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New Department of Education Rules Raise ASA to Move 2011 Questions about “Quality” in Higher Ed Annual Meeting inside Margaret Weigers Vitullo, ASA Academic The impetus for the new rules is from Chicago and Professional Affairs Program the proliferation of for-profit institu- The ASA is moving its 2011 An- n October 29, 2010, the U.S. tions of higher education, where nual Meeting from Chicago in 3 The Framing of Bullying in ODepartment of Education students often have lower than response to a labor dispute involv- Policy released 13 new rules related to pro- average completion rates and higher ing hotels in the city, including The ASA Congressional Fellow gram integrity and gainful employ- than average student loan default those that had been scheduled on sociological factors that ment in higher education. The new rates. According to the Department to host the meeting. ASA Council need to be considered in the rules will go into effect on July 1, of Education, the purpose of the new voted unanimously to move the meeting from Chicago because policy-based response to 2011. A second set of rules that rules is “protecting students from ASA cannot guarantee that the bullying. further define the gainful employ- aggressive or misleading recruit- facilities and environment neces- ment regulations will be released ing practices, providing customers sary for a successful meeting will in early 2011 and go into effect in with better information about the 5 Having Trouble Accessing effectiveness of career college and be available. The Association is Your Journals? the summer of 2012. The lengthy currently involved in negotia- negotiated rule-making process training programs, and ensuring We have a step-by-step guide tions for an alternative site for the that was used in preparing the only eligible students or programs to navigating access to ASA 2011 Annual Meeting and will new rules has, according to Insider receive aid.” Consistent with their journals. initial impetus, the most demanding announce the new location soon. Higher Ed, resulted in “one of the The meeting will still take place rules, related to reporting comple- most complex sets of regulations in mid August, though the exact tion rates and gainful employment 7 What the ‘10 Election ever to be promulgated by the U.S. dates may change slightly. The Means for the Social Department of Education.” latest updates will appear on the Continued on page 6 Sciences? ASA website
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hings have certainly changed in How does this translate to specific tions federal spending waste, this options and programs for the TWashington over the past two science programs? Some members could negatively impact science coming year. Key social science years. have already begun proposing funding. allies have been engaged, plans In the December 2008 edition of ideas about which programs should Representative Cantor already for Capitol Hill briefings have Footnotes I wrote, “There is a sense be cut, with likely targets identi- has a website that urges the public begun, and letters have been sent within the Washington beltway fied as early as 2009. For instance, to make its own budgetary cuts to important legislators. Through that the antagonism sometimes Minority Leader John Boehner (republicanwhip.house.gov/ ASA’s Department of Public Affairs experienced by scientists and (R-OH) (soon-to-be the Speaker of YouCut/Review.htm). This site and Public Information (PA/PI), the their findings from the the House) along with could give Congress the necessary Association will be actively engaged current administration Minority Whip Eric cover to cut programs important to in these efforts. [Bush] will dissipate Cantor (R-VA) (soon- the social sciences. What can ASA members do? under Obama.” To some to-be Majority Leader) Current Status extent this has occurred, publicly stated that they While ASA leadership will be demonstrated by the would cut science fund- Congress was unable to approve working in Washington to advance Obama administration’s strong ing, specifically the National Science new spending levels before the social and behavioral sciences, support for science—from propos- Foundation (NSF), to help cut the the 2011 budget year began on members can make their views ing large increases in funding to federal deficit. October 1, so the federal gov- known to elected officials. This is hosting a White House science ernment is currently operating a fundamental right and essen- The National Science on 2010 spending levels under tial to the future of social science fair. This early wave of support Foundation intends to spend instilled a sense of relative comfort a Continuing Resolution (CR). funding. Members can send letters, $198 million next year [2010] Typically a CR is used to allow make phone calls, and/or meet among the Washington science on Behavioral and Cognitive community. Congress and the administration with elected officials. If elected Sciences (BCS) and Social and time to make final changes to the officials do not hear from you they This wave may have crashed on Economic Science (SES). Unlike November 2. The science com- appropriations bills. However, this will not have a clear picture of NSF’s other hard science pro- year, it appears that the current what social scientists care about. munity is now beginning to gauge grams (such as engineering and the importance of the mid-term 111th Congress will not be able It will be too late if we assume that biological sciences) these soft to make final changes before the someone else will speak up. If you election results that resulted in science programs are often more 90+ new Republican members end of 2010, thereby extending need clarification about a science controversial and less directly th of the House of Representatives the CR into the 112 Congress. funding or science policy issue related to NSF’s core mission. .... If this happens, an effort may be you hear about that you might and six new Republican members Reducing spending for BCS and of the Senate. These increases made to extend the CR for the want to respond to, contact Brad SES programs by 50% would entire FY 2011, essentially freez- Smith, ASA’s new Director of PA/ usher in Republican control in save taxpayers $99 million next the House of Representatives and ing spending in FY 2011 at the FY PI ([email protected]). year [2010] and $495 million 2010 level. This may be the best Most members of Congress do greater power in the Senate when over five years. the 112th Congress begins in possible option for the science not have the scientific or social sci- January during an atmosphere of Another idea circulating in community, because flat-level ence background necessary to make Republican emphases on budget Washington is returning funding for spending would be better than informed complex decisions. But cuts and tough oversight hearings science programs to FY2008 levels. spending cuts. they do want to be more informed, (see article on page 7). This would reduce science spending With the highly disparate views and they want to know their con- What does this mean for sci- significantly—12 percent for NSF of the President, the House, and stituents opinions. ence funding and for the social and 5 percent for NIH. the Senate, one wonders if it will As sociologists and allied sciences? While President Obama In addition to budgetary issues, be possible to reach agreement on professionals, we work every day will likely continue to promote the new Congressional leadership science funding at all, or whether to improve the understanding of science, concerns have been raised is already announcing enhanced even worse funding gridlock will the world around us and enhance th about the willingness of the new oversight hearings, many focusing characterize the 112 Congress. our nation’s quality of life. This is a professional responsibility. We also Congress to follow his lead—espe- on federally-supported research What is the ASA doing? cially with a budget crisis in full grants. Some NSF grants have have a civic responsibility—to share As a founding member, the ASA swing. Many in the new Congress already been identified, by name our knowledge to influence poli- works closely with the Consortium were elected based on promises to alone, as “fleece,” including the cies and programs that profoundly of Social Science Organizations resolve the budget crisis without “Study of the Archives of Andean impact the public and our profes- (COSSA). For nearly 30 years raising tax revenue. While they Knotted-String Records: The sion. COSSA has worked to advance look to cuts in the federal govern- Khipu Database Project” and “The the social and behavior sciences. ment’s non-defense discretionary Cultural Politics of Fair Trade COSSA was formed in 1981 when spending, this may prove to be a Coffee: Commodifying Social Sally T. Hillsman is President Reagan’s FY 1981 budget difficult task because non-defense Justice, and Social Relationships the Executive Officer called for an 80 percent cut in social discretionary spending represents and Reproductive Strategies of of ASA. She can be and behavior sciences at NSF. In approximately 17 percent of the Phayre’s Leaf Monkeys.” If these reached by email at terms of FY 2012, COSSA leader- federal budget. hearings were to become media executive.office@ darlings, and identified as illustra- ship has already met to discuss asanet.org.
