ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED AND CLINICAL
SOCIOLOGY
2012 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
“Applied and Clinical Sociology: Doing It Our Way!”
HYATT REGENCY DOWNTOWN
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
OCTOBER 4-6, 2012
TABLE OF CONTENTS
WELCOME TO THE 2012 ANNUAL CONFERENCE! ....................................................................................................
AACS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2011-2012 ..................................................................................................................
2012 PROGRAM COMMITTEE ...................................................................................................................................
PROGRAM EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES..........................................................................................................................
2011-2012 AWARD WINNERS ...................................................................................................................................
SESSION GUIDELINES .................................................................................................................................................
SESSION TYPES...........................................................................................................................................................
AACS STUDENT PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITION .................................................................................................
CERTIFICATION ..........................................................................................................................................................
2012 MEETING SCHEDULE.........................................................................................................................................
Wednesday ....................................................................................................................................................
Thursday ........................................................................................................................................................
Friday .............................................................................................................................................................
Saturday.........................................................................................................................................................
Sunday ...........................................................................................................................................................
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION FOR 2013 CONFERENCE ..................................................................................................
ALPHABETICAL INDEX OF PARTICIPANTS ..................................................................................................................
ADVERTISEMENTS .....................................................................................................................................................
Welcome to Milwaukee!
From the President
Greetings:
Our theme this year, “Clinical and Applied Sociology: Doing It Our Way!” underscores the enthusiasm we have
for the work that we do and for the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology which helps us do it. As
always, we bring to the conference our best work and best ideas to share with our colleagues!
Milwaukee is a beautiful and fascinating city. The Ojibwe and Potawatomi tribes, from whose languages the word
“Milwaukee” likely originated, called it a “gathering place by the water.” Milwaukee was the hub of the socialist
movement in the United States in the first half of the 20th century. The Historic Third Ward is home to over 450
businesses like specialty shops, restaurants, art galleries and theatre groups, and creative businesses. There is so
much to see and do in Milwaukee, including Harley Davidson’s International Headquarters Museum, Lake
Michigan, the Milwaukee Breweries, the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Pabst Mansion, the Milwaukee Riverwalk,
The Safe House Restaurant at the Press Club, and the Grohmann Museum of Work, which houses beautiful
paintings and sculptures of Americans on the job.
I’m excited about the whole conference, start to finish, but here are some crucial events and highlights you won’t
want to miss!
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Thursday evening – Silent auction and student poster session
Friday morning– Breakfast plenary address by Dr. Sheldon-Ekland Olson from the University of Texas
Friday – AACS Awards and lunchtime keynote address by William Julius Wilson
Friday evening – Reception at the Press Club with light refreshments
Saturday morning – Breakfast plenary address by Dr. Stephen Richards, a Convict Criminologist at U.W.
Oshkosh
 Saturday – Lunchtime presidential address by Libby Larsen
 Saturday evening – Bus to a wonderful Serbian restaurant for dinner
Best,
Libby Larsen
AACS President, 2012
AACS BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2011-2012
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Libby Larsen larsen@calu.edu
Tina Quartaroli quartaroli@ucmo.edu
James Daniel Lee james.lee@sjsu.edu
Eleanor Lyon elyon@charter.net
President-Elect
Vice President-Elect
Past President
Second Past President
Tina Quartaroli quartaroli@ucmo.edu
Sandra Jones jonessa@rowan.edu
Mike Hirsch mlhirsch@htu.edu
J. Steven Picou spicou@usouthal.edu
At Large Members:
Audwin Anderson
Duane Gill
Ross Koppel
DeMond Miller
Deborah Phelps
Lubomir Popov
aa04@txstate.edu
duane.gill@okstate.edu
rkoppel@sas.upenn.edu
millerd@rowan.edu
dphelps@fontbonne.edu
lspopov@bgnet.bgsu.edu
International Members: (2011-2014)
David Cooper
Marilyn Dyck
Jawad Fatayer
david.cooper@uct.ac.za
marilyn@thedoorway.ca
jfatayer@hotmail.com
AACS Journal of Applied Social Science (JASS)
Journal Editor
Managing Editor
Consulting Editor
Associate Editor
Jammie Price jammieprice@gmail.com
Jeffry Will jwill@unf.edu
Jay Weinstein jay.weinstein@comcast.net
John Glass glass@collin.edu
Incoming Board Members (2012-2013)
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Tina Quartaroli quartaroli@ucmo.edu
Sandra Jones jonessa@rowan.edu
James Daniel Lee james.lee@sjsu.edu
Eleanor Lyon elyon@charter.net
President-Elect
Vice President-Elect
Past President
Second Past President
Robert Kettlitz rkettlitz@hastings.edu
Pamela Jenkins pjenkins@uno.edu
Libby Larsen larsen@calu.edu
Mike Hirsch mlhirsch@htu.edu
At Large Members:
Audwin Anderson
Lubomir Popov
DeMond Miller
Miriam Boeri
Anthony Adams
Karen Albright
aa04@txstate.edu
lspopov@bgnet.bgsu.edu
millerd@rowan.edu
mboeri@kennesaw.edu
aadams@astate.edu
Karen.Albright@ucdenver.edu
2012 PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Program Chair/
Program Preparation
Local Arrangements
Tina Quartaroli, University of Central Missouri
Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson University
Please take time to thank the committee for all their hard work! The committee
went above and beyond the call of duty to make this conference possible and
special.
Chair:
Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson University
Host Committee:
Kathlyn Barry, University of Wisconsin, Parkside
Jennifer Klamm, Lakeland College
Rick Jones, Marquette University
Steve Lyng, Carthage College
Mark Mantyh, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Steve Richards, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Lynne Woerhrle, Mount Mary College
Wayne Youngquist, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater
AACS Executive Office
Please take another moment to thank Fonda for all she does for us, and on the all-too-cheap!
Administrator
Fonda Martin
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology
Eastern Michigan University
712 Pray-Harrold, EMU
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Telephone: (734) 487-0012
Fax: (734) 487-7010
E-mail: sac_aacs@emich.edu
2011-2012 AWARD WINNERS
Join us in congratulating our award winners at our annual award luncheon on Friday, October
5th, 12:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.
The Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contributions to Applied and Clinical Sociology Award
The Lester F. Ward Award is presented to a person who has made a significant contribution to applied and clinical
sociology over a period of ten or more years. The contributions of this person should consider how s/he has
helped to advance the field of Sociology in the public eye and/or for other sociologists. Typically, this will involve
putting into practice the field of Sociology’s relevant concepts and theories in ways that serve the good of the
field and also the public good.
AWARDEE: The Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology presents the 2012 Lester F. Ward Award to William
Julius Wilson for his distinguished professional contributions in the field of applied and clinical sociology.
The William Julius Wilson Award is presented to an individual or group whose work has been demonstratively
effective in breaking the cycle of poverty.
AWARDEE: The Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology presents the 2012 William Julius Wilson Award to
Walnut Way Conservation Corps and its founders Sharon and Larry Adams.
The Alex Boros Award for Contributions to the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
The Alex Boros Award is presented to an AACS member who has served AACS with distinction. This can be
someone who has served AACS (or, in this case, its parents SAS and SPA) over a period of time and has helped the
association(s) to conduct their business and/or to advance their cause(s).
AWARDEE: The Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology presents the 2012 Alex Boros Award to Jammie
Price for her distinguished professional contributions in the field of applied and clinical sociology.
The Robert Ezra Park Award for Sociological Practice
The Robert Ezra Park Award for Sociological Practice is presented to an outstanding sociologist who has made a
special contribution demonstrating how sociological practice (applied or clinical) can advance and improve
society.
AWARDEE: The Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology presents the 2012 Robert Ezra Park Award to John
Hagedorn of University of Indiana, Carbondale for his distinguished professional contributions in the field of
applied and clinical sociology.
The Paul Wellstone Community Service Award
The Paul Wellstone Community Service Award is presented to a person or organization in the community where
the Annual Meeting is held. The recipient of this award will have made significant and noteworthy applied or
clinical sociological contributions in the community they serve. In some cases, it may be obvious how the
awardee’s work is sociological, in others not.
AWARDEE: Cathedral Center
KEYNOTE ADDRESS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
12:00 p.m.
William Julius Wilson, Ph.D.
“Combating Concentrated Poverty in
Urban Neighborhoods”
William Julius Wilson is Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University Professor at Harvard University. He is a recipient of the 1998
National Medal of Science, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences’ Talcott Parsons Prize (2003). Past President of
the American Sociological Association, Wilson is a MacArthur Prize Fellow (from 1987 to 1992), and has been elected to the
National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the
National Academy of Education, the Institute of Medicine, and the British Academy.
His publications include three-award winning and best-selling books, The Declining Significance of Race, The Truly
Disadvantaged, and When Work Disappears. His most recent book is More than Just Race: Being Black and Poor in the
Inner City.
Lunch will be served
SUNRISE PLENARY
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5
8:00 a.m.
Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Ph.D.
"Justifying the Violation of Universal Moral Imperatives"
Sheldon Ekland-Olson joined The University of Texas at Austin after completing his graduate work at the University of
Washington in Seattle and Yale Law School. He is currently the Bernard and Audre Rapoport Centennial Professor of Liberal
Arts and serves as the Director of the School of Human Ecology. For five years he was Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
and then for eight years Executive Vice President and Provost of the university. He has authored or co-authored several
books and numerous articles on criminal justice, prison reform, and capital punishment. Widely recognized for his
commitment to teaching undergraduates, he is the recipient of numerous teaching awards. His current interests are
reflected in Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? an exploration of how communities go about justifying the violation of
universally held moral imperatives.
He lives with his life-mate Carolyn. They have two children, well grown, who have produced seven grandchildren, all, as it
turns out, perfectly perfect.
Continental breakfast will be served
SUNRISE PLENARY
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6
8:00 a.m.
Stephen C. Richards, Ph.D.
“The Convict Criminology Perspective and Group”
Stephen C. Richards, PhD, is an ex-convict now Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. He
served a nine year sentence in federal prison for Conspiracy to Distribute Marijuana. His work, includes nearly 100
publications, has appeared in numerous academic journals. He is one of the primary figures in founding the Convict
Criminology Theoretical Perspective, which is led by ex-convict criminology professors. The author of six books, his most
recent books include Behind Bars: Surviving Prison (2002),Convict Criminology (2003), Beyond Bars: Rejoining Society After
Prison (with Jeffrey Ian Ross) (2009), and USP Marion: The First Super Max Penitentiary (2012). Richards is a Soros Senior
Justice Fellow and member of the American Society of Criminology National Policy Committee. He is lead organizer of the
Convict Criminology Group.
Books:
Richards, S. C. (2012). USP Marion: The first super max penitentiary. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press.
Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2009). Beyond bars: Rejoining society after prison. New York: Alpha/Penguin Group.
Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2003). Convict criminology. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Ross, J. I., & Richards, S. C. (2002). Behind bars: Surviving prison. New York: Alpha/Penguin Group.
