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State Department Acts on Academic Freedom Issue inside Pursued by ASA by Lee Herring, in a complaint filed on African scholar to be admitted to ASA Public Affairs Office behalf of ASA and other this country for purposes of schol- organizations in the U.S. arly exchange,” said ASA Executive Lawlessness ashington, DC — 3 District Court in Boston Officer Sally T. Hillsman in response Exaggerated in Haiti In a major victory W in October 2007 (now, to the January 15 Department of State for academic freedom and A sociologist gives a first- American Sociological action. ASA has exhibited a long- civil liberties, Secretary hand account from Haiti. Association et al. v. standing commitment to international of State Hillary Clinton Clinton). scholarly exchange, according to has signed orders that Clinton’s orders put the Hillsman, and much of this is docu- Past, Present, and Future effectively end the exclu- Adam Habib case on hold until Habib mented in her March 2007 Vantage 5 sion of a prominent social of Rural Sociology secures his multi-entry Point column (see
from the executive officer ASA Celebrates State Department Accountability Action affects ASA Annual Meeting and academic freedom, and is a defeat for ideological exclusion
am delighted that this issue of ing in Atlanta to be fulfilled. always recognize its vital importance to a prominent and vocal human rights IFootnotes reports on the positive and Readers can find detailed back- the strength and security of democracy. advocate, promotes democracy and long-awaited outcome of ASA’s District ground on this case in the November In a speech to the American equality, making his questioning of Court lawsuit, American 2007 Footnotes front page Council of Learned Societies in the efficacy of the war in Iraq and Sociological Association et article and in my Executive May 2008, I said that the reason for certain U.S. anti-terrorism policies al. v. Clinton (formerly v. Officer column (
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State Department United States and Muslims around the Security Project who represented will be granted expeditiously. from page 1 world, calling for “a sustained effort to the ASA. “The Obama administra- Habib is a respected political listen to each other; to learn from each tion should now conduct a broader analyst and Deputy Vice Chancellor Professors, the American-Arab other; to respect one another; and to review of visas denied under the Bush of Research, Innovation and Anti-Discrimination Committee, and seek common ground.” administration, reverse the exclusions Advancement at the University of the Boston Coalition of Palestinian ASA and the ACLU were heartened of others who were barred because Johannesburg and has been a vocal Rights. Your organization’s commit- by the U.S. State Department’s orders, of their political beliefs and retire the critic of the war in Iraq and of some ment to the principles of academic believing it to be an important step practice of ideological exclusion for U.S. terrorism-related policies. freedom and the free engagement of toward maintaining the centrality of good.” Habib is a PhD graduate of the City ideas represent not only the more pro- academic freedom and achieving the Clinton’s actions also included University of New York Graduate gressive face of the United States and President’s goal. “The decision to end relief for scholar Tariq Ramadan, who Center. Until he was deported back to global academy, but it also provides the exclusion of [Professor Habib] is a many believe was also significantly South Africa upon his arrival in 2006 hope in a world where civil liberties welcome sign that the Obama admin- impacted by ideological exclusion in at Kennedy Airport with a valid visa and tolerance [have] been eroded, and istration is committed to facilitating, the State Department’s visa deci- and then denied a visa renewal, Habib democracy is imperilled.” rather than obstructing, the exchange sions. The orders signed by Secretary was a frequent visitor to the United During the Bush administration, of ideas across international borders,” Clinton state that, in the future, States to address and consult with aca- the U.S. government denied visas said Jameel Jaffer, Director of the Professors Habib and Ramadan will demics, federal government agencies, to dozens of foreign artists, scholars ACLU National Security Project. not be denied a visa on the same and the non-profit sector. and writers—all critics of U.S. foreign “Given the orders issued by grounds that were used in 2006 and Attorneys in the Habib case are policy and many of whom are Muslim, Secretary Clinton, we hope and 2007. To enter the United States, Goodman, Jaffer, and Rabinovitz of as is Habib—without explanation or expect that Professor Habib . . . will however, Habib will need to apply the national ACLU and Sarah Wunsch on the basis of vague and unspecified soon be able to come to the United for a multi-entry visa, a process and John Reinstein of the ACLU of national security concerns. In a speech States to meet and talk with American likely to take several weeks. The Massachusetts. More information in Cairo in June 2009, President Obama audiences,” said Melissa Goodman, ACLU expects that, given Secretary is available at
Sullivan tified by the Board of Visitors. Other of service as an ASA Secretary (1996-98) become a sociologist,” said Sullivan. from page 1 challenges that Sullivan will tackle in and as a past editor of the Rose Series. After graduate school at Chicago, her new role include: At the 2009 ASA Annual Meeting, she joined the University of Texas as a Michigan President, said that work- • Strengthening academic excellence she presented a stellar keynote speech, sociology instructor. She worked her ing with Sullivan has been one of across the university and further “Effective Department Leadership way through the ranks of assistant, the highlights of her career: “Terry enhancing the student experience; During Uncertain Times: Tools from the associate, and full professor. She Sullivan is both a distinguished • Completing the current $3-billion Community of Chairs,” at the 16th annual has continued to teach and publish academic and a stellar administrator, fund-raising campaign; chairs conference (see
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What’s New at the Rural Sociological Society?
