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committees

Information related to PSA committees is broken up across several different articles. However, you can browse through all committee-related information below.

 

Contact the PSA Secretary, Virginia Mulle, if you have any questions about any of these committees.

 

 

• current committee membership
• Committee and Council meeting times in Seattle 2011 (to be announced)
• committee reports
• volunteer to serve on a committee
• full list of all committees (each includes description, composition, chair duties and responsibilities, suggested calendar, and agenda):
  • audit committee
  • awards committee
  • committee on practice, applied & clinical
  • program committee
  • publications committee
  • committee on the status of racial & ethnic minorities
  • student affairs committee
  • nominations committee
  • committee on committees
  • committee on civil liberties & civil rights
  • committee on freedom of research & teaching
  • social conscience committee
  • contract monitoring committee
  • committee on the status of women in sociology
  • endowment committee
  • committee on the status of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons in sociology
  • membership committee
  • site selection committee
  • committee on teaching
  • committee on community colleges
  • emeritus committee (ad hoc)

membership committee

The Membership Committee assists the Officers of the Association in recruitmentand maintenance of membership in the Association and advises the Officersin interpretation of provisions in the Constitution and By-laws dealingwith membership.

The Membership Committee consists of six members of the association.Members are appointed or a three year term. Each year two members end andtwo members begin their term. Membership of the committee is recommendedto Council by the Committee on Committees and appointments are made by thePresident and/or Council. While members of the Membership Committee mayrecommend prospective members to the Committee on Committees, they do notselect their own committee members. They do, however, elect the committee'schair who should be someone who will be a continuing and active member ofthe committee. The Chair serves for one year, but can be reelected.

1. Procedures for taking committee action.

Committee action is taken following a majority vote of the committeemembers. This is done either at the annual meeting or by mail or email atthe request of the chair.

2. Specific duties of the chair.

The chair must develop the agenda for the year's activities and mustconvene the annual meeting of the committee. The chair is responsible forkeeping the lines of communication open between and among members, for organizingand conducting meetings), for keeping track of pertinent member activities,for writing the annual report, for keeping a committee archive and passingit on to the next chair, and for providing leadership. The chair of theMembership Committee works closely with the Secretary/Treasurer regardinginitiatives for increasing and maintaining membership.

3. Calendar of activities.

• by Dec. or earlier: Chair develops agenda for the March/April PSA meeting.
• Input from committee members is encourage and has been discussed with committeemembers at the previous PSA meeting or via phone, email, or mail.
• at annual meeting: Meet as a committee. Select someone to take minutes.
• Select/elect next committee chair.
• Discuss agenda items, which mostly involve ideas and procedures for increasingand/or maintaining membership in the PSA.
• Pass action items, if any, on to PSA Council.
• Solicit recommendations for prospective committee members; these are thenpassed on to the chair of the Committee on Committees.
• after annual mtg: Chair writes report of committee activities for publication in May newsletter. Due date for the report is May 1. The report highlights activitiesthe members have participated in throughout the year which relate to theMembership committee. Chair passes archive on to the next chair.

committee on commuity colleges

The Committee on Community Colleges shall concern itself with matters that relate to the participation of community college faculty in the association and the discipline, such as planning activities for community college faculty at the annual meeting and monitoring their participation. This committee shall consist of six members from the association, from among whom the chair shall be appointed by the Committee on Committees with the approval of Council. The term of office for each committee member shall be three years; each year two members start, one from each Divsion, and two members end their term of office. While members of the Committee may recommend prospective members to the Committee on Committees, they do not select their own members. They do, however, elect the committee's chair. The chair of the Committee is elected by the committee members from among their ranks and must be someone who will be a continuing and active member of the committee for at least one year. The chair is elected at the scheduled meeting of the committee and serves for one year. The chair can be reelected if continuing as a member of the committee.

1. Procedures for taking action.

The chair is responsible for contacting committee members whenever committee action is required. Members of the committee are encouraged to contact the chair with ideas, issues, and any other items that should be brought to the attention of the entire committee.

