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Many Changes Evident Since Sociologists Profile of the President Last Converged on Atlanta Tales of the Kefir Furnaceman: Michael Burawoy South was welcoming context for latest sociological science convening by Jeff Byles global grain. He’s On a frigid February morning in spent one-and-a- 1985, Michael Burawoy’s dream came half years as a true. He passed under gate number one personnel officer in of the Lenin Steel Works, ground zero of the Zambian Hungary’s industrial heartland, and copper mines; found himself belly-to-brimstone with the worked 10 months flame-belching maw of an 80-ton furnace. as a “miscellaneous This was no velvet-rope tour for the machine operator” Berkeley sociologist, however. Over the in a South Chicago course of three separate stints totaling a engine shop; toiled Michael Burawoy year, it would be Burawoy’s job—along variously in by Johanna Ebner, Public with seven comrades in the work team champagne, textile, shops doubled the offerings. In 1988, DOS and auto-parts factories as well as a steel Information Office (remember this?) was the prevalent PC called the October Revolution Socialist Brigade—to tend this ungodly vessel, in mill in Hungary; and ended up at a otlanta” became even hotter operating system, but in 2003, sociologists “H which molten pig iron and scrap steel are furniture plant in Arctic Russia. His take- August 16-19 with the arrival of a 4,100- stood in line for a chance to remotely melded in a roiling home message? Don’t strong legion of sociologists and other check their local PC’s e-mail via the bath and pierced with believe the free- social scientists to the city. And, the Internet. What did not change were the high-pressure market hype until American Sociological Association’s groundbreaking nature of presentations Burawoy has been oxygen, kicking you’ve lived it from return to the South—since last having on research, the eager participants, and sociology’s underground temperatures the bottom up. convened there 15 years ago—was well the continued and growing interest in man, scribbling field upwards of 1600 And hitting the worth the wait. The 2003 Annual Meeting social science research. notes from the factory degrees. “A depart- bottom of the slag pit of the ASA in Atlanta, GA, was a glowing President Bielby’s Annual Meeting ing Boeing,” he later floor and beaming back at the two-century-old success, thanks to organizers, partici- theme, “The Sociology of Culture,” was wrote of the works at dispatches against the Lenin Steel Works was pants, and staff. an invitation to critically assess how the global grain. for Burawoy a career- concept of culture is used across the full full gale, “couldn’t make more noise.” defining coup. “It was Then & Now range of areas of social inquiry and to my pièce de take stock of alternative approaches to It was music to Burawoy’s ears. “The The last Annual Meeting held in résistance,” he says. “I had finally gotten theory, method, and explanation devel- dream of my life was to get a job in a Atlanta was in 1988 when Herbert Gans to the heart of the socialist working oped outside of our discipline. This theme steel mill in a socialist country,” he told a was president. Much has changed in 15 conference of graduate sociology class.” successfully permeated the two plenaries, years. For instance, in 1988 the attendance students. He added bemusedly, “I think You might call him the Walter Ben- “Taking Measure of Race” (Aug. 16) and at the Annual Meeting was a mere 2,700. I’m the only person in the world who’s jamin of the ravaged post-Soviet land- “Culture and Political Identities” (Aug. In 1988 the meeting was held in the had that dream.” scape. A professor at the University of 18). Marriott Marquis but in 2003, the meeting It’s the rare academic who can add the California-Berkeley since 1976, the self- described itinerant worker-academic built filled the newly refurbished Marriott as Ripples from Northern Blackout title “furnaceman” to his CV. But for the well as the Hilton Atlanta. Fifteen years past 30-odd years Burawoy has been a career spending one semester out of ago there were 257 sessions and this While the lights did not go out in sociology’s underground man, scribbling four and most summers scouring small- year’s 550 sessions, courses, and work- Atlanta like they did in New York, field notes from the factory floor and parts departments and scrap yards, beaming back dispatches against the seizing on the picked-over details of See Atlanta, page 6 ordinary lives—say, the stamp on the wobbly radial drill he plied in a Hungar- founded the ian auto shop that reads Csepel Machine sociology Lewis Coser Remembered See Burawoy, page 4 department at by Andrew Perrin, University of Ludwig to Lewis. Anxious to thank the Brandeis North Carolina-Chapel Hill caseworker at the International Relief University and Association who had worked to obtain a taught there for am fortunate to have known Lewis I visa for him, he met Rose Laub and soon more than 15 ASA Membership Coser, quite literally, all my life. Since he married her. The two began a lifelong years before thought “Grandpa” was too pedestrian Reaches a Four-year High companionship and collaboration, joining the and his native “Grossvater” or “Opa” too studying at Columbia University under, sociology In early September, ASA Germanic, I knew him first as “grand- among others, Robert K. Merton and department at membership broke 13,000 for the pe`re,” a name he and Rose—both Lewis Coser Paul Lazarsfeld, and both received PhDs the State first time since 1999. And, by the Francophiles—chose when I was born. As in sociology. Rose Laub Coser—also a University of end of September, ASA 2003 I became more aware, first of his political pathbreaking sociologist and a founding New York-Stony Brook, where he membership stood at more than persona and, later, his academic one, I member of Sociologists for Women in remained until his retirement. In 1987 the 13,100, which is about 400 more gained additional admiration for his Society—died in 1994. Lewis Coser’s Cosers retired to Cambridge, Massachu- than 2002’s final membership remarkable life. dissertation, The Functions of Social setts, where Lewis Coser was Professor figure. Born Ludwig Cohen in Berlin in 1913 Conflict, became a classic in social theory, Emeritus, first at Boston College and then (his father later changed the family and was listed in a 1997 Contemporary at Boston University. He was the author name), Coser left for Paris in 1933. There Sociology review as one of the best-selling or editor of more than 18 books, includ- he studied comparative literature and sociology books of the century. ing the classics Men of Ideas and Masters of ASA Section Member- sociology at the Sorbonne and was active During the postwar years, Coser was a Sociological Thought, and the author of ships Hit Historic Level in Marxist politics. In 1940, he was member of the circle of leftist intellectuals numerous articles. He was president of arrested by the French government, ASA members are joining the active in New York. He wrote for several the Society for the Study of Social which, as he told the story, rounded up all 43 sections of ASA in record political magazines, including Dwight Problems in 1967-68, the American native Germans, even Jewish anti-fascists, numbers. As of September, there MacDonald’s Politics, Partisan Review, The Sociological Association in 1975, and the and placed them in internment camps in are 20,170 section memberships, Progressive, Commentary, and The Nation. Eastern Sociological Association in 1983. the South of France. As a result of an the highest total ever. Along with Irving Howe and others, he In Stony Brook, the Cosers were expansion of U.S. quotas for immigration founded Dissent magazine and served as famous for their monthly “salons,” to “Thanks” go to all ASA mem- of political exiles, and with the assistance a co-editor for many years. which scores of guests would come for bers for their continued support of the International Relief Association, he Coser taught at several universities, gourmet food, drink, and intellectual and commitment! traveled through Marseilles and Portugal including the General College of the stimulation. Similarly, at their house in and boarded a boat to New York in 1941. University of Chicago as well as the On the advice of an immigration University of California-Berkeley. He official, he changed his name from See Coser, page 12

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In This Issue . . . The Executive Officer’s Column NIH Peer Review Survives Political Challenge—for Now Social science research projects came under serious attack in July in the House of Representatives, when Representatives Patrick Toomey (R-Pa.) and Chris Chocola (R-Ind.) filed an unfriendly amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Ser- 2005 Annual Meeting vices, and Education (LHHS) FY 2004 funding bill (HR 2660). Looking ahead to the Centennial Their effort, which was only very narrowly defeated (by two votes), attempted to take funding away from five National Annual Meeting in Philadelphia Institutes of Health (NIH) grants, four of which involved social 5 focused on “Comparative and behavioral research on sexual health. These grants—Indiana University, Kinsey Perspectives, Competing Institute; New England Research Institutes, Inc.; University of California-San Francisco; and University of Washington—were already funded, most by the National Institute of Explanations.” Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). Coordinated work by ASA and other member organizations of the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) helped achieve this defeat. Had these representatives succeeded, Congress would have effectively circumvented NIH’s peer review system and assumed an unprecedented role directly managing NIH grant review. When the Senate ASA Award Recipients took up its counterpart appropriations bill in early September, as this issue of Footnotes Eight major ASA awards honor was in preparation, the social science community was anxiously awaiting—and fully anticipating—the “other shoe to drop” and was scrambling for inside intelligence as to colleagues for outstanding careers which Senator(s) might act. 7 and contributions to the field. Poised to engage resources against a new challenge, but not knowing where an attack might originate or which grants might be targeted, the science community and COSSA had to hold in waiting our ability to effectively and quickly activate grassroots or other advocacy action along established “battle lines.” Any organized effort to educate Senators and their staff before such a possible amendment was offered would risk making an issue Child Trends Databank of something that might not materialize. The effort could potentially confuse and even backfire, if members didn’t have sufficient time to absorb the merits of our position on A new resource on child and youth NIH peer review. well-being for research and teaching Fortunately, an amendment was not offered, and ultimately, the Senate passed its bill. is now available. However, the issue may very well arise during hearings by the House Energy and 9 Commerce Committee or the Senate Heath Education Labor, & Pensions Committee. ASA and the social science community maintain a vigil against threats to NIH-funded social science research, and bolstering ASA’s efforts, the ASA Council in August 2003 passed a resolution opposing any attempts to restrict NIH support for high quality, peer- reviewed research, including public- The Cost of Alzheimer’s health related research on sexual function and behavior. Specifically, ASA Disease Council stated: Sociologist redefines the cost of “[ASA] strongly opposes any action Vantage by Congress that would restrict the 10 Alzheimer’s to the nation. ability of the National Institutes of Health to fund high quality, peer-reviewed research and affirms its Point support for the ability of NIH to support high quality, public health-related research on sexual function and sexual behavior…. The ASA Minority Fellowship considers such actions to be a serious threat to the integrity of the peer review process and the independence of scientific thought, and represents political intrusion into scientific Program research. Such intrusion is not in the best interests of the American public, which depends upon the highest quality research in the development of scientific knowledge. We direct ASA’s MFP announces seven new the Executive Office to oppose such actions publicly and to take all appropriate steps to 11 fellows. help ensure these studies are not defunded.” Four of the five grants challenged in the House address aspects of sexual behavior and function. But among the key points cited by the social science community as to the value of this research is its fundamental importance to human health and well-being. With Coser Tributes members of Congress having neither the information nor the expertise to decide on the Former colleagues, friends, and merits of funding specific research, visits to Senate offices were made to stress the importance of Congress not micromanaging NIH grant approvals and the value of students eulogize former ASA research on sexual dysfunction. The latter affects millions of Americans and is poorly President Lewis Coser. understood by the medical community. Sexual behavior research addresses the preven- 12 tion of HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and unintended pregnancy. But ASA also collaborated with the Adhoc Group for Medical Research Funding and COSSA to combat the ill-informed congressional action that would have put Congress in the awkward and inappropriate role supplanting NIH’s renowned peer review.

Special Public Forum Past as Prologue Member support and opposition to The 1991-1992 ASA Council had passed a resolution to strongly oppose the “totally the ASA Iraq War Resolution. egregious and unprecedented action” of then-HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan in rescinding an approved grant, the American Teenage Study. The grant had been awarded to the 14 University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill following peer review and approval by the NICHD [National Institute on Child Health and Human Development] Advisory Council and the NICHD Director. The resolution characterized the Secretary’s action as “a serious threat to the integrity of the peer review process and the independence of scientific thought, and represents political intrusion into scientific research.” The House’s recent action presents the same profound threat, an attack aimed at behavioral and social science research and one to which ASA is prepared to be a “first responder” in the social science Our Regular Features community. We may not have long to wait. A study by former ASA Council member Linda J. Public Forum ...... 14 Waite, at the University of Chicago Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging, Departments ...... 16 may face the same kind of challenge. Her NIH-funded National Social Life and Aging Project holds significant promise to make a difference in the health and well being of Obituaries ...... 21 Americans, and ASA stands ready to defend comparable high-quality science whose findings will be of interest and importance to sociologists, other scholars, policymakers, and the general public. ❑ —Sally T. Hillsman, Executive Officer SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 3 Sociologists Receive Prestigious Fulbright Awards PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE More than 850 U.S. academics, Christopher Giles Hudson, Professor, professionals, and independent scholars School of Social Work, Salem State ✔ have received awards under the College (MA): Hong Kong. NIH funds eight Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities . . . Fulbright Scholar Program to study Rukmalie Thalani Jayakody, Assistant Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson announced in abroad in 2002-03. Each year the U.S. Professor, Department of Human September the creation of eight new centers designed to support cutting- Fulbright Scholar Program sends Development and Family Studies and edge research to understand and reduce differences in health outcomes, scholars and professionals to more than Population Research Institute, Pennsylva- access and care. Four institutes or offices within the National Institutes of 140 countries, where they lecture, nia State University-University Park: Health (NIH)—National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Na- consult, or conduct research in a wide Vietnam. tional Cancer Institute, National Institute on Aging, and the Office of Behav- variety of academic and professional Katherine Ruth Jensen, Professor, ioral and Social Sciences Research—will support this transdisciplinary re- fields. The Fulbright program is spon- Department of Sociology and Women’s search to examine how the social and physical environment, behavioral sored by the U.S. Department of State Studies, University of Wyoming: Nepal. factors, and biologic pathways interact to determine health and disease in and administered by the Council for Paul David Jesilow, Associate Profes- populations. For the whole story, visit cancer.gov/newscenter/ International Exchange of Scholars. sor, Department of Criminology, Law, pressreleases/NewDisparityCenters. Below is the list of 29 sociologists and Society, University of California- awarded a Fulbright for this year. Irvine: Sweden. ✔ Strategies to reduce underage drinking . . . . A broad plan to reduce under- Included are their titles, affiliations, and Harold Ray Kerbo, Professor, Depart- age drinking was recently unveiled by the Institute of Medicine (IOM). The the countries in which they will study. ment of Social Sciences, California report, requested by Congress, enlists the help of lawmakers, alcohol manu- For more information, see www.cies.org. Polytechnic State University-San Luis facturers, retail businesses, the entertainment industry, and parents. It rec- Kimberly April Battle-Walters, Obispo: Austria. ommends that federal and state lawmakers raise excise taxes on alcohol, Roxanne Kibben, consultant, R. Associate Professor, Department of Social particularly on beer, the most popular alcoholic beverage among young Work, School of Education and Behav- Kibben Company (Minn.): Cyprus. Lynne G. Lackey, Scientist, Heller people. With alcohol being much cheaper today, after adjusting for inflation, ioral Studies, Azusa Pacific University: than it was 30 to 40 years ago, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) South Africa. School, Schneider Institute for Health report notes that raising the price of alcohol will deter underage drinkers. Ellen Janice Benjamin, Assistant Policy, Brandeis University: Swaziland. Professor, School for New Learning, William G. Martin, Professor, Fernand The text of the report, Reducing Underage Drinking: A Collective Responsibility, DePaul University: Romania. Braudel Center, State University of New is available on the web at books.nap.edu/books/0309089352/html/ Ginetta E. Candelario, Assistant York-Binghamton: South Africa. index.html. Professor, Department of Sociology and Duane Allan Matcha, Associate ✔ Professor of Sociology, Siena College: . . . . On a related note, a Harvard University study confirms strong link Department of Latin American and between low-priced promotions and heavier drinking among students in the Latino/Latina Studies, Smith College: Poland. first national, on-site bar and liquor store survey. The Harvard School of Dominican Republic. Donald E. Maypole, Professor Samuel Ross Cohn, Professor of Emeritus, Department of Social Work, Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS), released in September, docu- Sociology, Texas A&M University- University of Minnesota-Duluth: Czech ments, through systematic on-site observations, the extent to which college College Station: Brazil. Republic. students are targeted with sales of large volumes of alcohol (such as 24- and Diana Crane, Professor of Sociology, Dorothy S. McClellan, Professor, 30-can cases of beer, kegs, and “party balls”), low sale prices, and frequent University of Pennsylvania: The Nether- Department of Social Sciences/Criminal alcohol promotions at bars, liquor stores, and other retail outlets surround- lands. Justice, Texas A&M University-Corpus ing college campuses. The study found a strong association between the Mary Cuadrado, Assistant Professor Christi: Croatia. presence of these promotions and higher rates of heavy drinking on college of Criminology, University of South Timothy Paul McGettigan, Assistant campuses. The study appears in the October issue of the American Journal of Professor of Sociology, University of Florida-Sarasota/Manatee: Mexico. Preventive Medicine along with a second study that found that drinking and Arlene Demirjian, Director, Child Southern Colorado: Poland. Catherine H. Nye, Associate Professor, driving were less prevalent on campuses in states that had more compre- Abuse and Domestic Violence Treatment hensive laws and stronger enforcement capacity to restrict drinking and Program, Greenwich House (NY): School for Social Work, Smith College: driving, underage drinking, and high-volume consumption and sales of Cyprus. Thailand. Pauline Irit Erera, Associate Profes- Patrick M. O’Day, Assistant Professor alcohol. The study’s Principal Investigator was sociology professor Henry sor, School of Social Work, University of of Criminal Justice, University of Texas- Wechsler, Director of College Alcohol Studies at the Harvard School of Pub- Washington-Seattle: Thailand. Pan American: Mexico. lic Health (see also December 2002 Footnotes, pg. 5). These studies and addi- Henry J. Frundt, Professor, School of David Bruce Optekar, Clinical Social tional information on the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Social Science and Human Services, Worker, Atlantic Shores Hospital (Fla.): Study can be found at www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas. Ramapo College of New Jersey: Guate- Russia. ✔ American Community Survey (ACS) updates . . . . The American Commu- mala. Patricia J. Ould, Professor of Sociol- Martha Fraad Haffey, Associate ogy, Salem State College: India. nity Survey is a relatively new approach employed by the U.S. Census Bu- Professor, School of Social Work, City Carol L. Schmid, Professor, Depart- reau for collecting accurate, timely information for critical government func- University of New York-Hunter College: ment of Social Sciences, Guilford Technical tions. This approach provides up-to-date profiles of America’s communities Indonesia. Community College: Latvia. every year and is intended to replace the decennial long-form census. The Zhidong Hao, Assistant Professor, Jennifer P. Talwar, Assistant Professor, ACS gives community leaders and other data users more timely information Department of Sociology, Anthropology, Department of Liberal Arts, Pennsylvania ❑ for planning and evaluating public programs geared to everyone from new- and Social Work, Whittier College: State University-Allentown: India. borns to the elderly. There are two recent developments with regard to the Taiwan. ACS plans and activities. First, the U.S. House of Representatives approved the President’s budget request to provide full funding for the ACS for full implementation beginning in July 2004. If the Senate concurs, the American Community Survey will become fully operational, sampling 250,000 house- holds per month, or 3 million per year, in 2004. Second, ACS’s organiza- tional structure has been realigned, moving it from the Demographics Direc- torate and placing it under the Associate Director of the Decennial Census. A CD-ROM containing the 2000-2001 ACS data is available to the public free of charge by calling the U.S. Census Bureau at 301-763-4636. Also in Sep- tember, the Census Bureau released ACS data from the 2002 Supplementary Survey. Finally, data from the 31 test sites consisting of three complete years of data (1999-2001) was released. For more information, see www.census.gov/acs/www/. ✔ Senate appropriations create funding difficulties for agencies that support research and statistics . . . . The National Institute of Justice (NIJ), the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), the Census Bureau, and the State Department’s Educational and Cultural Affairs exchange programs were denied requested increases by the Senate Appropriations panel this fall. The NIJ was pro- vided with $50 million in base funding, $6.3 million less than the President’s request for the agency. Because their current projects add up to more than $50 million there are no funds left for social and behavioral science projects. The BJS received $25 million for FY 2004 as recommended by the Senate panel, but this is $10.8 million below the requested amount and $7.1 million below last year. The Census received the same amount as last year ($551 At a recent Capitol Hill reception, ASA Executive Officer Sally T. Hillsman (center) million). This is $111 million less than the House approved amount. The conversed with the new National Institutes of Health directors (left to right): Nora Educational and Cultural Affairs exchange programs received a boost in Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse; Ting-Kai Li, director of funding from last year, but $90 million below the House’s appropriation. the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Hillsman; Thomas Insel, director of the National Institute of Mental Health; and Norman Anderson, CEO of the American Psychological Association. ASA co-sponsored the reception to welcome the new institute directors (see www.asanet.org/public/nihdirectors.html). 4 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES

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Factory, 1959—just as Benjamin wrote of 1968, and an encounter with the austere into the emancipatory potentials of civil Circle.” Over the last decade, Burawoy the arcades of Paris, where the slag of Jack Simons (veteran freedom fighter, society. In essence, they’re aiming to shift has hung out at Polar Furniture Enter- mass culture imparted utopian jolts to then sociologist-in-exile at the University the production-centered Marx of Capital prise in Syktyvkar, a heavily forested strolling passersby. His antennae as a of Zambia) steered Burawoy to a toward a society-centered Marxism, outpost that was thick with labor camps global ethnographer are keenly tuned to personnel post at the Anglo American refreshing the latter with a vitalizing slug until the 1950s. As the Soviet Union signals of “the planetary zeitgeist within Mining Corporation. There, he covertly of sociology. imploded and a seedy merchant capital- the mundane, the marginal, the every- researched the breaking points of race Collecting bona fide Marxian visions, ism sprang up, workers’ wages toppled, day.” and class while tasked with the mammoth however, has proved a tale unto itself. then vanished. Some of them got paid in Utopian jolts, moreover, are increas- project of integrating the pay scales of Landing the gig at the Lenin Steel Works butter, others in wood. Burawoy returned ingly charging his academic endeavors. blacks and whites amid the newly entailed feats of diplomacy from fellow in 1995 to find most of the factory in For Burawoy is carving out a vision of a independent Zambian state. His clandes- sociologist János Lukács, who prevailed darkness. Working with colleagues Pavel public sociology—the theme of his year tine research gave rise to The Colour of only through the favors of a relative in Krotov and Tatyana Lytkina, he set to as ASA President—that puts not only Class on the Copper Mines, which caused a the ruling party’s Central Committee. tracking the fate of Polar’s employees, society’s margins but also the big commotion when published in 1972, Moreover, during Burawoy’s tenure at focusing on the household and gender. questions of the day firmly in the depicting a color bar that merely floated the plant, one worker was burned alive; a “Men become increasingly marginalized disciplinary cross-hairs. A critical, engaged upwards as whites were promoted over brigade-mate had his leg chopped in two as their industrial jobs disappear,” sociology ought to be “a sociology about the new Zambian managers. The ensuing after being pinned under a steel pipe. The Burawoy explains. “Their life expectancy the public, for the public,” as Burawoy media melee made this study the first and constant threat of danger ended up dropped to 59 during the first years of the defines it, one that galvanizes a wide only case of “public sociology” Burawoy endearing him to his comrades—at least post-Soviet period. Russian society as a audience by wrangling with hot-button says he has truly ever engaged. in Hungary. “One of the most interesting whole is being re-peasantized, with urban issues such as globalization, world A grueling “baptism by fire” awaited things is how skilled workers respond to populations turning to their dachas and hostilities, and grievous inequalities. We him at the University of Zambia’s somebody as incompetent as myself,” he collective farms reverting to communes need public sociology more than ever, he department of sociology and anthropol- says. “In Chicago they were disgusted. In of subsistence producers.” argues, to reckon with the world’s ogy, where a master’s degree under Hungary they thought it was rather problems and to sharply reawaken Simons and Jaap van Velsen set Burawoy charming and they would come round Slag Heap to Public Sociology sociology itself. firmly in the Manchester School tradition and help me. In Russia they once again The liquidation of factories in Russia’s His outlook may be utopian, but of social anthropology. (“I learned showed their disdain.” (Indeed The Komi Republic happens to comport well Burawoy is no factory flaneur. Whether at sociology and anthropology on the anvil Radiant Past, a book on Hungary he co- with Burawoy’s career. It’s a big problem a Moscow of terror,” he recalls authored with Lukács in 1992, reads at working on the shop floor, after all, when rubber factory of the time, “healthy times like the witty screenplay for a lost one is in one’s 50s. So trading in his kefir or, in more My main focus has been in preparation for the Elia Kazan film.) garb for the ASA scepter, the ethnogra- recent years, seeking to make little contribu- University of Fortunately, the October Revolution pher comes home. Having completed a tracking the Chicago but devas- brigade took a shine to him. When he term as chair of Berkeley’s sociology devolution of a tions to shifting sociology in a tating for my ego!”) couldn’t stomach the lumps of pork fat critical direction. . . . As a Marx- department—and fresh from a year as furniture plant During his doctoral his mates carved up for meals, subsisting Visiting Scholar at the Russell Sage in the Arctic ist I try to bring visions from the work at Chicago, he instead on cartons of diluted yogurt, they Foundation—the itinerant worker Circle burg of shop floor to academia, to was shepherded christened him “Misi, the kefir embarks on a new assignment: trans- Syktyvkar, he recover visions from below that through a frankly furnaceman.” The camaraderie was forming his own discipline through the has immersed might inform alternatives for skeptical department sealed before a visit by a state dignitary, crucible of public sociology. himself in what the future. by Bill Wilson, while when the workers were ordered to paint In truth, Burawoy has long and he calls “the reveling in poli- their slag drawer bright yellow. Burawoy zestfully toiled in the academic trenches, politics of -Michael Burawoy scientist Adam could only teaching Berkeley’s production,” Przeworski’s scrounge a black required undergradu- tossing carbon bags into molten steel and virtuosic renditions of Gramsci, brush and Forging a sociology that ate theory course for brewing up “steelworkers’ soup” on the Poulantzas, and Althusser. proceeded to touches people’s lives, in 25 years—fashioning it night shift. Then it’s back to the tie-dyes Determined to tangle with the Chicago paint the group’s short, has been the leitmotif as a two-semester of Telegraph Avenue and the relative School on its own terrain, Burawoy shovels black. sojourn through luxury of Barrows Hall, to ponder his plunged feet-first into industrial sociology When a supervi- of Burawoy’s work—from the slag heap to the ivory tower. “Marxism and Sociol- encounters with the world’s industrial by working at a Chicago machine shop (a sor demanded ogy” that offers working class. “I’ve got almost two former Allis-Chalmers plant) that turned an explanation, harried undergrads different personalities,” he explains out to have been the same factory studied he replied haltingly that he was, well, provocative engagements with Marx and simply, “and I like to think the one 30 years earlier by intrepid workplace helping to build socialism. A comrade Engels, De Beauvoir and Fanon, complements the other.” ethnographer Donald Roy. Burawoy’s shot back with gallows humor: “Misi, you Durkheim and Weber. His research 1979 book based on the experience, are not building socialism, you are practicum on participant observation, Baptism by Fire Manufacturing Consent (Chomsky would painting socialism, and black at that.” meanwhile, has produced two volumes Bipolarity, perhaps, comes with the later pinch the title), has become a The metaphor became a potent one. co-authored with graduate students: social-historical territory. Burawoy’s canonical text. Full of industrial-absurdist Workers in the plant, Burawoy found, 1991’s Ethnography Unbound, which parents met in Leipzig and landed in tales of “goldbricking,” “time-study were forced to paint over waste and deployed the extended case method to England in 1933—his mother having fled men,” and “making out,” it examines the favoritism spurred by meddling manag- detach sociology from the “micro” view Petrograd (previously St Petersburg and miraculous ability of the factory floor to ers. When Burawoy and Lukács, who of American urban life; and the 2000 title later to become Leningrad) just after the contain class struggle and produce studied management while Burawoy Global Ethnography, which probed the Revolution when she was 13, his father worker consent—construing the labor tended the furnace, reported this to the slippery concept of globalization as lived leaving Ukraine in 1912 at the age of 8— process as a drudgery-abating game to be plant’s officers, they took it icily. “We by its agents and victims—welfare clients, and raised Burawoy in lower-middle-class played by sporting individual workers. argued that in a socialist economy there’s homeless recyclers, breast cancer activists, Manchester. His father was a chemistry “Monopoly capitalism,” Burawoy’s a lot of uncertainty, with shortages and and software engineers. lecturer never quite welcomed by the Foucault-esque conclusion states, “has the like,” Burawoy says. “The only way Forging a sociology that touches chummy academic world of Manchester’s managed to shape our very character in to handle that is to have flexibility on the people’s lives, in short, has been the College of Science and Technology, being accordance with its rationality.” shop floor. We accused management of leitmotif of Burawoy’s work—from the a foreigner and a Jew—and one with continually undermining the workers’ slag heap to the ivory tower. “I don’t love Painting Socialism Black avowed Communist sympathies. autonomy.” He returned after commu- working on the shop floor,” he explains Following the elder Burawoy’s unex- Such engine-shop insights have helped nism to find Lenin Steel Works jettisoning of his post-Soviet forays. “I’d be much pected death, the family took in lodgers turn industrial sociology upside down, most of its employees, only to be bought happier just sitting in my office. But there to make ends meet, turning the small, using the extended case method— by a Slovakian company in 1997, one of is very little research of an ethnographic semi-detached house at 22 Queensway mounding up data through sustained many factories in eastern Hungary kind on Russia. Most of what’s written into “a veritable United Nations” of participant-observation—to shovel grit sputtering as the global market sucked doesn’t really touch people’s day-to-day doctoral students from Pakistan to Poland into the works of so much armchair capital from the region. existence, I’m afraid to say.” to Peru. sociology. “My main focus has been in Burawoy set the controls for the last Besides, a little humility helps in the Burawoy took a mathematics degree seeking to make little contributions to great socialist destination on the map: machine shop of the modern university. at Cambridge University but—his restless shifting sociology in a critical direction,” “After the fall of goulash communism I “It’s good to be humiliated from time to optimism kindled by a tour of America Burawoy explains. “As a Marxist I try to got on the next plane out of Budapest and time,” he says, recalling his chagrin on the during the heady, proto-revolutionary bring visions from the shop floor to headed for Moscow.” Foiled again. “I factory floor. “Getting to know the ferment of 1965—found himself drawn academia, to recover visions from below arrived in January, 1991, and by August underside of domination is the first step into the inner Kings College sanctum of that might inform alternatives for the the place had disintegrated,” he says. to change, a quite healthy exposure. distinguished American sociologist (and future.” In honing these newfound “Everywhere I went, everything col- Perhaps all academics should have to do eventual Burawoy nemesis) Edward Shils. visions, Burawoy has most recently been lapsed after me. Now my friends won’t this sort of work.” Piqued by the nexus of education and working with his friend Erik Wright to let me go anywhere. China? Cuba? They A version of this article appeared in The politics, he embarked for South Africa in develop a sociological Marxism that taps say no. You’re staying in the Arctic Village Voice, April 17, 2001. ❑ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 5

