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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 Portland 2008
• 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

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 participatin of community college fculty in the association and the discipline, such as planning activities for community college fculty at the annual meeting and monitoring their participation. This committee shall consist of six members fo the association, form 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 form 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 will also spend a considerable amount of time soliciting nominations for the PSA distinguished contributions to teaching award. 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 agenda for up-coming meeting of the committee at the PSA annual meeting, and distribute 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 to the PSA Secretary for publication in the Association's 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 2008-09

The 2008-2009 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. This list also includes newly appointed members in January of 2008.  The new members will begin their term at the annual conference in Portland.

Elected Permanent Committees

Nominations Committee

Jodi O’Brien (09) Seattle University, incoming ex officio Chair
Dwaine Plaza (10) Oregon State University
Sara Steen (09) University of Colorado Boulder
Adalberto Aguirre, Jr. (11) UC Riverside
Dean Dorn Executive Director, liaison from Council

Publications Committee

Kathy Kuipers (09) University of Montana, Chair
Sally Gallagher (09) Oregon State University
Scott Akins (10) Oregon State University
Celestino Fernandez (09) University of Arizona
Karen Miller-Loessi (10) Arizona State University
Dina Okamoto (10) UC Davis
Charles Powers (10) Santa Clara University and Marilyn Fernandez (10) Santa Clara University, ex officio, Editors
Dean S. Dorn Executive Director, liaison from Council

Committee on Committees

Marilyn Fernandez (09) Santa Clara University, incoming ex officio Co-Chair
Robert O'Brien (10) University of Oregon, incoming ex officio Co-Chair
Dennis Loo (09) Cal Poly Pomona
Roberto de Anda (09) Portland State University
Jessica Fields (09) San Francisco State University
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
Dean Dorn (08) Executive Director, liaison from Council

Appointed Standing Committees

Awards Committee

Teresa Ciabattari (10) Pacific Lutheran University, Chair
Anna Leon Guerrero (09) Pacific Lutheran
Ellis Godard (09) CSU Northridge
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

Committee on Teaching

Michelle Camacho (11) University of San Diego, Chair
Olga Bright (10) CSU Chico
Adam Rafalovich (10) Pacific University
Rosemary Powers (11) Eastern Oregon University
Caleb Bush (11) University of New Mexico Galup
Lindsay Custer (11) Cascadia Community College
Joyce M. Johnson (09) Santa Rose Jr. College

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 Barret (11) CSU San Marcos
Cheryl Radeloff (09) Minnesota State University
Glenn Goodwin (09) University of La Verne
Virginia Mulle (10) University of Alaska Southeast
Andreana Clay (10) San Francisco State University
Jodi Dewe (11) Concordia University
Byron Lee (11) Temple University

Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching

David Musick (09) University of Northern Colorado, Chair
Cheryl Radeloff (09) Minnesota State University
Glenn Goodwin (09) University of La Verne
Virginia Mulle (10) University of Alaska Southeast
Andreana Clay (10) San Francisco State University
Daniel Renfrow (11) Pacific Lutheran University
Sharon Davis (11) University of La Verne

Contract Monitoring Committee

Jane Ward (11) UC Riverside, newly appointed member
Beth Schneider (11) UC Santa Barbara, newly appointed member
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
Kari Norgaard (09) Whitman College
Dennis Downey (10) CSU Channel Island
Melissa Thompson (11) Portland State University
Amy Orr (11) Linfield College
Jill Weight (09) CSU San Marcos

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

William Wagner III (09) CSU Channel Islands, Chair
Nicole Raeburn (11) USF
Ann Travers (11) Simon Fraser University
Kari Lerum (09) UW-Bothel
Anna Murraco (11) Loyola Marymount University

Audit Committee

Megan Seely (09) Sierra College
Pam Flaherty (09) Sacramento City College
Deva Chopyak (09) Consumnes River College
Dean S. Dorn (08) Executive Director, liaison from Council

Site Selection Committee

Judith Treas (10) UC Irvine, President-elect 2008
Jodi O’Brien (09) Seattle University, President 2008
Michael Messner (11) University of Southern California
Dean S. Dorn, Executive Director, liaison from Council

Student Affairs

Tina Burdsall (09) Portland State University, Co-Chair
Sharon Oselin (10) CSU Los Angeles
Liahna E. Gordon (10) CSU Chico
Michael Barnes (10) CSU Long Beach
Cherylynn Bassani (10) University of British Columbia
Joanna Gregson (11) Pacific Lutheran University
Sally Raskoff (11) Los Angeles Valley College
Carolyn Zook (11) Portalnd State University

Committee on Practice, Applied, and Clinical Sociology

Cristina Bodiner-deUriate (09) CSU Los Angeles, Chair
Cherylynn Bassani (09) University of British Columbia
Amy Q. Liu, CSU (09) CSU Sacramento
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

The Social Conscience Committee

Robert Buck (09)San Diego State, Chair
Michele Jacob (09) University of San Diego

The PSA Endowment Committee

Wendy Ng (10) San Jose State University, Co-Chair
Jane Prather (10) CSU Northridge
Steven Ortiz (10) Oregon State University
Sine Anahita (11), University of Alaska Fairbanks
David Snow (11) UC Irvine
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
Michael Samano (09) Lane Community College
Joyce Johnson (09), Santa Rosa Community College
Deidre Tyler (09), Salt Lake City Community College
Marie Butler (09) Oxnard College
Debjani Chakraborti (10) Columbia Basin Community College

