Table of Contents
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President’s Welcome
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Hotel Map
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Sessions At-A-Glance
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Program
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SWS Auction Beneficiary:
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
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Seeing Sociology Photo Exhibit
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SWS Officers and Chairs
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Acknowledgements
Welcome to the Sociologists for Women in Society
2011 Winter Meeting!
I am honored to welcome you to the 40th anniversary Winter Meeting here
in San Antonio. It is going to be an exciting time together. With the help of
a wonderful planning committee, we have packed a great deal into the next
four days. While you are here, however, I do hope that you also find time
to relax, enjoy the company of new and old friends, and enjoy some of the
beautiful Riverwalk.
The theme of this meeting is “Reflecting & (Re)imagining SWS,” which
will afford us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the path that we have
taken to become this well-established organization and to (re)imagine our
future both inside and outside of the academy. One of the key components
of this process will be conversations on Friday with our external strategic
planning consultants from Boffo Productions who will assist us in articulating and defining a strategic plan to help guide the organization over the
next five years. Another important event will be Saturday morning’s plenary session featuring founders and other members of Sister to Sister that
will help us identify ways to move SWS towards becoming a fully inclusive
organization. As we reflect on our path that has led us to today and begin
constructing our path toward reimagining our future, I am glad that we have
joined together in San Antonio to celebrate our milestones and share in this
exciting endeavor.
There are many opportunities over the next several days to learn from
each other—from the research roundtables featuring emerging and continuing work to the workshops and panels on Saturday afternoon. I am particularly pleased that Chai Feldblum, Commissioner of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is able to join us. Now a professor of law at
Georgetown, Commissioner Feldblum has been a core advocate for disability
and LGBTI rights. She and the others on the panel will provide us with the
opportunity to learn more about EEOC policy and practice at the Saturday
session.
We will also take time to celebrate while we are here together! At
lunch on Friday we will hear about the outstanding work of the Undergraduate Social Action Award recipients. At lunch on Saturday we will recognize
and hear from some of our founders. And, of course, at the banquet and
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silent auction on Saturday evening we will celebrate the accomplishments
of all of us—and have a lot of fun! As we have fun, we will raise funds for
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center so that they can continue to do their
important work.
I have been so fortunate to work with such a wonderful group of
people in planning this meeting. You will see the fruits of their labor in the
well-thought-out workshops, the timely panels, the yoga and self-defense
sessions, and the banquet celebration. I don’t know that I will ever be able to
thank them all enough for their generosity of time and creativity of ideas in
working with me to develop this exciting and fun conference program, but I
will try.
Tracy E. Ore
SWS President-Elect
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Sesssions At-A-Glance
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Registration
Lobby, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Executive Office and Budget Meeting
Monte Cristo A, 2:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Executive Council Meeting I
Monte Cristo A, 4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Reception, Welcome from the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
La Habana, 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Dinner on your own
7:00 p.m.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Registration
Lobby, 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Breakfast
Coronado Ballroom, 7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Roundtable Conversation with Strategic Planners
Coronado Ballroom, 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Research Roundtables
Coronado Ballroom, 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Strategic Planning Session
Coronado Ballroom, 9:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Lunch featuring Social Action Award Recipients
R & J Ballroom, Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Business Meeting I
Coronado Ballroom, 1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Refreshment Break
Coronado Ballroom, 2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
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Committee Meetings I
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Student Concerns Committee
Monte Cristo A, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
New Officers Orientation
Monte Cristo B, 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Yoga
Partagas, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Self-Protection Workshop
Bolivar B, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Student Happy Hour
Restaurant Insignia, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Dinner on your own
7:00 p.m.