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American Human Development racial and ethnic groups, men and United States can compete in the number of teachers who enter the pro- Project issues updated GDP women, and also allow for the track- global marketplace—President Obama fession with a STEM undergraduate alternative ing of progress over time. announced the launch of Change degree, and providing new opportuni- The report presents strong the Equation in September. A new ties to traditionally underrepresented he American Human evidence that the capabili- non-profit organization, Change the students and underserved communi- TDevelopment Project ties a person has going into Equation, is a CEO-led response by ties. Change the Equation will also (see the February 2010 a crisis—ranging from the business community to Obama’s create a state-by-state “scorecard” to Footnotes), a nonpartisan a financial downturn to “call to action,” at the National highlight areas for state-level improve- initiative that seeks to a man-made or natural Academy of Sciences in spring 2009, ment, and help companies increase move beyond the GDP as a mea- disaster—strongly determine how fast for all Americans to join the cause of the impact of their own engagement sure of well-being, recently released he or she can recover. It concludes elevating science, technology, engi- in STEM education. President Obama The Measure of America 2010-2011: with recommendations for boosting neering, and math (STEM) education has identified three overarching priori- Mapping Risks and Resilience. the American HD Index scores and as a national priority essential to meet- ties for STEM education, necessary for Published in November, the report is enabling those left behind to realize ing the economic challenges of this laying a new foundation for America’s the latest update to the groundbreak- their full potential. For more informa- century. Within a year, the expectation future prosperity: Increasing STEM ing American Human Development tion on The Measure of America 2010- is that Change the Equation will repli- literacy so all students can think criti- (HD) Index, first introduced inThe 2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience, cate successful privately-funded pro- cally in science, math, engineering, Measure of America 2008-2009. An visit
The Necessity and Insufficiency of Policy-Based Responses: “Bullying” and Anti-Gay Bigotry Ashley C. Rondini, first-ever “Bullying Summit,” held two congressional hearings address- for anti-bullying program initiatives. ASA Congressional Fellow in August of this year, Secretary of ing bullying issues during the 110th In October, the Department of oncern regarding the conse- Education Arne Duncan character- Congress. The first, in July of 2009, Education’s (DOE) Office of Civil Cquences of “bullying” in schools ized “bullying” in the following way: titled “Strengthening School Safety Rights outlined the legal obligations is not new. The Department of “Bullying is deliberate. The through the Prevention of Bullying,” of schools to address discriminatory Education’s Office of Safe and Drug- bully wants to hurt someone. highlighted the dangers of bully- acts against students based on the Free Schools issued statements Bullying is usually repeated, ing for children’s health and safety federally protected traits or classes of regarding the harmful impact of with the bully targeting the and urged educational institutions “race, color, national origin, sex, and bullying as early as 2001. However, same victim again and again— to better respond to these incidents. disability.” The Department encour- recent mainstream media focus on and the bully takes advantage The subsequent hearing, “Ensuring aged education professionals to pro- the suicides of several young people of an imbalance of power by Student Cyber Safety,” in June of 2010, actively protect all students against who were victimized by “bully- picking victims that he or she emphasized the unique potential for experiencing a “hostile environment” ing” at the hands of their peers has perceives are vulnerable.” harm constituted by the use of social in which to learn. During the recent resulted in an unprecedented degree networking and electronic commu- summit, Secretary Duncan said, “It is For many of the young people of public discourse on the subject. nication technologies to bully, harass, an absolute travesty of our educa- whose experiences of being bullied The Department of Health threaten, and humiliate targeted tional system when students fear for led to suicide, the vulnerability for and Human Services (HHS) has individuals in ways that can become their safety at school, worry about which they were repeatedly targeted developed a “Stop Bullying Now” highly visible and widely distributed being bullied, or suffer discrimination was not perceived arbitrarily. Campaign, which includes online almost instantaneously. Earlier this and taunts because of their ethnicity, Rather, the power imbalances resources for students, parents, year, Congresswoman McCarthy religion, sexual orientation, disability, characterizing these peer group and educators. The HHS literature introduced the Safe Schools Against or a host of other reasons.” interactions often reflected broader describes bullying as “verbal or Violence in Education (SAVE) Act The DOE’s statement also pointed socio-political dynamics of hetero- physical harassment that occurs to call for increased institutional out that many schools have enacted normative privilege and oppression. repeatedly over time, that is accountability and more consistent anti-bullying policies that prohibit intended to cause harm, and that Federal Anti-Bullying Efforts reporting regarding bullying in discriminatory acts based on reli- schools. If passed, the SAVE Act gion and sexual orientation, despite involves an imbalance of power The U.S. House Subcommittee on would legally define bullying and not being specifically obligated to do between the child who bullies and Healthy Families and Communities, cyber-bullying in the Elementary and so under current federal civil rights the child who is bullied.” Similarly, chaired by Representative Carolyn Secondary Education Act for the first laws. The distinction between those in his keynote address at the McCarthy (D-NY), has convened time, allowing federal funds to be used Department of Education’s (DOE) Continued on next page footnotes • December 2010 3 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org
Bullying Homophobia and Bullying against anti-gay discrimination in tional institution’s commitment from Page 3 Although not in all cases, the multiple aspects of social life. to fostering a respectful and safe experiences precipitating the Young people who are targeted learning environment. Nonetheless, “categories” of identification that are suicides of many of the youth in for homophobic bullying still live policy-based approaches to shaping federally protected by current civil these stories involve being repeat- in a society that accommodates student behavior within institu- rights laws, and those which are not, edly targeted on the basis of their anti-gay bigotry in many of its insti- tional settings may be limited in the holds significant implications for the actual or perceived membership tutional practices and normative extent to which they can counteract sociological dimensions of the issue in the LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, conventions. While the Matthew the influence of hegemonic ideology of bullying. As sociologists, critical Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer) Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate on a young person’s perception analyses of the interaction between community. Families, educational Crimes Prevention Act, signed into of broader social relations. In the structural conditions, existing rela- professionals, community leaders, law by President Obama in October absence of civil rights protections tions of power, normative cultural counselors, and even celebrity advo- 2009, included an unprecedented against discrimination on the basis orientations, and micro-level experi- cates, have met these incidents with federal inclusion of “sexual ori- of sexual orientation and gender ences scaffold our understandings of outreach efforts to assure young entation” and “gender identity” as identity in eligibility for mili- how the social world works. people that their lives are of value, protected categories, the scope of tary service, marriage, adoption, Though variably framed as a pub- and that their social experiences these protections is limited to the employment, and other aspects lic health risk, an educational equity will “get better” as they grow older. investigation and prosecution of of social life, institutional efforts issue, and/or a child safety threat, However, these messages of hope criminal acts based on discrimina- to convince students that they are bullying is fundamentally about and support are received amidst the tory motives. While it may not be obliged to treat each other as equals power. Bullying involves the micro- explicitly mixed cultural messages socially acceptable to encourage pose inherent contradictions. When level enactment of abusive behavior regarding the degree to which anti-gay violence per se, there is a young people enact homophobic that is intended to demonstrate the LGBTQ Americans are “entitled” relatively wide margin within which bullying behaviors in classrooms bully’s capacity to verbally, socially, to the same rights, privileges, and anti-gay rhetoric, in all but the most and on social networking sites, they or physically overpower the victim. protections that others are assumed vitriolic of its forms, is still framed can easily find ideological “valida- In each of the tragic stories of youth to deserve. While victimization as a legitimate difference of philoso- tion” for their aggressions; the suicide recently portrayed in the by harmful peer group bullying phy or opinion in American culture. broader culture’s persistent normal- media, the damaging impact of bul- is not exclusive to LGBTQ youth, When visible public figures unapol- ization of anti-gay rhetoric is likely lying, whether online or in school, the normalized heterosexism of ogetically espouse homophobic/ to have already shaped their beliefs constituted a poignant example of the broader society contextual- heterosexist ideologies couched in regarding who is a “legitimate” what Mills would refer to as indi- izes these students’ experiences terms of “moral” values, their words target for hostility. In such cases, the vidual level “troubles.” However, the of anti-gay bullying in significant and actions sanction the discrimi- arguably bigger “teachable moment” anecdotal accounts of how ongoing ways. Homophobic bullying occurs natory processes through which regarding equity, fairness, and social victimization at the micro-level against the backdrop of ongoing, members of the LGBTQ community justice may be undermined by the of their peer-group interactions hegemonic complicity with the are “othered” and marginalized. fact that the imbalances of power preceded the suicides of these young macro-level oppression of LGBTQ When a student is held account- underlying incidents of anti-gay people reveal patterns with regard to Americans, as is reflected in the able for any form of bullying, bullying correspond to those of the the societal-level issues of normative persistent lack of federal protections the “teachable moment” is one institutional and cultural contexts power relations that they reflect. of civility that affirms the educa- within which they occur.
Election Guilleramina Jasso, New York Steve Vallas, Northeastern The elected members of the from Page 1 University University Committee on Nominations pre- Karyn Lacy, University of Michigan pared most of the slates of candi- Committee on Committees: Emilio Castilla, MIT Michael Flaherty, Eckerd College dates for the 2011 election; the slate David Brunsma, University of Karen Pyke, University of At Large of candidates for the Committee Missouri-Colombia California-Riverside David Shulman, on Nominations was prepared by David Embrick, Lloyola University Lynne Haney, New York University Lafayette College Members-at-Large of the ASA Monica Prasad, Northwestern Nilda Flores-Gonzalez, University Ann Morning, New York Council. Petitions supporting addi- University of Illinois-Chicago University tional candidates for the offices of Amanda Lewis, Emory University Susan Bell, Bowdoin College Alyra Guseva, Boston University President-Elect, Vice President-Elect, Anita Garey, University of Ted Gerber, University of Carla Shedd, Columbia University and Secretary must be signed by at Connecticut Wisconsin-Madison 2-Year School least 100 voting members of the asso- Committee on Nominations: Rebecca Clark, National Institute Cenate Pruitt, Gainesville State ciation; petition candidates for other of Child Health and Human College positions must receive the support- Hung Cam, Thai Pamona College Development Crystal Starr, Jackson Community ing signatures of at least 50 voting Neil Gross, University of British College members. All petitions must arrive Columbia Committee on Publications: Amanda Damarin, Georgia by January 31, 2010. In order to be Edward Muguia, Texas A&M Marlese Durr, Wright State Perimeter College eligible to vote in the 2011 election, University University you must renew your membership by MA-Granting Schools Mignon Moore, University of James Jasper, Graduate Center March 31. If you have any questions Jyoti Puri, Simmons College California-Los Angeles CUNY about the slate of candidates or the Daniel Chambliss. Hamilton John Iceland, Penn State University Bandana Purkayastha, University of petition process, e-mail governance@ Jen’nan Read, Duke University College Connecticut asanet.org or call (202) 383-9005.
