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High School Sociology Front and Center inside Once Again at NCSS Nearly 80 teachers attend ASA high school sociology symposium in Boston; ASA high school planning program and advisory panel hard at work on draft standards document in 2015. 3 Sexual Assault on Jean H. Shin, Beth Floyd, and maximize outreach and impact, sociology attended, many of whom Campus Margaret Weigers Vitullo, ASA decided on a new approach. attended multiple sessions. The four Determining the numbers American Sociological Association While the previous two years’ high sessions were listed as follows: school conferences attempted to of incidences is complicated n November 21, 2014, in Boston, Session 1 and only the beginning of MA, ASA sponsored an all-day bring high school teachers to sociol- O “Reading/Writing in the dealing with assaults. symposium for high school teachers ogy, it was agreed that ASA would Sociology Classroom to Engage of sociology at the 2014 National try bringing sociology to the high Critical and Creative Thinking.” Council for the Social Studies school teachers at the NCSS Annual Sociologists at the Presenters: Chris Salituro, 5 (NCSS) Annual Conference. This Conference. The new approach was Census Stevenson High School; Hayley was the fourth event of this kind quite successful in 2013 and even Taking a walk on the applied Lotspeich, Wheaton North High that ASA has sponsored, starting in more so in 2014. side, sociologists at the U.S. Featured in the NCSS Conference School Census Bureau help make 2011. In 2013, after consultations with the ASA High School Planning News, the day-long event was Session 2 the most reliable estimates. divided into four linked sessions Program Advisory Panel and also “Research and Teaching in Urban that took place on November 21 with Susan Griffin, NCSS Executive Sociology.” 5 Improve Undergrad Director, and David Bailor, NCSS at the Hynes Convention Center. Learning Through Meetings Director, about how to Nearly 80 high school teachers of Continued on Page 6 Presentations Hands-on experiences, such as presenting at regional meetings can improve understanding and bolster Sociology and Criminal Justice: Teaching Sociology confidence. Few Differences in Learning and with Wikipedia Designing and Eryk Salvaggio and Jami Mathewson, 9 Implementing an Online Career Outcomes Wiki Education Foundation Master’s Degree Mary S. Senter, Central Michigan their major as “sociology and ur two previous articles An applied sociology University, and Roberta Spalter-Roth criminal justice” more likely than O(September/October 2014, December 2014) examined the ben- degree at University of accalaureates including sociol- those with a “no concentration” eficial outcomes of ASA’s Wikipedia Alabama-Birmingham was a ogy majors graduating in 2012 major to find meaningful employ- B initiative, including improvement worthwhile process. faced a difficult job market, and ment? And, were students with a in student research, writing, critical sociology departments along with combined major less likely to learn thinking, collaborative efforts, and other humanities and social science and use key sociological concepts information literacy skills. And while disciplines faced competition for and skills? Data from the first and From the Executive Officer...... 2 Wikipedia has had a positive impact majors from more vocational and second waves of the second “bach- Science Policy...... 3 on these sociology students, they professional degrees. Departments elor’s and beyond” survey, funded have also had a positive impact on Announcements...... 12 may respond by offering concentra- by the National Science Foundation Wikipedia. Students have expanded Obituaries...... 14 tions within the sociology major, and under the direction of Roberta the breadth of sociology coverage and with the most common being crime, Spalter-Roth, helped answer these are closing that content gap. The ini- law, and society. When sociology questions. We compared the seniors tiative has also brought more women departments developed this new (49%) who in spring 2012 described onto Wikipedia, and diversifying the concentration, some chairs noted a their major as sociology alone to the editor base helps broaden the repre- decrease in sociology majors while 12 percent of seniors who reported sented topics and perspectives. criminal justice majors increase a combined major of sociology and Before May 2014, if you (Spalter-Roth, Van Vooren, and criminal justice. researched “social cleansing” on Kisielewski, 2013). Students may This research did not find that Wikipedia, you would have found assume that the concentration joint criminology and sociology a sparse page with 192 words. The will give them an employment majors were advantaged in the labor three sources identified three South advantage. market. Nor did it find major differ- Were students who described Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 8 footnotes • January 2015 To view the online version, visit 1 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org

from the executive officer The Policy Relevance of Sociology n December 1, 2014, the both for the future of the field and recommend interventions based court hearings than those released OChronicle of Higher Education for making progress on large-scale on empirical data. ASA will link on parole or with bonds, allowing published an article by Orlando human system problems ranging the SSG with sociologists and their more cost-effective use of limited Patterson titled “How Sociologists from poverty to climate change. research. resources. Made Themselves While I agree with many The ASA’s amicus brief summa- Impact Irrelevant.” On the aspects of this argument, I rizing research regarding outcomes Chronicle website 133 also think it is worthwhile for children with same-sex parents These are simply examples. Most people commented on to consider evidence of is another example of sociology sociologists will produce many the piece, with comments the impact of sociology being used to shape public policy. others. These “anecdotes”, however, posted on a variety of other listservs specifically. After submitting our brief in the do not determine the extent of and blogs as well, including Julia DOMA and Proposition 8 cases in the impact of sociology—or social Visibility McQuillan’s guest post on ASA’s the U.S. Supreme Court, we have science, more generally; that is blog, Speak for Sociology. Clearly Looking at visibility in the media, positively responded to numer- under-studied and complicated. No Patterson’s article (or at least the and considering only the American ous requests to re-submit the brief, one knows for sure, for example, title) struck a chord with many Sociological Association (ASA), it and we have done so strategically how many social scientists work- people. is fair to say that sociology’s impact in 6 out of the 12 federal appellate ing as career professionals within has grown rather remarkably in districts in the United States, as government at the federal, state, and Relevance just the past four years. In 2014 the well as in the Constitutional Court local levels are providing empirical If relevance is having a relation- ASA press office received 480 media of Colombia, South America. The evidence—from others’ research ship to the topic at hand, sociology inquiries—a 23 percent increase courts determine the constitutional- and their own—to help guide policy appears quite relevant to today’s since 2010. As was reported ity of current laws denying marriage makers in their day-to-day-work. public policy debates. In 2010 previously in Footnotes, in just the to same-sex couples, but those What is their individual and collec- Bjorn Wittrock, Principal of the month of August 2014, the U.S. decisions have to be made in light of tive impact? As the authors of The Swedish Collegium for Advanced press mentioned the ASA (mostly solid sociological research demon- Impact of the Social Sciences point Study, stated it clearly: “[N]o public with regard to the scholarly work of strating that children with same-sex out, in the physical sciences, impact policy can be developed, no market sociologists) in 1,233 articles. On parents do just as well as children tends to be measured in patents, interaction can occur, and no state- the single day of August 19, the last with different-sex parents. new products, or new companies ment in the public sphere can be day of the 2014 Annual Meeting, Another example that comes that arise from discoveries in basic made, that does not refer explicitly the U.S. print media mentioned to mind took place in 2000, science, technology, or biomedicine. or implicitly to the findings and research at the ASA meeting 452 when Christopher Stone (current Even within biomedicine, a new concepts of the social and human times. In 2013, sociologists were President of the Open Society disease cure/prevention isn’t neces- sciences.” This quote opens a newly quoted 124 times in the New York Foundation and former president sarily impactful even if scientifically released book, The Impact of the Times alone, according to Contexts of the Vera Institute of Justice) and proven to be effective. It may take Social Sciences: How Academics and Blog via Philip Cohen. I met with the Director of the U.S. the other sciences to figure out Their Research Make a Difference whether and how it can be trans- Use Immigration and Naturalization (Bastow, Dunleavy and Tinkler Services (INS) about the extensive lated into better health. As a result But visibility does not necessar- 2014), that empirically measures social science research on the pre- of less definitive ideas of how to ily equate use, as Kenneth Prewitt, the extent and manner in which the trial release of criminal defendants measure the influence of the social former director of the U.S. Census social sciences have had an impact without money bail (i.e., on their sciences compared to other sci- Bureau and former President of beyond the academy in the United own recognizance). The social sci- ence domains, “the impression has COSSA (the Consortium of Social Kingdom through the analysis of a ence overwhelmingly showed that been created a long time ago, and Science Associations) points out in meticulously constructed database most defendants, even those facing consolidated by waves of superficial his forward for the U.S. edition of of 270 social scientists and 100 jail or prison, showed up in court commentaries and ‘evaluations’ The Impact of the Social Sciences. scientists working in the natural for their trials. The evidence from since, that the social sciences lack It is not hard to move beyond evi- sciences as well as 15 extensive case the first such study by Veradirectly external impacts….” (2014:2) dence of visibility to find examples studies. The authors conceptualize produced the federal bail reform The “visibility” approach Bastow, of sociological research being used impact as visibility, measured as act of 1966 and similar legislation Dunleavy, and Tinkler use for to shape public policy and action. publications, citations, Google refer- in virtually all states in subsequent measuring social science impact, A few months ago, representa- ences, research reports, references years. Why was this relevant to although thought-provoking and tives from the U.S. Department of in civil society domains, visibility on the Director of INS? It encouraged revealing, is incomplete. It does, the Interior came to the ASA and government web pages, and men- the federal government to sup- however, suggest that sociologists asked us to become a partner in tions in the national and interna- port supervised release for illegal need not make a choice between their Strategic Scientists Group tional press. immigrants seeking asylum in the excelling in the academic realm or (SSG). The role of the SSG is to The authors examine the impact United States. Again using the best the public realm. Bastow, Dunleavy, establish multi-disciplinary rapid of the social sciences in general. In social science research, Vera social and Tinkler found these two arenas response teams to work through fact, they see creating an interdisci- scientists were able to demonstrate to be mutually reinforcing for many the short, medium, and long-term plinary “broad-front” social science that participants in an experimental of the social scientists they studied. implications of social, economic, that works in close relation with Appearance Assistance Program A replication of their study focusing the natural sciences, as essential and environmental disasters and were more likely to appear for Continued on Page 4