Program Committee for 2009 Annual Meeting in San Diego

Dennis Downey, CSU Channel Islands, Chair
Judith Treas, UC Irvine, President
Berch Berberoglu, University of Nevada Reno
Ricky Bluthenthal, CSU Dominguez Hills
Yvonne A. Braun, University of Oregon
Lisa Catanzarite, Washington State University
Sharon K. Davis, University of LaVerne
Laura Edles, CSU Northridge
Cynthia Felicino, UC Irvine
Roseann Giarrusso, CSU Los Angeles
Jennifer Glick, ASU
Steve Gordon, CSU Los Angeles
John Hipp, UC Irvine
Julie Kmec, WSU
Martha Lampland, UCSD
Anna Leon-Guerrero, Pacific Lutheran University
Rafik Mohamed, University of San Diego
Virginia Mulle, University of Alaska Southeast
Robert O’Brien, University of Oregon
Martin Orr, Boise State
Michael Perez, CSU Fullerton
Bruce Phillips, Hebrew Union College
Ellen Reese, UC Riverside
Linda Rillorta, Mt. San Antonio College
Beth Schneider, UC Santa Barbara
Kelley D. Strawn, Willamette
Linda Vo, UC Irvine
Rudi Volti, Pitzer College
Faye L. Wachs, CSU Pomona
Carrie Yodanis, University of British Columbia

Committee & Council Meeting Times

PSA COMMITTEE AND COUNCIL MEETINGS IN PORTLAND

THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH

7:00-9:00 PM 

Dinner for PSA Committee Chairs, Veritable Quandary (invitation only)

FRIDAY, APRIL 11

8:30-10-00 AM

2007-2008 Council Meeting (J. O’Brien, Hohm, Treas, Fernandez, Schneider, R.O’Brien, Dorn, R.Powers, C. Powers, Duran-Aydintug, Robnett, Stets, Wharton, Jones. Invitees: Messner, Inderbitzin, Berg, Pyke, and Fawcett)

Social Conscience Committee (Blazak & Zook)

10:15-11:45 AM

Committee on Publications (Chair, Kuipers, Gallagher, Akins, C. Fernandez, Miller-Loessi, Okamoto, Barrett, Serpe, C. Powers, M. Fernandez)

Committee on Awards (Chair, Leon-Guerrero, Van Dyke, Chai, Godard, Hormel, Draper, Ciabattari, Lerum,  Reich, and Butler)

12:00-1:30 PM

2009 (San Diego) Program Committee Meeting/Luncheon (invitation only)

Committee on Practice, Applied, and Clinical Sociology (Chair, Bodinger-deUriarte, Meisel, Lucas, Bassani, Liu, Chesney-Lind, Lockwood, Luna, Garvey, and Mannon)

Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching  (Chair, Musick, George-Cramer, Radeloff, Goodwin, Mulle, Clay, Renfrow, and Davis)

1:45-3:15 PM

Committee on Teaching  (Chair, Johnson, Inderbitzin, Swan, Bright, DeCesare, Rafalovich, Camacho, R. Powers, Bush, and Custer)

Committee on Status of Women (Chair, Sears, Hausbeck, George-Cramer, Kilic, Deeb-Soosa, Kaiser, Ciabattari, Guckenheimer, and Siemsen)

Sociological Perspectives Editorial Board Meeting (C. Powers, M. Fernandez & others).

3:30-5:00 PM

Committee on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Persons (Chair Wagner III, Raeburn, Travers, Austin, Lerum, Silber, Murraco)

Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Chair, Araji, Kuecker, Citeroni, Palmer, Loo, Marx, B. Lee, Barrett, and Dewey)

SATURDAY, APRIL 12th

10:15-11:45 AM

Committee on Membership Co-Chairs, Orr and Weigt, S. Williams, Anderson, Norgaard, DeCesare, Thompson, Eichstedt, Farrington, and Downey)

Committee on Nominations (Chair, Hohm, Incoming Chair, J. O’Brien, Raskoff, Plaza, Steen, and Aguirre)

12:00-1:30 PM

Endowment Committee Co-Chairs, Ng and Way, Beattie, Shim, Prather, Ortiz, Anahita, Snow, and Tyler)

California Sociological Association Board Meeting

1:45-3:15 PM

Committee on Student Affairs (Co-Chairs, Honda and Burdsall, Virnoche, Gonzales, Bright, Oselin, Gordon, Barnes, Bassani, Gregson, Raskoff, and Zook)

Committee on Community Colleges (Chair, Cromartie, T. Johnson, Samano, J. Johnson, Tyler, Butler, and Chakraborti)

3:30-5:00 PM

Committee on Committees (Chair Schneider, Incoming Chair, M. Fernandez, Incoming Co-Chair, R. O'Brien, Chen, Fields, Nathan, Loo, de Anda, E. Fields, J. Fields, Andes, Barajas, Boyns. Callero, Dean, and Wachs)

Committee on Race and Ethnicity (Chair, Yee, C. Fernandez, S. Williams, Thing, Aguilera, Pichardo, Perez, Rios, Chua, Ramirez, and Elise)

SUNDAY, APRIL 10th

8:30-10:00 AM

2008-2009 PSA Council Meeting (2008-2009 PSA Council Meeting (Treas, J. O’Brien, Messner, R. O’Brien, M. Fernandez, Wharton, Dorn, R. Powers, Duran-Aydintug, Robnett, Inderbitzin, Berg, Pyke and Fawcett)

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.

Endowment Committee

The PSA Endowment Committee is a six member committee appointed by the Committee on Committees with the approval of  Council. Members would serve three year terms, two members from each region (north, south, central). Terms would be staggered - in any one year, two members would end their terms and two would begin their terms. The purpose of the ad hoc committee - working with the Secretary/Treasurer -  is to raise funds for the Endowment.