by Ralph B. Brown, Executive Director dealing specifically with health penetrate new markets and create We feel there are areas we not only and Treasurer, Rural Sociological issues alone. new opportunities for synergy and excel in, but lead the way through Society, with assistance from Willis Members of the RSS have leverage in marketing a “package” innovation. Goudy, Kenneth Pigg, and Joachim traditionally focused on these of related journals concerning rural A Changing Field Singlemann unique rural aspects of social life, sociology and rural affairs. In an attempt to further explore n 2012, at its Annual Meeting producing a considerable corpus In 2009, the RSS appointed many of these changes, the 2010 to be held in the Palmer House of research on natural resources Ralph B. Brown of Brigham Young I Annual Meeting of the RSS, held Hotel, Chicago, IL, July 24-29, the and environment, community University, as its first ever, but still in Atlanta, GA, August 12-15, Rural Sociological Society will organization, and agriculture and part-time, Executive Director. As an under the leadership of Joachim celebrate its 75th anniversary. In food. Under these larger rubrics all-voluntary association, appoint- Singlemann, President of RSS, will 1921, the Rural Sociology Section and many others, rural scholars ing an Executive Director allows focus on changes in technologies was formed within the American address many of the quintessen- the RSS to better strategize changes over the past two decades, changes Sociological Society (now ASA). tial sociological issues of: Power in the society and serve its mem- which now permit an economy of By the mid 1930s its members were arrangements, social association bership and clientele. By removing scale that is no longer dependent increasingly expressing concerns and networking, social change, the burden of self-publishing from on spatial concentration, sharply about the difficulty of getting adoption and diffusion of new the RSS Business Office and turning intensifying the decentralization articles published in traditional ideas and technologies, social and it over to a professional publisher, trend starting around the mid-20th journals. Thus, with initial funding economic marginality and inequal- the Business Office can now better century. Thomas Friedman, in from Louisiana State University, ity, gender, and purposive/planned concentrate on being innovative his book The World Is Flat, called the Rural Sociology Section social change or development in the with its new and expanded degrees attention to the consequences of launched the first four issues of the United States and internationally. of freedom. Despite these changes, the telecommunication revolu- journal Rural Sociology in 1936. we remain a small to medium- tion in particular. Thus, the theme Additionally in 1936, a five-person of the 2010 RSS annual meeting, subcommittee of the section was How Flat Is Rural? Diversity in the charged with returning to the next Who and what constitute Age of Globalization, takes up that annual meeting with a recommen- “rural” has interesting political notion to prompt rural sociology dation on whether or not to stay to examine the opportunities and with the American Sociological consequences as well. Today, challenges for rural areas that Society or to form their own across all agencies in the U.S. result from an increasingly global- organization. After considerable Federal Government, there exist ized world. Aggressive positioning discussion, a vote to establish a at least 50 distinct definitions as by rural areas in the restructuring separate organization carried and of the global industrial landscape in 1938, the first annual meeting to whom and what constitutes can result in unprecedented of the Rural Sociological Society “rural,” with 15 of these defini- employment differentiation reduc- (RSS) was held. Except for a period tions dealing specifically with ing the traditional role of agri- during World War II, the RSS has health issues alone. culture as the main employer in met annually since then. many areas. The growing emphasis What Is the RSS? on green technologies and organic agricultural products will provide Since its inception as a separate Changes at the RSS sized volunteer organization. We professional society in 1937, the are confident that our traditional further opportunities for rural Since 1936, the RSS has self- RSS has been, for lack of a better areas of scholarly strength—natural areas. Yet, the major challenge for published its research journal Rural word, an “ecumenical” profes- resources, community, agriculture rural areas is to become a par- Sociology. It remains a respected sional society. It is the professional and food—pragmatically remain ticipant in the globalized world. journal in sociology and the social home to sociologists, geographers, areas of great concern not only in A failure to stay connected, to sciences in general. In 2008, the anthropologists, historians, and the United States but in the rapidly recognize and go after opportuni- RSS Council realized that the RSS other professionals interested urbanizing developing world. ties, and to resist diversity will no longer had the resources to in the dynamics of rural social Many of the changes experienced result in being bypassed. A global- compete effectively in the rapidly organization—scholars who are in this country at the turn of the ized world reduces the distance changing global marketplace, th intrigued with the proposition that 20 century that brought the RSS between cultures. Places that especially regarding the effects of there remain unique sociologi- into existence and maturity are now embrace diversity are more likely electronic publishing on distribu- cal properties to rural social and in full swing across the globe. We to prosper than those erecting tion and access. After an extended geographic space. Who and what are confident we continue to have barriers to it. review and negotiations with a vari- constitute “rural” has interesting a unique and valuable intellectual We invite scholars interested in ety of publishers, Wiley/Blackwell political consequences as well. product that serves scholars and our theme to attend and present was selected as the new publisher Today, across all agencies in the people worldwide. We also seek at our annual meeting. Visit our of Rural Sociology beginning with U.S. Federal Government, there collaborative efforts with the ASA website at
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Atlanta Although he was unable to produce the Atlanta Sociological from Page 1 his desired research project on Blacks, Laboratory not only Du Bois, director of 16 of the Atlanta comprised the first of the American Sociological Society University studies, spearheaded the American school of (later renamed American Sociological institutionalization of numerous sociology (2002a), Association) at Atlanta University. practices that have impacted the dis- but also that Atlanta In 1895, Atlanta University cipline. First, the Atlanta Sociological University can make President Horace Bumstead and Laboratory was the first to institution- a legitimate claim of school trustee George G. Bradford alize method triangulation (Wright being the birthplace of submitted a proposal before the 2002b). The use of multiple methods American sociology. school’s governing body request- to answer the guiding research ques- (Re)Discovering ing to initiate a series of investiga- tion of the annual investigations was Atlanta’s Past Glory tions into the social, economic, and implemented as early as the 1898 Robert Woodruff Library. physical condition of Blacks. This study. Second, the Atlanta Sociological ASA Annual Meeting Photo courtesy of Georgia Department of Economic Development request emerged from alumni who Laboratory was the first to institu- attendees interested is my personal desire that interest were witnessing Blacks, merely 30 tionalize the use of insider researchers in visiting the first in and analysis of the accomplish- years removed from slavery, making (Wright 2002b). In 1896, President American school of sociology or ments of this school will result in its the arduous transitions to freedom Bumstead emphasized the significance examining primary data from that pronounced recognition in founda- and from rural to urban life. Atlanta of insider researchers, when he theo- era should take the short trip to the tional sociology texts. The time has University (now known as Clark rized that Black researchers would Atlanta University Center (AUC) come for the men and women of the Atlanta University) alumni called not be viewed with as much suspicion and visit the campus of Clark Atlanta Sociological Laboratory to upon school administrators to scien- as White researchers given that race Atlanta University and the Robert receive their deserved recognition tifically study the condition of these relations in the late 1800s could hardly W. Woodruff Library. The AUC is from a discipline that has largely transitions and develop recommen- be viewed as egalitarian. Thus, Black a consortium of Historically Black ignored them for more than 100 dations for social or public policy to researchers could obtain more reliable Colleges and Universities within years. This marginalization continues address the conditions identified. The data than White researchers. Third, walking distance of each other that despite the fact that many of their proposal was approved, and, under the Atlanta Sociological Laboratory includes Clark Atlanta University, contributions are institutionalized the leadership of Bradford, Atlanta was the first to institutionalize the Morehouse College, Morehouse by sociologists and in programs and University social scientists began public acknowledgement of the School of Medicine and Spelman departments of sociology through- collecting data on this often mis- limitations of its research (Wright College. Located 3 miles from the out this nation. When the Atlanta researched topic. In addition to the 2002b). Bumstead acknowledged at ASA hotels, at Clark Atlanta, a visitor Sociological Laboratory is afforded annual investigation, each spring the the inaugural conference that the col- can examine relevant artifacts from its proper recognition within the university hosted a conference where lection of data for the investigations the era. At Woodruff Library you discipline of sociology, then and only the data were