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Discontinuation of the NCS. The NCS was originally autho- Congress established and social determinants National Children’s Study rized by the Children’s Health Act OBSSR in the Office of of health. We answer The National Institutes of Health of 2000. It is being implemented by the Director, NIH, in this call by seeking out (NIH) has decided to discontinue a program office within the Eunice recognition of the key new and better methods the National Children’s Study Kennedy Shriver National Institute role that behavioral and to improve health (NCS). At the December 12 meeting for Child Health and Human social factors often play through the modifica- of the NIH Advisory Committee to Development (NICHD). The NCS in illness and health. tion of these behavioral the Director, a working was intended to be a The OBSSR mission is to and social contributors group charged by NIH “longitudinal observa- stimulate behavioral and to illness.” He contin- Director Francis Collins tional birth cohort study social sciences research ued, “Over its 20 years, to evaluate whether the to evaluate the effects of throughout NIH and OBSSR has helped lead NCS “as currently out- chronic and intermit- to integrate these in the development and lined is feasible, especially tent exposures on child areas of research more fully into adoption of these new behavioral in light of increasing and significant health and human development in others of the NIH health research and social science approaches as budget constraints,” concluded that U.S. children.” The working group’s enterprise, thereby improving our they have unfolded, encouraging the NCS as currently designed is not report is available on the NIH’s understanding, treatment, and trans-disciplinary exploration and feasible. The working group further website at acd.od.nih.gov/. prevention of disease. In the OBSSR embracing new scientific develop- blog, “The Connector,” William ments to harness the power of recommended “that the NIH Twenty Years of OBSSR: Riley, Acting Director of the Office behavioral and social sciences to champion and support new study Behavioral and Social Sciences of Behavioral and Social Sciences transform biomedical research, designs, informed by advances in Remain Important to Health Research, wrote “Behavioral and clinical interventions, and public technology and basic and applied Research research, that could make the social factors account for more health.” For information on public Summer 2015 will mark the original goals of the NCS more than half of the premature deaths health achievements in the behav- 20th anniversary of the Office of achievable, feasible, and affordable.” in this country. This has become ioral and social sciences, visit obssr. Behavioral and Social Sciences The Working Group’s conclusion is the clarion call for the behavioral od.nih.gov/pdf/OBSSRfactsheets_ Research (OBSSR) at the National based on an evaluation of the aims, and social sciences to improve our Achievements_Final_04192013. Institutes of Health. The U.S. design, and management of the understanding of health behaviors pdf.

The Shifting Landscape: Critically Contextualizing Conversations About Campus Sexual Violence Ashley C. Rondini, Franklin and vidual experiences of victimization and universities have come under the possibilities for change on their Marshall College occur. While it should be noted that scrutiny for allegedly mishandling campuses? n April of 2011, the Department feminist scholars and activists have sexual harassment and sexual vio- That said, there are ways in which of Education Office of Civil Rights critiqued the structural and cultural lence issues in ways that constitute this continually increasing number I dynamics that normalize sexual vio- non-compliance with Title IX of investigations signals both the (OCR) issued a “Dear Colleague” , letter focused on the responsibili- lence for far longer than the federal regulations. As of October 1 2014 pervasive persistence of a disturbing ties of educational institutions in government has been implementing 85 schools were officially reported social problem and heartening evi- addressing issues of sexual harass- these changes, the extent to which to be “on the list” of those actively dence of progress—however incre- ment and sexual violence within these visible, “official” federal efforts under investigation by OCR. mental—in the social and cultural their respective communities. aimed at transforming institutional While the public availability of contexts that frame its occurrence. Importantly, the OCR engaged this climates and cultures concern- information concerning which On one hand, the schools under subject within the context of civil ing gender and power merit our schools are already under OCR investigation cannot mistakenly be rights protections prohibiting sex consideration. investigation provides incentive for thought to comprehensively repre- other institutions to take proactive sent the scope of the issue. Incidents discrimination under Title IX of the What has happened? Education Amendments of 1972. measures to avoid scrutiny, there are of campus sexual violence have long Less than four years later, the also several potentially problematic been understood to be vastly under- The letter contributed to a discur- tenor and tack of the national con- sive shift—from publicly framing issues raised by this dynamic. For reported crimes; large discrepancies versation concerning sexual assault example, can it be assumed that persist between the “official” rates campus sexual assault as solely an on college and university campuses issue of crime and safety to framing those schools that are not under of sexual assault reporting through has indeed shifted—and the result- investigation presently are neces- campus safety and local law enforce- protection from sexual assault as an ing consequences may not be as issue of civil rights. This evolution sarily more effective in addressing ment and the rates at which college straightforward as they seem on campus sexual violence issues? Or, students disclose experiences of vic- has broadened the mainstream lens the surface. Clearly, campus sexual through which campus sexual vio- alternatively, might survivors at timization in anonymous contexts. assault has been the subject of a some of those schools either simply In 2012 the Centers for Disease lence is viewed, with a push towards surge in media attention and politi- critical analyses of the institutional feel less safe coming forward with Control cited a study indicating that cal discussion. Dozens of colleges their complaints or lack faith in environments within which indi- Continued on Page 10 footnotes • January 2015 3 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org

Outcomes percent of sociology and criminal Employment Status: Significant Differences between Sociology From Page 1 justice majors reported that it was and Joint Sociology and Criminal Justice Majors “very likely” or “somewhat likely” ences in learning between the two that their job will “lead you to Sociology and Sociology types of majors. where you’d like to be career-wise Criminal Justice Concepts and Skills Learned in the next five years.” Sociology Job requires bachelor’s degree or majors were more likely than com- 45.7% 31.1% Neither group of majors appeared bined majors to view their job as a higher to receive a “sociology lite” degree. “career-type job.” These differences The two groups did not significantly in perceptions of career prospects Employed in educational institution 23.8% 11.9% differ in reporting learning across are not statistically significant. five of six conceptual areas and 14 The two groups of majors did Employed by government 21.8% 37.5% of 15 skill areas. The one skill differ- not differ in terms of jobs satisfac- ence was that the combined majors tion or the view that their job is Employed in service occupation 9.8% 28.1% reported more attention to résumé closely related to sociology. Slightly writing in their program (one more than one third of each group quarter of the combined majors as Mean number of research tasks report being “very satisfied” with 1.55 1.01 used on the job compared to more than one third of their employment. About 20 percent sociology majors reported very little reported that their job is “closely not encourage the view among is appropriate for undergraduates attention to this job search skill). related” to their sociology degree, and students, faculty, and administra- entering the work force directly Experiences of students outside of 48 percent indicated that it is “some- tion that “sociology and criminal after graduation and not only for the classroom differed only slightly. what related.” Similarly, sociology and justice” majors will be more likely those planning to immediately Combined majors (52%) were more criminal justice majors are as likely as than their “sociology alone” peers attend graduate school. Additional likely than sociology alone majors sociology majors to report that they to find satisfying employment. findings can be found at www. (45%) to report participating in use a variety of sociological concepts These data also provide some assur- asanet.org/documents/research/ an internship. Sociology alone and skills on the job (e.g., basic ance that the sociology alone major pdfs/Bacn_Beyond_crim.pdf. majors were, however, more likely concepts in sociology, important than combined majors to have had differences in the life experiences of an independent study or research people, or data collection). Vantage Point most pressing problems. That is a experience with a faculty member , There were some significant dif- From Page 2 sociological challenge for today. to have studied abroad, and to have ferences in the types of places they References been part of a class study group. worked. Sociology and criminal jus- on the United States would make Bastow, Simon, Patrick Dunleavy and There were some significant tice majors were less likely to work a tremendous contribution to the differences in reasons for majoring. field, as would an extension examin- Jane Tinkler. 2014. The Impact of the for educational institutions and Social Sciences: How Academics and Seniors with the combined major more likely to work for governmen- ing actual use or impact. Given Their Research Make a Difference. Sage: (81%) were more likely than those tal or military units. Further, sociol- the current funding context in the Thousand Oaks, CA. with a “sociology alone” major ogy and criminal justice majors United States, we cannot simply (61%) to report that an important were more likely than sociology complain about lack of relevance Sally T. Hillsman is the reason for choosing the major is alone majors to hold jobs that do or extoll our accomplishments. We Executive Officer of to “prepare me for the job I want.” not require a bachelor’s degree (69% must provide concrete scientific ASA. She can be reached They were also slightly less likely to versus 54%) and to be employed evidence of our contributions and by email at executive. major because they enjoyed the first in service occupations (28% versus their relationship to the world’s [email protected]. course in sociology, were interested 10%). Although few graduates use in the concepts, or see the utility of specific research skills (e.g., survey the major as a way of helping them research construction and quan- Make a Difference for Sociology . . . to understand their life. titative data analysis) in their first Renew Today! No Labor Market Advantage post-baccalaureate positions, on “The sheer range of ASA activities— There is little evidence that average, sociology and criminal e.g., promoting the discipline to the sociology and criminal justice justice majors were less likely than public; advocating for support from majors fare better than do sociol- sociology majors to report that they government agencies; facilitating the ogy majors in the job market in the use these skills on the job. diversification of the discipline; encouraging and providing initial period after graduation (see These data from the 2012 cohort training opportunities in both teaching and research; protecting accompanying table). In winter of sociology majors suggest that academic freedom—is remarkable.” 2013, the employment status of the departments can successfully cre- two groups of majors was virtually ate academic programs that join — Brian Powell (Indiana University) identical, with both sociology alone sociology and criminal justice If you have not yet renewed your membership for 2015, do so and combined majors being most without creating a “second-rate” quickly in order to continue to receive Footnotes and your printed likely to be working at a paid job experience for students in terms of journals, to access the ASA job bank and online ASA journals only (58% for both groups)—fol- learning core sociological concepts (now a free benefit of membership), to register for your free lowed by combining paid employ- and skills. 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Employment Status: Significant Differences between Sociology Producing the Most Valid and Reliable Estimates Possible at the U.S. Census and Joint Sociology and Criminal Justice Majors Johanna Olexy, ASA Public Affairs and sure the data look reasonable.” Age and Special Populations Branch, right down to the size and color- Sociology and Public Information In graduate school at Bowling primarily works on overseeing the ing of text, which involves studying Sociology Criminal Justice here are sociologists all over this Green State University, Smith became collection, review, and produc- how people will react to the most interested in the applied side of sociol- tion of the age and sex data for the minute details. And of course when Job requires bachelor’s degree or Tcountry working in applied settings; 45.7% 31.1% ogy. “I found the demographic work American Community Survey. conducting more in-depth research, higher a number of them are demographers and statisticians at the U.S. Census and population studies interesting; The American Community like a recent brief I wrote on the I studied fertility and migration and Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey centenarian population, we use our Employed in educational institution 23.8% 11.9% Bureau. On the Bureau’s “Work With US” page, it states “Applicants for how populations are affected by it. that provides annual data—giving statistics to look in-depth into a par- these positions may hold a variety I found I was much more fitted for communities the current informa- ticular group and understand their Employed by government 21.8% 37.5% of social science degrees, includ- the applied side of sociology and was tion they need to plan investments unique place in the United States. “ interested in pursuing population and services. Information from the ing: Statistics, Political Science, Theory Is Vital Demography, Sociology, Public studies.” survey generates data that help deter- Employed in service occupation 9.8% 28.1% th The role of Mark A. Leach, a Health, Public Policy.” Footnotes Now in her 18 year at the Census, mine how more than $400 billion in Smith spent her first 10 years at the federal and state funds are distrib- Demographer in the Population Mean number of research tasks interviewed three sociolgists who are 1.55 1.01 Census working on different ways to uted each year. Division of the Census Bureau, is used on the job Census employees at various educa- to estimate and project interna- tion levels—Smith is ABD, Kincel do estimates and projections, includ- “The ACS is a rich data set that ing geographic levels, age, and sex. is used for more than determining tional migration into and out of the has a BA, and Leach has a PhD. Their United States. “Our estimates of net experiences and advice are below. About eight years ago she switched to congressional representation. It helps a new area at the Census where she give neighborhoods knowledge of international migration are used as Sociologist as a Demographer works to ensure that decennial and the people around them,” said Smith. inputs for the Census Bureau’s annual Amy Symens Smith, Chief of the survey data are the highest possible “Enumeration of the U.S. population estimates of the U.S. population,” said Age and Special Population Branch, quality. “I look at changes we need to is exciting work that is important in Leach. “I really enjoy the variety of is one of many sociologist at the U.S. make in the questionnaires so that we numerous ways.” projects on which I work. It is nice Census. For the last decade, she has are best using sociological methods.” Kincel said that he finds his sociol- to know that my work on the Census ogy education useful because, “Day Bureau’s population estimates con- been in charge of reviewing decen- American Community Survey nial survey forms and questionnaire to day, we have to know how best to tributes to an accurate distribution of design development. “I help make Brian Kincel, also in the Census’s garner responses from our surveys, Continued on Page 8

