In Recognition of Past and Present Service
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IN RECOGNITION OF PAST AND PRESENT SERVICE PRESIDENTS OF SSSP, 1952-2005 Ernest W. Burgess 1952-1953 Kai Erikson 1970-1971 Joseph R. Gusfield 1988-1989 Alfred McClung Lee 1953-1954 Albert K. Cohen 1971-1972 Murray Straus 1989-1990 Herbert Blumer 1954-1955 Edwin M. Lemert 1972-1973 James A. Geschwender 1990-1991 Arnold M. Rose 1955-1956 Rose Coser 1973-1974 Stephen J. Pfohl 1991-1992 Mabel Elliot 1956-1957 Stanton Wheeler 1974-1975 William Chambliss 1992-1993 Byron Fox 1957-1958 S. M. Miller 1975-1976 Barbara Katz Rothman 1993-1994 Richard Schermerhorn 1958-1959 Bernard Beck 1976-1977 James D. Orcutt 1994-1995 Alfred R. Lindesmith 1959-1960 Jacqueline Wiseman 1977-1978 Peter Conrad 1995-1996 Alvin W. Gouldner 1960-1961 John I. Kitsuse 1978-1979 Pamela A. Roby 1996-1997 Marshall B. Clinard 1961-1962 Frances Fox Piven 1979-1980 Beth B. Hess 1997-1998 Marvin B. Sussman 1962-1963 James E. Blackwell 1980-1981 Evelyn Nakano Glenn 1998-1999 Jessie Bernard 1963-1964 Egon Bittner 1981-1982 Robert Perrucci 1999- Irwin Deutscher 1964-1965 Helena Z. Lopata 1982-1983 2000 Howard S. Becker 1965-1966 Louis Kriesberg 1983-1984 John F. Galliher 2000-2001 Melvin Tumin 1966-1967 Joan W. Moore 1984-1985 Joel Best 2001-2002 Lewis Coser 1967-1968 Rodolfo Alvarez 1985-1986 Nancy C. Jurik 2002-2003 Albert J. Reiss, Jr. 1968-1969 Arlene Kaplan Daniels 1986-1987 Kathleen J. Ferraro 2003-2004 Raymond W. Mack 1969-1970 Doris Y. Wilkinson 1987-1988 Gary Alan Fine 2004-2005 EDITORS OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS, 1953-2005 Jerome Himmelhoch 1953-1958 Arlene Kaplan Daniels 1975-1978 Merry Morash 1990-1993 Erwin O. Smigel 1958-1961 Richard Colvard 1978-1981 Robert Perrucci 1993-1996 Howard S. Becker 1961-1965 Malcolm Spector 1981-1984 Joel Best 1996-1999 Hyman Rodman 1965-1969 James D. Orcutt 1984-1987 David A. Smith 1999-2002 David Gold 1969-1975 Joseph Schneider 1987-1990 James A. Holstein 2002-2005 The Society for the Study of Social Problems 901 McClung Tower University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-0490 work: (865) 974-3620; fax: (865) 689-1534 [email protected] http://www.sssp1.org (Printed in the USA) PRELIMINARY PROGRAM The Society for the Study of Social Problems 54th Annual Meeting August 13-15, 2004 Cathedral Hill Hotel, 1101 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA THE CULTURE OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS: POWER, PEOPLE, AND HISTORY The study of social problems necessarily implicates sociologists in the weave of power, people, and history that shapes who and what are considered problematic. While members of SSSP have a commitment to using sociological tools to intervene productively in existing problematic relations (e.g., racism, poverty, environmental destruction), at times our work can also be complicit with what Dorothy Smith calls “relations of ruling” and what Foucault names “disciplinary power.” That is, in collecting “data” and advocating solutions, we might not only shed new light on troubling aspects of society, but also solidify boundaries, dichotomies, and hierarchies that exalt the historically constituted preferences and privileges of some and exclude and distort those of others. During periods of particularly vicious imperialist violence, such as the one we are currently experiencing, it is tempting to assign ourselves the role of truth giving experts. Submitting to this temptation, for profit or principle, makes it more difficult to question, learn, and know in ways that challenge domination and promote freedom. It is imperative that we act, but also that we examine the political and historical influences on our actions. In referring to the culture of social problems, I am thinking not only of the multiple cultures of troubled social institutions and unjust social practices, but also the culture of social science research, teaching and writing in which we are all participants. Meeting together to focus our thoughts on the culture of social problems gives us an opportunity to engage in creative criticism that can move beyond conventional expertise to new ways of thinking and understanding. Foucault described this kind of criticism as one that would “light fires, watch the grass grow, listen to the wind, and catch the sea foam in the breeze and scatter it. It would multiply not judgments but signs of existence; it would summon them, drag them from their sleep...It would not be sovereign or dressed in red. It would bear the lightning of possible storms.” (from The Masked Philosopher interview, 1980). Our members bring a rich array of resources to engage in creative criticism, from poetry to performance, historical analysis to ethnography. I invite you to participate in these meetings in whatever way “multiplies signs of existence” as a way of stimulating the storms that can make sociology a creative, ethical endeavor. By invoking “culture” as a socially produced and situated frame, I hope people will be encouraged to think broadly about how our work is shaped by the cultures in which we travel, as well as how cultural interventions can be useful and pleasurable sociological