2009 Meeting
November 13 and 14,
Doubletree Hotel at the Berkeley Marina
The conference Program is in the latest newsletter
CSA 2009 Meeting Call for Papers The following members are organizing sessions for the 2009 conference. Please contact the session organizer if you would like to submit a paper. If you would like to organize a session or submit a paper on another topic, please contact Jackie Carrigan (carrigan@csus.edu) |
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Charlie Varano, CSU, Sacramento cvarano@csus.edu |
Social Inequalities |
Carolina Apesoa-Varano, UC Davis Medical Center apesoavarano@ucdavis.edu
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Sociology of Medicine and Health Care |
John Harris, Claremont Graduate University John.harris@cgu.edu |
Sociology of Education |
Basil Sherlock, CSU, East Bay Basil.sherlock@gmail.com |
Community and Urban Sociology |
Marcel Morales, East Los Angeles College masoc@sbcglobal.net |
Intersections of Gender, Age and Sexuality in Contemporary Society |
Tony Waters, CSU, Chico twaters@csuchico.edu |
Teaching Principles of Sociology and Social Problems: Perspectives from Community Colleges and the CSU |
Laura Nichols, Santa Clara University lnichols@scu.edu |
Transition to Adulthood in the 21st Century |
Laura Nichols, Santa Clara University lnichols@scu.edu |
Models of Mentoring Undergraduate Students into the Profession |
Melissa Kew, The University of Chicago mkew@uchicago.edu
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Beyond ABD: Achieving a Ph.D. in Sociology |
Alicia Gonzales, CSU, San Marcos amgonzal@csusm.edu |
Making Sociology Matter |
Alicia Gonzales, CSU, San Marcos amgonzal@csusm.edu |
Race Matters |
Toby Ewing, California Research Bureau tewing@library.ca.gov |
Applied Sociology |
Ed Nelson, CSU, Fresno ednelson@csufresno.edu |
Teaching with Quantitative Data |
Katy Hadley, CSU, Sacramento Hadley@saclink.csus.edu |
Reflecting on Using Qualitative Methods in Sociology |
Todd Migliaccio, CSU, Sacramento tmigliac@csus.edu |
Undergraduate Student Research |
Andrew Jones, CSU, Fresno anjones@csufresno.edu |
Environment and Society |
Patricia Jennings, CSU, East Bay Pat.jennings@csueastbay.edu |
Graduate Student Research |
Patricia Jennings, CSU, East Bay Pat.jennings@csueastbay.edu |
Undergraduate Student Research |
Patricia Jennings, CSU, East Bay Pat.jennings@csueastbay.edu |
Gender and Reproduction |
Rhonda Dugan, CSU, Bakersfield Rdugan2@csub.edu |
Identity Formation |
Roksana Badruddoja, CSU, Fresno rbadruddoja@csufresno.edu |
Intersections of Sexuality, Race, Class and Gender |
Roksana Badruddoja, CSU, Fresno rbadruddoja@csufresno.edu |
Constructions of Nationalism |
David Bogumil, CSU, Northridge dbogumil@csun.edu |
Structural Equation Modeling of Issues and Policies in Health, Education and Social Justice |
David Bogumil, CSU, Northridge dbogumil@csun.edu |
Small Samples and Single Subject Analyses: Issues of Health, Education and Social Justice |
Aya Ida, CSU, Sacramento idaa@csus.edu |
Social Psychology |
Tim Kubal, CSU, Fresno tkubal@csufresno.edu |
Social Movements |
Jennifer Murphy, CSU, Sacramento murphyj@csus.edu |
Undergraduate Student Research |
Diana Barahona, CSU, Fullerton dlbarahona@charter.net |
Global Capitalism and the Ecological Crisis |
Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College j_vern_cromartie@yahoo.com |
Race and Ethnicity: Issues and Concerns |
Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College j_vern_cromartie@yahoo.com |
Community Colleges: Issues and Concerns |
Melinda Milligan, Sonoma State University melinda.milligan@sonoma.edu |
Emotions and Social Life |
Beth Hartung, CSU, Channel Islands elizabeth.hartung@csuci.edu |
Opportunities in Crisis |
Manuel Barajas, CSU, Sacramento barajasm@saclink.csus.edu |
Chicanas/os in the 21st Century: An Emergent Californian Majority in a Minority Status |
