Appendix 24:

Other ASA Publications

Major publications of the American Sociological Association are listed in Appendix 18. Publications from the Academic and Professional Affairs Program (APAP) are listed in Appendix 22, and those from the Spivack Program are included in Appendix 25. The following list includes all other major publications of the ASA, including from the Research Program on the Discipline and the Profession.

A. The Research Program on the Discipline and the Profession
The ASA’s Research Program on the Discipline and Profession was renamed the ASA Research and Development Department in 2004. Publications and resources produced by the Program/Department include the following:

• “After the Fall: The Growth Rate of Sociology BAs Outstrips Other Disciplines Indicating an Improved Market for Sociologists,” by staff of the Research Program on the Discipline and Profession, Data Brief (1998).
  
• “After the Fall: The Growth Trends Continue,” by staff of the Research Program on the Discipline and Profession, Data Brief Update (1999).
  
• “BA Growth Trend: Sociology Overtakes Economics,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth (with graphics by Andrew Sutter), Data Brief Update (2000).
  
• “New Doctorates in Sociology: Professions Inside and Outside the Academy,&rdquo by Roberta Spalter-Roth, Jan Thomas, and Felice J. Levine, Research Brief, Vol.1, No.1 (2000).
  
• “Gender in the Early Stages of the Sociological Career,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and Sunhwa Lee (graphics prepared by Andrew Sutter), Research Brief, Vol.1, No.2 (2000).
  
• “Use of Adjunct and Part-time Faculty in Sociology,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and Andrew Sutter, Data Brief (2001).
  
• “Profile of the 2001 ASA Membership,” by Stacey S. Merola and Roberta Spalter-Roth Data Brief (2001).
  
• “The Pipeline for Faculty of Color in Sociology,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth, Felice J. Levine, and Andrew Sutter, Data Brief (2001).
  
• “Minorities at Three Stages in the Sociology Pipeline,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth, Sunhwa Lee, and Felice J. Levine, Research Brief Vol.2, No.1 (2001).
  
• “Graduate Department Vitality: Changes Continue in the Right Direction,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and Andrew Sutter, Data Brief (2001).
  
• “Sociology Holds the Line as Faculty Salaries Feel the Pinch in the Economic Downturn,” by Stacey S. Merola and Roberta Spalter-Roth, Data Brief (2002).
  
• “How Does Your Department Compare: A Peer Analysis From the 2000–2001 Survey of Baccalaureate and Graduate Programs in Sociology,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and William Erskine, Report (2003).
  
• “Departures and Replacements: Are Sociology Departments Downsizing in a Period of State Budget Shortfalls?” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and William Erskine, Data Brief (2004).
  
• “Have Faculty Salaries Peaked? Sociology Wage Growth Flat in Constant Dollars,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and William Erskine, Information Brief (2004).
  
• “Academic Relations: The Use of Supplementary Faculty,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and William Erskine, Research Brief (2004).
  
• “The Best Time to Have a Baby: Institutional Resources and Family Strategies Among Early Career Sociologists,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and William Erskine, Research Brief (2004).
  
• “The State of Sociology,” by Roberta Spalter-Roth and William Erskine, Report (2004 on CD-Rom).
  
• “Need Today’s Data Yesterday? Trend Data on the Profession,” by staff of the ASA Research and Development Department (2005). Retrieved March 15, 2005 http://www.asanet.org/research/faqintro2002].

B. Other ASA Publications: 1980–2004

• Promoting Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education Through Department Change, by Felice J. Levine, Havidán Rodríguez, Carla B. Howery, and Alfonso R. Latoni-Rodríguez (2002).
  
• A History of the American Sociological Association: 1905-1980, by Lawrence J. Rhoades (1981).
  

C. ASA Committee Reports: 2001–4

Task Force Reports
(published on the American Sociological Association homepage: www.asanet.org/governance/reports.htm)

• Task Force on ASA/AAAS Relations, Final Report (August 2001).
  
• Final Report of the Task Force on the Articulation of Sociology in Two-Year and Four-Year Sociology Programs (2002).
  
• Task Force on the Implications of the Evaluation of Faculty Productivity and Teaching Effectiveness, Final Report (July 28, 2003).
  
• Report of the Task Force on Journal Diversity (January 2003).
  
• Liberal Learning and the Sociology Major Updated: Meeting the Challenge of Teaching Sociology in the Twenty First Century, by Kathleen McKinney, Carla B. Howery, Kerry Strand, Edward L. Kain, and Catherine White Berheide (2004).
  
• The Importance of Collecting Data and Doing Social Scientific Research on Race (2003).

Status Committee Reports

• Report on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons in Sociology (July 16, 2002).
  
• 2004 Report of the American Sociological Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology, Final Report (October 22, 2004).
  
• Report of the ASA Committee on the Status of Persons with Disabilities (PWD) in Sociology, (February 2005).