1991
1991 PROGRAM, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, HYATT REGENCY IRVINE, IRVINE, CALIFORNIA, APRIL 11-14, 1991
THURSDAY, APRILL 11, 1991
PRE-PROGRAM
SWS/CSW ROUNDTABLES
Sponsored by the Committee on Status of Women
Kathleen Kaiser, Chico State: Preventing Ageism in Hiring: Policy Development and Recommendations
Diana Torrez, Univ. of Arizona; Francesca Cancian, UC Irvine: Building and Inclusive Community of Women Scholars
Karen Pyke, UC Irvine: Mainstreaming Feminism in Sociology
Judith Barker, Ithaca College: Recognizing Working Class Women’s Issues in Academe
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1991
REGULAR SESSIONS
1.Featured Session: The World-System in the 1990’s and Beyond
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: David Smith, UC Irvine
Stephen Bunker, Univ. of Wisconsin: Raw Materials and Rising Hegemons: Japanese Strategies in Comparative Perspective
Karen Hossfeld, San Francisco State Univ.: Gender in the World System
Miguel Korzeniewicz, Univ. of New Mexico Albuquerque: Postdevelomentalism in Global Economic Organization
2.Development and Social Change
Organizer and Presider: Robert Fiala, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
J. Wagona Makoba, Univ. of Nevada, Reno: State Control of the Economy and Class Formation in Postcolonial Africa: The Case of Tanzania
Jon Shefner, UC Davis: Debt, Austerity, and Resistance
Raj S. Gandhi, Univ. of Calgary: Reconceptualizing ‘Three Worlds’ and the Future of the Third World
3.Gender Issues in Higher Education
Organizer and Presider: Michelle J. Riley, CSU Northridge
Patricia Robinson, UC Davis: “Thought Once Awakened Does Not Again Slumber:” Women Find Knowledge in Nineteenth Century Literary Clubs
Linda J. Bayley, UCLA: College Impact on Women’s Career Aspirations
William A. Stahl and Renee Misfeldt, Luther College and Univ. of Regina: Women and Computing on Campus: A Critical Review of the Literature
J. Wayne Plasek, CSU Northridge: Variant Gender Roles in Science and Engineering: Higher Education and Careers
David Pence, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder: A Women’s Study Course: its Impact on Women’s Attitudes towards Men
4.Critical Issues in the Sociology of Hispanics
Organizer and Presider: Filipe Gonzales, Univ. of New Mexico
Filipe Gonzales, Univ. of New Mexico: Historical Poverty and Underclass Effects in a Sunbelt Peripheral: Economy: Chicano Neighborhoods in Albuquerque, New Mexico
John N. Tinker, CSU Fresno: Mexican American Marriage Patterns: Models of Assimilation and Pluralism
Fernando Parra, Cal Poly University: A Barrio Gang in Los Angeles: A Retrospective Account
5.Nationalist Movements in the Soviet Union
Organizer and Presider: Hank Johnston, San Diego State University
Gershon Shafir, UC San Diego: “ Relative Development” and Alternative Paths to Nationalism in the Baltics and Spain
Philip G. Roeder, UC San Diego: Soviet Federalism and Ethnic Mobilization
Rein Taagepera, UC Irvine: Ethnic Relations in Estonia
Hank Johnston, San Diego State University: Religion-Nationalist Subcultures in the Soviet Union: Comparisons and Conceptual Refinements
Edgar Kaskla, UC Irvine: Five Nationalisms: The Estonian Movement in Comparative Perspective
6.Medical Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Eldon L. Wegner, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa
Juniper Wiley, CSU Long Beach: The Imposition of an Organizational Reality Through the Language of Feelings: The Moral Rhetoric of a Therapeutic Community
Debora A. Paterniti, UC Davis: Insane Asylums in the United States: Moral Treatment, State Control, and Psychiatry
Ralph A. Schmoldt and Donald K. Freeborn, Center for Health Research, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals: Physician Burnout in a Prepaid Group Practice
G. Nanjundappa, CSU Fullerton; Robert Friis, CSU Long Beach: Do Social Networks and Life Style Moderate the Effects of Stress
Donna B. Barnes, UC San Francisco: Disclosure of HIV Status in Dental Seings: Patterns and Consequences
7.Social Psychology of Humor
Organizer and Presider: Gary I. Schulman, UC Santa Barbara
Discussant: Don Bushnel, The Fielding Institute
Jill Marie Stein, UCLA: Laughing Matters: The Uses and Consequences of Humor in Alcoholics Anonymous
Gary Schulman, UC Santa Barbara: Humor Events: A Methodology for Studying Members’ Perceptions of Meanings and Social Functions
8.Political Sociology I: Political Economy of Latin America
Organizer: Edgar Kiser, Univ. of Washington
Presider and Discussant: Robert Fiala, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Edgar W. Butler and James B. Pick, UC Riverside: Support for Mexico’s Dominant Party: A Replication and 1994 Prediction
Silvio R. Waisbord, UC San Diego: The Street is Still the Medium: Limits for an Electronic Campaign in an Urban Culture
Kevin Neuhouser, Univ. of Washington: Elite Consensus or Class Compromise: Democratic Stabilization in Venezuela
9.Political Change in Eastern Europe
Organizer and Presider: Hank Johnston, San Diego State
Jack Goldstone, UC Davis: Revolutions of 1989 and Theories of Revolution
Janusd Mucha, Indiana Univ., South Bend: Democratization and Cultural Minorities: Poland in the Late 1980’s
Akos Ron Tas, UC San Diego: The Political Elite in Hungary
Jozef Figa, Mount Mercy College: Nationalist Paranoia and the Future of Yugoslavia
Ana Devic, UC San Diego: Current Voices of the “Euro-Yugoslav:” Nationalism and Democracy in Serbia
10.Featured Session: The Changing Face of Race and Ethnic Relations
Organizer and Presider: Rodolfo Alvarez, UCLA
Rodolfo Alvarez, UCLA: Race and Ethnic Categories: Explanatory Concepts or Tools for Manipulations of Political Consensus?