Scott Patrick Murphy, UC Riverside, smurp001@student.ucr.edu |
Men and the Life Course. |
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Past Meeting Materials
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Preliminary Program California Sociological Association
2008 Annual Meeting November 7-8 Riverside, California
Applying Sociology to Societal Issues
Thursday, Nov. 6th 7-10 p.m. Council Meeting in Santa Barbara Room
Friday, November 7 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Meeting Registration outside the Santa Barbara room
10:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Sessions 1-A to 1-D
Session 1-A. Sociology of Human Rights I. San Diego West Room
Organizer: Gabriela Fried-Amilivia, CSU Los Angeles
Global Contradictions: Human Rights, the State, and International Migration, Beth Baker-Cristales, CSU Los Angeles
Push, Pull and Ignore: The School of Americas and Changing Human Rights Practices in Latin America, 1976-2005, Allison Cliath, CSU Fullerton
Discussant: Kathleen Sullivan, CSU Los Angeles
Session 1-B. Juvenile Delinquency and Criminal Behavior. San Gabriel Room
Organizer: Mirelle Cohen, Olympic College, Washington
A Critical Analysis of Juvenile Mentoring Programs, Mirelle Cohen, Olympic College, Washington
The Virginia Tech Massacre from the British Press Perspective, Wayne Wooden and Hovsep K. Agop, California State Polytechnic
University Pomona
Session 1-C. Student Papers I. Ho-O-Kan Room
Organizer: Anne Marenco, College of the Canyons
The American Prison System: An Explanatory Thesis on the Institutional and Social Factors Contributing to Recidivism, Kathryn
Coleman, CSU Northridge
Social Network Sites, the Internet and Criminal Activity, David Saldana, CSU Northridge
Implications and Dangers to the Individual Posed by Collective Forces: A Closer Look at Mead, Simmel, and Gilman,
Ioana Mateescu, CSU Northridge
Transit Countries as Surreptitious Pathways for the Illegal Movement of Goods, People and Social Threats, Jesus Gonzales, CSU Northridge
Female Suicide Bombers and Sociological Analysis, Karunya Jayasena, CSU Northridge
Session 1-D. Feminist Theory. Santa Barbara Room
Organizer: Lynn Comerford, CSU East Bay
Queer Spaces, Places, and Gender: The Tropologies of Ronica and Rupa, Roksana Badruddoja, CSU Fresno
The Secularization Hypothesis and Muslim Fertility Levels, Muhammed Asadi, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Intra-group Variation in Fundamentalists’ Gender Ideologies (1972-2006), Margaret Gonsoulin, CSU Fresno
1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.: Sessions 2-A to 2-E
Session 2-A Quality of Life in the San Joaquin Valley. San Diego West Room
Organizer: Ed Nelson, CSU Fresno
Moving into and Away from the Central Valley: A study of Internal Migration during the Housing Boom of the Early 2000s, Xuanning Fu, CSU Fresno
Cultural Competency from Both Sides of the Stethoscope, Deborah Helsel, CSU Fresno
Quality of Life in the Central Valley, Margaret Gonsoulin, CSU Fresno
Session 2-B. Making Sociology Matter. San Gabriel Room
Organizer: Alicia Mendez Gonzales, CSU San Marcos
Decolonizing Discourse: Youth Social Consciousness and the Americanization of the High School Social Studies Curriculum, Gina
English Tillis, CSU San Marcos
Working Through the Welfare Trap: Educational Attainment for Mothers on Welfare, Lori Walkington, CSU San Marcos
Family Caregivers of the Aged – How Caregivers Cope, Kathy Johnson, CSU San Marcos
The Shaping and Re-shaping of Agency in Lives of Female Victims of Childhood Molestation, Mary Frances Hammerle, CSU San
Marcos
Session 2-C. Sociology of Human Rights. Ho-O-Kan Room
Organizer: Gabriela Fried-Amilivia, CSU Los Angeles
Framing the Individual into the Collective: Women’s Rights, Cultural Contexts and Individual Life Histories, Raquel Ackerman,