Bolstering Confidence and Understanding by Presenting with Undergraduates at Regional Meetings Rena Zito, Elon University work and provides important oppor- ing experience of being asked ques- and undergraduate-focused confer- tunities for professional development. tions by session participants who had ences—while providing opportunities quick perusal of college websites There are important professional assumed they were graduate students, to cultivate professionalism and share might leave you with the distinct A and personal benefits for students and the relief of answering the questions with a broader audience—can feel impression that higher education is faculty, as well as institutions, of when well, and the award (and monetary like they take place within a bubble, a bastion of experiential learning, undergradu- prize) one separate from “real” sociology. including collaborative and indepen- ates present at of them had Presenting at a regional or national dent undergraduate research. In an age regional and There was a feeling in the room received for conference is an invitation to students of online course delivery (dare I say national confer- her paper. As to step outside the institutional the M word?) and pundits decrying that they had accomplished something ences. Providing we prepared bubble. They can interact with new the value of a college education, it is no special, something that warranted a outlets for stu- for our long ideas that are not constrained within surprise that brick-and-mortar institu- dents to share new kind of confidence. drive back to a classroom and see how their own tions are putting hands-on education their work with campus, there research fits into the larger sociological and mentorship front and center. And a wider audi- was a feeling in project. Conferences also are venues they should. ence is transformative for students, the room that they had accomplished for professional identity formation Research on outcomes of under- potentially rewarding for faculty, and something special, something that as students make difficult decisions graduate research participation a smart investment for colleges and warranted a new kind of confidence. about what comes after graduation. indicates that hands-on experiences universities. This newfound confidence is only one They are treated, and come to think of improve understanding and bolster of many benefits students gain from themselves, as burgeoning profes- confidence, sometimes providing the Benefits to students conference presenting. sionals in the conference setting. basis for long-term career plans (for Last April, I sat in a hotel restau- Even our most engaged, moti- The social capital benefits cannot be an inspiring example, see Nichols and rant in Cincinnati sharing lunch with vated, and bright students often view understated, too, with ample network- Winston’s April 2014 Footnotes article two Elon University undergraduate required research projects as relevant ing opportunities that are typically on undergraduates in community- students who had just presented only within the walls of the class- closed to undergraduates. In addition, based applied research projects). at the North Central Sociological room. Feedback feels like a private they accumulate human capital as they However, involving students in Association meeting. The conversa- conversation between the student learn how to network and practice meaningful research projects is only tion volleyed between them—the and instructor or, at best, between the professional self-presentation. the first step. Taking knowledge fascinating session on the sociology student, the instructor, and classmates. Tricia Johnston, who presented beyond the walls of the classroom of food (a sub-discipline new and Even campus-wide research events helps students to contextualize their exciting to them), the nausea-induc- Continued on Page 7

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High School ers teach in isolation in their own setting up an e-mail listserv for high parison with other disciplines, such From Page 1 buildings, without colleagues who school teachers independent of their as (but not limited to) psychology, also teach the same content. The ASA membership. geography, civics, economics, and Presenter: Shelley McDonough four symposium sessions not only The ASA High School listserv chemistry, which have developed Kimelberg, Northeastern University enriched participants with method- currently has more than 300 sub- standards and published them Session 3 ologies, lesson plans, and assess- scribers and has become an active through organizations in their ments, but also provided them with forum for comments, suggestions, respective disciplines. Finally, as Civic Education in Sociology opportunities to network and link and other feedback on teaching ASA partnered substantively with through Service Learning and with other sociology teachers across sociology in high schools and staff members and researchers Action Research the country to continue their profes- related topics. from the American Psychological Presenters: Hayley Lotspeich, sional development. The symposium In addition, the High School Association and the American Wheaton North High School; Chris provided participants direct contact Planning Program Advisory Panel Anthropological Association in Salituro, Stevenson High School with the ASA’s efforts at furthering has been established, composed of developing the C3 Appendix for the Session 4 high school sociology, now and mov- high school teachers of sociology social sciences in 2013, there has TRAILS: Several Courses’ Worth ing forward in 2015.” and faculty in four-year institutions been a very good base of content who have a strong interest in high on which to organize and frame of Sociology Resources at Your ASA High School Planning school sociology, including individ- these standards. As a whole, the Fingertips Program Activities into 2015 Presenters: Jean H. Shin, ASA; uals who have worked on programs entire ASA group is working on Since the beginning of 2011, key through regional associations and several draft “domains” of inquiry, Beth Floyd, ASA steps in the high school planning According to Hayley Lotspeich, who also have experience with dual appropriate learning goals, and process have included recruiting credit programs linking colleges and corresponding key concepts that ASA’s High School Planning Program a Lotspeich as the High School Director, “the symposium showcased high schools. can be the ultimate product of this Sociology Program Planning Since April 2014, a major activ- important and long-awaited task. practices and initiatives aimed at Director and Assistant Director, preparing students for college, career, ity for the High School Sociology The ASA High School Teachers Chris Salituro, both dynamic and Planning Program and its Advisory promotion package for 2015 offers and civic life such as assessing situa- organizationally astute Illinois high tions and identifying social problems; Panel has been to conceptualize category R1 membership and school sociology teachers; hold- and begin to draft a set of standards includes subscriptions to both recognizing the human, interper- ing two High School Teachers of sonal, and technical dimensions of for high school sociology courses. Contexts and TRAILS — a $105 Sociology Conferences at ASA This effort has been inspired by value, for a membership cost of research questions about society; and Annual Meetings (Las Vegas and recognizing and respecting people’s Lotspeich and Salituro who have $65.00. Denver); establishing a special pro- identified and championed a need diversity, individual differences, iden- motional package to encourage high For more information about ASA high for these standards for many years school sociology, visit www.asanet.org/ tities, and perspectives.” Lotspeich school teachers of sociology to join now, and it was guided by a com- teaching/HighSchool.cfm. added that “often, sociology teach- the ASA as regular members; and

Three Sociologists Elected as AAAS Fellows

n October 2014, the American population growth and change in human ecology, with special atten- move into adulthood. She has IAssociation for the Advancement the U.S. and China.” Schneider tion to the populations of China, published 15 books and over 100 of Science (AAAS) Council elected was elected for her “distinguished Taiwan, and Korea. He coauthored/ articles and reports on family, social three sociologists—Dudley L. contributions to the fields of sociol- edited 17 books, with his most context of schooling, and sociology Poston, Jr., Barbara Schneider, and ogy and education, particularly for recent being Gender Policy and HIV of knowledge. She recently was the Michael Joseph White—among its advancing knowledge of children’s in China (co-edited with Tucker editor of Sociology of Education. newly elected 401 fellows. The new socialization and development and et.al., 2009), and The Family and Michael J. White joined the AAAS Fellows will be recognized evaluating educational policy and Social Change in Chinese Societies Population Studies and Training for their contributions to science success.” White was elected for (co-edited with Yang and Farris, Center (PSTC) and Brown and technology at the Fellows his “distinguished contributions to 2014). University in 1989, where he was Forum on February 14, 2015, dur- the field of demography regard- Barbara Schneider is the John A. Director of the PSTC from 2006- ing the AAAS Annual Meeting in ing the movement, settlement and Hannah Chair and Distinguished 2011. His areas of interest span San Jose, CA. These individuals will adjustment of immigrants in urban Professor in the College of demography and urban sociology receive a certificate and a blue and areas across a variety of geographic Education and Department of with a particular interest in topics gold rosette as a symbol of their settings.” Sociology at Michigan State pertinent to public policy. His cur- distinguished accomplishments. Dudley L. Poston, Jr. is the University. She worked for 18 years rent projects include studies of the The new Fellows are in the Section George T. and Gladys H. Abell at University of Chicago, holding assimilation of the second gen- on Social, Economic, and Political Professor of Liberal Arts at Texas positions as a professor in Sociology eration in the United States; rural- Sciences. A&M. He also holds Adjunct and Human Development and urban migration, environment, According to the AAAS Fellows Professor positions at People’s senior researcher at NORC, where and health in South Africa; and the Election notification, Poston was University, Beijing; Fuzhou she remains a senior fellow. Her measurement of spatial inequality in elected for his “distinguished University, Fuzhou, China; and research focuses on how the social developing countries. contributions to the field of social at Nanjing Normal University, contexts of schools and families For more information on AAAS demography, particularly for work Nanjing, China. His research influence the academic and social Fellows, visit www.aaas.org/elected- enhancing the understanding of interests include demography and well being of adolescents as they fellows.

