From tombrown@jhu.edu Thu Oct 1 04:16:40 1998 by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (980427.SGI.8.8.8/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 06:16:04 -0400 (EDT) From: tombrown@jhu.edu (Thomas F Brown) Subject: Re: Tourism & Leisure To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Hi. This is a belated response to your socgrad mailing list query. I've written on collecting from a culturally-oriented economic sociology perspective. You can read the working paper on the web at: http://jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu/~tombrown/Econsoc/demand.html yours, thomas From tr@tryoung.com Thu Oct 1 05:11:00 1998 (usr-mtp-51.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.51]) by H50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 07:07:20 -0400 To: ahs-talk@ncsu.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Teaching Resources in Criminology social-class@listserv.uic.edu, socgrad@csf.colorado.edu The Red Feather Institute supports a wide range of materials on-line for your students in criminology. The latest addition is Timothy Mason's fine work in Anthropological Criminology in his Syllabus on Deviance and Transgressions at: http://www.tryoung.com/RADPED/radped.htm ********** Contents of the Course: Introduction The Incest Tabu I - theories and speculations The Incest Tabu II - Dealing with Incest in small-scale societies The Incest Tabu III - Incest and Child Sexual Abuse in the First World Violence I - Infanticide Violence II - Interpersonal Aggression Violence III - The Serial Killer and Moral Panics Property and Theft I - Distributing Riches Property and Theft II - Dealing with rule-breakers Property and Theft III - Tort, Crime and the Huntsman Witchcraft I - Witchcraft in small-scale societies Witchcraft II - The Great Witch-hunt Witchcraft III and conclusion - Witchcraft as central metaphor? There are more resources for radical criminology at: A. The Red Feather Journal of Postmodern Criminology: http://www.tryoung.com/journals/JOURNAL-POMOCRIM/pomocrimINDEX.html B. The Socgrad Lectures contains: •045 Teaching Criminology: Part I •046 Teaching Criminology: Part II •047 Teaching Criminology: Part III •048 Teaching Criminology: Part IV •049 Teaching Criminology: Part V •050 Teaching Criminology: Part VI •051 Teaching Criminology: Part VII at http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/SOCGRADindex.htm C. Chaos and Social Control is at: http://www.tryoung.com/chaos/socco.htm TR Young, Director TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From tr@tryoung.com Thu Oct 1 05:14:45 1998 (usr-mtp-51.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.51]) by H50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 07:10:57 -0400 To: teachsoc@maple.lemoyne.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Teaching Resources about Women in South Asia social-class@listserv.uic.edu, ahs-talk@ncsu.edu, socgrad@csf.colorado.edu One of the finest teaching resources on-line for courses in women's studies, gender relations and social inequality can be found at: http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/news.html TR Young, Director The Red Feather Institute TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Thu Oct 1 19:39:11 1998 Date: Thu, 01 Oct 98 21:38:20 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: NETSOURCES: Social and Economic Indicators by Race and Hispanic Origin online (fwd) To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Reply-To: H-NET List on Ethnic History Sender: H-NET List on Ethnic History From: "Josef J. Barton" Subject: NETSOURCES: Social and Economic Indicators by Race and Hispanic Origin online To: H-ETHNIC@H-NET.MSU.EDU [Thanks to co-editor Richard Jensen for this valuable rresource:] now available in "pdf" [Acrobat] format: at Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin Prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the President's Initiative on Race ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- This chart book documents current differences in well-being by race and Hispanic origin and describes how such differences have evolved over the past several decades. The book is designed to further one of the goals of the President's Initiative on Race: To educate Americans about the facts surrounding the issue of race in America. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Entire Document PDF 688k Foreword and Table of Contents PDF 282k I. Introduction PDF 18k II. Population PDF 61k III. Education PDF 66k IV. Labor Markets PDF 54k V. Economic Status PDF 34k VI. Health PDF 57k VII. Crime and Criminal Justice PDF 54k VIII. Housing and Neighborhoods PDF 46k IX. Appendix PDF 34k X. Detailed Chart Sources PDF 32k Underlying Chart Data in wk4 format can be downloaded [your Windows spreadsheet or word processor should be able to handle this] Indicators of Social and Economic Well-Being by Race and Hispanic Origin Prepared by the Council of Economic Advisers for the President's Initiative on Race ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- You can download the data underlying the charts as spreadsheet files in Lotus WK4 format. To do this, right click you mouse and choose "Save Link As...". Then open this file using a spreadsheet program. II. Population Racial/Ethnic Composition of the Population (2k) Foreign-Born Population (2k) Minority Population by Region, 1995 (3k) Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Residence (3k) Intergroup Married Couples, 1990 (3k) Household Structure (3k) Age Distribution, 1997 (2k) III. Education Participation in Literacy Activities with a Parent or Family Member by Children Aged Three to Five (2k) Children Aged Three to Four Enrolled in Center-Based Programs or Kindergarten (2k) Computer Use by Children in First through Sixth Grade (2k) Average Reading Proficiency Scores (2k) Average Mathematics Proficiency Scores (2k) Educational Attainment of Adults Aged 25 and Over (3k) Persons Aged 25 to 29 with a High School Degree or Equivalent (4k) Persons Aged 25 to 29 with a Four-Year College Degree or Higher (4k) IV. Labor Markets Labor Force Participation Rates of Persons Aged 25 to 54 (7k) Unemployment Rates of Persons Aged 16 and Over (6k) Persons Aged 16 to 24 Who Are Not in School and Not Employed (4k) Median Usual Weekly Earnings of Male Full-Time Workers (4k) Median Usual Weekly Earnings of Female Full-Time Workers (4k) Black and Hispanic Male Earnings as a Percentage of White Male Earnings (3k) Black and Hispanic Female Earnings as a Percentage of White Female Earnings (3k) Occupations of Employed Persons, 1997 (4k) V. Economic Status Median Family Income (4k) Poverty Rates for Individuals (4k) Poverty Rates for Children (4k) Poverty Rates by Selected Individual Characteristics, 1996 (2k) Households Owning Selected Assets, 1993 (2k) VI. Health Infant Mortality Rates (2k) Life Expectancy at Birth (4k) Children Aged 19 to 35 Months Who Are Up to Date with Recommended Vaccinations, 1995-96 (2k) Prevalence of Smoking Among Persons Aged 18 to 24 (4k) Death Rates by Cause for Persons Aged 15 to 34, 1994-95 (2k) Death Rates by Cause for Persons Aged 45 to 64, 1995 (3k) Persons Aged 18 to 64 without Health Insurance Coverage, 1994-95 (2k) VII. Crime and Criminal Justice Victims of Homicide (7k) Victims of Property Crime (6k) Admissions to State and Federal Prisons (3k) Adults under Correctional Supervision (4k) Arrests, Convictions, and Prison Admissions for Violent Crimes, 1994 (4k) Minority Composition of Local Police and Sheriffs' Departments (3k) Perception of Whether Blacks or Whites are Treated More Harshly by the Criminal Justice System (3k) VIII. Housing and Neighborhoods Homeownership Rates (2k) Households with High Housing Cost Burdens (2k) Housing Units with Physical Problems (2k) Crowding: Households with More Than One Person per Room (3k) Reported Problems in Neighborhood, 1993-95 (2k) Average Racial and Ethnic Composition of Metropolitan Neighborhoods, 1990 (2k) Whites' Attitudes towards Integration (3k) ==end== From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Thu Oct 1 19:43:37 1998 Date: Thu, 01 Oct 98 21:42:47 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: CONFANN: Race in 21st Century America, East Lansing 4/99 (fwd) To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1998 07:49:35 -0500 Reply-To: H-NET List on Ethnic History Sender: H-NET List on Ethnic History From: "Josef J. Barton" Subject: CONFANN: Race in 21st Century America, East Lansing 4/99 To: H-ETHNIC@H-NET.MSU.EDU Conference Announcement: RACE IN 21ST CENTURY AMERICA: A NATIONAL CONFERENCE Michigan State University Kellogg Center April 7-10, 1999 Sponsored by James Madison College and The Black History Committee at Michigan State University "Race in 21st Century America: A National Conference" convenes against the backdrop of a complex period of transition, both nationally and globally. This includes rapid population growth among people of color in the United States, the simultaneous increase of impoverishment and concentrated wealth, and global economic restructuring. These trends are marked by growing efforts to reverse the social, economic, and political gains resulting from the Civil Rights Movement, as well as by increasing debates about the utility of the concept of "race" as a descriptive, analytic, and prescriptive tool. The Conference examines existing systems of power and privilege in the United States, especially as these impact upon communities of color. We identify specific goals and strategies that promote democratic social, political, and economic structures. Academicians, public officials, community activists, and citizens representing racial, ethnic, and ideological diversity from across the country convene April 7-10, 1999, at Michigan State University. Keynote and Roundtable Speakers (include): Molefi Asante, Temple University Mary Frances Berry, University of Pennsylvania Dinesh D'Souza, American Enterprise Institute Evelyn Hu-DeHart, University of Colorado, Boulder Arturo Madrid, Trinity University Manning Marable, Columbia University Janine Pease Pretty-Ontop, Little Big Horn College Abigail Thernstrom, Manhattan Institute William Julius Wilson, Harvard University List of Panels: 1. The Origins of the Concept of "Race" 2. Competition and Alliance among Communities of Color 3. Gender and Sexuality 4. Immigration and the Law 5. The Politics and Economics of Education 6. The Evolution of Whiteness 7. Cross-National Models of Race: South Africa, Brazil, Cuba and the United States 8. The Politics of Language in the United States 9. Multiculturalism: Hybridity, Unity and Diversity 10. Representation of Race in Popular Culture 11. Affirmative Action: The Rhetoric and the Reality 12. Race and Religion 13. Community Building for the 21st Century 14. Violence and Social Control 15. The Invention of the Mixed Race 16. Race and Class in America 17. Race and Scientific Research 18. Perspectives on Race: MSU and LCC Student Testimonies 19. Perspectives on Race: MSU Graduate Testimonies 20. Round Table Reflections More information will be available in the coming weeks. Questions: www.jsri.msu.edu/raceconf raceconf@jsri.msu.edu 517-353-3372 From tr@tryoung.com Fri Oct 2 02:59:55 1998 (usr-mtp-19.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.19]) by H50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 04:56:15 -0400 To: ahs-talk@ncsu.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Wenger, Weiner, Quinney and Young sssitalk@sun.soci.niu.edu, social-class@listserv.uic.edu, psn-special@csf.colorado.edu Most of the Red Feather Articles on Critical and Postmodern Sociology of Religion have been assembled on one home page. Those who teach Soc/Religion, Social Problems and/or Social Psychology may find something useful at the site. Wenger and Weiner offer Critical Analyses of Religion while Quinney and I try to think how an affirmative postmodern religious sensibility might be constituted which entails a human and humanist project for the sanctification/profanation processes. double click on: http://www.tryoung.com/POSTMODERNRELIGION/PomoReligINDEX.htm Articles include: The Typifications of Christ at Christmas and EasterTime by TR Young, Colorado State University. REAGANISM AND RELIGION: BORN-AGAIN POLITICS by John F. Welsh, Pittsburgh State University and by T. R. Young BETWEEN CULTURES; THE SEARCH FOR A POST-MODERN METAPHYSIC by Richard Quinney CAPITALIST DECLINE, POLITICAL REACTION, AND CONTEMPORARY RELIGIOUS REVIVAL by Morton G. Wenger The Sociology of Make Believe and Just Pretend: Affirmative Uses of Social Magic by T.R. Young THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT: Deconstructions of Mythic Subtexts in Commodity Sports by T.R. Young, Colorado State University POSTMODERN UNDERSTANDINGS OF THE GOD CONCEPT: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND THE DRAMA OF THE HOLY by T. R. Young, Texas Woman's University WORK AND WISDOM IN THE WORLD by TR Young, The Red Feather Institute and by Nancy Maxson, Iliff School of Theology THE DRAMA OF THE HOLY IN THE NEW WORLD ORDER: GLOBALIZATIONS OF THE GOD CONCEPT. by TR Young, The Red Feather Institute TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Fri Oct 2 09:14:28 1998 Date: Fri, 02 Oct 98 11:11:15 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: Sociology jobs To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Here are the h-net jobs having something to do with Sociology for this week. All H-Net Job Listings September 28, 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- See our Web version at http://www.matrix.msu.edu/jobs ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES 140. United States Information Agency (DC) Social Science Analyst Research: Analyst, Latin American Public Opinion. The Office of Research at the United States Information Agency is recruiting a Social Science Analyst who will plan and oversee public opinion research studies in Latin America, and analyze relationships between public opinion and political, economic and social issues in the region. The work includes (1) keeping up with activities and developments in Latin America; (2) planning and writing questionnaires and overseeing public opinion surveys; and (3) reporting results from such polls and others acquired in the region by writing clear, concise, interpretative reports and memoranda for top-level officials in the USG foreign policy community. Salary depends on qualifications ($32,457-$61,190). Position requires top secret security clearance and drug test. All applicants must address factors in vacancy announcement; refer to: http://www.usajobs.opm.gov/wfjic/jobs/BF3498.HTM. Job announcement Number HRC-230-98; Closing Date: October 13, 1998. USIA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 141. University of California - Irvine (CA) Lecturer, International Crime Networks/Security Global Issues Social Sciences: International Crime Networks and Related Security Global Issues. The Student Recommended Faculty Program (SRFP) of the University of California, Irvine, offers a one-year lecturer appointment for academic year 1999-2000. The appointment will be in the School of Social Science to teach undergraduate courses on the various topics of international crime networks. Related global crime and security issues can include: the international drug trade, money laundering, international terrorism, intellectual property and copyright fraud, immigration, stolen car networks. In addition to courses which examine these topics, the lecturer should be knowledgeable about domestic and international law enforcement cooperation and operations. Proposed courses should focus on the impacts of international criminal organizations on the international community and particular countries. A Ph.D. is required, as is demonstrated excellence in undergraduate teaching. Send curriculum vitae, teaching evaluations, sample course syllabi, and the names and mailing (and/or email) addresses of three references to Ruth Chen, ASUCI-SRFP, University of California, Irvine, California 92697. Application deadline is December 15, 1998. UCI is an Equal Opportunity Employer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUMANITIES 153. Comparative Studies in the Humanities, Ohio State University (OH) Assistant Professor, Comparative/Cultural Studies of Religion The Division of Comparative Studies in the Humanities at The Ohio State University announces an opening for a tenure-track, assistant professor position in comparative/cultural studies of religion, to begin September 1999. The Division is an interdisciplinary unit with current emphases in comparative literature, folklore, religious studies, and science studies. We invite applications from scholars in any discipline whose research and teaching explore the relationships between religious studies and any one or more of these other domains. Areas of geographic and disciplinary focus are open. Applicants must have the PhD in hand by the time of appointment. Please send a letter, current CV, and three letters of recommendation to Search Committee Chair, Division of Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University, 308 Dulles Hall, 230 West 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210-1311. Applications must be received by October 26, 1998. The Ohio State University is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. Women, minorities, Vietnam-era veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply. (KY, U.S.A>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUMANITIES COMPUTING/DISTANCE EDUCATION/EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY 157. Eatern Michigan University (MI) Assistant Professor, Educational Media/Technology The Department of Teacher Education of Eastern Michigan University invites applications for two tenure-track assistant professor positions in Educational Media and Technology beginning Fall, 1999. Eastern Michigan University leads the nation in the preparation of educational personnel. The University is especially interested in individuals who would bring one or more of the following: commitment to education oriented to the demands of a culturally diverse and pluralistic society, urban education experience, multicultural knowledge/experience working with students in diverse educational settings, ability to function as a role model for minority students, proficiency in a language spoken in minority communities. Expertise in the educational applications of technology is required. A doctorate in Education with specialization in Instructional Technology is preferred (ABD will be considered). K-12 teaching experience is preferred. Faculty are expected to teach both undergraduate and graduate courses which emphasize the pedagogical issues related to the use of technology in Instruction. Faculty also advise students and engage in scholarly/creative and service activities. We are interested in individuals committed to students and to cultural diversity who would contribute to the department in one or more of the following ways: 1) Distance learning and telecommunications expertise; 2) Expertise in technology planning and management; 3) Using technology to help support student-centered classrooms; and 4) Urban education and/or multicultural experience. Review of applications will begin January 4, 1999 and continue until the positions are filled. Submit a letter of application, curriculum vitae and three letters of recommendation to: F9928/29, 202 Bowen, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan 48197. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIOLOGY 201. Bard College (NY) Assistant Professor, Sociology Sociology: Bard College, Assistant Professor of Sociology. The Sociology Department of Bard College invites applications for a full-time tenure track appointment at the level of assistant professor beginning Fall 1999. Preference will be given to candidates who can teach both qualitative and quantitative research methods. Additional fields of expertise are open. The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to College-wide inter-disciplinary programs. Bard College is a co-educational liberal arts college of 1,000 students that places a premium on excellent teaching combined with serious scholarship. It is located 90 miles north of New York City in the Hudson River Valley. Please send a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a sample of written work, sample syllabi, and names of three references to: Ms. Theresa Vanyo, Director of Human Resources, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York 12504. Application deadline is November 10, 1998. AA/EOE. 202. Boise State University (ID) Assistant Professor, Sociology Sociology: Boise State University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin August, 1999. Minimum qualifications: Ph.D. and demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching, research and community service. Successful candidate will be expected to teach general introductory courses plus undergraduate courses in at least three of the following areas: Chicano studies; stratification; gender, class and race; social inequality; criminology and juvenile delinquency; and urban community. Send letter of interest, including a description of teaching, research and professional experiences and interest; a vita; a complete set of graduate transcripts; evidence of teaching; a writing sample; and names of three references. Applicants invited for an interview will be evaluated during their interview on demonstrated teaching effectiveness, scholarship and potential for university service. To assure consideration, please send application and supporting materials by December 1, 1998 to: Search Committee, Department of Sociology, Boise State University, 1910 University Drive, Boise, Idaho 83725. EOE/AA Institution. Women and persons of color are especially encouraged to apply. 203. Cornell University (NY) Assistant Professors, Sociology Sociology: Cornell University, Department of Sociology, expects to fill two tenure track positions during the 1998-1999 academic year. We seek candidates for junior positions who show strong promise in scholarship teaching. Candidates should send a curriculum vitae, three letters of reference and a brief (two or three pages) statement of current and planned research by September 30, 1998 to: Chair of Search Committee, Cornell University, Department of Sociology, 323 Uris Hall, Ithaca, New York 14853-7601. Cornell is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer, minorities and women are encouraged to apply. 204. Millersville University (PA) Assistant Professor, Sociology Sociology: Sociologist. Specializing in criminology and sociological research methods/data analysis. Assistant Professor. Full-time, tenure-track beginning August, 1999. Teacher/scholar to offer courses in Criminology, Research Methods, Quantitative Data Analysis, and either Introduction to Criminal Justice, or Modern Corrections. The successful candidate will have a strong interest in teaching and mentoring undergraduate students. Opportunity exists to teach courses in Women's, Latino, African-American, and International Studies programs. Required: Ph.D. dissertation completed by August 1999 in Sociology, Criminology, or Criminal Justice; primary specialty in Criminology and quantitative data analysis (with expertise in one of the following: comparative or cross-cultural criminology; police organization or culture; complex organizational/correctional management or another area consistent with the needs of the department); evidence of successful college teaching experience in Sociology, Criminology, or Criminal Justice; and a successful interview and teaching demonstration. Preferred: Evidence of an active research agenda and professional involvement in the discipline. Full consideration given to applications received by November 1, 1998. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching ability, copies of graduate and undergraduate transcripts, and three current letters of recommendation to: Dr. Henry W. Fischer, Search Chair, Department of Sociology/Anthropology/CH0925, Millersville University, P.O. Box 1002, Millersville, Pennsylvania 17551-0302. An EO/AA Institution. 205. Oberlin College (OH) Professor, Sociology of Asian Americans Sociology: Professor. Tenure-track position in Sociology of Asian Americans, Microsociology and Cultural Analysis beginning fall semester 1999. Initial term 4 years. Teach five undergraduate courses annually at introductory, intermediate and advanced levels. Ability to teach Sociology of Education desirable. Research program focused on Asian Americans is preferred with commitment to undergraduate teaching at liberal arts college with emphasis on high quality instruction and commitment to ongoing research. Ph.D. by fall semester 1999 preferred. Evidence of successful college teaching experience desirable. Letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, graduate academic transcripts, student evaluations and course syllabi should be sent by November 10, 1998, to William P. Norris, Chair, Department of Sociology, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio 44074-1019; Fax: 440-775-8124; E-mail: fnorris@oberlin.edu. AA/EOE. 206. St. Peters College (NJ) Assistant Professor, Sociology Saint Peter's College is a Catholic, Jesuit institution located in Jersey City, New Jersey. It has an undergraduate enrollment of approximately 2400 full-time students and 1100 part-time students and a graduate enrollment of over 400 students. It offers courses in both Day and Evening Sessions, has a branch campus in Englewood Cliffs devoted primarily to adult learners, and offers courses at a variety of locations in the metropolitan area. The following positions are anticipated to be available for August 1999, pending budget approval, and are tenure track unless otherwise noted. An appropriate doctoral degree is required for appointment as Assistant Professor and subsequent eligibility for tenure. 213. University of Toronto - Mississauga (Canada) Assistant/Associate Professor, Sociology Sociology: University of Toronto at Mississauga, Department of Sociology, invites applications for a tenure stream appointment at the level of either Associate or Assistant Professor. Applicants should have completed their Ph.D., be actively involved in survey research and provide evidence of excellent undergraduate teaching. The position involves the administration of the Hitachi survey research centre with the assistance of a technician (e.g. promoting the Centre by attracting funded research, supervising research and publishing the results in addition to day-to-day administration) and competency in at least one other substantive area. Salary will be commensurate with academic rank. Candidates should send a curriculum vitae and a statement of teaching specializations and research interests to the address below. Applicants should also ask 3 referees to send letters of recommendation under separate cover. Address all correspondence to the Chair of the Search Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5L 1C6. Appointment will take effect July 1, 1999. Closing date for receipt of applications is October 16, 1998. In accordance with its employment equity policy, the University of Toronto encourages applications from qualified women or men, members of visible minorities, aboriginal peoples and groups with disabilities. 214. Wayne State College (NE) Assistant Professor, Sociology Sociology: Assistant Professor, tenure-track, beginning Fall 1999. Requirements: Ph.D. preferred. Strong commitment to teaching and working in interdisciplinary environment. Responsibilities: Teaching load is 12 hours per semester (usually 4 classes, 3 preparations). Seeking a broadly prepared generalist in sociology; some preference given to individuals prepared to teach Stratification, Theory, and Social Organization. Successful candidate may also participate in a community research center. Multidisciplinary academic atmosphere demands collegiality are shared committee and program responsibilities. Location: Wayne State College is located in Wayne, a city of approximately 5,100 in northeast Nebraska. In recent years, FTE enrollment has increased by 55% bringing the student population to 4,000. The college is a focal point and catalyst in northeast Nebraska, not only for education but also for community and economic development, the arts, and cultural activity. Library automation and a campus-wide computer network link faculty to each other and to colleagues across the nation. Deadline: Review of applications on October 12. Application: Please send letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of transcripts, evidence of teaching excellence, and arrange to have three letters of reference sent to: Sociology Search, c/o Vice President for Academic Affairs, Wayne State College, 1111 Main Street, Wayne, Nebraska 68787. Minorities are especially encouraged to apply. Wayne State is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer. From tr@tryoung.com Sun Oct 4 05:31:53 1998 (usr-mtp-40.