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For more fun, don't miss our Section Reception: Sunday, Aug. 13, at 6:30pm. Come early for lots of good food – FROM THE SECTION CHAIR mouth-watering sushi, creole tuna, mozzarella croquette, By Sharon Hays coconut chicken, and quiche, just to name a few. Add to this scintillating conversation, positive vibes, and University of Southern California collective effervescence, and you'll understand why our reception is widely recognized as the best reception at the We're number one!!! I'm pleased to announce ASA. that we have regained our status as THE largest section in the ASA -- with 1,098 members as of By the same token, everybody who is anybody will be June 1. Yay! (Then again, we're number one in (naturally) at our Business Meeting: Monday, Aug. 14, soooo many ways, the membership count hardly at 10:30am. We'll have lots of stimulating (and oh-so- matters. ;-)) democratic) discussion, we'll pass around those all- important sign-up and suggestion sheets, and -- not to This newsletter is all about our upcoming be missed -- the (brilliant) members of the awards Montreal meetings. Boy-oh-girl, do we have a committees will be announcing all our award winners: show for you! Check out the amazingly cool best book, article, and Sally Hacker award. I'll be sessions we have in store. Bodies, culture, passing the torch (or coffee cup?) to our next transnationalism, sexuality, work, the academy -- (stupendous) chair, Jennifer Pierce. Zippity-do-dah. So I promise you, these are gonna be great. And come to help us celebrate! (Perhaps we'll close with a dig those roundtables. Wow. This is, no doubt, song and dance routine? Who ARE our singers and one of the largest groups of Sex and Gender dancers anyway?) roundtables ever. The quality of these sessions and roundtables is a measure of just how many In other thrilling news, we're plenty pleased to be wonderful submissions we received, and just announcing our newly-elected section chair and officers. how hard our organizers worked to put it all Big congratulations and a round of warm welcoming together. Bravo! Our "Announcements" section applause to Linda Blum, our Chair-Elect (Yay Linda!), (see p. 9) includes additional info on conference Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez and Belinda Robnett, our new sessions and events, and there's tons of exciting Council Members,and Natalia Sarkisian and Jayati Lal, stuff that didn't find its way to our hands, so our new additions to the Sally Hacker Award Committee. now's the time to start studying the preliminary Thanks-in-advance to all of you, and to our hard-working program. nominations committee.

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Publication Date: Oct 1, 2006 Page 1 From the Section Chair Submissions Due: Sept 15, 2006 Page 2 2006 Section Election Results Editor: TBA Page 2 Important Section Events at the Upcoming ASA phone: TBA fax: TBA Page 4 2006 Section Refereed Roundtables email: TBA Page 9 Announcements Page 12 Section Officers & Council 2 sex and gender news

Finally, since this is my last newsletter, I gotta say thank you (again), for being such an awesome 2005 SEX AND GENDER group of feminists. Our section officers, council SECTION ELECTION RESULTS members, organizers and other volunteers have been great, great, great. I tell ya, you are the best, Chair-Elect: Linda M. Blum (U of New Hampshire). unsung heroes and champs, going well beyond the call of duty in the service of the larger good. A Council Members: Gloria Gonzalez-Lopez (U of Texas, million thanks (in no particular order) to Michelle, Austin) and Belinda Robnett (U of California, Irvine). Amy, Patti, Dula, Ashley, Laurie, Julie, Elizabeth, Irene, Mindy, Ann, Shirley, Natalie, Laura, Mary Sally Hacker Award: Natalia Sarkisian (Boston College) Beth, Jyoti, Leslie, Denise, Frances, Joey, Meika, and Jayati Lal (U of Michigan). Teresa, Evren, Carey, Verta, Andrea, Ada, Heidi,