Saturday, February 5th
Registration
Lobby, 8:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Breakfast
Coronado Ballroom, 7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Strategic Planning Taskforce Cohiba, 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Conversation with SWS Investment Advisors Coronado Ballroom, 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Conversation on Mentoring and Seeking Mentorship
Coronado Ballroom, 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
“Critique Me” Session:
Applied Employment Opportunities for Feminist Sociologists
Coronado Ballroom, 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Research Roundtables
Coronado Ballroom, 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
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Plenary Session: Moving from Welcoming to Inclusion:
Leaders’ Reflections on the Role of Sister to Sister in Transforming SWS
Coronado Ballroom, 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Working with the EEOC to End Discrimination:
Opportunities and Obstacles
Coronado, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Gender & Society Board Meeting
Partagas, 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Lunch Honoring Our Founders
R & J Ballroom, Noon – 1:00 p.m. Proactive Survival Strategies in the Academic Life Course:
Navigating Academic Structures and Cultures
La Habana, 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Getting Credit for Your Teaching Excellence and Feminist Pedagogy:
Publishing in TRAILS
Trinidad, 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
The New SWS Website - What’s in it for you?
Bolivar A&B, 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Refreshment Break
La Habana Foyer, 2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
Writing Across Audiences: Feminist Researchers and Mainstream Media
La Habana, 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Navigating the Job Market in the Midst of the Economic Crisis
Trinidad, 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Committee Meetings II
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Banquet & Silent Auction
Pearl Stable, 6:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
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Sunday, February 6
Breakfast
Coronado Ballroom, 7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Business Meeting II
Coronado Ballroom, 8:00 – 9:45 a.m.
Executive Council Meeting II
Partagas, 10:00 a.m. – Noon 9
Reflecting & (Re)imagining SWS
Program
Sociologists for Women in Society
Winter Meeting
February 3-6, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Registration
3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Lobby
Executive Office and Budget Meeting
2:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Monte Cristo A
Executive Council Meeting I
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Monte Cristo A
Reception
Welcome from the Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
La Habana
Dinner on your own
7:00 p.m.
Note: Participants will be provided with a packet that includes reusable name
tag, banquet ticket, map of San Antonio, a list of restaurants/bars with brief
descriptions. There will also be sign-up sheets available at the registration
table for those interested in joining an organized dinner.
Friday, February 4, 2011
Registration
8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Breakfast
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
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Lobby
Coronado Ballroom
Roundtable Conversation with Strategic Planners
7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Research Roundtables
7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Table 1
Gender, Higher Education, and Students
Amy L. Stone­*
Trinity University
Preserving the Sisterhood:
Heteronormativity, Gender Conformity and the
Sorority Rush Process
Suzanne Banowsky
Northern Illinois University
Does Gender Inequality Exist in Education?
Saida Grundy
University of Michigan
Manhood Within the Margins: Culture, Crisis
and Masculinity in the Making of Middle Class
Black Men
Kay Newling
Texas State University-San Marcos
Using Vignettes to Explore the College
Gender Gap
Table 2
Gender, Global and Comparative Perspectives
Christine E. Bose*
University at Albany, State
University of New York­
Global, Regional, Thematic, and Unique
Influences on Global Gender Issues
Diana Veloso
Loyola University Chicago
Tales of Resistance and Survival:
The Experiences of Women Formerly on Death
Row in the Philippines
Kathrin Zippel
Northeastern University
What happens when work takes women
abroad: Gendered state policy and provisions
for internationally mobile academics
Table 3
Culture, Children, and Family
Jennifer Earles­*
Eva Earles
University of South Florida
Maria Johnson
University of Michigan
Reading Gender: Feminine and Masculine Expressions in the Literary Arts