presented. The initial was not without error. Nevertheless, can view exhibits such as “Finding then will the words of W.E.B. Du studies were led by Bradford and he surmised, it represented the most A Way: The Black Family’s Struggle Bois begin to ring hollow: proved to not merit much scholarly scholarly and objective data col- for an Education at the Atlanta “So far as the American world of value beyond the accumulation of lected on Blacks to date. Fourth, the University Center.” The exhibit science and letters was concerned, we some encyclopedic data on Blacks Atlanta Sociological Laboratory was features a photographic essay of the never ‘belonged’; we remained unrecog- (Du Bois 1968). However, upon the the first to engage in institutionalized history of educational activities at nized in learned societies and academic selection of W.E.B. Du Bois as director sociological research in the topical the school including the research groups. We rated merely as Negroes of the Atlanta University Studies of the area urban sociology (Wright 2002a). activities of Du Bois and members studying Negroes, and after all, what Negro Problems in 1897, the school This distinction has historically been of the laboratory. The library also had Negroes to do with America or began its ascension to sociological credited to the Chicago School of contains primary documents from science?” (Du Bois 1968) distinction. Unfortunately, the massive Sociology, yet it must be noted that the Atlanta University Studies, 1896 accomplishments of Du Bois and his the Robert Park and Ernest Burgess- to 1917. Additionally, Woodruff References peers remain largely ignored and mar- led accomplishments of the University Library is home to the Martin Luther ginalized by mainstream sociologists of Chicago began circa 1917. By King Jr. Collection. Without ques- Du Bois, W. E. B. 1968. The Autobiography of more than 100 years later. that time Du Bois and the Atlanta tion a jaunt to the Mecca of higher W. E. B. Du Bois: A Soliloquy on Viewing My education in the American South Life from the Last Decade of Its First Century. The Atlanta Sociological Sociological Laboratory had been New York: International Publishers. actively engaged in research on urban will provide a lifetime of memories Laboratory Wright II, Earl. Forthcoming. “The sociology topics for more than 20 and a treasure trove of information Tradition of Sociology at Fisk University” The Atlanta Sociological on the history of the discipline. The years. Fifth, the Atlanta Sociological Journal of African American Studies. Laboratory, the moniker used to Laboratory was the first to engage in ASA is organizing a tour to the AUC ______. 2010. “W. E. B. Du Bois, identify as a collective the men and institutionalized sociological research and a second tour of the nearby West women engaged in sociological Howard W. Odum and Sociology of the on the topic sociology of the south End Historic District. See the ASA South.” Department of Sociology, Texas inquiry at Atlanta University, lasted (Wright 2010). While this distinction meeting website at
by Kristen Lewis, Sarah Burd-Sharps, tions on controversial topics, fostering human development outcomes. educational outcomes for the next and Patrick Guyer, Social Science accountability on spending and human With colorful graphics and acces- generation. Research Council outcomes, and shaping alternative solu- sible language, the report was designed The Follow-up Report tions. It was our hope to contribute to to appeal to a broad audience and to ow can researchers measure well- such results in the United States. mobilize support for action to address The first biennial follow-up to the being, opportunity, and capability, H the issues Americans care about. It is 2008 Measure of America report is among others, in the United States? The Initial Report accompanied by a website that contains currently being prepared for launch Measures of household income have Our initial presentation of the a “Well-o-Meter” enabling people to in fall 2010. This report will present historically dominated discussions of results of this exercise, The Measure calculate their own personal HD Index, an updated disaggregated HD Index our collective societal and economic of America: American Human data charts of over 60 indicators by state for the U.S. states and congressional progress. Yet, important though it is, Development Report 2008-2009, was and, when available, by congressional districts as well as for major metropoli- income alone fails to capture the wide released last year. This report, which district, and the popular interactive tan areas. In addition, it will include range of factors that influence our featured forewords by Nobel-winning program to map all of these indicators. HDI calculations for other countries personal and collective well-being. economist Amartya Sen and promi- As we continue to update our calcula- in the Organization for Economic The American Human Development nent venture capitalist William Draper tions in biannual revisions, the HD Cooperation and Development, the Project (AHDP) of the Social Science III, revealed that huge gaps in well- Index and its constituent indicators will organization of wealthy nations that Research Council (SSRC) has brought being and access to opportunity sepa- provide policymakers, academics, and includes the United States, the nations a new set of tools to the task of study- rate different groups of Americans. the general public a set of tools with of the European Union, and other ing how well people in the United Some groups are living 10, 20, even 50 which to track change over time. developed economies. This will enable States live today, tools developed from comparisons between individual states the perspective of human develop- Applications of AHDP Research: and our peer nations to help further ment. This perspective is concerned • Invited to testify before Congress’ Joint Economic Committee, July 2008 place the human development levels of first and foremost with maximizing different segments of American society the choices and opportunities that • Licensed index to the Foundation Center for its new “Philanthropy In/ Sight” application in a broader context. individual men and women have in The next report will feature a order to make meaningful decisions to • Columbia University Press has produced a Teachers’ Guide to help teachers introduce our work in classroom settings thematic focus on human security. A improve their own lives. human security approach expands the The SSRC has adapted the Human • Attracted significant media attention (www.measureofamerica.org/news) • Invited to train journalists in data use for evidence-based reporting (www. scope of security to encompass not only Development Index (HDI), an aggre- nations but also people, moving beyond gate measure developed by the United fascsnet.org) • Invited to present our findings to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops the protection of national sovereignty Nations Development Program that and territory to protection of the rights incorporates indicators of life span, • Adapting our HD Index to assist Catholic Charities, USA, in monitoring progress with its Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America of individuals, families, and communi- educational attainment and enroll- ties to physical safety and health, basic ment, and median personal incomes, freedoms, and economic security. It to help us measure this holistic con- years behind others in terms of their The 2008 report has led to several presents a framework of protection cept. To capture important disparities ability to achieve the American Dream. new opportunities for the AHDP and that may be more appropriate for our that persist in our society, our applica- For example, HD Index scores calcu- to partnerships with other organiza- globalized world and highlights the tion of the HDI to the United States lated by state showed that people in tions for the production of ancil- importance of protecting individuals uses slightly different indicators than last-ranked Mississippi are living three lary reports and data tools. The box from chronic threats, such as discrimi- the original index developed by the decades behind those in first-ranked below mentions some of the ways in nation or domestic violence, as well UN, and our analysis is disaggregated Connecticut when it comes to access which our findings have been used as from sudden crises, such as natural by state, congressional district, gender, to healthcare, education, and a decent since the first report was released. In disasters or a severe economic down- and race and ethnic background. standard of living. In addition, the addition, in 2009, with the United turn. Human security is an innovative This work follows in the tradition of report contained key social, economic, Way, we developed the “Common way to look at issues of particular rel- human development reports produced political, environmental, housing, Good Forecaster,” an online tool that evance to vulnerable populations while in over 160 other countries, where transportation, and personal security demonstrates the various returns to also addressing sources of insecurity this conceptual framework and index data not found together anywhere else. society as a whole that investments that affect all Americans, such as our have been applied, often with powerful Finally, the report described successful in education can generate, including infrastructure and healthcare system. results. From the stigma of AIDS to eth- policies in America and other wealthy the obvious economic returns as well nic disparities to gender discrimination, For more information on our projects as nations, providing policymakers as returns to health, neighborhood these reports have often played a vital well as to access datasets and online tools, concrete examples of how to improve safety, community involvement, and role in stimulating fact-based conversa- visit
