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Profile of the 2015 ASA President inside Paula England: No Sense of (Geographic) Direction but a Profound Sense of Academic Direction Kathryn Edin, Johns Hopkins University data from former colleagues and sion of what predicts unintended New Department students across the country. Fellow fertility that they walked out of the 3 o say she loves what she does Affiliate Benefits faculty, past and present, were eager restaurant without paying. After would be an under- Benefits include a year of T to share particular “Paula the waitress chased them down statement. To claim that ASA membership for all moments.” One colleague the street and demanded payment, she’s hardworking doesn’t first-year graduate students recalls a long, grueling they realized that they were so lost begin to capture the truth. in the department. day during a MacArthur in conversation they were walk- One colleague, Timothy research network in Aspen. ing the wrong way. Then there are Smeeding, put it best: The group retired to the hot Paula’s distinctive habits—subject Start Planning for 2016. “Many people think I am 5 tub to relax and the conver- to change every decade or so. In the Yes, 2016! Send session hardworking, but I don’t sation wandered from one 80s and 90s, it was clogs and Diet proposals for the 2016 hold a candle to Paula.” inconsequential topic to Pepsi. When Paula left Arizona for meeting on “Rethinking And as for getting it right, Paula England another until Paula joined. Stanford, one colleague commented, Social Movements.” she’s as dedicated and as She was right back to the rich intel- “It sure will be hard to fill Paula’s tenacious as they come. Perhaps her lectual discussion that the group clogs!” core quality, though, say colleagues, August Council had been having earlier in the day. Anyone who knows the subject of 7 is her love of ideas. Highlights Another time, she and a colleague this essay well—knows she’s famous When assigned the task of writ- A snapshot of key decisions had been so intent in their discus- ing this essay, I set out to collect and information about the Continued on Page 8 Association. 9 Herbert Gans on the Direction of the The Contexts Editors Bring 2014 ASA Discipline Sociology needs to more Energy and Experience with Annual Meeting relevant, visible, and valued. Public Engagement Sets Attendance 10 Obituary for Ralph H. Douglas Hartmann, University of About the New Editors Records Turner Minnesota Philip Cohen is Professor of Daniel Fowler, Also former students and xtra! Extra! Read all about it! The Sociology at the University of ASA Public Information Office family pay tribute to this Enew editors for Contexts, the ASA’s Maryland-College Park, where past ASA president. one-of-a-kind, accessible to a general he received his PhD in 1999. He ociologists flocked to San audience publication, have been returned to his alma mater in SFrancisco for the 2014 2012 after stints at University of American Sociological Association From the Executive Officer...... 2 chosen. They are Philip N. Cohen of the University of Maryland and Syed California-Irvine and the University Annual Meeting, which had the Science Policy...... 3 Ali of Long Island University. Cohen of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. highest attendance ever for a meet- ASA Forum...... 18 ing held outside of New York City and Ali will take their turn at helm Continued on Page 6 Announcements...... 19 beginning in and the third-highest attendance overall. Obituaries...... 22 January. They bring with them With a total attendance 5,950, th big ideas about the 109 Annual Meeting was just sociology, tons short of the record-breaking 6,184 of energy and attendance of last year’s meeting in experience with New York City and the 6,025 who public engage- attended the 2007 conference also in ment, and their the Big Apple. own distinctive “We could not have been more (and sometimes pleased with the turnout,” said irreverent) ASA Executive Officer Sally T. sensibilities. Hillsman. “We believe that the Syed Ali and Philip Cohen Continued on Page 4 footnotes • September/October 2014 To view the online version, visit 1 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org

from the executive officer Why Study Social Science? “Because It Matters.”

he National Science Board (NSB) grounds, across areas of scientific And on [a] macro level, they enable questions being asked by some in Tis the governing body of the expertise and geographic areas. us to better understand and address Congress of scientists conduct- National Science Foundation (NSF) ASA is extremely gratified that at the vexing political, social, and ing basic research: What is the and official policy advi- this critical time two of economic challenges that dominate near-term return on the federal sors to the president and the most recent Board newspaper headlines.” investment in their research? And, Congress. In late April appointees have close ties Tornow then explained that the will this research produce the next 2014 NSB submitted a to the social science com- social sciences are sciences just like great product? This narrowing of highly unusual statement munity—current COSSA astronomy, astrophysics, chem- congressional focus on how taxpay- to Congress in response to pend- President James Jackson (Institute istry, and biology. Social sciences ers’ money should be invested in ing legislation—the Frontiers in for Social Research, University work with “observational data research will significantly hamper Innovation, Research, Science, and of Michigan) and Robert Groves and measurements,” emphasizing progress in the long history of the Technology Act of 2014 (FIRST Act). (former Director of the Census objective intent. She noted that sciences’ pursuit of the new knowl- The NSB has rarely made such a Bureau and provost at Georgetown simply because examining human edge that is essential for improving defiant statement to Congress. University). Jackson and Groves beings and their motivations may people’s wellbeing. The NSB argued that the FIRST were sworn in for their six-year not be the same as dealing with Prior to Tornow’s talk about the Act’s “specification of budget terms at the August 2014 Board some physical science inputs does social sciences at NSB, Board mem- allocations to each NSF Directorate meeting. not mean the ber Kelvin Droegemeier, Professor would significantly impede NSF’s social sciences of Meteorology at the University of Making the flexibility to deploy funds to On the most elemental methods are Oklahoma, noted that almost the Case for support the best ideas” in sci- less scientific. same number of people die today the Social level, the SBE sciences explain ence. A major target of FIRST Act She con- from tornadoes as they did in 1959 Sciences why you comprehend what I was the NSF Social, Behavioral, tinued and even though we now have made and Economic Sciences (SBE) With grow- am saying. On a day-to-day identified enormous scientific, engineering, Directorate which was scheduled ing opposition level, they help us navigate some of the and technological advances, such by the bill for a 22 percent cut. to the SBE familiar and professional big questions as Doppler radar. What our nation Directorate NSB’s statement and the subse- relationships, build stronger for the SBE doesn’t have yet, he went on to say, quent massive opposition from the from some Directorate. is the social scientific knowledge science community have stopped members of and safer communities and to How does base about “how people respond the progress of the FIRST Act. the Republican run businesses, efficiently and the human and react and understand.” Without Caucus in brain produce more social science research, he What Is the National Science effectively. Congress, cognition and said, the benefits of other sci- Board? the Board —Joanne Tornow behavior? How, ences and technologies cannot be The NSB was created as part of decided to when, and why translated into enhanced public the legislation that created the NSF fulfill its over- do we cooper- wellbeing. (National Science Foundation Act of sight responsibility at its August ate or compete? When does conflict Our nation faces many challenges 1950) with the authority to “recom- Board meeting and asked the SBE arise? today and will face many more mend and encourage the pursuit of Directorate to articulate why the During the questions and unknown challenges tomorrow. national policies for the promotion Directorate remains essential to answers section of the talk, Tornow Without enhancing the already of research and education in sci- federal support for the nation’s basic identified inequality as one of the strong knowledge base of the social ence and engineering.” The Board, research infrastructure. Acting SBE emerging challenges that SBE- sciences, we as a nation and a world working within Congress’s authori- Assistant Director Joanne Tornow funded research can address. citizen will not be able to adequately zation language and the President’s did such a superb job of this she address these challenges. Fundamental Understanding national science policies, does a may have converted some skeptics ASA members need to continue number of specific tasks, including to become ambassadors for the SBE When NSF was formed in 1950, their active support of the mission approving new major programs Directorate. Congress gave it the mission “to of the National Science Foundation and awards. The Board also serves Tornow was unapologetic in promote the progress of science; to and the leadership of the National as an “independent body of advi- her presentation and began her advance national health, prosperity, Science Board. They are stewards of sors to both the President and the talk by asking, “Why study human and welfare; to secure the national scientific progress and they under- Congress” on science and engi- behavior and social organizations? defense.” It was created to identify stand the value of the science we neering matters (see www.nsf.gov/ Because it matters.” She went on to the next frontiers of science. To do love and practice. nsb/about/). say, “On the most elemental level, so, NSF supports scientists who seek The Board has 25 members, the SBE sciences explain why you fundamental understanding. And appointed by the President, and comprehend what I am saying. On our nation and the world benefit Sally T. Hillsman is each member serves a six-year a day-to-day level, they help us from this. the Executive Officer term. NSB members are all emi- navigate familiar and professional Today, some in our country have of ASA. She can be nent scientists from industry and relationships, build stronger and forgotten NSF’s mission or may reached by email at academia, who are intentionally safer communities and to run busi- seek to change this mission. This executive.office@ selected to have diverse back- nesses, efficiently and effectively. is reflected in the much narrower asanet.org.

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Census Bureau’s ACS Provides employment, commut- population-data-sheet. NICHD Partners with Other State and Local Income, Poverty, ing, language spoken at aspx. The theme Federal Agencies to Support Health Insurance Statistics home, nativity, ancestry is Progress and Young Children Data recently released by the and selected monthly Challenges. The online A recent survey shows that one in U.S. Census Bureau’s American homeowner costs. data sheet features four young children (ages birth to 5) Community Survey (ACS) finds “The American Community examples of achievements over the are at moderate to high risk for devel- that income levels and poverty rates Survey is our country’s only source last several decades, such as that opmental, behavioral, or social delays. were not statistically different for of small area estimates for social and the proportion of people living To raise awareness of these risks and most states from 2012 to 2013. The demographic characteristics,” Census in poverty has declined, infant promote early screening, the NICHD state and local income and poverty Bureau Director John H. Thompson mortality has dropped, and fewer has joined the Administration for statistics in the ACS, the nation’s said. “As such, it is indispensable to mothers are dying in childbirth. Children and Families and a number most comprehensive and timely data our economic competitiveness and But progress has been uneven. of other federal partners in launch- source on American households, used by businesses, local governments This year’s data sheet has detailed ing Birth to 5: Watch Me Thrive! This has included questions about health and anyone in need of trusted, timely, information on 16 population, initiative seeks to: celebrate mile- insurance coverage since 2008; detailed data.” For more information, health, and environment indicators stones through regular screenings; September’s release provides statis- see www.census.gov/newsroom/ for more than 200 countries. The promote universal developmental tics on coverage for all metropolitan press-releases/2014/cb14-170. website includes a video overview, and behavioral screenings; identify areas and places with a population html?cid=NRACS01 interactive graphics, a searchable possible delays and concerns early; database, a population clock, and of 65,000 or more. The 2013 ACS PRB’s 2014 World Population and support at-home learning and other interactive features. It also provides a multitude of statistics that Data Sheet Is Online growth. To realize these goals, the measure the social, economic and includes digital visualizations with initiative has released an online suite Population Reference Bureau’s housing conditions of U.S. com- highlights of population trends for of free, downloadable materials. For 2014 World Population Data munities. More than 40 topics are the world and the United States more information, see www.acf.hhs. Sheet is available online at available with today’s release, such and comparable trend data on gov/programs/ecd/child-health- www.prb.org/Publications/ as educational attainment, housing, infant mortality, total fertility rate, development/watch-me-thrive. Datasheets/2014/2014-world- and life expectancy.

New Major Department Affiliate Benefits Launched First-Year Graduate Students’ Free One-Year Membership Is Among Other Benefits he goal of the ASA Department are not part of the ASA program. als, back issues of Chairlink, as well as teaching and learning in sociol- TAffiliates Program is to provide Based on the data collected, a series the Directory of Members, Directory of ogy. The schedule includes topics a meaningful connection between of new benefits for Department Departments, Teaching Sociology fea- such as “Strategic Planning and sociology departments and the ASA, Affiliates have been developed and ture articles, a curated set of Footnotes Planning Strategically: Positioning supporting departments and chairs added to existing benefits. The new articles related to department-level Sociology Departments for the New in their teaching, research, and benefits are below. concerns, helpful information to Normal,” “Conflict Management service roles. The higher education Free One-Year ASA assist departments embarking on self- for Department Chairs,” and landscape in which departments Membership for First-Year studies and program reviews. “Making Large Classes Feel Small: exist has shifted significantly in Graduate Students. This benefit Chairlink. Sent monthly between Building Dynamic Interactions recent years, with the prolifera- begins with the 2015 membership September 2014 and June 2015, to Support Active Learning with tion of online instruction, Internet year and includes all regular benefits Chairlink is a sociology-specific Classes of 50-500.” A special evening resources, and sweeping economic of membership—and online access newsletter designed to help depart- webinar will be offered, “Building challenges. In light of this, the ASA to all ASA journals. ment chairs stay up-to-date on key Your Career with a Bachelor’s Academic and Professional Affairs ASA Undergraduate Student events in higher education and Degree in Sociology: A Webinar Program staff, with the assistance Newsletter. Timed to coincide and anticipate and effectively respond to for Undergraduate Majors, Those of other Executive Office staff connect with the quarterly release of the challenges of department leader- Considering a Major, and Their from ASA members, embarked on new online content from Contexts, ship. Temporarily Chairlink went Advisors.” Departments are encour- a process to explore options and each newsletter will also feature out of circulation when the ASA aged to host pizza parties around opportunities for better serving media coverage from around the Department Affiliate webinars were this special web event on October 15, sociology departments at every world of research that was published launched, but is returning at the 7:00-8:30 p.m. EST. level. Laura Kramer, Emeritus in ASA journals, as well as advice request of department chairs. Opportunity for Increased Professor of Sociology at Montclair and professional opportunities Department Affiliate Webinars. Department Visibility. All State University and long-term ASA relevant to undergraduates. Faculty and students in Department Departments Affiliates are listed on Department Resources Group mem- ASA Department Portal. This Affiliates will have access to 10 ASA the ASA website, with active links ber, conducted a series of interviews web-based location on the ASA webinars covering topics related to to the departments’ own websites. with Department Affiliates chairs in homepage will have archives of past department leadership and manage- The ASA website receives more as well as chairs whose departments webinars, Chairs Conference materi- ment, professional development, and Continued on Page 12 footnotes • September/October 2014 3 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org