Embracing the Warrior and the Lady: Gender
Conceptualizations within Black Daughter-Father
Relationships
* Table leader
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Table 4
Gendered Labor & Institutions
Susan Hagood Lee­*
Boston University
Female-Supported Households in Urban China
Sarah Donley
Kansas State University
Labor in Contemporary Funeral Services: An
Overview
Angela Frederick
University of Texas
Rethinking the Confidence Gap: Race, Community
Activism, and Women’s Paths to Public Office
Amy Leisenring
San Jose State University
Gender, Employment, and School: The Challenges
Faced By Female College Students Who Work
Kristenne M. Robison
Westminster College
Who Really Cares? The Implications of Hiring
Policewomen to do “Women’s Work” on the Force
Table 5
Race, Gender, Sexuality and the Body
Laura S. Logan­*
Kansas State University
Gender, Race, Sexuality and Public Harassment:
The Case of the “Killer Lesbians”
Leah Koch
Northern Illinois University
Everything is Beautiful at the Ballet: Preoccupation with Observation and Critique of the Perfection of the Body and Movement of a Dancer
Sabrina Strings
University of California, San
Diego
Race-ing the Slender Body: Early 20th Century
Representations of Feminine Beauty in the North
and South
Chandra D. L. Waring
University of Connecticut
“They See Me as Exotic…that Intrigues Them:”
Gender, Sexuality and the Racially Ambiguous
Body
Table 6
Social Movements & Social Change
Gretchen Arnold*­
St. Louis University
Changing the Narrative of the Battered Women’s
Movement
Kellie Cochran
Texas State University
Same-Sex Marriage Through Newspapers: 2004-2008
Abigail Ocobock
University of Chicago
Pushing the Boundaries of Family Relationships and
Marriage: The Impact of Gay Men’s Marriages
Chelsea Starr
Minot State University
Southern California Riot Grrrl: Fifteen Years Later,
Where Are They Now?
* Table leader
12 Friday
Table 7
Assorted Topics:
Neighborhood Collective Efficacy, Workplaces, and Organizations
Jennifer Rogers*
Long Island University,
CW Post
Gender and Food: A Look at Technological Changes
to the Global Food Chain
Shay Galto
Northern Illinois University
Longitudinal Links between Neighborhood Problems,
Collective Efficacy, and Adolescents’ Academic and
Socioemotional Outcomes
Katherine M. Johnson
The Pennsylvania State
University
Making Families: Managing Donor, Recipient, and
Child Relations in Gamete Donation
* Table leader
Strategic Planning Session
9:00 – 11:45 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Janiece Evans-Page, Jaleesa Hazzard, & Evy Smith, Boffo Productions
An interactive session to review, discuss and approve the DRAFT SWS Strategic Plan. Our consultants will share the process of developing the Strategic
Plan, the results of their analysis and member input. Included in the session
will be an exercise of shared values, shared behaviors to align members as
the organization moves forward. Time permitting, we will begin the design
of one strategy to the tactical level. The desired outcome of the session is to
approve the final plan. Lunch featuring Social Action Award Recipients
Noon – 1:00 p.m.
Abigail LeMay,
Stetson University
Sponsor: Dr. Diane Everett &
Dr. Emily Mieras
Stephanie Elwood,
Louisiana State University
Partner: Marguerite Green
Sponsor: Dr. Sara Becker
Jess Acosta, Colby College
Sponsor: Dr. Victoria Mayer
R & J Ballroom
Adventures in Feminism: Social Activism at
Stetson University
South Garden Project
Transformation Over Time: Queer Activism on a
Small New England Campus
Friday 13
Business Meeting I
1:00 – 2:45 p.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Refreshment Break
2:45 – 3:00 p.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Committee Meetings I
3:00 – 4:30 p.m.
Awards Monte Cristo A
Career Development Monte Cristo B
Discrimination Trinidad
Social Action Bolivar A
Sister to Sister La Habana
Publications Committee Meeting I
Bolivar C
Student Concerns Committee
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Monte Cristo A
New Officers Orientation
4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
Monte Cristo B
Yoga
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Partagas
Session Leader: Gayle Sulik
This one-hour yoga session will practice synchronizing the breath with a
series of standing and seated postures. Following the principles of Anusara
yoga, we will focus on integration, the natural flow of energy in the body,
and expressing a physical pose from the inside out. Open to all levels. No
experience required. What to wear: Comfortable clothes such as tights, leggings, spandex, t-shirts, tank-tops, thin sweats, etc.
About the session leader: Sociologist Gayle Sulik has been practicing
yoga for ten years (Ashtanga and Anusara styles), and she believes it was
instrumental in helping her to get through graduate school, survive the job
market, and move on to the next phase of her life as an independent scholar.
