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The Sociological Methodologist Newsletter of the Methodology Section, American Sociological Association Fall 2005 Chair: Thomas A. DiPrete Chair-Elect: Ross M. Stolzenberg Secretary/Treasurer: Guang Guo Council: Kenneth C. Land, Pamela Paxton, Aimee Dechter, Trond Petersen, Ross L. Matsueda, and Douglas Heckathorn Newsletter Editor: Lawrence E. Raffalovich Assistant Editor: David P. Armstrong Contents Sections since 2003, in violation of section bylaws. During this time many members had called, written, Methodology Section Crisis.....................................1 and complained to ASA that they pay member dues and receive no benefit. As a result, many members October Election Results..........................................1 had dropped the section. Upcoming Election Announcement.........................1 Although elections were conducted in October, there was some misunderstanding about when the Candidate Bios for Council Member Elections .......2 newly elected officers and council would take Call for Nominations for 2006 Paul F. Lazarsfeld office. Historically, terms begin in August; Award.......................................................................4 however, all section offices and all but two council Program in Survey Research and Methodology .....4 seats were vacant. The situation now appears to be resolved. Section officers and newly elected council Conference Announcement: The American members took office on January 1, and are in the Sociological Association Methodology Section ......6 process of producing and submitting required ASA Teaching Qualitative Research Methods: Call reports to ASA. for Contributions .....................................................7 October Election Results Global Crime: Call for Papers ...................................7 Job Opening ............................................................7 Chair: Thomas A. DiPrete, Columbia University New Book on Statistics and Methodology...............8 Chair-Elect: Ross M. ("Rafe") Stolzenberg, Section on Mathematical Sociology Award ............8 University of Chicago Congratulations........................................................8 Secretary-Treasurer: Guang Guo, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill Notes from the Editor .............................................8 Council: Kenneth C. Land, Duke University Methodology Section Crises Pamela Paxton, Ohio State University Aimee Dechter, University of Wisconsin-Madison Trond Petersen, University of California-Berkeley In mid-December, Methodology Section officers were notified by ASA that the section was in danger of being disbanded. For two consecutive Upcoming Election Announcement years the section failed to conduct elections, terms for all officers had expired, and council had Council terms for Ross Matsueda and Douglas dwindled to two members. No annual reports, Heckathorn expire at the end of this year. Four awards, or other required information had been candidates have agreed to run for these two seats: submitted to ASA Office and the Committee on Linxin Hao, Johns Hopkins; David Weakliem, University of Connecticuit; David Grusky, The Sociological Methodologist, Fall 2005 2 Stanford; and Raymond Sin-Kwok Wong, Hao, Lingxin and Mary C. Brinton. 1997. University of California-Santa Barbara. Their "Productive Activities and Support Systems of biographies appear below. Single Mothers." American Journal of Sociology 102(5):1305-1344. Candidate Bios for Council Member Professional Accomplishments and Activities: Elections Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation 2001-present: Editorial Board, Journal of Candidate Marriage and Family Name: Lingxin Hao 2004-present: Editorial Board, Demography 2001-2003: Editorial Board, Sociology of Present Position: Education Professor of Sociology 1998-2001: Consulting Editor, American Johns Hopkins University Journal of Sociology Previous Professional Positions: Funded Research: Associate Professor of Sociology Hao, Lingxin (PI). 2005-2006. “Intra-Generational Johns Hopkins University Mobility and Social Inequality: Does Assistant to Associate Professor of Sociology Immigration Play a Role?” NSF. University of Iowa Hao, Lingxin (PI). 1999-2005. "Welfare Reform Education: and Young Adult Outcomes.” NICHD. Ph.D. Sociology, University of Chicago, 1990 M.A. Sociology, Zhongshan University, China, Hao, Lingxin (PI). 1999-2002. “Public Assistance, 1985 Private Support, and the Adaptation of B.A. English, South China Normal University, Immigrants.” NSF. China, 1982 Hao, Lingxin (PI). 1995-1998. "Support Systems Offices, Committee Memberships, and Editorial and Child Development in Single-Mother Appointments Held in ASA: Families." NICHD. ASA Children and Youth Council member 2005- Hao, Lingxin (PI). 