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THE BULLETIN |
| of the North Carolina Sociological Association Volume 32, Number 1 January/February 2006 |
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Don’t Forget the
Awards Banquet! Our annual awards banquet will be held from 12:30-2:00 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 lunch. The banquet cost is $20. Students will pay only $10 for the luncheon. Preregistration is required to insure your place at the table! Going to the Meeting? Here’s How to Get There! From I-85 North (Charlotte): Take exit 173 (Cole
Mill Rd). Turn right at light onto Cole Mill Rd. Turn right at the
second traffic light onto Hillsborough Rd. The Hilton Durham is a half
mile ahead on the right. Council Proposes Dues Increase Members of the NCSA Executive Council have proposed raising the annual dues for the association. The business meeting will consider whether to accept the increase. Our by-laws require that any increase in dues be approved by the membership. The Executive Council has recommended that dues be raised from $3 to $5 for students and from $11 to $15 for professional members. Student member- ship will continue to include registration for the annual meeting.
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 THE BULLETIN 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, includes registration for annual meeting). For more information about the NCSA, please visit its main page. Click here to return to THE BULLETIN home page. |
Expanding Sociology: Come to the 2006 NCSA Annual Meeting in Durham by Miles Simpson North Carolina Sociological Association members, friends and new colleagues, it is time to plan for the North Sociological Association’s annual meeting. I invite you to join us at the Durham Hilton. February 16 and 17, 2006 for wonderful program. The meeting begins as usual with the Thursday night reception. The entertainment will be announced latter. Friday we will have a full day of interesting sessions, the annual banquet, exhibits, and awards. The North Carolina Central University sociology faculty and students look forward to hosting the NCSA. Given the mild weather so far this year, we hope to see many of our colleagues from the coast and mountains. The Durham Hilton is just off I - 85 and there is plenty of parking. A limited number of rooms are available at the special rate of $89.00. Be sure to mention the North Carolina Sociological Association when booking your room. Call for reservations at 1-800-514-3957. Look on the NCSA web site for forthcoming details on preregistration. Banquet space will be limited. One complimentary drink will be given to anyone who registers Thursday night. Our theme is "Expanding Sociology." As we move further into a new century, sociology must confront new societal challenges affecting our community, state and nation. Sociologists are finding new roles in facing these challenges. The program includes a new look at our southern region, serious social issues generated by the new economy including endemic unemployment and private prisons, the consequences of the new urban planning‘s "smart growth" for minority populations and sociology’s new challenge, understanding Islamic society. Also, we will take a look at how to integrate sociology and business education and a session on how sociology clubs can enhance the sociology program. We have a ‘boot camp’ for undergraduates considering graduate school and sociology. Lastly for the musically inclined, there is a session on social problem in song. You will want to come early and leave late. Be sure to preregister for the annual meeting and the Awards Banquet. Seating is limited for the Awards Banquet. Everyone must sign up in advance. A special banquet rate is available for students who preregister. The business meeting will consider whether to raise the annual dues of the association. Our by-laws require that any increase in dues be approved by the membership. The Executive Council has recommended that dues be raised from $3 to $5 for students and from $11 to $15 for professional members. What else is there to do in Durham? I have always enjoyed the butterfly house and the North Carolina wildlife exhibits at the Museum of Life and Science in Durham. If the weather is nice, you may want to visit the Duke Chapel (www.chapel.duke.edu/chapel/home/) and take a walk through Sarah P. Duke Gardens (www.hr.duke.edu/dukegardens/dukegardens.html). If shopping is your idea of fun, you should definitely check out the Streets at Southpointe Mall. History buffs will want to take in Bennett Place (www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/sections/hs/bennett/bennett.htm) where the Civil War officially ended and explore the rich cultural history of Durham’s African American Community at the Hayti Heritage Center (www.hayti.org/index2.asp). For more information about these sites and many more, visit the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau at www.durham-nc.com/ The North Carolina Sociological Association Annual Meeting, 2006 Thursday, February 16, 2006: 7-9 pm Welcoming Reception at the Durham Hilton Friday, February 17, 2006: 8:15-9 am Registration and Exhibits 9-9:15 Welcome and Program Overview 9:15-9:45 Presidential Address: Miles Simpson President-Elect 9:45-10 am Exhibits and Mingle 10-11 am General Sessions 1. Sociology with a Southern Face. Ron Wimberley, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, North Carolina State University 2. Smart Growth and Urban Change: Is Smart Growth Merely Fashionable Racism? George Conklin, North Carolina Central University. Panel Organizer. Panel: Beth Davidson, Appalachian State University; George Conkin, North Carolina Central University; Robert Jentsch, Retired Professor of Planning and member of Durham’s Planning Board; Denise Hester, Community Activists, Fayetteville Street Planning Group. 3. The Role of Sociology Clubs in Sociology Programs. Organizer and Presider, Ella Keller, Fayetteville State University. Panelists: Samuel Adu-Mireku, Fayetteville State University; Lori Heiger, Alamance Community College; Jennifer Johnson and Laura Westmoreland, Appalachian State University (students); Angela Decuzzi, East Carolina University (student) . 11-11:15 Exhibits and Mingle 11:15-12:15 General Sessions 1. Using Sociology as a Basis for Business Education: The Markets & Management Studies Program at Duke. Ken Spenner Department of Sociology, Duke University. 2. Islamic Movements. Chair: Charles Kurzman, Associate Professor of Sociology, UNC-CH. Arseniy Gutnik, UNC-CH: "Islamic Radicalis in the North Caucasus;" Charles Kurzman, Associate Professor of Sociology, UNC-CH: "Liberal Islamic Movements;" Ijlal Naqvi, UNC-CH: "The Democratization Gap in the Islamic World" 3. "North Carolina Public Sociology Research" Beth Davidson and Jamie Price, Appalachian State University, Session Moderators. Leslie Hossfeld Appalachian State University: "Displaced Workers;" Jammie Price Appalachian State University: "Children’s Health Insurance" 12:30-2 PM: Banquet and Awards 2-3 PM: General Sessions 1. The Prison Industrial Complex: Privatization and Racialization of American Prisons. Earl Smith and Angela Hattery . Wake Forest University 2. Graduate School Boot Camp: Students talking to Students about the Next Step. Panel Organizer: Donnie Charleston, NCSU Graduate Student. Donnie Charleston, NCSU Graduate Student; Angella Bellota, NCSU Graduate Student; Jonathan Brauer, NCSU Graduate Student. 3. Social Problems in Song. Al Dunkelman , Cleveland Community College.