Go yoga! :)
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Self-Protection Workshop
5:00 – 6:00 p.m. Bolivar B
Session Leader: Giovanna Follo, Karate Rocks Family Martial Arts, 3rd Degree
Black Belt
The session is a basic self-defense starter. There will be basic ideas that everyone knows but should always be reminded of such as how to walk, what
to look out for in elevators, what to yell if attacked. I believe in a hit and run
approach. I will not be showing any locks or take-downs. I want people to
learn how to avoid and quickly get out of situations. I will be showing how
to get out of hand grabs, bear hugs and in case you end up on the ground
how to get out, annoy and frustrate an attacker.
Student Happy Hour
6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
Restaurant Insignia
401 S. Alamo Street (at the Fairmount Hotel)
210.223.0401
Note: If you would like to travel to Insignia together for the student happy
hour, please gather in the El Tropicano Lobby at 5:30 p.m.
Dinner on your own
7:00 p.m.
Note: There will be sign-up sheets available at the registration table for those
interested in joining an organized dinner.
Saturday, February 5th
Registration
8:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Breakfast
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Strategic Planning Taskforce 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Lobby
Coronado Ballroom
Cohiba
Friday 15
Conversation with SWS Investment Advisors 7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Sue Guynn, CSG Financial, San Francisco
Donna Clifford, Rainbow Solutions, Boston
Sue and Donna are available to discuss Socially Responsible Investing for
organizations and individuals.
Conversation on Mentoring and Seeking Mentorship
7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Mary Virnoche, Associate Professor of Sociology, Humboldt State University
Joya Misra, Professor of Sociology & Public Policy, University of Massachusetts
Sponsor: Career Development Committee
Share your mentoring experiences and home campus structures that formalize mentoring. Learn to make the most of your mentoring relationship. Consider the experiences of feminist mentoring. Discuss SWS mentoring structures and ideas for changes or improvements. “Critique Me” Session:
Applied Employment Opportunities for Feminist Sociologists
7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Trina Smith, Family Business Center, University of St. Thomas
Margaret Weigers Vitullo, Director, Academic and Professional Affairs,
American Sociological Association
Christine Morton, Research Sociologist, Doula
Leslie Hossfeld, Associate Professor, Public Sociology Program Director,
University of North Carolina Wilmington
Jeanne Flavin, Associate Professor of Sociology, Fordham University
Sponsor: Career Development Committee
Are you hoping to apply for jobs outside the academy—but don’t know
where to start? Attend this breakfast roundtable, and talk to experienced
SWSers who can help you “find your feet” as you enter the non-academic
job market. Bring your C.V./resume and draft letters of application to the session, and get feedback on these materials for your job market applications.
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Research Roundtables
7:30 – 8:45 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Table 1
Gender, Higher Education, and Faculty
Catherine Richards Solomon*
Quinnipiac University
University Family-Friendly Policies:
Professors’ Experiences and Perceptions
Cynthia D. Anderson, Christine
Mattley, Valerie Martin Conley, &
David Koonce
Ohio University
Women in STEM at Community Colleges:
Career Paths and Satisfaction
Barret Katuna
University of Connecticut
Perpetuating Inequality Based on Race,
Gender, and Sexuality in Higher Education: Protecting the Canons of Disciplinary
Knowledge
Laura Visser & Katrina Uhly
Northeastern University
The Gendered Nature of the Internationalization of Academic Science
Table 2
Culture, Media, and Sexuality
DaNeen Y. Harrison*­
The University of Akron
Colorism and African American Women’s
Self-Esteem in the Hip Hop Generation
Sarah Hanson
Northern Illinois University
These Boobs Were Made for Workin’:
Sexual Objectification in the Workplace
Margaretta Swigert-Gacheru
Loyola University Chicago
Kenyan Women Artists & the African
Renaissance
Table 3
Gender, Health, and Well-being
Robyn Lewis Brown­*
DePaul University