6 footnotes • January 2015 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association Attracting and Retaining Sociology Majors Julia Nevarez, Kean University Sociology and Social Justice Master’s logical perspectives and concepts. their education choosing courses Program follows a similar approach Once students declare their major, in their own self-interest requires he quality of mind that C Wright to customize the graduate experi- their continued interest rests on the students to continuously reflect on Mills refers to in The Sociological T ence along students’ social justice quality of education they receive their goals after graduation. This Imagination is today necessar- topics of interest while providing a based on the faculty’s commitment approach seeks to empower our ily paired with concerns about solid sociological foundation that is to open dialogue, conversations, and students with the know-how to social justice, human rights, and research-based and action-oriented. exposure to different perspectives navigate their baccalaureate and equity—qualities largely embraced in an atmosphere of respect and post baccalaureate life. We have in our discipline. Gender, ethnic- Starting with Intro collegiality that encourages students developed digital sources where ity, sexual orientation, indigenism, Attracting and retaining majors to think critically as well as be information about requirements, environmental issues, and ability is largely based on their experience present and involved. Our students sequencing of courses, minor have become important to current with the Introduction to Sociology appreciate and admire faculty who options, approaches to jobs, and questions about what our global course, are “human, student organizations and honor society needs and what it can offer. which is a available, societies is presented. This infor- Utilizing sociology to understand required Advice we give our students include and critical.” matin is reiterated via institutional our social landscape provides a lan- course in During and faculty advisement. We also guage, a system of thought, and a set statements like: the General the Open direct our students to institutional of inquiries that could help students Education House and resources that help them to develop recognize the opportunity to affect It is all about time distribu- Advisement the skills required in a global change through action. tion at our management, we are all intelligent sessions economy, including analyzing and Issues of equality and social institution. and capable. Allocating time faculty, synthetizing information, in a justice, coupled with civic engage- Usually potential diverse and cosmopolitan world, ment, seem to frame millennial to do the work required by the students students both physical and virtual. student sensibilities. Developing professor and understanding those become and family Conducting the program review autonomous, self-reflective, and requirements can definitely warrant more members for the Bachelors in Sociology and socially responsible students is interested a very satisfactory outcome. are invited the Masters in Sociology and Social increasingly becoming an important in sociol- to join in the Justice also have helped us feel the goal of academic education in the ogy after the conversa- pulse of students and faculty inter- social sciences. At Kean University Introduction tions about what sociology and a ests. This process has led to changes we seek to develop an atmosphere course where they develop lenses sociological approach has to offer. in curriculum and pedagogy as well that links our sociology students from which to observe and under- as, and resource websites custom- to across-campus initiatives where Retention stand their social reality in an engag- ized to faculty and student’s needs. the connections between sociology ing way. In this course, a Field Notes Attracting students to the major Providing faculty with the tools and human rights, civic engage- assignment makes ‘ways of seeing’ is an important step but retaining necessary to offer the best pos- ment, active citizenship, and social or the filters we use to understand students and guiding them through sible student-centered educational justice are explored and encour- what we observe, become evident. the completion of their degree is experience at Kean University is a aged. The Human Rights Institute at As voiced by many of our students, also a priority. We focus on convey- work in progress. A quality of mind Kean University has a series of talks when one develops that awareness ing to students how important it is that sustains dialogical engagement and events in which many of our it is hard to stop being curious and to develop a proactive role towards always helps! students participate. Likewise, the looking at social life through socio- their education. Taking charge of

Undergraduates immense personal and professional According to results from UCLA’s thought of as the nexus of teaching, From Page 5 value of being invited to participate 2013 CIRP Freshman Survey, aca- scholarship, and service, and such in a realm of professional socio- demic reputation is the single most a public display of undergraduate her senior capstone research at the logically traditionally unavailable to important criterion that prospective research makes faculty members’ American Society of Criminology undergraduates. students consider when selecting commitments to meaningful meeting in 2013, accompanied an institution, with 64% of students mentorship evident. If colleges and Benefits to faculty and by Kristenne Robison, Associate reporting this factor as “very impor- universities are to value under- institutions Professor of Sociology & Criminal tant” to them (http://heri.ucla.edu). graduate mentorship and students’ Justice Studies, Westminster College, It is impossible to discuss the In an era of mounting enrollment professional development, then it is described the experience in transcen- value to faculty of taking under- woes for many schools, cultivat- essential that they prioritize—finan- dent terms. It was like an “interactive graduates to present at conferences ing a strong academic reputation is cially and not just ideologically— lit review,” she told me, “to meet without addressing its value to paramount. Active student research- undergraduate research experiences, the researchers who influenced her institutions. The personal benefits ers contribute to the academic including conference activity. This work.” She also had the opportu- that accrue to mentors—sharing a life of the college, and conference requires, of course, the availability nity to meet with members of the love of the discipline and a sense of presentation makes the school’s of faculty whose research and travel department where she would later purpose in facilitating marginalized commitment to academic excellence receives sufficient institutional enroll as a PhD student, which she students’ access to professional net- visible outside the institution. support, as well. Few will be willing believes played a significant role in works, for instance—are irrelevant or able to enact the role of confer- Mentorship on Display her being accepted to the program. if institutions do not value this ence mentor if that role is neither Tricia’s experience highlights the important form of service. Undergraduate research is best recognized nor rewarded. footnotes • January 2015 7 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org

Wikipedia Remind them that if they present a labus that you can then further being adequately represented? Many From Page 1 comprehensive account of available customize in detail, just as you of these questions are weighed information, their readers will likely would any other Wiki page. differently on a case-by-case basis. American countries where social draw the same conclusion, even You can find the Design Wizard But the fundamental questions of cleansing has been prominent. After without the student explicitly con- online (wizard.wikiedu.org/). examining quality data, determining student editors tackled the article necting the dots. Getting started is quite simple, and neutrality, and engaging critically during the fall 2014 term, it covers even if you are uncertain of how to with information, are at the core of Monitor Your Student the various victims and sociologi- lead a Wikipedia assignment, the social science research. Contributions to Wikipedia cal implications of social cleansing Wizard explains each option as you Even for courses that have just across three continents in more than The importance of viewing go. begun, we can offer assistance to. 4,000 cited and sourced words. Wikipedia as a community as well We have a new brochure specifically Tips for Sociology Editing Examples like this are why many as a resource is why it is crucial to addressing sociology article editing, sociology instructors are interested let editors know who you are and Within Wikipedia, different com- which can be distributed to your in teaching with Wikipedia. In what your class is doing. Wikipedia munities set different goals for their classroom. We can help transform this final article, we offer tips and editors often have their areas of articles. Sociology is a community. an existing assignment into one that resources for using Wikipedia as a expertise and know the other Because any human activity can is a good fit for Wikipedia. Send us teaching tool. You can also down- editors who come in and work in be analyzed from a sociological a message at [email protected]. load a variety of materials at our that field. When a class shows up perspective, most sociology editors Best practices often come from website, www.wikiedu.org. and starts editing, some Wikipedia would suggest new articles focus on keeping in mind what is best for editors can see this as an invasion topics that are explicitly sociological everyone, and by asking students Set a Baseline of Student that disrupts a carefully balanced in focus. Alternatively, sociological Understanding to reflect on what it means to be process. Setting up a course page research can be used to enhance an constructing and sharing knowledge It is critical for students to is a way to introduce yourself and existing articles,” which may not be within this particular ecosystem. understand Wikipedia not only your goals for the course, and to sociological, but include socio- This is also one of the greatest as a resource, but as an interactive avoid being seen as disruptive. logical elements including tracking benefits of a Wikipedia assignment: community that works together Course pages also serve as invita- perceptions over time. challenging students to consider the to create that resource. They may tions for others to come to you. It Editing for sociology is an excel- impact of their writing in a space see Wikipedia as a place to find becomes your home on Wikipedia lent opportunity for students to crit- that has consequences beyond the information, rather than a tool for where other editors as well as your ically engage with sources. Students classroom. This means taking own- sharing the information they have students can interact. It becomes need to understand what makes a ership of the knowledge they share learned and mastered. This tool a meeting place to discuss student good, reliable source of information with the world, and the ways in includes an entire community of work, offer feedback, or, as is often for a Wikipedia article. What makes which they describe that knowledge. volunteers who deeply care about the case, simply see what you are an author, publisher, or book a good Both are excellent topics of reflec- the content that comprises the up to. source? How does a student deter- tion for any sociology course. website. We know that viewing Keeping an eye on student work mine whether a minority view is Wikipedia as a communications helps to make a good impression. tool can be a new idea for students, This is particularly true of pla- and so few will come to your course giarism problems. Address them understanding the technical details quickly, or even assign students to or resources available to help them seek out pre-existing plagiarism Estimates Advice to Students contribute. Good course outcomes in a topic area. Not only will your From Page 5 His advice to graduate students? come from helping your students students gain an understanding of “Take as many research methods and understand key points about edit- what to look for and avoid, but their billions of dollars in federal funds to statistics courses as possible. For the ing before diving in. To that end, contributions also will be well- states and counties every year.” Census Bureau specifically, popula- the online training is a valuable received. There are pure benefits for Being an applied sociologist does tion and demography courses are resource, and designed specifically your students, too. Interacting in a not mean leaving theory behind. important,” Leach said. “There are for university students. This training shared space with peers offers more “As with any social research, theory many opportunities for those more introduces Wikipedia editors, dem- eyes on their questions and edits, is vitally important for valid and interested in survey methodology as onstrates the basics of editing, and and it offers a safe space to get help reliable measurement,” Leach well. But do not forget the theory!” guides students through early edits. from their peers. explained. “My background in “When choosing a graduate pro- It offers advice for selecting articles Setting up a course page is now social theories of international gram, choose a program that is big and points to helpful resources. a significantly improved process. migration has been invaluable to enough that you can get a flavor of As an instructor, it is useful to The new Assignment Design my research on ways to improve different parts of sociology,” Smith frame the assignment early on as Wizard tool offers support to our estimation and projection said. “I would suggest choosing a a distinct exercise from traditional educators looking to create a syl- methods. For example, the data program that can accommodate a student writing. Rather than taking labus and a course page by doing we use to estimate international change of gears.” sources and constructing an argu- both simultaneously. You can migration will always be imper- Kincel also advises, “be a well- ment, for example, they will strive customize the type of course you’d fect to some degree and requires rounded student, with one foot to explain a topic based exclusively like to lead, picking and choosing us to make assumptions on how to planted firmly in the applied/statis- on supporting facts. Students from smaller assignment pieces or best measure migration flows. We tical side of sociology. And don’t more inclined toward persua- adopting a default plan based on need theory to guide our assump- hesitate at the chance to take data sive writing—like budding social our recommendations. Whichever tions to produce the most valid and analysis programming classes such scientists—value the opportunity to you choose, the end result is a reliable estimates possible.” as SAS and SPSS.” draw conclusions for their readers. course page with a complete syl-

