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Council Offers Guidelines on 1999 Annual Meeting Policymaking; Seeks Input Music A Message from Council Resolution Third in a series of articles in anticipation of the To support new guidelines for the scope of 1999 ASA Annual Meeting in Chicago the President ASA policymaking and for resolutions by Deena Weinstein, Depaul University corresponds well to the picture painted At its meeting of February from the membership as set forth in its subcommittee report, to call for a broad by Georg Simmel of urban modernity in 6-7, 1999, the Council of the comment period from the membership Chicago, Chicago, that toddling town. “The Metropolis and Mental Life,” where American Sociological Asso- through September 1999, and to reserve a Someone once saw a man there dance with radically individualized people have the ciation endorsed the follow- final determination and formal adoption of his wife. In Chicago today you can peek at a freedom to “do their own thing” because ing motion on future resolu- any new guidelines until Council’s winter woman headbanging with her husband and of the supportive form of the metropolis. see people whose relationships are not tions on a tentative basis. 2000 meeting when member comments can Chicago is especially well endowed with be fully discussed and considered. known skanking, swinging, pogoing, boot- an enduring and world-class infrastruc- Recognizing the existence of scooting, performing any number of ture that can serve any number of different positions on this Editor’s Note: Footnotes readers are urged nameless musically-timed body movements. musical styles. issue, Council postponed a to read “The Open Window” column on page Chicago’s aesthetic claim to fame may be its There are, for example, dozens of 2 and the excerpted Council Subcommittee final vote on the motion to architecture (or is it the deep-dish pizza?), commercial recording studios, ranging report on page 11 of this issue. ❑ but its richest art form is music. give sufficient time for mem- from the no-frills to the luxurious, where Chicago is one of the most “fertile music all manner of electronics, odd instru- bers of the Association to cities in the country – a city without a ments, acoustically-designed spaces and express themselves. Given the New Editors for unified music scene,” writes Greg Kot, long- trained staff aid musicians to make importance of the matter, I time music critic for the . The records. Some are owned and run by urge you to consider the text ASA Journals city does sport a rich diversity jazz offer- musicians; the studies are places where of the motion carefully and to ings, running the gamut from experimental they and their friends can inexpensively The ASA Council appointed new and acid jazz to -retro big bands and and comfortably record, bringing in other let Council know your opin- editors for three ASA journals at its intimate piano jazz singers. Then there’s the local musicians to work with them. ions, whether for or against. February 1999 meeting. The new editors, blues, which was, in the post-WWII era, the There are probably more independent This motion and its support- and terms of editorship, are: city’s pride and joy. The various North-side record labels today than there are ing rationale was the work of • American Sociological Review: blues-focused venues now cater to a large studios. Chicago’s past musical glory a Subcommittee of Council Charles Camic and Franklin D. Wilson, “Sweet Home Chicago” tourist population was tied to indies, especially in the 1950s, and have reduced the music to a when labels like Chess crucially changed members who labored for University of Wisconsin-Madison (2000-2002) Disneyesque simulacrum of its former glory. the course of popular music. Located at several months to examine all • Sociological Theory: Jonathan H. It is the city’s amazingly eclectic and 2120 S. Michigan Avenue (the building is aspects of this question. The Turner, University of California- incredibly vital rock scenes that have put now a small blues museum), Chess had work of this body deserves Riverside (2000-2003) Chicago on the world’s musical map in the put out work by seminal blues artists like serious attention by those • Teaching : Helen Moore, ’90s. The music industry’s mouthpiece, Muddy Waters, gospel-flavored R&B Billboard, proclaimed Chicago to be the new “doo wop” groups like the Flamingos interested in the future well- University of Nebraska-Lincoln (2000- 2003) capital of the cutting edge in a front page and Moonglows, and the great architect being of the Association. Forthcoming issues of Footnotes will piece in August, 1993. Consider the diver- of rock’n’roll Chuck Berry. And much Alejandro Portes publish biographies of each editor, along sity of just the nationally known acts that more. Current indie-label owners tend to with new editorial office addresses and have emerged from and remain based in be highly knowledgeable fans and are ASA President manuscript transition dates. ❑ Chicago: Smashing Pumpkins, R.Kelly, definitely and defiantly not the major Ministry, the Waco Brothers, Liz Phair, labels’ “suits” who are only interested in Tortoise, , and Poi Dog what will sell to a mass audience. Most Pondering. The layers of lesser known local have Chicago-based musicians on their Last Call musicians are as multifarious, playing, rosters, like Koko Taylor and Lonnie among other styles, hardcore punk, ska, Brooks on the blues-based Alligator, the Sociologists Urged to Comment by house, death metal, and hip-hop. Waco Brothers on Bloodshot’s insurgent This variety and abundance of music country label, and Greenhouse on ska- April 5 on Proposed FOIA Revision provides much pleasure for audiences but centered Jump Up!, among many others. The Fiscal 1999 Omnibus Spending Law passed last November included a demands a bit of explanation. From the Underground rock labels are the most provision requiring that Federal awarding agencies “ensure that all date pro- viewpoint of cultural sociology, a cultural numerous, including Touch and Go, duced under an award will be made available to the public through procedures form like music does not exist apart from Minty Fresh, Thrill Jockey and Drag City. established under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).” The Office of social structures that sustain it. Two primary Music’s inherent quality is never Management and Budget (OMB) was charged with revising Circular A-110 to social factors that account for Chicago’s enough to get people to listen to it. The interpret the implications for scientific data. See February 1999 Footnotes (p. 2-3) wealth of musical culture are active and meager publicity resources of the indie or the ASA’s home page (www.asanet.org) for the wording of the provision and committed audiences and a highly devel- labels are strongly augmented by an some of the possible concerns and implications of the proposed Circular. oped infrastructure. extensive local music press. Pick up any Chicago’s audiences for all types of number of free music publications at How to Comment on Proposed Revision to OMB Circular A-110 music have increased, mainly because of a record stores for reviews of new albums series of recent demographic changes. and stories about local artists. The city’s Dates: Comments must be received by OMB by April 5, 1999. Going out to hear live music is mainly a two dailies, the Tribune and Sun-Times, Addresses: Comments on this proposed revision should be addressed to: F. James young man’s (and woman’s) game. Youth’s employ a raft of music journalists. Their Charney, Policy Analyst, Office of Management and Budget, Room 6025, New Ex- age limit has been pushed back in recent major rock critics, Greg Kot and Jim ecutive Office Building, Washington, DC 20503. If possible, please include a word years, with the age of marriage and child- DeRogatis, respectively, also write for processing version of comments on a computer disk. Comments may also be sub- birth getting later or never coming to pass at national rock magazines and give wider mitted via e-mail to: [email protected]. Please include the full body of e-mail all. The local colleges have seen large prominence to local acts. comments in the text of the message and not as an attachment. Please include the increases in enrollments. In addition, the Record stores abound, especially in name, title, organization, postal address, and e-mail address in the text of the mes- city has witnessed, due to job growth and the Lincoln Park area. They provide fans sage. Charney may be contacted at (202) 395-3993 for further information. the construction of new residences, a vast and musicians with sounds from all eras influx of young middle-management and and all styles. The used stores (try Dr. Other Comments: Those wishing to submit comments directly to Congress can send professional workers who had in the past Wax, HiFi and Reckless) are recipients of letters to the Senate and House leadership and to their own representatives. opted for the suburban life. rock critic castoffs (you can often find Please send copies of all e-mails or other correspondence to ASA: Felice J. Levine, Executive Beyond an audience, popular music CDs at these places before they are Officer, American Sociological Association,1307 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Wash- needs a complex support system, among officially released). ington, DC 20005-4701, or via e-mail ([email protected]). other things, to record and promote it. This See Chicago, page 10

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The Executive Officer’s Column In This Issue . . . ASA and Public Policy: The Role of a Scientific Society The lead news in the March issue of Footnotes pertains to how the American Sociological Association addresses matters of public policy. As set forth on page 1, President Portes has prepared a message to our member- ASA Top Officer ship commending attention to this issue and soliciting comments. Footnotes is also publishing a substantial excerpt of the background report (see page Candidates Profiled 11) that informed Council discussion and recommendation. Over the years, other ASA Councils have sought to clarify the scope of ASA policymaking The ASA election ballot will be and how best to address members’ resolutions. As ASA has evolved and in your mailbox next month. become more reflective about its role, Council has appropriately thought and rethought how it should operate on issues of public policy. Review the candidates for In this “Open Window” column, I want to provide some of the history and context for Council’s President and Vice-President. new recommendation. It is an important topic deserving of all members’ attention. The current situation is as follows: 4 On February 6, 1999, ASA Council passed a motion provisionally indicating its support of a new ASA policy on taking policy positions. The decision by Council to return to this subject stems from deliberations on a number of member resolutions last August when Council concluded that extant policy provided insufficient guidance on whether or when Council should speak on behalf of the Association. (See Council minutes in the January issue of Footnotes.) In August, the consensus in Council was that a Subcommittee1 should be appointed to examine the issue and report back with recommendations. At its February meeting, Council considered a report from the Subcommittee (see this issue of Awards in 2000 Footnotes). The Subcommittee report and Council discussion focused on the scope of Council The new awards cycle means issuing policy statements in the name of the Association and how a scientific society like ASA might best ensure opportunities for members to address their sociological interests in policy that nominees are now sought matters. After considerable discussion, Council concluded that the Association should issue policy for awards presented at the only when such policy relates directly to ASA’s mission as a learned society or pertains to how the 2000 Annual Meeting organization itself should operate as an entity. Within these domains, Council believed that there is 5 much important ongoing work as well as future activities that remain to be done. Council also concurred with its Subcommittee about whether the Association should speak out on other public issues outside of the Association’s mission or operations. In this arena, Council thought the answer was “no,” but that the Association has instead Hiring Patterns in a very valuable, and perhaps more powerful, role to play on behalf of its members. Reflecting on what the Top Departments ASA does best, Council concluded that the Association provides an important context for members to produce, discuss, synthesize, and disseminate Bonilla-Silva and Herring knowledge as it pertains to policy issues. raise concerns about the Council believed that the appropriate role for the Association is not to represent or advocate for representation of minority particular policy views but to educate and facilitate awareness of sociological contributions to policy issues and debates. Council saw such Association activities as the Annual Meeting Program, faculty in top graduate ASA publications, the Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline, and the Spivack Program in departments and the Applied Social Research and Social Policy to be available venues for such work. Council thought it implications for sociology. was important for members to be aware of the relevance and use of these options. 6 While provisionally supporting this change in policy, Council sought the input of members before adopting a final statement. Therefore, consistent with the recommendation of the Subcom- mittee, Council has put in place a comment period with a final policy to be established by Council at its meeting in winter 2000. President Portes is calling for feedback as soon as possible and anticipates further discussion of this subject at the Annual Meeting in August, including at the ASA Business Meeting. Please send your comments directly to me at the Executive Office or transmit them via e-mail Sociology Subject ([email protected]). On behalf of ASA Council, we look forward to your views.—Felice J. Levine ❑ 1In September 1998, President Portes charged a Subcommittee of Council (Patricia Roos, Chair; Paula Test Ends with the England; Michael Hout; Felice Levine) to review current policy and report back to Council. Millenium Spring 2000 will mark the end of the GRE Sociology Subject Postdoctoral Research Fellowship on the 7 Test. Discipline and Profession The American Sociological Association invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellowship on the discipline and profession. The appointment is for one year beginning between June and September 1999. This postdoctoral fellow will work in the ASA’s Research Program on the Discipline and Profession, which undertakes and disseminates research on sociology as a discipline. One of the key projects in the Program is a major study of a cohort of new sociology PhDs. This project, funded by the National Science Foundation on 12 Public Forum scientific disciplines, is the first wave of a panel study on graduate school, labor market, 38 members raise concerns scholarly, and work/family experiences. Qualified candidates should have completed their PhD in sociology or an aligned discipline by September 1999 and should have a demon- about an ASA project; Council strated interest in the subject matter (e.g., labor force participation, education, professions and others respond. and occupations, or science indicators). Also strong methodological skills in research design 9 and data analysis, the ability to analyze and synthesize research literature, writing compe- tence, and an interest in working effectively as part of a team are essential. Depending on level of experience, the annual stipend for the postdoctoral fellowship ranges from $32,000 Our Regular Features and $35,000. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter outlining relevant back- ground, research experience, and career goals; a curriculum vitae with the names and e-mail Public Affairs...... 3 addresses of three references; a graduate school transcript; and writing samples. Send materials by April 30 to Postdoctoral Fellowship Search, American Sociological Association, Departments...... 12 1307 New York Avenue, Washington, DC 20005-4701. Women and minority candidates are Obituaries ...... 15 encouraged to apply. Questions should be directed to Roberta Spalter-Roth, Director of the Research Program on the Discipline and Profession (e-mail [email protected]). MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES 3

Congressional Fellow’s Report Clean Money, Clean Elections by Rachel Gragg promote certain views and issue positions 1999 ASA Congressional Fellow without expressly advocating for or against a clearly identified federal candi- PUBLIC AFFAIRS UPDATE For my Congressional Fellowship, I date. In each of these instances, the am working in Senator Paul Wellstone’s activities mentioned manage to just skirt FECA regulations, allowing campaign office, as part of his personal staff — ✔ FIPSE Grant Competition Back . . . . Out and in seems to be the situation with the grant activity that is often seen as holding to the essentially working as a legislative competition of the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE). letter of the law while violating its spirit. assistant. Through a set of somewhat February’s Public Affairs Update announced that FIPSE cancelled its grant competition— complicated circumstances, I find myself There is little consensus in Congress seeing the 1999 budget as shrouded in Congressional earmarks. Congress members and covering a wide array of legislative topics, about what is wrong with campaign staff did not take “warmly” to the blame, and FIPSE has backed off the decision to cancel. including small business, trade, labor, and finance law, let alone how to fix the With 1700 applications already received, FIPSE will announce a new competition as Foot- campaign finance reform. Currently, there problem. On the House side, the major notes is being published. is considerable activity in our office campaign finance legislation is the Shays- ✔ surrounding the last of these topics, Meehan bill, which actually passed the Proposed 2000 Budget Rethinks Tax-Exemptions for 501(c)(6) Organizations . . . . The campaign finance reform, as we get ready House last during the last session of 2000 proposed budget seeks to raise revenues through taxing interest, dividend, royalty, to “drop” (introduce) the “Clean Money, Congress (it has been reintroduced in this and rental income from one group of non-profit associations that engage in public repre- Clean Elections” bill. session). Its companion legislation on the sentation activities. The Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) is a 501(c)(6); Today’s federal campaign finance law Senate side is the McCain-Feingold bill. ASA and the other major social science associations are classified as 501(c)(3) s—that is, as arose in the post-Watergate era of the For the most part, both pieces of legislation non-profit charitable organizations. Opponents see this tax as cutting into revenues that 1970s. The 1971 Federal Election Campaign attempt to tighten current campaign provide for legitimate tax-exempt purposes; some fear a “domino” effect on passive in- come for all exempt organizations. Act (FECA) imposes campaign contribu- finance laws, especially “soft money”and tion limits, requires disclosure of campaign express advocacy regulations. However, ✔ President’s FY 2000 Budget Request Low for NIH . . . . While it is a long way from contributions and expenditures, and campaign finance reform is a notoriously proposed budget to final appropriations and Congress has traditionally been supportive establishes the Federal Election Commis- partisan issue, and disagreement is as of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Administrations request for NIH is at odds sion (FEC) as a central administrative and often a function of party politics as with the strategy of doubling the budget within 5 years. The increase is a modest 2.4 per- enforcement agency. anything else. House Speaker Dennis cent (bringing the budget to $15.9 billion) far less than the 15 percent sought by advocates. In 1976, the Supreme Court issued its Hasert has publicly announced that The request for the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research is $13.2 million—up Buckley v. Valeo ruling [424 U.S. 1 (1976)]. In campaign finance reform is on the “back about $350,000. burner” during the current session of this ruling, the Court upheld limitations on ✔ Proposed 2000 Budget Slightly More Favorable for NSF, But on a Far Lower Base . . . . campaign contributions, but struck down Congress, and Senator Mitch McConnell, chair of the Rules and Administration The administration requested a 5.8 percent increase for the National Science Foundation to limitations on independent expenditures, $3.954 billion; the budget for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) would Committee (the committee to which any candidate expenditures from personal increase by only 4.2 percent to a total of $143 million. The Coalition on National Science campaign finance legislation is referred) funds, and overall campaign expenditures. Foundation Funding (of which ASA is a part) will advocate for an overall increase of 15 has suggested that he will kill McCain- These provisions, the Court ruled, placed percent. In an interrelated action with social