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.40]) by H50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Sun, 04 Oct 1998 07:27:27 -0400 To: psn-special@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Three for your students teachsoc@maple.lemoyne.edu, social-class@listserv.uic.edu There are three articles in the Red Feather Archives which students around the country seem to like to read as they are introduced to sociology. They are: A. No. 108  THE SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT: Structural and Cultural Approaches at: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/108Sports.htm B. No. 144 THE PROMISE OF SOCIOLOGY Critical Theory and Emancipatory Knowledge at: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/144p-soc.htm C. No.181 DRESS, DRAMA AND SELF: The Tee Shirt as Text at: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/181shirt.htm TWO MORE FOR THOSE WHO TEACH HONORS SOCIOLOGY: D. No. 153 THE ARCHEOLOGY OF SOCIAL KNOWLEDGE And The Drama of Human Understanding. at: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/153ArcheologyHumanKnowlege.htm E. No. 145 MARX AND THE POSTMODERN: Compatibilities and Contrarieties at: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/145Marx&Postmodern.htm ...and gladly wold they lerne and gladly teche. Chaucer TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Mon Oct 5 04:56:51 1998 Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 06:56:53 -0400 (EDT) From: James Cassell To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu, Social Science Research Methods Instructors Subject: SUMMARY: Looking for "Historiography for Dummies" In-Reply-To: Last week I posted the following: >Someone over on the teachsoc list requested suggestions for a good >introductory text on historical and/or comparative methods. Thus far, no >one has suggested anything on that list. > >I'm also interested in this request. So I'd appreciate hearing from folk >doing comparative/historical work: what references on "method" have you read >in seminars or your own research. You can send them to me privately or the >list, as you like. I'll post a summary here and on teachsoc. Here's the summary of what folk recommended. They are a mixture of "textbooks" and good examples of comparative historical work. Ragin 1994 is a general methods text, but has sections on compartive-historical methods; it might be the best bet for undergraduates. Many thanks to Alice R. Robbin and David Cotter for these suggestions. Fischer, David Hackett. 1970. Historians' fallacies; toward a logic of historical thought. New York, Harper & Row Ragin, Charles C. 1994. Constructing social research : the unity and diversity of method. Thousand Oaks [Calif.] : Pine Forge Press, c1994. Ragin, Charles C. The comparative method : moving beyond qualitative and quantitative strategies. Berkeley : University of California Press, c1987. Moore, Barrington. 1966. Social origins of dictatorship and democracy; lord and peasant in the making of the modern world. Boston, Beacon Press. Rueschemeyer, Dietrich, Evelyne Huber Stephens, and John D. Stephens. 1992. Capitalist development and democracy. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1992. Sewell, William Hamilton. 1994. A rhetoric of bourgeois revolution : the Abbé Sieyes and What is the Third Estate? Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 1994. Skocpol, Theda. 1979. States and social revolutions : a comparative analysis of France, Russia, and China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979. Tilly, Charles. 1984. Big structures, large processes, huge comparisons. New York: Russell Sage Foundation. I also took a walk over to the campus book store and found the following for our history department's GRADUATE STUDIES IN HISTORY: FIRST COURSE (3). Introduction to research. Adelson, Roger, ed. Speaking of history: conversations with historians. East Lansing: Michigan State University Press, c1997. Aletta Biersack, Aletta et al., eds.The New cultural history. Berkeley: University of California Press, c1989. Burke, Peter. New perspectives on historical writing. University Park, Pa.: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1992. Gay, Peter. Freud for historians. New York: Oxford University Press, 1985. Iggers, Georg G. Historiography in the twentieth century: from scientific objectivity to the postmodern challenge. Hanover, NH: Wesleyan University Press published by University Press of New England, c1997. Kramer, Lloyd, et al. Learning history in America: schools, cultures, and politics. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, c1994. Munslow, Alun. Deconstructing history. London; New York: Routledge, 1997. Southgate, Beverley C. History, what and why?: ancient, modern, and postmodern perspectives. London, New York: Routledge, 1996. Spitzer, Alan B.Historical truth and lies about the past: reflections on Dewey, Dreyfus, de Man, and Reagan. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. Best, James ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From tombrown@jhu.edu Mon Oct 5 07:48:28 1998 by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (980427.SGI.8.8.8/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1998 09:48:10 -0400 (EDT) From: tombrown@jhu.edu (Thomas F Brown) Subject: Re: SUMMARY: Looking for "Historiography for Dummies" To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Theda Skocpol also has edited a collection that would be very useful in this context. Each chapter critically reviews a major historical sociologist. From tr@tryoung.com Tue Oct 6 04:43:40 1998 (usr-mtp-62.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.62]) by H50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 06:40:01 -0400 To: sssitalk@sun.soci.niu.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Welcome to Prison David Asma is Editor of a Special Issue of Postmodern Criminology; We will soon post the first five articles which present a critical dramaturgical analysis of prisons and criminology on the pomocrim website. The title of the Volume is; Vol. 5: Dramaturgical Analysis in Prisons, Courts and Law-Making             (Under Construction) David Asma, Editor.  I should have mentioned it when queried on SSSI about SSSI and prisons the other day but had simply forgotten...big sigh for small brains. If you have an article which might be appropriate for the Special Issue; Contact David at: asma@wwa.com If you would like a preview of David's article, Welcome to Jail: Some Dramaturgical Notes on Admission to a Total Institution double click on: http://www.co.lake.il.us/pubdef/welcome.htm If you would like to edit a different Special Issue in Postmodern Criminology, contact me. TR Young, General Editor Postmodern Criminology And...if you would like to take a look at the First Issue of Pomocrim, double click on: http://www.tryoung.com/journals/JOURNAL-POMOCRIM/pomocrimINDEX.html TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Tue Oct 6 08:45:24 1998 Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 10:44:43 -0400 (EDT) From: James Cassell To: Social Science Research Methods Instructors , Sociology Graduate Student Discussion , Teaching Sociology Subject: ADDENDIUM to "Historiography for Dummies" Thomas Brown sent two more suggestions for introductory readings on comparative-historical methods: Skocpol, Theda, ed. 1984. Vision and method in historical sociology. Cambridge: Cambridge Univeristy Press. Skocpol, Theda and Somer, Margaret. 1980. The uses of comparative history in macrosocial inquiry. COMPARATIVE STUIDES IN SOCIEY AND HISTORY 22(2):174-197. Best, James ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From chadk@yourinter.net Tue Oct 6 09:25:09 1998 (Post.Office MTA v3.5.2 release 221 ID# 0-52491U2500L250S0V35) Date: Tue, 06 Oct 1998 11:21:25 -0700 To: psn@csf.colorado.edu, appsoc-l@appliedsoc.org, socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: Chad Kimmel Subject: Call for Help Hello Everyone! I am involved in a Labor Law course this semester and have begun to research for my next paper on the National Labor Relations Board. Rather than examining the board alone, I wanted to create an overall context of the social welfare and political policies during Roosevelt's New Deal period that led to the enactment of the NLRA in 1935. I have books from Michael Katz (Shawdow of the Poor House) and Theda Skocpol (Protecting Soldiers and Mothers), but neither looks at the NLRA. Thus, I am asking for assistance in tracking down relevant literature that addresses both the social and political policies of that time, as well as (and most importantly) literature addressing the birth of the NLRA and its board of white, male, conservatives. Thanks much, Chad Kimmel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chad M. Kimmel Graduate Assistant & Data Manager Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute Department of Sociology Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana, Pennsylvania 15705-1087 WEB: http://www.yourinter.net/~ckimmel E-MAIL: ckimmel@yourinter.net From tr@tryoung.com Wed Oct 7 04:05:49 1998 (usr-mtp-58.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.58]) by H50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 06:02:04 -0400 To: Ericegg@aol.com From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: All you want to know about Hegel In-Reply-To: Eric: I put Master-Slave into a search engine and after a few tries, got this...hope it serves. If you want to know more about Hegel, type in 'Hegel, George' and get all you ever want to know about him... ....alternatively, you could go to the RF Dictionary and get a short snappy read on him.. double click on: http://www.tryoung.com/Dictionary/3rdf-l.htm#L best, TR PS: I've got to take the Dictionary off-line soon...it will be published in hard copy...the Publisher will object to a freebie on-line. So down-load it on a 1.2 floppy soon if you want a personal copy. ********** TR Here is the info you wanted: In The Phenomenology of Mind (one of the three basic books used by Lenin in his studies for Imperialism), in the section on Lordship and Bondage, Hegel shows that the lord has a desire for the object and enjoys it. But because he does not actually work on it, his desire lacks objectivity. The labor of the bondman, in working, in changing, i.e. in negating the raw material, has the contrary effect. This, his labor, gives him his rudimentary sense of personality. Marx hailed this and continued the basic idea in his analysis of handicraft and the early stages of capitalist production (simple co-operation). The laborer's physical and mental faculties are developed by the fact that he makes a whole chair, a whole table, a piece of armor, or a whole shoe. At 01:55 AM 10/1/98 EDT, you wrote: >Hi TR, >I have a question that I'm getting conflicting answers over: > >Where is Hegels "master-slave dialectic?" And what year was it published? > >Ok, talk to you soon. > >eric > TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From tr@tryoung.com Wed Oct 7 05:04:03 1998 (usr-mtp-58.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.58]) by H50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 07:00:23 -0400 To: teachsoc@maple.lemoyne.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Interactionally Rich and Informationally Diverse Syllabi Five years ago, as Visiting Professor at Virginia Tech, I was asked to teach a super-large class in Intro Sociology...I didn't want to but I did want to teach at VT...as part of my game plan to teach at as many Universities around the country as possible in the last years of my teaching career. So I invented the GFCLC, an Interactionally Rich and Informationally diverse Syllabus which allowed each of the 485 studetns in the Intro course to select their own learning style and to 'buy' their own choices in how to earn points toward the grade they thought they might be able to achieve. It was a lot of work but the rewards were great; I've used variations of it at every university at which I've taught since. Some of you might want to try it...if so, I'll help. The basic ideas are set forth at in an article at the GFCLC website. No. 165 THE GREAT FLYING CHAOS LEARNING CIRCUS: A Strangely Attractive Way to Teach large Sociology Classes If you would like to take a look, double click on: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/165pt-pd.htm There is a smaller version at: http://www.tryoung.com/teachsoc/HTTS.htm With such syllabi, one can de-massify large classes; can provide informationally diverse and interactionally rich pathways through the knowledge process. TR Young, Teacher TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Wed Oct 7 08:27:03 1998 Date: Wed, 07 Oct 98 10:25:46 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: Solidarity: "The Social" in Thought To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 05:53:44 -0500 Reply-To: H-NET List on Ethnic History Sender: H-NET List on Ethnic History From: "Josef J. Barton" Subject: DATE CORRECTION: CFP: Solidarity: "The Social" in Thought & Practice, Graduate Student History Conference, NYU, 4/ 9-10/99 To: H-ETHNIC@H-NET.MSU.EDU CALL FOR PAPERS Solidarity: "The Social" in Thought and Practice Graduate Student History Conference New York University April 9-10, 1999 [NOT 2-3 as previously announced!] Graduate students in the History Department at New York University announce a conference on the theme of "solidarity" and invite graduate students in all fields and periods of history to submit abstracts for papers. We use "solidarity" to refer to social phenomena that have come to be called mass action, political mobilization, and coalition-building. Calling attention to "solidarity" addresses recent trends in the academy. Many intellectual and cultural historians argue that discourse, ideology, and narrativity ought to be privileged categories of social analysis. To what extent has this view challenged or supplanted an older view that society is to be studied as a realm of competing structures, contending classes and groups, and conflicts over material resources? We invite students to present historical work that showcases the various interpretive and methodological tools that historians bring to the study of "solidarity." We encourage prospective panelists to submit abstracts of papers that address any of the four following questions: FIRST, is the study of society an exercise in metaphysics, disguised as science, or is it a professionally anchored way of investigating and knowing the social world? SECOND, if discourse constitutes the social, to what degree have competing discourses operated as agents of historical change and how have they been socially located? THIRD, can a focus on mass action, political mobilization, and coalition-building be reconciled with the view that power exists difusely and cannot be located in particular groups, classes, or institutions? FOURTH, how have recent explorations into the social construction of identity promoted or undermined "solidarity" as a matter of practical politics? While we are not soliciting panel proposals, we suggest that panel topics could include: -Identity, Politics, and Social Change -Individuality and Solidarity -Resistance as Solidarity -Has the Idea of the "Public Sphere" Fallen Flat? -Academic Knowledge and Its Social Uses? -The Problems of Collective Action -Solidarity and the Discursive Construction of the Social -The Reflexivity of Social Knowledge Please submit proposals by NOVEMBER 15, 1998. Proposals should include a one-page abstract and a curriculum vitae, and should be sent to the following address: Graduate Student History Association "Solidarity" Conference Attn: Jane Rothstein and Louis Anthes New York University Department of History 53 Washington Square South New York, NY 10012 For further information, contact: Jane Rothstein jr231@is5.nyu.edu Louis Anthes lqa9210@is2.nyu.edu From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Wed Oct 7 08:39:08 1998 Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:38:40 -0400 (EDT) From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: Two Tenure-Track Positions, Emory University (fwd) FYI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 10:37:03 EST5EDT From: Maggie Stephens To: sssnet@vance.irss.unc.edu bagnew@social-sci.ss.emory.edu, ssmit18@sph.emory.edu Subject: Two Tenure-Track Positions, Emory University Emory University: The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position to begin in August, 1999. We are seeking candidates in criminology/criminal justice, with a preference for applicants who conduct macro-level research on the causes of crime, analyze organizational and white-collar crimes, or conduct organizational studies of the criminal justice system. A Ph.D. in Sociology or Criminal Justice (with a strong emphasis on sociology) is required by the starting date. Send vita, three letters of recommendation, a summary of teaching experience, teaching evaluations, and a sample of written work to Robert Agnew, Department of Sociology, 1555 Pierce Drive, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322. We will begin screening applications after Nov. 30, 1998. Emory University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and strongly encourages applications from women and minorities. AND Emory University: The Department of International Health of the Rollins School of Public Health of Emory University and the Department of Sociology of Emory College announce an immediate opening for a renewable, tenure-track position in Population Sciences at the rank of Assistant Professor. Applicants should hold a doctoral degree in demography, sociology, economics or a related field. A record of excellence in scholarship, successful teaching experience at the graduate level and strong quantitative and writing skills are required. The successful candidate will be expected to teach in demography/population sciences and to establish a strong program of externally funded research in population from an international perspective. Salary is competitive. Send letter of application with curriculum vitae and three letters of reference to: Reynaldo Martorell, Ph.D., Robert W. Woodruff Professor of International Nutrition and Chair, Department of International Health, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, 1518 Clifton Road, N.E., Room 754, Atlanta, GA 30322. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Emory University is an EEO/AA employer. _______________________ Maggie Stephens Dept. of Sociology, Emory Univ. 1555 Pierce Drive Atlanta, GA 30322 e-mail: msteph@soc.emory.edu 404-727-7512 From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Wed Oct 7 09:12:20 1998 Date: Wed, 07 Oct 98 11:10:54 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: H-net jobs To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU R -- especially note the Rollins job -- All H-Net Job Listings October 5, 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- See our Web version at http://www.matrix.msu.edu/jobs ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENERAL SOCIAL SCIENCES 138. Massachusetts College of Art (MA) Professor, Social Sciences The Massachusetts College of Art announces a full-time tenure track position in the Department of Critical Studies beginning academic year 1999-2000. We are seeking a candidate who has earned a Ph.D. in the social sciences. We would look most favorably upon someone who would be able to devise and teach courses in the history and social history of race in the United States and/or courses in the sociology and anthropology of diverse cultures. Salary Commensurate with experience. Please submit all relevant material to: Office of Human Resources, Massachusetts College of Art, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115-5882, by January 15, 1999, marked Attention: Critical Studies Search Committee. Massachusetts College of Art is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. Members of under-represented groups and those committed to working in a diverse cultural environment are encouraged to apply. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIOLOGY 195. Morehouse College (GA) Sociology Morehouse College is seeking two Assistant Professors, and one Associate Professor who teach and conduct research in two or more of the following areas: criminology, economic sociology, environmental studies, law and society, social inequality, family studies, urban and community, science studies, and medical/health. Preference will be given to candidates who: a) have comparative/global and multidisciplinary theoretical perspectives, b) who skillfully combine quantitative and qualitative methodologies, and c) who are interested in being creative and active teachers and researchers in a renowned liberal arts college on the move. Must have Ph.D. in hand by August 1, 1999. Please submit curriculum vitae, a letter detailing teaching and research plans, course syllabi, writing samples, and three letters of recommendation by November 2, 1998. Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience. Please send all application materials to: Faculty Search Committee, John H. Stanfield, II, Avalon Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology, Morehouse College, 830 Westview Drive, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia 30314. Application materials may be e-mailed as an attachment file using Microsoft Word or Wordperfect. All e-mailed materials can be sent to: sbobbitt@morehouse.edu. 196. North Georgia College and State University (GA) Assistant Professor, Sociology North Georgia College and State University invites applications for a tenure-track position in Sociology at the Assistant level, beginning Fall,1999. Ph.D. required by August 1999. Specialization open. Women and minority candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Responsibilities: Teach 12 credit hours per semester, advisement, department and college service, research and publications. Located north of Atlanta near the Appalachian Trail, NGCSU was recently rated as one of America's 100 best college buys. Its ROTC program has been ranked the nation's finest. Application review will begin immediately and will continue until position is filled. Applications received by November 16, 1998 will be assured of consideration. Send a letter of application, resume, unofficial transcripts of undergraduate and graduate work, three letters of reference,publication/writing sample, and teaching evaluations to: Department of Human Resources, Attention: Sociology Position, North Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega, Georgia 30597. For further information, call Linda August, Search Committee Chair, at (706) 864-1906 or email at laugust@nugget.ngc.peachnet.edu AA/EOE 197. Rollins College (FL) Assistant Professor in Sociology Rollins College invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor of sociology. A Ph.D. in Sociology is required at the time of appointment. We seek a versatile and energetic generalist committed to undergraduate teaching and establishing a program of research. Area of specialization is open, but some preference will be given to individuals with teaching/research interests in the family, education, work and technology, social movements, or environmental sociology. The teaching load is six semester courses per year. The successful candidate must provide evidence of creative scholarly activity and potential, and demonstrate an ability to work collegially in a small department in a liberal arts setting. The department is oriented toward critical and humanistic sociology. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Completed applications received by November 15, 1998, will receive fullest consideration. Send letter describing teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae, official graduate transcripts, samples of scholarly writing, course syllabi, recent course evaluations, and three letters of reference to: Sociology Search, Rollins College, 1000 Holt Avenue, Box 2761, Winter Park, Florida 32789. Rollins College is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons needing special accommodation to participate in the application process, please contact 407-646-2670. From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Wed Oct 7 17:40:10 1998 Date: Wed, 07 Oct 98 19:38:42 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: Chronicle of Higher education news To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- To: doc-talk@asgs.org Subject: doc-talk CHE News Sender: owner-doc-talk@asgs.org Reply-To: owner-doc-talk@asgs.org =================================================================== DOC-TALK =================================================================== In case you missed these articles in the CHE during September. ================================= Here are news bulletins from The Chronicle of Higher Education for Thursday, September 10. * THE NUMBER OF Ph.D.s in the life sciences exceeds the jobs available to them, according to a new report prepared by the National Research Council. As a result, universities should limit growth in the number of graduate students and avoid developing new programs, the council says. 9/15 MAGAZINES & JOURNALS A glance at the September issue of "College English": Professors have lost sight of the dissertation's role Dissertations are graduate students' first professional contributions, not their last academic exercises, write Gary A. Olson, a professor of English at the University of South Florida, and Julie Drew, a professor of English at the University of Akron. Many professors have lost sight of the purpose of the dissertation, they say, and don't push students to write dissertations that enrich scholarship and interest readers. Although publication of dissertations is no longer mandatory for a degree -- as it was in the 19th century -- professors should advise doctoral students to think of dissertations as scholarly books, the authors conclude, because in today's competitive job market, they will face the same pressures to "publish or perish" as faculty members do. The journal's World-Wide Web address is http://omega.cc.umb.edu/~ce/ ========= THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION LAUNCHES "CAREER NETWORK" The definitive list of academic career resources and job openings on the Web can now be found at http://chronicle.com/jobs The Chronicle of Higher Education this week has started Career Network, an on-line career service that can be found at http://chronicle.com/jobs. Career Network is the definitive place on the Web for academic job seekers to find career counseling, news about the job market, and the largest listing of higher-education jobs in the world. Other features of the site include: --News about the college and university job market, as reported by The Chronicle's editorial staff. --Two new advice columns on finding a job. One, Ms. Mentor, is a witty and savvy look at working in academe. This week, she discusses what to do when you are not the favorite of your dissertation adviser. The other is Career Talk, with nuts-and-bolts advice on how to apply for a job in higher education. This week's column discusses how to create a Web site that will help your job search. Both columns are interactive. --First-person diaries of job seekers, detailing the highs and lows of pursuing a job in academe. --An extensive resources section with dozens of links to other on-line sources of career information, plus a listing of books for the academic job seeker. --Hundreds and hundreds of jobs in all areas of higher education, including faculty and research positions in the humanities, social sciences, professional fields, and science and technology; administrative positions; executive positions; and posts outside academe. Visit the H-GRAD Website at http://www.h-net.msu.edu/~grad =================================================================== DOC-TALK Sponsored by ASGS =================================================================== From dnaylor@scf-fs.usc.edu Thu Oct 8 02:11:29 1998 From: "Don Naylor" To: Subject: Call for Papers Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 00:30:44 -0700 CALL FOR PAPERS--STUDENT PAPER SESSIONS (3) (The first two were left out of the call for papers and a planned for supplement never materialized; I would appreciate your help is publicizing these.) MASCULINITIES Pacific Sociological Association, Portland Ore., April 15-18th, 1998 Co-sponsored by the ASA Honors Program and the ASA Student Forum Deadline is October 31st Send to: Don Naylor Department of Sociology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2539 dnaylor@usc.edu INEQUALITY Pacific Sociological Association, Portland Ore., April 15-18th, 1998 Co-sponsored by the ASA Honors Program and the ASA Student Forum Deadline is October 31st Send to: Don Naylor Department of Sociology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2539 dnaylor@usc.edu GENDER IDENTITY, GENDER ISSUES AND GENDER DIFFERENCES: RETHINKING GENDER AND ITS INFLUENCE ON HUMAN SOCIAL RELATIONS ASA Meeting, Chicago, August 1998 Co-sponsored by the ASA Honors Program and the ASA Student Forum Deadline is in January, 1998 Gail Wallace, CSUS, and Don Naylor, USC, organizers Send to: Don Naylor Department of Sociology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2539 dnaylor@usc.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Donald C. Naylor, BA BA AB th,q&D Department of Sociology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089-2539 dnaylor@usc.edu From tr@tryoung.com Thu Oct 8 04:13:09 1998 (usr-mtp-69.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.69]) by H50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 06:09:30 -0400 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Conversions and Degradations Dear Friends... I recieved the post below from Jackie Black...I can't think of a specific piece on the topic so I thought to ask others. If you know of some research which treats grad school as conversion, do send it on to her directly, copy to me... I've made the same point time out of mind in my Individual and Society courses...that the bestowal of a degree follows the same general format as do the kind of degradations one finds in military court-martials [I was once court-martialled for insolence so could use that experience as text]...in religious conversions, in Asylums [after goffman], in Hospitals [I worked at UMich hospital for three years in most of the services so had lots of first hand data from that wonderful experience] and in the military itself [boot-camp at Ft Leonard Wood gave me tons of data on which to lecture]. But I've never written this out in a specific article... ....if you know of one... TR ********* From: Jackie.Black@fluordaniel.com Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 11:36:22 -0400 Subject: grad school as conversion To: tr@tryoung.com I learned about you through Alan Hill (Delta) and he said that if anyone could answer this question you could. Do you know of anyone doing work on grad school as a conversion experience? ****** If its dancing you would be, there's better pipes than sociology Ale, man, ale's the thing to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think Look into the pewter pot and see the world as it is not Pints and quarts of ludlow beer then the world is not so queer. apologies to Housman. TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From tombrown@jhu.edu Thu Oct 8 08:15:26 1998 by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (980427.SGI.8.8.8/950213.SGI.AUTOCF) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 10:15:08 -0400 (EDT) From: tombrown@jhu.edu (Thomas F Brown) Subject: Re: Conversions and Degradations To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu I would suggest looking at Victor Turner's work on liminality and liminars. I will print two titles in particular below, but these themes run through nearly all of his writings. Here's how I summarized it: Liminars (the ritual subjects in this phase) are: "stripped of status and authority and leveled to a homogeneous social state through discipline and ordeal" (Turner 1978, p. 249). "Their secular powerlessness may be compensated for by a sacred power, however--the power of the weak, derived on the one hand from the resurgence of nature when structural power is removed, and on the other from the reception of sacred knowledge. Much of what has been bound by social structure is liberated, notably the sense of comradeship, or communitas; while much of what has been dispersed over the many domains of culture and social structure is now bound, or cathected, in the complex semantic systems of pivotal, multi-vocal symbols and myths, numinous systems which achieve great conjunctive power" (Turner 1974, p. 259). Sounds like grad school to me! This is great stuff. Turner is my favorite anthropologist. Nobody does symbol and ritual better. Turner, Victor. 1974. Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Turner, Victor & Turner, Edith. 1978. Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture. New York: Columbia University Press. From rmc11@rabbit.INS.CWRU.Edu Thu Oct 8 11:12:50 1998 Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 13:12:36 -0400 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: rmc11@rabbit.INS.CWRU.Edu Please post: *******************CALL FOR PAPERS*********************