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Jeffrey Michael Clair, University of lic and private sectors. Yet, knowing spring 2015. We are currently receiv- Our Teaching Sociology class, with Alabama-Birmingham this and being able to implement ing about 15 new applications each TRAILS-based content, has been Long before the establishment a new degree was challenging. We term. Our marketing approach (or attractive to many community of our online master’s degree started our PhD program in medical lack of) may change as we are con- college professors throughout the program in applied sociol- sociology in 1993 and it took all of sidering partnering with Pearson in Southeast looking for 18 course ogy (2013) at the University of our resources to support it. Those the next few months to take advan- hours so they can take on new social Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), students who initially joined us tage of their marketing, registration, science teaching responsibilities. the Department of Sociology was without an MA in hand earned it financial aid, and support resources This positive development allows us actively engaged in both sociologi- along the way, and we soon stopped for a major expansion. to impact how sociology is taught cal research and projects tackling admitting anyone directly into Initially, the department put in beyond our campus. In fact, one real-world problems and challenges. a master’s track. Resources and $56,000 from our operating budget, of our early projected graduates is Because of the university’s medi- demands on the faculty made this a which was used initially for release attempting to get sociology content cal and urban community service necessity. Yet, over the next 20 years, time for class content develop- approved within the high school missions, much of the research we continued to receive inquiries ment. We also hired some part-time system in Alabama. conducted at UAB emphasizes about a master’s-only program. instructors. With the big data revolution, the application of knowledge. We knew that we needed to open companies now have more data at Moving Forward Through the years, we have learned our doors a bit, but this was not their fingertips than ever before. to address multiple audiences: the totally an empathetic gesture. In The online MA requires 30 hours Their challenge is to turn these data medical and professional schools today’s business-oriented academia, of credit, including an introduction into useful information. Little won- on campus and public service and we also knew that there could be to applied sociological research der then that the Bureau of Labor government administration sectors. financial incentives for innovating. methods, applied sociological Statistics projects that demand We focus on practical solutions and We were the first department on theory, qualitative methods, pro- for market research analysts will policy issues; and research relevant campus to offer an online course gram evaluation, applied sociol- grow 32 percent by 2022. Our to national and international social 25 years ago. After a few years of ogy, and other courses, including Consumer Culture course helps scientists. talking about other possibilities a capstone project consisting of an prepare students for these positions For example, the Department at faculty meetings, we knew that applied/community project. Hiring by exploring the socio-historical of Sociology has more than three online offerings were only going some of our own graduates was not roots, the social theories put forth decades of research on home- to grow in the future. Agreeing on only expedient, but also strategic. to explain the phenomenon, and lessness in Birmingham, having an applied emphasis, we knew we Having a close working relation- the ways in which these theoretical conducted three major metropolitan needed to give back in order to pay ship with faculty from our program perspectives can be used for data area surveys, a census of homeless forward, and at the same time we adds cohesion and understanding. mining and market segmentation. children, and a recent four-year realized that it was a smart move While each instructor has autonomy Applicants are attracted to the ethnography. These data have been in the current educational financial for developing and teaching our “practical side” of sociology. Just as used regularly to identify gaps in climate. approved courses, we have asked applied sociologists work at every services in the community and to From rally point to inception each to make one of the course level of society, throughout the apply for funding to alleviate these was a two-year process. In order to requirements the development of a private sector and in local, state and gaps. The Department also has a not have to go through the time- capstone proposal. In this way, each national government, our student long history of clinically generated consuming Alabama Commission student, as they enter and move body is proving to be as diverse. data, with a focus on evaluating on Higher Education for approval, through the program, is getting Many are seeking applied research addiction treatment programs, we focused on developing a Plan B input from each faculty member training to help create a more func- studying physicians’ fears of mal- master’s option, a different track off for their final project. This not only tional society that betters lives. practice litigation, extensive work our existing MA. This still entailed helps students focus from the start, We are committed to keeping on doctor-patient communication, developing a new curriculum, but also assures that each receives this program completely online. and how to improve the patient moving approval through differ- guidance along the way. Students with specific career goals care process, as well as a major ent faculty committees, making The program has shown enough or with unique intellectual objec- role in research toward improving presentations, and seeking approval success that we have received funding tives may propose an emphasis health disparities among African- through the College of Arts and to hire a new full-time director to designed to meet their individual Americans in the mid-South. Sciences, the Graduate School, begin June 2015. We offer 11 unique academic needs. We plan to offer Such projects helped us recognize and the Provost’s office. We took classes at this point, but data show at least 10 online classes a year, our capacity for an applied sociol- a year to develop the curriculum that the number could increase. With which means a fulltime student can ogy program in which (1) research and course content, and another credit hour production dollars and complete the online MA in three and practice go hand-in-hand and year walking our proposal through special Internet fees coming back to semesters, however, a more realistic (2) theory and application mutually functionary channels. the department, producing enough trajectory for part-time students is reinforce one another. It is this spirit Getting approval more quickly income to maintain and grow the five semesters. that led us to create a graduate track than expected, we had a soft opening program seems feasible. We still have much to learn in applied sociology. in early summer 2013 and started Who the Program Attracts amongst ourselves and from our with six students in the following new students. It is early in the Needing a Master’s Option We have discovered that our fall. By the end of the first academic process but we are dealing with the Sociologists carry important tools program is well suited for a variety year, with relatively zero market- question of how big do we want the that make them effective contribu- of educators wanting to enhance ing, we had 20 students. We will program to be? tors to a variety of efforts in the pub- their teaching and research skills. graduate our first three graduates in The future seems wide open.

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Campus Violence versities, nationwide. It is clear that a 19 percent increase in reported The emphasis on institutional From Page 3 a very small percentage of sexual incidents from 2012 (4,099), and responsibility facilitated by the “civil violence experiences are ever for- a 32 percent increase in reported rights protections” framing usefully that 19 percent of undergraduate mally reported to campus authori- incidents since 2011 (3,439). Even underscores the fact that no indi- women had experienced attempted ties and that the OCR investigations as we decry the growing numbers vidual experience of sexual assault or completed non-consensual represent a small number of those of educational institutions for or harassment occurs in a social penetration since entering college. reported cases. which Title IX compliance is at or political vacuum. Similarly, the For the 2013 calendar year, the issue, the individuals who have higher education community would Tip of the Iceberg National College Health Assessment come forward to pursue com- be remiss in failing to recognize survey data indicate that 2.9 percent Popular news media may lead plaints formally against those how broader patterns of campus of male student respondents and otherwise uninformed audiences to institutions are contributing to an sexual violence are contextualized 7.4 percent of females reported believe that the incidents that have ever-so-gradual fracturing of the by the persistent normalization experiencing sexual touching made it to the headlines in recent walls behind which campus sexual of gender inequities in the social without their consent in the previ- years constitute “the data” available assault survivors have historically systems, structural dynamics, ous 12 months. In the same year, on the frequency and severity of been silenced. While educational and hegemonic ideologies within campus crime data collected by campus sexual violence. Yet, such institutions have continued to which our educational institutions the Department of Education in cases are actually only the most vis- falter—and, in many cases, fail—in operate. If the bar against which we accordance with the requirements ible tip of a much larger “iceberg” their approaches and responses measure our progress in addressing of the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of insidiously toxic campus gender to sexual violence issues, a new these issues is held in place by the of Campus Security Policy and relations beneath the surface of level of recourse has been afforded avoidance of public accountability Campus Crime Statistics Act and the our institutional cultures and to survivors through the OCR’s for shortcomings and failures, we Higher Education Opportunity Act structures. efforts to hold colleges and univer- set our sights far too low. For more showed that forcible sexual offenses At the same time, the afore- sities publicly accountable for the on actions being taken to address accounted for 5,053 total incidences mentioned total number of 5,053 efficacy of their systems, programs, campus sexual violence, see the at all residential colleges and uni- reported cases in 2013 represents and protocols. February 2014 issue of Footnotes.