Jennifer, Seungsook, Kirsten, Dana, Sharon, Sarah, and Nancy. (Now she breaks into a teary- eyed off-key rendering of auld lang syne.) IMPORTANT SECTION EVENTS AT THE UPCOMING ASA ANNUAL MEETING I must also share the sad-for-us news that our long-time newsletter editor, Dula J. Espinosa, Please note that all section activities will take place at the will be moving on to bigger and better things. Palais des congrès de Montréal & that the info listed She's been with us for over three years, joining below is from the ASA’s Preliminary Online Program. us at the start of Denise Segura's chairship. She's been an absolutely fantastic editor, and helped to shepherd us through the important shift to on-line Section Reception: 6:30pm, Sunday, August 13. news. Thanks are not nearly enough. I know we will all be sad to see her go. Section Business Meeting: 10:30am, Monday, August 14. On a more cheerful note, I ask anyone who has not already had the chance to do so, to check out the Grad Student Showcase in our April 2006 Friday, August 11 (2:30pm) newsletter (www2.asanet.org/sectionsexgend/) – it's the one marked "longest newsletter ever"!). Session: “The Politics of Race, Class and Gender in Here you'll find the future of gender research in the Academy” (co-sponsored with the Section on Racial sociology – and it's very exciting stuff. (Actually, and Ethnic Minorities). Organizer: Bruce D. Haynes (U I'm hoping someone will do the feminist sociology of California, Davis). Presider: Jennifer L. Pierce (U of of knowledge analysis: "trends in gender research," Minnesota). for one of our newsletters next year. Yes?) “Gender, Race, and the Academic Experience,” Bernice Above all, I want to say that just knowing that McNair Barnett (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). there's this giant network of feminists in sociology -- the fabulous, intense, active, “Intersection of Race & Gender in the Academy,” In and brilliant Sex and Gender Section -- makes Young Paik (Cornell). my little heart go pitter-pat. Truth be told, I'm a bit worried about the position of feminism “Women, Queers, and People of Color Transforming the today. And I'm absolutely convinced that the Academy,” Brett C. Stockdill (Northeastern Illinois U) world is desperately in need of us right now. and Mary Yu Danico (California State Polytechnic U, Soooo, keep up the good work! And thanks. Pomona).

3 sex and gender news Sunday, August 13 (8:30am) the Significance of the Penis in Transsexual Men’s Bodies,” Kristen Rose Schilt (U of California, Los Invited Session. “Shifting Gender Regimes: Angeles) and Elroi Waszkiewicz (Georgia State). Work Transformation in Comparative Perspective.” Organizer and Presider: Heidi Gottfried (Wayne State). Discussant: Ann Shola Sunday, August 13 (2:30pm) Orloff (Northwestern) and Myra Marx Ferree (U of Wisconsin). Session: “Gender and Culture.” Organizers: Elizabeth Long (Rice) and Andrea Press (U of “Varieties of Gender Regime and Varieties of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Presider: Linda Capitalism: Complexity Theory and Path M. Blum (U of New Hampshire). Dependency,” Sylvia Walby (Lancaster). “Bomb Shells on Film Reels: Women, Military “The Livelihood Security System and Social Films, and the Enactment of Hegemonic Gender Exclusion: Japan's 'Male-Breadwinner Model,” Ideologies,” Stacie R. Furia and Denise D. Bielby Mari Osawa (U of Tokyo, Japan). (U of California, Santa Barbara).

“Comparing Employment Regimes from a Gender “Moral Purity and Social Reform: The Case of a Perspective,” Karin Gottschall (Bremen U, Women’s Religious Education Movement in Germany) and Karen Ann Shire (U Duisburg, Pakistan,” Faiza Mushtaq (Northwestern). Esse). “- in the Prozac Nation,” Linda M. Blum (U of New Hampshire). Sunday, August 13 (12:30pm) “Getting Off and Showing Off: The Romantic and Session: “Gender and the Body.” Organizer and Sexual Lives of Black and White Fraternity Men,” Presider: Verta A. Taylor (U of California, Santa Jason Aaron Rosow and Rashawn Jabar Ray Barbara). Discussant: Beth E. Schneider (U of (Indiana U, Bloomington). California, Santa Barbara).