Southwest Social Science Association (SSSA) Annual Conference (March 31-April 3, 1999) in San Antonio, Texas
I am organizing a session on "sociology of popular culture and music" and looking for presenters. No particular theme exists for the session so papers of any theoretical and methodological approach will be considered. We had a great response last year to this session (so great that the session had to be extended to two sessions). Topics last year included cybersex, drug use among musicians, and rock music as a political voice, to name a few. Anyone interested should send either an abstract of their paper or the finished paper to: Richard Carpiano Department of Sociology Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Ave. Mather Memorial #226 Cleveland, OH 44106 (216) 368-2700 (216) 368-2676 (fax) rmc11@po.cwru.edu The SSSA is one of the largest interdisciplinary associations in the U.S. containing sections on Sociology, Political Science, Social Work, Economics, History, and Women's Studies. Furthermore, other sessions besides my own are looking for presenters as well. If you are interested in submitting a paper in a different topic area, contact me and I will be happy to direct you to the appropriate individual. Rich Carpiano ****************************************************** Richard M. Carpiano Department of Sociology Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Avenue MTHM #226 Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7124 (216) 368-2700 (216) 368-2676 (fax) rmc11@po.cwru.edu From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Thu Oct 8 11:53:35 1998 Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1998 13:53:04 -0400 (EDT) From: James Cassell To: Southern Sociological Society Network Subject: Call for Papers: "Human Rights: Changes and Challenges" (fwd) FYI - James ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 13:26:30 -0400 From: Steve Vallas To: James Cassell Subject: Call for Papers: "Human Rights: Changes and Challenges" James, Can you post the following call for papers to the listserv? Thanks. Steve Vallas Georgia Institute of Technology CALL FOR PAPERS SYMPOSIUM "Human Rights: Changes and Challenges," April 29-May 1, 1999 This is conceived as a broad-ranging and interdisciplinary symposium exploring the theory, definition, and contestation of human rights in past and present. Co-sponsored by the Atlanta History Center and Georgia Tech, we invite new scholarly perspectives on the intersection of culture, government policy, and technology in human rights discourses. We are especially interested in emerging paradigms for rights discourses. Papers may address local-level case studies (in the U.S. and elsewhere), national policy, and international and theoretical dimensions. Inquiries can be made by e-mail: alice.bullard@hts.gatech.edu. One-page proposals and short c.v. should be directed to Professors Alice Bullard and Gregory Nobles, Symposium Co-Chairs, School of History, Technology, and Society, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0345. Speakers will receive an honorarium plus travel and accommodation expenses. At this time, however, we do not anticipate funding international travel, although exceptions may be made to this rule. Those interested should respond by December 15th. From rmc11@rabbit.INS.CWRU.Edu Thu Oct 8 13:58:36 1998 id PAA01148; Thu, 8 Oct 1998 15:58:27 -0400 (EDT) (from rmc11@pop.cwru.edu for ) Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 15:58:27 -0400 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: rmc11@rabbit.INS.CWRU.Edu Subject: The Southwestern Social Science Conference I have received e-mail asking for info on the Southwestern Social Science Association conference since the Association's website has been rather sparse on what sessions are being organized. Hope this helps.
Southwestern Social Science Conference
When and Where: March 31-April 3, 1999 in the St. Anthony and Gunter Hotels in San Antonio, Texas Theme: "Small Planet: The Southwest and a Changing World" Deadline for submissions (completed papers or abstracts): October 31, 1998 (be sure to include all authors, affiliations, complete mailing addresses, daytime telephone numbers, fax numbers, and e-mail addresses). All program participants are required to pre-register for the meetings. Program participants are encouraged to join the SSA/SSSA. Specific info on preregistration and hotel reservations will be mailed in January, 1999 when the program planning is completed. Please contact Cecile Harrison, Program Chair for info regarding available sessions; creating a session, roundtable, or panel; or other info. She can be reached at 713-313-7408 (office) or 713-523-8019 (home) Her mailing address is: Department of Psychology, Sociology, and Social Work Texas Southern University 3100 Cleburne Houston, Texas 77004 or you can contact Robert Beckley by e-mail at rbeckley@faculty.wtamu.edu for assistance as well. Rich Carpiano From tr@tryoung.com Fri Oct 9 06:09:23 1998 (usr-mtp-51.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.51]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 08:05:43 -0400 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Artificial Stupidity It occurs to me that I can, in small part, help Jackie Black understand why graduate programs can be so de-humanizing...in 1991, I wrote a satire on Artificial Intelligence and called it Explorations in Artificial Stupidity...the grad students at Fielding Institute seemed to like it...they laughed at me all during the lecture... In it, I defined 'artificial stupidity', 'Naturally Stupid Societies,' 'Artificially Stupid Societies' 'Info-cryption,' and Info-xication'...but most of all, I criticized universities for what they did to the bright and beautiful students who came to them lively and full of hope...and left to help engineer still more structural stupidity... Below is a quotation from the paper: Stupefying Universities Universities make several important contributions to the structural stupidity of a nation. Large classes, impersonal processing, irrelevant course requirements and inferior instructors all contribute their share to naturally stupid societies but there is a lot more that can be done to prevent intelligence. Selective screening of students does much to stupefy a nation. Again, if an educational system does its share to exclude or to expel women, Blacks, Chicanos, Indians and the children of the working class, it builds great reservoirs of ignorance in the general population upon whom great stupidities depends. You can scan the article in all its simple satire at: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/192Stupidity.htm Yrs for better teaching, TR TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From bobwold@mail.utexas.edu Sun Oct 11 11:50:15 1998 Date: Sun, 11 Oct 1998 12:50:45 -0500 From: Bob Woldman To: socgrad - international listserv for soc grads Subject: SSSR/RRA Meetings Is anyone else going to the SSSR/RRA meetings next month in Montreal? If so, would the members of SOCGRAD like to get together sometime for a drink or something? Best, Bob -- ======================================================================== Bob Woldman bobwold@mail.utexas.edu Graduate Student of Sociology The University of Texas at Austin ======================================================================== The fascination of sociology lies in the fact that its perspective makes us see in a new light the very world in which we have lived all of our lives. -- Peter Berger From l-langdoc@nwu.edu Mon Oct 12 06:36:29 1998 From: "Lori A. Langdoc" To: Subject: Fw: small favour for the me & the scientific endeavour Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 07:35:28 -0500 charset="iso-8859-1" Hello everyone - I am passing on this message that I received and am hoping that if you are not already aware of this that you will complete the survey and/or announce it in your classes. It should be interesting to see the results of it. Lori A. Langdoc -----Original Message----- From: Philip Howard To: alev@conorpac.com ; abaird@dwl.net ; choward@is2.dal.ca ; allen@wri.org ; amajanla@chass.utoronto.ca ; arukunte@ix.netcom.com ; akunte@ff101.undp.org ; clifford@uic.edu ; ; bruce.howard@bejing03.x400.gc.ca ; caroline.stigant@utoronto.ca charles_mendel@mmb.com.au ; cander@PO-Box.McGill.CA ; chigari@nwu.edu ; cjbradyskye@hotmail.com ; dheplsc@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu ; pellodav@merle.acns.nwu.edu ; declanhill@hotmail.com ; dobson@unixg.ubc.ca ; dscribne@weber.ucsd.edu ; ABBOTT@trinity.utoronto.ca ; a-randolph@nwu.edu ; c-rumsey@nwu.edu ; d-coleman@nwu.edu ; j-hurley@nwu.edu ; k-linnenberg@nwu.edu ; l-langdoc@nwu.edu ; l-leffingwell@nwu.edu ; m-britton@nwu.edu ; m-payne@nwu.edu ; minna1@nwu.edu ; p-howard@nwu.edu ; t-hallett@nwu.edu ; w-wu1@nwu.edu ; gdabelko@erols.com ; irowland@fes.uwaterloo.ca ; helfen@interlog.com ; JZDC@aol.com ; jemunro@uoguelph.ca ; J.JORDAN@tfgi.com ; mcdonald@microbanking.cl ; jblitt@hotmail.com ; rupandweed@mindspring.com ; jgrossi@usaid.gov ; jodufort@kpmg-haiti.com ; j-hurley@nwu.edu ; ksingh@aw.sgi.com ; marconi@interlog.com ; k-linnenberg@nwu.edu ; ken.mitchell@st-hughs.oxford.ac.uk ; kim_kelly@scotia-mcleod.com ; kristina_pothier@fitch.com ; l-leffingwell@nwu.edu ; lidiaminozzi@hotmail.com ; ldoughten@hotmail.com maggie@wri.org ; marc@library.utoronto.ca ; m-britton@nwu.edu ; mlc322@casbah.acns.nwu.edu ; mas915@lulu.acns.nwu.edu ; minna1@nwu.edu ; m-payne@nwu.edu ; nka205@lulu.acns.nwu.edu ; goldsten@cibc.ca Buriks@fentressbradburn.com ; oil120@lulu.acns.nwu.edu ; patrsmit@indiana.edu ; pgoff@merle.acns.nwu.edu ; patzam@nwu.edu ; phill@gis.ciat.cgiar.org ; peterd@bullwinkle.econ.usyd.edu.au ; peter.gizewski@utoronto.ca ; pal492@hecky.acns.nwu.edu ; fahrig@irus.rri.uwo.ca ; renthoven@hotmail.com ; rbell@borden.com ; rcurrie@algorithmics.com ; robert.sharples@ca.pwcglobal.com r.deibert@utoronto.ca ; rmg173@nwu.edu ; rouzbeh.pirouz@corpus-christi.oxford.ac.uk ; rouzbeh.pirouz@ccc.ox.ac.uk ; smkunte@hotmail.com ; ; ortman72@hotmail.com ; sguernsey@artic.edu ; sarah.wayland@utoronto.ca ; mishra123@hotmail.com ; s_ali1@nwu.edu ; snolen@globeandmail.ca ; teri@cbn.net.id ; t-hallett@nwu.edu ; tomkelly@kw.igs.net ; twhite@lead.org ; womankind@gn.apc.org ; bobmarg@hurontel.on.ca ; vhartland@aol.com ; v-bashi@nwu.edu ; w-wu1@nwu.edu ; werner.colangelo@mailexcite.com ; aliz@uwec.edu Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 9:39 PM Subject: small favour for the me & the scientific endeavour >Dear Friends: >as some of you know my big project for the last 6 months as been a >project with the National Geographic Society called Survey 2000: >Mapping Communities & Change. We hope it will be the single >largest social survey every conducted, but need help getting the >word out. > >I would be very grateful if you could visit the national geographic >website (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/), do the survey and >pass on the URL to others who might do it. The survey should take >20 minutes, is anonymous, and is designed to be fun in a multimedia >kinda way. We are getting lots of american respondents, but I want >more international respondents and more kids. since you are a fairly >17th. (please don't get smart and fill out the kids survey.) >cheers, >phil > >The National Geographic Society and a number of social scientists >are conducting an online survey on migration and modern society, >and we ask for your help in encouraging as many people as possible >to participate in an unprecedented effort to gather original scientific >data on the Internet. > >Along with many questions from the General Social Survey the >Survey 2000 asks questions about mobility, and music, literature >and food preferences. Survey respondents remain anonymous, >though the compiled results will be made available on the National >Geographic website (http://www.nationalgeographic.com/) in a few >months. Unlike many surveys, the Survey 2000 makes use of the >internet's multimedia abilities to make the survey fun and efficient. > >The survey period will end November 17, 1998 and we hope to have >a diverse number of people from across the United States and >around the world complete the questions. Please help us with the >outreach effort by completing the survey yourself, and by passing on >news of this project to your family, friends, colleagues or students. > >Over 16 Years Old: >http://survey2000.nationalgeographic.com/survey2000/index.html > >Between 5 and 16 Years Old: >http://survey2000.nationalgeographic.com/survey2000/kids.html > >More notes on methodology are below. >Thank you for your assistance. >Sincerely, >Philip Howard >Department of Sociology >Northwestern University > >_________________________________________________ > > > >Survey 2000 > >Sociologists and demographers have identified why people move, >but significant data has not been gathered about the effects of >movement. One popular theory holds that increased mobility causes >a sense of isolation and anomie and fragments traditional >communities. On the other hand, a sense of geographic community >may be on the wane, but new forms may be developing as people >draw their sense of place and humanity from different sources. > >The survey will address several questions: >* How does migration affect our sense of community? >* How much are cultural tastes influenced by migration? Is regional >variety giving way to an homogenized global culture? >* Are people replacing geographic communities with substitutes >such as profession, workplace, or the Internet? > >Hurdles >We are looking for roughly 18,000 respondents spread across >various social groups. (Thirty respondents are required within each >sub-group for the data to be statistically valid.) Utilizing the Society’s >resources, we hope to reach a wide variety of people and urge them > to help us. > >Your support will help us reach as many people as possible. We >need volunteer sponsors to publicize our survey and host events that >offer internet access to people who would otherwise not participate >in our survey. With your assistance we hope to reach out to homes, >universities, schools, libraries, and recreation, community, and >senior centers. We want to make October 1998 “Map the Global >Village” Month. With a concerted effort we can reach our goal. > >Participants >Dr. Jim Witte of Northwestern University is spearheading the study >and preparing the survey. Other participants are as follows: >* Dr. Bethany Bryson, Princeton University. Author of The Sociology >of Culture. Specialty: examination of shared cultural values through >music. > >* Dr. Wendy Griswold, Northwestern University. Specialty: regional >literature. > >* National Endowment for the Humanities. > >* Isabel Wilkerson, New York Times Chicago Bureau Chief and >1994 Pulitzer Prize winner, specialist in African-American migration >from the South. > >* Brian Nielson, Northwestern University, Computer Science >Department. > >* William Bainbridge, National Science Foundation, Sociology >Program Officer. > >* Bonnie Erickson, University of Toronto, Cultural Sociologist. > >* Barry Wellman, University of Toronto, Quantitative sociologist; >social networks and surveys on the Net. > >* Dr. Mick Couper, Institute for Social Research and Director of Joint >Survey Research for the Universities of Maryland and Minnesota, >Sociologist in Survey Methodology. > >* Carl Haub, Senior Demographer, Population Reference Bureau. > >* Amy Bruckman, College of Computing, Georgia Institute of >Technology > >* Harm de Blij, Geographer and former Editor of the National >Geographic Research Journal. > >* Dr. Richard Peterson, Vanderbilt University, Cultural Sociologist. > >* Phil Agre, University of California, Davis. Internet communications >and quantitative sociologist. > >Philip Howard >1220 West Farwell Avenue >Chicago, Illinois 60626, USA > >Phone: (773) 274 6817 >Fax: (847) 491 9907 >http://pubweb.nwu.edu/~pho442/ > From anylandr@dsu.deltast.edu Tue Oct 13 15:02:10 1998 Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 15:56:59 -0700 From: "Albert B. Nylander, III" Reply-To: anylandr@dsu.deltast.edu To: teachsoc@vance.irss.unc.edu, socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: job opening The following job description appears in this week's Chronicle of Higher Education. For those sociologists who have various areas of expertise, I thought you might be interested. Social Science Education: Delta State University, Division of Social Sciences, invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Social Science Education to begin August 1999. The candidate must be able to teach secondary social studies methods and direct student-teaching. Applicants should have secondary school teaching experience, a doctoral degree, and have earned at least 18 graduate hours in a social science field. Preference will be given to those with interest in teaching geography. Other social sciences will be considered (political science and sociology). Interested persons should send a letter of application, transcripts, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference to Dr. Albert B. Nylander, III, Chair, Division of Social Sciences, Delta State University, Cleveland, Mississippi 38733. EEO. The deadline for receipt of applications is November 15, 1998. (http://www.deltast.edu/) Albert From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Wed Oct 14 08:31:12 1998 Date: Wed, 14 Oct 98 10:29:03 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: doc-talk Doctoral Fee Survey To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:41:51 -0700 (PDT) From: owner-doc-talk@asgs.org To: doc-talk@asgs.org Subject: doc-talk Doctoral Fee Survey =================================================================== From: "Karen A. Metivier-Carreiro" Send to the original poster (not me) -- I'm hoping that one or more DOC-TALKERS might be able to help in a quick survey effort. We need survey responses no later than OCTOBER 21, 1998. Here at GW there is a proposal by the School of Arts and Sciences to alter/re-enact a policy for Ph.D. candidates. Not to get into a bunch of policy mumbo jumbo...but this policy would require that PhD candidates pay a "continuous enrollment fee" of one credit hour (roughly $800) per semester for *each* semester after enrollment in all "Advanced Reading and Research" credits. (This is a change in policy where students were allowed to register for "continuous registration" for roughly $35 per semesters for up to six semesters.) A group of graduate students has coalesced around this issue, and now we are trying to take an informal survey of other universities' policies on this issue. Therefore, for those that are willing to help out, if you would complete the following survey for your university's policy and e-mail them to me, that would be wonderful. (I will summarize the results for the DOC-TALK list if there is interest.) 1. Name and Location of University 2. Description of policy of registration requirement for Ph.D. candidates (currently pursuing research; all course requirements/research credit requirements complete) 3. Time allowed to complete degree 4. Time allowed to complete research after admitted to candidacy 5. Are grad students subsidized/provided fellowship support to pay fees during research phase? (For example, are candidates required to teach to waive fee.) 6. Name/telephone number and/or email address of administrator/faculty member we could contact for confirmation of University policy Please e-mail survey responses BEFORE OCTOBER 21, 1998 to Karen Metivier-Carreiro (metivier@gwu.edu) and indicate if you would like to receive a summary of responses. Thanks! --Karen ------------------------------------------------------------------ Karen A. Metivier-Carreiro metivier@gwu.edu Public Policy Ph.D. Candidate, Science & Technology field The George Washington University Mailing address: 2033 K St., N.W. Suite 340, Washington, DC 20052 ------------------------------------------------------------------ http://gwis2.circ.gwu.edu/~metivier/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Wed Oct 14 09:10:05 1998 Date: Wed, 14 Oct 98 11:08:46 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: When leaving the Ivory tower is not voluntary To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU This might interest some folks -- ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 22:41:40 -0700 (PDT) From: owner-doc-talk@asgs.org To: doc-talk@asgs.org Subject: doc-talk Job Help ala Ben Dean and Rob Scuka ================================================================ DOC-TALK ================================================================ From: Ben Dean Subject: LEAVING THE IVORY TOWER: When Leaving Is Not Voluntary Here's a superb new (free) email newsletter that will be, in my opinion, of great value to many of Doc-Talk's readers. It will also be of interest to post docs and faculty. Best wishes, Ben Dean ------------------------------------------------------------- LEAVING THE IVORY TOWER (TM) (October, 1998) A Survival Guide For Academic Professionals At a Career Crossroads (TM) ------------------------------------------------------------- When Leaving the Ivory Tower is Not Voluntary ------------------------------------------------------------- What do you do when you're forced to leave academia, and the choice isn't yours? The Harsh Reality ------------------ Thousands of faculty members and recent Ph.D.'s have to face this harsh reality every year. Some faculty are forced to leave because they have reached the last of their year-to-year teaching contracts. Some leave because they have been denied tenure. Still others leave because their position has been eliminated due to departmental down-sizing. Many recent Ph.D.'s find their dreams of teaching in academia have been shattered because there are so few teaching positions available. Others leave because they simply can't support a family at the substandard wages that many universities pay adjunct and part-time faculty. The common denominator? One of academia's unspoken but not very well kept secrets: There are more Ph.D.'s graduated every year than could ever be employed within academia. The Darwinian implication is that life in academia, for both faculty and graduate students, is an unending competition and struggle for the survival of the fittest. (Of course, it is not always the fittest who survive, nor the best that rise to the top - a reality that only adds insult to injury.) And the Malthusian corollary: The over-abundance of the population guarantees that many will survive on a reduced diet (i.e., salary), and many more will simply perish because there is an insufficient ecosystem to support the surplus population. The Human Consequences ------------------------ When you've invested your heart and soul into what you thought was your life's calling and you come away empty-handed, you're likely to experience a crush of conflicting and dispiriting emotions. Some of the most common emotions you may feel include: - depression - anxiety - self-doubt - discouragement - malaise - shame - worthlessness - dread - despair - desperation And then there are the difficult questions that must be faced: - What am I to do now? - How can I ever face my family and loved ones? - How can I make a living outside academia? - What else could I possibly be good at? - How am I going to deal with the financial stress and obligations? - Will my family and friends abandon me? It's natural for anyone going through a personal crisis of this magnitude to feel traumatized, hopeless and helpless. However, all is not lost because in every crisis there is opportunity. Taking Care of Yourself ------------------------ If your dream of succeeding in academia has come crashing down, here are some things to consider to help keep mind, body and soul intact during this difficult time. 1. Don't isolate yourself. Seek out the support of family and friends. The temptation to self-isolate in the face of depressing circumstances is strong. Feelings of failure and humiliation, as well as anger and disbelief, dominate. But you must resist the temptation. Talking about your situation and your feelings will give you the opportunity to purge the negative energy that otherwise can fester and immobilize you into a state of emotional entropy. 2. Know when it's time to get professional help. Depression is a natural response to a traumatizing situation, and is not a sign of personal weakness. If you find yourself unable to concentrate, feeling hopeless and worthless, or feeling as though life is flat and empty, then you may be suffering from depression. If this is true of you, it would be advisable to visit a therapist who can assess your symptoms and give you an opportunity to begin to explore your feelings about where you are and what has happened. Talking about your feelings of failure, your disappointment, and your anxieties about the future is essential to helping you move beyond what could otherwise become a more lasting and debilitating depression. 3. Consider interim solutions. In the midst of such emotional turmoil, you may feel powerless and helpless. You may feel as though there is nothing you can do. The only antidote to such feelings is to take action. You must be pro-active in meeting your short-term physical, emotional, and financial needs. This means exercising, maintaining personal and professional networks as well as developing new ones, and seeking temporary employment while you sort out where you want to go from here. For many, the last will pose the greatest challenge. The prospect of working at a job that represents something far less than the grand vision of teaching in academia is likely to stir up the deepest feelings of shame, humiliation and despair. These feelings must be dealt with. However, it is also vitally important that you do what is necessary to ensure your financial stability even in the face of such trying circumstances. Temporary employment may also become the opportunity for you to begin to explore alternative careers that might satisfy your longings and inner aspirations for a meaningful life and profession. Looking Toward the Future --------------------------- At some point you will be ready to begin a more systematic self- appraisal of who you are and the kind of personal and professional life you wish to build. This will involve asking yourself a number of questions: 1. What inspired you to enter academia in the first place, and how else might you satisfy that passion? 