Stephen E. Cornell, UC San Diego: Politics, Economics, and the Reorientation of Indian White Relations
Michael Omi, UC Berkeley: The Old and the New Racism: Race Relations in the Post Civil Rights Era
Pierree Marie Hondagneu-Sotelo, CSU San Bernardino: Conceptual Challenges Posed by the New Immigration
Russell Thornton, UC Berkeley: American Indian Tribalism and the Blood Quantum Quandary
Grace Massey, UC Berkeley: Bi-racial Children: The Need for Alternative Conceptions of Race
11.Family Violence
Organizer and Presider: Elise S. Lake, Univ. of Mississippi, University
Gary Lasky, Jona Meyer, and Richard McCleary, UC Irvine: Child Homicides in California
Jan E. Stets, Washington State Univ.: Cohabiting and Marital Aggression: The Role of Social Isolation
Yoko Baba, San Jose State Univ.: The Impact of Cultural and Structural Factors on Wife Abuse
Elise S. Lake, Univ. of Mississippi, University: Patterns of Victimization Among Incarcerated Women
12.Renewing the Joy of Teaching: Issues and Innovation for the 90’s
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: David Newman, DePaul University
Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State Univ.: Translating Graduate Qualitative Methods into Undergraduate Teaching: Intensive Interviewing as a Case Example
Nancy J. Davis, DePaul University: Illustrating Stratification Concepts in the Classroom
Barney McGrane, Chapman College: Student Experiments in De-Socialization: Buddhism and Ethnomethodology as a Way of Teaching Sociology
13.Comparative Education
Organizer and Presider: John Richardson, Western Washington University
Karen Bradley, Stanford University: The Enrollment of Women in Higher Education: Increased and Differentiated Participation
Diane Massell, Stanford University: The Expansion of Coeducational Schooling: A Cross-national Perspective
Phyllis Riddle, Arizona State Univ.: Patterns of Colonial Education: Higher Education in Africa, 1880-1950
Mark Ventresca, Stanford University: Organization and Rhetoric in Centralizing Authority: Alternative Paths in the Formation of “National Ministries” of Education
14.Sociology of Law
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Mark C. Suchman, Stanford University
Edgar W. Butler, UC Riverside; Hiroshi Fukurai, UC Santa Cruz; Jo-Ellen Huebner-Dimitrius, CSU Los Angeles; Richard Krooth, San Francisco State Univ.: Anatomy of the McMartin Sexual Abuse Case
Lauri S. Johnson and Joseph F. Jones, Portland State University: AIDS and the Law: Problems of Boundary Construction and Maintenance
Carole Case, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: The Jockey Club and the Law: An Interest Group Theory of Law in the Horseracing Industry
Kelly R. Massey, Stanford University: The States, the Supreme Court and the Legitimation of Rules in regard to Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
Andrea Werner-Leonard and Frank Trovato, Univ. of Alberta: A Multivariate Analysis of Canadian Native Mortality for 1982
Jan Marie Fritz, CSU San Bernardino: The Emergence of American Clinical Sociology: The First Courses
Sharon K. Araji, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage: The Hidden Effects of the Exxon-Valdez Oil Spill on Individuals, Families, and Communities
Shang-Luan Yan, CSU Bakersfield: Gender Equity at the Doctoral Level
A.F. Jensen, CSU Chico: Sex and Ethnicity: Strategies for Resource Competition
Jay R. Coplin, UC San Diego; David W. Orme-Johnson, Maharishi International University: Political Conflict and Field Consciousness: A Report on TM Research
Alexandra Maryanski and Jonathan Turner, UC Riverside: The Offspring of Functionalism: French and British Structuralism
TEACHING ROUNDTABLES
Organizer: Peter Kollock, UCLA
Barney McGrane, Chapman College: Student Experiments in De-Socialization: Buddhist and Ethno Methods and the Craft of Teaching Sociology
Jerome Rabow, UCLA: Structuring a Discussion for Spontaneity and Creativity: The GADSOHL Method