Suggestions Are Invited for the 2005 Annual Meeting Program It is not only ASA officers and staff Program Committee encourages development of a structure of session Proposals must be typed or printed who think about several Annual Meetings proposals for open submission topics at types and organizers. and should be no more than two pages in simultaneously. ASA members may also this stage of the planning process. Please length. Proposed Thematic Session topics look ahead to the 2005 Annual Meeting refer to the guidelines for pertinent Room for All must be closely related to the meeting while they are preparing to submit papers information on organizer eligibility. The ASA meeting resonates as a theme; Special Session topics may be in this winter for the 2004 Annual Meeting. While many topics recur from year to program of the members, by the any area of sociological study. The 2005 program is now starting to take year, the Program Committee annually members, for the members. But a Organizer Eligibility. Those submit- shape under the leadership of President- reviews and revises the Regular Session meeting of this size and scope requires ting suggestions for organizers of elect Troy Duster and the 2005 Program topic roster. Important new areas for this advance planning. Please think ahead for Regular Sessions should be aware of the Committee. “Comparative Perspective, program component are welcome. 2005 and propose session topics and organizer eligibility policy of the Program Competing Explanations: Accounts for the organizers now. With the collective input Committee. Any member who organized Workshops: Venues for Training Rising and Declining Significance of of ASA members, the Annual Meeting an open submission session for the 2003 and Idea Exchange Sociology” is a theme that invites partici- program for the 2005 centennial year will program or who will serve as an open pation across the discipline and gathers Workshops and Seminars provide the achieve a high mark of excellence. submission session organizer for the 2004 together a variety of sociological work in opportunity to learn about cutting-edge program is considered ineligible to be diverse formats. developments in research, theory, GUIDELINES FOR SESSION nominated as an open submission session teaching, and practice. If you have tried a PROPOSALS organizer for 2005. This eligibility Program Components Feature All Major pedagogical approach that has been restriction spreads the benefits and Subfields of Sociology Session proposals should provide the burdens of organizing across the mem- effective, or have wisdom to share about following information: The wide spectrum of sessions on the teaching a particular class or using bership and helps ensure that no one • Working title for the session; individual affects general program access Annual Meeting program reflects the sociology in practice, please volunteer to • Brief description of the substantive ASA’s commitment to facilitate intellectual lead a workshop. If you have method- for an extended period of time. focus; Deadline. Session proposals for 2005 communication and the transmission of ological or theoretical knowledge in an • Rationale for inclusion of the topic knowledge, information, and skills important area where skills need to be should be submitted no later than on the 2005 program; February 1, 2004. Those received by relevant to the field of sociology and honed, please submit a proposal for a • Designation of the session type: (a) aligned social sciences. Members are seminar. November 25, 2003, will be reviewed at Open, Regular Session; or (b) the first committee meeting in December. encouraged to send suggestions of topics Closed/By Invitation, Thematic What Role Will You Play in ASA’s 2005 A long lead in planning time is needed in and organizers for the following compo- Session; Special Session; Workshop; nents of the program. Annual Meeting? order to publish the Call for Papers in the or Seminar; fall of 2004. Help shape the program for 2005 and • Recommendation(s) for session Thematic Sessions Delve into the History Proposals should be sent to the share your professional work with organizer, including address, and Development of Sociology attention of: Janet Astner, Meeting colleagues. Submit session proposals by telephone, and e-mail information; Services Director, American Sociological Thematic Sessions are specially November 25, 2003, for review at the and Association, 1307 New York Avenue, NW, designed and planned by the Program first planning meeting and by February • A list of potential participants if the Washington, DC 20005-4701, USA; Committee to further examine the 1, 2004, for consideration at the second session is to be an invited panel (i.e., [email protected]; fax (202) 638-0882. meeting theme. The sessions are broad in meeting. The Program Committee’s Thematic Session or Special scope and endeavor to make the theme of initial planning is directed toward the Session). the meeting come alive. Ideas are encour- aged that confront issues in new ways, unfold the theme in various settings, or 2005 Annual Meeting Theme: bring new research together in new ways. 100th ASA Annual Meeting Participation in a thematic session is by invitation only; a proposal should August 13-16, 2005 included suggestions for organizer and Philadelphia Marriott Hotel & Loews Philadelphia Hotel participants (see guidelines). Philadelphia, PA

Special Sessions Feature Significant Comparative Perspectives, Competing Explanations: Sociology or Explore New Territory Accounting for the Rising and Declining Significance of Sociology Special Sessions focus on new areas of This is the centennial for the Association, so the meeting theme should be sufficiently expansive to address a wide sociological work, timely topics, and a historical sweep, and yet have sufficient focus to provide a framework in which to address key aspects of the social variety of critical areas facing the world history of the discipline—its contemporary situation and its potential future development. today. Special sessions may or may not Each of the three elements from the title is designed to produce a fruitful meeting frame: relate to the theme; participation is by invitation. They generally address First, the notion of “comparative perspectives” is itself “accordion-like” and can fit a number of purposes and goals. sociological issues, whether in research or There is the international aspect, so that we can incorporate a comparison of American sociology with international its application, of importance to the developments. There is the internal evolution of perspectives inside of the United States, which would include the development and emergence of challenging and oppositional perspectives in the discipline, from the Society for the discipline or of interest beyond. The Study of Social Problems, to Sociologists for Women in Society, to the Association of Black Sociologists, to name but a Program Committee seeks proposals and few organizational manifestations of the challenges of the last half century. There are others that will surely surface from organizers for such sessions that focus on the general call. significant or emerging topics in sociology and/or areas to which sociology is Second, there is the notion of “competing explanations.” Competing explanations (from psychological to biological to economistic), and their resonance or lack thereof in public policy debates (among the general population, political pertinent. activists, and community organizers) is the way in which this whole matter of the significance of the discipline— Centennial Celebration including its variable status with such funding sources as the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and a full range of private foundations—is segue to: th The 100 ASA Annual Meeting will be Third, “What could be characterized as the ‘rising and declining significance of Sociology’”? Here, we encourage held in 2005, and the Program Committee an explicit look back across the full century to try to account for the various periods in which there was a sense of is interested in receiving session proposals ascendancy and a receptivity (along a continuum, of course) in the various arenas noted above. The “declining on topics pertinent to the centennial. significance of sociology” is deliberatively provocative and could be the source of some scintillating debates and Proposals may be for open submission contestation. topics or for closed/invited sessions and —Troy Duster, President-Elect must include a description clearly showing the relation of the proposed session topic 2005 Program Committee to a centennial celebration of sociology. Troy Duster, President-Elect and Committee Chair, New York University and University of California-Berkeley Regular Session Topics Judith D. Auerbach, American Foundation for AIDS Research and Organizers Needed Patricia Hill Collins, University of Cincinnati Joan H. Fujimura, University of Wisconsin-Madison For the open Regular Sessions, the Sally T. Hillsman, Executive Officer, American Sociological Association Program Committee selects more than Arne L. Kalleberg, Secretary, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill 100 broad topics, drawing on the experi- Ron Lembo, University of Massachusetts-Amherst ence of past programs as well as sugges- Caroline Hodges Persell, Vice President-Elect, New York University tions from the membership, the Barbara Risman, North Carolina State University committee’s own ideas, and topics it Jill Quadagno, Florida State University considers to be timely or emerging. Once Stephen Steele, Anne Arundel Community College these broad topics are identified, they David Wellman, University of California-Santa Cruz form the backbone of the Call for Papers Franklin D. Wilson, Secretary-Elect, University of Wisconsin-Madison that will appear in the fall of 2004. The 6 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES

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to lure people to sign up. An ingenious—and perhaps a bit ironic—marketing tool employed by the Marxist Section was the sale of T-shirts or a free T-shirt with member- ship (membership and T-shirt were the same price). The ploy helped this section recruit a record number of members (nearly 40)! The meeting was a time to celebrate and recognize anniversaries and timely issues. For example, 2003 ASA Executive Officer Sally Hillsman (left) with science policy marks the one hundredth session participants Nora Volkow, Director of the National anniversary of W.E.B. DuBois’ Institute on Drug Abuse, and James Griffin, White House Office The Souls of Black Folks. The of Science and Technology Policy (also the Science Policy gathering of sociologists in honoree). Atlanta provided an important ASA 2003 awardees (top row, from left) John Moland, Frances Fox Piven, Immanuel Wallerstein, opportunity to focus on Michael Burawoy, (bottom row): Robert Hauser, Devah Pager, and Richard Lachmann (not pictured-Cynthia Fuchs Epstein and Lewis Yablonsky). Detroit, and Cleveland, the mid-August DuBois’ contributions to the electrical blackout did have a mild impact discipline. Both the Section on Racial and on the Annual Meeting. For example, a Ethnic Minorities and the Marxist Section about prospects for peace and democracy University of California-Santa Barbara couple of exhibitors were unable to organized sessions reflecting on this in the Middle East. The renowned social and Harvard University. attend, and a number of registrants, seminal book. There was also a special activist from the American University in Sociologists not only observe social including an awardee, were unable to session and a regional spotlight focusing Cairo provided the mostly American ASA habits, but they also participate as social reschedule a flight to Atlanta for the on Dubois’ cultural contributions. audience a rare glimpse into and insights creatures, as evidenced by the variety of conference. Troy Duster, New York about public attitudes in the Middle East. social events, networking opportunities, University, was able to catch a last-minute Fun & Fundraising At the International Scholars Reception special meetings, and informal gatherings flight out of New York, and to the The Minority Fellowship Program following the session, Ibrahim was that occurred every evening during the plenary session organizers’ relief, walked (MFP) celebrated its 30th anniversary at honored for his significant research Annual Meeting. Events began with the onto stage during the “Taking Measure of the meeting. The program has sponsored contributions and exemplary scholarly Welcoming Party but other activities Race” session, just in time to make his more than 350 fellows, with 32 of them in leadership in the face of harsh political included Orientation for First-time presentation. attendance at the meeting. A reception obstacles. Attendees, a Reception for International While plane flight cancellations luncheon for the MFP-sponsored fellows ASA leveraged Ibrahim’s presence to Scholars, and the Departmental Alumni deterred or prevented some from featured a presentation by Colwick M. attract a good deal of media attention Night (DAN), which once again featured attending, the meeting was well attended. Wilson on his mental health research. from Reuters, Voice of America, Time music by Bielby’s cover band “Thin Vitae” And although the number of registrants Fellows presented their research projects magazine, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and proved a great opportunity to was slightly lower than last year’s in a panel session and attended a session and others. In addition, Ibrahim was reconnect with friends and colleagues and Chicago convention, the registration area interviewed at a local NPR affiliate station reminisce about graduate school days. during a live call-in show, The Connection, Also on the schedule were the Commu- which was very successful and provided nity College Faculty Breakfast, a Student world-wide exposure for ASA’s Atlanta Reception, and section receptions. gathering. The broadcast audience is estimated to be about 600,000 listeners Sold-out Tours with additional web casting around the The tours were once again a huge world. success, five having sold out before the The meeting produced three Atlanta meeting even began. The tour of Journal-Constitution articles, two Cincinnati Atlanta’s Historically Black Colleges took Enquirer articles, a United Press Interna- participants on a visit to the largest tional article, a number of radio inter- consortium of black colleges in the world. views, and other media hits. Some 14 These colleges have many noteworthy journalists attended the meeting. While it graduates including Martin Luther King is becoming increasingly easy for who graduated from Morehouse College journalists to write stories without with a sociology degree in 1948. Other physically attending the meeting, many tours included the Carter Presidential still praise the contacts they make and the Current and former editors of the American Sociological Review: (left to right) James Short, Franklin Center, the New Immigrant Community research they discover at the meeting. Wilson [current editor], Glenn Firebaugh, Paula England, Neil Smelser, and Jerry Jacobs [incoming Site Visit, two of the most ambitious editor]. “smart growth” projects in Atlanta, and Awards an Atlanta Braves vs. the Arizona The 2003 recipients of ASA’s eight Diamondbacks game. was busy as usual. This year’s lines were to learn about various career trajectories highest awards were honored at the In addition to the tours, Atlanta more manageable thanks to many and options. The MFP Benefit Reception Awards Ceremony, which was presided proved a prime location for social participants having pre-registered. A proved to be a very successful event, over by Craig Calhoun, Social Science scientists to study and present on growing number of participants register raising $3,325 from about 100 contribu- Research Council. We send our heartiest everything from desegregation and using the ever-improving online registra- tors. On a related note, the Teaching congratulations to all award winners. (See education to immigration. The regional tion system, helping ASA realize increas- Enhancement Fund’s “Just Desserts!” article on p. 7). spotlights focused on central and specific ing operational efficiencies. As was true brought in about $1,675. Both benefits The ceremony closed with Bielby’s issues such as “Black Movie Fandom in for last year’s Annual Meeting, the earned more than they did in 2002. original and engaging Presidential Atlanta, circa 1935” to the more regional preliminary program was online in both a “Thank you” to everyone who contrib- Address, “Rock in a Hard Place: Grass- issues of “Gentrification in the South” and searchable format and as a printable PDF uted. Roots Cultural Production in the Post- “Suburbanization in the South.” file. This markedly increased the ease Elvis Era,” which examined cultural Overall the Annual Meeting was a with which one can search for a particular International Guest aspects underlying American young huge success. Thank you, 2003 Program topic, session, or presenter. Another timely aspect of the meeting people’s, particularly males’s, formation Committee, for a successful meeting. of rock bands in the post-Elvis and pre- Also, appreciation is extended to all who Marxist Marketing (and one that received much media attention) was the attendance of Egyp- Beatles era. The Honorary Reception, the attended (or who really wanted to attend The meeting was a prime opportunity tian-American sociologist and human primary social event of the Annual but were unable to schedule a flight). Be for ASA and its sections to boost their rights advocate Saad Eddin Ibrahim who Meeting, followed the address. The sure to take advantage of pre-registration membership numbers. The meeting was recently released from an Egyptian reception is traditionally co-hosted by the for next year’s meeting in San Francisco. ❑ attracted some 120 more ASA members, prison. His special session, “A Conversa- ASA and regional sociology departments pushing the total number of members tion with Saad Eddin Ibrahim,” provided and those who have ties to the president this year up just over 13,000, a four-year an informal and stimulating opportunity and awardees. In addition to the 13 listed high point. Sections had different tactics for attendees to hear a socioloigist muse in the program, sponsors included the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 7

ASA Award Recipients Honored in Atlanta The 2003 recipients of the major ASA Swimming against the tide of hyper- theoretical work, Deceptive Distinctions lived, and has shown everyone with awards were honored on August 16 at specialization, atheoreticism and the focus (1988), exposes the sociological fallacies of whom he has come into contact that the Awards Ceremony during the Annual on ever-narrower stretches of human assertions of sex differences. sociology has a purpose that is larger Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Craig Calhoun, social experience, Richard Lachmann’s Perhaps her most central insight is that than the boundaries of its own discipline; Chair of the ASA Committee on Awards, publication of Capitalists in Spite of since women and men are far more it provides tools to live more justly and presided over the ceremony, which was Themselves in 2000 stood out as an similar than they are different—in terms equitably in the world. attended by Annual Meeting participants, extraordinary piece of work eminently of both abilities and aspirations—the friends, family, and colleagues of the deserving of the ASA Distinguished exclusion of women from equal status in Distinguished Career Award for the award recipients. Scholarly Publication Award for 2003. A the professions is without foundation and Practice of Sociology The ASA awards are the highest century ago, sociology was founded as a can only be attributed to inaccurate Lewis Yablonsky, California State Univer- honors that the Association confers, with distinct discipline by the debate over the stereotypic notions of women’s lives, sity-Northridge selections made by award selection “great transformation” question: What hopes, and abilities. This award is presented annually to committees who work, in some cases, for led to the rise of modern industrial The Jessie Bernard Award committee individuals who, in making contributions many months to make their final capitalism in the West? Marx, Weber, characterized Epstein as a careful and to the practice of sociology, have ad- selection. [See p. 6 of this issue of Foot- Spencer, Durkheim and many others eloquent sociologist, a tireless advocate vanced the utility of the discipline, notes for a photo of the award recipients.] advanced various explanations in terms for women’s equality, and a generous elevated the status of sociology in the of class conflict, religiously inspired colleague and mentor. public’s mind, contributed to the develop- Career of Distinguished cultural transformation, population ment of the field, and advanced human Scholarship Award DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award growth, and evolutionary change. welfare in our community. Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University Refurbishing these theories, contempo- John Moland, Jr., Alabama State University For more than 50 years as a sociolo- This award is presented annually to raries have pointed to imperial conquest, (retired) gist, criminologist, and psychotherapist, honor a scholar who has shown outstand- cultural modernization, state-building, This award, which honors the intellec- Lewis Yablonsky has made outstanding ing commitment to the profession of and ecological advantages. None of these, tual traditions of W.E.B. DuBois, Charles and unique contributions that “advance sociology and whose cumulative work however, have proved satisfactory. S. Johnson, and E. Franklin Frazier, is human welfare,” both in and outside the has contributed in important ways to the By drawing on a fine-grained historical given annually for either a lifetime of field of sociology. His wide-ranging work advancement of the discipline. The comparative analysis of the major social research, teaching, and service to the has improved organizational perfor- selection committee decided to present formations of early modern Europe, community, or to an academic institution mance, made communities better, and the 2003 Career of Distinguished Scholar- Lachmann pokes holes in all of these for its work in assisting the development elevated the field of sociology in the ship Award to Immanuel Wallerstein. answers and provides impressive support of scholarly efforts in this tradition. The United States and abroad. He has Wallerstein has been described as one for his own elite conflict theory of distinguished recipient of this year’s published 17 books in sociology and of the most influential sociologists of his transformative social change. An elite is DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award is criminology that have been translated generation, due in large part to his “a group of rulers with the capacity to Professor John Moland, Jr. into 12 languages. development of a new paradigm for appropriate resources from non-elites Before heading to Fisk University Yablonsky was one of the early sociology, world-systems analysis. The and who inhabit a distinct organizational where the young Mr. Moland would pioneers in youth gang work and world-systems paradigm offers linkages apparatus.” Lachmann argues that the receive his bachelor’s degree under intervention, and his theoretical and for previously unlinked studies and institutional foundations for the break- Charles Johnson, one of the scholarly applied research on youth crime has previously unaffiliated scholars. His through to modern capitalism were first greats for whom this award is named, shaped the training of thousands of world-systems analysis shifted the focus created in post-Reformation England as John Moland served in the U.S. Army students and practitioners. He has been a of studies of large-scale political processes an indirect by-product of elite conflict. (1945-47) as First Sergeant, Infantry in the pioneer in developing therapeutic from societies and nation states as the Defending their interests against rival Pacific. An honors student at Fisk, Mr. communities to assist substance abusers unit of analysis, to the world system, elites (i.e., the crown and aristocracy) as Moland majored in sociology and and criminals. He has worked as a thereby bringing attention to interdepen- well as subordinant classes, the English minored in psychology, and went on to counselor in a juvenile jail, directed a New dencies that had been largely ignored. gentry used their autonomy in local earn his master’s degree at Fisk with a York crime prevention program, and Through his work, Wallerstein has county government to transform Carnegie Corporation fellowship. A been a marriage and family therapist at extended the influence of sociology into traditional land rights, creating a new “magnet” for scholarships, Moland several California State Psychiatric other disciplines, including history, form of alienable landed property earned a sociology doctorate (focusing on Hospitals. geography, economy, political science, combined with a growing pool of “free” social psychology) with a Noyes scholar- The award selection committee found cultural studies, ethnic studies, and wage labor that made capitalist agricul- ship at the University of Chicago. An that Yablonsky’s outstanding scholarship women’s studies. His work has crossed ture possible. instructor at Florida A&M and then an and practice in sociology and criminology not only academic borders but also has Through a series of political struggles, Associate Professor at Grambling State made him a most worthy recipient of extended the influence of sociology to including support for the Puritans in the before he left for Chicago, Dr. Moland ASA’s Distinguished Career Award for other parts of the world. His writings English revolution, this autonomous returned to the historically Black univer- the Practice of Sociology. have inspired a whole generation of gentry was able to transform feudal sity and spent the balance of his career sociologists in Asia, Africa, and Latin agriculture and institute the features of first at Southern University, where he was Award for the Public Understanding America who want to know more about modern capitalist agriculture. Lachmann Professor of Sociology and Director of the of Sociology how the capitalist world-economy has shows that this configuration of elite Center for Social Research from 1969- power and conflict was unique and Frances Fox Piven, City University shaped the contour of development of 1988, and then at Alabama State Univer- of New York their own countries. His multi-volume created unintended outcomes in terms of sity, where he was professor of Sociology the rise of modern capitalism. This award is given annually to a The Modern World-System is a classic. and Director of Social Science Research person or persons who have made His contribution has been to start not Lachmann’s is a rich groundbreaking from 1988-2001. He has been a servant to analysis, which will inspire new research exemplary contributions to advance the only a paradigm shift in motion, but to the ideal of the university in his various public understanding of sociology, sensitize sociologists to think in world- and better answers on what remains the capacities as chairperson, assistant to the central sociological question. sociological research, and scholarship system terms for epochs predating our president, director of development, among the general public. The award own. He has helped us to see that director of federal relations and grants, Jessie Bernard Award may recognize a contribution in the globalization is not merely something and director of international programs. preceding year or for a longer career of that set in at the end of our century, but Cynthia Fuchs Epstein, City University of His work is careful, thoughtful, and such contributions. shaped the very character of the “rise of New York always relevant, with research and The selection committee presented the the west” five centuries ago. The Jessie Bernard Award is given writing on subjects from mental health to 2003 Award for the Public Understanding Wallerstein’s mark on the ASA is clear annually in recognition of scholarly work juvenile delinquency, from gang behavior of Sociology to social theorist, welfare in many ways, but most visibly through that has enlarged the horizons of to the culture of adolescent humor, from rights activist, and political science the existence of the Section on the Political sociology to encompass fully the role of poverty in rural America to the impact of professor Frances Fox Piven, Distin- Economy of the World System, which he women in society. Cynthia Fuchs Epstein Alzheimer’s disease, from community guished Professor of Political Science and founded. His service to the field extends is the recipient of this year’s Jessie relations with law enforcement to the Sociology at the Graduate School and beyond his research to include work as a Bernard Award. Currently Distinguished importance of employment programs for University Center of the City University mentor to younger scholars, and devel- Professor of Sociology at the City African Americans across the South. The of New York. Piven is a scholar who is opment of the Fernand Braudel Center at University of New York, Epstein is one of author of 30 publications including equally at home in the university setting SUNY-Binghamton and its journal Review. the most distinguished social scientists monographs, book chapters, refereed and the world of politics. Her work Immanuel Wallerstein truly has had a working on gender today. Her long and articles, and book reviews, Moland has reflects a concern with the uses of political career of distinguished scholarship. distinguished career has been influential just as frequently presented papers to science to promote democratic reform. In not only within the field of sociology but audiences that were in positions to make fact, a Boston newspaper article some Distinguished Scholarly also in advancing women’s equality in the a difference, whether they were in years ago described Piven as anything Publication Award legal profession. Mississippi, Nigeria, Shreveport, or his but “a cloistered academic.” Richard Lackmann, State University of Professor Epstein’s work has pio- classrooms. Widely recognized as one of America’s New York-Albany neered the exploration of women’s In the very best traditions of W.E.B. most thoughtful and provocative This award is presented annually for a exclusion from the professions. Among DuBois, E. Franklin Frazier, and Charles commentators on America’s social single book or monograph published in her books are Woman’s Place (1970) and Johnson, John Moland, Jr., has shown his welfare system, Piven started her career the three preceding calendar years. The Women in Law (1981)—both of which commitment to historically Black colleges as a city planner. After brief service in winner gives the Sorokin Lecture at a established her career trajectory and an and universities, has shown his commit- regional or state sociological association. entire field of study. Her landmark ment to the communities in which he has Continued on next page 8 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES

