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2010 Invited Sessions

2010 PSA INVITED SESSIONS (not in the public call) for the Annual Conference, April 8-11 in Oakland.

Toward a Sociology of the Trace

Macarena Gomez-Barris

USC

gomezbar@ucs.edu

Author Meets Critics: Enabling Creative Chaos: The Organization Behind the Burning Man Event by Katherine K. Chen

Katherine K. Chen

The City Univ. of New York

kchen@ccny.cuny.edu


Submitting to the NSF for Funding
Jan Stets
National Science Foundation
jstets@nsf.gov


Author Meets Critics: Black Men Can't Shoot by Scott Brooks
Randol Contreras
CSU Fullerton
racontreras@fullerton.edu

Visual Sociology: From Images Comes Understanding
Beverly Yuen Thompson
Texas Woman’s Univ.
bevyuen@gmail.cm

&
Kell Stone
El Camino College
kellmo331@yahoo.com

The Digital Divide: Restriction of Access, Accuracy of Information, Isolated Populations
Greg Morales
Mexican American Political Association
syoutsai@hotmail.com

The Social Content of Literature: Looking at the Novel as a Source of Post-Event Participant Observation
Greg Morales
Mexican American Political Association
syoutsai@hotmail.com

What’s Love Got To Do With It?  The Emotional/Relational World of Pop Songs
Tom Scheff
UCSB
scheff@soc.ucsb.edu

Resisting McCarthyism: To Sign or Not To Sign California’s Loyalty Oath
Bob Blauner
UC Berkeley

Global, Multiple, Relevant, Sharp: Can We Do Good Sociology on a World Scale?
Raewyn Connell
Univ. of Sydney
r.connell@edfac.usyd.edu.au

Structure & Inequality
Ann Strahm
CSU Stanislaus
astrahm@csustan.edu

Bullying: High School & Middle Schools: Video & Discussion
Todd Migliaccio
CSU Sacramento
tmigliac@csus.edu

Applying for Jobs in Academia
Todd Migliaccio
CSU Sacramento
tmigliac@csus.edu

Evaluation of Administrators: Creating Effective Models of Administrator
Paul O’Brien
CSU Stanislaus
pobrien@csustan.edu

Current Research at the California DMV: DUI, Suspended/Revoked Drivers, Negligent Operators & Graduated Licensing
Bayliss Camp
California Department of Motor Vehicles
bcamp@dmv.ca.gov

Race Matters
Alicia Gonzales
CSU San Marcos
amgonzal@csusm.edu

Making Sociology Matter
Alicia Gonzales
CSU San Marcos
amgonzal@csusm.edu

Quarter Century Retrospective on Kristin Luker’s “Abortion & the Politics of Motherhood
Dennis Downey
CSU Channel Islands
dennis.downey@csuci.edu


New Directions in Qualitative Research
Amy Denissen
CSU Northridge
adenissen@csun.edu

From Consumers to Producers of Knowledge: Helping Students Enter the Community of Scholars
Rosemary Powers
Eastern Oregon Univ.
rpowers@eou.edu

Does Presence Mean Equality? A Gendered Analysis of Women in Higher Education

Virginia Mulle

Univ. of Alaska Southeast

ginny.mulle@uas.alaska.edu

&

Camilla Sears

Simon Fraser Univ.

casears@sfu.ca

The Real Story of Women in Grad School
Debra Guckenheimer
UC Santa Barbara
debraguckenheimer@umail.ucsb.edu

Author Meets Critics; Undermining Race-Ethnic Identity in Arizona Copper Camps by Phylis Martinelli
Phylis Martinelli

St. Mary's College

Issues in the Community College
J. Vern Cromartie
Contra Costa College
j_vern_cromartie@yahoo.com

Civil Liberties Under Fire
Dennis Loo
Cal Poly Pomona
ddloo@csupomona.edu

Meet the Editors
Chuck Powers & Marilyn Fernandez
Santa Clara Univ.

Gender, Race, Ethnicity & Human Trafficking: A Video Session
Marcia Marx, Patricia Little, Mary Texeira & Elsa Valdez
CSU San Bernardino
mmarx@csusb.edu

Author Meets Critics: The Culture of Teenage Mothers by Joanna Gregson
Teresa Ciabattari
Pacific Lutheran Univ.
ciabatta@plu.edu

Author Meets Critics: We Fight To Win: Inequality & the Politics of Youth Activism by Hava Gordon
Jennifer Reich
Univ. of Denver
jreich@du.edu

The Continuing Relevance of Skin Color
Evelyn Nakano Glenn
UC Berkeley
englenn@berkeley.edu

Trends in Sociological Book Publication
Steven Rutter
Routledge Publishing
steve.retture@taylorfrancis.com

Sociology & Cultural Studies
Herman Gray
UC Santa Cruz
herman@ucsc.edu

The Feminist Imagination & Sociology
Cecilia Ridgeway
Stanford Univ.
ridgeway@stanford.edu

Racial Formation in the Era of Colorblind Racism
Howard Winant
UC Santa Barbara
hwinant@soc.ucsb.edu

Rethinking Work & Families
Lynne Casper
Univ. of Southern California
lcasper@usc.edu

Gender, Sexuality & the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic
Shari Dworkin
UCSF
shari.dworkin@ucsf.edu
    

C.W. Mills & the Sociological Imagination
Michael Burawoy
UC Berkeley
organizer: Michael Messner
USC
messner@usc.edu

Coupling & Uncoupling
Scott Books & Joanna Norton
UC Riverside
scottb@ucr.edu
joanna.norton@mail.ucr.edu

Author Meets Critic: Longing & Belonging: Parents, Children, & Consumer Culture by Allison J. Pugh
Karla Hackstaff
Northern Arizona Univ.
karla.hackstaff@nau.edu

Gender & Faculty Careers in STEM Disciplines
Amy Wharton
Washington State Univ.
Wharton@vancouver.wsu.edu


How Can I Make the Most of My Sociology Major?
(spons. by Student Affairs)
Joanna Gregson
Pacific Lutheran Univ.
gregsojg@plu.edu

California’s Proposition 8, LGBT Politics, & the Voters
Amy Stone
Trinity Univ.
amy.stone@trinity.edu

The Sociological Imagination Online
(spons. by Program)
Sally Raskoff
LAVC
raskofsa@lavc.edu

Where Do I Go From Here? Using your MA or PhD in Sociology to Secure Academic & Non-Academic Jobs
(spons. by Student Affairs Committee)
Sharon Oselin
CSU Los Angeles
soselin@calstatela.edu

Global Service Work
Eileen Otis
Univ. of Oregon
otis@uoregon.edu

The Future of the University
(spons. by COFRAT)
Glenn A. Goodwin & Sharon K. Davis
Univ. of La Verne
goodwing@ulv.edu

Author Meets Critic: Punishing the Poor: The Neoliberal Government of Social Insecurity by Loic Wacquant
Carl Stempel
CSU East Bay
carl.stempel@csueastbay.edu

Author Meets Critics: The Sociologically Examined Life: Pieces of the Conversation by Michael Schwalbe
(spons. by Committee on Teaching)
Rosemary Powers
Eastern Washington Univ.
rpowers@groupware.eou.edu

Preparing Students to Make Conference Presentations: The Role of Mentors
(spons. by Committee on Teaching)
Rosemary Powers
Eastern Washington Univ.
rpowers@groupware.eou.edu

