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Amos Hawley: Apioneer Inhumanecology by David B Amos Hawley: A Pioneer in Human Ecology by John D. Kasarda, University of North ness and early death took McKenzie from Theoretical Innovation Carolina at Chapel Hill Michigan in 1940, his protégé succeeded It was his more than 100 scholarly works, him. There, Amos rose through the ranks though, for which Amos will be most th mos Henry Hawley, 69 President of from instructor to professor and served remembered. His academic career is best Athe American Sociological as chair of the department from defined by an early book, Human Ecology: Association, died in Chapel Hill, 1951 to 1962. A Theory of Community Structure (1950). NC, on August 31, 2009, at the age Michigan’s Sociology That book remains the most comprehensive of 98. A seminal theorist, Amos Department was in its heyday statement of the ecological approach to social helped revitalize macrosociology during Amos’ decade as chair, organization. In many ways, it was a major in the 1950s and 60s via his refor- leading the way with its Survey departure from previous work in sociologi- mulation, extension, and codifica- Research Center, Center for cal human ecology. Amos was able to distill tion of human ecological models. Group Dynamics, Population prior research and field observations of He left an indelible imprint on Center, and Detroit Area Study. human ecologists into a codified theatrical our discipline by his writings It also had many distinguished framework that explained characteristics of and those of many of his students. Amos Hawley faculty ranging from social 1910-2009 social organization as the product of a popu- Stately, yet always modest, his bril- psychologists to demographers, lation adapting to its environment. liance was intellectually catalytic for a number of whom had strong By strengthening human ecology’s intel- others as he provided conceptual clarity to personalities and radically different takes lectual ties to the field of ecology, Amos complex system structures and processes at on what should be central to the discipline. led human ecology away from reliance on the community and societal levels. Gerhard Lenski (Amos’ close colleague biology and the early Chicago-School urban Volume 37 • Number 8 • November/December 2009 37 • Number 8 November/December Volume Born in 1910, Amos came of age during at Michigan and UNC) noted that all the sociology. Despite drawing on the historical the Great Depression where he dropped out ingredients for a department blow-up were work of George C. Homans, he also moved of the University of Cincinnati for a life as in place. Yet, Amos effectively served as human ecology firmly into the realm of mac- a hobo. He rode boxcars to the West and leader and social glue holding everything rosociology. Amos believed that the structure panned for gold in Oregon. He even stowed together as Michigan’s Department of of organizations—be they communities, away on a Japanese freighter heading to Sociology prospered. societies or formal organizations—had over- Asia before being discovered and sent back. In 1966, Amos departed for Chapel Hill whelming influence on individual behavior After his stint riding the rails, Amos becoming Kenan Professor of Sociology at and superseded individual influence, with returned to the University of Cincinnati UNC where he remained a highly active real power in the organized system. It was, where Professor James Quinn introduced scholar and graduate student mentor until therefore, his understanding of system struc- him to sociology and human ecol- his retirement in 1976. Soon afterwards, ture and its macro drivers that occupied the ogy. Amos also encountered Roderick he took to writing fictional short stories, majority of Amos’ scholarly efforts. McKenzie, a renowned visiting professor many of them incorporating his keen His ASA presidential address, from the University of Michigan, who observations over the years of academic “Cumulative Change in Theory and impressed him with his theories of urban lifestyles. To the surprise of a number of History” (American Sociological Review, hierarchies and metropolitan dominance. us who always thought of Amos as being December 1978), is a good illustration. McKenzie convinced Amos to follow him steadfast and restrained, some of these Amos argued that although individual back to Ann Arbor, where he became short stories have elements of intrigue and McKenzie’s protégé. When an untimely ill- even risqué behavior. See Hawley, page 10 Seeking Tim Futing Liao to Edit Nominations for inside Sociological Methodology ASA Officers and by David B. Grusky, Stanford University closer read? Indeed, because Sociological Committees The Politics of Hunger Methodology reviewers are themselves he American Sociological 3 The ASA Congressional fter a very successful run at the stressed and can’t always be counted upon Association will soon announce the Fellow explores the U.S. and University of Michigan under the edi- to complete the time-consuming, careful T A full slate of candidates for the 2010 international policies dealing with torship of