Annual Meeting ing’s most highly anticipated of the meet- From Page 1 sessions, two featured speakers ing, the app were from outside of academia. received 652 great attendance was a combina- Facebook Chief Operating Officer unique visitors, tion of two key factors. First, 2014 Sheryl Sandberg, author of Lean with 2695 ses- ASA President Annette Lareau In: Women, Work, and the Will sions favorited and the Program Committee cre- to Lead, headlined a thematic by app users. ated a fantastic program centered session titled “Lean In.” Famed In addition, around the theme, ‘Hard Times: The journalist and best-selling author ASA once Impact of Economic Inequality on Malcolm Gladwell delivered the again offered Families and Individuals’. Second, keynote address in a plenary session free WiFi in San Francisco is a wonderful city titled “An Evening with Malcolm all meeting with many cultural opportunities Gladwell.” Gladwell is the author rooms, which that our members and their families of numerous books, including The contributed to were able to enjoy.” Tipping Point, Blink, and Outliers. active discus- ASA President Annette Lareau. Program Details Former U.S. Labor Secretary Robert sions on social B. Reich, the Chancellor’s Professor media during The theme, which Lareau of Public Policy at the University the meet- Princeton University’s Angelina addressed in her Presidential of California-Berkeley, headlined a ing; live tweeting kept people (in Grigoryeva’s study, which found Address, brought attention to the Saturday plenary, titled “The Impact attendance or not) apprised of the that daughters provide much greater many ways in which inequality of Inequality.” latest research, current debates, and elderly parent care than sons do, reverberates throughout American “It was a great opportunity for high-profile speakers. According was particularly popular with the society and the world. our members to hear from these to Neal Caren, University of North media. Research was covered in “In recent decades, the United supremely accomplished people Carolina-Chapel Hill, there were USA Today, the Washington Post, States has experienced dramatic who have generated such interest- about 12,800 Tweets using the the Chicago Tribune, The Huffington increases in the growth of inequal- ing dialogue among the general meeting hashtag, #ASA14. This is Post, the Milwaukee Journal ity,” Lareau said. “In addition, the public as well as among scholars and roughly 2,000 more than in 2013. Sentinel, the Detroit Free Press, Great Recession has an important students,” Hillsman said. Perhaps it shouldn’t be surpris- National Journal, U.S. News and lingering influence on the life ing that meeting attendees were so World Report, Scientific American, chances of young adults. Since Technology active on social media given the CBSNews.com, TIME.com, The younger sociologists, as well as more For the third year in a row, any social media preconference work- Telegraph in England, and many senior scholars, have important individual with Internet access was shops on August 15, sponsored by others. insights on these issues, I wanted to able to watch a live webcast of the Just Publics @ 365, where attendees “I was excited about the media spotlight them.” meeting’s five plenary sessions as learned the ins and outs of social attention that my study on the gen- The conference featured 600 well as the Awards Ceremony and media including blogging, op-ed der division of elder care by adult sessions and 3,772 papers on such Presidential Address. Live tran- pitches, Twitter, and podcasts. children received,” Grigoryeva said. subjects as family, education, sex, scripts accompanied the webcasts, “To me, it means that my academic health, religion, work, same-sex which were (and still are) accessible Media Coverage research could be of interest to a marriage, immigration, bullying, on mobile devices, tablets, and Sociologists were not the only broad audience.” race, social media, crime, relation- computers. ones who took an interest in Furman University’s Christin ships, gender, technology, socio- For the 2014 meeting, ASA the meeting. Thirteen journal- Munsch’s study also received signifi- economics, children, disability, encouraged the use of its web- ists—including reporters from cant media coverage. She found that neighborhood life, substance abuse, based mobile app, which featured LiveScience, Inside Higher Ed, men are viewed more favorably than and climate change. By comparison, the condensed meeting program, a and Pacific Standard as well as women when seeking work-life bal- the 2013 meeting featured 578 ses- chat function, an interactive floor the host of “Against the Grain” on ance. Media outlets including NBC’s sions and 3,738 papers. plan, and recent program updates. KPFA—attended the meeting. More Today show, the Washington Post, Among three of the meet- On August 16, the first official day impressive was the amount of media the Chicago Tribune, New Republic, coverage that research presented at Al Jazeera America, Elle, the the meeting received. Huffington Post, Salon, CBSNews. The Association and research com, Yahoo!News, the Atlantic, The presented at the ASA meeting were Guardian in England, and many mentioned in hundreds of articles. others covered the research. According to Meltwater, a media “I was pleasantly surprised by coverage tracking service, the U.S. the media coverage,” Munsch said. press mentioned the American “I became a sociologist, not to Sociological Asociation in 1,233 speak solely to the academic com- articles in the month of August. As munity, but rather to understand part of that coverage, the U.S. press social injustices and incite social mentioned the ASA in 452 articles change. The ASA press release gave on August 19, the final day of the me the opportunity to speak to a Annual Meeting. Not limited to the much broader audience about the print media, the Annual Meeting mechanisms that perpetuate gen- generated both radio and television der inequality and concrete ways The 2014 ASA Major Award Winners. coverage as well. Continued on Page 12

4 footnotes • September/October 2014 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association Think Ahead to 2016! Invited Session Proposals Solicited for the 111th Annual Meeting Deadlines are November 13, 2014 and February 5, 2015

he substantive program for the make the theme of the meeting come use the same teaching techniques organizer, including address, T2016 Annual Meeting is now alive. Ideas for Thematic Sessions they would use in advanced courses. telephone, and email; and taking shape under the leadership are due by November 13, 2014. If you have cutting-edge method- • A list of potential participants of President-Elect Ruth Milkman Special Sessions focus on new ological or theoretical knowledge including address, telephone, and and the 2016 Program Committee. areas of sociological work or other in an important area, or know a email. The theme of “Rethinking Social timely topics that may or may not colleague who has such expertise, Author Meets Critics Session Movements: Can Changing the relate to the theme. They gener- please submit a proposal for a course. proposals must include: Conversation Change the World?” ally address sociological issues, Participants in courses register in • Name and affiliation of book invites participation across the whether in research or its applica- advance and pay a small fee to cover author(s); discipline and provides many tion, of importance to the discipline cost of materials. • Complete title of the book; opportunities to bring together or of broad interest. Proposals • Publication date and name of Guidelines for the Session a variety of sociological work in for sessions co-sponsored with publisher; Proposals diverse formats. sister sociological associations are • Brief statement about the book’s The spectrum of sessions on the usually accommodated under this Thematic Sessions, Special importance to the discipline of Annual Meeting program reflects component. Sessions, and Regional Spotlight sociology; the ASA’s commitment to facilitate Regional Spotlight Sessions Sessions Proposals must include: • Rationale for inclusion on the intellectual communication and the provide opportunities to look at • Designation of the session type: 2016 program; and transmission of knowledge, informa- issues pertinent to the host site for Thematic Session; Special Session; • Suggestions for critics and session tion, and skills relevant to the field of the Annual Meeting. With Seattle, Regional Spotlight Session organizer. sociology and aligned social sciences. Washington, as the site of the 2016 • Working title for the session; Workshop proposals must Members are encouraged to Annual Meeting, there are many • Brief description of the substan- include: submit session proposals for all opportunities to develop interesting tive focus; • Working title for the session; components of the 2016 program session topics with invited panelists, • Rationale for inclusion of the topic • Brief description of the focus, where participation is by invita- as well as ideas for local tours and on the 2016 program; goals, and intended audience for tion only. Proposals should include site visits. • Recommendation(s) for session Continued on Page 12 both the topic for a session and the Author Meets Critic Sessions names of individuals who could be are designed to bring authors of invited to speak at the session. This recent books deemed to be impor- 2016 Annual Meeting Theme: process of submitting proposals is tant contributions to the discipline Rethinking Social Movements: Can Changing the Conversation highly competitive. The Program together with discussants chosen to Committee often has many more provide different viewpoints. Books Change the World? proposals than can be accepted, but published during 2012-2015 are it appreciates hearing ideas from eligible for nomination. Only ASA he harsh social, economic, and political realities of the 21st century members. We recommend submit- members may submit nominations; Tmake efforts to link sociology to a social change agenda ever more ters confer with the members of the self-nominations are not accepted. compelling. Growing economic precarity, declining welfare provision, proposed session to ensure they are Workshops provide practical deunionization and deregulation, soaring inequality in income and available and ask them to submit a advice or instruction to sociologists wealth, ongoing environmental destruction, and the steady erosion of tentative paper or “talk” title. at every professional level. The cat- democratic institutions in many countries, have generated a variety Members who wish to volun- egories for workshops are: depart- of social movement responses in recent years. These span the politi- teer to serve as organizers for 2016 ment leadership and management; cal spectrum, ranging from the Occupy Wall Street uprisings to the Regular Session topics, (i.e., open to professional development; teaching; Tea Party in the United States, with parallel developments around the paper submission process), should and policy and research. If you globe. Among the many progressive examples in the United States watch for an announcement in mid- have tried a pedagogical approach are low-wage worker organizing, protests against police brutality, and December 2014. that has been effective, developed voter suppression, campaigns for racial justice and immigrant rights, All ASA Annual Meetings are insightful career advice, or have the environmental justice movement, new waves of feminism, and programs of the members, by the wisdom to share about using sociol- campaigns for LGBTQ rights. Taken together, such stirrings of popular members, and for the members. ogy in applied and research settings, discontent suggest the potential for a broader challenge to market But a meeting of its size and scope please volunteer to organize and fundamentalism, like the counter-movements Karl Polanyi wrote about requires advance planning. Think lead a workshop. Workshops are decades ago. But all too often these efforts have been exercises in the ahead and propose session topics and open to all attendees; no fees are politics of possibility: they have been more successful on the discursive organizers for 2016 now. With the involved. level—changing the conversation—than in winning structural trans- collective input of ASA members, the Courses are designed to keep formation. Occupy Wall Street, for example, galvanized public concern 2016 Annual Meeting program will sociologists abreast of recent about growing inequality but failed to reverse its momentum. Can such achieve a high mark of excellence. scholarly trends and developments. movements muster the power to achieve lasting social change? These intensive sessions are led by Please join us in Seattle in August 2016 for sessions on the full range The six different types of expert instructors who are consid- of sociological topics, and a program showcasing discussions of the invited sessions st ered to be at the forefront of a given challenges facing 21 century social movements. Thematic Sessions examine the field. Course instructors are urged Ruth Milkman, President-Elect, American Sociological Association, and Chair of meeting theme. These sessions are to prepare, teaching materials (e.g., the 2016 Program Committee broad in scope and endeavor to handouts and reading lists), and to footnotes • September/October 2014 5 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org

Contexts center around migration, assimila- media professionals of national and editors are also committed to making From Page 1 tion, ethnicity, and religion. He has international stature, and gradu- Contexts more global in terms of conducted ethnographic research ate students from the University of content, contributors, and distribu- Cohen specializes in family demog- among Muslims in Hyderabad, Maryland’s Sociology Department. tion. “Sociology,” as Ali puts it, “is an raphy, gender inequality, and labor India, South Asians in the United Their section editors will include international field and we sociolo- market disparities and has published States, and migrant workers in Szonja Ivester, Andrew Lindner, gists do research internationally. Our widely and in all the leading journals Dubai. Ali is perhaps best known Shehzad Nadeem, Nathan Palmer, writing pool and readership need to of the field. His most recent writing as the author of Dubai: Gilded Cage and Allison Pugh. The incompa- reflect this.” has been devoted to communicating (Yale University Press 2010) but rable Letta Page will be returning One thing that won’t change, I’m sociological insights to bigger and also has a new book (co-authored for another stint as senior managing happy to report, is that online host- broader audiences, largely through with yours truly) due out in editor, alongside Meg Austin Smith, ing for the magazine will continue his prolific and widely read “Family January under the title Migration, who will serve as managing editor. to be provided by TheSocietyPages. Inequality” blog, which can be Incorporation, and Change in an In the tradition established by org, the open-access sociology found at familyinequality.com, and Interconnected World (Routledge/ founding editor Claude Fischer, Ali website that Chris Uggen and I his forthcoming book, The Family: Taylor-Francis). and Cohen will continue to empha- launched a few years back on the Diversity, Inequality and Social Ali spent his early childhood size accessible, engaging writing, heels of our turn at the editor’s desk. Change (W.W. Norton & Co.). in rural West Virginia, but was even inviting writers from outside In discussing this profile, Cohen Before settling on sociology, uprooted to New York City once the ranks of the academy who have noted that “truth is obviously most Cohen explored unsuccessful his parents realized, as he put it, distinctive sociological visions to important,” but also allowed that careers as a bagel server, journalist, “we were brown.” He returned to contribute. As Cohen puts it, his he “wouldn’t mind” a little flattery and rock star. As his online follow- the South for graduate work at the goal in taking over the editorship along the way. This is a typically self- ers and fan club well know, Cohen University of Virginia, and then of Contexts is “to get great writing depreciating example of the humor spends a great deal of his free time bounced back to Brooklyn where about sociology [to] everyone who and good cheer Cohen and Ali bring blogging. Instead of the rock-star he now lives with his wife and two is interested, might be interested, to all their work, and perhaps not life he once imagined, he now children. Once a late-night country or should be interested in reading such a bad summary of what they muses about families, inequality, radio DJ (under the unassuming it.” Ali adds, “No jargon, no long, will do for sociology in and through sociology, and demography. “I enjoy moniker “John Thomas”), Ali now deathly boring articles. Contexts is Contexts. With Ali and Cohen at the research, teaching, and learning, moonlights as a potter and Ultimate where non-sociologists should learn helm, sociologists can expect that this and I’m happy to pursue those inter- Frisbee player. His team finished what we do, and sociologists should unique and award-winning publica- ests while satisfying my desire to 6th in the men’s grandmasters enjoy their peers’ findings.” They tion will continue to be our vehicle argue about politics on the Internet,” (40+) division at the recent national welcome any and all ideas, propos- for bringing empirical research and said Cohen, who lives with his wife championships in Florida. More als, and submissions. grounded insight about social life to and two children in Takoma Park. important than the result, however, One tweak that Ali and Cohen broader public visibility and influ- He is also proud to have always Ali reports that “no one got hurt.” envision is alternating the cur- ence—by making our work fascinat- worked at state universities (though rent “Viewpoints” feature with a ing, relevant, and accessible to all. Plans he does admit to applying for a few “Fighting Words” column, allowing Under Cohen and Ali’s leader- For more information on Cohen, see private school jobs along the way). the magazine to explore topics that www.terpconnect.umd.edu/~pnc/ ship, Contexts will rely on a diverse Syed Ali is Associate Professor of are core in the discipline but where PNC-CV.pdf, and for information on Sociology at Long Island University- editorial team that will include soci- research results and interpretations Ali, see myweb.brooklyn.liu.edu/sfali/ Brooklyn. His research interests ologists from around the country, are varied and even divisive. The new Welcome.html.

The ASA Minority Fellowship Program

The ASA Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) has supported doctoral candidates in Sociology since 1974. It celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2013–14. For the 2015–16 MFP Fellowship award year, MFP is sup- ported by the significant annual contributions of Sociologists for Women in Society, Alpha Kappa Delta, and the Midwest Sociological Society, along with the Association of Black Sociologists, the Southwestern Sociological Association, Pacific Sociological Association, Eastern Sociological Society, and numerous individual ASA members. MFP applicants should have completed at least one full academic year in their PhD program in sociology. All MFP applicants must be members of an underrepresented racial/ethnic minority group in the United States (e.g., Black/African-Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Asians and Pacific Islanders, or American Indians/Alaska Natives). Applicants must also be U.S. citizens, non- citizen nationals of the U.S., or have been lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence. The application deadline is January 31; notifications are made by April 30. The Fellowship is awarded for 12 months. Tuition and fees are arranged with the home department. MFP Fellows are selected by the MFP Advisory Panel, a rotating, appointed group of senior scholars in sociology appointed by ASA Council. Fellows can be involved in any area of sociological research. For more information or an application, visit the ASA website and click on “Funding” or contact the ASA Minority Affairs Program at [email protected].