CSU Los Angeles
Human Rights for Memory: Remembering the Experiences of the Japanese American Renunciants in the America’s Concentration
Camp, Sachiko Takita-Ishii, Yokohama City University, Japan
Remembering Social Trauma after State Terror, the Case of Forced Disappearance in Uruguayan Families (1973-2001), Gabriela Fried-Amilivia, CSU Los Angeles
Discussant: Timothy Kubal, CSU Fresno
Session 2-D. Sociology of Education. Santa Barbara Room
Organizer: John Harris, Claremont Graduate University
Sexual Orientation and Educational Attainment during Young Adulthood, Elbert Almazan, Central Michigan University
Jail Pedagogy; Teaching Prisoners, Jerry Flores, San Diego State University
Special Education in California: What is at Stake?, Elizabeth Harris, Washington State University
The Effects of Exposure to a Doctoral Curriculum on the Intercultural Competence Levels of Students, Michael Moodian, Chapman
University
Transient Teens and the UC/CSU System: You Can’t Get There from Here, John R. Harris, Claremont Graduate University
Session 2-E. Social Movements and Democracy. San Diego East Room
Organizer: Eric H. Honda
Changing Contours of the Network of Movements in the Social Forum Process, Christopher Chase-Dunn, Matt Kaneshiro, Gary
Coyne, Ellen Reese, UC Riverside
Big Bang or Slow Diffusion?: Social Factors Associated with IED use by Terrorists, Ioana Mateescu, David Saldana, Jesus Gonzales,
James David Ballard, CSU Northridge
Social Movements and Political Parties: Looking at Roberto Michels’ Sociological Perspectives a Century Later, Allan Warnke, Vancouver Island University
Crescent Wrench: Adjusting the Grip on the Party, Bureaucracy, and Military in the Democratization of Turkey, Eric H. Honda and
Nalani Basan, CSU San Bernardino
3:00 p.m. to 4:45 p.m. Sessions 3-A to 3-D
Session 3-A. The 2008 Presidential Election and the American Future. San Diego West Room
Organizer and Discussant: Gordon Clanton, San Diego State University
Panelists:
Mike Moodigan, Chapman University
Jennifer Eichstedt, Humboldt State University
Eric H. Honda
Shoon Lio, UC Riverside
Session 3-B. Teaching about American Indian Policy Issues: Sovereignty, Identity, Gaming and Treaty Rights. San Gabriel Room
Organizer: Erich Steinman, Pitzer College
Myths and Misconceptions: Tribal Sovereignty, Treaty Rights and American Indian Identity in Context, Erich Steinman, Pitzer College
Critical Perspectives on Tribal Gaming in California, Kate Spilde Contreras, San Diego State University
Working with American Indian Students and Communities, Frances Borella, Mount San Antonio College
Session 3-C. Social Psychology. Ho-O-Kan Room
Organizer: Tim Kubal, CSU Fresno
The Impact of Support Groups for Separated and Divorced Catholics on Role Conflict Resolution, Anna A. Bruzzese, Los Angeles Pierce College
How I Learned what a Humor Orgy is and how I Learned what a Humor Orgy Does: Notes on Humor and Status Work, Scott Patrick Murphy, UC Riverside
Explaining Patterns of General Self Efficacy, Bridget Conlon and Timothy Kubal, CSU Fresno and Victoria Kubal, University of California, San Francisco
Session 3-D. Addressing Youth Gangs in L.A. Santa Barbara Room
Organizer: Fernando Parra, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Father Greg Boyle’s Approach, James A. Parra, Homeboy Industries
The Probation Camp Experience, Jose Juarez, L.A. County Probation Department, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Long-Time L.A. Residents Indicate Reasons Local Youth Join Gangs, Fernando Parra, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Available Youth Services, Rosa Leslie, CSU Los Angeles
5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. PLENARY ADDRESS AND STUDENT AWARDS Spanish Art Gallery
6:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Reception Buffet Spanish Art Gallery OPEN TO ALL CSA MEMBERS AND GUESTS.
