1992 PROGRAM, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, PARC OAKLAND, OAKLAND, CA, APRIL 9-12, 1992
THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1992
1.SWS/CWS Roundtables
Carol Edelman, CSU Chico: Balancing Work and Family Commitments
Patricia Robinson, UC Davis: Mainstreaming Feminism and Feminist History in Sociology
Marie Butler, Oxnard College: Strategies for Mentoring with Colleagues and Securing Tenure
FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1992
2.Featured Session: Harvey Sacks and Conversation Analysis – An Interdisciplinary Assessment
Organizer and Presider: Gene Lerner, UC Santa Barbara
Respondent: Emanuel Schegloff, UCLA
Panelists: John Gumperz, UC Berkeley; Susan Ervin-Tripp, UC Berkeley; John Heritage, UCLA; Herb Clark, Stanford University
3.Issues in Public Opinion and Survey Research
Organizer and Presider: Lawrence Bobo, UCLA; Edward Nelson, CSU Fresno
Lawrence Bobo, UCLA: Sampling as a Series of Compromises
Jim Sidanius, UCLA: The Death Penalty, Confidence in the Police, and the Beating of Rodney King
Lawrence Bobo, UCLA; John L. Boises, Texas A&M University: Survey-Based Experiments on the GSS Political Tolerance Questions
4.Work and Family Issues
Organizer and Presider: Carol Edelman, CSU Chico; Brenda Danile, Univ. of La Verne; Sharon k. Davis, Univ. of La Verne
Carol Edelman, CSU Chico: Attitudes of Men and Women Toward Women Management
Yvette Farmer, Univ. of Nevada, Reno: Sex Segregation in Social Science Departments: Evidence of Institutionalization
Amelia Preece, CSU Chico: Work Within the Family: Changes in Technology, Standards, and Time Spent Cleaning
Elisabeth Clemens, Univ. of Arizona: Organizational Repertoires and Institutional Change
6.Roundtables: Political Sociology – International Studies
Presider: John Torres, Stanford University
Edward M. Gilliland, Univ. of New Mexico: World Patterns of Rebellion, 1945-1980: Regional and Temporal Variation
J. Wagona Makoba, Univ. of Nevada: Alternatives to Privatization in Africa
Margaret Ann Villanueva, UC Santa Cruz: Theorizing the Production of Regional Space: Environmental Case History of Papantala, Verarcruz, Mexico
Myrna L. Goodman, UC Davis: Social Defense of the Danish Jews During the Holocaust.
Lois A. West, UC Berkeley: Political Unionism in the Philippines: The Case of the May First Social Movement
7.Roundtables: Communities and Organizations
Presider: Mark Royal, Stanford University
Marilyn Garber, CSU Dominguez Hills: Encounters with Justice in Utopian Communities: Practice vs. Principle
Jane Dillon, UC San Diego: Conversion and Commitment for the Disciples of Pramahansa Yogananda, Founder of the Self-Realization Fellowship
Tony Waters, UC Davis: Dominance and Centrality in a Chimpanzee Society: How Homologous are Social Roles?
8.Roundtable: Media, Advertising, and Culture
Presider: Karen E. Aschaffenburg, Stanford University
Kathryn Ann Farr, Portland State University; Robert W. Shotola, Portland State University: Attributions in Response to the Thomas-Hill Hearings
Charles Lawrence, Seattle University: The Trickmaster in Our Midst
John DeWitt, Litigation Technologies, Inc.; James R. Richardson, Univ. of Nevada, Reno: Impact of Lawyer Advertising on Public Opinion
Theresa A. Martinez and Thomas J. Burns, Univ. of Utah: Teaching Social Theory Through Popular Culture
Sharon Araji, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage; Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman, Washington State University; Dan McWethy, Washington State University: College Students’ Perceptions of Social Issues: A Descriptive and Comparative Study with Policy Implication
9.Roundtable: Sociology of Health
Presider: Patricia Thornton, Stanford University
Gary Lasky, UC Santa Cruz; Mary Beth Levin, UC Santa Cruz: A Successful Theory-Based Intervention to Reduce HIV Risk on a College Campus
Sharon K. Davis, Univ. of La Verne; Renee Sandecki, Univ. of La Verne: Attitudes Toward Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Among Male and Female College Students
Wayne S. Wooden, Nohemi Munoz, and Arlene E. Garcia, Cal Poly University: Female Adolescent Identity and Participation in High School Sports
Karen Pugliesi and Scott L. Shook, Northern Arizona University: Social Status, Network Characteristics and Social Support Resources: An Exploratory Analysis
William C. Martin, CSU Chico: Red Ribbon Week: Opportunities for School Based Drug Research and Education
10.New Directions in Criminological Research
Organizer and Presider: Robert D. Crutchfield, Univ. of Seattle
Robert N. Parker, Prevention Research Center: Alcohol, Homicide, and Cultural Context: A Cross-Nation Analysis of Gender Specific Homicide
James A. Stone, Jamestown College: Attribution and Deterrence: A Theoretical Synthesis
Lydia Liberio and John Meyer, UC Irvine: Perceived Seriousness of White-Collar Crimes: Does Social Distance Between Offender and Rater Matter?