“Selling Genes, Selling Gender: Comparing Egg Sunday, August 13 (4:30pm) and Sperm Donors,” Rene Almeling (U of California, Los Angeles). Session: “Transnationalism in Gender and Sexuality Research.” Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: Ada “Gendered Normativities and Shifting Metaphors Cheng (DePaul). of Vulvar Pain,” Amy Kathleen Kaler (U of Alberta). “Inside the Wound, Back Home: Transnational Feminist Research with Incest Survivors in Mexico,” Gloria “Modesty, Purity and Jewish Women’s Bodies: Gonzalez-Lopez (U of Texas, Austin). Pedagogical Objects, Performative Subjects, and the Problem of Feminism,” Orit Avishai (U of “Girls for Sale in Bangladesh: Network of Global, California, Berkeley). Regional, and Local Advocacy Groups and the Transformation of Trafficking Policies,” Afroza Anwary “The Body, Aging and Sexual Identity: How Do (Minnesota State, Mankato). Women View Gray Hair and Weight Changes?,” Julie A. Winterich (Dickinson College). “Gender Meaning Parity and the Gay Movement: A Cross-Cultural Study of Developing Movements,” “I Feel So Much More in My Body: Challenging Noona Queen Oh (U of Georgia), Christopher D. 4 sex and gender news Moore (Lakeland College). Thomson (U of California, San Francisco).

“Sexual Citizenship and Social Regulation: “'Cracking the Code of Life': Gendering the Human Towards a Comparative and Intersectional Model,” Genome Project,” Jessie Daniels (Hunter College). Nancy A. Naples (U of Connecticut). “Why Behavior Genetics Can’t Kick its Race Problem,” “The Masculinized Terrain of the Global Aaron L. Panofsky (New York U). Economy: Identifying Fractals at Work,” Leslie Salzinger (Boston College). Monday, August 14 (4:30pm)

Monday, August 14 (8:30am) Session: “Emerging Issues in Gender Inequality & Work.” Organizer: Amy S. Wharton (Washington Invited Session: “Feminism & Academic State). Presider and Discussant: Michelle J. Budig (U Cultures.” Organizer and Presider: Joey Sprague Massachusetts). (U of Kansas). “Contextualizing Gender Income Inequality in Post- “Feminist Waves: Reflections on the Uneven Reform Urban China,” Philip N. Cohen (U of North Diffusion of Feminist Thought in the Academy,” Carolina, Chapel Hill) and Feng Wang (U of California, Hokulani Aikau (U of Hawaii), Karla A. Erickson Irvine). (Grinnell College), and Jennifer L. Pierce (U of Minnesota). “Gender Differences in Career Trajectories: A Longitudinal Study of Promotion Patterns in a Large US “'In the Image and Likeness . . .': The Professional Firm,” John Dencker (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign). Socialization of Graduate Students,” Mary Romero (Arizona State). “Gender Composition, Organizational Climate, and Sexual at Work,” Ganga Vijayasiri and “Disciplining Knowledge: Evaluation and the Cedric Herring (U of Illinois, Chicago). Social Construction of Sociological Knowledge,” Joey Sprague (U of Kansas). “Gender Discrimination at Work: Dimensions, Processes, and Variations by Race and Class,” Susan “Brightening 'The Dark Side': Reflections on How Y. Ortiz and Vincent J. Roscigno (Ohio State). to Do Feminism in Administrative Positions,” Judith A. Howard (U of Washington) 2006 SEX AND GENDER SECTION REFERRED ROUNDTABLES Monday, August 14 (8:30am)

Session: “Gender, Race, and Science” (co- Organizers: Teresa Toguchi Swartz (U of Minnesota) sponsored with the Section on Science, and Evren Savci (U of Southern California) Knowledge, and Technology). Organizer and

Presider: Alondra Nelson (Yale University). Monday, August 14 ( 2:30 pm)

“The Mystery of Maleness and the Default Sex: Table 1. Blurring Boundaries Fetal Sex Development, Sexism, and the Media,”

Molly Dingel (Mayo College of Medicine). Presider: Evren Savci (U of Southern California).