Saturday November 8 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Meeting registration outside the Santa Barbara room
9:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Sessions 4-A to 4-D
Session 4-A. Applied Sociology. San Diego West Room
Organizer: Jackie Carrigan, CSU Sacramento
Implementing an Anti-Bullying Program, Todd Migliaccio, CSU Sacramento
Moving California Forward: Championing Governance Reform in the Golden State, Toby Ewing, California Forward
Immigrant Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angeles, Xuanning Fu, CSU Fresno
Session 4-B. HIV/AIDS Monterey Room
Organizer: Ricky Bluthenthal, CSU Domínguez Hills
The Cuban Response to AIDS: Comparison of Communal and Capitalist Social Production, Diana Barahona, CSU Fullerton
Political Context and Implementation of Over-the-Counter Pharmacy Sales and Syringe Exchange Programs for Purposes of HIV
Prevention in California, Erin Cooper and Ricky N. Bluthenthal, CSU Dominguez Hills
HIV Testing, Perceived Vulnerability and Predictors of HIV Sexual Risk Behaviors of Latino and African American Young Adult Male Gang Members, Gabriel N. Stover, UCLA
The Impact of Family Life: Experiences from the Field and Understanding the Trajectories of HIV Related Behaviors, Alex Lee and Norweeta G. Milburn, UCLA
Disclosure of HIV-Status to Male and Female Sexual Partners by HIV-Positive Men who have Sex with Men and Women, Tara McKay and Matt G. Mutchler, UCLA and CSU Dominguez Hills
Session 4-C. Authors Meet Critics. Ho-O-Kan Room
Organizer: Matthew A. Jendian, CSU Fresno
Presider: Hyojoung Kim, CSU Los Angeles
Reviewers: Gabriela Fried-Amilivia, CSU Los Angeles and Hyojoung Kim, CSU Los Angeles
Authors:
Becoming American, Remaining Ethnic: The Case of Armenian-Americans in Central California, Matthew A. Jendian, CSU Fresno (LFB Scholarly Publishing, 2008)
Cultural Movements and Collective Memory: Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin Myth, Timothy Kubal, CSU Fresno (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008)
Session 4-D. Student Papers II. Santa Barbara Room
Organizer: Anne Marenco, College of the Canyons
Sexuality in the Lyrics of Today’s Radio, Nicole Baroldy, Vanguard University
Globalizing the Newsroom: Losing Freedom over Creative Work, Hiroko Minami, University of Oregon
“He Said, She Said” The Dynamics of Gossip in Conversation in the Work Place, Sandy Chavez, College of the Canyons
Developing an Index of Legitimation Methods: A Preliminary Report, Adam G. Sanford, UC Riverside
Role Models and the Desire for Social Justice: Atheists vs. Christians, Spencer Thomas, College of the Canyons
11:00 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Sessions 5-A to 5-E
Session 5-A. Innovations in Undergraduate Education. San Diego West Room
Organizer: Charles F. Holm, CSU Dominguez Hills
Transforming Racism, Sexism and Homophobia in a University Class: Theory, Practice, and Outcomes, Jerome Rabow and Pauline Yeghnazar, UCLA
Universal Design Lecturing (UDL) and How to Write a Research Paper, Janet Armentor-Cota and Doreen Anderson-Facile, CSU Bakersfield
Bloggerville, USA: Using Internet Technology to Facilitate Connections and Community Between Sociology Classes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Norwalk, California, Amy Holzgang, Cerritos College and Sarah Barfels, Kirkwood College
Teaching Gender, Paul Sargent, San Diego State University
A (Serendipitous) Class Exercise to Teach Research Methods in an Introduction to Sociology Course, Rhonda E. Dugan, CSU Bakersfield
Session 5-B. Sexualities and the Life Course. Monterey Room
Organizer: Carole Campbell, CSU Long Beach
Sexual Identities and Identification in an Aging American Society, Marcelino Morales, East Los Angeles City College
HIV/AIDS and the Life Course: Implications for Prevention and Care, Carole Campbell, CSU Long Beach
Session 5-C. Student Papers: Asian American and Latina/o Educational Experiences. Ho-O-Kan Room
Organizer: Gilda L. Ochoa, Pomona College
Comparing “The Elite” and “The Middle”: The Resource Differential Between Academic Programs, Laura E. Enriquez, UCLA and Markus Kessler, Pomona College
Seeing is Believing: The Myths and Realities of the Model Minority Stereotype, Mai Thai, Pomona College
“It Takes a Village to Raise a Child…” The Role of Counselors and Parents in Latina/o Academic Success, Francisco Covarrubias and Jenniffer Rojas, Pomona College
Session 5-D Research Methods. Santa Barbara Room
Organizer: Elizabeth Reeves-Arreaga, University of New England, Armidale and Saddleback Collage
Subjectivist Strategy for Social Rationality: A Critical Synthesis of Mannheim and Blumer, David Brewer, Democratic Processes Center Rationale for Using Narrative Research, Elizabeth Reeves-Arreaga, University of New England, Armidale and Saddleback College
Does Where you Live Affect How you Feel: An Investigation into Neighborhood Characteristics and Mental Health, Bridget Conlon, CSU Fresno
An Overview of Phenomenology, Jamey Flynn, University of New England, Armidale and CSU Long Beach
1:00 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. Sessions 6-A to 6-D
Session 6-A. Demography, Population and Environment. San Diego West Room
Organizer: Andrew Jones, CSU Fresno.