Joseph G. Weis, Univ. of Washington, Seattle: So What’s New about Murder Research?
11.Sociology of Education: Cross-National Studies
Organizer and Presider: Francisco O. Ramirez, Stanford University
Connie L. McNeely, UC Santa Barbara: International Organization Prescriptions for National Education Policies
Suzanne Shanahan, Stanford University: Educational Expansion and Income Inequality
Phyllis Riddle, Arizona State University: The Politics of Transnational Universities
12.Featured Sessions: Qualitative Methodology
Organizer and Presider: Howard Becker, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Francesca Cancian, UC Irvine: Feminist Methodology, ‘Objectivity,’ and Academic Power Structures
Elizabeth Wheatley, UC Santa Cruz: How Can We Engender Ethnography with Feminist Imaginations? A Rejoinder to Judith Stacey
Adele Clarke, UC San Francisco: Social Worlds/Arenas as Meso Level Analytic Strategy: The Case of RU 486
13.Sociology of Medicine
Organizer and Presider: Michael S. Goldstein, UCLA
Donald K. Freeborn, Kaiser Permanente: Satisfaction of HMO Employees
Debora Paterniti, UC Davis: ‘And the Women Focus on Different Things…’: The ‘Ancient Art’ of Nursing
Harold Waddison, Northern Arizona Univ.: Coping with Uncertainty: A Diagnosis without Prognosis
14.Conversation Analysis
Organizer and Presider: Gene Lerner, UC Santa Barbara
Discussant: Don Zimmerman, UC Santa Barbara
Steven Clayman, UCLA: Avoiding the Questions in News Interviews and Press Conferences
Ellen Duero, UC Santa Barbara: The Interactive Production of Two Types of Story Organization
Anna Lindstrom, UCLA: ‘Ja hey du:, (.) De e Lingren,’ Identification and Recognition in Swedish Telephone Conversation Openings
Jack Whalen, Univ. of Oregon: Navigating the Terrain of a Data Entry Screen: Coordinating Keyboard and Vocal Actions in 9-1-1-Call-Talking Work
15.Workshop: NSF Funding Opportunities
Featured Speaker: Annemmette Sorensen, National Sciences Foundation
16.Theory
Organizer and Presider: Randall Collins, UC Riverside
Wahei Ishii, CSU Dominguez Hills: Sociological Bases of Reductionism
Phillip Gonzales, Univ. of New Mexico: The Regulation of Everyday Life
Thomas J. Burns, Univ. of Utah; Jerald Hage, Univ. of Maryland: Epistemology and Culture: Some Praxiological Implications of Cognition
Steven M. Ortiz, UC Berkeley: A Blumerian Perspective on the Implications of Selective Honesty in Research
Chris Wilkes, Stanford University: Reading Bourdieu
17.Social Stratification: Structural
Organizer and Presider: Michael Hout, UC Berkeley
Timothy Biblarz, Univ. of Washington, Seattle; Adrian E. Raftery, Univ. of Washington, Seattle: Marital Disruption as a Factor in Social Mobility
Daniel P. Dohan, UC Berkeley: Recent Trends in Black-White Differences in Occupational Mobility
Abel Valenzuela, Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Immigrant and Native-Born Mexican Americans in the Los Angeles Labor Market
Yusheng Peng, UCLA: Intergenerational Transmission of Proprietorship, Authority, and Occupation in Great Britain
18.Featured Session: Racial and Ethnic Relations I