R. Marie Bricher, Univ. of Washington: Teaching Introductory Sociology: Utilizing Aspects of the Classroom as ‘Sociological Events’
Debra Friedman, Univ. of Arizona; Fred Campbell, Univ. of Washington: When Graduate Student Instructors Get into Trouble in the Classroom: Formulating a Departmental Policy
15.Family Traditions and Transitions
Organizer and Presider: Bartolomeo J. Palisi, CSU Fullerton
Discussant: Myron Orleans, CSU Fullerton
Vincent Neal, CSU Fullerton: The Effects of Spouse’s Socioeconomic Status Characteristics on Women’s Perception of Marital Happiness: a Class Differentiation Perspective
Steven M. Ortiz, UC Berkeley: The Two-Person Career Revisited: Absorption of the Wife in the Athlete’s Career
Edythe K. Adin and John W. Bedell, CSU Fullerton: Father Presence and the Transition to Parenthood in Two Samples: An Exploratory
16.Social Psychology
Organizer and Presider: Karen Hegtvedt, Emory University
Shawn Donnelly, Univ. of Washington: Procedural Justice: Do Distribution Rules and Consequences Levels Make a Difference?
C. Lee Harrington, Miami Univ.: Shame and Denial in Dating Invitations
William H. McBroom and Fred W. Reed, Univ. of Montana, Missoula: Attitude-Behavior Congruity Revisited
Michael D. Large, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City; Richard T. Serpe and Rae R. Newton, CSU Fullerton: Relationship Among Academic Self-Concept, Academic Achievement and Attributions
17.Our Feminist Mentors: Oral Histories from PSA Women
Organizer and Presider: Jane E. Prather, CSU Northridge
Panel Members: Joan Acker, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene; Francesca Cancian, UC Irvine; Lyn H. Lofland, UC Davis
18.Social Stratification
Organizer: Szonja Szelenyi, Stanford University
Presider: Diane Burton, Stanford University
Nitza Berkovitch, Stanford University: Status of Women in Israel: Construction of a Non-Social Problem
Martin Orr, Univ. of Oregon: Materialist Theories of Ethnic Stratification and their Applicability to Northern Ireland
Liya Wang and Thomas J. Burns, Univ. of Utah: Socioeconomic Status, Psychological Factors, and Achievement
John Torres, Stanford University: Who Voted for the Communists? Results from the First Free Elections in Hungary
19.Graduate Student Papers Section I
Organizer and Presider: Ginna Babcock, Univ. of Idaho
Melissa S. Herbert, Univ. of Arizona: Feminism. Militarism and Women in the Military
Tim McGeigan, Washington State Univ.: Untitled on Suicide
Barbara Anderson, Univ. of Utah: Depressed Mothers and the Effects of Social Support
Jane Shelby, Univ. of Utah: Distress, Coping Style and Immune Response in Noninjured Close Relatives of Severely Burned Individuals
Dan Weinstein, San Diego State Univerity: The Differences and Similarities Between Brainwashing and Thought Reform in Terms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PSTD)
20.Featured Session: Contemporary Issues in Health Care
Organizer and Presider: Howard E. Freeman, UCLA
Susan E. Jennings, Value Health Sciences: Reviewing the Appropriateness of Medical Care
Donald Freeborn and Clyde Pope, Kaiser Permanente, Northwest Region: Patients and Providers in Managed Care: Implications for Policy
Ralph A. Catalano, UC Berkeley: Health Effects on Ambient Insecurity: The Case of Sacramento and Proposition 13
Joel D. Kallich, the RAND Corporation: Equity in Kidney Transplantation
21.Sociology of Education
Organizer and Presider: Maralee Mayberry, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Kenji Ima and Eugene M. Labovitz, San Diego State University: Diversity in the Classroom: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Frank DiPuma, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: The Struggle for Teacher Professionalism
Henry V. Hadeed, Univ. of Southern California: Social Movement Participation of Homeschooling Parents: A Collection of Loyalties
22.Sociology of Everyday Life
Organizer and Presider: Robert P. Snow, Arizona State Univ.