Continental breakfast will be served
SESSION GUIDELINES
This program lists all sessions and participants as of the date this publication went to print. Session numbers are
final as are presentation room assignments, dates, and time slots.
The session chair, presider, or organizer will serve as timekeeper, or designate another presenter to keep time.
Panelists should agree beforehand to the time limits and leave a minimum of 10 minutes for questions. To
facilitate people attending multiple sessions, presenters will present in the order listed on the program. Session
chairs are asked to report the head count from their sessions to a representative of AACS at the registration desk.
Fifteen to twenty-minute breaks occur between most of the scheduled sessions. This time is used to rearrange
seating, clean rooms, set up equipment, and organize the next session. For sessions that run over, the discussion
should be moved to a non-assigned area, the lobby, or other common area.
You must register and remit payment to the AACS Conference Registrar to participate in the 2012 conference in
Milwaukee. If you have not already pre-registered and pre-paid for the conference, you may register and remit
payment at the registration desk.
SESSION TYPES
Paper Presentations: Provide attendees with contemporary research, useful case studies, and insightful
evaluations of applied and clinical work that is performed in occupations in the academic and non-academic
workplace and professional marketplace, using a traditional format of delivery that joins presentations of a
similar theme.
Roundtables/Short Sessions: Encourage attendees to participate with the session chair in sharing and discussing
ideas, information and questions pertaining to a common topic. Roundtable chairs may provide information, and
then facilitate discussion. Chairs select an issue and invite other conference participants working in applied,
clinical, or academic settings to brainstorm, share ideas and discuss creative solutions. Works in progress,
innovative teaching discussions, and interactive sessions for practitioners to discuss current issues in the field,
and other formats are encouraged.
Interactive/Long Sessions: Interactive projects, workshops, or paper sessions with many participants can be run
as a traditional format of delivery that joins presentations of a similar theme or are run as interactive sessions
with attendee participation. To maximize interaction, the length of the session was modified.
Panels: Consist of applied and/or clinical sociologists who, as recognized experts in their fields or specialties,
discuss the latest trends and developments in research, teaching, or practice. Open dialogue and exchange is
encouraged.
Posters: Visual displays of research or innovative practices/organizations that allow people to have one-on-one
dialogues with you about your research. Poster presentations are typically easier to prepare and are well suited
for works in progress and this is also a good opportunity for community organizations and students and faculty
working in the community to present their work.
Plenary and Keynote Addresses: Address salient issues that directly impact the conference theme. Conference
registrants join together in a single, large assembly. Presenters draw on their substantive field experience and
personal background, contributing to the discussion.
AACS STUDENT PROBLEM SOLVING COMPETITION:
RULES AND PROCESSES
Each year AACS seeks to identify an organization in the community that has a specific problem that needs
resolution. Once the client has been identified, information describing the client’s needs is posted at the AACS
website, www.aacsnet.org and via the listserv. After reviewing this information, teams are organized to work on
solving the client’s problem. This successful program is used with permission by other sociological societies. This
year our client is Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
Eligibility: Teams of students will work together to address the client's needs. A school can have one team, or
multiple teams. The team can be comprised of all undergraduate students, all graduate students, or a mix of
students. There are two to four students per team. A faculty member sponsors the team.
Process: At the conference, the client will offer an informal presentation to introduce students to his/her
organization, describing the organization's history, leadership, and needs. There is plenty of time for questions
and answers at this session. During the conference, students attend sessions and seek out attendees who may
have some insights into the problem. They are also encouraged to conduct other forms of research. Students
can email questions to the client. Each team develops a written team report and presents it at the final
conference session. The client and an evaluation committee listen to the reports, ranking them on a series of
dimensions (see below). A winner is determined.
Benefits: All students participating in the exercise gain sociological consulting experience which they should list
on their resumes. The winning team receives discounted registration at next year's conference and the team
advisor receives a plaque.
Evaluation Criteria:
 Coverage of the questions described in the problem-solving description.
 Review of relevant sociological literature related to the exercise topic.
 Use of applied and/or clinical social research methods.
 Integration of theory and methods.
 Appropriateness of assumptions and solutions/plan of action.
 Creativity in addressing questions and providing solutions/plan of action.
 Discussion of solution/plan limitations.
 Overall quality of the report design and presentation.
 Ability to summarize the report in the executive summary.
 Clarity of analysis, writing, organization of ideas and presentation.
Students meet and ask questions of the organization (client) at the Student Problem Solving Session I on
Thursday, October 4 at 12:30 p.m. (Workshop 3).
CERTIFICATION
Certification is a designation awarded to experienced professional sociological practitioners after a process of
evaluation by sociologists within AACS. A certified member may then use a special designation as a Certified
Sociological Practitioner (C.S.P.) in addition to his/her degree. To be certified, you must submit a portfolio
representing your academic and practice background, current practice, and ethical positions. The portfolio must
also include recommendations from people who know your work as a practitioner. A panel of three certified
applied and clinical sociologists will review this material. If this panel agrees that the above factors would qualify
you to gain this designation, you are invited to hold a certification demonstration at a professional meeting (e.g.,
AACS meeting or ASA). A similar panel reviews your presentation. If the majority of the panel agrees that your
presentation (along with the portfolio) demonstrates that you are qualified as an applied or clinical sociologist,
you are awarded certification.
Who Is Eligible?
Certification as an applied or clinical sociologist is open to persons with masters and doctoral degrees in sociology
and also for those with interdisciplinary masters and doctorates whose course work and practice feature a strong
sociological component.
In What Areas May I Be Certified?
Applied and Clinical Sociologists practice on multiple levels of focus. Areas of specialization include international, national,
intercommunity, community, organization, other groups, family, and individuals. Major practice content areas
include community development, conflict resolution, criminology/criminal justice, organizational development,
gerontology, health, counseling, and social policy. Many sociologists have developed unique practices and the
certification process can be accommodating within certain professional parameters. Your application, applied
or clinical experience and certification demonstration must reflect the intervention areas that you specify.
What Does It Cost?
You must be a member of the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS). For certification, there is an
application fee of $200 and a demonstration fee of $100. If you are certified, there is an annual $20 certification
maintenance fee. You must attend an AACS annual meeting before you present your certification demonstration.
Why Be Certified?
Certification as an Applied or Clinical Sociologist indicates that your background, current practice, attitudes,
ethics, and skills have been examined by certified professionals in your discipline. By awarding certification, AACS
indicates that they believe you meet the standards of sociological practice as an applied or clinical sociologist.
Certification may add to your credibility as a practitioner. It has helped some practitioners gain entrance to
restrictive practice settings and routes to reimbursement.
Certification indicates that you have met professional standards at a particular time. It is important to maintain
and enhance your abilities by keeping up to date in your chosen areas of specialization. Moreover, the AACS
code of ethics is an additional reassurance of proper behavior by certified sociological practitioners.
Certification Is Not Licensure
A state or commonwealth grants a license after successful passage of a bill in the legislature and signature of the
governor. Gaining such passage usually requires a lobbying effort, a strong organization, supporters, powerful
allies, and resources. Licenses are usually available in fields where it can be shown that unlicensed practitioners
have the potential to do harm. Licensure can restrain use of titles, procedures, and employment. Over the years,
there have been attempts to license sociologists, but none of these attempts have succeeded. Other licensed
disciplines are usually opposed to licensure of others because of occupational pride and because they may
believe it will limit their members’ income.
Some practicing sociologists believe that a license in sociology would be economically beneficial, as managed
care providers look for less expensive ways to provide services. Several states look on certification as a step to
licensure. On the other hand, some states are sun setting licensure laws.
What Is Applied and Clinical Sociology?
Applied and Clinical Sociologists use sociological interventions, which apply sociological perspectives to the
analysis and design of interventions for positive change at any level of social organization from the micro to the
macro. An applied or clinical sociologist has a strong background in social theory and the variety of sociological
methods. This knowledge of theory and method is the basis of applied and clinical work. The orientation of
applied and clinical sociology is both interdisciplinary and humanistic.
For further Information, attend sessions 10 and 38 (there may be others) or contact:
Deborah L. Phelps, Ph.D. C.S.P. M.P.E.
AACS Certification Chair
Fontbonne University
6800 Wydown Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63105
Telephone: (314)889-4552
FAX: (314) 889-1451
EMAIL: dphelps@fontbonne.edu
2011 MEETING SCHEDULE
Time
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Session Title
Executive Board & Program Committee
Informal Dinner Gathering
Location
Gather in lounge area
in front of Bar 333
All early arrivals are welcome to join us at the restaurant
for an informal gathering.
Time
8:30 – 11:30
a.m.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Session Title
Executive Board Meeting
Location
Gilpatrick room
Presider: Libby Larsen,
California University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Pre-Conference Workshops
Workshop 1
12:30 – 2:30
Lakeshore A
Workshop 2
12:30 – 2:30
Lakeshore B
ARCHAEOLOGY BY A SOCIOLOGIST: THE RELEVANCE OF
PERSPECTIVE AND IMPLICATIONS OF DAILY
APPLICATION
As a sociologist working in the field of archaeology, I am
exposed to many unique opportunities for applying my
sociological training in unexpected ways. These
opportunities include a wide range of situations from
corporate interactions to Tribal consultation. Drawing
upon my experience in this field, we will candidly discuss
successes, disappointments, and lessons acquired from
my practical application of a sociological skill set.
Participants will have the opportunity to describe their
own experiences regarding the ways sociological training
influences their daily interactions and professional
research goals. Interactive exercises will be used to
encourage participants to think beyond textbook
definitions, applications, and theories so as to enhance
their ability to view the world through a sociological lens.
BUILDING ON THE EDGE: GRADUATE STUDENTS, PARTTIME FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS CREATING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND THE COMMUNITY
This workshop is facilitated by two graduate students,
who, like many part-time faculty and instructors, work to
create community based research (CBR) opportunities for
students with the community, while also managing the
temporality and uncertainty of their positions. We feel
that this is a position of both strength and weakness for
maximizing community impact, creating engaging
opportunities for students and supporting our own career
Organizers and Facilitators
Mary Seagrave, Environmental
Corporation of America
Organizers and Facilitators:
Catherine Willis, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Dadit Hidayat, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Randy Stroeker, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
development. In this workshop we will explore the
strengths of this position as well as the challenges that
we face while developing strategies to overcome these.
This will touch on a range of themes.
As community based researchers, we carry specific
connections to communities and community
organizations, each of which holds potential for student
learning and community impact. How to develop
awareness, community relationships, and institutional
knowledge that can help us turn these possibilities into
reality, especially on short notice? The uncertainty
around our temporality could certainly undermine
partnership continuity. How do we strategically invest our
time in establishing a strong partnership with
community? And in what ways this partnership should be
maintained?
Workshop 3
12:30 – 2:30
Lakeshore C
As we do this work, we need to think also of our own
work and professional development. Having established
community partners that we work with is an asset to any
institution that might be hiring us. How do we leverage
this in our careers? How do we manage these
commitments and the opportunities that we are creating
without undermining our ability to manage our time?