Organizer and Presider: A. Wade Smith, Arizona State University
Denise A. Segura, UC Santa Barbara; Beatriz M. Pesquera, UC Davis: Abortion Attitudes Among Chicanas
Rose Weitz, Arizona State University; Leonard Gordon, Arizona State University: Images of African American Women on a College Campus
Sharon K. Davis and Dwayne K. Morgan, Univ. of La Verne: Racial Disparities in Sentencing White Collar vs. Street Criminals
Richard Baker, Boise State University: Rural Hispanics and White Racism
19.Our Feminist Mentors II: Oral Histories from PSA Women
Organizer and Presider: Jane E. Prather, CSU Northridge
Panelists: Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State University; Arlene Daniels, Northwestern University; Rachel Kahn-Hut, San Francisco State University; Virginia Olesen, UC San Francisco
20.Caregivers and Caregiving
Organizer: Michael S. Goldstein, UCLA
Celia J. Orona, San Jose State University: Latino Caregivers and Alzheimer’s Disease
Eldon Wegner, Univ. of Hawaii, Manoa: Caregiver Burden and Stress in Care of Dementia Patients: Caucasians and Asian-Americans in Honolulu
Robert M. Grey, Univ. of Utah: Medical Sociology and Psychoimmunology
21.Plenary Session: New Directions in Feminist Theory
Organizer and Presider: Jane E. Prather, CSU Northridge
Featured Speaker: Arlene Daniels, Northwestern University
SATURDAY, APRL 11, 1992
22.Plenary Session: The Future of Marxism
Organizer and Presider: Ivan Szlenyi, UCLA
Panelists: Michael Burawoy, UC Berkeley; Ken Jowitt, UC Berkeley; Ivan Szelenyi, UCLA
23.Spatial Systems and Social Processes: Local, Regional, and National Development
Organizer: Leonard Hochberg, Stanford University
Presider: Marc Ventresca, Stanford University
Leonard Hochberg, Stanford University; Carville Earle, Louisiana State University: The Geographic Mediation of History and Sociology in Exploratory Research: A Case Study of the Spatial Distribution of Slavery and the Origins of the Civil War
Richard Appelbaum, UC Santa Barbara: Space and the Global Economy: How the Forces of Dispersal and Concentration are Shaping the Contemporary Los Angeles Garment Industry
Edgar Butler, UC Riverside; James P. Pick, Univ. of Redlands; Hiroshi Fukurai, UC Santa Cruz: Twentieth Century Mexico: Continuity within Change
24.Gender, Sexuality, and Violence
Organizer and Presider: Lisa Jones, UC Irvine
Mark Hedley, Univ. of Arizona: Fundamental Sentiments: Cultural Transmission and the Socio-Emotional Motivation of Date Rape
Lisa Jones, UC Irvine: Sexuality, Rape, and Ethnicity: How African-American and White Women Integrate Sexuality and the Threat of Rape
Laura Corradi and Gary Lasky, UC Santa Cruz: Sexually Explicit Personal Ads: New Form of Dating or Sexual Commodity?
25.Featured Session: Quantitative Methodology
Organizer and Presider: Herbert Costner, Univ. of Washington, Seattle
Robert O’Brien, Univ. of Oregon: Generalizability Coefficients and Reliability Coefficients
Karen Bradley, Stanford University: Evaluating the Two-step Approach to latent Variable Models: Do We Need a Third Step?