science consequences, the Administration’s Feingold in committee. substantial restrictions on the ability of major science initiative on Information Technology brings $146 million to NSF, but the $10 Which is why our office is getting ready candidates, citizens, and associations to million earmarked for ethical, legal, and social impacts which should be located in the SBE engage in political free speech. to introduce a campaign finance reform Directorate remains in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engi- Since the mid-1970s, then, the flow of bill called “Clean Money, Clean Elections”. neering (CISE). Senator Wellstone often adopts the role of money in Federal congressional elections ✔ has been governed by the presence of political outsider, and he sometimes looks OMB Issues Draft Guidelines for Race and Ethnicity Tabulations . . . . On February 17, contribution limits and the absence of for ways to stir up trouble, which he hopes the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued draft guidelines for the tabulations of spending limits. Yet, limitless spending to do with this bill. “Clean Money” is a race and ethnic data. The guidelines are based on the work of an inter-agency group asked cannot be funded by limited contributions. radically different approach to campaign to provide guidance on tabulating multiple responses to race and ethnicity questions in Reformers argue this paradox has led to an finance reform, proposing strict voluntary Census 2000 and other Federal data collections. By the end of April (after a two-month increase in campaign finance practices spending limits and doing away with all comment period), OMB will issue final provisional guidance. Those with comments or that, while technically legal, subvert the private contributions in exchange for questions should contact OMB’s Office of Regulatory Affairs (202-395-3093). spirit of campaign finance law. There is publicly-financed funding. Although this ✔ Child Trends Issues New Report on Working Poor Families . . . . Child Trends in Wash- concern that the use of campaign finance legislation has been adopted at the state ington, DC recently issued a report, Who Are America’s Working Poor Families With Children? law “loopholes” undermines public level in Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, This report is the first statistical portrait of working poor families with children at the start confidence in the election process. and Arizona, realistically there is almost no of welfare reform in 1996. That year, five million poor children lived either with two par- Currently, concern centers on three possibility it will even make it out of ents who together worked at least 35 hours a week or with a single parent who worked at issues: “soft money”—money raised and committee (Wellstone is not on the Rules least 20 hours a week. The report is available by mail by calling 202-362-5580 or through spent at the state and local level on certain and Administration Committee, so he Child Trends’ homepage (http://www.childtrends.org). grassroots, registration, and voter drives cannot force it through), let alone ever pass ✔ HHS Releases Third Edition of Trends in the Well-Being of America’s Children and that may ultimately influence federal the full Senate. Instead, it is a “message Youth . . . . The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the third election outcomes; independent expendi- bill”—a piece of legislation introduced for edition of this report with more than 90 indicators of well-being. New indicators for this tures—money spent by individuals or the purposes of sending a message, to edition include fertility rate and number of births, firearm related deaths, children and groups on voter communications that constituents, but also to other legislators. With this in mind, we will probably begin adolescents with HIV/AIDS. This report was again produced under a contract to Child advocate for or against a clearly identified Trends. More information on the report is available on the HHS homepage (http:// a press “roll-out” within the next few candidate, made without coordination or aspe.os.dhhs.gov). consultation with any candidate; and issue weeks, and drop the bill by the end of the advocacy—voter communications that month. ❑ ACLS President John D’Arms Addresses ASA Council On February 5, John D’Arms President scholars and $50,000 for senior scholars. D’Arms noted that the fellowship of the American Council of Learned Also, the ACLS plans to introduce a five- initiative was attracting strong interest Societies (ACLS) addressed ASA Council at year career enhancement fellowship for and support from private foundations. a dinner meeting held at the new ASA highly promising scholars with projects that His goal is to double the size of the ACLS headquarters. D’Arms (previously in the work across field boundaries. These fellows endowment available for fellowships Department of History at the University of will receive funds that can be used for from the current $25 million to $50 Michigan) joined ACLS in the fall of 1997 primary field research. These fellows must million. The Andrew Mellon Foundation and has been meeting with boards of commit themselves to visit at a scholarly and the Ford Foundation have already learned societies to strengthen the knowl- center (e.g., the Center for Advanced Study provided endowment grants totaling $9 edge and engagement of the constituent in the Behavioral and Social Sciences) to million. Other individual and institu- societies (including ASA) in the work of pursue their project and work with other tional donations are being sought. ACLS. scholars in a way that engenders spillover D’Arms concluded his talk to ASA D’Arms focused his formal remarks on effects. Council emphasizing the value of core plans and initiatives underway at A lively discussion followed that ad- continued discussion and collaboration. ACLS. Contextualizing his talk, he started dressed how to optimize inclusion of He encouraged ASA’s continued engage- with a brief overview of ACLS and the sociology and other aligned social sciences, ment as an active affiliate (one of ACLS’ importance of learned fields in the humani- John D’Arms, President, American Council of what review process is envisioned, how to founding societies), and he stressed the ties and closely related social sciences. A Learned Societies. attract and work to facilitate the participa- importance of working together on the signature of the ACLS for more than 60 tion of persons of color. Council members core objectives of ACLS. While fellow- years is its fellowship programs. After a and strengthened fellowship opportuni- saw the promise of an expanded fellowship ships are central to ACLS, he noted the series of strategic meetings (Executive ties. initiative and emphasized the value of need for ACLS to promote public appre- Officer Levine participated in the first of The ACLS has launched a campaign to tracking accomplishments of the fellows as ciation of humanistic traditions and the these events), D’Arms brought to the ACLS well as assessing the broader impact on value of public investment in this effort. increase the amount of fellowship stipends ❑ Board a vision of the future that invested in from $20,000 to $30,000 per year for junior other scholars and students in learned fields. 4 MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES 1999-2000 Candidates Announced for ASA Officers In accordance with election policies by Council in 1989, fessional Contributions: Task Force on Radioactive Waste Man- ASA: Council, Section on Family (1998-2000); Distinguished only the biographical sketches for top office candidates agement, Department of Energy (1991-93); Testimony on “De- Scholarly Publications Award Selection Committee (1997-2000); for 1999-2000 will appear in Footnotes. The sketches and mographic Trends, Welfare Policy and Problems, and the Chair, Section on Population (1998); Annual Meeting Program pictures of all candidates will be printed as a supplement Economy,” Hearing before Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Con- Committee (1997); Editorial Board, American Sociological Review gress (1978); Director, Summer Seminar for College Teachers, (1994-96). Publications: Co-Author with Molly Martin and Tom and mailed with the election ballot. The biographical National Endowment for the Humanities (1976); Committee on Wells, “Poverty as a Public Health Issue: Poverty Since the Kerner sketches appear below in alphabetical order by office. Examiners, Sociology, Graduate Record Examination (1978); Commission Report of 1968,” edited by Fred Harris and Lynn External Reviewer, Graduate Programs in Sociology: University Curtis, Locked in The Poorhouse: Cities, Race, and Poverty in the of Iowa, University of North Carolina, Cornell University, New , Rowman and Littlefield (1999); Co-Author with President-Elect York University, Syracuse University, University of -Chi- Steve Cook, “Permanent Exits from Public Assistance: The Im- cago, University of Massachusetts, State University of New York- pact of Duration, Family, and Work,” Social Forces 77 (1998); Co- Douglas S. Massey Stony Brook, Texas A & M University, and Rutgers University Editor with Ronald Rindfuss and Barney Cohen, Changing Num- (selected years). Honors and Awards: Fellow, American Acad- bers, Changing Needs: American Indian Demography and Public Present Position: Dorothy Swaine Tho- emy of Arts and Sciences (1994); Fellow, Center for Advanced Health, National Academy of Sciences Press (1996); Co-Author mas Professor of Sociology, University of Studies in the Behavioral Sciences (1994; 1986-87); Distinguished with Sara McLanahan, Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Pennsylvania (1994-present). Former Po- Lecturer, Organization and Management Theory Division, Acad- Hurts? What Helps? Harvard University Press (1994); Co-Editor sitions: Professor of Sociology, University emy of Management (1989); H. Paul Douglas Lecture, Religious with Sheldon Danziger and Daniel Weinberg, Confronting Pov- of Chicago (1987-94); Assistant to Associ- Research Association (1981); Career Development Award, Na- erty: Prescriptions for Change, Harvard University Press (1994). ate Professor of Sociology, University of tional Institute of Mental Health (1967-72). Professional Contributions: Expert Witness, Wisconsin East- Pennsylvania (1980-87). Education: PhD ern District of Federal Court, in favor of including Indian reser- (1978) and MA (1977), Princeton Univer- vations in the geographical pool for jury selection (1997); Par- sity; BA, Western Washington University ticipant, Amici Curiae, brief filed with Hawaii Supreme Court (1975). Offices Held in Other Organizations: President (1996), Vice President-Elect arguing that same-sex couples should be allowed to marry (1997); First Vice President (1995), and Board of Directors (1986-89), ASA Congressional Briefing, Welfare to Work (1997); Participant, Population Association of America; Director, Center for Latin Briefing for DHHS Secretary Donna Shalala on trends in pov- American Studies, (1991-94); Director, Richard D. Alba erty (1996); Participant, Congressional Briefing on Patterns, Population Research Center, University of Chicago (1987-90). Causes, and Consequences of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing: Offices, Committee Memberships, and Editorial Appoint- Present Position: Professor, State Univer- What Can Government Do? (1995). Honors and Awards: Otis ments Held in ASA: Council (1996-99); Chair (1988) and Coun- sity of New York-Albany (1980-present); Dudley Duncan Award, Section on Sociology of Population cil (1984-87), Section on Sociology of Population. Publications: Visiting Scholar, Russell Sage Foundation (1996) and William J. Goode Award (1995), Section on Sociology Worlds in Motion: Understanding International Migration at the End (Spring, 1999). Former Positions: Direc- of Family, American Sociological Association (for Growing Up of the Millenium, Oxford University Press (1998); Miracles on the tor, Center for Social and Demographic with a Single Parent); Elected Member, Sociological Research As- Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States, Univer- Analysis, State University of New York- sociation (1995); Chosen as one of “Fifty Great Teachers of Inde- sity of Arizona Press (1995); American Apartheid: Segregation and Albany (1981-90); Assistant Professor, pendent Thought and Progressive Curricula at the University the Making of the Underclass, Harvard University Press (1993); Cornell University (1977-80); Assistant of Wisconsin-Madison,” Wisconsin Student Association (1991); Doy Gracias: Iconografia de la Migracion Mexico-Estados Unidos, Uni- Professor, Lehman College, City Univer- Fellow, Minority Fellowship Program, American Sociological versity of Guadalajara Press (1990); Return to Aztlan: The Social sity of New York (1974-77). Education: PhD (1974) and AB (1963), Association (1974-78). Process of International Migration from Western Mexico, Univer- Columbia University. Offices Held in Other Organizations: sity of California Press (1987). Professional Contributions: Key- President (1997-98), Vice President (1992-93), and Executive note Speaker, Meeting of the Advisory Board of the President’s Committee (1991-92), Eastern Sociological Society; Editorial Interagency Education Research Initiative Commission on Race (July 13, 1998); Speaker, Meeting of Advi- Board, Social Forces (1997-2000); Deputy Editor, Sociological Fo- sory Board of the President’s Commission on Race (February rum (1990-95). Offices, Committee Memberships, and Edito- 11, 1998); Testimony before U.S. House of Representatives Sub- rial Appointments Held in ASA: Editorial Board, American A Great Opportunity for committee on Census and Population (March 20, 1991); Testi- Sociological Review (1998-2000); Chair, Thomas and Znaniecki mony before U.S. Congressional Commission on Migration and Book Prize Committee, Section on International Migration (1996- Sociologists Cooperative Economic Development (February 24, 1989); Testi- 97); Chair, Section on International Migration (1995-96); Com- The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership mony before U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on mittee on Committees (1993-95). Publications: Co-Author with with the Office of Educational Research and Improvement Housing and Urban Development (January 27, 1988). Honors John Logan, Brian Stults, Gilbert Marzan, and Wenquan Zhang, (OERI) in the Department of Education (ED), and the and Awards: Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences “Immigrant Groups and Suburbs: A Reexamination of National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1998); Clifford C. Clogg Award for Distinguished Early Career, Suburbanization and Spatial Assimilation,” American Sociologi- (NICHD) in the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Population Association of America (1998); Southwest Book cal Review (forthcoming); Co-Author with Victor Nee, “Rethink- announce an Interagency Education Research Initiative Award, Border Regional Library Association (1996); Elected Fel- ing Assimilation Theory for a New Era of Immigration,” Inter- (IERI). This Initiative will build a knowledge base for improving educational practice by (1) fostering innovative low, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1995); Distin- national Migration Review (Winter, 1997); Co-Author with Johann Handl and Walter Müller, “Ethnic Inequality in the German research on basic learning, teaching, and organizational guished Scholarly Publication Award, American Sociological mechanisms; and (2) developing sustainable and scalable Educational System” (in German), Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie Association (1995) for American Apartheid: Segregation and the interventions in education. Making of the Underclass, Harvard University Press (1993). und Sozialpsychologie (1994); Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of The long-term goal of the IERI is to develop the knowl- White America, Yale University Press (1990); Italian Americans: edge and experimental methods that will allow for the Into the Twilight of Ethnicity, Prentice-Hall (1985). Professional implementation and evaluation of large-scale educational Mayer N. Zald Contributions: Board of Overseers, General Social Survey (1996- interventions, which will, in turn, inform educational policy present); Co-Chair, Multi-ethnic United States (MEUS) Module and practice. A particular area of interest is the use of Present Position: Professor of Sociology, Design Committee, General Social Survey (1998-present); Par- information and computer technologies (ICT) as supports for Social Work, and Business Administration ticipant, ASA Congressional Seminar on Immigration (1998); reaching these goals, both for the initial exploration of ICT (1977-present) and Chair, Department of Fulbright Pre-screening Committee for Germany (1996-present); for teaching and learning, as well as the innovative use of Sociology (1981-86; 1990-92), University of Minerva Lecture, Union College (1985). Honors and Awards: existing ICT in homes, schools, and other learning environ- Michigan-Ann Arbor. Former Positions: Guest Professor, Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und ments. For Fiscal Year 1999, IERI proposals will be research directed toward understanding how to make substantial Associate Professor to Professor of Soci- Analysen (ZUMA), Mannheim, Germany (1997); Fulbright improvements in: ology (1964-77) and Chair (1971-74), awards to Germany (1993-94; 1986-87); Elected Member, Socio- logical Research Association (1993); Finalist, Distinguished Schol- • school readiness for learning reading and mathematics Vanderbilt University; Assistant Professor • K-3 learning in reading, mathematics, and science arly Publication Award, American Sociological Association of Psychology and Sociology, University of Chicago (1960-64). • education of preK-12 mathematics, reading, and science Education: PhD, Social Psychology, University of Michigan (1992); Outstanding book on the subject of human rights in the teachers in content knowledge and science underlying (1961); MA, University of Hawaii (1955); BA, University of Michi- United States, Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human cognitive development and learning gan (1953). Offices Held in Other Organizations: Selection Rights in the United States (1992). Under this announcement, NSF and its partners solicit Committee, Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Re- proposals to include a range of investigations from targeted search on Non-Profits and Voluntary Associations (1993-95); smaller studies of limited scope, but significant utility in a Advisory Board, Project on Non-Profit Governance, Center on Gary D. Sandefur larger national effort, to intermediate and larger studies. Philanthropy, Indiana University (1990-93); Visiting Committee, While projects of shorter duration may be proposed, awards Sociology, Board of Overseers, Harvard University (1985-91); So- Present Position: Associate Professor to will typically be for 36 months duration. Funding for smaller ciology Panel, National Science Foundation (1980-81); Social Sci- Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madi- studies is expected to be in the range of $150,000 to $250,000 ence Research Committee, National Institute of Mental Health son (1984-present). Former Positions: As- for the life of the award and for large studies in the range of $1 to $3 million for the life of the award. (1974-77). Offices, Committee Memberships, and Editorial Ap- sistant Professor of Sociology, University of Oklahoma (1978-84). Education: PhD, One or two awards of up to $6 million for 60 months will pointments in ASA: Representative, American Council of be considered for exceptional projects. Pending the availabil- Stanford University (1978); BA, University Learned Societies (1998-2002); Task Force on Graduate Educa- ity of funds, the total funds available under this initiative will tion (1989-91); Vice-President (1986-87); Chair, Section on Occu- of Oklahoma (1974). Offices Held in be $30 million, with $22 million from NSF and $8 million pations, Organizations, and Work (1985-86); Council (1981-83). Other Organizations: Board of Social Sci- from ED. NICHD will participate in the evaluation of Publications: Co-Editor with J. Guidry and M. Kennedy, Glo- ence Advisors, Poverty and Race Research Action Council (1991- proposals and will, budget permitting, participate in the balizing Movements and Local Practice, University of Michigan present); Member, Neuroscience, Behavior, and Sociology of funding of recommended proposals that are relevant to Press (forthcoming 2000); “Sociology as a Discipline: Quasi-Sci- Aging, Subcommittee B, National Institute on Aging (1996-2000); NICHD’s mission through existing NICHD programs. ence, Quasi-Humanities,” The American Sociologist 22 (Fall/Win- Chair, Sociology Program, Committee of Visitors (1996) and An electronic version of the Program Announcement can ter 1991-92); Co-Author with John D. McCarthy, “Resource Mo- Member, Sociology Panel (1991-93), National Science Founda- be found at: www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf9984. For bilization and Social Movements: A Partial Theory,” American tion; Member, Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID), Board additional information contact: Program Director, Education Journal of Sociology 82 (1977); “On the Social Control of Indus- of Overseers (1990-96); Board of Directors, Wisconsin Commit- Research, Initiative, Room 855, Division of Research, tries,” Social Forces 57 (1978); Organizational Change: The Political tee to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect (1992-96). Offices, Com- Evaluation, and Communication; (703) 306-1650; e-mail Economy of the YMCA, University of Chicago Press (1970). Pro- mittee Memberships, and Editorial Appointments Held in [email protected]. MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES 5

