SUNDAY APRIL 1ST 2007

SUNDAY, APRIL 1

summary of events
8:00 am - 10:00 am registration
8:30 am – 10:00 am 2007-2008 Council Meeting
8:30 am – 1:30 pm sessions
8:30 am – 10:00 am 2007-8 council meeting

SUNDAY, APRIL 1
8:30 am – 10:00 am

194) Graduate Student Session: Does Class Matter? Exploring Social Class in Contemporary Society
organizer: Jane Emery Prather, CSU Northridge
Michelle Lee Ann DeMont, CSU Northridge: No Child Left Behind: The Struggle of Single Mothers Trying to Overcome Poverty
Laura Scott, CSU Northridge: Under Three Strikes: California’s Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Law & Its Impact upon Families
Elena Sosnovskaya, CSU Northridge: Divorce in Cross-Class Marriages: Upward Social Mobility of Women with Children in Los Angeles

195) Education System & Student Self
organizer: Anna Narvid, CSU Northridge
Anna Narvid, CSU Northridge: Student Alienation: The Affect of University Structure on Student Self
Matthew J. Geraths, PSU: The Power of Context: The Process of Identity Change While Studying Abroad
Erin Kleymann, New Mexico State Univ.: Student Motivations & Choice of College Major

196) Reducing the Risk: The Response of Higher Education to Underrepresented Populations
organizer: Collin E. Fellows, PSU
Thomas J. Halverson, Univ. of Washington: Do Your Parent’s Friends Determine Your College Future? Exploring Early Identification & Development of the College-Bound Social Networks for Parents of Low Income & First Generation College-Bound 4th & 5th Graders
Deirdre Bowen, Seattle Univ.: What Everybody’s Thinking but Nobody’s Saying: Underrepresented Minority Students’ Knowledge & Experience in the Face of Anti-Affirmative Action Responses
Mary Fletcher, PSU: The Imposter Syndrome: Its Impact on First-Generation Female College Students Experiences in Higher Education

197) Writing Sociology Outside Academe
(sponsored by the Committee on Practice, Applied & Clinical Sociology)
organizer: Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, CSU Los Angeles
Cristina Bodinger-deUriarte, CSU Los Angeles: Bottom-Lining Research for the Private Sector
Michael Cerneant, San Clemente, CA: Presenting Quantitative Material to the Statistically Disinclined
Marcel Morales, East Los Angeles College: Writing for Practicioners: Eldercare & the Sociologist

198) From the Streets to the Slums: Issues of Poverty
organizer: Rebekah Villafana & Apryll Chin, CSU Northridge
Scott Myers-Lipton, San Jose State: Social Solutions to Poverty: A Top Ten List
Egan Brinkman, Whitman College: Urban vs. Rural Homelessness: Perceptions of Absolute Poverty in the World’s Wealthiest Nation
Apryll Chin, CSU Northridge: Living Without Health Insurance

199) Studying Up: Ethnographies of Power
organizer: Jadi Morrow, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder
Merav Sadi-Nakar, UCLA: Ethnography of Special-Needs: Family Environment, IQ & the Over Representation of Minorities in Special Needs Framework
Sophia E. Hammett, Univ. of New Mexico: Voluntourism: Negotiating, Structure & Agency in Stipended Service
Jadi Morrow, Univ. of Colorado at Boulder: Are Studies of the Police Studies of Power?

200) Gender Justice: Gains & Losses in the Oughts
organizer: Karla B. Hackstaff, Northern Arizona Univ.
Deon Hett, Northern Arizona Univ.: The Effects of Current Child Care Conditions in the U.S. on Maternal Employment: Issues of Gender Equality
Magdalena Vanya, UC Davis: Legal Fetishism & Ghettoized Feminism: The Unintended Consequences of the Global Struggle Against Domestic Violence
Sarah Flett, Northern Arizona Univ.: Female Genital Mutilation: Cultural Relativism versus Human Rights Violation
Shahin gerami, San Jose State Univ. & Melodye Lehnerer, Community College of Southern Nevada: Gender & International Violence: The Direct & Indirect Costs to Women

201) Issues In Immigrant Experiences & Wealth
organizer: Juyeon Son, Univ. of Oregon
Olga Bright, CSU Chico: Immigrant & Native Labor Market Experiences & Medicaid Coverage, 1994-2002
Tamiko Eto, San Jose State: Assimilation of Idaho Mexican Americans: Health Care & Educational Attainment Patterns 1994-2004
Daniel E. Martinez, Univ. of Arizona: Diabetes & Substance Abuse among Adults Over 40 Years of Age in a Southwestern City
Leakhena Nou, CSU Long Beach: A Qualitative Examination of the Psychosocial Adjustment of Khmer Refugees in Three Massachusetts Communities

