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Looking forward to the 2013 ASA Annual Meeting inside New York: A City Transformed by Immigration Nancy Foner, Hunter College and the and their children Graduate Center of the City University of also have been Political Science Under 3 New York changing the Attack fter nearly half sights, sounds, A recent Senate amendment a century of and tastes of the severely restricts funding A massive inflows, city and influenc- of the NSF Political Science New York is a truly ing a wide range Program. immigrant city. of institutions and About one out of communities. 4 Postdocs in Sociology three New Yorkers is now foreign New York What is the role of born. Adding the U.S.-born second owes its extraor- dinary diversity postdoctorate training in the generation, the figure is more than over half (Dominicans, Chinese, to immigration, attracting large discipline? one out of two or about 4.5 million Mexicans, Jamaicans, Guyanese, numbers from Asia, the Caribbean, people. Ecuadorians, Haitians, Trinidadians, Latin America, and European coun- Given the numbers, it is not sur- Indians, and Russians, in descend- Start Planning for tries as well. Not one, two, three, 5 prising that immigration has had an ing order). New York or even four groups dominate. In impact on virtually every aspect of The new demographic realities Book your hotel and decide 2010, the top three groups made up New York life. Not only is it a major have affected the city’s racial and which attractions you will factor fueling population growth, under a third of all immigrant New hit first. but the millions of new New Yorkers Yorkers—even the top 10 were just Continued on page 12 6 Election Time Be an informed voter in the 2013 ASA elections. Rob Warren to Edit Enhancing Teaching 9 What Does a Retired Sociology of Education and Learning for Sociologist Do? f Sociology of Education is to presented in a clear and compelling Active-Duty Military Golf? A cruise? Or join a be widely read and have broad manner. With this grounding, how- human rights delegation to “I Students impact, a printed journal ever, the new communica- Colombia? and old-fashioned website tion media can help elevate by Darlene Smucny and Merrily Stover, University of Maryland-University are no longer enough.” So the impact of sociological College 11 Statistics Is Cool says John Robert “Rob” research by drawing imme- From data to politics to Warren, the incoming diate attention to timely ilitary students represent a grow- sports, the discipline is editor of Sociology of and important findings. Ming group of “nontraditional” finding a greater popularity. Education (SOE), whose Rob Warren is profes- students today due to the passage term begins in January sor of sociology at the of the recently expanded GI Bill, 2014. “Like it or not, University of Minnesota- which provides additional support From the Executive Officer...... 2 Rob Warren Twitter and Facebook are Twin Cities, where he for higher education to veterans and Science Policy...... 3 becoming prominent communica- has taught since 2002. Prior to active-duty personnel (Jones 2010; Announcements...... 14 tion media for younger scholars.” moving to Minnesota, he taught Moon and Schwa 2011). Although With these words, Warren will at the University of Washington- military students may attend classes usher this 86-year-old journal into Seattle from 1998 through 2002. on traditional campus, these students the era of fast-paced, short-stream He received his PhD from the (particularly active-duty personnel) communication to extend its reach University of Wisconsin-Madison are prominently served by distance and enhance its relevance and vis- in 1998. In taking on the editorship, education formats (both onsite ibility to a broader audience. he succeeds the University of Iowa’s classes on military installations and Of course, nothing will shake the David Bills, who has served as edi- online classes). journal from its long-established tor since 2009. Teaching active-duty military tradition of publishing high-quality students using distance education A Team Effort sociological scholarship on educa- formats may present both challenges tion that is theoretically moti- An important aspect of Warren’s and opportunities for instructors. In vated, empirically grounded, and editorship will be the involvement Continued on page 14 Continued on page 8 footnotes • March/April 2013 To view the online version, visit
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Speaking for Science: ASA Submits an Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court he Council of the American Act (DOMA), which denies federal TSociological Association is recognition of same-sex marriages elected by the member- already legalized under the ship (we have the highest law of several states. voting participation of any As ASA President scholarly association we Ridgeway indicated, “At know of!) to conduct the issue at the heart of these policy work of the Association in cases is whether family composi- addition to its other duties. In 2001, tion, per se, affects the well-being Council established guidelines for of children and thus, provides a making public statements on behalf justification for limiting the right of the Association. They include to marry. This core question is an Council drawing upon the research empirical one and is the subject expertise of members to review and of a broad range of social science assess the scholarly literature on the research. As a scientific body, ASA basis of which Council could act. has a duty to provide the court with a systematic and balanced review The Results Are Clear The U.S. Supreme Court of the evidence to assess what the Last month the ASA weighed consensus of scholarly research has led ASA’s examination of the social in on two gay marriage cases shown.” literature in this still emerging area before the U.S. Supreme Court, science evidence at the request of of state and federal law. That is a filing an amicus brief outlining The Opposition Council. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & considerable contribution! The dis- social science research that shows In their briefs to the U.S. Hamilton LLP of New York City cipline has made and will continue overwhelmingly that “children fare Supreme Court, the Bipartisan served as pro bono counsel to the to make an important contribution just as well” Legal Advisory ASA on the brief. to the issue of gay marriage. This means that any future attempts when raised Group of the Good Social Science by same-sex or U.S. House of to misconstrue the state of social When the social science There are many who have not heterosexual Representatives, science research on this issue in the reviewed the social science literature parents. “The evidence is exhaustively which is courts will have to face the challenge who would like to contest this results of our examined—which the ASA has defending of refuting the science in the ASA conclusion. Likewise, many of the review are DOMA, the amicus brief. done—the facts demonstrate that amicus briefs filed in these cases clear,” said Hollingsworth children fare just as well when present inaccurate interpretations ASA President Petitioners, or applications of good research, Cecilia raised by same-sex parents which are Sally T. Hillsman is “apples and oranges” comparisons, Ridgeway defending the Executive Officer and a variety of other obvious errors in the press Proposition of ASA. She can be in support of their position that release accompanying the ASA’s 8, and their respective supporters reached by email at same-sex marriage is detrimental submission to the court. “There assert that children fare better with executive.office@ to the well-being of children. We is no evidence that children with opposite-sex parents than with asanet.org. hope that the justices (and oth- parents in stable same-sex or same-sex parents. ers) will recognize that, whatever opposite-sex relationships differ “When the social science evi- they decide about whether DOMA in terms of well-being. Indeed, the dence is exhaustively examined— or state laws against gay marriage greater stability offered by marriage which the ASA has done—the violate constitutional principles, the Renew for same-sex as well as opposite-sex facts demonstrate that children ASA amicus brief demonstrates that parents may be an asset for child fare just as well when raised by good social science does not sup- well-being.” same-sex parents,” states the ASA Today! port concern about the well-being On March 26, 2013, the U.S. amicus brief. “Unsubstantiated fears of children when raised by gay or Supreme Court heard oral argu- regarding same-sex child rearing In order to continue to lesbian parents. ments in Hollingsworth v. Perry, do not overcome these facts and receive your journals, While it is entirely likely that the challenging the decision of the do not justify upholding DOMA U.S. Supreme Court will not make ASA correspondence, California Supreme Court overturn- and Proposition 8.” Wendy Diane sweeping decisions, especially in ing Proposition 8 that revoked the Manning, Professor of Sociology, and other member ben- Hollingsworth v. Perry (Prop 8), right of same-sex couples to marry Director of the Center for Family leaving the matter of same-sex mar- efits, renew today online in California. On March 27, the & Demographic Research, and riage an open issue in some states, at
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The Latest Data on Women, The findings show that women represented minorities has been in a sharp decline in early marriage Minorities, and Persons with earn a smaller proportion of degrees psychology, the social sciences and and an increase in college enroll- Disabilities in Science and in many S&E fields, although their computer sciences. ment, are challenging common Engineering participation in most of these fields Unemployment rates are higher for assumptions about the foreign born Women, persons with disabilities, has risen during the last 20 years. minority scientists and engineers than and have implications for future and underrepresented Women’s participation is greatest for Caucasian scientists and engi- population growth in the United racial and ethnic groups in psychology, where neers, and the rate is higher for Asian States. A December 2012 Pew (i.e., African Americans, more than 70 percent females than for Asian male scientists Research Center report, “U.S. Birth Hispanics and American of degrees in that field and engineers. For more information Rate Falls to a Record Low; Decline Indians) continue to were awarded to women. on this report, visit