Don A. Dillman, U.S. Bureau of the Census and Washington State University: Designing an Improved Decennial Census Form: The Methodological and Institutional Challenges
26.New Immigrants and Urban Restructuring
Organizer and Presider: Roger Waldinger, UCLA
Mehdi Bozorgmehr, UCLA: Internal Ethnicity and New Immigrants
Steven Gold, Whittier College: Chinese-Vietnamese Entrepreneurs in California
Cecilia Menjivar, UC Davis: Give me your poor, your huddled masses? The Context of Reception of Salvadorean Migrants in the United States
27.Roundtable: Women, Work, and Welfare
Presider: Winifred Poster, Stanford University
Karen Pugliesi, Northern Arizona University: Work and Well-Being: Gender Differences in the Psychological Consequences of Employment
Sandra Meucci, UC Santa Cruz: The Moral Context of Welfare Mothers: A Study of U.S. Welfare Reform in the 1980s
Karen Seccombe and Leonard Beeghley, Univ. of Florida: Employer Sponsored Medical Benefits: The Influence of Occupational Characteristics and Gender
28.Roundtable: Demography
Presider: Mariko Lin Chang, Stanford University
Victor Agadjanian, Univ. of Southern California: Recent Demographic Situation and Migration Trends in the Former Soviet Muslim South
William H. McBroom, Univ. of Montana: Changing System Properties of a Centennial State
Herman Loether, CSU Dominguez Hills: An Historical Analysis of the Relationship between Famine and Death Rates: England, 1600-1900
Lee Bean and Li Li-Ying, Univ. of Utah: Causes of Infant Mortality in China, 1986-1989
29.Roundtable: Cultural Studies of Power and Politics
Presider: Ann Hironaka, Stanford University
Michael Blain and David hall, Boise State University: Interpretations of Power in Familiar Quotations
Marc Ventresca, Stanford University: Counting People when the People Count: Institutional and Political Dynamics of Census Establishment, 1800-1900
Jun Zhao, UC San Diego: Dramatizing a Hegemonic Social Discourse: The Case of the “Eight Model Operas” in China’s Cultural Revolution
Tugrul Ilter, Univ. of Oregon: The White Mythology of Discovery: From Discovering the ‘New World’ through Discovering ‘Facts’ to George Bush’s ‘New World’ Order
Edmond S. Temple, St. Mary’s College of California: Verdict Analysis: An Example of Applied Jury Research
31.Featured Session: Inequality and the Life Course
Organizer and Presider: Nancy B. Tuma, Stanford University
Discussant: George M. Thomas, Arizona State University
Panelists: Mikk Titma, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and Estonian Academy of Sciences; Annemette Sorensen, National Science Foundation and Harvard University; Karl Ulrich Mayer, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences and Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education
32.Racial and Ethnic Relations II
Organizer and Presider: A. Wade Smith, Arizona State University
Phyllis Cancialla Martinelli, St. Mary’s College of California: Testing McKay and Lewin’s Ethnic Typology: Italian Americans Defend Columbus Day in Arizona
Dula J. Espinosa, Arizona State University: Ethnic Succession and Workforce Mobility
Hisako Matsuo, UC Riverside: Oppression of the Burakumin: The Legacy of Feudalism in Japan
Byoung Mohk Choi, Utah State University: Koreans in Japan: Community Formation and Reactions to Discrimination
33.Ethnography of Power and Resistance in Oakland
Organizer and Presider: Michael Burawoy, UC Berkeley
Panelists: Robert Bulman, Cecilia Dos Santos, Arona Ragins, Teri Pohl, Russell Yeung, Jackie Orr, Lynn Haney, Millie Tsaier, Cecilia Danks, Hector Carrillo, Sheba George, and Miki Kasthan, UC Berkeley
34.Women’s Body, Health, and Politics
Organizer and Presider: Patricia Flynn, St. Mary’s College of California
Theresa Montini, UC Berkeley: Emotions and the Politics of Women’s Health: A Case Example
Janet Lee, Oregon State University: Blood Stories: Body Politics and the Phenomenology of Menarch
Katherine Haskins, Univ. of Southern California: The Relationship Between Weight and Career Payoffs Among Women
