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  Section on Children and Youth  
     
 

Mission Statement

The purpose of the Section on Children and Youth is to encourage the development and dissemination of sociological perspectives on children in the areas of research, theory, policy, practice, and teaching. Here, the term "children" includes every human being from infancy through the transition to adulthood.

Section Officers, 2008-2009

Chair: Lingxin Hao, John Hopkins University

Chair-Elect: Sampson Lee Blair, SUNY Buffalo

Past Chair: Cindy Clark, Penn State University

Secretary-Treasurer: Jean Wei-jun Yeung, New York University

Website Editor:  Lara Perez-Felkner

Regular Council: Rob Crosnoe, University of Texas - Austin
Melissa Herman, Dartmouth College
Monica K. Johnson, Washington State University

Valerie Leiter, Simmons College
Nancy Marshall, Wellesley College
Allison Pugh, University of Virginia

Student Representatives: Margaret Hagerman, Emory University
Melanie Jones, University of California - Davis

Nominations Chair: Monica K. Johnson, Washington State University
Mikaela Dufur, Brigham Young University
Valerie Leiter, Simmons College
Allison Pugh, University of Virginia
Nancy L. Malcom, Georgia Southern University

Awards Committees:  Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award
Chair:  Cindy Clark, Penn State University
Dan Cook, Rutgers University
Bill Corsaro, Indiana University
Katy Hadley, California State University - Sacramento
Jessica Kenty-Drane, Southern Connecticut University

Awards Committees:  Distinguished Contribution Award for Distinguished Early Career
Chair:  Rob Crosnoe, University of Texas - Austin

Publications Committee
Chair:  Lara Perez-Felkner, University of Chicago
Margaret Hagerman, Emory University
Elizabeth Vaquera, University of South Florida

Membership Committee
Chair:  Brian Gran, Case Western University
Melissa Herman, Dartmouth College
Melanie Jones, University of California - Davis

Program Committee
Chair:  Lingxin Hao, John Hopkins University
Loretto Bass
Elizabeth Cooksey
Jeylan Mortimer
Alison Pugh, University of Virginia



Section Website

We are pleased to announce the website of the Section of Children and Youth.  In addition, PDF copies of recent issues of the Section's newsletter, Children and Youth News, are available online.

http://www2.asanet.org/sectionchildren