Yu Xie, Sociological Methodology review that virtually all methods papers election of ASA Officers, Committee world hunger. has now relocated to the University of require, the editor serves importantly as on Committees, Committee on Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where Tim that last line of defense against any embar- Nominations, and Committee on Who Are Cox, Johnson, Liao will serve as editor. The discipline rassing mistake. Publications. Until then, ASA Bylaws should be immensely grateful to anyone The foregoing account, however tempt- 5 and Frazier? provide the option for members of who undertakes the largely thankless task ing it may be to weave, is exceedingly And what is the significance of the association to nominate addi- of editing a major journal. Indeed, it’s difficult to push in Tim Liao’s case. Indeed, the award? tional candidates. Petitions supporting rather a puzzle that major scholars, like Yu for anyone who has followed Tim’s career, additional candidates for the offices Xie and Tim Liao, have made themselves the idea that he didn’t know what he was of President-Elect, Vice President- Sociologists on the Hill available to edit Sociological Methodology, getting into is ludicrous, as surely no one Elect, and Secretary must be signed 6 Sociologists and social science even though it’s surely a time sink. in sociology knows more than Tim about by at least 100 voting members of the research had an active presence Why has Tim agreed to serve? When editing methods pieces. His list of accom- association; petition candidates for on Capitol Hill this summer. we view behavior that by all accounts plishments on the editing front is simply other positions must receive the sup- seems irrational, or at least nonrational, for awe inspiring: He has co-edited with porting signatures of at least 50 voting many the instinctive approach is to attempt Michael Lewis-Beck and Alan Bryman Profiles of the 2009 members. All petitions must arrive by to salvage the rational model, to postu- the three-volume Sage Encyclopedia of 7 Award Winners January 31, 2010. Mail petitions to: late some further condition that renders Social Science Research Methods; he is on From dissertations to lifetime American Sociological Association, rational the seemingly nonrational. The the editorial board of Sociological Research achievements, find out more Governance, 1430 K Street, NW, Suite classic fallback here is that Tim may lack & Methods and earlier served on the about who the award winners are. 600, Washington, DC 20005. If you complete information: Could it possibly board of Sociological Methodology; and he have any questions about the slate of be, in other words, that Tim doesn’t know was editor (until mid-2009) of the Sage candidates or the petition process, what he is getting into? Is it possible that Quantitative Applications in the Social e-mail [email protected] or call he never called Yu Xie for the low down, Sciences series. In the latter capacity, he (202) 383-9005. that Yu Xie didn’t regale him with sto- oversaw the production of some 22 manu- ries about how hard it is to maintain the scripts, many of them already classics. Science Policy ..............................................2 extraordinarily high standards for which Salvaging Rational Choice From the Executive Officer ......................2 Sociological Methodology is justly famous, Alice S. Rossi, the 74th standards that have to be maintained even If we are forced, then, to reject the President of the ASA, Public Sociology ......................................12 though the cadre of regular contributors incomplete information account, how ASA Forum .................................................14 can be dispiritingly thin? Is it possible do we explain Tim’s decision? The crux died November 3 at the that Tim didn’t realize that, however dif- of the puzzle, it may be recalled, is that age of 87. An obituary is Announcements ......................................15 ficult it is to edit any major journal, the (a) every hour of editing squeezes out an forthcoming. Obituaries ...................................................18 task of editing a methods journal is even hour of research production, and (b) the harder because the papers require a much See Liao, page 6 2 footnotes • November/December 2009 from the executive officer “Adopt a Federal Database” . and Open the Data Highway for Better Research and More Informed Public Policy he many sociologists who depend on the Data.gov website in May to catalyze a governments are also being urged to open spark your ideas for the newly available Tfederal data for their research and process of increasing the visibility, access, their data warehouses; progress on this government data, many of which have been teaching should take note of the Obama and transparency sought by the President. goal is viewable at the OMB website. stored only on paper until now. Administration’s government-wide Open Data.gov is intended to be a one-stop access As increasing amounts of government As a data-dependent research com- Government Initiative.
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