Judith Little Student Problem Solving Competition KickOff Session
Student teams enrolled in the Judith Little Problem
Solving Contest will meet with a representative from the
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom to
learn what the nature of their problem. The rules and the
timetable governing the completion will be shared during
this workshop. Student teams will then be set free to
attend workshops and sessions that will assist them in
solving the problem as well as conduct web research.
Organizers and Facilitators:
Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson University
Pamela Jenkins, University of New
Orleans
Steve Lyng, Carthage College
Wayne Younquist, University of
Wisconsin, Whitewater
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Pre-Conference Workshops
Workshop 4
3:00 – 5:00
GRANT WRITING 101: VIEWS FROM THE FUNDER AND
APPLICANT PERSPECTIVES
description
Lakeshore A
Workshop 5
3:00 – 5:00
Lakeshore B
HOMELESS SURVEYS TRANSLATE INTO FUNDING
Each year communities in the Texas Balance of State
Continuum of Care participate in an effort to collect data
on homelessness during a single point-in-time designated
the last week in January. Texas Homeless Network (THN)
annually assists communities with their Point-In-Time
homeless survey including preparation, data analysis and
report creation. As the Continuum of Care has grown
(now covering 205 of Texas’ 254 counties), the burden of
Organizer:
Augie Diana, National Institute on Drug
Abuse
Facilitators: Augie Diana, National
Institute on Drug Abuse
Claus Tjaden, Toucan Research
Organizer and Facilitators:
Grace Fleming, Austin Community
College
Eric Samuels, Texas Homeless Network
this effort has become too great at THN’s current staffing
level.
Communities have come to rely on the information
gathered from the annual count to assist in the
development of short and long-term strategies to
alleviate homelessness. The data is important for
securing additional funding and as an advocacy tool. In
order to provide each community with a timely report,
THN partnered with Professor Grace Fleming and her
Introduction to Sociology Class at Austin Community
College. The students were able to provide the assistance
and hours necessary to enter data provided by over 3,000
people experiencing homelessness and run statistical
analysis. As a result, THN was able to provide reports for
20 communities.
Workshop 6
3:00 – 5:00
Lakeshore C
Workshop 7
4:00-5:00
Gilpatrick A
Texas Homeless Network is a non-profit organization that
relies on grant funding and membership to achieve its
mission. This workshop will offer examples of
organizational and networking strategies that have made
THN successful in its 24 years of existence.
ADDING FUTURING AND FORESIGHT TOOLS TO YOUR
APPLIED SOCIOLOGICAL TOOL BOX
Whether you want to include futuring and foresight in a
client workshop or you want to build a course on the
future to add to your sociology offerings this presentation
provides practical "how-to" information. Organizations
that operate in a vacuum, ignoring the increasing velocity
of change in the global community, will not succeed for
long. Driving forces are challenging by their nature and
will confront organizations of all kinds. In this workshop
consultants and educators will discover methods and
tools that can be practically applied to their academic or
corporate environment. Participants will learn how to
engage and create futures by using foresight tools from
backcasting to scenario building. Participants will actively
utilize the tools.
IMPROVING RACIAL FAIRNESS IN THE COURTS
THROUGH APPLIED SOCIOLOGY
Panelists will discuss the growth in opportunities for
justice system research and how the work of applied
sociologists is used to improve justice system processes
and practices, with a particular focus on improving access
and fairness for racial and ethnic minorities. Panelists will
briefly highlight four recent studies including: assessing
the over representation of minority youth in a state’s
juvenile justice system; understanding the experience of
recent African refugees involved in the justice system;
evaluating court’s efforts to reduce the prevalence of
failure to appear as a means of reducing the
overrepresentation of minorities in jail populations, and
evaluating the impact of legislation meant to improve the
extent to which juries are representative of the
Organizer and Facilitator:
Stephen F. Steel, Institute for the
Future@Anne Arundel Community
College
Organizer and Moderator: James H.
Wiest
Panelists:
Elizabeth Neely, Nebraska State Bar
Association
Anne Hobbs, UNO Juvenile Justice
Institute
communities that they serve.
Thursday, October 4, 2012
6:00 – 9:00 p.m.
WELCOME RECEPTION
SILENT ACTION
STUDENT POSTER DISPLAY
Hor d’oeuvres and cash bar
POLARIS ROOFTOP RESTAURANT
MILWAUKEE HYATT REGENCY
Underwritten by Daniel’s Catering & Lorene Hirsch Agency, LLC – American Family Insurance
STUDENT POSTERS
Poster Title
“An Evaluation of a Bullying Prevention Program”
“Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Comparative Analysis
of At-Risk Women at National versus Local Level”
“Gender Inequality in Today’s Society”
Presenters
Kristina Cappello, University of Tampa
Sandra L. King, Wayne State University
Christine Barone, Rowan University
Friday, October 5, 2012
Time
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Regency AB
Session Title
Sunrise Plenary 1
"Justifying the Violation of Universal
Moral Imperatives"
Presenters
Sheldon Ekland-Olson, Ph.D.
Bernard and Audre Rapoport Centennial
Professor of Liberal Arts and Director of
the School of Human Ecology,
University of Texas, Austin
Continental breakfast will be served
9:15 –10:30a.m.
Concurrent
Session 1
Lakeshore A
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
PUBLIC POLICY
“Cause and Effect: Legislative Implications and Policy
Outcomes of Minimum Wage Research”
“Inequality and Transitions to Adulthood: Findings from
Interviews with Homeless Youth and Young Adults”
Presenters
Presider: Steven Curtis Dreyer
Michael F. Thompson, Grinnell College
Christine George, Center for Urban
Research and Learning, Loyola University
“A Sociological Critique of Subprime Loans”
“Applying Sociology to Policy Thinking in Singapore”
Concurrent
Session 2
Lakeshore B
9:15 –10:30a.m.
Concurrent
Session 3
Lakeshore C
Concurrent
Session 4
Gilpatrick A
Concurrent
Session 5
Gilpatrick B
Chicago
Cesraea Rumpf, Center for Urban
Research and Learning, Loyola University
Chicago
Julie Shevrin, Center for Urban Research
and Learning, Loyola University Chicago
Henry Kim, Wheaton College
Mathew Mathews, National University of
Singapore
Session Title
Presenters
INTERPERSONAL VIOLENCE
Organizer and Presider: Nancy Shields,
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Nancy Shields, University of Missouri, St.
Louis
Peter Marina, University of Missouri, St.
Louis
Grant McCall, Tulane University
“A Longitudinal Study of Patterns of Involvement in
Violence among Children in Cape Town South Africa”
“Police Culture and Violence in New Orleans: Notes from
the Inside”
“Theorizing Violence: Using Sociology to Inform the Study
of Human Prehistory (and Vice Versa)”
“A Whole New World: Contemporary Dating, Violence
and Victim-Oriented Services”
Alison Marganski, Virginia Weslyan
University
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
ACADEMIC MENTORING
This session is designed to help undergraduate and
graduate students to prepare for their academic careers.
Session Title
DOING IT IN THE CLASSROOM: USING OUR SKILLS TO
ENHANCE LEARNING
“Designing and Teaching a Clinical Sociology Course for
Undergraduate Students: Lessons Learned”
“Pathways to Knowledge: How do Social Work Students
Learn about Health Care Policy?”
“Involving Students in Research that Serves the
Community”
“Design Methods in Sociological Practice Education”
Session Title
DISASTER AND TRAUMA
“The Erosion of Public-Trust in the Aftermath of
Technological and Natech Disasters: Hurricane Katrina
Presenters
Moderator: Anthony Troy Adams,
Alabama State University
Panelists:
Anthony Troy Adams, Alabama State
University
Howard Henderson, Sam Houston State
University
Karen Tabb-Dina, University of Illinois at
Urbana -Champaign
Leon Wilson, Alabama State University
Jay Weinstein, University of Miami
Presenters
Presider: Jennifer Klamm, Lakeland
College
Sarah L. Jirek, University of Tampa
Melissa Ann Hensley, Augsburg College
Norma A. Winston, University of Tampa
Christina J. Capello, University of Tampa
Lubomir Popov, Bowling Green State
University
Presenters
Presider: Mueni Rudd, Huston-Tillotson
University
DeMond S. Miller, Rowan University
Brandon Fleming, Rowan University
and the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Meltdown”
“Five Years After: Katrina’s Lingering Legacy of Trauma”
“Longitudinal Multivariate Test of Ecological Theory to
Increase Highway Safety and reduce Crash-related
Fatalities and Serious Injuries”
“A Textual Analysis of Oral Testimony by the Gitga’ at
First Nation in response to the Enbridge Northern
Gateway Pipeline Project”
9:15 –10:30a.m.
Concurrent
Session 6
Gilpatrick C
Jeffry A. Will, University of North Florida,
Center for Community Initiatives
Steve Picou, University of South Alabama
Robert L. Seufert
Kaitlin A. Kubilus
Leah E. Schneider
Miami University Applied Research
Center
Duane A. Gill, Oklahoma State University
Kevin Johnson, Oklahoma State
University
Liesel A. Ritchie, University of Colorado
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
PARTNER AGENCY THROUGH SOCIOLOGY PRACTICUM
Doing it our way often means satisfying the desire of
sociologists to see their knowledge applied for real life,
demonstrable effect. Plainly put: it’s about professional
agency. North Park University’s Sociology Practicum
course has forged partnerships to work with a similar yet
distinct principle: it’s about partner agency. For the past
nine years this qualitative methods course has joined in
partnerships in the City of Chicago and beyond in order to
give students, parents, and educators a chance to do
sociology their way by learning from the field, developing
projects of significance and service, and identifying ways
to sustain the impact of those services. Most recently,
North Park University’s Sociology Practicum has drawn
together in partnership with New Horizons Charter High
School of Shorewood, Wisconsin and William G. Hibbard
Elementary School of Chicago.
This panel brings together five representative partners –
two teachers, two students, one community member—in
the tradition of public sociologists whose conviction to do
things their way is the foundation for each one’s citizen
formation and academic success. Rather than individual
presentations, this panel will enable discussion and
critique through first a focus-group exchange on the
concept of citizenship. Next, a round-table model of
sharing will reveal the connections, inspirations, and
deviations a partnership based on “doing it our way”
enables. Finally, the citizenship lessons of Jane
Addams will be enhanced as the concept of citizenship is
demonstrated and then expanded to include individuals
whose age may make them ineligible to vote but not
ineligible to lead.