Individual Troubles & Social Issues – Old & New – the Remix:  A Look at Classic Ethnographies & What’s New & the Same
Scott Brooks
UC Riverside
scott.brooks@ucr.edu

PSA Council Northern Bios 2008 Ballot

PSA COUNCIL-NORTHERN REGION

(Two year term 2009-2011)

 

Name: Georgie Weatherby, Gonzaga University

 

Present Position: Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Gonzaga University, 2001-present

 

Former Positions Held: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Washington State University at Vancouver, 1989-1990

Predoctoral Associate Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington, 1985-1988

 

Education: Ph.D., 1990, University of Washington, Sociology

                    M.A., 1984, Western Washington University, Sociology

                    B.A., 1979, Western Washington University with Distinction and Honors in Political Science and                                 Sociology

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Member, National Justice in Jesuit Higher Education Steering Committee, 2005-present

 

President, Washington State Sociological Association, 1989-1990

 

Member, Gonzaga Indian Education Outreach Program, 2001-present

 

Advisory Board Member, Institute for Action Against Hate, 2000-present

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA:

Chair, Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching, PSA, 1997-1999

Chair, Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, PSA, 1995-1997

Member, Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, PSA 1994-1995

Handbook for Committee Chairs, Contributor, PSA, 1997

 

Publications: “The Secularization of Religion and Television Commercials in the U.S.: An Update,” Georgie Ann Weatherby and Jean Pugh, Journal of Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (2008, http://www.scientificjournals.org).

 

“A Content Analysis of Persuasion Techniques Used on White Supremacist Websites,” Georgie Ann Weatherby and Brian Scoggins, Journal of Hate Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1 (2006): 9-31.

 

“Network News Coverage of School Shootings,” Brendan Maguire, Georgie Ann Weatherby, and Richard A. Mathers, The Social Science Journal, Vol. 39 (2002): 465-470.

 

“Violence, Morality, and Television Commercials,” Brendan Maguire, Diane Sandage, and Georgie Ann Weatherby, Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 20, No. 1 (January-March, 2000): 121-143.

 

Professional Contributions: 2008 PSA (annual regional conference). Session Organizer, Chair, and Presenter: The Assault Against Tenure: Memorial Session to Honor James Wood. Portland, OR.

 

2007 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (annual regional conference). Session Organizer, Chair, and Discussant: Religion and Gender. Tampa, FL.

 

2006 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (annual regional conference). Session Organizer, Chair, and Discussant: Sexuality and Religion. Portland, OR.

 

2005 Justice in Jesuit Higher Education (national conference). Session Leader and Paper Author: Promoting and Practicing Justice Through Inclusivity. Cleveland, OH.

 

Honors and Awards: 2008 “Grad-itude” Instrument of Success Faculty Award (Gonzaga University)

2007 Civil Rights Award, Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations

2006 Honorary Inductee, Alpha Sigma Nu (Gonzaga Chapter)

2003 First Place, National Intercollegiate Mock Trial Tournament (St. Paul, MINNESOTA)

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

2007 PSA (annual regional conference). Paper Presentation: From Passive to Active: Transformation of the Learner in the Classroom. Oakland, CA.

 

2006 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (annual regional conference). Paper Presentation: Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church: Priests Innocent, Accused, and Ultimately Excused. Portland, OR.

 

2006 PSA (annual regional conference). Roundtable Participant: Transformation Through Action in the Classroom. Hollywood, CA.

 

2004 PSA (annual regional conference). Roundtable Participant: Using the Classics to Teach Deviant Behavior and Beyond. San Francisco, CA.

 

Mia Tuan, University of Oregon

 

Present Position: Director, Center on Diversity and Community, University of Oregon

Associate Professor, Teacher Education Department, University of Oregon

Adjunct Professor, Knight Law School, University of Oregon

 

Former Positions Held: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 2002-2007

Director, Honors Program, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 1999-2001

Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 1996-2002

Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Grinnell College, Fall 1995

 

Education: Ph.D., 1996, Sociology, University of California-Los Angeles

                      M.A., 1992, Sociology, University of California-Los Angeles

                    B.A., 1986, Sociology (magna cum laude), University of California-Berkeley

                    Minor, 1986, City/Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley

                    Minor, 1986, Environmental Design, University of California-Berkeley

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Director, The Center on Diversity and Community, University of Oregon, 2005-present

Member, Advisory Board of the Center for Indigenous Cultural Survival, University of Oregon, 2007-present

Advisory Board Member, Teaching Effectiveness Program, 2000-present

President’s Council on Race, 1998-present

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Pacific Sociological Association, 1997-2000

 

Publications: Prejudice in Politics: Group Position, Public Opinion and the Wisconsin Treaty Rights Dispute, by L. Bobo and M. Tuan. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 2006.

 

Forever Foreigners or Honorary Whites? The Contemporary Asian Ethnic Experience, by M. Tuan. NJ: Rutgers University Press. 1998.

 

“Shared Fates in Asian Transracial Adoption: Korean Adoptee Experiences of Difference in Their Families.” By J. Shiao and M. Tuan in Color Lines: Exploring the Frontiers of America’s Multiracial Present and Future. Andrew Grant-Thomas and Gary Orfield (eds.) Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Forthcoming.

 

Shiao, J. and M. Tuan. “Korean Adoptees and the Social Context of Ethnic Exploration.” American Journal of Sociology. 113(4): 1023-1066.

 

Professional Contributions: “Asian Immigrants in White Families: Korean Adoptees in America.” The Russell Sage Foundation, $145,752, (co-Pl, Jiannbin Shiao), 2001-2003

 

Session Organizer, “Emerging Trends in Asian America,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, New York, NY. 2007.

 

University of California, Berkeley (Administration), 2007

 

Honors and Awards: Martin Luther King, Jr. Award, University of Oregon, 2006

Outstanding Faculty Award, Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Oregon, 1998

Graduate Woman of the Year, UCLA Association of Academic Women, 1996

Dissertation Year Fellow, Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1995-1996

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

“Bringing Together Student and Academic Affairs for Research, Professional Development, and Outreach: The University of Oregon’s Model.” National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education, Orlando, Florida, 2008.

 

“Part of Me Really Wants to Know: Korean Adoptees and the Social Context for Ethnic Exploration,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, 2007.

 

“Korean Adoptees and the Salience of Race in Romance.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, 2006.

 

“Shared Fates in Transracial Adoption: Sorting Through Differences in Asian-White Families,” with Jiannbin Shiao. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, 2005.

 

PRESIDENT BIOS 2008 BALLOT

PRESIDENT-ELECT (2009-2010) PRESIDENT (2010-2011), PAST PRESIDENT (2011-2012)

 

Sharon Araji, University of Colorado Denver

 

Present Position: Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado Denver, September 2007-present

 

Former Positions Held: University of Alaska-Anchorage, served as Chair of Department for over 10 years; Professor for 16 years; now Professor Emerita

 

Visiting Professor (on sabbatical), Washington State University, Fall 2001-Spring 2002

 

Education: Ph.D., 1978, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Sociology

                    M.A., 1974, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, Sociology

                    M.Ed., 1971, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, Elementary Education

                    B.S., 1969, University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, Elementary Education

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: 2004-2010 Nominated and elected President of AKD; President-elect, 2004-2006; President, 2006-2008; Immediate Pass-President, 2008-2010

 

2006-2008 Chair, Alaska Statewide Taskforce to address the issue of preadolescent children (12 and younger) sexually abusing others. Edited final draft of proposed legislation to send to sponsor, Representative Mike Doogan. Bill was written from legislation packet and hearing was held on May 10, 2007. Bill is being discussed in committee hearings in preparation for submitting to legislature, 2009.