Awards, from page 7 PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY Sociology translates to public action . . . New York City, she became a research nized through numerous honors to his This new occasional column highlights projects or people that successfully associate at one of the country’s first anti- credit. However, former students felt that engage sociology in the civic arena in service to organizations and communities. poverty agencies, Mobilization for Youth, his important contributions to the Over the years, members of ASA and sociologists as individual professionals and a comprehensive, community-based sociological profession as an outstanding citizens have sought to make the scientific knowledge we generate directly service organization on New York City’s mentor to graduate students had not relevant to our communities, countries, and the world community. Many sociolo- Lower East Side. been appropriately acknowledged. He gists within the academy and in other sectors practice the translation of expert Piven’s collaboration with Richard has served as mentor to scores of knowledge to numerous critical issues across a variety of activities and venues. Cloward came to influence both their successful sociologists. His students They do so through consultation, advisement, testimony, commentary, and writing. careers, and the two eventually married. consistently praise his level of engage- (Readers are invited to submit contributions to this column. Consult with Manag- Their early work together provided a ment, close involvement in their work, ing Editor Lee Herring ([email protected], 202-383-9005 x320) prior to theoretical base for the National Welfare and how he shares his wisdom. He is submitting your draft (1,000 to 1,200 words maximum). Rights Organization (NWRO), the first in committed to the solid intellectual This inaugural column features Frances Fox Piven, a Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Sociology at the Graduate School of the City University of a long line of grass-roots organizations in development of his protégés, and his New York. Piven received ASA’s 2003 award for the Public Understanding of which Piven acted as founder, advisor, dedication extends to those who are not Sociology, and this column is adapted from her remarks delivered at the 2003 and/or planner. officially “his” advisees. His students ASA Annual Meeting awards ceremony. Piven is known equally for her continue to emulate Hauser’s mentoring contributions to social theory and for her skills. They credit him for teaching them social activism. Over the course of her how to maintain a solid intellectual track. Forthcoming columns include ones by Diane Vaughan, Boston College (2003 career, she has served on the boards of Finally, he engages his students in NASA Columbia Space Shuttle crash), and Arthur Shostak, Drexel University the ACLU and the Democratic Socialists numerous professional socialization (American labor unions) . . . Stay tuned! of America, and has also held offices in opportunities, all in an effort to invest in several professional associations, includ- the discipline’s future. ing the presidency of the Society for the Michael Burawoy Study of Social Problems and the Ameri- Sociology Needs a Public Michael Burawoy’s students note that can Political Science Association. he has made it his life’s work to place by Frances Fox Piven In the 1960s, Piven worked with teaching on an equal footing with his welfare-rights groups to expand benefits; well-regarded scholarship. Many of his would like to explain why I think it is a good thing that the American in the 1980s and 90s she campaigned I graduate students have gone on to Sociological Association has an award for the “public understanding of sociology.” relentlessly against welfare cutbacks. A become very successful sociologists, have The public regards sociologists as experts. Whether we always consider veteran of the war on poverty and published their dissertations, and have ourselves experts may be another matter. But experts, when they speak only to subsequent welfare-rights protests both collaborated with Burawoy on projects. the powerful, can be dangerous to democracy. in New York City and on the national They extol his devotion to his students, A little story about another sort of expert will make my point. The priests of the stage, she has been instrumental in note with rich detail his intellectual impact flourishing pre-Columbian Mayan kingdom in Yucatan were indeed experts. Long formulating the theoretical underpinnings before the arrival of the conquistadors, they had figured out the calendar, so they on their work and his approach to the of those movements. knew when the rains would return each year. However, they did not share their discipline, and comment on his desire to In Regulating the Poor, Piven and key to the mysteries of the seasons with their people. Instead, they performed learn from his students. His commitment Cloward argued that any advances the elaborate rituals as the rainy season approached, presumably to persuade the gods to undergraduate education is seen in the poor have made throughout history were to bring the rains, but really to persuade their people of their own influence with high respect given to his demanding directly proportional to their ability to the gods. In other words, the priests who had deciphered the calendar controlled a theory course. He has inspired countless disrupt institutions that depend upon valuable political resource, not because they and their royal and warrior allies undergraduates to pursue sociology as a their cooperation. This academic com- could control the seasons, but because they could use their knowledge to mystify career. mentary proved useful to George Wiley and subdue their people. and the NWRO as well as a great many We see something broadly similar in the invoking of expertise by more Dissertation Award th other community organizers and urban contemporary figures. Nassau Senior and Thomas Malthus in 19 Century theorists. Since 1994, Piven has led Devah Pager, Northwestern University England, and Josephine Shaw Lowell and Stephen Humphreys Gurteen in the United States, were considered experts on the problem of poverty. They used their academic and activist opposition to the The ASA Dissertation Award honors expertise to justify England’s notorious 1834 New Poor Law, and the similar “Personal Responsibility and Work the best PhD dissertation for a calendar policies instituted in many American cities toward the end of the century. In our Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,” year from among those submitted by own time, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Martin Anderson, Charles Murray, Lawrence (known as the Personal Responsibility advisors and mentors. The winner of this year’s award is Devah Pager, currently at Mead, legions of other social science experts associated with the Brookings Act), appearing in numerous public Institution, the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation, and even Northwestern University. Pager took her forums, from television’s Firing Line to social scientists in our universities have used or allowed their expertise to be used degree at the University of Wisconsin- the U.S. Senate, to discuss the history of to justify the draconian welfare reform of 1996 known as “Temporary Assistance Madison. The award committee declared welfare and the potential impact of to Needy Families.” It would be overreaching to say these experts caused the harsh Mark of a Criminal welfare reform initiatives. her dissertation, The turn in relief policy. But they did provide the patina of expertise that helped to In corollary activity, Piven’s study of Record, as being very timely and using an delude people about the motives of those who did shape policy. voter registration and participation impressively ambitious methodology. The expert in our time is the scientific expert, including the social scientific patterns found fruition in the 1983 The committee stated that is was executed expert. But here’s the rub. Social science is far less important in shaping policy than founding of the HumanSERVE (Human with rigor and interpreted with deep in legitimating policy initiatives taken by elites, and in obscuring with the cant of Service Employees Registration and Voter insight. research the political interests that actually do shape policy. Education) Campaign. The Campaign’s The study makes an important Paul Krugman, our new Izzy Stone, titled his August 5, 2003, New York Times registration reform effort culminated in contribution to the growing body of column “Everything Is Political” and made the point that the job of analysts in the the 1994 passage of the National Voter research on the effects of the increasing Environmental Protection Agency, the Treasury Department, and the National Registration Act, or the “Motor-Voter” incarceration rate in the United States. Institutes of Health is to provide the information that systematically misleads the bill, designed to increase voter registra- While the study, an employment audit, public. Krugman thinks sort of politicized analysis is the hallmark of the current tion, especially among low-income itself is focused on entry-level jobs in a administration. He is right that the practice has become heedlessly extreme. But groups. single metropolitan area (Milwaukee), it is while recent distortions are surely worse, the Bush administration did not invent designed to be more generalizable across the uses of expertise as propaganda. Distinguished Contributions a range of entry-level jobs than prior Social science, whether conducted in government agencies, as in Krugman’s to Teaching Award assessments. example, or in other institutions, is regularly used to mislead or befuddle the The core result of the research is that public. Whether the issue is poverty or marriage or child-rearing or immigration Robert M. Hauser, University of Wisconsin- callbacks to job applicants were received or health, social scientists do not provide the findings that solve social problems, Madison for 34% of White testers, 17% for Whites they do not help to bring the rains or reduce poverty, but rather their work is used Michael Burawoy, University of California- with prison records, 14% for Blacks to legitimate policies for which the claim is made that the people’s work is being Berkeley without prison records, and 5% for Blacks done, although policies are ordinarily shaped more by the hidden interests of the This award is presented annually to with prison records. These figures powerful than by the social problems for which they are named. honor outstanding contributions to the demonstrate that a felony conviction This is a serious problem for our discipline. The uses of sociology by those in undergraduate and/or graduate teaching power is not good for democracy because it obfuscates the consequences of policy, reduces the employment chances of all and learning of sociology, which improve and also helps to delude us about the interests that shape policy. young men, and that the effects are even the quality of teaching. This year, the Put another way, we have a dilemma as social scientists. We are attracted to stronger among Black than among White award selection committee decided to power, to the idea or the illusion that we can make an imprint on the course of men. Given that these testers were honor two individuals for their distin- events, to the hope that we can make a difference. We are also attracted by the matched on all other attributes, this guished contributions to teaching, Dr. dollars that government, foundations, and businesses provide to underwrite our demonstrates the continuing salience of Robert Hauser and Dr. Michael Burawoy. work. We cannot wish away either of these influences. racial discrimination in labor markets as But we can try to counter them by developing ways of communicating what we Robert Hauser well as the importance of prison records know or think we know directly to broader constituencies. We should try as Robert M. Hauser’s scholarship has in structuring the opportunities of both sociologists to have a public voice. And we should do this in order to contribute to profoundly changed several fields in Black and White ex-felons. The committee a democratic discourse about public problems that tempers concentrated power. which he has worked, including social believed Pager’s analysis effectively So, I am glad we have an award for the marks the importance of the “public stratification, social demography, and demonstrates that incarceration has understanding of sociology.” And of course I am honored to be this year’s statistical methodology. His scholarly become a substantial determinant of life recipient. ❑ contributions have been widely recog- chances in contemporary America. ❑ SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 9 Job Openings in Sociology: New Resource for Research and Teaching: What Is in Demand? Child Trends DataBank A Content Analysis of the ASA Employment Bulletin by Patricia Drentea, and Juan Xi, by Brett Brown and Berkeley Smith, University of Alabama-Birmingham Child Trends A new research tool has become available to the social science community in the The search for an academic position in sociology hinges on one’s expertise and past year. The Child Trends DataBank (www.childtrendsdatabank.org) provides the latest experience, as well as market demand. Some subspecialties are more marketable than data and research on a comprehensive set of indicators of child and youth well-being. others in today’s academic departments. To assess market demand, we ranked sociology This promises to be a valuable source of information for researchers, journalists, subspecialties using the ASA Employment Bulletin. policymakers, advocates, and the public. Specifically, we analyzed 933 job openings published in the ASA Employment Bulletin “The DataBank is the richest source of information on children and their families that during one calendar year (September 2001-August 2002). We restricted the analysis to has been assembled. What a treasure trove for scholars and teachers in sociology!” said academic job openings: 784 tenure-track, and 149 non-tenure-track positions. The unit of Frank Furstenberg, Zellerbach Family Professor of Sociology at the University of analysis was the subspecialty. Pennsylvania. Since most job openings listed multiple subspecialties in the request for applications, The DataBank currently covers more than 80 indicators of child and youth well-being, 2,273 total subspecialties were coded (2,063 tenure-track and 210 non-tenure-track). Our with new indicators added each month. Coverage is broad, including the areas of health; process involved listing every possible subspecialty mentioned in a separate file. This social and emotional development; income, assets, and work; education, and skills; created a total number of 115 subspecialties. We then let some sub-specialties merge into demographics; and family, and community (see box for details). one category. For instance, “Social Organization/Formal” and “Social Organization/ Each indicator includes a brief, plain-language summary of the importance of the Complex” were merged into the category of “Formal Organizations.” Similarly, some indicator based on the latest available research, and describes national trends and categories were subsumed under a larger heading. For example, Comparative Sociology population subgroup differences. Downloadable color graphics and tables accompany had several subheadings, including Comparative Sociology/Macrosociology, Cross- indicator information, allowing easy and direct placement into presentations and reports. National Research/Development and Globalization. As such, there is title proliferation In addition, for each indicator the DataBank provides links to the following resources on under the most popular subspecialties. A case in point is under the medical sociology the web: umbrella, AIDS/HIV, Alcohol and Drugs, Health/Illness, Medical Sociology, Mental · Relevant research and major government reports; Health, Public Health and Health Services were represented. Often the ad would solicit a · State, local, and international estimates, as available; medical sociologist in one of these areas. In this case, both medical sociology and their · Original source documents and surveys; and indicated subspecialties were each counted once. · National goals, as applicable (e.g., Healthy People 2010). Finally we used the list of ASA sections as a guide for creating the comprehensive list of The national data presented are drawn from reputable sources (e.g., federal reports standard sociological categories. Only four new categories were added, Asia, Anthropol- and vetted websites). Some data derive from original analyses by staff at Child Trends, a ogy, Gender/Race/Class, and Social Work/Social Service, because they had at least five nationally respected nonpartisan, nonprofit research center in Washington, DC. Users can requests, were considered nontrivial, and possibly served as a window on the future of count on finding the latest available estimates since new estimates are fully incorporated what will become more marketable in the next decade. into the DataBank indicators within a week of their release. New research is also incorpo- rated on an ongoing basis. Marketability of Subspecialties The DataBank has generated substantial press coverage. Recent findings picked up by In analyzing the data, not surprisingly, the most common “call” for applicants was major news outlets include: “open,” indicating that there is always flexibility in departmental hiring. In order of · Infant homicide rates are approaching teen rates; prevalence, the 10 most common subspecialties were: 1. Open, 2. Criminology, 3. Race · Teen dating has declined in the last decade; and and Ethnicity, 4. Medical Sociology, 5. Methodology, 6. Inequality/Stratification/Mobility, · Rates of work among poor families with children fell in 2001 for the first time since 7. Urban, 8. Sex and Gender, 9. Marriage and the Family, and 10. Comparative Sociology welfare reform in 1996. (see Table 1). The site has experienced heavy traffic in the months since its launch in July 2002. In May 2003, there were more than 29,000 visits to the DataBank. The site also supports a listserv that informs subscribers when new indicators and important new estimates become available on the site. Table 1. Top-10 Job Opening Subspecialties as Reported in September 2001-August 2002 ASA Employment Bulletin New Additions to the DataBank Job Opening Subspecialty Tenure Non-tenure Total Rank Child Trends adds one or two new indicators to the DataBank every month. Addition- Open 355 85 440 1 ally, in the fall of 2003, the DataBank launched a data brief series that looks across Criminology/Law and Society 275 19 294 2 multiple related indicators and discusses key themes. The first brief examines violence in Race and Ethnicity 139 4 143 3 the lives of children and youth. Medical Sociology 128 11 139 4 Methodology 117 20 137 5 Child Trends recently incorporated a “what works” section for many of its youth- Inequality/Stratification/Mobility 102 3 105 6 related indicators. This section briefly summarizes research on interventions intended to Urban 74 5 79 7 affect that indicator (e.g., programs to lower teen birth rates). Ultimately, Child Trends Sex and Gender 64 7 71 8 plans to include this information for all indicators in the DataBank. In addition, as funding Marriage and the Family 65 2 67 9 becomes available, there are plans to add links to publicly available survey instruments Collective Behavior/Social 68 5 63 10 that include questions related to each indicator. Movements The Child Trends DataBank is funded by a number of private foundations including the Foundation for Child Development, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The most marketable areas in sociology (as defined by total number of mentions of For additional information, visit www.childtrendsdatabank.org, or contact the director subspecialty) often experienced a great deal of title proliferation. For instance medical of the DataBank, Brett Brown, at [email protected], or project manager Sharon sociology and criminology each had seven categories subsumed under the broader Bzostek at [email protected]. ❑ subspecialty. Title proliferation is common when status distinctions are important, and there are internal political struggles in an area (see Baron and Bielby, 1986). Of course, title proliferation leads to a higher number of “counts” in the main subspecialty as well. Reasons for the popularity of some subspecialties include the possibility of attracting Research Areas Covered by the governmental grant support. Specifically, Medical Sociology and Criminology are both Child Trends DataBank able to attract a disproportionate amount of federal dollars (see Turner and Turner, 1990). The call for those teaching in race and ethnicity reflects our demographically changing • Health (e.g., percent of overweight children, percent of children population and professoriate, and call for a more diverse perspective coming into with learning disabilities, percent of youth carrying weapons) academe (Eitzen, 1991). The high demand for sex and gender, family, inequality and • Social and emotional development (e.g., percent of young methodology likely reflect the need for these courses to consistently be taught through- children “ready” to start school, percent of students attending out the academic year. Finally, the demand for methodology reflects an emphasis on quantitative methods in sociology (Berger, 2002). Only 8 of the 137 job subspecialties religious services, percent of teens who report “binge” drinking) asked for qualitative methods. • Income and work (e.g., parental employment, percent of chil- Results from this analysis indicate some of the market forces that shape job opportuni- dren covered by health insurance, percent of children whose ties. While sociologists may choose to study anything of interest to them, knowledge of caretakers receive food stamps, percent of children in families market forces may help us match our interests to that which is in demand. However, with receiving welfare benefits) “open” as the most popular job subspecialty, we are reminded we have a lot of leeway. • Education (e.g., trends in academic proficiency, percent of For more information or the full table of findings, contact Patricia Drentea, PhD, children watching television during the week, rates of parental Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama-Birmingham, U-239- I, 1530 3rd Ave S., Birmingham, AL 35294-3350, (205)934-2562, [email protected]. ❑ involvement in their children’s schools) • Demographics (e.g., the number of children in the United States References overall and by race/ethnicity, percent of children living with Baron, James N. and William T. Bielby. 1986. “The Proliferation of Job Titles in Organiza- two parents) tions.” Administrative Science Quarterly. 31:561-586. • Family and community (e.g., trends in the percent of parents Berger, Peter L. 2002. “Whatever Happened to Sociology.” First Things. 126:27-29. Eitzen, D. Stanley. 1991. “The Prospects for Sociology into the Twenty-First Century.” The who believe in spanking as an appropriate form of discipline, American Sociologist. 22(2):109-115. percent of youth who volunteer) Turner, Stephen Park and Jonathon H. Turner. 1990. The Impossible Science: An Institutional Analysis of American Sociology. Newbury Park: Sage Publications. 10 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES

Last-minute Legislating in the Senate Sociologist Redefines Cost of Alzheimer’s Disease by Susan Halebsky Dimock, amendments to Businesses suffer $61-billion annual “hit”; Congress provides $250 million in ASA 2003 Congressional Fellow be added at once, additional research funding by unanimous Though known as the more delibera- consent, into the absenteeism ($10 billion); productivity tive chamber of Congress, the Senate is bill. In this case, The Alzheimer’s Association losses ($18 billion); worker replacement rife with last-minute decision-making. few staff were reported this year that the annual cost ($6 billion); continuing insurance for This happens both when a bill is coming privy to whose economic impact of Alzheimer’s disease workers on leave and temporary worker up for markup (revisions) in a committee amendments on U.S. businesses in 2002 was an replacement fees ($2 billion); and Em- or subcommittee and when the full would be astounding $61 billion. This is nearly a ployee Assistance Program usage ($64 twofold increase from just four years ago, million). Senate considers a bill. There is ample included in the according to the report’s author, sociolo- Koppel estimates the cost to business time for sides to negotiate a bill, but the package, this gist Ross Koppel of the University of of health care for people with actual give and take and compromising negotiation was Pennsylvania. “This is equivalent to the Alzheimer’s disease is $24.6 billion, does not occur until last minute. The done, usually Susan Halebsky Dimock net annual profits of the top-10 Fortune including a business tax contribution to reason for the last-minute legislating is somewhere on 500 companies,” Koppel told Footnotes. federal health care costs and research. He brinksmanship: in the weeks leading up the Senate floor, Koppel’s 1998 report estimated the cost at adds that determining even the direct to a decision very little negotiating takes by the managers’ staff and the interested that time of $33 billion. health care costs is difficult because place because neither side is willing to party in the amendment. There was also Koppel, who is also affiliated with Alzheimer’s is not the first or even the make concessions until the last moment. great uncertainty on which amendments Penn’s Medical School and who heads the fourth official diagnosis. For example, a The last-minute negotiating prior to would be voted on and when. Conse- Social Re- person with markups is much more secretive than quently, many participants in the search Alzheimer’s might action on the Senate floor, but both leave policymaking process were unsure what Corporation Ross Koppel has expanded be listed as experi- staff and senators with little time to study was in the final Medicare bill until well near Philadel- our understanding of encing hypother- the legislation and evaluate its potential after passage by the Senate at 12:40 AM on phia, found mia, frostbite, and a effects. July 27. that most Alzheimer’s costs, and of the damaged foot. But estimates of costs of all diseases, to explic- the real explanation Late-night Dealmaking Of Trust and Deference Alzheimer’s itly include the workplace may be that the disease costs— patient developed The most recent example that I implications of caregiving. Despite the challenges of the Medicare and indeed these injuries while observed on the Senate floor was the legislation, the process on the Senate floor most analyses -Andrew Ziner wondering outside Medicare debate, which was a challenge was much more open than the treatment of all diseases’ in the winter night. for senators and staff because of its size of some health bills that come before the costs—focus only on direct factors (e.g., “Ross Koppel has expanded our (656 pages) and because the bill was Health, Education, Labor and Pensions medical expenses, lost work time, out-of- understanding of Alzheimer’s costs, and brought to the floor less than two weeks (HELP) Committee. On multiple occa- pocket expenses, housing modifications) of the costs of all diseases, to explicitly after its contents were made public. The sions, HELP Committee senators and and don’t include caregiver lost produc- include the workplace implications of last day of the debate was especially fast- their staff would not see the final text of a tivity and other opportunity costs. With caregiving,” said Professor Andrew Ziner, paced as the Senate stayed in session past bill until 9 AM when a markup session was Alzheimer’s disease, however, most of sociologist and gerontologist at Cedar midnight to deal with all of the amend- scheduled for 10 AM the same morning. In the sufferers are out of the labor force, Crest College, Allentown, PA. ments to the most of these and thus lost productivity has been Koppel emphasizes that about three- Medicare bill. cases, the Commit- assumed to be irrelevant. Koppel’s quarters of the direct work of caregiving As the tee Chairman’s estimates incorporate economic costs of is performed by women, who also The last-minute negotiating prior caregivers and calculate a more realistic maintain their other family and economic evening to markups is much more secre- and Ranking progressed, Member’s staff estimate of cost to businesses and, responsibilities. “We did not attempt to there was tive than action on the Senate negotiated the ultimately, to society. His analysis pegged measure the individuals’ loss of opportu- much wheel- floor, but both leave staff and contents of the bill the total annual cost of Alzheimer’s nities from foregone training, career disease at $161 billion, a previous estimate advancement, and the like,” said Koppel. ing and senators with little time to study late the previous of $100 billion. “We also could not put a dollar value on dealing over the legislation and evaluate its night. As a result, Congress’s response to the 1998 cost the loss of family time, disrupted relation- which staff not privy to potential effects. report, according to the Alzheimer’s ships, stress, and so on. Clearly, the amendments -Susan Halebsky Dimock negotiations must Association, was to allocate an additional human costs are staggering and horrific,” would be rely on the $50 million for research every year since Koppel states. voted on and leaderships’ staff 1999, for a total, so far, of $250 million. “The $61 billion cost is just the tip of which would be accepted into the for information on the contents and effect Koppel’s 1998 report was the primary the iceberg,” said Steve McConnell, “manager’s package” (added to the final of the changes made to the legislation. component of an assertive educational Interim President and CEO of the bill by unanimous consent without a One recent example was the passage campaign Alzheimer’s debate or vote). For most of the evening, of patient safety legislation. The begin- directed at Association. I watched the debate from the staff bench ning of the negotiating process (discus- federal “These on the Democratic side of the Senate floor sions of the bill’s contents) was open to a legislators. These calculations are based on four calculations are where I observed some of the last-minute number of staffers from both parties, but Falling on the million people—the number esti- based on four dealmaking. after a week, the process became closed heels of this mated to have Alzheimer’s disease million When votes were needed on key to the majority of HELP Committee effort was people—the Koppel’s 2002 now. Within the decade, baby number amendments, compromises were made. Senators’ staff. The night before the boomers will enter their retirement Often, to get a particular senator’s markup, there were late-night, last- report, estimated to support on an amendment, the bill’s minute negotiations between the Alzheimer’s years, and the number with have manager, Senator Grassley, had to be Chairman’s and Ranking Members’ staff Disease: Cost to Alzheimer’s will begin to explode—to Alzheimer’s willing to accept that senator’s amend- on the language of the bill. One partici- U.S. Businesses as many as 14 million by the middle disease now. ment with some modifications. With over pant in the negotiations complained in 2002, which of the century. Within the characterizes decade, baby 200 amendments to the Medicare about how unnecessary some of it was— “Alzheimer’s -Steve McConnell boomers will legislation filed, there were deals and deals were made that night that could as one of the enter their adjustments made throughout the night. have been made earlier in the negotia- nation’s most expensive diseases, retirement years, and the number with Many amendments were passed in bulk tions. exceeded only by heart disease and Alzheimer’s will begin to explode—to as by unanimous consent; other amend- Overall, the process is frustrating to cancer,” says Koppel. “With a growing many as 14 million by the middle of the ments were dispensed with through staff not included in negotiations and then proportion of elderly in the population, century. The costs—to families, to simple up or down votes or were faced with a final bipartisan bill. The the cost of Alzheimer’s will increase government, and to business—will be subjected to motions to table, which is a culture of last-minute legislation relies on almost four-fold in the next few de- unsustainable. “This study underscores vote to end debate on an amendment, trust and deference. Senators are willing cades—perhaps much more if we the importance of employers’ investment and a vote to table allows senators to to defer to the judgment of their leader- consider the decrease in ‘free’ caregiving in support of their employees who are vote against an amendment without ship on the floor and in committee. But, associated with the increase in women’s caregivers, and it highlights the need to going officially on record as having done as a result, much of the legislative process labor force participation or the trends reexamine the role of Medicare,” said so. is not open to full discussion and debate. toward flexible benefit programs with McConnell. “It also provides compelling For a staffer, trying to follow the This is more often the case in the commit- eldercare and long term care insurance.” new evidence that the nation needs to action required attention to what was tee process, where there is no record of Koppel, who teaches sociology at the expand its research on Alzheimer’s happening step by step—to know which the give and take. While on the Senate University of Pennsylvania and directs disease to head off an epidemic of amendments were being voted on, which floor, legislation may move swiftly, and research at the Center for Clinical disastrous proportions.” had been accepted, and which had not. even though negotiations may be private, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the The report, Alzheimer’s Disease: Cost to This was challenging because often an there is at least a public record of the University of Pennsylvania’s School of U.S. Businesses in 2002, is available from amendment would be up for a vote with amendments filed, offered, accepted, and Medicine, says that the largest proportion the Alzheimer’s Association: many senators and staff knowing little rejected, and therefore a means to of the $61 billion cost to businesses ($36.5 www.alz.org/Media/newsreleases/ billion, or 60%) is for workers who are current/062602ADCosts.pdf. ❑ about its contents. At other times, Senator reconstruct the development of the final caregivers for people with Alzheimer’s Grassley would announce a list of the bill. ❑ disease. This includes (in round numbers): SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 11