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Higher Education plus two hours of out-of-class study. from Page 1 Accreditors have been instructed to examine whether an institution’s for program alumni, only apply to assignment of credit hours for spe- proprietary institutions, but many cific courses follows this definition. other rules announced by the A fourth rule allows students to Department of Education apply to use federal financial aid to cover the public and private colleges. cost of re-taking a course, even if they Together, the rules represent a passed the course the first time. This new level of federal involvement new regulation will allow students in shaping higher education. They who passed a remedial course with a also raise questions about the role low grade to take the course again. It of accreditation and peer review as will also make it possible for students the traditional means of assuring to complete two credit-bearing quality and integrity at the post- internships or two research practica secondary level. that have the same catalog number. Rules Affecting Non-Profit Finally, a fifth rule states that Pell that, at the state level, oversight social contract is being challenged Institutions Grant funds, which are awarded of higher education takes a wide by a variety of factors such as: to the neediest students, must be variety of forms, although accredita- the emergence of for-profit and Many of the new regulations will dispersed within seven days of the need to be implemented at the insti- tion plays an important role in all 50 internet-based institutions; an start of the term. The Department states’ decision-making processes. increasing emphasis on student tutional level—for example, colleges of Education hopes that this will and universities may not pay recruit- In short, in the triad defined learning as perhaps the central address the problem of students by accreditors, state governments, activity of higher education; ers based on the number of students not receiving their financial aid in they enroll, and if students without and the federal government, it is increases in contingent faculty; and time to buy the books and supplies accreditors who have historically new pedagogical practices includ- a high school diploma are admit- needed for their courses. ted, they must determine that those taken the largest role in defining the ing interdisciplinary studies, service students have the ability to benefit Who Determines Quality in operational criteria for institutional learning, and a new emphasis on from their program according to Higher Education? quality and evaluating whether those the practical application of abstract criteria are satisfied. Accreditors learning. At the same time, faculty new stricter rules. Other regulations In specifying procedures that, in generally use volunteers from other are increasingly reluctant to par- have implications for practices at the some cases, impact the day-to-day institutions and programs to con- ticipate in college and university department or program level. program-level delivery of higher duct accreditation reviews. A shift governance structures, resistant to One of the rules that could education, these new regulations toward greater federal involvement assessment, and hesitant to include impact departments and programs may represent an attempt to shift in directly defining quality and stan- contingent and interdisciplinary regards prohibition of “any false, the federal government’s role in the dards could be viewed as a shift away faculty in peer review. erroneous, or misleading statement” determining standards of quality in from peer review, a concept that lies According to Gaff, higher educa- in marketing, advertising, recruit- higher education. Determination at the heart of higher education. tion must respond to the rapidly ing, or admissions. The misrepre- of standards and quality in higher changing context of higher educa- sentation rule specifically mentions education generally takes place Higher Education’s Social tion by adapting the peer review inaccurate statements regarding through interactions among three Contract and shared governance system to program accreditation, transfer sets of actors: accrediting bodies, In the 2009 Association of take into account the changing real- credit, and preparation for licensure state governments, and the federal American Colleges and Universities ity of higher education. If this fails as examples, but also includes lan- government. The 1952 the Veterans report, The Future of the to occur, he fears the autonomy of guage broad enough to potentially Readjustment Act required that the Professoriate: Academic Freedom, academic professionals will erode. apply to information about program federal government begin publish- Peer Review, and Shared Governance, The U.S. Department of content, course offerings, and ben- ing a list of recognized accredit- Neil W. Hamilton and Jerry G. Gaff Education’s new rules may not, efits to graduates. ing associations, and, in 1965, the describe a social contract that exists in themselves, represent a major A second rule that could impact Higher Education Act established between academic professionals erosion of autonomy in higher departments requires a “structured the process by which accrediting and society. They argue that society education, but they do indicate an and consistent approach to evaluat- associations could receive federal grants professors and the institutions additional level of federal involve- ing a student’s academic work” in recognition. The federal government where they work a level of freedom ment in shaping higher education. order to ensure that all students does not directly accredit individual for self-regulation far beyond most Education Secretary Arne Duncan who receive federal financial aid institutions or programs; rather, it other social sectors because of the has asked NACIQI, which met in are making satisfactory academic recognizes the authority of specific vital role they have in the creation Washington, DC, on December 2-4, progress. This could lead to a new voluntary non-governmental and dissemination of knowledge and 2010, to develop a set of recommen- level of scrutiny of individual course organizations to do so. Within the the unique qualifications necessary dations in preparation for the 2013 syllabi by college administrators and U.S. Department of Education, the for determining quality within that renewal of the Higher Education accreditors to be sure that the crite- National Advisory Committee on realm. In turn, colleges and universi- Act, including suggestions for ria and process by which grades will Institutional Quality and Integrity ties accept the duty to engage in how to alter the current system of be determined are clearly stated. (NACIQI) is charged with determin- rigorous peer review and shared accreditation in response to calls A third rule establishes a stan- ing which accrediting organizations governance. for more accountability regarding dard definition for credit hour as will receive recognition. A recent In the second part of the report, standards and quality in higher the equivalent of one hour of class study by the Council for Higher Gaff explains that this traditional education. time (not necessarily ‘seat time’) Education Accreditation indicates
6 footnotes • December 2010 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association Election Recap: What It Means for the Social Sciences A focus on deficit reduction will lead to challenges to federal support for the social sciences
Howard J. Silver, Consortium of Social Reductions in NSF Support for run the panel, Hall said, “We Education Act. And, Rep. Darrell Science Associations Social Sciences must also conduct strong over- Issa (R-CA) will become chair- he Republican recapture of the The shift in the House will bring sight over this Administration man of the Oversight and THouse of Representatives in new leaders to the chamber and in key areas including climate Government Reform Committee. November and the Washington a new chairman to the commit- change, scientific integrity, energy This panel has jurisdiction over policy community’s focus on tees and subcommittees. Rep. research and development (R&D), the Census Bureau as well as the deficit reduction will likely lead John Boehner (R-OH) ascends cybersecurity, and science educa- ability to investigate the Obama to significant challenges for social to the Speakership and Rep. Eric tion.” The S&T panel through Administration, which Issa has science funding in the next two Cantor (R-VA) will be the Majority its Investigations and Oversight vowed to do with a vengeance. In years. Leader. In June 2009, Boehner and Subcommittee will scrutinize the past, Issa has also challenged With the election, the Cantor sent a letter to President many programs, among them will research grants awarded by the Republicans retook the major- Obama outlining their prescription be grants awarded by NSF deemed NIH, especially those investigat- ity in the U.S. House of for reducing the deficit. Among its questionable by the Committee. ing sexual behavior. Another Representatives. Needing 39 recommendations was to “Refocus Expect some of them to be in the concern is whether the Republican seats to reclaim power, they the National Science Foundation social and behavioral sciences. National Committee’s call to make won over 60 seats to give them on Hard Sciences” (See the Vantage The Appropriations the American Community Survey a margin of 242 to 192 (one Point column in this issue). Committees make the actual voluntary will get translated into race is still too close to call). Also in the Republican House spending decisions for the agen- legislation. On the Senate side, Republicans playbook is a plan to take agency cies. As noted above, current On the Senate side, there will be picked up six seats to narrow the appropriations back to FY 2008 chairman Rep. Obey (D-WI) has considerably fewer changes. Sen. Democratic margin from 59-41 levels. This would result in a retired. The three key contend- Harry Reid (D-NV), fresh from to 53-47. reduction of 18 percent in NSF ers to replace Obey, Rep. Jerry his reelection victory, and Sen. The new majority in the House funding and about nine per- Lewis (R-CA), Rep. Harold Rogers Richard Durbin (D-IL) lead the believes that the election provided cent in funding for the National (R-KY), and Rep. Jack Kington majority. Sen. Mitch McConnell a mandate to change the course of Institutes of Health (NIH). Smaller (R-GA), all tried to demonstrate (R-KY) and Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) policy from extending the Bush- agencies will also feel the sting to the leadership during inter- lead the GOP faction. era tax cuts, repealing health care of the proposal. The Bureau of views for the position that they As mentioned in this issue’s reform, and cutting federal spend- Justice Statistics, which recently could cut more spending. Vantage Point, the social sci- ing. Another concern is the capac- received significant increases to At the Commerce, Justice, ence community will have to ity of the new majority to attack help revitalize the National Crime Science Subcommittee, which remain vigilant to challenges to its science it doesn’t like from climate Victimization Survey, would see its has jurisdiction over funding for funding, research, and scientific change to social and behavioral budget go from $60 million back the National Science Foundation, worthiness. COSSA has a number research. to $34 million. Census Bureau, Bureau of of vehicles to help. The Coalition Exacerbating the difficulties The Republicans have also Economic Analysis, National to Protect Research (CPR), co- for the social sciences in the new encouraged citizens to review Institute of Justice, and Bureau of chaired by COSSA, is a group of 112th Congress is the loss of key NSF grants to determine which Justice Statistics, Rep. Frank Wolf societies across all the sciences supporters to retirement such are unworthy. See