Coburn Amendment Restricts NSF Political Science Funding Howard Silver, ies of Congress and voting behavior ment that the Senate was moving vote. The amendment passed. Not COSSA Executive Director* for years. slowly, Majority Leader Sen. Harry one Senator spoke against it or Reid (D-NV) asked staff to work to defended political science or NSF’s our years after he attempted What Happened? reduce the amendment load on the merit review process for selecting Fto eliminate funding for the Four years ago, Coburn’s amend- National Science Foundation’s weekend of March 16-17. Mikulski grants. Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) ment lost by a vote of 62-36. With and Coburn appeared to have issued a statement deploring (NSF) political science program, significant advocacy by COSSA, Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) tried reached some agreement on the Coburn’s amendment the day after. the American Political Science “modified” amendment. again with an amendment to H.R. Why Did It Happen? Association (APSA), the Midwest On Tuesday, March 19, Reid, fed 933, which funded the government Political Science Association, Coburn succeeded in 2013 where for the rest of FY 2013. up with continuing delays, invoked the Association of American cloture on the bill and got enough he failed in 2009 because he was able Although his original intention to Universities, the American to take advantage of a need to speed- abolish NSF’s $10 million political Republican votes to meet the Public and Land-grant Colleges 60-vote threshold and bring regular ily pass legislation. Reid and Mikulski science funding and redistribute $7 and Universities, the American were concerned that he could have million of it to the National Cancer debate to a close. That still left 30 Association for the Advancement hours on the clock for post-cloture held up the bill for another 30 hours. Institute did not succeed, Coburn of Science, and many individual Senators were told that the provision managed to have the Democratic maneuvering, including the consid- university government relations eration of some amendments. After was a “do nothing” amendment that leadership accept a “modified” ver- representatives, the thinking was would not harm NSF and therefore sion of the amendment that restricts initially announcing that only three that Coburn could be beaten again. amendments would be voted on at there was no need to vote against it or the projects the political science That was not how Senate even have a vote. program can fund. 11:15 a.m. on Wednesday, March Appropriations Chair Sen. Barbara 20, none of them from Coburn, Perhaps, Coburn threatened to The new version allows NSF Mikulski (D-MD) saw it. Mikulski go back to his original amendment funding for political science projects suddenly there was another delay. was shepherding the spending bill Reid then announced that at 2 p.m. and force Democrats to vote against only if the Foundation’s Director and was concerned about trying to cancer research. Of course, when certifies in writing that the project that day there would be votes on get it through the Senate and back amendments, including four from earlier in the week Sen. Tom Harkin is “promoting national security to the House before Congress left (D-IA) proposed an amendment or the economic interests of the Coburn, one of which was the NSF for its Easter/Passover two-week political science provision. Coburn to increase National Institutes of United States.” Any unobligated break on March 22 and before the Health’s (NIH) budget by $211 mil- funds from the political science would need 60 votes to succeed. Continuing Resolution expired on The first two of Coburn’s amend- lion rather than a paltry $7 million, program may be provided for other March 27, which would create a Coburn voted against it. When he scientific research and studies that ments went down to defeat on roll government shutdown. call votes. When the NSF amend- had the chance in the final vote to do not duplicate those being funded Senators had introduced over 110 pass the bill to fund NIH at over $31 by other Federal agencies. This ment came up Mikulski announced amendments to the bill. By March that she had agreed to accept the billion, he voted against that too. appeared to satisfy the Senator from 14, the Senate had voted on only a Yet the Senator from Oklahoma gets Oklahoma who has criticized stud- amendment and called for a voice handful. Expressing his disappoint- Continued on page 13 footnotes • March/April 2013 3 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org What Do We Know about Postdoctorates in Sociology?
Department of Research on the Profession Table 1. Post Doctoral Fellowship Advertisements in ASA Job Bank: 2008-2011 and the Discipline Collaborative/ Percent Collaborative^ Independent^^ Total igher education has seen many Independent^^^ of Total Hchanges that affect newly minted Research Based* 80 80 33 193 59% PhDs. These include the constric- Sociology> 29 22 11 62 tion of the academic job market, >> the increased number of publica- Interdisciplinary 51 58 22 131 tions required for tenure, the effort Research and Teaching Combination** 17 71 30 118 36% to shorten the years to PhD (or Sociology 9 27 11 47 end what City College of New York Interdisciplinary 8 44 19 71 President William P. Kelley alarm- Teaching Based*** -- 15 -- 15 5% ingly refers to as the “roach motel” view of doctoral completion). These Sociology -- 11 -- 11 changes may result in an increased Interdisciplinary -- 4 -- 4 desire for specialized training Total 97 166 63 326 100% beyond the PhD and additional * Research based – Recipients are required to complete their own research/dissertations and/or support. faculty/ time to become more competitive others in carrying out research projects. in the job market. ** Research/Teaching – Recipients are required to complete research projects in addition to teaching at least one A postdoctoral position is one course per semester. method of gaining additional *** Teaching based – Recipients are expected to teach at least one course per semester with no research requirements. specialized training. The postdoc is ^ Collaborative – Research involves working with faculty and/or other students. a well-institutionalized stage in the ^^ Independent – Recipients are expected to complete their own research projects. natural and physical science pipeline. ^^^ Collaborative/Independent – Recipients are expected to collaborate with faculty and other students on. research In sociology, a field that has not tradi- projects as well as complete their own research. tionally used the postdoc as a stage in >> Interdisciplinary – The position requires one to participate in research/work that crosses disciplinary boundaries or the career trajectory, there is increas- makes use of multiple knowledge fields outside of sociology. ing interest in the role of postdoctoral > Sociology – The position requires one to teach or complete research topics in sociology or specifically use a training in the discipline. sociological lens. What do we know about the kind of postdocs available to sociolo- ing, or primarily geared towards as many described as a combina- as publications, grant receipt, ten- gists? Do they prepare new PhDs teaching. A second was between tion of both (80 positions and 33, ure, and promotion than those who for cutting-edge specialties, prepare advertisements for postdocs for respectively). In general, the num- did not obtain these positions. Or them for teaching, or otherwise sociology projects and postdocs for ber of interdisciplinary positions, does participation in a postdoc pro- help them continue their training in interdisciplinary projects. The latter regardless of type of work, is sub- gram lengthen the time to tenure, sociology? type of advertisement may have stantially higher than the number without other visible rewards? Each year, the ASA Research expressed interest in a sociology of sociology positions (64 percent Department collects data from the specialist for an interdisciplinary versus 36 percent of all positions). ASA Job Bank, which include a list- project or it may have expressed All told, the largest category of ing and a description of all positions interest in a range of disciplinary position was research based and advertised. One type of advertise- areas, with no guarantee that a interdisciplinary to be conducted ment is for postdoctoral positions. sociologist would have been hired. collaboratively, independently, or a Compared with the number of Finally, a third distinction was combination of both. According to teaching positions advertised for whether the position was to be per- the ASA Job Bank data, it appears assistant professors in the four years formed individually or collabora- as if the demand was more likely between 2008-09 and 2011-12, tively (see Table 1 for the number to be for postdocs who would do there were relatively few postdocs of postdoc positions advertised interdisciplinary work rather than (1,730 vs. 326, respectively), further by type). Not all of the decisions sociology alone. suggesting that the postdoc does regarding how to label positions We do not know whether these not appear to be an institutionalized were crystal clear—especially those positions were to work on a faculty stage in the sociology pipeline. There that advertised teaching-focused member’s research (as they fre- was, however, a slow but steady postdocs. quently are in the natural sciences), increase in postdoc advertisements Table 1 shows 193 (or 59 percent) substitutes for adjunct or full-time over this four year period. of these positions were research faculty, or for training positions. Based on a content analysis of oriented. An additional 118 (36 We also do not know if sociology the 326 postdoc advertisements percent) were a combination of departments are preparing PhD between 2008-2009 and 2011- research and teaching positions, students for interdisciplinary work. 2012, we divided them into several with the remaining 5 percent focus- Future research on this topic will types. The first was whether the ing on teaching. Equal numbers of examine whether those who have position was research-oriented, a positions were collaborative versus held postdocs are more successful combination of research and teach- independent, with fewer than half in achieving professional goals such
4 footnotes • March/April 2013 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association Visiting New York City The 108th Annual Meeting will be held in New York City on August 10-13, 2013. It is not too early to start planning your visit to this multi-cultural city. Getting to New York City muter service between major progress the Reservations If you plan on flying, New points along the east coast such building was Hotel Single/Double Triple/Quad York City can be accessed by as Washington, DC, Boston, originally a three major airports—John F. Baltimore, Philadelphia, New burlesque the- Hilton New York $259/$259 $289/$289 Kennedy International Airport Haven, and Providence. ater that did Sheraton New York $222/$242 $272/$302 not allow black (JFK), LaGuardia Airport (LGA), Hotel and Meeting Rooms Housing Deadline: July 15, 2013 patrons. Visit and Newark Liberty International th The 108 ASA Annual Meeting the Apollo Airport (EWR). Upon arrival, trav- long sporting and cultural event in New York City will be located at for Amateur Night, which started elers can get to midtown Manhattan held August 10-11, 2013. the Hilton New York and Sheraton the careers of so many legends— by taxi, bus, subway, commuter Brooklyn Bridge − John New York Hotel & Towers. The including Ella Fitzgerald—or take a train, or car service. Roebling’s engineering masterpiece hotel facilities will host all ASA historical tour of the building. was the world’s longest suspen- John F. Kennedy International program sessions. ASA registration Brooklyn Botanic Garden − The sion bridge upon its completion in Airport − www.kennedyairport.com and satellite office, book exhibits, Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) 1883. One of the most recognizable Taxi Employment Service, and the is as committed to education and structures in the city, the bridge has • $52 flat (does not include bridge, Bookstore will be located at the conservation as it is to inspiration. been featured in countless movies tolls, and gratuity). Hilton New York. All plenary ses- Whether you’re looking to learn and television shows and, as the first • 45-60 minutes to Midtown sions will be located at the Hilton something or just want to soak land passage between Manhattan Manhattan. New York. up 52 acres of natural beauty, the and Brooklyn, represents a critical • 212-NYC-TAXI All housing services are being BBG has more than 10,000 kinds of piece of New York City history. Subway managed through Connections plants from all over the world. The Although the bridge is visible • $7.50 ($5 for the AirTrain from Housing. Booking a room through garden is open year-round and has from the shores of both boroughs, JFK, plus $2.50 for the subway). Connection Housing (