Call for 2016 Annual Meeting Workshop call for nominations Proposals! Deadline February 5, 2015. 2015 ASA Student Forum Workshops provide practical advice or instruction to sociolo- gists at every professional level. The categories for work- Advisory Board shops are: department leadership and management; profes- The ASA Student Forum Advisory Board (SFAB) is seek- sional development; teaching; and policy and research. If you ing nominations for Graduate Student Board members have tried a pedagogical approach that has been effective, and Undergraduate Student Board members. The term developed insightful career advice, or have wisdom to share of commitment is two years beginning at the end of about using sociology in applied and research settings, the 2015 ASA Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL in August please volunteer to organize and lead a workshop at the and continuing through the 2017 Annual Meeting. 2016 Annual Meeting. Workshops are open to all attendees; no fees are involved. – Submit your proposal here: http:// Nominees must be Student Members of the ASA at www.asanet.org/meetings/member_suggestions.cfm the time of nomination and during their two-year term. They also should commit to attending the 2015, 2016, and 2017 Annual Meetings. Self-nominations are welcomed. Earl Babbie to Present Inaugural Lecture To be considered, please send (1) your curriculum in ORN’s “A Life in Sociology” Series vitae including a current e-mail address and (2) a brief statement of no more than 250 words indicating why Beginning with the 2015 Annual Meeting in Chicago, ASA’s you want to serve on the SFAB and including a brief Opportunities in Retirement Network (ORN) will present biographical sketch. Should you be selected to be on an annual invited lecture by a distinguished late-career the ballot, this statement will accompany your name sociologist. The ORN Acting Advisory Board has selected to give voters an idea of who you are and why you Earl Babbie to be the inaugural speaker. Babbie is Campbell want to be on the SFAB. Additionally, indicate any web Professor Emeritus at Chapman University and the author of skills you may have. Nominations will only accepted by widely used methodology texts. His lecture will follow the e-mail. ORN business meeting and will be open to all ASA members. The program will include a reception sponsored by Cengage Send nominations to: [email protected]. Publishing in Dr. Babbie’s honor. Deadline: March 3, 2015.

10 footnotes • January 2015 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association Thank You, ASA Members! Sally T. Hillsman Mary Clare Lennon SA wishes to acknowledge the generous support of the following individuals, whose financial Gina Nicole Hodgson Emma Beth Lesser Acontributions to the Association during the 2013 membership year (October 16, 2013, through Steve G. Hoffman Roberta G. Lessor October 15, 2014) greatly aided in the success of ASA programs and initiatives. The donations Bob Hoke Kalyna Katherine given by these individuals to the ASA help support the American Sociological Fund, the Carla B. Elizabeth Holzer Lesyna Howery Teaching Enhancement Fund, the Community Action Research Initiative, the Congressional Ruth Horowitz Donald Levine Fellowship, the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, the Journal Records Digitization James G. Hougland Richard M. Levinson Donation drive, the Minority Fellowship Program, the Soft Currency Fund, and ASA in general. 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the Southern Sociological Society, is Conferences Pasadena, CA. Theme: “Free.” The Journal Correction a broad ranging social science journal of Interdisciplinary Studies endeavors The December 2014 print Footnotes Association for Humanist Sociology that focuses on cutting-edge research (AHS) Annual Meeting, October 21-25, to bring together scholars from a wide article “2015 ASA Election Candidates,” from all methodological and theoreti- range of disciplines and denominations Verta Taylor’s affiliation was incorrectly 2015, Portland, OR. Theme: “Locavore cal orientations with implications for Sociology: Challenging Globalization, for an exciting international confer- listed. The correct listing is University of national and international sociological ence that takes both scholarship and California-Santa Barbara. Embracing the Local.” The Association communities. Social Currents consists of for Humanist Sociology announces its faith seriously. Deadline: April 15, 2015. The author of the November Footnotes a front end devoted to short, theoretical call for participation for its upcoming Contact: Oscar Gruenwald at go@jjis3. article about the editor of Contemporary agenda-setting contributions and short conference. Submit your complete org. For more information, visit www. Sociology, Michael Sauder, chose the empirical and policy-related pieces, and abstract related to the conference theme JIS3.org/symposium2015.htm. spelling “Borges’,” but it was changed in the back end is standard journal article, or more broadly to the AHS mission of The Society for the Study of Social the copy editing process. The headline ranging anywhere from 1,500 to 4,000 equality and social justice. Deadline: May Problems (SSSP) 65th Annual Meet- should have read “Contemporary Sociol- words. For more information, visit www. 31, 2015. Contact: Anthony E. Ladd at ing, August 21-23, 2015, Chicago, IL. ogy and Borges’ Total Library.” sagepub.com/journals/Journal202241/ [email protected] or Kathleen J. Fitzger- Theme: “Removing the Mask, Lifting boards#tabview=manuscriptSubmiss ald at [email protected]. the Veil: Race, Class, and Gender in the ion. st Call for Papers 13th International Conference on Statis- 21 Century.” Submissions are invited The Turkish Journal of Sociology for SSSP’s call for papers. SSSP is an Publications tical Sciences, March 16-18, 2015, Khyber invites submission for a special issue Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Theme: “Statistics: interdisciplinary community of scholars, American Journal of Cultural Sociology on military sociology. Manuscripts that Future Risks, Challenges and Develop- practitioners, advocates, and students (AJCS) plans a special issue devoted use a variety of levels of analysis and ments.” The Islamic Countries Society interested in the application of critical, to inequality. Recently, inequality methodologies, apply different theoreti- of Statistical Sciences (ISOSS) is holding scientific, and humanistic perspectives has come roaring back on the public cal orientations, and explore diverse the 13th International Conference on to the study of vital social problems. agenda. But if the new object of civil socio-demographic foci related to the Statistical Sciences. Seeking papers and Deadline: January, 31, 2015. Contact: concern is economic, the nature of that military institution, military service, and/ abstracts on topics related to statistics. [email protected]. For more information, concern remains centrally cultural. The or civil-military relations are welcomed. Deadline: Not available. Contact: Munir visit www.sssp1.org. editors of AJCS welcome papers on this Deadline: March 31, 2015. Contact Ryan Ahmad at [email protected]. For more subject matter. Deadline: September 1, Kelty at [email protected]. For more information, visit www.isoss.net. Meetings 2015. Contact: [email protected]. information, visit www.palgrave-jour- nals.com/ajcs/ajcs_cfp_inequality.pdf. Journal of Interdisciplinary Stud- March 26-29, 2015. 2015 Annual Meet- Social Currents, the official journal of ies Symposium, August 6-9, 2015, ing of the Midwest Sociological Society,

