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The History of the American Sociological Association, 1981–2004

Abbreviations

AAAS
American Association for the Advancement of Science
AAASHRAN
AAAS Human Rights Action Network
AAC&U
American Association of Colleges and Universities (was the AAC, the Association of American Colleges
AAP
Association of American Publishers
ABS
Association of Black Sociologists
ACLS
American Council of Learned Societies
AKD
Alpha Kappa Delta
AM
ASA Annual Meeting
AP
Advanced Placement
APA
American Psychological Association
APAP
Academic and Professional Affairs Program
APSA
American Political Science Association
ASA
American Sociological Association
ASF
The American Sociological Foundation
ASR
American Sociological Review
BSSR – CC
Behavioral and Social Science Coordinating Committee (NIH)
CAFLIS
Coalition of Associations for Foreign Language and International Studies
CAHT-BSSR
Coalition for the Advancement of Health through Behavioral and Social Science Research
CARI
Community Action Research Initiative
CASTL
Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
CCS
Certified Clinical Sociologist
CGS
Council of Graduate Schools
CNSF
Coalition for National Science Funding
COC
Committee on Committees
COFRAT
Committee on Freedom of Research and Teaching
CON
Committee on Nominations
COP
Committee on Publications
COPAFS
Council of Professional Associations for Federal Statistics
COPE
Committee on Professional Ethics
COS
Committee on Sections
COSSA
Consortium of Social Science Associations
CPST
Commission on Professions in Science and Technology
CRECNO
Classification by Race, Ethnicity, Color and National Origin (California Proposition 54)
CSGLBT
Committee on the Status of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons in Sociology
CSREMS
Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities in Sociology
CS
Contemporary Sociology
CSWS Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology
CUPA-HR College and University Professional Association for Human Resources
CUR Council for Undergraduate Research
CUSS Community and Urban Sociology Section
DBASSE Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (NAS)
DFA Dimensional Fund Advisors
DHHS Department of Health and Human Services
DOJ Department of Justice
DRG Departmental Resources Group
EB Employment Bulletin
EO Executive Office of ASA
EOB Committee on the Executive Office and Budget
FAD Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline
FIPSE Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education
FOIA Freedom of Information Act
GSS General Social Survey
IDA Integrating Data Analysis Project
ISA International Sociological Association
IIS International Institute of Sociology
IT Information Technology
IREX International Research & Exchanges Board
JHSB Journal of Health and Social Behavior
JSTOR Journal Storage system
LGBT Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgendered (LGBT) Persons (Committee on the Status of)
MAP Minority Affairs Program
MFP Minority Fellowship Program
MLA Modern Language Association of America
MOST I Minority Opportunity Summer Training (MOST I)
MOST Minority Opportunities Through School Transformation
NAS National Academy of Sciences
NCES National Center for Education Statistics
NCSS National Council on Social Studies
NCOVR National Consortium on Violence Research
NEH National Endowment for the Humanities
NHA National Humanities Alliance
NIA National Institute on Aging
NICHD National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
NIE National Institute of Education
NIH National Institutes of Health
NIMH National Institute of Mental Health
NHRPAC National Human Research Protections Advisory Committee
NSF National Science Foundation
NOAH Name of specialized associations software and office automation system developed by JL Systems installed at ASA in 1993
NORC National Opinion Research Center
OBSSR Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research
OFAC Office of Foreign Assets Control (U.S. Treasury Dept.)
OSTP Office of Science Technology and Policy
PAA Population Association of America
PFF Preparing Future Faculty
PDP Professional Development Program
POD Problems of the Discipline
SBE Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences
SES Social and Economic Sciences (NSF Division)
SM Sociological Methodology
SOE Sociology of Education
SPA Sociological Practice Association
SPSSI Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues
SPQ Social Psychology Quarterly
SPR Sociological Practice Review
SSDAN Social Science Data Analysis Network
SSRC Social Science Research Council
ST Sociological Theory
SWS Status of Women in Sociology
TAGGE Task Group On Graduate Education
TAS The American Sociologist
TASA Australian Sociological Association
TRC Teaching Resources Center
TRG Teaching Resources Group
TS Teaching Sociology
TSP Teaching Services Program