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committee membership 2009-2010

PSA Committee Membership 2009-2010

 

PSA committee membership 2009-2010

 

The 2009-2010 membership of each of the Committees described are listed below.  The year following each name indicates the member will go off the committee immediately following the annual meeting in that year. 



Elected Permanent Committees

 

Nominations Committee

 

Judith Treas (10) UC Irvine, incoming ex officio Chair

Dwaine Plaza (10) Oregon State University

Adalberto Aguirre, Jr. (11) UC Riverside

Amy Leisenring (12) San Jose State University

Dean Dorn Executive Director, liaison from Council

 

Publications Committee

 

Dennis Downey, CSU Channel Islands, Chair

Scott Akins (10) Oregon State University

Celestino Fernandez (09) University of Arizona

Karen Miller-Loessi (10) Arizona State University

Dina Okamoto (10) UC Davis

Rebecca Sandefur (12) Stanford University

Steven Ortiz (12) Oregon State University

Dennis Downey (12) CSU Channel Islands

Charles Powers (11) Santa Clara University and Marilyn Fernandez (11) Santa Clara University, ex officio, Editors

Dean S. Dorn Executive Director, liaison from Council

 

Committee on Committees

 

Robert O'Brien (10) University of Oregon, ex officio Co-Chair

Amy Wharton (11) Washington State University, ex officio Co-Chair

Nancy Andes (10) University of Alaska

Manuel Barajas (10) CSU Sacramento

David Boyns (10) CSU Northridge

Peter Callero (11) Western Oregon University

James Dean (11) Sonoma State

Faye Wachs (11) Cal Poly Pomona

Sheila Steinberg (12) Humboldt State University

Michelle Jacob (12) University of San Diego

Echo Fields (12) University of Southern Oregon

Dean Dorn (10) Executive Director, liaison from Council

 

Appointed Standing Committees

 

Awards Committee

Teresa Ciabattari (10) Pacific Lutheran University, Chair

Leontina Hormel (10) University of Idaho

Elaine Draper (10) CSU Los Angeles

Kari Lerum (11) Univ. of Washington Bothell

Marie Butler (11) Oxnard College

Jennifer Reich (11) University of Denver

Vikas Gumbhir (12) Gonzaga University

Shari L. Dworkin (12) UC San Francisco

Issac Martin (10) UC San Diego

Vilma Ortiz (10) UCLA

 

Committee on Teaching

 

Michelle Camacho (11) University of San Diego, Co-Chair

Adam Rafalovich (10) Pacific University, Co-Chair

Olga Bright (10) CSU Chico

Rosemary Powers (11) Eastern Oregon University

Caleb Bush (11) University of New Mexico Gallup

Lindsay Custer (11) Cascadia Community College

Amy Denissen (12) CSU Northridge

 

Committee on Race and Ethnic Minorities

 

Sharon Elise (11) CSU San Marcos, Chair

Michael Aguilera (10) University of Oregon

Nelson Pichardo (10) Central Washington University

Michael Perez (11) CSU Fullerton

Victor Rios (11) UC Santa Barbara

Peter Chua (11) San Jose State University

Elvia Ramirez (11) CSU Sacramento

 

Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

 

Don Barrett (11) CSU San Marcos, Chair

Marcia Marx (10) CSU San Bernardino

Dennis Loo (10) Cal Poly Pomona

Susan Palmer (10) Walla Walla Community College,

Daniel  Renfrow (11) Wells College

Jodi Dewey (11) Concordia University

Byron Lee (11) Temple University

 

Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching

 

Sharon Davis (11) University of La Verne, Co-Chair

Glenn Goodwin (10) University of La Verne, Co-Chair

Virginia Mulle (10) University of Alaska Southeast

Daniel Renfrow (11) Wells College

Monika J. Ulrich (12) University of Arizona

Elsa Valdez (12) CSU San Bernardino

 

Contract Monitoring Committee

 

Jane Ward (11) UC Riverside,

Beth Schneider (11) UC Santa Barbara

Dean S. Dorn Executive Director, liaison from Council

 

Committee on the Status of Women

 