“Technologies of the Hormonal Self: Emerging “Bisexual Identity: Can it be both Fluid and Stable?,” Constructions of Menopause,” Katherine Kristin S. Scherrer (U of Michigan). 5 sex and gender news “Race, Mixed Race and ‘Race Work’ in Japanese Reality Television Series -Manhunt: The Search for American Beauty Pageants,” Rebecca C. King- America’s Most Gorgeous Male Model,” Sandra O'Riain (National U of Ireland, Maynooth). Zichermann (Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/U of Toronto). “Sex Seen: The Social Enactment of Sex,” Asia May Friedman (Rutgers). “Pathways to Women's Appearance Satisfaction: Finding Critical Standpoints with QCA,” Rachael S. Neal and Louise Marie Roth (U of Arizona). Table 02. Gender & Global Economies “Relations of the Catwalk: Gender, Power, and Presider: Erika Busse (U of Minnesota). Economics in the Fashion Modeling Market,” Ashley E. Mears” (New York U). “Rethinking the Nation as Global: Gender, Class, and the Making of IT India,” Smitha Radhakrishnan (U of California, Berkeley). Table 05. Gender & the Body: Size

“Women's Status, HIV Risk Reduction Strategies “Fitting In: Women, Weight and Identity,” Margo Rita and Microcredit Participation: A Mixed-Method Capparelli (Framingham State College). Evaluation of the Effects of Microcredit Participation in Yaoundé, Cameroon,” Carolette “Race, Class, Gender, and Situational Effects on the Norwood (Saint Mary's College) Body Image / Food Choice Relationship,” Laura L. Jennings (U of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign).

Table 03. Gender & Politics Table 06. Gender Normativity & Sexuality “Abortion Rates and Nonmarital Birth Rates in the U.S. in the Post-Welfare Reform Era,” Kimberly “Getting Off and Showing Off: Power, Status, and Carter Kelly and Linda Grant (U of Georgia). Culture in the Romantic and Sexual Lives of High-Status Fraternity Men,” Jason Aaron Rosow and Rashawn “Changes in Women's Political Representation in Jabar Ray (Indiana U-Bloomington). South Carolina: 1980-2003,” Judith A. Harris (U South Carolina Upstate) and Claire Wofford “Trading on : College Women’s Gender (Emory). Strategies and Anti-Lesbian Discrimination,” Laura Theresa Hamilton (Indiana U). “Women and the State: Crossing the Boundaries between Islamic and Secular Collective Action,” “What Would a Sexual Fingerprint Look like? Exploring Berna Turam (Hampshire College). Sexual Selves,” Rebecca F. Plante (Ithaca College).

“Why Do Some Heterosexual Men Have More Female Table 04. Gender & the Body: Beauty Sex Partners Than Others?: Sexual Conservatism, Myth Acceptance, Preference for Temporary Relation- “Feminist Consumerism and Fat Activists: A ships, and Socioeconomic Status,” Shyamal Kumar Das Comparative Study of Grassroots Activism and the (Minot State -North Dakota), Lisa Eargle (Francis Marion Dove Real Beauty Campaign,” Josee Johnston and U), and shraf M. Esmail (Delgado Community College). Judith Karyn Taylor (U of Toronto).