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Candidates research interests in various parts on International Migration, Social Foundation [Spanish ed. 2011]. from previous page of the world, my efforts to promote Science Research Council, 1994- Personal Statement: The ASA was the inclusion of underrepresented 2004. founded five score and seven years Studies Association, 2007-09 and perspectives, and my conviction Publications: Portes, Alejandro ago; I’ve been avidly engaged in the 2009-10 meetings; Co-Chair, that sociological research should and Rubén G. Rumbaut. discipline as student and practitio- Central American Section, Latin inform policy and be communi- Forthcoming 4th ed. Immigrant ner for the past two score and seven American Studies Association, 2002- cated to various publics would America: A Portrait. University years. Sociology today is a sprawling 03; Committee on Committees, be central in my work as an ASA of California Press; Rumbaut, field, too diverse to be characterized Southern Region, Pacific officer. Rubén G. 2008. “The Coming monolithically; but its leitmotifs Sociological Association, 2004-07; of the Second Generation: remain those that first drew me to it: Rubén G. Rumbaut Chair, Minority Fellowship Selection Immigration and Ethnic Mobility a reasoned, evidence-based inquiry Committee, Society for the Study of Present in Southern California.” The into the never-dull dialectic of indi- Social Problems, 2001-2002. Professional Annals of the American Academy viduals and their contexts, teasing Publications: Menjívar, Cecilia. Position: of Political and Social Science out truths of uncommon sense from 2011. Enduring Violence: Latina Professor, 620:196-236; Rumbaut, Rubén the intersections of biography and Women’s Lives in Guatemala. Department G. 2005. “Turning Points in history. The contextualizing disci- University of California Press; of Sociology, the Transition to Adulthood: pline par excellence with the widest- “Gendered Paths to Legal University of Determinants of Educational angle lens of the social sciences, Citizenship: The Case of Latin- California- Attainment, Incarceration, and sociology is indispensable to grasp American Immigrants in Phoenix.” Irvine, Rubén G. Rumbaut Early Childbearing among Children the new century in all its complexity Law & Society Review 46:335- 2002-present. of Immigrants.” Ethnic and Racial and paradox. At a time of widening 368; Menjívar, Cecilia and Leisy Former Professional Positions: Studies 28:1041-1086; Rumbaut, inequalities and perplexing global J. Abrego. 2012. “Legal Violence: Professor, Department of Sociology, Rubén G. 2004. “Ages, Life Stages, change, with Robert Lynd’s question Immigration Law and the Lives of Michigan State University, 1993- and Generational Cohorts.” (“knowledge for what?”) central as Central American Immigrants.” 2002; Fellow, Center for Advanced International Migration Review. ever, ASA leadership can and should American Journal of Sociology, Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 38:1160-1205; Portes, Alejandro play a dual role, lending an authori- 117:1380-1421; Menjívar, Cecilia Stanford, 2000-01; Resident Scholar, and Rubén G. Rumbaut. 2001. tative voice in public education and and Victor Agadjanian. 2007. Russell Sage Foundation, New York Legacies: The Story of the Immigrant debate, while continuing to expand “Men’s Migration and Women’s City, 1997-98. Second Generation. University of and support the organization’s mul- Lives: Views from Rural Armenia Education: PhD, Brandeis California Press and Russell Sage tiple constituencies. and Guatemala.” Social Science University, 1978; MA, Brandeis Quarterly 88:1243-1262; Menjívar, University, 1973; BA, Washington Cecilia. 2006. “Liminal Legality: University, St. Louis, 1969. Salvadoran and Guatemalan Positions Held in ASA: ASA Immigrants’ Lives in the United Council, 2006-09; (Chair, Upcoming Program Review? States.” American Journal of Committee on Awards; Advisory Browse ASA’s List of Highly Sociology, 111:999-1037; Menjívar; Panel, Fund for the Advancement Cecilia. 2000. Fragmented Ties: of the Discipline; Task Force on Qualified External Reviewers Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in Teaching Ethics throughout the America. University of California Curriculum); Consulting Inaugural The Department Resources Group (DRG) Press. Editor, Contexts, 2003-06; Editorial Personal Statement: I am hon- Board Member and Associate referral page is available for chairs seeking a ored to be nominated to run for Editor, Sociology of Education, program review. The page provides a list of the Vice Presidency of the ASA. 2004-06; Liaison Committee with In my view, sociology’s strength the American Association for the DRG consultants along with each consultant’s and future promise lies in its flex- Advancement of Science and the institutional affiliation, program type, CV, and ibility, rich array of viewpoints, AAAS Directorate for International and natural predisposition to Programs, 1992-96; Founding Chair, statement of consulting approach and avail- embrace inclusivity and diversity. Section on International Migration, Sociology’s unique toolkit places 1993-95. ability. DRG consultants receive training at us in a distinctively strong posi- Offices Held in Other each ASA Annual Meeting and are in regular tion to understand the histori- Organizations: National Advisory cal roots of processes that create Committee, Robert Wood Johnson communication throughout the year about social inequalities, conflicts, and Foundation Scholars in Health trends, data, and new resources that can help human suffering in micro situa- Policy Research Program, 2011- tions and macro contexts, both present; MacArthur Foundation build strong departments. DRG consultants domestically and globally. This also Research Network on Transitions to are committed to the advancement of the means that sociologists have the Adulthood, 1999-2011; Committee responsibility to lead in identify- on Population, National Academy discipline and to empowering department ing critical research paths in order of Sciences, 2002-08; Board of chairs and faculty. For more information, visit to address these challenges and Overseers, General Social Survey, to engage pressing issues in ways 1998-2004 (Chair, International www.asanet.org/teaching/drg.cfm. that transcend the academy. My Social Survey Program Committee); Founding Member, Committee footnotes • March/April 2013 7 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org
Military Students military culture include the follow- is key for instruc- from Page 1 ing: discipline and duty; well-defined tor and students. hierarchy; center on mission; hard Instructors need to many ways, the active-duty military work and high stress. Discipline and be aware that for student is a student just like any duty form the foundation of military military students other adult student. They juggle work life; to be successful, military person- deployed in com- duties, family, and school. Military nel must do what is asked of them and bat areas, Internet students also have unique challenges do it well. Transferred to the academic access may be associated with where they work, classroom, this means that military unreliable with work schedules, travel, and contract students are respectful, follow instruc- possible communi- requirements. These challenges can tions, and observe deadlines. cation “blackouts.” impact the learning experience. The U.S. military has a well-defined Throughout Photo By English: Cpl. Jo Jones [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Offering Flexibility hierarchy and chain of command. As the online class, adult learners, military students tend instructors need to civilian life. By examining military Our university, the University to be very motivated since grades may provide consistent, regular, encour- jargon and speech communities, stu- of Maryland University College make a difference in their promotion. aging, and constructive feedback to dents can become aware of their own (UMUC), serves working adults and Higher education may support their military students; students need to military language and how it may, or non-traditional students in Maryland, movement up the ranks. know where they stand in the class; may not, be helpful in communicating the United States, and overseas. For The military culture is mission therefore, regular feedback is essential. to those outside that community. more than 60 years, UMUC has centered, where action is based on Instructors should also learn more To further engage the military worked with the military services to specific goals. Military student suc- about the educational and professional student in sociology, the sociology provide educational opportunities cess in the academic classroom thus backgrounds of their military students, curriculum may be expanded to for military learners. Today, UMUC is enhanced by providing a structured and be prepared to provide referrals to include courses specifically about the offers distance education, includ- format, clear and specific goals, with online support services and resources military. At UMUC, we offer upper- ing onsite and/or online courses, at class activities mapped to those goals. available at the university. level undergraduate courses including more than 150 military installations Active-duty military frequently “Military Sociology” and “Women in and locations on four continents, Adult Learning Principles for have heavy demands on their work the Military,” in which sociological per- including more than 25 countries Effective Teaching and Learning schedule, with those in combat zones spectives of the military are explored. and territories. UMUC’s strong of Sociology under particular stress. Being aware In the military culture, education online programs also enable military of the demands that military students Strategies for student engagement, is a top priority from both a mission- students to continue their studies face is important for instructors. retention, and academic success of ready and a funding perspective. seamlessly as they change duty station Instructors should demonstrate flex- military students in sociology must Military students are motivated and locations worldwide. Thus, distance ibility, maintain academic rigor, and address the unique needs of these eager to learn. Through application of education is extremely helpful for the expect hard work from the military adult learners, applying an “andragog- these tips and “best practices,” teaching academic success and degree comple- learners in their courses. ical” approach that stresses the adult and learning of military students in tion of active-duty military learners. Instructors also should familiarize learner’s self-direction, motivation, distance education can be enhanced, Flexibility is a key consideration themselves with specific aspects of experience, and practical application promoting student engagement and for military students, with distance military culture, including the mili- of knowledge (Knowles 1980). student success. education, particularly online courses, As adult learners, military students tary language (i.e., terminology and References providing the flexibility needed acronyms) as well as basic structural need to find sociology relevant to by non-traditional adult learners organization. their own lives, personal experience, Jones, John F. Jr . 