Minority Fellowship Program Announces New Fellows Alondo C. Campbell Jose “Joey” Mata Undergraduate Institution: California Undergraduate Institution: Pitzer State University-Long Beach College Graduate Institution: Purdue University by Mercedes Rubio, Director, Graduate Institution: Indiana University Alondo C. (A.C.) Minority Affairs Program Born in the Campbell grew up The Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) of the American Sociologi- Pearl of the in East Saint Louis, cal Association is pleased to introduce its seven new Fellows. These Pacific, Joey IL. He is a second- fellows comprise the 30th cohort of ASA’s 30-year-old MFP program. moved from year PhD student at The MFP Advisory Panel had selected these students as the new one side of the Purdue University. Pacific to the A.C. earned a fellows based on applications it reviewed in April, culling the group other by Masters in sociology from a highly competitive pool of applicants. The seven students immigrating from California began their three-year MFP Fellowship on August 1, 2003. with his family State University- MFP Cohort 30 is consists of PhD candidates with much promise at the age of six Fullerton. His in the sociological study of mental health and in the discipline in Jose “Joey” Mata from the Alondo C. Campbell Master’s thesis was general. The fellows attended the ASA Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Philippines to titled “Labor Market the United Experiences of where they received a day-long orientation and met many sociologists States and settling in California. After African-American Males.” As an under- whose research interests match their own. completing high school at Sierra Vista graduate student, A.C. co-authored a The Minority Fellowship Program is funded primarily through a High School in Baldwin Park, Joey paper with Dr. Jeffrey Davis. Titled, training grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The entered Pitzer College of the Claremont “Minority Health, Labor Quality and Job program is also made possible by generous member contributions Colleges in the fall of 1997. During his Quality in California,” this research and donations from Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociologists for Women in four years at Pitzer, Joey received the showed that the poorer health of racial Society, the Association of Black Sociologists, the Pacific Sociological Pitzer College Trustee Community and ethnic minorities limits productive Research Fellowship, the John W. capacity and labor market chances. His Association, the Midwest Sociological Society, and the Southwestern Atherton Scholarship, and the ASA MOST current research interests include the Sociological Association. Summer Research Fellowship. In the psychological development of the Black spring of 2001, Joey graduated from child under the sociopolitical domination Pitzer with a Bachelor’s degree in English of Eurocentric pathology. A.C. has and world literature and with honors in presented papers at the Pacific Sociologi- his GED and did so in 1997. He enrolled in Justice system; and crime patterns in Ohio sociology. In the fall of the same year, cal Association conference and at the Chaffey Community College and cities. For the latter, he used the Federal Joey accepted Indiana University’s Association of Black Sociologists confer- graduated in 2000. He began his educa- Bureau of Investigation’s National Chancellor’s Minority Fellowship and an ence. In addition to his intellectual tion at Pitzer in the fall of 2000 where Jose Incidence Based Reporting System offer to study in Indiana University’s pursuits, A.C. was a founder of a student Calderon, Norma Rodriguez, and (NIBRS) data. He hopes to bridge his Department of Sociology where he organization called The Alliance for the Halford Fairchild mentored him. Jesse is work-related and research experiences continues his studies today. Presently, Preservation of African Consciousness active in bridging theory and practice by with public policy. Joey is working on several projects (APAC) at California State University- serving on the executive board of the involving his research interests, including Fullerton and currently mentors at-risk Pomona Day Labor Center where he Shalon Irving the sociology of culture, urban and youth. serves as President and volunteer. As a Undergraduate Institution: Hampton community sociology, the sociology of recipient of the Ernesto Galarza Research University mental health, and social psychology Jason L. Cummings Center Faculty Grant, he intends to Graduate Institution: Purdue University more broadly. Undergraduate Institution: Fairfield further his research on the mental health In May 2002, University and psychosocial well-being of day Shalon gradu- Lawrence Voegele Graduate Institution: Indiana University laborers. He has presented his research at ated summa Undergraduate Institution: University of various conferences on topics such as cum laude with Nebraska-Lincoln Jason L. Chicano gangs, Mexican day laborers, Cummings is a a Bachelor of Graduate Institution: University of and mental health. He plans to teach and Arts in sociol- Nebraska-Lincoln graduate student conduct research in the area of criminol- in the Department ogy from Lawrence ogy, race and class inequality, and mental Hampton of Sociology at health. Voegele is a Indiana Univer- University. As member of the an undergradu- sity-Bloomington. Donald Hutcherson Hunkpapa band He received a BA ate, she was a of Lakota. He is Undergraduate Institution: Bowling National in sociology and Green State University Shalon Irving studying English from Institute of sociology at the Graduate Institution: Ohio State Mental Health Jason L. Cummings Fairfield Univer- University University of sity in 2002. Career Opportunities in Research (NIMH- Nebraska- Jason’s research Donald COR) Scholar and took a research- Lincoln (UNL). interests are in the areas of Medical Hutcherson is a intensive course load while working as a Lawrence Sociology, Demography, Race & Ethnicity, native of Cleve- research assistant in a lab focused on Lawrence Voegele received his and Social Stratification. He intends to land, OH. He is urban stress and that explored the effects Bachelor’s bridge these areas by exploring the starting his of violence exposure on African American degree in psychology from UNL in 2002. relationship between parent’s socioeco- second year of and Latino youth. In addition, she served While completing his BA, he worked with nomic status and the mental health doctoral studies as President of Alpha Phi Sigma, the Nebraska inmates as a GED instructor trajectories of their children as they at the Ohio State National Criminal Justice Honor Society, and as a board member of the Native progress though adulthood. Jason is University. His and was a member of Alpha Kappa Delta, American inmate cultural organizations at currently working on his master’s thesis educational and Golden Key International Honor the state penitentiary. His research on racial and gender differences in Donald Hutcherson background and Society. experiences included an applied investiga- psychological distress among married his area of Since matriculating at Purdue Univer- tion of the bi-directional relationship and unmarried parents. interest is sity in the graduate sociology program, between psychological well-being and criminology. Donald received a Master’s Shalon has served as a research assistant physical illnesses among elderly nursing Jesse Diaz degree in criminal justice administration in a health and aging lab and recently home residents. He also assisted the Undergraduate Institution: Pitzer from the State University of New York- completed a paper on parental death and Director of Nursing at an Omaha, NE, College Albany and a Master’s in sociology from self-rated health that was presented at the nursing home to improve infection- Graduate Institution: University of Bowling Green State University. He was ASA Annual Meeting in Atlanta. The topic control policy. Working on the McNair California-Riverside the recipient of the American Society of of her Master’s thesis is the physical and research project, under the guidance of Criminology Minority Fellowship, the mental health consequences of child Jesse was born in Dr. Les Whitbeck, he assisted the Healing Simon Dinitz Fellowship, and was abuse on adults. In the spring of 2003, she Pathways Project team at UNL to identify Ontario, CA, but selected to participate in the Ninth Annual was elected as Vice President of the grew up in subpopulations with bicultural identity National Institute of Justice Data Resource Purdue University Black Graduate within the reservation communities of a Chino, CA. After Program Workshop on “Prisoner Reentry Association. She is interested in the dropping out of Northern Midwest Tribe. Lawrence’s and Community Justice,” which took African American family and the develop- research and professional goals include high school in place at the University of Michigan. ment of self-esteem among African 1982 and understanding and seeking culturally Donald’s research experiences span a American female adolescents. Upon sensitive solutions to the substance abuse working as a wide range of criminal justice topics such competing her PhD, she plans to teach landscaper for and mental health challenges facing as prison culture; the disproportionate and conduct research at a Historically Native American communities. ❑ many years, he number of minorities in the Ohio Juvenile Black Institution. Jesse Diaz decided to earn 12 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES

Coser, from page 1 own right—did not look back to the far to the Left (and too European) to feel Wellfleet on Cape Cod, they welcomed house at the age of 9 months, during the killing fields of Europe, to “good old fully at home in the American political friends, colleagues, comrades, and summer of 2001, we asked him what it days” that were never really that great. landscape, he discovered in the late 1960s, students to a summer-long series of felt like to be a great-grandfather. “It’s Instead, they pushed forward, forging an after several visits to Europe, that he was cocktail and dinner parties at the pond. wonderful,” he replied. “You get all of the intellectual bridge between the old world more American than European. Even in Although he prided himself on honor with none of the work!” His and the new. More sedate in their later sociology, and despite having moved separating his political and sociological charm, wit, intellect, and commitment will years, the Cosers were rebels for their from Marx to Weber, Simmel, and (not thinking, he was critical of modern be remembered and continued by time, bohemians. least) Merton, he always described American sociology’s abandonment of colleagues, students, and family. [From “Science as a Vacation,” in A himself as a “heretic within the church of social criticism for what his ASA presiden- A memorial service will be held in the Misfit’s Manifesto: The Spiritual Journey of a Structural-Functionalism.” Although fully tial address called “the fallacy of mis- fall at SUNY-Stony Brook. The Theory Rock & Roll Heart, 2003]. dedicated to the discipline (and a scholar placed precision.” I traveled with him to Section of the ASA will be awarding an Donna Gaines, New School University who unfailingly read the major journals East Berlin, Dresden, and Leipzig in 1990, annual Lewis Coser Prize in his memory; ❆ ❆ ❆ from cover to cover) and a major civic where he warned in his lectures that those wishing to contribute to that player for more than 40 years, from time sociology was “in danger of losing its memorial may send checks to the Lewis The men and women of Lew Coser’s to time he immersed himself in fiction critical bite.” Coser Memorial Fund at the American generation have always held a special and world politics—while The Functions of His love of books and reading Sociological Association, 1307 New York fascination for me. They came into Social Conflict, a classic text instrumental in permeated his life. I remember, as a child, Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC political awareness during the scariest of weakening the Parsonsian hegemony, walking with him in downtown Boston 20005. times—the Fascist victory in Spain, the became one of the most widely read and when we found a small amount of money In addition to me, his grandson, Coser triumphant rise and growing power of translated books in post-war American on the ground. He quickly walked me to is survived by his partner, Leona Robbins Hitler, and the bombastic rhetoric of the sociology. At times one wondered the nearest bookstore and bought me of Cambridge, MA; his daughter, Ellen Soviet Union overlaying an ugly reality. I whether his comparative-historical Gulliver’s Travels, reading it to me later. Coser Perrin, of Brookline, MA; his son, am a half-generation younger but I lived writings on “greedy organizations” Late in his life, he proclaimed, “if ever I Steven Coser, of Melrose, MA; two other in this era vicariously, through obsessive (which thoroughly encompass the can’t read, that’s when I want to go.” Less grandsons: E. Benjamin Perrin, of reading of historical accounts and individual) might not have contained an than two weeks before his death, he Cherryfield, ME; and Matthew Coser, of memoirs. element of personal longing. Not by found it too difficult to continue reading. Melrose, MA; and a great-grandson, The intellectuals with whom I identi- chance, more than half of his 18 books fied were, like Lew, carriers of what When my son, his first great-grand- Jonah Perrin, of Chapel Hill, NC. ❑ charted out how ideas and theories can son, was visiting him at his Wellfleet Richard Flacks calls the “tradition of the only fully be understood if located in their left.” The recognition of a variety of political, social, and intellectual contexts cultural and material inequalities and a (Men of Ideas and Masters of Sociological commitment to change them is at the Thought). He abhorred “the foreshorten- Sociologists Remember core of this tradition. But many of these ing of historical vision” that led to a representatives of the “old left” drifted “parochialism of the contemporary.” Lewis Coser away. For them, the 1960s produced a The “wanderer” immigrant in prolonged case of dyspepsia. In the possession of “the bird’s eye view” rhetorical excesses and sometime produced, in every decade from 1950 to foolishness of some elements of the “new 1990, classic works that broadly influ- left,” they heard the echoes of enced the discipline and from which we stormtroopers from their traumatized benefit deeply, even today. Magnanimous history. and engaged, Lew Coser eventually But not Lew Coser. He maintained his became convinced that he belonged in Rare in the academy is the unique science, and politics? That generation of critical edge while others around him American scholarship and politics. Here combination of human qualities that Lew sociologists, I believe, cared more about were losing theirs. He recognized his his thistles intertwined. Coser possessed: openness to ideas, a this big question than we do these days. younger self in many of the movement Stephen Kalberg, Boston University focused and disciplined brilliance, and But for Lew, it mattered not only that participants. Albeit sometimes misguided, ❆ ❆ ❆ deep convictions about social welfare and sociology was embedded in these other but nonetheless they were fellow carriers political governance. Special, too, was his spheres, but also that sociologists draw of a tradition to which he remained loyal. Perhaps the toughest criticism I ever inconsumable interest in all of sociology from a broad knowledge base to ambi- His example told me that the pathway published about a colleague concerned because for Lew it was important that our tiously pose important questions about from the tradition of the left to the Lew Coser’s work on social conflict. field have coherence and integrity. His social life, and therefore to challenge our celebration of power and privilege Characteristically, he responded with book reviews for Contemporary Sociology biases and preconceptions about society among many former leftists was not a grace and precision, acknowledging the always reflected his great ability to so that we might consider ways of developmental process but a life choice. aptness of my points and going on to consider how a book or topic related to improving it. He provided a needed reminder that one advance inquiry about them. Such that coherence and integrity. Once it was Judith Blau, University of North Carolina- can maintain an oppositional conscious- criticism did not deter him from staunchly said at a department meeting it would be Chapel Hill ness one’s whole life. And a reminder also supporting its authors. a good idea to include Coser’s book ❆ ❆ ❆ that one can do this with grace and Lew did much to raise the literacy bar reviews on the reading list for humor without ever becoming an old for the sociological community. Many of comprehensives as they often surpassed I met Lewis Coser the first day of curmudgeon. For these lessons, Lew, I us would have had careers that were the book author’s understanding of the school [SUNY-Stony Brook]. There he sat salute you. poorer, more solitary, and more brutish topic. If not that always, we prized them at the head of the seminar table peering without his enthusiasm, his chuckle, and for their style and his gracious synthesis. at us through a cloud of smoke, chain- Bill Gamson, Boston College ❆ ❆ ❆ his wit. Personally and collectively, we His own range of interests was especially smoking. In a thick German accent he shall miss his irreplaceable combination of broad: sociological theory, the history of mesmerized us with stories of our After having been forced out of two political engagement and intellectual ideas, social conflict, and the sociology of forefathers, our heroes, the masters of countries, Lewis A. Coser, born in Berlin, integrity. literature, and these complemented—but sociological thought. There were the arrived alone on American shores in 1941. Donald N. Levine, University of Chicago did not especially overlap with—his other Europeans: Mannheim, Simmel, Veblen, He was penniless and carried one small ❆ ❆ ❆ interests in social and political commen- the refugees and the Americans, George handbag. Uprooted twice and surely tary. I have many wonderful memories of Herbert Mead, and Robert Park. Coser traumatized, out of his “handful of In the fall of 1974, I arrived for Lew, and Rose, as well as of my placed the great thinkers in the context of thistles” (the title of his collected essays graduate study at SUNY-Stony Brook. I husband’s high regard and affectionate their time. It felt like a tribal campfire, a volume) he shaped a distinguished and had few clues of what to expect from a feelings for them both, whom he knew ceremonial rite of passage. noble life that bound together scholarship graduate program. Having been accepted from the days when they were graduate Usually I sat in class writing song lyrics and politics in equal measure. Most of the by several doctoral programs, I was students at Columbia University. or making up names for imaginary twentieth century’s major “macro and uncertain about which to choose. In his 1975 ASA presidential address, bands. But Coser’s “Classical Theory” micro” upheavals intersected directly Lewis Coser determined my choice Lew spoke of the importance of the course changed my life. From cosmetol- with his journey. without having a conversation with me. I tradition of critical social thought and ogy to cosmology, the sociology of At the center of his scholarship, often grew up during the heyday of the Civil about two contemporary works that knowledge slowly lifted me up from the in concealed forms, stood a major theme Rights and Black Power movements. As threatened to undermine this tradition. gutters of positivism. I departed the in the works of his spiritual mentor, an African American, I was acutely aware One was micro (i.e., ethnomethodology), material world and entered the spiritual Georg Simmel: marginality. This (as he of American racism and identified deeply and the other was macro (i.e., Blau’s and realm, unknown, and unseen. Once, would have said) was not by chance. The with those movements. In the early 1970s Duncan’s work on stratification). Peter, pointing from his office window out to son of a strict Lutheran mother and a social conflict was not a major focus of sitting next to me, was totally intrigued the snowy walkways and trees of Eastern Jewish banker father, he became a rebel American sociology. Structural/function- with Lew’s criticisms. “He is completely Long Island, Professor Coser referred to and left-wing radical in Weimar Ger- alism with stresses on value consensus right about ethnomethodology, and half data as “anything out there.” After that, many—and aware of himself as a Jew. He and social order still held sway. I was right about stratification.” At dinner later, anything seemed possible. then found a home in Paris (1933-41) and interested in social conflict and social congratulations said, the two of them Most American intellectuals at the time became a citoyen—until rounded up and movements, not social order. My started fresh on the debates that had [1980s] seemed xenophobic, like they sent to a labor camp. In the 1940s he fell undergraduate advisor informed me that always brought them close together: hated the U.S.A. Not Coser. He and his in with a crowd of Leftist intellectuals in of my choices only Stony Brook was truly How is sociology embedded in history, wife Rose—an acclaimed scholar in her New York City. Although at the time too interested in conflict and that Coser, the SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 13