Presenters
Organizer and Moderator:
Lida V. Nedilsky, North Park University
Panelists:
Lida V. Nedilsky, North Park University
Bohdan V. Nedilsky, New horizons for
Learning High School
Emmanual Pratt, Sweet Water
Foundation
10:45 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 7
Lakeshore A
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
PROGRAM EVALUATION
“ Giddy-up: Assessment of Attitudinal and Behavioral
Changes for Individuals in a Therapeutic Riding Program”
“Evaluation of Grant Funded Day Care”
“Has the Song Remained the Same? Perceptions of
Effectiveness in Family Safety”
“New Directions in Native American Teen Pregnancy”
Concurrent
Session 8
Lakeshore B
10:45 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 9
Lakeshore C
Presider: Steve Lyng, Cathage College
Wayne Pollock, Virginia Weslyan
University
Elizabeth Kelly, Ouachita Baptist
University
Debra Marshall, Brevard Community
College
John Lynxwiler, University of Central
Florida
David Gay, University of Central Florida
Kevin Schanning, Northland College
Session Title
Presenters
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Presider: Ben Gilbertson, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Suzanne Stoelting, Fontbonne University
Rebecca Bradley, Fontbonne University
Michelle Companion, University of
Colorado, Colorado Springs
“Building Community: A Proposal for Healing Action
Network”
“The Utility of Community-Level Organizations for
Addressing Obesogenic Cultural drift among Urban Native
American Populations”
“Jacksonville, Illinois: Development, Attraction, and
Concern: A Case Study”
“Planning and Design Approaches for Sociological
Practitioners”
William Cross, Lincoln Land Community
College
Lubomir Popov, Bowling Green State
University
Margarita Popov, freelance design
researcher
Friday, October 14, 2011
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Presenters
SHAKING IT UP! SOCIOLOGISTS AS AGENTS OF SOCIAL
CHANGE
Organizer: Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson
University
Presider: Mueni Rudd, Huston-Tillotson
University
Lakshmi K. Bharadwaj, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee
David Schall, Milwaukee Area Community
College
Barbara Dayton, Oakton Community
College
Sandra J. Jones, Rowan University
“The Role of the Intellectual in Public Life”
“Organizing Part-time Faculty at Milwaukee Area
Technical College and Oakton Community college”
“Confronting Paralysis of Analysis: Balancing the Roles of
Social Activist and Social Scientist in the Movement
toward a Human Justice System”
“Ask My Wife if I Glow I the Dark: My years of Work with
Nuclear Test Veterans”
Concurrent
Session 10
Presenters
Session Title
CERTIFICATION DEMONSTRATION SESSION:
F. Lincoln Grahlfs, University of Wisconsin
Colleges
Presenters
Presider: Deborah Phelps, Fontbonne
Demonstration
of Applied
Practice
A certification demonstration session for applicants in the
certification process. Open to all.
Presenter: Alberto Testa, Brunel University, UK
Room 1711
Concurrent
Session 11
Gilpatrick A
Session Title
FROM THE GROUND UP: DESIGNING A CAPSTONE
COURSE FOR AN APPLIED SOCIOLOGY PROGRAM
Resources for designing a Sociology capstone course
abound, but few deal specifically with the challenge of
successfully integrating applied sociological concepts and
skills into the curriculum. How can such a course be
designed that prepares graduates for their future and
gives them new opportunities while avoiding redundancy,
myth, and ceremony (Meyer and Rowan 1977)? This
workshop details the experiences of University of Tampa
(UT) Sociology faculty in designing such a course, focusing
upon the knowledge, skills, and affect that UT Sociology
graduates are expected to learn in order to become
successful. Workshop attendees will be encouraged to
answer for themselves critical questions of design, while
illustrating from the University of Tampa experience. The
workshop will be of interest to those interested in
building or refining their own Department’s capstone
course.
University, Certification Chair
Readers:
Deborah Phelps, Fontbonne University
Libby Larsen, California University of
Pennsylvania
Michael S. Fleischer, Organizational
Dynamics
Presenters
Organizers and Presenters:
Bruce Freisen, University of Tampa,
Norma Winston, University of Tampa,
Sarah Jirek, University of Tampa
J. W. Meyer & B. Rowan, "Institutional organizations:
formal structure as myth and ceremony," American
Journal of Sociology, 83 (1977), 340-63.
Concurrent
Session 12
Gilpatrick B
Session Title
Presenters
DIAMONDS ON THE SOLES OF HER SHOES:
AN OPEN, SHARED, LEARNED FORUM
IDEAS SUGGESTED, EXPLORED, SOLICITED, SHARED …
with a special invitation to STUDENTS developing your
personal applied practice
Illuminating the ground for Reflective Practice in Society
and Culture
… wherein DIAMONDS are our thinking;
SHOES are our practice
Organizer and Moderator: Marilyn Dyck,
The Doorway
Applied work as: ‘ways of knowing’; the intentional
pursuit of the ‘right questions’**
With acknowledgement and appreciation to:
Jean-Francois Lyotard; Pierre Bourdieu
**Moving the frame of your practice from a
language of certainty … to a language of inquiry.
In this shared learning session we will invite your
participation as we:
 introduce the story of The Doorway as a
community based response to the need for society to
imagine new approaches to include young people
choosing to leave the streets
 look at our lived experience in developing a
‘theory of practice’ grounded in our learning from
young people in progressive current theoretical
perspectives
 share the process of our current reflective work
as an example of a theory of practice for applied work
in this area which moves significantly past traditional
operatives of ‘programming’ and ‘service delivery’
 explore the potential of thinking we have read
and researched as a grounded frame for inclusion
of the personal agency of young people in creating
their own responses and choices to build cultural
change
 name some potential GROUND upon which
applied work walks and reflect on the impact of
the diamonds of thinking and theory for applied
practice: e.g. University/community collaboration;
Discourse analysis; Agency and Power ; Problem of
Privilege; Cultural Production and Reproduction;
Agendas of Policy Development
10:45 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 13
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY: SESSION ONE
Gilpatrick C
“The First Dime and Nickel of Convict Criminology”
“Adverse Reaction in Research with At-Risk Populations”
“Pregnant in Prison: An Overview of perspectives
Regarding Incarcerated Pregnant Women”
Presenters
Organizer and Presider: Stephen C.
Richards, University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Stephen C. Richards, University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh
Michael Lenza, University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
James Burnett, Idaho State University
Kristina Deibert, University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Friday, October 5, 2012
12:00 – 2:00
p.m.
Regency CD
KEYNOTE ADDRESS LUNCHEON
“Combating Concentrated Poverty in
Urban Neighborhoods”
Keynote speaker
William Julius Wilson, Ph.D.
Lewis P. and Linda L. Geyser University
Professor, Harvard University
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 14
Roundtable
Lakeshore A
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 15
Lakeshore B
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
BRAINSTORMING: LEARNING APPLIED SOCIOLOGY—
COLLABORATION CREATIVITY AND COOPERATION
Participate in an open brainstorming session about
teaching applied sociology. Collaborate, learn, and be
inspired with new ideas during this facilitated discussion
with attendees sharing applied ideas for the classroom.
Teachers, what activities have connected well with your
students? What did your "favorite:" professors do that
inspired you, or that you still remember? Are there
questions about teaching applied sociology that you’d like
to discuss with a group of applied colleagues? Are there
resources or training available that you think would be as
useful to others as it has been to you? Is there a great
freebie technology you know about that works well in the
classroom? Things that did not go well that serve as good
lessons for others? Students, you’re also invited to come
help shape your own classroom experience. Contribute
what you have found to be the most meaningful,
interesting, or useful applied activities to learn sociology,
or what your own ideas are for teaching and learning
applied sociology. There’s no formal set of presentations
– just plenty of discussion and sharing of creative ideas
on innovative teaching and engagement for
undergraduate students. Brainstorming ideas and
suggestions will be captured for distribution.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
FAMILY VIOLENCE
“Biblical and Religions Basis for Violence Against Women”
Lakeshore C
Presenters
“Shelter Services for Victims of Intimate Partner Violence
and Client Success”
“Rehabilitating Abusive Fathers”
Moderator: Brenda Marshall
Mary Cay Segstock, Wayne State
University
Karen Roberson , Alabama State
University
Turenza Smith, Alabama State University
Alison Marganski, Virginia Wesleyan
College
Arifa Javed, Alabama State University
Session Title
Presenters
“Let the Church Say Amen: A Critical look at the Role of
the Church and Domestic Violence”
Concurrent
Session 16
Presenters
Organizers and Facilitators:
Kathy Stolley, Virginia Weslyan University
Stephen F. Steele, Anne Arundel
Community College
APPLIED AND CLINICAL SOCIOLOGISTS @ WORK
“Polls, Politics and Punditry: A Sociologist’s Life in TV
News”
“A Horse Designed by Committee: the Boeing 787 Project
and the Potential Limits of Outsourcing”
“Fan Palace: A Case study in Social Design”
Presider: Ben Gilbertson, University of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Wayne Youngquist, University of
Wisconsin, Whitewater
Steven Sacco, Loyola University, Chicago
Lubomir Popov, Bowling Green State
University
Margarita Popov, freelance design
researcher
“Social Technologies of Memorialization: Using
Sociological Insight to Construct ‘Successful’ Memorials”
Concurrent
Session 17
Gilpatrick A
Session Title
APPLYING CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY IN THE ARAB WORLD
“Practices of Clinical Sociology in the Arab World”
“Research Methods in Clinical Sociology”
“Family Issues in Clinical Sociology in the Arab World”
2:15 – 3:30 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 18
Gilpatrick B
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE I: APPLIED CRIMINOLOGY’S
CRITIQUE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
“Space and Place: Neglected Factors in Research on
Formerly Incarcerated Women’s Reentry Experiences”
“Examining the Past, Present and Future of For-Profit
Prisons: Opportunities for Sociological Practice”
“Attitudes of Polish and American Students on the
Criminal Punishment of Virtual Relationships”
Gilpatrick C
Concurrent
Session 20
Lakeshore A
Organizer and Presider:
Ahmad Alomosh, University of Sharjah
Ahmad Alomosh, University of Sharjah
Husein M. Al_Othman, University of
Sharjah
Humoud Olimat, Hashymia University
APPLIED AND CLINICAL RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
“Single Payer Stories: The Practical Implications of
Narrative Based Social Movement Research”
“Descriptive and Normative Indicators of Social justice”
Presenters
Presider: Lindy Hern, Manchester
University
Lindy Hern, Manchester University
Emmanuel Smikun, American Social
Indicators
Linda R. Weber, State University of New
York, Institute of Technology
Ahmadu A. Baba-Singhri, Grand View
University
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
STUDENT PROJECT PRESENTATIONS
Presenters
Organizer: Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson
University
Sandra Jones, Rowan University
Presider: Jennifer L. Farmer, Texas State
University
John Hagedorn, University of Illinois,
Chicago
Kristine Kilanski, University of Texas,
Austin
