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 Ballot Fall 2008 Election Results: Elected Members (below).

 

President 2010-2011 (President-elect 2009-2010; Past President 2011-2012)

 

Sharon Araji, Univ. of Colorado Denver

 

Vice President 2010-2011 (VP-elect 2009-2010; Past VE 2011-2012)

 Donald Barrett, CSU San Marcos

Council 2009-2011

 Council Central

 David Musick, Univ. of Northern Colorado

Council Northern

Mia Tuan, Univ. of Oregon

Council Southern

 Liza Kuecker, Western New Mexico Univ.

Graduate Student Council Southern 2009-2010

Katie Furuyama UC Irvine

Nominations Committee Central 2009-2012

Amy Leisenring, San Jose State Univ.

Publicatinos Committee 2009-2012

Publications Central

Rebecca Sandefur, Stanford Univ.

Publications Northern

Steven Ortiz, Oregon State Univ.

Publications Southern

Dennis Downey, CSU Channel Islands

Committee on Committees  2009-2012

Committee on Committees Central

Sheila Stenberg, Humboldt State Univ.

Committee on Committees Southern

 Michelle Jacob, Univ. of San Diego

 Committee on Committees Northern

 Echo Fields, Southern Oregon Univ.

 


2010 Call for Papers


1 AGING, THE LIFE COURSE

 

Age & Sexuality

Byron Lee

Temple Univ.

byron.lee@temple.edu

 

Aging & the Body

Patricia Drew

CSU East Bay

patricia.drew@csueastbay.edu

 

Aging & Mental Health

Carolina Apesoa-Varano

UC Davis

apesoavarano@ucdavis.edu

 

 

2 CAREERS, PROFESSIONS, ASSOCIATIONS

 

Career Planning in a Turbulent World

Gwen Sheldon

CSU Chico

gsheldon@csuchico.edu

 

Thinking & Planning for Your Future: Grad School?

(spons. by Student Affairs)

Sally Raskoff

LA Valley College

raskofsa@lavc.edu

 

Professions: Identity, Conflict, & Change

Elizabeth Chiarello

UC Irvine

echiarel@uci.edu

 

Current Issues in Occupations & Professions

Carolina Apesoa-Varano

UC Davis

apesoavarano@ucdavis.edu



3 CLINICAL, APPLIED, PRACTICE, ETHICS

 

Sociology in the Public Sector

(spons. by the Committee on Applied, Practice & Clinical Sociology)

Donald Winiecki

Boise State Univ.

dwiniecki@boisestate.edu


Sociology in the Private Sector

(spons. by the Committee on Applied, Practice & Clinical Sociology)

Donald Winiecki

Boise State Univ.

dwiniecki@boisestate.edu


Evaluating Social Programs: Successes, Failures, & Innovations

(spons. by Committee on Practice, Applied, & Clinical Sociology)

Warren Lucas

Northern Arizona Univ.

warren.lucas@nau.edu

 

4 COMMUNICATION, MEDIA, FILM

 

New Media & New Forms of Social Reproduction: Focusing the Sociological Imagination on Digital Inequality

Laura Robinson

Santa Clara Univ.

lrobinson@scu.edu

 

Becoming an Effective Communicator

Melissa Kew

Univ. of Chicago

mkew@uchicago.edu

 

Virtual Worlds & Video Games

Melissa Monson

Metropolitan State College of Denver

monson@mscd.edu

 

Feminist Media Studies

Camilla A. Sears

Simon Fraser Univ.

casears@sfu.ca

 

Political Economy of Mass Media

Andrew Jones

CSU Fresno

anjones@csufresno.edu

 

Sexuality & Media

Eileen Ie

CSU Northridge

prof_eie@yahoo.com

 

Issues in Media Relations: Sociologists Examining Their Media Experiences

Steven Ortiz

Oregon State University

sortiz@oregonstate.edu

 

5 DEMOGRAPHY, POPULATION, COMMUNITY, RURAL

 

Revitalizing the Sociological Imagination: Human Populations & the Environment in the Age of Exponential Growth

Kooros Mahmoudi

Northern Arizona Univ.