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t its August 19-20, 2014, meet- • Recommendations from the tions of the Committee on • Required that all section award Aings in San Francisco, ASA ASA Committee on the Status Committees, ASA Secretary, and recipients hold current mem- Council welcomed six new Council of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and ASA Executive Officer for 2015 bership in ASA at the time the members: President-Elect Ruth Transgender Persons in Sociology appointed Association positions. award is given, except where the Milkman, Vice President-Elect for additional changes in Gender • Approved President-Elect Ruth award is specifically intended for Barbara J. Risman, and Council categories for the member pro- Milkman’s selection of the fol- a category of persons who are Members-at-large Tanya Golash- files were approved for the 2016 lowing members of the 2016 non-members/non-sociologists. Boza, Margaret Hunter, Peter membership year. 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England In England’s own words: “I was England argued that employers across the country participating in From Page 1 becoming a feminist in my personal implicitly take the sex composi- debates—some with fellow academ- and political life. I never had the tion of jobs into account when they ics, but also with lawyers and heads for her lack of a sense of geographic opportunity to take a class on gen- decide what to pay their employees. of personnel departments. She direction—left or right. Even if she der—or even one that considered If it is a female-dominated job, testified before the U.S. Civil Rights had a sense of direction, she would gender nontrivially—as an under- they set the pay lower than they Commission. probably be thinking too intently graduate or graduate student. But otherwise would. “It is as if there This was her first taste of the about something profound—her it seemed that I could extend some were a cognitive bias toward think- interdisciplinary dialogue, which work, a student’s paper, or some of the tools and questions learned ing that if jobs are done by women, has become a hallmark of her controversy within the discipline— studying stratification to women they cannot be worth much. This career, She often engaged with to pay much attention to her physi- and gender. I give my committee, bias, I believe, reflects a general economists, many of whom were cal surroundings. But President chaired by Edward Laumann and cultural devaluation of women convinced that the lower wages in Paula England’s academic direction including David McFarland and Jim and, by extension, roles associated female-dominated jobs was due to has always been sure. Davis, credit for letting me take on with women. Institutional inertia “crowding”—the idea that women Longtime colleague Greg Duncan the topic although they knew noth- cements this bias into wage struc- were crowded into a few occupa- says, “Paula has always been two ing about it, and I could at the time tures,” England said, as she sum- tions—or to “compensating differ- steps ahead of me, regardless of find only about 10 articles published marized this body of work in her entials”—the notion that employers the time of day” and many agree. on the sex gap in pay by either soci- speech at the American Academy of were compensating people who Fellow Midwesterners (including ologists or economists. Talk about a Political and Social Science induc- worked in male-dominated jobs the author) might suspect this is wide open field!” tion ceremony in 2009. for unpleasant or risky attributes due—at least in part—to her origins “I was lucky in my career that the Being a worker-bee, England of those jobs. England argued in America’s heartland. Born in idea that gender was a respectable, spent 20 years putting together that the evidence for the former Rapid City, SD, she was raised in the even important, area of study grew convincing evidence that the sex was scarce—economists couldn’t Minneapolis, MN, suburbs, the first just as I was getting and changing composition of jobs actually affects actually measure crowding—and of four children born to a profes- jobs. I do, however, remember once pay. Trying her best to prove herself the extant evidence argued against sor at “the U” (if you have to ask....) in the mid-1990s when a young wrong, she controlled for every- the latter. In short, England argued and a stay-at-home mom. Even in gender specialist on the faculty of a thing she could think of, yet she that the evidence suggested that her mostly white and middle-class top PhD-granting department that consistently found a net negative the nonpecuniary job qualities that Minnesota environment, England will go unnamed told me that the effect of the percent female of an men typically like (e.g., working felt herself drawn to people’s senior colleagues (mostly men) in occupation on pay. Her critics outdoors) have wage premiums, suffering. her department didn’t think gender charged that the pay differential was but those that women typically Choosing Academia was really a legitimate subfield of likely because those women and like (e.g., caring professions) are sociology and certainly shouldn’t men who selected into female jobs penalized. For college, she ventured west have a prelim in it. I felt horrible for were just losers on some dimen- Time for a Change to Whitman College. She thought her. I said ‘Well you can tell them sion our datasets do not measure. she would pursue a career “helping that the editor of the ASR disagrees But England deployed fixed-effects England switched topics in the people.” Accordingly, she chose a with them on that.’” models to show that when the same mid-1990s. England says, “At some double major in sociology and psy- person moves from a female to a point I realized it was getting really A Focus on Sex Discrimination chology. During college, two things male job, they make more money, repetitious. I started exploring the occurred that turned England The first two decades of England’s and that when the move is the other arenas of gender in households and toward pursuing a PhD in sociology career were spent documenting direction, they lose money. Then, relationships, and …became fasci- and becoming an academic. First, a type of sex discrimination that by pooling occupational data by nated with class gradients in things it was the 1960s with its various most people never notice. When year, she again used fixed-effects like unplanned pregnancies, contra- critiques of “the system.” England people think about workplace sex to show that as an occupation ceptive inconsistency, nonmarital got interested in the deeper roots of discrimination, what often comes to feminizes, pay declines. The change births, [and so on]. Also, with what problems, not just “band-aid” solu- mind is the lack of equal pay when in wages follows the change in sex was going on with sexuality in new tions. Second, she was coming to women and men hold the same job. composition, rather than coming cohorts.” love intellectual life. Ideas interested Employers may also discriminate before. Again, much of this work has her. against women when hiring for par- been in dialogue with economics. After Whitman, England began ticular kinds of jobs—say, for elec- Entering the World of Policy Washington University economist graduate study at the University of tricians. But England’s early work Debates Robert Pollak told me, “Paula has Chicago. A pioneer in the study of indicated a third discrimination. In the 1980s and 1990s, while great intuition about economics and gender, England largely served as First, she corroborated the work of England served on the faculties incredible tenacity. The example her own mentor, though Edward many others, finding that women of UT-Dallas and University of that comes to my mind is her Laumann, who would go on to and men tended to work in sex- Arizona, she took these results and persistence in questioning Becker’s provide the first reliable statistics of segregated jobs. One might assume dove in to the policy discussion of conclusion that efficiency requires the sexual practices of Americans that female-dominated occupa- equal pay for equal worth, dubbed gender specialization in household since the Kinseys, served as her tions required less education and “comparable worth” or “pay equity.” time use. Paula insisted that there chair. Rather than the study of sex, general cognitive skills than men’s, England advocated for requiring was a role for bargaining power. She however, (a topic that would re- thus leading to a gender gap in pay. employers to prove that they had was right…. Paula saw that some- emerge in her later years with her Not so! There were both male and used a consistent set of criteria to set thing was wrong and, characteristi- study of the hook-up culture), what female jobs at most skill levels, and wages across all jobs, regardless of cally, she wouldn’t let it rest.” captivated England was gender—the male-dominated jobs systematically whether they were male- or female- gender pay gap in particular. paid more at each skill level. Why? dominated. England began jetting Continued on Page 13

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Herbert J. Gans, Columbia University research must be undertaken par- “the literature” and other disciplin- dents remains the most important This article originally appeared ticularly with and about the most ary concerns. Fewer studies that obligation of what is now known in the International Sociological vulnerable Americans, notably the unnecessarily elaborate the already as public sociology, but relevant Association’s Global Dialogue, below median income population known would also help. research should also be accessible to that will undoubtedly suffer more Sociologists must also continue the general public. Researchers must Volume 4, No. 2 (June 2014) from rising inequalities than anyone to explore topics that the rest of not only know how to write but they he United States, like other mod- else. Among them, those who are the social sciences are ignoring or have to be trained in the language of Tern economies, is experiencing a least well represented in and by the do not even see. They should be public sociology even as they learn new and possibly long-lasting era of polity and most often left out of the undertaking more research on and that of basic and professional sociol- rising economic inequality, which public discourse should come first. in the backstages of society that do ogy. At the same time, sociologists may result in further political and Sociology cannot speak for these not interest or are hidden to other producing public sociology must class inequality. Consequently, soci- populations but it can focus more researchers. be eligible for the same positions, ologists should be asking themselves research attention on their prob- Whenever possible, sociology statuses and other rewards as those what roles they and their discipline lems. The studies should focus par- should prioritize empirical work, working solely as basic researchers. can play in understanding these ticularly on the social, emotional, quantitative and qualitative. Despite Needless to say, the above is only inequalities, particularly the societal and other costs of the most impor- the increasing availability of Big one person’s scenario for the future, changes and social costs they are tant inequalities. For example, the Data, the discipline must continue but it is written with the hope that likely to bring. last several decades, especially the to concentrate on the gathering and others will suggest additional ones. However, the discipline as a last few years, have seen a dramatic analysis of small data, particularly The discipline needs to do more whole also needs to become more increase in downward mobility, through ethnographic fieldwork. thinking about its future now, so relevant to the country, and thereby the frustrations of aborted upward Understanding society by being that it will be able to deal with that also make itself more visible and mobility, and lowered expectations. with the people and in the groups future more intelligently when it valued. Although the current rise in Sociologists long ago should have and organizations that sociology becomes the present. inequalities is global, the differences begun to make the processes and studies is our distinctive contribu- Herbert Gans is one of the most prolific in national political economies, effects of downward mobility a tion to Americans’ knowledge about and influential sociologists in the United and in national sociologies suggest major research area. their country. States. For the last five decades he has that every country must find its In addition, sociologists need to The discipline ought also aim for been a leader in the fields of urban pov- own answers – as long as global pay more attention to the long- innovative and adventurous theoriz- erty and anti-poverty planning, equality implications and consequences range effects of extreme poverty, ing, with frames and perspectives and stratification, ethnicity and race, the are also considered. What follows such as hypotheses that suggest it that question conventional wisdoms, news media and popular culture. He has written numerous books including such is my attempt to suggest a more can result in post-traumatic stress such as labeling theory in the past disorders that can last for several and relational and construction- classics as The Urban Villagers (1962), detailed scenario, or a vision of The Levittowners (1967), Popular generations. At the same time, ist theorizing more recently. The where American sociology should Culture and High Culture (1974), be headed. researchers should understand how changes in the country generated by Deciding What’s News (1979), The War people cope with, struggle against the currently rising inequalities may Finding a Direction Against the Poor: The Underclass and and try to resist downward mobil- encourage and even require novel Antipoverty Policy (1995) and more A good deal of work in measur- ity at the various levels of poverty. ways of looking at American society. recently Imagining America in 2033 ing inequalities is already taking Properly designed, such studies may (2008), an optimistic scenario for the Be Accessible place, but sociology needs to take provide clues to policies and politics future. As a public sociologist he has a greater interest in its effects on that can offer help. Above all, sociology must strive written regularly for newspapers and America’s institutions and peoples. Even more important, sociology’s harder to reach the general public, magazines, and as a social planner he The micro-sociological aspects concern with the below median by presenting new sociological has participated actively in public policy analysis. He has been the recipient of of economic, political, and social income populations must also ideas and findings that should be many honors and awards, including aspects of inequality require more extend to the forces, institutions, of interest to this public in clear, non-technical English. Teaching President of the American Sociological exploration than they have so far and agents that play major roles in Association. received. Whenever possible, socio- keeping them in place and impov- undergraduates and high school stu- logical research should be policy erishing them further. Studying the oriented. It cannot be expected to makers of increased inequality is as engage in actual public policy mak- important a research topic as learn- ASA Open Access Journal Editors ing, which is beyond the expertise ing more about its victims. of many sociologists. However, they can conduct research that helps Staying Relevant At its August meeting in San Francisco, ASA answer questions raised by policy Concurrently, sociologists should Council selected Lisa Keister and James Moody advocates, policy makers, analysts do more to demonstrate the social (Duke University) as the inaugural editors of the and critics of public policy dealing usefulness of the discipline. This is with inequality. best done by providing new research new ASA open access journal. (See www.asanet. Since economists and political findings and ideas relevant to cur- org/footnotes/mar14/journal_0314.html.) More scientists still tend to deal with rently topical subjects, issues and issues that concern the country’s controversies. Although easier said information on the journal and editors will appear elite, sociology must intensify its than done, sociologists should place in forthcoming issues of ASA Footnotes. attention on the non-elite. Further less emphasis on contributing to

footnotes • September/October 2014 9 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org Ralph H. Turner: Social Psychologist and Eclectic Symbolic Interactionist 1919-2014 Robert Emerson, University of the Pacific. Here he experienced butions covered an array of fields, predictions. The theoretical and pol- California-Los Angeles, and David A. first-hand a deeply disturbing role his most seminal work clusters in icy implications of this research was Snow, University of California-Irvine conflict: as a very junior officer, he the areas of collective behavior and published in Waiting for Disaster: alph H. Turner was a was required to approve social movements and sociological Earthquake Watch in California, Rpivotal figure in the senior officers’ requests for social psychology. with Joanne Nigg and Denise Paz maturing and expansion special payment, one of More than half of Ralph’s pub- (1986). Whether current sociologi- of American sociology in which involved his ship’s lications, excluding book reviews, cal research on collective behavior the last half of the 20th captain’s claim for $750 address some aspect of, or issue in, and social movements departs century. A Californian flight pay “that he had not the study of collective behavior and from or rests on Ralph’s work, most trained at the University earned.” Under pressure social movements. His signature scholarship in the area is engaged of Chicago immediately from his immediate supe- work in this area is his text on col- in direct or indirect dialogue with after World War II, he Ralph Turner riors to make the payment, lective behavior, co-authored with Ralph’s insightful and groundbreak- identified himself as “a “the confrontation lasted Lewis Killian. Initially published ing work, thus acknowledging and social psychologist and an eclectic for several stressful weeks, but the in 1959 and updated and re-edited cementing his enduring contribu- symbolic interactionist.” He pub- emotions I sustained persisted for extensively in 1972 and 1987, the tion to the field. lished widely on a variety of sub- months.” Ralph eventually came to text elaborates Turner and Killian’s Ralph’s scholarly contributions stantive sociological topics, playing terms with this personal dilemma “emergent norm” perspective and also extended significantly to social a founding role in the development in his analysis of role conflict in the develops an integrated approach psychology, especially from a sym- of the field of collective behavior military in one of his first publica- linking the dynamics of crowd bolic interactionist vantage point. and social movements while also tions, “The Navy Disbursing Officer behavior, behavior in disasters, Ralph sought to clarify and empiri- making original contributions to as a Bureaucrat” (ASR 1947). and the development of public cally ground analysis of the con- the sociological understanding of Upon leaving the Navy, Ralph and social movements. Beyond temporary self. Following Mead’s race and ethnic relations, the social continued his graduate studies Collective Behavior, Ralph sustained vision of the self as both a reflection psychology of self and identity, in sociology at the University of a strong and far-reaching interest of others and independent of those role theory and role conflict, the Chicago, taking courses with Louis in the area throughout his career, others, Ralph emphasized the self as family and socialization, and the Wirth, Everett Hughes, William addressing the topic in detail in a established both through processes social dimensions of disasters. A Ogburn, and Herbert Blumer. He series of articles and chapters on of role-taking and role-making. widely known and respected leader earned his PhD in 1948 with a dis- the conditions giving rise to riots; Sensitive to broader social changes in the profession, Ralph edited sertation examining race relations. the perception of, and reaction to, of the 1960s and 1970s, he argued several major sociology journals, He came to the joint Anthropology/ protest behavior, determinants of that these changes were evident in was elected to head a number of Sociology Department at UCLA social movement strategies; the tendencies to locate one’s “real self” associations including the American in 1948 as a lecturer. Ralph was strengths and limitations of resource not in conforming to institutionally Sociological Association, and was one of seven sociologists in the mobilization; rational choice; col- prescribed roles and behaviors but active both at UCLA and in the joint department, and he played lective identity perspectives on col- in behaving in ways that reflect one’s University of California Academic a key role in the development of lective behavior, and individual and own wishes and desires rather than Senate well into his retirement a separate sociology department, collective responses to the threat of just social standards. His contrast years. facilitating a relatively amicable disaster. between the anchorage of self in Born in Effingham, IL, in 1919, separation and serving as the first Although social processes institutions or impulse highlighted Ralph moved with his family to Chair of the Sociology Department arising in disasters comprised a profound transformation of the southern California at an early age. from 1963–68. Under his leader- one of the empirical phenomena ways in which individuals linked While attending Pasadena Junior ship, the department moved toward examined in Collective Behavior, themselves to social order in late College he was drawn to sociol- becoming one of the most promi- Ralph became more involved in modernity. His theorizing and ogy after becoming intrigued by nent programs in the country. this topic in the 1970s with a series research on roles similarly freed Robert MacIver’s text, Society. He Ralph produced an impressive of studies focused on reactions to them from an overly structuralized continued to study sociology at the corpus of sociological work that earthquake prediction. Asked to discourse and cast them as proces- University of Southern California, shaped theory and research in a chair a National Research Council sual and negotiated phenomena, as focusing his studies on propaganda number of areas. His publications panel on public policy implications reflected in his seminal contribu- while receiving his BA and MA include more than 120 articles and of earthquake predictions in 1973, tions on role-taking, role-making, degrees in the early 1940s. There he reviews, and eight books, includ- he designed longitudinal studies to and the relationship between role met his wife, Christine Hanks, also a ing three editions of Collective identify the different ways in which and person. sociology major; they were married Behavior with Lewis Killian (1957, people understood and reacted Ralph was not only a prodigious in 1943. Ralph briefly studied at 1972, 1987), The Social Context to new information about the and influential scholar, but also the University of Wisconsin with of Ambition (1964), Robert Park: hazards and risks of earthquakes. a deeply committed and effec- Hans Gerth, before entering the U. On Social Control and Collective The research additionally sought to tive teacher. Accessible, modest, S. Navy. Behavior (1967), Family Interaction identify the ecological and struc- and soft-spoken at the same time In the Navy, Ralph served as (1970), and Social Psychology: tural determinants (e.g., network insightfully and constructively criti- Disbursing Officer with the rank Sociological Perspectives (edited with and community ties) that made cal, he trained and mentored four of lieutenant junior grade on the M. Rosenberg, 1981). Although some people more likely than others generations of graduate students at Ralph’s voluminous scholarly contri- to take action on the basis of these aircraft carrier U.S.S. Lexington in Continued on the next page