Elizabeth McNulty, Arizona State Univ.: Routines in Common: Establishing Working Knowledge
Jay Randolph Coplin, UC San Diego: Membership Acquisition and Reality Shift in Contemporary Social Movement
Karen A. Lyman, Chaffey College: Dementia: A Biomedical Construct vs. the Experience of Dementia Illness
Diana Tuminia, UCLA: “Man as a Television Receive:” The Social Construction of a Person in a Flying Saucer Group
23.Conversation Analysis
Organizer and Presider: Steve Clayman, UCLA
Gene Lerner, UC Santa Barbara: The Initiation of “Interactional Teams” in Conversation and Some Consequences
Noelie Rodriguez, Univ. of Hawaii, Hilo; Alan L. Ryave, CSU Dominguez Hills: On Competitive Social Interaction: A Case Study of Mentally retarded Interaction
Marja-Leena Sorjonen and John Heritage, UCLA: And-Prefacing as a Feature of Question Design
Don H. Zimmerman, UC Santa Barbara: “I’d Like To Report Something Weird That Happened:” Narrative Accounts of Trouble in Emergency Telephone Calls
24.Cultural Studies
Organizer and Presider: George H. Lewis, Univ. of the Pacific
Sam Gilmore, UC Irvine: The Emergence of Artistic Community in Los Angeles
Norman L. Friedman, CSU Los Angeles: Changes in Critical Evaluations of Cultural Productions: The Case of The Terminator
Carol Edelman, CSU Chico: Resistance to Genocide: Jewish Literacy Creation and Cultural Activity During the Holocaust
George H. Lewis, Univ. of the Pacific: The Maine That Never Was: Myth and the Invention of Meaning in Regional Culture
25.Demography of Aging
Organizer and Presider: Mark D. Hayward, Univ. of Southern Cali0fornia
Discussant: Jill Grigsby, Pomona College
Barbara Lawrence, UCLA: Occupational Permeability: The Impact of Population Age Change on Occupational Entry
Yasuhiko Saito, Univ. of Southern California: Changes in Functional Status Over Time: 1984-1988
Merril Silverstein, Univ. of Southern California; Charles Longino, Univ. of Miami; Eugene Litwak, Columbia Univ.: Paradise Lost or Family Found? Reverse Migration of the Elderly in a Developmental Context
Diane L. Zablotsky and Eileen m. Crimins, Univ. of Southern California: Individuals Versus Households: An Alternative Way to Investigate the Resources of Older Persons
26.Featured Session: the 1990-91 Sorokin Lecture
John Logan, State Univ. of New York, Albany: The Globalization of Real Estate
Harvey Molotch, UC Santa Barbara: Staking a Claim: Land Values, Markets, and the Modern Corporation
27.Labor Markets, The Workplace and Organizations
Organizers and Presiders: Nancy Langton, Univ. of British Columbia; Carol Conell, Stanford University
Discussant: Nancy Langton, Univ. of British Columbia
Mary Tuominen, Univ. of Oregon: The Integration of Economic and Social Structures: Gender and Race in Formal and Informal Sector Child Care Work
S. Rae Starr, RAND Corporation; Brian S. Miman, RAND Corporation and UCLA: Bases for Social Mobility and Inequality in Internal Labor Markets
Alison M. Konrad, Temple Univ.; Nancy Langton, Univ. of British Columbia: The Impact of Information Sharing in Markets on the Extent of Inter-organizational Sex Segregation
Marcia Marx, UC Riverside: Power Differentiation in Segregated Hierarchies
28.Feminist Movements in the 90’s
Organizer and Presider: Anne Kohn Blau, CSU Northridge
Catherine M. Petrissans, UC Riverside: Constructing an Effective and Unified Women’s Movement: A European Lesson
Wendy G. Lozano, CSU Long Beach: The Challenge of Feminist Witchcraft: the Metaphysics of Gendered Thought
29.Meta-Theorizing in Sociology
Organizers and Presiders: George Ritzer, Univ. of Maryland, College Park; Jeffrey Alexander, UCLA; Randall Collins, UC Riverside; Jonathan Turner, UC Riverside; Morris Zelditch, Jr., Stanford University
30.Environmental Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Ronald Hardert, Arizona State University
Discussant: Ronald L. Lile, Utah State University
John M. McQuiston, Univ. of Montana: The Need for Post-Industrial Urban Ecological Theory: A Research Agenda for the 1990’s
Linda Derksen and John Gartrell, Univ. of Alberta, Edmonton: The Social Context of Recycling in Alberta
Robert D. Bullard, UC Riverside: Environmentalism as Social Justice: A Case of African Americans
Ronald Hardert, Arizona State Univ.: Nuclear Deception at Fernald, Ohio: An Isolated Case or Microcosm of the Macrocosm?
SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1991
31.Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement
Organizer and Presider: Fred Sklar, San Jose State University
David Asquith, San Jose State Univ.: AIDS, Risk-Taking Behavior, and Students: Where the Action is in a Low-mortality Population?
Kathleen Rand Reed, San Jose State University: Whose Body Is It, Anyway? : The Commodification of Human Death
Harold Widdison, Northern Arizona Univ.: Maternal Mourning: Miscarriages, Stillbirths, and Neonatal Deaths
32.Family Structure and Family Resources: Availability and Use of Kin
Organizer and Presider: Jerry Herting, Stanford University
Discussant: Debra Friedman, Hoover Institution Stanford, CA and Univ. of Arizona
Eldon L. Wegner, Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa: Culture, Socioeconomic Status and Family Structure as Influences on Family Caregiving for Frail Elderly
Roberta L. Sangster and Peter J. Burke, Washington State University: Social Psychological Aspects of Welfare
Ricardo Stanton-Salizar, UC San Diego: The Mexican-origin Extended Family as a Social Support System: A Generational Analysis of Mexican-origin High School Students
Jerald R. Herting, Stanford University: Family Structure and Family Content Among At-Risk Youth
33.Featured Session: Women in the Workplace
Organizer, Presider and Discussant: Karen A. Miller, Arizona State University
Panelists: Joan Acker, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene; Jan Lipman-Blumen, Claremont Graduate School; Denise Segura, UC Santa Barbara
34.New Forms of Social Organization in the World-Economy
Organizer, Presider and Discussant: Miguel Korzeniewicz, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
John C. Cross, UCLA: Streetvending in Urban Mexico: Refuge or Career?
Robert Fiala, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Post-Industrial Modes of Industrial Organization
Myung-oc Woo, UC Irvine: The Korean Automobile Industry in the World System
35.Organizations and Organization Control
Organizer: Dev Jennings, Univ. of British Columbia
Presider: Andrew L. Creighton, Univ. of Washington
P. Devereux Jennings, Univ. of British Columbia; Donald Palmer, UC Davis; Roger Friedland, UC Santa Barbara: Extending a Headquarter City’s Spatial Dominance: Ecological, Economic and Organizational Determinants of New Intraorganizational Ties
Cliff Kono, UC Santa Barbara; Donald Palmer, UC Davis; Roger Friedland, UC Santa Barbara: The Regioalization of Financial Interlocks
Steven Patrick, UC Riverside; Robert Hanneman, UC Riverside: The Use of Computer Simulation in the Study of Complex Organizational Theories
36.Cultural Analysis
Organizer: George Thomas, Arizona State University
Presider: Phyllis Riddle, Arizona State University
Discussant: Francisco o. Ramirez, Stanford University
George Thomas, Arizona State Univ.: Issues in Conceptualizing and Studying World Culture
Jeffrey C. Alexander, UCLA: The Discourse of Liberty and Repression: One Path Toward the Relative Autonomy of Culture
Laura Edles, Diablo Valley College: The Symbolic Realm in Democratic Transitions: The Case of Spain
37.Plenary Session: The Changing Face of Eastern Europe
Organizers and Presiders: Ivan Szelenyi, UCLA; Andre Kozminski, Warsaw University; Martha Lampland, UC San Diego
38.Central Issues in Women’s Rights
Organizers: Kathryn Ann Farr, Portland State University; Lisa Jones, UC Irvine
Kathryn A. Farr and Lee J. Haggerty, Portland State University: Pro-Choice Attitudes Differentials Between Black and White Women in the U.S.