1995-1997. "Family Social 2008 Capital and Academic Achievement of Selected Publications: Immigrant Children." NSF. Hao, Lingxin and Ross L. Matsueda. 2006. “Family Dynamics through Childhood: A Candidate Sibling Model of Behavior Problems.” Social Name: David Weakliem Science Research 35: Professional Positions: Hao, Lingxin. 2004. “Nested Heterogeneity and Professor of Sociology and Interim Director of the Difference in Differences.” Quality and Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, Quantity 38:185-203. University of Connecticut, 2004-present Hao, Lingxin and Yukio Kawano. 2001. Associate Professor to Professor of Sociology, “Immigrants’ Welfare Use and Opportunity for University of Connecticut, 1994-2004 Coethnic Contact.” Demography 38:375-389. Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1996-7 Hao, Lingxin. 1997. "Using a Multinomial Logit Specification to Model Two Interdependent Education: Processes with an Empirical Application." PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1987 Sociological Methods and Research 26(1):80- MS, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1983 117. BA, Harvard University, 1981 The Sociological Methodologist, Fall 2005 3 Offices, Committee Memberships, and Editorial Education: Appointments Held in ASA: Ph.D., The University of Wisconsin, Madison, Deputy Editor, American Sociological Review, 1987, Sociology 1999-2003 M.S., The University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1983, Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, Sociology 1997-99 B.A., Reed College, 1980, Sociology Publications and Professional Accomplishments: Offices, Committee Memberships, and Editorial David Weakliem, Robert Andersen, and Anthony F. Appointments Held in ASA: Heath. 2005. "By Popular Demand: the Effect Dissertation Award Committee, 2003-2005 (Chair) of Public Opinion on Income Inequality." American Sociological Association Council, Comparative Sociology 4: 260-84. 2001-03 Distinguished Scholarly Publication Committee, David Weakliem. 2005. "Public Opinion, Political 1999-2001 Attitudes, and Ideology." Pp. 227-46 in A Handbook of Political Sociology, edited by Publications and Professional Accomplishments: Thomas Janoski, Robert Alford, Alexander M. Poverty and Inequality (with Ravi Kanbur), Hicks, and Mildred Schwartz. Cambridge: forthcoming, Stanford, Stanford Univ. Press Cambridge University Press. The Declining Significance of Gender? (with Guest editor, Special Issue on Model Selection Francine Blau and Mary Brinton), forthcoming, Sociological Methods and Research 33 New York, Russell Sage Foundation (January 2004). Occupational Ghettos (with Maria Charles), 2004, David Weakliem and Wayne Villemez. 2004. Stanford, Stanford Univ. Press (Winner, Max "Public Attitudes Towards the Census: Weber Prize) Influences and Trends." Social Science “The Case for a New Class Map” (with Kim Quarterly 85: 857-71. Weeden), 2005, American Journal of Sociology David Weakliem. 1999. "A Critique of the 111(1): 141-212 Bayesian Information Criterion for Model "Describing Occupational Segregation in Sparse Selection." Sociological Methods and Research and Incomplete Arrays” (with Asaf Levanon), 27: 359-97 [with comments and reply, pp. 436- forthcoming, Sociological Methods and 43]. Research Candidate Candidate Name: David B. Grusky Name: Raymond Sin-Kwok Wong Present Professional Position: Present Professional Position: Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for the Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Study of Poverty and Inequality, Stanford California-Santa Barbara University, 2004-present Previous Professional Positions: Previous Professional Positions: From Assistant Professor to Professor, Department Professor of Sociology and Director, Center for the of Sociology, University of California-Santa Study of Inequality, Cornell University, 1999- Barbara since 1989 2004 Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Education: Professor of Sociology, Stanford University, Ph.D. Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1988-1999 1989 Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of M.A. Illinois State University, 1984 Chicago, 1986-88 The Sociological Methodologist, Fall 2005 4 Offices, Committee Memberships, and Editorial Award given by the ASA. The award recognizes Appointments Held in ASA: scholars who have made outstanding contributions None. to methodology in social sciences. Recent awardees include Adrian Raftery (2003), J. Scott Long Publications and Professional Accomplishments: (2002), Paul Allison (2001), Kenneth Bollen 2004. "Chinese Business Firms and Business (2000), Robert Mare (1999), Kenneth Land (1997), Entrepreneurs in Hong Kong." Pp. 34-65 in De- Howard Schuman (1996), Peter H. Rossi (1995), essentializing Capitalism: Chinese Enterprise, and Nancy Brandon Tuma (1994). Transnationalism, and Identity, edited