role of Data in the EIS Process: Evidence from RARE II
John S. Miller, Univ. of Arkansas Little rock: Applying Environmental Sociology
Karl H. Flaming and Philip H. Smith, Univ. of Colorado, Denver and Marilyn Stember, Univ. of Colorado, Health Sciences Center: Predictors of Public Compliance with the Better Air Campaign and other Air Quality Strategies in Denver
Robert Stallings, UC Los Angeles: Reporting to Work Voluntarily: Multivariate Analysis of the Mobilization of Standby Resources in Disaster
44.Feminist Theory and Research
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Miriam M. Johnson, Univ. of Oregon
Therese Ten Tusscher, UC Berkeley: Patriarchy, Capitalism and the New Right
Trudy Mills, Univ. of Arizona: Battered Wives: Passive Victims or Constrained Actors?
Diane Mitsch Busch, Colorado State Univ.: Gender and Methods of Inquiry: Some Problems With Current Conceptions of Gender Similarity and Difference
Marta E. Giminez, Univ. of Colorado Boulder: Capitalist Development: Class Struggle and Sexual Politics
45.What is Worth Teaching in Sociology?
Organizer and Presider: Frederick L. Campbell, Univ. of Washington
Panel Members: Frederick L. Campbell, Univ. of Washington; William Brustein, Univ. of Utah; William Catton, Washington State Univ.; Debra Friedman, Univ. of Arizona; Rodney Stark, Univ. of Washington
46.Awards and Student Paper Competition Winners Penthouse
Presider: David Schichor, CSU San Bernardino
Distinguished Scholarship Award: Claude S. Fischer, UC Berkeley: To Dwell Among Friends: Personal Networks in Town and City
Distinguished Contributions to Sociological Practice: Thomas E. Lasswell, Univ. of Southern California
Distinguished Student Papers
First Place: Kathy Murguia, California State College Bakersfield: Weinstein’s Theory and the Mechanization of the Processed Tomato Industry
Second Place: Noah J. Fritz, Arizona State Univ.: The Impact of Television on the Missing Children Issua
Third Place (tie): Barbara Corry, Univ. of Southern California: Of Guts and Glory: An Ethnographic Journey into the World of the Stand-up Comic
Third Place (tie): Robert E. Lee Roberts, Univ. of Southern California: Ideology, the Media, and the Creation of Culture: A Look at the Herpes Epidemic
47.PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Presider: Bernard Farber, Arizona State University
Edgar Borgatta, Univ. of Washington: The Future of Sociology: The Basis for Optimism
SATURDAY, APRIL 12, 1986
48.Demography
Organizer and Presider: Thomas W. Pullum, Univ. of Washington
Discussant: Brian Pitcher, Utah State Univ.
Thomas W. Pullum, Univ. of Washington: Sociological Perspectives in Demography
Patricia A. Gwarthey—Gibbs, Univ. of Oregon: The Influences of Spousal Characteristics and Premarital Cohabitation on Age at Marriage, 1970 and 1980
Lawrence A. Carter, Univ. of Oregon: Age Patterns at First Marriage: Structural Characteristics of Frequency Distributions for Premaritally Cohabiting and Noncohabiting Brides 1970-1980
Lloyd B. Potter, Univ. of Texas: Parts of the Net Migration Machine: Sign, Turnover and Migration Efficiency
49.Mass Communications
Presider and Discussant: Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, Washington State Univ. and Univ. of Southern California
David Altheide, Arizona State Univ. Format and Symbols in T.V. Coverage of Terrorism in the United States and Great Britain
Noah Fritz, Arizona State University: The Impact of T.V. on the Missing Children Issue
Joel Best, CSU Fresno: Famous for Fifteen Minutes: Notes on the Researcher as News Maker
Sandra J. Ball-Rokeach, Washington State Univ. and Annenberg School of Communications, Univ. of Southern California: The Future of Mass Media Inquiry in Sociology
50.Socialization: Acquiring a Self
Organizer and Presider: Barbara C. Ilardi, Univ. of Rochester
Discussant: Karen A. Miller, Arizona State University
Barbara C. Ilardi and James P. Connell, Univ. of Rochester: Through Different Lenses: Teachers’ and Children’s Views of Children’s Self Concepts
Richard B. Felson and Mark Reed, State Univ. of New York at Albany: The Effects of Parents on the Self-Appraisals of Children
Elain S. Dannefer, Univ. of Rochester: Tracing Market Demands and Professional Identity: The Case of Guidance Counselors
William A. Faunce, Michigan State Univ.: The Effects of Work on Self-Esteem
.51.Migration and Immigration
Organizer and Presider: Teresa A. Sullivan, The Univ. of Texas at Austin
Norma Chichilla, California State Univ.: Central American Migration: toward a Structural Explanation
Mokerrom Hossain, Univ. of California: Emigration and Class Structure: The Case of Bangladesh
Penny A. Briner and John W. Fox, Univ. of Northern Colorado: Occupational Mobility of Male and Female Irish Immigrants
