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New ASA editors for 2010
American Sociological Review--Tony N. Brown, Katharine M. Donato, Larry W. Isaac, and Holly J. McCammon (Vanderbilt University)
Sociological Methodology--Tim Futing Liao (University of Illinois)
Sociological Theory--Neil Gross (University of British Columbia)
Sociology of Education--David Bills (University of Iowa)
Teaching Sociology--Kathleen Lowney (Valdosta State University)
Carla B. Howery, retired ASA Deputy Executive Officer and recipient of the 2009 ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, died on March 31, 2009.
Stimulus Bill provides NIH & NSF research funding [NSF plan available 3/19/09]
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ASA joins amicus brief, in Iowa Supreme Court case, supporting criteria for social science expert witnesses. (4/08)
Council approves formal PEWS section sponsorship of online Journal of World Systems Research.
Washington Post republishes sociologist Saad Ibrahim's 2007
op-ed regarding Egyptian political repression.
Study in the
American Sociological Review on genetic and social links to violent behavior is featured on CNN's
American Morning.
Video.
Research on race, place, and crime is featured on
Capitol Hill.
2008 ASA Election . . .
Evelyn Nakano Glenn elected next ASA President;
John Logan is Vice President.
See all election results.
Prominent military sociologist Charles Moskos, known for the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, died May 31. Chicago Tribune obituary.
From putting on the pounds to kicking the habit, sociological research explores social contagion. (5/26)
Apply online for an ASA FAD award; deadline June 15.
Who Knew? Sociology careers are rare and well-paying . . . Just ask
Forbes.com. (4/22)
The 2008
Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology is now available in the ASA online
bookstore.
Alan Sica, Penn State University, has been selected as the next editor of
Contemporary Sociology.
Applications are invited for next editor of
City & Community.
The ASA Task Force on Sociology and Criminology Programs seeks
input in the ASA discussion forum.
Institutes of Health issues behavioral & social science research
prospectus (2.7MB PDF) to enhance nation's health. ASA and sister organizations weighed in . . . (1/16)
See January
announcements of meetings, calls for papers, funding, books, people news, sociology press coverage, more . . . (1/15)
U.S.
Census Bureau seeks nominations for
African American,
Asian, and
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander population advisory committees by January 28. (1/4)
The National Academies releases the freely downloadable
Science, Evolution, and Creationism, a report on teaching science. (1/4)
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