2010 . “Building Upon (Kolowich 2010). and career plans. In introductory and Tradition, Relationships and a Keen Teaching and learning of military Best Practices for Online general education sociology courses, Understanding of each Moving Part: The Historic Partnership between University students may be enhanced by: (1) Classrooms for Active-Duty instructors should use students’ Military Students of Maryland University College and the familiarizing ourselves (faculty and everyday experiences (e.g., in military U.S. Military.” pp. 21-27. in Duty, Honor, administrators) with the military Online teaching requires clear training, deployments) as pedagogi- Country... & Credit: Serving the Education culture; (2) adapting the distance edu- classroom and course design and cal tools or examples to illustrate and and Learning Needs of Active Military and cation experience to enhance learning structure, and clear and open commu- apply sociological concepts (e.g., Veterans. CAEL Forum and News. (Council for military students; and (3) applying for Adult and Experiential Learning.) nication. The online classroom needs social structure, social organization, http://www.cael.org/pdfs/128_2010dutyho adult learning principles to discipline- to be well organized, with easy naviga- social roles, social change). Using norcountryandcreditforumandnews specific content (i.e., sociology, and tion for the student. In the syllabus, adult learning principles, instruc- Moon, Tracey L. and Geraldine A. Schma social sciences) for military learners. policies regarding missed assignments tors should engage military learners . 2011 . “A Proactive Approach to Here we share tips and “best practice” and absenteeism also need to be clear. by creating assignments and online Serving Military and Veteran Students.” guidelines for effective teaching and Since military duties may sometimes discussion topics that encourage New Directions for Higher Education, learning of the military undergraduate 153(Spring 2011):53-60. Published online keep students away from the online reflection on sociological concepts in Wiley Online Library http://dx.doi. student, drawing on the experiences classroom, instructors should invite and applying real-life experiences. org/10.1002/he.426. of UMUC faculty who teach using students to let them know about In upper-level sociology classes, case Knowles, Malcolm . 1980. The Modern distance education formats. potential issues and obstacles at the studies relevant to military themes Practice of Adult Education: From What Aspects of Military term start, and then ask students for may be used to explore sociologi- Pedagogy to Andragogy. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge Books. Culture Affect the Classroom? updates throughout the class. How cal theory, as well as specialty areas will absences due to TDY (Temporary within sociology. For example, socio- Kolowich, Steve. 2010. “Buying Local, Understanding the military Duty Yonder), PCS (Permanent of linguistics is a specialty area that may Online.” Inside Higher Education, July 2, culture can make a difference in the Station) or military exercises to be be particularly relevant to the military 2010. Accessed online, www.insidehigh- classroom. Significant aspects of ered.com/news/2010/07/23/online handled? Clear, open communication student when facing the transition to
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Keith Roberts, Emeritus, Hanover College on them and their activities. Harm of 2011— occurring to Americans who were and $20 ike many other sociologists, I was part of a human rights delegation billion in struck by the powerful argument L was certain to bring intense atten- the past of The New Jim Crow by Michelle tion to that area. We were in far less decade Alexander: the U.S. war on drugs danger than local citizens. Still, we spent on has been deeply dysfunctional for were required to sign statements eradiation democracy and especially for the that we realized we were entering in Latin African American community. In a violent area and that anything America January my wife, Judy, and I were could happen. Neither Judy nor I as a afforded the opportunity to look felt particularly fearful at any point, whole— into the impacts of the war on drugs except for fear we felt for the people the pro- beyond the domestic scene. We we interviewed. gram has were part of a 17-member human We learned in Colombia that met with rights delegation to Colombia for 11 U.S. drug policy has led to displace- very little days in January 2013 that took us to A view of the Nasa refugee camp on the outskirts of Cali ment, human rights violations, success in places in Colombia that U.S. diplo- increased arms trafficking, and eliminat- mats are not permitted to visit for violence. Indeed, the provisions of ing coca “the enemy” killed. The delegation security reasons.. The focus of our Colombian Law 30 (National Statute cultivation. heard many first-person accounts investigation was the impact of U.S. on Narcotics) allows for the seizure We learned of the “success” of this deadly phenomenon from drug policy both for the Colombian of any land on which coca is being of this massive effort: Before the grieving family members. people and for prevention of drug grown, and this has been used to fumigation program was started, Though paramilitary groups were addiction here. The project was displace residents, including indig- there were 160,000 hectares of coca outlawed in 1989 and declared fully sponsored by a U.S. Human Rights enous peoples. in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. demobilized in 2005, a large propor- organization, Witness for Peace.1 The delegation ended with a There are now 150,000 hectares of tion of the communities the delega- The delegation met with and 15-page report that we submit- coca in those countries. According tion visited reported that the same interviewed 74 people in four ted to the U.S. Embassy and sent to the Interamerican Association people—many of whom are military Colombian cities, including to our Congressional representa- for Environmental Defense, it costs by daylight—carry out the same representatives from 11 organiza- tives. We also had a two-hour exit roughly $1,700 to fumigate a single type of intimidation, assassinations, tions. These included many people meeting with eight members of hectare of coca. One of the ironies torture, land grabs, and violence who have lost family members and the U.S. Embassy staff. The Single of aerial fumigation is that coca is against women that paramilitary friends, and whose own lives are in Convention on Narcotic Drugs one of the crops least susceptible to groups did. jeopardy after receiving multiple in 1964 criminalized the coca leaf fumigation; it can grow back in as We heard heart-wrenching stories death threats. One of the people internationally for the first time. little as one month. However, fumi- of women who have been brutalized with whom we met, Father Alberto This marked the beginning of the gation renders the land unusable for by the conflict. Not only are they Franco, has had bullets shot into era of comprehensive U.S. federal 5 to 10 years for most food crops, often left as widows and grieving his car just since we were there, prohibition of controlled sub- making the people more dependent mothers, the instances of rape are and he lives under constant death stances. Coca has been a target of on coca. overwhelming. The delegation was threats for his courageous voice for U.S. military and counter-narcotics told by a leader of Ruta Pacífica de justice for vulnerable Colombians. It Militarization and Armed policy in Latin America even las Mujeres that in a 15-year period was humbling to have people meet Conflicts though it contains less than one per- in one of the northern regions of with us even though the very act of cent cocaine alkaloid, which must In response to suppression of the Cauca, every adult female in the speaking with a human rights group be chemically extracted from the drug trade, the Colombian armed district had been raped by paramili- could further endanger their lives. It leaves to synthesize the cocaine that forces have grown 600 percent over tary, military, or guerilla personnel was an eye-opening experience for is eventually consumed by North the last 12 years, largely funded as part of the pattern of intimida- each member of the delegation. Americans. Despite international by U.S. taxpayers. This militariza- tion and humiliation. I have been asked several times laws demanding respect for indig- tion has not contributed to a civil since returning whether I felt that Loss of Land enous cultural values and practices, society that values democracy. We I was in personal danger. There Land is at the heart of the the Colombian military has engaged often heard from people about their was one day, when we were in Colombian conflict, and the in systematic eradication of the fears of the military and the police. Buenoventura, when we were struggle between different powerful crop with substantial financial and Colombia’s official government sta- ordered to be in our hotels by interests and armed groups for technical support from the United tistics list over 51,000 “disappeared 4:00pm and not leave until the next control of these natural resources States since the 1990s. persons,” and many believe the morning. That felt eerie. Still, we number is much higher than that. displaces entire communities. wore human rights shirts to identify Fumigation Plan Colombia funding has also According to National University ourselves. The international Witness Most of the anti-narcotic efforts been tied to anti-insurgency cam- Professor Daniel Libreros, nearly for Peace staff assured us that the arose from Plan Colombia, which paigns that mark success through 4 million small-scale farmers have last thing the FARC (Revolutionary focused heavily on fumigation of body counts, which lead to the been displaced and collectively Armed Forces of Colombia) on the coca plant beginning in 2000. phenomenon of false positives— lost 7 million hectares of land. the left, or the Paramilitaries on Despite more than $7.3 billion U.S. innocent people killed, re-clothed, This is in addition to the exten- the right, wanted was a spotlight dollars spent on Plan Colombia as and inaccurately counted among Continued on page 10 footnotes • March/April 2013 9 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org