Vantage Point a separate test” that a consular official ment exhibit transparency and public upon the ability to entertain informed from Page 2 denying a visa that implicates a U.S. accountability. Scholarly societies views and engage in debate. American ernment’s denial of a foreign scholar’s citizen’s First Amendment rights, there are appropriate entities to demand academic freedom was at stake, and entry into our country. However, in must be “a facially legitimate and bona such government behavior on behalf now we have a government that seems the words of the U.S. district judge fide reason for doing so.” This ruling of our members’ First Amendment to understand. who rendered the decision in the simi- gave ASA the legal leverage to pursue rights. Perhaps we can now say we But scholarly societies must remain lar Tariq Ramadan case in 2007, our this case, as the First Amendment have helped improve the law and its vigilant not only as a matter of principle right as citizens in these cases is “very includes a citizen’s “right to hear.” interpretation in the public interest as but because we are in a unique position limited.” Judge Paul A. Crotty wrote, ASA and other scholarly societies well as defended academic freedom. to take action. It is likely that the need “. . . where there is a First Amendment have taken public stands and legal The robustness of both our scholar- for action is not over yet and that the claim, the Supreme Court has applied actions, insisting that the govern- ship and our democracy depends need for vigilance will never be. footnotes • February 2010 7 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org
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Haiti researchers, such as Alice Fothergill, crime. In actuality, the likelihood that in Haiti—their own, that is” are not as from Page 3 University of Vermont, who have con- escaped prisoners from the Haitian likely to pull in the advertising dollars. rapes and banditry are omnipres- firmed that intimate partner violence prison would randomly attack women We sociologists should advise our ent in Port-au-Prince following the often increases in the aftermath of in tent cities is ridiculous. Most rapes students and our communities on the earthquake. disasters, yet less is known about sexual occur by people the victim knows. ways profit-oriented mass media cor- assault by strangers. John Barnshaw, These sensationalist headlines cre- porations distort reality, and to direct Field Observations University of Delaware, found in the ate the impression that Haitians are people to alternative news outlets for I was in Port-au-Prince from case of Hurricane Katrina that reports savages, and that a military response a more balanced understanding of the January 25-28, 2010, and did not see of rapes tended to be based on rumors, is the best response to the current world. The focus of disaster reports any proof that social banditry reigned. not eyewitness accounts (2005). disaster. As Tierney et al. suggest, should instead be on the need and the Instead, I saw people in Port-au-Prince Several mainstream media outlets the portrayal of lawlessness justifies cooperation that occurs. organizing themselves into groups stated that escaped prisoners from the a militarized response to the disaster. *The author thanks disaster scholars John and providing their own security. Of destroyed jail are going on rampages The widespread fear that Haiti will Barnshaw and Alice Fothergill for their course, I do not have evidence that the and raping women. The animalistic descend further into lawlessness with- insights, which improved this report. news accounts are false. My perspec- discourse in headlines of these articles out a U.S. military presence prevents tive as a sociologist, however, inclines such as “Bandits going wild in Haiti” people in the United States from see- References me to ask for the evidence, to consider and “Escaped criminals raping, run- ing that the military presence is doing Collins, Patricia Hill. 2004. Black Sexual ning wild in Haiti” are indicative of little to alleviate the effects of the the data journalists are citing, and to Politics Routledge: New York. how Haitians are de-humanized and disaster, and that resources that could realize that racialized notions of black Tierney, Kathleen, Christine Bevc, and criminality and sexuality make it likely myths are spread. There is a tendency be used to provide Haitians with food Erica Kuligowski. 2006. “Metaphors for mass media outlets to pick up on within popular discourse in the and shelter are being misallocated to Matter: Disaster Myths, Media these sorts of statements and to blow United States to associate blacks with public safety. Frames, and Their Consequences in them out of proportion. unbridled sexuality and criminality. It For the mainstream media, Hurricane Katrina” The ANNALS of Rapes are widely underreported is also worth noting that 80 percent of however, headlines such as “Haitians the American Academy of Political and Social Science. everywhere in the world, and it is not the escaped prisoners were in pre-trial removing rubble with bare hands” detention, and thus that it is inac- or “There is nowhere for residents of Barnshaw, John. 2005. “The Continuing my intention to add to sexist conten- Significance of Race and Class among tions that rape is not a widespread curate to refer to them as criminals, tent cities to use bathrooms” or “The Houston Hurricane Katrina Evacuees” problem. Instead, I refer to disaster as they had yet to be convicted of any military are great at setting up camps Natural Hazards Observer 2:11-12. footnotes • February 2010 8 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org ASA Awards Grants for the Advancement of Sociology immigration affects the identities of and the role of the social sciences in he ASA announces seven awards from the June 2009 cycle of ASA’s U.S. citizens who have been in this producing this seeming contradiction. TFund for the Advancement of the Discipline (FAD). A competitive country for three generations or Paulette Lloyd, Indiana University, program co-funded by ASA and the National Science Foundation (NSF) more. The PI will employ in-depth for Cooperative Exchanges in and administered by the ASA, FAD provides seed money (up to $7,000) to interviews with a sample of residents Confronting Transnational Crime. PhD scholars for innovative research projects and for scientific confer- of different classes, ethno-racial Transnational crime has become ences that advance the discipline through theoretical and methodological identities, and birth cohorts from a global issue with nation-states breakthroughs. Funding decisions are made by an advisory panel com- Silicon Valley (with a long history of embracing differing responses to the prised of members of ASA’s Council and the ASA Director of Research and immigration) and Kansas City, MO, use of terrorism, the invasion of civil Development. Below is a list of the latest FAD Principal Investigators (PIs) (with a relatively recent immigrant liberties, and incarcerations. Within and a brief description of their projects. flow). The interview will ask about this context, there is little research on their families, neighborhoods, conditions favorable to international Khaya Delaine Clark and Tyrone The PI hopes to strengthen the use of schools, romantic partners, friends, cooperation, according to the PI. She Form, Emory University, for Racial “rural disadvantage” as a conceptual and leisure activities. In addition, a proposes to conduct social network Attitudes in Childhood: Conceptual tool. He expects impediments to col- national survey will be conducted analysis and geospatial analysis to Problems and Measurement Issues. lecting data, and that he will need to by a survey research organization. map the origins and flow of two This study seeks to improve the way use demographic characteristics at a Finally, as a result of additional phenomena—transnational crime and in which racial attitudes are measured place level and economic character- funding from a variety of sources, a legal agreements aimed at combating in young children. The Principal istics at a county level. The result of question will be added to the General transnational crime. The study seeks Investigators (PIs) plan to do this by this project will be the development of Social Survey that matches a question to establish the conditions under expanding the response categories a new data set that combines ICPSR asked about perception of immigrants which international legal coopera- to include the following options: data on prisons mapped by latitude and national identity asked in 1995 tion is perceived as an acceptable way “both” “neither” and “I don’t know” and longitude with U.S. Census place and 1996. The results of this study to address transnational crime. as opposed to the forced choice situ- data with unemployment rates and should be a broader understanding of According to the PI, the role of trust, ations of in group preference and out property tax rates. how the U.S. mainstream evolves as a cooperative approaches, and a shared group derogation that are generally Elisabeth Brooke Harrington, result of changes among immigrants system of meaning between countries included in psychological tests of race Max Planck Institute for the Study of and the native-born population. is crucial. The project will result in preferences for children. The research Societies, for Reproduction of Wealth Caroline Lee, Lafayette College; a database of legal agreements, with will take place in Atlanta, GA, and and Inequality in the U.S. and Europe: Michael McQuarrie, University state attributes and affiliation data. involves testing a sample of 300 Black The Role of Trust and Estate Planners. of California-Davis; and Edward The PI will use this database, which and White children in grades K-3. The This study focuses on how inequal- Walker, University of Vermont. for will be available to scholars, to test study uses an audio picture approach ity is produced among the economic Democratizing Inequalities: Participation hypotheses on the role of trust and to the measurement of racial attitudes. elite. Instead of examining the elite without Parity? The PIs will develop an culture in confronting transnational This project represents a return to themselves, the PI will scrutinize the online working group with sociolo- crime. The study should inform dis- “prejudice studies” with a novel focus strategies of professionals who serve gists from diverse institutions, which cussions about whether the similarity on very young children, and a broad the wealthy, namely trust and estate will culminate in a mini-conference of cultural and legal systems, shared span that will include attitudes to planners, who help the rich shelter and an edited volume. The topic of this memberships (focus theory), or Black, White, Asian and Latino chil- their