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Ralph Turner colleague. of the International Sociological Ralph was President of the UCLA From previous page Ralph was widely respected in Association (1978–82), presi- Emeriti Association and served on the sociological profession. He dent of the Sociological Research the Council of the University of UCLA. Fair-minded, inclusive, and was elected President of the Pacific Association (1989–90), and ASA California Emeriti Associations for almost invariably polite, he drew Sociological Association (1952- Delegate to the American Council a number of years, chairing that many of the very best students in 54), the American Sociological of Learned Societies (1989–94). organization in 1997-98. He was the department to studies of col- Association (1968-69), and the Ralph was also the recipient of honored with the UCLA Emeritus lective behavior, new religions, the Society for the Study of Symbolic many academic honors including, of the Year award in 1997 and the social and interactional ground- Interaction (1982–83). At vari- most notably, election as a Fellow to Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti ings of self, the processual and ous times he chaired ASA sections the American Academy of Arts and Award in 2002. interactional character of roles, on Social Psychology, Theoretical Sciences. Throughout his life, Ralph was an and reactions to the threats of Sociology, and Collective Behavior Ralph took leading roles in avid and seemingly inexhaustible disaster. The festschrift edited by and Social Movements. He served as academic governance both at UCLA hiker and an accomplished wildlife Gerald Platt and Chad Gordon, editor of Sociometry (1962–64 now and in the University of California photographer. Widowed in 2001, Self, Collective Behavior and Society: the Social Psychological Quarterly) system. In addition to serving as he is survived by his son, Lowell Essays Honoring the Contributions and the Annual Review of Sociology chair of the Sociology Department, of Ithaca, NY; his daughter, Cheryl of Ralph H. Turner (1994), includes (1980–86), and as Director-at-Large he chaired the campus Academic Raven of Silver City, NM; and three warm and appreciative recollections of the Social Science Research Senate and the statewide Academic grandchildren, Forest, Eric, and of Ralph as sociologist, teacher, and Council (1965-66), Vice President Council. Active in emeriti affairs, Jennifer.

Tributes to Turner: A Master Sociological Craftsman alph H. Turner was a brilliant extraordinary effectiveness. titled “Community Response to He was a gifted mentor reminiscent Rsociologist and a profoundly Ralph was reserved, dignified, the Earthquake Threat in Southern of Chaucer’s scholar who would decent human being. His scholar- and perhaps a little shy, though he California.” This project provided “gladly learn and gladly teach.” ship is packed with innovative ideas did break through that reserve on data for several dissertations and James D. Goltz, Branch Chief (Retired), and, like the discipline’s classics, his occasion, dancing the hokey-pokey was summarized in the volume, California Office of Emergency Services articles and books can be read again with a two-year-old at her birthday “Waiting for Disaster: Earthquake * * * and again, each reading yielding party. Behind the reticence was Watch in California,” which Ralph Many sociologists know Ralph new insights. Throughout his career a deeply caring person. He and co-authored with Joanne Nigg and Turner as a social theorist, but he wrote pattern-setting statements Christine, his wife of fifty-plus Denise Heller Paz. I first knew him as a researcher in every substantive field in which years, regularly opened their home This project launched my career and teacher. Ralph hired me as a he labored, including role theory, to students for social gatherings as an emergency manager and later data analyst on his NSF-funded collective behavior and social move- and dinners. Genuinely fond of director of the Earthquake, Tsunami project, “Community Response ments, family, mobility, self-theory, the students he mentored, Ralph and Volcanic Hazards Program for to Earthquake Threat in Southern socialization, and natural disasters. took considerable pride in their the California Office of Emergency California,” which gave several of In addition to being remark- accomplishments. A devoted family Services. It also provided a link to us UCLA graduate students superb ably creative, Ralph was a master man, his love for Christine was my own dissertation which was training in theoretically informed sociological craftsman. He built obvious and profound. Ralph loved completed many years after being basic and applied research. arguments with exceptional skill, his children, Lowell and Raven, and advanced to candidacy. In 2004, I Ralph approached both research giving careful attention to concep- grandchildren in the same quiet- asked Ralph to chair my disserta- and theorizing enthusiastically, tual nuance, logical coherence, and but-impassioned way, and he was so tion committee and though 18 years meticulously, and thoughtfully. He empirical detail. Guided by this very proud of them. into retirement, he readily agreed decried the pressures to publish craft-like sensibility, he established Paul Colomy, University of Denver to do so. Using a survey question- that may prevent scholars from provocative research programs in * * * naire prepared by Ralph during taking time to develop their ideas. several areas, his development of Ralph Turner is probably best the Community Response Project, He occasionally filed manuscripts role theory being perhaps the most remembered for his contributions I analyzed data from three signifi- away, even for years, until an insight prominent example. to collective behavior, including the cant earthquakes in California, the enabled him to make sense of what During his 40-plus year tenure text book in this field co-authored Whittier Narrows, Loma Prieta, and had been unclear. He reappraised at UCLA, Ralph shouldered far with Lewis Killian. He was also a Northridge events. In completing his ideas with a fresh eye, incor- more than his fair share of teaching, proponent of symbolic interaction this dissertation in 2006, I became porated new work, and sometimes departmental, and administrative theory pioneered by his mentor at the last of Ralph Turner’s PhD dramatically recast his theories. responsibilities. Like the institu- the University of Chicago, Herbert students. He inspired me with his creativity, tional self about which he wrote Blumer. While remaining true to I was also, perhaps, the last of his productivity, and perpetual sense of so incisively, Ralph internalized these orientations, his late-career students to visit him before he died excitement about sociology. norms of professionalism, civility, efforts turned to disaster research, on April 5 of this year. During this Ralph’s brilliance as a social theo- and decorum, and he fulfilled these which is when I became involved visit he fondly recalled the accom- rist shines through in his still-timely obligations in exemplary fashion. as both a graduate teaching and plishments of his many students. theories of the “real self,” roles, role Smart and savvy but always prin- research assistant. Particularly Ralph’s relationship with his stu- change, and collective behavior. His cipled, Ralph navigated ideological, memorable was the multi-year NSF- dents was one of warmth, genuine Cooley-Mead Award address master- organizational, and interpersonal funded survey research project, interest, collegiality, insightful guid- conflicts with great aplomb and ance, and long-term commitment. Continued on Page 12 footnotes • September/October 2014 11 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org

Turner parallels with ideas from a seemingly career, an energetic group of radical weren’t such a decent guy.” From Page 11 unrelated area. He unfailingly pro- sociologists streamed down the That event, and the successful vided valuable advice on professional aisles and took the stage. They way he handled it, was a pivotal fully synthesized work from sociol- matters. He remained an important, announced that Ho Chi Minh moment in my dad’s career. For ogy, psychology, and anthropology to supportive presence and friend. He had died that day and instead of modern sociology it marked the theoretically model how social struc- was one of the finest people I have listening to mainstream sociol- rise of alternative viewpoints, an ture and culture influence personality ever known. His death is a great loss ogy we would have a memorial expansion of perspectives that (and vice-versa) via socialization—a personally and to sociology. for Ho! Ralph handled the crisis Ralph in his open-minded way did major contribution of social psychol- Jill Kiecolt, Virginia Tech with surprising grace: tipped off in not discourage, then or later on ogy to sociology. Ralph’s theories are * * * advance, he had booked another as an elder statesman of the field. abstract and general, yet they have a ballroom. Thus Ho Chi Minh in one A young radical myself in 1969, down-to-earth realism that adds to Rebellion at the ASA, 1969: room, Ralph Turner in another. I not always in agreement with my their vitality. He depicted social life Tribute to a Gentleman Scholar was there (immersed that summer dad, I was nonetheless impressed as dynamic; his characterization of I could say many glowing things in the San Francisco counterculture) by the political savvy with which social process in Family Interaction about my dad, Ralph Turner, but and I admit I was torn, but after all he handled a potentially explosive is the best I’ve read. Ralph portrayed space is short and here I add just he was my dad so I abandoned Ho moment. Intellectual contributions people as agents, yet he consistently one story to the generous obituary and listened to the speech, and the were prodigious, but perhaps his and seamlessly linked the person to by Bob Emerson and Dave Snow. long standing ovation that fol- most enduring, inspiring legacy for social structure. At the San Francisco Hilton in lowed. Later in the hotel elevator, a students and colleagues who knew Ralph also was a wonderful 1969, as Ralph stepped forward stage-occupier who didn’t know me him, and for me, was his genuine mentor. He thoughtfully critiqued for his ASA presidential address, from Adam said to another: “this persona as a “gentleman scholar.” my work, often drawing surprising the crowning moment of a storied would be a lot easier if Ralph Turner Lowell Turner, Cornell University

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Annual Meeting to scores of media inquiries. Inside Higher Ed, LiveScience, August 22-25, has already begun. From Page 4 Additional U.S. media out- Pacific Standard, CNN.com, Paula England, who succeeded lets that reported on research or and many others. Research also Annette Lareau as ASA president supervisors and organizations can presentations from the Annual received coverage in international at the end of the 2014 meeting, and help alleviate gender inequality in Meeting included: the New York media outlets such as Times of the 2015 Program Committee are the workplace.” Times, Boston Globe, the San India, the Hindustan Times in hard at work developing an excit- Before and during the meeting, Francisco Chronicle, the Los India, the Daily Mail in England, ing program centered around the the ASA Public Information Office Angeles Times, Slate.com, the New La Stampa in Italy, Gazet van theme, “Sexualities in the Social distributed more than 30 press York Post, the Tennessean, the New Antwerpen in Belgium, Sun News World.” ASA will post the call for releases on research presented at York Daily News, FoxNews.com, in Canada, and many others. papers on its website (www.asanet. the Annual Meeting, which was an the Salt Lake Tribune, New York org) on October 30 and will launch Looking Ahead all-time high and an increase from magazine, the Week, The Atlanta the online paper submission tool on 22 in 2013 and 14 in 2012. During Journal-Constitution, Newsday, Planning for the 2015 meeting, December 5. See you in Chicago! the meeting, the office responded which will take place in Chicago on

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England write back, offering comments. (with George Farkas, 1986). She of the Family. In 2009 she was From Page 8 “The comments would quickly cut co-edited (with me) Unmarried elected Francis Perkins Fellow, straight to the heart of whatever was Couples with Children (2007) American Academy of Political Since then, England has been wrong and right with the argument, and Industries, Firms, and Jobs: and Social Science. Sociologists for boldly entrepreneurial in her and were extremely helpful to a Sociological and Economic Women in Society chose England approach to research. Along with young student trying to figure out Approaches (with Farkas, 1988). In as the Feminist Lecturer for 2009. collaborator Elizabeth Armstrong, how to put together a paper that addition to Stanford and NYU, she In 2007 she received an honorary she has done groundbreaking work would have a chance for publica- has been Professor of Sociology doctorate from Whitman College. on the college “hook-up” culture, a tion,” another student recalls. at the University of Texas- She was a Fellow at the Center for phenomenon shrouded in myth but Students also cite England’s hon- Dallas, University of Arizona, Advanced Study in the Behavioral with precious little reliable evidence. est, direct approach. Whether it was Northwestern, and University Sciences (2005-06). And in 1999, To begin, she initiated the course, about a paper, their career path, or of Pennsylvania, where she also she was the ASA Jessie Bernard “Sex and Love in Modern Society,” even a personal issue, they could served as director of Women’s Award winner, for career contribu- using the class as a giant focus count on Paula to be honest and Studies.. tions to scholarship on gender. group. This course has now been direct. Her editorial skills—her “sur- England’s awards abound. She, Beyond the weighty CV, how- replicated in universities across the gical precision” is also often noted. along with various coauthors, won ever, what I hope this essay has country. With various collaborators, England recently told me, “One best paper awards in 2013 and accomplished is to introduce to she has also explored class differ- of my real joys today is when my 2012, for an article appearing in the the members of the Association ences in unplanned fertility, arguing graduate students bring me statisti- American Journal of Sociology. In the “real” Paula England. She is for the importance of efficacy— cal output from their projects or our 2013, she won the Distinguished someone to admire, laugh with, the learned ability to align one’s collaborative projects, and we pour Research Career Award from tackle important puzzles with, and behavior with one’s goals—among over it together like Sherlock and the American Sociological model your life after. The ASA is in other factors. To this end, in the Watson, trying to figure out what Association’s Section on Sociology excellent hands. mid-2000s, this veteran number the data are telling us, and what cruncher decided to expand her analysis to do next to figure it out.” methodological toolkit, diving into Liana Sayer, who completed a the deep end of qualitative research, post-doctoral fellowship under ASA Congratulates following a group of new parents England’s direction, said, “I with children (mostly unmarried) went on to work with Paula on Havidán and Gary! from the delivery room through an NIH post-doc using NSFH their child’s fourth year of life. [National Survey of Families and ASA congratulates Havidán Rodríguez, former Director One more story about Paula Households] data on who wanted of the ASA Minority Affairs Program, for taking on a must be told. She and a graduate divorce in analyses of how women’s new high-ranking administrative role at the newly student had set up an interview and men’s economic independence named University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV). with a couple who lived in a midrise affected who left whom; many housing project in Chicago. Having moons later one of the resulting Havidán recently was named Provost and Executive read scores of ethnographies about articles was published and received Vice President for Academic Affairs at UTRGV, a new public housing, they bypassed the two awards. All due to Paula’s keen university formed from the consolidation of UT-Pan elevator (which “everyone” who intellect, good counsel, and dogged American (UTPA) and UT-Brownsville. He is currently has read such tomes “knows” don’t persistence.… Paula is gener- serving as the Interim President at UTPA, where work) and lugged about 20 pounds ous, wise, and the best example of video equipment up several of mindfulness I’ve encountered.” he began in 2011 as Provost and Vice President for flights of stairs. Arriving at their Marcy Carlson, one of England’s Academic Affairs and as a tenured professor in the respondents’ door huffing and puff- collaborators, said that England Department of Sociology and Anthropology. During ing, the couple exclaimed, “Why is “generous in that she is quick 2014–15 he will continue to serve as Interim President didn’t you just take the elevator?” to put others first and especially at UTPA while also serving in his new role at UTRGV, An Advisor and Mentor to promote the careers of junior scholars…. Paula is a true model which will open its doors in the fall of 2015. Talking to England’s former for how to be a…colleague in this students and post docs, convinced field.” ASA also congratulates Gary Sandefur, a former ASA me that as a teacher, and especially Paula now serves as a Professor as an advisor and mentor to gradu- MFP Fellow (Cohort 1), on being named Provost and of Sociology at New York Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Oklahoma ate students, England is second to University. Before NYU, she was none. Former and current students co-director of a new Stanford- State University (OSU), where he will also hold the title celebrate her conscientiousness, one Harvard Collaboration for Poverty Professor of Sociology. Originally from Madill, OK, and writing, “I remember working to get Research, aimed at promoting new a member of the Chickasaw Nation, Gary has spent a draft done of a paper, or disserta- policy initiatives to deal with social tion chapter, and sending it at the the past 30 years on the faculty at the University of problems related to inequality and Wisconsin-Madison where he served as Dean of Letters end of the day, at night, anytime. poverty. England is the author Without fail, I would get the draft of Comparable Worth: Theories and and Science from 2004-13. Before joining Wisconsin, he back with full comments within Evidence (1992) and Households, was Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University 24 hours. It was almost too soon!” Employment and Gender: A Social, Another recalls her asking him for of Oklahoma from 1978-84. Economic, and Demographic View weekly progress reports. She would