The Intersection of Gender and Physical Disability: Considering Appraisals of the Self and Social
Relationships
Nyaunu Stevens
University of Connecticut
Marginal Power: The Experiences of Anorexics
and Bulimics in Overeaters Anonymous
* Table leader
Saturday 17
Table 4
Immigration & Families
Minjeong Kim*
Virginia Tech
Can the Union of Patriarchy and Multiculturalism
Work? Family Dynamics in Filipina-Korean Rural
Households
Pallavi Banerjee
University of Illinois at
Chicago
Dependent Visas and Gendered Migration in
Families of Indian Professionals in the U.S
Erica Hurley
Northern Illinois University
El Norte: Crossing the Border from the Eyes of
Mexican-Migrant Women
Table 5
Performing Identity
Marcia Hernandez*
University of the Pacific
Performing Community
Dennis F. Corbin, III
Northern Illinois University
‘The Even Keel’: Men and their Analysis of
Gender Performance in Potential Friendships with
Other Men
Kimberly Kay Hoang
Gendered Modernity and Racialized Poverty in
University of California, Berkeley Vietnam’s Contemporary Sex Industry
Denise N. Mead
Kansas State University
The Female Rugby Player’s Playbook of Social
Interactions: Gender Performativity and Sexuality
in Sports
Sarah Jane Brubaker
Virginia Commonwealth
University
Privilege, Marginalization, and Consequences of
Undoing Gender
Melanie Heath
McMaster University
Heather McLaughlin
University of Minnesota
* Table leader
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Playing Like a Boy: Gender, High School Sport
Participation, and Early Career Success
Table 6
Assorted Topics in Methods
Sara L. Crawley*
University of South Florida
Autoethnography as Feminist Active Inner View
Sarah Becker
Payoffs and Pitfalls of Integrating Research and
Teaching: An Analysis of Student Interviewer
Fumbles in a Study of Sexual Aggression in Bars
Justine Tinkler
Louisiana State University
Kate McFarland
University of North CarolinaChapel Hill
Using “South Park” to Teach Sociological Theory
* Table leader
Plenary Session:
Moving from Welcoming to Inclusion: Leaders’ Reflections on the
Role of Sister to Sister in Transforming SWS
9:00 – 10:15 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Panelists: Corinne Castro, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology,
Temple University
Marlese Durr, Professor of Sociology, Wright State University
Vrushali Patil, Assistant Professor, Global & Sociocultural Studies and
Women’s Studies, Florida International University
Barbara J. Risman, Professor and Head, Department of Sociology,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Kristy Shih, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology,
University of California, Riverside
Moderator: Bandana Purkayastha, Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut
The members of this panel will offer a historical context of diversity, specifically focused on the integration of racial and ethnic minority women in SWS,
including the founding of the Sister-to-Sister task force. The panelists will
discuss the progress that SWS has made in terms of diversifying the membership and officers, as well as the challenges faced in achieving sustainable
systematic change. The discussion will include possible next steps for SWS
as the organization continues to work towards full inclusion, maintaining
the gains that have been made and expanding efforts to increase diversity.
Saturday 19
Working with the EEOC to End Discrimination:
Opportunities and Obstacles
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Coronado
Sponsor: Discrimination Committee
Panelists: Chai Feldblum, JD, Commissioner, Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission
Patricia Yancey Martin, PhD, Emerita Professor of Sociology,
Florida State University
Sheryl Skaggs, PhD, Associate Professor of Sociology and Public Policy,
University of Texas, Dallas
Moderator: Anne M. Hobbs, JD, Director, Juvenile Justice Institute,
University of Nebraska, and former Director of the Nebraska Equal Opportunity Commission
This session will present SWS members with a venue for learning about
equal employment opportunity policy and practice. Panelists will review
EEOC resources, changes in discrimination law, and avenues for seeking assistance for those who have experienced discrimination. The session will also
address how sociological research can help inform equal employment opportunity policy and implementation.
Gender & Society Board Meeting
10:30 – 11:45 a.m.