2. What internal obstacles may have gotten in the way of you realizing your original life's vision? 3. What skills have you developed that are transferable to other vocations? 4. What are your gifts and your untapped reservoirs of talent? 5. What is the source of your energy and enthusiasm? The answers to these questions will start you down a path that will empower you to envision and create a fulfilling life outside academia. Making It Happen ------------------ Having conducted this self-appraisal, the final steps in creating your new life will include: - Defining specific goals, including a new vocation or career, that embody your vision - Crafting an action plan that permits you to implement your goals in an orderly way - Confronting obstacles, including those that get in the way of your becoming the person you wish to be and doing the things you wish to do. "Knowing oneself" so comprehensively is an on-going task that requires rigorous self-examination, but such honesty is essential to maintaining integrity with oneself and the process of change. This is not easy. Obtaining the perspective of someone who can supportively work with you on all the steps in this challenging process can help you build the momentum you need to realize your goal of creating a fulfilling life, both personally and professionally. This Survival Guide is dedicated to facilitating this challenging process. (c) Copyright 1998 Rob Scuka. All rights reserved worldwide. FUTURE ISSUES ------------------------------------------------------------- In future issues we will consider the pros and cons of staying or leaving academia; the struggles relating to the attempt to win tenure (or complete one's dissertation); and leaving the academy as a pro- active and self-empowering choice about one's life. SUGGESTIONS FOR FUTURE ISSUES ------------------------------------------------------------- If you have suggestions for topics that you would like to see addressed in future issues of LEAVING THE IVORY TOWER (TM), from either a faculty or a graduate student perspective, please e-mail your ideas to: suggestions@IvoryTowerCoaching.com PASS IT ON ------------------------------------------------------------- If you found this Leaving the Ivory Tower (TM) newsletter to be a valuable and stimulating resource, please pass it on to a friend or colleague. Please see below under "Distribution Rights" for conditions pertaining to this copyrighted material. RESOURCES ------------------------------------------------------------- "What Color is Your Parachute? A Practical Manual for Job- Hunters and Career Changers," by Richard Nelson Bolles. (Berkeley, CA: Ten Speed Press, 1988.) This book is still regarded as the "Bible" in the field. "Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You through the Secrets of Personality Type," by Paul D. Tieger and Barbara Barron-Tieger. (N.Y.: Little Brown, 1995.) Based on the Myers- Briggs Type Inventory, this guide helps you make career choices on the basis of your strengths and weaknesses. "Outside the Ivory Tower: A Guide for Academics Considering Alternative Careers," by Margaret Newhouse. (Cambridge: Harvard University, 1993.) A helpful guide for academics exploring alternative career options. LEAVING THE IVORY TOWER SURVIVAL GUIDE (TM) ------------------------------------------------------------- "Leaving the Ivory Tower: A Survival Guide for Academic Professionals at a Career Crossroads" (TM) shares ideas and strategies to help its readers make either their attempt to stay and succeed in academia, or their transition to a new life and career outside academia, as satisfying and successful as possible. ROB SCUKA ------------------------------------------------------------- Rob holds a doctorate in Religious Studies from Southern Methodist University, in Dallas, Texas, and taught philosophy, religion, and theology for 9 years as a Visiting Assistant Professor and Adjunct Faculty at American University and Georgetown University, both in Washington, D.C. He successfully exited academia 10 years ago, and has been enjoying life ever since. Rob also holds an M.S.W. degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore, and has an active clinical and coaching practice. In addition to publishing the Leaving the Ivory Tower Survival Guide (TM), Rob created IvoryTowerCoaching.com to assist academic professionals who find themselves at a career crossroads. Rob and his wife and family live in suburban Maryland outside Washington, D.C., but Rob coaches nationally by using the latest in virtual technology to take advantage of phone, email, fax and teleconference bridges to work with clients both individually and in groups via teleclasses. FREE TELEPHONE CONSULTATION ------------------------------------------------------------- If you would like to schedule a FREE telephone consultation to discuss your individual circumstances and how personal and professional coaching might benefit you, please call or send an e-mail to Rob for an appointment. CONTACT INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------- Rob Scuka, Ph.D. IvoryTowerCoaching.com Phone: 301-279-7404 E-mail: rob@IvoryTowerCoaching.com Web: http://www.IvoryTowerCoaching.com DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS ------------------------------------------------------------- The above material is copyrighted, but you may retransmit or distribute it to whomever you wish, including posting it on an electronic bulletin board, as long as not a single word is changed, added or deleted, including the contact information. However, you may not copy the above material to a web site. Reprint permission will be freely granted, upon request, to student newspapers, university or professional publications and other non- profit educational organizations. 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International Broadcasting Bureau (DC) Research Analyst The International Broadcasting Bureau, the international broadcasting arm of the U.S. Government which includes the Voice of America, is seeking a Research Analyst in Washington, D.C. The incumbent will be responsible for developing, supervising, and analyzing the results of research projects to elicit information about audiences for VOA programs and general patterns of media use around the world. Research projects will be both quantitative and qualitative in nature, and may take the form of large scale sample surveys, focus groups, depth interviews, or other as required. Specific duties will; include overall study design, questionnaire development, sample design, development of focus group protocols, data analysis, and report writing. Qualifications required: 1) Up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the culture, politics, and societies of one or more of the following world regions: a) sub-Saharan Africa, b) Middle East/North Africa, c) South Asia, d) East Asia; 2) Professional expertise in social science research methodology, including survey methods and qualitative research techniques; 3) Skill in quantitative data analysis. (SPSS experience preferred); 4) Excellent writing and oral presentation skills. Some overseas travel will be required. Application deadline date is October 23, 1998. For copy of complete job announcement, contact: David Dominey or Jerry Fitzpatrick at 202-619-3117 no later than October 15, 1998. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIOLOGY 168. Alma College (MI) Anthropology coupled with an ability to Teach Introductory Sociology A selective liberal arts college in central Michigan, Alma College is classified as a Carnegie Baccalaureate I institution, has a Phi Beta Kappa chapter, is a member of the Undergraduate Science Group, the Oberlin Library Group, and is associated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). Alma has a stable enrollment of 1400 students; excellent modern classroom, office, library, and computer facilities; and has completed state of the art biochemistry/chemistry and exercise and health science laboratory buildings, a new performing arts center, and a new library wing. The faculty has a deep commitment to quality undergraduate liberal arts education; student development in a residential setting; ethical and values dimensions of learning; and interdisciplinary, intercultural, and international education. Salaries, benefits, and support for professional development are very competitive. Full-time teaching load is 6 courses per year. AA/EOE. Women and ethnic minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. Alma College's non-discrimination policy includes age, color, creed, gender, national origin, physical ability, race, religion, and sexual orientation. Positions open until filled. Alma College, Alma, MI 48801-1599. For further information, visit www.alma.edu. Sociology: Assistant Professor, full-time, tenure-track. Ph.D. required by time of appointment; teaching and/or museum experience a plus. The department seeks a person able to develop anthropology coupled with an ability to teach introductory sociology. Knowledge of, and experience with, liberal education are important, as are information technology skills. A research agenda which includes strong connections to undergraduate research projects and international study is also important. Send letter of application noting: (1) fit with the needs expressed above, (2) experience with, and vision about, integrating information technology into the learning experience, and (3) an indication of research interests and progress in them. Include three to four letters of recommendation, curriculum vitae, and a sample of written scholarly work to Dr. Timm Thorsen, Chair, Department of Sociology, By December 1. 169. Harrisburg Area Community College (PA) Sociology Sociology: Instructor. Lancaster Campus. Teaches sociology courses and advises students. Requires a Master's degree in Sociology or related field, experience teaching college-level sociology courses, and a demonstrated knowledge of and commitment to the community college mission. Tenure track position available January 1999. Review of applications is expected to begin on October 19, 1998. Send letter of interest, resume and unofficial transcripts to Harrisburg Area Community College, Office of Human Resources, PIN 294, One HACC Drive, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17110. AA/EOE. 170. Illinois State University (IL) Sociology - Marriage and Family ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY Normal/Bloomington The Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank for a sociologist specializing in marriage and family. Other areas are open, but interest in deviance and/or quantitative methods are desirable. Evidence of research and teaching excellence, and completion of the Ph.D. by August, 1999, are required. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Interested individuals should send a letter of application, vita, three letters of recommendation, and examples of scholarly work and evidence of teaching effectiveness to: #01248 Search Committee, Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Campus Box 4660, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4660. Review of applications will begin November 20, 1998, and will continue until the position is filled. To assure full consideration, please apply by that date. Inquiries may be directed to: memccomb@mail.ilstu.edu. Illinois State University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action university encouraging diversity. 171. Mary Baldwin College (VA) Sociology Sociology: Mary Baldwin College, a private liberal arts college of women, invites applications for a full time, tenure-track position in Sociology at the Assistant Professor level. Teaching responsibilities begin September 1999 and cover the introductory course, medical sociology, environmental sociology, research methods, and social inequality. Candidate should be willing to teach in expanding Adult Degree Program. Ph.D. and teaching experience required. Interested persons should submit a letter of application, resume, graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to Sociology Search Committee, c/o Dean of the College, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia 24401. Deadline for applications: November 15, 1998. EOE. Applications from women and minorities are encouraged. 172. Tri-County Technical College (SC) Sociology Sociology: Instructor with possible Department Head Appointment. Provide leadership for the Social Sciences Department, including full-time and adjunct faculty supervision, interdepartmental affairs, and budgeting; teach basic courses in sociology, advise students; do curriculum development and revision; and serve on committees. Department Head appointment is renewable annually. Required: Master's degree in sociology or master's degree with eighteen graduate semester hours in sociology from an accredited college or university; doctorate in sociology, experience and knowledge of instructional software for introductory sociology courses, computer expertise, and distance learning experience preferred. Closing date: Open until filled. Application review to begin immediately. Please reference Job Number 98T3003. Send resume to: Tri-County Technical College, Personnel Office, P.O. Box 587, Pendelton, South Carolina 29670. EOE/ADA. 173. University of Northern Colorado (CO) Lecturer in Sociology Applicants sought for full-time faculty positions starting August 18, 1999. All positions are contingent upon adequate funding from the state legislature and final approval by the Board of Trustees. All positions may include teaching assignment in off-campus state-wide programs and/or partnership school activities. All applications must include: 1) application letter stating position number and position-relevant qualifications, 2) current vita, 3) the names and addresses of at least 3 reference contacts, and 4) official transcripts. Additional application items may be listed for each position. Review of application materials will begin by the stated deadline and will continue until the position is filled. For a vacancy announcement giving complete details, write or call the appropriate department or view the vacancy announcement on the College's Web site: http://www.asweb.unco.edu/vacancies.htm. The College of Arts and Sciences consists of nineteen departments in humanities, social sciences, and sciences. The College is fully committed to the values afforded by a liberal arts and sciences education and offers programs leading to degrees at the baccalaureate, master's, and doctoral levels. Currently, there are approximately 4,000 undergraduate and 170 graduate majors in A & S programs. The College is nationally acclaimed for its array of learning communities for new students, a program of interdisciplinary general education courses (Life of the Mind), the interdisciplinary Mathematics and Science Teaching (MAST) Center and the interdisciplinary Institute for History and Social Science Education. For more information about the University of Northern Colorado please visit our home page at: http://www.unco.edu. INQUIRE: DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY 970/351-2315 Lecturer in Sociology (#20104): One-year term position, potentially renewable. Ph.D. in Sociology or highly related area with extensive graduate coursework in sociology is required. Demonstrated ability to teach effectively in a broad range of courses in at least two of the emphasis areas of criminal justice, family studies, sociology of education, and social issues is required. University level teaching and strong research or service experience are preferred. Responsibilities include teaching 12 equated hours and 3 hours of research or departmental service assignments. Application Deadline and Additional Materials: November 15, 1998; 3 letters of recommendation and/or the names and phone numbers of three references who have agreed to be contacted. UNC is an AAEO employer and is committed to fostering diversity in its student body, faculty and staff. From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Thu Oct 15 08:12:19 1998 Date: Thu, 15 Oct 98 10:11:02 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: Matthew Sheperd To: Danielle Currier ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 20:47:45 +0100 Sender: owner-teachsoc@irss.unc.edu From: tore To: teachsoc@vance.irss.unc.edu To All: I apologize for losing the original post, but someone made a request about how to leave students with hope when discussing the issues surrounding Matthew Shepard's death. I have just seen a web site that I think provides some of this hope. I encourage you to visit it...it may give you some ideas of how to bring about positive sentiments in a time that is so tragic for all of us. The address for the site is: http://members.aol.com/arisiaart/Matt.html Tracy ******************************************************* Tracy E. Ore Assistant Professor Department of Human Relations & Multicultural Education Saint Cloud State University B118 Education Building 720 Fourth Avenue South Saint Cloud, Minnesota 56301-4498 Phone: 320.654.5570 (Work) 320.255.0774 (Home) tore@stcloudstate.edu ******************************************************* From rb6553a@american.edu Thu Oct 15 09:54:16 1998 From: rb6553a@american.edu To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 11:53:02 -0400 Subject: Matthew Shepard I have already responded to Gary Hampe (Hampe@uwyo.edu) about how to offer a message of hope to U. Wyoming students. I wanted to say to the list that the reaction of those in Wyoming and elsewhere who deny their complicity brings to mind Feagin and Vera's observation in "White Racism" that those in majority groups point to violence against those in minority groups as the work of "only a few." However, the murder of Matthew Shepard was not a bizarre, isolated incident. It was an example of violent behavior which lies at the extreme end of a continuum, a continuum which includes the Far Right's call for gays to change their orientation; many school systems' refusal to include education regarding tolerance of differences; and the acquiescence of everyone who lets one more "faggot" joke be told with impunity. It is the result of intolerance and hate across a whole spectrum. We still do not comprehend that Matthew Shepard is James Byrd is Rodney King is Vincent Chin. Diane Carmen of the Denver Post wrote of an incident in which members of a fraternity and sorority which has co-sponsored a homecoming float placed "a scarecrow figure designed to resemble the battered body of Shepard tied to a fence post[,] wearing a sign that said, 'I'm gay.' [Carmen did not report that there was also anote on the back that read "Up my a--"]. They thought it was funny. It didn't matter that Shepard, a guy about their age, was in a hospital a few miles away dying. They didn't mean to be insensitive. . . . But here's the real atrocity: In the face of all this ignorance, violence, hostility and unabashed bigotry, there are still people living in Laramie, Fort Collins, Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs - everywhere across America - who will say that teaching understanding and tolerance of homosexuality in schools is what's really immoral." Last as well as least, a lunatic fringe anti-gay "Christian" group has announced its intention to picket Matthew Shepard's funeral. They want to give the message to Matthew's parents that they should not have brought up Matthew to be gay, and that Matthew has gone to hell. Robert Brooks From R.L.Goldstein@greenwich.ac.uk Fri Oct 16 03:15:01 1998 16 Oct 98 10:16:07 +0 From: GOLDSTEIN RACHEL L To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 10:15:57 GMT Subject: Re: Matthew Shepard In-reply-to: <8525669E.00544071.00@aunotes1-gw.american.edu> This is the first I've heard of Matthew Shepard, where can I read the full story? Thanks, Rachel > Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 11:53:02 -0400 > Reply-to: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu > From: rb6553a@american.edu > To: Sociology Graduate Students -- International > Subject: Matthew Shepard > I have already responded to Gary Hampe (Hampe@uwyo.edu) about how to offer > a message of hope to U. Wyoming students. I wanted to say to the list that > the reaction of those in Wyoming and elsewhere who deny their complicity > brings to mind Feagin and Vera's observation in "White Racism" that those > in majority groups point to violence against those in minority groups as > the work of "only a few." However, the murder of Matthew Shepard was not a > bizarre, isolated incident. It was an example of violent behavior which > lies at the extreme end of a continuum, a continuum which includes the Far > Right's call for gays to change their orientation; many school systems' > refusal to include education regarding tolerance of differences; and the > acquiescence of everyone who lets one more "faggot" joke be told with > impunity. It is the result of intolerance and hate across a whole spectrum. > We still do not comprehend that Matthew Shepard is James Byrd is Rodney > King is Vincent Chin. Diane Carmen of the Denver Post wrote of an > incident in which members of a fraternity and sorority which has > co-sponsored a homecoming float placed > "a scarecrow figure designed to resemble the battered body of Shepard tied > to a fence post[,] wearing a sign that said, 'I'm gay.' [Carmen did not > report that there was also anote on the back that read "Up my a--"]. They > thought it was funny. It didn't matter that Shepard, a guy about their age, > was in a hospital a few miles away dying. They didn't mean to be > insensitive. . . . But here's the real atrocity: In the face of all this > ignorance, violence, hostility and unabashed bigotry, there are still > people living in Laramie, Fort Collins, Denver, Boulder, Colorado Springs - > everywhere across America - who will say that teaching understanding and > tolerance of homosexuality in schools is what's really immoral." Last > as well as least, a lunatic fringe anti-gay "Christian" group has announced > its intention to picket Matthew Shepard's funeral. They want to give the > message to Matthew's parents that they should not have brought up Matthew > to be gay, and that Matthew has gone to hell. > Robert Brooks > > > From tr@tryoung.com Fri Oct 16 04:11:07 1998 (usr-mtp-26.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.26]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 06:07:26 -0400 To: speaks@students.uiuc.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: teaching environmental Marxism: a mini-syllabus teachsoc@maple.lemoyne.edu In-Reply-To: At 04:26 PM 10/15/98 -0500, you wrote: > >Hello, I'm guest teaching a one-hour class of environmental marxism. >Does anyone have any good examples of how they get students interested and >involved in the topic? > > >Thank you for the assistance > >Samantha Speaks >speaks@students.uiuc.edu ****** Dear SS: Here is two-dimensional set of ideas about how to teach environmental marxism to students whom, I would presume don't want to hear too much critique of capitalism...especially from a Marxist perspective: Teaching Outline: 1. Start off listing the many benefits of capitalism as econ system: a. it is the most productive in human history b. it is the most flexible c. it is the most innovative d. it drives the best knowledge system ever seen e. it tends to destroy ancient systems of privilege: ethnic, racial, gender and religious...when it cannot use such divisions for lower wages and political legitimacy. f...and more if you use an Handout... 2. Show how each of these advantages is matched with problems for the environment...make the general point that all environmental questions are mediated by the quest for profit...this means that: a. air, water and soil is used as a dump for waste materials of factories, plants, agro-business, energy, mining and mills as costs of production are transferred to the environment b. raw materials: lumber, oil, metals and minerals are extracted in the fastest, least costly, most aggressive ways possible. The very productivity of capitalism requires super-exploit- ation of resources. c. in Authoritarian states, pollution is absorbed by the bodies of the poor; especially nursing women and their infant children. in Democratic states, costs of pollution control and clean-up is transferred...via taxes...to workers, consumers and future tax payers via state debt. d. in Core Democratic countries, environmental groups tend to transfer pollution to 3rd World countries as environmental laws protect more and more land, more and more people and more and more products in Core Capitalist Countries. e. in all countries, capitalists try to buy the political process; this subverts all efforts to protect the environ- ment. f. the knowledge process tends to be organized to seek low-cost and technical solutions to environmental problems after the fact rather than re-organizing production to prevent pollution. 2. Teaching devices: 1. Ask five students to bring trash to class; define the last three rows as the under-class and dump the trash where they sit. tie this to the export of enironmental problems from the rich to the poor; from rich countries to poor countries. 2. give Handouts on Controlling Pollution to and only to the first two rows...after you define them as Consultants to Corporations tie this to the distortion of the knowledge process and the creation of an army of intellectuals on the payroll of capital. 3. Ask students how many have five or more: a. radios in their home b. television sets in their home c. cars in their family how many have: a. more than 10 pairs of shoes b. more than 5 pair of jeans c. more than 10 tee-shirts. tie all this to the Colonization of Desire and the creation of False Needs after Marcuse. 4. Be creative, have fun and clean up after your self. let me know what you do, TR > > TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From tr@tryoung.com Sun Oct 18 08:01:33 1998 (usr-mtp-70.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.70]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 09:57:41 -0400 To: psn-special@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: New at the Red Feather Website sssitalk@sun.soci.niu.edu there are several new works on the Red Feather Website: 1. There is a reprint of an article on Markets, Values and Socialism by two fine economists, W. Paul Cockshott and Allin F. Cottrell. double click on: http://www.tryoung.com/archives/194value.htm 2. Over the past 17 years, I have worked on a Quartet of Books the set of which is entitled, CRITICAL DIMENSIONS IN DRAMATURGICAL ANALYSIS at: http://www.tryoung.com/DramaHolyBooks/booksINDEX.htm All four books are complete; I have up-loaded the last in Series since, in my opinion, it is the most important. the four are: Book Four: THE DRAMA OF THE HOLY at: http://www.tryoung.com/drama of the holy/000CONTENTS.htm Book Three: THE DRAMA OF HUMAN UNDERSTANDING: Book Two:  THE DRAMA OF SOCIAL RESEARCH: Book One:  THE DRAMA OF SOCIAL LIFE: This book had been available in hard copy from Transaction books...it is now out of print. I will up-load the other three as time permits. The whole Set is dedicated to the memory of my dear wife, Dorothy Jean Grace Young (d. 19 Oct., 1981) 3. a new mini-syllabus in Environment Marxist on the Radical Pedagogy home page. It can be found at: http://www.tryoung.com/RADPED/029ENVIRONMENTALMARXISM.htm 4. A series of mini-lectures on teaching Marxist Social Thought The first in that set can be found at: http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/034MarxistTheory-1.htm 5. And finally, just for Bill Farell, a set of mini-lectures on teaching Marxist criminology: the first of that set can be found at: http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/045techcrm1.htm TR Young, Director Note: please inform me of any access problems you might have for any RF materials. TRY TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From tr@tryoung.com Sun Oct 18 09:10:22 1998 (usr-mtp-63.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.64]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 11:06:39 -0400 To: teachsoc@maple.lemoyne.