kooros.mahmoudi@nau.edu

 

Contemporary Suburbia

Emily Molina

UC Santa Barbara

tumpson@umail.ucsb.edu

 

Project Bay Area: New Research Projects in the Bay Area

Nikki Jones

UC Santa Barbara

njones@soc.ucsb.edu

 

Urban Communities

Mark Hutter

Rowan University

hutter@rowan.edu

 

Population & the Environment

Berna Torr

CSU Fullerton

btorr@fullerton.edu

 

Inequality & Urban Growth

Jen Gray-O’Connor

UC Santa Cruz

jen.gray.oconnor@gmail.com

 

Demographic Change & the Family

Berna Torr

CSU Fullerton

btorr@fullerton.edu

 

Urban Sociology of the Oakland-San Francisco-San Jose Bay Area

Benjamin Bowser

CSU East Bay

Benjamin.bowser@csueastbay.edu

 

6 CRIME, DELINQUENCY, CRIMINOLOGY, LAW, SOCIAL CONTROL, DEVIANCE, DRUGS

 

Drugs, Crime & the State

Josh Meisel

Humboldt State Univ.

meisel@humboldt.edu

 

Crime & Delinquency

David Musick

Univ. of Northern Colorado

david.musick@unco.edu

 

Contemporary Issues in Juvenile Delinquency & Juvenile Justice

Brian Smith

Central Michigan Univ.

smith1b@cmich.edu

 

Deviances & Social Control

Jennifer Murphy

CSU Sacramento

murphyj@csus.edu

 

The Role of Professionalization in Supporting the Prison-Industrial Complex

Robert C. Hauhart

Saint Martin’s Univ.

rhauhart@stmartin.edu

 

Gender & Crime

Kate Luther

Pacific Lutheran University

lutherke@plu.edu

 

Police & Society: How Policing is Represented in the Press, Popular Media & Political Dialogue

Stacy K. McGoldrik

Cal Poly Pomona

skmcgoldrick@csupomona.edu


7 CULTURE, POPULAR CULTURE, FOOD, MUSIC, LITERATURE

 

The Other California—The Great Central Valley: People, Cultures & Transitions

Paul O’Brien

CSU Stanislaus

pobrien@csustan.edu

 

Sharing: Examining Strategies, Processes & Outcomes of Sharing

Alison Cliath, CSU Fullerton

acliath@fullerton.edu

 

U.S. & Latin American Culture

Juven Parra, CSULA

jparra@calstatela.edu

 

Chicano/Latino Popular Culture

Marie Gaytan

Lewis & Clark Univ.

gaytan@lclark.edu

 

The Sociology of Online Social Worlds

David Boyns

CSU Northridge

david.boyns@csun.edu

 

Pop Music & Public Sexuality

Michael B. MacDonald

Univ. of Alberta

halfsharpmusic@yahoo.ca

 

Food, Community & Social Activism

Anna Leon-Guerrero

Pacific Lutheran Univ.

ayl@plu.edu

 

The Sociology of Performance

Jin You & Jen Gray-O’Connor

UC Santa Cruz

jinyoung.you@gmail.com & jgrayoco@ucsc.edu

 

The Sociology of Music

Leck Intharath

National University

leckintharath@yahoo.com

 

Celebrity Culture & the Sociological Imagination

Karen Sternheimer

Univ. of Southern California

sternhei@usc.edu

 

Food, Culture, & Social Organizations

Akihiko Hirose

Univ. of Colorado-Denver

akihiko.hirose@ucdenver.edu

 

Trust & Society

Alexandra Gerbasi

CSU Northridge

agerbasi@csun.edu

 

8 EDUCATION

 

Institutional Agents & Institutional Culture

Brianne Davila

UC Santa Barbara

bdavila@umail.ucsb.edu

 

Indigenous Peoples & Education

Sheila Prados

New Mexico State Univ.

sprados@nmsu.edu

 

Military & Education

Don Barrett

CSU San Marcos

dbarrett@csusm.edu

 

Social Inequality & Education

Roberta Espinoza

CSU Fullerton

respinoza@fullerton.edu

 

Retention in Higher Education

Sandra Way

New Mexico State Univ.