footnotes • September/October 2014 13 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org ASA Member-Get-A-Member Campaign a Success Belinda Robnett he 2014 ASA Member-Get-A-Member campaign concluded on July 31. Seventy current ASA members (see list David John Roelfs Tbelow) sponsored at least one new member for 2014. Mary Romero For every new non-student member sponsored during the campaign, sponsors will receive a $10 discount on Chris Salituro their 2015 member dues. In addition, every member who sponsored a new member (student or non-student) was Kimberly Ann Scott entered into a drawing to win a $250 Amazon.com gift certificate. Congratulations to this year’s winner, Franziska Jon D. Shefner Koenig-Paratore (New School for Social Research). Mark D. Sherry The ASA extends its gratitude to all participating sponsors in the 2014 Member-Get-A-Member campaign and Jackie Smith throughout the year. Kaisa Elina Snellman William G. Staples Denise L. Anthony Tina Fetner Michele Lee Kozimor-King Justine Eatenson Tinkler Svetlana Bankovskaya Neil Fligstein Yvonne Y. Kwan Maurice D. Van Arsdol Kristen Barber Catherine V. Fobes Leora Lawton Salvador Vidal-Ortiz Dana A. Berkowitz Albert S. Fu James Daniel Lee Patrick G. Watson Jon P. Bloch Evelyn Nakano Glenn Amy Liu Huiying Wei-Arthus Tricia C. Bruce Muhammad M. Haque Linda Lobao Casey Welch Lori Ann Campbell Joseph C. Hermanowicz Frederick Carson Mencken Timothy P. Prudence L. Carter Brian Philip Hinote Laura E. Nathan Wickham-Crowley Meg Caven Heather Hofmeister Pamela E. Oliver David R. Williams Curtis D. Child James R. Hudson Dudley L. Poston, Jr. Quintin A Williams Jodi H. Cohen Kimberly R. Huyser Lois Presser Hongwei Xu Alexander Davis Emily Noelle Ignacio Ranita Ray Alford A. Young, Jr. Shannon N. Davis Sheila M. Katz Geoffrey Raymond Yan-Liang Yu Carla Dhillon Kristy Kelly Aliza Richman David Zarifa Rachel L. Einwohner Franziska Koenig-Paratore Keith A. Roberts Barbara Zsembik

Regional and Aligned 2014–15 News from the International Sociological Association Margaret Abraham Elected as ISA Meeting Schedule President for 2014–2018 Association for Applied and Clinical Southern Sociological Society t the XVIII World Congress of Sociology held July 13-19, 2014, in Yokohama, Sociology March 25–29, 2015 AJapan, Margaret Abraham of Hofstra University was elected the new President October 9–11, 2014 New Orleans, LA of the International Sociological Association (ISA), the sixth U.S. sociologist to Pittsburgh, PA President: David Maume serve in that role. Abraham, Professor of Sociology and Special Advisor to the President: Robert Kettlitz www.southernsociologicalsociety.org Provost for Diversity Initiatives at Hofstra, was the ISA Vice President, Research www.aacsnet.net Midwest Sociological Society from 2010 to 2014, and served as the American Sociological Association’s (ASA) Association of Black Sociologists March 26–29, 2015 officialrepresentative to the ISA during that same time span. She succeeds October 23–25, 2014 Kansas City, MO Michael Burawoy, who was the fifth U.S. sociologist (and second ASA Past Charlotte, NC President: Kevin T. Leicht President) to serve in that role. The XIX World Congress of Sociology will be held President: Thomas Calhoun www.themss.org in July 2018 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and Abraham’s agenda as President will look to build toward the program in Toronto. www.associationofblacksociologists. Pacific Sociological Association Abraham is the author of Speaking the Unspeakable: Marital Violence org April 1–4, 2015 Among South Asian Immigrants in the United States (2000) and the co-editor of Mid-South Sociological Association Long Beach, CA Contours of Citizenship: Women, Diversity and the Practices of Citizenship (2010) November 5–8, 2014 President: Patricia Gwartney and Making a Difference: Linking Research and Action in Practice, Pedagogy Mobile, AL www.pacificsoc.org and Policy for Social Justice (2012). She is an action researcher committed to President: Tim Gongaware Southwestern Sociological promoting social change and brings an intersectional lens to her work, using www.midsouthsoc.org Association feminist theory and practice in her research and advocacy for social justice. She Sociologists for Women in Society April 8–11, 2015 explores the intersections between the multiple axes of citizenship, ethnicity, February 19–22, 2015 Denver, CO language, religion, race, class, and gender at the individual, interpersonal, and Washington, DC President: David G. Embrick institutional levels. Her work has been profiled and quoted in the New York President: Mary Bernstein www.swsociology.org Times, Chicago Tribune, Newsday, India Abroad, and India Today. www.socwomen.org North Central Sociological In a 2010 Footnotes article, Abraham wrote that “[T]he World Congress pro- Eastern Sociological Society Association vides a vibrant intellectual and social space for sociologists and social scientists February 26–March 1, 2015 April 9–12, 2015 to convene and share their research, exchange ideas, dialogue and debate. ASA New York, NY Cleveland, OH has a long history of commitment to international issues and in promoting President: Marjorie DeVault President: Matthew Lee international cooperation and collaboration.” www.essnet.org www.ncsanet.org The November issue of Footnotes will have more on the 2014 ISA World Congress.

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Mamadi Corra, East Carolina University, tion courses have disabilities. that necessary information is (Eds.) 2008. Universal Design in Higher and Tracy E. Ore, St. Cloud State defined clearly and effectively to Education From Principles to Practice, Making Classes Accessible Cambridge, MA: Harvard Education University the student, regardless of condi- As instructors, many of us are Press. t is clear that an increasing number tions in the environment or the aware of pedagogical and demo- Do-It: Disabilities, Opportunities, of college and university courses student. I graphic changes at our colleges Internetworking, and Technology. (See are being taught via some form of 5. Tolerance for error so that there www.washington.edu/doit/) and universities, and we may also distance education, whether online, are allowances for variation in be aware that legal as well as our Lewis, Laurie, and Elizabeth Farris. 1999. hybrid/blended online, or other individual student learning pace “An Institutional Perspective on Students professional ethics necessitates mode of distance education deliv- and skill level. with Disabilities in Postsecondary making all classes accessible. But, Education.” Available online at ery. Generally, distance education how do we accomplish this? The 6. Low physical effort so that nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo. is “a formal education process in first step to providing accommoda- nonessential physical effort is asp?pubid=1999046. which the student and instructor are tion to students with disabilities is minimized in order to allow Parsad, Basmat and Laurie Lewis Westat. not in the same place.” (Parsad and to recognize that distance education maximum attention to learning. 2008. “Distance Education at Degree- Westat 2008). According to a recent Granting Postsecondary Institutions: presents unique challenges for such 7. Accessible size and space for National Center for Education 2006–07.” Available online at nces.ed.gov/ students. The second step is to bear approach and use so that there is Statistics (NCES) report (Radford pubs2009/2009044.pdf in mind that solutions to these chal- consideration for appropriate size 2012), in the 2007–08 academic Radford, Alexandria Walton. 2012. lenges are as diverse as the students and space for the learning envi- year, about 20 percent of under- “Learning at a Distance Undergraduate who require accommodations ronment regardless of a student’s Enrollment in Distance Education graduate students enrolled are in at Rather than trying to find ways to body size, posture, mobility, and Courses.” Available at nces.ed.gov/ least one distance education class, pubs2012/2012154.pdf. change your instructional methods communication needs. and about 4 percent enrolled in a when you have a student who needs “Ensuring Accessibility in Online distance education degree program. 8. Promoting a community of some form of accommodation, Education Webinar.” Tuesday March [1] In terms of change over time, learners so that the instructional 25, 2014. Hosted by Mesa Community always create your online instruc- this constituted an almost two fold environment promotes interac- College and the Maricopa Center for tional materials using elements of Learning and Instruction. increase for the former and a one tion among everyone involved in Universal Design. This will simulta- fold increase for the latter in less the learning experience. Notes neously address issues of accessibil- than a decade. ity for learners with disabilities and 9. Welcoming instructional cli- [1]NCES reports related to this topic: According to Parsad and Westat elevate the learning experience of mate so that it is inclusive of all “A Profile of Participation in Distance (2008), at the institutional level, Education: 1999–2000 (NCES 2003- all students. While our traditionally learners. two-thirds (66 percent) of 2-year 154),” ; age” learner, and accessible design “Distance Education at Degree-Granting postsecondary institutions reported focuses on people with disabilities, demographic changes. Foremost Postsecondary Institutions: 2006–07 offering online, hybrid/blended Universal Design expands the among these are in the area of (NCES 2009-044), ; priorities of the learning experience online course design and delivery. tion courses (credit or non-credit) “Distance Education at Degree-Granting to make them useful to groups that The demand and delivery of online in the 2006–07 academic year. Postsecondary Institutions: 2000–2001 are diverse in the broadest sense courses continues to increase (NCES 2003-017),” ; million enrollments/registrations and “Distance Education Instruction by As we work to meet the needs of students taking such courses also in college-level credit-granting Postsecondary Faculty and Staff: Fall 1998 our increasing number of students continues to grow. These changes distance education courses (Parsad clearly offer unique opportunities (NCES 2002-155),” . and Westat 2008). designing your instruction with the for students and instructors. But The number of students with they also present unique challenges, [2]Adapted from Sally S. Scott and Joan following goals[2]: M. McGuire, “A Case Study to Promote disabilities attending higher educa- especially how to create univer- 1. Equitable use so that instruc- Practical Application of Universal Design tion has likewise increased in recent sally accessible online instruction for Instruction.” In Sheryl E. Burgstahler years. One NCES report (Westat tion is accessible by people with that makes all new aspects of the and Rebecca C. Cory (Eds.) 2008. and Farris 1999) puts the number of diverse abilities. This means learning experience fully accessible Universal Design in Higher Education postsecondary undergraduate stu- providing methods of use for From Principles to Practice, Cambridge, diverse groups in the broadest sense MA: Harvard Education Press. dents identified as having disabili- all students that are identical (Burgstahler and Cory 2008). whenever possible, equivalent ties in the United States at 6 percent References and Resources of the undergraduate student body. when not. Do you have an The report also found students with 2. Flexibile use so that instruction Brault, Matthew. 2008. “Disability Status mobility disabilities enrolled in a can accommodate a wide range of and the Characteristics of People in announcement for Group Quarters: A Brief Analysis distance education course more individual abilities by providing of Disability Prevalence Among the Footnotes? Send it to often than students with no dis- choice in methods of use. Civilian Noninstitutionalized and Total [email protected]. abilities (26 percent compared with 3. Simple and intuitive so that Populations in the American Community 20 percent). However, they found Survey.” Available online at www.census. instruction is delivered in a gov/hhes/www/disability/GQdisability.pdf no other statistically significant dif- straightforward and predictable ference between students with and Brault, Matthew. 2012. “Americans with manner, regardless of the stu- Disabilities: 2010.” Available online at www. without disabilities. These numbers dent’s experience or abilities. census.gov/prod/2012pubs/p70-131.pdf suggest that a sizeable number of 4. Perceptible communication so Burgstahler, Sheryl E. and Rebecca C. Cory students enrolled in distance educa- footnotes • September/October 2014 15 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org Applications Invited for Editorships

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McKenna, Journals and Publications lished annually (August) in hard- Manager, ASA, 1430 K Street NW, Suite 2015. Council appoints the editors. Contacting potential editorial cover format. Sociological Theory is 600, Washington, DC 20005; mckenna@ published quarterly (March, June, The chosen editors are contacted by board members can be a time- asanet.org. the ASA Secretary. consuming task that should

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LiAnna Davis and Jami Mathewson, Program in the United States and quality information. We did an about at-risk demographics, and Wiki Education Foundation Canada. We have had the privilege article quality study in spring 2012, the preventative steps that health hree years ago, American of working with the professors which found that students improved services professionals are taking to TSociological Association using Wikipedia as a teaching tool Wikipedia an average of 88 percent. reduce the spread of the disease. then-President Erik Olin Wright in their classes. Since Wright called That means that the ASA Wikipedia The 140 citations come from 17 penned a column in Footnotes on his fellow sociologists to join Initiative is achieving its goal of reputable publications, and the kicking off the ASA Wikipedia the ASA Wikipedia Initiative, there improving the quantity and quality article is now designated as a “Good Initiative. “Since [Wikipedia] is a has been a marked improvement of information about sociology- Article,” an honor only attributed reference source for sociologically in coverage of sociology topics on related topics on Wikipedia. to a small fraction of articles on Wikipedia. We’ve had 34 sociology English Wikipedia. In the three relevant ideas and knowledge that Student Work classes participate in our program, months following Julika’s improve- is widely used by both the general One of the best ways to see the public and students, he wrote, and students in those classes edited ments, more than 6,500 readers 967 unique articles. Sociology impact of the ASA Wikipedia have viewed the article, giving “it is important that the quality Initiative is to look at some student of sociology entries be as high as students all told have contributed her the opportunity to share her 8.76 million bytes of content to articles. In spring 2014, Julika expertise with thousands of people possible. This will only happen if Kaplan worked on the article about sociologists themselves contrib- Wikipedia. around the world. Just how much content is 8.76 HIV/AIDS in Malawi in Anne ute to this public good,” Wright Chao’s Human Development in Fixing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap called on his colleagues to improve million bytes? It is about 1.9 million words. If you printed out the stu- Global and Local Communities Of particular issue to sociolo- Wikipedia’s sociology-related course at Rice University. Before gists is Wikipedia’s systemic biases. content and to participate in the dents’ contributions on traditional 8.5” by 11” double-spaced sheets, it she started editing, the article was Wikipedia’s core editing volun- Wikipedia Education Program, a a stub—a short article that does teers (known as “Wikipedians”) project in which professors assign would take 5,839 sheets or nearly 12 reams of paper. It’s the equivalent of not offer significant coverage of a are typically tech-savvy, white, their students to edit Wikipedia topic—and the three paragraphs college-educated Westerners—and pages as a class assignment. nearly three and a half full copies of Tolstoy’s War and Peace. cited only one source. 90 percent of them are male. How The Wiki Education Foundation Now, the article covers the his- this plays out in Wikipedia articles is the nonprofit organization that And not only are sociology students adding a lot of content to tory of the disease and its economic is that topics of interest to that manages the Wikipedia Education impact in Malawi, information Wikipedia, they are adding high- Continued on Page 18