Nominations Sought for Major ASA Awards in 2000 The ASA Council recently changed should include a summary of nominee’s specific product. This is not an award considered. Send nominations to: the award cycle for the eight major ASA career or achievement, and the way in simply for being an outstanding teacher Alexander Hicks, Department of awards. Awards selection committees which they are consistent with the at one’s own institution. Individuals, Sociology, Tarbutton Hall, Room 225, will return to the practice of selecting traditions of these outstanding African- departments, schools, or other collective Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322; winners a year in advance. The selec- American scholars and educators. actors are eligible. Nominations should (404) 727-0832; e-mail ahicks@soc. tion committees will meet at the Annual Nominations should include a one-to- include the name of the nominee and a emory.edu. The deadline is June 15, 1999. Meeting a year in advance of conferring two page statement and a vita, if one-to-two page statement explaining the award to finalize their selection. applicable, and be submitted to: the basis of the nomination. Nomina- Career of Distinguished Scholarship Because of this switch, two rounds of Howard Winant, Department of tions should also include a vita, if Award awards are sought in spring 1999–one Sociology, University of Pennsylvania, applicable, and relevant supporting This award honors scholars who have round to be presented at the 1999 3718 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA materials (such as course materials, shown outstanding commitment to the meeting and the second for the 2000 19104-6299; (215) 898-2022; fax (215) 242- textbooks, or other evidence of contribu- profession of sociology and whose meeting. 1896; e-mail [email protected]. tion). Members of the Association or cumulative work has contributed in Nominations for the 2000 cycle are The deadline is June 15, 1999. other interested parties may submit important ways to the advancement of encouraged as soon as possible. The nominations to: Caroline Hodges the discipline. The body of lifetime work Award for Public Understanding of deadline for all award nominations is Persell, Department of Sociology, New may include theoretical and/or method- Sociology th June 15, 1999. Award selection commit- York University, 269 Mercer Street, 4 ological contributions. The committee is tees, appointed by ASA Council, are This award is given annually to a Floor, New York, NY 10003; (212) 998- particularly interested in work that constituted to receive and review person or persons who have made 8350; fax (212) 995-4140; e-mail substantially reorients the field in nominees and make a final decision at exemplary contributions to advance the [email protected]. The deadline general or in a particular subfield. the 1999 ASA Annual Meeting. public understanding of sociology, is June 15, 1999. Nominations should include a copy of sociological research, and scholarship the nominee’s curriculum vita and letters Dissertation Award Distinguished Scholarly Publication among the general public. The award in support of the nomination. The most Award The ASA Dissertation Award honors may recognize a contribution in the compelling cases contain five to eight the best PhD dissertation from among preceding year or for a longer career of This award is given for a single book letters from a variety of individuals able those submitted by advisors and such contributions. Please submit or monograph published in the three to speak to the qualifications of the mentors in the discipline. Nominations nominee’s name and vita, and a detailed calendar years preceding the award nominees. These may be obtained by the must be received from the student’s one-to-two page nomination statement year. The winner of this award will be person making the nomination and advisor or the scholar most familiar that describes how the person’s work offered a lectureship known as the forwarded to the committee, with the with the student’s research. Nomina- has contributed to increasing the public Sorokin Lecture. Regional and state nominee’s vita, as a package. Nomina- tions should explain the precise nature understanding and knowledge of sociological associations/societies may tions remain under active consideration and merits of the work. Dissertations sociology to: Sara S. McLanahan, Office apply to ASA to receive this lecture at for five years from date of receipt. defended in the 1998 calendar year will of Population Research, 21 Prospect ASA expense after the award recipient is Members of the Association and other be eligible. Send nominating letters, six Avenue, Princeton University, Princeton, announced. Two members of the interested parties may submit nomina- copies of the dissertation, and nominee’s NJ 08544-2091; (609) 258-4875; fax (609) Association must submit letters in tions to: ASA Executive Office, Attn: curriculum vita (with current address) 258-5804; e-mail mclanaha@princeton. support of each nomination for the Governance, 1307 New York Avenue to: Benjamin Bowser, 7075 Elverton edu. The deadline is June 15, 1999. award. Nominations should include NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005- Drive, Oakland, CA 94611; (510) 885- name of author, title of book, date of 4701; e-mail [email protected]. The 3173; fax (510) 885-2390; e-mail Distinguished Career Award for the publication, publisher, and brief state- deadline is June 15, 1999. Late arriving [email protected]. The dead- Practice of Sociology ments from two (differently located) nominations will be held over for the ❑ line is June 15, 1999. This award honors outstanding sources as to why the book should be following award year. contributions to sociological practice. Jessie Bernard Award The award may recognize work that has The Jessie Bernard Award is given in facilitated or served as a model for the recognition of scholarly work that has work of others, work that has signifi- enlarged the horizons of sociology to cantly advanced the utility of one or encompass fully the role of women in more specialty areas in sociology and, Spotlight on Departments society. The contribution may be in by so doing, has elevated the profes- empirical research, theory, or methodol- sional status or public image of the field An occasional column showcasing accomplish- ogy. It may be for an exceptional single as a whole, or work that has been work, several pieces of work, or signifi- honored or widely recognized outside ments and innovations in sociology departments cant cumulative work done throughout the discipline for its significant impacts, a professional career. The award is open particularly in advancing human Hunter College Engages First Generation to works by women or men and is not welfare. The recipient of this award will restricted to works by sociologists. The have spent at least a decade of full-time College Students in Applied Research works need not have been published work involving research, administrative, recently; however, it must have been or operational responsibilities as a Ask Pamela Stone, chair at Hunter their card multiple times. The study was published by the date of nomination. member of or consultant to private or College, to describe the student body and carried in several New York City papers Nominations for the Jessie Bernard public organizations, agencies, or “diversity” does not begin to capture the The New York Times included a story Award may be submitted only by associations, or as a solo practitioner. students at the College and those about Professor Yaffa Schlesinger and her members of the Association. Nomina- Nominations should include a one–to– majoring in sociology. “The majority of sociology of the family course. As part of tions for scholarly works should include two page statement and the vita of the our students are people of color, the first the course requirements, Schlesinger asks a one to two page statement explaining nominee and be submitted to: Leonard I. in their family to attend college, and they students to interview a grandparent. the importance of the work. Nomina- Pearlin, Department of Sociology, 2112 juggle school with heavy work and Since 1984, this assignment has produced tions for career achievement should Art-Sociology Building, University of family responsibilities.” How, then, can a hundreds of stories, many of which are include a letter of nomination, two Maryland, College Park, MD 20742- department engage students in the collected in a book “An Interview with copies of the vita of the nominee, and 1315; (301) 405-7706; fax (301) 314-6892; profession generally and in research my Grandparent.” Schlesinger feels that examples of relevant scholarship or e-mail [email protected]. The opportunities? this approach brings out information other materials. Nominations should be deadline is June 15, 1999. Faculty at Hunter have been particu- about the two key variables in family life: submitted to: Barbara Katz Rotham, larly creative in involving students in love and power, as well as historical Distinguished Contributions to Department of Sociology, Baruch applied research project. For example, information that teaches students about Teaching Award College, City University of New York, 17 Peter Tuckel, teaches the basic research the importance of social context. Lexington Avenue, New York, NY This award honors outstanding methods course. Rather than ask stu- Consistent with this applied ap- 10010; (212) 387-1709; fax (212) 387-1708. contributions to the undergraduate dents to create a research project, he proach, the Department offers an MS The deadline is June 15, 1999. and/or graduate teaching and learning works with them to identify an applied degree in applied sociology. There are of sociology which improve the quality research project that would be useful to three formal areas of specialization: DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award of teaching. The award is for outstand- the community. This past year, the marketing research and consumer Created in 1971, this award honors ing contributions which span a career or students conducted a survey of behavior, media analysis, and non-profit the intellectual traditions and contribu- series of projects that deserve recogni- straphangers (that’s subway riders for research and policy analysis. Student tions of W.E.B. DuBois, Charles S. tion beyond local institutions such as those not from New York) and their take qualitative and quantitative research Johnson, and E. Franklin Frazier. The publications related to teaching, frustration with having to swipe their courses, a theory course, do a client- award is given either to a sociologist for workshops, program development, MetroCard multiple times. Students oriented practicum, and an internship. a lifetime of research, teaching, and innovative teaching techniques, or observed “card swiping” in 26 different Most of the graduate students attend service to the community or to an contributions to state, regional or stations and prepared a report for the part-time and are from low income academic institution for its work in national associations. The award may Transit Authority. Results showed that backgrounds. This department has a assisting the development of scholarly recognize either a career contribution or thirty percent of subway riders swipe good track record placing students. ❑ efforts in this tradition. A nomination 6 MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES

We’d Love to Hire Them, But . . . The Underrepresentation of Sociologists of Color and Its Implications by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Texas A&M tenure track faculty in these departments. scholars in the discipline. color in the upper echelons of sociology. A University, and Cedric Herring, University of This level meets but does not exceed the Second, the lack of diversity is an first step in addressing the institutional Illinois-Chicago national picture. In 1992, African-Ameri- obstacle to increasing minority presence, whiteness of many departments is to be cans earned 6.8 percent of the PhDs since would-be professors of color are often supportive of the few sociologists of color The percentage of top-ranked sociol- produced in sociology and Latinos earned concerned about the lack of mentors in such they already have and to recruit others ogy departments without a single African 3.3 percent (National Research Council environments. And this is not small who are prepared but lack access. Depart- American or Latino faculty member, or 1996). African-Americans comprised 6 potatoes since mentorship often translates ments must turn their sociological imagi- with only token representation, is simply percent of the full-time faculty in the into sponsored mobility. For graduate nations inward. Rather than blaming the shameful. In our recent survey of the 34 discipline at-large in 1992; Latinos made up students of color, the consequences of this victims, white sociologists must remove top-ranked sociology programs (of which 2.8 percent (National Center of Educational lack of diversity can be deleterious. They the “white glaucoma” (Fine 1997) that 29 responded), we found that: Statistics 1996: 240). can range from limited opportunities for prevents them from seeing their participa- • Fewer than 15% of these departments Disappointing is the list of departments collaboration with (white) faculty, restricted tion in the creation and maintenance of have more than one full-time, tenure with zero African American and Latino access to needed resources and information, virtually all-white departments. White track African American faculty representation. Four highly rated pro- as well as negative evaluations of research sociologists must accept responsibility for member and more than one full-time, grams—the University of Chicago, the accomplishments and teaching effective- the racial status quo in their departments. tenure track Latino faculty member. University of North Carolina, the Univer- ness. Second, we believe that the American • Four top ranked departments had no sity of Minnesota, and the University of Third, many faculty and students of Sociological Association should set forth African American or Latino faculty. Iowa—report no full-time, tenure track color in such settings survive by “going guidelines for incorporating sociologists of • Six top-ranked departments have only African American or Latino faculty white,” that is, by making their “ideological color into departments of sociology in the token (i.e., only one) African Ameri- members. Also discouraging are those positions, cultural concerns, and research new millenium much as it did when it can or Latino faculty members. programs (Harvard, Indiana, Duke, interests indistinguishable from those of called for representation of women in Taking into account all persons of color, Cornell, Johns Hopkins, and Vanderbilt) their white colleagues” (Sutherland departments of sociology “equivalent to the overall performance of the top 29 with only token (i.e., only one African 1990:19). We believe that this the proportion receiving PhDs.” (Ameri- departments is more favorable, but American or one Latino) minority faculty deracialization of scholarship is not can Sociological Association 1984:1). challenges remain with respect to the presence, a context which presents prob- appropriate because it does little to make American Sociological Association’s efforts inclusion of African-American and Latino lems for the minority scholars as well. our discipline more inclusive or to increase with MOST and the MFP have helped faculty in these departments. The absence The implications of these data are the range of ideas and views on questions increase the proportion of sociologists of of African-Americans in the top-ranked manifold. First, many of the minority of the day. We believe that a better long- color. It should now articulate a set of PhD-granting programs is both a symbolic students and minority faculty members in term strategy would be to transform our hiring, tenure, and promotion goals and and real problem. In this essay, we high- these departments experience a very lonely departments and universities into more timetables for the profession that will light the underrepresentation of these existence. Too often, their solitude trans- hospitable, inclusive entities that appreciate match the new demographic realities of sociologists of color and some of its lates into marginalization and intellectual and embrace diversity. the discipline. implications. We also make some modest isolation from white colleagues who Fourth, to the degree that top-ranked Third, to expand the pool of minority recommendations that we believe would be frequently have very different scholarly departments have a disproportionate sociologists, departments cannot continue useful in enhancing the representation of agendas. Being detached from others in impact on defining the discipline, the passing the institutional buck. They must people of color generally in the upper one’s department can have direct effects on underrepresentation of African-American foster the development of sociologists of echelons of sociology. levels of productivity, especially in certain and Latino sociologists in these programs color in their own programs. Ultimately, While some top-ranked departments of subfields of the discipline in which collabo- can also show up as underrepresentation in this is the only way that the pool of sociology have every right to be proud of ration and research teams are the norm. the leading journals that define the disci- “qualified” minority sociologists can be their records of hiring, promoting, and But also, differing programs can have pline, and as a lack of understanding and expanded. If this is not done, twenty years retaining faculty of color, too many others negative effects on the evaluation of one’s appreciation of the kind of work being done from now many in the discipline will fall short on the diversity question. Table 1 work, and ultimately can have implications by minority scholars. continue singing the same old song about presents the racial and ethnic composition for others’ perceptions of the quality and In addition to being underrepresented in “how few qualified sociologists of color of the top 34 PhD-granting sociology appropriateness of one’s work. Thus, we top-ranked programs, our survey shows are in the market.” departments in the nation as ranked by the believe that the limited representation of that African Americans and Latinos in these Finally, departments must work to 1998 U.S. News and World Report. This table African-American and Latino scholars can departments are more than twice as likely improve the racial climates on their indicates that African Americans make up also have serious repercussions for the as their white colleagues to have joint campuses, demonstrate greater commit- 6.7 percent of the full-time tenure and tenure and mobility chances of such appointments rather than full-time appoint- ment to diversity, help minority students ments in sociology alone. This in their adjustments to their new cam- disproportionally high number of minority puses, and encourage greater interaction faculty with joint appointments carries among whites (students and faculty) and obvious burdens created by this double people of color (students and faculty). duty. Such efforts will help ameliorate the climate of muted hostility that so many The Challenge: Increasing Minority faculty of color find alienating at predomi- Representation in Top Departments nantly white universities. In the old days, people of color were told Although these are very modest that they were held back because they were recommendations, we believe that they not as qualified or did not have credentials can serve our discipline well. We hope that matched those of whites. Even today, that this essay helps our colleagues some people argue that sociologists of color recognize that we must “do the right are less qualified than whites, that few thing” if we want our discipline to reflect qualified candidates from minority groups the diversity of our country. Continuing to exist, or that concessions have to be made do business as usual will only guarantee or standards lowered to attract faculty of that our business will remain as white in color (e.g., Kindrow 1991; Morris 1997). the 21st century as it has been in the 20th However, ASA programs like the Minority century. Fellowship Program and MOST (Minority References Opportunities through School Transforma- tion) Program have helped produce more American Sociological Association. 1984. than 200 new African American, Latino, Guidelines for Incorporating Women Faculty into Native American, and Asian American Departments of Sociology. Washington, DC: PhDs in sociology in top-ranked programs American Sociological Association. (Murguia 1998). Arguably, people of color Fine, Michelle. 1997. “Witnessing Whiteness.” are better represented in sociology than in Pp. 57-65 in Off White: Readings on Race, Power, allied fields such as political science and and Society, edited by Michelle Fine et al. New economics. Nevertheless, many sociology York and London: Routledge. departments keep relying on the “demo- Kindrow, G. 1991. “The Candidate: Inside graphic fallacy”(Mickelson and Oliver One Affirmative Action Search.” Lingua 1991) and the “institutional [white] chore- Franca, April: 21-25. ography that renders whiteness Mickelson, Roslyn, and Melvin L. Oliver. meritocratic and other colors deficient” 1991. “The Demographic Fallacy of the Black (Fine 1997: 64) as arguments for justifying Academic: Does Quality Rise to the Top?” Pp. the abysmal minority representation in the 177-195 in College in Black and White: African discipline. American Students in Predominantly White and Historically Black Public Universities, edited by Some Modest Recommendations Walter Allen et al. Albany, NY: SUNY Press. There are specific steps that can be taken to enhance the representation of people of See Underrepresentation, page 7 MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES 7