 

2000-2005, Chair, UAA’s Gerontology Minor Program; 2004-2005, Chair, UAA Women’s Studies Minor Program.

 

1987-1990, Founder, Charter Chapter and President, UAA American Association of University Professors (AAUP), UAA, Anchorage, AK.

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: 2005-2008, Nominated and appointed to PSA’s Committee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; Committee Chair, 2006-2008.

 

1996-1997; 2001-2002; 2002-2003; 2003-2004, Appointed to PSA President’s Program Committee.

 

1994-1996; 2001-2003, Elected PSA Council Member, Northwest Region.

 

1985-1987, Chair, Status of Women Committee, PSA.

 

Publications: Araji, S.K. and Rebecca Bosek. “Domestic Violence, Contested Child Custody and the Courts: Findings From Five Studies. For Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Child Custody; Legal Strategies and Policy Implications.” Mo Hannah and Barry Goldstein, Editors. Kingston, New Jersey, CIVIC RESEARCH INSTITUE, INC. (Forthcoming, Spring 2009).

 

Araji, S.K. Invited article, Sexually Aggressive Behavior in Children. For 1^st Edition of Encyclopedia of Interpersonal Violence, Claire Renzetti and Jeffrey Edelson, Editors. SAGE PUBLICATIONS (Summer 2008).

 

Araji, S.K. and J. Carlson. Family Violence and Crimes of Honor in Jordan: Correlates and Perceptions of Prevalence. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: AN INTERNATIONAL AND INTERDISCIPLINARY JOURNAL. (May 2001).

 

Araji, S.K., Editor and Primary Contributor. Sexually Aggressive Children: Coming to Understand Them, SAGE PUBLICATIONS, 1997. (Still viewed as the most comprehensive book on theory and research in the area).

 

Professional Contributions: Research Project. Domestic Violence, Contested Child Custody and the Courts: Comparison of Five Studies (2005-2008).

 

Expert Witness on Domestic Violence/Sexual Abuse/Sexual Assault – State of Alaska (over 12 years).

 

Invited Keynote Presentation, “Celebrating Women’s Right to Vote: Evaluating Our Progress. WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY CONFERENCE, Fort Richardson Army Base, Anchorage, AK, August 2005.

 

Co-organizer (with Dennis Loo, Cal Poly) of PSA 2005 session “Silencing Free Speech: Censorship and the Academy.” PSA ANNUAL MEETING (2005), Portland, OR.

 

Honors and Awards: Selected as UAA/APU Ford Foundation “Engaging Controversy” Scholar Program. Summer 2006-Summer 2007.

 

Nominated by UAA students for Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

 

Received UAA Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in “Service Leadership as a Group,” Middle East Events Committee, April 2004.

 

Received UAA Student Showcase Founder’s 20^th Anniversary Award, “A Lasting Tradition,” for founding Student Showcase at UAA, 1984-April 2004.

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

Araji, S.K. “The Domestic Violence: Contested Child Custody and the Courts.” Paper presented at the 50^th Anniversary Conference of Western Social Science Association. Denver, CO, April 2008.

 

Araji, S.K. “Listen to Our Voices: Domestic Violence and Contested Child Custody.” Invited video presentation for BATTERED WOMEN, ABUSED CHILDREN AND CHILD CUSTODY: A NATIONAL CONFERENCE. Albany, NY, January 2008.

 

Araji, S.K. “Sexually Aggressive Children: Consequences of Ignoring Their Existence.” Presented at the PSA Annual Meeting (2007), Oakland, CA.

 

Araji, S.K. and Christine Oakley. “What Can You Do With A Sociology Degree?” PSA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 2004 and Pasadena, CA, April 2003 and Vancouver, British Columbia, April 2002.

 

Jan Stets, University of California Riverside

 

Present Position: Professor of Sociology, University of California-Riverside, 2002-present

 

Former Positions Held: Associate Professor, Washington State University, 1994-2002; Assistant Professor, Washington State University, 1988-1994                             

 

Education: Ph.D., Indiana University, 1987

                    MA, Indiana University, 1983

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations:

Sociology Program Officer, National Science Foundation, 2008-2009

Chair, American Sociological Association Emotions Section, 2008-2009

Council, American Sociological Association Social Psychology Section, 2000-2006

Chair, American Sociological Association Dissertation Award Committee, 1996-1997            http://www.meetingsavvy.com/psa/SessionOrganizerHome.aspx                       

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA:

Council, Pacific Sociological Association, 2006-2008

Chair, Pacific Sociological Association Publications Committee, 2001-2003

Member, Pacific Sociological Association Program Committee, 1997-1998

 

Publications: Jan E. Stets and Emily K. Asencio, “Consistency and Enhancement Processes in Understanding Emotions,” Social Forces 86: 1055-1078, 2008.

 

Peter J. Burke, Jan E. Stets, and Christine Cerven, “Gender, Legitimation, and Identify Verification in Groups,” Social Psychology Quarterly 70: 27-42, 2007.

 

Jonathan H. Turner and Jan E. Stets, “Sociological Theories of Human Emotions,” Annual Review of Sociology 32: 25-52, 2006.

 

Stets, Jan E. “Examining Emotions in Identity Theory,” Social Psychology Quarterly 68: 39-56, 2005.

 

Professional Contributions: Session Co-Organizer, “Identity and Social Inequality” of the International Sociological Association Meetings, 2008.

 

Panelist, National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Sociology Program, 2004-2006.

 

Session Organizer, “Theories and Research on Emotions” of the American Sociological Association Meetings, 2004

 

Panelist, National Science Foundation Sociology Program, 1998-2000.

 

Honors and Awards: 2008 Outstanding Recent Contribution Award of the American Sociological Association Emotions Section for Jan E. Stets and Jonathan H. Turner (Eds), Handbook of the Sociology of Emotions, New York: Springer, 2006.

 

National Science Foundation Grant, 2006-2008, 1999-2001.

 

National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Research, 2007-2008.

 

Elected Member, Sociological Research Association, 2005.

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

Jan E. Stets, Michael J. Carter, and Jesse Fletcher, “Testing Identity Theory.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, 2008.

 

Jan E. Stets, “Writing a Successful Grant Proposal.” Professional Workshop Panelist at the American Sociological Association Meetings, 2008.

 

Shelley N. Osborn and Jan E. Stets, “The Experience Sampling Method and Social Psychological Research.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, 2007.

 

Michael J. Carter and Jan E. Stets, “The Moral Self.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meetings, 2007.