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Check Out the Complete NCSA Website NCSA members and the general public can access the association’s web site at www.ncsociology.org. Information to be included in THE BULLETIN should be sent to its editor at dodsonl@rockinghamcc.edu or mailed to him at RCC, P.O. Box 38, Wentworth, NC 27375. General information for the NCSA web site should be sent to its webmaster, George Conklin (george@nccu.edu, 919-560-6222). Join Our Electronic Information Service To subscribe to the NCSA list, send a one-line message to listproc@listproc.appstate.edu containing the text: sub NCSA Firstname Lastname. To send a message to the list, send the message to ncsa@listproc.appstate.edu. To unsubscribe to the NCSA list, send a one-line message to listproc@appstate.edu containing the text: unsubscribe ncsa. You may also e-mail Beth Davison with your request (davisonb@appstate.edu). |
Here Are the Candidates for NCSA President, Executive Council 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. Miles Simpson is the candidate for president-elect. The nominees for the three openings on the NCSA Executive Council are Ella Keller, Tom Plaut, and Ken Wilson. 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. Stephen McNamee Stephen McNamee is Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of North Carolina -Wilmington. He is a recipient of the University of North Carolina - Wilmington Distinguished Teaching Professorship and the University of North Carolina Board of Governors Award for Teaching Excellence. He is coauthor with Robert K. Miller Jr. of The Meritocracy Myth (2004, Roman & Littlefield) and coeditor with Robert K. Miller, Jr. of Inheritance and Wealth in America (1999, Plenum). He has published articles and book chapters in the areas of inequality, theory, organizations and the labor force. He is a former chair of the UNCW Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice and former member of the NCSA Council. 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. Al Dunkleman At the age of 36, Al Dunkleman began his collegiate journey in 1992 at Virginia Highlands Community College in Abingdon, Virginia, where he attained his A.A. in 1996. He earned a B.A. in Sociology at UNC-Wilmington in 2000, and M.A. in Sociology at East Carolina University in 2003. He has taught Sociology for the past three years at Cleveland Community College in Shelby, North Carolina. As a singer/songwriter, Dunkleman recently received a generous Regional Artist Project Grant from the North Carolina Arts & Science Council that will allow him to create his first CD of original songs (projected release September 2006) Earl Smith Earl Smith is Professor and former Chair (1997-2005) of the Department of Sociology at Wake Forest University. He also serves as the Director of the American Ethnic Studies Program and as Rubin Professor of American Ethnic Studies. He has held previous faculty and administrative positions at Washington State University and at Pacific Lutheran University, where he also served as Dean of the Division of Social Sciences. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of social stratification, professions, urban sociology and the sociology of sport. He is the author of numerous book chapters, research articles, and books including African American Families: Issues of Health Wealth and Violence (Sage, forthcoming, with Angela Hattery) Race, Sport and the American Dream (SUNY Press, forthcoming) and Women and Minorities in American Professions (SUNY Press, 1996 - Editor and contributor with Dr. Joyce Tang). He has been active in various professional organizations (ASA, SSSP) and was elected and served as President in 2002 of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS). Ken Spenner Ken Spenner is Professor of Sociology and Psychology at Duke University, and is the founding director of the Markets & Management Studies Program at Duke, an interdisciplinary certificate program administered by Sociology. He is a past Chair of the Department of Sociology at Duke. His research interests include work, careers, organizations and market transitions. In 1991 he was the recipient of Duke’s Howard Johnson Distinguished Teaching Award. He has been active in ASA, SSS and NCSA for several decades. 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 treasurer of the NCSA is Dr. Cathy Zimmer, The Odum Instutitue, Campus Box , Chapel Hill, NC 27599. Questions about membership should be directed to Dr. Zimmer.
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