sway@nmsu.edu

 

Embodying Academia: Theoretical, Methodological & Practical Reflections

Danielle Hidalgo

UC Santa Barbara

daniellehidalgo@mac.com

 

9 ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY, ECOLOGY

 

Green Collar Jobs in a Changing Global Economy: Theoretical & Practical Challenges to the Sociological Imagination

Ian Sakura-Lemessy

Albany State Univ.

ian.sakura-lemessy@asurams.edu

 

Environmental Sociology 1: Consumption & Risk

Kevin Wehr

CSU Sacramento

kwehr@csus.edu

 

Environmental Sociology 2: Race, Class, Gender & Space

Kevin Wehr

CSU Sacramento

kwehr@csus.edu

 

Politics of Sustainability

Lora Vess

Missouri State Univ.

lvess@missouristate.edu

 

Sustainable Agriculture

Laura Earles

Lewis-Clark College

leearles@lcsc.edu

 

10 FAMILY, MARRIAGE, ADOLESCENCE, CHILDHOOD

 

Studying Children & Adolescents

Candan Duran-Aydintug

Univ. of Colorado Denver

canda.duran-aydintug@ucdenver.edu

 

Violence, Aggression & Kids

Todd Migliaccio

CSU Sacramento

tmigliac@csus.edu

 

Family Transformation

Jennifer Utrata

Univ. of Puget Sound

jutrata@ups.edu

 

Adoption: A Shade of Difference

Cathy Wong

CSU Stanislaus

cwong@csustan.edu

 

Parenting & Social Justice/Inequality

Ann Travers

Simon Fraser Univ.

atravers@sfu.ca

 

Immigrant & Transnational Families

Kristy Shih

UC Riverside

kristy.shih@email.ucr.edu

 

Transforming Crisis into Opportunity: Exposing the Social in Family Troubles

Karla Hackstaff

Northern Arizona Univ.

karla.hackstaff@nau.edu

 

Sociology of Children & Youth

Kathryn Hadley

CSU Sacramento

Hadley@csus.edu

 

International Adoption

Charlie V. Morgan

Brigham Young Univ.

Charlie.morgan@byu.edu

 

 

Research & Theory on New Family Forms

Carl Stempel

CSU East Bay

carl.stempel@csuestbay.edu

 

11 GENDER, FEMINISM, MASCULINITIES, LGBT ISSUES

 Gender: Open Topics

(co-spons. by SWS West & Committee on Status of Women

Mary Virnoche

Humboldt State Univ.

mary.virnoche@humboldt.edu


Queer Citizenship

Byron Lee

Temple Univ

byron.lee@temple.edu

 

Lesbian Issues

Ann Travers

Simon Fraser Univ.

atravers@sfu.ca

 

Doing Gender: How the Researcher Does "Gender," "Race," "Class," and "Sexuality"  and the Implications for the Outcome of the Research 

Suzel Bozada Deas

USC

bozadadeas@yahoo.com

and

Kristen Barber

USC

kmbarber@usc.edu


Gender, Ethnicity & Sexuality

Byron Lee

Temple Univ.

&

James Thing

USC

thing@usc.edu

byron.lee@temple.edu

 

Gender & Asian Americans

Akiko Yasuike

California Lutheran Univ.

ayasuike@callutheran.edu

 

Gender Inequity & Social Crime

Charity Perry-Turner

CSU Los Angeles

cperry5@calstatela.edu

 

The Declining Significance of Gender

Judith Hennessy

Central Washington Univ.

hennessj@cwu.edu

 

Men & Masculinities

Tal Peretz

Univ. of Southern California

tperetz@gmail.com

 

Gendered Violence

Debra Guckenheimer

UC Santa Barbara

debraguckenheimer@umail.uscb.edu

 

Ethics & Research on LGBT Individuals

Amy Stone

Trinity Univ.

amy.stone@trinity.edu

 

Transcending the Gender Binary

Meredith Conover Williams

Washington State Univ.

meredithlwilliams@gmail.com

 

12 GLOBALIZATION, URBANIZATION, POVERTY

 

Globalization, Labor & the Transformation of Work

Jonathan Westover

Utah Valley Univ.

jon.westover@gmail.com

 

Globalization in the 21st Century

Berch Berberoglu

Univ. of Nevada-Reno

berchb@unr.edu

 

Globalization, State, & Development

Rebecca S.K. Li

The College of New Jersey

lirebecc@tcnj.edu

 

Qualitative Research on Poverty & Welfare

Sheila Katz

Sonoma State Univ.