Meet a Few ASA Staff here are 28 employees in the vey questionnaire design brought with planning Jaime enjoys cooking, running, and TASA Executive Office. Below are him to rural Colombia in 2011 for several events spending time with friends and a few of the new(ish) employees. fieldwork on the human right to for the Annual family. Michael education. “I’ve enjoyed being a Meeting. Jaime Valerie Pines Kisielewski part of our research projects, as well received her returned to is Senior as assisting members with requests BA in sociology ASA in 2012 Research for data on the sociology profes- from Florida as the ASA Associate sion. When I’m not swimming in State University Membership for the ASA raw data files, you can find me in a and her MA Jaime Hecht and Customer Department real swimming pool every weekend, in sociology Service of Research on putting miles on my road bicycle, or from University of Central Florida, Assistant the Discipline Michael Kisielewski trying to compose new songs on my where she was a teaching assistant, and in May Valerie Pines and Profession. piano or electric guitar.” A Native providing grading, feedback and 2014 she was For the past two years Michael New Englander, he occasionally tutoring for 200+ students per promoted to Executive Assistant for has assisted with quantitative and gets back to western Massachusetts semester. Liz Grauerholz, former the Executive Officer and Deputy qualitative data analysis, sample and sometimes has the plea- editor of Teaching Sociology, was Executive Officer. Valerie explains, survey administration, and writing sure of visiting the University of her thesis advisor. Before joining that “After many years, I am happy report briefs for the ASA Research Massachusetts-Amherst, where he ASA, Jaime worked as the Outreach to reprise my role as Executive Department. He came to ASA with obtained his master’s degree. Coordinator at A Well Fed World, a Assistant. I left to work in a few very experience analyzing demographic Jaime Hecht is Program food justice and animal protection nice law firms, but it is great to be and human rights violations data Coordinator for the Academic organization working with indi- back at ASA interacting with and and had the privilege of working for and Professional Affairs Program viduals, public interest groups, and assisting the members again.” She is the American Association for the (APAP). She assists with the political decision makers to mend originally from Wisconsin and is a Advancement of Science’s Science operation of several APAP pro- our food system, where she man- huge Green Bay Packers fan. In her and Human Rights Program. Some grams, including the Department aged the organization’s presence at spare time, she enjoys gardening, of his professional interests include Affiliates Program, the Carla B. conferences and their social media reading, traveling with her husband, complex sample design and tech- Howery Teaching Enhancement platforms, as well as managing and and spending time with her three niques for increasing web survey Grant, TRAILS, the Department coordinating a variety of projects grown children and two beautiful response rates. An interest in sur- Resources Group, as well as assisting and campaigns. In her free time, grandchildren.

footnotes • September/October 2014 17 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org Why I Value the ASA Meetings s universities increasingly operate commitment to the joint and diverse cipline ever since its founding era. tion into over 50 separate sections, Awithin a competitive economic enterprise of sociology. The difference between the first and the presidential address will almost environment in which their finan- There are many reasons to attend third tiers of these meetings are the always delve into a topic of interest cial support has these annual affairs, sublime and mundane poles of our to most, if not all, in attendance. become precarious some of which are get-togethers, one of which is neces- President Lareau’s presentation of and the public’s personal and practi- sary for our careers while the other her follow-up research to her well concern over the cal. I view the meet- inspires and sustains those careers. known book, Unequal Childhoods, increasing cost of ings as comprising The highlight of the meetings for continued the tradition of excel- higher education several tiers that rise me is the Sunday Awards Ceremony lent addresses established earlier has understandably from the workaday and Presidential Address that by, among others, Matilda W. Riley, come to the notice foundation of job begins with the In Remembrance, Herbert Gans, William Gamson, of political leaders, there is no ques- interviews, meetings with editors and a recognition of colleagues who Michael Burawoy, Erik O. Wright, tion that discussions of money and publishers, seminars on grant writing, have passed away, followed by the and Cecilia Ridgway. funding have attained a seemingly or workshops on getting published. bestowing of awards. I particularly None of us, I am guessing, permanent place on faculty meeting From this essential, career-relevant enjoy learning about the work of decided to become a sociologist agendas. We still fulfill our responsi- foundation, the meetings expand to the recipients of the Dissertation because we wanted to prepare a bilities as teachers, researchers, and include a second level of social and Award and the Distinguished Book grant budget, or sit in a faculty university citizens but do so cogni- sociologically relevant opportunities Award. Every year I continue to be meeting in which the department zant of the reality that sociological to share ideas with friends, former gratified by the difficult, important head relays the wishes of the provost knowledge and the pursuit of that teachers, old colleagues, and new work being undertaken by gradu- that we lure students who will bring knowledge through research are not acquaintances; present one’s papers; ate students and impressed by the in more money. I would guess that necessarily consisten with the goals listens to related presentations; judgment shown by the committees our decision to become sociologists and purposes of university deans visit book exhibits; or simply share who do so much work to identify had more to do with our interest in and other administrators. thoughts and arguments with others the eventual recipients. social influence, the structure and This observation is less a complaint over a beer. Although these sessions that culture of social groups, and—per- about the increasing proletarianiza- This is important, enjoyable, and begin at 4:30 and last until 6:30 or haps most of all—our wish to use tion of the professoriate, but more essential to the life of our discipline 7:00 do ask much of the audience’s the knowledge gained through our a paean to our own professional and our own development as profes- patience, discipline, and focus research as leverage in some way to tribe, the American Sociological sional sociologists. There is third (knowing that the reception is being better the world. For me, the beauty Association. The recently completed level to our August (but not overly set up next door), the presidential and value of our annual meetings is meetings held in San Francisco, august meetings), which consists of address often meets and exceeds that they not only remind us of why like those in New York, Denver, Las the plenary sessions and presiden- our hope for intellectual nourish- we chose sociology, but also serve to Vegas, and down to the first ASA tial panels on issues like inequality, ment. Unlike Erving Goffman who encourage us to try to know more of meetings I attended in 1973, have real utopias, public sociology and famously noted that he found these how the world works and, perhaps, been occasions of renewal, inspi- so on that serve to reinforce and presidential addresses to be embar- to change it as well. ration, and reaffirmation of our re-energize the intrinsic concepts rassing, I like them. Despite our James J. Dowd, University of Georgia professional identities and sense of of sociology at the heart of the dis- notorious differences and separa-

Wikipedia ogy classes participating will help in Diana Strassmann’s fall 2012 class because closing these content gaps From Page 17 us address the Wikipedia gender at Rice University expanded the and systemic biases is vital for creat- gap by adding more women editors article on “infant mortality,” which ing a complete encyclopedia. In an group, such as those in the science, who edit content about women and receives at least 20,000 page views upcoming issue of Footnotes, two technology, engineering, and math topics pertinent to women. per month. Alyssa added informa- professors will share their experi- (STEM) and pop culture, are well Sociology students’ topic choices tion about methods various coun- ences using Wikipedia as a teaching developed; articles in topics in clearly show how they are counter- tries use to measure infant mortality tool in sociology classes, including the humanities and social sci- ing the systemic bias in Wikipedia. as well as medical, environmental, their challenges and accomplish- ences are often underdeveloped They have started articles such as and socio-economic factors that ments. Another issue will feature an because there isn’t as large of a “Abortion in Costa Rica,” “Birth increase infant mortality. Since article describing the necessary steps group of Wikipedians working on control in Africa,” “Gender inequal- Alyssa’s expansion, which included for designing a successful Wikipedia them. The Wikipedia Education ity in El Salvador,” “Maternity leave adding 47 new sources, the page’s assignment. We will also host a Program, in part because of the in the United States,” “Migrant improvements have reached nearly complementary 60-minute webinar ASA Wikipedia Initiative, is one sex work,” “Networked feminism,” 600,000 readers who would other- on Friday, December 12th at 3pm of the most successful programs “Pregnancy-associated malaria,” wise have gotten far less complete EST. If you’re interested in planning existing on Wikipedia right now to “Refugee women and children,” information about infant mortality. your course before the start of the tackle this systemic bias. Student and “Women in the Arab Spring.” 2015 term, see ASA’s Wikipedia Interested in Participating? survey results indicate that 70 Other students have improved exist- Initiative home page at www.asanet. percent of students participating in ing articles that are important to We’re actively looking for more org/about/wiki_Initiative.cfm, or get the Wikipedia Education Program women to ensure readers get a more sociology classes to participate in more information about implement- through the ASA Wikipedia comprehensive and balanced view the ASA Wikipedia Initiative for ing an assignment at wikiedu.org/ Initiative are women. More sociol- of the article’s topic. Alyssa Abacan the spring 2015 term and beyond for-instructors.

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that are helping sociology to make specialized knowledge of modern Call for Papers a difference in the world and to be Meetings and contemporary Germany and Publications recognized for it. Deadline: August 30, October 15-17, 2014. Southern Europe. Fellowships are awarded 2014. Contact: Anthony Troy Adams Demographic Association 2014 for doctoral dissertation research as International Journal of Sustain- at [email protected]. For more Conference, Memphis, TN. For more well as postdoctoral research which ability in Higher Education invites sub- information, visit www.aacsnet.net/ information, visit sda-demography.org/ lead to completion of a monograph. missions for a special issue on campus conference/2014-call-papers/. sda_2014_meeting.php. Deadline: December 1, 2014. Contact: sustainability and social sciences. This [email protected]. For special issue aims to present contem- Nineteenth Century Studies As- sociation 36th Annual Conference, Funding more information, visit www.userpage. porary, state-of-the-art applications of fu-berlin.de/~bprogram. how social science theories, models, March 26-28, 2015, Boston, MA. Theme: UC Davis Center for Poverty and findings can help overcome cam- “Material Cultures/Material Worlds.” Research (CPR) is offering a funding Campbell Fellowship for Transfor- pus sustainability challenges, and to The Association seeks papers and opportunity. Selected proposals will be mative Research on Women in the illustrate the diversity of social science panels that investigate elements of funded up to a maximum of $25,000 Developing World Announces one six- campus sustainability research con- the material world belonging to the per award with funding preference or nine-month postdoctoral fellowship ducted across the world. Deadline: No- long nineteenth century. Topics may given to junior scholars. CPR is inter- is available for a female scholar whose vember 15, 2014. Contact: zintmich@ include collecting, possession(s), things ested in projects that focus on our core research both documents the circum- umich.edu. For more information, visit and thing theories, realism, hoarding, research themes Labor markets and stances of women in the developing www.mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijshe. bric-a-brac, souvenirs, historic houses poverty; the nontraditional safety net world and offers paths to concrete, (interiors and rooms), buildings and broadly construed to include educa- practical strategies for improving their Social Currents, the official journal “truth to materials,” collecting folklore tion and health policies; Children and health, prosperity, and general well- of the Southern Sociological Society, and songs, etc. Deadline: September the intergenerational transmission of being. Deadline: November 1, 2014. invites submissions on topics focused 30, 2014. Contact: ncsaboston2015@ poverty; and immigration and poverty. Contact: [email protected] or (505) 954- on cutting-edge research. The unique- gmail.com. For more information, visit For more information, visit www.pov- 7201. For more information, visit www. ness of Social Currents lies in its format. www.ncsaweb.net. erty.ucdavis.edu/smallgrants14. sarweb.org/?resident_scholar_camp- The front end of every issue is devoted bell_fellowship. to short, theoretical agenda-setting Political Economy of the World-­ contributions and short-term empirical System (PEWS) 39th Annual Confer- Fellowships Fung Global Fellows Program at policy related pieces. For more informa- ence, March 19-21, 2015, Berlin, The American Academy in Berlin the Princeton Institute for Interna- tion, visit www.mc.manuscriptcentral. Germany. Theme: “Global Inequalities: is now accepting applications for its tional and Regional Studies (PIIRS) com/societyimages/scu/SocialCur- Hegemonic Shifts and Regional Dif- 2015-16 residential fellowship. The is pleased to announce the call for rentspdf-%20final.pdf. ferentiations.” Deadline: November Academy welcomes applications from applications. Each year the program 15, 2014. Contact: pews2015@yahoo. emerging and established scholars selects six scholars from around the Research in the Sociology of Health de. For more information, visit www. world to be in residence at Princeton Care invites submissions for its an- and from writers and professionals desigualdades.net/Resources/Even- who wish to engage in independent for an academic year and to engage nual publication. Papers dealing with tos_Informacion/Call_PEWS2015. in research and discussion around macro-level system issues and micro- study in Berlin. Approximately 25 pdf?1406557783. Berlin Prizes are conferred annually. a common theme. Fellowships are level issues involving education, social awarded to scholars employed outside Southwest Popular/American Fellowships are restricted to individu- factors and health beliefs linked to the United States who are expected to Culture Association (SWPACA) 36th als based permanently in the United health and health care are sought. The return to their positions, and who have Annual Conference, February 11-14, States. Deadline: September 29, 2014. volume will contain 10 to 14 papers, demonstrated outstanding scholarly 2015, Albuquerque, NM. Theme: “Many Contact: [email protected]. generally between 20 and 40 pages in achievement and exhibit unusual intel- Faces, Many Voices: Intersecting Bor- For more information, visit www. length. Deadline: February 10, 2015. lectual promise but who are still early ders in Popular and American Culture.” americanacademy.de/home/fellows/ Contact: Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld at in their careers. Deadline: November 1, Proposals are now being accepted for applications. [email protected]; (480) 965- 2014. For more information, visit www. the newly established section area, 8053; Kronenfeld, Sociology Program, American Association for the princton.edu/funggfp/. Sanford School of Social and Family Mothers, Motherhood, and Mothering Advancement of Science (AAAS) an- Dynamics, Box 873701, Arizona State in Popular Culture. In this inaugural nounces it 2015-16 fellowships for sci- Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellowship University, Tempe, AZ 85287-3701. session, we are looking for papers that ence and technology. The fellowships of the University Institute is designed address mothers, motherhood, and/ provide opportunities for scientists for junior postdoctoral students who Conferences or mothering, as seen within popular and engineers to learn first-hand about would like to pursue an academic Association of American Geogra- culture. Deadline: November 1, 2014. policymaking and implementation career, concentrate on their own re- phers (AAG) 2015 Annual Meeting, Contact: Anna Cohen Miller at anna@ while contributing their knowledge search, and enhance their academic April 21-25, 2015, Chicago, IL. The AAG cohenmiller.com. For more informa- and analytical skills to policymakers. practice in a multidisciplinary environ- Annual Meeting is an interdisciplin- tion, visit www.conference2015. Deadline: November 1, 2014. Contact: ment. Deadline: October, 25, 2014. ary forum where thought leaders and southwestpca.org/. [email protected] or (202) 326- Contact: [email protected] or +39- 055-4685-377. For more information, professionals from the social sciences, Southwestern Social Science As- 6700. 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ACLS humanities at universities and research are welcome to share their papers and id=67/. offers a variety of fellowship programs institutes in Germany and the United presentations. For more information, th that promote the full spectrum of States. The Volkswagen Foundation visit www.aag.org/cs/annualmeeting/ Urban Affairs Association (UAA) 45 humanities and humanistic social sci- aims to strengthen transatlantic call_for_papers. Annual Meeting, April 8-11, 2015, Miami, FL. Theme: “Transnationalism ence research and support scholars at academic relations, especially in the Association for Applied & Clinical from Above and Below: The Dynam- the advanced graduate-student level field of the humanities. In this funding Sociology (AACS) 2014 Conference, ics of Place-making in the Global City.” through all stages of the academic initiative the Volkswagen Foundation October 9-11, 2014, Pittsburgh, PA. The conference will explore actions career. Deadline vary. For more infor- works closely with the Andrew W. Theme: “Encouraging Inclusiveness in and processes within cities, which have mation, visit www.acls.org/programs/ Mellon Foundation. Deadline: October Doing Sociology: Public and Private, become the central nodes in global comps. 2, 2014. Contact: Almut Steinbach Applied and Clinical.” The AACS invites at steinbach@volkswagenstiftung. networks. Deadline: October 1, 2014. The Berlin Program for Advanced submissions for its upcoming confer- de. For more information, visit www. Contact: [email protected] or (414) 229- German and European Stud- ence. One can share your research, volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/ 3025. For more information, visit www. ies promotes a new generation of policy work, teaching, activism, clinical international-focus/post-doctoral- urbanaffairsassociation.org/wp-content/ young North American scholars with experience, or other applications uploads/2013/10/2015_call1.pdf. fellowships-in-the-humanities.html.