projects. As the ASA focuses on “public sociologies,” our meetings can offer space to contemplate how to go public without going corporate, elitist, arrogant, or boring. Power, people, and history are all categories that seem to me essential for a creative criticism that does not succumb to the multiplication of judgments. San Francisco seems the ideal location to try. Kathleen J. Ferraro, President 2004 Program Committee M. A. Bortner, Co-Chair, Arizona State University R. Danielle Egan, Co-Chair, St. Lawrence University Stephen Pfohl, Co-Chair, Boston College Cecilia Menjivar, Arizona State University 2 WELCOME TO SAN FRANCISCO, THE CITY BY THE BAY TABLE OF CONTENTS What might you do while not attending one of the many compelling Accessibility Services (Comfort Zone) .................. 3 sessions of the 2004 annual meeting of the SSSP? San Francisco has AIDS Fundraiser and the Graduate Student and New Member many great things to offer. Reception ..................................... 5, 21 San Francisco is a wonderful walking city and has convenient and Awards Banquet ..................5, 29, inside back cover inexpensive public transportation (Muni buses and Muni and BART trains, and cable cars). You can take public transportation to most Book Exhibit .................................. 4, 42 destinations. All you need is a sturdy pair of walking shoes, warm Business Meeting ............................... 5, 22 clothing (remember what Mark Twain said: “The coldest winter I ever experienced was San Francisco in the summer.”), and you’re ready to go. C. Wright Mills Finalists - 2003 ....................... 7 Just ask the concierge at the Cathedral Hill Hotel for directions. The hotel has maps and brochures to help you explore the City. Child Care ....................................... 4 You’re close to Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown, North Beach, and the Committee and Divisional Business Meetings ........... 10 magnificent shops in Union Square. You can take a cable car to Editors of Social Problems, 1953-2005 .... inside front cover Fisherman’s Wharf, you can check out the sea lions on the docks west of Pier 39 or stop at Ghirardelli for an ice-cream sundae. If you’re feeling Film Exhibit .....................................6-7 real adventurous, you can catch a boar tour of the Bay and visit Alcatraz or spend a day visiting the Napa-Sonoma wine country. Don’t forget Graduate Student Meeting with the Student Board Lombard, the most crooked street in the world. You can take a cable car Representatives ................................. 5, 21 to Chinatown, where you can enjoy dim sum for breakfast. Then you can stroll down Stockton, Pacific or Washington streets to enjoy the exotic How to Make Hotel Reservations ...................... 3 flavor of local Asian culture. Near Chinatown is North Beach, How to Register ..............................3, 43-44 historically the Italian part of town. Literary types will want to stop at City Lights Bookstore and Vesuvio Café to peek at these two landmarks Index of Division Sessions ........................... 9 of the Beat movement. Columbus and Grant avenues are both lined with cafes and interesting shops. Index of Participants .............................39-41 Of course, if you want to shop until you drop, Union Square is the place Listing of Division-Sponsored Receptions ........... 21, 29 to be. If art interests you, the beautiful San Francisco Museum of Listing of Officers and Committee Members ............8-9 Modern Art is the place. You can have lunch in the museum café or grab a sandwich in a nearby shop and enjoy it in Yerba Buena Gardens, Listing of Plenary, Thematic, and Special Sessions ....... 11 where on a sunny day you are likely to catch a free performance of sort. Another art institution is the San Francisco Art Institute, where you can Mentoring Program ................................ 5 see the Diego mural, student art, and hang out at a café with a great view. Open Discussion of Resolutions Being Proposed to the SSSP Board ........................................ 4, 18 Another great spot is the Golden Gate Park, where you can spend days seeing the museum and other attractions and still not see everything there Parking Services ................................... 4 is to offer in this huge park. Next to the park is the not-so-calm Pacific Ocean. You can see surfers in wetsuits trying to “hang ten” (I don’t Photo Exhibit ..................................... 4 recommend this, however, due to the undertow and occasional shark). San Francisco also has many wonderful neighborhoods. Haight-Ashbury Poster Exhibit ..................................... 4 is famous for the home of the Grateful Dead band and Hippie generation. Presidential Address ............................. 5, 22 The Mission District, an ethnic-cultural melting pot, is a great place to go for inexpensive restaurants and cafes and shops with the greatest bargains. Presidents of SSSP, 1952-2005 .......... inside front cover The Castro is the center for Gay, Lesbian and Transgender culture. For night life such as clubs, check out South of Market Street and North Program Schedule ..............................12-38 Beach.