MOST Program Moves Ahead The chairs and coordinators from symposia to share their findings. Several MOST, such as mentoring, working with share with other departments. One of the eleven of the MOST schools met in Wash- new hires to the department selected a job students on research, and curriculum Academic Workshops will address ington, DC, on February 26-28, 1999, to offer at UPR-M because of the commitment transformation, are not typically included “Effective Mentoring Systems in Under- work on their plans for the final two years to students and the exciting culture of in faculty promotion and tenure. The graduate Programs.“ The MOST student of the Ford Foundation-supported project. research collaboration at the Center. group discussed how different institu- roundtables will showcase a wonderful In preparation for the meeting, each • Jose Calderon and Betty Farrell, Pitzer tional missions might make such inclusion array of student researchers. These department prepared an assessment of College, focused on their research training possible and important, and how we presentations and reveal the talents of their activities to date, and proposed in the form of participatory action research. might go about suggesting means to do so. these students and insights on their initiatives for the next two years. The Students engage in a number of projects At the 1999 Annual Meeting, the research topic, but further, they illumi- additional support from the Foundation (e.g. case studies of domestic violence) in achievements of the MOST departments nate the departments that nurtured them permits financial awards to departments to the Los Angeles area and with farmworkers become most visible. The MOST program to these successful early points in their move forward on their plans. The confer- in California. Students and faculty at Pitzer always looks for transportable models to sociological careers. ❑ ence was planned and led by ASA staff: have formed on-going relationships with Felice J. Levine, Executive Officer; Carla B. several activist groups and returns to work Howery, Deputy Executive Officer; Edward with them every semester. Murguia, Director, Minority Affairs • Fernando Rodriguez, University of MOST Department Receives Diversity Award Program; and Havidan Rodriguez, past Texas-El Paso, noted the importance of the On March 2, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology of Southwestern Director, Minority Affairs Program. new computer laboratory at the University University received the University’s first annual Unity in Action Diversity Award in Each department team met with two and how it serves as a place for majors to the department/office category. This award was established this year by the South- ASA staff for a “reverse site visit.” These “call home” and work together on research. western University Office of Diversity Education and the student organization, sessions encouraged penetrating give and The department members have offices Bridge Builders. Awards were presented during a ceremony held as one of a series of take about plans, hurdles, and opportuni- around the perimeter of one of the labs, events sponsored during Diversity Week, held March 1-5, 1999. ties. These conversations built on actual site which allows additional interaction with “The award is an opportunity to recognize people in the Southwestern University visits undertaken by the ASA MOST staff in students. The department’s new MA community that are doing an active and PRO active job in encouraging social justice the first phases of the program as well as program, which serves the local area and multiculturalism.” One award was given in each of six categories: individual on several interim reports giving depart- students, centers on applied social research. student, individual support staff, professional staff/administrator, faculty member, ments feedback on possible directions to • Beth Schneider, University of Califor- student organization, and department/office. Two of the department’s five faculty make the most of MOST. nia-Santa Barbara, reported on an abun- members were also recognized as nominees in the faculty category. As a group of the whole, the eleven dance of riches, with the over 800 sociology As a recipient of the Unity in Action Diversity Award, the department received a teams concentrated on advancing the five majors in the department. The department framed certificate of commendation and a Kenyan stone sculpture, both of which themes of MOST: climate, curriculum, has established a two-year research will rotate between faculty offices in the department. research training, pipeline, and mentoring. sequence for a subset of students that Southwestern is one of eighteen departments participation in ASA’s MOST Special guest, Jerry Gaff, Vice President provides for a “cohort effect” in research Program, Minority Opportunities through School Transformation. As reported over of the American Association of Colleges training and involves working with faculty the years to Footnotes readers, this project aims to achieve excellence and inclusive- and Universities, gave a presentation about on publishable projects. ness in undergraduate and graduate education through concrete, department-wide his organization’s Preparing Future Faculty • Havidan Rodriguez presented some of change. This past Fall, the Ford Foundation provided an additional $485,000 to ASA (PFF) Initiative. Doctoral-granting institu- the key principles of effective mentoring, based on its assessment of the progress and promise of MOST. Conferral of the tions are linked with local undergraduate and the challenges of establishing, nurtur- Diversity Award to the department at Southwestern University is a strong indicator institutions of all sizes and types to help ing, and sustaining a systemic, departmen- of what has already been achieved. prepare future faculty for teaching and the tal mentoring approach. A core goal of broader faculty role in a variety of contexts. MOST is to set up such systems, in many The group discussed ways in which MOST and various ways, such that all students schools could be PFF sending and receiving benefit from faculty mentoring. sites and ensure involvement of new • Benigno Aquirre, Texas A & M Univer- minority PhDs. sity, described the success in that depart- The second guest speaker, Bonney ment with a PhD sociologist in the role as The Demise of the GRE Sheahan of the National Science Founda- key sociology adviser. She links student tion, discussed opportunities for under- interests and faculty interests more graduate research training and support. effectively, and handles general issues, such Sociology Examination She highlighted in particular the opportu- as resume writing, with presentations to nities through Research Experiences for groups of students. by Rhonda Zingraff, Chair used. Whatever the logic, we have an Undergraduates (REU). Departments may • Mark Ellis, William Paterson Univer- GRE Sociology Subject Exam Committee ending to acknowledge, and that calls for apply to become REU sites offering sity, noted their success with a student lab some personal acknowledgments! research training. Further, individual and meeting center, as well as a system of After the spring of 2000, the Educa- Most importantly, Richard Hall of investigators with NSF support may ask for assigning majors as advisees to their tional Testing Service will no longer SUNY at Albany deserves recognition supplemental funding to involve students faculty. Each faculty member is responsible administer the GRE Subject Test in and appreciation for his outstanding in their research. for seeing students every term and check- Sociology. Along with History, Sociology leadership as Chair of the Committee for MOST schools shared some of their ing on progress and plans. was recently identified by the GRE many years. His organizational skills successes in undergraduate research Carla Howery laid out some of the Administrative Board as a subject test to might be easily assumed, given his training: issues involve in aligning an institution’s discontinue. The decision was based sociological expertise, but more than that • Alfonso Latoni, University of Puerto mission with its reward system, and in upon a decline in numbers, which at first his intellectual energies deserve applause Rico-Mayaguez, described his University’s particular how MOST-related activities can glance suggests a purely economic in this column. Dick Hall was the pioneer Center for Applied Social Research, in be assessed and honored. MOST centers on rationale. However, the continuation of of the sociological reasoning sets that which undergraduate students are heavily department-level change, so it is important any test requires a sufficiently high distinguished “our” exam from all others. involved in almost every research project. that as many faculty are involved as number of test-takers to enable the These were clusters of questions that Students have organized several research possible. Further, many of the activities in statisticians at ETS to score the exam could discern far more about someone’s properly. Because the Sociology numbers sociological aptitude than would be had dropped to a level that made this typically expected of a standardized test. impossible, no new versions of the exam In addition, Phyllis Teitelbaum should be can be constructed. Forms already acknowledged as a colleague in sociology from page 6 Underrepresentation, developed will last one more year, and whose many years of work with ETS involved outstanding oversight of the 1 then institutions that have used the Morris, Aldon. 1997. Remarks at the We would like to express our gratitude to Sociology GRE will need to make policy Sociology Subject Test. The individual Martin Luther King Symposium, University those departments of sociology that adjustments. members of the Committee, over the of Michigan, Sponsored by the Department provided data about the demographic Because the numbers taking the test years, and the item-writers, who contrib- of Sociology. composition of their faculty. This essay uted questions in their areas of expertise, Murguia, Edward. 1998. “Minority simply would not have been possible have been so low, it seems likely that the are far too numerous to name, but should Fellowship Program Celebrates 25th without such assistance. We also thank the numbers who will mourn its passing will be categorically appreciated for holding Anniversary: Over 200 Minority PhDs Enrich reviewers for their helpful comments and also be low. For a few years, efforts to the Profession.” Footnotes 26:1, 6. suggestions. We acknowledge that this essay clarify the particular strengths of this the sociology standards high! National Center for Education Statistics. was inspired by comments made to the co- exam at the ASA Annual Meeting and at My brief tenure as Committee Chair 1996. The Digest of Education Statistics. authors by committee members at the some regional meetings have yielded has provoked some greater sense of Washington, DC: U.S. Department of American Sociological Association’s meeting negligible results. I suspect the most empathy with the scriptwriters of high Education. of the 1998 Committee on the Status of Racial central explanation pertains to cost, and quality television programs that disap- National Research Council. 1994. The and Ethnic Minorities in Sociology, in San the reluctance of graduate admissions pear due to low ratings. Fortunately, no Survey of Earned Doctorates. Washington, DC: Francisco. While we thank these colleagues authorities to burden candidates with one’s career is on the line with the National Research Council. for providing the inspiration, this essay has added exams and expenses. Another disappearance of the Sociology GRE, so Sutherland, Marcia E. 1990. “Black not been reviewed nor endorsed by that reason may involve the level of rivalry for all that’s left is to commend those whose Faculty in White Academia: The Fit is an Committee. The co-authors bear sole entry into graduate programs, which is talents gave it so much quality. I hope Uneasy One.” Western Journal of Black Studies responsibility for the views expressed here. this announcement, and these comments, ❑ sufficiently intense in Psychology, for 14:17-23. example, that the subject test is widely will reach them all. ❑ 8 MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES Three Sociologists Walk the Talk . . . By Bicycle by Carla B. Howery, and wonderful. I missed an entire day of concrete examples for them.” night in camp people from the organiza- Deputy Executive Officer the ride because I had allowed myself to “As a sociologist, it is interesting to tions we were raising money for would get dehydrated. But rather than feeling watch the organizers of the AIDS ride come to describe the work they were Three sociologists trained for and like my body betrayed me, which is how attempt to create community,” said doing. While she was raising money, she participated in the bicycle ride to raise I felt as a fat adolescent who saw myself Beisel. “Doing the miles is hard, and on went and visited a Chicago organization money for research on AIDS. Nicola as an okay person in an utterly unaccept- some days the only way to keep riding called AIDSCare, which is a community Beisel, ; Melissa able shell, I knew that I had missed parts was to find someone to talk to who housed in a building that has been a rich Herbert, Hamline University; and Tracy of the AIDS ride because I had betrayed could distract from various pains. But folks’ mansion, a brothel, a convent, and Ore, St. Cloud State University, rode the my body.” every evening the riders who had is now home for indigent people with 500-mile route from the Twin Cities to finished the ride early would applaud AIDS. The founder of AIDSCare said Chicago last summer. Each found the ride Shifting Views on the Stigma of AIDS the late riders as they came in. that he became involved with the issue a field day for the sociological eye. The three sociologists were struck by Herbert, too, was most impressed when a friend working at a hospital The motivations of the three for the shifting views in mainstream Ameri- with the logistics and how an entire called him in the early 1980s to come undertaking the ride varied, but they can toward AIDS. Each rider commented “town” was re-established each night in visit a young man who was dying of shared in common a sociologist’s zeal for on the warm welcome they received in a different place - providing food, “gay cancer.” His family had disowned collective action. Biesel, celebrating her the small towns along the route. In Elroy, shelter, showers, medical, etc., for over him, and the few friends he had were th 40 birthday last spring, reflected more WI, residents handed apples to every 2,000 people - riders and crew alike. afraid of catching his disease and would than usual on mortality. “Unlike many rider. In McHenry, IL, the riders were “The military could learn from the not touch him.” The riders marveled at people on the AIDS ride, the people close greeted with posters and ribbons clockwork-like operation of this group,” how the providers chose this work and to me have not been touched by AIDS. But everywhere. Ore noted that her perspec- she said. how they sustained their commitment to like many people on the ride, I did decide tive of small town America really it. Reinvigorating the Curriculum and Co- to do the ride in part because of grief. In changed given the warm support they To Beisel, the Ride experience was curriculum my case, a close friend of mine who was experienced. Each commented on the integral to and reinforcing of her in her early 40s was diagnosed in 1996 shift in American attitudes about AIDS in Teaching about AIDS, about gender professional engagement. “In a strange with Stage 4 colon cancer. My friend had a relatively short time. inequality, and about gay and lesbian way, doing the AIDS ride was a return access to the best available medical care, But how much have attitudes shifted issues had been a part of courses each of to the reason why I decided to be a and she had a loving partner, family, and beyond the context of an event like the these sociologists taught. Often the sociologist. I was an idealistic 20-year community of friends. I knew that many Ride? “As a sociologist,” said Ore, “I courses have included guests from old, and I became a sociologist because I people with AIDS were poor, or were watched how we all helped each other to community agencies. As Herbert wanted to help change the world. The impoverished by their disease; I also reinterpret events and actions and reported, “The outreach coordinator for world has proven reluctant to change knew that AIDS is a stigmatizing illness reconstruct the meanings of categories one of the beneficiaries has visited my because of my efforts, but the AIDS ride and that some people with the disease and behaviors. As an example, in the class on HIV/AIDS for the past two gave me a way to feel that I was giving were abandoned by their families.” non-ride world, people with AIDS are years, and it was really great to think something important to others.” Tracy Ore has had several people close singled out and stigmatized, very rarely that I was doing something that would Will they do it again? Well, Ore plans to her die from AIDS, including her seen in a positive light. In the Ride benefit an organization that I really to serve as a crewmember for the Twin brother. Since his death, she has been world, people with AIDS are singled knew something about and that was Cities-Wisconsin-Chicago AIDS Ride 4 active “to try to find a productive outlet out—marked with a bright orange flag local. It was more meaningful to know and as a rider in the Boston- New York for my anger and sorrow. I incorporated and/or a ‘Positive Peddler’ jersey. These that the dollars actually translated into, AIDS Ride 4. issues of AIDS in my classes, I became riders were often cheered and I know for example, meals to those who can no involved with ACT-UP, I volunteered at that, each time I was passed by a ‘Posi- longer shop and cook for themselves.” Nicola Beisel ([email protected]) food pantries, and so forth. “ Ore felt that Melissa S. Herbert ([email protected]) tive Peddler’ I was inspired to keep Beisel also appreciated a closer ❑ the AIDS Ride would give her a way to do going. AIDS in the AIDS Ride world held connection with the beneficiaries. Every Tracy E. Ore ([email protected]) something that would directly help no stigma and people with AIDS served people who are living with AIDS. as role models.” Ore’s enthusiasm for the Ride caught Beisel added that the Ride also teaches Melissa Herbert’s attention at the ASA lessons in visibility and she hopes that it May 3 Deadline Annual Meeting in Toronto where they gives another image of the gay commu- met and talked. Herbert, involved in nity to people who have had little volunteer work related to HIV/AIDS for exposure to gay folks. “One of my Task Force Volunteers Sought many years, has always made an effort to favorite people on the ride was a man incorporate the issue into her classes, named Will. Will was a “spokesbuster,” Nominations are sought for the first this Task Force is examine the mea- including a First Year Seminar course meaning that this year he was doing all four Task Forces created by Council sures used by universities, colleges, called “HIV/AIDS: A Sociocultural five of the AIDS rides. Will had a fairly under the committee restructuring plan and various external agencies to Perspective.” Part of her biography outlandish acrylic wig glued to his (see February 1999 Footnotes for details). assess faculty productivity and to includes time in the military, an experi- helmet. When I asked him about the wig, The deadline is Monday, May 3. Nomina- determine if these measures threaten ence on which she drew as she trained for he said that he wears it to break the ice. tions, including self-nominations, should the freedom of faculty teaching and the ride and observed its logistics. People laugh at the wig and he can start include a statement of interest and brief research. biographical sketch on relevant back- conversations with them. He can tell (2) Task Force on Articulation of Sociol- Getting Ready and the Ride ground and expertise. Send materials to them (as he told me) about living with ogy in Two-Year and Four-Year the Subcommittee on Committee Training and preparing for the Ride HIV for 15 years after being told that he Sociology Program. The purpose of Restructuring, c/o ASA, 1307 New York was no small feat. Each person need to would die in less than