Human Rights earth. The sacredness of coca for from Page 9 indigenous peoples is very similar to the sacredness of corn for the sive displacement of indigenous Hopi in Arizona or the Zuni in New and Afro-descendant communi- Mexico. Neither of these indigenous ties. According to the Internal U.S. cultures could survive as a cul- Displacement Monitoring Centre ture if they were denied the right to (IDMC), Colombia has now grow corn, and the same is true for surpassed Sudan to become the some native peoples in Colombia country with the largest internally regarding the coca plant. displaced population in the world. There are over 200 products We interviewed Afro-Colombians that come from coca, including and indigenous people who have medicines, drinks, cookies and been removed from their land as breads, skin creams, sauces, and part of the policies to suppress other products. The delegates were coca. More than 3.5 million people served and consumed several such Witness for Peace delegation in Colombia focusing on the War on Drugs shares stories and have been displaced within the products, and they had no narcotic historic memory through food, music and dance with Daira Quiñones at her women’s collec- Colombian population of approxi- or hallucinogenic consequences tive in January 2013. Photo: Jan Campbell mately 46 million, and the IDMC at all. Indeed, the process used by on Drugs and Crime reported that Corruption Across Many places that number at closer to five indigenous peoples involves a toast- 158,000 hectares of virgin rainfor- Sectors of Society and a half million. ing of the coca leaves in the sun, est in Colombia were fumigated The suffering the delegates which removes the alkaloids that are It is clear from talking to more between 2001 and 2007 due to witnessed and heard was palpable, central to cocaine production. “Coca than 70 informants that the high coca eradication efforts. In addi- and U.S. drug policies are a major is not intrinsically the problem. The stakes involved in controlling and tion, people, animals, and land cause of the problem. Many indig- problem is how it is processed,” said ensuring the flow of drugs has are devastated by the toxic air and enous, Afro- Jose, a spokes- created massive fraud at many homes are damaged. Waste from Colombian man of the levels. When the demand side of cocaine production and the fumi- and small- The sacredness of coca Nasa people. the equation is ignored and allowed gation process pollute the rivers farmer com- ”Because coca to remain extremely high and sup- for indigenous peoples is very and lakes. The destruction of food munities have is the only ply is high risk, the incentives for similar to the sacredness of corn crops affects not only humans, but been on the product that involvement are enormous. Thus, for the Hopi in Arizona or the also the animals inhabiting the same land for will survive corruption at many levels in gov- Zuni in New Mexico. Neither of affected ecosystem. generations; the glyphosate ernment, military, and the private these indigenous U.S. cultures Both aerial fumigation and there is a deep fumigation, it sector for participating and earning could survive as a culture if they manual eradication of coca impli- symbolic and is an essential a piece of the reward is substantial. cate serious health and human even visceral were denied the right to grow food product. The conclusion of the delegation rights concerns. Despite assur- connection to corn, and the same is true for In fact, we is that the current U.S. policy is a ances from the U.S. Department that geograph- some native peoples in Colombia would like to failed policy. It is a policy that has of State that fumigations do not ical location. regarding the coca plant. create markets enormous costs to U.S. taxpayers occur when people or livestock We met with for the highly at a time when we are trying to cut are present, we continuously leaders at the constructive the monstrous federal budget and heard from communities that they Alta Buena uses of this get a handle on the federal debt. receive no warning before fumiga- Vista refugee camp near Cali, which very useful and potentially life- The policy has huge costs for the tions. Fumigations severely com- holds the Nasa indigenous people. giving plant.” Colombian people as well. promise food security, and reports They had been removed from their Coca has remarkable uses as a Participating in a human rights of direct health problems, such as historic lands because some coca medicine. For mountain people, delegation was an eye-opening respiratory difficulty, skin rashes, had been found on their land. the blood thinning qualities of the experience, and one in which I felt diarrhea, eye problems, and mis- coca leaf are critical to processing I could contribute my sociological Ethnocide carriages have also been reported oxygen when engaging in heavy skills of investigation and analy- following spraying. In 2007, the Besides the killing of people labor at high elevations. Insisting sis. If you would like to partici- UN’s special report on the right to (genocide), the drug war and that indigenous people cannot use pate in a delegation to Colombia, health stated: “There is credible, suppression of coca contributes to coca is seen as an attack on their Mexico, Nicaragua, or Cuba, visit reliable evidence that the aerial ethnocide. For many indigenous culture—a policy of forced assimi- the Witness for Peace website: spraying of glyphosate along the peoples—such as the Nasa, the lation and intolerance of cultural
10 footnotes • March/April 2013 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association Statistics Is Cool! Ronald L. Wasserstein, Executive explained by Raymond Chambers, prominence in 2008, when he and secondary schools, businesses, Director, American Statistical Association Professor of Statistical Methodology correctly predicted the results of government statistical agencies, and aving a hard time grasping that at the University of Wollongong in the presidential primaries and the research institutes—in 121 coun- Hheadline? Don’t worry, you’re Australia: “Data are becoming ‘Big,’ winner of the general election in 49 tries. Its goals are to: not the only one who but that doesn’t necessarily bring states. Silver’s more-recent predic- • increase public awareness of the finds it unbelievable that more knowledge. There tion of the 2012 presidential election power and impact of statistics; statistics is in vogue. Even are always problems with in all 50 states has made him the • nurture statistics as a profession, I—a longtime statisti- ‘noisy’ and ‘missing’ data public face of statistical analysis and especially among young people; cian and college statistics or data uncertainty, and has raised the profile of statistics. and professor—while obvi- there is always uncertainty Following his rise to fame, Silver • promote creativity and develop- ously grateful for the rise in the how we characterize appeared on numerous national ment in the sciences of probabil- in popularity of statistics, their underlying structure. television programs, ranging from ity and statistics. still have to pinch myself Statistical science turns the MSNBC’s Morning Joe to Comedy To this end, participating to make sure this surge in recogni- data into information and then that Central’s The Daily Show, further organizations are promoting the tion is not a dream. If it is, don’t information into knowledge.” spreading word about the power importance of statistics to the wake me! This explosive growth of data of statistics. Recently, he pub- scientific community, business and Social scientists have long been means statisticians, whose academic lished a New York Times bestseller, government data users, the media, aware of the value of statistical training has armed them with the The Signal and the Noise: Why policymakers, employers, second- thinking in their work, yet perhaps requisite analytical and quantita- Most Predictions Fail – But Some ary school and college students, and even many of you are surprised by tive skills, are in great demand. Don’t, that educates readers about millions of people worldwide. Many the rise of statistics. This surge in And, in a March Wall Street Journal predictive statistical modeling and participating organizations are con- interest is the result of the con- article, Dan Thorpe, senior director analysis. (As an aside, Silver will ducting seminars, media outreach, vergence of several phenomena for analytics and global customer be the keynote speaker at the Joint and other educational and promo- including: insights at Wal-Mart Stores, said the Statistical Meetings in August.) tional activities in their countries. surge in stats jobs also is influenced The centerpiece ofStatistics201 3 • the advent of Big Data and the A Competitive Edge resulting demand for employees by increased marketplace competi- is its informative and educational tion to identify the wants and needs The book and the ensuing movie, website (www.statistics2013.org/) with analytical and quantitative Moneyball first shined a spotlight skills by government and private of consumers. where people can learn about statis- on sports analytics. From a humble tics in layman’s terms. employers; A Coveted Career start late last century, the role of • increased interest in undergradu- The outgrowth of the profes- Colleges around the world are statistics in sports has extended sion’s enhanced reputation means ate and graduate statistics pro- racing to fulfill this demand. A far beyond the Oakland Athletics, grams in the U.S. and abroad; that there is tremendous growth in study by the Conference Board of the movie’s darlings, to practically demand for statisticians as private • the rise to stardom of the Mathematical Sciences reveals all teams in Major League Baseball FiveThirtyEight.com blogger and companies and governments that U.S. enrollments in undergrad and now is making inroads in the around the world seek to capture statistician Nate Silver; programs in elementary statistics professional football and basketball • the growth of sports analytics that the decision-making power that has risen 41 percent between 2005 as well. is provided by statistical analysis, was captured in the 2011 movie and 2010. High school students also Teams are using sports analytics Moneyball; and notes Chambers (McKinsey Global are buying into the rise of statistics to seek a competitive advantage— Institute). • the International Year of and the exciting and rewarding from identifying “hidden” talents Statistics, currently being cel- career options that await. The year- to discovering trends in the way an So what? ebrated worldwide. over-year growth in the number opponent calls plays, for example Even if you are persuaded that A Data Explosion of students taking the AP Statistics the frequency of plays a football statistics is cool, a reasonable ques- Big Data is the growing preva- Exam is up nearly 23,000 since team runs in third-and-long situ- tion is, “So what?” lence of digital datasets so large 2010. ations. In fact, analyses conducted The demand for people who can and complex that it is difficult to This student growth is being mir- by statistics professors at Brigham think statistically is rising faster process these using typical database rored around the world. In Mexico, Young University contributed to than the number of people being management tools. Owners want Abreu says applications to graduate the gold-medal-success of the U.S. trained, so we will use this attention to tap these datasets for planning, statistics programs have grown by men’s volleyball team at the 2008 to attract young people to statistics. optimization of supply chains, 30 percent in recent years. Geert Olympics in Beijing. Further, there is still a lot of work Verbeke, professor of biostatistics at being done that could be improved new discoveries, and public-policy A Worldwide Celebration the University of Leuven in Belgium with more sound application of decision making, says Victor Perez In a coincidence of fortunate Abreu, researcher in the Probability reports: “Master programs in sta- statistics, so increased public aware- tistics have steadily gained students timing, the International Year of ness of statistics and statisticians and Statistics Department at Statistics (Statistics2013) is being Mexico’s Center for Research in over the last two decades and there will help in that regard. is no unemployment amongst statis- marked around the world this year At the American Statistical Mathematics. and further tapping the public’s new Statistical analysis translates these tics graduates.” Association (www.amstat.org), we interest in analytics. This world- believe that good use of statistics complex datasets into practical A Statistical Savant wide celebration is supported by leads to better public policy and insights in government, business Called a “number-crunching more than 1,800 organizations— and science. How statistics works improved human welfare. And, prodigy” by New York Magazine, national and international statisti- those things are definitely cool! within the Big Data movement is Nate Silver first gained national cal societies, universities, primary
