Candidates for the 2008 ASA Election
The American Sociological Association
is pleased to announce the slate of candidates
for ASA Officers, Committee on
Committees, Committee on Nominations,
and Committee on Publications. The
candidates for Council Members-at-large
will be announced at a later date. Ballots
for the 2008 ASA election will be mailed in
early May 2008. The candidates are:
President-Elect
Evelyn Nakano Glenn, University of
California-Berkeley
Bernice Pescosolido, Indiana University
Vice President-Elect
Linda Burton, Duke University
John Logan, Brown University
Committee on Committees
At Large:
Kate Slevin, College of William & Mary
Wendy Ng, San Jose State University
Francesca Polletta, University of
California-Irvine
Melissa Milkie, University of Maryland-
College Park
PhD-granting Institutions:
Irene Padavic, Florida State University
Michael Hechter, Arizona State University
Non-Academic Institutions:
Chloe Bird, RAND
Leora Lawton, TechSociety Research
Committee on Nominations
Prudence Carter, Stanford University
Mounira Maya Charrad, University of
Texas-Austin
Shelly Correll, Cornell University
Bill Danaher, College of Charleston
Jim Jasper, Graduate Center, City
University of New York
Ann Morning, New York University
Robert Newby, Central Michigan
University
Raka Ray, University of California-Berkeley
Denise Segura, University of California-
Santa Barbara
Kim Voss, University of California-
Berkeley
Susan Webb, Coastal Carolina University
Kathrin Zippel, Northeastern University
Committee on Publications
Susan Farrell, Kingsboro Community
College
Neil Fligstein, University of California-
Berkeley
Cecelia Ridgeway, Stanford University
Martin Ruef, Princeton University
The elected members of the
Committee on Nominations prepared
most of the slates of candidates for the
2008 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, 2008, 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.