Debra Guckenheimer (11) UC Santa Barbara, Chair

Zeynep Kilic (10) Arizona State University

Natalia Deeb-Sossa (10) UC Davis

Kathy Kaiser (10) CSU Chico

Teresa Ciabattari (11) Pacific Lutheran University

Cynthia Siemsen (11) CSU Chico

 

Membership Committee

 

Jennifer Eichstedt (11) Humboldt State University, Co-Chair

Keith Farrington (11) Whitman College, Co-Chair

Dennis Downey (10) CSU Channel Island

Melissa Thompson (11) Portland State University

Amy Orr (11) Linfield College

Kristen Bates (12) CSU San Marcos

Vikas Gumbhir (12) Gonzaga University

 

Committee on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons in Sociology

 

William Wagner III (10) CSU Channel Islands, Chair

Nicole Raeburn (11) USF

Ann Travers (11) Simon Fraser University

Anna Muraco (11) Loyola Marymount University

James Thing (12) USC

Dan Cortese (12) UC San Francisco

Jillian Deri (12) Simon Fraser University

 

Audit Committee

Nicholas Miller (12) Sacramento City College

Carolina Apesoa-Varano (12) UC Davis

 Dean S. Dorn (08) Executive Director, liaison from Council

 

Site Selection Committee

 

Sharon Araji (12) University of Colorado, Denver, President-elect 2010

Michael Messner (11) USC, President 2010

Judith Treas (10) UC Irvine, President,2008 and Past President 2009

Dean S. Dorn, Executive Director, liaison from Council

 

Student Affairs

 

Tina Burdsall (09) Portland State University, Co-Chair

Cherylynn Bassani (10) University of British Columbia, Co-Chair

Sharon Oselin (10) CSU Los Angeles

Liahna E. Gordon (10) CSU Chico

Michael Barnes (10) CSU Long Beach

Joanna Gregson (11) Pacific Lutheran University

Sally Raskoff (11) Los Angeles Valley College

Rebecca Romo (12) UC Santa Barbara

 

Committee on Practice, Applied, and Clinical Sociology

Robert Kettlitz (12) Hastings College, chair

Meda Chesney-Lind (10) University of Hawaii

Richard Lockwood (11) Portland State University

Yvonne Luna (11) Northern Arizona University

Susan Mannon (11) Utah State University

Richard Garvey (11) Rand Corporation

Don Winiecki (12) Boise State University


 The Social Conscience Committee

 

 

The PSA Endowment Committee

 

Wendy Ng (10) San Jose State University, Co-Chair

David Snow (11) UC Irvine, Co-Chair

Jane Prather (10) CSU Northridge

Steven Ortiz (10) Oregon State University

Sine Anahita (11), University of Alaska Fairbanks

Deirdre Tyler (11) Salt Lake Community College

 

Committee on Community College

 

J. Verne Cromartie (10) Contra Costa College, Chair

Tonmar Johnson (10) Solano Community College

Debjani Chakraborti (10) Columbia Basin Community College

Jeffrey W. Basham (12) College of the Sequoias

Susan Palmer (12) Walla Walla Community College

Chris Solario (12) Chemeketa Community College

 

Program Committee for 2010 Annual Meeting in Oakland

 

Karen Sternheimer, University of Southern California, Chair

Mike Messner, University of Southern California

Amy Wharton, Washington State University

James McKeever, University of Southern California

Scott Akins, Oregon State University

Shamshul Alam, Southern Oregon State University

Scott Brooks, UC Riverside

Kjersten Bunker Whittington, Reed College

Michelle Camacho, University of San Diego

Mike Chavez, University of California, Riverside,

Marisol Clark-Ibanez, CSU San Marcos

Alison Cliath, CSU, Fullerton

Celestino Fernandez, University of Arizona

Glenda Flores, University of Southern California

Liahna Gordon, CSU Chico

Kathryn Hadley, CSU Sacramento

Karla Hackstaff, Northern Arizona University

Gary Kinte Perry, Seattle University

Aimee Liu, CSU Sacramento 

Dennis Loo, CSU Pomona 

Ann Travers, Simon Fraser University

Virginia Mulle, U Alaska Southeast

Sally Raskfoff, Los Angeles Valley College

Ellen Scott, University of Oregon

Carl Stempel, CSU East Bay

Sandra Way, New Mexico State University