The chair of the committee should be elected from among those members who will continue service on the committee. Meeting with and communicating with committee members at the annual PSA meeting helps forge a bond between members and facilitates interaction and sharing of committee responsibilities.

A considerable amount of time should be spent on deciding what sessions the committee would like to sponsor at the following year's PSA meeting. These decisions need to be made at the committee's annual meeting in order to meet the deadline for submitting the Session Proposal Forms, which is usually May 1. For this reason, all committee members should be encouraged to attend the annual committee meeting and to agree to organize a session for inclusion in the following year's program.

2. Specific duties of the chair of the committee.

Most of the chair's activities (and time) involve organizing sessions for the annual meeting. The chair may do this directly, may assist other session organizers, or may solicit session organizers from among the committee members and members of the Association. The chair is also responsible for keeping the committee's file folder or archive and passing it on to the chair-designate.

3. Calendar of committee activities.

February/March: Develop an agenda for up-coming meeting of the committee at the PSA annual meeting and distribute it to all committee members at least two weeks before the meeting.

At the annual meeting: Conduct committee meeting. Pass on action items, if any. Select a committee chair for the following year. Meet new committee members. Discuss proposals for sessions at next year's PSA meeting.

By May 1: Write the annual report, including a summary of the year's activities, and submit it to the PSA Secretary for publication in the Association's online Newsletter. Submit Session Proposal Forms developed by committee members to the next year's Program Committee Chair. Session Proposal forms are available from the PSA Office, online, and also should be available at the registration table at the annual meeting.

committee membership 2010-2011

PSA committee membership 2009-2010, 2010-1011

Committee Composition 2010-2011

The 2010-2011 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. Those who an (11) following their names go off the committees at the end of the 2011 conference in Seattle.

Elected Permanent Committees

Nominations Committee

Michael Messner (11) USC, ex officio Chair

Beth Schneider (12) UCSB, incoming ex officio Chair

Adalberto Aguirre, Jr. (11) UC Riverside

Amy Leisenring (12) San Jose State University

Amy Orr (13) Linfield College

Charles Hohm, Executive Director, liaison from Council

Publications Committee

Dennis Downey (12), CSU Channel Islands, Chair

Rebecca Sandefur (12) Stanford University

Steven Ortiz (12) Oregon State University

Kevin Wehr (13) CSU Sacramento

Karen Seccombe (13) Portland State University

Jane Hood (13) University of New Mexico

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

Charles Hohm, Executive Director, liaison from Council

Committee on Committees

Don Barrett (12) CSU San Marcos, ex officio Co-Chair

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

Denise Segura (13) UCSB, incoming ex officio Co-Chair

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

Ann Travers (13) Simon Fraser University

Vickie Smith (13) UC Davis

Dana Collins (13) CSU Fullerton

Charles Hohm, Executive Director, liaison from Council

Appointed Standing Committees

Awards Committee

Jennifer Reich (11) University of Denver, Chair

Kari Lerum (11) Univ. of Washington Bothell

Marie Butler (11) Oxnard College

Vikas Gumbhir (12) Gonzaga University

Shari L. Dworkin (12) UC San Francisco

Roberta Espinoza (13) CSU Fullerton

Sunil Kukreja (13) University of Puget Sound

Jane Ward (13) UC Riverside

Committee on Teaching

Michelle Camacho (11) University of San Diego, Chair

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

Joshua Meisel (13) Humboldt State University

Nadia Raza (13) Lane Community College

Committee on Race and Ethnic Minorities

Sharon Elise (11) CSU San Marcos

Michael Perez (11) CSU Fullerton

Victor Rios (11) UC Santa Barbara

Peter Chua (11) San Jose State University

Elvia Ramirez (11) CSU Sacramento

Lisa Catanzarite (13) Washington State University

Gilberto Garcia, Central Washington University

Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Don Barrett (11) CSU San Marcos