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New York —“Queensistan”—flourishes in metropolitan area. from Page 1 Forest Hills and Rego Park. Smaller The surge immigrant groups have established of immigra- ethnic make up. The proportion of clusters like “Little Liberia” on the tion has led to Asians and Hispanics has mush- northern end of Staten Island, with huge increases roomed, while whites have been its own outdoor African market. in public school steadily declining. Between 1980 There are also many polyethnic enrollment—now and 2010, non-Hispanic whites neighborhoods that are amalgams over the 1 million went from 52 to 33 percent of New from all over the world. In fact, mark—with the York City’s population, Hispanics Queens is the majority of stu- from 20 to 29 most ethni- dents being immi- percent, Asians As immigrants have entered cally and grants or children from 3 to 13 the economy, they have changed racially diverse of immigrants. in 2001, nearly 200 magazines and percent, and county in the In one Queens elementary school, newspapers were publishing in 36 non-Hispanic the ethnic division of labor. If you United States. nearly 80 percent of the incom- languages. New ethnic parades and blacks, with hail a taxi, your driver is likely to Elmhurst, a ing students arrived speaking no festivals represent practically every an infusion of be South Asian; if you are a patient Queens neigh- English; among them, the children immigrant group in the city. The West Indian in a hospital, it is a good bet that borhood, is an in the school spoke 36 languages. In largest is the West Indian American and, more the nursing aide will be West ethnic mélange 2010–11, about 154,000 students in Day Parade, which attracts between recently, Indian; the vendor at the corner with large num- New York City’s public schools were 1 and 2 million people every Labor African immi- fruit and vegetable stand is from bers of Chinese, classified as English language learn- Day on Brooklyn’s Eastern Parkway grants, held Bangladesh. Colombians, ers (not proficient in English), with and has become a mandatory cam- fairly steady at Koreans, 168 home languages represented paign stop for politicians seeking 24 percent in Mexicans, among them; Spanish was the home citywide office. 1980 and 23 Filipinos, Asian Indians, Dominicans, language for almost two-thirds, Ethnic politics has taken new percent in 2010. and Ecuadorians. Astoria, once a while a quarter spoke Chinese twists and turns as more immigrants Neighborhoods predominantly Italian and Greek (Mandarin, Cantonese, and other and the U.S.-born second genera- neighborhood, has attracted dialects), Bengali, Arabic, Haitian tion are going to the polls. Although The more than doubling of the many Bangladeshis, Brazilians, Creole, Russian, or Urdu. immigrant population since 1970 they have yet to enter the city’s Ecuadorians, Mexicans, and Middle Mainstream cultural institutions political leadership proportionate has given rise to dense ethnic neigh- Easterners, among others, thereby have also responded to the huge borhoods in every borough. The to their numbers, immigrant-origin becoming another ethnic stew. number of immigrants. The dozens candidates have won seats in the city city boasts three Chinatowns, West of public library branches offer a Indian Brooklyn, and a Dominican Work and Education council, the state assembly and sen- growing number of books, DVDs, ate, and the U.S. Congress. In 2008, colony in upper Manhattan’s As immigrants have entered the and CDs in many languages. In Yvette Clark, the New York-born Washington Heights, and ethnic economy, they have changed the 2012, non-English titles made up daughter of Jamaican immigrants, settlements have multiplied in the ethnic division of labor. If you hail 12 percent of items on the stacks was elected to Congress and in 2012, last decade. More Dominicans now a taxi, your driver is likely to be of the 62-branch Queens library Grace Meng, a second-generation live in the Bronx than in Manhattan, South Asian; if you are a patient in system, which had large collections Taiwanese American, became New and Queens and Brooklyn have a hospital, it is a good bet that the in Spanish and Chinese as well as York City’s first Asian-American supplanted Manhattan’s Chinatown nursing aide will be West Indian; Korean, Russian, French, Hindi, member of Congress. Also notewor- as the most popular destinations the vendor at the corner fruit and Italian, and Bengali. New museums thy was the 2009 election of John Liu, for Chinese immigrants. Although vegetable stand is from Bangladesh. have sprouted up to spotlight the a 1.5 generation (born in Taiwan but Brooklyn’s Brighton Beach (or Nearly half of all small business history or arts of Asian and Latino grew up in the United States) immi- “Little Odessa”) remains an owners living in New York City are groups. Two notable additions grant, as comptroller, the second- emotional and cultural home for immigrants, making up 90 percent are the Museum of the Chinese highest elected office in the city. Russian Jews, they have also spread of owners of dry cleaners and laun- in America in lower Manhattan, If these are some ways immigra- to nearby neighborhoods, and a dries, 84 percent of small grocery founded in 1980 and moved in tion has transformed New York, community of central Asian Jews store owners, and 70 percent of 2009 to a building designed by the this is not the end of the story, and beauty salon architect Maya Lin, and El Museo we can expect additional changes in owners in the del Barrio in East Harlem, created the years ahead as fresh immigrant New York in 1969 to focus on the Puerto recruits keep arriving and a huge metropolitan Rican diaspora but since changed second—and soon large third—gen- area. Korean to include all Latin Americans and eration come of age and leave their nail salons are Puerto Ricans in the United States. own stamp on America’s quintes- everywhere. sential immigrant city. In fact, nail Culture and Politics salons and Immigrants have broadened Nancy Foner is Distinguished Professor dry cleaners New Yorkers’ tastes with new of Sociology at Hunter College and the are now the cuisines and foods and have added Graduate Center of the City University of two major new music styles and forms, from New York and editor of One Out of Three: Immigrant New York in theTwenty-First Korean busi- Jamaican reggae and dance hall to Century (Columbia University Press, nesses in the Dominican merengue. The ethnic 2013). National Puerto Rican Day Parade New York media are flourishing. By one count
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NSF an Acting Director and within a few Annual Meeting News: from Page 3 months a new permanent director, NSF’s incentive to risk offending Mark Your Calendar away with these votes and per- Coburn by a broad interpretation of ceives of himself as a great friend of the restrictive language is not high. • The 2013 preliminary online program schedule will go live NIH. However, if Democrats voted Does this mean the American on the Annual Meeting website on April 30. The program against cancer research to continue National Election Study, a special will be searchable by participant name, session title, or funding NSF’s political science Coburn target for many years, is individual presentation title. No program scheduling infor- program, that would have created an now endangered? Political scientists mation is available in advance of that date. opening for 30-second ads in their and their friends will have to figure • Full preregistration for all events and services will be avail- next campaign on how they voted out a way to frame the study within able at the end of April. At that time, members will be able against a cure for cancer. the new rules. to sign up for Seminars and Courses, Tours, the Employ- What Happens Now? We now move onto FY 2014 ment Service, the Child Care Service, Chairs Conference, where the dangers to not only Directors of Graduate Study Conference, and the MFP and So far reactions to Coburn’s political science, but to all NSF sup- TEF Benefit Receptions. Preregistration closes July 10. amendment have come from a port for the social, behavioral and • Deadlines for Program participants. May 15 is the dead- strong statement issued by APSA, economic sciences is in the sights of line to preregister for the meeting to maintain your listing calling it “a devastating blow to the House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in the Final Program. Any changes to session listings for integrity of the scientific process at (R-VA) and the House Science the Final Program must be received by Meeting Services the National Science Foundation” Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar ([email protected]) no later than June 1. and declaring that it “makes all Smith (R-TX). The vehicle may be scientific research vulnerable to the reauthorization of the America the whims of political pressure; COMPETES bill, which includes New York Times “ columnist David NSF. It may also take the form of Brooks called the Coburn amend- an amendment to the FY 2014 Send Us Your News ment “weird” on the March 22 PBS appropriations bill in the House and Newshour, and the blogosphere a return engagement from Coburn Were you recently has been full of commentary. No in the Senate. promoted? Have a book statements have been issued from In 1983, Congress eliminated the august National Science Board, NSF’s Science Education programs published? Or were you the prestigious National Academy only to restore them a year later, and quoted in the news? Did of Sciences, or any other scientific now science education is a major association deploring Coburn you win an award? Or focus of attention and federal fund- and the Senate for accepting the ing. Perhaps, this is the precedent maybe you know about amendment political science should look for- a funding opportunity Reports are beginning to surface ward to emulating as we contem- that NSF is informing grantees plate the future ahead. or want to promote your meeting to other that their funding has been held sociologists? Send your announcements to up because of the subject matter of *This article originally appeared in the their projects. How NSF interprets March 25, 2013, COSSA Washington Update. Footnotes at [email protected]. the amendment is paramount. With
Interested in Volunteering for the ASA to Expand Member Gender ASA Task Force on Social Media? Options At its January 2013 meeting, the ASA Council voted to cre- ASA is expanding the gender options available to ate a new Task Force on Using Social Media to Increase members when joining or renewing their mem- the Visibility of Sociological Research proposed by ASA bership. The change will be implemented at the President-elect Annette Lareau. Council seeks ASA mem- same time ASA launches the 2014 application and bers to volunteer to participate on the Task Force which will renewal in mid-October 2013. Currently, members consider specific ways to improve ASA’s use of existing (and have two options (Female and Male) or may choose new) social media tools and to develop approaches for the to opt out of answering. New options will include Association to assist sociologists expand their personal skills Female, Male, Transgender-Female, Transgender- to promote their own sociological research. The Task Force Male, Other (with additional specification optional), will be chaired by President-elect Lareau and staffed by the and an opt-out. ASA encourages members who Executive Office. Members of the task force will be selected wish to suggest alternatives or make comments on by Council. To volunteer, please email Executive Officer Sally this change to e-mail [email protected]. Hillsman at [email protected] by April 30.