money. The PI hypothesizes that project has been referred to as “regres- nation-states pursuing their interests dren. According to the PIs, this study these professionals play a vital role in sive progressivism” or the unintended (realism) best explain international will compensate for the “paucity of the perpetuation of social stratifica- consequences of the expansion of lay cooperation. work” about children’s racial attitudes tion. She proposes to conduct partici- participation in government, corporate, Frederick F Wherry, University from a sociological rather than a devel- pant observation at their professional and nonprofit decision-making. Some of Michigan, and Nina Bandelj, opmental psychological perspective. meetings to be held in Geneva and of these unintended consequences University of California, Davis. The John M. Eason, Duke University, Miami. By attending and observing include the elevation of new industries, Cultural Wealth of Nations. How for Prison Proliferation and Rural the meetings of financial planners, the professionals, and bureaucracies to do the symbolic qualities of places Disadvantage. According to the PI, PI hopes to learn the techniques used conduct “facilitated engagement.” At shape economic activities? This most studies of incarceration study the for wealth collection and circum- the same time, institutions that have study explores this form of capital supply side of the phenomenon or the venting tax structures. In addition, secured greater equality for the working is constructed and deployed in the growth of the prison population. In she will conduct interviews with 30 populations have been marginalized. form of social, cultural, and economic contrast, the PI will study why are pris- wealth managers to learn about their The online working group, analyz- development or how the failure to ons located where they are and what methods of structuring and sheltering ing this contradictory trend, includes do so dampen economic activities. is the impact of location? He intends wealth. The PI has already conducted historical, quantitative, and qualitative The Principal Investigators (PIs) to examine the effects of prisons on a pilot study of financial advisors, researchers. The volume will include propose to complete an edited volume small towns in terms of economic estate planners, and accountants. chapters on democratization in based on interdisciplinary confer- and population characteristics. The Tomas Roberto Jimenez, Stanford government and administration, the ence papers that provide specific proposed study, part of a larger study University, Immigration, Assimilation, production of new forms of participa- examples to answer these questions. on the intersection of prisons and and the U.S. Host Society. Recent tory knowledge and practice, the dis- The examples that are described and inequality, seeks to determine whether research on immigration to the connection of the claim and claimant, analyzed include heritage sites, festi- locating a prison in a small town slows United States emphasizes the and the production of participatory vals, museums, indigenous crafts, and economic decline. The PI hypothesizes assimilation and changing identities inequality. A concluding chapter by the ethic groups that are used to market that poverty and racial segregation of post-1965 immigrants and their editors will explore the specific connec- cultural wealth and tourism. The drive prison placement and that prison dependents. Rather than viewing tions between private corporations in case studies show how these projects placement slows economic decline immigration as a one-way process, encouraging stronger stakeholder man- contribute to national wealth and in disadvantaged rural communities. this study asks how the growth of agement with public affairs programs Continued on page 10 footnotes • February 2010 9 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org
independent, problem-solving adventur- A Sociological Influence in Dora the Explorer ers. She is wholesome, bilingual, friendly, by Karina Havrilla, the Census and the History of Ethnicity eye. She represents a demographic that and as Rodriguez says, “a ‘can-do’ kind of ASA Minority Affairs Program in the United States. She has received is not frequently seen on prime-time girl.” She is also supportive and upbeat, the ASA Latina/o Section Award television. According to the 2000 U.S. something that children can relate to and or almost 10 years, “Dora the for Distinguished Contributions to Census, Latino communities are not aspire to be like. She also teaches that Explorer” has been entering homes F the Research in the Field of Latina/o only the fastest growing population in it is certainly OK to ask for help when across the country ready to teach Studies, and Fordham University’s the nation, but they also have the high- needed and encourages her audience to children about adventures, bilingual- Award for Distinguished Teaching in est population of infant-to-preschool help her during her adventures. ism, and diversity. Dora is a seven- the Social Sciences in 2003. She was age children. However, television char- Dora’s Future year-old Latina cartoon character also selected as one of the “100 Most acters, both in children’s programming who is known for her goal-oriented What’s next for Dora? She will Influential Hispanics in and in prime time, Latinos excursions, which include exploring continue to go on adventures and the Nation” by Hispanic are underrepresented. A jungles, forests, mountains, and even teach children around the world Business magazine. How is recent UCLA study found oceans with help from her friends how to be bilingual problem solv- she involved with Dora? that approximately 4% of Boots the Monkey, Backpack, Map, and ers. However, in order to keep her characters on television in others. She also involves her audience Music, Language, and growing audience interested, Mattel 2004 were Latino, and very and Nickelodeon have decided she by asking them to help her along the Context few of these characters and way by shouting commands to her will “grow up” into a ‘tween’ (some- The role of a sociolo- shows were for children. (sometimes in Spanish) and giving her one between a pre-teen and teen) so gist consultant on a show By introducing Dora (and advice on the right path or option to young girls might continue to identify like Dora the Explorer is to later Dora’s cousin Diego, choose. Dora made her debut in 1999 with the character as they themselves provide expert input on the a slightly older boy who is on the Nickelodeon cable network, and grow up. The new tween Dora was cultural aspects of a show but to also a dedicated animal rescuer), Latino in 2000, the network made the show a first announced in February 2009, ensure that the social implications are children have the opportunity to see regular in their daily lineup. Since then, and her creators teased audiences what the larger society reflects and someone who not only looks like the show has become a worldwide edu- with a silhouette of what this new should want children to see. As a con- them, but who also represents their cation and marketing hit that has been character would look like. However, sultant, Rodriguez is asked to provide culture, language, and other aspects of translated into 22 different languages. the image of a young girl with long strong input on a number of areas. In their heritage. Everything from Dora’s What makes Dora so special? Why flowing hair and what appeared to addition to the small details such as looks, to her family and her terminol- has she been so popular with children be a mini-skirt had parents up in the music that is used, she is consulted ogy was carefully crafted to make sure and parents for a decade? Perhaps it is arms. They felt that the wholesome regarding “language, character devel- the show accurately portrayed Latinos. that sociological perspective that has Dora their kids loved to watch was opment, background contexts, colors, To add to the educational aspect of the contributed to this success. now being sexualized and would set story lines, addition of new characters, show, experts such as Rodriguez urged Based on her research on racial/ a terrible example. Representatives at and research in the field.” Using her producers to integrate more linguistic ethnic classifications, the media, and Mattel and Nickelodeon insisted that sociological perspective, her role is to and cultural elements. This meant Latinos, as well as her analysis on the what ‘tween’ Dora represents would provide the creators of the program making the music featured in the show representation of Latinos on prime- remain true to what young Dora has with a greater “understanding of the more aligned to the diverse music time television, Clara Rodriguez, always represented. To ease parents’ historical and structural contexts that of Latino culture, as well as adding Fordham University, was asked to serve concerns, the two companies decided influence events, movements, and Spanish vocabulary to the dialogue to as a consultant for Dora the Explorer to release the actual image of the new change,” she said. This is particularly teach basic phrases and terminology. and the public television children’s Dora soon after the announcement. important because producers gener- Besides being one of the first Latina program Sesame Street. Rodriguez ‘Tween’ Dora is now wearing leggings ally do not focus on the small details cartoon characters in television, Dora is has taught courses on Images of and a tunic with ballerina flats, not a of the background of any one show, also unique because she is also a young Latinos in the Media, Hispanics in the mini-skirt. She will also take on issues but focus instead on the final product female heroine. She is not reinforcing United States, Diversity in American that are relevant to socializing teenag- that is shown to viewers. female stereotypes that children are Society and Race and Ethnicity in ers into becoming responsible young Whether Dora’s legions of fans often exposed to on television. Dora is the Media. She is the author of 10 adults. They will include volunteering, realize it or not, this seven-year-old socializing children, particularly other books, including Heroes, Lovers and conserving water, and being environ- girl represents more than meets the young females, to see that they can be Others and Changing Race: Latinos, mentally friendly overall.