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to each table. There are no general 2011 Annual Meeting Space for Other Activities storage facilities beyond the space he ASA provides two services for 6:30-8:15 pm on the first or normally limited to 6:30-8:15 beneath each table, so each party is Tindividuals or groups desiring third evening (August 14 or pm on August 14 or 16, and to solely responsible for the security of to use meeting space at the Annual August 16). The topic to be dis- 8:00-10:00 pm on August 15. its display materials. Policies on use Meeting. ASA Council policies on cussed should be clearly stated An announcement of each meet- of table space are that (1) nothing the use of such space are outlined in the request, along with an ing will be included in the “Activities may be sold and (2) nothing of an below. Because ASA Sections have estimate of the size of the group of Other Groups” listing and in offensive nature may be displayed. been allotted program time, they are expected to attend the session. the body of the program schedule. Deadline excluded from these provisions. • Groups or organizations These listings will include the name wishing to gather for other of the group or title/topic of the Formal letters of request—not Meeting Space meetings such as those of a session, name of organizer/sponsor e-mail messages—for meeting Groups wishing to meet in religious, political, or special if appropriate, and date and time of space and/or table space must be conjunction with the 2011 Annual interest nature are required to the meeting. Room assignments are postmarked no later than February Meeting may request space by send- submit a petition containing printed in the Final Program only. 26, 2011. Letters should be printed ing a formal letter of request with the signatures of 10 ASA mem- on the official stationery of the Table Space signature (e-mail messages or files bers who support the request. sponsoring organization or member’s are not acceptable) to ASA Meeting These groups will be assigned ASA members may apply for institution and must include sender’s Services by February 26, 2011. one meeting room from 8:00- table space to display literature about signature. Rooms are allocated on a first-come, 10:00 pm on the second night related non-profit organizations or All letters requesting meeting first-served basis, one meeting of the meeting (August 15). If sociologically pertinent projects. space should identify the nature of per group. In the event that space the number of requests exceeds Available space is assigned without the meeting, the number of people exceeds demand, requests for a sec- the available space, groups will charge on a first-come, first-served expected to attend, desired room ond meeting will be considered. be assigned to the 6:30 pm basis. ASA Sections are excluded setup or other physical space needs, Space requests are categorized as time slot on August 14 or 16. from these provisions because two and the scheduling preference of the follows: • Those groups or organizations general display tables are provided for group within the parameters given • Small groups sponsored by wishing to hold receptions, din- sections in the ASA registration area; above. ASA members requesting space ners, or other social gatherings requests from individual sections for Send space requests to: Kareem for the purpose of conducting should also submit requests tables cannot be considered. D. Jenkins, ASA Meeting Services, sessions focused on a special for space by the February 26 Due to the number of requests and 1430 K St. NW, Suite 600, aspect of sociology will be deadline. Space availability is the limited space available for dis- Washington, DC 20005, Fax: (202) allocated one time slot from plays, two parties are usually assigned 638-0882
COSSA Committee, SBE program staff, and origins of health disparities. NIH The Future of Higher Education from Page 1 regional meetings across the country. launched the Network on Inequality, in America Complexity, and Health in August the emerging themes are interest Social Science at the National The COSSA Annual Meeting con- with the goal of identifying important in networks of information and Institutes of Health cluded with a panel discussion on the areas where interventions or policy future of higher education in the United their relationship to mobile devices; While Gutmann talked about a changes could have the greatest impact States, featuring Peter Henderson, infrastructure; understanding how new initiative aimed at shaping the in eliminating health disparities (see Director of the National Research changes in population and global- future of SBE Sciences at NSF, Debra November 2010 Footnotes, p. 2, for Council’s Board on Higher Education ization of society is reshaping our Olster, Acting Director of the Office more information). and Workforce at the National world; how language, linguistics of Behavioral and Social Sciences “NIH takes seriously this idea that Academies; Gary Sandefur, Dean of and learning have opportunities to Research at the National Institutes of we really have to figure out how to the College of Letters and Science and be reshaped; and how technological Health (NIH), also provided some reduce and eliminate health disparities,” a sociology professor at the University change is critical, Gutmann said. exciting updates about NIH activities. Olster said. In addition, Olster noted of Wisconsin-Madison; and John The SBE Sciences Directorate asked According to Olster, NIH Director that spending on health care as a per- Crowley, a consultant to the American people to think about big questions, Frances Collins has outlined five centage of the gross domestic product is Academy of Arts and Sciences. capacity building, and infrastruc- major priority areas for NIH invest- going up very quickly. Henderson told the audience about ture, Gutmann told attendees. “They ments, four of which cover the “In an effort to put science to work a study his board is overseeing on responded to all of those” he said. behavioral and social sciences. They to improve this situation … NIH is research universities aimed at ensuring “They also thought about big prob- include translating basic science stepping up its activities in health they maintain their prominence. Under lems and they thought about ways discoveries into new and better treat- economics research and this is a fairly the initiative, an ad hoc committee to advance what they were doing, ments; encouraging a greater focus new area for NIH,” Olster said. comprised of 22 people (including obviously, but to advance science for on global health; reinvigorating and The effort known as the Health sociologist Teresa Sullivan, President all of us.” empowering the biomedical research Economics Research program is of the University of Virginia) from SBE Sciences Directorate staff community; and putting science to being spearheaded using money academics, business, industry and should have their interpretative work for the benefit of health care from the “common fund” out of the politics is charged with producing a report of the submissions available reform. NIH Office of the Director. Thus report that answers the question, “What for comment in April or May of 2011. Olster also told attendees about far, the program has released two are the top ten actions that Congress, Input on what the directorate should a new multidisciplinary network of funding opportunities. For more the federal government, state gov- be doing in the next 10 years will experts who will explore innovative information, see
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international perspectives Contemporary Ukrainian Sociology: Difficulties of Self-presentation by Andrey Melnikov, East-Ukrainian that are common for the whole opportunity to avoid unnecessary the areas of sociology of educa- National University, [email protected] Ukrainian society (low standard of confrontation in the sociological tion and sociology of manage- e seek to provide a brief insight living for the majority of popula- environment and to focus research- ment. Housed by the the sociology Won the condition of sociol- tion, unemployment and significant ers not on political but on sociologi- department, an authoritative ogy in Ukraine. To be sure, we social stratification, labor migration, cal problems. scientific conference of Ukrainian have no illusions that the general housing and communal services The First Congress of the sociologists, Kharkov Sociological sociological community is famil- problems, poor quality of health Sociological Association of Ukraine Readings, is annually held. iarized with Ukrainian sociology. care system). took place October, 15-17, 2009, in Odesa sociologists also have long- Therefore, we consider this to be In this context, we stress that Kharkov, showing the Ukrainian standing traditions. A special role but a small illustration, providing language, religion, nationality, sociological community’s ability in the development of sociological certain understanding of Ukrainian and political allegiance have not to preserve organizational unity. theory is played by I.Popova. On the sociologists’ problems and interests. become an obstacle for maintaining Famous Russian sociologist V.Yadov, whole, the sphere of Odesa sociolo- This is neither complete nor is it respectful relations among scholars; who attended the Congress, particu- gists’ interests is wide, including hyper-objective. debating points are appearing only larly stressed the fact that, unlike sociology of culture, sociology of The current stage of Ukrainian on a professional basis. One reason Russian sociologists, Ukrainian personality, etc. sociology’s development originates for this might be that despite the sociology demonstrates