New York State Sociological Association Conference
63rd Annual Conference
"Boots on the Ground: Doing Public Sociology"
Final Schedule
Tim Delaney, 2015 NYSSA President
State University of New York at Oswego
October 2-3, 2015
All meetings and activities are in the
Marano Campus Center (2nd Floor)
Friday, October 2, 2015
Registration 12:30 – 5:45 p.m.
Hearth Lounge
Coffee and Snacks
Hearth Lounge
Sessions 2:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Session 1: Graduate Studies in Sociology
Room: 133
Session Chair and Organizer: Mary Nell Trautner; University at Buffalo, SUNY
Presenter: Kristen Schultz; University at Buffalo, SUNY
"Tips and Tricks for Getting the Most out of Graduate School"
Presenter: Watoii Rabii and Kiera Duckworth; University at Buffalo, SUNY
"Becoming and Being a Graduate Student"
Presenter: Mary Nell Trautner; University at Buffalo, SUNY
"Demystifying the Application and Admission Process"
Session 2: Issues in Gender Studies
Room: 201
Session Chair: Elizabeth Seton Mignacca; Cayuga Community College
Presenters: William Barr II, Jennifer Fernandez, Marissa Meyer, and Morgan Coons;
SUNY Potsdam
"I was a Stranger Here Myself:" Life as a Female Student at SUNY Potsdam
in the 1950s, 1970s and Now"
Presenter: Darci Herrick; SUNY Oswego
"Monsters Don't Live Under the Bed: They Live Down the Hall"
Presenter: Michelle Winkelman; SUNY Oswego
"The Emergence of the Transgender Community"
Presenter: Elizabeth Seton Mignacca; Cayuga Community College
"The Glass Ceiling in Doctoral Education: Social Class in the Formation of
Scholars"
Session 3: Teaching Ethnography on the Run: Introducing Undergraduates to
Ethnographic Sensibilities
Room: 141
Session Chair and Organizer: Lindsay Bell; SUNY Oswego
Presenter: Lindsay Bell; SUNY Oswego
"Teaching Ethnography on the Run: Introducing Undergraduates to Ethnographic
Sensibilities at SUNY Oswego"
Presenter: Shauna Anderson; SUNY Oswego
"Same Page?: Authoritative and Cooperative Talk amongst Female Synchronized
Skaters at SUNY Oswego:
Presenter: Steven Belles; SUNY Oswego
"Mixing Crew: Redefining Collegiate Athletics"
Presenter: Jessica Hudson; SUNY Oswego
"Ethnography in Virtual Worlds"
Presenter: Alexa Lucera; SUNY Oswego
"It Just Felt Right": Bipolar Women's Experiences of Therapeutic Alliance and
Disconnect"
Presenter: Kailli Morris; SUNY Oswego
"The Long Drive Home: First Encounters with Immersion Ethnography"
Sessions 4:00-5:45 p.m.
Coffee and Snacks
Hearth Lounge
Session 4: Roundtable
The Sociology Club/AKD Chapter: Challenges and Rewards
Room: 133
Session Chair and Organizer: Heather Sullivan-Catlin, SUNY Potsdam
Participants: Rheanne Washington and Alexandre Dumouza; SUNY Potsdam
This interactive roundtable session will be led by the advisor and several officers of the
Sociology Club at SUNY Potsdam. They will explore the challenges of running the club
and the rewards of involvement while also looking at the advantages and disadvantages
of joining Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD). Roundtable participants will be encouraged to
share their ideas, resources, successes and so forth.
Session 5: Analysis of Criminal Justice Procedures
Room: 201
Session Chair: Korni Swaroop Kumar; SUNY Brockport
Presenter: Omara Rivera-Vazquez; SUNY Oswego
"Examining the Relationship between Political Ideology and Willingness to
Convict among Potential Jurors"
Presenter: Mauricio T. Torres; Syracuse University
"Revisiting Trayvon: Fear, State Violence, and the Primacy of Race in the Death
of Trayvon Martin"
Presenter: Zachary Miner, SUNY Oswego
"The Gunner Down Under: Was Australia's National Firearms Agreement
Effective?"
Presenter: Korni Swaroop Kumar, SUNY Brockport and Gary Metz; SUNY Brockport
"Addiction and Criminal Justice Collegiate Level Programming: Training
Professionals for the Future"
Session 6: Active Engagement in the Field
Room: 141
Session Chair: Randy Stetson; SUNY Oswego
Presenter: Kevin White; SUNY Oswego
"The 1% of New York State Students":
Presenter: Denise A. Copelton; The College at Brockport, SUNY
"Integrating Original Data Collection & Analysis into Undergraduate Research
Methods Courses"
Presenter: Ted Forsyth; Rochester Indymedia
"A History of Rochester's Police Advisory Board, 1963-1970"
Presenter: Randy Stetson; SUNY Oswego
Paper Title: "Sociology in the Field: The Value of a Sociological Imagination in
Clinical Social Work"
State University of New York at Oswego Greeting and Reception,
6:00-7:00 p.m.