Partagas
Lunch Honoring Our Founders
Noon – 1:00 p.m. R & J Ballroom
Proactive Survival Strategies in the Academic Life Course:
Navigating Academic Structures and Cultures
1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
La Habana
Sponsor: Committee on Academic Justice
Graduate School:
Ilana Demantas, University of Kansas
Amanda Gengler, Brandeis University
Pre-tenure/Early-career: Marcia Hernandez, University of the Pacific
Katrina Bloch, Kent State University at Stark
Post-tenure/Early- to Mid-career:
Adina Nack, California Lutheran University
Marla Kohlman, Kenyon College
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Post-tenure/Mid- to Late-career:
Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut
Susan Farrell, Kingsborough Community College
Retirement: Patricia Yancey Martin, Florida State University
Laura Kramer, Montclair State University
Getting Credit for Your Teaching Excellence and Feminist Pedagogy:
Publishing in TRAILS
1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Trinidad
Workshop Leaders:
Valerie Jiggetts, ASA Academic and Professional Affairs Program
Andrea Miller, Director, Center for the Study of Human Rights, Webster
University
Gayle Sulik, Independent Scholar
Margaret Weigers Vitullo, Director, Academic and Professional Affairs, American Sociological Association
TRAILS (Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology) is the
first ever interactive, on-line digital library of peer-reviewed teaching materials for sociology. In addition to providing thousands of teaching resources
in over 70 subject areas, it also creates an entirely new way for faculty to
demonstrate their scholarship of teaching and learning for promotion and
tenure committees. Feminist scholarship in the fields of race, class, gender,
sexuality, theory and human rights is especially key to TRAILS, and as feminist scholars this workshop speaks directly to SWS members. The first part
of the workshop will include a brief history of the ASA’s Teaching Resource
Center (TRC) and explain how TRAILS fits into and extends the TRC tradition. Next, participants will be introduced to TRAILS and learn how to navigate the site as a user. The third part of the workshop will include a detailed
discussion of the criteria that TRAILS area editors use when evaluating new
submissions, and provide a step-by-step demonstration of the TRAILS online submission system.
Participants are encouraged to bring a teaching resource they have
already developed (such as a class activity, lecture, or assignment) to the
workshop. Time during the workshop will be devoted to helping participants’ craft a TRAILS submission for review and possible publication.
Saturday 21
The New SWS Website - What’s in it for you?
1:15 – 2:30 p.m.
Bolivar A&B
Theta Pavis, SWS Media Specialist
Jessica Holden Sherwood, SWS Executive Officer
SWS Members, especially those involved with committees, are invited to
come to this hands-on review of the new SWS website. We want to hear
your feedback and suggestions. Surf the site with other members, ask questions, discuss the future development of the site and find out how you can
get involved.
Refreshment Break
2:30 – 2:45 p.m.
La Habana Foyer
Writing Across Audiences:
Feminist Researchers and Mainstream Media
2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
La Habana
Panelists: Meika Loe, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies,
Colgate University
Adina Nack, Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender & Women’s
Studies, California Lutheran University
Theta Pavis, SWS Media Specialist
Jessica Holden Sherwood, SWS Executive Officer
Gayle Sulik, Independent Scholar
This panel presentation will be followed by a writing workshop for those who
are interested in translating their academic research to non-academic audiences. The focus will be on how feminist researchers can learn to write for
newspapers, magazines, and blogs. We will also address potential challenges
for academics who engage in these types of writing projects.
Navigating the Job Market in the Midst of the Economic Crisis
2:45 – 4:00 p.m.
Trinidad
Sponsor: Career Development Committee
Patti Giuffre, Associate Professor of Sociology,
Texas State University-San Marcos
Sue Hinze, Associate Professor of Sociology, Director,
Women’s & Gender Studies, Case Western Reserve University
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Jennifer Rogers, Assistant Professor of Sociology,
Long Island University, CW Post
Trina Smith, University of St. Thomas
A panel of SWS members will discuss the job application process with special attention paid to the current challenging market. Members of search
committees and recent job applicants will offer advice for preparing for the
academic job search
Committee Meetings II
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Academic Justice Monte Cristo A
International Monte Cristo B
Membership La Habana
Nominations Trinidad
Publications Committee Meeting II
Bolivar A & B
Banquet & Silent Auction
6:30 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.