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Sociology of Education submissions from across the full inequalities, stratification, and sur- Integrated Public Use Microdata from Page 1 breadth of interests within the soci- vey research methods—but it is the Series (IPUMS) collection; this ology of education. area within sociology with which will include data from the October of an accomplished team of deputy he is most closely identified and school enrollment supplements. He Why Warren? editors. “Editing a journal is a in which a plurality of his publica- is also a member of the National collaborative enterprise,” Warren It’s easy to see why the ASA tions have appeared. Major projects Research Council’s Board on explains. “Not only will I rely on the Publications Committee selected within the sociology of education Testing and Assessment and the deputy editors, but ultimately the Warren, in light of the experience include work on the impact of state Population Association of America’s success of the journal depends on he brings to the job. He served as high school exit examinations, Committee on Population Statistics. the active support of a wide range of deputy editor from 2006 through the measurement of high school Warren and his editorial team scholars who will serve as editorial 2009, while Barbara Schneider dropout and grade retention rates, bring a strong commitment to board members and reviewers.” edited SOE. Recalling that expe- the consequences of students’ paid enhancing the intellectual diver- The three deputy editors are Amy rience, Schneider commented employment, and the role of educa- sity represented in Sociology of Binder (University of California- recently, “Rob is an excellent tion in social mobility. Education. Fulfilling this commit- San Diego), who uses qualitative scholar, exceptionally thoughtful In addition to his published ment will require active outreach methods to understand the ways in and fair—and a superb colleague to work, Warren is a long-time to ensure that the best papers in a which cultural and organizational work with. The journal will become collaborator in the Wisconsin wide range of methodological and forces in education settings affect even better with his stewardship Longitudinal Study, a survey of the substantive traditions are submitted students, teachers, administra- and the talented associated editorial Wisconsin high school graduat- and fairly reviewed. The new editors tors, and parents; Eric Grodsky team he has assembled.” Warren ing class of 1957. He is currently also intend to prioritize work that (University of Wisconsin-Madison), has also served on the SOE edito- collaborating with Chandra Muller, is useful to external constituen- who deploys quantitative methods rial board as well as others, and at Eric Grodsky, and Sandra Black cies, such as educators and policy to explore inequalities in secondary last count he had reviewed about on a 2013 follow-up of the “High makers. They note that sociology of and postsecondary schooling in the 60 articles for previous editors of School and Beyond” sophomore education is a vibrant and expansive United States, with special emphasis Sociology of Education. His own cohort. His recent work on high field, and by publishing high-quality on the intersection of educational work has appeared in the jour- school exit examinations (with work that is relevant beyond the opportunities and demographic nal on a number of occasions, several collaborators) was head- discipline, they aim to enhance the factors as they shape postsecond- including his very first publica- lined by a 2008 article in Sociology impact of the journal and of the ary enrollment and attainment; tion, “Educational Inequality of Education, which showed that field more generally. and Hyunjoon Park (University of among White and Mexican-origin requiring students to pass examina- SOE provides a forum for studies Pennsylvania), who brings expertise Adolescents in the American tions to graduate from high school in the sociology of education and in the Korean, Japanese, and U.S. Southwest: 1990,” which appeared did not result in any improvement human social development. The education systems and conducts in the journal in 1996 and won the in employment or earnings for stu- quarterly journal publishes research cross-national studies using inter- graduate student paper award (now dents, as one might have expected that examines how social institu- national data on students’ academic the David Lee Stevenson Award) if exit examinations elevated the tions and individuals’ experiences achievement and adults’ literacy from the Sociology of Education quality of the workforce. Warren is within these institutions affect skills. Together, the new editor and Section of ASA. currently co-PI on a project to link, educational processes and social deputy editors cover a wide range Education is not the sole focus on harmonize, and freely disseminate development. For more informa- of methodological and substan- Warren’s work—his record includes all existing data from the Current tion, see
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the ecology movement, animal rights can assist in increasing criminological and practitioners working in public Call for Papers movement, local food movement, sus- engagement with lesbian, gay, bi- health, health promotion, and related Publications tainable agriculture movement, and/or sexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) fields. It brings together international restorative justice movement. Deadline: populations, and sexual orientation scholarship to provide critical analyses of Contemporary Justice Review Special April 15, 2013. Contact: Dennis Sullivan and gender identity concepts. The edi- theory and practice, reviews of literature, Issue: Anarchism as a Foundation for at [email protected]. tors are interested in contributions that and explorations of new ways of work- Justice. Contemporary Justice Review offer critical insight on updating exist- ing. The journal publishes high-quality welcomes papers that focus on the Contexts’ Special Food Issue. We’re whipping up a special issue on food, ing and/or developing new conceptual work that is open and critical in perspec- theory of anarchism as it relates to jus- frameworks to address criminological tive and that reports on current research tice as well as on practices that serve to and we invite you to join the party. Sub- mit a proposal for a 3,200-word feature issues involving sexual orientation, and debates in the field. CPH encourag- meet the needs of all in different social gender identity, and LGBTQ popula- es an interdisciplinary focus and features situations. Anarchism is regarded as a article or a tasty morsel for one of our departments: Jargon, Q&A, Mediations, tions. Critical Criminology, the official innovative analyses. It is committed to needs-based perspective on social life journal of the ASC Division of Critical exploring and debating issues of equity whose aims are best achieved through Trends, or Unplugged. Possible topics include: the politics of food production; Criminology, it deals with questions of and social justice; in particular, issues nonviolent means. Articles might sug- social, political and economic justice. of sexism, racism, and other forms of gest or outline anarchist strategies for cuisine and social distinctions; food movements; “food deserts;” poverty The journal encourages works that oppression. Contact: Simon Williams fostering families, schools, and places of focus on creative and cooperative solu- at [email protected]; work that take into account the needs and health; and many others. Deadline: October 1, 2013.