two. this Task Force is to examine sociology Avenue, NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC raise a minimum of $2,300 in pledges to programs in community colleges in 20005. The Subcommittee (Linda Waite, ride. Each woman needed to undertake The Creation of Community light of current guidelines for sociol- Chair) will review nominees and submit serious training to get ready for the ride. ogy in the undergraduate curriculum Even for the trained sociological lens, a list of potential appointees to Council Herbert contrasted the physical chal- and to develop curriculum guidelines these three observers were struck by how for selection. Appointments are to be lenges she faced while in the Army with that would be useful for community rapidly a sense of shared norms and made in early June. those of the Ride. “In the Army, I had college programs as well as for linking community evolved among the riders. In establishing these Task Forces, done things that were more physically Joining thousands of riders, facing two-year and four-year programs. challenging and under conditions that Council underscored its commitment to adversity, and being dedicated to a cause (3) Task Force on Current Knowledge on were anything but supportive. As much the broad participation of the ASA certainly provide the ingredients for Hate/Bias Acts on College and as I hate to admit it, I think age, commit- membership in the Association’s work. community and cohesion. All three riders University Campuses. The purpose of ment to the cause, etc. makes it seem Future Task Force ideas (typically to be commented on how well everyone got the Task Force is to examine the easier than some of the things I did when submitted each fall and considered at the along, even when in pain, or facing a existing empirical literature (including I was younger. Many times when I was mid-year meeting of Council) may come rain-soaked tent. that available from institutional feeling too tired or my knees ached or my from across the Association, including Norms of mutual support and trust studies and reports) and prepare a butt screamed, a Positive Peddler [a from ASA members, sections, commit- sprung up quickly, even to the point report about what is known about the person with HIV/AIDS] would fly by and tees, or Council itself. Council urges where people hung $20 bills on the scope and nature of hate/bias acts on I’d think, “What am I whining about?” members with relevant interests to (unattended) clothesline to dry after a campuses, successful preventive Beisel, too, reflected on the way the volunteer to serve on the first set of Task rainstorm soaked everyone’s clothes to strategies and response mechanisms, AIDS ride taught remarkable lessons Forces. the skin. and model programs about bodies. “Like most American Tracy Ore was impressed by the Recommendations for Task Forces women I have learned to be critical of my solidarity and community that emerged (4) Task Force on the International Focus body, and, while I lecture in my gender in the AIDS ride. The Council approved the following of American Sociology. The purpose courses on how unrealistic contemporary “I now see the possibility of construct- Task Forces and their “charges.” of this Task Force is to provide the Association with a comprehensive beauty standards are, I have also internal- ing supportive communities that can (1) Task Force on the Implications of review of the international focus of the ized them. After riding hundreds and work toward positive social change. Assessing Faculty Productivity and Association. ❑ hundreds of miles to train for the ride I When my students say that it’s not Teaching Effectiveness. The purpose of realized that my body was remarkable possible to organize for change I have MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES 9

Public Forum

discrimination; surveying public opinion First, my column is about the impor- The “Purpose” of the Council Action polls for signs of the public opposition to tance of a scientific organization like ASA ASA? The ASA Council met on February 5-7, 1999, affirmative action to which mass media playing a responsible role in disseminating and discussed the statement from the thirty- referred; and reading social psychological and promoting the uses of sound science on The purpose of the American Sociologi- eight current and former members. They studies for evidence of adverse effects on issues of broad social concern and social cal Association is the promotion and the discussed the nature of the Spivack Program intended beneficiaries. In short, I sought policy. Since establishing the Spivack protection of the discipline of sociology. and its publications and passed the follow- scholarly evidence against affirmative Program in Applied Social Research and In a celebration of the publication and ing motion: action to ensure that the product of this Social Policy in 1991, the Association has ASA sponsorship of Barbara Reskin’s The Motion: To acknowledge receipt of the project would be—and appear to be— been much more intentional in doing so. Realities of Affirmative Action in Employment, materials from Professor Tomasson and to impartial. With the benefit of an Advisory Panel, the ASA Executive Officer Felice J. Levine has recommend the petition be published in Although I found reasoned ideologically Program undertakes conferences, work- written that the Association has “a special Footnotes, and to ask the Executive Officer based opposition to affirmative action (as shops, and study panels; Congressional opportunity to bring social science knowl- and the author of the Spivack report on well as reasoned ideologically based seminars and other public briefings; and edge to bear on important issues of social The Realities of Affirmative Action in support for it), I found little empirical training initiatives (e.g., a Congressional concern and social policy” (Footnotes, Employment to prepare a response for evidence that it was harmful. In contrast, Fellowship, ASA-AAAS Media Fellowship). September-October 1998, page 2). publication in Footnotes, including a the evidence regarding on-going discrimi- The purpose of the Spivack Program is We believe Executive Officer Levine is description of the Spivack Program and nation; the need for policy interventions to neither to engage in advocacy research nor mistaken. Sociologists have that “special how it operates. Carried unanimously. address it; the limits of anti-discrimination to “duck” scientific knowledge on issues opportunity,” not the American Sociologi- laws for addressing race, ethnic, and sex that might be contested or controversial. cal Association. segregation; and the proven potential of Instead, the Program aims to bring socio- There is a long and respectable tradition Reskin Responds affirmative action to reduce discrimination logical knowledge to bear on issues of of advocacy research in sociology and the is not of the type about which well- societal importance or potential policy social sciences. We do not mean to question ASA Council asked me to respond to the informed scholars disagree. It admits to consequences. While, after careful review, it. But the practice and sponsorship of letter signed by Richard Tomasson et al. one conclusion: Affirmative action, or the the Association disseminates products of advocacy research by the American questioning the ASA undertaking undertak- same thing under a different name, can the Spivack Program and considers them to Sociological Association is improper and ing a project on affirmative action. Defend- help to contain employment discrimina- be of merit, this is different from implying contradicts the purpose of the Association. ing the project at the request of the ASA has tion. that the works themselves or conclusions It is inappropriate for the American a déjà vu quality, since it was at the ASA’s Professor Tomasson and his cosigners therein reflect the official views of ASA. Sociological Association to take an advo- invitation that I took on the project that led do not object to individual sociologists Second, as I indicated in my column and cacy role on affirmative action. To do so to my writing The Realities of Affirmative recommending policy, they object to the in the Preface to The Realities of Affirmative damages the integrity of the Association as Action in Employment. I took on the project American Sociological Association’s doing Action in Employment, this project was a nonpolitical scientific professional reluctantly (I would have preferred to so. Why didn’t I write the book on my own aimed at rigorous and systematic examina- association. pursue on my own work on which—like and find my own publisher? Setting aside tion of what we know and don’t know The results of the ASA sponsored study, everyone else—I am behind), not as a zealot. the fact that I would have never under- about affirmative action. In undertaking a in Levine’s words, “led to an inextricable Although I supported affirmative action, I taken this project on my own, very few Spivack project in this area, we recognized (sic) conclusion that employment discrimi- had no personal mission to promote it. sociologists have the visibility needed to that affirmative action is a topic more nation is alive, that affirmative action Indeed, the activity that the ASA proposed reach and persuade the policy community. frequently charged with “heat” than programs are often not understood in as part of its Spivack Program in Applied Moreover, the public and policymakers “light.” Consistent with the goals of popular depictions, and that more, not less, Social Research and Social Policy was not to have no way of sorting out credible Spivack, however, our goal was to inform affirmative action is needed” (emphasis make a case for affirmative action, but to scholarly reviews from partisan or polemi- public discussion and debate by adding the added). Were the “inextricable conclusion” examine empirically what scientific research cal efforts. It is for this reason that the perspective of sound social science. We otherwise, it would make no difference to can tell us about the effects of affirmative National Research Council undertakes were fortunate to have a scientist of the our argument here. action. synthetic reviews of matters of national caliber of Barbara Reskin to lead and bring Affirmative action is a public policy on Both the process and the goals of the policies to bring sound science knowledge to fruition this effort, which included an which the American population as well as project conformed to those of the National to the fore on issues of national concern. interdisciplinary working group of social the members of the ASA are divided. That a Research Council where I had had experi- The same aims motivated ASA’s Spivack science experts. As stated in the Preface, majority of the active ASA membership is ence, and both were in keeping with Program in proposing the project and me in “[t]he project sought to take the common- probably supportive of the pro side is conducting an impartial scholarly assess- doing it. place assumptions of proponents and ment. They worked this way: After a two- opponents of affirmative action and ferret irrelevant. Affirmative action at its core is an Barbara F. Reskin, Harvard University issue of the definition, means, and ends of day, research workshop with an interdisci- out myth from reality based strictly on equality upon which equally thoughtful and plinary panel of experts, I spent a year scientific data and research.” The strength knowledgeable people disagree. It is a proto- comprehensively reviewing relevant From the Editor and of the findings, which I overview in my typical hot button issue on which the scholarship and writing a synthesis of that column, were neither anticipated nor American Sociological Association, but not research. Based on reactions from the panel ASA Executive sought as a product of this enterprise. Our its individual members, must be officially of experts, I revised the manuscript. I goal in synthesizing and disseminating neutral if it is to be an association of revised it again on the basis of blind Officer scientific knowledge—whatever we learn— reviews. is to foster its consideration and use. scientific professionals. It is only rarely that the Executive I began the project with two assump- As a scientific society, ASA maintains a The great debate on affirmative action Officer who is Editor of Footnotes writes a tions: eradicating discrimination is a matter commitment to the value of scientific will continue. And it should. And it should response to a “letter” raising questions of pressing concern, and social science can knowledge being used and considered. I proceed with arguments, studies, analyses, about an article that she or he has written. I and should contribute to discovering am proud to be the Executive Officer of an interpretations of research findings by do so in response to a letter from Richard solutions. I could justify the time the project organization that has a Spivack Program sociologists and other social scientists. But Tomasson and 37 other signatories. The would entail only if the result were credible and takes this objective seriously. To me, the this should be done without partisanship premises and conclusions set forth in this and hence potentially influential. So a major measure of whether we are doing this well from the American Sociological Associa- letter suggest that the authors may have consideration was that its scholarship be rests with the quality of our products. I tion. misconstrued my “Open Window” unimpeachable. When I began the project, I urge Footnotes readers to study The Realities We request that Council speak officially editorial on “Affirmative Action . . . expected that the scholarly evidence on of Affirmative Action. I think it meets this to this issue. Bringing Social Science to Bear” and what affirmative action in employment would be test. Kurt W. Back Frederick R. Lynch mixed and that reviewing both positive and ASA does in undertaking such projects (see Stephen Cole Daniel McMurry Felice J. Levine negative evidence would create a report that September/October 1998 issue). Leon A. Clark Charles Moskos both was and appeared to be balanced. William A. Donohue Harold Orlans However, the more I read, the clearer it Robert A. Ellis David Popenoe became that the scholarly evidence strongly Available from the ASA . . . Nathan Glazer John Shelton Reed favored affirmative action to address Norval D. Glenn Alice S. Rossi discrimination. Ted Goertzel Peter H. Rossi The Realities of Affirmative Action David Goldberg Ralph Segalman These results departed so much from my Robert A. Gordon Jackson Toby conventional understanding of affirmative in Employment by Barbara F. Reskin Donald Granberg Dick Tomasson action, that I became nervous that I might be Travis Hirschi Martin Trow missing something important. So I ex- $18.00 to ASA members Paul Hollander Bert Useem tended my search beyond a conventional $25.00 non-members literature review, executive orders, statutes Irving Louis Horowitz Pierre van den Berghe ISBN 0-912764-36-8 Jonathan B. Imber Alan Wolfe and judicial decisions for evidence that Paul W. Kingston Charles Woodhouse affirmative action laws and regulations Send prepaid orders to: ASA Order Department, 1307 New York Avenue Frank F. Lee Dennis H. Wrong regarding employment required quotas or NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005-4701 Monroe Lerner Richard A. Zeller preferences; examining court cases for Michael Lewis evidence on the prevalence of reverse Credit card orders, call (202) 383-9005 x389 Seymour Martin Lipset 10 MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES

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Moodey Pepper J. Schwartz Mary K. Zimmerman Daniel Glaser Hans B. C. Spiegel Vasilikie Demos Femi I. Ajanaku Stephen Kalberg Kelly Moore Joseph W. Scott Gilda Zwerman ❑ Stephanie Joy Gonzales David Stark Robert Dreeben Susan M. Allen Jeffrey J. Kamakahi Janice C. Morrissey Megan M. Scott Stephen A. Green Michael E. Eckstein Claire E. Sterk Margaret L. Andersen William Gronfein Oscar R. Eggers Donald J. Treiman William A. Anderson Richard H. Hall Kirk W. Elifson Alois J. Tschopp Carl B. Backman Natalie Hannon Carol Engelbrecht Brenda J. Vander Mey Ann D. Bagchi Mary Cheryl Hargrove Robert R. Faulkner John P. Walsh P. Karren Baird-Olson Chicago, from page 1 Diana K. Harris James Fisher Hollander Hannah Wartenberg Anny P. Bakalian Robert D. Herman Michael Fleischer Bruce C. Wearne Melvin W. Barber John Herrmann Louis A. Foleno Todd J. Bayma The large number of professional and John Prine, and Bonnie Koloc emerged) Beth B. Hess Ivan Gadourek Teaching Michael M. Bell Ishikawa Hiroyoshi Angelyn E. Galati Robert D. Benford amateur musicians support stores selling recently relocated to the Chicago Folk Caroline Hodges Persell Luis Garcia Endowment Fund Mary Benin musical instruments. Local music ‘zines Center a few miles north of the Old Town Mary R. Holley Carol Brooks Gardner Robert Althauser Judith Blau Louisa P. Howe Dair L. Gillespie Louis E. Anderson Lawrence D. Bobo are chock full of their advertisements as neighborhood. The rock hipoisie still Noriko Iwai Steven J. Gold Patrick J. Ashton Thomas Peder Boje Thomas H. Jenkins Leonard Gordon Earl Babbie Edna Bonacich well as classifieds where bands search for frequent the Wicker Park venues touted V. H. Jergens Mareyjoyce Green Anny P. Bakalian Frank Bonilla personnel and the proficient offer by Billboard, and the Hazel Cameron Johnson Fran F. Haga Serina Beauparlant Christine Bose Norris R. Johnson James Hawdon Eric Bourgeois Stefan A. Bosworth instruction to the novices. . (The neighborhood was Barbara J. Johnston John M. Hazy Jeffrey Broadbent Eric Bourgeois The theater and the visual arts have given the sobriquet Guyville by a local Maureen Kelleher Thomas Held Elizabeth R. Bryant Christina F. Brinkley John M. Kennedy Paul M. Hirsch Jose Calderon Jeffrey Broadbent flourished over the past few decades in wag because it featured all-male bands, K. Jill Kiecolt Noriko Iwai Jay Chaskes Rodney Brod Chicago and they’ve had a synergistic and was celebrated by Liz Phair in her Eun Mee Kim J. Craig Jenkins Susan P. Chizeck Clifford L. Broman Charles E. King Linda Kaboolian Mona Danner Grainger Browning impact on music in several respects. For Exile from Guyville album.) They also are Gay C. Kitson Eva Kahana William V. D’Antonio Roy S. Bryce-Laporte example, the theater’s lighting set habitues at Lounge Ax in Lincoln Park, Robert M. Kloss John Kastan Christopher Dmitri Davidson Bert O. Burraston Nancy Kutner Sally Kilgore Sally Ann Davies-Netzley Thomas R. Burtis production facilities and specialists are which books a wide variety of roots rock. Jack Ladinsky Robert J. Kleiner Dean S. Dorn Rod Bush also used by musical venues. The primo place for punk is Fireside Ralph LaRossa William E. Knox Louis A. Foleno Joseph B. Byers Richard M. Levinson Otto N. Larsen Linda J. Frankel Jose Calderon Radio in Chicago is in a sorry state, Bowl, which is, as its name suggests, a Edeltraud C. Lukoschek Raymond M. Lee Ronald Freedman Penelope Canan adding very little to the area’s musical bowling alley. Behind the lanes is a very Allan Lummus Felice J. Levine Lisa New Freeland Gilberto Cardenas John J. Macisco,Jr Peggy Levitt Angelyn E. Galati Valerie J. Carter life. Much of what you can tune into small stage with a low ceiling that Ronald W. Manderscheid Eugene Litwak Charles S. Green, III William M. Cascini these days is exactly what you can hear threatens to fall far lower. Ann C. Maney Allan Lummus Fred S. Halley Peter H. Cattan Michele Marotta John J. Macisco,Jr. Susan C. Herrick William Chambliss anywhere else (thanks to conglomerate With a dense musical infrastructure William Alex McIntosh Roberta A. Marlowe Beth B. Hess Duane W. Champagne ownership)--a narrow play list of major and enthusiastic audiences attending a Julie McLaughlin Cora B. Marrett Barbara Sherman Heyl Deanna B. Chang John F. Michael Armolene J. Maxey Harriet M. Howe Kenneth S.Y. Chew label bestsellers. But if you turn your dial wide variety of venues, musicians flourish S. Frank Miyamoto Thomas F. Mayer Carla B. Howery Joyce N. Chinen below 90mhz on the FM band and in Chicago. Some are Simmelian strangers Jeylan T. Mortimer John D. McCarthy Debbie S. Indyk Susan P. Chizeck Kathleen J. Moyer William Alex McIntosh Caroline Kaufmann John Youhan Choi manage to catch some of the college (“the person who comes today and stays Angel F. Nebbia Kathleen McKeown-Sauer William Kornblum Mary Ann R. Clawson stations (not too likely in the Loop area), tomorrow”), like countrified punk Jon Kazu Obata Julie McLaughlin Sheri Locklear Kunovich Lorraine Cohen George E. O’Connell Murray Milner, Jr. Jack Ladinsky Richard M. Cohn you’ll be rewarded with adventurous, Langford from Wales by way of Leeds and Pamela E. Oliver Martin A. Molnar Karen Faith Lahm Trudie Olavarri Coker thoughtful, and frequently local-based , and Poi Dog Pondering’s Jerry G. Pankhurst Richard W. Moodey Maria Niza Licuanan Patricia Hill Collins Robert Nash Parker Charles W. Mueller Janet Huber Lowry William J. Cousins and exciting programming. soul-funkster Frank Orall from Hawaii. Leonard I. Pearlin Joane Nagel Allan Lummus Donald Cunnigen Fortunately, the large and avid Each “imports qualities into” Chicago, Georgios Piperopoulos Laura E. Nathan John J. Macionis Glenn Currier John C. Pock Francis P. Naughton Suzanne B. Maurer G. David Curry audiences allow for an ever increasing enriching the cultural life here. Most of Melvin Pollner Alan Neustadtl