Hisako Matsuo, UC Riverside: Fertility Change in Japan: Its Determinants and Impact on Japanese Society
39.Feature Session: Comparative Education
Organizer and Presider: Francisco o. Ramirez, Stanford University
Frederick Weil, Louisiana State University: Education and Democratization: The Federal German Republic after World War II and United Germany
William Cummings, Harvard Univ.: Japanese Models of Higher Education in Comparative Perspective
Mikk Titma, Estonian Academy of Sciences: Education and National Reawakening in the USSR
David Stevenson, Stanford Univ.: Educational Reform Movements in the United States
40.Diversity in the Classroom: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity & Gender
Organizer and Presider: Jodi O’Brien Univ. of Washington
Discussant: Pamela J. Oakes, Univ. of Washington
Carol A. Jenkins, Biola Univ.; Deborah L. Bainer, Ohio State University, Mansfield: Enhancing Teaching Effectiveness in the Multicultural Classroom
Katherine M. McDade, Pacific Lutheran Univ.: “I just don’t feel that I fin in:” Conversations with Students of Color at a Predominately White Campus
David Asquith and Ray Lou, San Jose State Univ.: College Student’ Race-Related Opinions, Consciousness and Preferences
41.Social Stratification: Mobility Processes
Organizer: Szonja Szelenyi, Stanford University
Presider: Karen Aschaffenburg, Stanford University
David B Grusky, Jerald Herting and Steven Van Rompaey, Stanford University: An Overlapping Persistence Model of Geographic Mobility
Trond Petersen, UC Berkeley: Status Inconsistency: A New Model and Some Results
Szonja Szelenyi and Karen Aschaffenburg, Stanford University: Inequalities in Educational Opportunity: Changes in Socialist Hungary
Raymond Wong, UC Santa Barbara: Hierarchical and Non-Hierarchical Effects in Class Mobility: Sources of Cross-National Variation
42.Juvenile Delinquency Juvenile Justice
Organizer and Presider: Jill Rosenbaum, CSU Fullerton
Sharon K. Davis and Glenda Naegele, Univ. of La Verne: Recidivism and the Reincarceration of Youthful of Offenders: Offender Perception of the Influence of the social Environment and Labeling
Nanee j. Davis and Shannon Brent-Harrigan, Portland State University: Homeless Street Youth: Social Theoretical and Policy Issues
Wayne S. Wooden, Stacy Breffle, and Jack Lamb, Cal Poly Univ., Pomona: Teenagers and Hate Crimes: Skinheads Versus Non-Racist Skinheads in Southern California
43.Sociology of Religion
Organizer and Presider: Armand L. Mauss, Washington State University
Discussant: Arfa Aflatooni, Washington State Univ., Vancouver
Donald B. Lindsey and John Heeren, CSU San Bernardino: Where the Sacred Meets the Profane: Religion in the Comic Pages
James T. Richardson, Univ. of Nevada, Reno; Joel Best, CSU Fresno: Satanism in American
Robin D. Perrin, Seale Pacific University: Religion as Deviant Behavior
Kavous Seyed-Emami, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene: Shi’ite Interpretation of Social Justice in the Ideal ‘Islamic’ Socio-Economic Order
Roundtable Session
Discussant: Phyllis Martinellie, St. Mary’s College
Paisley Blaidsdell, CSU Northridge: A Participant Observation of Female Executive Trainee
Monica Seff, Univ. of Texas, Arlington; Viktor Gecas, Washington State Univ.: Welfare Dependency and Self-Esteem
Michael Blain, Boise State Univ.: Protest Movements Rhetorical Practice in an Antinuclear Weapons Campaign
Walt Schafer and John F. Mckenna: CSU Chico: Perceived Energy and Stress Resistance: A Study of City Managers
Children
Jeanne Kohl, Univ. of Washington: School-Based Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Programs
Jona Meyer, UC Irvine: Sticking to the Facts? Children’s Obedience to Authority
Yvee M. Farmer, Univ. of Washington and Western Washington University: Changing Racial and Ethnic Composition of Occupations and Professions: Causes and Consequences
Laura E. Nathan, Mills College: Social Aspects of Chronic and Terminal Illness
J. Randal Johnson, Univ. of Washington: The Effects of Social Support and Social Interaction of Psychological Distress in an Aging Veteran Population
Teaching Roundtables
Organizer: Peter Kollock, UCLA
Vernon L. Bates, Pacific University: Interdisciplinary Team Teaching
David Unruh, UCLA: The role of the Department in Improving Teaching
Ellen Strenski, UCLA: The Sociology—Writing Connection: “Freshman English for Graduate Students” and other Issues
44.The Role of Sociology in Evaluation Research
Organizer and Presider: Richard T. Serpe, CSU Fullerton
Elizabeth Hamilton, Phllips and Fenwick Integrated Strategies for Women’s Health: Hospital Based Family Center maternity Care: Program Implementation and Evaluation
Cynthia L. Sipe, Public/Private Ventures Philadelphia, PA 19106: Assessing the Effects of One-to-One Adult/Youth Relationships on Adolescents Participating in Big Brothers/Big Sister Programs
J. William Spence, Purdue University: Using Discourse Data for the Evaluation of Case Processing in Human Service and People Processing Organizations