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES CENTRAL 08

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES-CENTRAL REGION (2009-2012)

 

Sheila Steinberg, Humboldt State University  

 

Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Humboldt State University and Director, Community Research, California Center for Rural Policy, 2000-present

 

Former Positions Held: Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Western New Mexico University, 1997-2000; Adjunct Professor, Pepperdine University, 1997, 1998 (Summers)

 

Education: Ph.D., 1996, Rural Sociology, The Pennsylvania State University

                    M.S., 1990, Wildland Resource Science, University of California-Berkeley

                    B.A., 1988, Communication Studies and Environmental Studies, University of California-Santa                                        Barbara

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Chair, Diversity Committee, Rural Sociological Society, 2008-2009

Advisory Board Member, California Center for Rural Change, 2008-present

Vice-President, Arcata Economic Development Corporation, 2007-present

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: Applied Sociology Committee, 2004-2005

 

Publications: S.L. Steinberg and Steinberg, S.J., 2009. “Global Women Superheroes: Place, Space and Action,” Book Chapter in: Globalization, Power and Women, Samir Dasgupta, Editor. SAGE Publications. Forthcoming 2009.

 

S.L. Steinberg and Steinberg, S.J., 2008. “A Sociospatial Approach to Globalization: Mapping Ecologies of Inequality,” Book Chapter in: Understanding Global Environment, Samir Dasgupta, Editor. Pearson Education.

 

Steinberg, S.J. and S.L. Steinberg. 2006. Geographic Information Systems for the Social Sciences: Investigating Space and Place. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications. ISBN: 0761928723.

 

Steinberg, S.L. 2004. “Undocumented Immigrants of Illegal Aliens: Southwestern Media Portrayals of Latino Immigrants.” Humboldt Journal of Social Relations Vol. 28.No. 1 Pp. 109-133.

 

Professional Contributions: PSA Session Organizer, 2008

The California Endowment, “Agricultural Worker Health Initiative, GIS Mapping in Monterey and Tulare Counties, CA” (Co-Investigator with S.J. Steinberg) Project involved combining social and spatial research methods to assess farmworkers and pesticide drift in Tulare and Monterey counties. California Center for Rural Policy and Institute for Spatial Analysis.

 

PSA Session Organizer, 2005

 

Visiting Scholar, Simon Fraser University, Department of Sociology, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, 2005.

 

Honors and Awards: 1999, Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award. Western New Mexico University. Silver City, New Mexico.

 

1993-1996, Pennsylvania State University Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship. 10 semester award, full tuition and support.

 

1990, Friends of Forestry Award. University of California, Berkeley. Received for developing an extension education program with a local underprivileged Oakland, California school.

 

1988, Distinction in the Major Award. University of California, Santa Barbara.

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations: S.L. Steinberg, Steinberg, S.J., Kauffman, J.L. and J.E. Eckert. 2008. Public Participation GIS Research and Agricultural Farmworkers in California. Twenty Eighth Annual ESRI Internation User Conference, San Diego, CA, August 4-8, 2008.

 

Steinberg, S.L. 2008. Rural California Latino Health: A Qualitative Spatial Perspective. Paper accepted for presentation at the Annual Rural Sociological Society Meeting. Manchester, New Hampshire. July 30, 2008.

 

Eckert, J.R., Steinberg S.J. and S.L. Steinberg. 2008. Public Participation GIS and Agricultural Workers’ Health. Presented at the annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. Portland, OR.

 

Steinberg, S.L., S.J. Steinberg and J.E. Pollom, Mapping Social Inequalities in Health: Examining the Role of Poverty, 77^th Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA, April 2006.

 

Susan Murray, San Jose State University 

 

Present Position: Associate Professor, San Jose State University, 2004-present

 

Former Positions Held: Assistant Professor, Sociology, San Jose State University, 1998-2004

                                         Lecturer, Sociology, UC Santa Cruz, 1997-1998

                                         Instructor, Sociology and Women’s Studies, De Anza Community College, 1996-1998

 

Education: Ph.D., 1995, University of California Santa Cruz, Sociology

                    M.A., 1988, University of California Santa Cruz, Sociology

                    B.S., 1984, Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, Sociology

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations:

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: 2000/2004 Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching, PSA  

 

Publications: Murray, Susan B. 2003. “A Spy, A Shill, A Go-Between, or a Sociologist: Unveiling the Observer in Participant Observer,” Qualitative Research, 3(3): 379-397.

 

Baba, Yoko, Murray, Susan B. 2003. “Spousal Abuse: Vietnamese Children’s Reports of Parental Violence,” Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, 30(3): 97-122.

 

Baba, Yoko, Murray, Susan B. 2002. “Race and Domestic Violence: A Comparative Study of African-American, Latina, and White Women,” Free Inquiry in Creative Sociology, 30(2): 165-175.

 

Murray, Susan B. 2001. “’When a Scratch Becomes a Scary Story’ The Social Construction of Micro Panics in Center-Based Child Care,” The Sociological Review, 49(4): 512-529.

 

Professional Contributions: Session Organizer, “Global Forces in Women’s Lives,” at the Annual Meetings of the PSA, Portland, OR, 2008.

 

Session Organizer, “Critical Issues in Domestic Violence,” at the Annual Meetings of the PSA, Oakland, CA 2007.

 

Panel Organizer, “Issues of freedom in teaching during the war years: Vietnam, Iraq, and…,” at the Annual Meetings of the PSA, San Francisco, CA 2004.

 

Panel Organizer, “Ratcheting up the Teaching and Research Requirements at Educational Institutions,” at the Annual Meetings of the PSA, Vancouver, BC, 2002.

 

Honors and Awards:

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

Murray, Susan and Baba, Yoko. “Home is Where Injustice Begins: A Pedagogy of Intimate Violence,” Annual meetings of the PSA, Hollywood, CA, 2006.

 

Baba, Yoko, Boswell, Matthew, Murray Susan B. “New Questions About the Batterers Intervention Program,” Annual meetings of the PSA, Portland, OR, 2005.

 

“A Spy, A Shill, A Go-Between, or a Sociologist: Unveiling the Observer in Participant Observer,” Annual Meetings of the PSA, Pasadena, CA, 2003.

 

“’When a Scratch Becomes a Scary Story:’ the Social (Re)Construction of Child Care Work as a Deviant Activity.” Rethinking Gender, Work, and Organization Conference – Keele, University, Staffordshire, England: 2001.

 

PUBLICATIONS NORTHERN 08

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE-NORTHERN REGION (2009-2012)

 

Carol Ward, BYU 

 

Present Position: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, 1998-present

 

Former Positions Held: Instructor, Dull Knife memorial College, Sociology, 1989-1990

 

Education: Ph.D., 1992, Sociology, University of Chicago

                      M.A., 1976, Sociology, North Texas State University

                    B.A., 1973, Sociology, North Texas State University

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Diversity Committee Member, Rural Sociological Society, 2006-present

Endowment Committee Member, Pacific Sociological Association, 2000-2001, 2003-2005; co-chair, 2005-2007

Awards Committee Member, Rural Sociological Society, 2002-2004

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: Pacific Sociological Association, Rural Sociological Society, Comparative and International Education Society.

 

Publications: Framing Development: Community and NGO Perspectives in Mali, by Carol Ward, Yodit Solomon, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Addie Fuhriman, Community Development Journal, (Advanced Publication May 13, 2008), Volume 44, Issue 1, 2009.

 

The dynamics of community and NGO partnership: primary health care experiences in rural Mali, by Yodit Solomon, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Carol Ward, Addie Fuhriman and Kacey Widdision-Jones, Promotion and Education, Volume XV, No.4, 2008.

 

Food Insecurity and Provisioning: Chronic Challenges Faced by Families Living in Poverty; On the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, with Erin Feinauer Whiting, in Handbook of Families and Poverty, Tim Heaton and Russell Crane, editors. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 2008.