Grants FAD grants are funded through a Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline from Page 9 dollar-for-dollar match by ASA and Deadline: June 15 & December 15 higher status in global value chains, NSF. FAD provides awards to soci- but also generate increased inequality, ologists at all levels and all types of he ASA invites submissions for the Fund for the Advancement of the political conflict, and contradictions. institutions for cutting-edge research TDiscipline (FAD) awards. FAD is supported by a grant from the National By adding the concepts of social and and conferences. Send contribu- Science Foundation with matching monies from ASA. The goal of this award cultural capital to financial capital, tions to FAD, c/o ASA Business is to nurture the development of scientific knowledge by funding small, the conference participants update Office, 1430 K St., NW, Suite 600, groundbreaking research initiatives that will advance the discipline. FAD Adam Smith’s concept to the wealth Washington, DC 20005, or call awards offer scholars “seed money” for innovative research that provides of nations, analyze the geography of Girma Efa at (202) 383-9005, ext. opportunities for substantive and methodological breakthroughs, broadens wealth, describe how symbolic capital 306. The program director, Roberta the dissemination of scientific knowledge, and provides leverage for acquisi- is created, and relate symbolic capital Spalter-Roth, can be reached at tion of additional research funds. Proposals are reviewed for scientific merit, and economic wealth. The PIs will [email protected]. For more originality, feasibility, and the importance of the proposed research project or provide a framing and a conclusion information, visit www.asanet.org/ a conference. Contact: [email protected]. for the chapters. funding/fad.cfm.
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Emeritus profile Lloyd H. Rogler, More Than 50 Years a Member of ASA
loyd H. Rogler, Albert Schweitzer the problem. mental illness, and the development of commu- LProfessor Emeritus at Fordham Lloyd was an indifferent student actual mental illness. The nity mental health centers University, has been a member of the at the University of Iowa until the field work also produced in the U.S. mainland and American Sociological Association second semester of his sophomore the data for a book with in Puerto Rico, and to the since 1957, the year he received year when he took a class in analytic Hollingshead, Trapped: development of minor- his PhD in Sociology from the philosophy and read Descartes, Families and Schizophrenia ity research and training University of Iowa. Sociology, how- Hume, and Berkeley. The readings (1965). Subsequently, as programs. As a member ever, enveloped him much earlier. excited him. The problems addressed an Associate Professor of NIMH Council, but in His father, Charles C. Rogler, a uni- by philosophers made sense to him; of Sociology at Yale Lloyd Rogler the context of widespread versity sociology professor, believed in fact, much more sense than the University he used the skepticism, he argued for that sociology, itself, was a major tedious commerce courses he had method of participant observation the approval of Minority Fellowship cultural value in need of propaga- been taking, so he decided to major in to study disruptions in the organiza- Programs in professional associa- tion. “He gave sociology lectures at philosophy. He was taught by Gustav tional life of Puerto Ricans in New tions, including the ASA. In addition, all hours,” Lloyd remembers, “and Bergmann, a philosopher/math- Haven’s inner-city neighborhoods. From 1976 to 1978, he was Chairman it did not matter if he was in the ematician from the Vienna school of The study culminated with the book, of the ASA Minority Fellowship classroom. He gave short lectures to logical positivism who believed that Migrant in the City: The life of a Program. Then, with unencumbered anyone with whom he had transitory the fundamental unity of the sciences Puerto Rican Action Group (1971). funds from the Schweitzer Chair, a contacts and long ones to friends and incorporates sociology. Bergman The two books were the first of nine variety of flexible grants, and through family members. Listeners usually argued that nothing about the struc- books he has published. Fordham’s investment efforts, Lloyd joined the discussions. The richness ture of reality, in principle, prevents The books and the numerous established at Fordham University of sociological analysis was a part of sociology from attaining full scientific articles published in refereed journals the Rogler Graduate Fellowship my upbringing.” status. Lloyd identifies his father and of several disciplines have been recog- in Hispanic Research to support In 1941, shortly before the attack Bergmann as the two most influential nized in 1,115 citations from 1986 to doctoral student tuition. Prior to on Pearl Harbor, Lloyd’s fam- academics in his life, but recognizes 2008, according to the Social Science the recent national financial crisis, ily moved to Iowa City, IA, from that many teachers influenced him Citation Index. The citations demon- the funds supporting the fellowship Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico, where toward sociology. strate that his research has had broad amounted to more than one million Lloyd was born and raised during interdisciplinary impact. dollars. Return to Puerto Rico the years of the Great Depression Fordham University Recognition and where his father taught at the After earning his PhD, he returned University of Puerto Rico. Lloyd to Puerto Rico to collaborate with In 1974, the Regents of the State of Lloyd’s work has earned him major recalls many problems in acculturat- Yale’s August B. Hollingshead as New York approved the appointment awards in each of the disciplines in ing to American culture. “Life in field director of a research project in of Lloyd to be the Albert Schweitzer which he has published, including the new cultural setting seemed to San Juan. The research focused on Professor of the Humanities at sociology, psychiatry, and psychol- contradict life in Rio Piedras and, how wretchedly poor families in the Fordham University. In 2002, he ogy. Among his awards: The 2002 without an adequate knowledge of slums coped with schizophrenia in became Emeritus Professor of the Distinguished Career Award for the English I could not figure out what the absence of professional mental Schweitzer Chair. Three years after Practice of Sociology from the ASA, was going on in Iowa.” The cultural health care. Three years of difficult the initial appointment to the Chair, the 1996 Simon Bolivar Award from norms of the new country defied field research in the San Juan slums Lloyd founded the Hispanic Research the American Psychiatric Association, easy understanding and seemed to left him with enduring memo- Center at Fordham University with the 1981 Eugenio Maria de Hostos clash with his Hispanic background. ries of persons trapped between funding from competitive grants and Jose Marti Award from the New Learning English gradually resolved the social structure, the stigma of awarded to him by the National York Society of Clinical Psychologists, Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Inc., the University of Iowa’s 1981 At a time of scarcity of the research Distinguished Alumni Award, and the call for nominations dollar for sociology, grant applica- John Jay College of Criminal Justice’s tions from the Center competed Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris successfully. During his 13-year causa, in 1990. In 2006, a health 2010 Section Awards directorship of the Hispanic Research economist from Columbia University Center, the Center published 14 designated him a “Superstar” in Each of ASA’s 46 specialty sections honor work in their monographs and several dozen medical research because of the specialty areas through awards made to articles, books, articles, and it was recognized nation- numerous citations to his publications dissertations, career achievements, and other special con- ally as an outstanding research and and his success in competing for peer- tributions. The ASA website’s section page lists information development center oriented toward reviewed research grants. on awards for which nominations are sought. Awards will ethnic minorities. The Center’s port- Barrio Professors: Tales of folio of ongoing research projects was Naturalistic Research (2008), his most be presented at the 2010 ASA Annual Meeting in Atlanta, supplemented with training grants to recent book, is a fictionalized memoir GA. Consider nominating colleagues or students whose provide Hispanic graduate students that returns to scenes of early research scholarly contributions deserve recognition accorded by in sociology with in vivo research experiences in the slums of San Juan a section award. To see the complete the list of awards, training. and New Haven. Lloyd lives in Dobbs visit