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Strengthen Unity, Diversity in Faith- Riley E. Dunlap, Oklahoma State article, titled “As Eric Cantor Found Out, Competitions Based Organizations” that featured University, was quoted in two “Politi- Sometimes the Mighty Do Lose,” on the The Yale Global Justice Program, findings from their American Sociologi- Fact” pieces published by the Tampa “numerous parallels” to a campaign he Global Financial Integrity, and Aca- cal Review study. This study was also Bay News, a July 29 column on the U.S. was involved in 36 years ago. demics Stand Against Poverty invite featured in the Washington Post and public leading the world in climate Liana Christen Landivar, Census submissions for its Amartya Sen Prize New York Magazine on June 25. change skepticism and an August 1 Bureau, was quoted in a July 10 Wash- Contest. Submit papers on how illicit column on a Republican Congressional financial flows relate to global poverty Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins Uni- ington Post article, “Most with College versity, and his research on millennials candidate’s claim that global warming STEM Degrees Go to Work in Other and inequality. All prizes are named is a hoax. in honor of Amartya Sen, whose work and marriage were the focus of a June Fields, Survey Finds,” and a July 10 USA has shown how the rigor of economic 17 Atlantic and University Herald article, Kathryn Edin, Johns Hopkins Univer- Today article, “Census: 74% of STEM thinking can be brought to bear on a June 19 Forbes.com article, and a sity, was quoted in the August 6 Boston grads don’t get STEM jobs.” June 20 VOX.com article. normative and practical questions of Globe article, “They Grew Up and C.N. Le, University of Massachusetts- great human significance. Deadline: David Cotter, Union College, and Stayed in Subsidized Housing.” Amherst, was quoted in a July 8 Associ- October 5, 2014. Contact: Rachel Payne Youngjoo Cha, Indiana University, Glen Elder, University of North Caro- ated Press article, “Survey Finds Math, at [email protected]. For were quoted in an August 4 Huffington lina, Ronald Kessler, Harvard Univer- Science Grads Earn Top Dollar,” which more information, visit www.academic- Post article, “Americans Are Becoming sity, and David R. Segal, University of highlighted statistics demonstrating sstand.org/2014/06/2014-amartya-sen- ‘More Accepting’ Of Working Moms, Maryland, were quoted in a July 24 Los that Asian American workers have the prize-contest-call-for-submissions/. Study Suggests” and an August 3 Angeles Times article on military recruits highest average income but also the Business Standard article, “Acceptance disproportionately having had adverse highest unemployment rate. The article In the News for Working Mothers Growing Among childhood experiences such as domes- also ran in the Boston Globe and the Americans.” tic violence and substance abuse. Colombia Tribute on July 9 Elijah Anderson, Yale University, was referenced in a June 24 NationSwell. SJ Creek, Hollins University, was men- Amin Ghaziani, University of British Carolyn Liebler, University of Min- com article, “Why Public Markets Are so tioned in an August 4 Deseret News Columbia, wrote an op-ed for the Pride nesota, and her research on evolving Important.” article, “Gay, Christian and… Celibate: 2014 edition of Gay City News, titled census responses were mentioned The Changing Face of the Homosexual- “Are Gay Neighborhoods an Endan- on the June 17 episode of The Colbert Liberty Walther Barnes, University of ity Debate.” gered Species?” on June 26 and an- Report. Cambridge, and her research were the Matthew Desmond, Harvard Univer- other for the Advocate, “Where Did the Elizabeth McClintock, Notre Dame subject of a June 24 Slate article, “It’s ‘Gay’ in ‘Gay Pride’ Go?,” on July 17. He Nobody’s Fault.” sity, and his research on the levels of University, and her research on trophy eviction for poor black women were was also quoted in a July 29 Vancouver wives was highlighted in a June 22 Bos- Rodney Benson, New York University, referenced in a June 24 Salon article, Sun article and an August 4 Chicago ton Globe article, and she was quoted authored an op-ed published July 13 “How to Encounter a Black Woman’s Tribune article on his book, titled There in a July 15 The Atlantic piece and July in the Miami Herald, online and in print, Body: The Politics of Mammy Sphinx.” Goes the Gayborhood?. 16 Quartz and Chicago Tribune articles. titled “An Immigration Crisis Long in Harry H. Hiller, University of Calgary, the Making.” Julie Dowling, University of Illinois, Rory McVeigh, University of Notre was interviewed for a June 16 NPR. was quoted in a June 26 Boston Globe Dame, was quoted in a July 18 Univer- Chloe E. Bird, Pardee RAND Graduate org article, titled “On the Census, Who article, “An Olympic-sized Split Over sity Herald article and a July 21 New School, was quoted in a July 2 Atlantic Checks ‘Hispanic,’ Who Checks ‘White,’ Bringing Games to Boston.” York Magazine article on how segrega- article on the social and economic and Why.” Philip Howard, Central European Uni- tion benefits the Tea Party movement. benefits of contraception. Heather Downs, Jacksonville State versity and University of Washington, The study was co-authored by Burrel Ruth Braunstein, University of Con- University, and her course “The Sociol- was quoted in a July 15 BBC piece on Vann, University of California-Irvine, necticut, Brad Fulton, Duke University, ogy of Disney” were featured in a June the Gaza conflict and social media. and Kraig Beyerlein, and Priyamvada and Richard Wood, University of New 21 article published by The Flordia Jackelyn Hwang and Robert Samp- Trivedi, both the University of Notre Mexico, were cited in a July 6 Huffing- Times-Union. son, Harvard University, and their Dame. ton Post article, “Interfaith Prayer Can research on gentrification are featured Ben Merriman, University of Chicago, in an August 6 Boston Globe article, wrote an op-ed, titled “Why Doubt “Gentrification: White People Following Is a Scientific Virtue Worth Support- White People.” ing,” which appeared in the June 30 Arne L. Kalleberg, University of North Chronicle for Higher Education. Carolina-Chapel Hill, was quoted in a Harvey Molotch, New York University, July 29 Wall Street Journal article about was mentioned in a June 24 Guard- Published monthly with combined issues in May/June, July/August, and September/ benefits provided by groups and com- ian article, “What Makes Young British October. Mailed to all ASA members. panies that serve freelance workers. He Muslims Want to Go to Syria?” was also referenced in an August 2 Sa- Editor: Sally T. Hillsman Associate Editor: Margaret Weigers Vitullo Alondra Nelson, Columbia University, lon article, “How the Middle Class Got was quoted in an August 5 ProPublica. Managing Editor: Johanna Olexy Secretary: Mary Romero Screwed: College Costs, Globalization, org article, “When Freedom Summer and Our New Insecurity Economy.” Article submissions are limited to 1,000 words and must have journalistic value (e.g., Landed in White America’s Living timeliness, significant impact, general interest) rather than be research oriented or Ivy Ken, George Washington Univer- Room.” scholarly in nature. Submissions will be reviewed by the editorial board for pos- sity, was quoted prominently in a June Andrew Papachristos, Yale University, sible publication. “ASA Forum” (including letters to the editor) contributions are 18 New York Times column, “Parasites, was mentioned in an August 4 Color- Killing their Hosts: The Food Industry’s limited to 400–600 words; “Obituaries,” 500–700 words; and “Announcements,” 200 Lines article, “Criminals, Victims and the Solution to Obesity.” words. All submissions should include a contact name and, if possible, an e-mail Black Men Left Behind.” address. ASA reserves the right to edit all material published for style and length. Michael Kimmel, Stony Brook Univer- Michael Pollard, RAND Corporation, The deadline for all material is the first of the month preceding publication (e.g., sity, was interviewed for a June 23 NPR was quoted in a June 10 Men’s Journal “All Things Considered” story and an February 1 for March issue). article, “Does Marriage Help You Live NPR.org article, “The New American Longer?” Send communications on material, subscriptions, and advertising to: American Man Doesn’t Look Like His Father.” Sociological Association, 1430 K Street, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005; (202) 383- Michael Schudson, Columbia Univer- David Kirk, University of Texas-Austin, sity, appeared as a guest on the August 9005; fax (202) 638-0882; email [email protected]; . was referenced in a July 8 NPR.org ar- 6 WNPR Colin McEnroe Show. ticle on how parole requirements may Copyright 2014, American Sociological Association. © be increasing the crime rate. Christine Schwartz, University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her research footnotes is printed on recycled paper Jerome Krase, Brooklyn College CUNY, on wives’ education levels and divorce was quoted in a June 12 Newsday were covered by several news outlets,

20 footnotes • September/October 2014 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association announcements including USA Today and Newsweek on Ben Winchester, University of Minne- recognition of his scholarship in social Cuzzort, titled “Legacy of a Humanist July 24, The Chicago Tribune and The sota Extension, and his research were network theory. Sociologist: The Work of Ray P. Cuzzort.” Philadelphia Inquirer on July 28, and the focus of a June 4 St. Could Times Robert D. Woodberry, National Uni- It was published in the June, 2014 issue The New York Times on July 27. article, “Sociologist Suggests 3 Keys for versity of Singapore, won the 2014 Best of Humanity and Society, Journal of the Pepper Schwartz, University of Wash- Rural Areas.” Article Award from the ASA Global and Association of Humanist Sociology. ington, was quoted in a June 22 USA Adia Harvey Wingfield, Georgia State Transnational Sociology Section and Jack Trammell, Randolph-Macon Uni- Today article, “Retired Couples Wrestle University, was quoted in a June 18 the 2014 Distinguished Article Award versity, is the Democratic candidate Over Money Issues.” Guardian article, “Libertarian-backed from the Association for the Sociology for the Virginia 7th congressional David R. Segal, University of Maryland, Hair Braiders Sue Three States Over of Religion. district. was interviewed on San Diego News License Requirements.” Shaohua Zhan, Binghamton Univer- Radio (KOGO) on July 25 regarding the sity, received the American Council of New Books incidence of Americans with Adverse Awards Learned Societies (ACLS) Programs in Paul Almeida, University of Califor- Childhood Experiences (ACE), their Paul Almeida, University of California- China Studies grant. nia-Merced, Mobilizing Democracy: representation in the armed forces, and Merced, received the Political Economy Globalization and Citizen Protest (Johns potential implications for PTSD. He was of the World-System (PEWS) Section Transitions Hopkins University Press, 2014). also interviewed for a June 7 Pittsburgh 2014 Article Award. Tribune-Review article regarding the Prema Kurien, Syracuse University, will Margaret L. Andersen, University effect of military participation in air Hillary Angelo, New York University, be the Dr. Thomas Tam Visiting Profes- of Delaware, Thinking about Women: shows on military recruiting and on received the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation sor at the City University of New York Sociological Perspectives on Sex and th maintaining contact between the Completion Fellowship. for the 2014-2015 academic year. Gender, 10 Ed. (Pearson, 2015). armed forces and civilian communities. Sandra L. Hanson, Catholic University, Katherine Newman, Johns Hopkins Ronald J. Angel, and Jacqueline An- Amanda Sharkey, University of Chi- was awarded a grant from the National University, became provost at the Uni- gel, both of University of Texas-Austin, cago, and her study were the focus of Science Foundation for her research versity of Massachusetts-Amherst. Latinos in an Aging World (Routledge, a June 3 Slate article, “Why Are Hand- “Mapping Gender Inequality in STEM Aaron Panofsky, University of Califor- 2014). some Men Such Jerks?” Cross-Nationally.” nia-Los Angeles, was granted tenure Alice Bloch, University of Manchester, Theda Skocpol, Harvard University, Jennifer Blair, University of Colorado- as an associate professor July 7, 2014, Nando Sigona, University of Birming- was interviewed for a June 12 NPR All Boulder, Phillip A. Hough, Florida in the Department of Public Policy and ham, and Roger Zetter, University of Things Considered article, “Once a GOP Atlantic University, share the Political the Institute for Society and Genetics at Oxford, Sans Papiers: The Social and Pillar, Chamber of Commerce is Now a Economy of the World-System (PEWS) the University of California-Los Angeles. Economic Lives of Young Undocumented Lightening Rod.” Section 2014 Article Award for the jour- Havidan Rodriguez, University of Migrants (Pluto Press, 2014). nal article they wrote together. Kaisa Snellman, INSEAD, was quoted Texas-Pan American, will take over Michael E. Brown, Northeastern Uni- in a January 13 Businessweek article Vivek Chibber, New York University, the helm as interim president of the versity, The Concept of the Social in Unit- about her study about increasing class received the Political Economy of the University of Texas-Pan American when ing the Humanities and Social Sciences differences in adolescent obesity. The World-System (PEWS) Section 2014 the new academic year begins. (Temple University Press, 2014). study was co-authored with Carl B. Book Award for Postcolonial Theory Howard J. Silver, former director of the Adele E. Clarke, University of Frederick and Robert D. Putnam, and the Specter of Capital (Verso, Consortium of Social Science Associa- California-San Francisco, german both at Harvard University. A number 2013). tion (COSSA), was named Senior Con- translation of of other media outlets also covered Kevin M. Moseby, University of Califor- tributing Editor of Social Science Space. Situational Analysis: Situationsanal- the study including the Economist, Los nia-San Francisco, won the American Anglees Times, Chicago Tribune, Busi- yse. Grounded Theory (nach dem Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) People Postmodern Turn. Hrsg. Einleitung von ness Insider, L’Express, Globe and Mail, La Public Fellows Program Presse, and ABC.es. Robert Dingwall, Nottingham Trent Reiner Keller). VS-Verlag für Sozialwissen- Amy Myrick, Northwestern University, University, was elected to Honorary schaften (Sage, 2012). David Spener, Trinity University in San received the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Membership of the United Kingdom Antonio, was quoted in a July 15 NPR. Adele E. Clarke, University of Completion. (UK) Faculty of Public Health on July California-San Francisco, and Kathy org article, titled “Who Is Smuggling 1, 2014. Immigrant Children Across the Border?” Nancy Naples, University of Con- Charmaz, Sonoma State Univeristy, necticut, was named Board of Trustees Edith W. King, Worldmindedness Eds., Grounded Theory and Situational Jeff Swanson, Duke University, was Distinguished Professor at University of Institute, wrote a memorial to Ray P. Analysis (Sage, 2014). quoted in an August 1 Washington Post Connecticut. article, “In Arizona and Connecticut, Dis- parate Responses to Mass Shootings.” Thomas Peng, University of California- save the date Berkeley, received the American Florencia Torche, New York University, Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) was quoted in an August 1 Philadelphia Programs in China Studies grant. Inquirer article, “Daughters Do not 110th ASA Annual Cause Divorce.” Cassidy Cody Puckett, Northwestern University, won the Mellon/ACLS Dis- Meeting Stacy Marlena Torres, New York Uni- sertation Completion Fellowship. versity, authored a June 29 article pub- August 22-25, lished in The New Republic on the World Isaac Ariail Reed, University of Cup. She was quoted on this work in Colorado-Boulder, won the American 2015 a July 4 CNN article, “How Women Are Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Hilton Chicago Watching the World Cup.” fellowship program. Hilton Palmer Lisa Wade, Occidental College, was Anthony Roberts, University of Cali- quoted in a July 24 New York Magazine fornia-Riverside, received the Political House article, “Why Pickup Truck Drivers Are Economy of the World-System (PEWS) Paying $5,000 to Pollute More.” She was Section 2014 Terence K. Hopkins Stu- Chicago, IL also quoted in an August 5 New York dent Paper Award. Magazine article, “Why Are Men More Jensen Karl Sass, Yale University, Likely to Get Skin Cancer?” received the Mellon/ACLS Dissertation Robb Willer, Stanford University, Completion Fellowship. was quoted in a June 14 Salon article Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, on how generosity earns individuals was awarded the Oxford Internet acclaim. Institute (OII) Achievement Award in