 

Gender Inequalities in Educational participation, with Karen Hyer, Bonnie Ballif-Spanvill, Susan Peters, Yodit Solomon, and Heather Thomas, in International Handbook on the Inequality of Education, Don Holsinger and James Jacobs, editors. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer, and Comparative Education Research Centre, 2008.

 

Professional Contributions: NSF grant award, Tribal College and Universities Program (TCUP), coordinator of evaluation of math and science curriculum reform project, with Chief Dull Knife College, 2002-2007; TCUP II contract for evaluation of integrated math and science curriculum, Chief Dull Knife College, 2007-2012.

 

Initiative for Minority Students – Bridges to Baccalaureate program, University of Montana, evaluation coordinator, 2004-2007; renewal of contract for evaluation, 2007-2009.

 

Provo School District GEAR UP project evaluation, June, 2004-May, 2005.. GEAR UP Mentoring Grant, ORCA, BYU, Fall, 2004-Winter, 2005.

 

21^st Century Program Assessment Coordinator, Provo School District, August, 2005 – July, 2012.

 

Honors and Awards:

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

An Evaluation of 21^st Century After School Programs and Their Impact on ESL Students, with Liann Seiter and Kirsten Anderson, Pacific Sociological Association meeting, Portland, OR, April 2008.

Involvement to Excel: A case study of academic performance of after school program participants, with Martha Miller, Pacific Sociological Association meeting, Portland, OR, April 2008.

 

Effects of a New Mastery-based Math Instructional Program on College Student Attitudes and Performance: A Case Study of Northern Cheyenne Women, with Sachiko Jensen and Raechel Lizon, at the Women of the Mountains International Conference, UVSC, Orem, UT, March, 2007.

 

Tribal College Student Experiences with a Mastery-based Math Instructional Program: A Case Study of Northern Cheyenne Students, at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, April, 2007.

 

Steven Ortiz, Oregon State University

 

Present Position: Associate Professor of Sociology, Oregon State University, 2000-present

 

Former Positions Held: Lecturer, Sociology, UC-Berkeley, 1996-2000; Lecturer, Sociology, Sonoma State University, 1995-2000

 

Education: Ph.D., 1994, UC-Berkeley, Sociology

                    M.A., 1983, California State University-Fullerton, Sociology

                    M.S., 1979, California State University-Long Beach, Recreation Administration

                    B.A., 1976, UC-Santa Barbara, Sociology           

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations:

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: Endowment Committee, 2007-present; Editorial Board, Sociological Perspectives, 2003-present

 

Publications: 2007 Ortiz, Steven M. “Breaking Out of Academic Isolation: The Media Odyssey of A Sociologist.” American Sociologist 38(3): 223-249.

 

2006 Ortiz, Steven M. “Using Power: An Exploration of Control Work in the Sport Marriage.”  Sociological Perspectives 49(4): 527-557.

 

2005 Ortiz, Steven M. “The Ethnographic Process of Gender Management: Doing the ‘Right’ Masculinity with Wives of Professional Athletes.” Qualitative Inquiry 11(2): 265-290.

 

2004 Ortiz, Steven M. “Leaving the Private World of Wives of Professional Athletes: A Male Sociologist’s Reflections.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 33(4): 466-487.

 

Professional Contributions: Session Organizer/Discussant: “Issues in Media Relations: Sociologists Examining Their Media Experiences.” Annual Meeting of the PSA, Portland, 2008

 

Session Organizer: “Public Sociology and the Media: Sociologists Examining Their Media Experiences.” Annual Meeting of the PSA, Hollywood, 2006

 

Session Organizer: “The Media and Public Sociology: Sociologists Discussing Their Media Experiences.” Annual Meeting of the PSA, Portland, 2005

 

Honors and Awards:

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

2006 Ortiz, Steven M. “Discovering the Intersection of Family, Sport, and Emotion Sociology: The Inspiration of Berkeley Sociology.” Presented at the Conference in Honor of Arlie Hochschild: Berkeley Sociologists in the World: Frontiers in Qualitative Sociology, Berkeley, CA, October 26-27

 

2006 Ortiz, Steven M. “Reflecting on Media Experiences: The Private Thoughts of a Public Sociologist.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the PSA, Hollywood-Universal City, April 20-23

 

2005 Ortiz, Steven M. “The Wife Face as Face Work: Acts of Diplomacy in Public Life by Wives of Professional Athletes.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the PSA, Portland, April 7-10

 

2004 Ortiz, Steven M. “Working with Feelings: An Exploration of Emotions in Ethnographic Research with Wives of Professional Athletes.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the PSA, San Francisco, April 15-18

 

PUBLICATIONS CENTRAL 08

PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE-CENTRAL REGION (2009-2012)

 

Rebecca Sandefur, Stanford University 

 

Present Position: Assistant Professor of Sociology and (by courtesy) Law, Stanford University, since 2001.

 

Former Positions Held: N/A

 

Education: Ph.D., 2001, University of Chicago, Sociology

                     M.A., 1997, University of Chicago, Sociology

                     B.A., 1991, University of Wisconsin-Madison Sociology (with distinction)

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: 2008-2010 Trustee, Law and Society Association

2007-2009 Secretary/Treasurer, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association

2004-2006 Council, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association

2002-2004 Consulting Editor, American Journal of Sociology

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: N/A

 

Publications: 2008 “Access to Civil Justice and Race, Class and Gender Inequality.” Annual Review of Sociology 34:339-358.

 

2007 “’Lawyers’ Pro Bono Service and American-Style Civil Legal Assistance.” Law and Society Review 41:79-112

 

2007 “The Importance of Doing Nothing: Everyday Problems and Responses of Inaction.” Chapter 5 in Transforming Lives: Law and Social Process, edited by Pascoe Pleasence, Alexy Buck and Nigel Balmer. London: HMSO.

 

2001 “Work and Honor in the Law: Prestige and the Division of Lawyers” Labor. American Sociological Review 66:382-403.

 

Professional Contributions: 2008-2009 Member, Publications Committee, Law and Society Association

2008-2010 Trustee, Law and Society Association

2008-2009 Program Committee, Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association, Denver, May 2009

2008 Organizing Committee, Summer 2008 meeting of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA), “Work, Poverty and Inequality in the 21^st Century.”

 

Honors and Awards: 2007-2008 Hellman Faculty Scholar, Stanford University

2000-2001 Dissertation Teaching and Reseach Fellowship, Division of the Social Sciences, University of Chicago

1999 Robert E. Park Prize Lectureship, Department of Sociology, University of Chicago

1998 Wayne C. Booth Graduate Student Prize for Excellence in Teaching, the College, University of Chicago

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:  

2008 Inequality among the Highly Paid: Changes in Law and Occupational Gender Composition as Sources of Wage Inequality. With Jane K. Ohgami. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Boston, August 3.

 

2008 Experience with Civil Justice Problems: Strategies and Consequences. Seventh Legal Services Research Centre International Research Conference, Greenwich, England, June 19.

 

2008 Elements of Expertise: A Meta-Analytic Perspective on Lawyers. Impact on Civil Trial and Hearing Outcomes. Invited speaker, Distinguished Empirical Scholars Seminar Series, Centre for Empirical Legal Studies, University College London Faculty of Laws, London, England, June 17.