David Musick, University of Northern
Colorado
Kristine Musick, University of Northern
Colorado
Alison Marganski. Virginia Wesleyan
University
Session Title
“The Development of a Theoretically-Driven Measure of
Interpersonal trust”
“Clinical Sociology-Clinical Psychology and the Social
problems of Mental health and Relationship: When
Durkheim Meets Freud, and Freud Seems More Favored,
though Durkheim Appears More Relevant and Viable, in
Dealing with the Problems of Mental Health and
Relationship: A Meta-Theoretical Analysis”
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Presenters
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
“Gangs and Stereotypes in Court”
Concurrent
Session 19
Leslie Meyers, University of Missouri
David L. Brunsma, Virginia Tech
Presenters
Judges:
Tina Quartaroli, University of Central
Missouri
James Lee, San Jose State University
“An Autonomous Space for Students” Inter-Cultural
Dialogues at the University of Wisconsin”
“A Socioeconomic Examination in an Era of Increasing
Low-wage Employment”
“Alzheimer’s Disease and African Americans”
“Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: Comparative Analysis
of At-Risk Women at National versus Local Level”
Concurrent
Session 21
Lakeshore B
Session Title
JUST SAY “AH”: APPLIED AND CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY
AND THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
“Traveling Across uncharted Waters: An Examination of
Medical Tourism Messages
Concurrent
Session 22
Lakeshore C
Concurrent
Session 23
Presider: Amy Allen, Safe Place
“Negotiating Two Cultures: Finding Ways to postpartum
Care through Internet Community”
“Integrating Women’s Health into Medical Education
Using Sociological Concepts”
Mary Kleinman, Loyola University,
Chicago
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
TALES FROM THE UNIVERSITY
“Don’t Promote Communism, Don’t be so Biased, Stop
Playing Out America as the Bad Guys, Don’t Accuse White
Males as Being Evil in this World: The Consequences of
Teaching Critical Sociology on Course Evaluations”
“A Journey Through College Life”: Retention, Successful
Completion, and Embarking on a Meaningful Social Path”
“Moving Out and Moving On: Changing Perceptions in
College and Changing Relationships at Home”
“Overcoming Apathy: Following up (and following
Through) on Student Apathy for Applied Sociology”
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Presenters
Lisa Lyon Payne, Virginia Wesleyan
College
Kathy Merlock Jackson, Virginia Wesleyan
College
Kathy Stolley, Virginia Wesleyan College
Amy Peterson, Wayne State University
David Merolla, Wayne State University
Louis A. Penner, Wayne State University
Janet Hankin, Wayne State University
Juyeon Sun, University of Wisconsin,
Oshkosh
“The Effect of Social Support on Parent and Child Distress
in Pediatric Cancer”
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Deborah Phelps, Fontbonne University
Jammie Price, Journal of Applied Social
Science
Naama Nagar, University of Wisconsin,
Madison
Jason Slappe, University of North Florida,
Center for Community Initiatives
Shelytia Cocroft, Wayne State University
Sandra L. King, Wayne State University
Presider: Jennifer Klamm, Lakeland
College
Nadarajan (Raj) Sethuraju, Minnesota
State University, Mankato
Paul Prew, Minnesota State University,
Mankato
Martel Pipkins, Minnesota State
University, Mankato
Abdihakin Abdi, Minnesota State
University, Mankato
Muhammad M. Haque, McNeese State
University
Marlene Fisher, Viterbo University
Alex Hefner, Viterbo University
Andrew Cohen, Yale University
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
SOCIOLOGISTS AS COLLEGE ADMINISTRATORS: HOW IT
HAPPENED, WHAT WE LEARNED AND WHAT WE WERE
Presenters
Presenters
Organizer: Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson
University
Gilpatrick A
ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE
“Conducting a positive Norms Campaign to reduce
Excessive Drinking among College Students: the Role of
the researcher/Administrator and lessons learned”
“Ruminations of a Wayward Academic”
“Dean for a Day: Sociological Insights for the
Administrative Council of a Small University”
“If it Ain’t Broke, Fix it Anyway: Being an Administrator
with Authority Issues”
Concurrent
Session 24
Gilpatrick B
Concurrent
Session 25
Gilpatrick C
James Wiest, Hastings College
Sheldon Ekland-Olson, University of
Texas, Austin
Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson University
Jeff Peterson, Linwood College
Session Title
ENHANCING THE POSITION OF APPLIED AND PRACTICE
SOCIOLOGY INTO THE PROFESSION OF SOCIOLOGY AND
IN SOCIETY
How do we look from inside and outside the field of
sociology? Are we a stepchild? A grandfather? A cousin?
A rejected spouse?
This interactive panel will discuss the perception and
reality of applied/practice/clinical/public sociology
through three lenses: from within the profession, from
society at large, and from the applied community.
Panelists will briefly present their ideas for enhancing the
place of applied sociology in the profession and in
society. Then they will engage the audience and other
panel members in a proactive plan to make
applied/practice sociology more central to our discipline
and to society in general.
3:45 – 5:00 p.m.
Presider: Mueni Rudd, Huston- Tillotson
University
Presenters
Moderator: Stephen F. Steele, Anne
Arundel Community College
Panelists:
Ross Koppel, University of Pennsylvania
Eleanor Lyon, University of Connecticut
(ret.)
Robert E. Kettlitz, Hastings College
Stephen F. Steele, Anne Arundel
Community College
Friday, October 5, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
CREATING PUBLIC STORIES
Public Achievement, a national youth initiative of the
Center for Democracy and Citizenship at Humphrey
Institute of Public Affairs, is designed to educate young
people to become engaged in the larger society. Young
people work in teams, and, with the help of coaches and
stakeholders in the community gain a sense of democracy
and public work. This initiative, grounded in theory and
history of politics, provides participants the opportunity
to define a community problem, work in a diverse group,
map the political environment, develop problem solving
strategies, and evaluate their work. The success of Public
Achievement is not limited to elementary and high
schools; the application of the initiative can be found at
colleges and universities, not-for-profit agencies, health
care facilities, and governmental agencies. The purpose
of this interactive presentation is to describe the
framework and core concepts of Public Achievement.
Presenters
Organizer and facilitator : Amitra A. Wall,
Buffalo State College
Audience members will model the process of Public
Achievement by taking on the role of team members. A
public story will be created after identifying an issue,
problem(s), and potential project(s).
Friday, October 5, 2012
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.
RECEPTION
MILWAUKEE PRESS CLUB
137 East Wells Street
Hor d’oeuvres and cash bar
Underwritten by Dr. Wayne Youngquist, University of Wisconsin – Whitewater
Time
8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Lakeshore
Ballroom
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Session Title
Sunrise Plenary 2
“The Convict Criminology Perspective
and Group”
Presenters
Stephen C. Richards, PhD, is an
ex-convict now Professor of Criminal
Justice at the University of WisconsinOshkosh
Continental breakfast will be served
9:15 –10:30
a.m.
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Concurrent
Session 26
EVIDENCE BASED SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE
Milwaukee A
Evidence based practice (EBP) has emerged across
disciplines and occupations that have attempted to
bridge the gap between those who do research and those
who are in the role of implementing research findings.
What many different fields of study and professions like
medicine, law, psychology, human resources and criminal
justice have found is that there tends to be an
institutional division which separates researchers from
practitioners. EBP has been introduced in these areas in
an effort to overcome or at least narrow the separation.
For applied sociologists the issue of the gap between
theory and practice, research and application and the gulf
between academic tradition and the practical world, has
been longstanding. In this session we explore this issue
and the ways that EBP may help sociologists formulate a
Presenters
Organizer and Moderator: Marvin
Finkelstein, Southern Illinois University,
Edwardsville
Panelists:
Marvin Finkelstein, Southern Illinois
University, Edwardsville
Lubomir Popov, Bowling Green State
University
Jerry Krause, Humboldt State University
Stephen F. Steel, Institute for the
Future@Anne Arundel Community
College
path in the liberal arts education setting that might
connect more closely the academic context with the
professional and practice experience.
Concurrent
Session 27
Milwaukee B
Session Title
Presenters
PANTHERS ON THE LOOSE: WHAT A 1980s UWMILWAUKEE GRADUATE COHORT HAS DONE WITH
THEIR SOCIOLOGY
Organizer: Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson
University
Presider: Meghan McDonald, University
of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson University
“Here, There and Everywhere: Politics, Consulting and
Teaching” Job: Lessons Learned as an Applied Sociologist”
“The Sociological Imperative: The Need for Sociology in
Every High School”
“Sociology and Management Consulting”
“911 is Not for Fun”
9:15 –10:30
a.m.
Concurrent
Session 28
Crystal room
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY: SESSION TWO
“Living in the Shadow of Fear-Driven Sex Offender
Legislation”
“A Tale of Two Convicts: A Reentry Story about the
Impacts of Ethnicity and Social Class”
“My Pal Fred: A Look Inside the Life of a College Sex
Offender”
Concurrent
Session 29
Gilpatrick A
Concurrent
Session 30
Gilpatrick B
Concurrent
Session 31
Mark Guardalabene, Rufus King
International High School
Ed Ester, Symbility Solutions, Inc.
Frank Imp, Milwaukee Police Department
Session Title
MENTORING II: NON-ACADEMIC/APPLIED
Description: This session is designed to help
undergraduate and graduate students to promote and
prepare for non-academic careers.
Session Title
CERTIFICATION INFORMATION SESSION
Certification as a sociological practitioner in applied or
clinical sociology is open to persons with Masters and
Doctoral degrees in sociology and also for those with
interdisciplinary masters and doctorates whose course
work and practice features a strong sociology
component. Anyone interested is welcome to attend.
Presenters
Organizer and Presider:
Brian Oliver, Northwestern College
Brian Oliver, Northwestern College
Richard Hendricksen, University of
Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Alan Mobley, San Diego State University
Matt Ritchie, University of Wisconsin,
Oshkosh
Lucas Alan Dietsche, University of
Wisconsin, Oshkosh
Presenters
Moderator: Troy Adams
Panelists:
Amy Allen, Safe Place
Augie Diana, National Institute on Drug
Abuse
Grace Fleming, Austin Community
College,
Ann Charvat, The Next Right Thing, Inc.
Presenters
Deborah Phelps, Fontbonne University
Tina Quartaroli, University of Central
Missouri
Michael S. Fleischer, Organizational
Dynamics
Session Title
Presenters
COMMUNITY ACTION: A COMMUNITY ADDRESSES
HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND ASKS: ‘MASSAGE PARLORS,
ARE THEY REALLY?’”
Organizer and Presider: Beverly Gartland,
Youngstown State University
Gilpatrick C
Human trafficking has become a nationwide issue with
one Ohio city, Toledo, ranking fourth in the country for
sex trafficking. The recognition of massage parlors as
fronts for human trafficking is well established in the
United States. Over 40% of all recreational massage
parlors in Ohio reside in one northeastern Ohio County.
Additionally an adjacent county, houses a well-known
truck stop strategically located with access to interstate
highways and turnpikes providing access to nationwide
destinations.