Linda L. Toche, The Claremont Graduate School: Improving the Use of Recommendations at the District Level
45.Social Networks
Organizer and Presider: Noah E. Friedkin, UC Santa Barbara
Discussant: Jonathan Turner, UC Riverside
Lin Freeman, UC Irvine: Granoveer and Groups
Phillip Bonacich, UCLA: Power in Positively Connected Exchange Networks: A New Approach
Noah E. Friedkin, UC Santa Barbara: Bases of Interpersonal Power
46.Panel Discussion on Critical Issues in African-American Sociology
Organizer and Presiders: Michael Woodard and Walter Allen, UCLA; Leanor Boulin-Johnson, Arizona State University; Jean h. Daniels; CSU Northridge; Gary Rollinson, UC San Diego
47.Political Sociology II: States and Classes
Organizer: Edgar Kiser, Univ. of Washington
Presider: Eric Larsen, Univ. of Washington
Michael p. Allen, Washington State Univ.; and John Campbell, Harvard University: State Autonomy and the Political Economy of Taxation
G. William Domhoff, UC Santa Cruz: State Autonomy and the New Deal Agricultural Policy: Another Empirical Attack on a Theoretical Delusion
Eric Larsen, Univ. of Washington: Conflicting Legitimacy Claims on Communist Regimes: Understanding the East German Revolution of 1989
48.Refugees
Organizer and Presider: Kooros M. Mahmoudi, Northern Arizona University’
Discussant: Warren C. Lucas, Northern Arizona University
Mehdi Bozorgmehr, UCLA: Refugees or Immigrants? Toward Resolving a Current Sociological Controversy
Bradley W. Parlin and Mark W. Lusk, Utah State Univ: Resettlement/ Displacement in International Rural Development Projects: Problems and Prospects
Paul jean Provost, Indiana-Purdue University: Monsters, Monks and Morality: A Content Analysis of Tibetan Refugee Dreams
Claudia Dorrington, UCLA: Salvadorans in the United States: Immigrants and Refugees
49.Featured Session: Recent Advances in Methodology
Organizer and Presider: Glenn R. Carroll, UC Berkeley
Panelists: Michael Hout and Trond Petersen, UC Berkeley; Nancy B. Tuma, Stanford University
50.Exploring Diversity in Women’s Lives: Curriculum Integration in the Social Sciences
Organizer and Presider: Karen Pugliesi, Northern Arizona University
Patricia Wasielewski, Univ. of Redlands: Slow Dancing Around a Hot Issue: The Trials of Integrating the Curriculums in a Liberal Arts University
Sheryl Lutjens, Northern Arizona University: The Politics of Curriculum Integration: Differences of Dichotomies?
Joe Boles, Northern Arizona University: The Faith of Disciplines and the Feminist Transformation of the Curriculum
Karen Pugliesi, Northern Arizona University: Integration of the Introduction of Sociology Courses: A Thematic Approach
51.Awards Ceremony and PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Karen Cook
The Power of Sociological Ideas
52.Sociology of Indochina
Organizer and Presider: Fred Preston, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Barbara Brents, Frederick Preston, Judith L. T. Preston, and Terry Weeteling, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Scott DeArman, Viet Nam Veterans of American Foundation: (Film Presentation) The Attempted Destruction of a People: Problems in the Reconstruction of Cambodia
William B. Brown, The Free University of Ho Chi Minh: The Free University of Ho Chi Minh: An Innovative Approach to Higher Education
Frederick Preston and Judith L.T. Preston, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: A Country at War: Difficulties of Data Gathering in Cambodia
53.Methodology
Organizer and Presider: Kenneth D. Bailey, UCLA
Robert M. O’Brien, Univ. of Oregon, Eugene: The Reliability of Composites of Referee Assessments of Manuscripts
Mehdi Bozorgmetir and Georges Sabagh, UCLA: Alternative Survey Research Strategies Among Immigrant Groups in the United States
Steven B. Patrick and Robert A. Hanneman, UC Riverside: The Linking of Empirical Generalizations with Computer Simulation: The Empirical Testing of Complex Theories
Edward Telles and Kenneth D. Bailey, UCLA: Entropy Measures of Residential Segregation
54.Reading Melucci I: Social Movements, Identity & Power
Organizer and Presider: Carol Mueller, Arizona State University—West
Ralph Turner, UCLA: Melucci and the Creation of Collective Identity
Verta Taylor and Nancy Whittier, Ohio State University, Columbia: Collective Identity and Lesbian Feminist Communities
Enrique Laran’a, Univ. of Madrid: The Search for Continuities and Historical Actors in Social Movement Theory: The Revision of Classic Assumptions
55.Historical Perspectives on Rising Organizations
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Carol Conell, Stanford University
Azumi Takata, Stanford University: From Merchant Houses to Corporations: An Organizational Approach to the Development of the Modern Corporate Form in Japan, 1863-1935
Hyuk-Rae Kim, Univ. of Washington: States, Developmental Strategies, and Structural Dissimilarities in the East Asian Countries