Daniel  Renfrow (11) Wells College

Jodi Dewey (11) Concordia University

Byron Lee (11) Temple University

Akihiko Hirose 12) University of Colorado Denver

Sine Anahita (12) University of Alaska Fairbanks

Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching

Sharon Davis (11) University of La Verne, Chair

Daniel Renfrow (11) Wells College

Monika J. Ulrich (12) University of Arizona

Elsa Valdez (12) CSU San Bernardino

Kooros Mahmoudi (13) Northern Arizona University

Jeffrey Houser (13) University of Northern Colorado

Contract Monitoring Committee

Jane Ward (11) UC Riverside,

Beth Schneider (11) UC Santa Barbara

Charles Hohm, Executive Director, liaison from Council

Committee on the Status of Women

Cynthia Siemsen (11) CSU Chico, Chair

Camilla Sears (13) Simon Fraser University

Teresa Ciabattari (11) Pacific Lutheran University

Judith Hennessy (13) Central Washington University

Patricia Drew (13) CSU East Bay

Jennifer Jacobson (13) Yavapai College

Membership Committee

Jennifer Eichstedt (11) Humboldt State University

Keith Farrington (11) Whitman College

Melissa Thompson (11) Portland State University

Amy Orr (11) Linfield College

Kristen Bates (12) CSU San Marcos

Vikas Gumbhir (12) Gonzaga University

Gilberto Mireles (13) Whitman College

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

Byron Lee (13) Temple University, 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

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Charles Hohm, Executive Director, liaison from Council

Site Selection Committee

Sharon Araji (12) University of Colorado, Denver, President 2011

Michael Messner (11) USC, Past President 2010

Beth Schneider (13) UCSB, President elect 2012

Charles Hohm, Executive Director, liaison from Council

Student Affairs

Joanna Gregson (11) Pacific Lutheran University

Sally Raskoff (11) Los Angeles Valley College

Rebecca Romo (12) UC Santa Barbara

Herman Loether (13) CSU Domingez Hills

Ann Straham (13) CSU Stanislaus

Joshua Meisel (13) Humboldt State University

Shannon Bell (13) University of Oregon

Committee on Practice, Applied, and Clinical Sociology

Robert Kettlitz (12) Hastings College, Chair

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

David Musick (13) University of Northern Colorado

Marcus Marquandt (13) CSU Los Angeles

The Social Conscience Committee

Lari Lerum, University of Washington Bothel (11)

Mako Fittz, Seattle University (11)

The PSA Endowment Committee

Dean Dorn (14) CSU Sacramento, Chair

David Snow (11) UC Irvine

Sine Anahita (11), University of Alaska Fairbanks

Deirdre Tyler (11) Salt Lake Community College

Melanie Arthur (13) University of Alaska Fairbanks

Eileen Ie (13) East Los Angeles City College

David Bogumil (13) CSU Northridge

Committee on Community College

J. Verne Cromartie (13) Contra Costa College, Chair

Jeffrey W. Basham (12) College of the Sequoias

Susan Palmer (12) Walla Walla Community College

Chris Solario (12) Chemeketa Community College

Carli Richie-Zavaleta (13) Mira Costa College

Amy Holzang (13) Cerritos College

Nicholas Miller (13) Sacramento City College

Vivian Varela (13) Mendocino College

 

Emeritus Committee (ad hoc)

 

Jane Prather (13) CSU Northridge, Chair

Program Committee

 

Lucy Dwight, University of Colorado Denver, Chair

Ginny Mulle, University of Alaska Southeast

J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College

Richard Fernandez, Northern Arizona University

Echo Fields, Southern Oregon University

Joanna Gregson, Pacific Lutheran University

Vikas Gumbhir, Gonzaga University

Patricia Hoffman, New Mexico State University

Bob Kettlitz, Hastings College

Kathy Kuipers, University of Montana

Dennis Loo, Cal Poly Pomona

Lisa Martinez, University of Denver

Christine Oakley, Washington State University

Amy Orr, Linfield College

Susan Palmer, Walla Walla Community College

Lisa Pearce, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill

Jane Prather, CSU Northridge

Karen Seccombe, Portland State University

Richard Serpe, Kent State University

Carol Ward, Brigham Young University

Sharon Yee, Arizona State University

 

 

 

 

Committee & Council Meeting Times

PSA COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEETINGS IN OAKLAND

Times and Dates will be announced around December 15th 2009.