 

2008 Lawyers. Pro Bono Service and Market-Reliant Legal Aid. Annual Meetings of the Law and Society Association, Montreal, May.

 

Richard Serpe, Kent State University

 

Present Position: Professor and Chair, Sociology, Kent State University, 2005-present

 

Former Positions Held: Professor and Director Social and Behavioral Research Institute, Sociology, California State University-San Marcos, 1993-2005

Associate Professor and Director Social Science Research Center, Sociology, California State University-Fullerton

 

Education: Ph.D., 1985, Sociology, Indiana University

                    M.A., 1981, Sociology, CSU Fullerton

                    B.A., 1971, Sociology, CSU Fullerton

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Editorial Board Member, Social Psychology Quarterly; January 1986 to December 1990. Reappointed: January 1998 to December 2000.

 

Editorial Assistant, American Sociological Review; July 1981 to August 1983

 

Member, Board of Directors San Diego County United Way 1999-2002

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA:

Editor, Sociological Perspectives: The Journal of the PSA Volume 47-50: January 2004 to December 2007

Contributing Editor, Sociological Perspectives: The Journal of the PSA Volume 51: January 2008 to December 2008

Vice President, PSA, 2002-2003

Member, PSA Endowment Committee, 2001-2003

 

Publications: Koran, Lorrin M., Elias Aboujaoude, Michael D. Large and Richard T. Serpe. 2008. “The Prevalence of Body Dysmorphic Disorder in the Adult U.S. Population.” CNS Spectrums: The International Journal of Neuropsychiatric Medicine. 13: 316-322.

 

Koran, Lorrin M., Ronald J. Faber, Elias Aboujaoude, Alan F. Schatzberg, Michael D. Large, and Richard T. Serpe. 2006. “Estimated Prevalence of Compulsive Buying Behavior in the United States.” The American Journal of Psychiatry 163:1806-1812.

 

Stryker, Sheldon, Richard T. Serpe, and Matthew O. Hunt. 2005. “Making Good on a Promise: The Impact of Larger Social Structures on Commitments.” Pp. 93-124 in S. R. Thye and E. J. Lawler (eds) Advances in Group Processes, Volume 22, Oxford, England: Elsevier.

 

Burke, Peter J., Timothy J. Owens, Richard T. Serpe, and Peggy A. Thoits (Editors). 2003. Advances in Identity Theory and Research. New York: Kluwer.

 

Professional Contributions: Session Organizer: Racial Differences in Social Psychological Process; PSA 2009

 

Honors and Awards: N/A

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

Merolla, David M. and Richard T. Serpe. 2008 “Cultivating Interest in Scientific Careers for Women and Minorities: The Role of Self-Concept.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Boston, MA.

Burke, Jessica L. and Richard T. Serpe. 2008 “Identity Salience, Mastery and Future Outlook: An Exploration into Family and Occupation Roles.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Boston, MA.

 

Merolla, David M., Richard T. Serpe and Matthew O. Hunt. 2008 “Local Community Beliefs About Stratification: A Multi-Level Analysis.” Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meetings, Portland, OR.

 

Serpe, Richard T. and Jessica A. Leveto 2007 “Family Structure, Family Identity, Mastery and Self-Esteem.” Presented at Joint Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Society and the North Central Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.

 

NOMINATIONS CENTRAL REGION 08 (NOTE BALLOT SAYS SOUTHERN REGION BUT THAT IS A TYPO)

NOMINATIONS COMMITTEE-CENTRAL REGION (2009-2012)

 

Amy Leisenring, San Jose State University 

 

Present Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, San Jose State University, 2005-present

 

Former Positions Held: Graduate Instructor, Program for Writing and Rhetoric, University of Colorado, 2002-2003

Graduate Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, 2001-2002

 

Education: Ph.D., 2004, Sociology, University of Colorado

                    M.A., 1997, Sociology and Anthropology, New Mexico State University-Las Cruces

                    B.A., 1994, Sociology and Anthropology, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations:

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA:

 

Publications: 2008. Leisenring, Amy. “Controversies Surrounding Mandatory Arrest Policies and the Police Response to Intimate Partner Violence.” Sociology Compass 2(2): 451-466.

 

2006. Leisenring, Amy. “Confronting ‘Victim’ Discourses: The Identity Work of Battered Women.” Symbolic Interaction 29(3): 307-330.

 

2002. Bond-Maupin, Lisa, James R. Maupin and Amy Leisenring. Girls’ Delinquency and the Justice Implications of Intake Workers’ Perspectives.” Women and Criminal Justice 13(2/3): 51-78.

 

Professional Contributions: Referee, Sociological Quarterly, 2008

Referee, Law and Society, 2007

 

Referee, Violence Against Women, 2001

 

Session Chair, panel sponsored by the Division of Women and Crime, “Impact of Social and Legal Constructions of Rape and Sexual Trafficking.” Annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology: Chicago, IL.

 

Honors and Awards: The Herbert Blumer Award from the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, for “Victim, Agent or Both? The Identity Work of Battered Women,” 2004

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

2007. Leisenring, Amy. “Mandatory Arrest Policies Gone Awry? A Qualitative Examination of Battered Women Who Are Arrested.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems: New York, NY.

 

2007. Leisenring, Amy. “Using Classroom Observations to Teach Qualitative Research Methods.” Presented at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association: Oakland, CA.

 

2002. Leisenring, Amy. “Victim, Agent, or Both? Complexities Surrounding the Identity of ‘Battered Women’ through Criminal Justice Policy.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology: Chicago, IL.

2002. Fleury, Ruth, Denise Bybee, Cris Sullivan, Joanne Belknap, Heather Melton, and Amy Leisenring. “But Would She do it Again? Battered Women’s Intentions to Re-Use the Criminal Legal System.” Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology: Chicago, IL.

 

Rebecca S. K. Li, The College of New Jersey

 

Present Position: Associate Professor of Sociology, The College of New Jersey, 1998-present.

 

Former Positions Held: N/A

 

Education: Ph.D., 1998, UC Riverside, Sociology

                    M.A., 1993, UC Riverside, Sociology

                    Bachelor of Social Science, 1991, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Sociology

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Executive Committee member (2008-2011); Nomination Committee (2006-present); Membership Committee (2008-). Eastern Sociological Society

Board Secretary (2004-present); Vice-President (2004-2005) Board of Director. Dharma Drum Retreat Center

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: Editorial Board of Sociological Perspectives (2007-present)

Graduate Affairs Committee (1998-2003)

 

Publications: “Theoretical Contributions of Randall Collins.” In George Ritzer (ed.) The Encyclopedia of Social Theory. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. (2005)

 

“Why State Breakdown Has Not Occurred in Russia? Applying State Breakdown Theories to Explain Stability.” Sociological Inquiry 73:3, pp. 387-412 (August 2003)

 

“Alternative Routes to State Breakdown: An Integrated Model of Territorial Disintegration.” Sociological Theory 20:1 (March 2002)

 

Professional Contributions: Professional Workshop Organizer and Panelist (invited). Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association. (2006 & 2008).

 

Paper Session Organizer. Annual Meeting of PSA. (1998-present)

 

Honors and Awards: N/A

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

“Sources of Future Instability in China: Population Pressure and Limits to Economic Growth.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Boston, August 2008.