202) Doing Gender: 30 Years Later
(sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women)
organizer: Cynthia Siemsen, CSU Chico
Dan Ryan, Mills College: Women, Men & the Information Order
Lisa Marie Haley, Stanford: Social Exchange Theory vs. Doing Gender Applied to Female Orgasm
Christy Craig, Colorado State Univ.: Redefining the Feminine: American Tribal Style Belly Dance

203) Activism & Academia: Creating Pedagogies of Resistance & Revolution in the Classroom
organizers: Nadia K. Raza, Lane Community College & Sharon Methvin, Nanjing Health School
Marcia Marx, CSU San Bernardino: Activist Pedagogy: The Case of Taco Bell, CFA & Designated Suppliers
Megan Seely, Sierra College: Fight Like a Girl: Integrating Feminist Pedagogy & Incorporating Activism into College Classrooms
Jordan Camp & Daniel Olmos, UCSB: The Disciplinary Figure of Sociological Inquiry: Knowledge Production in a Historic Moment of Planetary Insurrection
John Foran, UCSB: Cultivating Optimism in the Classroom

204) Disparities in the U.S. Health Care System
organizer: Stephanie Allen, Univ. of Colorado
Jodie M. Dewey, Loyola Univ.: Contesting Medical Boundaries
Stephanie Allen, Univ. of Colorado: Patient Satisfaction of Physician Communication: Are Patients Really That Satisfied?
Nicholas Bishop, Univ. of Colorado-Denver & Health Sciences Center: Gendered Aging in the American Health Care System
Roy Kwon, UCR: The Social Element of Triaging in the United States: Medical Triaging vs. Social Triaging
Helina Demissie, Univ. of Colorado: Fistula: An Example of Health Care Disparities

205) Current Research on Chicana/os & Latina/os
organizer: Paul Lopez, CSU Chico
David R. Diaz, CSU Northridge: Barrio Urbanism & the Structural Influence of Chicanos on Spatial Relations in the Cities of the Southwest
Roberto M. De Anda, PSU: Managed Migration: Braceros Then, Guest Workers Now
Jody Agius, UCI: Latina Spaces: The Role of Ethnic Voluntary Associations Among the Mexican-Origin Middle Class
Glenda M. Flores, USC: Chicana/Latina Teachers: Motivations for Entering the Teaching Profession & Occupational Experiences Depending on the Racial/Ethnic Balance of the School Site

SUNDAY, APRIL 1
10:15 am – 11:45 am

206) Current Migrational Patterns & Trends in the U.S.
organizer: Stephanie Allen, Univ. of Colorado
Beth A. Wilson, Western Carolina Univ. & Michael B. Toney & E. Helen Berry, Utah State Univ.: Onward Migration Differentials among Hispanics & non-Hispanic Blacks & Whites in the U.S. 1979-2002
Basil J. Sherlock & Juan L. Gonzales, CSU East Bay: The Longterm Growth of Urban Regions in California: The Historical Evolution of Parallel Megalopolises
Efren N. Padilla, CSU East Bay: Social & Legal Conditions of Filipino Migration to the U.S.

207) Understanding the Sociology Diaspora: The Importance of Ethnic Studies
organizer: Michelle Jacob, Univ. of San Diego
Sylvanna Falcon, UCSB: Speaking to Each Other & Not Past Each Other: Bridging Ethnic Studies & Sociology
Andrew Jolivette, SFSU: American Indian Studies & Sociology: Understanding Racial & Cultural Formation Theory through Mixed Race Studies: An Examination of Louisiana Creoles
Xuan Santos, UCSB: The Making of Chicano Sociology as a 2nd Class Area of Study in the Ivory Tower

208) Undergraduate Session: The Status of Women II
(sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women)
organizer: Marta Elliott, UNR
Pamela Kay English, UC Berkeley: Time Has Run Out: Coping Strategies after Welfare Reform
Kira Levy, UC Berkeley: Gender & Migration: A Transnational Study of Gender Constructs among Mexican Immigrants
Katherine Mauldin, UNR: Gender & Attitudes Toward Mental Illness
Kali Steele, Mills College: Women for Peace: Personal Power through Transformational Politics