Kay Mohlman Julia E. Curry-Rodriguez number of live-performance venues. the musicians, though, are home-grown, Jack Nusan Porter William P. Norris Laura E. Nathan Arlene Kaplan Daniels Alejandro Portes Kazu Obata M. A. Nour Jessie Daniels Many of those who book the venues or at least exiles from the ‘burbs. Touring Dudley Poston George E. O’Connell Kazu Obata Laurel Davis share the enthusiasm for different types acts (and given the abundance of fans and Harry R. Potter Trudie Olavarri Coker Samantha O’Hara Suzanne R. Day John B. Pryle Pamela E. Oliver Raymond W. Olson Roberto M. De Anda of music with indie label owners. Even venues, every tour makes a Chicago-area George G. Reader Kathleen Osgood Brady Tracy E. Ore Xavier De Souza Briggs though most any style of music can be stop) have local groups open for them, Hermann A. Roether John A. Pagin Harry Perlstadt Mathieu Deflem Samuel F. Sampson Jerry G. Pankhurst Caroline Hodges Persell Hector L. Delgado played in any of the innumerable venues, providing opportunities for local musi- Russell K. Schutt Eugenia Pearson Kelly D. Pinkham Vasilikie Demos from the small clubs to the large arenas cians. More importantly, these touring Barry Schwartz Caroline Hodges Persell Jack Nusan Porter Bonnie Thornton Dill Pepper J. Schwartz Esther M. Pond Michael Relish Hien Duc Do and sheds, there are specially venerated troubadours stimulate young fans to M. Pahlman Sering Jack Nusan Porter Rafael Rojas Jr Robert Dunn (aka cool) spaces. Jazzbos are fond of The pursue steps leading them to the stage. Carole L. Seyfrit Constance H. Poster Megan M. Scott Troy Duster Robert Y. Shapiro Richard A. Rehberg Shirley A. Scritchfield Russell R. Dynes Green Mill and the Jazz Showcase. The On any night, there is an abundance of Sherwood B. Slater Edward C. Reinfranck Stephen R. Sharkey Mark G. Eckel Charles W. Smith Gabino Rendon Jerry W. Shepperd Lauren Edelman Wild Hare is the place for reggae. Those musical riches from which to choose. Joel Smith Cecilia L. Ridgeway David Shulman Wayne Edwards into blues prefer Rosa’s to the touristy Probably the best place to look for what’s M. Dwayne Smith Russell K. Schutt Robert Straus William A. Edwards Lala Steelman Pepper J. Schwartz Naoto Sugioka D. Stanley Eitzen Northside blues clubs. The House of happening is in the free alternative Byron D. Steiger David Sciulli Harold Takooshian Paula England Blues, with its over-the-top decor, superb weekly Newcity that comes out on Richard Stephens Megan M. Scott Meg Tarble Julia Ericksen Robin Stryker John Sekella Kathleen A. Tiemann Wendy Espeland sound system, downtown location, and Wednesdays, which lists live music by Mark C. Suchman H. Jay Shaffer Martin J. Warmbrand Rosario R. Espinal wide-ranging and way independent day and style, providing the full bill and Marvin B. Sussman Barbara F. Simon Joy Lobenstine Whittington John E. Farley Willis A. Sutton Joel Smith Robert B. Zehner Joe R. Feagin booking policy (from death metal to the venue’s address and phone number Joan E. Talbert Byron D. Steiger Lawrence G. Felice gospel) books very few blues acts. The (or check their web site at http:// Tony Tam Jeanne Straub Congressional James Fenelon Howard F. Taylor Bernice Helen Strommer Myra Marx Ferree venerable Old Town School of Folk www.newcitychicago. com/listings/ Marcia Texler Segal Sheldon Stryker Fellowship Fund Janie Filoteo Music (where locals Steve Goodman, music.html). ❑ Charles B. Thomas, Jr Richard Suzman Marit Berntson Claude S. Fischer Frank M. Tims Ann Swidler Eric Bourgeois Gene A. Fisher MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES 11 Excerpts from Council Subcommittee Report on Policymaking and Resolutions Since 1993, the ASA has operated limited to two areas of policy: policy audiences and publics about that meet the following criteria: under a policy about resolutions, of which (1a) As necessary or helpful, Council knowledge, individual members can • Resolutions may be initiated by ASA should be free to make pronouncements or recommend that the Spivack Program key operating principles include: sections; ASA committees; or by • Resolutions can arrive via the Business clarify policy on issues directly related to consider undertaking a project or initia- individual ASA members through the Meeting, from ASA sections and its mission as a learned scientific society. tives in an area. Council can also signal an business meeting, or any time of year committees, or from individual ASA Thus, Council can issue or endorse policies interest in the Program doing so. The with an indication of member interest members who solicit 50 signatures to that advance and protect the discipline purpose of the Spivack Program is to and support (see below). accompany their requests. (e.g., resolutions involving the collection or advance the uses and contributions of • Resolutions can come any time during dissemination of social data; funding for sociology to social policy. The Program • Resolutions must pertain to (a) issues the year. science or training; academic freedom; the with benefit of an Advisory Panel sets that advance and protect the discipline • Resolutions should show direct rel- conduct of science via research, teaching, priorities. Through Congressional semi- of sociology, or the larger scientific evance to sociology as a discipline or and training; human subjects protection; nars and public briefings; conferences, community, or (b) the ASA’s internal profession or be grounded in the the principles of peer review). workshops, and study panels; and operations as described in its Constitu- substantive expertise or knowledge of (1b) As necessary or helpful, Council training (e.g., Congressional Fellowship, tion and By-laws. the discipline. should be free to make pronouncements or ASA-AAAS Media Fellowship, Commu- Proposals should include: • Resolutions must include documenta- clarify policy regarding how the Associa- nity Action Research Fellowships), the (a) a statement of the substantive and tion to guide Council’s understanding. tion should conduct its own business. Program links sociological knowledge to policy issues raised by the resolution, in • The proposed resolution must include Resolutions of this sort might include social policy; promotes social policy based particular their relevance, in the case of specific suggestions about what Council refusing to hold annual meetings in states on sound sociology; and provides relevant (a), to ASA’s mission to advance sociol- action is requested. or localities with anti-choice laws, not social research. In addition to the possibil- ogy as a discipline and profession, or, in The 1993 policy helped to significantly investing in or doing business with firms ity of recommending initiatives, members the case of (b), to the conduct of ASA clarify the process of developing and known to have anti-union policies; are urged to apply for Fellowship support. business, proposing resolutions for Council’s operating the ASA according to principles Spivack projects aim to bring sociologi- (b) a clear specification of what consideration. But discussion about several of diversity and inclusiveness. cal knowledge to bear on issues of societal action(s) should be taken (for example, proposed resolutions at the August 1998 importance or potential policy conse- instructing the President to write a letter (2) Institutional mechanisms within ASA Council meeting led to a call for greater quences in a manner similar to that of on behalf of the ASA to designated to respond to other policy issues clarification regarding the range of issues on SSRC study groups or NRC panels or parties, or having the ASA support the Although the policymaking guidelines which Council should speak (that is, the committees. One such project led to the filing of an Amicus Curiae brief in a legal being proposed narrow the scope of topics scope of ASA policymaking). monograph on the Social Causes of Violence: case), on which Council (on behalf of the The Subcommittee was charged with Crafting a Science Agenda. Another is the (c) a clear statement of the individual, Association) might speak, the Association examining three interrelated issues: newly released ASA book on The Realities section, or committee of ASA responsible can and should still play a major role in (1) What is the appropriate range of of Affirmative Action in Employment, a for the wording of the resolution, disseminating sociological knowledge to topics on which the ASA should speak? project led and authored by Barbara F. (d) the individual member, section, or its members, to social scientists, and to (2) Are there institutional alternatives for Reskin. And a third is a project being committee of ASA responsible for larger communities, including policy members who want the Association to play undertaken in response to a request from submitting the resolution to Council for audiences. The ASA does this, however, by a role on policy issues that are outside of the Office of Science and Technology action, undertaking programmatic activities that the Council’s policymaking purview? Policy to bring social and behavioral (e) any other organization or associa- bring this knowledge to bear, promote the (3) Does the current resolution policy science knowledge to bear on issues of tions co-sponsoring the resolution, uses and contributions of that knowledge, need to be revised to be consistent with a race, racism, and race relations. (f) for individual member proposals, and foster individual sociologists’ interest new Council purview? Also the Spivack Program holds an indication of member interest and in policy-relevant work. The Association Congressional seminars and other social support, expressed by attaching a ASA and Policymaking can thus actively participate in policy science briefings on policy topics (e.g., minimum of 50 signatures from voting debates through educational initiatives that members of ASA. The ASA both facilitates the creation of “The Immigration Experience for Families create and/or disseminate sociological Council urges members who wish to sociological knowledge and helps to and Children,” with Richard Alba, expertise on pressing or visible issues of submit a resolution to consult, whenever transmit that knowledge to its members, Douglas Massey, Ruben Rumbaut, and societal importance. There are three possible, with relevant sections, commit- the social science community, and the larger Lisandro Perez, June 1998). To widen the primary mechanisms through which this tees, or members with special expertise in society. Because much of sociological impact and uses of the knowledge can occur: the area addressed by the resolution or knowledge is relevant to the full range of presented at these events, the substantive (2a) ASA’s Annual Meeting and Publica- the Executive Officer charged with issues facing our country and the world contributions of each are published in tions Program: If the interest is primarily in implementing extant ASA policy. today, an important first task of the ASA’s new Issue Series in Social Research disseminating knowledge, proposed Evidence of prior discussion in section, Subcommittee was to consider the appro- and Social Policy. The first three products sessions at the Annual Meeting can be an committee, or business meetings should priate role of the American Sociological in the Series are Families, Youth, and excellent way of making sociological be summarized in the proposal. Association in addressing current policy Children’s Well Being by Linda Burton, knowledge accessible on issues of social Donald Hernandez, and Sandra Hofferth; topics. How might the ASA best transmit Member interests outside of new policy. Special sessions like the Contract Welfare to Work: Opportunities and Pitfalls sociological knowledge to those who with America policymaking criteria series in 1996 (held in the by Kathryn Edin, Kathleen Mullan Harris, promulgate or implement policy and Council urges members with interests mode of public briefings) were proposed to and Gary Sandefur; and Youth Violence: educate society at large? What range of in public policy areas not covered by the the Program Committee to impart knowl- Children at Risk by Delbert Elliott, John policy issues should Council pronounce edge and interest other sociologists in above criteria to take advantage of other Hagan, and Joan McCord. on? More specifically, should ASA (through institutional mechanisms available within doing so. Also, the Media Office plans Note that these Spivack initiatives the ASA Council) take stands on policy ASA to educate the larger public about briefings, press conferences, and indi- provide sociological knowledge to issues? sociological research and knowledge. vidual interviews based on member ideas policymakers and are authored by The major principles underlying the These include ASA’s Annual Meeting and and interest in making visible sociological sociologists leading or working together Subcommittee’s answers to these questions Publications program, ASA Fund for the knowledge on issues of public interest or on an activity. While the products of the follow: Although individual sociologists are concern. The Publications of the Associa- Advancement of the Discipline, and Spivack Program seek to address social free to take positions on all manner of ASA’s Spivack Program in Applied Social tion and especially the newly planned policy issues from the vantage of social policy matters, the Association itself—and journal and the Rose Series aim to publish Research and Social Policy. its policymaking arm, the ASA Council— science knowledge, the works themselves work addressed to issues of broad-based do not represent positions of the Associa- should restrict its own policy pronounce- interest or policy importance. Final Thoughts ments to issues consonant with its mission tion and are not designed or intended to (2b) ASA’s Fund for the Advancement of The revised policy significantly of advancing and protecting the wellbeing lead to resolutions for Council endorse- the Discipline: If the interest is primarily in clarifies the confusion remaining in the of the discipline. As the national organiza- ment. They are educative, and not creating additional knowledge, individual 1993 policy and narrows the scope of tion for sociologists, this role is appropriate advocacy, documents. ASA members could submit a FAD issues on which Council will consider and in line with the orientation of most proposal for direct research or for a Revising the Resolutions Policy policy pronouncements to those directly other learned scientific societies. For other conference aimed at advancing scientific within the province of a learned scientific policy-related issues, the ASA’s role should The Association’s membership is a research. FAD support for conferences is society. While the new policy is intended be primarily educative, in the sense of valuable source of information on issues aimed at fostering new research or to guide Council’s action on resolutions providing relevant sociological knowledge important to the Association, and a policy breaking new conceptual or methodologi- brought to its attention (e.g., from to policymakers and other public audi- on member resolutions should both cal ground on issues of sociological members, sections, or Council itself), it is ences. ASA accomplishes this educative role facilitate the ability of members to offer significance, including those of social not intended to foreclose absolutely by facilitating the creation of new knowl- resolutions for Council’s consideration importance where knowledge is limited Council’s making exceptions if unknown edge and by seeking forums for transmit- and allow Council to act expeditiously. because of scientific progress. For example, future circumstances warrant the ting that knowledge to relevant The 1993 resolution policy accomplished in 1997 FAD supported a scientific confer- Association’s taking a moral stance on an policymaking communities, at the local, these goals. In order to meet the proposed ence on “Gender, Citizenship, and the issue of grave and compelling importance state, and federal levels. This stance is both new guidelines, this policy would need Work of Caring” that addressed an issue of to society. These exceptions should be consistent with ASA’s functional operations some wording modifications. sociological importance and considerable undertaken with great circumspection since the 1993 policy revision and with its social relevance. Guidelines for resolutions from the and only after Council has weighed mission as a learned scientific society. (2c) ASA’s Spivack Program in Applied membership to ASA Council whether use of its discretionary authority (1) Proposed scope of Council policy Social Research and Social Policy: If the Council will consider on its agenda all is in the public’s best interest and the best pronouncements interest is primarily in synthesizing the resolutions from the membership that interests of the discipline. ❑ Council pronouncements should be body of knowledge or educating relevant 12 MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES

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Contact: Robert AHS encourages proposals for panels, ested in participating should send a vi- [email protected]; web setts Avenue NW, Washington, DC Freymeyer, Department of Sociology, workshops, and innovative or nontradi- tae and paper or abstract to: Charles site . 20016-8043; (202) 885-2965; fax (202) 885- Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC 29325; tional sessions. Deadline for submissions Gattone, Department of Sociology, New 2907. e-mail [email protected]. is May 25, 1999. Send proposals and ab- Society for World Sustainable Devel- School for Social Research, 65 Fifth Av- stracts to: Dan Santoro, AHS Program opment World Congress, August 17-22, Teaching About Families, an ASA syllabi April 24, 1999. New England Sociological enue, New York, NY 10003; or to C.J. Chair, Division of Social Sciences, 104 2000, Kananaskis Village, Calgary, collection, invites contributions for its Association 1999 Spring Conference, Bryant Churchill, Department of Sociology, Krebs Hall, University of Pittsburgh- Alberta Canada. Theme: “Global Com- next edition. We are interested in syllabi, College, Smithfield, RI. Theme: Brandeis University, Mailstop 071, Johnstown, Johnstown, PA 15904; (814) munity Action 1: Ensuring a Sound Fu- classroom exercises, service learning/ex- “Community.”Contact: Michael Waltham, MA 02454-9110; e-mail 269-2976; fax (814) 269-7255; e-mail ture for Earth; and Managing and Mea- periential learning components of Fraleigh, Faculty Suite E, Bryant College, [email protected]. [email protected]. suring Sustainable Development.” Stu- classes, and annotations about books or Smithfield, RI 02917; fax (401) 232-6319; North American Conference on Sexual dents of all levels are invited to partici- films. 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Theme: globalcommunitywebnet.com Lowney (e-mail klowney@valdosta. teer to act as chairperson and discussant web site . Exploitation and Prostitution.” Deadline: PUBLICATIONS ARNOVA Executive Office, Indiana Uni- April 28, 1999. To obtain a proposal form, May 11-12, 1999. New York Academy of Sci- versity Center on Philanthropy, 550 W. The AHANA Project, a series on contact Linda Withers at (780) 497-5169; ences Conference, National Institutes of North Street, Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN multicultural media for Greenwood e-mail [email protected]. Further in- 46202; (317) 684-2120; fax (317) 684-8900; Press, invites contributions that focus on formation may be obtained by contact- (continued on next page) . the structure and operation of mass me- ing Genevieve Jones, Grant MacEwan th dia that are controlled, significantly in- European Sociological Association 4 Community College, (780) 497-5717; e- fluenced and owned by AHANA (Afri- European Conference, August 18-21, mail [email protected]. can, Hispanic/Latin, Asian and Native 1999, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Polish Institute of Arts and Sciences in Americans). Items to be considered in- Theme: “Europe’s Working In the America, 57th Annual Meeting, June 18- clude reports of original research includ- World.” For these sessions we invite ab- 19, 1999, Fordham University-Lincoln ing case studies, critical essays, and pro- stracts of proposed papers submitted as Center Campus, New York, NY. Theme: fessional profiles. Contact: Editors, The soon as possible but later than January “A Multi-Disciplinary Conference on AHANA Project, Department of Journal- 30, 1999 to both co-convenors: (1) Volker Polish and Polish American Studies.” ism, Central Michigan University, Mt. Bornschier, University of Zurich, Socio- Proposals are invited for two-hour ses- Pleasant, MI 48859; fax (517) 774-7114; logical Institute, Reamistr. 69, 8001 sions (three papers) as well as proposals e-mail [email protected]. Zurich, Switzerland; fax 41-1-6344989; e- for individual papers. Deadline March mail [email protected]; (2) ASA Resource Guide on Teaching Devi- 31, 1999. Contact: Thaddeus V. Gromada, Nikolai Genov, Bulgarian Academy of ance Courses invites submissions for the 208 E. 30th Street, New York, NY 10016; MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES 13