“Metrosexual Masculinity, Stereotypical Images Table 07. Gendered Negotiations of Home & Work of the ‘Ideal’ and the Objectification and Commodification of Male models in the Bravo “Labor Force Status, Work and Attitude Change, 6 sex and gender news and the Time Bind,” Patricia L. Donze (U of (Virginia Commonwealth U). California, Los Angeles). “Work/Family Conflict and the African-American “Negotiating Work and Child Care: Effects of Woman,” Keisha Alliya Terry (Ohio State) and Peter Gender, Nativity, and Marital Status,” Michele Meiksins (Cleveland State). Ann Adams and James R. Elliott (Tulane U). “Honey I’m Home…: Racial and Gender Differences in “The Brighter Side of Work and Family Life: Household Labor Among Married Couples in the U.S.,” Family-Friendly Benefits and Positive Family-to- Katy M. Pinto (U of California, Los Angeles). Work Spillover,” Daphne Pedersen Stevens (U of North Dakota) and (from Utah State) Krista Lynn Minnotte, Gary Kiger, and Susan E. Mannon. Table 10. Negotiating Gendered Relationships

“Balancing Work and Home: The Relationship “Age in Gay American Male Partnerships,” between Quality Time and Work-Family Conflict,” Kathryn Burrows (Marylhurst U). Karrie Ann Snyder (U of Chicago) and Alisa C. Lewin (U of Haifa & U of Chicago). “The Construction of Gender among Cohabiting Couples,” Amanda Jayne Miller (The Ohio State) and Sharon L. Sassler (Cornell). Table 08. Gendered Organizations

Presider: Marjukka Ollilainen (Weber State). Table 11. Popular Culture and Media

“Organizational Hegemony and the Face of the “American Children's Novels: A History of Subversive Firm: The Construction of Executive Women and Fiction,” Amy Elisabeth Singer (U of Washington). Men as Different Workers in the British Advertising and Computing Industries,” Michele “Perpetuation of Female Beauty Stereotypes through Rene Gregory (York College/CUNY). Korean Mass Media: Emancipation or Objectification of Women?,” Min-Joo Jee (Korea U), Byoung-il Oh “The Differential Effects of Gender Composition (Hankook Research). of the Workplace on Men and Women,” Catherine J. Taylor (Cornell). “The Transformation of Gender Role within the in Korean Television Commercials from 1985 to 2005,” “The Impact of Labeling Events as Sexual Ki-Soo Eun and Eun-Young Kim (Seoul National U). Harassment in the U.S. Military: A Logistic ‘Path’ Model,” Juanita M. Firestone and Richard J. “We're not Men: Representations of Jewish and Gentile Harris (U of Texas, San Antonio). Men on Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm,” Evan Cooper (Fordham). “At the time, I thought it was great: The Importance of Age in Labeling ,” Amy M. Blackstone (U of Maine) Table 12. Gender & Sexuality in Comparative and Jason Houle (The Pennsylvania State). Perspective

“An Index of Pro-Woman States: A Cross-National Table 09. Household Labor Analysis of 166 Countries,” Christine A. Wernet and Betsy McMahon (U of South Carolina Aiken). “Gender Ritualization: The Strategic Practicing of Gender in Domestic Labor,” Jennifer A Johnson “Gender Ideology in the U.S. and Japan: Cross- 7 sex and gender news cultural Measurement Equivalence,” Matthew E. “Prevalence & Transmission Rates of STI's in the People's Loyd (U of North Carolina, Chapel Hill). Republic of China,” Ginny E. Garcia (Texas A&M).

“Couple Relationships among Lesbians, Gay Men, and Heterosexuals in California: A Social Table 15. Gender and Sports Demographic Perspective,” Charles Q Strohm, Judith A. Seltzer, Susan Cochran, and Vickie “Feminist and Gender Role Attitudes among High School Mays (U of California, Los Angeles). Student Athletes,” Stephanie Renee Medley Rath (U of West Georgia). “Motherhood Status and Union Formation in Moshi, Tanzania,” Megan Klein and Ulla Larsen “Women in Contact Sport: Starting to Hear Their Voice,” (U of Maryland). Giovanna Follo.