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Class and Gender: Pre-theorectic Rebellion in Laramie socgrad@csf.colorado.edu, ahs-talk@ncsu.edu, social-class@listserv.uic.edu Most people who react to the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard think first about gender and the great transformations of gendering processes we see in advanced capitalist societies as the technical division of labor replaces a gender division of labor. Steven Paulson, a reporter, also see social class as part of the inter-personal dynamics. Some of our students will want to discuss this murder; understand its dynamics more than so far they have been able. Those of us who are progressive scholars and teachers may want to locate this most heinous of human crime in the context of our society beset by the many dislocations of global capital. Here is the article Steven wrote from the AP wire: ******* LARAMIE WYOMING: DIVIDED BY HAVES AND HAVE NOTS By Steven K. Paulson Associated Press LARAMIE, Wyo. Matthew Shepard went to high school in -Switzerland- He spoke three languages and had traveled the world. He was raised in a family made comfortable by his father's job in a multinational oil company. At the University of Wyoming, he was studying political science. Aaron McKinney and his friend, Russell Henderson, came from the poor side of town. Both were from broken homes and hid had run-ins with the law. They lived in trailer parks and scratched out a living working at fast-food restaurants and fixing roofs. The three, each 21 years old, were brought together from different worlds in a savage crime that has shaken the nation into another agonizing appraisal of its attitude, toward gays. As attention focuses on the murdered man's sexual orientation, some see it also as a crime of class hatred in a divided town that has missed out on America's economic boom. "Sooner or later this was going to happen in Laramie'' says the Rev. Stephen M. Johnson, leader of a Universal Unitarian congregation here. "This is going to happen again and again and again unless the have-nots of this town become part of the community again." The ferocity of the attack on Shepard shocked the nation. The arrest of McKinney and Henderson in Laramie made the shock complete. Many bad believed, or wanted to believe, that such things couldn't happen here, in a town of 26,687 where car,and homes are routinely left unlocked. Now Laramie was the focus of national outrage, brought on by two of its residents. McKinney was in trouble before. lie was arrested for shoplifting in 19go, but the charge was dismissed. later, he was fined for driving without a license or insurance. In December, he and several friends burglarized a fast-food restaurant, taking $2,500. He was awaiting sentencing Oct. 6, the night Matthew Shepard was killed. Russell Arthur Henderson's background is superficially parallel: He had several petty charges against him, from drunken driving to having an altercation with a police officer. Still, he earned a merit badges to make Eagle Scout. He played high school sports and was regularly in the honor roll, although he knew he was never going to college because he was too poor. And it is poverty, Ralph Castro, director of the Drug and Alcohol Prevention Center in Laramie said, that spawns crime in Laramie more than anything else. "There is always going to be, people living near the poverty level in town, and others with high-profile jobs. I have no idea how we ire. going to prevent something like this from happening again. That's ... something that everyone in Laramie, Wyoming, and the nation is asking." ************ Rest in Peace, Matthew. TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Sun Oct 18 11:16:48 1998 Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 13:15:58 -0400 (EDT) From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: CUSS Student paper competition FYI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 18 Oct 1998 11:16:36 -0500 (CDT) From: Gregory D Squires To: olson@CCTR.UMKC.EDU, urbsoc@idt.net, Community and Urban Sociology Following Peter Dreier's lead (in case this basic message has not already been sent) I would appreciate your listing the following announcement in the appropriate places (e.g. CUSS newsletter and web page, footnotes,etc). Thanks. Greg The Community and Urban Sociology section (CUSS) of the American Sociological Association is announcing its annual competition for the best paper written by a student, September, 1997 thru December 30, 1998. Nominations and submissions (students are encouraged to submit their own work) must be postmarked no later than January 15, 1999. Do NOT send email attachments or faxes. The winner will be announced in Spring, 1999, and the award will be presented at the CUSS business meeting during the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in Chicago, early August, 1999. Papers should be submitted to: Gregory D. Squires Department of Sociology P.O. Box 413 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI 53201 ***************************************************************** * * * Gregory D. Squires Ph: (414) 229-5074 * * Department of Sociology Fax: (414) 229-4266 * * University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee * * P.O. Box 413 * * Milwaukee, WI 53201 * * * ***************************************************************** From tr@tryoung.com Mon Oct 19 13:58:34 1998 (usr-mtp-45.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.45]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 15:54:55 -0400 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Teaching Position Available >Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 10:47:12 -0600 >Reply-To: teachsoc@irss.unc.edu >Sender: owner-teachsoc@irss.unc.edu >From: Rick Schaefer >To: teachsoc@irss.unc.edu >Subject: Teaching Position Available > >DePaul University. The Department of Sociology invites applications for a >tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level beginning >September 1999. Teaching areas may include any of the following: >criminology/law and society, urban studies, health and human services, >and research methods and statistics. The opportunity is also available to >teach courses that fulfill a university multicultural requirement. Programs >include a BA and MA in sociology. The department consists of 14 faculty >members, 144 undergraduates majors and 50 sociology graduate >students. Candidates are expected to have the Ph.D. completed at time of >employment. Applications should include a letter describing teaching and >research interests along with a curriculum vita, and names, addresses >and phone numbers of three references. supporting materials >demonstrating teaching and scholarly achievement should accompany >the application. Review of applications begins January 4, 1999. Materials >should be sent to Richard T. Schaefer, Chair, Department of Sociology, >DePaul University, 2320 North Kenmore Avenue, Chicago, IL 60614, >phone 773-325-7823, fax 773-325-7821, E-mail >rschaefe@wppost.depaul.edu. The university and the department are >committed to maintaining a diverse teaching staff.\ > >DePaul's main campus is located in Chicago's near north side lakefront >neighborhood of Lincoln Park. Courses area also offered in the >downtown Loop campus with graduate courses offered at both of these >campuses and a suburban site. The university has 18,000 students in >programs ranging from undergraduate to doctoral level programs. The >university is on the quarter system with faculty typically teaching seven >courses across three quarters except for first-year faculty who teach >six. This vacancy is for a new position in the department reflecting the >growth of undergraduate and graduate programs and the need to >provide instruction in the multicultural requirement. > > TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Mon Oct 19 17:13:14 1998 Date: Mon, 19 Oct 98 19:11:59 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: GRADTALK: TOO MUCH POWER OVER GRAD STUDENTS? (fwd) To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU The article itself is worth reading -- ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 11:19:53 -0700 Reply-To: Graduate Student Conversations < Sender: Graduate Student Conversations < From: "Bobbi A. Kerlin" < Subject: GRADTALK: TOO MUCH POWER OVER GRAD STUDENTS? To: GRADTALK@UVVM.UVIC.CA CourierIf you have access to the Chronicle you might want to read today's article in the Colloquy: TOO MUCH POWER OVER GRAD STUDENTS? http://www.chronicle.com/colloquy/98/suicide/suicide.htm I will post the article in its entirety when I receive permission from the Chronicle. In the meantime, I thought I'd share my response below that I posted to the web site. I would invite everyone to make your own submission. This is an opportunity to speak out. Bobbi Kerlin In my own research on doctoral experiences students described repeated instances in which the climate in their department and the relationship with their advisor contributed to unhealthy levels of stress (both physical and emotional -- sometimes life-threatening) and to difficulty making the transition from student to scholar. The problem isn't limited to elite academic institutions or to advisee relationships with 'star' faculty. Unreasonable levels of stress can surface in any environment where there is an imbalance in power relations. Dysfunctional advisor/advisee relationships that result in stress, mental and emotional fatigue, and depression, are critical factors in the doctoral experience and too often these health issues are viewed as the individual failure of the student to adjust to the demands of doctoral study when often they might better be understood as symptoms of a more complex interaction of personal, social, and institutional factors. Not only must students define and demonstrate mastery of a very specific body of knowledge, they must also master the sometimes hidden rules that govern doctoral education. And students must trust faculty to lead them safely along this path, but it is a responsibility with few guidelines, controls or rewards to frame the process. When it works well everyone wins. However, for many students, academe is a hostile environment in which the intellect is treated like some sort of appendage detached from the self. When words like "loneliness," "isolation," "exhaustion," "stress," "anxiety," "hazing," "ridicule," "sexual harassment," "benign neglect" and even "abuse" are central to student' descriptions of their doctoral experiences we need to ask what is being taught in the academy. There is an assumption that the best and brightest will survive. However, for many, it isn't a question of whether they *can* survive. It is whether they are *willing* to persist under conditions that are injurious to their emotional, intellectual and physical well being. A system that is injurious to its progeny endangers the very foundation upon which it rests and ultimately gambles with its own future. If the academy is to thrive the politics of knowledge production must reflect a genuine concern for graduate students. Bobbi A. Kerlin, Ph.D., Portland State University kerlinb@pdx.edu http://www.oit.pdx.edu/~kerlinb/ From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Tue Oct 20 04:57:31 1998 Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 06:56:40 -0400 (EDT) From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion , Southern Sociological Society Network Subject: Call for papers (please forward) (fwd) FYI; please contact Nitza Berkovitch at nberko@bgumail.bgu.ac.il or Valentine Moghadam at ummogha@rs6000.comp.ilstu.edu for more information. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 16:37:26 -0400 (EDT) From: Charles Kurzman To: UNC Sociology Faculty , UNC Sociology Graduate Students Subject: Call for papers (please forward) Social Politics: International Studies of Gender, State and Society Call For Papers Special Issue: Gendering Middle East Politics Fall, 1999 During the second half of the 20th century, most Middle Eastern countries experienced decolonization, statehood, revolutionary transformation, and various forms of socialism; and they oscillated between full cooperation with fundamentalist forces and head-on confrontation. Gender politics played an important role in each of these struggles. On the one hand, gender relations were shaped, to a large degree, by forces of nationalism, socialism and fundamentalism. But gender politics were also affected by women's participation in the above processes. Early on, the nationalist discourse and activism constituted the principal mode of women's mobilization in the Middle East. More recently, women have developed a feminist discourse and activism -- and on a larger scale than ever before. Women involved in grass-root organizations, in academia, and in community work, are challenging many of the premises that guided their predecessors; and they are fomulating their own agenda. This special issue of Social Politics focuses on the ways that feminist groups in the various countries in the Middle East are challenging the supremacy of national discourse. Some have been interrogating nationalism while others have been demanding incorporation of feminist issues within it (feminist nationalism?). Yet others are rejecting the nationalist discourse in favor of citizenship, democracy, human rights, and global solidarity. What are the factors that shape this changing interplay between feminism and nationalism? Among the most salient ones are transformations in the nature of the state; relations among state, society, and religion; histories of colonialism and anti-colonial struggles; and changing demographics, including the expansion of a population of educated and employed women. We need to explore how these factors affect the ways in which women's nationalism(s) and feminism(s) interact and shape each other. In addition, global factors -- economic, political and cultural -- constitute an important context of women's patterns of collective action, mobilization and consciousness. The global context -- including the UN conferences of the 1990s -- creates space space, legitimacy, and resources for women's organizations. Structural adjustment policies affect the social and economic fabric in which women's movements operate. They have helped focus feminists' attention on economic issues such as poverty, inequalities, and the power of the international financial institutions. Thus, the purpose of the special issues is to explore the contemporary women's movements and organizations in the Middle East; to highlight the internal and external factors that have led to their emergence and shape their patterns of activities, resource mobilization, claims for legitimacy, ideology and rhetoric; and to assess their societal impact. In other words, gendering politics in the Middle East. Guest Editors: Nitza Berkovitch, Behavioral Sciences, Ben Gurion University, Beer Sheva 84105, Israel Valentine Moghadam, Women's Studies and Sociology, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61790-4260, USA The deadline for submissions is November 30, 1998. Please follow the usual guidelines for submissions. For further information, contact Nitza Berkovitch at nberko@bgumail.bgu.ac.il or Valentine Moghadam at ummogha@rs6000.comp.ilstu.edu. From tr@tryoung.com Wed Oct 21 04:00:04 1998 (usr-mtp-35.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.35]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 05:56:16 -0400 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: CRIM POSITION AT U/MICH-FLINT Bill Farrell, my good friend and colleague, mentioned at the MichSocMeetings, that the Crim program is hiring a new faculty person, the fourth in the program... Some years ago, Bill and I made the transitions from a cops and cuff program to a sociology of crime/soc of law program...if you would like to be part of it, contact Bill for info... at: wfarrell@genesee.freenet.org TR TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From alexiusp@yahoo.com Wed Oct 21 06:49:38 1998 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 05:48:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Alexius Pereira Subject: anybody know any good graduate sociology summer schools? To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Any info (from any continent) and pointers as to where to look much appreciated. Alexius Pereira London School of Economics _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com From weberian@arches.uga.edu Wed Oct 21 07:25:02 1998 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 09:24:45 -0400 (EDT) From: "James J. Dowd" To: Sociology Graduate Students -- International Subject: Re: anybody know any good graduate sociology summer schools? In-Reply-To: <19981021124855.7154.rocketmail@send1d.yahoomail.com> This past Summer, the University of Georgia offered two graduate level courses, one a seminar on Foucault and the other a split-level personality and social structure course. Funding for summer courses is, however, not guaranteed and so you'll need to check with the Academic Director for information for Summer, 1999. Athens, as you might know, is hot during the summer but a good place to be nonetheless. There are a number of decent places to eat, good coffee houses, a great bar/club scene, and other things to keep one amused. There is, for example, Athfest, an annual event that last year featured something like 130 bands, including rock groups, jazz ensembles, etc. Jim Dowd On Wed, 21 Oct 1998, Alexius Pereira wrote: > Any info (from any continent) and pointers as to where to look much > appreciated. > > Alexius Pereira > London School of Economics > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > ''' (o o) ----------------------------oOOo-(_)-oOOo--------------------------------- J. J. Dowd Department of Sociology University of Georgia Athens, GA 30602-1611 (706) 542-3231 "It is not necessary to hope in order to undertake, nor to succeed in order to persevere." -Pascal -------------------------------------------------------------------------- () () From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Wed Oct 21 17:40:51 1998 Date: Wed, 21 Oct 98 19:39:55 EDT From: Alan Davidson Subject: Jobs To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU All H-Net Job Listings October 19, 1998 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- See our Web version at http://www.matrix.msu.edu/jobs ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 33. State University of West Georgia (GA) SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY: CRIMINOLOGY College of Arts and Sciences The State University of West Georgia is a coeducational, residential, liberal arts institution located approximately 45 miles west of Atlanta in Carrollton, Georgia. Approximate enrollment is 8,700 students. The university offers undergraduate degrees in 50 areas of study and Master's degrees in 33 areas of study. West Georgia is a multi-purpose public institution providing a liberal arts experience for all students and is a member of the University System of Georgia. Fifteen academic departments and 198 faculty make up the College of Arts and Sciences. A town of about 20,000, Carrollton is the home of several industries including Sony Music and the Southwire Company. The town also serves as a medical center for West Georgia and has an award-winning public school system. Located in the Piedmont area of the state, the University sits on 400 acres of beautiful landscape with rolling hills and many woods. Application deadlines and specific addresses are listed below for each position. UWG is a culturally diverse university and an equal opportunity, affirmative action educational institution. Women, minorities, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply. All faculty position responsibilities include teaching and advising, periodic off-campus instruction, research productivity, and service to UWG and the community. Georgia is an open records state. AA/EOE. Learn more about the State University of West Georgia by visiting our home page at http//www.westga.edu/. The Department of Sociology/Anthropology invites applications for tenure-track Criminology position at assistant/associate professor level beginning Fall 1999. Ph.D. in appropriate discipline required. Require ability to teach a broad range of undergraduate and graduate courses that complement existing faculty. Expertise in law enforcement and legal issues preferred. Initial screening will begin January 1, 1999. Send letter of application, vita, and names and addresses of three references to Dr. Sandra Stone, Chair, Criminology Search Committee, Department of Sociology/Anthropology, State University of West Georgia, Carrollton, GA 30118. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AREA STUDIES/ ETHNIC STUDIES 47. Arizona State University (AZ) Chicana/o Studies Arizona State University invites applications for a position as a tenure track assistant professor in Chicana/o Studies (CCS) in the area of Chicana/o sociology and/or public policy. CCS is a department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and is designed to prepare students with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to work effectively in the Mexican-American community. Responsibilities include teaching courses in Chicana/o sociology and/or public policy and courses that reflect the applicant's training and interests; conducting research on the Chicana/o experience; and contributing to the CCS department through committee service. Minimum qualifications include an earned doctorate (by August 15, 1999) in sociology or a related social or behavioral science or in an interdisciplinary graduate program with a strong policy component, such as public policy, urban studies, or ethnic studies. Minimum qualifications also includes potential for excellence in teaching and scholarly research in Chicana/o Studies as evidenced by letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations, publications and/or other writing samples, and conference presentations. Salary is commensurate with rank. Deadline: November 23, 1998 or every subsequent Monday until the position is filled. Send a letter of application addressing teaching and research interests, a vita, three letters of recommendation, one significant writing sample under 50 pages, and one set of current teaching evaluations to: (Supplementary materials may be requested after the initial review.) Professor Cordelia Candelaria Search Committee Chair Department of Chicana/o Studies Arizona State University P.O. Box 872002 Tempe, Arizona 85287-2002 AA/OEO 69. University of Washington (WA) AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDIES The Department of American Ethnic Studies at the University of Washington invites application or nominatioins for a position in African American Studies. Candidates should approach African American Studies, broadly defined, from an interdisciplinary perspective. Desired fields of study include sociology, economics, political economy, political science, or cultural studies. The position will start in September of 1999. Search will continue until the position is filled, but the search committee will begin considering candidates on December 1, 1998. The position is at the assistant professor level and tenure track, although senior candidates may be considered. Applicants should have a Ph.D. degree or be in the final stages of their Ph.D. program. The successful candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate students, perform independent research, and contribute to academic scholarship through publications. Applications should include a C.V., a statement of scholarly and research interests, a statement of teaching interests, and three or more letters of recommendation. Send to Professor Ana Mari Cauce, Chair, American Ethnic Studies, P.O. Box 354380, Seattle, WA 98195-4380. 73. Yale University (CT) Lesbian/Gay Studies Lesbian/Gay Studies: Yale University. One-year visiting appointment. $44,300 plus benefits. Ph.D. or appropriate advanced degree required. Letter of application, curriculum vitae, publications, three letters of reference by 16 November 1998 to FLAGS, Professor Charles A. Porter, Yale University, Box 208334, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8334; Inquiries: 203/432-8796 or kimberly.bryant-smith@yale.edu. Yale University is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity employer. Applications from women and minority group members are encouraged. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIOLOGY 186. Catholic University of America (DC) Sociology The Catholic University of America. The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor faculty position, commencing August 1999. We are looking for scholars with a Ph.D. who are well established within the discipline, with significant contributions to the life of sociological profession. Candidate is expected to cover one or more of the following areas of inquiry: sociology of religion, social politics and social justice, sociology of education, social movements/political sociology, social organization, immigration, and ethnicity, and comparative/historical analyses of modern society. CUA is an academic institution supported by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and is interested in acquiring scholars who address issues of concern to the American Catholic community. Salary: Negotiable. EO/AA Employer. In compliance with Immigration and Naturalization Service regulations candidates are expected to be eligible for employment in the U.S. Applications deadline: postmarked December 31, 1998. Forward letter, curriculum vitae, transcripts and names, telephone numbers and addresses of references to Dr. Che-Fu Lee, Chair, Department of Sociology, The Catholic University of America, 620 Michigan Avenue, Northeast, Room 116, Life Cycle Institute, Washington, District of Columbia 20064; Phone: 202-319-5445; Fax: 202-319-4980; E-mail: Lee@cua.edu. 187. Central Michigan University (MI) Sociology Sociology: Central Michigan University is seeking applications from qualified individuals for an entry-level tenure-track, Assistant Professor rank (beginning August 1999) for its programs in Social and Criminal Justice. The successful candidate should have strong teaching credentials and an active research and writing agenda. A strong interest in social justice and issues in inequality is desirable. The applicant must have a Ph.D., preferably in sociology, or criminal justice with a strong sociology background. Of particular importance are the following areas: sociology of law, community-based corrections, criminology, inequalities and justice processes, and informal and restorative justice approaches. The Department has 27 faculty, undergraduate programs in sociology, anthropology, and social work; M.A. program in sociology. CMU, AA/EO institution, is strongly and actively committed to increasing diversity within its community (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo.html). All requirements for the Ph.D. must be completed by June 1, 1999. A letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation should be sent by December 1, 1999 to: Nancy Herman, Chair, Personnel Committee, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859. 188. Central Michigan University (MI) Sociology Central Michigan University is seeking applications from qualified individuals for an entry-level, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor rank (beginning August 1999) in sociological theory. The successful candidate should have strong teaching credentials and an active writing agenda. The applicant must have a Ph.D. and demonstrate teaching expertise in classical, contemporary and critical theory. Preference will be given to candidates whose areas of specialization include one or more of the following: political sociology, family and political economy. The department has 27 faculty, undergraduate programs in sociology, anthropology, and social work; M.A. program in sociology. CMU, AA/EO institution, is strongly and actively committed to increasing diversity within its community (see www.cmich.edu/aaeo.html). All requirements for a Ph.D. must be completed by June 1, 1999. A letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of recommendation should be sent by December 15, 1999 to Nancy Herman, Chair, Personnel Committee, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan 48859. 189. Mary Baldwin College (VA) Sociology Sociology: Mary Baldwin College, a private liberal arts college of women, invites applications for a full time, tenure-track position in Sociology at the Assistant Professor level. Teaching responsibilities begin September 1999 and cover the introductory course, medical sociology, environmental sociology, research methods, and social inequality. Candidate should be willing to teach in expanding Adult Degree Program. Ph.D. and teaching experience required. Interested persons should submit a letter of application, resume, graduate transcripts, and three letters of recommendation to Sociology Search Committee, c/o Dean of the College, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia 24401. Deadline for applications: November 15, 1998. EOE. Applications from women and minorities are encouraged. 190. Maryville University of St Louis (MO) Professor, Sociology The College of Arts and Sciences of Maryville University invites applications for a tenure-track position in sociology to complement existing strengths in gender, family, gerontology and health. We are seeking a candidate with preparation in criminology who will build a departmental concentration in the area as well as teach courses in juvenile delinquency and deviance. Maryville University of St. Louis, founded in 1872, is an independent, student-oriented University committed to integrating liberal and professional studies. Maryville has 85 faculty members and enrolls approximately 3200 students. Its suburban location is part of the Maryville Centre, home to more than 30 companies, including several Fortune 500 companies. Qualifications: Completed Ph.D. in sociology preferred. An excellent teacher, inviting majors to sociology, especially through teaching the introductory and social problem course, with an understanding of the career interests of current students. Secondary preparation in theory, stratification and minority relations is a plus. Ongoing research activities necessary. To Apply: Review of applications begins December 15, 1998, and first consideration will be given to applications received by that date. A letter describing teaching/research emphases and qualifications for this position, curriculum vitae, addresses and telephone numbers of three references and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. Patricia Thro, Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs, Maryville University, 13550 Conway Road, St. Louis, Missouri 63141. 