a greater Recently, sociological cen- from the collapse of the Soviet well-known political polariza- level of professional consolidation. ters have also formed in several Union. Until then, the Ukrainian tion within the Ukrainian society, Regarding the centers where Ukrainian cities: Dnipropetrivsk, sociological school was an integral Ukrainian sociologists maintain Ukrainian sociology is primar- Donetsk, Zaporizhya, Luhansk, part of the Soviet sociological space. good personal contacts and creative ily developing and the directions and Lviv. In particular, consid- So, the Sociological Association of interaction at regional levels. In of various sociological schools’ erable attention is devoted by Ukraine (SAU) as an All-Ukrainian this sense, the productive working activities, the following observations Dnipropetrivsk sociologists to the public organization functioned relationship between the two most should be marked: history of sociology and sociol- from 1968 to 1990 as a branch of geographically distant sociological First, the greatest sociologi- ogy of public opinion, while the Soviet Sociological Association. centers in Lviv (Western Ukraine) cal traditions and prestige among many Donetsk scientists study It obtained its independence at and Luhansk (Eastern Ukraine) is colleagues are possessed by the the sociology of management. the Congress of 1990. Since 1993, demonstrative. two centers — Kyiv and Kharkiv. Sociological science is actively SAU is a collective member of At the same time, it should be In Kyiv, there is the abovemen- developing in Zaporizhya. In Lviv the International Sociological noted that the boisterous presi- tioned Institute of Sociology of The and Luhansk there are centers for Association. Modern Ukrainian dential campaign of 2004 almost National Academy of Sciences of theoretical and applied sociology sociology’s formation came from resulted in tragedy for Ukrainian Ukraine. Many research directions in the leading regional universities: the Institute of Sociology of the sociology: The degree of conflict in have been formed and continue Franko Lviv National University National Academy of Sciences of all social structures was too high, growing on its basis, such as: sociol- specializes in economic sociology Ukraine and the departments of which in turn, affected the mood ogy of politics, economic sociology, and ethnosociology and East- sociology at universities in major of the Ukrainian sociological com- problems of social structure and Ukrainian National University cities of Ukraine, which initiated munity. Among sociologists there youth professional orientation, specializes in the sociology of the emergence of the Sociological were mutual accusations in the sociology of public opinion, applica- innovation processes and sociol- Association of Ukraine in its excessive support of different presi- tion of mathematical methods in ogy of globalization. dential candidates (Yushchenko and sociological research, ethnosociol- current status. So far, it remains Youth of Ukrainian sociology the main organizational structure Yanukovych). The very existence ogy, and history of sociology. In of the Sociological Association of addition, sociological schools have The relative historical youth linking the Ukrainian sociological of Ukrainian sociology may be community. Ukraine was under the threat. developed in the Taras Shevchenko However, the subsequent politi- National University of Kyiv and considered a positive, because it is Disintegration of Ukrainian cal events and the disappointment at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy. A less encumbered by the constraints Community of those who believed in “orange” great deal of scientific work is also of the past. From the outside, Ukrainian politicians decreased the tension. conducted by Yaremenko Ukrainian In addition, Ukrainian sociol- society is perceived as a split body. Moreover, interpersonal conflicts Institute for Social Research. ogy has so far managed to avoid Theories concerning the belong- appeared mostly among Kyiv soci- Earning a special place in the a difficult dilemma, which is now ing of various parts of Ukraine to ologists, while regional centers tried history of Ukrainian sociology is the resolved by Russian and Belarusian different civilization systems, as well to act from conciliatory positions. Department of Sociology of Karazin sociologists—political loyalty of as the practical results of election As a result, SAU as an organiza- Kharkiv National University. The power or political rebelliousness? campaigns provide a rich soil for tional structure and a platform practice of applied research by The Ukrainian government (regard- analysis and debate. Indeed, on for professional discussions was Kharkiv sociologists has its roots less of political and ideological the one hand, there is regional and preserved, but its administrative in the days of the Russian (pre- identity) treats sociologists with even macro-regional specificity, center was shifted to Kharkiv in Soviet) Empire. In the Soviet and circumspection, distrust, and expressed in language, religious April 2007, where V.Bakirov was post-Soviet period, a theoretical simultaneously tries to win their customs, political preferences, etc. elected the president of SAU. Such a and application-oriented school has sympathy. This situation gives But on the other hand, there are a formal transfer of “sociological capi- been formed at the university, which professional Ukrainian sociolo- number of socioeconomic issues tal” from Kyiv to Kharkiv gave an has great traditions, particularly in Continued on page 10 footnotes • December 2010 9 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org
COSSA cations include international rankings from Page 8 in which U.S. universities do very well, the fact that “most of the world” still Nominations Sought for others could take to assure the ability wants to attend American universi- of the American research university ties, and that the Chinese government 2011 Section Awards to maintain the excellence in research has chosen the U.S. system of higher and doctoral education needed to help education as its model for developing ASA sections honor work in the United States compete, prosper, its own. their specialty areas through and achieve national goals for health, But, Crowley painted a much darker energy, the environment, and security awards given to honor articles, picture, saying that U.S. universities in the global community of the 21st books, dissertations, career are no longer the best. As evidence, he century?” The committee plans to pointed to an October 2010 New York achievements, and other special release its full report in the summer of Times op-ed, which talked about how contributions. The ASA website’s 2011. the United States has fallen behind Sandefur followed Henderson and section page lists information on other countries in a variety of key areas spoke glowingly about America’s awards for which nominations are related to competiveness and research higher education system, while not- prowess. “Is it time to seriously, deeply sought. Awards will be presented at ing that there are some challenges. “I rethink the model?” he wondered. “To think that we can easily say we have the 2011 ASA Annual Meeting. Please consider nominating begin with, how can more produc- the best system of higher education colleagues and students whose contributions should have tive collaborations across disciplines, in the world, one that the rest of the schools, institutions and sectors— the special visibility accorded by a section award. To view the world aspires to have, one that they and all of them with industry and complete list of awards, go to
Ukranian Sociology In a substantial sense, contem- Interested in Having a from Page 9 porary Ukrainian sociological science, in our opinion, should Major ASA Award Winner Speak gists a certain degree of freedom. beware of at least three dangers. At the same time, the Ukrainian The first danger is to remain only at Your Conference? political elite do not yet under- a fragment of vanishing Soviet stand how to use the potential of sociology. The second danger is to Apply for the Sorokin social science to address important form exclusively as an apologetic social and economic problems. part of Western sociology. The Lecture Series They are primarily interested in the third risk is to become stuck in he Sorokin Lecture has been and meals. Contingent upon possibility of sociology in clarify- attempts to demonstrate its own a longstanding opportunity available funding, the ASA can ing purely political issues. Thus, a exclusivity. The ideal solution T for a distinguished ASA member support up to four such lecture combination of serious research surely lies in an attempt to find its to deliver a lecture at a regional trips each calendar year. sociology is found alongside polling own uniqueness through the uni- sociological society meeting. To apply, send a letter of data. The fact that so far there is no versal approach. And this universal Since 1967, a winner of one of inquiry with specific informa- fixation of Ukrainian sociology on approach should combine regional ASA’s distinguished awards has tion about the event and the ethno-national issues may also be particularities and globalization traveled to a regional associa- audience as well as the lecturer considered positive. trends. tion to speak. A restricted fund, preferred. Executive officers or named for past ASA President presidents of associations, or Pitirim Sorokin, underwrites the faculty (with chair’s support) in Submit Ideas for the International costs for the visiting lecturer. departments may apply to host a lecturer. Submit these materials Perspectives Column Applications Process and any questions to: Footnotes invites contributions from knowledgeable non-North Any of the winners of major Governance, American American sociologists on the state of the discipline and profes- ASA awards in the past two Sociological Association, 1430 K sion of sociology in countries outside North America for publica- calendar years may be available St. NW #600, Washington, DC tion in the new occasional column, “International Perspectives.” to deliver a lecture at a state, 20005; [email protected]. Sociological analyses of significant national events in these regional, or aligned sociologi- Requests should arrive by cal association meeting, or on countries that would be of interest to North American sociolo- February 1, 2011 for 2011 a campus. ASA would cover gists are welcome for publication. Original contributions must events. Plan early. Preference the costs of travel and up to be in English and no more than 1,100 words. To discuss possible will be given to groups who two days of hotel costs. The have not previously hosted a contributions or send material, contact Johanna Olexy (olexy@ host would cover registration lecturer. asanet.org).