Sheila.katz@sonoma.edu

 

Sociological Research on Mexico

Kelley Strawn

Willamette Univ.

kstrawn@willamette.edu

 

Impact of Globalization on Asian Societies

Ching-wa Wong

Polytechnic Univ. of Hong Kong

sscwwong@polyu.edu.hk

 

13 MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTH, HEALTHCARE, MEDICINE, DISABILITIES

 

Health Disparities, Morbidity & Mortality

Augustine Kposowa

UC Riverside

ajkposowa@sbcglobal.net

 

War & Health

Daniel Poole

University of Utah

daniel.poole@soc.utah.edu

 

Universal Health Care in the United States: Challenges & Prospects

Augustine Kposowa

UC Riverside

ajkposowa@sbcglobal.net

 

Social Construction of Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Don Barrett

CSU San Marcos

dbarrett@csusm.edu

 

The Growing Impact of Medicalization

Benjamin Lewin

Univ. of Puget Sound

blewin@ups.edu

 

Health Inequalities & Social Activism

Angelique Harris

CSU Fullerton

acharris@fullerton.edu

 

Race, Ethnicity, & Mental Health

Aya Kimura Ida

CSU Sacramento

idaa@csus.edu

 

Medical Sociology

Tina Burdsall

Portland State Univ.

tdb@pdx.edu

 

Immigrant & Refugee Health & Mental Health

Carl Stempel

CSU East Bay

carl.stempel@csueastbay.edu

 

14 IMMIGRANTS, IMMIGRATION, MIGRATION

 

Professional Immigrants

Yung-Yi Diana Pan

UC Irvine

yungyip@uci.edu

 

Migration & Nation

Cinzia Solari

UC Berkeley

csolari@berkeley.edu

 

Immigrant Women: Tales of Identity

Zeynep Kilic

Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage

afzk@uaa.alaska.edu

 

Immigrants, Legal Status & Workplace Rights

Shannon Gleeson

UC Santa Cruz

sgleeson@ucsc.edu

 

Immigration, Race & Social Movements

Katie Furuyama

UC Irvine

kfuruyam@uci.edu

 

The Effects of Immigration on Rural Communities

Marianne Paiva

CSU Chico

mcpaiva@csuchico.edu

 

The Immigrant Experience in the United States: Integration or Alienation

Manuel Barajas

CSU Sacramento

barajasm@saclink.csus.edu

 

 

15 METHODS, RESEARCH, INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS

 

Quantitative Methods

Robert O’Brien

Univ. of Oregon

bobrien@uoregon.edu

 

Doing Feminist Research

Camilla A. Sears

Simon Fraser Univ.

casears@sfu.ca

 

Researching Vulnerable Populations

James Sutton

CSU Chico

jesutton@csuchico.edu

 

Doing Ethnography

Kathryn Hadley

CSU Sacramento

Hadley@csus.edu

 

Collaborative Research: Methods & Challenges

Shannon Elizabeth Bell &

Ryanne Pilgeram

Univ. of Oregon

sbell@uoregon.edu

rpilgera@uoregon.edu

 

GIS for Environment, Health & Community

Sheila Steinberg

Humboldt State Univ.

Sheila.steinberg@humboldt.edu


16 POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY, JUSTICE, THE STATE, HUMAN RIGHTS, VIOLENCE, TERRORISM

 

Human Trade in the 21st Century: A Sociological Analysis

Arduizur Carli Richie-Zavaleta

MiraCosta College

Arichie-zavaleta@miracosta.edu

Wars & Occupations

Dennis Loo

Cal Poly Pomona

ddloo@csupomona.edu

 

Fifty Years After C. Wright Mills “Listen Yankee!”: Normalizing Cuban-US Ties

Richard Dello Buono

Manhattan College

rdellob@hotmail.com

 

State-Sanctioned Violence

Byron Lee

Temple  Univ.

byron.lee@temple.edu

 

The Military Meets Sociology

Linda Heuser

Willamette Univ.

lheuser@willamette.edu

 

17 RACE, ETHNICITY

 

Current Research on Latinos

Alicia Gonzales

CSU San Marcos

amgonzal@csusm.edu

 

Middle Eastern Communities in the U.S.