209) Social Geographies of Health
organizer: Alexis Martinez, UCSF
Junhua Yu, Univ. of Alabama: The Impact of the Social & Natural Environment on Health Status
Sukari Ivester, UC Berkeley: Health Inequalities & the Urban Foodscape: Evidence from Alameda County
Anthony DiStefano, UCSF: Suicidality & Self-Harm among Sexual Minorities in Japan

210) Sociology of Breast Cancer
organizer: Grace J. Yoo, SFSU:
presider & discussant: Maren Klawiter, Georgia Institute of Technology
Chris VanOnselen, UCSF & Caryn Aviv, Univ. of Denver: Employment Patterns & Inequalities among Breast Cancer Survivors from Diverse Ethnic Groups
Maria Elena Gonzalez, Stanford Univ. & Erin McCoy & Ellen G. Levine, SFSU: Spirituality & Religious Support among Diverse Breast Cancer Survivors
Heather Law & Grace J. Yoo, SFSU: Constructions of Risk: Narratives of Diverse Breast Cancer Survivors

211) Sociological Activism: From Service Learning to Participatory Action Research
organizer: Sally Raskoff, Los Angeles Valley College
Coleen Begley, Agnes Alvarez & Liza Cruz, CSU Northridge: Homeless Social Issues Portrayed through Photojournalism
Susan Harris, Kara Lemma & Poorni Otilingam, USC: Engaged Pedagogies

212) Nontraditional Professionals: The Study of Marginalized Work & Occupations: II
organizer: Jennifer L. Harrison, ASU
Lori Freedman, UC Davis: The Marginalization of Abortion in the Medical World
Molly George, UCSB: The Construction of Expertise in Semi-Professional Service Work
Jennifer L. Harrison, ASU: The Professionalism of Local Musicians: An Explanatory Study of the Coffee Shop Circuit
Erin Malone, UCSD: Legitimizing Practices: A Study of Emotion Work within Bureaucracy
Jennifer Arney, ASU: Dramatization in the Death Care Industry: The Modern Funeral Director as Master Conductor in Theatrical Production

213) Strategies for Social Movements & Social Change: III
organizer: Dennis J. Downey, Univ. of Utah
presider: Christine Petit, UCR
Karl Ren-Hung Wu, Univ. of British Columbia: Human Chains vs. Missiles: Contentious Movements in a Non-Provocative Manner – an Analysis of the 2003 ‘Holding Hands’ Movement in Taiwan
Nori Henk, Loyola Univ. of Chicago: Emphasizing the Movement of New Religious Movements: A Quest for a United World & Focolare Movement
Roy Kwon & Ashley Koda, UCR: WSF: World Scholars Forum?
Robin DeCook, Whitman College: AIDS & Agriculture: Differing Tactics in the Protest Movement against the Thai-U.S. Free Trade Agreement

214) Midlife & Aging Families
organizer: Edythe M. Krampe, CSU Fullerton
Albert Y. Chen, CSU Fullerton: The Effects of Filial Piety on Asian American Caregiving & Emotional Stress
Kristy Y. Shih & Karen Pyke, UCR: Power, Resistance & Patriarchy in Chinese Immigrant Mother/Daughter-in-Law Relations
Jamey K. Flynn, CSU Fullerton: Self-Image, Social Networks & Adjustment to Widowhood in Later Life
Edythe M. Krampe, CSU Fullerton: Father Presence in Middle Age & Older Women

215) University & Community Partnerships: How Does Sociology Help Communities?
organizer: Matt G. Mutchler, CSU Dominguez Hills
Mako Fitts & Gary Perry, Seattle Univ.: Revitalizing a Critical Ethnography in the Study of Gentrification
Esther Castillo & Matt G. Mutchler, CSU Dominguez Hills, James Thing, USC & Tara McKay, AIDS Project Los Angeles & UCLA: Doing Community-Based, Participatory Research to Address Sex, Drugs & HIV among Young Gay Men of Color from a Sociological Perspective
Tamara Sniezek, CSU Stanislaus: Developing a Homeless Resource Center: A University-Community Partnership
Cassandra D. Engeman, UCSB: Incorporating Students into Community-University Partnerships: A Case Study of the Holyoke Community Outreach Partners