main conflict theorist of American said, “Better that millions read it than out of town and he needed a “professor- page as an ordered, coherent whole.” sociology, taught at Stony Brook. I millions be earned from it.” sitter.” He would soon arrive for dinner Lewis Coser’s European background, headed to the “Brook.” Steven Nock, University of Virginia with a wonderful bottle of wine. He and the experiences he occasionally At that time the Sociology Department ❆ ❆ ❆ decided early in our research on the book shared (e.g., about his youthful participa- was experimenting with admitting Black publishing industry that I needed to learn tion in Marxist political groups in Paris) students and had decided to select a I met Lew Coser a few days after about wine and spirits in order to extended our intellectual and personal mentor for each of them in advance. I arriving at Stony Brook for graduate facilitate interviewing, so we began a horizons. One day in the theory seminar was excited to meet with Coser, once a study in the fall of 1972. He was urbane, multi-year course. We would visit various Coser shifted topics by standing up and week. Upon arriving in his office I was impeccably dressed, and the most erudite wine shops in Manhattan, and he would slowly, lovingly writing a name—Maurice struck by the large portraits of Marx, person I had ever encountered. I was a stock up for the many gatherings at his Halbwachs—on the blackboard. As he Weber, and Durkheim that graced his scruffy, long-haired surfer with a very house. We would always select a bottle wrote in a rightward-tilting script, Coser walls. He asked me what I was interested low draft lottery number. I read Coser’s for us to share. I still revere these began to describe Halbwach’s fascinating in studying. I said the Civil Rights and the Masters of Sociological Thought as an memories, and the world of ideas that theory of collective memory; he also told Black Power movements. He nodded undergrad and opted for graduate school Lew Coser opened up to me. us about the French sociologist’s death at over Vietnam. I took two courses from affirmatively and glanced towards the Woody Powell, Stanford University Buchenwald in 1945. him in my first year, and wrote several portraits and asked if I had mastered the ❆ ❆ ❆ Coser linked us to the past, and he also works of these sociological giants. I papers on his beloved Simmel. We grew welcomed us into the future of sociology. replied, not really. He went on to argue close, but he remained Dr. Coser. In May, I always admired Lewis Coser for his I remember sitting in the hall by his that classical theory was critical to the as he prepared for his annual retreat to important role as a social theorist and office, anxiously awaiting the results of understanding of all important social Cape Cod, he said I should contact him if public intellectual. My fondest memories my qualifying exam in social theory. He phenomena. He then quoted Goethe, I was in the area. Later that summer, my go back to 1941. When I first met Lew came out smiling, called out “Mazel Tov!” “What you have learned from your wife and I were in Cambridge, MA, and (and Rose), we engaged in very weighty and opened his arms for a bear hug. Lew fathers, you must earn in order to we called the Cosers on a lark, and they discussions about the miseries of left- extended his welcome as fully to women possess.” I remember thinking, “Hmmm, invited us to visit. We arrived, and after a wing politics and the future of socialism. as to men. He often spoke respectfully of I doubt that these dead white men are my few glasses of wine, were put to work At that time I was riding an express train, his wife, Rose, a sociologist with her own fathers,” but I decided to follow his advice cleaning fish. Preparations were under- destination unknown but definitely away trajectory of interests and publications. As and read these scholars in depth. From way for a grand dinner. We tried to leave, from Marxist doctrine. Rose and Lew had a dual-career couple, they provided a that moment on I have always taken partly out of embarrassment at our just arrived from Europe, and they too model and an inspiration, even as many theory seriously. imposing on them, but were urged to were seeking something different from of us noted her difficulties in finding a When I entered graduate school I was stay. The dinner guests were their close left-wing orthodoxies. I was about to edit regular job. In the late 1970s I experienced well aware that my white professors friends—Marianne Simmel (Georg’s a new “little magazine” called Enquiry: A a sweet sense of shared cause when Lew were experimenting with admitting granddaughter), Digby Baltzell, Frank Journal of Independent Radical Thought, and and I served together on the ASA Status minority students and were suspicious of Manuel, and Bernard Rosenberg and their Lew showed some interest in the project. of Women Committee. families. At dinner’s end, we tried to When the magazine did appear (from our abilities to succeed. Coser was quite Barrie Thorne, University of California- excuse ourselves to find a hotel. “Non- 1942-45), Lew (writing as Louis Clair) European in style and demeanor. I Berkeley sense,” the Cosers said, “stay on the wrote some pieces for it. They were speculated that he probably did not ❆ ❆ ❆ harbor the same doubts about minority bunkbeds upstairs.” We left six days later. mostly in defense of more traditional students as most of the white American Thus began a relationship that spanned socialist ideas; he objected to the revision- I first “met” Lew Coser in 1971 as a professors. In my second office visit with Thanksgiving dinners, annual visits to ist notions some of us were expressing. senior in college through reading Men of Coser I straight out asked him what their Wellfleet home, a co-authored book He was more committed to the socialist Ideas in a class on the sociology of caliber of student he thought I was. He (The Culture and Commerce of Publishing), vision than I was, and this led later to his intellectuals. Soon after, I came across his looked at me quizzically and replied, and much, much more. collaboration with Irving Howe as a co- equally inspiring Sociology through “Solid B.” After skipping past my great Conversations with Lew were a joy, editor of Dissent. Literature, an unprecedented introduction disappointment in his assessment, I given his breadth of experience and Although Lew and I had some basic to sociology through fiction, and discov- pledged to myself that I would show him engagement. Politics occupied a central disagreements, we remained good ered his distinctively eclectic intellectual differently. place, as did his abiding interest in friends as both of us concentrated on the taste. Where else could a sociologist read Professor Coser did change his mind patterns of receptivity to ideas. When work we were doing in sociology. Some a sixteenth-century Chinese story by about my abilities. He served as my discussing his remarkable life, he did not echoes of the past remained, however. In Chin P’ng Mei along with a Yiddish story dissertation advisor and when I turned in like telling stories per se, but in the right the early 1960s, Lew was a visiting by Sholom Aleichem and works of the first draft he responded that it was context, he would reflect on his contacts professor at Berkeley, and he helped Pirandello and Balzac? I suspect those just what the doctor ordered. He wrote with Andre Gide in Paris in the 1930s and organize a “Dissent Forum” on the topic, writers didn’t know that they were doing strong letters of recommendation for me involvement in antifascist movements “Should Students Be Radicals?” I said sociology, yet Lew did know that and when I applied for grants and my first then, or on the world of post-war political students should be students and should succeeded in making us see it too. job. He introduced me to publishers and magazines, such as Politics, Partisan let the chips fall where they may. I also My favorite piece of Coseriana is sent interesting articles and books my Review, and Dissent, and his close relation- warned against “premature commit- Greedy Institutions, a classic study of the way. He became a mentor. Our intellec- ships with Dwight MacDonald and Irving ment” to radical ideas because that could “traditional” form of group affiliation. tual bond was built on the foundation Howe. One of Lew’s funniest stories prompt charges and fears of “apostasy,” Like his hero, Georg Simmel, Lew was at that social conflict is necessary for change involved his move to the University of with attendant self-doubt. For Lew, the his best assembling in the same work and deserves serious sociological study. Chicago to teach. He was staying at intellectual should always be a critic of his historically and culturally different David Riesman’s home, which he was society. He gave short shrift to the role of players such as the Byzantine eunuch, the Aldon Morris, Northwestern University sharing with another young lecturer he intellectuals as creative interpreters and modern housewife, the Bolshevik ❆ ❆ ❆ had not yet met. Neither Rose nor Lew defenders of received institutions or revolutionary, and the celibate priest. By I met Lew Coser shortly after I began had ever been to the Midwest, and the traditions. lumping them together he managed to teaching at the University of Virginia. He unfamiliar setting of the first evening was For me, Lew always remained a compellingly demonstrate how the had been struggling to complete an rendered more unusual by the sounds of valued companion along the road to similarity in the formal profile of their introductory textbook for several years. I gunfire. Racing down the stairs, Lew met more secure and more profound knowl- patterns of social affiliation outweighed joined this project midway through its his new housemate, C. Wright Mills. edge of the ideas and values we shared their sociohistorical differences—a perfect development. Our text went through ‘Charley’ was shooting at empty beer and cherished. And yet we remained illustration of formal sociological theoriz- three editions. Lew was senior author and bottles in the Riesman’s fireplace. friendly antagonists, each seeking his ing. made all executive decisions. I simply Lew wrote, with great facility, thou- own way to theoretical and moral Along with Masters of Sociological counted myself lucky to have the chance sands of book and journal reviews. The enlightenment. Thought, those were Lew’s works that to meet and work with such a scholar. most remarkable thing was that he often Philip Selznick, University of California- inspired me to become a sociologist. Yet Anyone who knew him will attest to his wrote the review upon receipt of the Berkeley he influenced me even more as a profes- high standards of scholarship, which were book or manuscript. When staying with ❆ ❆ ❆ sional role model, an intellectual who always mixed with a delightful sense of them at their summer cottage, I would combined an exceptionally broad range humor. Our collaboration was one of the make the morning mail/newspaper run. I In the mid and late 1960s, when I was a of interests, concerns, and erudition with highlights of my early years in the remember giving Lew a new book or graduate student at Brandeis University, excellent scholarship. Years later, when I profession. manuscript, whereupon he would Lewis Coser taught the required seminar became his colleague during his last year Shortly after the publication of the disappear for a few hours, and pound out in classical sociological theory and of teaching at Stony Brook in 1985-86, I second edition of our text, we received a a review on his old manual typewriter. I introduced us not only to Durkheim, was fortunate to also witness how letter from Chinese officials congratulat- envied his first drafts, written with such Marx, Weber, and Simmel, but also to scholarly eminence need not entail an ing us on having our book adopted for panache and verve. His writing was thinkers such as Max Scheler, whose ideas “imperial” aura or pomposity—an use in universities throughout that infused with his commitments—to a have fallen from view. Dressed in tweed experience certainly shared by anyone country. The only wrinkle in this great more just and egalitarian world, to the jacket and tie, Coser spoke with an accent who participated in the monthly soirées honor was the fact that the book would role of public intellectuals, and to a etched by both French and German. As at the Cosers. be translated and published by the sociology that was not lost to either Juan Corradi recently observed, Coser’s I shall always remember Lew Coser as Chinese government without any theoretical or methodological fetishism. lectures were “systematic, never boring, a great sociologist, a good friend, and a royalties paid to our publisher. In his It is the personal moments that I both authoritative and friendly at the unique professional role model. same time”; the content, Judith Adler characteristic way, Lew showed us how to treasure the most. A phone call late on a Eviatar Zerubavel, Rutgers University gracefully accept such a situation when he Saturday evening saying that Rose was recalls, “almost fell effortlessly onto one’s 14 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES Special Public Forum

scholars to enable a turn toward In Opposition to the ASA Member Resolution on the Iraq War peace, perhaps even establishing some kind of professional machinery for Resolution Following are ASA member opinions concerning the ASA member facilitating such activity (teaching resolution passed this past spring about the U.S.-led war in Iraq. (See materials, speakers lists, policy pp. 2-3 of the April 2003 Footnotes and p. 1 of the July/August Foot- research teams, etc.). Maybe the Idols of the Tribe controversy over this resolution will notes.) This Special Public Forum is devoted exclusively to airing both spur some members to frame such a Most people assume that, as the supportive as well as dissenting opinions. The resolution called for the longer term agenda that will enable editor of a major journal in human Association to take a formal position favoring an immediate end to the sociologists qua sociologists to make a rights, I would be against the war in war in Iraq. It was passed by two-thirds of voting members after difference in this dark time. Iraq. In fact, there are numerous Council referred the issue to membership for a vote. Members of Dick Flacks, University of California- arguments for the war in Iraq that are Sociologists and Political Scientists Without Borders initiated the Santa Barbara grounded in the long and noble resolution through a formal petition mechanism provided for in ASA’s history of human rights. The struggle bylaws. Some ASA members have weighed in on this issue on ASA’s for rights has always played itself out Democratic Impulse in opposition to tyranny, and there Member Forum on its website at www.asanet.org/memarea/secure/ seems no better example of tyranny in forum/. The ASA is a formal organization with a weak fiduciary administration. the modern world than Saddam It is member-driven from top to bottom. Hussein’s murderous regime. Those This is signaled by the extremely short who voted the resolution have ruled In Support of the indicates to me that the majority of term of its president, and the fact that out the possibility of engaging in sociologists felt, as human beings, that its primary hierarchal dimension is an dialogue with those who hold alterna- Resolution their sociological expertise and informal prestige system. All of its tive moral positions on the war and knowledge are relevant in the case of official administrative offices are have made it more difficult for those Iraq, and they concluded that America carried out by individuals who are who wish to do value-free scientific Response to Criticisms waged an unjust war. elected and whose primary identity is research on the war. All future work will have to be done in the shadow of As the U.S. Representative to Judith R. Blau, University of North “sociologist.” Its unstinting mission is the opprobrium of the ideological Sociologists and Political Scientists Carolina-Chapel Hill to serve the interests of the profession majority rather than with the support without Borders (SOCPOLSF) that and of sociologists in general. of a community of scientists. initiated the resolution and as myself, In short, the ASA resonates as a Professional Objectivity Members of the ASA ought to be I am pleased to respond to some democratic institution. Consistently, it able to engage in an ecumenical and comments posted on the ASA website. As an upstart sociologist 35 years also represents a profession in which tolerant community of scholars COMMENT: “The statement ought ago, I was active in trying to get the public policy has always been an area without feeling the weight of “official” to pertain to, be informed by, and/or ASA to go on record against the of concern, dating to its founding as a ideological positions. One joins a advance the discipline.” REPLY: The Vietnam war. Conventional wisdom discipline, and always among a broad professional association, ostensibly, to vote indicates to me an endorsement of then took for granted that professional swath of its membership. Membership engage in a free marketplace of ideas. the idea that interpretation cannot be organizations ought not take stands resolutions on public policy issues are With the adoption of an official alienated from what is observed, as on public issues; the expression of therefore inevitable. Indeed, they may political position against the war, well as the view that engaged critique collective opinion undermined claims be necessary, for insofar as every however, the ASA has ceased to be a is better than silence or cynical to professional objectivity and violated formal organization must establish its free-marketplace of ideas and has, commentary. Thus the vote against the the autonomy of members who characteristic forms of connection and instead, become an ideological proxy war helps us to better understand how disagreed with the majority. negotiation with the greater social organization. we practice sociology and find it That perspective prevailed in the environment, or risk existence/ Instead of taking an opportunity to useful. 1960s, but, today, it is the 1960s effectiveness, it would be in nature of engage the unique perspective of COMMENT: “[This] resolution is generation that has taken over the the ASA to do so precisely through sociology on the most important the rightmost wing of the anti-war ASA leadership. So the current such activities as membership resolu- questions of the day, sociologists have movement.” REPLY: Earlier, leadership’s conventional wisdom is tions. chosen the comfort of the ideological SOCPOLSF issued, in its own name, a not opposed to taking stands, but it More generally, just as it is not a herd. The members of the ASA, in more focused statement, “Manifesto stresses that such stands should be good idea to try and fool nature, it is voting the resolution, have shown that for International Nonviolence” (see based on substantial research and fundamentally not a good idea for any they are incapable of fostering and www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov02/ professional (rather than moral) kind of regime to dampen the demo- tolerating diverse perspectives on fn14.html). consensus. The member resolution on cratic impulse. And yet, this is what complex social phenomena and have COMMENT: “Is this a scientific Iraq contradicted that view; it ex- the recent complaint among those done a disservice both to the Associa- association or a political one?” pressed the shared ‘moral opinion’ of members who accuse the ASA of tion and the larger American public, REPLY: To illustrate current national ASA members (whether members violating its own ethics policy in the which it ought to serve with the priorities: the U.S. budget for Head voted for, against, or not at all). But Iraq war resolution would do in its unique insights of the sociological Start was $6 billion for 2003 and may since the resolution’s call to end the claim that sociological science is imagination. be substantially cut this year. The 2004 war was obsolete by the time of its unequipped to pronounce on moral budget for military expenses is $814 passage, there is a tendency perhaps questions. Thomas Cushman, Wellesley College; billion, which excludes the Iraqi war, to see this episode as an embarrassing Of course, equality inherits respon- Editor, The Journal of Human Rights and which itself is costing $4 billion a moment that is best forgotten. sibilities, and the ASA must attend to month. Representing combined I differ from conventional wisdom the complexity of its profession, Dissent sciences in his 2003 presidential as follows: A casualty of war is likely including the tension of competing address to the National Academy of to be the narrowing of space for free definitions of science. (Even the most Ardent involvement in a collective Science, Bruce Alberts, stressed the discussion of the legitimacy of the normative of sociological perspectives effort to sponsor a resolution on a great importance of global peace both state’s policy. Indeed, the freedom depends on a logic of scientific claims- weighty topic tends to elicit a nice in and of itself and for the good of required by academically based making.) A good example of being warm glow, the kind people get when science. institutions is greatly endangered in responsible is the statement that ASA they do something they think their COMMENT: “We are learning that war; it seems appropriate in war time Council put out prior to the vote on the significant and insignificant others opposition to the war—France, for for normally ‘neutral’ professional war resolution, which precisely will see as a truly selfless act of great example—was motivated by its associations to foster debate and clarified for the deliberation of the benefit to humankind. Nonetheless, economic interests.” REPLY: Were I in create space for it. The idea behind voting membership the issues of two problems arise when ASA mem- France I would protest. Pierre antiwar resolutions in universities evidence, “science,” morality, and the bers are asked to vote on such resolu- Bourdieu did. and academic associations isn’t to propriety of being both scientific and tions. COMMENT: “I can’t imagine the create a precedent for all kinds of political. The threaded e-mail discus- One problem concerns the differ- Bush administration would listen to opinionated statements. It is instead to sion prior to the vote provided an ence in the modes used to validate sociologists.” REPLY: Perhaps, yet it is be conscious of a special responsibil- open town-hall airing of these and political choice and scientific truth. not an excuse to be silent. ity of such institutions to challenge other issues. In other words, Council ASA members come together on the COMMENT: “[O]pinions masquer- state legitimacy—to demand rational was exemplary in meeting its respon- basis of their interest in scholarship ading as sociological expertise.” reasons for policy—at a time when sibility, providing a democratic means and science, yet the resolutions REPLY: All of us are involved in such challenge is both most difficult for the membership to choose to typically concern issues of interna- ongoing inquiries as specialists and most necessary. Vietnam was diminish, or do away with, the tional and national politics. Political within a larger community, sharing such a time. So is this. democratic proclivity of its organiza- issues are appropriately decided by respect for the different interests of A much better resolution could tion as represented in this instance by the one person-one vote formula used others, while recognizing that, as have been written, however. A better the issue of a membership resolution in democratic politics. The provisional humans, we draw from our sociologi- resolution would not simply make a on a momentous public policy issue. truths of science are never determined cal expertise and knowledge to shape gesture of opposition, but would help Phillip B. Gonzales, University of New by popular vote. the questions we ask as well as to sociologists define for the longer term Mexico A second problem is that the claim inform our judgments. The vote what they might do as teachers and to sociological expertise on political SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 15

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issues is usually stretched way too appearances, droplets of blood pre- Reply to Webster: The Serious thin, as in the recent resolution on Letters to the Editor defined as racial, personal confes- Consequences of Banning Iraq. Sociologists have done little sions, local customary practices, Racial Data research on either Iraq or on warfare. Doing “Racial” Research: location of birth and residence, Opinions on the consequences of “culture,” and so on, and on that basis A Dissent Professor Yehudi Webster continues preemptive strikes are better expressed denied them access to property, civil his efforts to depict the collection of individually at the polls. Professors Barlow and Duster’s and human rights. In pursuit of data about populations’ race, Scholarly associations, it seems to “Researchers Challenge California redress, Barlow and Duster ask ethnicity, and national origin as me, should sponsor resolutions only Initiative to Ban Racial Data” (Foot- sociologists to help Federal, state, and arbitrary and unscientific [May/June on those issues that concern the ability notes, July/August 2003) contains local governments to maintain racial 2003 Footnotes, p. 7]. He even holds of members of or scholars in other some patent inaccuracies and is most classification. Such classification, they responsible those who defend the disciplines to do research and propa- misleading. Their designation of the argue, is necessary for overcoming collection of such data for “the gate knowledge. False claims of Racial Privacy Initiative (RPI) as an racial inequality. Their analysis fails polarized racial identities that under- expertise can only devalue a “Initiative to Ban Racial Data” sets the on its own terms. How is “racial lie discrimination.” In the January, discipline’s scholarly contributions. tone of misinformation and aspersion. inequality” even identifiable, given the 2003 Footnotes [p. 9], Troy Duster, Joan Huber, Ohio State University This level of negative preemption following: (1) the different bases of responding to Webster [p. 8-9], argued should not emanate from professors of racial classification used by various that race is a real set of social relation- levels of government, states, and Code of Ethics sociology and the president elect of the ships of privilege and oppression in ASA. Proponents of the RPI argue for counties; (2) discoveries of racial every sphere of American social life, The Iraq war member resolution— separation of race and state. Have under, over- and miscounting at and that sociologists (as well as now an official position of the ASA— done with those official requests for federal, state, and local levels; and (3) government) must employ race-based violates the ASA’s Code of Ethics confessions of racial identity. My reports of one person having many data both to document the problems of (1999), which states that sociologists “race” has to be my private business, different racial identities on official racial discrimination and to propose must “provide service only within the given the perpetual controversies over documents? Second, the continued solutions to them. Our main difference boundaries of their competence, based “race” within both “politics” and classification of persons itself creates with Webster is that we maintain that on their education, training, super- “science.” the polarized racial identities that American society is structured and vised experience, or appropriate Barlow and Duster claim: “The underlie discrimination. Barlow and stratified by race. Webster, on the other professional experience” (Ethical American Sociological Association Duster simply refuse to reflect on the hand, believes that “governments and Standards, Section 1) and “rely on has a compelling interest to oppose effects of their own practices. Their sociologists do not collect; they scientifically and professionally the RPI.” They do not, however, inform conception of “empirical research” fabricate racial data,” and that this derived knowledge; act with honesty readers how they arrived at this derives from an empiricism/positiv- “fabrication” is itself a primary source and integrity; and avoid untrue, conclusion. However, readers are ism that obscures what “researchers” of the racialization of society. deceptive, or undocumented state- justified in expecting sociology bring to the table, theoretically. Webster’s perspective on race ments in undertaking work-related professors to offer reasons for their Governments and sociologists do not trivializes one of the most powerful functions or activities”(Ethical central claims, as they expect from collect; they fabricate racial data. In social phenomena of contemporary Standards, Section 2.a.). Statements in students. Arguably, the ASA has a Karl Popper’s famous observation: American society. the resolution such as “we believe” compelling interest in opposing the “All our knowledge is theory-impreg- But Webster’s position more than that the war will “bring more harm government’s cradle to grave imposi- nated.” Data become “racial” through distorts the significance of race: it than good to the Iraqi people” and tion of racial identities on individuals. an a priori racial classification of leads directly to his advocacy of “could serve as the spark for multiple A reason? This imposition flies in the actors. California’s Proposition 54. This attacks for years to come” are opinions face of logical reasoning. In Census Barlow and Duster assert that ballot initiative proposes to terminate (“undocumented statements”), and 2000, a person can claim membership people routinely use “race” to order the collection of population data about are not supported social scientific of many “races.” In the interest of their behavior and relationships. This peoples’ race, ethnicity, and national evidence. Has sociology reached a consistency, government should assertion should be accompanied by a origin. Sociologists should debate the level of scientific and theoretical measure and keep records of inequal- specification of the concept of race that significance of race, and how to precision that allows it to forecast the ity among “blacks,” “whites,” and people allegedly use, as well as the measure racial discrimination, and the future of terrorism and other interna- “multiracials.” conception of race that the researchers appropriate policies to remedy it, but, tional behavior (or any form of human Barlow and Duster advise sociolo- themselves are deploying when they as Duster and I argued in the July/ behavior for that matter)? Certainly gists to function as spokespersons for designate actors as “whites” and “people August 2003 Footnotes, Prop. 54 is a not, and to claim otherwise is dishon- government. But it’s all in a good of color.” Researchers necessarily take blunt instrument that compels sociolo- est and an abuse of professional cause—the eradication of racial some conception of race into the gists as a whole to take action. Prop. authority. Furthermore, most sociolo- inequality. “Sociologists,” they write, “field.” The authors refuse to divulge 54 would deny sociologists the gists are not specialists in terrorism, “can explain to the public that theirs, and present themselves as capacity to demonstrate the continu- war, and international relations, and governmental efforts to track race are “scientific” investigators of the social ing power of race in the United States, are therefore not professionally not mere efforts to force people to world. By implication, they ignore and the deadly realities of racial qualified to take a position on the proclaim an arbitrary identity, but are cardinal contributions from those inequality in health care, criminal issues addressed in the resolution. necessary to overcome racial inequal- working within the justice, education, employment, More generally, the call for an ity.” Unfortunately, the history of these ethnomethodological and symbolic housing, etc. Absent the collection of immediate end to the war is a moral “governmental efforts to track race” interactive perspectives. The meaning such data, racial discrimination will position that lies beyond the jurisdic- does not reveal benign intentions, and of actors’ routine use of “race” has to certainly increase, as the weakening of tion of sociology as a science, regard- the public has no way of knowing be negotiated. Any instructor of a state monitoring programs will less of the validity of the predictions how future governments might use course on “race relations” can observe encourage more brazen attempts to about the effects of the war. As any confessions about racial blood lineage. the confusion over what is race by discriminate. We are gratified that at philosopher of science knows, moral In a classic example of inconsistency, asking students to count how many its August meeting, the ASA Council positions cannot be deduced from races there are in the classroom, or in did take action, putting the ASA on science itself, meaning sociological Barlow and Duster support U.S. society. The answers will range record—along with the American theory and research, no matter how government’s “collection of racial from 1 to the number of students in the Public Health Association and the advanced, cannot tell us whether any data” and at the same time warn classroom, as “race” is understood as California Medical Association—in particular social policy (such as the readers: “Government, however, is “nationality,” “ethnicity,” “culture,” opposition to Prop. 54. decision to go to war) is desirable or expanding its collection of data about “skin color,” and “skin color plus,” The debate with Professor Webster undesirable. The morality of war is the public at the very time that the and there will be quite a few students is not just a difference of opinion. therefore a matter that is beyond the public is being denied access to pleading the Fifth. The “social mean- Those who advocate the abolition of purview of a scientific organization. government data.” The ASA has a ing of race” may be construed as race as a legitimate subject of socio- Note: A longer version of this compelling interest in warning the public follows: the multiple senses in which logical inquiry and public policy are statement was included as part of an about government’s tracking of race. the word “race” is used in science, engaging in serious business. They ethics complaint that was endorsed by Barlow and Duster inaccurately portray what the government does social scientific research and texts, would deprive us of the ability to more than 100 sociologists, including journalistic commentaries, and private three past Presidents of ASA. about “race” and data on “race.” monitor and redress real racial Government does not “track race.” conversations indicate that people are discrimination by public and private James Tucker, University of New Hamp- “Race” is not trackable by govern- clueless about “race” and are talking past agencies. They propose a policy that shire ment. Some biologists and geneticists one another. Let “race” go, the way would give a green light to those who [Editor’s Note: The ASA Council select certain anatomical attributes, as phlogiston went. How? First, by might benefit from discrimination. considered the question of expendi- well as geographic and genetic terminating the official classification Webster is accountable not just for his tures for “political activity” and markers to categorize persons as of individuals according to their views about race, but for the poten- unanimously agreed that the ASA “races.” Governments—particularly anatomical and/or cultural proper- tially deadly consequences that may does not expend funds on partisan in the American South, Nazi Germany, ties. flow from them. political activity.] and South Africa—allocated persons Yehudi Webster, California State Univer- Andrew L. Barlow, University of Califor- to racial groups on the basis of sity-Los Angeles nia-Berkeley and Diablo Valley College 16 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES

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Completed applica- Criminal Justice, Valdosta State University, Irmgard Coninx Stiftung, c/o The purpose of the grant is to assist indi- posals on topics that examine the impact of tions must be received by November 14, Valdosta, GA 31698-0060. Questions? Feel Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin fur vidual scholars, or a team of scholars in scientific and technological advances in the 2003. free to e-mail any of the editors: Ginger Sozialforschung, Reichpietschufer 50, past two centuries on, for example, Ameri- writing an article-length manuscript of publishable quality and reporting their Macheski ([email protected]), Kathe D-10785 Berlin, Germany; Fax: + 49 30 can institutions, social movements, and The Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector Re- findings in scholarly publications, thus Lowney ([email protected]), Michael 25491 684; e-mail info@irmgard-coninx- cultural change, humanities and culture search Fund (NSRF) announces grants to contributing to the development of Cana- Capece ([email protected]), Kate stiftung.de in America, and American foreign policy support doctoral dissertation research fo- dian Studies in the United States. Applica- Warner ([email protected]) or Martha and global security. 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Applications must be postmarked October 8-12, 2003, Oral History Associa- American Institute for Yemeni Studies 6356; e-mail [email protected]. by October 31, 2003. For more information tion 37th Annual Meeting, Hyatt Regency, (AIYS). AIYS expects to award pre- and University of California-Los Angeles. The post-doctoral fellowships under a variety see: . (3) The nities: Cultures, Neighborhoods, Institu- ciation Annual Conference, University of trol Research of the School of Public Health by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Faculty Enrichment Program (Course Devel- tions.” Contact: Oral History Association, York, UK. Theme: “Sociological Chal- and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Cen- Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). opment) provides faculty members an op- Dickinson College, PO Box 1773, Carlisle, lenges: Conflict, Anxiety and Discontent.” ter is accepting applications for a post-doc- The annual deadline is December 31. 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We especially en- britsoc.org.uk. . in collaboration with nationally recognized New Orleans Hotel in Metairie, LA. Theme: . Continued on next page “Sociological Know-How: Back to Our Ap- March 31-April 4, 2004, Society for Applied plied Roots.” Individuals with back- Anthropology 64th Annual Meeting, Dallas, grounds in the social and behavioral sci- TX. More information at . share an interest in applying knowledge Skin Deep to solving social problems are invited to April 9-11, 2004, African American Studies Race in the Schoolyard International Conference, Boston University, Cedric Herring, Verna Keith, and participate. Contact: Paul T. Melevin, 2003 Amanda E. Lewis Program Chair, Customer Survey Services Boston, MA. Theme: “Race, Nation, and Hayward Derrick Horton (Eds.) Race in the Schoolyard takes us Unit, Audit and Evaluation Division, Em- Ethnicity in the Afro-Asian Century.” Con- Shattering the myth of the color-blind ployment Development Department, 800 tact: Ronald K. 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Funding, continued tion of a monograph. The Program offers a full-time research at the Library. Applica- 496-7859; e-mail [email protected]. Send let- The Social Science Research Council an- courage the use of new Internet technol- stimulating academic environment that tion deadline: November 3, 2003. Appli- ter of intent by November 17, 2003. nounces the fifth annual dissertation fel- ogy to enhance existing courses, including integrates research opportunities with in- cants must hold a PhD conferred prior to lowship competition of the Program on National Institutes Health Funding Op- the creation of instructional web sites, in- tellectual and cultural interaction. An es- November 3, 2003, and strong preference Philanthropy and the Nonprofit Sector. portunities. PA-03-161. Research on the teractive technologies, and distance learn- sential part of the Program is the bi-weekly will be given to scholars at an early stage Fellowships will provide maintenance sup- Reduction and Prevention of Suicidality, ing links to Canadian universities. Appli- seminar, conducted in German, which of the career—those within seven years of port for dissertation research on the his- . Request for Applications, must be postmarked by October 31, 2003. lows and leading German scholars. Fel- zens or permanent residents. Completed or philanthropic organizations in the United RFA-MH-04-003. Developing Centers on . Information lectual community and extensive librar- the ACLS Online Fellowship Application each will be awarded to graduate students (DCIPS), . in the social sciences and humanities. Ap- rfa-files/RFA-MH-04-003.html>. or e-mail berlin National Institute of Child Health and December 1, 2003. For further informa- guidelines-en.pdf>. National Science Foundation (NSF) offers @ssrc.org. Deadline is December 1, 2003. Human Development/NIH/DHHS. The tion, see the SSRC website or contact pro- ing fellowship in the social and behavioral Institute offers three types of residential The Fulbright New Century Scholars Pro- Sciences Branch (DBSB) and the Child De- gram staff at (212) 377-2700; e-mail phil- sciences primarily for underrepresented fellowships: for dissertation students (ad- gram (NCS) is a new initiative designed to velopment and Behavior Branch (CDBB) [email protected]. minority scientists within four years of re- vanced graduate students in the writing build on the strengths of the Fulbright and the Developmental Psychopathology ceipt of their doctoral degree. Applicants phase); for recent PhDs and untenured fac- Scholar Program by extending its mission and Prevention Research Branch of the The U.S. Community Forestry Research must be U.S. citizens, nationals, or law- ulty; and for more senior faculty. Fellow- and outreach. Theme for 2004-2005: “To- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Fellowship Program (CFRF) provides fel- fully admitted permanent residents and ships are provided for a complete academic ward Equality: The Global Empowerment invites research grant applications focused lowships to graduate students to support recipients of the doctoral degree within the year although applications for a single se- of Women.” Leading scholars and profes- on creating a science base on the develop- their field work in communities in the past four years. The postdoctoral fellow- mester will be considered. Fellowships are sionals in any area of the social sciences or ment of children living in low-income fami- United States. The awards are up to $15,000 ships are designed to permit Fellows to both stipendiary and non-stipendiary. Sti- humanities concerned with the study of lies. The NICHD and NIMH seek to stimu- for dissertation fellows, up to $7,000 for choose a sponsoring scientist and a research pendiary dissertation fellowships provide women or gender are welcome to apply. late systematic, multidisciplinary, and eco- masters fellows, and $2,000 for and training environment most beneficial $15,000; postdoctoral fellowships $35,000; Successful candidates will be active in the logical research to understand the specific predissertation fellows. Students enrolled to their scientific development. Applica- faculty fellowship stipends vary according academic, public or private sector and will cognitive, linguistic, sociocultural, and eco- in degree-granting programs in the social tions are due the 1st Monday of December. to the fellow’s 2003-2004 salary at time of demonstrate outstanding qualifications and nomic factors, and the complex interaction sciences, economics, forestry or natural re- For additional information, see the NSF application. The Institute also welcomes a distinguished record of experience, re- among these factors that promote or im- source management, policy and planning Program Announcement 00-139 at applications for residence from scholars search and accomplishment in an area pede development of children in low-in- at any institution of higher learning may . The contact for the website for application instructions: cants must be conducting current research lated by this initiative should contribute engaged in research that deals directly with program is John Perhonis; (703) 292-7279; . All application relevant to the program’s theme and ob- scientific data on the developmental trajec- or is explicitly relevant to U.S. forest com- e-mail [email protected]. materials, including letters of recommen- jectives, be open to exploring and incorpo- tories of low-income children and have munities. Questions concerning the sus- rating comparative, interdisciplinary ap- relevant implications for emerging public tainable production and distribution of dation, must be received in hard copy for- Office of Research Integrity (ORI)/Na- proaches in their investigations, and inter- policy issues, including health disparities. benefits from the forest across diverse cul- mat by January 30, 2004, at: Erasmus Insti- tional Institute of Neurological Disorders ested in developing collaborative activi- The sponsor intends to commit approxi- tural and socio-economic groups are espe- tute, Residential Fellowships, 1124 Flanner and Stroke (NINDS)/National Institute of ties with other program Scholars. Contact: mately $1.5 million and the NIMH intends cially welcome. Fieldwork must be par- Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5611; e-mail Nursing Research (NINR)/National Insti- Micaela S. Iovine, Senior Program Officer to commit approximately $500,000 in total ticipatory. Fellows must work actively with [email protected]. tute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)/Agency for or Dana Hamilton, Senior Program Coor- costs to fund three to four new grants. members of the community in which they Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Freie Universität Berlin and Social Sci- dinator, (202) 686-6252; e-mail The sponsor’s partner agencies may add are conducting research to engage them in welcome grant applications on research ence Research Council. The Berlin Program [email protected]. More information at funds to support or supplement projects in the research process. The deadline for ap- topics associated with research integrity. for Advanced German and European Stud- . the program. Applications should include plication is February 2, 2004. Contact: Carl Funding has been increased to $250,000 ies, established in 1986 at the Freie funds to support travel to a meeting Wilmsen, CFRF Program Coordinator, per year for three years (direct costs). Ap- Universität Berlin and in the United States Library of Congress Fellowships in Inter- in each of the requested years of support. College of Natural Resources, 101 Giannini plications are sought for research on re- at the Social Science Research Council, pro- national Studies. The Library of Congress, Contact: Natasha Cabrera, Demographic Hall #3100, University of California-Ber- search integrity. The purpose of this RFA motes a new generation of young North the Association of American Universities, & Behavioral Sciences Branch, 6100 Execu- keley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3100; (510) 642- is to foster empirical research on societal, American scholars with specialized knowl- and the American Council of Learned So- tive Boulevard, Room 8B13, MSC 7510, 3431; e-mail [email protected]. organizational, group, and individual fac- edge of modern and contemporary Ger- cieties are pleased to announce the Library Bethesda, MD 20892-7510; (301) 496- . tively, integrity in research. Deadline: supports anthropologists, economists, po- Studies, supporting postdoctoral research [email protected]. November 14, 2003. For more details: litical scientists, sociologists, and all schol- in all disciplines of the humanities and . RFA-NS-04-001.html>. studies fields, including historians work- collections of the Library of Congress. Up Competitions th to ten fellowships will be available for four National Institutes of Health (NIH) will ing on the period since the mid-19 cen- The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum to nine months each, with a stipend of accept applications to its five Loan Repay- tury. Fellowships are awarded for doctoral Commission invites applications for its $3,500 per month. During the fellowship, ment Programs. December 31, 2003, is the The Nineteenth Century Studies Associa- dissertation field research as well as 2004-05 Scholars in Residence Program. scholars will be expected to be engaged in application deadline. The NIH Loan Re- tion (NCSA) is pleased to announce the postdoctoral research leading to comple- The Program provides support for up to payment Programs can repay up to $35,000 inauguration of the annual NCSA Article three months of full-time research and a year of qualified educational debt for Prize. The Prize will recognize excellence study in manuscript and artifact collections health professionals pursuing careers in in scholarly studies on subjects from any maintained by any Commission facilty, clinical, pediatric, contraception and infer- discipline focusing on any aspect of the including the Pennsylvania State Archives, th tility, or health disparities research. The long 19 century (French Revolution to The State Museum of Pennsylvania, and Families and Poverty programs also provide coverage for Fed- World War I). The winner will receive a 26 historic sites and museums around eral and state tax liabilities. Participants cash award of $500 to be presented at the the state. Deadline for applications is th Research Conference must possess a doctoral-level degree, de- 25 anniversary of the Nineteenth Cen- January 16, 2004. Contact: Division of His- vote 50% or more of their time to research tury Studies Association in St. Louis in Call For Papers tory, Pennsylvania Historical and funded by a nonprofit organization or gov- March 2004. Articles published between Museum Commission, Commonwealth ernment entity (federal, state, or local), and September 1, 2002, and August 31, 2003, Keystone Building-Plaza Level, 400 North have educational loan debt equal to or ex- are eligible for consideration for the first Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120-0053l (717) The Family Studies Center (FSC) in the School of ceeding 20% of their institutional base sal- annual Prize and may be submitted by 787-3034; e-mail [email protected]. ary. U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or the author or by an editor or a publisher of Family Life at Brigham Young University is . U.S. nationals may apply. The five NIH a journal, anthology, or volume contain- Loan Repayment Programs are the Clini- ing independent essays. Submission of sponsoring a research conference on Families The Robert Penn Warren Center for the multi-disciplinary studies is especially en- cal Research LRP, Clinical Research for Humanities at Vanderbilt University in- and Poverty, March 10-12, 2004. The Individuals from Disadvantaged Back- couraged. Essays written in part or in whole vites applications for the 2004/2005 Will- in a language other than English must be grounds LRP, Contraception and Infertil- iam S. Vaughn Visiting Fellowship. The conference covers a broad range of topics ity Research LRP, Health Disparities Re- accompanied by translations in English. faculty seminar, whose theme for the year The winning article will be selected by a including: parenting, health care for poor search LRP, and Pediatric Research LRP. will be “Strategic Actions: Women, Power, Visit to apply. committee of nineteenth-century scholars and Gender Norms,” consists of an inter- representing diverse disciplines. The dead- families, how family processes influence disciplinary group of eight Vanderbilt fac- National Institutes of Health (NIH) invites line for submission is October 15, 2003. ulty members and one visiting fellow. families experiencing economic hardship, applications in support of research on mind- Send three off-prints or photocopies of pub- Holly McCammon (sociology) and Cecelia body interactions and health. A central goal lished essays/articles to the Chair of the consequences of welfare reform in the United Tichi (English) will co-direct the program. of this program is to encourage interdisci- Article Prize Committee: Suzanne Ozment, The year-long seminar will explore the plinary collaboration and innovation to- Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Uni- States, economic status of ethnically diverse ways in which women have acted strategi- wards understanding the processes under- versity of South Carolina-Aiken, 471 Uni- cally to further women’s interests and to elderly, micro-entrepreneurship in developing lying mind-body interactions and health versity Parkway, Aiken, SC 29801; e-mail reconstruct gender norms. Application as well as towards the application of such [email protected]. Electronic submis- countries and others. deadline: January 14, 2004. For details and basic knowledge into interventions and sions will not be accepted. Applicants application visit , call Mona Frederick at (615) and the prevention or treatment of disease ceipt of their submissions may be acknowl- 343-6060, or e-mail [email protected]. Submit a two page proposal for a paper or poster and disabilities. The participating ICs in- edged. to D. Russell Crane, Director of the FSC tend to commit at least $3,500,000 in FY Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Sub- 2004 or FY 2005 to fund approximately stance Abuse Policy Research Program ([email protected]). Offers to serve as panel eleven (11) new grants. You may request a (SAPRP). The focus of this solicitation will project period of up to five years. Awards be to produce policy-relevant information Awards chairs and discussants are also welcome. pursuant to this RFA are contingent upon about ways to reduce the harm caused by Submissions are due November 30, 2003. the availability of funds and the receipt of substance abuse in the U.S. Proposals sub- 2003 Southwestern Sociological Associa- a sufficient number of meritorious applica- mitted must address one of the six research tion Student Paper Awards: James F. Hol- tions. Direct inquiries regarding to: Ronald topics as outlined on the program’s website lander, University of North Texas, and P. Abeles, Office of Behavioral and Social . Letter of intent dead- Andrew Clarkwest, Harvard University More details on the conference may be found at: Research, Office of the Director, National line: November 7, 2003. For more infor- and Benemerita Universidad Autonoma http://familiesandpoverty.byu.edu Institutes of Health, Gateway Building, mation call (336) 713-5259; or visit de Puebla. Room 2C234, MSC 9205, 7201 Wisconsin . Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892-9205; (301) Continued on next page SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 19

Awards, continued Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study Fel- quoted in the “Conventional Wisdom” col- Court’s decision with respect to the Uni- Paul Eric Krueger was featured in a story The Social Science Research Council in low for 2003-2004. umn in the June 22 Washington Post on versity of Michigan affirmative action cases. in the August 1 Chronicle of Higher Educa- partnership with the American Council of their research on housework by husbands tion about National University rescinding James H. Wiest, Hastings College, was Robert B. Hill, Westat, was interviewed in Learned Societies is proud to announce as a turn on to their wives. its job offer to him because of a past mur- awarded the 2002 USA Today top professor the August 17 Baltimore Sun about his the 2003 International Dissertation Field der conviction. award for the state of Nebraska. Mick Couper, University of Michigan, had views on the state of Black families. Research (IDRF) fellows conducting re- his research featured in an article in the Valerie Lee, University of Michigan, and search in sociology: David Fitzgerald, Uni- James Q. Wilson, Harvard University and June 8 New York Times on the impact of Dean Hoge, Catholic University, was Sean Reardon, Pennsylvania State Uni- versity of California-Los Angeles; Hwa-Jen University of California-Los Angeles, was using computerized voices in interviews quoted in the June 29 Washington Post in versity, were quoted on the learning gap Liu, University of California-Berkeley; awarded the Presidential Medal of Free- for surveys. an article about the increasing disputes and between black and white school children Sandra Moog, University of California- dom at a ceremony at the White House on charges of heresy within Protestant in the August 19 Wall Street Journal. Berkeley; Yektan Turkyilmaz, Duke Uni- July 23. Mathieu Deflem, University of South Caro- churches. versity; Jonathan VanAntwerpen, Univer- lina, was quoted in an article on the IRA in Gerhard Lenski wrote a letter to the editor sity of California-Berkeley; Matthias vom Feng Xiaotian, Nanjing University, won a the South China Morning Post, August 15. Allan V. Horwitz, Rutgers University-New that appeared in the July 22 New York Times Hau, Brown University. CCSC Chinese Fellowship for Scholarly Brunswick, had his research on twins, which Magazine. Development from the American Council Bette Dickerson, American University, was was published in the June issue of the Jour- University of Nebraska-Lincoln has of Learned Societies. quoted in an article on child abuse in the nal of Health and Social Behavior, featured in Peggy Levitt, Wellesley College, was awarded the following commendations: August 18 issue of Newsweek magazine. the August 4 Chronicle of Higher Education. quoted in a July 6 Dallas Morning News “Certification of Recognition for Contribu- Joseph Zajda, has received the Australian article about the growing numbers of tions to Students Award” to Julia Catholic University National Award for Peter Dreier, Occidental College, wrote an Philip Kasinitz, City University of New church missionary volunteers. McQuillian and Lynn White; “College Excellence in Teaching for 2003. article on politics in Los Angeles since the York-Graduate Center, was quoted in an Distinguished Teaching Award” to Julia 1992 riots in the Spring 2003 issue of the editorial about shifting ethnic identities in Stanley Lieberson, Harvard University, McQuillian; “College Distinguished GTA Lynne Zucker, University of California-Los National Civic Review. He also co-authored the May 16 Los Angeles Times. He and John was quoted and his book, A Matter of Taste: Award” and the “UNL Outstanding GTA Angeles, received a grant from the Na- an article in the June 22 Los Angeles Times Mollenkopf, City University of New York- How Names, Fashions and Culture Change, Award” to Katherine Acosta. tional Science Foundation to study the so- on the growing influence in city politics of Graduate Center, were both quoted in a was mentioned in a July 6 New York Times cial implications of nanotechnology. Progressive City Council members. He also front page New York Times story on the Magazine article on the naming styles of Richard D. Alba, SUNY-Albany, has been wrote, “Is Baseball Ready for a Gay Jackie recent blackout on August 17. each generation. named a Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Robinson?” in the August 15 In These Times Study Fellow for 2003-2004. magazine. Lisa A. Keister, Ohio State University, was Clarence Lo, University of Missouri-Co- In the News featured in the “Unconventional Wisdom” lumbia, was mentioned as author of Small Howard Aldrich, University of North Caro- Troy Duster, New York University, was column in the August 31 Washington Post Property versus Big Government in a June 1 lina-Chapel Hill, received the Center for quoted in a June 30 Wall Street Journal ar- about her research on the relationship be- Sacramento Bee op-ed marking the 25th an- Women’s Business Research award for The American Sociological Association was mentioned in the July 5 Washington ticle on California’s Racial Privacy Initia- tween having siblings and wealth. niversary of Proposition 13 in California. “Best Women’s Entrepreneurship Paper” tive. The American Sociological at the 2003 Academy of Management, for Post in an article about efforts by conserva- James R. Kelly, Fordham University, was John Logan, University at Albany, was tive activists in California to ban the state Association’s race statement and opposi- his paper, “On Their Own Terms: tion to the initiative was also mentioned. quoted in the August 31 issue of the New featured in a June 17 Chronicle of Higher Gendered Rhetoric Versus Business Behav- from using racial categories in collecting York Times about the complicated relation- Education article on how neighborhoods are data from its residents. He was also interviewed and featured in ior in Small Firms.” the “Newsmaker” section of the July 28 ship between mayors of New York City changed or formed from decisions made Research USA, a weekly science policy and religion. from outside the community. This article is Mounira Maya Charrad, University of Howard Aldrich, University of North Caro- publication. based on his article, “Neighborhoods in Texas-Austin, received the following lina-Chapel Hill, was quoted in the Ra- Pauline Kent, Ryukoko University, was leigh News & Observer, in an August 24 Context,” which appeared in the Spring awards for her book, States and Women’s Bonnie Erickson, University of Toronto, quoted in a July 19 New York Times article issue of Contexts. Rights: The Making of Postcolonial Tunisia, article on how management styles differ about the work of cultural anthropologist between men and women. had her research on social connections fea- Algeria, and Morocco (University of Califor- tured in “In the Racks” in the April 17 Ruth Benedict in post World War II Japan. Robert Manning, Rochester Institute of nia Press, 2001); Hamilton Award for Out- Denver Post. Technology, was featured in a May 22 ar- Andrea Baker, Ohio University-Lancaster, Stephen A. Kent, University of Alberta, standing Book in Any Field, University of was a guest on the July 8 Kojo Nnamdi ticle in the MSNBC website on recent col- Texas-Austin, 2002; Award for Best First Toby A. Ten Eyck, Michigan State Uni- was quoted in the July 5 New York Times in lege graduates’ credit card and other debt. Show on National Public Radio, discussing an article about the controversy in the Book in History (co-winner), Phi Alpha online dating services. versity, was featured in a story concerning Theta International Honor Society in His- safe food practices during a blackout on Anglican Church surrounding a bishop Sue Falter Mennino, Tulane University, tory, 2002; Honorable Mention, Best Book Carl L. Bankston III, Tulane University, WLNS-TV of Lansing, MI. The story was who performs same-sex marriages in was interviewed on June 23 by a local ra- in Sociology Komarovsky Award, Eastern was interviewed on National Public broadcast August 15. Vancouver. dio station (WWL-AM) on stay-at-home Sociological Society, 2003. Radio’s “Here and Now Program” regard- dads. Donna Gaines, , Takeshi Kitazawa, Rikkyo University, was ing the ending of five decades of court quoted in a July 12 article in the Washing- Melissa Milkie, University of Maryland, Xavier Coller, Universitat de Barcelona, supervised desegregation in Baton Rouge, was interviewed for a July 6 feature in the won Honorable Mention for the 2003 Washington Post about “Guido” youth sub- ton Post about a controversial child murder was quoted in a July 13 New York Times Louisiana. He was also interviewed on the case in Japan. article about retailers seeking out good- Seymour Martin Lipset Award from the Baton Rouge radio station WIBR on his culture in New Jersey. She was interviewed Society for Comparative Research. by Bravo for a TV series, More Than Music: looking people as their employees. 2002 book, A Troubled Dream: The Promise Jerome Krase, CUNY-Brooklyn, had his Songs That Changed Our World, Regarding and Failure of School Desegregation in Loui- book, Ethnicity and Machine Politics men- Stephen J. Cutler, University of Vermont, the Ramones’ song “I Wanna Be Sedated.” siana (Vanderbilt University Press, 2002). tioned in an August 13 issue of the New has been selected as a Fulbright Scholar to Gaines wrote the liner notes for the reis- Continued on next page do research and lecture at the University Quotations from several other interviews York Sun. with Bankston about the Baton Rouge case sues of Ramones first two albums on Rhino, of Bucharest in Romania during the 2003- as well as their induction essay into the 2004 spring semester. appeared in newspapers around the United States in August, 2003. Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Gaines appeared in the July 31 edition of Dan’s Papers, fol- Nancy Davis, DePauw University, won the lowing a speaking engagement at the Ross university’s Fred C. Tucker Jr. Distin- Laurence Basirico, Elon University, was New Book by Amitai Etzioni School, East Hampton, where she read from guished Career Award. quoted in numerous media outlets about his work on family reunions in April, May, her recent memoir, A Misfit’s Manifesto: The My Brother’s Keeper: Glen H. Elder, Jr., University of North and July including the Baltimore Sun, Na- Spiritual Journey of a Rock & Roll Heart. Carolina-Chapel Hill, and Rand Conger, tional Public Radio’s Talk of the Nation, the Charles A. Gallagher, Georgia State Uni- A Memoir and a Message University of California-Davis, were re- Washington Post, and the San Diego Union- versity, was interviewed on Fox’s The cently honored with the 2003 Award for Tribune. O’Reilly Factor on June 26 and MSNBC’s Distinguished Service to Rural Life by the The book is full of lessons Amitai Etzioni learned from Lester Holt Show on June 19 to discuss why Rural Sociological Society. Jon Bloch and Shirley A. Jackson, both at vying with the “demi-gods” at Columbia University, on how Southern Connecticut State University, the study of whites should be included in Keith Hampton, Massachusetts Institute of appeared on WTNH (New Haven, CT) on classes on race relations. to be an activist professor and still survive in academia. How Technology, received the Harold A. Innis August 7, where they were interviewed to deal with charges of sexual harassment and – an FBI Al Gedicks, University of Wisconsin-La Biannual Award for Outstanding Disserta- on a course on Men’s Studies. Crosse, wrote an op-ed column on the In- entrapment. How to build opposition to war and enhance tion in the Field of Media Ecology (2001- donesian invasion of Aceh in the June 7 diversity. And what one can learn from his attempts to teach 2002) from the Media Ecology Association. Dannielle Blumenthal was quoted in the Madison (WI) Capital Times. sociology and ethics at a major business school, and from He was also awarded the MIT Class of ’43 August 2 New York Times about femininity and pop culture. trying to convince economists to change their rationalistic Career Development Professorship. John E. Glass wrote an article in the Au- gust 1 CommonDreams.org about the vio- theories. Above all, how to get one’s voice heard in the Xia Jianzhong won a CSCC Chinese Fel- Alan Booth, Pennsylvania State Univer- lence portrayed in the rumor that a game corridors of power – in the U.S. and elsewhere – and what lowship for Scholarly Development from sity, was featured in the June 10 Psychology in Las Vegas involved chasing naked the American Council of Learned Societ- Today about his research on marriage and to do when you are refused a hearing. women in a paintball game. ies. married couples. Norval D. Glenn, University of Texas- “Few people are privileged to launch their own ‘ism.’ Lora Lempert, University of Michigan, won Lisa Catanzarite, University of California- Austin, was quoted in the June 29 New Communitarianism in its contemporary academic form is the Sarah Goddard Power Award from the Los Angeles, her research on Hispanics York Times on Internet dating becoming arguably just warmed-over Hegelianism. But Amitai Etzioni’s Academic Women’s Caucus and the Susan skewing down the wage levels for blue- more socially acceptable as a form of meet- New Communitarianism is something genuinely new, or B. Anthony Award from the Women’s collar occupations in large cities was fea- ing people. He was, again, quoted in the certainly something that comes as news to contemporary social Commission for “leadership, scholarship, tured in the August 19 Wall Street Journal. August 10 Times in an article about gay theorists.” and service on behalf of women.” Christopher Chase-Dunn, University of marriage. – Robert Goodin, Australian National University Anthony P. Lombardo, McMaster Univer- California-Riverside. His research on long Catherine Hakim, London School of Eco- sity, is the winner of the 2003 Martin Levine waves of trade globalization with Yukio “Amitai Etzioni is a creative thinker, one of those rare ‘public nomics, was quoted in an article in the Student Essay Competition. Kawano and Benjamin Brewer, originally intellectuals’ who has consistently rolled up his sleeves to make published in the American Sociological Re- July 23 New York Times about recently pro- posed far-reaching legislation to outlaw a difference in shaping the public policy of this nation. With Patricia Yancey Martin, Florida State Uni- view (February, 2000) was summarized in zeal and gusto, Etzioni has devoted considerable thought and the June 2003 Scientific American. sexual discrimination by the European versity, received the Best Paper Award for action to issues that matter to the public at large – democracy, 2002 from the journal, Human Relations. Commission. Karen Christopher, University of Louis- civic responsibility, and the moral character of our children.” Leslie Salzinger, University of Chicago, ville, wrote a letter to the editor in the Cedric Herring, University of Illinois-Chi- – Richard W. Riley, Former U.S. Secretary of Education won a 2003 Charles A. Ryskamp Research August 3 New York Times, which was criti- cago, was a featured guest in June on Fellowship from the American Council of cal of President Bush’s marriage promo- WVON Radio (Chicago) to discuss “Afri- AVAILABLE ON AMAZON.COM AND IN SELECT BOOKSTORES Learned Societies. tion policies for welfare recipients. can American Interests in Global Perspec- tive.” He was also a guest on Chicago’s Published by Rowman & Littlefield. To order call 1-800-462-6420. Heike Trappe, Max Planck Institute for Scott Coltrane and Michele Ann Adams, CBS affiliate WBBM Radio’s “At Issue: Af- Human Development, has been named a University California-Riverside, were firmative Action” to discuss the Supreme 20 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES

In the News, continued Cnet.com article for his studies at Microsoft popularity of NASCAR comparing it to of Public Policy at George Mason Univer- Joseph Zajda, Australian Catholic Univer- Peter M. Nardi, Pitzer College, was cited and was quoted in the August 19 San Fran- other movements of Southerners. sity in fall 2003. sity, has been appointed Chair of the Pub- in the Calgary Herald (Canada) and Time cisco Chronicle on social scientists and tech- lications Standing Committee (2003-5), Howard Winant, University of California- Shirley A. Jackson, Southern Connecticut magazine on men’s friendships, and in nology. World Council of Comparative Education Santa Barbara, was quoted in the June 20 State University, is the incoming president the Montreal La Presse and Hartford Advo- Societies. He is the Editor of the Interna- Robert C. Smith, Barnard College, was Washington Post in an article on the contro- of the New England Sociological Associa- cate (CT) on recent gay events in the news. tional Handbook of Globalisation and Educa- quoted in the July 30 New York Times about versy over “whiteness studies” as an aca- tion. tion Policy Research; Chair of the Presiden- Robert Newby, Central Michigan Univer- the Mexican experience in New York. demic discipline. tial Advisory Council for International Re- Jason Kaufman was recently named John sity, was quoted in a June 23 USA Today lations, Comparaive and International Edu- Gregory D. Squires, George Washington David Yamane, University of Notre Dame, L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Social article on the implications of the Univer- cation Society; and was appointed Guest University, and Samantha Friedman wrote wrote, “The Bishops and Politics” in the Sciences at Harvard University. His book sity of Michigan Supreme Court decision. Editor of a special issue of International Re- a “Viewpoints” column for the American May 23 Commonweal Magazine. For The Common Good? American Civic Life view of Education. Steven Ortiz, Oregon State University, was Banker on August 29. and the Golden Age of Fraternity will be reis- quoted by Canada’s National Post (July 24) sued in paper this summer by the Oxford Bill Strauss was mentioned as a co-founder and the Globe and Mail (July 23) about his University Press. of the Cappies Awards, a highly successful study of “the culture of adultery” in rela- People annual awards program for Washington, Judith Lorber, Brooklyn College and Members’ New tion to the Kobe Bryant case. He was also DC-area high school theater, in the June 8 Graduate School-CUNY, was Visiting Pro- quoted in the August 10 Chicago Sun-Times Washington Post. Pablo J. Boczkowski, Massachusetts Insti- fessor in the Dynamics of Gender Constel- Books in an article about Kobe Bryant’s wife re- tute of Technology, has been selected to lations Research Program, University of maining with him. hold the Cecil and Ida Green Career De- Verta Taylor and Leila Rupp, University Dortmund, Germany in May-June 2003. Javier Auyero, SUNY-Stony Brook, Con- of California-Santa Barbara, were inter- velopment Chair at MIT beginning July 1, Orlando Patterson, Harvard University, She gave a lecture at the official opening of tentious Lives. Two Argentine Women, Two viewed for a cover story about their book 2003, for a three-year term. authored a June 22 New York Times op-ed the program and the keynote address at a Protests, and the Quest for Recognition (Duke Drag Queens at the 801 Cabaret in the April on the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling workshop. She also lectured at seven other University Press, 2003). 3-16, 2003 issue of Celebrate, Key West Jeffrey R. Breese has joined the faculty at on affirmative action. Patterson’s op-ed was universities in Germany. Florida’s Gay Newspaper. The book was the University of Tampa as an Associate also cited in a June 28 op-ed in the New Barbara J. Bank, University of Missouri- also noted among new scholarly books in Professor. Robert Lee Maril will be the Chair of the York Times. Columbia, Contradictions in Women’s Edu- the July 4 issue of the Chronicle of Higher David Brinkerhoff retired in December, Department of Sociology of East Carolina cation: Traditionalism, Careerism, and Com- H. Wesley Perkins, Hobart & William Smith Education and discussed in articles in the 2002, after 25 years at University of Ne- University as of August 1. munity at a Single-Sex College (Teachers College, was quoted in a July 25 Chronicle June 11 issue of The Washington Blade, the College Press, 2003). braska-Lincoln. Thelma McCormack, York University, of Higher Education article on the effective- July issue of Instinct Magazine, and the July addressed joint meetings of American and ness of “social norms” process to curb col- 18 issue of GAYTODAY.com. They were Wendy Cadge will join the faculty of Helen A. Berger, Evan Leach, Leigh Canadian Library Associations in Toronto lege drinking. [See article on p. 5 of De- also feature guests on Larry Mantel’s Airtalk, Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, as Schaffer, West Chester University, Voices on June 25 on political and cultural censor- cember 2002 Footnotes and Public Forum KPCC Southern California Public Radio, an Assistant Professor in the Department from the Pagan Census: A National Survey of ship in Canada. (p. 11) in February 2003 Footnotes.] August 6, where they discussed their book. of Sociology in Fall 2003. Witches and Neo-Pagans in the United States (University of South Carolina Press, 2003). Ann Meier has accepted a position as As- David Popenoe, Rutgers University, was John Torpey, University of British Colum- Thomas Calhoun, has been appointed sistant Professor at the University of Min- quoted in a July 27 USA Today article on bia, was quoted in the Taipei Times on Au- Chair of the Department of Sociology at Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Texas A&M Uni- nesota. the rapidly changing opinions about the gust 25 in an article on international re- Southern Illinois University-Carbondale versity, Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind quirements of more biometric markers in Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequal- rights of homosexuals. effective Fall 2003. Ann L. Mullen has joined the faculty at passports and other identification docu- ity in the United States (Rowman and the University of Toronto as an Assistant Cecilia Ridgeway, Stanford University, was ments. Robert L. Crosnoe, University of Texas- Littlefield, 2003); Ashley Doane and Professor in the Sociology Department. quoted in an editorial in the August 10 Austin, and Wen-Jui-Han, Columbia Uni- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (eds.), White Out: Diane Vaughn, Boston College, see Public The Continuing Significance of Racism Washington Post about the lack of ROTC versity, each received a three-year, $150,000 Mark Oromaner, Hudson County Com- Sociologies column in this Footnotes. (Routledge, 2003). programs in elite colleges. fellowship from the Foundation for Child munity College, will retire December 31 Development to study the development of after 26 years at the college. He is the long- Stephen C. Richards, Northern Kentucky Sudhir Venkatesh, Columbia University, Richard D. Bucher, Baltimore City Com- immigrant children from birth to 10 years est serving employee in the college’s his- University, was featured in an August 9 was quoted in the August 3 New York Times munity College, Diversity Consciousness: of age. tory, and also served as dean of academic New York Times article about criminologists Magazine about his work on the economics Opening Our Minds to People, Cultures, and affairs, executive vice president, and act- who had spent time in prison as inmates of small-time drug dealers with economist Raymond De Vries, St. Olaf College, will Opportunities (Prentice Hall, 2004). ing/interim president. and how they are making an impact in Steven Levitt. be a plenary speaker in the British Socio- their field. logical Association’s Annual Conference on Stephen J. Caldas and Carl L. Bankston Milton Vickerman, University of Virginia, Keith Parker has accepted an administra- III, Tulane University, The End of Desegre- September 26-28. tive position at the University of Georgia- Gene Rosa, Washington State University, and Andrew Beveridge, Queens College gation? (Nova Science Publishers, 2003). Athens. was interviewed in Paris by BBC Televi- and the CUNY-Graduate Center, were Riley E. Dunlap, Åbo Akademi Univer- quoted in a front page New York Times story Thomas Calhoun, Southern Illinois Uni- sion about whether Paris or London, can- sity (Finland), gave the inaugural Afonso Winnie Poster, University of Illinois at on Caribbean Immigrants, June 28. de Barros Memorial Lecture at the Supe- versity, and Alex Thio, Readings in Devi- didates for the 2012 Olympic summer Urbana-Champaign, was awarded a grant rd games, was better prepared to prevent the rior Institute for the Study of Work and ant Behavior, 3 Edition (Allyn & Bacon, Ruth A. Wallace, George Washington Uni- by the National Science Foundation for her type of terrorism that occurred in Atlanta. Enterprise in Lisbon, Portugal, in May. 2004). versity, was recently interviewed by the project: “Women in the Global Informa- tion Technology Workforce: Customer Ser- Ruth Rubinstein, the Fashion Institute of National Public Radio program Religion Kenneth Ferraro has been named Direc- Luiz A. Castro-Santos, Universidade do vice Call Centers in India.” The grant was Technology, was quoted in a June 1 issue and Ethics, which aired on June 20. tor of Purdue University’s new Center on Estado do Rio de Janeiro, O Pensamento for $89,000. of USA Today on the retro fashions becom- Aging and the Life Course. Social no Brasil (Social Thought in Brazil) Suzanna Walters, Georgetown University, ing popular again. Her book Dress Codes: (Campinas, EDICAMP, 2003). was quoted in an August 11 Washington Richard Quinney presented the keynote Meanings and Messages in American Cul- Viktor Gecas has joined the faculty of Post article about the lure of chain letters. address at the annual meeting of the Jus- Dan A. Chekki, University of Winnipeg, ture was mentioned. Purdue University as the Head of the De- partment of Sociology and Anthropology. tice Studies Association in Albany, NY, on The Philosophy and Ethics of the Virasaiva Duncan J. Watts, Columbia University, had May 29. Juliet B. Schor, Boston College, was quoted Community (Edwin Mellen Press, 2003). his research on degrees of separation be- and her book, The Overworked American: Jack A. Goldstone has been named the tween strangers in the Internet featured in Adrian Raftery, University of Washing- Richard A. Colignon, Duquesne Univer- The Unexpected Decline of Leisure, was men- Faculty Research Lecturer for 2003 by the the August 8 CNN News and National ton-Seattle, was the world’s third most cited sity, and Chikako Usui, University of Mis- tioned in a June 26 New York Times article University of California-Davis. This is the Public Radio’s Science Friday show. highest recognition given by the UC Davis mathematician in the decade 1993-2003, souri-St. Louis, Amakudari: The Hidden Fab- on using work e-mail as your personal e- according to the Institute for Scientific In- ric of Japan’s Economy (Cornell University mail address. Academic Senate for research. He will also Rhys H. Williams, University of Cincin- become the Virginia E. and John T. 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New Books, continued braries will be of great use. E-mail state of society in areas not covered by social report that demonstrated the signifi- ity and Change in American Education: Struc- Caught in the Web [email protected]. For more information economic indicators. cance of charting trends. With Albert J. Reiss, Biderman exam- ture, Process, and Outcomes (Eliot Werner visit: . During 1943-45 he served in the U.S. ined crime statistics, reporting in Data Publications, 2003). The Center for Research on Child Army and from 1948-52 he taught at the Wellbeing at Princeton University and the The National Endowment for Financial Sources of White-Collar Law Breaking (1980), Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. Richard Hogan, Purdue University, The Social Indicators Survey Center at Colum- Education (NEFE) is seeking research pa- and, with James P. Lynch, Understanding Then he turned to applied research and Failure of Planning: Permitting Sprawl in bia University are pleased to announce pers and case studies in preparation for a Crime Incidence Statistics: Why the UCR teaching became a minor interest. He was San Diego Suburbs, 1970-1999 (Ohio State the release of the second public use file 2004 think tank on the topic, “Motivating Diverges from the NCS. These and other a research social psychologist with the University Press, 2003) from the Fragile Families and Child Americans to Develop Constructive Finan- studies led to an essay in the volume Human Resources Research Institute at Wellbeing Study. The study follows a co- cial Behaviors.” Guidelines for submission Victimology: A New Focus, edited by Isreal Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, in 1952- John Iceland, University of Maryland, hort of children born in the late 1990s to and volunteer reviewers may be found on Drapkin and Emilio Viano (1975). During 57. He joined the Bureau of Social Science Poverty in America (University of Califor- married and unmarried parents. The study NEFE’s website at in the 1979-86 he was Director of the Crime Sur- Research in Washington, DC, in 1957 and nia Press, 2003). follows both mothers and fathers, docu- “Research and Strategy” area of the Inno- vey Research Consortium. One outcome remained there until it was closed. While menting their relationship, each parent’s vative Thinking section. The direct link to was the Victimization Survey, which is one officially retired in 1986, in semi-retirement Richard M. Ingersoll, University of Penn- relationship with the child, the family’s the Call for Papers is . The postmark struments that arose from the Social Indi- at the American University. Power and Accountability in America’s Schools outcomes. This public use release contains deadline for submissions is October 31, cators Movement. He made another con- His contributions were recognized by (Harvard University Press, 2003). data from the first follow-up, which oc- 2003. tribution to social indicator data collection the District of Columbia Sociological Soci- in a volume he edited with Thomas F. ety in 1985 when he received the Stuart A Amanda Lewis, University of Illinois-Chi- curred when the focal child was aged 12- 18 months. Visit the website at Drury, Measuring Work Quality for Social Rice Award. He had been president of that cago, Race in the Schoolyard: Negotiating the Reporting (1976). . To organization in1965-66. He was also hon- Color Line in Classrooms and Communities During Biderman’s association with the go directly to the data archive, visit Policy and Practice ored by being appointed a Fellow in the (Rutgers University Press, 2003). Air Force’s Human Resources Research In- . following: the American Statistical Asso- stitute, 1952-57, he engaged former pris- W. Allen Martin, University of Texas-Tyler, Robert Manning, Rochester Institute of ciation, The Human Ecology Fund,1958- oners of war in interviews. This resulted 59, and the American Association for the The Urban Community (Prentice Hall, Children, Youth and Environments (CYE) Technology, delivered testimony, in two publications, March to Calumny: The Advancement of Science. In addition to 2003). is a new web-based, refereed journal, titled ”The Role of FCRA in the Credit Story of American POW’S in the Korean War these organizations, he belonged to the guided by a distinguished Editorial Advi- Granting Process,” at a June 12 congres- (1963), and, as co-editor, Mass Behavior in American Sociological Association, the Sharon Preves, Hamline University, In- sory Board. The editors solicit submissions sional hearing before the Subcommittee on Battle and Captivity: The Communist Soldier American Association for Public Opinion tersex and Identity: The Contested Self on a broad range of topics related to young Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit in the Korean War (1958). Research, and the Society for the Study of (Rutgers University Press, 2003). people and their environments, broadly of the Financial Services Committee on the Biderman’s interest in military sociol- Social Problems. He regularly contributed defined. The current issue includes papers U.S. House of Representatives. William I. Robinson, University of Cali- on street children, environments for play ogy resulted in contributions to several vol- papers at their annual conventions. fornia-Santa Barbara, Transnational Con- and learning, and children’s resilience Gregory D. Squires, George Washington umes, among them: Morris Janowitz (ed.) On November 9, 1951, he married flicts: Central America, Social Change, and under stress. CYE’s readership is interna- University, presented his recent research The New Military: Changing Patterns of Or- Sumiko Fujii. She and their three children Globalization (Verso Press, 2003). tional. During the first two months, more on insurance redlining and housing dis- ganization (1964); Mortimer Appley and survive him: David Taro Biderman and than 6,000 readers from 59 countries ac- crimination before staff at the U.S. Depart- Richard Trumbull (eds.) Psychological Stress Joselph Shiro Biderman of Los Angeles, Deirdre A. Royster, College of William and (1966); Sol Tax (ed.) The Draft: A Handbook cessed the journal. For more information, ment of Housing and Urban Development and Paula Kei Biderman of Purcellville, Mary, Race and the Invisible Hand: How White of Facts and Alternatives (1967); and, Roger visit the website or e- on July 15. He also participated in a U.S. Virginia. Networks Exclude Black Men from Blue Col- W. Little (ed.) A Handbook of Military Insti- mail Willem van Vliet (co-editor) at Commission on Civil Rights forum on com- Abbott L. Ferriss, Emory University lar Jobs (University of California Press, tutions (1971). [email protected] munity reinvestment on July 18 where he 2003). With Herbert Zimmer, Biderman pub- discussed his recent work on predatory Elizabeth Anne Czepiel lished The Manipulation of Human Behavior Stanford Social Innovation Review, lending as well as insurance redlining. (1967-2003) Charles Selengut, County College of Mor- Stanford Graduate School of Business (1961), and an article in the International ris, Sacred Fury: Understanding Religious . Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Elizabeth Anne Czepiel of Pomfret Cen- Violence (AltaMira Press, 2003). Al was born in Paterson, New Jersey, ter, CT, formerly of Old Saybrook and July 10, 1923, the son of Isaac and Celia Gaithersburg, MD, died June 24, 2003, at Christopher E. Smith, Michigan State Uni- Deaths Silberstein Biderman. He attended New Hartford Hospital after a courageous battle versity, Christina DeJong, Michigan State Other York University where he received an AB with lymphoma. She was born in New University and John D. Burrow, Univer- Lewis A. Coser, former ASA President, degree in economics in l947. He received Haven on April 5, 1967. Ms. Czepiel was a sity of South Carolina, The Supreme Court, died on July 8. an MA in sociology from the University of 1985 graduate of Old Saybrook High Crime & The Ideal of Equal Justice (Peter Organizations Chicago in l952, and a PhD in sociology School. She earned a Bachelor of Arts de- Lang, 2003). Deborah Franzman, Alan Hancock Col- from the University of Chicago in l964. At gree from Upsala College in human re- The Consumers, Commodities and Con- lege, was killed by a fatal shark attack in the University of Chicago he, and others source management and sociology in 1989 Gregory D. Squires (ed.), George Wash- sumption Research Network has been in August in Avila Beach, California. who contributed to the social indicators and a Master of Arts degree in sociology ington University, Organizing Access to existence for five years serving as a forum development, including Eleanor B. from Boston College in 1992. From 1994 to Capital: Advocacy and the Democratization of Rob E. Kling, Indiana University Center for sociologists interested in the study of Sheldon, came under the influence of W. 1998, Ms. Czepiel held the position of Gov- Financial Institutions (Temple University for Social Informatics, passed away unex- consumption. We have a website, a bian- F. Ogburn, the editor and mover behind ernance Coordinator for the American So- Press, 2003.). pectedly on May 14, 2003. nual newsletter and a listserv. Members Recent Social Trends, the first important U.S. have organized ASA sessions and attended Continued on next page Mary C. Tuominen, Denison University, Joseph H. Meyerowitz died in Jerusalem, receptions and dinners. We are currently We Are Not Babysitters: Family Child Care Israel, on March 19 after an 18-month soliciting petitions from those interested in Providers Redefine Work and Care (Rutgers struggle to overcome lymphoma. making this group an official ASA Section. University Press, 2003). If you are interested, contact Dan Cook Msgr. Philip J. Murnion, sociologist and Debra Umberson, University of Texas- directly ([email protected]) or download a adviser to parish and diocesan leaders, died Austin, Death of a Parent: Transition to a New petition from the group’s website . Press, 2003). Petitions will be accepted at any time, but Ashakant Nimbark, Dowling College, we are seeking to get as many as possible Oakdale, NY, died suddenly on March 15. Robin M. Williams, Jr., Cornell Univer- by October 21. sity, The Wars Within: Peoples and States in Ruth Useem died on September 11. 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Obituaries, continued versity of Wisconsin-Madison. munity, Professor Flint will be fondly re- sional light touch. After moving north, vived by her husband, Dr. Albert Schaffer, ciological Association (ASA) at the Asso- As a student of Louis Wirth and Everett membered there for hosting numerous Jones surreptitiously and with wry humor of College Station, TX; and by her daugh- ciation headquarters in Washington, DC. C. Hughes at Chicago, and Hans Gerth chamber music gatherings at his home and got himself on the mailing list for the Mis- ters, Edith Schaffer and Pamela Wade, of In this role she worked with many mem- and Howard Becker at Madison, Professor for his substantial support of the arts. A sissippi White Citizen’s League newslet- San Francisco, CA. bers and leaders of ASA Sections and com- Flint was part of what Gary Alan Fine generous and loving husband and father, ter and was counted as one of their mem- Schaffer received her AB degree in 1947 mittees. She was highly dedicated to the described as “A Second Chicago School of he took great pride in supporting the pro- bers. from Hunter College, her MS from Penn- Association and its members. Sociology.” Younger than Mills and a con- fessional and political work of his family. In his teaching, Dr. Jones insisted on high sylvania State University in 1949, and her After leaving ASA, she served as the temporary of Wallerstein, his articles in He is survived by his daughter Portia academic standards for all students, regard- PhD from the University of North Caro- Director of Member Services for the Com- Comparative Studies in Society and History Johnson, a psychological counselor in less of the subject matter or level of instruc- lina-Chapel Hill in 1954. She taught at posite Wood Council in Gaithersburg, MD, were among those that laid the foundation Bradford County, Pennsylvania, and son tion. At Cleveland State he successfully Cleary College, Eastern Michigan Univer- from 1998 to 2001. Ms. Czepiel returned to for what is now a flourishing subfield. At Adam Flint, assistant professor of sociol- promoted the curriculum concept that all sity, and the University of Alabama be- Connecticut in 2001, where she worked Madison he also worked with Einar ogy at Hartwick College in Oneonta, New students would benefit from rigorous fore coming to Texas A&M University in with students at Quinebaug Valley Com- Haugen, a seminal figure in Scandinavian York. His wife of 36 years, Dr. Frieda Flint, course work on the Black experience. The 1971. munity College (QVCC) in Danielson and studies in the United States. He was among well-remembered for her outstanding three courses he developed for this pur- She met her husband, Albert Schaffer as a mentor for an on-line educational ser- the first class of Fulbright scholars to work work as a clinical psychologist and peace pose—Black-White Interaction, the Black when they were both graduate students at vice for College students across the coun- in Norway in 1951-1952, where he carried activist, died on December 29, 1995. Family, and the Black Community—con- the University of North Carolina. She and try. She completed a Master of Arts degree out research while based at the Institute In retirement he returned to his project, tinue to be taught as popular electives that he conducted community research for most in higher education, student affairs, at the for Sociology and the University of Oslo. as he called it, examining changing his- fulfill the University’s diversity require- of their careers. Ruth’s first book on com- University of Connecticut in January 2003. He joined the Sociology Department at torical relations between clergy and laity ment. Another mark of his teaching was to munity (Community Organization: Action She had planned to specialize in provid- Binghamton (then Harpur College) in 1966 in western Europe, from the early church use original sources whenever possible. and Inaction (University of North Carolina ing support of at-risk college students, after teaching at the University of Ken- (c. 300) to 1914. Not infrequently I would Among the many sociologists that Dr. Jones Press)) was co-authored with Floyd Hunter when she was stricken with cancer. Liz, as tucky-Lexington from 1957-63, and San come down to breakfast and he would re- helped develop was Edgar Epps. Epps re- in 1956. In 1970, she published Woodruff: she was known to her many friends, loved Fernando Valley State College in mark, “Adam, I’ve just spent the morning called how as a student of young Butler A Study of Community Decision-Making Pat- nature, hiking, camping, gardening, gour- Northridge, California, from 1963-66. Pro- in late antiquity, and boy it’s exciting” and Jones at Talladega he had the opportunity terns (University of North Carolina Press), met cooking, fine wines, cats, her work, fessor Flint helped build the SUNY- his enthusiasm for the recent historically and challenge to read two books for the co-authored with Albert Schaffer. In the her family, and her friends. Her vivacious Binghamton Sociology Department into an sophisticated literature on the subject was freshman honors seminar—the complete 1970s and 1980s, she and Al focused upon nature and enthusiasm for life will be internationally known, if idiosyncratic, as infectious as ever. Donations can be text of An American Dilemma and Oliver how issues of water affected communities’ missed by those who knew her. program of brilliant and wide-ranging made in his memory to the Binghamton- Cromwell Cox’s critical alternative, Caste, politics and development. Liz leaves behind her fiancé, Douglas scholars who transcended a sometimes El Charcón Sister City Project , PO Box 444 SVS, Beginning in 1995 and 1996, respectively, handedly managed a social work program Marion and Otto Ungeheuer of Danielson; Specializing in the historical study of re- Binghamton, NY 13903. Friends and Col- Ohio Wesleyan and Cleveland State have that trained many students. From the time her mother and stepfather, Laurel and ligion, popular culture, and music, as well leagues wishing to contact the family may held annual Jones lecture series on con- she first taught a class at A&M in 1971 to Thomas Kahak; her father, Ronald Czepiel; as theory and method in historical sociol- write to me at or 1006 temporary issues in American race rela- the time she last taught a class in 1998, she and her brother Adam Czepiel, all of Old ogy, Flint’s contributions to these fields Powderhouse Road, Vestal, NY 13850. tions. A heart-warming parade of leading was known for the long hours she spent include Historical Role Analysis in the Study scholars has appeared at both schools to with students, and her insistence that stu- Saybrook; her aunts, Susan Cunningham Adam Flint, Hartwick College of Pomfret Center, Beverly Zadroga of of Religious Change: Mass Educational De- pay tribute to Dr. Jones, many of whom dents learn to conduct research and write. Florida and Sandy Kahak of New Jersey; velopment in Norway, 1740-1891, published Butler A. Jones counted him as a major career mentor. Until In 1982, in recognition of her commitment and her uncles, Joseph Kahak of Illinois in 1990 in the ASA Rose Monograph Se- (1916-2003) the past couple years Dr. Jones regularly and skill, she received the Former Student and Robert Kahak of Texas. A Quinebaug ries. The work critically examines the in- appeared at both lectures to give the clos- Association College level teaching award. Butler A. Jones died May 9, 2003, at his Valley Community College scholarship has teraction between the development of lit- ing commentary, always the highlight of But, Ruth was best known throughout retirement center in Delaware, Ohio. He been established in memory of Elizabeth eracy (as an aspect of “mass education”) the evening no matter how accomplished Texas A&M and Texas for her relentless was 86, and remained active and alert al- Czepiel. The scholarship will provide a and the process of differentiation of reli- the main speaker. advocacy of diversity for the faculty, staff, most to the end, in spite of numerous QVCC at-risk student with funding for tu- gious viewpoints and styles of religious He leaves to the profession a legacy of and students. (Of course, her commitment chronic health problems. Dr. Jones’ many ition. Persons wishing to make a contribu- behavior during a period of significant scholarship, teaching, and community ser- to the issues of race and diversity were not acts of leadership in service to the profes- tion may send a check payable to: QVCC social and economic transition. He has pub- vice in the very best sense of these three new. When she taught Race Relations at sion, his academic institutions, the com- Foundation, Inc., attention Elizabeth lished articles and reviews in his fields in terms. the University of Alabama, the Grand munity, and indeed the nation, are leg- Czepiel Memorial Scholarship, 742 Upper the Journal for the Scientific Study of Reli- Dr. Jones was preceded in death by his Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan frequently endary. A past president of the North Cen- Maple Street, Danielson, CT 06239. gion, the International Review of Sociology, wife of 39 years, Lillian Webster Jones, in followed her to school. He made it per- the Journal of the American Academy of Reli- tral Sociological Association and the Asso- 1978, and his second wife Mary Moran fectly clear to her that he knew who she Susan Cunningham and Adam Czepiel gion, Social Forces, and American Journal of ciation of Black Sociologists, he was a cen- Martin, in 1995. He is survived by his step- was. On her part, she made it clear that Sociology, among others. He most fre- tral figure in the founding of the latter daughters Alice Miller of Cleveland and she knew who he was and she was not to John T. Flint quently wrote for Comparative Studies in group as well as the ASA’s DuBois-Johnson- Cynthia Stevens of Winston-Salem, North be intimidated.) For many years, she (1927-2003) Society and History, then-edited by Sylvia Frazier award and Minority Fellowship Carolina. A memorial service was held on served as Chair of the President’s Com- John Torgny Flint, Professor Emeritus of Thrupp, where his most influential article, program. He was president of the Ameri- May 25 at the Asbury United Methodist mittee on Minority conditions. She contin- Sociology, died unexpectedly of heart fail- “A Handbook for Historical Sociologists,” can Association of University Professors Church in Delaware. Contributions in ued her involvement even after her offi- ure at the age of 76 at his home in was published in July 1968. (AAUP) at all three of his colleges, and memory of Jones may be made to the But- cial retirement. Ruth was known for her Binghamton, NY, on June 17, 2003. He was For 43 years, Professor Flint was an en- later served for several years on the AAUP ler Jones scholarship fund, c/o The Cleve- no-nonsense approach to this issue. Never born in Mahnomen, Minnesota on March thusiastic and supportive teacher of un- national executive council. In Cleveland land State University Foundation, 2121 intimidated, Ruth took responsibility for 28, 1927, to Rev. John Flint and Josephine dergraduates, and mentor to graduate stu- he served on over a dozen major public Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115-2214. collecting, organizing, and reporting data boards and commissions. Among his many about minority hiring and enrollment. She Flint (née Ellingson). dents. At Binghamton, he taught courses William Morgan and Mareyjoyce Green, Cleve- in the sociology of religion; the sociology other national activities, he was an early was famous for her frank responses to ques- A popular teacher and colleague at the land State University State University of New York-Binghamton of music, literature, and the visual arts; member of the Amistad Restoration com- tions and her constant reminder that Texas mittee. since 1966, he was much loved for his in- and a senior seminar in sociological theory. Carl B. Klockars A&M owed it to the state of Texas to be Dr. Jones retired from Cleveland State fectious sense of humor and his open, He sat on more PhD dissertation and (1946-2003) more representative. It was but a few friendly, and loquacious way with people Master’s committees across more programs University in 1982, where he was chair of months before her death that Ruth had from all walks of life, both at the univer- than most, particular in history, but also in sociology from 1969-1975, during the for- Carl B. Klockars, 57, professor of crimi- presented her last report to the Faculty sity and in the community. He was a natu- anthropology, art history, political science, mative years of the department. He began nal justice and sociology, died on July 24. Senate. Faithful to her commitment and ral intellectual “networker” who loved to music, and English. Works in progress, teaching at Talladega College in 1943. In Klockars had been a member of the Uni- her insistence that the university just was bring people together to such an extent like “Is a Sociology of Music Possible?” and 1952 he came to Ohio Wesleyan Univer- versity of Delaware faculty since 1976, and not doing enough, Ruth chastised the fac- that it bore mention as service to the cam- “The Changing Social Worlds of Agatha sity and was its first Black professor, later wrote extensively on professional crime, ulty for their inactivity. It seems a fitting pus community upon his promotion to full Christie, 1920-1976,” also reflected the becoming chair of sociology. A bronze bust criminological theory, and the moral di- memory: Ruth articulating the hard truth professor in 1990. A historical sociologist wide-ranging and multidisciplinary nature of Dr. Jones, sculpted by his long-time lemmas of policing and police use of force. and urging all involved to work toward a well before it was recognized as a legiti- of his intellectual interests. friend Eb Haycock, stands at the entrance With colleagues, he had recently com- more diverse community. mate subfield in the discipline, he used Professor Flint was director of the Reli- to the department. pleted a study, entitled “Enhancing Police Jones was born July 22, 1916, in Birming- Integrity,” that seeks to understand the Rogelio Saenz, Dudley Poston, and Jane Sell, the Sociological Imagination to great effect gious Studies Program from 1982-88, for Texas A&M University with his freshman students, comparing his which he organized an annual series of ham, Alabama. His mother was a casualty mechanisms through which police agen- of that year’s flu epidemic, causing him to cies may create organizational environ- own choices and chances in the scholarly cross-disciplinary faulty-student colloquia. Robert Neal Wilson be raised in nearby rural Dothan by his ments that enhance and encourage integ- job market with mine. His greatest contribution in teaching was (1924-2002) My father had an incredible, almost pho- in the undergraduate division, where he maternal grandparents, Anna and Henry rity. tographic memory for the events of his devoted most of his time and energy to the Butler. Henry had lived in slavery through Klockars was the author of five books, Bob Wilson, a medical sociologist who life, even if the occasional “senior moment” education of undergraduates. He reveled adolescence, and was an important early more than 50 scholarly articles, and nu- used literature to analyze culture, prob- prompted him to ask, “stop me if you’ve in the diversity of the students at teacher for Butler. After attending a local merous professional papers. He had served ably preferred being known as a poet be- heard this story before” . . . . This served Binghamton, long before the term became high school run by black parents, he moved as a nationally elected vice president of fore all his other roles. Several books and him very well in the classroom, where he a buzzword, because he found them so to Atlanta and studied at Morehouse Col- the police section of the Academy of Crimi- many articles on topics such as hospitals would use these anecdotes to illustrate so- interesting and because he was always lege and Atlanta University, where he re- nal Justice Sciences. and epidemiology (more than 20), three or ciological concepts. The lives of his wife interested in people, regardless of their ceived his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees, He was a pioneer in building collabora- four books on literature and the arts, as and children were also fair game, as I dis- background or status. He was particularly respectively, in 1937 and 1938. His PhD tive research relationships between police well as some 20 more related articles, at- covered as an undergraduate at Harpur supportive of those students, who, like him- from New York University came in 1955 and academics. test to a rich and prolific intellectual life. College. To underscore the importance of self, were among the first in their families after his career was well underway. Born in Providence, RI, Klockars was a Perhaps his most important legacy for social structure over individual merit as to attend college. One telling statement Dr. Jones’ first job was teaching Social graduate of the University of Rhode Is- our discipline is reflected in Bob’s 1952 an explanation for differences in opportu- about him as a teacher was made to me by Studies for four years at the Atlanta Uni- land, where he earned his bachelor’s de- doctoral study of American poets, Man Made nities, he would often compare the very a long-time colleague who said that in more versity laboratory school, where his re- gree in sociology, and the University of Plain (Howard Allen, 1958), and Arts in different choices and chances that he and I than 30 years, he never heard John Flint markable students included Martin Luther Pennsylvania, where he earned his Society (Prentice-Hall, 1964). This collection, had as we each moved into academia—he say an unkind thing about a student. King, Jr., and sociologist Larry Bobo’s master’s and doctoral degrees. which he wrote and edited, was one of the from relative poverty—I from relative privi- Professor Flint retired from active teach- mother. During that time he conducted In lieu of flowers, donations may be first attempts by an American sociologist lege. He would tell his students that it was ing in 2000. Particularly important for John background research as one of the contrib- made to the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, to connect with the European social and because of the marked differences between was his participation in the local Unitarian uting young scholars in the Carnegie- c/o the R.T. Foard & Jones, 122 West Main sociological interpretation of the arts, as the labor market for newly minted PhDs Universalist Congregation, which was as Myrdal Study of the Negro in the United St., Newark, DE 19711. had, for example, de Stael, Marx, Engels, States, which resulted in Myrdal’s Nobel Tomars, Sorokin, and Lowenthal. Wilson’s in 1960 vs. 2000 that his opportunities were much a part of his Norwegian-American Adapted from the University of Delaware prize-winning classic, An American Di- experience at Cambridge in 1945-46, as greater than mine, and that this was for background (his father was a Unitarian Daily historical reasons rather than because of Universalist minister) as his love of Grieg lemma. Throughout the 1940s and early Fulbright Scholar in Lund University, 50s he contributed several briefs for the Sweden, in 1975, and his three faculty as- differences in our individual attainments. and Ibsen and his pride in the rationality Ruth C. Schaffer He served in the Navy during WWII of Norwegian democratic socialism. He was NAACP in support of school desegrega- (1925-2003) signments with the World International and attended college on the G.I. Bill, earn- a life-long advocate for peace and social tion, including one for Thurgood Center of Excellence in Leeuwarden, Hol- ing a BA in 1949 from Kent State Univer- justice and his commitment only increased Marshall’s successful 1954 Supreme Court Ruth C. Schaffer, 77, died in College Sta- land, indicates how widely he ranged be- sity, an MA in 1951 from the University of with age. An avid lover and supporter of pleading. His steady pursuit of social jus- tion, TX, after complications from heart Chicago, and a PhD in 1957 from the Uni- live classical music in the Binghamton com- tice, however, was not without an occa- surgery on January 28, 2003. She is sur- Continued on next page SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES 23