10 footnotes • December 2010 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association Emerging Ethical and Academic Issues in the Teaching of Online Sociology Courses Thomas P. Dunn and Manfred F. Meine, have looked to this evolving tech- of Internet-based, post-secondary in order to satisfy regional and Troy University nological medium as a solution to instruction, as both online instruc- specialized accreditation criteria, y the change of the millennium, education delivery challenges and as tors and administrators responsible oversight from funding sources, Bthe Internet had clearly evolved to a way to expand existing education for development and supervision of etc. be the new revolution in educational markets. The focus on technol- online courses and programs, it is 2. The potential need for standard- delivery. Online learning at the post- ogy and its inherent flexibility our opinion that several important ization of course content. secondary level has come of age. has evolved to the point where ethical/academic issues need to be 3. Administrative policies for A 2008 Sloan Consortium report some schools offer courses to be addressed. Those issues include: ensuring that online and in-class completed on handheld personal instructors are comparably on the state of online education in Oversight for Online vs. digital devices. Despite this rush to involved with their students in the United States revealed some In-Class Courses startling information. For example, distance learning, the medium and the teaching-learning process. its accompanying technologies have Faculty Concerns at the turn of this century approxi- Recommendations evoked mixed reactions among stu- 1. An overriding belief that faculty mately 10 percent of post-secondary autonomy is being routinely Below are our suggestions for enrollments at degree-granting dents, administrators and faculty. It is clear, that regardless of the subjugated to administrative actions the discipline should take to institutions were in online courses or imperatives in the oversight of help resolve these issues: programs; but, by 2007, the number reactions to online distance learn- ing as a delivery system, its use is online courses vis-à-vis their in- 1. A review of the ASA Code of had grown to over 20 percent. This class counterparts. Ethics with a view toward revi- growth translated into an average expanding at an extraordinary pace. As Internet-based education has 2. Differential criteria for evaluating sions dealing specifically with annual increase of nearly 20 percent instructors. ethical issues in online courses at a time when overall enrollment transitioned from its initial status as “the classroom of the future” to 3. Problems and inequities in the might be in order. growth in higher education averaged process of obtaining and inter- 2. A review of the ASA Task Force only around 2 percent. Schools a pedagogical mainstay, it has been subjected to significant scrutiny by preting student evaluations. on Teaching Ethics Throughout recognized that students were voting 4. Differential processes for the the Curriculum Working with the click its proponents and detractors alike. Unlike its most handling of student complaints. Annotated Bibliography to of a mouse, 5. Differential processes for aca- address whether additional and, by 2007, prominent Internet-based education predecessors demic advising. resources dealing with the the percent- 6. Inequities in the use of ethical issues in online educa- age of schools has transitioned from its initial in distance education (e.g., “Administrative Privileges” for tion need to be solicited and defining online status as “the classroom of the observing an instructor’s perfor- included. education as telecourses and future” to the pedagogical correspon- mance in the “classroom.” 3. A review of the ASA Task Force critical to their 7. Administrative influences on on Teaching Ethics Throughout long-term mainstay. . . dence courses) the pervasive- course content (e.g., the require- the Curriculum 103 Ethics Cases strategy had ment that courses have “group to determine whether soliciting grown to more ness and vis- ibility of online projects”). the submission of new ethics than 70 percent of public institu- 8. The imperative that distance cases that illuminate the ethical tions and more than 53 percent of instruction has served to magnify its strengths (e.g., the benefits that learning instructors undergo issues deriving from the teaching private colleges and universities. multiple trainings complete with and administration of online Online courses and programs are accrue to an asynchronous format) and weaknesses (e.g., maintaining competency testing, for techno- sociology courses might be now offered by universities large and logical “innovations,” some of appropriate. small, including many of the nation’s academic/ethical integrity, especially in online testing). which prove to be faulty and are 4. A data-gathering initiative most prestigious schools. effectively discarded before even designed to determine the cur- Another major change in higher For the delivery of academic information online to have become being fully implemented. rent status of online sociology education has been the growth of 9. Inequities in course scheduling courses, including, an estimate competition. The limitations of geo- not only a viable, but highly regarded and widely utilized and student enrollment, for exam- of the number of courses (by graphical location have largely been ple, online posting of individual subfield), the demographics of erased via the Internet. Competition pedagogy, the technology had to be affordable, efficient, and syllabi for multiple sections of the faculty who teach the courses for students in online courses as course, which enables students to (adjunct or full-time by rank), the well as the proliferation of online user-friendly for all stakeholders. As a result, and by necessity, the opt for sections with less rigorous online availability of sociology offerings has been especially intense requirements (some of which may majors and minors as well as among schools providing educational initial concerns were focused on the efficacy of such entrepreneurial be taught by part-time faculty ascertaining the attitudes of fac- opportunities for enlisted members who may be of the opinion that ulty, administrators, and students of the military. Due to their deploy- systems as WebCT and Blackboard. Once the majority of those concerns maintaining their popularity with regarding the proliferation of ment challenges, the military relies students is a necessity for their online sociology courses. on online programs, which are used were resolved, numerous ethical and academic issues emerged. continuing employment). Reference to support military recruiting and Administrative Concerns retention and to provide crucial Ethical Issues and Concerns 1. The invasive need to ensure Allen, Elaine and Seaman, Jeff. 2008. Staying the Course: Online Education in professional development for service Having been actively involved comparable quality of all courses, members. the United States, 2008. Needham, MA, for 15 years with the proliferation regardless of delivery format, Sloan Consortium. Schools throughout the nation footnotes • December 2010 11 American Sociological Association footnotes.asanet.org ASA Awards Grants for the Advancement of Sociology he American Sociological Association (ASA) announces seven awards from some campuses are more institu- Pamela Quiroz, University Tthe June 2010 round of ASA’s Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline tionally supportive than others. The of Illinois-Chicago, $3,800 for (FAD). This program, co-funded by ASA and the National Science Foundation PI will use hierarchical linear mod- Marketing Diversity and the New (NSF) and administered by the ASA, provides seed money (up to $7,000) to eling to examine the importance of Politics of Diversity: An Engaged PhD scholars for innovative research projects and for scientific conferences that public opinion on campus, com- Ethnography of Race, Space, and advance the discipline through theoretical and methodological breakthroughs. munity resources, and institutional Place. The PI and her co-authors Funding decisions are made by an advisory panel comprised of members of and political environments. She propose to collect a 4th year ASA’s Council and the ASA Director of Research and Development. Below is will start by examining university of data about a small cohort of a list of the latest FAD Principal Investigators (PIs) and a brief description of websites in five states (i.e., Illinois, African American male high school their projects. Missouri, New Jersey, Texas, and students selected by a highly- Washington) to determine if they rated Chicago high school and a Elif Andac, University of ing the provision of resources have officially-sanctioned GLBT cohort of students not selected for Kentucky, $7,000 for Reconciling to aid routine activities and the groups. Other measures include the program. It is part of a larger Diversity Among Nation Building: facilitating of social relationships student enrollment and the eco- ethnographic study of the race and A Comparative Study of Ethno- and individual sense of control. nomic resources of students; state class micro processes of the larger religious Conflict in Turkey. The These data sets include the Los level policy; indicators of religios- Chicago school reform effort in purpose of this proposed study is to Angeles Family and Neighborhood ity, measures of citizens’ ideology; the “new politics of desegrega- investigate the conditions that result Study, the Neighborhood public or private status universities; tion.” The authors will provide an in the ability of diverse religious and Observations Database, and the and, the number and size of GLBT understanding of how the contra- ethnic communities to live together LA Neighborhood Services and bars in the community. The PI will dictory outcomes of gentrification, in relative peace in the midst of Characteristics Database. also examine how selective colleges the privatization of education, conflict-torn regions of Turkey. The Arina Gerstava, Washington are, arguing that greater selectiv- and efforts at school reform affect author hypothesizes that four condi- State University, $3,193 for ity makes for more open attitudes racial identity, appropriation of tions are necessary for the increase Developmental Links between toward GLBT. Finally, she looks at space, the implications of power, in diversity and the lack of conflict. Victimization and Offending. The PI the college’s history of activism and and the significance of place. From They are: the need for a supra- asks whether there is co-develop- whether or not there are domestic the perspective of some of the identity that the ruling elite must ment of victimization and offending partnership benefits. stakeholders in the community, the agree on, the need for a functioning over the life course. She proposes to Pamela Popielarz, University of result is the forced exit of original economy, and a stable population. compare inter-individual differ- Illinois-Chicago, $7,000 for Schools residents of the neighborhood and Another condition appears to be ences in order to empirically test of Bureaucracy: Fraternal Orders in the creaming of African American the lack that of assimilation into the three questions: (1) whether or not the Industrializing Midwest, 1890- students rather than an improve- nation state. The PI will collect and early victimization defines different 1920. The PI proposes to ascertain ment in largely black schools. Once analyze data from a diverse and rel- trajectories of offending starting in the link between the popularity