35.Spatial Systems and Social Processes: Geostrategic Theories and their Applications
Organizer and Presider: Leonard Hochberg, Stanford Univesity
Discussant: Albert Bergesen, Univ. of Arizona
Randall Collins, UC Riverside: The Failure of the Russian Empire
George Friedman, Dickinson College; Meredith LeBard, Penn State University: The Geopolitics of the Post-Columbian World: Principles of Analysis
Jonathan Turner, UC Riverside: The Assembling of Human Populations: Toward a Synthesis of Ecological and Geopolitical Theories
36.Featured Session: Social Psychology I
Organizer and Presider: Cecilia Ridgeway, Stanford University
Discussant: Murray Webster, San Jose State University
Jodi O’Brien, Univ. of Iowa: The Bases of Solidarity: From Institutional Cooperation to Institutional Commitment
Peter Kollack, UCLA: Transforming Social Dilemmas: The Motivational Bases of Cooperation
Judith Howard, Univ. of Washington, Seattle: Conceiving Structure: Stability within the Mutable Self
Sheldon Stryker, Univ. of Indiana; Richard Serpe, CSU Fullerton: Commitment to Family and Movement into School-Based Relationships
37.Social Stratification: Subjective
Organizer and Presider: Michael Hout, UC Berkeley
Jennifer Van Hook and Elizabeth Thomson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison: Parental Values and Children’s Academic Achievement
E. Clement Brooks, UC Berkeley: Rethinking the Structure of Class Consciousness
Theodore P. Gerber, UC Berkeley: Class Position and Perception of Social Justice in Russia
38.Ethnomethodology and Social Actions
Organizer and Presider: Michael Lynch, UC San Diego
Natalie Margulies Berman, San Pedro, CA: An Inquiry into the Logic of Socio-Logical Theories: What Price Syntax?
Pierce Flynn, San Diego State: Fifth Generation Ethnomethodology: Between Sociology and Hypermodern Condition
Doug Macbeth, Ohio State University: Organizations of Classroom Culture: Peculiar Knowledge and Instructional Fictions
John Saunders, UC San Diego: On Ethnomethodplogical Authority
39.Organizations
Organizer, Presider and Discussant: Michael T. Hannan, Stanford University
David N. Barron, Cornell University: Integrating Institutional and Ecological Theories: The Growth of Consumer Credit in New York, 1914-34
Patricia Mei Yin Chang, Stanford University: The Organizational Ecology of Protestant Denominations, 1790-1980
Scott L. Shook, Northern Arizona University: Avoiding the Dramatic Incident: Good Organizational Reasons for “Bad” Practices
40.The Historical Sociology of Fascist Movements
Organizer: Leonard Hochberg, Stanford University
Presider: Walter L. Goldfrank, UC Santa Cruz
Discussants: David Gress-Wright, Stanford University; Walter L. Goldfrank, UC Santa Cruz
William Brustein, Univ. of Minnesota: The Rational Fascist: A Rational-Choice Explanation of Nazi Party Affiliation, 1925-1933
Award Ceremony and PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Morris Zelditch, Jr.
Morris Zelditch, Jr., Stanford University: Problems and Progress in Sociological Theory
SUNDAY, APRIL 12, 1992
41.Featured Session: Politics and Organizations
Organizer and Presider: Neil Fligstein, UC Berkeley
Rachel Parker, UCLA: Subnational States and Economic Organization: Corporation Law in American States, 1880-1904
Deborah Barrett, Stanford University: Birth of a Profession: How the Institutional Environment Led the State to Endorse Divorce Mediation
Lisa Bell, UC Berkeley: Behind the United Front: Differing Race and Class Agendas in Women’s Movement Organizations
Bob Freeland, UC Berkeley: Governance as Political Process: The Decentralized Corporate Structure and Political Control
42.Family and Gender
Organizer and Presider: Karen Pyke, UC Irvine
Rebecca L. Warner, Aphra Katzev and Alan Acock, Oregon State University: Raising Girls or Raising Boys: the Impact of Sex and Age of Children on Parents’
Christine Mockricky and AnnWichman, Univ. of La Verne: Feminist Attitudes and Marital Satisfaction: Can they Coexist?