continued of Human Sciences, Brunel University, and treatment of cancer in poor and and experience required for successful gram offers funding between $20,000 Meetings, Uxbridge UB8 3PH, United Kingdom; underserved populations. Proposals careers as independent clinical research- and $30,000 over a two-year period. Ap- fax +44 01895-232806; e-mail submitted must focus on poor and ers. The purpose of this grant is to sup- plications must be submitted by the dis- Health, Bethesda, MD. Theme: “Socio- [email protected]. underserved populations but may ad- port clinical research by individuals with sertation supervisor. Address for sub- economic Status and Health in Industrial dress a variety of behavioral, epidemio- doctoral or equivalent degrees who are mission and inquiries: Elda Railey, Di- September 16-18, 1999, West Virginia Uni- Nations: Social, Psychological and Bio- logical, policy, health delivery, clinical not yet fully independent investigators. rector of National Grants and Sponsored versity, Department of Foreign Languages, logical Pathways.” Contact: Science and and basic science issues. Interdiscipli- Candidates for first year Clinical Re- Programs. The Susan G. Komen Breast Technology Meetings, New York Acad- 24th Colloquium on Literature and Film. Theme: “Language Into Light: The Writ- nary collaborations are encouraged. Re- search Training Grants must be within Cancer Foundation, 5005 LBJ Freeway, emy of Sciences, 2 East 63rd St., New search project grants submitted will be the first four years of a faculty appoint- Suite 370, Dallas, TX 75244, (1-888) 300- York, NY 10021. ten Word Becomes Cinema.” Contact: Colloquium Director, Box 6298, West Vir- accepted from senior as well as begin- ment in their discipline. Individuals with 5582 (Grants Line); fax (972) 855-1640; e- ning investigators. Applications for post- well-established careers and substantial mail [email protected]. Application May 26-30, 1999, National Black Graduate ginia University, Morgantown, WV doctoral fellowships and clinical re- research funding should not apply. In ad- deadline is April 1, 1999. Student Association, Inc. 11th Annual Con- 26506-6298. ference, Louisiana State University, Baton search training grants will also be ac- dition, candidates for these awards must Rouge, LA. Theme: “Expanding Our September 30-October 2, 1999, Interna- cepted in addition to research project be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the Ranks: Black Scholars in the New tional Conference on Society, Nature, and grants. Deadlines for applications are United States, or its possessions or terri- Millenium.” Contact: National Black History, Vienna, Austria. Theme: “Long- April 1 and October 15, 1999. Research tories, or must have been lawfully ad- Competitions Graduate Student Association, Inc. c/o Term Dynamics of Social Metabolism.” project grants awarded will be for three mitted to the United States for perma- Vice President for Conference Affairs— Contact the conference secretariat (1) years, up to $250,000 per year, including nent residence at the time of the appli- The ASA Section on Community and Kimberly R. Moffitt, P.O. Box 17309, Jack- Barbara Smetschka, IFF-Institute for In- 25% indirect costs. Approximately five cation. This grant provides up to Urban Sociology invites nominations son State University, Jackson, MS 39217; terdisciplinary Studies of Austrian Uni- research project grants or clinical re- $150,000 per year including indirect costs for the 1999 Robert E. Park Award for e-mail [email protected] or versities, Social Ecology, Seidengasse 13, search training grants and three postdoc- for a period of one to three years. The the best book-length research mono- [email protected]; . [email protected]. Or the tion, please download the application begin January 1, 2000, and July 1, 2000, two years. Please send nominations by U.S. member of the scientific committee materials from . You respectively. To obtain further informa- March 15, 1999 to the chair of the com- June 1-4, 1999, Facultad Latinoamericana (2) Eugene A. Rosa, Professor and Chair, may also contact the grants administra- tion, please download the application mittee: Hilary Silver, Department of So- de Ciencas Sociales (FLACSO) Symposium Department of Sociology, Washington tion or development office at your insti- materials from the American Cancer So- ciology, Box 1916, Brown University, on Latin America and Educational Program State University, Pullman, WA 99164- tution for these items. Questions about ciety web site at . You Providence, RI 02912. in Cuba, Havana, Cuba. Theme: 4020; (509) 335-4163; fax (509) 335-6419; applications in this area should be di- may also contact the grants administra- “America Latina y Sociedad: Retos del Association for Research on Nonprofit e-mail [email protected]; . or e-mail dwilson@ cancer.org. tution for these items. If you have addi- ciety: Challenges of the Third (ARNOVA) invites nominations for its tional questions or need the name of Millenium”) Contact: Charles McKelvey, October 1-2, 1999, Southern Connecticut American Cancer Society. Clinical Re- 1999 Awards. (1) Award for Distin- your institutional contact, please contact Center for Development Studies, 210 State University, Women’s Studies Confer- search Training Grant for Junior Faculty guished Lifetime Achievement in Non- us at (404) 329-7558; fax (404) 321-4669; Belmont Stakes, Clinton, SC 29325; fax ence, Southern Connecticut State Univer- (CRTG). The CRTG is available for all ar- profit and Voluntary Action Research, or e-mail [email protected]. (864) 833-8481. sity, New Haven, CT. Theme: “Global eas of clinical and epidemiological can- given annually for significant contribu- Justice/Women’s Rights.” Contact: Vara cer research, including cancer control, The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer tions to the field through research, col- June 21-23, 1999, 16th Annual Summer Se- Neverow, Women’s Studies Program, psychosocial and behavioral, health ser- Foundation is currently accepting appli- legial activity, or teaching. Cash prize: ries on Aging, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Lex- Southern Connecticut State University, vices, and health policy research. This cations for grants to fund doctoral can- $1,000; (2) Award for Outstanding Book ington, KY. Sponsored by the Sanders- MO B10, 501 Crescent Street, New Ha- award is intended to provide the re- didates in the health and social sciences in Nonprofit and Voluntary Action Re- Brown Center on Aging and the Univer- ven, CT 06515-1355; (203) 392-6133; (203) sources for junior faculty members to to conduct dissertation research on sity of Kentucky. Contact: Mattie 392-6723; e-mail womenstudies@ achieve the mentored research training breast health and breast cancer. The pro- Continued on next page Umscheid, Sanders-Brown Center on scsu.ctstateu.edu; . [email protected]. October 21-23, 1999, University of Wiscon- July 11-15, 1999, International Institute of sin System Women’s Studies Consortium th Sociology 34 World Congress, Tel Aviv, Is- 24th Annual Conference, Wisconsin Institute rael. Theme: “Multiple Modernities in an for Peace and Conflict Studies 15th Annual Era of Globalization.” Contact: (1) Con- Conference, University of Wisconsin- gress Secretariat, Otra Ltd., 1 Nirim St., Platteville. Theme: “Women, Peace, and P.O.B. 9352, Tel Aviv, 91062, Israel; and Conflict.” For more information contact: to: (2) Kenneth A. Gould, Department of Ann Statham (e-mail statham@ Sociology, St. Lawrence University, Can- uwp.edu); Laura Wendorff (e-mail ton, NY 13617. [email protected]).; . University of Antwerp, Belgium. Theme: November 11-14, 1999, Society for Utopian “Visual Cultures and Visual Literacies: Studies, 24th Annual Meeting, San Anto- Changing Ways Of Imaging Science and nio, TX. Contact: Alex MacDonald, Cam- Society.” For up to date information go pion College, University of Regina, 3737 to the Antwerp Conference Web Site. Wascana Parkway, Regina, SK, S4S OA2, . Canada; (306) 359-1223; fax (306) 359- July 22-24, 1999, International Association 1200; e-mail macdonaa@meena. for Studies in Sexuality Culture and Society cc.uregina.ca. For more information (IASSCS) Conference on Sexual Diversity please visit . politan University, Manchester, England. November 18-19, 1999, Northwestern Uni- Contact: Gail Hawkes, Department of So- versity/ University of Chicago Joint Center ciology, Manchester Metropolitan Uni- for Poverty Research, Research Conference versity, Geoffrey Manton Building, on the Design and Effects of Tax and Trans- Rosamond Street West, Off Oxford Road, fer Programs for Low-Income Populations, Manchester M15 6LL; +44 (0) 161 247 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. 3464; fax +44 (0) 161 247 6321; e-mail Contact: Joint Center for Poverty Re- [email protected]. search, Harris School of Public Policy, August 12-15, 1999, Society for the Psycho- University of Chicago, 1155 E. 60th Street, logical Study of Social Issues, International Chicago, IL, 60638, Attn: Tax and Trans- Conference on Immigrants and Immigration, fer Conference. More detailed informa- Toronto, Canada. Contact: Victoria Esses, tion can be found at . Western Ontario, London, Ontario, January 27-30, 2000, The Society for the Canada N6A 5C2; (519) 679-2111 Ext. Study of Symbolic Interaction Couch/Stone 4650; e-mail [email protected]. Conference, Dolphin Beach Resort, St. Pe- . tersburg Beach, FL. Theme: “Ethnogra- September 9-10, 1999, Northwestern Uni- phy for the Twenty-First Century: Alter- versity/ University of Chicago Joint Center natives and Opportunities.” Contact con- for Poverty Research, Research Conference ference organizers: Carolyn Ellis on the Effects of Neighborhood Conditions ([email protected]), Arthur P. on the Behaviors and Well-Being of Low-In- Bochner ([email protected]. come Families, Chicago, IL. Contact: Joint usf.edu), Donileen Loseke (dloseke@ Center for Poverty Research, Harris luna.cas.usf.edu), or Spencer Cahill School of Public Policy, University of ([email protected]). Send papers Chicago, 1155 East 60th Street, Chicago, and abstracts to: Carolyn Ellis, Depart- IL, 60638, Attn: Neighborhood Effects ment of Communication, University of Conference; e-mail [email protected]. South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave., CIS More detailed information may be found 1040, Tampa, FL 33620-7800. on the JCPR web site: . September 9-11, 1999, Brunel University Funding Conference, Brunel University, West Lon- don, England. Theme: “Sociality/Mate- American Cancer Society. Research di- riality: The Status of the Object in Social rected on the prevalence, prevention, Science.” Contact: Dick Pels, Department 14 MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES

Competitions, continued Peter Dreier, Occidental College, wrote mediated communication in the Febru- tors) High Stakes: Testing for Tracking, Pro- a commentary in the January 24 Los An- ary 15 edition of Innovation, an on-line People motion, and Graduation, Report of the Com- search, given for a single book or mono- geles Times on the potential advantages Internet newsletter of business and tech- mittee on Appropriate Test Use (National of the Earned Income Tax Credit for the nology. Academy of Sciences-National Research graph published in the three calendar Juan Battle, CUNY-Hunter College and working poor. Council, Board on Testing and Assess- years preceding the award. Edited vol- Charles V. Willie, Harvard University, the Graduate Center, was promoted to ment, Commission on Behavioral and umes, books developed as textbooks, Helen Rose Ebaugh, University of Hous- was interviewed in the January 7 Black Associate Professor. Social Sciences and Education, National journalistic accounts, and guides not ton, was on the McNeil/Lehrer News Issues in Higher Education on educational Robert Carter now heads the Masters of Academy Press, 1999). based on systematic research are ineli- Hour on January 27. She participated in racial segregation. He wrote an opinion Science in Social Research Program at gible. Cash prize: $1,000. (3) Gabriel G. a discussion on the Pope’s visit to St. piece in the January 18 The Boston Globe Hunter College. Mary Ann Romano, Molloy College, Rudney Memorial Award for an Out- Louis. on educational school policy in Boston. Beatrice Webb (1858-1943): The Socialist Anthony Cortese, Southern Methodist standing Dissertation in Nonprofit and He also submitted a memorandum on with a Sociological Imagination (Edwin William Evan, University of Pennsylva- University, served as a judge of the 1999 Voluntary Action Research, given annu- the issue to the Boston School Commit- Mellen Press, 1998). nia, wrote an op-ed article for the Janu- Miss Dallas County Scholarship Pageant. ally for a PhD dissertation completed tee that was published in the December ary 22 Philadelphia Inquirer about U.S. for- Kirsten K. West, Robert M. Hauser, Uni- Troy Duster recently joined the faculty and/or defended in the three calendar eign policy in Iraq. 1998 Equity and Excellence in Education. versity of Wisconsin-Madison, and Terri years preceding the award. Nominations at New York University. M. Scanlon (editors), Longitudinal Sur- are especially invited in five issue areas: Joe Feagin, University of Florida, was on Charles Green, CUNY-Hunter College, veys of Children (National Academy of patterns of giving in the U.S., tax policy ABC TV’s World News Tonight on Febru- is now chair of the Sociology Depart- Sciences-National Research Council, and charitable giving, tax policy and the ary 23 speaking about hate groups. Awards ment. Commission on Behavioral and Social nonprofit sector, the economic contribu- Charles A. Gallagher, Georgia State Uni- Janet Hankin is now an Associate Dean Sciences and Education, Committee on tion of the nonprofit sector, and compara- versity, was cited in The Dallas Morning Donald J. Adamchak, Kansas State Uni- in the College of Liberal Arts at Wayne National Statistics. Washington, DC: tive international studies. Cash prize: News and Link Magazine for his work on versity, received the 1998 Institute for So- State University. National Academy Press, 1998). $500. Deadline for all award nominations the political and cultural meanings cial and Behavioral Research Senior Fac- is March 31, 1999. To submit a nomina- whites attach to their race. ulty Award for Research Excellence in the Meg Wilkes Karraker, University of St. Rick Wilford and Robert L. Miller, tion or for more information contact: Social and Behavioral Sciences at the Uni- Thomas, is the incoming Executive Of- Queen’s University of Belfast (editors), Mark S. Gaylord, City University of ARNOVA Executive Office, Indiana Uni- versity. ficer of Sociologists for Women in Soci- Women, Ethnicity and Nationalism: The Hong Kong, was quoted in a January 25 Politics of Transition (Routledge, 1998). versity Center on Philanthropy, 550 W. Joan Aldous, University of Notre Dame, ety. North Street, Suite 301, Indianapolis, IN Asian Wall Street Journal article concern- was elected to the first class of Fellows Verna Keith was named Associate Chair Lauress L. Wise, Robert M. Hauser, Uni- 46202; (317) 684-2120; fax (317) 684-8900; ing U.S.-China cross-border crime and of the National Council on Family Rela- of the Department of Sociology, Arizona versity of Wisconsin-Madison, Karen J. . international law enforcement. tions . State University. Mitchell, and Michael J. Feuer Evalua- District of Columbia Sociological Soci- Robert Hauser, University of Wisconsin- tion of the Voluntary National Tests: Phase Michael Allen, Washington State Uni- Stanford M. Lyman, Florida Atlantic ety. (1) Irene B. Taeuber Graduate Stu- Madison, was quoted in the January 31 1 Report (National Academy of Sciences- versity, had his book, Understanding Re- University, received a plaque from the dent Paper Award. Open to graduate stu- New York Times on negative effects and National Research Council, Commission gression Analysis, added to the list of University Provost in recognition of his dents enrolled in Virginia, Maryland, high rates of social promotion. He was on Behavioral and Social Sciences and “Outstanding Academic Books” by contributions to the liberal arts library of and the District of Columbia colleges and interviewed on February 1, CBS This Education, Board on Testing and Assess- Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Li- the University’s John D. MacArthur cam- universities. The winning author will Morning on a Clinton administration pro- ment. Washington, DC: National Acad- braries. pus. receive $100 and recognition at the DCSS posal to ban social promotion. emy Press, 1999). annual banquet in May 1999. Submis- Peter Kivisto, Augustana College, was Denzel Benson, Kent State University, Eugene Rosa, Washington State Univer- sions must be unpublished, solely interviewed by KWQC television, Dav- received the University’s Distinguished sity, will be a visiting professor at the authored papers, and the individual enport, IA on February 5 regarding the Teaching Award for outstanding University of Klagenfurt, Austria, teach- Other work of the author. Submission deadline campaign in Illinois for a moratorium on achievements in collegiate teaching on ing a course on The Risk Society. October 16, 1998. is April 1, 1999. All submissions become executions. Stephen Russell has moved to the Uni- property of the DCSS and will not be re- Organizations Thomas LaVeist, Johns Hopkins Univer- Averil Y. Clarke, Columbia University; versity of California-Davis where he will turned. Please submit four copies of the sity was featured in an article in a recent Marc Pazarro, University of California- be an Extension Youth Development Spe- paper with a detachable title page. (2) The Justice Studies Association was edition of Black Enterprise on the best col- Berkeley, and Douglas E. Thompkins, cialist in the Department of Human and Stuart A. Rice Merit Award for Career University of Iowa received National Re- formed for the study of all aspects of jus- leges for Black students. Community Development and the 4-H tice: criminal, social, economic, and re- Achievement, designed to recognize the search Council fellowships. Center for Youth Development. outstanding sociological achievements Zai Liang, CUNY-Queens College, was storative. The association is intended to over a career of at least 25 years; (3) Mor- interviewed by the Voice of America Mary Patrice Erdmans, University of Robert Shelly, Ohio University, is the serve as a forum for scholars, activists ris Rosenberg Award for Recent Achieve- (VOA) on February 2 about immigrants North Carolina-Greensboro, received the new editor of Sociological Focus, the jour- and practitioners to share their ideas and ments (over the past three years). Nomi- in the United States. He also published a Oskar Halecki Prize for her book Oppo- nal of the North Central Sociological As- current work. Members might come nees must be members of DCSS. To letter in the New York Times, on February site Poles: Immigrants and Ethnics in Pol- sociation. from any field interested in justice: an- ish Chicago, 1976-1990, from the Polish thropology, social work, history, religion, nominate an individual or yourself, sub- 28 about the well-being of migrant chil- Joan Z. Spade, Lehigh University, is a vis- American Historical Association at their criminal justice, sociology, psychology, mit four copies of a letter outlining the dren in China’s cities. iting scholar in Women’s Studies and the annual meeting in Washington, DC in law, among others. The association will sociological contributions of the nominee E. Doyle McCarthy, Fordham University, Women’s Center at Vanderbilt Univer- January. sponsor a conference each year in early together with copies of a resume by April was quoted in a news report published sity for the spring semester. June. For more information contact: Jus- 1, 1999. Contact: DCSS Awards Commit- by KRT News Service about her book Mary Frank Fox, Georgia Institute of John Stanfield recently joined the faculty tice Studies Association, Department of tee, c/o Kay Orlans, 8202 Kenfield Court, Knowledge as Culture. She was inter- Technology, was chosen as Sociologists Bethesda, MD 20817. for Women in Society Feminist Scholar at Morehouse University. Criminal Justice, Saint Anselm College, viewed by CKW Radio (Ontario, 100 Saint Anselm Drive, Manchester, NH Canada) about the contemporary cul- 2000. Ann Tickamyer, Ohio University, is the 03102. tural tastes for androgynous images in Eliot Freidson, New York University, has new editor of Rural Sociology, the journal In the News fashion and popular media. She was also earned the Eastern Sociological Society’s of the Rural Sociological Society, of which a guest on February 9 on WYUR radio Merit Award for a career of distinguished she is the past president. speaking on cultural change in gender scholarship and leadership. In addition, Howard E. Aldrich, University of North Contact roles and imagery. the Sociology department at NYU Carolina-Chapel Hill, was quoted in a named an annual lecture series in his November 19, 1998 article in the Durham David Miller, Chronicle of Higher Educa- New Books The University of Texas-Austin an- honor. Herald-Sun on Human Resource Man- tion, wrote an article on second-genera- nounces its Homecoming Hooding on agement practices in small firms. tion immigrants and their assimilation Valerie Jenness, University of California- Helen A. Berger, West Chester Univer- Friday, May 21 in the Performing Arts into American society published in the Irvine, and Kendal Broad, University of Center. This is an opportunity for gradu- Wendell Bell, Yale University, was sity, A Community of Witches: Contempo- Chronicle February 5. Florida, received Honorable Mention for rary Neo-Paganism and Witchcraft in the ates who hold masters and doctoral de- quoted about how the approach of the grees from UT, but who never partici- Robert Newby, Central Michigan