of the data on the fourth year of the atively conflict-free community and childhood; (2) if there is co-devel- fraternal orders and the growing cohort is collected, these data will two comparison groups. These data opment of offending and victimiza- bureaucratic organizational form be entered into the ethnography will be combined with fieldwork. tion over time; and (3) whether in the industrializing Midwest. She and the entire data collection effort The two comparison groups include victimization that is experienced proposes to investigate whether will be analyzed. a conflict-ridden, homogeneous during adolescence can redirect fraternal orders are “schools for Laura Stark, Wesleyan urban area and a village that used to criminal trajectories in either posi- bureaucracy” by incorporating University, $6,900 for How Have have a more diverse population. tive or negative directions. The PI such factors as a fixed division of Research Participants Affected E.J. Bjornstrom, University of uses data from the National Youth labor, hierarchy of offices, formal Biomedical Research? The PI Missouri, Columbia, $5,279 for Survey, which ask respondents rules, and permanent written files. hypothesizes that human subjects’ Neighborhood Built Environment whether they have committed 1 out She further suggests that these beliefs and the organizations that and Individual Sense of Control: A of 22 minor or serious offences and white male fraternal organizations recruit them can affect biomedical Fundamental Cause Approach to whether they have experienced at helped perpetuate a dominant research practices. The interaction Improving Population Health. The least one of a series of victimiza- racial and gender social order. between human subjects and the purpose of the proposed study is to tion offences such as sexual attacks. The PI proposes to gather and bureaucratic structures developed examine the relationship between These data will be used to model analyze data about four national to protect them is the focus of the residential built environments and trajectories of offending and vic- fraternal lodges with branches study. She proposes to use oral individual sense of control, assum- timization using two data-analytic in a small-size Indiana city that histories to create an initial data ing that built environments are techniques—latent growth model- experienced especially strong set of human subjects who lived at “fundamental causes of health.” The ing and auto-regressive cross-lagged growth in fraternal organizations the Clinical Center of the National PI expects to find that the charac- panel models. as well as industrialization. The Institutes of Health between 1953 teristics of the built environment Melinda D. Kane, East Carolina PI’s data collection effort will focus and 1966. These years were chosen are positively correlated with an University, $6,084.00 for Creating on the characteristics that she uses because they herald the beginning individual’s sense of control, which Safe Space: Predicting the Presence to define these fraternal orders as of the use of healthy individuals research shows is a precursor to of GLBT Student Groups on College bureaucracies. The data to be ana- rather than indigents in research good health and decreased mortal- Campuses. The goal of this project is lyzed will include lodge constitu- studies and the beginning of a ity and morbidity. She proposes to to explain the presence of uni- tions and by-laws, proceedings of period of change in medical ethics use multilevel models and three versity-recognized GLBT student state and national meetings, and that culminated in human subjects’ data sets to examine characteristics groups on college and university written histories. of the built environment includ- campuses in six U.S. states, and why Continued on next page
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14 footnotes • December 2010 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association announcements citizens or permanent residents to Other Pacific Islander, or American Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke Uni- on The Journal News blog, “Blogging omit traditional post-doctoral training Indian or Alaska Native accepted into versity, and Andrew Cherlin, Johns Religiously,” about their study, which and move into independent academic an accredited doctoral program in any Hopkins University, were quoted in found that American churches gener- positions at U.S. institutions directly one of the social or behavioral sciences an October 20 New York Times article ally remain segregated. The study was upon completion of their graduate are invited to apply for the $12,000 centered around race-related com- also the subject of an October 4 post degrees (PhD, MD, or equivalent). Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Schol- ments Sharron Angle, the Republican on the Orlando Sentinel “The Religion The NIH expects to issue 10 awards arship. Deadline: February 1, 2011. All candidate for Senate in Nevada, made World” blog, an October 6 post on through this program in fall 2011. Early applicants must be a current member during her eventually unsuccessful CNN.com’s “Belief Blog,” and an October Independence Awards are targeted to and a citizen or permanent resident campaign. 8 post on The Washington Post “Under exceptional junior investigators with of the United States when applying. Christopher Browning, Ohio State God” blog. the intellect, scientific creativity, drive, Contact: Michelle A. Harris at michelle. University, and Joanne Savage, Francesco Duina, Bates College, was and maturity to flourish independently [email protected];
The article also appeared in the Mercury 16, respectively. Additionally, Massey article titled, “In a wired world, children Entrepreneurship Conference in Wash- News on November 2. and Gregory D. Squires, The George unable to escape cyberbullying.” ington, DC. Shamus Rahman Khan, Columbia Washington University, co-authored a Robert D. Putnam, Harvard University, Andy Chen, Princeton University, University, Michèle Lamont, Harvard November 1 Huffington Post column, was mentioned in an October 10 New and Camilo A. Romero, University of University, Michael Lindsay, Rice “Segregation: The Invisible Elephant in York Times article about his new book California-Berkeley, were welcomed University, and Sudhir Venkatesh, the Foreclosure Debate.” American Grace: How Religion Divides into the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow- Columbia University, were quoted in Omar M. McRoberts, University of and Unites Us. He was also interviewed ships for New Americans Class of 2010. an October 16 New York Times article Chicago, wrote an October 21 column in an October 29 Chicago Tribune Mary Jo Deegan, University of Nebras- titled, “Scrutinizing the Elite, Whether for CNN.com, titled “FDR’s Lessons for article about his book and co-authored ka-Lincoln, was invited to deliver the They Like It or Not.” Obama on Power of the Black Church.” an October 17 column in the Los first honored Jane Addams Lecture on Peter J. Kivisto, Augustana College, Shannon M. Monnat, University of Angeles Times titled, “Walking Away Social Entrepreneurship on November was quoted in an October 15 Inside Nevada-Las Vegas, was interviewed from Church.” 18, 2010, at a conference sponsored by Higher Ed article, which explores on KXNT News Radio on September James B. Rule, Center for the Study the University of Uppsala and the No- changes his college is making in the 29 about the U.S. Census Bureau’s new of Law and Society, University of Cali- bel Museum in Sweden. Deegan’s topic face of the economic downturn. poverty report and the economic well- fornia-Berkeley, was mentioned in an will be “Jane Addams, Her Neighbors, Michèle Lamont, Harvard University, being of Nevada residents. October 4 post on the New York Times and the Hull-House School of Sociol- Douglas Massey, Princeton University, Ted Mouw, University of North blog “Bucks,” which explored how to ogy: On Race, Class, Gender, and Peace, Robert Sampson, Harvard University, Carolina-Chapel Hill, was quoted in stop rogue automatic bill payments. 1889-1935.” Mario Luis Small, University of Chica- an October 19 News & Observer article Sharon Sassler, Cornell University, Jill Quadagno, Florida State University, go, and William Julius Wilson, Harvard about the opening of a new U.S. Cen- Christine Whelan, University of Pitts- has been elected to the Institute of University, were quoted in an October sus Bureau facility. burgh, Bradford Wilcox, University of Medicine of the National Academies 18 New York Times article on the culture Zachary Neal, Michigan State Virginia, were quoted in an October 7 of Science, on of the highest honors in of poverty. The American Sociological University, was interviewed by Talk CNN.com article, titled “College-edu- the fields of health and medicine. Association, Kathryn Edin, Harvard Lansing Radio on August 31, Michigan cated More Likely to Marry, Study Says.” Joachim J. Savelsberg, University University, and Maria Kefalas, St. NPR Radio on September 3, and CBS Pepper Schwartz, University of Wash- of Minnesota, received funding from Joseph’s University, were mentioned in Interactive’s smartplanet.com on ington, was quoted in an October 4 the National Science Foundation, Law the article. The New York Times article September 21 about his work on the MyNorthwest.com article about a new and Social Science Program. He also was the subject of an October 18 post importance of intercity networks for survey on Americans’ sexual behavior. received a Collaborative Residential on the Atlantic Wire. urban economies. He also wrote a Sep- Quotes for the article came from an Fellowship from the Rockefeller Foun- Jerry L. Lembcke, College of the Holy tember 8 column for newgeography. October 4 interview on KIRO Radio’s dation Bellagio Center. Cross, was quoted in an October 13 com on this topic. Dave Ross Show. Worcester Telegram & Gazette article Anthony Paik, University of Iowa, was Andrés Villarreal, University of Texas- New Books about his new book, about the anti- quoted in an October 31 Washington Austin, was quoted in an October 6 UPI war actress Jane Fonda. Ron Arons, WANTED! U.S. Criminal Post article about his new study, which article about his study in the American Records (Criminal Research Press, 2010). Harry Levine, Queens College, City suggests that delaying sex leads to Sociological Review, which found that University of New York, was quoted in more satisfying relationships. skin color is linked to social inequality Mohammed Bamyeh, University of Pittsburgh, Anarchy as Order: The an October 23 New York Times column C.J. Pascoe, Colorado College, was in contemporary Mexico. about marijuana arrests. History and Future of Civic Humanity quoted in an October 2 NPR article and William Julius Wilson, Harvard Uni- (Roman & Littlefield, 2010). Donald MacKenzie, University of Ed- was interviewed on NPR’s “All Things versity, was mentioned in an October 1 inburgh, was quoted and Charles Per- Considered” about public humiliation Huffington Post article, about whether Steven J. Gold, Michigan State Univer- row, Yale University, was mentioned and its connection to new technology Wilson should be teaching a class sity, The Store in the Hood: A Century of in an October 22 Forbes.com article such as the Internet. based on the television show The Wire. Ethnic Business and Conflict (Rowman & Littlefield, 2010). about the financial markets. Becky Pettit, University of Washing- Michael Macy, Cornell University, ton, was interviewed on NPR’s “Tell Me Awards J. David Knottnerus, Oklahoma State was interviewed on the public radio More” on October 18 about the long- University, Ritual as a Missing Link: So- Anisi Daniels-Smith and Jessica