Neda Maghbouleh

UC Santa Barbara

nedamaghbouleh@gmail.com

 

Issues in Race & Ethnicity

J. Vern Cromartie

Contra Costa College

j_vern_cromartie@yahoo.com

 

Mixed Race & Identity: The Social Construction of Race

Michael McKail & Joanna Norton

UC Riverside

michael.mckail@email.ucr.edu

joanna.norton@mail.ucr.edu

 

Race/Ethnicity & Education

(spons. by Committee on Race & Ethnic Minorities)

Elvia Ramirez

CSU Sacramento

elvia_ramirez@hotmail.com

 

Race, Class, & Gender in Hip-Hop Culture

Michael Barnes

CSU Long Beach

mpbarnes75@gmail.com

 

18 RELIGION

 

Community & Religion

David McKell

Northern Arizona Univ.

David.mckell@nau.edu

 

Religion & Immigration

Jessica Hamar Martinez

Univ. of Arizona

jhamar@email.arizona.edu

 

19 SEXUALITY

 

Transgender Issues

Ann Travers

Simon Fraser Univ.

atravers@sfu.ca

 

Sociology of Sexuality

Ellen Berg

CSU Sacramento

berge@csus.edu

 

Commodification of Sexuality

Kassia Wosick-Correa

New Mexcio State Univ.

kassiaw@nmsu.edu

 

Race & Sexuality

Jason Crockett

Univ. of Arizona

jlc76@email.arizona.edu

 

Sexuality in a Family Context

Kristin Scherrer

Univ. of Michigan

scherrek@umich.edu

 

Sexuality & Politics

Karl Bryant

SUNY New Paltz

bryantk@newpaltz.edu

& Tom Waidzunas

UC San Diego

twaidzunas@ucsd.edu

 

Sexuality & Sexual Regulation in Institutions

Amy Denissen

CSU Northridge

amy.denissen@csun.edu

 

20 SOCIAL INEQUALITY, STRATIFICATION, POWER

 

Working Class Studies

Jeff Torlina

Utah Valley Univ.

torlinje@uvu.edu

 

The Political Economy of Inequality

Richard Anderson-Connolly

Univ. of Puget Sound

raconnolly@ups.edu

 

Sociology & Social Class

Charles Varano

CSU Sacramento

cvarano@csus.edu

 

Gendered Inequalities

Susan Murray

San Jose State Univ.

sumurray@email.sjsu.edu

 

Inequalities in Academia

Shannon Elizabeth Bell &

Ryanne Pilgeram

Univ. of Oregon

sbell@uoregon.edu

rpilgera@uoregon.edu

 

Social Inequalities & Reproductive Technologies

Patricia Jennings

CSU East Bay

pat.jennings@csueastbay.edu

 

Class & Class Conflict

Berch Berberoglu

Univ. of Nevada-Reno

berchb@unr.edu

 

21 SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, PROTEST, SOCIAL CHANGE

 

Consciousness & Social Change

Janine Schipper

Northern Arizona Univ.

Janine.schipper@nau.edu

 

Social Movements & Organizations

Elizabeth Chiarello

UC Irvine

echiarel@uci.edu

 

The Complex Work of Social Change: Social Movement & Organization Interaction

Cassandra Engeman

UC Santa Barbara

engeman@umail.ucsb.edu

 

New Directions in Social Movements & Collective Action Research

Kelley Strawn

Willamette Univ.

kstrawn@willamette.edu

 

Social Movements, Protest, Social Change

Robert Wonswer

Pierce College

rgwonswer@gmail.com

 

Grassroots Movements & Community Organizing

Pepper Glass

Los Angeles Valley College

pglass@ucla.edu

 

