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THE BULLETIN |
| A Publication of the North Carolina Sociological
Association Volume 30, Number 1 Spring 2004 |
| THE BULLETIN is a publication of the North Carolina
Sociological Association. The NCSA is open to any person engaged in teaching or research
in sociology, or in a field of applied sociology, as well as to any student whose major
interest is sociology. Members receive SOCIATION TODAY and are invited to attend the
annual meeting of the association in late winter or early spring. Dues for one calendar
year are $11 (professional) and $3 (student). For more information about the NCSA, please
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NCSA’s On-line Journal
Looks at Poverty
by George Conklin The second issue of Sociation Today (www.sociationtoday.org), the official web-based journal of the North Carolina Sociological Association, is now available. It is a special edition dedicated to the issue of poverty and the values of those who are in theory at risk. We encourage you to include the journal as a reference in your courses on stratification and social inequality, as well as principles and introductory courses. Maps of levels of poverty in the USA by county are especially interesting to students and can be used as a graphic demonstration in class. Material for the Spring 2004 issue of Sociation Today is now being evaluated. We are especially interested in the issue of deindustrialization and how deindustrialization is affecting North Carolina. If any of our members is working on this subject, please let George Conklin know (gconklin @wpo.nccu.edu). Please continue to consider writing an article for Sociation Today as the spring term progresses. Visit NCSA Journal, SOCIATION TODAY On-Line SOCIATION TODAY is the first
web-based journal sponsored by a professional society. Let Us Know! Members of the NCSA are encouraged to contact any member of the NCSA Executive Council to suggest state sociological issues they would like the organization to address. Contact Cathy Zimmer, NCSA president. 2004 NCSA Membership Application/Renewal FormRegistration for 2003 NCSA Annual Meeting NCSA 2004 Registration and
Membership Form is available as a PDF document.
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"Teaching, Research and Service: Blurring of the Boundaries"NCSA
Will Meet in Chapel Hill on March 4 and 5
by Cathy Zimmer Come to the 2004 annual meeting of the North Carolina Sociological Association to be held on March 4 and 5 at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. The theme for the meeting will be "Teaching, Research and Service: Blurring of the Boundaries." Sessions will be organized around how these primary aspects of our jobs seem to be intersecting more and more, enriching each aspect, while at the same time making each harder to distinguish from the others. The meetings will have a familiar format. We will get together on Thursday evening, March 4, at the hotel for a reception from 7 pm to 9pm. The next day we move to sessions and the business meeting. The capstone of our annual meeting will be a keynote address by Michael Burawoy, Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and the President of the American Sociological Association, followed by responses to his talk by three of our colleagues here in North Carolina. Michael is an engaging speaker who has much to say about bringing sociology to the general public. Then David Brady (Duke University), Francois Nielson (UNC-Chapel Hill) and Charles Tittle (NC State University) will tell Michael and all of us what their views are of public sociology. Please take a look at the tentative schedule that has been included in this newsletter for more details about the sessions that are scheduled for you. I hope it wets your appetite for the meetings coming soon in March! Encourage your students to join you at the meetings as well. There are sessions designed specifically for undergraduate and graduate students planned as well as exhibits by graduate programs and the American Sociological Association that will interest them. The Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel (sheratonchapelhill.com) has lovely meeting space and we have reserved rooms for you at a rate of $80 per night (plus tax). The deadline for making reservations in our room block is Feb. 15, 2004. Make sure you specify that you are attending the NCSA meeting when you make your reservation to get this low rate. There are other hotels in Chapel Hill that are close by if you would prefer to stay in them, however no special rates apply. There is a Hampton Inn (www.hamptoninn.com), a Days Inn (www.daysinn.com), and a Holiday Inn (www.holiday-in.com) just down the road from the Sheraton. For more information about Chapel Hill and its neighbor Carrboro, check out the UNC web page for a list of fun sites to see on campus (www.unc.edu/about/) and the chamber of commerce web page(www.carolinachamber.org/aboutchcar/) for lists of restaurants and local attractions. I look forward to seeing you all in Chapel Hill in March! For further information about the meeting, please contact me, Cathy Zimmer, President-Elect of NCSA at UNC-Chapel Hill, 919-962-0516 or cathy_zimmer@unc.edu. Here are Directions to the Sheraton Chapel Hill HotelHeading for the annual meeting? Here’s how to get there! FROM THE WEST: Take I-40 East to Exit 270, Highway 15-501 South. Take Highway 15-501 South to the 4th traffic signal and turn left onto Europa Drive. The hotel is on the left. FROM THE EAST: Take I-40 West to Exit 270, Highway 15-501 South. Take Highway 15-501 South to the 5th traffic signal and turn left onto Europa Drive. The hotel is on the left. FROM THE SOUTH: Take 15-501 North to Chapel Hill over the James Taylor Bridge and bear right onto Highway 15-501 North/ Highway 54 East (you are bypassing downtown Chapel Hill). Remain on Highway 15-501 North to the 7th traffic signal and turn right onto Europa Drive. The hotel is on the left. FROM THE NORTH: Take I-85 to Highway 15-501 South. Take Highway 15-501 South to the 8th traffic signal and turn left onto Europa Drive. The hotel is on the left. For detailed driving directions, use MapQuest (http://www.mapquest. com/directions/) on the web with your address and the hotel address: One Europa Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27517. Here are the Candidates for NCSA Council, President This year the Nominating Committee has found three candidates for positions on the NCSA Executive Council and one candidate willing to stand for office as president-elect. NCSA members are invited to write in candidates for these offices should they so desire. Official ballots are included with the mailed-out version of THE BULLETIN. If you have paid your current dues but