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Division on Women & Crime (DWC) will prevention tactics and strategies. Dead- theses, capstone projects, or research of scientific research, economic analy- celebrate its 30th anniversary. In honor line: May 1, 2013. Contact: Jack Levin specifically conducted for this confer- ses, program evaluations, community- of this milestone event, the Division’s at (617) 373-4983; [email protected]; ence. Proposals may be for individual, based interventions, and public policy official journal, Feminist Criminology,
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16 footnotes • March/April 2013 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association announcements scope are projects investigating tive or practical guidance regarding the field. One-two applicants will be Science Monitor article, “Gun Control: precursors to legal training, selection an urgent substantive policy or social chosen each year to receive a one-time Future Hangs on Misunderstood Major- into law schools, legal education, and problem. Currently, the two greatest award of up to $250 and a year of free ity of Gun Owners.” the legal profession. To be eligible areas of interest to the Ash Center are membership in SAN. Any graduate Jennifer Carter, University of Cincin- for funding, a research project must innovations in public participation and student working on topics in the soci- nati, was quoted in a February 9 Sci- inform either the process of selecting political participation in non-democ- ology of HIV/AIDS are eligible to apply. ence News article about her research on law students or legal education itself racies. The duration of the fellowship is Supportable activities include, but are women’s professional football. in a demonstrable way. The program two academic years, from August 15, not limited to, research expenses such welcomes proposals for research 2013 until June 1, 2015. Democracy as providing incentives to research Christian J. Churchill, St. Thomas from a variety of methodologies, a Fellows will be expected to participate subjects, transcribing interviews, or Aquinas College, was interviewed potentially broad range of topics, and in a regular graduate workshop, a copying archival materials, and travel January 28 on the “New Books in varying time frames. Proposals will public lecture series, and to engage to conferences to present original Sociology” podcast about his book, The be judged on the importance of the in the activities of the Ash Center and research. Deadline: May 24, 2013. Enigmatic Academy: Class, Bureaucracy, questions addressed, their relevance to the Harvard Kennedy School more Contact: Ben Drury at bmdrury@iupui. and Religion in American Education. the mission of LSAC, the quality of the broadly. Fellows will receive a stipend edu;
Erin Hatton, SUNY-Buffalo, wrote a Union, Obama Calls for New Paths to on Smithsonian Magazine’s “Innova- Park, were quoted in a February 1 January 27 New York Times opinion the Middle Class.” tions,” blog. CBSNews.com article on resistance in piece, “The Rise of the Permatemp.” The Michael Kimmel, Stony Brook Anthony J. Pogorelc, Catholic Univer- the Marine Corps to the new Depart- piece also mentioned Kristin Luker, University, was quoted in a February sity, was interviewed February 11 on ment of Defense policy on women in University of California-Berkeley, and 12 Burlington Free Press article, “21st KCBS Radio (San Francisco) about the combat units. Jon Shields, Claremont McKenna Century Young Men: Groping Toward resignation of Pope Benedict XVI and Louise Shelley, George Mason Univer- College. Adulthood.” factors that influenced it. He was also sity, was quoted in a January 26 Guard- Jesus Hernandez, University of Eric Klinenberg, New York University, quoted in November 30 Catholic News ian article on cigarette smuggling in California-Davis, was quoted in a Feb- was quoted and Dmitry Tumin, Ohio Agency and December 10 Catholic north Africa, where revenue from illicit ruary 13 Sacramento Bee column about State University, was mentioned in a News Service articles about findings trade is used to fund Islamist violence. how Sacramento’s tony neighborhoods February 14 Huffington Post article, from a national study he conducted Robert C. Smith, Baruch College and don’t get halfway houses. “Health Benefits of Being Single.” on Catholics’ responses to the latest Graduate Center-CUNY, was featured English translation of the Mass. William Grady Holt, Birmingham- Sabino Kornrich, Juan March Institute, in a February 1 National Journal article, Southern College, was quoted in a and Julie Brines and Katrina Leupp, Phyllis Rippeyoung, Acadia University, “Impact of Immigration: 3 Points by February 8 Birmingham News article, both of University of Washington, au- and Mary Noonan, University of Iowa, Sociology Professor Robert C. Smith.” “Birmingham Challenged to Walk Fine thored an American Sociological Review and Elizabeth Hoffmann, Purdue Roberta Spalter-Roth and Caro- Line Between Commerce, Sensitivity study, “Egalitarianism, Housework, and University, were quoted in a May 1 line Pendry, both of the American During Year-Long Commemoration.” Sexual Frequency in Marriage,” which ABCNews.com article, “Breastfeeding Sociological Association, co-authored Carole Joffe, University of California- was the subject of articles in numerous Not Free, Costs Women Plenty in Lost a research brief on the post-doc option San Francisco, was quoted in a January media outlets including the New York Income.” in sociology, which was mentioned in a 18 Bloomberg Businessweek article on Daily News, Science News, NBCNews. James Rosenbaum, Northwestern February 18 Inside Higher Ed article. the economics of abortion provision com, CNN.com, FoxNews.com, Salon. University, was interviewed February Elizabeth Sweet, University of Califor- and in a January 22 Des Moines Register com, the Chicago Tribune, the Atlanta 13 on a “Marketplace” radio segment nia-Davis, wrote a December 23 New article on the 40th anniversary of Roe Journal-Constitution, and Reuters on and quoted in a February 13 Market- York Times op-ed based on her research vs. Wade. She was also interviewed on January 30 and CBSNews.com, the place.org article about residential on gender and toys. She was also public radio stations in Los Angeles Washington Post, and the Columbus mobility programs, which move people interviewed December 24 on the BBC and San Francisco and on ABC Radio Dispatch on January 31. from poor neighborhoods to middle- World Service Newsday radio program about the significance of this an- Annette Lareau, University of Penn- class neighborhoods. and December 28 on CNN Newsroom niversary. sylvania, was quoted in a February 12 Michael Rosenfeld, Stanford Univer- about gender and toys. Philip Kasinitz, Graduate Center and Huffington Post column, “Stress-Less sity, was quoted in a January 20 New Matt Vidal, King’s College London, Hunter College-CUNY, was featured in Parenting: What Everyone Can Learn York Times article, “Modern Lessons was quoted in a January 29 New York a February 7 National Journal article, “A From Lazy French Mothers.” from Arranged Marriages.” Additionally, Times Magazine article, “Workers of the Sociologist Offers 3 Cautionary Points Anne Lincoln, Southern Methodist he was mentioned in a February 14 World, Sit Tight.” about Immigration Reform.” The article University, was interviewed Febru- USA Today article about mobile apps also appeared on Yahoo!News on and the changing face of online dating. Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, ary 7 on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 was quoted in a Postmedia News February 7. about the feminization of veterinary The article also appeared in the Detroit Free Press on February 14. article about his study, “If Romeo and Joanna Kempner, Rutgers University, medicine and women’s growing pres- Juliet Had Mobile Phones.” The article was quoted in a February 12 Phila- ence in many other occupations and Poulami Roychowdhury, New York appeared in the Ottawa Citizen and delphia Inquirer article, “Researcher at professions. University, wrote a January 9 Global- The Vancouver Sun on January 30. He Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Matthew Loveland, Le Moyne Col- Post.com article, “Focus on Rape in In- was also interviewed January 9 on Joy Probes the Stigma of Migraine.” lege, was quoted in a February 11 Post dia Ignores Gender Violence as a Global Cardin’s Wisconsin Public Radio show Lane Kenworthy, University of Standard article, “Syracuse Sociology Tragedy.” The article also appeared on about the Internet turning 30 and Arizona, was quoted in a February 11 Professor Says Fast Retirement Makes Salon.com on January 9. Additionally, December 16 on CBC Radio’s “Spark” Bloomberg Businessweek article, “Will Sense for this Pope.” she was quoted in a January 11 USA about networked individualism. Robots Create Economic Utopia?,” Today article, “Gang Rape Resonates Elizabeth McClintock, University of with Indian Americans.” James Witte, George Mason University, and was mentioned in a February 12 Notre Dame, was mentioned in a Feb- and Pepper Schwartz, University of Washington Post article, “In State of the ruary 13 post, “10 Fresh Looks at Love,” Abigail Saguy, University of California- Washington, were quoted in a February Los Angeles, was quoted in a January 8 Washington Post article about their 28 NPR.org article about her new book, book, The Normal Bar, which is based save the date What’s Wrong with Fat? She was also on surveys of more than 70,000 people interviewed January 11 on New Hamp- about their marital satisfaction. The shire Public Radio about her book. article also appeared in The Record on Additionally, Saguy wrote an October February 13. 108th ASA Annual 11 Huffington Post op-ed, “Weight- Based Stigma and Bullying,” a January James Witte, George Mason University, Meeting 4 Los Angeles Times op-ed, “Why We was mentioned in a February 14 New Diet,” and a January 27 Washington York Times article, “In India, Kisses Are August 10-13, 2013 Post op-ed, “How ‘Size Profiling’ Hurts on Rise, Even in Public.” New York, NY Overweight Patients.” Sharon Zukin, Brooklyn College and Pepper Schwartz, University of Wash- Graduate Center-CUNY, was mentioned ington, was quoted in a February 13 in February 13 Foreign Policy article CNN.com article about romantic hotel about how Scotland’s decaying capital room essentials. city shows why the country is not ready for independence. David R. Segal, University of Maryland-College Park, was quoted in a January 25 San Antonio Express-News Awards article on the Defense Department Whitney Brooks, Lake Superior changing its policies on the assign- State University, won the Michigan ment of women to combat specialties Sociological Association’s student and units in the armed forces. paper competition for her work, “The Mady W. Segal and David R. Segal, Differing Effects of Parenting Styles on both of University of Maryland-College Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors.”
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Donna Giuliani, Delta College, in 2012. The book, Interaction and Abigail Saguy, University of California- which will be posted online for discus- received the Marvin Olsen Award for Everyday Life, was edited by Hisashi Los Angeles, What’s Wrong with Fat? sion unless you explicitly opt not to Distinguished Service to Sociology in Nasu and Frances C. Waksler. Psathas’ (Oxford, 2013). have it available. Submissions should be Michigan from the Michigan Sociologi- published and unpublished papers and Robert A. Stebbins, University of no more than 800 words in length. We cal Association. correspondence are now in the Social Calgary, Work and Leisure in the Middle invite comments on the following key Alan Hill, Delta College, received a Science Archives at the University East: The Common Ground of Two Sepa- questions as well as any other issues you special award for service from the of Konstanz, Germany, and Waseda rate Worlds (Transaction, 2012). wish to raise: What research questions University, Tokyo. could you address with the observatory Michigan Sociological Association. Saundra D. Westervelt, University Maynard Seider, Massachusetts Col- structure? How could it serve your data Herbert Kelman, Harvard University, of North Carolina-Greensboro, and and infrastructure needs? How could recently received the Gold Medal of lege of Liberal Arts, has written and Kimberly J. Cook, University of North directed a new documentary, Farewell the observatory structure be adapted to Honor from the Federal Capital of Carolina-Wilmington, Life After Death better serve your research needs? Con- Vienna. to Factory Towns?, which raises the Row: Exonerees’ Search for Community question can the “creative economy” tact: Sandra Hofferth at hofferth@umd. Ronald Kramer, Western Michigan and Identity (Rutgers University Press, edu;
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