Social Movements & Social Transformation

Berch Berberoglu

Univ. of Nevada-Reno

berchb@unr.edu

 

22 SOCIAL NETWORKS

 

Social Networks Analysis in/for Organizations: Research & Its Translations

Ann McCranie

Indiana Univ.-Bloomington

amccrani@indiana.edu

 

Technology & Social Networks

Laura Scott

Los Angeles Valley College

lscott324@gmail.com

 

Imagining Social Networks

Byron Lee

Temple Univ.

byron.lee@temple.edu

 

Work & Social Networks

Kjersten Whittington

Reed College

Whittington@reed.edu

 

23 SOCIAL & PUBLIC POLICY, PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY, LEGAL SYSTEM

 

Women & the Legal System

(spons. by the Committee on Status of Women)

Cynthia Siemsen

CSU Chico

csiemsen@csuchico.edu

 

The Current State of Social & Legal Theory

Davison Bideshi

Western Illinois Univ.

d-bideshi@wiu.edu

&

Kay Kei-Ho Pih

CSU Northridge

kay-pih@csun.edu

 

Social Problems & Public Policy

Rachel Best &

Hana Brown

UC Berkeley

rbest@berkeley.edu

hanna_brown@berkeley.edu

 

24 SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, MEMORY, IDENTITY, EMOTIONS, THE BODY

 

Self & Identity

Candan Duran-Aydintug

Univ. of Colorado Denver

candan.duran-Aydintug@ucdenver.edu

 

Race & Multiracial Identity: Contemporary Trends in Research

Reginald Daniel &

Josef Castaneda-Liles

UC Santa Barbara

rdaniel@soc.ucsb.edu

jmliles@umail.ucsb.edu

 

Sociology of Memory: New & Old Conceptualizations of Memory; Personal or Commodity, Public or Private?

Noel Packard

The New School

packardn@prodigy.net

 

The Sociology of Emotions

David Boyns

CSU Northridge

david.boyns@csun.edu

 

Sociology of the Body

(spons. by Committee on the Status of Women)

Patricia Drew

CSU East Bay

patricia.drew@csueastbay.edu

 

Sexual Bodies & Identities in a Technological Age

Eve Shapiro

Westfield State College

eshapiro99@gmail.com

 

Emotion Management Perspective: Applying the Contributions of Arlie Hochschild

Steven Ortiz

Oregon State Univ.

sortiz@oregonstate.edu

 

Multi-Racial & Multi-Ethnic Identities

Shigueru Tsuha

UC Riverside

tsuhaj01@student.ucr.edu

 

25 SPORT

 

Sociology of Baseball

Ann Travers

Simon Fraser Univ.

atravers@sfu.edu

 

Sport & Social Justice/Inequality

Ann Travers

Simon Fraser Univ.

atravers@sfu.edu

 

Sociology of Sport & Physical Activity

William McTeer

Wilfrid Laurier Univ.

bmcteer@wlu.ca

 

26 TEACHING, LEARNING

 

Facebook & Faculty-Technology & the Classroom in the 21st Century

Paul O’Brien

CSU Stanislaus

pobrien@csustan.edu

 

Online Teaching: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

Deborah Smith

Saginaw Valley State Univ.

dlsmith3@svsu.edu

 

Technological Innovations in Teaching

(spons. by the Committee on Teaching)

Michelle M. Camacho

Univ. of San Diego

mcamacho@sandiego.edu

 

Graduate Students Engage the Sociological Imagination in a Turbulent World

Michelle Harris & Karla Hackstaff

Northern Arizona Univ.

michelle.harris@nau.edu

 

Working with Alpha Kappa Delta Student Organizations to Use the Sociological Imagination

Patricia R. Hoffman

New Mexico State Univ.

phoffman@nmsu.edu

 

New Perspectives on Teaching the Social Problems Course

Harry Mersmann

San Joaquin Delta College

hmersmann@deltacollege.edu

 

Ways of Utilizing Technology in Teaching

Brian Smith

Central Michigan Univ.

smith1b@cmich.edu

 