Uni- the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study United States (University of South Caro- year 2000 has increased the demand for pated in the hooding ceremony, to re- versity and Diane Brown, Wayne State of Bigotry and Human Rights in North lina Press, 1999). serious futures thinking in the article ceive their academic hoods in a special University, were both featured in a re- America for their book, Hate Crimes: New “The Big Think Industry Mines the Gai Berlage and William Egelman, Iona ceremony just for them. The reception cent edition of Ebony about why children Social Movements and the Politics of Vio- Millenium,” U.S. News and World Report, College, Understanding Social Issues: Criti- will be held afterward. The alumni will are killing children. lence. January 25. cal Thinking and Analysis, 5th edition also be encouraged to wear their caps Stanford M. Lyman, Florida Atlantic Craig Calhoun, New York University, J. Steven Picou, University of South Ala- (Allyn and Bacon, 1999). and gowns and to be recognized in UT’s University, received two awards from the was interviewed on February 8 by bama, was quoted in the Mobile Press Diane Bjorklund, Illinois State Univer- evening graduation ceremony on Satur- Mid-South Sociological Association. His CNN’s World Tonight about the future of Register, January 5, in an article on stress sity, Interpreting the Self: Two Hundred day, May 22. Details on how to register book, NATO and Germany: A Study in the the monarchy after King Hussein’s and burnout from extracurricular activi- Years of American Autobiography (Univer- for the event and how to rent regalia can Sociology of Supranational Relations, re- death. On February 17, he was inter- ties for adolescents. sity of Chicago Press, 1999). be found at . Gregory D. Squires, University of Wis- tinguished Book Award Committee for Stephen L. Fielding, University of Roch- Kosovo. consin-Milwaukee, wrote an opinion 1997. His book, Postmodernism and a So- ester, The Practice of Uncertainty: Voices of Marin Clarkberg, Cornell University, re- piece in the December 30, 1998 Washing- ciology of the Absurd and Other Essays on Physicians and Patients in Medical Mal- ceived media attention both in print and ton Post on discriminatory practices in the “Nouvelle Vaque” in American Social practice Claims (Auburn House, 1999). New Publications radio for her paper “The Time-Squeeze: the insurance industry towards racial mi- Science received Honorable Mention John Germov and Lauren Williams, The Mismatch Between Work-Hours Pat- norities. from the 1998 Committee. University of Newcastle, Australia (edi- Public Archeology is a new, international terns and Preferences Among Married Sheldon Steinhauser, Metropolitan State Clifton Marsh, Morris Brown College, tors) A Sociology of Food and Nutrition: The peer-reviewed journal for a wide, spe- Couples,” which was presented at the College, wrote a piece on managing an participated in the Rhodes Regional Con- Social Appetite (Oxford University Press, cialist readership of archeologists, cul- meeting of the American Association for age diverse workforce for the January is- sultations on the Future of the Church- 1999). tural historians, cultural economists, the Advancement of Science. She also sue of Managing Diversity, a newsletter Related College and received the State heritage managers, political commenta- had her paper on cohabitation and eco- Thomas F. Gieryn, Indiana University, on managing a diverse workplace. of Georgia Governor’s Teaching Fellow- tors, leisure and tourist operators, pri- nomic well-being (featured in the March Cultural Boundaries of Science: Credibility ship. vate consultancies, national and interna- issue of Social Forces) mentioned in the David M. Weiss, Long Island University, on the Line (University of Chicago Press, tional conservationists as well as those Washington Post (February 21) and on the was quoted in a December 1998 New York Richard Sennett, New York University, 1999). responsible for courses in museum stud- front page of the Wall Street Journal (Feb- Post article about a Pakistani immigrant received the Frederich Ebert prize in Ger- Paul ten Have, University of ies, heritage management, politics, an- ruary 23). who has been hospitalized for 6 ½ years many for his book The Corrosion of Char- Amsterdam, Doing Conversation Analy- thropology, and law. The first issue is in a New York City hospital. He provided acter (in German, Der Flexible Mensch). Don Dillman, Washington State Univer- commentary on the story in WABC Talk sis: A Practical Guide (Sage Publications, slated for publication in September 1999. sity, was quoted recently in op-ed essay Radio’s Mike and Lionel Show. David M. Weiss, Long Island University, 1999). Contact: Neal Ascherson, Editor, Public on the future of polling in USA Today received the University Faculty of the Archeology, c/o James and James, 35-37 Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, Jay P. Heubert and Robert M. Hauser, from his paper, “Self-Administered Sur- Year Award for his work with interns and University of Wisconsin-Madison (edi- veys in the 21st Century.” was quoted in an article on computer- his promotion of experiential education. (continued on next page) MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES 15

Publications, continued nois Sociological Association, the Na- underrepresented minorities in science Robert Davis was a scholar, gentle- the trappings of power and prestige that tional Council of State Sociological As- and engineering, Brown went to work man, and deeply caring faculty mem- hang over the academy. He sought to William Road, London NW1 3ER, sociations (NCSSA) and the Religious as a Senior Research Scientist at the Edu- ber who would go out of his way to understand and integrate into his own United Kingdom; or Francis Research Association. He was nationally cational Testing Service (ETS). However, share his knowledge with undergradu- teaching the contributions of colleagues McManamon, Regional Editor, Depart- recognized for his religious research and to gain access to confidential files that ate students. He had a loyal student fol- in psychiatry, psychology, anthropology, ment of Interior National Park Service, was a primary force in developing a could only be analyzed through a spe- lowing, with numerous students who political science, and history. National Center for Cultural Resource, consortium of denominational research- cial on-site agreement, she served as one signed up for every course he offered. Hirsch was born in Stuttgart, Ger- Archeology and Ethnography Program, ers who meet annually to share and dis- of the first Visiting Scientists in the Di- Following their graduation, he re- many and came to the United States in P.O. Box 37127, Washington, DC 20013- cuss areas of demographic and social vision of Science Resources Studies at mained in contact with many of them, 1933. He received his BA from Queens 7127. research of interest to, funded through, the National Science Foundation. Fol- writing recommendations and letters to College in 1941. After serving in the or facilitated by their national offices. lowing this appointment, she returned help further their careers. United States Army from 1942-1945, he Becker was active in encouraging to ETS and secured funding from the Active on University and departmen- returned to Queens College as a lecturer. NCSSA to participate in annual ASA National Science Foundation and the tal committees, Davis served as a mem- He entered graduate study at North- Caught in the Web meetings. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for several ber of the University’s Faculty Senate western University and received the In addition to his professional activi- major studies of minority women in sci- from 1974-1987 and was elected chair PhD in sociology in 1957. While work- Healthfinder ties, Becker was involved in his church. ence and engineering education. of the Senate from 1985-86. He was a ing on his dissertation he accepted an is a free getaway to reliable health infor- He was a member and leader in his lo- In 1996 she returned to the University regular attendee at the informal faculty appointment as assistant professor of mation developed by the U.S. Depart- cal Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod of Maryland-Baltimore County where roundtable discussions that take place sociology at Purdue University in 1947. ment of Health and Human Services. congregation, the Northern Illinois Dis- she continued to conduct talent flow re- weekly in the Faculty Dining Room. He was promoted to associate profes- Healthfinder links to carefully selected trict, and the Synod. He was a strong search. She was directing two major He excelled not only as a teacher and sor in 1958 and professor in 1966. information from U.S. government agen- supporter of Christian higher education, projects at the time of her death. One undergraduate advisor, but devoted Much of Hirsch’s scholarly work was cies, major nonprofit and private health parochial schools, especially urban pa- study, supported by the National Sci- much time and energy into developing concerned with the role of science in the organizations, state health departments, rochial schools, and urban ministry. ence Foundation, focused on the career and directing the Legal Studies Pro- modern world, and the problems con- and universities, it covers over 1,000 top- Becker was also involved in community mobility of Black and White women and gram, an interdisciplinary program that fronting scientists as professionals and ics and includes many resources in Span- and civic organizations and volunteered men in various sectors of the scientific examined law from many perspectives. citizens. Aware and supportive of the ish. time to youth sports activities. workforce. The second, supported by His professional activities included many contributions of science, espe- He was light-hearted and friendly, but the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, exam- membership in the American Psycho- cially its role in the defeat of totalitar- passionate and intense about significant ined factors associated with non-science logical Association, the Board of Advi- ian regimes in World War II, he was ap- issues. He rarely said “no” to any re- and engineering career choices of math- sors of the Archives of History of Ameri- propriately skeptical of the “science can Policy and Practice quest. During his more than thirty years ematically talented Black and Hispanic can Psychology, and consultant to the save us” hubris that often accompanies at Concordia, Becker taught countless undergraduate students, with the aim Greater Cleveland Hospital Association, enthusiasm about science. His interest Diana Davis, Development Associates, students to understand and appreciate of developing major taxonomic catego- the National Health Council and the in the social context of science led him Inc., recently led a team of researchers sociology. He was a great teacher, an ad- ries associated with non-science/engi- U.S. Department of Health, Education to study the image of the scientist in sci- to complete a yearlong study for the mirable role model, and a valued and neering career choices. and Welfare. ence fiction, and the relative autonomy Census Bureau. Using cognitive inter- loved friend. Shirley authored numerous reports, Davis also served on the editorial of science in totalitarian and democratic views, they evaluated versions of the Becker is survived by his wife Eliza- articles, and papers and was an active boards of the Journal of History of Be- societies. As his work developed, he race and Hispanic origin questions for beth, his daughter Mary, and his son Pe- participant in professional conferences havioral Sciences and Legal Studies Fo- published several books that brought to- the Census 2000 form with members of ter. His family, his students, and his col- and workshops. During her tenure at rum. One of Davis’ main research inter- gether his ideas on the relationship be- key populations most likely to be leagues miss him terribly and know he ETS she authored several major publi- ests was the history of African-Ameri- tween science and society: The Sociology undercounted—those with less than a will never be replaced. cations, including Increasing Minority can physicians in the United States from of Science (1962) with Bernard Barber, high school education, non-native En- Faculty: An Elusive Goal and Minorities 1830-1865. Prior to retiring, he lectured Explorations in Social Change (1964) with glish speakers, and minority group Bonnie J. Bondavalli, Concordia Univer- sity in the Graduate Education Pipeline. Other extensively and made presentations on George Zollschan, Scientists in American members. They also assessed ease of publications relate to equity issues re- the subject at universities and scientific Society (1968) and Social Change: Diag- navigating the entire form and compre- garding diversity and underrep- conferences. He also had a book-in- noses and Conjectures (1976) with George hension of all items and instructions. Shirley Ann Vining Brown (1936-1998) resentation of minority faculty in higher progress on the topic and continued Zollschan. Joyce Miller Iutcovich and Donald J. education. She recently completed a working on this project after his retire- His strong interests in interdiscipli- Pratt of Keystone University Research Shirley Ann Vining Brown, Senior Re- major report (with Beatriz Clewell) to ment. He also was interested in the elite nary study led to his association with Corporation have been awarded a con- search Scientist at the University of the Sloan Foundation, Project Talent antebellum African Americans of New Purdue’s undergraduate program in tract by the Pennsylvania Department of Maryland-Baltimore County, died on Flow: The Non-SEM Field Choices of Black York, with special attention to James Science and Culture, and graduate pro- Aging to conduct an evaluation of two November 11, 1998 after a short illness and Hispanic Undergraduates with the McCune Smith. gram in American Studies, where he demonstration projects: (1) the Geriatric with cancer, as reported by her family. Aptitude for Science, Engineering, and Davis was born August 29, 1925 in was a member of the teaching faculty. Health Model demonstration project Born in Monroe, MI, she pursued and Mathematics Careers. Madison, Wisconsin. He earned his BA He also served as chairman of the inter- and, (2) the Area Agency on Aging/ excelled in careers in education, social Brown not only studied issues of with high honors in sociology in 1949 disciplinary committee that helped to Managed Care Organization Partner- work and research. She earned an AB underrepresentation, but she actively and the MA degree in 1950 from the Uni- establish the Jewish Studies Program at ship. Findings from this research will degree (Sociology) in 1958, and MSW participated in trying to impact student versity of Wisconsin and his PhD in 1956 Purdue. Colleagues and friends remem- provide information useful to the plan- in 1969, and MA degree (Sociology) in academic achievement. In 1986, she in social psychology from the Univer- ber him for his broad scholarship, dry ning and implementation of similar ge- 1973, and a PhD (Social Work and Soci- founded the Youth Enrichment Pro- sity of Michigan. While at the Univer- wit, support of diversity, and civility. riatric healthcare projects in the future. ology) in 1975, all from the University gram, Inc., and since its inception, was sity of Michigan, he served as the assis- Hirsch is survived by his wife Lotte, of Michigan. the project director of an after-school tu- tant study director and study director with whom he enjoyed hiking, biking, She started her professional career as torial program for underachieving of the Survey Research Center at the swimming and travel; his sons, Martin a third grade teacher in the Milan, youth in Howard County, the Long Institute of Social Research at UM. and Dan; and daughters Judy and Janet. Deaths Michigan Public Schools and later Reach Youth Enrichment Program. She Surviving Davis are his wife, Lois, and Colleagues and friends join the Hirsch served as a social worker in the Ann also served as a consultant of educa- a daughter, Leigh of Cleveland Heights. family in celebrating his life and mourn- Margret Baltes, Free University of Ber- Arbor, Michigan Public Schools, at the tional issues for institutions at both the Eugene Uyeki, Case Western Reserve Uni- ing his passing. He will be missed. lin, passed away unexpectedly on Janu- University of Michigan, and in private local and national levels. versity Carolyn Cummings Perrucci and Robert ary 28. practice. A memorial service was held at Long Perrucci, Purdue University Brown began a 17-year university W. Roy Cook, Mankato State University, Reach Church of God, Columbia, MD Walter Hirsch teaching career in 1975 when she as- died December 17, 1998. on November 21, 1998. Brown is sur- (1919–1998) sumed an assistant professorship in the vived by her husband of 41 years, Mirra Komarovsky Heyman, Past Presi- School of Social Work at the University Charles L. Brown, a son, Garret Charles Walter Hirsch’s entire career was that dent of the ASA and Professor Emeritus Classified Ads of Maryland where she was tenured and Brown, daughters Sandra Anne Brown of a teacher and scholar. Widely read in of Sociology at Barnard College, passed promoted to associate professor in 1980. and Caryn Brown Becker, and six grand- many fields, he was an avid student of away January 30 at her home in New I’ll bring out the best in your book or Her early research interest was adoles- children. social movements and the sociology of York City. paper. Expert editing for style, clarity, cent parents. She directed several re- science. He was a scholar and a gentle- Essie Manuel Rutledge, Western Illinois mechanics. Twenty years’ experience in- David L. Stevenson, White House Office search projects in this area, including man, open to new ideas and rarely in- University, and Patricia White, National cluding ASR, SPQ, Sociological Theory, of Science and Technology Policy, died The Nature of Public Social Services for clined to utter an unkind or unintelli- Science Foundation Justice Quarterly, Demography. Karen on March 1, 1999, in Washington, DC. Pregnant Teenagers, funded by the De- gent word. His vision of social science Feinberg, 5300 Hamilton Avenue, #1704, partment of Health, Education and Wel- Robert C. Davis was broad and inclusive, revealing re- Cincinnati, OH 45224; (513) 542-8328; fare; The Concerns of School-Age Fathers (1925-1999) spect for theoretical and methodologi- [email protected]. in Early Childbearing Experiences, funded cal diversity, and a distinct disregard for Obituaries by the University of Maryland, and The During Robert Campbell Davis’ 31 Concerns of Adolescent Parents, funded by years as a faculty member in the Depart- Peter M. Becker the American Psychological Associa- ment of Sociology at Case Western Re- (1941-1998) tion. serve University, undergraduate stu- Peter M. Becker died of a sudden Brown’s research and scholarly inter- dents repeatedly listed him in student 1999 Guide to Graduate heart attack on December 8, 1998. He est later shifted to studying talent flow surveys as one of the people who had began his collegiate teaching career at issues in science and engineering, con- made a difference in their lives at the Departments of Sociology centrating on race and gender equity in University. Concordia University, River Forest, IL The ASA is pleased to announce the 1999 edition of the Guide in 1965. He was dedicated to Concordia, science education and the scientific la- Davis died peacefully at his home in to sociology as a discipline, to research, bor force. Her research in this area be- Cleveland Heights on January 25. to Graduate Departments of Sociology is now available. The Guide and (perhaps most of all) to students. gan while she was completing a Post- Prior to joining the faculty at Case In- is an important resource for individuals, departments, and In addition to his faculty position in the doctoral Fellowship at the Department stitute of Technology as an assistant so- other institutions seeking information on graduate departments of Social Relations and the Center for ciology professor in 1961, Davis taught Sociology Department, Becker was di- and their faculties. rector of Concordia’s Center for Social Social Organization of Schools, Johns at the University of Wisconsin. He be- Research and Assistant Provost for Re- Hopkins University. She then spent two came an associate professor at the Uni- $30.00 ASA Members search and Evaluation. Becker received years, 1985-86, in the Office of Science versity in 1966. $50.00 Non-Members/Institutions his PhD from Northwestern University. and Engineering Personnel at the Na- Retiring in 1992, he received the $20.00 ASA Student Members He was a member of, and held lead- tional Academy of Science as the project unanimous recommendation from his ership positions in, numerous profes- director for a study of minorities and department and approval from the Order from: ASA, 1307 New York Avenue NW, Suite 700 sional organizations, including the women in the mathematics, science and CWRU Board of Trustees to appoint him Washington, DC 20005-4701 engineering pipeline. To continue her an associate professor emeritus of soci- American Sociological Association, the Credit card orders, call (202) 383-9005 x389! Midwest Sociological Society, the Illi- growing research interest in ology. 16 MARCH 1999 FOOTNOTES

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