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Anne Line Dalsgaard, Martin Dem- the Education of Health Care Profession- crowdsourcing can be used to accu- ing, and continued her immensely ant Frederiksen, Susanne Hojlund, als Became Corrupted (Brill, 2014). rately predict the future of science and productive work and mentoring of and Lotte Meinertm, all of Aarhus Uni- technology questions. AAAS invites her students to the end. Her courage, versity, Eds., Ethnographies of Youth and Other everyone to explore the site and an- endurance, and continued commit- Temporality: Time Objectified (Temple swer questions to get a better feel for ment to her work during her battle University Press, 2014). Organizations the project. For more information, visit with cancer were extraordinary. Peter Davis, University of Auckland, The Child Trends Hispanic Institute www.scicast.org/?referral_id=AAAS. JoAnn was an Associate Professor Data Inference in Observational Settings is the first national research center at MIT in the Department of Urban (Russell Sage, 2013). focused on Hispanic children and Deaths Studies and Planning, and conducted youth. It will provide timely and Elaine M. Brody, Philadelphia Geriatric research around the world on environ- Elena Fiddian-Qasmiyeh, Gil Loescher, mental governance, policy, and, most Katy Long, all of the University of Ox- insightful research-based information Center, an expert on the elderly and and guidance to improve outcomes for author of Women in the Middle: Their recently, on climate adaptation at the ford, and Nando Sigona, University of local level. She was a leading scholar Birmingham, Eds., The Oxford Handbook Latino children and youth in the United Parent-Care Years, (Springer 2006), died States. Building on Child Trends’ 35- on July 9 at the age of 91. and top global expert, called upon of Refugee and Forced Migration Studies for expertise by the World Bank, the (Oxford University Press, 2014). year history of producing high-quality applied research to inform programs JoAnn Carmin, Massachusetts Insti- Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Amin Ghaziani, University of British and policies, including existing work tute of Technology, died on July 15, Change, the global league of cities Columbia, There Goes the Gayborhood? studying Hispanic children and youth 2014, of complications from advanced addressing climate change (ICLEI), (Princeton University Press, 2014). issues. For more information, visit breast cancer. and other major institutions. Most www.childtrends.org/shining-a-new- Peter Freund, Montclair State Univer- recently she was a lead co-author of an Eugene Halton, University of Notre excellent chapter on adaptation for the Dame, From the Axial Age to the Moral light-on-hispanic-children/#sthash. sity, who was Professor Emeritus died hnbUGFnF.dpuf. June 12, 2014, at the age of 73. ASA’s Task Force on Climate Change, Revolution: John Stuart-Glennie, Karl forthcoming from Oxford University Jaspers, and a New Understanding of the The Midwest Sociological Society Harvey H. Marshall, Purdue University, Press. Idea (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014). (MSS) seeks an individual with a distin- died at the age of 74 on May 23 at his guished scholarly record and editorial JoAnn earned her BS and MS degrees James R. Hudson, Melos Institute, Spe- home in West Lafayette after a several at Cornell University in management cial Interest Society: How Membership- experience to be the next editor of The month struggle with cancer. Sociological Quarterly (TSQ). Since 1960, and organizational theory. She went based Organizations Shape America Norman Miller, Trinity College, died on to earn her PhD in City and Regional (Rowman & Littlefield, 2013). TSQ’s contributors, peer-reviewers, ad- visory editors, and readers have made at home in Brookline, MA, on March Planning at the University of North Car- Carole E. Joffe, University of California- it one of the leading generalist journals 26, 2014. Professor Miller was born in olina-Chapel Hill in 1999. She taught San Francisco, and Jennifer Reich, in the field. Editing TSQ is a unique, Romania and during WWII served in first at Virginia Tech, and then at MIT, University of Colorado-Denver, Eds., rewarding professional responsibility the U.S. Army. where she rose to the rank of tenured Reproduction and Society: Interdisciplin- that brings visibility and distinction Lillian B. Rubin, a sociologist and associate professor. She also was Direc- ary Readings (Routledge Press, 2014). to a department and university. The psychotherapist who wrote a series tor of the Program on Environmental new editor will be open an office no of popular books about the crippling Governance and Sustainability in MIT’s Ken Kolb, Furman University, Moral Center for International Studies, and Wages: The Emotional Dilemmas of later than March 1, 2016, and will edit effects of gender and class norms on volumes published in 2017-2020. For human potential, died June 17 at her gave strong leadership to the depart- Victim Advocacy and Counseling (Uni- ment’s graduate programs. versity of California Press, 2014). more information, visit www.TheMSS. home in San Francisco. She was 90. org. From the beginning of her graduate Dennis McGrath, Community College studies JoAnn showed concern for the of Philadelphia, Deeper Learning: How Obituaries many ways in which vulnerable groups Eight Innovative Public Schools Are Caught on the Web are most impacted by environmental Transforming Education in the Twenty- American Association for the JoAnn Carmin burdens, and she spent much of her First Century (New Press, 2014). Advancement of Science (AAAS) has 1957– 2014 career studying community responses Aaron Panofsky, University of been helping George Mason University It is with deep sadness that we report to environmental inequalities. Her California-Los Angeles, Misbehaving recruit scientists with a diverse set of the death of Professor JoAnn Carmin, work explored the strategies and tac- Science: Controversy and the Develop- expertise to assist in a science and our valued colleague, collaborator and tics used by environmental NGOs and ment of Behavior Genetics (University of technology forecasting project called friend, on July 15, 2014, of complica- environmental justice activists so that Chicago Press, 2014). SciCast. The purpose of this project, tions from advanced breast cancer. marginalized groups could have more which is funded by the Intelligence She had been fighting cancer for years, meaningful participation in decisions Mildred A. Schwartz, New York Advanced Research Projects Activ- bravely and without self-pity through that impact their land and territories. University, Trouble in the University: How ity (IARPA), is to determine whether many treatments and much suffer- She did not call herself a scholar-activ- ist, but she was very much one, caring deeply about environmental justice and giving voice to vulnerable popula- tions in her many articles and books. At MIT, JoAnn became one of the early scholars to study the emerging responses of cities around the world to global climate change. At a time when both policy and academic discussions were centered almost exclusively on mitigating climate change by reduc- ing carbon emissions, she took the risk of focusing on urban adaptation to climate change, one of the most important issues of the 21st century for cities around the world, whether or not mitigation efforts are successful. In just a few years she pioneered a new field, including surveys of municipal govern- ments around the world as well as case study fieldwork on the initiatives of local governments on five continents. At the time of her death she was one

22 footnotes • September/October 2014 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association announcements of the world’s leading experts on urban Elias, and has work in press on Norbert “Fast Cars/Fast Foods: Hyperconsump- Professor Marshall’s entire career policies for adapting to the growing Elias and Erving Goffman, in The tion and Its Health and Environmental was as a teacher and scholar and he risks of climate change. In 2011-2013 Palgrave Handbook of Social Theory in Consequences” (2008); “Walking and published extensively on changing she was awarded a prestigious Abe Health, Illness and Medicine, (January Motoring: Fitness and the Social Orga- patterns of urban change in major met- Fellowship to study in Japan; she also 2015). Peter published more than 20 nization of Movement” (2004); and “The ropolitan areas in the United States. was awarded visiting research fellow- articles in a variety of forums, including Commodity That is Eating the World: Among his many contributions was his ships at Yale, Duke, and the Prague Social Theory and Health; Capitalism The Automobile, the Environment, and early analysis of so-called “white flight” University of Economics. Nature Socialism; Body and Society; Bul- Capitalism” (1996). in urban areas as a response to chang- JoAnn published four books, most letin of Science, Technology and Society; He pursued many passions, including ing policies in school desegregation. recently Environmental Inequalities Mobilities; Sociology of Health and his adamant support of car-free cities Later in his career his interests included Beyond Borders: Local Perspectives on Illness; Theory and Society; Critical Public and mass transit. He attended Reclaim the sociology of developing nations. Global Injustices (with Julian Agyeman) Health; Policy Studies; and Disability and the Streets rallies as well as many During the 1990-1991 academic year, and Green Activism in Post-Socialist Society. meetings on transportation and spoke he was a visiting professor of sociol- Europe and the Former Soviet Union He was recognized by his peers for publicly—scheduled and unsched- ogy at the University of Hamburg, (with Adam Fagan), both published in contributions to social theory including uled—lecturing drivers who hogged Germany. This experience contributed 2011. She was immensely productive, his analyses of the effects of hierarchy the streets and endangered pedestri- to his growing interest in comparing she exuded competence, and she was on mind-bodies, especially in relation ans. One catalyst for his car aversion developed and developing nations. an exacting scholar. to their spatial mobility and their use was when his wife, Miriam Fisher, a Professor Marshall was born in San As important as her scholarly con- of technology. His guiding interest in pedestrian, was seriously injured by Diego, California, on November 25, tributions was her spirit as a human his work was, in his words, “to human- a taxi. He was a founding member 1939, and he grew up in a military fam- being, as a colleague and as a mentor. ize social differences.” He also wrote of Auto-Free New York. His concern ily which entailed frequent moves. In She cared deeply about her students chapters in edited collections: Driving about transportation issues was broad, 1956, he joined the U.S. Navy, serving and set demanding and uncompromis- Lessons: Exploring Systems That Make involving their environmental, eco- on the USS Carbonero, a submarine on ing standards of excellence for them Traffic Safer and Emotions in Social logical, political, economic, health, and duty in the Pacific. Following his time in while inspiring them to meet them. Life: Social Theories and Contemporary social consequences. the Navy, he returned to San Francisco JoAnn’s academic and policy achieve- Issues. At Montclair State, he developed Until his recent illness, Peter was and began his academic studies. ments are all the more notable in that a course in the Sociology of Health and a tireless urban hiker and explorer, Professor Marshall passed away on her path to academia was not direct. Illness. He attended and presented walked 6 miles the day before hospital May 23, 2014, and is survived by his Born October 17, 1957, she had a full papers regularly at regional, national admission. He loved to travel, spent wife Joan, who is Senior Associate first career as a high level chef. JoAnn and international sociological forums, summers in Europe, and revisited his Dean in the College of Liberal Arts, and is survived by her sister, Cheryl Carmin, and taught a course on health and Czech roots. He had a hearty appetite, his son Jeffery who attained his PhD in PhD, and by many close friends who transportation issues at the Brecht loved and was knowledgeable about economics from Stanford University. became family over the course of her Forum. beer. He was a great Gilbert and Sul- Carolyn Cummings Perrucci and Robert life and work and particularly during Regarding his teaching, Peter wrote, livan fan and would sing the lyrics on Perrucci, Purdue University her most recent battle with cancer. “It is important to me to have the request. subjects I teach come alive to students Timmons Roberts, Isabelle Anguelovski, He approached life with inquisitive- and to have ideas that excite them. I Cheryl Carmin, Richard Andrews, ness, joy in discovery, and exploration. try to infuse my classes with energy, Christopher Rootes, David Pellow, and He was straightforward and transpar- elements of unpredictability and Eric Chu ent, without subterfuge, honest and humor so that my lectures have a forthright about all facets of his life. quality of spontaneity about them…I Peter got his PhD at the New School Peter E.S. Freund do not believe in trading relevance Send Us Your 1940-2014 for Social Research, 1969; his MA at for intellectual depth.” He main- Queens College, 1966; and his BA at Peter Freund, Emeritus Professor of tained a lending library of books for the University of Maryland, 1962. He News Sociology at Montclair State University, students relevant to the courses he studied at Wolfgang von Goethe Uni- born in New York City, died June 12 at was teaching. Colleagues commented versitat, Frankfurt, 1962 and Ludwig- Were you age 73 after a struggle with pancreatic on his teaching as characterized by a Maximilian Universitat, Munich, 1959. and liver cancer. “sound use of humor, and his savvy He was fluent in German, used original recently Peter was loved by many: family, utilization of examples from everyday German sources in his ecology re- friends, and colleagues. They admired life.” His teaching, thinking, and work search; had some facility in Czech. promoted? his integrity, feisty and fierce indepen- had longstanding reverberations in the lives of students and colleagues. Memorial events and celebration of Have a book dence, authority-questioning spirit, Peter’s life and a Manhattan Sociology and ever-ready humor and wit, fre- Students contacted him years later to share how his teaching changed their walk with George Martin as guide will published? Or were quently the comedian. He was a gener- occur on November 8 and 9. ous, loyal, and true friend, and valued thinking and perspectives, sometimes you quoted in the deeply his personal relationships. career choices. Colleague and friend, Miriam Fisher, Northside Center for David Neal, University of Hertfordshire, Peter was a sociologist, scholar, Child Development, and George Martin, news? Did you win with whom he taught in the United and thoughtful analyst and critic of Montclair State University Kingdom, wrote, “Without meaning to, an award? Or maybe environmental issues, such as the over the years, Peter taught me a great social and health consequences of car- Harvey Huston Marshall deal. This is a good legacy to leave me you know about a dominated transportation and spatial 1939-2014 because I find myself drawing upon it organization; health inequalities and week on week.” Harvey Marshall joined the Purdue funding opportunity disability; and the impact of systems faculty in 1969 after obtaining the PhD For 35 years, Peter and George Martin, of social control on human bodies and in sociology from the University of or want to promote Montclair State University colleague, hence on health and illness. Southern California. He also received co-author, and close friend, led the your meeting to other He authored/coauthored 3 books a bachelor’s degree in sociology from annual Sociology Walk through Man- and numerous articles on these topics. San Francisco State University and hattan, introducing the New Jersey sociologists? Send These include The Civilized Body (1982); a master’s degree in sociology from students and staff to a sociological Health, Illness and the Social Body, with Washington State University. Marshall your announcements framework and running commentary M. McGuire and L. Podhurst (2003, 4th was an urban sociologist, demogra- on urban life. ed.); and The Ecology of the Automobile, pher, and quantitative methodologist. to Footnotes at with G. Martin (1993). He was writing He co-authored with Martin on trans- One of his early contributions to the [email protected]. on violence and civilization at the time portation, 1991–2009. They published Department was the creation of an of his death, with critical attention to 1 book, 11 articles, and read 9 papers advanced statistics sequence that was the work of Steven Pinker and Norbert (in 5 countries). Among the articles are: required for all graduate students.

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