Public Sociology & Community Service Learning

(spons. by the Committee on Teaching)

Amy Denissen

CSU Northridge

adenissen@csun.edu

 

Reflections on Student-Teacher-Administration Relations & Ethics

(spons. by COFRAT & Committee on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights)

Byron Lee

Temple Univ.

byron.lee@temple.edu

 

Teaching Sociological Theory as a Foundation for Applied Sociology

Robert E. Kettlitz

Hastings College

rkettlitz@hastings.edu

 

Teaching Statistics to Undergraduates

Anna Leon-Guerrero

Pacific Lutheran Univ.

ayl@plu.edu

 

Curriculum Content for a Two-Semester Research Methods Course with an Applied Emphasis

Robert E. Kettlitz

Hastings College

rkettlitz@hastings.edu

 

Great Ideas for Teaching the Sociological Imagination

(spons. by the Committee on Teaching)

Rosemary Powers

Eastern Oregon Univ.

rpowers@eou.edu

 

Teaching Applied Sociology

Robert E. Kettlitz

Hastings College

rkettlitz@hastings.edu

 

Teaching Today’s College Students

Amy Leisenring

San Jose State Univ.

amy.leisenring@sjsu.edu

 

Radical Teaching Approaches

(spons. by Committee on Teaching)

Adam Rafalovich

Pacific Univ.

araf@pacificu.edu

 

Two & Four Year Sociology Programs: Trends & Issues in Articulation & Connection

Herman de Bose

CSU Northridge

hdebose@csun.edu

 

Teaching Sexuality

Emily Kazyak

Univ. of Michigan

ekazyak@umich.edu

 

Teaching Focus Group Methodology

Sheila Katz

Sonoma State Univ.

Sheila.katz@sonoma.edu

 

Beyond Master-Slave: Egalitarian Collaborations Between Graduate Students & Faculty

Yvonne Braun

Univ. of Oregon

ybraun@uoregon.edu

 

Strategies for Teaching Sociology Students How to Write

Linda Heuser

Willamette Univ.

lheuser@willamette.edu

 

Down Here on the Ground: Connecting Theory to the Real World for Our Students

Michael Barnes

CSU Long Beach

mpbarnes75@gmail.com

 

The Real Deal: Students Discuss Best//Worse Experiences with Faculty

(spons. by Student Affairs Committee)

Michael Barnes

CSU Long Beach

mpbarnes75@gmail.com

 

27 THEORY, SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION, KNOWLEDGE, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, RISK

 

The Sociology of Risk, Credit & Finance

Sarah Quinn

UC Berkeley

squinn@berkeley.edu

 

Discourse, Rationality, Technology & the Subject in Society

Donald Winiecki

Boise State Univ.

dwiniecki@boisestate.du

 

Dead Theorists & Live Issues: Marx, Weber, Veblen & Mills and the Unraveling of Contemporary Capitalism

Larry Van Sickle

Rollins College

Lvansickle@rollins.edu

 

Sociological Theory

David Boyns

CSU Northridge

david.boyns@csun.edu

 

Using Sociological Theory to Frame Applied Sociological Research

Robert E. Kettlitz

Hastings College

rkettlitz@hastings.edu

 

Marxist Sociology

Berch Berberoglu

Univ. of Nevada-Reno

berchb@unr.edu

 

The Matrix of Domination

Tracy Nielsen

Mount Royal

tnielsen@mtroyal.ca

 

Humanism & the Sociological Imagination

Jeff Torlina

Utah Valley Univ.

torlinje@uvu.edu

 

Science & Technology

Bryan Sluggett

Univ. of Alberta

sluggett@ualberta.ca

 

Mathematical Sociology

John Angle

Inequality Process Institute

angle@inequalityprocess.org

 

Bourdieuan Sociology

Carl Stempel

CSU East Bay

carl.stempel@csueastbay.edu

 

28 WORK, LABOR, ORGANIZATIONS

 

Sociology of Work & Organizations

Jonathan Westover

Utah Valley Univ.

jon.westover@gmail.com

 

New Directions in Research on Work, Organizations, & Inequality

Julie Kmec

Washington State Univ.

jkmec@wsu.edu

 

Young People’s Experiences with School & Work

Christopher O’Connor

Univ. of Calgary

cdoconno@ucalgary.ca

 

29 UNDERGRADUATE SESSIONS

 

NOTE:              Undergraduate students are encouraged to participate in the 2010 meeting in Oakland.  Undergraduate students can present in a poster session or in one of the undergraduate roundtables, which will cover diverse topics in sociology.