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Kansas City, KS. Theme: “Sociology and and www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/ 3 New York Times op-ed, “A Pox on Michael Dreiling, University of Its Publics: The Next Generation.” Con- support/postdoctoral.html. Campus Life” and in a December 3 Oregon, was quoted in a December 3 tact: Douglas Hartmann at mss2015@ Bremen International Graduate Washington Post article, “One in Five Inside Higher Ed article, “Strike for Better umn.edu. For more information, visit School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS) Girls Will Be Raped in College. Here’s Benefits.” www.themss.org. invites applications to its PhD program. How Parents and Students Can Help Drew Foster, University of Michigan, April 1-4, 2015. Pacific Sociological BIGSSS is an inter-university institute of Change That.” wrote a November 12 Atlantic column, Association 86th Annual Meeting, Long the University of Bremen and Jacobs Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke Univer- “A Study Gives Mysterious Chronic- Beach, CA. Theme: “People, Place and University Bremen and is funded by the sity, and Charles Gallagher, La Salle Fatigue Syndrome Some Legitimacy.” Power.” For more information, visit German Excellence Initiative. The pro- University, were quoted in a November Melanie Heath, McMaster University, www.pacificsoc.org. gram provides close supervision of dis- 27 CNN.com article, “The New Threat: was quoted in a November 15 Sun Her- sertation work within a demand-tailored ‘Racism Without Racists.’” ald column, “Cal Thomas: To Bear the Funding education and research framework. Chad Broughton, University of Infirmities and Rejoice in the Graces.” Fellows are expected to choose Bremen Chicago, wrote a November 27 Atlantic Disability Determination Process as their place of residence. Deadline: Jonathan Hill, Calvin College, was Small Grant Program awards $10,000 column, “Black Friday, Through the Eyes mentioned in a December 4 Slate February 15, 2015. For more information, of Smith and Marx.” stipends for graduate-level research visit www.bigsss-bremen.de. article, “God’s Work?” on improving disability determination Susan Brown, Bowling Green State Matthew Hughey, University of Con- processes. This is a one-year stipend Congressional Hispanic Caucus University, was quoted in a November program that allows graduate students, Institute, Inc. (CHCI) Graduate Fel- necticut, was quoted in a November 10 Bloomberg article, “The Mid-Life Di- 14 Slate article, “Whites See Blacks as both full and part-time, to conduct lowship Program offers exceptional vorce: Don’t Get Taken, Don’t Get Even.” supervised independent research on Latinos, who have earned at least a Superhuman.” improving the efficiency and reducing master’s degree within three years of Susan Brown, University of Califor- Antwan Jones and Gregory Squires, the complexity of disability determina- the program start date, with unparal- nia-Irvine, and Alejandro Portes, both of George Washington University, tion processes. Contact: ddp@policyre- leled exposure to hands-on experience Princeton University, were quoted in co-authored a November 3 American searchinc.org. For more information, in public policy areas. This program a November 21 Star-Telegram article, Banker op-ed, “Foreclosures Are Mak- visit www.ddp.policyresearchinc.org/. focuses specifically on the areas of: “Obama’s Immigrant Order Could Have ing Americans Sick.” higher education; secondary educa- Far-Reaching Impacts.” National Endowment for the Hu- Michael Kimmel, Stony Brook Univer- tion; health; housing; law; and STEM Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins manities (NEH) has announced a new (Science, Technology, Engineering and sity, SUNY, was quoted in a December grant opportunity, the Public Scholar University, was quoted in a December 3 TIME.com column, “The Problem with Math). Deadline: February 13, 2015. 3 Quartz article, “It’s a Myth That Half Program, intended to support well- For more information, visit www.chci. Frats Isn’t Just Rape. It’s Power.” researched books in the humanities of All Marriages End in Divorce.” He org/fellowships/page/chci-graduate- was also quoted in a December 2 New Ross Koppel, University of Pennsyl- that have been conceived and written fellowship-program. to reach a broad readership. Books sup- York Times article, “The Divorce Surge Is vania, co-authored a November 15 ported through the Public Scholar Pro- Population Studies Center is search- Over, But the Myth Lives On.” Boston Globe op-ed, “Address Economic Flaws in Obamacare.” gram might present a narrative history, ing to fill several postdoctoral positions Seth Crawford, Oregon State Univer- tell the stories of important individuals, sponsored by the National Institute on sity, was quoted in a December 3 VICE Charles Kurzman, University of North analyze significant texts, provide a Aging and The Eunice Kennedy Shriver News article, “No, Legal US Drugs Aren’t Carolina-Chapel Hill, was mentioned in synthesis of ideas, revive interest in National Institute of Child Health and Being Trafficked Into Mexico En Masse.” a December 5 Christian Science Monitor a neglected subject, or examine the Human Development. Appointments article, “U.S. ‘Terrorism?’ What’s Not latest thinking on a topic. Deadline: will begin on September 2, 2015. Amanda Czerniawski, Temple Univer- Being Said About Kansas City, Austin March 3, 2015. For more information, Fellows devote most of their time to sity, was the subject of a November 21 Attacks.” independent research. There are many New York magazine Q&A article, “What visit www.neh.gov/grants/research/ Hilary Levey Friedman, Harvard public-scholar-program. opportunities for collaboration with it Takes to Be a ‘Plus-Size’ Model.” ongoing projects, including the Health University, wrote a November 13 Long Doan, Indiana University, was Washington Post column, “My Boy Likes and Retirement Study and Panel Study quoted in a November 20 Chicago Fellowships of Income Dynamics. Applicants must Soccer and Dance, Trains and the Color Tribune article about his recent Ameri- Purple.” Advertising Educational Foundation have completed the PhD before fel- can Sociological Review study, “Formal 2015 Visiting Professor Program lowship support can begin. For more Rights and Informal Privileges for Judith Levine and David Elesh, both (VPP) is a two-week fellowship for pro- information, visit www.psc.isr.umich. Same-Sex Couples: Evidence from a of Temple University, were quoted in fessors of advertising, marketing, com- edu. National Survey Experiment,” which a December 7 Philadelphia Inquirer munications, and the liberal arts. The he co-authored with Annalise Loehr article, “New Census Data Show Rich objective is to expose professors to the Summer Institute for Israel Studies is offering a three-week fellowship pre- and Lisa R. Miller, both of Indiana Getting Richer, Poor Getting Poorer.” day-to-day operations of an advertis- University. The study was covered in ing agency, marketing, or media com- paring faculty in any discipline to teach Hui Liu, Michigan State University, was about Israel. The 2015 program opens other media outlets including Live Sci- quoted in a November 20 Washington pany and to provide a forum for the ence, Al Jazeera America, Yahoo!News, exchange of ideas between academia with an intensive seminar at Brandeis Post article about her recent Journal of from June 15 -29, followed by a study and Gawker on November 20, and Health and Social Behavior study, “Bad and industry. Contact: Sharon Hudson others. at [email protected] or (212) 986-8060. For tour of Israel from June 30 to July 9, Marriage, Broken Heart? Age and Gen- more information, visit www.aef.com/ 2015. The stipend is up to $2,500; on_campus/professor/vpp/1300. travel, accommodations and meals are included. For more information, visit Brandeis University Israel Studies is www.brandeis.edu/israelcenter/SIIS/. offering both a doctoral and post- doctoral fellowship. Candidates must be accepted in Brandeis University In the News graduate school programs. Full and Julia Adams, Yale University, was partial fellowships of up to $24,000 are quoted in a December 3 Live Science renewable, after review, for up to five article, “Wikipedia’s Gender Problem years. The post-doctoral fellows teach Gets a Closer Look.” one course per semester, give one A. Aneesh, University of Wisconsin-Mil- or more public lectures, and actively waukee, was featured in a November 4 participate in the intellectual life of NBC Bay Area investigative television the Schusterman Center. Stipend of report in which he discussed his work $52,500 plus research fund. For more on bodyshopping. information, visit www.brandeis.edu/ israelcenter/support/gradStudent.html Elizabeth Armstrong, University of Michigan, was quoted in a December footnotes • January 2015 13 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org announcements der Differences in the Link between and others. Do People Cross the Border Illegally? It’s University of Connecticut, and Ban- Marital Quality and Cardiovascular Tamara Mix, Oklahoma State Universi- Not What You Think.” dana Purkayastha, University of Con- Risks among Older Adults,” which she ty, was quoted in a November 21 News Patrick Sharkey, New York University, necticut, The Human Rights Enterprise: co-authored with Linda Waite, Univer- Press article, “Fracking and Earthquakes was quoted in a December 7 Daily News Political Sociology, State Power, and sity of Chicago. The study was covered Hot Topics at Science Cafe.” column, “Building Back Trust to Save Social Movements (Polity Press). in other media outlets including the Stephen J. Morewitz, California State Lives.” Adrienne Trier-Bieniek, Valencia Daily Mail on November 19, WebMD College, Patricia Levy, Gender & Pop and the Detroit Free Press on November University-East Bay and Stephen J. Lynette Shaw, University of Washing- Morewitz, PhD, & Associates, was ton, was quoted in a December 7 New Culture: A Text-Reader (Sense Publish- 20, the Globe and Mail and U.S. News ers, 2014). and World Report on November 21, the featured in a November 14 California York Times Magazine article, “Vive le Huffington Post and the Journal News State University-East Bay NewsBlog Francium.” Vasilikie Demos, University of on November 24, and many others. post about his American Society of Mark Sherry, University of Toledo, was Minnesota-Morris, Catherine White Criminology Authors Meets Critics Ses- interviewed on Australian television Berheide, Skidmore College, and Mar- John Logan, Brown University, and sion on his award-winning Handbook of cia Texler Segal, Indiana University- Elijah Anderson, Yale University, were about disability hate crimes and the Forensic Sociology and Psychology. Royal Commission looking into Institu- Southeast, Eds., Gender Transformation quoted in a December 3 Al Jazeera in the Academy (Emerald, 2014). America article, “‘Separate and Unequal’: Orlando Patterson, Harvard University, tional Child Sexual Abuse. Racial Segregation Flourishes in US was featured in a December 7 Boston Pamela Stone, Hunter College-CUNY, Arlene J. Stein, Rutgers University, Suburbs.” Globe Magazine article, “Examining the was mentioned in a November 18 Slate Reluctant Witnesses: Survivors, Their Lives of Black Youth.” He was also quot- Children, and the Rise of Holocaust Aaron McCright, Michigan State Uni- article, “It’s Not Your Kids Holding Your ed in a December 1 Des Moines Register Career Back. It’s Your Husband.” Consciousness (Oxford University Press, versity, was mentioned in a December column, “Ferguson Aftermath Illustrates 2014). 