have not received a mailing, please contact NCSA secretary/treasurer Sue Pauley. Rebecca Bach is the candidate for president-elect. The nominees for the three openings on the NCSA Executive Council are Shelly Brown, Lori Heiger, and Bill Smith. "We appreciate the willingness of these candidates to volunteer their time and talents to support the NCSA," said NCSA President Beth Davision on behalf of the Nominating Committee. "If others would be willing to serve, now or in the future, we encourage them to make themselves known." Candidate for President-Elect The president-elect of the NCSA will serve as the program chair for next year’s annual meeting. Following a year as president, this person will serve for one year as a member of the Executive Council. Rebecca Bach Rebecca Bach is currently the Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies in the department of sociology at Duke University where she enjoy teaching courses on gender and work, the sociology of sexuality and the sociology internship seminar. She has served as secretary and president of Sociologists for Women in Society - South, on the Committee on the Status of Women and the Nominations Committee for the Southern Sociological Society, and recently as a member of the Executive Council for the North Carolina Sociological Association. "After attending my first NCSA meeting in Salem several years ago, I have not missed an annual meeting," Bach notes. "Why? I find that NCSA supports me in my teaching, service and research activities. The sessions at the annual meetings are always inspiring and work to recharge my professional batteries. As President of NCSA I would aspire to reach out to more sociology departments and programs throughout the state. I believe that as sociologists we are ‘fighting the good fight’ as we work to develop our students’ sociological imaginations and enlighten those in our various communities to the power of the sociological perspective. The NCSA should be a professional organization that celebrates the work we do and supports our professional growth and development. I would be honored to serve as President of this organization." Candiates for NCSA Executive Council The membership will elect three of the following candidates to serve three-year terms on the NCSA Executive Council. Please use the enclosed ballot. You may write in candidates if you wish. Shelly Brown Shelly Brown (Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2000) is an Assistant Professor in the Sociology Department at UNCG. Prior to coming to UNCG, she worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Social Organization of Schools housed at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Brown’s major research interests are in the area of race and education. Her main focus is on the influence of race, poverty, and school composition effects on the achievement of students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grades. Her current research is focused on the effects of poverty and race on education in the early years to examine when, why, and how the educational gap in achievement begins and widens as students continue through the educational process. Lori D. Heiger Lori Heiger is an Instructor of Social & Behavioral Sciences at Alamance Community College (1999 - present). She received a Masters in Social Psychology from the University of South Carolina in 1986 as well as a Certificate in Gerontology from USC in 1993. She is actively involved in several professional organizations including NCCCSPA, SSS, and SWS-S. "First, I would like to state that I have been proud to be a member and actively involved with the North Carolina Sociological Association since I moved to North Carolina in 1999," said Heiger. "As council member, I would like to continue NCSA’s tradition of promoting sociology in North Carolina. I would like to maintain our status as one of the premier state organizations for sociology while connecting with other states’ sociology associations to encourage further growth of our field. I would promote diversity within our field by inviting more participation from students, adjuncts and full-time instructors from the community college system. As a community college instructor myself, I have always found that I was better able to stay current in my chosen field when I was involved with the state associations. Finally, I would hope to serve this organization in all its areas." Bill Smith William R. Smith received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University and currently is an Associate Professor at North Carolina State University in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Throughout his career, his interests have focused on methodological issues in the study of crime. In recent years he has been studying diverse problems in the areas of racial profiling, public housing, and the prediction of future individual criminal behavior. He is currently working on a book on family and educational contexts as causes of delinquency. |
Come to the Awards
Banquet!
Our annual awards banquet will be held from 12:00-2:00 pm this year. It is the time in the program when we recognize our colleagues for their contributions to sociology and our students for excellent papers. Please join us for a lunch of salad, southwest chicken topped with a pepper and roasted corn sauce, and dessert. The vegetarian entree option is tortellini stuffed with cheeses tossed with vegetables in a tomato basil sauce. Be sure to indicate on your registration form if you would like the vegetarian selection. The banquet cost is $20. Preregistration is required to insure your place at the table! Tentative Schedule for the 2004 NCSA Meeting Thursday, March 4 7-9 pm: Reception at the Sheraton Chapel Hill Hotel. Friday, March 5 Contact Information: The editor of THE BULLETIN is Lee Dodson, Professor of Humanities
and Social Sciences at Rockingham Community College, P.O. Box 38, Wentworth, NC 27375-0038 The secretary/treasurer of the NCSA is Sue Pauley, Professor of Sociology at Wingate University, Campus Box 5007, Wingate, NC 28174. Questions about membership should be directed to Dr. Pauley. Appalachian Studies Association Meets March 26-28The 27th Annual Meeting of the Appalachian Studies Association is being held in Cherokee, March 26-28. The theme for the meeting is "Building A HealthyRegion: From Historical Trauma to Hope and Healing." There are some 106 sessions scheduled over three days covering Appalachian regional and Native American issues from the standpoint of a number of disciplines. Sociology is well represented, as are a number of community-based initiatives for social change. For more information, including the conference preliminary program and registration materials, go to www.appalachian studies.org. |