Hearth Lounge
Wine and Cheese Reception hosted by Dr. Lorrie Clemo; SUNY Oswego Provost
Welcome provided by Dr. Lorrie Clemo; SUNY Oswego Provost
Keynote Dinner: 7:00-8:00pm
Keynote Address: 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Room 114
Room 132 (Auditorium)
Keynote Speaker: Trevor J. Pinch; Cornell University
Presentation Title: "Goffman, Materiality, and the Sound of Economic Exchange"
Saturday, October 3, 2015
Registration 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Hearth Lounge
Continental Breakfast 8:00 a.m. – 9 a.m.
Hearth Lounge
Sessions 9:00am – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee and Snacks
Hearth Lounge
Session 7: Lessons Learned From Popular Culture
Room: 133
Session Chair: David Baronov; St. John Fisher College
Presenter: Tim Madigan; St. John Fisher College
"Peanuts and Pedagogy: Using Charlie Brown to Explain the Meaning of Life"
Presenter: David White; St. John Fisher College
"Pop Wittgenstein and the Study of Detail"
Presenter: Kevin Clarke; St. John Fisher College
"The Calculated Dread of K-12 Education"
Presenter: David Baronov; St. John Fisher College
"Using Documentary Films to Explicate Sociological Concepts"
Session 8: Student Activism and Public Sociology
Room: 201
Session Chair: William Rose; SUNY Oswego
Presenter: Krisztina Arseneau; SUNY Oswego
"Volunteerism as Student Activism"
Presenter: Chantel Diamond; SUNY Oswego
"Social Media as Student Activism"
Presenter: Krystal Rondan; SUNY Oswego
"Blogging as Student Activism"
Presenter: William Rose; SUNY Oswego
"Student Activism with the Rise of Public Sociology"
Session 9: The Historical Emergence of Psychiatric Power and Competing
Discourses of Mental Illness
Room: 141
Session Chair: Tim McCorry; Medaille College
Presenter: Victoria Alvaro; Medaille College
"A Reanalysis of the Case of Pierre Riviere through the Perspective of the New
Historicism"
Presenter: Theresa Knab; Medaille College
"Competing Narratives of Psychological Determinism and Penal Responsibility in
19th Century Insanity Cases"
Presenter: Brianna Morrison; Medaille College
"From Hysteria to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Bridging the Gap"
Presenter: Tim McCorry; Medaille College
"The Emergence of Forensic Psychiatry and the Doctrine of Monomania in 19th
Century Legal Cases"
Sessions 11:00 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Coffee and Snacks
Hearth Lounge
Session 10: Topics in Globalization
Room: 133
Session Organizer and Chair: Evelyn Benavides Clark; SUNY Oswego
Presenter: Ryan Peters; SUNY Oswego
"Globalization's Ugly Hand in Protracting Inequality: From Modernization To
Neoliberalism"
Presenter: Samantha Chesnut; SUNY Oswego
"Criminalization of Pregnancy Outcomes"
Presenter: Shunia Williams; SUNY Oswego
"Globalization and Poverty"
Presenter: Jackie Clemens: SUNY Oswego
"Liberalism Evolved: Cultural Transformations in the Political Economy in the
Imperialist and Globalization Eras"
Session 11: Topics in Sport and Society
Room: 201
Session Organizer and Chair: Chris Mack; SUNY Oswego
Presenter: Tim Madigan; St. John Fisher College
"A Philosopher in the Locker Room: Sportsmanship and the Honorary Coach
Program at St. John Fisher College"
Presenter: Kelly Cullinan; SUNY Oswego
"The Social Impact of Jack Nicklaus"
Presenter: Chris Mack; SUNY Oswego
"Class and Nationalism at the Dawn of American Golf"
Session 12: Ideology, Neoliberalism and Agency
Room: 141
Session Chair and Discussant: Alexander R. Thomas; SUNY Oneonta
Presenters: Selene Cammer-Bechtold, Marcus Bell, Aaron Blasyak, Aaron Hoy and
Mauricio Torres; Syracuse University
"Which Do I Work On Now, Grade Student Papers or Study for My Comps?"
Presenter: Vincent Bell; Rochester Institute of Technology
"Teaching Human Agency in the Neoliberal University"
Presenter: A. Alexander Smith; SUNY Oneonta
"The Ideology of Localism in Oneonta, NY: The Application of a Theoretical
Framework on Oneonta's Local Ideology"
Presenter: Alexander R. Thomas; SUNY Oneonta
"Economic Restructuring as a Demographic Event: Modeling Population Change
in Metropolitan Utica, 1950-2010"
Saturday Luncheon: 1:00 – 1:30 p.m.
Room 114
Awards Ceremony and Luncheon Address: 1:30-2:30pm
Room 132 (Auditorium)
Awards Presentation Presider: Tim Delaney; New York State Sociological
Association, President
* Best Undergraduate Student Paper Award Winner
* New York State Sociological Association Award for "Professional Commitment,
Excellence and Distinguished Service"
Luncheon Speaker: David Baronov; St. John Fisher College
Presentation Title: "Crafting Historical Sociology as Public Sociology in Thatcher's PostSociety World"
Executive Business Meeting: 2:45pm – 3:30
Room: 137