“A Few Good Women (and a Large Crowd of Men),” Table 13. in Intimate Relationships Guðmundur Ævar Oddsson (U of Akureyri).

“If You Had Only Said...: A Corporeal Feminist “Get Your Kit Off' Isn’t Sexist: Women’s Responses to Analysis of Communication Between Batterers and Gender in English Football Crowds,” Katharine Battered Women,” Nikki Paratore Galibois. W. Jones (Philadelphia U).

“Witnessing : Gender Flexibil- ity and the Problem of Adaptation to Trauma,” Table 16. Feminist Methodologies Catina Ann Galloway (Alcohol & Drug Services). “Feminist Methods Without Boundaries,” Alison S. “Intimate Partner Violence Among Married Better (Brandeis). Women in Kenya,” Yanyi K. Djamba (Southeastern Louisiana U) and Sitawa R Kimuna “PoMo Epistemology and Strategic Gender Research,” (East Carolina U). Martha Anderson Easton (U of Minnesota).

“Disclosing as a Sexual Secret: “Taking a Seat in Their ‘Theater’: The Importance of Patriarchal Movements and Sexual Responsibility,” Lens in Understanding the Experiences of Women in the Chiquita DaJuan Howard (Virginia Tech). Military,” Robin D. Moremen and Kristen Myers (Northern Illinois U).

Table 14. Status of Women in China & Taiwan “Iraq is a Small Purple Planet: Feminist Mothering During Wartime,” Pamela J. Aronson (U of Michigan, “Determinants of Female Labor Force Participa- Dearborn). tion over the Life Course: The Taiwanese Case in a Comparative Perspective,” Ying-Shan Wei (U of Hawaii, Manoa). Table 17. Gender & Education

“Economic Development and Women’s Status in “Choice of Science Major Amongst Asian American Greater China: An Experimental Approach,” Students: Influences of Race and Sex,” Yu Meng Bradley J. Koch (Nanyang Technological U). (Georgia Institute of Technology) and Sandra L. Hanson (Catholic U of America). “The Glass Ceiling: A Qualitative Study on the Status of Female Doctors in Taiwan,” Pi-chun Hsu “Sex Segregation in Fields of Doctoral Degrees In the (Cornell). United States, 1971-2002,” Su Li (Northwestern). 8 sex and gender news “The Work of Managing Motherhood Maryland). and Graduate Student Status,” Tamara Lynn Smith (SUNY-Albany), Laura West Steck (U of “You Going to Be an Old Maid? Single Women, Stigma, Connecticut). and Gender Inequality,” Jean L. Potuchek (Gettysburg College). “Male Tokenism and the Regendering of an Organization,” Laura M. Moore (Hood College). “The Unsilencing of Shame: The Road Between Shame and Resistance,” Orly Benjamin (Bar-llan U).

Table 18. Gender & Health Table 21. Social Construction of Mothering & “Yours for Health, Lydia E. Pinkham: A Cultural Fathering Analysis of a Late Victorian Era Patent Medicine Company,” Tori L. Barnes-Brus (U of Kansas). “Gender Labor: The Construction of Masculinity and Femininity during Childbirth Education Courses,” “Historical Implications of Attitudes toward Monika J. Ulrich (U of Arizona). Women's Health Issues on Contemporary Policies,” Jennifer L. Woods (Indiana U). “Is Breast Best? Infant Feeding Decisions in the Context of the NICU,” Joanna P. Cohen (Temple). “Health Care Providers & Intimate Partner Violence: An Analysis of Training Textbooks, “' Views of Motherhood,” Esther Dermott (U of 1995-2005,” Kim Price and Stacy A. Missari (U Bristol). of Connecticut). “Guilt and Shame: Good Mothering and Labor Force “Subrogate Agency in Huntington’s Disease Participation,” Jean-Anne Sutherland (U of Akron). Caregiving,” Clara V. Giraldo (U of North Texas).