Pearl Stable
Note: Pearl Stable is located approximately 1 mile North of the El Tropicano
on the River Walk. For those who would like to walk to the banquet, walking
instructions will be provided at the registration desk. There will also be Trolley
and bus transportation available to the site beginning at 5:45 p.m.
Sunday, February 6th
Breakfast
7:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Coronado Ballroom
Business Meeting II
8:00 – 9:45 a.m. Coronado Ballroom
Executive Council Meeting II
10:00 a.m. – Noon Partagas
Saturday and Sunday 23
SWS Auction Beneficiary:
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
The Esperanza Peace and Justice Center is a multi-issue grassroots social
justice and cultural arts organization working for community-based social
change through education, arts and cultural programs, community-building,
and historic preservation in San Antonio, Texas since 1987. Their work is
shaped by the belief that justice requires acknowledging and addressing
the interconnection of oppressions across gender, sexual orientation, racial,
class, age, health, physical, linguistic and cultural boundaries. Through cultural grounding, community education, and direct organizing, the Esperanza
brings together diverse communities working toward the vision of a just and
safe community for all by addressing important issues of community concern – including poverty, homelessness, racism, sexism, homophobia, war,
immigration, privatization, and public space.
Seeing Sociology Photo Exhibit
Seeing Sociology: Place, Race, Gender, and Class is intended to give visual
representation to four of the most important concepts in sociology used
to locate the individual in larger social structures. The 55 photos, accompanied by questions, offer a lens by which we can frame, visualize, and
represent the varied and complex ways that associated category schemes
shape personal lives, possibilities, relationships and responses to structural
constraints.
Authors:
• Joan Ferrante, Northern Kentucky University
• Chris Caldeira, University of California, Davis
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2010 Officers and Chairs
Thank you for your service.
Officers
Past President
Shirley Hill
hill@ku.edu
President
Denise Segura
segura@soc.ucsb.edu
President-Elect
Tracy Ore
teore@stcloudstate.edu
Vice President
Susan Farrell
sfarrell@kbcc.cuny.edu
Treasurer
Laura Kramer
lkramerphd@gmail.com
Deputy Treasurer
Kristen Myers
kmyers@niu.edu
Secretary
Shirley A. Jackson
jacksons1@southernct.
edu
Student
Representative
Rachel Allison
rallis2@uic.edu
Executive Officer
Jessica Holden
Sherwood
jessicasherwood@mail.
uri.edu
All the above are the members of Executive Council
Journal Editor
Dana Britton
gendsoc@ksu.edu
Newsletter Editor
Jessica Holden Sherwood
jessicasherwood@mail.
uri.edu
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Committee
2010 Chair/s
Academic Justice
Kris DeWelde
Gail Murphy-Geiss
kdewelde@fgcu.edu
gmurphygeiss@
coloradocollege.edu
Awards
Heather Laube
hlaube@umflint.edu
Career Development Joya Misra
misra@soc.umass.edu
Discrimination
Katja Guenther
katja@ucr.edu
International
Clare Weber
cweber@csudh.edu
Membership
Vice President
sfarrell@kbcc.cuny.edu
Nominations
Past President
hill@ku.edu
Publications
Linda Grant
Kathrin Zippel
lgrant@uga.edu
k.zippel@neu.edu
Scholarship &
Human Rights
Past President
hill@ku.edu
Sister To Sister
Marcia Hernandez
Ronni Tichenor
mdhernandez@hotmail.