Panelists:
Beverly Gartland, Youngstown State
University
Rosemary D’Apolito, Youngstown State
Denise Narcisse, Youngstown State
This session addresses a community response to the
various facets of human trafficking, emphasizing the
history, development, structure and actions of a
northeastern Ohio formal community organization
confronting these issues. MVOC is an innovative
community organization utilizing a grassroots approach,
recruiting leaders, providing training, developing creative
collaborative strategies, and linking various institutions
and agencies. Through employing various state, regional
and local collaborative efforts, our session will present
MVOC’s successes and continuing actions regarding
massage parlors, law enforcement, rescue and restore,
legislation and the truck stop.
The recognition of MVOC by the Ohio Attorney General’s
Office shows the extensive impact of the organization’s
work. The following information from two news releases
makes reference to the organization’s action area.
Additionally The Attorney General telephoned the MVOC
Director the morning law enforcement agents raided the
massage parlors.
News Release: August 3, 2012. On August 2, 2012 the
Ohio Attorney General announced the first indictments
on human trafficking of four Chillicothe residents who
were under investigation by the newly formed Central
Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force. The Attorney
General stated, “My office created this unit because
human trafficking is happening every day in this area, and
we need to be proactive to fight it.” The Ohio Bureau of
Criminal Investigation (BCI), one of the units with the
Task Force, is presently working with human trafficking
task forces in northwestern and northeastern Ohio.
Additionally they are presently examining data from the
recently shut down massage parlors in MVOC’s area to
determine if, or the extent to which, any human
trafficking was taking place.
10:45 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Presenters
Session 32
VIOLENCE AND DEVIANCE
Milwaukee A
“Caribbean Adolescents: Factors Influencing Attitudes
about Domestic Violence”
“Violence Against Women in Guyana: Implications for the
Criminal Justice System”
“The Definition of a “Gang” in Community-Wide,
“Comprehensive” Gang Programs”
“Rethinking Rape: A Consideration of the Social
construction of the Acts, the Victims, and the
Perpetrators”
Concurrent
Session 33
Milwaukee B
Concurrent
Session 34
Crystal Rom
Daniel Stuhlatz, Mary Baldwin College
Andrew Cohen, Yale University
Session Title
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS IN PRACTICE
“The Adverse Disparate Impact Analysis: Children, Racial
Politics and Health
“The Origin, Purpose and Need for Environmental
regulations: Why Were They Written and What is at State
Without Them?”
“Emerging Anti-Pollution Environmental Activism in
China: Why Activists and NGOs are Adopting ‘Risk
Assessment Frames’”
“A Social Impact Assessment of the Enbridge Northern
Gateway Pipeline Project: Issues Affecting the
Participants in the Commercial Fishing Industry”
Presenters
Presider: Courtney R. Robinson,
University of Texas, Austin
Kathlyn Barry, University of Wisconsin
Parkside
Julíette Garesche’, ChemReport, Inc.
Jean Yen-chun Lin, University of Chicago
Liesel A. Ritchie, University of Colorado
Duane A. Gill, Oklahoma State University
Session Title
BREAKING BARRIERS: EXERCISES IN APPLIED AND
CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY
“Emancipating Social Design and Social Engineering”
“Social Capital or Social Control?: Day Labor Centers in
Immigrant Communities”
“Barriers for Entrepreneurship among Latino Migrant
Entrepreneurs”
“Iraqi Refugees in the U.S.: An Exploration of their Mental
and Psychosocial Status”
Concurrent
Session 35
Organizers: Yeon Adams, Capella
University and Brenda Marshall,
Alabama State University
Discussant: Turenza Smith
Brenda Marshall, Alabama State
University
Yeon Adams, Capella University
Presenters
Presider: Steven Curtis Dreyer
Lubomir Popov, Bowling Green State
University
Ivan Chompalov, Edinboro University of
Pennsylvania
Jacqueline M. Parent, University of
Arizona
Frank L. Farmer, University of Arkansas
Zola K. Moon, University of Arkansas
Wayne P. Miller, University of Arkansas
Cooperative Extension service
Abdullah Al-Obaidi, Rowan University
Session Title
Gilpatrick A
10:45 a.m. –
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Presenters
12:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 36
Gilpatrick B
Session Title
COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
“Threats to Urban Democracy? Municipal State Takeovers
and Implications for Social Change”
“ Applying Developing Nation strategies in a First World
Context: What Camden NJ Can Learn from the
experiences of Emerging Nations in Africa”
“Mega-Event Community Planning and Social
Marginalization: the Atlantic Olympic Games and political
Participation”
“The Glam and Sham of Gentrification”
Concurrent
Session 37
Gilpatrick C
Presenters
Moderator: Ashley Nichols, Rutgers, The
State University of New Jersey
Ashley Nichols, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
Zachary Wood, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
Prentiss Dantzler, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
Jason Rivera, Rutgers, The State
University of New Jersey
Karen Richtor, Rowan University
Session Title
THE GOOD OLD BOYS: REFLEXIVE AUTOETHNOGRAPHIES ON THE INTERSECTIONS OF
PATRIARCHY, SEXISM, AND POWER IN ACADEMIA
The panel participants will present reflexive autoethnographies of experiences in academia with power
dynamics influenced by sociological understanding of
patriarchy and sexism. Auto-ethnography was developed
by Carolyn Ellis as an “approach to systematically analyze
personal experience in order to understand cultural
experience…that challenges canonical ways of doing
research…and treats research as a political, socially-just
and socially-conscious act.” The panel aims to examine
contemporary aspects of academic setting that are
hostile to women, expose contemporary gender
discrimination in academia, and suggest possible course
of action or advise for female academics. We hope to
start a sustainable online discussion through social media
from this panel that will evolve into a collaborative global
effort to reduce gender inequality in an academic
environment.
Presenters
Organizer and moderator: Miriam Boeri,
Kennesaw State University
Panelists:
Jammie Price, Editor, Journal of Applied
Social Science
Miriam Boeri, Kennesaw State University
Janja Lalich, Chico State University
Saturday, October 6, 2012
12:00 – 2:00
p.m.
Lakeshore
Ballroom
“Doing it Our Way! Laverne and Shirley,
Women in Horse Racing, and Clinical and
Applied Sociology”
2:15 –3:30 p.m.
Presenter
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS AND
AWARDS LUNCHEON
Libby Larsen
California University of Pennsylvania
AACS President
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Concurrent
Session 38
Milwaukee A
Session Title
DIVERSITY ON CAMPUS
“An Interdisciplinary Path to Infusing Diversity into
General Education Requirements”
“Perceptions of Diversity by Faculty, Staff and Students at
Madonna University”
“Sorority Stereotypes”
XXX
Concurrent
Session 39
Milwaukee B
Concurrent
Session 40
Crystal Room
Presenters
Presider: Steve Lyng, Cathage College
Marlene Fisher, Viterbo University
Gerald Charbonneau, Madonna
University
Michelle Proctor, Madonna University
Erin Gallagher, Rowan University
Session Title
Presenters
PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS TO DRUGS AND POVERTY: AN
OPEN DISCUSSION BASED ON RESEARCH AND REALITY
Methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shards) was called
an epidemic in the media; yet few communities were
ready for increased use of methamphetamine by
suburban women. Using classic ethnographic methods to
access a hidden world behind the domestic suburban
façade, I discovered families divided by class and
impoverished by the Great Recession. The women I
talked with used methamphetamine to cope and sold it
to survive. My exploration resulted in a book on the lives
of these women. Examining the effects of punitive drug
policy, inadequate social services, and looming public
health risks (including HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C), the book
gives voice to women silenced by shame. Explained by
contemporary social theories, their drug use behavior is
shown as a social process. The in-depth stories illustrate
the divergent pathways taken by the women, influenced
not merely by choice but by structural constraints and
limited resources. I end with six practical suggestions to
more broadly implement successful initiatives that
address the problems these women face. In this FORUM
session, I will focus on the practical solutions more
thoroughly with an open discussion from the audience.
Members of the audience will be provided with a
synopsis of the book, the solutions presented, and space
to write notes. A survey rating the solutions for
practicality, cost- effectiveness, and other suggested
solutions and comments will be provided and collected at
the end. Members of the audience will be asked if they
want to be part of a team of authors to (1) write articles
for a special journal on solutions to drugs and poverty, or
(2) write one article on solutions as co-authors for
submission to the JASS.
* This research was supported by funding from the
National Institute on Drug Abuse award number
R15DA021164.
Organizer and Moderator: Miriam Boeri,
Kennesaw State University
Session Title
Presenters
LOOKING BACK: WHAT MY SOCIOLOGY INTERNSHIP
EXPERIENCE HAS MEANT TO ME
Organizer and Moderator: Mark Mantyh,
University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Panelists:
Ashley Groh, Wisconsin Community
Services - Operating While Intoxicated
Program
Panel of former interns enrolled in the UWM Internship
in Sociology Program talk about their internship
experience, and was that has meant for them since in
terms of their world view and occupation/employment.
2:15 –3:30 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 41
Gilpatrick A
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
EXAMINING THE EVIDENCE II: APPLIED CRIMINOLOGY’S
CRITIQUE OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
“No Way Out: Milwaukee as an Emblem of the Future of
Corrections”
“Building and Sustaining a Community: Response to
Violence”
“Constructing the School to Prison Pipeline”
“Prison Families: Studies in Determination, Conspiracy,
and Unconditional Love”
Concurrent
Session 42
Organizer: Mike Hirsh, Huston-Tillotson
University
Sandra Jones, Rowan University
Presider: Jennifer Farmer, Texas State
University
Roger Guy, University of North Carolina,
Pembroke
Crystalee Crain, Peralta Community
College District
Courtney R. Robinson, University of
Texas, Austin
Ann Chavat, The Next Right Thing, Inc.
Session Title
Presenters
Jammie Price, Editor, Journal of Applied
Social Science
Tina Quartaroli and Kathy Stolley, Editors,
Social Insight
2:15 –3:30 p.m.
Gilpatrick C
Presenters
MEET THE EDITORS
Gilpatrick B
Concurrent
Session 43
Clint Herbert , Running Rebels
Emily Reardo, Running Rebels
Joanne Chaloub, Milwauke Metropolitan
Fair Housing Council
Johanna Moss, Wisconsin State Public
Defender
Samantha Gonnering, Wisconsin State
Public Defender
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
PLANTING GARDENS TO GROW COMMUNITY AND STEM
VIOLENCE
In this interactive case study workshop, participants
consider a real life scenario related to a community
partnership to install vegetable gardens in a low income
urban neighborhood.
The case: In 2009, the public health department in
Madison collaborated with two local universities and
other community partners to initiate a unique violence
prevention strategy in a low income urban neighborhood:
the installation of vegetable gardens in the front yard of
multi-unit rental properties. The objectives of the garden
project were to beautify the neighborhood, promote the
local production of fresh fruits and vegetables, provide
employment for local youth and connect neighbors to
one another – all in the hopes of building social capital
among residents and, ultimately, reducing neighborhood
Presenters
Organizer:
Julie Whitaker, Edgewood College
Presenters:
Julie Whittaker, Edgewood College
Tricia Egan, Edgewood College
violence. However, as a project initiated by “outsiders,” it
has fallen short of its ultimate goal of empowering the
community and building social capital, while at the same
time remaining viable without substantial assistance from
outside the neighborhood.