Teresa A. Sullivan, Elizabeth Warren, Jay Lawrence Westbrook, Audrey Singer, and Lloyd Potter, The Univ. of Texas at Austin: The Persistence of Debt Migration: Evidence from Consumer Bankruptcy Files
52.Quantitative Research Methodology
Organizer and Presider: Herbert L. Costner, Univ. of Washington
Jerald R. Herting, Univ. of Washington: ‘Weak’ versus ‘Poor’ Indicators in Multiple Indicator Models
David Huizinga and Delbert Elliott, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder: Rethinking Reliablity and Validity
Herbert L. Costner, Univ. of Washington: The Design of Variables
53.Poster Session II
A. Research Reports:
David Nasatir, CSU Dominguez Hills: Collegiate Drinking Patterns and Consequences: Where Which Students Turn for Help—and Why
Dean A. Purdy and Jack A. Taylor, Bowling Green State Univ.: The Successful College Student: The Relationship of Academic and Social Integration to Academic Achievement
Nancy E. Durbin. Pennsylvania State University: The Match Between Worker and Job: Skilled Requirements and Gender Composition of Occupation
B. Demonstration
Adele Clarke, UC San Francisco: Teaching Women’s Health in Colleges, Universities and Professional Schools: New Curricula
Susan Rogers, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder: The Consumer Consultant Model of Health Relations: The Question of Role Adaptations
54.Research Training Programs and Postdoctoral Opportunities
Organizer and Presider: Ike Grusky, UC Los Angeles
Panel Members: Ike Grusky, UCLA; Ken Lutterman, National Institute of Mental Health, and W. Richard Scott, Stanford University
55.New Directions in Qualitative Research
Organizer and Presider: Virginia Olesen, UC San Francisco
Adele E. Clarke, UC San Francisco: Qualitative Research in the Historical Sociology of Science: Issues and Challenges
Echo E. Fields, Southern Oregon State College: Qualitative Content Analysis of Television News
Juniper Wiley, UC San Diego: The Shock of Unrecognition as a Problem in Participant-Observation
56.Mico-Macro Linkages
Organizer and Presider: Debra Friedman, Univ. of Arizona
Michael Hechter and Debra Friedman, Univ. of Arizona: The Limits to Rational Choice Theory
William Brustein, Univ. of Utah, and Margaret Levi, Univ. of Washington: The Geography of Rebellion: Rulers, Rebels, and Regions, 1500-1700
Malka Applebaum-Maizee, Univ. of Washington: The Transaction Cost Analysis of Collective Action
57.Social Stress and Illness
Organizer and Presider: Robert M. Gray, Univ. of Utah
Libby O. Ruch, Univ. of Hawaii; John Gartrell, Univ. of Alberta; Joseph Leon, Cal Poly University Pomona: An Explanatory Longitudinal, Multivariate Model of Adjustment to Sexual Assault and Other Life Stresses
Robert Gray, Univ. of Utah, and Robert Johnson, Baylor Medical School: Social Supports and Depressive Arthritis Patients
Jane E. Prather and Nancy V. Minkow, CSU Northridge: The Search for Help: Issues Affecting Women Seeking Treatment for Psychotropic Dependencies
Ted C. Smith, Univ. of Utah: Community Change, Social Supports and Mental Health in Development-Impacted Localities
Harold A. Widdison and Howard G. Salisbury, Northern Arizona Univ.: The Delayed Stress Syndrome: A Pathological Grief Reaction?
58.Sociology of Religion II
Organizer and Presider: James Duke, Brigham Young University
Tanice G. Foltz, UC San Diego: The Role of Experential Rituals in Socializing Apprentice Practitioners: A Case Study of a Para-Religious Healing Group
Cornellius G. Hughes, Univ. of Southern Colorado: Postscript to Public Relief: The Rescue Mission
Lewis F. Carter, Washington State Univ.: The ‘New Renunciates’ of the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh: Enlightenment and Entertainment through Meditation and Social Experimentation
H.K.M. Somawantha, Univ. of Alberta: The Spirit of Religion and the Secular Interest: Max Weber’s Thesis
59.The Future of Sociology: Mathematical Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Brian L. Pitcher, Utah State Univ.
R. Frank Falk and J. Jack McArdle, Univ. of Virginia Charlottesville: Latent Variable Path Analysis Using RAM Graphics
Bryan R. Spykerman and Brian L. Pitcher, Utah State Univ.: Dimensionality of the Rotter Inter-External Locus of Control Scale
Kenneth D. Bailey, UCLA: Information-Theoretic Measures of Inequality
Robert L. Hamblin, Univ. of Arizona: Modeling the Development and Collapse of the Classic Maya
60.Social Psychology II: Theoretical and Applied Issues
Organizer: Karen S. Cook, Univ. of Washington
Presider: Jerome Rabow, UCLA
Jerome Rabow and C.A. Neuman, UCLA: Attitudes, Behavior, and Social Influence in Alcohol Consumption
Stephen Kulis, Arizona State Univ.: The Subjective Consequences of Welfare Cuts
Patricia A. Bolton and Jon Olson, Battelle Seattle Research Center: Formal and Informal Sources of Assistance: Variations in Use by Disaster Stricken Families