191. Salem College (NC) Assistant Professor, Sociology Salem College, a liberal arts college for women that prides itself on excellence in undergraduate education, invites applications for an assistant professor in sociology beginning Fall, 1999. Teaching responsibilities may include introduction to sociology, marriage and family, gender, aging, deviance, research methods and statistics. Requirements: Ph.D. in sociology; evidence of excellence in teaching and advising; scholarly activity. Send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy and the names of three references to Sociology Search Committee, Salem College, P.O. Box 10548, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27108-0548. Screening begins November 15, 1998; applications accepted until position filled. EOE. 192. San Diego State University (CA) Sociology San Diego State University is committed to high quality baccalaureate and graduate education to be attained through excellence in teaching, support for, and dissemination of, research by students and faculty, and community service. The University seeks to take advantage of the opportunities inherent in an urban setting with a diverse population that borders Mexico and the Pacific Rim. The University has a vision that extends beyond our immediate boundaries and touches the lives of people we aspire to serve. The University seeks faculty who possess the passion generated by the knowledge of their disciplines and who believe that the University is a part of the community in which it resides. SDSU anticipates administrative and tenure track openings in the following colleges and departments: ARTS & LETTERS (619) 594-5456 Sociology Joint with Chicana/Chicano Studies: Family Border Issues For information regarding these positions, please contact the appropriate department Search Committee Chair, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92182. College phone numbers have been included for your convenience. SDSU is an Equal Opportunity Title IX Employer and does not discriminate against persons on the basis of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age or disability. 194. University of North Dakota (ND) Assistant Professor, Sociology University of North Dakota-Department of Sociology is seeking applicants for a tenure track Assistant Professor of Sociology beginning January 1, 1999 or August 16, 1999. Areas of expertise include Social Psychology, The Family, Quantitative Methods, Sociological Theory and Introductory Sociology. Courses in the candidate's specialty will also be considered. Candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. in Sociology or evidence of its completion by January 1, 1999. Evidence of excellence or promise of excellence in teaching effectiveness and research is required. The candidate will be expected to teach undergraduate and graduate courses and maintain an active research program. Salary dependent upon qualifications. Send letter of application, current vita and three or more letters of reference to: Dr. James H. Larson, Chairperson, Department of Sociology, P.O. Box 7136, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota 58202-7136. Review of applications will begin December 1, 1998 and continue until the position is filled. The University of North Dakota is an Equal Opportunity Action Employer. (TN, Tennesee) 195. University of Tennessee-Knoxville (TN) Sociology University of Tennessee. The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank beginning Fall 1999. Primary interest should be in the area of political economy with a special emphasis on economic analysis of class and gender. Applicants with a well-established record of research publications or strong potential to develop one and strong teaching credentials will be given priority. A Ph.D. by September 1999 is required. Responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate teaching, active engagement in external funding for research, and service related to the mission of the department and the university. Salary and benefits are competitive. Applicants should include a letter presenting teaching and research interests, a resume, sample syllabi for political economy courses if available, and a list of three persons who may be contacted as references. Materials should be addressed to Michael L. Benson, Search Committee Chair, Department of Sociology, 901 McClung Tower, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0490. Review of applications will begin November 23, 1998 and will continue until the position is filled. UTK is an Equal Employment/Title X/Section 504/American Disabilities Act/ADEA Employer. 196. University of Wisconsin-Parkside (WI) Sociology Department of Sociology-Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Parkside pending approval, a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin August, 1999. We are especially interested in persons whose background and experience qualified them to teach: American Minority Groups, Statistics, Introduction to Sociology. A Ph.D. at time of appointment is required. UW-Parkside is a primarily undergraduate university between Milwaukee and Chicago. Send a letter of application describing current research program, vita, teaching evaluations, and the names of three references to: Dr. Mary Kay Schleiter, Chair, Department of Sociology-Anthropology, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53141-2000; mks@uwp.edu; 414-595-2177. See our Web page at http://www.uwp.edu/academic/sociology/ for a complete job description. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. The identities of applicants will be kept confidential before finalists are selected; finalists' names will be revealed upon request. The University of Wisconsin-Parkside celebrates diversity and is seeking for minorities, women, Vietnam-era veterans and disabled persons who are interested and available. From Kmaher221@aol.com Wed Oct 21 21:54:26 1998 From: Kmaher221@aol.com Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 23:53:08 EDT To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: anybody know any good graduate sociology summer schools? ....this summer Texas Women's University offered an excellent Seminar on Teaching Methods in Sociology...this is a must for anyone whether or not you plan to teach...you learn a great deal about yourself as a student...it is a two semester seminar but is well worth the time...I don't know if it is offered this next summer or not...check and find out..(yes, this school is co- ed).....Kathryn From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Fri Oct 23 04:34:54 1998 Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 06:33:57 -0400 (EDT) From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: Soliciting abstracts on gender and technology for 3/99 ESS meetings (fwd) FYI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 06:17:30 -0400 From: LAURA KRAMER To: social-class@listserv.uic.edu sssitalk@sun.soci.niu.edu Subject: Soliciting abstracts on gender and technology for 3/99 ESS meetings I am soliciting abstracts for a session on Gender and Technology, sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women, for the annual meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society (Boston, March 4-7, 1999). please submit to me via email or snail mail; must reach me by November 6. Fax is also possible, use email or phone first (sometimes the fax number is working and sometimes it isn't, I'd want to be standing by!) PLEASE SHARE THIS (I am posting on SWS, ESS, WMST, and STS myself). CONTACT ME PRIVATELY for more information. Laura Kramer Professor of Sociology Montclair State University Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 (973) 655-7168 KRAMERL@ALPHA.MONTCLAIR.EDU From tr@tryoung.com Fri Oct 23 04:55:09 1998 (usr-mtp-61.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.61]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 06:51:25 -0400 To: teachsoc@vance.irss.unc.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Re: breaching experiments In-Reply-To: <362fc5c8.11456678@router.mail.cornell.edu> Dear Irene: Long before I heard of Garfinkel, I used small 'field assignments' to help teach social psych at Colo St in a course called 'Individual and Society' ...below are some I recall: 1. Talk-lines...have two students stand in a narrow hallway... have them stretch their 'talk-line' from 18 inches to four foot and see at what point passers-by will breach that line... usually most will duck as if there is a 'real' line there. report the results. 2. Face-rights...have students cover up their face with their hands...or look away from the person with whom they are talking. Report the results. 3. Stigma...paint a third eye in blue magic marker on the heads of every student in your class and send them around campus for the day. have them report their results. 4. Social power...have your students 'tip' friends, parents or strangers for small kindnessess... report the results. Most exchanges between significant others are 'free'; the idea of getting reward for them converts social power into economic power and is a profanation of the sacred character of social relations...some may even tie the experiment to capitalism, 'free' enterprize, market relations and commodification of 'all that is holy.' 5. Once I took my strat class to the faculty lounge and gave them a lecture on 'the student as nigger' ...and the university as a plantation exploiting the labor of grad students...the idea came from an old leftist...Jerry somebody... Oh...I got fired for that one...the Governing Board accused me of leading students in a 'take-over' of Colo State...took months to sort that out...most faculty laughed at the Board. 6. Once I took my Intro class to a women's room to lecture on gender differentions...'twas standing room only....the men were more uncomfortable with this conversion of non-social space into social space... women less so since women's room have more sociology in them than do men's room... ...don't ask me how I know that. 7. Transfer of Charisma...once I had a substitute take my class, tell them he wasn't prepared and hand out a 'pop quiz'...then he was to be called away and transfer responsibility to the GTA who then got sick and had to transfer responsibility to a complicit undergrad... Report and the pattern of 'defection' from the 'sociologyofitall.' I waited around the corner, collected the students as they came out and when the room stopped leaking 'role-others', took them all back in and gave a mini-lecture on the Transfer of Charisma...that was a political soc class. 8. Once I asked a colleague, Larry Cross, to lecture to an empty hall...he did...the few students sitting in the hall began to get up and leave...all but one who took notes. this little gambit illuminates the social psych point that mind, self and society are trineborne...one cannot 'be' a professor without students...and vice versa. 9. Safe supplies...most people use 'small' talk as safe supply when they are at a sociability occasion...politics, religion, personal finance and marketing behavior corrupts the sociology of it all... So, the next time you have dinner with friends or are playing a pick up game, invite them to pray with you...or try to sell them insurance,...or ask them personal questions about finances. I don't actually assign such behavior...I just ask them to think about it...gedanken experimenten, as it were. Once, at a bar in Minot, SD, interviewing for a job, I asked the nice lady at the piano bar, to play church hymns...so I could sing along...'twasn't safe for that place, she declined even though she played organ for her church... For every sociological term in your text book, you can think of some way to play around with your classes to make the concept come alive...use your imagination, have fun, and teach a lot. Usually, I put these little assignments in a 1/2 page handout, give them to 5 or 10 people and pay them about 5 pts for their report...they usually have fun, do a good job and learn a lot. TR At 11:59 PM 10/22/98 GMT, you wrote: >Hi! > >I have been on this list for some time but have never introduced >myself. I'm a graduate student in sociology and am currently a TA for >Introductory Sociology. I have found the discussion on this list >extremely helpful and useful. > >I now have a request of my own. The other day, I mentioned to my >students that some ethnomethodologists had their students do breaching >experiments and they seemed very interested in the topic. I was >wondering if anybody can remember the kinds of breaching experiments >that have been done or can share any that you have assigned yourself. >It would also be interesting to hear how they went. > >Thanks in advance, >Irene > TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From pfl661@airmail.net Fri Oct 23 23:30:02 1998 (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.255) with smtp for sender: Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 00:29:48 -0500 From: "Phyllis L. Flott" Reply-To: pfl661@airmail.net To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: call for papers-WSSA CALL FOR PAPERS Complex Organizations Session Western Social Science Association–Sociology Sessions Fort Worth, Texas April 21-24 Papers in the area of complex organizations are invited. This session is open to any topics within the field of organizational studies. Some possible topics of interest are legitimacy, network organizations, new organizational forms, and power in organizational settings. Submit the title, abstract (completed paper is preferred), and your address to the session chair no latter than November 15, 1998. The address for the session chair is: Phyllis Flott Department of Sociology P.O. Box 311157 University of North Texas Denton, TX 76203 940-565-2296 (O) 940-369-7035 (F) pfl661@airmail.net e-mail address If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at the e-mail address above. From pfl661@airmail.net Fri Oct 23 23:31:19 1998 (/\##/\ Smail3.1.30.16 #30.255) with smtp for sender: Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 00:30:59 -0500 From: "Phyllis L. Flott" Reply-To: pfl661@airmail.net To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Refugee and Migrant Issues CALL FOR PAPERS Refugee and Migrant Issues Western Social Science Association–Sociology Sessions Fort Worth, Texas April 21-24 Papers in the area of refugee and migrant issues are invited. Submit the title, abstract (completed paper is preferred), and your address to the session chair no latter than November 15, 1998. The address for the session chair is: Lisa Zottarelli Department of Sociology P.O. Box 311157 University of North Texas Denton, TX 76203 940-565-2296 (O) 940-369-7035 (F) LZottare@SCS.CMM.UNT.EDU e-mail address If you have any questions, feel free to contact the session chair at the e-mail address above. From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Sun Oct 25 15:02:03 1998 Date: Sun, 25 Oct 98 17:00:03 EST From: Alan Davidson Subject: GRADTALK: Venting Spleen: My Response to the Chronicle Colloquy (fwd) To: grdisu-l@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Virginia This is Scott Kerlin's response -- it makes some very good points. ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 16:52:07 -0700 Reply-To: Graduate Student Conversations Sender: Graduate Student Conversations From: Scott Kerlin Subject: GRADTALK: Venting Spleen: My Response to the Chronicle Colloquy To: GRADTALK@UVVM.UVIC.CA Hi, everyone: Here is what I sent to the Chronicle today, in response to its Colloquy about the doctoral student at Harvard who committed suicide (see link to the story: http://www.chronicle.com/colloquy/98/suicide/suicide.htm) If you've not yet read the story or posted your comments to the Chronicle site, we encourage you to. You have the option to maintain anonymity in your response. Have a good weekend, Scott, recalling with a bit of irony that it was the suicide of two professors at my institution (one, a former mentor) that elevated my awareness about the potential for inhumanity in academia in the first place... ********************************************************************** Hello: To put it mildly, reading this story had a huge impact on my own (still painful) recollections of my doctoral passage seven years ago at a public university, in the field of higher education administration and policy. But I'm just not convinced this problem is worse in elite institutions. Graduating from an elite institution (regardless of the quality of one's work) gives one a much greater shot at tenure-track positions than graduation from non-elites, but even being ABD from an elite probably assures some level of opportunity to remain in academe (as a research assistant, or even a community college teacher) that many of us "non-elite Ph.D. graduates" are more often denied from obtaining. It seems like stories such as the one that is the focus of this article are classic cases of "abuse", but for whatever reasons that elude me, universities are very difficult to hold accountable for such behaviors toward their students. Why? Has the academy become totally amoral as a social institution in late 20th century America? What is it modeling for those of us who look to provide a more humane vision of the world for our students, if our academic institutions enable these kinds of behaviors with impugnity? I had a horrendous experience with my former advisor in my final year of my Ph.D. program, but ironically, it was only once my research began to get attention from others beyond my own institution, such as the American Educational Research Association and the Journal of Higher Education (where I was invited to publish a portion of my dissertation in a special issue devoted to retrenchment in higher education, in 1993). But having worked with graduate students for more than 10 years (as a Graduate Teaching Fellows' Union manager, as a counselor, as a graduate Dean's special assistant, and eventually, as a mentor to other students) from 1985 to 1997, I have long recognized something which I included in my own post-doctoral research published in 1995: a "survival of the fittest" ethic has very much taken over in the academy, and for those of us who choose topics that have significant political content or overtones (as my topic--retrenchment in public higher education and its impact on faculty and graduate student morale--most certainly did), there are also great dangers in doing work that is too "cutting edge." In my case, my doctoral advisor took advantage of my work (because it was getting broader attention, and because I was lead author on the paper and publication derived from it), then announced intentions to use it to pursue a career at another institution, and tried to sabotage my own program completion. I hung on, thanks to the support I received from faculty at other institutions who came to my defense, but it taught me *volumes* about the ethical issues and challenges faced by graduate students in today's tight labor market and retrenched institutions. American higher education is far too obsessed with the "prestige game" in universities, to the detriment of those of us who have a lot to offer except for an "upper class pedigree" Ph.D. next to our name. Having done undergraduate work at an elite institution in the midwest, I was far happier doing graduate work at a public "non-elite" institution, not because the work was easier, but because there was a commitment to a "public interest" mission in the latter institution as well as a richer interdisciplinary intellectual community--at least when I began there in 1981. Sadly, however, I believe the Reagan and Bush years more than amply succeeded in widening the gap between "rich" and "poor" universities, creating an ever-growing system of stratification across all of higher education in the U.S. Never mind what they tell you, that you need to forward "original knowledge" in your dissertation. If it in any way threatens your committee or your department's intellectual version of the "truth", you may get in more trouble with your committee (upon which, of course, you are ultimately dependent for references when you graduate) than you'll ever benefit from being a "star graduate student". And of course, if you create something really original, your professors may just want to take advantage of it--to your own personal detriment. Don't ever publish your "best stuff" in your dissertation--save it til after you're out of there and you can truly claim some intellectual property for yourself. Otherwise, it may take you a long time to regain your own personal "voice" as a researcher and a scholar. That is the sage wisdom I obtained from my experience. I believe this whole dilemma is bound up (at least, in the 1990s) in the politics of retrenchment and downsizing in the academic profession. Graduate students may be the "soft underbelly" of the academy, but when times get tough (has anyone read Barbara Ehrenreich's book Fear of Falling: The Inner Life of the Middle Class?), graduate students' work all too often becomes a basis for faculty to build their own careers, free for the most part from any institutional sanctions against exploiting the ideas originally created by their students. In fact, many institutions protect this aspect of intellectual property creation: the student and his or her work is often treated as "property of the university" until the student graduates. I *know* this is true: I've interviewed hundreds of people over the years who have first-hand experience with it, and I've read lots of articles in the Chronicle that confirm it. But I suspect most graduate students aren't aware of it--and would never willingly consent to letting their advisors take advantage of their own work if they could possibly guard against it. As a way of trying to help bring some humanity back into the academic process, my response since 1993 has been to form an online discussion list about graduate education issues. It is under the auspices of the American Educational Research Association: AERA-GSL Graduate Studies Discussion List: http://www.teleport.com/~skerlin/aera-gsl.html Anyone interested in the future of graduate education is welcome to join our forum and continue discussing these issues with us. I also have two articles available online (published in the Education Policy Analysis Archives) from a symposium session at AERA that I chaired in 1995: "Pursuit of the Ph.D.'Survival of the Fittest,' or is it Time for a New Approach?" (http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/v3n16.html) and "Surviving the Doctoral Years: Critical Perspectives" (http://olam.ed.asu.edu/epaa/v3n17.html) I believe the stakes for career development opportunities in the academic profession have become incredibly high for younger scholars, and the needs of one generation of scholars (i.e. the 1990s doctoral students) are being sacrificed in order to preserve the status of an earlier generation of established academics that is threatened by our "postmodern" perspectives or is perhaps just plain unwilling to retire and pass the baton. "The old being pregnant with the new yet unable to give birth" seems quite appropriate an analogy to me! I appreciate this topic being raised on this forum--I believe it is extremely significant, and suggests a substantial reconsideration of ethical issues and enrollment policies in graduate education is in order. But will it happen? I'm not very optimistic. Scott Kerlin, Ph.D. http://www.teleport.com/~skerlin/ Portland, OR From tr@tryoung.com Mon Oct 26 05:04:14 1998 by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 06:59:12 -0500 To: social-class@listserv.uic.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: a TEST FOR YOUR STUDENTS teachsoc@maple.lemoyne.edu A new digitalized version of the Wizard of Oz will be released to movie theatres around the country this month... As Official Socialist Historian of the Great and Glorious Land of Oz, I am authorized to give each of your students a Certificate of Achievement if they pass the test below. The tutorial is at: http://www.tryoung.com/TRsPage/wizard/wizardindex.html 1. THERE IS A FOUR-CORNERED MORALITY WHICH EACH OF THE FOUR MAIN CHARACTERS SYMBOLIC, WHO SYMBOLIZES THE CAPACITY TO USE WISDOM ON BEHALF OF THE SOCIAL PROCESS AT HAND: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 2. WHO SYMBOLIZES THE COURAGE TO FACE OPPRESSORS OF THE POOR: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 3. WHO SYMBOLIZES THE QUEST FOR COMMUNITY AND SOLIDARITY: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 4. WHO SYMBOLIZES THE CAPACITY FOR LOVE AND COMPASSION: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 5. EACH CHARACTER REPRESENTS A SEGMENT OF SOCIETY WHICH WAS THE VICTIM OF OPPRESSION. WHO REPRESENTS THE FARMER SQUEEZED BY FINANCE CAPITAL AND BY RAILROAD BARONS: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 6. WHO REPRESENTS WORKERS ALIENATED BY REPETITIVE AND DANGEROUS WORKING CONDITIONS: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 7. WHO REPRESENTS POLITICIANS AND THEIR REFUSAL TO CHALLENGE THE VESTED INTERESTS SERVED BY THE STATE: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 8. WHO REPRESENTS THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE WHO 'REALLY DON'T WANT TO KILL ANYONE' BUT WILL IF THEY MUST TO GAIN DIGNITY: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 9. TOTO SYMBOLIZED: A. THE ULTIMATE GOODNESS OF ANIMALS: B. THE CLOWN AND FOOL IN HISTORY WHICH REVEALS THE WEAKNESS OF THE ELITE C. THE COURAGE TO PROTECT DOROTHY WHEN THE LION ATTACKED HER. D. NONE OF THE ABOVE...HE WAS JUST A STUPID DOG. 10. KANSAS AND THE FARM ON WHICH AUNT EM AND UNCLE HENRY LIVED STOOD FOR THE ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF THE WHOLE COUNTRY BECAUSE. A. EVERYTHING WAS GREEN AND ALL THE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY B. THE TREES WERE GRAY; THE GRASS WAS GRAY AND AUNT EM WAS GRAY TOO 11. THE CYCLONE SYMBOLIZED THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE TO OVERTURN THE GOVERNMENT WHEN IT DOESN'T SERVE THE PEOPLE. A. TRUE B. FALSE 12. THERE WERE FOUR WITCHES; WHICH WITCH SYMBOLIZED FINANCE CAPITAL AND GREED OF BANKERS: A. THE WITCH FROM THE NORTH B. THE WITCH FROM THE EAST C. THE WITCH FROM THE SOUTH D. THE WITCH FROM THE WEST. 13. WHICH WITCH SYMBOLIZED THE RAILROAD BARONS: CAPITAL AND GREED OF BANKERS: A. THE WITCH FROM THE NORTH B. THE WITCH FROM THE EAST C. THE WITCH FROM THE SOUTH D. THE WITCH FROM THE WEST. 14. THE MUNCHKINS REPRESENTED: A. WORKERS WHO WERE TOO STUPID TO CARE FOR THEMSELVES B. WORKERS MADE SMALL BY WORKING CONDITIONS C. SIMPLE MINDED CHILDREN WHO PLAYED WHILE OTHERS WORKED 15. THE SLIPPERS WHICH DOROTHY WORE SYMBOLIZED: A. THE BLOOD OF WORKERS B. THE POWER OF MONEY C. PROSPERITY AND LOW INTEREST RATES 16. THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD REPRESENTED: A. THE SILVER STANDARD AND CLASS STRUGGLE B. THE GOLD STANDARD AND CLASS PRIVILEGE C THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON, D.C. 17. WHICH CHARACTER REPRESENTED Wm. JENNINGS BRYAN AND ANY HUMBUG OF A POLITICIAN WHO COULD ONLY GIVE PEOPLE THINGS THEY ALREADY HAVE: A THE COWARDLY LION B. TOTO C. THE WICKED WITCH FOR THE WEST D. THE WIZARD 18. THE EMERALD CITY REPRESENTED WASHINGTON, D.C. BECAUSE: A GREEN IS THE COLOR OF MONEY B. IT HAS A LOT OF COLOR AND HAPPY PEOPLE LIVE THERE. C. THE WIZARD LIVED THERE AND SERVED THE PEOPLE OF OZ 19. THE POPPY FIELD SYMBOLIZES: A THE BRIGHTNESS OF LIFE AFTER SOLVING THE PROBLEMS OF OZ B THE BEAUTY OF NATURE C ANYTHING WHICH STUPEFIES AND CRIPPLES HUMAN AGENCY 20. WHICH CHARACTER BELOW WAS NOT IN THE BOOK OR THE MOVIE: A. THE HAMMERHEADS. B. THE CHINA PEOPLE C. THE FORTY THIEVES D THE MOUSE QUEEN 21. WHICH POWER DID DOROTHY USE AGAINST THE WICKED WITCHES: A. MORAL POWER B. SOCIAL POWER C. PHYSICAL POWER D. ECONOMIC POWER 22. WHAT KIND OF POWER WAS THE WICKED WITCH AFTER: A. MORAL POWER B. SOCIAL POWER C. PHYSICAL POWER D. ECONOMIC POWER 23. FROM WHICH CLASS STRATUM DID THE TINMAN COME: A. BOURGEOISIE B. PETITE BOURGEOSIE C. PROLETARIAT D. THE LUMPENPROLETARIAT 24. TO WHICH CLASS DID DOROTHY, AUNT EM AND UNCLE HENRY BELONG: A. BOURGEOISIE B. PETITE BOURGEOSIE C. PROLETARIAT D. THE LUMPENPROLETARIAT 25. WHO EMBODIED INSTRUMENTAL RATIONALITY IN THE MOVIE: A. DOROTHY B. THE COWARDLY LION C. THE TINMAN D. THE STRAWMAN 26 WHAT KIND OF AUTHORITY DID THE WIZARD EMBODY: A. LEGAL-RATIONAL B. CHARISMA C. TRADITIONAL 27. CONFLICT IN THE MOVIE CENTERED AROUND WHICH INEQUALITY: A. CLASS B. GENDER C. RACIST 28 THE THEORIST MOST APPROPRIATE TO AN ANALYSIS OF THIS MOVIE: A. MARX B. DURKHEIM C. WEBER D. PARSONS 29. GOLDWYN WANTED THE SONG, OVER THE RAINBOW, REMOVED BECAUSE: A. IT PROMISED A BETTER LIFE FOR WORKERS B. IT LACKED MUSICAL VALUE C. IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE TO THE STORY LINE 30. HOW MUCH WAS JUDY GARLAND PAID FOR WORKING ON THE MOVIE: A. $1.5 MILLION FOR THE MOVIE B. $500 PER MONTH C. $1500 PER MONTH D. 500,000 IN 1939 DOLLARS ******** T.R. Young Self-Proclaimed Official Socialist Historian of the Great and Glorious Land of Oz: Land of the Winkies, Gillkins, Munchins and Quadlings. TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From JWL8200@dcccd.edu Mon Oct 26 09:09:47 1998 Date: Mon, 26 Oct 1998 10:09:25 -0600 From: "Julia Lam" Sender: Postmaster@dcccd.edu Reply-To: JWL8200@dcccd.edu To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Refugee and Migrant Issues -Reply This is an automatic reply. I will be out of my office until 10-27. I will return on 10-28 (Wed). For emergency, please contact Babs King at 972-238-6953. I apologize for the inconvenience. From tr@tryoung.com Tue Oct 27 04:04:54 1998 (usr-mtp-35.