The Ecology of Inter-Imperialist Wars: Depleted Uranium and the Yellow Cake of Imperialism (or Let Them Eat Yellow Cake), Ann M. Strahm, CSU Stanislaus
Framing Global Warming: The Influence of Climate Change Skeptics on Mass Media Coverage from 1993-2003 – An International Comparison, Andrew Jones, CSU Fresno
Ethnic Diversity in Moreno Valley, Natalie Lu, Pomona College
Synchrony of Systems: Couple Natural and Human Systems in East Asian Case, Hiroko Inoue, UC Riverside and CSU San Bernardino
Session 6-B. Department Chairs Meeting. Monterey Room
Organizer: Beth Hartung, CSU Channel Islands
Session 6-C. Race and Ethnicity Issues and Concerns. Ho-O-Kan Room
Organizer: J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College
A Missing Link in Quantitative Research: The Salience of Culture, Alicia Mendez Gonzales, CSU San Marcos
We Need Unity: Decolonizing the Relationship between Mexican Americans and Recent Mexican Immigrants, Fredi Garcia and Alicia Mendez Gonzales, CSU San Marcos
Up for Grabs: Counter Hegemonic Pop-Cultural Representatives of Muslims and Islam in the USA, Ali R. Chaudhary, Humboldt State University
Racial and Ethnic Imaginary: “Second-Generation” South Asian-American Women and Projects of (Re-) Negotiation, Roksana Badruddoja, CSU Fresno
White Racism, White Skin Privilege, and White Nationalism: Problems and Challenges of the 2008 Barack Obama Presidential Campaign, J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College
Session 6-D. Student Papers III. Santa Barbara Room
Organizer: Anne Marenco, College of the Canyons
Competition between Females, Lori Ottaviano, California State Polytechnic University Pomona
Theories of Technology: Freedom and Repression, Arthur Reed, San Diego State University
The Origin and Effects of Evil Spirits in the Heian Period, Robert Hideo Mamada, CSU Los Angeles
Being Punk, Selen Yanmaz, San Diego State University
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Closing Business Meeting, California Sociological Association. Ho-O-Kan Room
Theme: Applying Sociology to Societal Issues
Presidents of the California Sociological Association
1990-1991 Charles F. Hohm, San Diego State
1991-1992 John Kinch, San Francisco State
1992-1993 James A. Glynn, Madera College
1993-1994 Hal Charnofsky, California State University, Dominguez Hills
1994-1995 Phylis Cancilla Matinelli, St. Mary’s College
1995-1996 Earl Babbie, Chapman University
1996-1997 Robin Franck, Southwestern College
1997-1998 Charles Powers, Santa Clara University
1998-1999 Gordon Clanton, San Diego State University
1999-2000 Carole Barnes, California State University, Sacramento
2000-2001 Jonathon Turner, University of California, Riverside
2001-2002 Elizabeth Nelson, California State University, Fresno
2002-2003 Harvey Rich, California State University, Northridge
2003-2004 Susan Garfin, Sonoma State
2004-2005 Gary Cretser, California State University, Pomona
2005-2006 Charles Varano, California State University, Sacramento
2006-2007 Beth Hartung, California State University, Channel Islands
2007-2008 Judith Little, Humboldt State University