Obituaries, continued was then lured to Europe by a “culture Always the urban activist and environ- the stated end but with the means. the upcoming election. In addition, he sug- yond parochial roots. nouveau for Blacks” where she worked in ment preservationist, just prior to her ill- gested that Council also provide members Hence, the American Sociological Asso- Wilson served as a consultant to more Paris as a research assistant to an Ameri- ness, Bette acquired funding to establish with the opportunity on the ballot to ex- ciation calls for an immediate end to the than a dozen professional organizations can writer. She then moved to Rome where an urban environmental academy at press their personal opinions about the war war against Iraq. such as the Carnegie Foundation, Russell she was employed as a planner for a pri- UMass-Boston to teach city dwellers how in a vote that was independent of their Sage Foundation, National Endowment for vate consulting firm. It was there that she to improve the quality of life in their neigh- President Bielby led Council’s discus- vote on whether the Association should the Humanities, and National Endowment met her husband-to-be Al Huerby. They borhoods. The academy will focus on is- sion of the options available in response to accept the Members’ Resolution as official for the Arts. He was especially proud of both were assigned to work on a plan to sues like safe neighborhoods, social equal- this member-initiated resolution. He indi- ASA policy. his involvement with the annual confer- develop a new infrastructure for Libya, ity, jobs, and transportation. cated that because the Members Resolu- Hillsman reported that in the 1968 when ence on Social Theory, Politics and the Arts, which unfortunately was later thwarted by Although Bette had a full academic life, tion had been signed by 3% of the eligible the ASA confronted the member concerns where we first met Vera Zolberg, Richard the coup by Moammar Khadafy. she took time to enjoy classic films, gar- voting membership, the Bylaws required about the Vietnam War, the membership Peterson, Judith Balfe, and others whose Upon returning to the United States, Bette dening, Broadway musicals, the sym- that the resolution go to the membership voted both on whether the Association work seeded the ground for the burgeon- focused her efforts on acquiring her doc- phony, international travel, flea markets, for a vote in the upcoming election ballot should take a formal position on that war ing Culture Section of the American Socio- torate, concentrating on urban and envi- and, of course, Filene’s Basement. Bette’s unless Council voted to endorse the state- and on what the membership’s opinions logical Association. ronmental issues. In 1975, she became the death is a profound loss to her spouse, Al ment as written as the official position of were on whether the US should withdraw In the 12 years after retirement (having first commissioner of the Massachusetts Huerby, her two siblings, Nelson and the Association. Bielby called for a non- from Vietnam. served six years as chairman of the depart- Department of Environmental Manage- Lloyd Emerson Woody, numerous friends, binding straw poll of Council members to Burawoy suggested that Council provide ment of Mental Health at the University of ment. During her tenure, she worked to colleagues, and the profession. get a sense of Council’s initial position on members with a list of the key issues that preserve Walden Pond and other green endorsing the Members Resolution. Coun- North Carolina) he left sociology for “the Diane Brown, University of Medicine & Den- had been raised by Council in its own dis- spaces from further development. She also cil members participating were unani- belles lettres” to “relish the freedom to mess tistry of New Jersey, and Mary Holley, cussion of the Resolution and ask mem- worked as Legislative Assistant to Senator mously opposed to Council endorsing the around with poems and essays.” He also Montclair State University bers to think about those points while de- claimed he was undertaking another “lib- Edward Kennedy in 1984-85. statement contained in the member reso- ciding how to vote on this question. eral education” when he served as a mu- Moving from public service to academia, lution as ASA policy without further dis- Council members expressed agreement, seum docent in recent years. His emotional Bette assumed faculty positions at Harvard cussion as to its content and available op- noting that while it is a personal obliga- and political instincts also were involved University Graduate School of Design, Official Reports tions. tion of citizens in a civil society to oppose in a faculty seminar on “forgiveness” in Columbia University School of Architec- While Council was uniformly against the actions of their government if they dis- which the Holocaust was a central issue— ture and Planning, and the University of and Proceedings Council accepting the Member Resolution agree with those actions, members may a subject of mutual interest because of the Maryland’s Institute for Urban Studies. She forthwith, members’ reasons were numer- disagree about whether a policy statement anthology on Anne Frank that my wife joined the faculty of the University of Mas- ous and varied. Most Council members, by the ASA was the best means to do this. and I had compiled a few years ago. sachusetts-Boston in 1985 achieving ten- Minutes of a Meeting of the American however, agreed that they did not think Hillsman reviewed the guidelines that had A few months before his death on De- ure in the College of Public and Commu- Sociological Association Council Council should take such an action with- been adopted by Council in 2001 about cember 20, 2002, our Alma Mater, Union nity Service, after a long and hard fought Monday, March 31, 2003 out additional information on where the criteria to be used in making policy state- College, published a memoir of his post- battle. At the time of her death, she was a general membership stands on the ques- ments on behalf of the Association’s mem- war job (at 80 cents an hour) as a reader to professor in the College of Arts and Sci- Members Participating: William Bielby tion of ASA taking an official position on bership. Members of Council agreed that a fellow student, Alan Gowman, blinded ences at UMass-Boston serving on the fac- (President), Michael Burawoy, Craig the war. Other concerns expressed in- the language utilized in that report would by shrapnel at Anzio. In it are the essen- ulty of the Sociology Department. She also Calhoun, Esther Chow, Robert Crutchfield, cluded the following: that the statement be useful as part of the framing of this tial elements of Bob’s humanistic approach had served as a visiting professor at Uni- Jennifer Glass, Arne Kalleberg, Deborah did not display specifically sociological issue for the membership. to sociology. He wrote: versity of California-Berkeley and the Uni- King, Rhonda Levine, Victor Nee, Barbara knowledge and scientific expertise brought Bielby called for a vote of those in sup- I here encountered one of the first re- versity of California-Santa Cruz. Reskin, Barbara Risman, Lynn Smith- to bear on an important policy issue; that port of Council framing the issue for mem- wards of my later vocation as a teacher: Bette had numerous friends among soci- Lovin. the lack of a sufficient sociological basis for bers; nine members were in favor, two to see a mind come alive with intellec- ologists and urban planners, although she Members Unable to Participate: Linda taking such a stand could undermine the were opposed, and one abstained. tual vibrancy.... did not formally join the ranks of sociology Burton, Elijah Anderson, David Grusky, credibility of the Association and the disci- Council continued the discussion, ulti- I was introduced to the blind world, until fairly late in her academic career. Bernice Pescosolido, Ivan Szelenyi, Pamela pline; that it was not clear whether a schol- mately accepting general framework pro- learned the modalities of helping and Through her work on women’s employ- Walters. arly association should take positions that vided by Burawoy, in which Council would the equally important lessons of when ment and the glass ceiling, she became Staff Participating: Sally Hillsman (Ex- are not directly related to the profession or frame the issue for members along the fol- not to help.... active in the sociology organizations and ecutive Officer), Michael Murphy. discipline or based on scientific expertise lowing lines: “In light of the gravity of this In that memoir Bob recounted how Helen their annual meetings. She served on the and thus many other associations were not issue, and in the interest of public debate 1. Call to Order Keller visited Alan and he whispered to professional ethics committee for the ASA taking official positions on the war; that within the Association, Council proposes her: ‘Protect me from mercy killers!’ Alan and was on the editorial board of the ASA The ASA Council met by telephone con- there might be a backlash from federal to send the Member Resolution to the en- also told Bob of a remark by George journal Sociological Practice Review. For the ference call at 8:00 pm on Monday, March agencies affecting sociology funding; and tire membership, encouraging members Homans, his teacher at Harvard, who used Association of Black Sociologists, she 31, 2003. Upon obtaining a quorum, the that there was no clear distinction drawn to consider the following issues in decid- the expression “Do you see?” and who then chaired the awards committee and partici- meeting was called to order by President between an Association stand that was ing how to vote on the statement as official blurted awkwardly that he shouldn’t have pated on the annual program committee Bielby at 8:06 pm. morally-based and one that was scientifi- ASA policy.” Burawoy suggested that the said that. One of Alan’s first professional for several years. She was a regular pre- cally based. issues listed could include, among others, articles was based in part, Bob wrote, “on senter at the ASA, Association of Black 2. Member Resolution Council members felt uniformly that an scientific evidence in support of the state- our time together, an analysis of how a Sociologists, and Eastern Sociological Soci- Bielby reported to members that several issue of this magnitude required the full- ment, whether all ASA positions should companion to a blind person may be ap- ety annual meetings. At these meetings ASA members had prepared a resolution est possible discussion among and input be of a scientific nature, the risk of retalia- propriately educated into suitable behav- she would take the time to meet friends, on the current US-led war in Iraq, and had from the Association’s membership. When tion, and the risk of damaging the legiti- iors. I helped him write his dissertation, and during these social interactions, one circulated that resolution among members asked about electronic options to facilitate macy of the society. later to become a book, The War Blind in could anticipate having a profound, intel- seeking their support. Earlier that day, the such discussion, Executive Officer Hillsman Bielby again called for a vote of Council; American Social Structure.” Bob is survived lectual and often, humorous conversation, sponsors submitted the resolution along reported that there is currently a system 11 members were in favor on the plan out- by his wife Joan and two daughters from a given that she was an avid reader who with 784 names in support of the resolu- for “threaded discussions” on the ASA lined by Burawoy; one member abstained. previous marriage. kept up to date on national and interna- tion. website. That mechanism, however, has Following consideration of this option, tional issues of public policy. Bette was also not been utilized recently. She reported Council voted unanimously to support the Hyman A. Enzer, Professor Emeritus, Hofstra ASA Bylaws require that member reso- an active member of the American Asso- that this discussion system could be acti- idea of presenting members with an addi- University lutions have at least 3% membership sup- ciation of University Professors, serving port in the form of signatures on a petition vated, made prominent and easily acces- tional question which would provide them on their committee on the status of women sible to members via the ASA homepage, Bette Woody in order to be considered. Staff reviewed with an opportunity to give their opinion from 1990-97. and that a discussion could be stimulated (1937-2003) the names offered in support of the peti- on the war. Writing for publication came easily for tion on behalf of Secretary Kalleberg who by inviting members with different per- Bette Woody, educator, prolific scholar Bette and she published two books, nu- certified based on this review that, while spectives on the issues raised by the Mem- 3. Appointment of Sub-Committee and urban activist, died at her home in merous monographs, and journal articles. not all names provided were current mem- ber Resolution to offer initial comments. Bielby appointed a sub-committee of Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 31, Her earlier work focused on urban plan- bers of ASA, more than the necessary 3% A member of Council suggested that per- Council composed of Michael Burawoy, ning issues, governance, and city infra- haps Council could draft an alternative state- 2003. A person of great tenacity and high had been provided. Deborah King, Jennifer Glass, and Victor Managing Crisis energy, she led a very interesting and full structure, culminating in The resolution submitted reads: ment that would address the concerns Nee, with Michael Burawoy as facilitator, Cities life. Her selflessness and modesty masked (Greenwood Press, 1983). Her pas- raised by members of Council. Others, to draft the framing statement for the Mem- sion however, was doing research on The American Sociological Association however, felt that sociology was probably her many accomplishments. ber Resolution on the ballot and to draft Reared in Wilberforce, Ohio, Bette grew women and employment, and over her comprises sociologists and kindred pro- not in a position to make claims about the fessionals who study, among other the second question on the war to be pre- up on a ‘’sundown’’ farm that her father academic career, she published articles consequences of this war, and even if it sented to the members. The Sub-commit- ranging from “Black Women in the Emerg- things, war and peace, democracy and could make a credible scientific statement, Nelson Woody worked after his day job as tee is to report back to the full Council to a civilian accountant for the U.S. Air Force. ing Services Economy” (Sex Roles, 1989) to totalitarianism, conflict resolution and it would be a difficult job to assemble a violence, systems of inequality and their review the drafts. Given the timetable for Her mother, Elizabeth, was a grade school “U.S. Policy and Working Women of Color” committee of scholarly experts to under- completion of the ASA election ballot, the (Stanford Law Review, 1992). She subse- effects, states and legal orders, national- take this task in a timely manner. teacher in nearby Xenia. As the middle sub-committee will proceed immediately Black Women ism, and nation building. child of three children, Bette stated that quently published the book Several members expressed feelings of with the intent of have language ready for in the Workplace her childhood memories are many and (Greenwood Press, 1992). We believe that foreign interventions ambivalence, noting personal opposition Council review this week. Since Council Bette was also the recipient of numerous to the war, but reluctance to have the Asso- clear. In a 1991 book, Heaven Is Under Our that do not have the support of the world has decided on an approach, there is no Feet, she indicated that they “include plant- research grants to examine barriers to community create more problems than ciation take an official policy stand. One need for an additional conference call or ing sweet potatoes in the mud and rain employment and advancement for women solutions. President Bush’s and Prime member expressed dissatisfaction that the vote to ratify the sub-committee’s language. when I was 3 or 4, growing a garden a in America, especially women of color. Most Minister Blair’s decision to invade Iraq Association had not used sociological knowl- year or two later, nursing an injured owlet recently, her efforts had focused on women against the wishes of most of the na- edge and expertise more frequently in the 4. Adjournment back to full flight, and exploring the end in managerial positions, women on corpo- tions of the world will undermine the past to bring scientific knowledge to bear With no additional business for consid- of our branch through the pasture to where rate boards, and women-owned businesses. already weakened UN, the League of on important public policy debates. Yet eration, Bielby thanked the members of it widened into Massey’s Creek.’’ Her work on women and glass ceiling ex- Arab States, and the rule of international the same member agreed that the current Council for their attention to this issue and Receiving her BA from Antioch College periences led to her involvement with the law, and will bring more harm than good issue was substantially different from thoughtful participation. The meeting was in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Bette subsequently International Association for Feminist Eco- to the Iraqi people. Council’s recent decision to submit an earned a master’s degree in urban plan- nomics, where she spent consecutive sum- amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court on adjourned at 9:30 pm. ning from Columbia University and a doc- mers doing comparative work at the Uni- We also believe that the threat of terror- the issue of considering race in university torate in planning, public policy, and ur- versity François Rabelais in Tours, France. ism is not ameliorated by this interven- admissions and to craft an Association policy ban analysis from the Massachusetts Insti- Adding to her scholarly endeavors, Bette tion in Iraq. Instead of lessening the statement on the importance of continued Classified Ad tute of Technology. Bette’s professional and assumed the editorship in 2002 of Race and risk of terrorist attacks, this invasion public collection of data on race. academic career underwent several transi- Society, the official journal of the Associa- could serve as the spark for multiple Burawoy proposed that rather than Coun- attacks in years to come. Academic editing for social scientists by tions where she frequently found herself tion of Black Sociologists. She undertook cil taking a position for or against the Mem- Donna Maurer, PhD (sociology). Please see at the forefront of change and innovation. this challenge with much enthusiasm and This statement is not issued, and should ber Resolution that Council assist the my website at , or e-mail me at she moved to New York, where she ment. In the absence of institutional sup- porting the dictatorship of President tion by helping them frame the issues pre- [email protected]. Free worked briefly for Sports Illustrated and port, Bette used her own financial resources Hussein or his regime. Our major con- sented by this resolution when they cast sample edit and estimate. then in an architectural design studio. She to obtain student assistance to help her with cern with Bush and Blair’s policy is not their vote for or against the Resolution in the journal. 24 SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2003 FOOTNOTES

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