Candidates for the 2007 ASA Election
The American Sociological Association is pleased to announce the slate of candidates
for ASA Officers, Council, Committee on Committees, Committee on Nominations, and
Committee on Publications. Ballots for the 2007 ASA election will be mailed in early May
2007. The candidates are:
President-Elect
Patricia Hill Collins, University of Maryland
Michael Hout, University of California-Berkeley
Vice President-Elect
Margaret L. Andersen, University of
Delaware
Cecilia L. Ridgeway, Stanford University
Council Members-at-Large
Marjorie DeVault, Syracuse University
Barry Lee, Pennsylvania State University
Diane Pike, Augsburg College
Clara Rodriguez, Fordham University
Rogelio Saenz, Texas A&M University
Marc Schneiberg, Reed College
Robin Stryker, University of Minnesota
Hernan Vera, University of
Florida-Gainesville
Committee on Committees
Members-at-Large
Sara Curran, University of Washington
Abby Ferber, University of Colorado
Mark Suchman, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Regina Werum, Emory University
Two-year Institutions
Tina Martinez, Blue Mountain Community
College
Katherine Rowell, Sinclair Community
College
Committee on Committees
Master’s/Four-year Institutions
Ivy Kennelly, George Washington
University
Peter Nardi, Pitzer College
Committee on Nominations
Kathy Charmaz, Sonoma State University
Tyrone Forman, University of
Illinois-Chicago
Bai Gao, Duke University
Lynne Haney, New York University
Lisa Keister, Duke University
Leora Lawton, TechSociety Research
Cecilia Menjivar, Arizona State University
Bandana Purkayastha, University of
Connecticut
Deidre Royster, College of William and
Mary
Robert Sampson, Harvard University
Mario Small, University of Chicago
Committee on Publications
Naomi Gerstel, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst
Patricia Yancey Martin, Florida State
University
Christine Williams, University of
Texas-Austin
Julia Wrigley, Graduate Center of the City
University of New York
The elected members of the Committee on Nominations prepared most of the slates
of candidates for the 2007 election; the slate of candidates for the Committee on
Nominations was prepared by Members-at-Large of the ASA Council. ASA bylaws provide
the option for members of the association to nominate additional candidates. Petitions
supporting additional candidates for the offices of President-Elect and Vice President-
Elect must be signed by at least 100 supporting voting members of the Association; petition
candidates for other positions must receive the supporting signatures of at least 50
voting members. All petitions must arrive in the Executive Office by January 31, 2007, and
be addressed to the attention of the ASA Governance Office. Mail petitions to: American
Sociological Association, ATTN: Association Governance, 1307 New York Avenue, NW,
Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005. If you have any questions about the slate of candidates
or the petition process, please e-mail governance@asanet.org or call (202) 383-9005.