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sociologists from getting the job, it duplicity in this structural discrimina- speech or the mission statements once certainly lets them know that their tion. Sociology has simply turned the they are retrieved? The ASA advises place is not up front at the counter other cheek to some institutions’ clear that published statements, presum- with the rest of the customers. Nor, it victimization of our colleagues. ably including inaugural speeches and seems, is their place at the back of the Until a full and open debate mission statements, are in the public bus. In fact, it would seem they are regarding what level of discrimination domain. It is ethical to quote them. barred from riding altogether. sociology is comfortable with, I pro- Yet, in terms of confidentiality this Sociology, Discrimination, and Do religious schools have the pose that the ASA follow the lead of presents a problem since it is easy for Hiring Practices right to do such a thing? Under legal the AAA and require institutions that anyone to find them. Under what circumstances is statutes, they do. Title VII under the engage in discriminatory practices Here’s what reporter Kevin Carey discrimination based on religious Civil Rights Act of 1964 exempts (especially when based on religion or wrote in his blog in the Chronicle of belief acceptable? In a “country-club” religious organizations from its sexual orientation) make note of this Higher Education: type of arrangement, sociology seems sweeping mandates, thus giving these in their job ads. Such a practice, while [The book] Wannabe U, by to have come to accept that some groups legal coverage to continue far short of ending discrimination, at University of Connecticut private universities bar large swaths of to engage in practices that would be least raises awareness of what is hap- sociologist Gaye Tuchman… our membership because of religious deemed discriminatory if engaged in pening at some institutions. purports to be the study of an beliefs. This appears to stand in direct by any other group. From an ethical Keith Kerr, Quinnipiac University un-named university’s quest for violation of our ethics, (see Section 5 standpoint, however, does the cloak of status. All the characters have on Nondiscrimination and Section 8.1 religion within the sociological com- Fieldwork Ethics and pseudonyms and the author says on Fair Employment Practices). munity make discriminatory practices Confidentiality some of the details of their jobs A number of religious schools acceptable? “You know the book My Freshman have been changed. … [On] page have, for some time, discriminated in When compared to some of our Year,” the reporter said. “I’m the 14, the book quotes President hiring practices. Oklahoma Wesleyan cousin disciplines, our level of inaction person who broke the story that it’s “Whitmore” as saying, at his University states on job applica- is abhorrent. For nearly a decade, the Northern Arizona State University.” inauguration, “Nothing is more tions that it “require(s) all employees American Anthropological Association I’m paraphrasing, but I recall that the important to the quality of life in to be born-again Christians” with (AAA) has required that job postings reporter continued, “Your book is this state than educational excel- a Christian pastor as a reference. through their organization explicitly about the University of Connecticut” lence.” If you Google that phrase, Perhaps more troubling are research- state whether an employer offers and then told me how he had deduced exactly as written, in quotes, you oriented and doctoral granting institu- domestic partner benefits, and further what, to him, was an important fact. get only two hits. One is from tions that engage in discriminatory mandates that ads include a standard- I replied that I could not reveal the Wannabe U. The other is from hiring practices. ized statement revealing whether the name of the university I had studied. the actual inaugural speech of Baylor University, a private Baptist, employer prohibits discrimination I know that learning the identity of former University of Connecticut Carnegie-rated research university, based on sexual orientation/prefer- the pseudononymous town or orga- President Philip E. Austin. offering doctoral degrees in the sociol- ence and gender identity/expression. nization analyzed within an ethnog- Familiar with reporters’ practices, I ogy of religion and applied sociology, While this does not speak specifically raphy can give someone satisfaction. had gone off the record to tell the first states on a web link placed in its ad on to examples of discriminatory religious To me, the exact identity of Wannabe journalist that I was bothered about the ASA Job Bank: hiring practices, considering histori- University, the research university how Google could reveal who had “Affiliation with and active par- cal discrimination against the lesbian, where I conducted participant obser- made what public statements. (He had ticipation in a congregation are gay, bisexual, transgender community vation, is not so important. What Googled some of those statements, required for tenure as part of the at the hands of religion, this statement matters is that it was a good choice but had made the ethical decision not individual’s service assignment.” certainly takes steps to curtail, or at to study because the university was to use them.) Given the unfortunate “[C]ongregation,” is clarified later: least make more evident, such practices. experiencing two sets of pressures— revelatory potential of Google, I had The AAA, recognizing discrimination, “The search committee will ask a board and senior administrators been concerned with how to protect compels the institution to indicate its short-listed applicants about consumed by ambition for the school the identity of people who had con- discriminatory nature on any posted their affiliation and level of par- and also the sort of financial woes fided in me. Accordingly, I changed job ad. ticipation in Christian or Jewish that have beset public universities for titles, genders, and names. I promoted With the AAA’s as our guide, at congregations.”(www.baylor. the past few decades as legislatures some people; I demoted others, and the very least, institutionalized dis- edu/content/services/document. have increasingly spent state monies for good measure, I was, on rare crimination within our ranks should php/91858.php) elsewhere. In addition, Wannabe was occasion, accurate. Carey would say prompt serious debate that may an easy commute and I had access to Further, Baylor University’s pub- that I raised “the problem of making include but not be limited to: potential informants. Of course, I had lished statement on non-discrimina- stuff up.” How could he know how to 1. Is this a violation of our Code of promised my Institutional Review tory practices states: evaluate a quotation if he didn’t know Ethics? If so, how should sociology Board that I would keep secret the whether an associate provost, a dean, BU complies with all applicable respond? name of the university that I was or the head of enrichment programs federal and state nondiscrimina- 2. What should the response of sociol- studying and would protect the iden- had made the statement? Should he tion laws and does not engage in ogy journals be regarding articles tity of my informants. know that? Does it matter? Certainly prohibited discrimination on the from institutions that openly Confidentiality is difficult today; he (and I) might want to know the basis of race, color, nationality or discriminate? the Internet transformed some aspects views of the of the board of trustees ethnic origin, sex, age or handicap. 3. What should the response of of participant observation. On the one head. The omission of discrimination sociology be to the certification hand, it has made it easy to find some I had solved one aspect of this based on religion and sexual orienta- of sociologists by institutions that types of documentation, such as a uni- problem by not interviewing the tion (both being included in the ASA’s openly discriminate? versity president’s inaugural address head of the board, president, provost, code of ethics) speaks volumes to the While sociology as a whole may not or the difference between a univer- associate provosts, and deans. :By statement’s subtext. be engaging in discriminatory practices, sity’s 1996 mission statement and not interviewing these high-level If such job advertisements do not support through inaction and enabling their 2008 mission statement. legally bar many otherwise qualified leads me to question the discipline’s But what do you do with the See ASAForum, next page