Emeritus Committee (Ad Hoc)

PSA Ad Hoc Emeritus Committee (draft description)

The PSA Ad Hoc Emeritus Committee shall be comprised of three retired faculty members of the PSA who will work to further integrate all emeriti faculty in to the organization. The charge of the committee shall be to provide a shared intellectual and social community where retirees may continue their engagement with teaching and scholarly activities. The committee shall engage in the organization of activities at the annual meeting for retired faculty including, but not limited to, a social reception, organization of sessions and seminars that reflect individual interests and expertise, presentation of informal talks and lectures, presentation of an annual Distinguished Lecture, initiation of special projects for the organization (such as a Living History Project of videotaped interviews), raising money for the Endowment Fund, contributing to the professional development of current PSA members through mentoring activity, and conducting workshops on issues relevant to faculty who are already retired or planning for their retirement.

Members of the PSA Ad Hoc Endowment Committee shall be appointed by the Committee on Committees.  There shall be three members on this committee, one from each region of the PSA (northern, central and southern) and they shall serve for a term of three years.

 

 

Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology

The Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology monitors the participation of women in the discipline and in the affairs of the Association, and reports to the Council and to the membership of the Association its findings and recommendations for enhancing such participation.

The Committee consists of six members of the Association. Membership of the committee is recommended to Council by the Committee on Committees and appointments are made by the President and/or Council for a three year term of office. Each year two members begin, and two members end their term of office. While members of the Committee on the Status of Women may recommend prospective members to the Committee on Committees, they do not select their own members. They do, however, elect the committee's chair. The chair of the Committee on the Status of Women is elected by the committee members from among their ranks and must be someone who will be a continuing and active member of the committee for at least one year. The chair is elected at the scheduled meeting of the committee during the annual PSA meeting and serves for one year. The chair can be reelected.

Committee on Teaching

The Committee on Teaching shall concern itself with issues relating to the teaching of sociology at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, including teaching theory and methods, curriculum program development, and other professional concerns related to teaching sociology. The Committee shall explore ways of improving the teaching of sociology through such efforts as organizing teaching workshops and regular paper and/or panel sessions at the annual meeting and/or through other appropriate means. The Committee shall help solicit nominations to be sent to the Awards Committee for the PSA distinguished contributions to teaching award and shall from time to time organize a reception and/or other gathering at the annual meeting in order to facilitate networking among members of the Association interested in the teaching of sociology. The Committee shall maintain effective liaison with the American Sociological Association's Section on Undergraduate Education, with the ASA's Teaching Resource Center, and with other professional organizations that focus on teaching.

Site Selection Committee

The PSA Constitution determines the members of the Site Selection Committee. The membership always consists of the PSA President, President-Elect, and Executive Director. The Executive Director usually serves as acting chair in order to facilitate the work of the committee.

The Site Selection Committee organizes and coordinates information about potential sites for the Association's annual meeting and reports to Council for site selection decisions.

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

The Committee on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons in Sociology shall monitor the participation of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons in the discipline and the affairs of the Association. The committee shall report to Council the status and concerns of gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgendered persons within the western region. The term of office for each committee member shall be three years; each year two members, start and two members end their term in office. While members of the Committee on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Persons may recommend prospective members to the Committee on Committees, they do not select their own members. They do, however, elect the committee's chair. The chair of the Committee is elected by committee members from among their ranks and must be someone who will be a continuing and active member of the committee for at least one year. The chair will serve for one year. The chair may be reelected. The chair is elected at the scheduled meeting of the committee, which is held during the annual PSA meeting.