William G. Roy, UCLA: Corporate Law and the Rise of American Industrial Corporations, 1880-1913
56.Teaching Gender Issues
Organizer and Presider: Marie Butler, Oxnard College
Amanda Konradi, Merrill College and Univ. of Santa Cruz: Teaching “Power:” Teaching Sexual Assault
Martin Monto, UCLA: An Exercise in Gender: The Bem Sex Role Inventory in the Classroom
Michael A. Toth, Weber State University and Portland State University; Rosemary Conover, Weber State University: Teaching Sex Roles and Gender Issues: An Interdisciplinary Paradigm
57.Historical Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Robert Liebman, Portland State University
Suzanne Elise Shanahan, Stanford University: Toward a Theory of Ethnic Mobilization: The Case of the Chinese in Southeast Asia
Rachel R. Parker, UCLA: Subnational States and the Sociology of the State
Valerie Johnson, Univ. of Arizona: Witches and Midwives: A Comparative Historical Study
Sue Marie Wright, Univ. of Oregon: Women and the Charismatic Community: Defining the Attraction
58.Immigration to the United States
Organizer and Presider: David Heer, Univ. of Southern California
Masako Ishii-Kuntz, UC Riverside: Adaptation and Experience of Post-1965 Japanese Immigrants
Kent Dale, Univ. of Utah: Indochinese Migration and Resettlement Patterns Post Vietnam War to early and mid 1980’s
Pini Herman and Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Univ. of Southern California: Residential Segregation of Native-Born versus Foreign-born Components of Ethnic Groups in Los Angeles County
Ivan Light, Claudia Der-Martirosian, and Dorothy Vinski, UCLA: Ethnic Economy or Ethnic Enclave Economy? The Case of Iranians in Los Angeles
David Heer, Univ. of Southern California: A Comparative Analysis of the Position of Undocumented Mexicans in the Los Angeles County Work Force in 1980
59.Developing and Maintaining Esprit de Corps in Sociology Graduate Programs
Organizer: CSU Fullerton and UC Irvine
60.Institutional Theory and Organizations
Organizer: Dev Jennings, Univ. of British Columbia
Presider: Andrew L. Creighton, Univ. of Washington
Eva Chiu, Univ. of British Columbia: Determinants of the Organizational Domain of Hospitals: An Extension of Institutional Theory
Dafna eylon, Univ. of British Columbia: The Survival and Success of a typical non-profit Organizations: An Institutional Perspective
61.Family and Gender
Organizer and Presider: Karen Pyke, UC Irvine
Rae Lesser Blumberg, UC San Diego: Gender, Family, Ethnicity, and Economy: Theory and Research About the Quadruple Overlap
Scott Coltrane, UC Riverside: The Micro-Politics of Gender in Non-Industrial Societies
Elsa Valdez and Scott Coltrane, UC Riverside: Not Seeing is Believing: Power, Perception and Equity in Dual-Earner Chicano Couples
62.Reading Melucci II: Social Movements, Identity & Power
Organizer and Pr64esider: Carol Mueller, Arizona State University—West
Hank Johnston, San Diego State University: Mindless Methods and new Social Movements: The Cognitive Sociology of Participant Accounts
Joe Gusfield, UC San Diego: New Theories for Old Movements
Richard Flacks, UC Santa Barbara: Social Movements and the Future Shape of Power
63.Theory
Organizer and Presider: Bennett Berger, UC San Diego
Sharon hays, UC San Diego: Structure, Agency, and the Sticky Problem of Culture
Bill Bogard, Whitman College: Discipline and Deterrence: Rethinking Foucault on Power
Carol Desmond-Donochue, CSU Northridge: George Simmel’s Observations about Woman
Dale Kra, Biola College: A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Theory of Culture
Bennett Berger, UC San Diego: Material and Ideal Interests
64.Theory in Criminology
Organizer and Presider: Christopher Birkbeck, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque
Discussant: Harvey Williams, Univ. of the Pacific
Don C. Gibbons, Portland State University: Talking About Crime and Criminals: Some Comments on Theoretical Forms in Criminology
Christopher Birkbeck and Gary LaFree, Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque: Studying Crime without Studying Criminals: A Critique of Routine Activity and Lifestyle Theories of Victimization
Carole Case and Ronald A. Farrell, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: Conflict and Symbolism in the Control of Organized Crime in the Gaming Industry
65.Graduate Student Paper Section II
Organizer and Presider: Aileen Hohmann and David Justice, Univ. of Utah
Barbara Malone, CSU Northridge: Organization Analysis: Change of Service Delivery Model in a Social Service Organization
Susan Twersky, CSU Northridge: An Analysis of Japan’s Power-Elite
Antoinee Ramsey, CSU Northridge: Gangs in Los Angeles: An Application and Extension of Lewis Yablowsky’s Analytical Framework
Michael Delucchie, UC Santa Barbara: Bringing the Students Back In: An Institutional Analysis of Student Evaluations of Higher Education
Marti Gerardo, Univ. of Southern California: Theory as Cartography: A Meta-Theoretical Discussion on Explanation in Sociological Inquiry