Charlotte Chiu, UC Berkeley: Power at the Intersection of Race and Gender: A Study of Housework Among Interracial Couples Versus Same-Race Couples
Karen Pyke, UC Irvine: Women’s Employment as a Gift or Burden? Marital Power Across Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage
43.Gender in the World System
Organizer and Presider: Marie Butler, Oxnard College
Hank Johnston, San Diego State University: Toward a Theory of Nationalist Violence: Social Development in Spain and the Soviet Union
Ana Devic, UC San Diego: Democracy and the Yugoslav “Ethnic War:” The Blurred Frontiers of Reality and its Interpretation
Margaret Ovenden, UC San Diego: Dilemmas of Nationalism and Development in Ecuador: State and Peasant Perspectives
Gershon Shafir, UC San Diego: Homogeneity, Homogenenization, and the State
44.Gender in the World System
Organizer and Presider: Marie Butler, Oxnard College
Karen j. Hossfield, San Francisco State University: Gender, Ethnicity, and Household in a Multi-Nationality Neighborhood: A San Francisco ‘Slice’ of the World System
Nitza Berkovich and Karen Bradley, Stanford University: Gender on the Global Agenda
Marie Butler, Oxnard College: A World-System Explanation of Marriage Practices in Ireland, 1798-1820
45.Workshop: Strategies for Diversifying Sociology Curricula
Organizer and Presider: Karen J. Hossfield, San Francisco State University
Karen J. Hossfield, San Francisco State University: Overview: Why Diversity Sociology Curricula?
Thad Hollock and Jana Weintraub, San Francisco State University: Including Women in Classical Theory Courses
April Davis, San Francisco State University: Fiction and Biography: Resources for Including Voices of Color in Sociology Classes
Michael Underhil, San Francisco State University: Incorporating Gay and Lesbian Perspective into Sociology Curricula
Chini Saadat, San Francisco State University: Adding Multinational Perspectives to Sociology Courses
Julie Posadas, San Francisco State University: Using In-Class Focus Groups as an Aid in Curricular Diversification
46.Featured Session: Sociology of Culture
Organizer and Presider: Albert Bergesen, University of Arizona
Panelists: Walter L. Goldfrank, UC Santa Cruz; Ann Swidler, UC Berkeley; Randall Collins, UC Riverside; Francisco O. Ramirez, Stanford University
47.Economic Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Charles Powers, Santa Clara University
Charles E. Starnes, Oregon State University; Brian S. Vargus, Indiana Univ. and Purdue University at Indianapolis: Capital for Capitols and Vice Versa: State Lotteries as Social Policy
Racep Varcin, Univ. of Oregon and Ankara University: Ankara’s Market Traders
Charles Powers, Santa Clara University: Sociology for Business
48.Social Psychology II
Organizer and Presider: Cecilia Ridgeway, Stanford University
Susan Turkel, UC San Diego: Presentation of Self, Presentation to Self: The Hidden Uses of Meaning in Clothing
Rebecca Allahyari, UC Davis: The Emotional Environment of Volunteerism: A Case Study of Two Soup Kitchens
Bartolomeo J. Palisi, Myron Orleans, and Vincent Neal, CSU Fullerton: Instrumental-Expressive Voluntary Association and Well-Being
Kathleen Almquist, Northern Arizona University: Imposing on the Queue: Reactions to Thwarted Behavior
Debora Paterniti, UC Davis: Topical Talk as an Interactional Directive: Emotion Rules in Health Care Settings
49.Sociology of Education: Organizational Issues
Organizer: Francisco O. Ramirez, Stanford University
Presider: Rachel Lotan, Stanford University
Mary Romero and Debbie Storrs, Univ. of Oregon: Mentoring Practices in Sociology Departments and the Implications of Women of Color Graduate Students
Abbie Ferber and Debbie Storrs, Univ. of Oregon: The Impact of Teaching and Methods and Curriculum on Non-Traditional Students
Susan Stockdale, Jane Florence, and Kenneth Nyberg, Applied Research Center CSU Bakersfield: The Relationship among Academic Achievement, Curriculum, Tracking, and Stability of Self-Concept for High School Students
50.Gender, Race, and Class
Organizer and Presider: Elsa O. Valdez, Loyola Marymount College
Beatriz M. Pesquera, UC Davis: We are Still Tied to an Image
Lorrie Wermuth, CSU Chico: Structure and Culture in Heterosexual Women’s Aids Risk
Lea Ybarra, CSU Fresno: Race, Class, and Gender: Education
Carol Demond-Donohue, CSU Northridge: The Illusion of Occupational Gender Integration