ciology, Structural Ritualization Theory program “Innovation Trail” on October term affects of incarceration. Leveto received the first Lewis-Benson 12 for a segment on the controversy and Research (Paradigm Publishers, Julie Phillips, Rutgers University, was Award for Outstanding Graduate Stu- 2010). surrounding the construction of wind quoted and Ellen Idler, Emory Univer- dent Teaching from the Department of turbines in central New York. Macy was sity, was mentioned in an October 4 Sociology at Kent State University. The Jack Nusan Porter, Happy Days Revis- invited to discuss how his research on CNN.com article, about the rising sui- award is named after Jerry M. Lewis ited: Growing Up Jewish in Ike’s America opinion dynamics and polarization cide rates for middle-aged Americans. and Denzel Benson, both recipients (The Spencer Press/Lightening Source, might shed light on the sources and of the Kent State University Alumni 2010). possible resolution of this controversy. Tony Pogorelc, Catholic University of Association’s Distinguished Teaching in Lisiunia A. Romanienko, Technology America, was interviewed and took 1983 and 1998, respectively. Kyriakos Markides, University of Texas questions from the radio audience of University of Graz Austria, Body Piercing Medical Branch at Galveston, Texas, “The Drew Mariani Show” on Relevant and Identity: A Comparative Perspective- was quoted in an October 16 Wall Radio on September 9. The topic of the Transitions New York, New Orleans, and Wroclaw Street Journal article regarding new show was the controversy surrounding Scott Fitzgerald, University of North (Palgrave MacMillan, 2011). CDC data that supports his decades- the Florida minister’s threat to burn Carolina-Charlotte, was promoted to Joachim J. Savelsberg, University of long longitudinal study on Hispanic copies of the Quran on 9/11. Associate Professor of Sociology. aging. Minnesota, Crime and Human Rights: Jack Nusan Porter was interviewed Rosemary Hopcroft, University of Criminology of Genocide and Atrocities Douglas Massey, Princeton Univer- October 6 by Channel 7 of Boston North Carolina-Charlotte, was pro- (SAGE, 2010). sity, was mentioned in an October 4 and the Boston Herald regarding the moted to Professor of Sociology. Reuters article about his study in the Kim Scipes, Purdue University North quadruple shootings in Mattapan Stephanie Moller, University of North Central, AFL-CIO’s Secret War against American Sociological Review, which (Boston). He also appeared on the Tom found that the foreclosure crisis had Carolina-Charlotte, was promoted to Developing Country Workers: Solidarity Sheff Show of NewTV, Newton Cable Associate Professor of Sociology. or Sabotage? (Lexington Books, 2010). significant racial dimensions. The TV, on October 7 where he discussed article appeared in media outlets in- why there has been a recent increase in Neil J. Smelser, University of cluding FOXBusiness.com on October homicides and other delinquent acts in People California-Berkeley, The Faces of 4 and the New York Daily News on the wealthy suburb of Newton, MA. Terrorism: Social and Psychological October 6. The study was also the sub- Howard Aldrich, University of North Dimensions (Princeton University ject of CBSNews.com and Newsweek. Andrea Press, University of Virginia, Carolina-Chapel Hill, participated in Press, 2010). com articles on October 4 and October was quoted in an October 4 CNN.com an October 4 White House Women’s
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Alberto Testa, Brunel University, and distinguished senior faculty and thus in multiple, enduring ways. As the the Eastern Sociological Society’s Merit Gary Armstrong, Football, Fascism and continue the tradition of excellence department’s chair for two decades, he Award for exceptional contributions to Fandom: The UltraS of Italian Football in research, teaching, and mentoring built a stellar and cohesive depart- the discipline. (A&C Black Publishers, 2010). others. Deadline: January 1, 2011. For ment. His service to the University Bressler served as consultant on Monica K. Varner, Rogers State more information, visit
18 footnotes • December 2010 footnotes.asanet.org American Sociological Association announcements on fertility issues, including more than remarkable fluency in Chinese dialects within the states, interests and ideolo- year he married Carla Adelt who has 100 journal articles and book chapters, as well as an astounding number of gies fueled wars of position among been with him until he died. Ryder also advised policymakers in the other languages. Schurmann refused rival bureaucracies. “Grex” received his doctorate in United States and in his native Canada to demonize the Chinese communists Schurmann developed a meth- sociology at Northwestern University on many aspects of population studies and analyzed sympathetically the odology of fathoming the conflicts in 1954. He would go on to write five throughout his career. His many con- challenges they faced in establishing between national security bureaucra- books, several monographs, and nearly tributions were recognized by peers a stable social and political system, cies from a close reading of what is an article or book chapter a year for and colleagues inside and outside the while at the same time avoiding said, not said, and implied in govern- some 35 years. Within four years of field of demography. He was elected to uncritical praise of Maoism. He viewed ment documents and newspaper receiving his doctorate, he would the Sociological Research Association the Chinese revolution both as a world accounts. Schumann taught his publish two of the works that would in 1967 and served as its President in historical event and as endogenous students how to use such texts to help to establish him as one of the 1974-75. In addition to being named to the deep currents of Chinese social uncover the usually secretive level of 20th century’s most notable figures in the 2000 Laureate of the International history, especially its great peasant bureaucratic warfare. The analysis of sociological criminology. Union for the Scientific Study of Popu- rebellions. Despite his reliance then on which sources are used, how quota- The Society of Captives: A Study of lation, Ryder was elected as a fellow the modernization theory, the empiri- tions are selected, and which types of a Maximum Security Prison was first of the American Academy of Arts and cal richness and comprehensiveness information are leaked or otherwise published in 1958 during his tenure at Sciences and the American Association of Schurmann’s book makes it relevant made available, became clues to what Princeton University. Each chapter in for the Advancement of Science, and today. was going on beneath the surface. this small volume became a classic in he received the Population Association Schurmann’s foundational work drew Schurmann inspired many Berkeley its own right. More than a half century of America’s Irene B. Taueber Award for a generation of young scholars to the graduate students with his seminar later, criminologists and penologists outstanding achievement in demo- sociological study of China, not only at on The Pentagon Papers, his chal- are still familiar with Sykes’s arguments graphic research. He was also awarded Berkeley, but at the leading centers of lenges to conventional views, and his concerning “the corruption of author- honorary doctorates by the Vrije Uni- graduate training on China. Citations wide-ranging intellect. As Paul Joseph ity,” “argot roles,” “crisis and equilibrium,” versiteit Brussel and the University of to Schurmann’s book are prominent put it, “His students always heard and, most famously of all, “the pains of Montreal and named an Outstanding in the work of Yanjie Bian, Lisa Keister, his voice, challenging their earlier imprisonment.” The book was released Alumnus of McMaster College. Juan Linz, Victor Nee, Ann Swidler, point of view. To experience a good, again by Oxford University Press in Norman Ryder was an inspiration Andrew Walder and Dali Yang. With productive, intellectually stimulating 1971 and for a third time in 2007 by and mentor to generations of students other scholars, Schurmann worked argument, all his students had to do Princeton University Press (its original both at Princeton and at other leading for a quarter century to promote was to open one of his books or read publisher). demographic training centers around rapprochement with and diplomatic the notes they had taken during his Grex co-authored “Techniques of the world. He was also a devoted recognition of the People’s Republic of seminars.” Neutralization” with David Matza, husband to his wife of 63 years, Helen, China, ironically, accomplished by the For Todd Gitlin, “Schurmann invented published in 1957 by the American his son Paul and his daughter Anne, Nixon administration. outside-the-box before it became Sociological Review. It’s safe to say that and was beloved by four grandchildren Schurmann continues to be widely the box. He spun off notions as if there are few, if any, academics versed and one great grandchild as well as remembered in Berkeley for his rousing he’d invented them—which he had. in American criminology who are not his students and colleagues. He will speeches to audiences numbering in He magnetized not only people but familiar with the arguments laid out in be greatly missed at Princeton and by the thousands during the Vietnam War. ideas. He never thought a theory was a this seminal work. The article continues everyone in the fields of demography Schurmann’s effective questioning person, a thing, a litany, or a catechism. to be republished in anthologies for and sociology. of the U.S. war effort at an overflow He thought in ideas. They were the courses in criminology and in the Douglas S. Massey, Thomas J. gathering at Harmon Gym in 1965, medium of his thought. He was, as sociology of deviance. There are likely Espenshade, James Trussell, and Charles led in the following year to a convinc- Emerson said, the American scholar hundreds of thousands of sociology Westoff, Princeton University ing condemnation of the war during should be, ‘humankind thinking.’ He and criminology students in the United a debate with Arthur Goldberg, U.S. was an exemplary intellectual, and a States and beyond who over the de- Franz Schurmann Ambassador to the United Nations, and wonder.” cades had, at one time, memorized the 1926-2010 developed into a rousing call to action Schurmann is survived by Sandy five techniques of neutralization for an at the Hearst Greek Theater to stop the Close; sons Mark Anderson Schurmann upcoming exam. Franz Schurmann, Professor Emeritus war following the U.S. invasion of Cam- and Peter Leon Schurmann and his of Sociology and History at the Uni- Unlike many of his notable con- bodia. With fellow Berkeley Professors wife, Aruna Lee; grandson Leon; sister, temporaries, Grex’s career was not versity of California-Berkeley, died on Peter Dale Scott and Reginald Zelnik, Dorothy Schurmann; and godson, August 20, 2010, in San Francisco, CA. confined to one or two academic in- Schurmann formed the Faculty Peace Hanif Bey. stitutions. He held posts at Princeton, Schurmann was born on June 21, Committee and authored the Politics Donations may be made to the Franz Columbia, Northwestern, University of 1926, in New York City. He served in the of Escalation in Vietnam. Schurmann’s Schurmann Memorial Fund to support California-Los Angeles, Dartmouth, the U.S. Army during and after World War message was carried further by Pa- freelance journalists on special travel University of Denver, and the Univer- II, working in Japan as a newspaper cific News Service (PNS), which he co- assignments:
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