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ASA Forum have been slashed, and job offerings are based on what I have witnessed candidate should be made aware from previous page have diminished to numbers that or experienced and countless conver- of these conditions before making seasoned sociologists have, rarely if sations with other PhDers. accommodations. managers, I could quote their public ever, seen.1 The empirical evidence • Ideally, when a candidate doesn’t • If the candidate is required to statements; I did not have to “make of how the economic crisis has make the short list, notify the arrange and pay for hotel accom- stuff up.” impacted the profession of sociol- candidate within 30 days of elimi- modations and transportation, and Frankly, I don’t think that the ogy can be found in the ASA’s 2009 nation. The candidate shouldn’t the on-campus interview is can- fictionalizing in which I engaged Annual Meeting employment ser- be waiting indefinitely and left to celled, the refund for all expenses harmed the ability of the reader either vice. In 2007, 92 employers listed 126 wonder. incurred should be unconditional to interpret my data or to decide sociology jobs and approximately 1, • If a phone interview with a new and within 30 days. whether my generalizations were justi- 835 interviews were scheduled.2 In PhDer and then the interview In conclusion, ASA is the premiere fied. However, I do worry about my 2008, 117 sociology jobs listed by is cancelled, call and notify the organization for the field of sociol- failure not to fictionalize more. Should 70 employers and approximately 1, candidate. While e-mail is effective, ogy and should do more to assist I have rewritten every newspaper 631 interviews were scheduled.3 At a friendly voice buffers the message. departments with guidelines on how report that I quoted? Should I have the annual ASA conference in San • Ideally, the department should, to engage candidates, especially new paraphrased the minutes of meetings Francisco, there were 10 sociol- initially and minimally, arrange PhDers. I implore ASA to form a task that I found on Wannabe’s website? ogy jobs listed by 7 employers in and pay for the candidates hotel force to determine strong suggestions The Internet enabled me to find some the annual conference employment and travel cost. Typically, new for how departments can generate new data; it potentially permits readers to service.4 There are a number of pos- PhDers have few resources to cover jobs and postdocs for new PhDers. find institutions and informants. What sible explanations for the decline: hotel and travel cost to on-campus ASA should pressure Congress, foun- is our responsibility as researchers and ASA recently revamped its employ- interview(s). dations, and organizations to create ethnographers here? ment services site and the country • If the on-campus interview is can- more research sociology positions Gaye Tuchman, University of is experiencing an economic crisis. celled, the search committee should to deal with society’s social issues. Connecticut Regardless, the decline is staggering. notify the candidate, not delegate Currently, when new PhDers are faced The number of candidates who par- this to the administrative assistant with some of the above situations, they Search Committee Etiquette and ticipate in the employment service or secretary. The candidate deserves have no recourse. In this economic the New PhDers has remained fairly constant, 437. to hear the news from a committee crisis, with institutions reevaluating From elementary school to a In most instances, when new member who she/he has spoken how business is conducted, I hope doctoral education we are confronted PhDers get the e-mail or call for an with before. Likewise, if an inter- that the field of sociology will begin to with rules of ethics and codes of con- interview, by phone or on-campus, view is cancelled, a member of the reevaluate how they can improve their duct. In the profession of sociology, there are weeks or days of preparation, search committee should offer the rules of engagement when it comes to in most instances, new PhDers (i.e., a including, researching the depart- new PhDer an apology regarding new PhDers. doctoral candidate on the job market) ment, making travel plans, and emo- any inconvenience that they have Ruth Thompson-Miller, Texas A & M learn these rules from their mentors, tional preparation. The preparations caused the new PhDer. University, [email protected] seminars, and/or ASA sessions. There are not confined to the candidate; • With a cancellation, try to notify is even a code of conduct for the others are usually involved including the candidate at least 72 hours References seemingly simple task of commenting the department, committee members, before they are scheduled to travel. 1 This is based on several conversations on the ASA message board. However, other graduate students, friends, and Last-minute cancellations can be with professors at Texas A & M and other the rules of engagement and codes of family. more problematic in terms of holds institutions. conduct for search committees and In the current economic cri- placed on credit cards and the 2 http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/ new PhDers are invisible or at best sis, do search committees need to rescheduling of other commitments meetings/2008_employment_service blurry. reevaluate how they engage new the candidate might have arranged. 3 http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/ During the current economic PhDers? Which rules of engagement • If there are conditions that the meetings/2009_employment_service crisis, tenure-track lines have disap- and codes of conduct should be candidate must meet to receive 4 http://es.asanet.org/es/Candidates/Home. peared, endowments and budgets included? The following suggestions, reimbursements for expenses, the aspx?CandidateID=237
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footnotes • February 2010 17 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org announcements quoted on January 6 on CNN.com psychological and behavioral in the aftermath of World War II. Pursuing the American Dream lic as soon as possible after data about his study that found the problems among veterans of the The award is known as the Men- (AuthorHouse, 2009). collection is complete. Contact: terrorist threat posed by radical- wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He schenrechtspreis der Volksgruppe Tom W. Smith, the Principal Inves- Edward J. Lawler, Cornell Uni- ized Muslim-Americans has was quoted in the cover story of der Donauschwaben, or Human tigator and Director of the GSS at versity, Shane R, Thye, University been exaggerated. The research the September 19 issue of the Rights Award of the Ethnic Ger- NORC (773) 256-6288; smitht@ of South Carolina, and Jeongkoo was featured by Time.com, the National Journal regarding the man Danube Suevians. norc.uchicago.edu;
footnotes • February 2010 18 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org announcements planning, design, and execution away on December 25, 2009, at development. His studies began crack cocaine use, as well as the His research spanned a broad of randomized clinical trials in- the age of 45. with the criminal involvement of effectiveness of prison-based array of fields. Two of his earliest volving behavioral interventions. drug abusers and the ethnog- substance abuse treatment for articles on stratification—“The Seeking researchers who have Obituaries raphy of street addiction in drug-involved offenders. Current Literature on Social demonstrated research potential various subpopulations and later He was a revered colleague Stratification: Critique and and experience and who will moved to studies of drug abuse and engaged in extensive Bibliography” (AJS, 1953) and “A clearly benefit from behavioral James A. Inciardi treatment for criminal offenders. Critical Evaluation of Warner’s 1939-2009 consulting work both nationally randomized controlled trial train- With the arrival of AIDS and its and internationally. Even more Work in Community Stratifica- ing. The ideal candidate will have James A. Inciardi, co-Director disproportionate concentration important than his professional tion” (ASR, 1950, coauthored prior experience, and will be of the Center for Drug and among drug using populations, work is the living memorial that with Dudley Duncan)—were actively pursuing an independent Alcohol Studies at the University his research focus shifted to the remains among his professional widely cited. research career, in behavioral of Delaware and Professor of epidemiology of HIV infection friends and colleagues. He was a He then published two influ- randomized clinical trials. Those Sociology and Criminal Justice, and transmission, and later to “translational scientist” long be- ential articles in the sociology of who have extensive research ex- died on November 23 after a the development and evaluation fore the term came into vogue, religion: “The Sociology of Secu- perience will only be considered prolonged and courageous battle of effective HIV prevention and interested in moving ideas larization: Religious Groups” (AJS after more junior investigators with multiple myeloma. Jim was treatment programs. His work into tested strategies and then 1955) and “Christian Science: A have been evaluated. For more born in Brooklyn on November moved from careful observation, disseminating the knowledge Case Study of the Social Psycho- information, visit
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