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.35]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 06:00:49 -0500 To: ahs-talk@ncsu.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Key to the Wizard of Oz test psn-special@csf.colorado.edu, sssitalk@sun.soci.niu.edu, teachsoc@maple.lemoyne.edu The key to the Wizard/Oz test is at: http://www.tryoung.com/TRsPage/wizard/tutorial.html Just double click and get a treat!! Here is a sample from the tutorial for all who teach political sociology or want another reason to work for social justice and for democratic socialism: Answer to # 17: The Wizard of Oz symbolized alienated politics. People assign their power to politicians then go back to them, hat in hand asking for help. The Wiz was the kind of politician who don't want to see the people since he can't give them what they don't have in the first place or what they already have. His real name was Oscar Z. Phadrig Isaac Norman Hinkle Emmanuel Ambroise Diggs. [a free beer to the first one who discovers the real last name of the Wizard.] ....and for those who teach mass media, mass sports, mass education, mass medicine or social problems, the movie can help you there as well: Answer to # 19. The Poppy field was used to represent anything that put people to sleep...that immobilized them. Drugs, Monday Night Football, HBO, whatever turns people into couch potatoes. Are you a couch potato or would you rather learn all the days of your life so you can help Dorothy and her friends go over the Rainbow and make a dream come true? TR TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From ghougham@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu Tue Oct 27 07:52:53 1998 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 08:52:23 -0600 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: Gavin Hougham Subject: Re: Key to the Wizard of Oz test In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.19981027060049.009b22f0@tryoung.com> At 06:00 AM 10/27/98 -0500, you wrote: The Wiz was the kind of politician >who don't want to see the people since he can't give them >what they don't have in the first place or what they already >have. His real name was Oscar Z. Phadrig Isaac Norman >Hinkle Emmanuel Ambroise Diggs. [a free beer to the first one who >discovers the real last name of the Wizard.] Would it be... Oz Pinhead? Gavin Hougham University of Chicago From myersc@okway.okstate.edu Tue Oct 27 11:42:55 1998 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:38:46 -0600 From: "Christina Myers" To: Subject: Lafayette Is there anyone out there going to Lafayette for Midsouth meetings? I'd like to set up a gathering of some sort so we can meet and talk. I'll be arriving on Wednesday afternoon. When would be a good time to gather? After supper on Thursday or Friday morning for coffee? Is anyone even interested? Can someone recommend places for good food and good times? We prefer places that aren't tourist-y. Thanks Christina Myers Dept of Sociology OSU 405 744-9435 From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Tue Oct 27 12:24:36 1998 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 98 14:23:42 EST From: Alan Davidson Subject: TS paper on graduate education (fwd) To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 13:41:33 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: teachsoc@irss.unc.edu Sender: owner-teachsoc@irss.unc.edu From: "EDITORIAL OFFICE, TEACHING SOCIOLOGY" To: TEACHSOC@irss.unc.edu Subject: TS paper on graduate education I have a paper that will be published in a future issue of Teaching Sociology on the topic of graduate education. The title of the paper is: "Rethinking the Graduate Seminar". It will run as a conversation. If any one out there is interested in reading the paper and writing a response (it will be refereed), please respond privately. Thanks. Jeff Chin +=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=+ \ / / Teaching Sociology \ \ a Journal of the American Sociological Association / / \ \ Editor: Jeffrey Chin / / Deputy Editor: Mary Senter, Central Michigan University \ \ Production Manager and Copy Editor: Mary Radford / / Copy Editor: Laura Pedrick \ \ Typesetter: Pauline Pavlakos / / Editorial Assistant: Jane Snyder \ \ / / Voice: (315) 445-4671 \ \ FAX: (315) 445-6024 / / Electronic mail: TS_EDITOR@MAPLE.LEMOYNE.EDU \ \ URL: http://www.lemoyne.edu/ts/tsmain.html (case sensitive!) / \ TeachSoc discussion list archives: / / http://poplar.lemoyne.edu/mlf_root/archives/teachsoc/ \ \ Snail mail: Teaching Sociology, (please do NOT include my name) / / Le Moyne College, Syracuse, NY 13214-1399 \ \ / +-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-+ From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Tue Oct 27 19:42:12 1998 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 98 21:41:17 EST From: Alan Davidson Subject: NAGPS & the Chronicle of Higher Education (fwd) To: gradtalk@uvvm.uvic.ca ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:28:16 -0500 Reply-To: UConn Graduate Student Announcements Sender: UConn Graduate Student Announcements From: GSS Subject: NAGPS & the Chronicle of Higher Education To: GRADLIST-L@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU For those who want to read the Chronical of Higher Ed... NAGPS (National Association of Graduate-Professional Students) is expanding their relationship with the folks at the Chronicle of Higher Ed. The Chronicle provides a 20% discount to students at NAGPS-member campuses (UConn is one). The Chronicle has also recently agreed to provide access on a weekly basis to a current story of interest to NAGPS members, free of subscription charges. Non-password links to one story per week will be promoted only on the NAGPS web site so that graduate students can learn more about important issues and participate actively in Chronicle-web-site-based debates about issues. Last week's story about the suicide of a graduate student at Harvard launched this service on the NAGPS web site, and this week's story is about trends that are leading universities to hire TAs from departments other than English to teaching beginning composition classes. Chronicle stories will be featured on the "NAGPS News" page of our web site. Link to http://www.nagps.org/NAGPS - and select "NAGPS News" from the index on the left. Of course, any graduate studens interested in subscribing to the Chronicle at the 20% NAGPS discount can learn about that discount on the NAGPS web site as well. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Steinbachs Secretary, Graduate Student Senate (1998-99) GSS@UConnVM.UConn.Edu http://gris02.grad.uconn.edu/~wwwgss/ Dept. Ecology & Evolutionary Biology U43 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-3043 ------------------------------------------------------------------- From flh8929@TAMVM1.TAMU.EDU Tue Oct 27 22:54:22 1998 Date: Tue, 27 Oct 98 23:16:31 CST From: "Frances L. Haynes" Subject: Re: Lafayette To: socgrad Christina, You're in for a TREAT!!! Lafayette is the BEST place for meetings! There will be plenty of people to welcome you and show you lots of Local TechniColor! The last Mid-South meeting I was able to attend was in Lafayette. IT WAS GREAT! They had a Cajun Dance and really encouraged everyone to participate. And even scheduled the banquet for Thursday night so people could go to the street dance on Friday night. The street dance was a regular event, not a tourist thing. Don't worry about tourist-y - what you see is what you get - It's a great place to be a sociologist & to compare and contrast Okie & Cajun cultures!!! I have a special place in my academic heart for the Mid-South meetings!!! My first professional meeting ever was a road trip with an OSU grad student to Hot Springs. I have also travelled with the OSU bunch under Dr. Dodder's navigation. Great trips! For anykind of meeting tips you have one of the greatest resources ever right there in the OSU department - Dr. Dodder. Is he going? I can't make it - although I was planning on participating in a session on Thursday morning on Teaching in Prisons, but since I have to go to prison on Thursdays, I'd have to do hard time to get back to Huntsville. Bad pun. My students have informed me that NO MORE PRISON JOKES ARE ALLOWED! - Unless they get equal time for Aggie Jokes - Aggie jokes are always welcome - so it works. What can I say - I have a captive audience. They have nicknamed me "The Road Warrior Queen" but being in Lafayette, LA; Huntsville, TX, & Austin in 2 days is pushing it even for me! And of course my heart's desire would be to be in Stillwater on Saturday to watch My Aggies beat the Hell outta My OSU alumni team. Oh - Halloween homecoming in Orange and Black. Just for halibut - I'll throw in a little OSU Cowboy Culture tidbit - on Friday night before homecoming, OSU has a Walk-About. The dorms and frat houses set up displays that are sometimes quite creative. I haven't decided whether there may be an overlap between the event/process/concept and Australian Aboriginal walk-abouts! Hope everyone going enjoys the meetings! Frances Haynes A Texas "Aggie from Muskogee" Oklahoma USA > From tr@tryoung.com Wed Oct 28 03:22:31 1998 (usr-mtp-15.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.15]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 05:18:27 -0500 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: I O U one big beer! In-Reply-To: <3.0.3.32.19981027085223.006cd894@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu > Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\bigbeer1.BMP" > >Would it be... Oz Pinhead? > > > >Gavin Hougham >University of Chicago > TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From tr@tryoung.com Wed Oct 28 07:37:33 1998 (usr-mtp-36.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.36]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 09:33:21 -0500 To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Halloween in Pleasantville social-class@listserv.uic.edu Over the years, I have been lecturing on each holi-day as they come along...trying so sort out the sociology of it all from the politics and economics of some of it. As usual, Halloween will fall on 31 October...and will be a time of rare delight for childern and some anxiety for parents. A. For most of Western History, Hallowed Evening was a time of great danger and fear...it was the name applied to the evening of October 31, preceding the Christian feast of Hallowmas, Allhallows, or All Saints' Day. The observances connected with Halloween are thought to have originated among the ancient Druids, who believed that on that evening, Saman, the lord of the dead, called forth hosts of evil spirits. The Druids customarily lit great fires on Halloween, apparently for the purpose of warding off all these spirits. Among the ancient Celts, Halloween was the last evening of the year and was regarded as a propitious time for examining the portents of the future. The Celts also believed that the spirits of the dead revisited their earthly homes on that evening. After the Romans conquered Britain, they added to Halloween features of the Roman harvest festival held on November 1 in honor of Pomona, goddess of the fruits of trees. ...from Encarta B. With industrial capitalism came secularization...Halloween became a time of camp; the fear of unquiet spirits were mocked and made safe by the sheer fun of running about on a soft Autumn night dressed in forbidden clothing doing forbidden things....like begging, extorting, and playing pranks on those whom we do not, as children, much like. C. Sociologically speaking, Halloween became a drama of the Holy in which children were sanctified to the community by the sharing of solidarity supplies: candy, apples, cakes, and other treats small to adults but large to children. D. With the schoolification of America, Halloween became institutionalized, rationalized, formalized and organized. Teachers taught children to use art, dance, dress and drums to participate more actively in the creation of this drama of the holy... Schools held Halloween parties, dances, contests, and pre-game festivities during the football season...another sort of drama of the holy. E. Today, in the effort to manufacture markets out of such Dramas of the Holy...[Christmas, Easter, Sweetest Day, Mother's Day, 3rd Cousin on your Mother's Side Day and such], Halloween has become a multi-billion dollar economy in its own right. Walmart's, Krogers, K-Mart, Wards, Sears and a thousand other retail outlets push Halloween goods upon those with discretionary income...as well as those without... Grown men and women...especially women, wear one-time shirts, sweaters, hats and coat garnished with pumpkins, skeletons, Witchs and such...[at my bridge tourney Monday, six of the 31 women wore such decorations]. F. In college towns [such as Boulder], Halloween has become a mini-mardigras...a time of daring, identity exploration [via costuming], a time of creativity [I once saw a string of bacteria on Halloween in Boulder], a time of sexual freedom, a time of melding and merging with unknown and unknowable others...and a time to gaze upon the color and charm lost at massified work, school, medicine and church. Truly, it is a time when our monochromatic Pleasantvilles take on a kodakcromatic coloring...pure delight at what life could be. G. For teen-agers, disconnected from family, community, school and work, Halloween is a time for pre-theoretical rebellion and revenge...it has become, truly for fire fighters, a devilish night. H. Still the larger meaning of Halloween for most children is a opening up of social space from family to neighborhood...escorted by parents and by older sibs, children learn that there is a larger world out there peopled by loving strangers and filled with wondrous surprizes... As for me, I'll watch the Detroit Lions beat the Green Bay Packers and think about the commodification of sports. TR PS: I once heard Gregory Stone give a paper on Halloween; I didn't take notes and I don't recall the points he made but I'm sure some of that presentation has informed my understanding of Halloween...to Stone, I dedicate this Mini-lecture. TR Young, 28 Oct '98 TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Wed Oct 28 16:29:10 1998 Date: Wed, 28 Oct 98 18:28:17 EST From: Alan Davidson Subject: Jobs To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU -------------------------------------------------------------------------- AREA STUDIES/ ETHNIC STUDIES 49. Arizona State University (AZ) Assistant Professor, Chicana/o Studies Arizona State University invites applications for a position as a tenure track assistant professor in Chicana/o Studies (CCS) in the area of Chicana/o sociology and/or public policy. CCS is a department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and is designed to prepare students with the knowledge and skills that will enable them to work effectively in the Mexican-American community. Responsibilities include teaching courses in Chicana/o sociology and/or public policy and courses that reflect the applicant's training and interests; conducting research on the Chicana/o experience; and contributing to the CCS department through committee service. Minimum qualifications include an earned doctorate (by August 15, 1999) in sociology or a related social or behavioral science or in an interdisciplinary graduate program with a strong policy component, such as public policy, urban studies, or ethnic studies. Minimum qualifications also include potential for excellence in teaching and scholarly research in Chicana/o Studies as evidenced by letters of recommendation, teaching evaluations, publications and/or other writing samples, and conference presentations. Salary is commensurate with rank. Deadline: November 23, 1998 or every subsequent Monday until the position is filled. Send a letter of application addressing teaching and research interests, a vita, three letters of recommendation, one significant writing sample under 50 pages, and one set of current teaching evaluations to: (Supplementary materials may be requested after the initial review.) Professor Cordelia Candelaria, Search Committee Chair, Department of Chicana/o Studies, Arizona State University, P.O. Box 872002, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2002. AA/EOE. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOCIOLOGY 223. Arizona State University (AZ) Assistant Professor, Sociology The Department of Sociology at Arizona State University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor with a concentration in Family Demography. Instruction will be at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The position starts August, 1999. A Ph.D. degree in Sociology or Demography by August 16, 1999, evidence of strong quantitative skills, and a research agenda in family demography is required. Evidence of ability to publish research findings and teaching skills is desired. Review of complete applications will start January 19, 1999 or the 19th of each month thereafter until the position is filled. Please send a letter summarizing your research and teaching interests, a vita, three letters of recommendation, and samples of written work to: Deborah A. Sullivan, Search Committee Chair, Arizona State University, Department of Sociology, P.O. Box 872101, Tempe, Arizona 85287-2101. For questions: dsullivn@asu.edu; 602-965-4492; fax: 602-965-0064. ASU is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to diversity in the workplace. 224. Berry College (GA) Assistant Professor, Sociology Berry College invites applications for a tenure-track position in sociology at the assistant professor level beginning fall 1999. Ph.D. preferred. Primary emphasis in race and ethnicity with a secondary field in criminology, health, or environment. Applied or comparative perspective encouraged. Dedication to excellence in teaching and scholarship essential. Send application letter, vita, and three letters of recommendation to Dean, Evans School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 495034 Berry College, Mount Berry, Georgia 30149-5034. E-mail inquiries: dmcconkey@berry.edu. Deadline for applications is December 15, 1998. Berry College, which is located on 28,000 acres in the northwest Georgia mountains next to Rome, is an independent, coeducational college with an enrollment of approximately 2,000 undergraduate and graduate students. Bachelor of arts, bachelor of music, bachelor of science, master of business administration, master of education, and education specialist degrees are offered at Berry. 226. Bloomsburg University (PA) Multiple positions Department of Sociology, Social Welfare and Criminal Justice: One temporary, full-time position for the Spring of 1999 semester only, at the Instructor/Assistant professor level, with specialization in mental health and racial/ethnic minority groups. A MSW is required with teaching and practice experience. Applicants should be able to teach Intro to Social Welfare and Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups. To apply send letter of application, transcripts, curriculum vitae, and three current letters of recommendation to: Chuck Laudermilch, Chairperson, Social Welfare Temporary position, Department of Sociology, Social Welfare and Criminal Justice. Applications postmarked by November 23, 1999 can be assured full consideration. Bloomsburg University is an AA/EOE Bloomsburg University is a teaching institution which requires scholarly activity for tenure and promotion. Finalists for all positions must communicate well and successfully complete an interview and/or teaching demonstration and must gain a recommendation by the majority of the regular, full-time faculty. Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations is also required. Mail applications to those mentioned in the above ads to: Bloomsburg University, 400 East Second Street, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. 227. Cedarville College (OH) Sociology CEDARVILLE COLLEGE, a nationally recognized leader in campus networking, is a comprehensive, undergraduate, Baptist college of arts, sciences, and professional programs with an enrollment of 2,664. It combines a balanced liberal arts focus with a fundamental theological position in doctrine and lifestyle with which faculty, who must be born-again Christians, must agree. In addition to teaching excellence, expectations include biblical integration of faith/learning, student advising, scholarly pursuits, service activities, collegiality, and church involvement. With record enrollments 20 of the past 21 years, the following tenure-track positions are available. SOCIOLOGY: Primarily teaching principles of sociology, family and society, social theory, and social stratification. Doctorate or nearing completion required. Review of candidates has begun and will continue until positions are filled. Starting date: September 1999. Send letter of application and resume to Dr. Duane Wood, Academic Vice President, Cedarville College, P.O. Box 601, Cedarville, OH 45314; E-mail address: woodd@cedarville.edu. CEDARVILLE COLLEGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER 229. Eastern Connecticut State University (CT) Sociology Eastern Connecticut State University is characterized by an innovative undergraduate liberal arts and science program, dynamic programs of professional preparation, and a commitment to experiential learning. Eastern faculty are expected to be outstanding teachers, to possess sensitivity to a diverse population, and to demonstrate a commitment to creative activity and scholarship, professional development and professional service. The University serves 4,600 full- and part-time students in a rural environment east of Hartford and midway between New York City and Boston. All faculty positions listed below are being searched for tenure track placement at the Assistant Professor rank unless otherwise indicated, with salary dependent on qualifications. Normal faculty teaching load (or equivalent) is twelve hours each semester {day and evening classes) along with involvement in research and creative activity and service. Excellent fringe benefits package available. Sociology and Applied Social Relations Department (Two Positions) SOCIOLOGY. Ph.D. in Sociology preferred, ABD near completion considered. Must be interested in supervising field placements. Some preference for applied sociology, family, gender, demography, methods of social research, and organizations, other areas of expertise also considered. Successful candidate is expected to be an outstanding teacher, possess sensitivity to a diverse population, and demonstrate a commitment to creative activity and scholarship professional development, and professional service. Respond to Dr. Robert J. Wolf; Ph.D., Search Chair. Screening will begin immediately and continue until all positions are filled. Please send current vita, a transcript of all graduate work, a statement of teaching philosophy and research interests, documentation of teaching ability and three letters of recommendation to the appropriate individual listed above at the following address: Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226. Eastern is an AA/EEO employer. Women, members of protected classes and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Eastern Connecticut State University A campus of the Connecticut State University System Visit web-site at http://www.ecsu.ctstateeu.edu/jobs.html for complete position descriptions. 230. Eastern Connecticut State University (CT) Criminology Eastern Connecticut State University is characterized by an innovative undergraduate liberal arts and science program, dynamic programs of professional preparation, and a commitment to experiential learning. Eastern faculty are expected to be outstanding teachers, to possess sensitivity to a diverse population, and to demonstrate a commitment to creative activity and scholarship, professional development and professional service. The University serves 4,600 full- and part-time students in a rural environment east of Hartford and midway between New York City and Boston. All faculty positions listed below are being searched for tenure track placement at the Assistant Professor rank unless otherwise indicated, with salary dependent on qualifications. Normal faculty teaching load (or equivalent) is twelve hours each semester {day and evening classes) along with involvement in research and creative activity and service. Excellent fringe benefits package available. CRIMINOLOGY AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE. Ph.D. in Sociology preferred, ABD near completion considered. Teaching and research interests in criminology and criminal justice are given priority; ability to supervise field work and internships a plus. Other teaching and research areas are open. Respond to John Kilburn, Ph.D., Search Chair. Screening will begin immediately and continue until all positions are filled. Please send current vita, a transcript of all graduate work, a statement of teaching philosophy and research interests, documentation of teaching ability and three letters of recommendation to the appropriate individual listed above at the following address: Eastern Connecticut State University, 83 Windham Street, Willimantic, CT 06226. Eastern is an AA/EEO employer. Women, members of protected classes and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply. Eastern Connecticut State University A campus of the Connecticut State University System Visit web-site at http://www.ecsu.ctstateeu.edu/jobs.html for complete position descriptions. 233. Foothill-De Anza Community College (CA) Instructor, Sociology & Women's Studies Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California is now accepting applications for an instructor to teach college level courses in Sociology with an additional responsibility of developing an Associate of Arts degree in Human Services enabling students with a two-year degree to find employment in paraprofessional jobs offered by Social Services agencies and offices of Human Resources Management. This position also requires the ability to teach in other disciplines within the division (i.e. Business, Women's Studies, Psychology). Master's in Sociology or the equivalent. Full-time tenured. Obtain applications from: Employment Services, Foothill-De Anza Community College District; 650/949-6217; employment@fhda.edu; or http://wwwfh.fhda.edu/district/hr/employment.html. A resume may not be substituted for a completed application. Job #99040. Open until filled with a first review date of December 4, 1998. AA/EOE. 236. Kenyon College (OH) Sociology KENYON COLLEGE announces tenure-track openings at the Assistant or Associate Professor level for the 1999-2000 academic year. KENYON COLLEGE is a highly selective private liberal arts college of 1500 students located in the beautiful village of Gambier in central Ohio. For faculty positions the Ph.D. or appropriate equivalent is expected (except for positions in Psychology and Math, in which near completion of the Ph.D. will be considered). Candidates should have a strong commitment to teaching undergraduates in a liberal arts context and a well-articulated research plan. SOCIOLOGY. African and African American Studies. Assistant or Associate Professor. Teaching responsibilities include courses in introductory sociology, introduction to African and African American Studies, and other courses in both sociology and African American Studies. The successful candidate will have demonstrated scholarship and teaching experience in substantive areas of sociology of the African American experience or race relations. We seek candidates with a macro sociological perspective focusing upon social institutions. Subfields of particular interest include: sex and gender; social movements and social change; health and medicine; applied sociology and social theory. Review of applications began on October 1 and will continue until the position is filled. Applicants should send a letter addressing the criteria noted above, including a concise statement about his/her scholarship and research interests, a curriculum vita, course syllabi or course descriptions proposed and the names of three references to: Ric S. Sheffield, Chair, Sociology/African American Studies Search Committee, Dept., of Anthropology/Sociology, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio 43022. An equal opportunity employer, Kenyon affirms the values and goals of diversity and particularly encourages the applications of women and minority candidates. 