After being presented with a sketch of the case
parameters, characters and central conflicts, participants
will be asked to consider possible avenues for
maintaining the gardens through authentic and lasting
forms of community engagement.
The workshop will end with a presentation of actual
choices and outcomes to date, followed by discussion of
next steps.
3:45 –5:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 44
Milwaukee A
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
POTPOURRI
“Clinical Approaches to Supporting Women’s Social
Experiences in Retirement Communities.”
“Parental in Context: The Role of Context and Perceived
Control in Shaping Parental Aspirations for Children”
“Pride and Joy: African American Mothers’ Influences on
their Professional Daughters’ Success”
“Dextromethorphan Abuse Among Adults”
3:45 –5:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 45
Denise A. Narcisse, Youngstown State
University
Amanda C. Meyer, Western Michigan
University
Session Title
Presenters
CONVICT CRIMINOLOGY STUDENT PANEL SESSION
Students discussing teaching Convict Criminology inside
Wisconsin state prisons
3:45 –5:00 p.m.
Crystal Room
Tina Quartaroli, University of Central
Missouri
Deborah Phelps, Fontbonne University
Jennifer Hall, University of Chicago
Concurrent Sessions
Milwaukee B
Concurrent
Session 46
Presenters
Organizer and Moderator: Stephen C.
Richards, University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Panelists from the University of
Wisconsin Oshkosh:
Kristina Deibert
Jason Ruff
Keli Blatz
Michael Huth
Richard Hendrickson
Matthew Ritchie
Hanna S. Kirk
James Wetzel
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
JUDITH LITTLE STUDENT PROBLEM SOLVING
COMPETITION
Presenters
Presiders:
Mike Hirsch, Huston-Tillotson University
Steve Lyng, Carthage College
Pamela Jenkins, University of New
Orleans
Wayne Youngquist, University of
Wisconsin, Whitewater
During this session participating student teams present
their proposals to representatives from the organization
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom.
After all proposals have been presented, the judges will
meet in closed session and return and announce the
winner of the competition.
Concurrent
Session 47
Session Title
Presenters
Gilpatrick A
3:45 –5:00 p.m.
Concurrent
Session 48
Concurrent Sessions
Session Title
Presenters
Session Title
Presenters
Gilpatrick B
Concurrent
Session 48
Gilpatrick C
Time
5:30 –7:00 p.m.
Milwaukee
Room
9:00 a.m. –
12:00 p.m.
Gilpatrick Room
Saturday, October 6, 2012
Session Title
Presider:
Executive Business Meeting
Presenters
Libby Larsen, California University,
Pennsylvania
Gavel to be handed to President-Elect, Tina
Quartaroli, University of Central Missouri
Sunday, October 7, 2012
Presider:
Incoming Board Meeting
Missouri
Tina Quartaroli, University of Central
Please Join Us in 2013!!
ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED AND CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY
ANNUAL CONFERENCE
IN
PORTLAND, OREGON
October 3-5, 2013 at the Doubletree Hilton Portland
AACS 2012 Conference Panelists/Presenters
Name
Affiliation
Email
Session[s]
Abdi, Abdihakin
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Adams, Troy
Arkansas State University
Adams, Yeon
Capella University
Allen, Amy
Safe Place
AAllen@safeplace.org
21, 29
Al-Obaidi, Abdullah
Rowan University
alobai01@students.rowan.edu
34
Alomosh, Ahmed
University of Sharjah
alomosh@sharjah.ac.ae
17
Al_Othman, Husein M.
University of Sharjah
17
Baba-Singhri, Ahmadu A.
Grand View University
19
Barone, Christine
Rowan University
Barry, Kathlyn
University of Wisconsin - Parkside
barry@uwp.edu
33
Bharadwaj, Lakshmi K.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
lakshmi@uwm.edu
9
Blatz, Keli
University of Wisconsin - Oskosh
Boeri, Miriam
Kennesaw State University
Bradley, Rebecca
Fontbonne University
8
Brunsma, David L.
Virginia Tech
16
Burnett, James
Idaho State University
Burnjam5@isu.edu
13
Crain, Crystalee
Peralta Community College District
Crystallee.crain@gmail.com
Cappello, Kristina
University of Tampa
41
Poster Session,
4
22
aadams@astate.edu
3, 29
32
Poster Session
45
mboeri@kennesaw.edu
37, 39
Charbonneau, Gerald
Milwaukee Metropolitan Fair Housing
Council
Madonna University
Charvat, Ann
Tennessee State University - Nashville
Chompalov, Ivan
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania
34
Cocroft, Shelytia
Wayne State University
20
Cohen, Andrew C.
Yale University
cohen6a@gmail.com
22, 32
Companion, Michèle
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
mcompani@uccs.edu
8
Cross, Bill
Illinois College
cross@ic.edu
8
Dantzler, Prentiss
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
D’Apolito, Rosemary
Dayton, Barbara
Youngstown State University
Oakton Community College
rdapolito@ysu.edu
B3T2@aol.com
31
Diana, Augie
National Institute on Drug Abuse
dianaa@nida.nih.gov
W4, 29
Dietsche, Lucas Alan
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
28
Deibert, Kristina
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
13, 45
Chaloub, Joanne
Dreyer, Steven Curtis
40
38
ann.charvat@thenextrightthinginc.com
29, 41
36
9
stevendreyer@hotmail.com
1, 34
marilyn@thedoorway.ca
12
Dyck, Marilyn
The Doorway
Egan, Tricia
Edgewood College
Ekland-Olson, Sheldon
University of Texas
seo@ssc.utexas.edu
Ester, Ed
Symbility Solutions, Inc.
eester@wi.rr.com
43
Friday morning
plenary, 23
27
Farmer, Jennifer L.
Texas State University
jenniferlynn.writer@gmail.com
18, 41
Farmer, Frank L.
University of Arkansas
Finkelstein, Marv
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Fisher, Marlene
Viterbo University
Fleischer, Michael S.
Organizational Dynamics
34
mfinkel@siue.edu
26
22, 38
mikefleischer@cs.com
10, 30
AACS 2012 Conference Panelists/Presenters
Name
Affiliation
Email
Session[s]
Fleming, Brandon
Rowan University
flemin66@students.rowan.edu
5
Fleming, Grace
Tejas Family Guidance Center
gracielafleming@gmail.com
W5, 29
Friesen, Bruce
University of Tampa
bfriesen@ut.edu
11
Gallagher, Erin
Rowan University
Garesche’, Julíette
ChemReport, Inc.
Gartland, Beverly
Youngstown State University
Gay, David
Gilbertson, Ben
University of Central Florida
Center for Urban Research and Learning,
Loyola University Chicago
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
gilber67@uwm.edu
8, 16
Gill, Duane
Oklahoma State University
duane.gill@okstate.edu
5, 33
Gonnering, Samantha
Wisconsin State Public Defender
Grahlfs, F. Lincoln
University of Wisconsin Colleges
George, Christine
38
33
profgartland@yahoo.com
31
7
1
40
flg17@caa.columbia.edu
9
Guy, Roger
Wisconsin Community Services - Operating
While Intoxicated Program
Rufus King International High School,
Milwaukee Public Schools
University of North Carolina, Pembroke
Hagedorn, John
University of Illinois, Chicago
Hall, Jennifer
University of Chicago
44
Hankin, Janet
Wayne State University
21
Haque, Muhammad
McNeese State University
Hefner, Alex
Viterbo University
22
Henderson, Howard
Sam Houston State University
3
Hendricksen, Richard
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
28, 45
Hensley, Melissa Ann
Augsburg College
4
Herbert , Clint
Running Rebels
40
Hern, Lindy
Hidayat, Dadit
Manchester University
University of Wisconsin, Madison
lstarrh@gmail.com
Hirsch, Michael L.
Huston-Tillotson University
mlhirsch@htu.edu
Hobbs, Anne
UNO Juvenile Justice Institute
W3, 9, 18, 23,
27, 41, 46
W7
Huth, Michael
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
45
Imp, Frank
Milwaukee Police Department
27
Jackson, Kathy Merlock
Virginia Wesleyan College
21
Javed, Arifa
Alabama State University
15
Pamela J Jenkins
University of New Orleans
Jirek, Sarah L.
University of Tampa
4, 11
Johnson, Kevin
Oklahoma State University
5
Jones, Sandra J.
Rowan University
Kelly, Elizabeth
Ouachita Baptist University
Kettlitz, Robert E.
Hastings College
rkettlitz@hastings.edu
24
Kilanski, Kristine
University of Texas
kristine.kilanski@gmail.com
18
Kim, Henry
Wheaton College
1
King, Sandra L.
Wayne State University
Poster Session,
20
Kirk, Hanna S.
University of Wisconsin - Oskosh
45
Groh, Ashley
Guardalabene, Mark
40
guard.m@sbcglobal.net
27
roger.guy@uncp.edu
41
huk@uic.edu
18
mhaque@mcneese.edu
pjenkins@uno.edu
jonessa@rowan.edu
22
19
W2
W3, 46
9, 18, 41
7
AACS 2012 Conference Panelists/Presenters
Name
Affiliation
Email
Session[s]
Klamm, Jennifer
Lakeland College
KlammJ@lakeland.edu
4, 22
Kleinman, Mary
Loyola University, Chicago
Koppel, Ross
University of Pennsylvania
rkoppel@sas.upenn.edu
24
Krause, Jerry
Humboldt State University
Jerrald.Krause@humboldt.edu
26
Kubilus, Kaitlin A.
Miami University Applied Research Center
5
Lalich, Janja
Chico State University
37
21
10, Presidential
Address,
Saturday
Business
Session
20
Larsen, Libby
California University, PA
larsen_libby@yahoo.com
Lee, James Daniel
San Jose State University
james.lee@sjsu.edu
Lenza, Michael
University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh
13
Lyng, Steve
Carthage College
W3, 7, 38, 46
Lynxwiler, John
University of Central Florida
7
Lyon, Eleanor
University of Connecticut
elyon@charter.net
24
Mantayh, Mark R.
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee
mkmantyh@uwm.edu
40
Marganski, Alison
Virginia Wesleyan College
amarganski@vwc.edu
2, 15, 18
Marina, Peter
University of Missouri-St. Louis
marina@umsl.edu
2
Marshall, Brenda I.
Alabama State University
bmarshall@alasu.edu
15, 32
Marshall, Debra
Brevard Community College
7
Mathews, Mathew
National University of Singapore
1
McCall, Grant S.
Tulane University
gsmccall@gmail.com
2
McDonald, Meghan
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
meghan.shakti@gmail.com
27
Merolla, David
Wayne State University
21
Meyer, Amanda C.
Western Michigan University
44
Meyers, Leslie
University of Missouri
16
Miller, DeMond S.