com
rtichenor@verizon.net
Social Action
Jodie Lawston
jlawston@depaul.edu
Student Concerns
Student
Representative
rallis2@uic.edu
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2011 Officers and Chairs
Officers
Past President
Denise Segura
segura@soc.ucsb.edu
President
Tracy Ore
teore@stcloudstate.edu
President-Elect
Pat Martin
pymartin@fsu.edu
Vice President
Susan Farrell
sfarrell@kbcc.cuny.edu
Past Treasurer
Laura Kramer
lkramerphd@gmail.com
Treasurer
Kristen Myers
kmyers@niu.edu
Treasurer-Elect
Kay Valentine
cvalent9@naz.edu
Secretary
Shirley A. Jackson
jacksons1@southernct.
edu
Student
Representative
Laura Logan
loganls@k-state.edu
Executive Officer
Jessica Holden
Sherwood
jessicasherwood@mail.
uri.edu
All the above are the members of Executive Council
Journal Editor
Dana Britton
gendsoc@ksu.edu
Newsletter Editor
Jessica Holden Sherwood
jessicasherwood@mail.
uri.edu
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Committee
2011 Chair/s
Academic Justice
Kris DeWelde
Katrina Bloch
kdewelde@fgcu.edu
kbloch@kent.edu
Awards
Heather Laube
hlaube@umflint.edu
Career Development Sara Crawley
scrawley@cas.usf.edu
Discrimination
Katja Guenther
katja@ucr.edu
International
Clare Weber
cweber@csudh.edu
Membership
Vice President
sfarrell@kbcc.cuny.edu
Nominations
Past President
segura@soc.ucsb.edu
Publications
Linda Grant
Kathrin Zippel
lgrant@uga.edu
k.zippel@neu.edu
Scholarship &
Human Rights
Past President
segura@soc.ucsb.edu
Sister To Sister
Ronni Tichenor
Vrushali Patil
rtichenor@verizon.net
vrushali.patil@gmail.com
Social Action
Jeanne Flavin
jflavin@fordham.edu
Student Concerns
Student
Representative
loganls@k-state.edu
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Acknowledgements
Wise Advisors:
Cindy Anderson
Leslie Hossfeld
Anastasia Prokos
Sharon Bird
Heather Laube
Tamara Smith
Chris Bobel
Jodie Lawston
Trina Smith
Denise Copelton
Kate Linnenberg
Marybeth Stalp
Shannon Davis
Julia McQuillan
Ronni Tichenor
Gene Deerman
Adina Nack
Margaret Vitullo
Kristine De Welde
Jammie Price
Sandrine A. Zerbib
Thank you for sharing all of your guidance, creativity and insight.
Planning Committee:
Katie Acosta
Patti Giuffre
Vrushali Patil
Sharon Bird
Marcia Hernandez
Michael Ramirez
Ivana Brown
Leslie Hossfeld
Trina Smith
Shannon Davis
Samantha Kwan
Marybeth Stalp
Amber Deane
Heather Laube
Ronni Tichenor
Kristine De Welde
Laura Logan
Charlotte Dunham
Adina Nack
Thank you for all of your hard work in helping to bring this program
together.
Session Organizers:
Kristine De Welde
Marcia Hernandez
Gayle Sulik
Giovanna Follo
Jodie Lawston
Ronni Tichenor
Patti Giuffre
Joya Misra
Mary Virnoche
Debra Guckenheimer
Adina Nack
Margaret Vitullo
Katja Guenther
Theta Pavis
Kathrin Zippel
Jessica Holden
Sherwood
Trina Smith
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I would also like to acknowledge and offer special thanks to:
Jessica Holden Sherwood—SWS Executive Officer
Rachel Weisz-Smith—SWS Executive Officer Assistant
Graciela Sanchez & Amanda Haas—The Esperanza Peace & Justice Center
Chris Caldeira—Seeing Sociology Photo Exhibit
Kristy Shih—Silent Auction Organizer
Debra Yoo—Program layout
Jaime Nack of Three Squares Inc. —Assistance with securing a socially
responsible meeting location
Ariann Kramer—consistent, patient, understanding, and supportive
partner
…and finally, the SWS Founders for having the courage and wisdom to
make this all possible.
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