2 USA Today article, “Poll: 83% of Ameri- Racial Divide Through America.” Sherry Turkle, Massachusetts Institute cans Say Climate Is Changing” and in a of Technology, was quoted in a De- Judy Wajcman, London School of December 3 Salon article, “Vast Majority Michael Pollard, RAND Corporation, cember 3 Forbes article, “Connection: Economics, Pressed for Time: The Ac- of Americans Believe in Climate Change was mentioned in a November 4 New What We Really Want For Christmas (But celeration of Life in Digital Capitalism According to Poll.” York Times article, “The Newest Partisan Aren’t Getting).” (University of Chicago Press, 2015). Divide: Views on Youth Football.” Daniel A. McFarland, Stanford Uni- Lisa Wade, Occidental College, wrote versity, was quoted in a November 11 Tetyana Pudrovska, University of a November 13 post, “Bounty Com- Other Washington Post article about his recent Texas-Austin, was quoted in a No- mercial Says: The Best Moms Let Mess Organizations American Sociological Review study, vember 21 Washington Post article Happen” on the Sociological Images “Network Ecology and Adolescent about her recent Journal of Health and blog. The post also appeared in Pacific Midwest Sociological Society seeks Social Structure,” which he co-authored Social Behavior study, “Gender, Job Standard on November 21. an individual with a distinguished with James Moody, Duke University Authority, and Depression,” which she scholarly record and editorial experi- and King Abdulaziz University, David co-authored with Amelia Karraker, ence to be the next editor of The So- Diehl, Vanderbilt University, Jeffrey A. Iowa State University. The study was Awards ciological Quarterly (TSQ). Since 1960, Smith, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, covered in other media outlets includ- Wendell Bell, Yale University, received TSQ’s contributors, peer-reviewers, ad- and Reuben J. Thomas, University of ing NBCNews.com, NBC’s Today show, the inaugural Lifetime Achievement visory editors, and readers have made New Mexico. The study was covered Fortune, the Daily News, The Telegraph, Award for the Most Distinguished it one of the leading generalist journals in other media outlets including and The New Republic on November 20, Contributions to Futures Research from in the field. EditingTSQ is a unique, Education Week on November 6, the TIME.com on November 23, USA Today the International Sociological Associa- rewarding professional responsibility Atlanta Journal-Constitution and The on November 24, and others. tion Research Committee on Futures that brings visibility and distinction to New Republic on November 7, the Daily Emily Ryo, University of Southern Cali- Research. From the International a department and university. Contact: Mail on November 10, ABC News and fornia, was the subject of a November Sociology Association (ISA). [email protected] or (319) The Huffington Post on November 11, 25 Los Angeles Times Q&A article, “Why 338-5247. For more information, visit Peter Davis, University of Auckland, www.TheMss.org. receved a two-year James Cook Fel- lowship by the Royal Society of New Technische Universität München in Zealand. Germany is conducting a survey about publication practices and performance Lochlann Jain, Stanford University, measurement in science. The goal of received the Edelstein Prize from the this survey is to assess the extent to Society of the History of Technology, which open-access journal publica- the Diana Forsythe Prize, and the Victor tions are used in different scientific Published monthly with combined issues in May/June, July/August, and September/ Turner Prize for her book, Malignant: disciplines and their effects on the October. Mailed to all ASA members. How Cancer Becomes Us (University of scientific community; the appraisal of California Press, 2013). Editor: Sally T. Hillsman Associate Editor: Margaret Weigers Vitullo and experiences with alternative and Managing Editor: Johanna Olexy Secretary: Mary Romero Alex Piquero, University of Texas- traditional research performance mea- Dallas, received the 2014 University sures; and potential influencing factors Article submissions are limited to 1,000 words and must have journalistic value (e.g., of Texas System Regents’ Outstanding on research and working practices. For timeliness, significant impact, general interest) rather than be research oriented or Teaching Award. more information, visit ww3.unipark. scholarly in nature. Submissions will be reviewed by the editorial board for pos- Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, de/uc/OA/ sible publication. “ASA Forum” (including letters to the editor) contributions are received the Lifetime Achievement limited to 400–600 words; “Obituaries,” 500–700 words; and “Announcements,” 200 Award from the Oxford Internet Insti- Obituaries words. All submissions should include a contact name and, if possible, an e-mail tute and a Canadian Digital Media Pio- Daniel Aaron Foss address. ASA reserves the right to edit all material published for style and length. neer Award from the GRAND Network 1940-2014 The deadline for all material is the first of the month preceding publication (e.g., of Centres of Excellence. Daniel A. Foss, American-Canadian February 1 for March issue). Sarah E. Yerima, Princeton University, sociologist, died at age 74 in Montréal, is one of 32 American students who Canada on August 20, 2014 of compli- Send communications on material, subscriptions, and advertising to: American were chosen as winners of Rhodes cations from heart valve surgery. 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Brandeis University in 1969. He was social relationships. He tried to look ogy at the University of Connecticut, Al wanted to interview the incarcer- a student of Maurice Stein and Kurt at contemporary social phenomena where he taught until retiring in 1988. ated con man. Wolff. His doctoral dissertation, which from the outside, or as he called it, “the Al and Nati’s home in Storrs was always Anyone who met Al soon real- was a treatise on the changing nature Martian point of view.” The thrust of his a warm and welcoming gathering ized he had a tremendous love of and structure of social movements research and writing in his later life was place for faculty members, graduate life, enormous compassion, and an was abridged and published as Freak a synthesis encompassing the wider students, and visiting scholars. incredible wit and sense of humor. He Culture: Life Style and Politics (1972). As scope of social history rather than only Al was a Fellow at the Center for kept everybody laughing at his jokes a graduate student, he wrote a devas- the sociological. He had no concern for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sci- even while lying in a hospital bed. He tating critique of functionalism titled, publication, which means that the bulk ences at Palo Alto and a Visiting Profes- loved to take pictures of flowers on his “The World View of Talcott Parsons,” in of his writings are somewhere in the In- sor or Visiting Scholar at the University walks and enjoyed crafting all sorts of Sociology on Trial (Stein & Vidich, 1963). ternet ether or in computer databases. of California-Berkeley, the University of household items into pendants and His academic career included the Cali- My hope is that this treasure trove of California-Santa Cruz, the John Jay Col- other works of art. H also wrote many fornia Institute of the Arts, Livingston the work of his genius will eventually lege of Criminal Justice, Arizona State amusing poems. Al was enormously College, and the Newark College of be available to scholars around the University, the Institute of Criminology kind and helpful to everyone he knew. Arts and Sciences campuses of Rutgers world. (Cambridge, England), Trinity College He was a strong supporter of the ACLU University. Daniel Foss is survived by his partner, (Dublin, Ireland), the University of and contributed to many charities and As a scholar, although Foss was highly Marsha Chuk, and his daughter Emily. Haifa, the University of the Philippines, to the universities where he studied influenced by Karl Marx, he always let and Kansai University. Al served as and taught. Ralph W. Larkin, John Jay College of facts guide his work. He was not influ- President of the Society for the Study Criminal Justice, the City University of Al is survived by his loving niece enced by fads or trends; his work re- of Social Problems, Vice-President of New York Gerianne, who took great care of her flected the painstaking analysis of data the American Society of Criminology beloved Uncle Al after he could no Albert K. Cohen from wherever it came from: historical (ASC), and actively involved in the longer live independently, and by his 1918-2014 research, books, journals, newspapers, American Sociological Association. In nephews Richard Segal, Philip Segal, magazines, media, surveys, participant Albert K. Cohen, the noted criminolo- 1993, Al received the ASC’s Sutherland and Marc Cohen, his niece Cindy Pe- observation, personal experience. All of gist whose work and life enlight- Award. terson, and Al and Nati’s niece Therese his data was filtered through a critical ened and inspired scholars and law Al and Nati moved for the sake of Eckel. consciousness that was fashioned from enforcement practitioners around the her health first to Arizona and then to Of all the attributes that we could as- a deep understanding of great minds world, passed away on November 25 San Diego. Nati passed away there in cribe to Al, that he was a distinguished throughout history. At a meeting of in Chelsea, MA. Al was born in Boston 2003. Al moved back to Storrs, where sociologist and criminologist as well left-leaning sociologists, he quoted on June 15, 1918. He graduated from his friends greatly enjoyed having as a caring individual, the greatest the London Economist, known for its the Boston Public Latin School in 1935 dinners with him. Al was always in accolade that we could bestow upon Tory views. In the question-and-answer and from Harvard University in 1939 great physical shape. As a teenager him was that he was a “mentsh” (or session, a participant noted that the with high honors. At Harvard Al took in Boston he was adept at the art of “mensch”). This is an English loan word Economist was a right-wing magazine, courses from Pitrim Sorokin, Talcott running alongside a truck, hopping borrowed from Yiddish and German, to which Foss responded, “Yes, but it Parsons, and Robert Merton. on to catch a ride, and jumping off as which, as noted in Wikipedia, means contains right-wing FACTS!” No source Despite his outstanding academic the truck slowed down anywhere near a person of “character, dignity, a sense was too obscure or ideologically incor- record, Al was denied admission to most his destination. In Storrs he enjoyed of what is right, responsible.…a high rect. graduate programs to which he applied. walking many miles and, despite the compliment, expressing the rarity and While he was an assistant professor at One department explained they were distress of friends and family, kept value of that individual’s qualities.” Rutgers-Newark, he met Ralph Larkin, not allowed to admit Jews. However, hitchhiking into his 90s. Surely, this is a term that Al would have who collaborated with him in research just as Al was preparing for a career in Amazingly, Al assisted in an FBI in- recognized and one that we lovingly on the middle-class youth movement journalism, he was accepted by Indiana vestigation. The FBI informed Al that a offer as a posthumous tribute. of the 1960s and post-social movement University. The sociology chair was financial planner he was working with We all love you and miss you, Al. phenomena in the 1970s. Foss along Edwin H. Sutherland, whom Al described was suspected of stealing from him with Larkin analyzed social movements as another powerful influence on his and others. Al consented to having his Al Cohen (University of Connecticut), in historical and comparative context. intellectual development. Al received his Storrs condominium bugged and the Gerianne Cohen, Arnold Dashefsky This resulted in the co-authored book, MA in 1942 and worked for nine months FBI gathered important evidence that, (University of Connecticut), Jim DeFronzo Beyond Revolution: A New Theory of at the Indiana Boys School, a state insti- with Al’s testimony, led to the perpetra- (University of Connecticut) and Jungyun Social Movements (1986). tution for juvenile delinquents. tor’s conviction. Ever the criminologist, Gill (Stonehill College) Ever the student of social move- Al then served as a lieutenant in ments and social change, after leaving the Army until June 1946, including Rutgers University, Foss continued to one year in the Philippines, where he save the date explore an issue central to several fields met and “instantly” fell in love with of social sciences and history. He inves- his future wife, Natividad Barrameda tigated how and why industrial capital- Manguerra (Nati), who worked at the th ism developed in the West rather than Army’s Office of Information and Edu- 110 ASA Annual in China, which had the beginnings of cation. Al returned to Harvard spend- Meeting a technological revolution 200 years ing one year in residence before leav- earlier than Europe. He read academic ing ABD to teach at Indiana University August 22-25, journals and books in history, econom- in 1947. Nati joined Al in 1948 and they ics, and the social sciences, seeking were married in December. Al com- 2015 out answers to issues related to the pleted his thesis, Juvenile Delinquency Hilton Chicago processes of social, political, and tech- and the Social Structure, and received nological development in Europe and his PhD in 1951. His most famous work, Hilton Palmer Asia. He engaged in spirited debates Delinquent Boys: the Culture of the Gang, about issues of social and historical considered an instant classic explana- House development with other scholars in the tion of delinquency and gangs and a Chicago, IL field primarily through anthropology, major breakthrough in criminological archaeology, and history listservs. theory, was published in 1955. Al later He was a shrewd observer of contem- wrote Deviance and Control, a textbook porary social phenomena. He wrote on the sociology of deviance, and critiques of contemporary capitalism, published many scholarly papers in social movements, and social and tech- journals or as book chapters. nological development. He also found In 1965, Al moved from Indiana to time to write satires of contemporary become University Professor of Sociol-

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