Table 22. Social Change & Gendered Discourses Table 19. Women's Talk of Gendered Bodies “The Domestic Terrain within Transnational Activism: “The Body Habitus: Leadership and Teenage Ghana and the ‘Marital Rape,’ Clause,” Kathleen M. Girls' Experiences of Their Moving Bodies,” Sue Fallon and Anna-Liisa L. Aunio (McGill). L. Lissel (U of Alberta). “Encouragement and Oppression: the Construction of “Body Image and Adolescents: An Examination of the Ethical,” Heejin Jun (U of Michigan). Race, Class and Gender,” Gloria Gonzalez (U of California, Los Angeles). “ Politics: Theorizing Hierarchical Constructions of Space, Identity and International Community in the “Talking ‘Among Us’: How Women Describe Modern Era,” Vrushali Patil (U of Maryland). Racial and Ethnic Differences in Menopause,” Heather Elise Dillaway and Mary E. Byrnes “Gender, Betrayal, and Public Memory: America's Lost (Wayne State). War in Vietnam,” Jerry L. Lembcke (College of the Holy Cross).

Table 20. Gender & Structural Restraints Table 23. Gender & Economic Inequality “Doing Gender: Caste & Gender in Action in India,” Sonalde Desai and Reeve Vanneman (U of “The Household as a Locus of Economic Stratification 9 sex and gender news along Gendered Lines,” Stephanie Howling Transformation for Women in Science and Engineering. (Harvard). Sunday, August 13, 10:30 am - 12:10 pm at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. Participants: Mary Frank Fox “When Equality Isn’t Enough: The (Lack of) (Georgia Institute of Technology), Lisa Frehill and Judith Persistence of Relative Earnings in ,” Stepan-Norris (U of California, Irvine), and Jennifer Tara Leigh Becker (U of Wisconsin, Madison). Sheridan (U of Wisconsin, Madison). This NSF Program has made 3-4 million dollar awards, per institution “Gender Ideology and Motherhood: Exploring awarded, for initiatives to increase the participation & Race Differences in Earnings,” C. Andre Christie- performance of women in the scientific & engineering Mizell (U of Akron), Jacqueline Keil (Kean U), workforce -- through increased representation and and (also from U of Akron) Aya Kimura and advancement of women in academic science & Stacye Annyna Blount. engineering. The Institutional Transformation Awards take approaches and means to improve the climate for women in US academic institutions and to facilitate women's Table 24. Masculinities advancement to the highest ranks of academic leadership. Sociologists have led, co-led, and/or participated in “A Few Good Boys,” Brooke Johnson (U of leadership teams, for these Institutional Transformation California, Riverside). Initiatives. This session features the role of sociology in perspectives, approaches, practices, and policies taken & “Doing Violence, Doing Gender: The Relevance implemented through NSF ADVANCE. The session will and Irrelevance of Physical Size,” Bryan K. be of interest to those engaged in issues of occupations/ Robinson (U at Albany, SUNY). professions, organizations, and gender in science and organizations - as well as to those interested in submitting “Negotiating Manhood: Contests Over Identity in a proposal to NSF ADVANCE. a Men’s Anti-Battering Program,” Doug Schrock and Irene Padavic (Florida State University). Reception. The steering committee of the Carework Network invites you to a networking reception to be “Masculinity in Urban Uganda in the Age of held during the ASA Meetings in Montreal. Join us AIDS,” Robert J. Wyrod (U of Chicago). Sunday, August 13, 6:30pm-8:15pm, Delta Centre- Ville. We encourage you to stop by to meet other scholars, activists & policy makers interested in Table 25. , Sex & Gender in carework issues. We will have tables displaying recently published books, working papers and/or info “Early Socialization of Gender Expectation and about carework organizations. Contact Clare Stacey Social Role Theory Help Reflect Contemporary ([email protected]) if you have questions about the Dating Scripts,” James Eloy Rodriguez (Texas reception or if you would like to reserve a tabling A&M, Corpus Christi). space. See you in Montreal!