 

“Alternative Approaches to Teaching Sociological Theory to Undergraduates” Panelist in Teaching Workshop at the Annual Meeting of American Sociological Association, Boston, August 2008.

 

“Lessons from a Historical-Comparative Study of Rebellions in Qing China for Understanding Contemporary China.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of PSA, Portland, April 2008.

 

“Globalization, Cultural Change & Population Pressure in China.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of PSA, Portland, April 2008.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES BIOS 08

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES-SOUTHERN REGION (2009-2012)

 

Sharon Davis, University of La Verne 

 

Present Position: Professor of Sociology, University of La Verne, 1981-present

 

Former Positions Held: Research Associate and Project Manager, UC-Irvine Public Policy Research Organization, 1979-1981

 

Education: Ph.D., 1980, Sociology, University of Southern California

                    M.A., 1970, Sociology, San Diego State University

                    B.A., 1968, Sociology, San Diego State University

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of La Verne, 1999-present

President, University of La Verne Faculty Senate, 2004-2008

Chair, Faculty Salary Committee, University of La Verne, 1998-present

Member, Faculty Personnel Committee, 2003-present

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA:

Pacific Sociological Association Vice President, 1994-1996

Southwest Regional Representative and Board Member, 1990-1993

PSA Committee Membership:

• Committee on Freedom of Teaching and Research, 2008-present
• Committee on Freedom of Teaching and Research, 1999-2001, and Chair, 2000-2001
• Awards Committee, 1997-1998, and Chair, 1998
• Endowment Committee, 1997
• Distinguished Publication Award Committee, 1990-1992
• Student Paper Award Committee, 1990-1992, and Chair, 1990-1992

 

Publications: (2007) The effective use of guided group interaction to effect change in incarcerated male juvenile delinquent gang members. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic & Social Sustainability, 3, 5 pages.

 

(2004) The status of women in the business of education. The Academy of Business Administration Journal. (With Kimberly P. Martin)

 

(2004) Toward teaching a humanistic sociology revisited. In Glenn A. Goodwin (Ed.), “Professing” Humanist Sociology. Fifth edition. New York: American Sociological Association.

 

(2000) Toward teaching a humanistic sociology. In Glenn A. Goodwin (Ed.), “Professing” Humanist Sociology. Fourth edition (pp. 13-16). New York: American Sociological Association.

 

Professional Contributions: Visiting Professor and Scholar, Spring Semester, La Verne College, Athens, Greece.

 

Featured Speaker from the United States at The International Conference: Social Welfare: Passport to the 21^st Century. Sapporo, Japan.

 

Book Review Editor, Sociology and Social Research (Sociology Journal).

 

(1974-1979) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) Fellowship, University of Southern California: Evaluation Research in Criminal Justice

 

Honors and Awards: Selected Participant in Brethren Colleges Abroad Faculty Seminar: The Peace Process in Northern Ireland. International Observer in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.

 

Invited Panel Member LVTV Public Television Community Service Programming: The Status of Women in the 21^st Century.

 

James Irvine Foundation Research Grant. Topic: Subcultural Variations in the Identification and Use of Role Models (With Rita Patel Thakur).

 

Excellence in Teaching Award, Undergraduate Professor of the Year Award Recipient, University of La Verne.

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:  

(2008, April) Pyrrhic Victories: An Analysis of Incarcerated Male Delinquents’ Interactional Strategies to Gain Situational Power and Control, Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, Oregon.

 

(2007) Denial of Responsibility Among Incarcerated male juvenile delinquents. Pacific Sociological Association. Oakland, California.

 

(2006) You can’t go home again: Caseworker accounts of family situations of delinquent boys who emancipate. Pacific Sociological Association. Universal City, California.

 

(2006) Rock-a-bye baby: Attorneys’ views on reforming current laws and legal defenses for women with postpartum psychosis. Pacific Sociological Association. Universal City, California. (With Deborah Paker).

 

Michelle Jacob, University of San Diego 

 

Present Position: Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies Program, University of San Diego, 2006-present

 

Former Positions Held: Full-Time Tenure Track, Sociology Instructor, MiraCosta College, 2004-2006

                                         Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Heritage University, 2003-2004

 

Education: Ph.D., 2004, Department of Sociology, University of California – Santa Barbara

                    M.A., 2001, Sociological Practice, California State University – San Marcos

                    B.A., 1998, Liberal Studies, California State University – San Marcos

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Member, Dean’s Search Committee, University of San Diego, 2007-08

Member, Core Curriculum Committee, University of San Diego, 2007-present

Mentor & Faculty Member for Community Service Learning, American Indian Recruitment Programs, University of San Diego, 2006-present

Member, Retention Advisory Committee, MiraCosta, 2005-2006

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: Member, Social Conscience Committee, PSA, 2009

Member, Program Committee, PSA, 2007-2008

Member, Committee on Community Colleges, PSA, 2005-present

Member, Committee on the Status of Women, PSA 2002-2005 (Served as Chair 2003-2004)

 

Publications: Jacob, Michelle M. (Forthcoming 2009). “Ethnography, Memory, and Culture: Healing the Soul Wound of Technological Disaster.” Minority Resiliency and the Legacy of Disaster. (Jason D. Rivera & DeMond S. Miller, eds). Edwin Mellen Press.

 

Jacob, Michelle M. (2008). “’This Path Will Heal Our People:’ Healing the Soul Wound of Diabetes.” In: Crawford, Suzanne, editor. Religion and Healing in Native America: Pathways for Renewal, (pp. 43-62). Westport, CT: Praeger Press.

 

Jacob, Michelle M. (Co-Editor with Rima Wilkes). (2006). Special Issue: “Indigenous Peoples: Canadian and US Perspectives,” American Behavioral Scientist, 50(4).

 

Jacob, Michelle M. (2006). “When a Native ‘Goes Researcher’ Notes from the North American Indigenous Games.” American Behavioral Scientist, 50(4), 450-461.

 

Professional Contributions: National Cancer Institute/Mayo Clinic, “Spirit of EAGLES” Community Partner Grant, Project Director, Young Native Filmmakers Project, 2007-2008

President’s Office Special Award: MiraCosta College Student Success Focus Group Study (Co-author). 2005-2006. (Study of barriers to student success).

Yakama Nation Nutrition Program Community Wellness Focus Group Project, Consultant, 2008

Yakama Healthy Heart Program “Pathways to Health” Conference Evaluator, 2006

 

Honors and Awards: USD Woman of Impact Award, 2007

Faculty Service Award, MiraCosta College EOP, 2006

Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellow, 2004

American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program, National Institute of Mental Health Fellow, 2001-2004

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

California State University, San Marcos Diversity Conference “Importance of Ethnic Studies” Invited Speaker. San Marcos, CA. May 2008

 

Western Region Campus Compact Consortium’s Tenth Annual ‘Continuums of Service’ Conference “Making Waves: Using Teaching for Social Change” Panelist, San Jose, CA. April 2007

 

Pacific Sociological Association “The Complexities of Tribal Self-Determination: Focusing on Northwest Tribes.” Invited Presidential Session Organizer, Annual Meetings, Portland, OR. April 2008

 

“Ethnography as tool for change (or co-optation?): Notes on the methodology of institutionalizing ‘diversity.’” Presentation, Annual Meetings, Portland, OR. April 2008

 