Rowan University
Miller, Wayne P.
University of Arkansas Cooperative
Extension service
Mobley, Alan
San Diego State University
Moon, Zola
University of Arkansas
34
Moss, Johanna
Wisconsin State Public Defender
40
Musick, David
University of Northern Colorado
18
Musick, Kristine
University of Northern Colorado
18
Nagar, Naama
University of Wisconsin, Madison
20
Narcisse, Denise
Youngstown State University
Nedilsky, Bohdan V.
New Horizons for Learning High School
6
Nedilsky, Lida V.
North Park University
6
Neely, Elizabeth
Nebraska State Bar Association
W7
Nichols, Ashley
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
36
Olimat, Humoud
Hashymia University
Parent, Jacqueline M.
University of Arizona
34
Payne, Lisa Lyon
Virginia Wesleyan College
21
Penner, Louis A.
Wayne State University
21
Peterson, Amy
Wayne State University
21
Peterson, Jeff
Linfield Center for the Northwest
millerd@rowan.edu
5
34
amobley@mail.sdsu.edu
narcisseda@aol.com
holimat@gmail.com
jdpeters@linfield.edu
28
31, 44
17
23
AACS 2012 Conference Panelists/Presenters
Name
Affiliation
Email
Session[s]
Phelps, Deborah
Fontbonne University
dphelps@fontbonne.edu
10, 20, 30, 44
Picou, J. Steven
University of South Alabama
picou@centurytel.net
5
Pipkins, Martel
Minnesota State University, Mankato
22
Pollock, Wayne
Virginia Weslyan University
7
Popov, Lubomir Savov
Bowling Green State University
lspopov@bgsu.edu
4, 8, 16, 26, 34
Popova, Margarita
Freelance Design Researcher
mspopova1@gmail.com
8, 16
Pratt, Emmanual
Sweet Water Foundation
6
Prew, Paul
Minnesota State University, Mankato
22
Price, Jammie
Editor, Journal of Applied Social Science
Proctor, Michelle
Madonna University
38
Oliver, Brian
Northwestern College
28
Quartaroli, Tina
University of Central Missouri
20, 30, 42, 44,
Sunday
morning board
meeting
Reardo, Emily
Running Rebels
Richards, Stephen C.
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
scrichards@charter.net
Ritchie, Liesel
University of Colorado
Liesel.Ritchie@colorado.edu
Ritchie, Matthew
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
28, 45
Richtor, Karen
Rowan University
36
Rivera, Jason
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Roberson , Karen
Alabama State University
Robinson, Courtney R.
University of Texas
crob@utexas.edu
33, 41
Rudd, Mueni
Huston-Tillotson University
mueni93@gmail.com
5, 9, 23
Ruff, Jason
Sacco, Steven
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Center for Urban Research and Learning,
Loyola University, Chicago
Loyola University, Chicago
Samuels, Eric
Texas Homeless Network
Schall, David
Milwaukee Area Community College
Schanning, Kevin
Schneider, Leah E.
Northland College
7
Miami University Applied Research Center
5
Seagrave, Mary
Environmental Corporation of America
mary.seagrave@eca-usa.com
W1
Sengstock, Mary Cay
Wayne State University
msengstock@wayne.edu
15
Sethuraju, Nadarajan (Raj)
Minnesota State University, Mankato
22
Seufert, Robert L.
Miami University Applied Research Center
Center for Urban Research and Learning,
Loyola University Chicago
University of Missouri-St. Louis
5
Rumpf, Cesraea
Shevrin, Julie
Shields, Nancy A.
jammieprice@gmail.com
tquartaroli@gmail.com
jason.rivera8472@gmail.com
20, 37, 42
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13, Saturday
morning
plenary, 45
5, 33
36
15
45
1
16
W5
schalld@matc.edu
9
1
nancy_shields@umsl.edu
2
Slappe, Jason
University of North Florida, Center for
Community Initiatives
20
Smikun, Emmanuel
American Social Indicators
19
Smith, Turenza
Alabama State University
15, 32
Steele, Steve
Anne Arundel Community College
sf.steele@comcast.net
W6, 14, 24, 26
Stoelting, Suzanne
Fontbonne University
SStoelting@Fontbonne.edu
8
Stolley, Kathy
Virginia Wesleyan College
kstolley@vwc.edu
14, 21, 42
AACS 2012 Conference Panelists/Presenters
Name
Affiliation
Stroeker, Randy
University of Wisconsin, Madison
W2
Stuhlatz, Daniel
Mary Baldwin College
32
Sun, Juyeon
Tabb-Dina, Karen
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
21
University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
3
Testa, Alberto
Brunel University, UK
10
Thompson, Michael F.
Grinnell College
1
Tjaden, Claus
Toucan Research
W4
Wall, Amitra A.
25
Weinstein, Jay
Buffalo State College
State University of New York, Institute of
Technology
University of North Florida
Wetzel, James
University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
Wiest, James H.
Hastings College
Whitaker, Julie
Edgewood College
Will, Jeff
Center for Community Initiatives
Willis, Catherine
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Wilson, Leon
East Carolina University
Wilson, William Julius
Harvard University
Winston, Norma
University of Tampa
Weber, Linda
Wong, Newman
Email
Session[s]
flrw@sunyit.edu
19
weinsteinjay@sbcglobal.net
3
45
jwiest@hastings.edu
W7, 23
43
jwill@unf.edu
5
W2
wilsonl@ecu.edu
3
Keynote
Address
nwinston@ut.edu
4, 11
newmancwong@gmail.com
Wood, Zachary
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Youngquist, Wayne
University of Wisconsin - Whitewater
36
W3, 16, Friday
night reception
46
Starting Applied Sociology
Early…
An Applied Department,
a Two-year College…
Contact: Thomas J. Karwoski, Chair
Department of Sociology and Geography
Anne Arundel Community College
101 College Parkway
Arnold, Maryland 21012
http://www.aacc.edu/socgeo
Phone: 410-777-2833
Validating the applied
experience early…
See our Letter of Recognition in
Applied Sociology at
http://ola4.aacc.edu/soc/LetterofRecognition/ho
me.htm
JOIN THE SECTION ON SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE and
PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY!!!
Become part of a network.
Find mentors.
Form links with sociologists in and outside of academia.
With your membership we can get the support we deserve from the ASA.
Take the sociological mind into the marketplace … non-sociologists almost are desperate to
understand the importance of context and conceptual frameworks
WHY THE SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE & PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY SECTION?
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The Sociological Practice and Public Sociology (SPPS) Section exists to increase understanding of the
relationship between sociological knowledge and sociological practice.
Serving as a forum within the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Section works to advance
the interests and representation of sociologists working in applied, clinical and academic settings.
The Section unites faculty and students who are interested in applied and clinical areas with
practitioners who are pursuing non-academic career paths.
The Section helps people learn about the non-academic.
The Section provides academics with practice-related interests with a forum for addressing issues of
concern, refining their strategies for training students, and maintaining contact with sociologists
working outside academia.
Section members active in Public Sociology are shaping public discourse and agendas.
MAKE SOCIOLOGY WORK FOR YOU! There are alternatives to tenure-track!
Roy Feldman, SPPS Chair
email; royfeldman@bainy.org
phone: 212 717-9528
Shift the Perspective…
… Lead Social Change
Humboldt State University
Masters in Teaching and/or Practicing Sociology
Real Research & Practical Experience
While we’re proud of our rigorous academic program, we know that there is no substitute for real world experience. Teaching
students benefit from structured teaching sociology seminars, assistantships and internship opportunities. Practicing
students complete at least 240 hours of consulting work in local or national field placements with non-profits,
government agencies or research institutes. Our MA in Practicing Sociology is accredited by the Commission on
Applied and Clinical Sociology.
An Engaged Department
Faculty and students work closely together on community action and research projects. Many are involved with HSU
research institutes, such as the Center for Applied Social Analysis and Education, the Institute for Study of Alternative
Dispute Resolution, the California Center for Rural Policy, the Altruistic Personality and Prosocial Behavior Institute and the
Humboldt Journal of Social Relations.
Our Graduates are Employed. Just a Few Titles Include…
Adult Day Program Coordinator
Community Planner
College Professor
Child Services Association Director of Operations
Public Health Program Director
Probation Officer
Research Analyst
Research Consultant
Teacher
For more information visit our web site www.humboldt.edu/~soc
and contact our Department Office at 707-826-3139.
Artwork by Rini Templeton
Master of Science in
Applied Sociology
Southeastern Louisiana University
-Located 40 miles from New Orleans and Baton Rouge
-Concentrations in Criminal Justice, Cultural & Regional Diversity, and Public Policy
-Thesis or Internship Option Available
For more information contact:
Dr. John Boulahanis
Graduate Coordinator
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
SLU 10626
Hammond, LA 70402
Office Phone: (985) 549-2384
Fax Phone: (985) 549-5961
jboulahanis@selu.edu
www.selu.edu
Applied Sociology Position Opening for 2012-2013
Department of Sociology, History and Political Science (SHPS)
Indiana University Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. although ABD may be considered if within two years of completion. Teaching: 3
courses per semester including introductory sociology, research methods, and other courses as needed (evaluation
research, medical sociology, drugs and society, stratification, power, and/or work & occupations.) Candidates must be able
to contribute to the Applied Sociology/Human Services track within the sociology major by supervising internships and
helping to develop an applied research center conducting research with students for local nonprofit and social/human
service agencies. Candidates are expected to be scholars with active research agendas, effective teachers, as well as, active
in committee work on campus. Position begins August 2012. Additional details about application materials and the full
position announcement are available at these meetings and may be found on our web site at http://www.iuk.edu/
See Dr. Nancy A. Greenwood, Chair, SHPS, Indiana University Kokomo who will be present at the AACS meetings in New
Orleans. Leave messages at the hotel front desk during the AACS conference and/or call hotel operator to leave a message.
ngreenwo@iuk.edu or call (after 10/15/11) the Department Office at 765/455-9417.
Sociology Major –
Applied Concentration
Are you curious about...
Who commits crime and why?
Technology and the natural environment?
Why people look up when waiting for the elevator?
Can you see yourself...
Solving social problems like fair access to resources?
Leading others in the change you wish to see in the world?
Conducting small group therapy for adult criminal offenders?
Studying communication patterns among Shuttle astronauts?
...in careers including...
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City Planner, Congressional Aide, Organization Consultant, Fundraiser
Secret Service Agent, Parole/Probation Officer, INS Border Patrol, Transportation Security Administration
(TSA) Official, Forensic Social Worker
Public Relations Specialist, News Correspondent
Alcohol and Drug Caseworker, Mental Health Worker, Recreation Therapist, Family Mediator, Independent
Living Trainer, Public Health Educator
Union Organizer, Consumer Advocate, Peace Corps/VISTA worker
AND MORE!!!
California University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Larsen, Director of Applied Sociology Program larsen@calu.edu 724.938.4149