216) Undergraduate Paper Session: The Contribution of Sociology Students in Connecting the Academy to the Community
[sponsored by Alpha Kappa Delta]
organizer: Virginia Mulle, University of Alaska Southeast
presider: Amy Orr, Linfield College
Darci J. Pauser, UC Berkeley: Houseless: Agents of Our Own Destruction
Amber Miller, Humboldt State Univ.: Community & Identity on MySpace: An Ethnographic Study of Frequent Users at Humboldt State University
Zachary Spierling, Fresno Pacific Univ.: The Impact of a Bar: A Crime Rate Study
Kristen Jurkovich, UC Berkeley: High School Youth in a Central Californian Town: Is College Out of Reach?
Marian Marx, Mills College: Students as Parents: An Exploratory Study of the Resources Available to Students with Children or Expecting Children at East Oakland Community High

217) Online Worlds: Play, Conflict & Community in Cyberspace II
organizers: Elena Sosnovskaya, Sima Forghani & David Boyns, CSU Northridge
Robert J. Moore, Palo Alto Research Center & E. Cabell Hankinson Gathman, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison: Role-Playing Practices in Massively Multiplayer Online Worlds
Chad Parsons, UCR: The Halo Effect: Role Construction in an Online Competitive Environment
Melissa J. Monson, Metro State College of Denver: Epeen Envy: Forging Masculinity in the World of Warcraft
Elena A. Sosnovskaya, CSU Northridge: Community & Social Solidarity in Cyberspace: The Nature of Guilds Relations in the World of Warcraft
David Boyns, CSU Northridge: The Savory Deviant Delight: A Study of the Violation of Trust & Normative Order in an Online World

218) Graduate Student Paper Session: Open Topic
organizer: Patricia Jennings, CSU East Bay
Amy Alton, CSU East Bay: Invisible Zapatistas: Women’s Work Outside the EXLN
Michele Collins, CSU East Bay: Using the Internet to Find a Spouse
Carolyn Glesmann, CSU East Bay: Factors Affecting Housing Selection for Interracial Couples in the Bay Area
Brian Soller, CSU East Bay: The Effect of Social Perceptions & Alcohol & Tobacco Use on Adolescent Marijuana Use

SUNDAY, APRIL 1
12:00 pm -1:30 pm

219) Centering Women of Color in Theory & Research
organizer: Sabrina Alimahomed, UCR
Amy Andre SFSU & Marlene Barberousse-Nikolin, Austin TX: Up the Mountain from Petitionville: A Conversation with Two Haitian American Queer Women
Roksana Badruddoja, Rutgers Univ.: From Research to Process to Non-Oppression to Negotiation of Power
Cristian Mercado, CUNY Graduate Center: Understanding the Lag of Intersections: Discourse on Black Women’s Experiences of Intimate Partner Violence
Sabrina Alimahomed, UCR: Traversing Race, Gender, Class & Sexuality

220) Undergraduate Session: The Status of Women II
(sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women)
organizer: Marta Elliott, UNR
Amber Burkan, UC Berkeley: Postmenopausal Women: Redefining Body Image & Sexuality
Julieta Carrillo, CSU Chico: Examining the Sexual Agency of Chicanas at Midlife
Becky Kruse, Fresno Pacific Univ.: A Comparative Study of Body Dissatisfaction among the College-Aged
Erika Robillard, Pacific Lutheran Univ.: A Glimpse into the Deviant Job of Stripping

221) Ladies First: Exploring Women’s Role in Hip-Hop Culture
organizer: Andreana Clay, SFSU
Felicia Viator, UC Berkeley: It’s My Beat: The Role of Women in the Early Development of Hip Hop
Diane Keeling, Colorado State Univ.: The Way She Moves
Kate Furuyama, UCI: Talking About Race & Gender

222) Where Sociology Connects with Psychology
organizer: Fumiko Hosokawa, CSU Dominguez Hills
Fumiko Hosokawa & Michele Linden, CSU Dominguez Hills: Where Sociology Connects with Psychology: An Analysis of the American Family
Lee Jin Baek, Yonsei Univ.: The Sociological Analysis of the Affection Generation
Merav Sadi-Nakar, UCLA: The Making of Difference: Psychology, Class & Ethnicity in Action & the Battle Over Special Education
Vincent Jeffries, CSU Northridge: The Nature of Love: Personality & Interpersonal Perspectives