 

Undergraduate Poster Session: Open Topic

(spons. by Alpha Kappa Delta)

Virginia Mulle

Univ. of Alaska Southeast

ginny.mulle@uas.alaska.edu

 

Undergraduate Student Roundtables: Open Topic

Virginia Mulle

(spons. by Alpha Kappa Delta)

Virginia Mulle

Univ. of Alaska Southeast

ginny.mulle@uas.alaska.edu

 

Undergraduate Roundtable: Women’s Issues

(spons by the Comm. on Status of Women)

Cynthia Siemsen

CSU Chico

&

Camilla Sears

Simon Fraser Univ.

csiemsen@csuchico.edu

casears@sfu.edu

 

Undergraduate Research-Formal Presentations in Applied Sociological Research by Undergraduates

Robert E. Kettlitz

Hastings College

rkettlitz@hastings.edu

 

Undergraduate Roundtable: Coming of Age in the Digital World

Laura Robinson

Santa Clara Univ.

lrobinson@scu.edu

 

Undergraduate Roundtables on GLBT Issues & Sexualities

Anna Muraco

Loyala Marymount Univ.

amuraco@lmu.edu

 

Undergraduate Roundtable: Urban Communities

(spons. by Alpha Kappa Delta)

Mark Hutter

Rowan Univ.

hutter@rowan.edu

 

Undergraduate Roundtable: The Transition to Adulthood

Laura Nichols

Santa Clara Univ.

lnichols@scu.edu

 

 

30 FACULTY & GRADUATE STUDENT ROUNDTABLES

 

NOTE:  Graduate students are encouraged to participate in the 2010 meeting in Oakland.  Graduate students & faculty can submit their work to any listed session in the call for papers and to the open topic roundtable listed below.

 

Open Topic Graduate and Faculty Roundtables

Karen Sternheimer

USC

sternhei@usc.edu

 

 

31 Submissions without a Home, Submissions that Don’t Fit Any Session Listed

Karen Sternheimer

USC

sternhei@usc.edu


2010 Invited Sessions

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

Global, Multiple, Relevant, Sharp: Can We Do Good Sociology on a World Scale?

Raewyn Connell

Univ. of Sydney

r.connell@edfac.usyd.edu.au

Author Meets Critics: Resisting McCarthyism: To Sign or Not To Sign California's Loyalty Oath by Robert Blauner

UC Berkeley

kebb@berkeley.edu

What’s Love Got To Do With It?  The Emotional/Relational World of Pop Songs

Tom Scheff

UCSB

scheff@soc.ucsb.edu

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

Teresa Ciabattari

Pacific Lutheran Univ.

Ciabatta@plu.edu

 

The Real Story of Women in Grad School

Debra Guckenheimer

UC Santa Barbara

debraguckenheimer@umail.ucsb.edu

 

Author Meets Critics; Mining Race-Ethic Identity in Arizona Copper Camps  by Phylis Martinelli

(organizer TBA)

 

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

 

Gender, Sexuality & the Worldwide AIDS Crises

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

 

Author Meets Critics: Mothers Without Citizenship: Asian Immigrant Families & the Consequences of Welfare Reform by Lynn Fujiwara

Ellen Scott

Univ. of Oregon

escott@uroregon.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

 

The Parent-Child Relationship & the Transition to Adulthood: Differential Forces Affection Young Adults

Cara Copeland

Portland State Univ.

ccopelan@pdx.edu

 

Global Service Work

Eileen Otis

Univ. of Oregon

otis@uoregon.edu

 

The Future of the University

(spons. by COFRAT)

Glenn A. Goodwin

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 1st 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 20th 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 50th 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, 77th 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.

 

21st 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 21st 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 21st 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 21st 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 21st 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