237. Lindsey Wilson College (KY) sociology Lindsey Wilson College seeks applications for the following continuing, full-time positions to begin August 1999. All positions require PhD or appropriate terminal credential in the discipline. (ABD with realistic completion date considered.) Anticipate appointments at Assistant Professor rank. Small college teaching experience and commitment to liberal arts preferred. Sociology: PhD in Sociology with interests in sociology of rural areas, community development and criminal justice. Developmental Studies: PhD with expertise in the area of learning behavior with emphasis on reading and learning disabilities to join colleagues in an Academic Support Center designed to maximize student academic accomplishment. The position involves class room instruction, support of faculty, tutoring and advising. Experience with program evaluation is helpful. Lindsey Wilson is a four-year liberal arts college affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Grants recently received provide opportunities for off-campus teaching/learning experiences and professional development focused on teaching and service in the small college setting. The College is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Applications must be accompanied by a current vita, official transcripts, and the names of three professional references. Forward applications to Dr. William B. Julian, Provost and Dean, Lindsey Wilson College, 210 Lindsey Wilson Street, Columbia, Kentucky 42728. LWC is an EEO employer 238. Salem College (NC) Assistant Professor, Sociology Salem College, a liberal arts college for women that prides itself on excellence in undergraduate education, invites applications for an assistant professor in sociology beginning Fall, 1999. Teaching responsibilities may include introduction to sociology, marriage and family, gender, aging, deviance, research methods and statistics. Requirements: Ph.D. in sociology; evidence of excellence in teaching and advising; scholarly activity. Send letter of interest, curriculum vitae, transcripts, statement of teaching philosophy and the names of three references to Sociology Search Committee, Salem College, P.O. Box 10548, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27108-0548. Screening begins November 15, 1998; applications accepted until position filled. EOE. 239. Simon Fraser University (Canada) Tenure-track Position in Sociology Simon Fraser University, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, invites applications for a tenure-track position in sociology at the rank of Assistant Professor for 1 September 1999. This position is subject to budgetary approval. Substantive areas should include any of the following: political economy, globalization, labour studies/sociology of work, urbanization. The department has a strong preference for a scholar with a Latin American regional focus. The successful candidate will have a Ph.D. in Sociology and a demonstrated ability in research and teaching, including core courses in sociology. Applicants should send a cover letter describing their research and teaching interests, a curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference to: Dr. Ellen Gee, Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Simon Fraser University, 8888 University Drive, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 Canada. Screening will begin on 1 December and continue until the position is filled. This advertisement is directed to Canadian citizens and permanent residents. Other applicants may be considered if suitable Canadian citizens or permanent residents cannot be found. Simon Fraser University is committed to the principle of equity in employment and offers equal employment opportunities to qualified applicants. Potential applicants are invited to visit our web page at http://www.sfu.ca/sociology for more information about the department. 241. University of Delaware (DE) Assistant Professor, Sociology/Criminal Justice Assistant Professor, University of Delaware, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice. The Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice invites applications for a tenure-track position beginning September 1, 1999. The department is seeking a candidate with a proficiency in quantitative methods to offer courses at both the graduate and undergraduate levels and to advise graduate student research. A second substantive area is expected, and the position is open to candidates in any area that contributes to the department's mission. Ph.D. is required. The appointment will be at the Assistant Professor level. Send application letter describing teaching and research interests, curriculum vitae, three letters of reference and recent articles and papers to: Ronet Bachman, Chair, Methods Search Committee, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716. Deadline is January 15, 1999. The University of Delaware is an Equal Opportunity Employer which encourages applications from Minority Group Members and Women. 242. University of Southern California (CA) American Studies and Ethnicity The Department of Sociology at the University of Southern California invites applications for a tenure track assistant professorship, to begin in fall 1999. Ph.D. is required at the time of appointment. This will be a joint aapointment between sociology and the Chicano/Latino studies section of USC's program in American Studies and Ethnicity. Los Angeles is a natural place for ethnic studies research to develop, and USC is committed both to this broad area of scholarship and to increasing the diversity of its students and faculty. In addition to a strong research record or promise of scholarly excellence in Chicano/Latino studies, the successful candidate for this position can have substantive research interests in any of a wide range of social issues. In addition to a current CV, candidates should send a letter of application describing their research and teaching interests. Any evidence of teaching effectiveness will also be taken into consideration. Three referees should send their letters of recommendation directly to the search committee. Preliminary screening will begin on November 1, 1998 but the listing will remain open and applications will be accepted until the position is filled. All materials should be addressed to: Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo, Search Committee Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-2539. The University of Southern California is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. 243. University of Tennessee - Knoxville (TN) Assistant/Associate Professor, Sociology The Department of Sociology invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant or Associate Professor rank beginning Fall 1999. Primary interest should be in the area of political economy with a special emphasis on economic analysis of class and gender. Applicants with a well-established record of research publications or strong potential to develop one and strong teaching credentials will be given priority. A Ph. D. by September 1999 is required. Responsibilities include undergraduate and graduate teaching, active engagement in external funding for research, and service related to the mission of the department and the university. Salary and benefits are competitive. Applicants should include a letter presenting teaching and research interests, a resume, sample syllabi for political economy courses if available, and a list of three persons who may be contacted as references. Materials should be addressed to Michael L. Benson, Search Committee Chair, Department of Sociology, 901 McClung Tower, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37996-0490. Review of applications will begin November 23, 1998 and will continue until the position is filled. UTK is an Equal Employment/Title X/Section 504/American Disabilities Act/ADEA Employer. 244. University of Utah (UT) Assistant Professor, Sociology The University of Utah (www.utah.edu) invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in the Department of Sociology beginning August, 1999. Recruitment will focus on a scholar in the research area of macro-comparative sociology. Quantitative expertise is essential. Sub-areas of specialization are open. Candidates must have completed the doctorate by August 1999. Review of applications will begin on 15 December and continue until the position is filled. Please send a curriculum vitae, a letter describing research and teaching interest, reprints/preprints of research publications, and three letters of reference to: Edward L. Kick, Personnel, Committee Chair, University of Utah, Department of Sociology, 390 South 1530 East, Room 301, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-0250. The University of Utah is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action Employer and encourages nominations and applications from women and minorities and provides reasonable accommodation to the known disabilities of applicants and employees. From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Thu Oct 29 05:50:57 1998 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 07:49:47 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: [ALBANEWS] Info: Call for Papers: "Rethinking Identities: State, Nation, Culture" (fwd) FYI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1998 20:29:53 -0500 From: Nancy Rimmer To: ALBANEWS@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU Newgroups: bit.listserv.albanian Subject: [ALBANEWS] Info: Call for Papers: "Rethinking Identities: State, Nation, Culture" ____________ALBANEWS: Albanian News and Information Network_________ Archives: http://listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu/archives/albanews.html ____________________________________________________________________ http://www.4kosova.org/ !! HELP Kosova "Stop the killings in Kosova" Advertisign Campaign!! http://www.4kosova.org/ ____________________________________________________________________ Have you called your local newspapers and media to let them know that there is genocide happening in Kosova?! ____________________________________________________________________ Call for Papers "Rethinking Identities: State, Nation, Culture" ASN 4th Annual Convention International Affairs Building, Columbia University, NY Sponsored by the Harriman Institute 15-17 April 1999 The Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of Nationalities (ASN) has become the premier event for the burgeoning community of scholars, journalists, and policy-makers interested in issues of national identity, ethnic conflict and state-building in the post-Communist world. The Convention has grown remarkably since its inception in 1996, boasting over 450 participants and 60 panels in 1998. It also acquired a genuine international stature, with one-third of last year's paper-givers arriving from overseas, particularly from Western and Eastern Europe. The central theme of the 1999 Convention will revolve around questions of identities in East-Central Europe and the post-Soviet Union. Special considerations will be given to inter-disciplinary panel proposals. Convention panels cover the most burning issues in the field. Examples from 1998 include the Caspian Sea and Oil Politics, the Wars in the Caucasus, Kosovo, Security in East-Central Europe, Ukrainian Nation-Building, the OSCE, Ethnic Violence, Citizenship in the Baltics, the Hungarian and Russian-Speaking Diasporas, and many more. Videos/Films. The Convention intends to show short videos (10-15 minutes), integrated into regular panels, as well as medium- and full-length videos or films, as special events. We welcome suggestions and proposals for videos and films focussing on East-Central Europe or the former Soviet Union. All correspondence should be sent to the Program Chair, Dominique Arel (address below). Location. As has been the case since the beginning, the Convention will be hosted by the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, in the International Affairs Building, 420 W. 118th St., New York. Schedule. The convention will begin on Thursday, April 15th, at 1 PM, and ends Saturday, April 17th in early evening. Contrary to previous years, there will be no panels on Sunday, and the dates do not coincide with the Jewish and Orthodox religious holidays, which take place earlier in the month. Panel/Roundtable/Roundtable Proposals. There is no particular application form to fill out. The vast majority of proposals were e-mailed to the Program Chair last year, but proposals sent by fax or regular mail are also accepted. For instructions on the proposals, see the "Application Information" below. All proposals must be sent to the Program Chair, Dominique Arel (address below). Registration. Registration fees are $25 for ASN Members, $40 for Non-Members ($20 for East European Non-Members) and $10 for Students. Registration will be waived for students if they become first-time ASN Members (at the student rate of $25). All panel participants have to register by March 18th, 1998. Membership Subscription to ASN. A yearly membership to ASN is $45, and $25 for students. Members receive the quarterly Nationalities Papers, Analysis of Current Events (ACE), the bi-annual ASNews, and a registration discount at the ASN Annual Convention. Beginning in 1999, ASN Members will also have the option of subscribing to Europe-Asia Studies at the cut-rate of $52 yearly. Membership forms are available at the ASN head office, c/o Oded Eran (see address below). Funding. Participants are responsible for seeking their own funds to cover all travel and accommodation costs. ASN is unable to assist participants financially, including applicants from Eastern Europe. Accommodation. ASN has a list of several recommended hotels, some in the $55-$75 price range, others in the $100-120 area. For further information, please contact the Convention Coordinator Oded Eran (address below). Advertisements/Exhibitors. Several dozen companies had exhibits and/or advertised in the convention program in 1998. Due to considerations of space, advertisers and exhibitors are encouraged to place their order early. For information, please contact the Convention Coordinator Oded Eran (address below). Web Site. Our web site will soon provide continuously updated information on the ASN Convention: . We look forward to seeing you at the convention! Dominique Arel, Program Chair Oded Eran, Convention Coordinator Application Information ASN is accepting proposals for panels, roundtables, or individual papers. There is no particular form to fill out. Proposals can be emailed (preferably), faxed or mailed to the Program Chair (address below). Proposals for panels with presentations based on papers must include: *a chair, no more than three paper-givers and a discussant *the title of the panel and of the three papers *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email (very important) of all participants *a one-paragraph cv of the participants Proposals for roundtables must include: *a chair and no more than four presentors *the title of the roundtable *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email (very important) of all participants *a one-paragraph cv of the participants Proposals for individual papers must include: *the title and a one- or two-paragraph abstract of the paper *the affiliation, postal address, telephone, fax, and email (very important) of the applicant *a one-paragraph cv of the applicant If audio-visual equipment is required, please indicate so. As before, applicants must abide by three golden rules: *No participant may be listed more than once on a given panel or roundtable *No participant may present more than one paper at the convention *No participant may appear more than twice in the convention program The proposals must be sent to Dominique Arel (address below). Email applications are accepted. Deadline for proposals: 10 December 1998 Dominique Arel ASN Convention Program Chair Watson Institute Brown University, Box 1970 Two Stimson Ave. Providence, RI 02912 401 863 9296 tel 401 863 1270 fax darel@brown.edu Oded Eran ASN Convention Coordinator Harriman Institute Columbia U. 1215 IAB, Columbia University 410 W. 118th St. New York, NY 10027 212 854 6239 tel 212 666 3481 fax asn@columbia.edu ____________________________________________________________________ ALBANEWS Site of the Day: "Zëri i Kosovës (ZIK)" http://www.zik.com ____________________________________________________________________ ALBANEWS is not affiliated with the Albanian Government, the Kosova Government, any association or organization, nor any information or news agency. Reports, articles and news items from various sources are distributed via ALBANEWS for INFORMATIVE purposes only. 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ALBANEWS does NOT guarantee the accuracy of the reports, articles and news items distributed via the list. ____________________________________________________________________ ALBANEWS listowner, co-owners and/or moderators can be contacted at: ALBANEWS-request@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Thu Oct 29 09:29:17 1998 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 11:28:07 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell To: Southern Sociological Society Network , Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: Jobs at Tulane FYI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:27:52 -0600 From: April Brayfield Subject: three tenure track jobs Tulane University Department of Sociology invites applications for three new tenure-track entry-level assistant professor positions. Successful candidates must demonstrate substantial teaching and research potential and have Ph.D. in hand by August 1, 1999. Department seeks productive sociologists to shape and expand our role in emerging interdisciplinary programs and pursue active sociological research agendas. Position: (1) URBAN SOCIOLOGY with teaching expertise in policy/planning and/or design/use aspects of urban land/space; (2) ASIAN/ PACIFIC RIM STUDIES; and (3) ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY. Secondary interests open. Materials should include letter of application clearly stating the particular position for which candidate is applying, vita, statement of research agenda, a sample dissertation chapter or other publication, and three letters of recommendation. Deadline for inclusion in initial review is January 18, 1999, but applications will be accepted until positions are filled. Reply to: Faculty Search, Department of Sociology, Newcomb Hall 220, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118-5698. Tulane is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minorities, women, and other qualified persons. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 08:29:35 -0600 From: April Brayfield Subject: visiting prof job Tulane University Department of Sociology invites applications for a one-year visiting assistant professorship in Criminology with possibility of subsequent upgrade to a tenure-track position. Ph.D. and teaching experience required and candidates should show some evidence of research promise. Preference will be given to candidates with a macro-structural or institutional research agenda. Applications should include letter describing the candidate's teaching and research experience and interests, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference. Applications received until April 15, 1999 will receive full consideration, though the position will remain open until filled. Materials should be sent to: Criminology Search, Department of Sociology, 220 Newcomb Hall, New Orleans, LA 70118. Tulane University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from minorities, women, and all qualified persons. ************************************************************************ April Brayfield, Ph.D. aprilb@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu http://www.tulane.edu/~rouxbee/april.htm Department of Sociology, Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 USA From DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU Thu Oct 29 14:44:26 1998 Date: Thu, 29 Oct 98 16:42:34 EST From: Alan Davidson Subject: Ph.D. programs that value undergrad teaching (fwd) To: socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU For those not (yet) on the teaching sociology list -- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:17:02 -0500 From: "Keith A. Roberts" To: teachsoc@irss.unc.edu Subject: Ph.D. programs that value undergrad teaching A sociology grad student recently wrote to me saying she wanted to do Ph.D. work at a school that really emphasizes undergraduate education. She is asking for a recommendation. I didn't quite know what to tell her. I know several schools that have won awards for their supposed teaching emphasis, but I also know grad students and faculty at those schools. Some of them insist that the awards are a sham -- that only two or three people genuinely care about undergrad teaching and there is really no "culture of teaching" in the department. So, I am not sure these awards tell me a whole lot. I do know that research is emphasized heavily at many schools -- to the point that serious attention to undergraduate teaching is a SERIOUS liability to one's career. I have some ideas of schools take teaching seriously, and I have consulted with Carla Howery and Jeanne Ballantine, but I am curious about what people on the list think. Some of you are still in grad school. What Ph.D. granting sociology departments give SIGNIFICANT recognition, prestige, and institutional rewards (tenure, promotion, research money) for promoting excellence in the teaching of sociology? What university would you recommend? Keith * * * * * * * Keith A. Roberts Dept of Sociology and Anthropology Hanover College Hanover, IN 47243 E-Mail: robertsk@hanover.edu Off. Phone: 812/866-7354 Home Phone: 812/866-2449 FAX: 812/866-2164 From tr@tryoung.com Fri Oct 30 03:21:18 1998 (usr-mtp-34.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.34]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 05:16:55 -0500 To: teachsoc@maple.lemoyne.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: ...and gladly teche jjdowd@sherlock.dac.uga.edu, pfl661@airmail.net, azajicek@comp.uark.edu The thread of posts listing places which honor and encourage undergraduate teaching is most welcome to the ears; we would like to add our support to efforts to honor such teaching... ....and have established a journal for Honors in Sociology dedicated exclusively to Undergraduate Students in Sociology. There are several ways your students can participate: A. Submit a paper with your endorsement to one of the Regional Editors below [email addresses attached] B. You can edit a Special Issue of the Journal for your Department Contact the General Editor, Anna Zajicek at: azajicek@comp.uark.edu C. You can edit a Special Thematic Issue for Colleges and Universities in your area... again, contact Anna Zajicek. The URL of the Honors Journal is: http://www.tryoung.com/journals/JOURNAL-undergrad/undergradNDEX.html SouthEast USA JIM DOWD, UGeorgiaB. jjdowd@sherlock.dac.uga.edu North Central USA  Keith Crew,  U of Northern Iowa:  crew@csbs.csbs.uni.edu Gender and Sexuality  Issues,  Interpersonal Violence, Critical and PostModern  Perspectives on Social Issues  SouthCentral USA   Tracy Luff,  Midway College, Ky.  tluff@midway.edu SouthWest USA  John Bandy, Que No Books. jbandy@mailhost.connecti.com TR Young, Director The Red Feather Institute ....and gladly would s/he lerne and gladly teche... Chaucer, the Clerk's Tale TR Young, 8085 Essex Weidman, Mi., 48893 Email: tr@tryoung.com From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Fri Oct 30 06:13:08 1998 Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 08:12:00 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion Subject: Sociology Position Open (fwd) FYI - James ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell, List Manager Institute for Research in Social Science e-mail: cassell@irss.unc.edu University of North Carolina Ph: 919/962-0782 Fx: 919/962-4777 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3355 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 14:52:55 -0500 From: Joe Bandy Subject: Sociology Position Open Hello everyone, The following sociology position has been opened and we're looking for any and all qualified applicants. Please forward this to anyone you know who may be interested. Take care. Joe Bandy Dept of Soc/Anth Bowdoin College The Department of Sociology and Anthropology invites applications for a tenure-track position in sociology at the level of instructor or assistant professor, beginning Fall 1999. We seek candidates specializing in one or more of the following: work and occupations, organizations, urban sociology, media and mass communications. To teach four courses a year, including Introduction to Sociology. Candidates should be committed to undergraduate education and show promise of excellence in teaching and scholarship. Ph.D. preferred; advanced ABDs considered. Bowdoin is a highly selective liberalarts college on the Maine coast and offers strong support for both teaching and research. Send letter of application, curriculum vitae, and three letters of reference to Nancy Riley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Bowdoin College, 7000 College Station, Brunswick, ME 04011-8470. Priority will be given to applications received by November 9, 1998. For further information about the college and the department, see our website at www.bowdoin.edu. Bowdoin College is committed to equal opportunity through affirmative action. Women and minority candidates are encouraged to apply. From cassell@vance.irss.unc.edu Fri Oct 30 10:20:25 1998 Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 12:19:08 -0500 (EST) From: James Cassell To: Sociology Graduate Student Discussion , Southern Sociological Society Network Subject: Academic Employment Opportunity in Community Health (fwd) FYI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ James Cassell cassell@irss.unc.edu Institute for Research in Social Science http://www.irss.unc.edu/cassell/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Phone: 919/962-0782 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1998 09:16:16 -0800 From: Connie Payne To: comurb_r21@email.rutgers.edu Subject: Academic Employment Opportunity in Community Health Dear Colleague: The Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, in the School of Social Ecology at the University of California-Irvine, is conducting a search for an Assistant Professor with research interests in an area broadly defined as health and well-being in social and environmental contexts. The full text of the job announcement appears below. We expect to begin reviewing applications in late December or early January. Please feel free to forward this message to any individuals who might be interested in applying for this position. Information about the multidisciplinary School of Social Ecology, and the Department of Psychology and Social Behavior, can be found at the School's website: www.seweb.uci.edu Thank you, Karen Rook Professor and Chair Department of Psychology and Social Behavior University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697-7085 ksrook@uci.edu Assistant Professor. The Department of Psychology and Social Behavior in the School of Social Ecology at the University of California, Irvine seeks to fill a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in an area broadly defined as health and well-being in social and evnironmental contexts. The specific area of research is open. Experience with newer quantitative methods for the cross-level analysis of behavior in context is desirable but not required (e.g., hierarchical linear modeling). Candidates need not be psychologists but should complement the department's existing strengths in developmental, health, social, clinical and cross-cultural psychology, and must demonstrate excellence in research and teaching. Applicants should submit a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, and representative preprints/reprints, and should arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent to Chair, Search Committee, Dept. of Psychology and social Behavior, 3340 Social Ecology II, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697-7085. Previous applicants for this position are invited to submit updated materials. To ensure consideration, application files must be complete by December 15, 1998, but the search will remain open until an appropriate candidate has been identified. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to excellence through diversity. From tr@tryoung.com Sat Oct 31 08:52:12 1998 Received: from h50.sensible-net.com (Inside.sensible-net.com [208.18.224.13]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.8.5/8.8.4/CNS-4.1p-nh) with ESMTP id IAA12173 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 08:52:10 -0700 (MST) Received: from T.R.Young.power-net.net (usr-mtp-58.sensible-net.com [208.18.226.58]) by h50.sensible-net.com (Post.Office MTA v3.1.2 release (PO203-101c) ID# 0-36294U2500L250S0) with SMTP id AAA29301 for ; Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:58:17 -0500 Message-Id: <1.5.4.16.19981031104810.406785be@tryoung.com> X-Sender: tr@tryoung.com (Unverified) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: socgrad@csf.colorado.edu From: tr@tryoung.com (T R Young) Subject: Marxist Criminology Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 10:58:17 -0500 THOSE of you who do not have a good course/program in marxist criminology might want to down-load the socgrad mini-lecctures below...they appeared two years ago on the socgrad network as a service of the Red Feather Institute Part I. Theories of Crime. http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/045techcrm1.htm Part II: Disemployment and Street Crime http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/046teachcrime2.htm Part III: Underground Enterprize: Organized Crime http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/047techcrm3.htm Part IV: White Collar Crime: Life Styles of the Middle Class http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/048techcrm4.htm Part V: Democracy and Corporate Crime: Rush for Profits http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/049techcrm5.htm Part VI: Political Crime: The State works for Capitalism http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/050techcrm6.htm Part VII: Researching Non-Linear Dynamics in Criminology http://www.tryoung.com/lectures/051techcrm7.htm