223) Studying Social Movements in & Through the Media
organizer: Edwin Amenta, UCI
Edwin Amenta & James Stobaugh, UCI, Neal Caren, Univ. of Michigan & Sheera Olasky, NYU: Theories of Social Movements & the Newspaper Coverage of U.S. SMOs in the Twentieth Century
Elizabeth Chiarello, UCI: Prescription Coverage: How Third Parties Shape Mass Media Discourse Regarding Pro-Life Pharmacists
Kelsey Kretschmer UCI: Breaking through: Small Movement Organizations & the Media
Kelly Ramsey, UCI: From Senate to Seen It to Say What?: Advocacy Coalitions for Social Security Privatization in Major & Minor Media

224) Ethnicity & Immigration in the United States II
organizer: Paul Lopez, CSU Chico
Elsa O. Valdez, CSU San Bernardino: Anti-Immigration Internet Media: Narratives & Images
Vanna Gonzales & Francisco Alatorre, ASU: Family Assistance Ministries & the Latino Working Poor: Are Faith-Based Initiatives Helping or Hurting Latino Immigrants
Tanya Nieri, ASU: School Composition & Students’ Acculturation Experience: How Classmates Shape Children’s Cultural Identity

225) Ethnography: Working with the Method
organizer: Jadi Morrow, Univ. of Colorado-Boulder
Charles Sarno, Holy Names Univ.: Some Chiefly Charming Stories: How Can You Say that Race is No Laughing Matter?
Jennifer Rogers & Tonya Lindsey: UCSB: Doing Gender at Night: Team Ethnography & Analytic Interpretations
Jadi Morrow, Univ. of Colorado-Boulder: Gaining Trust with the Police
Mark J. Salvaggio, CSU Bakersfield: Backpacker Ethnography in the Ruta Maya

226) Sociology of Collegiate Athletics in American Higher Education
organizer: Sharon Yee, ASU
Timothy Kniseley & Beth Fredericks, ASU: The Image of Athletics
Linda Heuser & Jerry Gray, Willamette Univ.: The Experience & Management of Time among NCAA Division III Athletics
Terri Tupper, Northern Arizona Univ.: For the Love of the Game: Dedication & Desire in Women’s Ice Hockey
Desiree Serrano, ASU: Intercollegiate Softball & Women of Color

227) Relationships & Social Support Across the Life Span
organizer: Anna Muraco, Loyola Marymount Univ.
Heather Kohler Flynn, UC Davis: Friendship Characteristics & Transitions Across the Adolescent to Early Adulthood Trajectory of the Life Course: A Thirteen-Year Longitudinal Study
Junhua Yu, Univ. of Alabama: The Link Between Choice of Health Lifestyle by the Elderly & the Availability of Social & Emotional Support
Leonard Gordon, ASU: Rena & Me

228) Sociology in the Community: Engaging Community in Collaborative Research with Community Based Participatory Research Methods
organizer: Susan E. Stockdale, UCLA
Sue Marie Wright, Edwin Fonseca & Seffani Ortega, Eastern Washington Univ.: Probably for the Rest of Our Lives
Stacy A. Hammons, Fresno Pacific Univ.: Collaborative Research between the University & the Community: The Challenge of Defining Community
Mary Gee, Monica Molina & Davis Ja, Davis Y. Ja & Associates, Inc.: Youth Educating & Advocating for Health (YEAH): Developing a Theory of Change Model & Preliminary Evaluation Findings
Bowen Chung, UCLA, Charles Edward Corbett, Andrea Jones & Loretta Jones, Health African American Families: Talking Wellness: Results of a Community Partnered Participatory Research Project to Engage an African American Community Around Depression through the Arts
Kavita Patel, UCLA, Delores A. Hill, Kaiser Permanente, Ruthie Gray, United Women in transition, Nisaa Madyun, LA County & Loretta Jones, Healthy African Families: Community Assessment of the Effect of Environmental Factors on Depression

229) Hegemonic Potpourri: Teaching Global, Political & Institutional Sociology
organizer: Eric Haruo Honda, Stockton, CA
Eric Haruo Honda, Stockton, CA: Losing Ground?: A Special Model of Hegemonic Regime Survival Amid Rivals & Resistance
Scott David Parker, UNR: Re-imagining Politics: C. Wright Mills, Methodology & the Craft of Political Inquiry
Clayton Peoples, UNR: Class Dominance & Policymaking in the U.S. House: Why ‘Who Rules’ is Right after Forty Years
Tina Martinez, Blue Mountain Community College: Exploring Global Inequalities Through the Camera’s Lens