“Teen ,” Kathleen Oberlin (DePaul). Call for Contributors

Sage Publications announces a new comprehensive 2- ANNOUNCEMENTS volume encyclopedia covering the major theories, research, people, and issues in contemporary . The Encyclopedia of Gender and Society Other Notable ASA Events (Jodi O’Brien, editor, Eve Shapiro, assistant editor) will be distinguished by a cross-cultural, transnational Special Session. NSF ADVANCE: Sociological perspective. Entries will highlight the gendered Perspectives and Approaches to Institutional foundations of economic, legal, political, religious 10 sex and gender news and social practices and institutions. Expected Correction: publication is May 2007. If you’re interested in contributing entry essays to this encyclopedia, May 2006 issue: Our "Grad Student Showcase" please send an email indicating your interest areas included incorrect info for Roksana Badruddoja. to: [email protected]. More info She is at Rutgers U and can be reached at can be found at www.sageapps.com/srt. Essays ([email protected]). will vary in length as indicated on the topic list. First drafts will be expected Oct-Nov 2006. Contributors writing 1000 to 4000 words will Job Announcements receive a $150 book credit from Sage Publications. Contributors writing 4000 words or more will University of South Florida. The Department of receive 1 free copy of the encyclopedia. Each Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position contributor will receive a 40% discount on copies at the rank of Assistant Professor effective August 2007. of the encyclopedia. Minimum qualification is a Ph.D. in Sociology or a related discipline (with a strong background in sociology) conferred by August 7, 2007. Preference will Call for Participants be given to applicants who have expertise in quantitative research methods, program evaluation, & one of the Feminism, the Academy, and Not Having it All: following areas: environment, immigration/migration, A New ‘Problem With No Name’? I am seeking or health. Candidates with a productive research agenda female colleagues attending the ASA Meetings leading to both publications and grants are particularly in Montreal for research that focuses on the encouraged to apply. The Dept has submitted a PhD experiences of female academics who, having program proposal for State approval. Salary is prioritized their education and career goals, decide negotiable. Submit an application letter, curriculum they want to be but realise this “too late.” vitae, evidence of research and teaching effectiveness (if These women, finished or finishing their PhDs, available), and arrange for 3 letters of reference to be come from diverse backgrounds & social locations, sent to Dr. James Cavendish, Recruitment Committee who at the time of this realization, are single, in Chair, Department of Sociology, CPR107, University of their late 30s or older, and, for various reasons, South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, Tampa, FL feel that having a child on their own is not a viable 33620. All materials must be received by October 15th, option. If this topic relates to you & you’re willing 2006. Under state law applications, and meetings to discuss your experiences while contributing to regarding them, are open to the public. For ADA research on this issue, please consider participating. accommodations, contact Patricia Greene, (813) 974- I would like to talk to women in their late 30s as 2396 at least 5 working days prior to need. USF is an well as older women willing to share their AA/EA/EO institution. experiences retrospectively. Participation entails 1 to 2 in-depth, open-ended, and confidential University of Missouri, Columbia. Applications are interviews lasting up to 2 hours while in Montreal. being accepted for 2 tenure-track positions in Human For more info or to schedule an interview, contact Development & Family Studies. Applicants should have Shelley Z. Reuter, Asst. Prof. of Sociology (514) a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Studies or a 848-2424 x. 2174 ([email protected]). related area at time of appt (Aug 2007). Demonstrated This project has been approved by Concordia research competence & potential to maintain a productive University’s Human Research Ethics Committee. research program, including procurement of external If you have any questions or concerns related to funding and scholarly publication is also expected. ethics compliance, please contact Ms. Adela Reid, Position 1 is for an Assistant Professor on 9-month appt. from the University’s Office of Research, (514) Duties include conducting an active program of research 848-2424 x. 7481. in any area of human development and family studies, writing grants, teaching undergrad & grad courses,

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