GRADUATE COUNCIL 08

PSA COUNCIL-SOUTHERN REGION-GRADUATE STUDENT (2009-2010)

 

Katie Furuyama, UC Irvine 

 

Present Position: N/A

 

Former Positions Held: N/A

 

Education: 2004-present, Ph.D. Student, Department of Sociology, Graduate emphasis in Asian American Studies, University of California-Irvine

2008, M.A., Sociology, University of California-Irvine

2006, National Sexuality Research Center Summer Institute

1998-2002, B.A. with honors in Anthropology, May 2002, Yale University

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: 2006-present, Cohort Representative-Sociology Graduate Students Association, UC-Irvine

2006-present, Academic Mentor, SOAR After-School Program, Orange County Asian and Pacific Islander Community Alliance (OCAPICA), Garden Grove, CA

2008-present, Program Advisor, Young Leading Women (YLW), Garden Grove, CA

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: N/A

 

Publications: N/A

 

Professional Contributions: 2008, Session Organizer “Education Policies & Diversity.” PSA, Portland, OR

                                                2008, Session Organizer “Inequality in the Education System.” PSA Portland, OR

 

Honors and Awards: Eugene Cota-Robles Fellowship, 2004

                                     Social Science Merit Fellowship, 2007

                                     Summer Research Fellowship, 2006

                                     Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship/Peter Strauss Family Scholarship, 1998-2002

                                     National Merit Scholarship, 1998

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations: 

2008 “Collected Voices in YELL-Oh Girls and InvAsian, (Re)defining Gender and Sexuality: Anthologies of Writing by Young Asian American Women.” American Studies Association. Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, October 18 (upcoming).

“Breaking and Keeping Silences: Asian American in Hip-Hop.” Asian Pacific American National Graduate Student Conference, Berkeley, CA, April 4.

 

2007 “Negotiating Race, Ethnicity and Gender: The Researcher’s Role in Studying Asian Americans and Hip-Hop.” Pacific Sociological Association, Oakland, CA April 1.

 

2006 “Beats, Rhymes and Existence: Second Generation Asian Americans, Hip-Hop and Selective Acculturation.” Pacific Sociological Association, Hollywood, CA, April 22.

 

Jason Crockett, University of Arizona  

 

Present Position: Graduate Associate, University of Arizona, 2003-present

 

Former Positions Held: N/A

 

Education: Graduate Certificate, 2007, University of Arizona, Women’s Studies

                    M.A., 2005, University of Arizona, Sociology

                      B.S., 1998, University of Tennessee-Martin, Biology

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Graduate Student Representative, President’s Diversity Advisory Council, University of Arizona, 2004-present

Co-Chair, Graduate Student Association, Dept of Sociology, University of Arizona, 2007-2008

Co-Coordinator, Feminist Theory Group, Dept of Sociology, University of Arizona, 2005-2007

Representative, Neighborhood Council, StoneCurves Co-Housing, 2004-2005 and 2007-present

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: N/A

 

Publications:  Leahey, Erin, Jason Lee Crockett, and Laura Ann Hunter. 2008. “Gendered Academic Careers: Specializing for Success?” Social Forces 86(3): 1273-1310

 

Professional Contributions: Presider, Session on Social Movement Outcomes, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts, 2008

 

Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology, 2008

 

Presider, Sociology of Sexualities Roundtable on Framing Sexualities in Social Movements and Popular Culture, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, New York, 2007

 

Honors and Awards: Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant, University of Arizona, 2008

American Sociological Association Student Travel Award, 2007

Parents, Family, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays/Men’s Social Network Scholarship, 2007

Graduate and Professional Student Council Travel Grant, University of Arizona, 2007

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations: 

Crockett, Jason Lee. 2008. “Neoliberals and Liberationists: The American LGBTQ Social Movement as a Politicocultural Outcome.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. Collective Behavior and Social Movements Roundtable.

 

Crockett, Jason Lee. 2008. “Who is a Member? Definitions of Community & Co-Housing Decision-Making.” Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR. Sociology of Housing Session.

 

Crockett, Jason Lee. 2008. “Gone to the Dogs: Gender & Risk at the Public Dog Park.” Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR. Gender & Risk Session.

 

Wright, Megan S., Karen E. Gordon, Cindy L. Cain, Jason Lee Crockett, Sarah Ilene Strand, and Monika J. Ulrich. 2008. “Irresponsible Speech: Clarifying the Differences Between Behavior & Identity in Sexuality Research.” Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR. Feminist Research Session.

 

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES NORTHERN REGION 08

COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES-NORTHERN REGION (2009-2012)

 

Bill Bogard, Whitman College  

 

Present Position: Chair, Division of Social Sciences and Education, Professor of Sociology, 1987-present

 

Former Positions Held: N/A

 

Education: Ph.D., 1986, Colorado State University, Sociology

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory

                                                                Chair, Division of Social Sciences and Education, Whitman College

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: N/A

 

Publications: 2008 “Coils of a Serpent: Haptic Space and Control Societies.” CTheory, http://www.ctheory.net/articles.aspx?id=581.

2008 “Empire of the Living Dead.” Mortality 13(2): 186-200.

2008 “Deleuze and Machines: A Politics of Technology,” in Deleuze and Technology, edited by David Savat. University of Edinburg Press (forthcoming).

 

Professional Contributions: 2008 Keynote Speaker, Institute of Advanced Studies, Lancaster University. Conference on Globalization and Security, May 3-6. “Societies of Control and the Production of Affect.”

 

2008 Association for Cultural Studies, Kingston, Jamaica, July 3-7. “Resisting Control Societies.”

 

Honors and Awards: Deburgh Chair of Social Sciences (endowed chair at Whitman) 2006-present

 

Paper, Panel and Workshop Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:

 

Eco Fields, Southern Oregon University 

 

Present Position: Associate Professor, Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Policy and Culture. Program coordinator and for Human Service majors. Southern Oregon University, 1998-present.

 

Former Positions Held: Associate Professor of Sociology, Briar Cliff University, 1990-1998.

 

Education: Ph.D., 1984, Sociology, University of Oregon

                    B.A., 1975, Sociology, Oklahoma City University

 

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Southern Oregon University (current): Chair, Women’s Studies Council; member of Institutional Review Board, Academic Policies Committee, Academic Standards Committee

Department Chair, Sociology/Anthropology, Southern Oregon University, 2002-2005

President, Great Plains Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association & organizing committee for inaugural conference, 1993-1997

 

Offices, Committee Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: member of the Committee on Committees, 2004-2007

 

Publications: Editor, video clip collection/DVD supplement to Introduction to Sociology by Gidden, Dunier, & Appelbaum, for W.W. Norton, Inc. Publishers, 2007.

 

“SIMSOC, Self-ethnography, and Transformation in the Sociology Capstone Course” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociology Association meeting, April, 2005, Hollywood, CA.

 

“Cinematic Images of Nuns: From ‘Sanctitas Mysticas’ to ‘Dementia Luxoriosa.’” Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society annual meeting, April, 1993.

 

“Understanding Activist Fundamentalism: Capitalist Crisis and the ‘Colonization of the Lifeworld.’” Sociological Analysis, 52(2): 175-190 Summer, 1991.

 

Professional Contributions: PSA sessions organizer: Globalization & Rural Communities (2007); Political Sociology (2005); Critical Perspectives on Web-based Distance Education (2000).

 

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