footnotes_nov11 November 2011 Issue of Footnotes http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/index.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:13:23 -0500 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:07:22 -0500 FeedForAll Mac v2.1 (2.1.0.1) unlicensed version; http://www.FeedForAll.com/ http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/images_new/rss_symbol.gif footnotes_nov11 http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/index.html 65 65 Footnotes | November 2011 Issue | Main Page In this Issue:

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]]> http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/index.html C540E2C9-4F4B-4F92-BE2B-A933B442F91D-32732-000378476FB28687-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 09:12:42 -0500 A Call to Duty: ASA and the Wikipedia Initiative This autumn the ASA is launching a Sociology in Wikipedia Initiative. This project has two main purposes: first, to improve the sociology entries in Wikipedia by making it easier for sociologists to become involved in writing and editing them, and second, to facilitate professors giving Wikipedia-writing assignments to students in their courses. Before I explain in more detail how the ASA initiative will advance these goals, let me say a little about Wikipedia. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/wikipedia_1111.html E71CA02E-4250-422C-B4EC-130ACE2AC3F3-32732-00037871B2A7BC92-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:54:46 -0500 Sociological Spring: Human Rights and the Discipline Grassroots movements in many Arab countries are challenging the status quo, fueled in part by a collective embrace of the notion of rights that far surpasses the limited civil and political rights enshrined in the U.S. Constitution. Respect for human rights—as specified more than 60 years ago in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)—is fundamentally altering global human affairs. Human rights principles have had more of a sleeper effect in the United States, but the impact is no less pronounced. Minorities who served in the armed forces in WWII to defend the rights of those persecuted by the Nazis came home emboldened to secure for themselves the same rights at home. In short order, rights-based movements for racial and ethnic minorities, women, the LGBT community, people with disabilities, children, and others gained momentum. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/spring_1111.html 8101102A-8339-465A-9579-CB1236258AC7-32732-00037881978210A4-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:55:55 -0500 ICPSR Celebrates it's Upcoming 50th Anniversary This piece is based on a personal history of ICPSR written by Erik Austin, former ICPSR Assistant Director who retired in 2006 after 41 years at the Consortium; interviews with Austin, former Director Myron Gutmann, former Summer Program Director Hank Heitowit, current Summer Program Director William Jacoby, and longtime ICPSR staffers Peter Granda and Mary Vardigan; and various historical documents. All of this material and more can be viewed at www.icpsr.umich.edu/fifty. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/icpsr_1111.html A4F36BF3-87B9-4C8B-AA7D-417FB5233E60-32732-000378FC3945227D-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:05:58 -0500 Profiles of the 2011 Award Winners The American Sociological Association (ASA) presented the 2011 major awards at this year’s Annual Meeting on August 21 in Las Vegas, NV. The Awards Ceremony, followed by the Presidential Address, was well attended. These awards are given to sociologists for their outstanding publications, achievements in the scholarship, teaching, and practice of sociology, as well as for their overall advancement of the discipline. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/awards_1111.html 198202EE-B2D7-47B7-9CF7-A2F1151E7AF6-32732-0003790ED27B3230-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:06:54 -0500 A New ASA Congressional Fellow The American Sociological Association has named Dennis Bogusz as the 2011-12 ASA Congressional Fellow. Bogusz received a PhD in sociology from Columbia University in May 2011. During his time at Columbia, Bogusz’s substantive areas of concentration were finance and policy. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/fellow_1111.html 72056BE1-960A-4E74-843D-B4A3E00E507C-32732-0003791C909D83D1-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:07:35 -0500 New ASA Policy on Posting Electronic Manuscripts At its August 2011 meeting, the Committee on Publications reviewed a proposal from the Joint Subcommittee on Electronic Publishing to update ASA’s rules on manuscript eligibility regarding online posting of manuscripts before, during, and after publication. The policy, which had not been updated since 1997, was considered outdated, as online repositories have become the norm. This policy applies to a manuscript submitted for publication, not to final copyedited published articles, which may be published online only by ASA or its publisher. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/manuscript_1111.html 81353921-B22E-4B22-ACC7-228C7618807B-32732-000379258C6B5E9C-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:08:16 -0500 Council Highlights At its August 23-24, 2011, meetings in Las Vegas, ASA Council welcomed six new members: President-Elect Cecilia Ridgeway, Vice President-Elect Jennifer Glass, and Council Members-at-large David Brunsma, Amanda Lewis, Monica Prasad, and Laurel Smith-Doerr. Pending Council approval and online posting of the minutes, the following is a brief snapshot of key decisions and information. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/highlights_1111.html 007C40F1-392D-4531-9100-5EC51192EA75-32732-0003792F507F30B5-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:08:59 -0500 News on ASA Sections http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/sections_1111.html 0E028E8D-6110-42CB-AE76-9AACCAB4A123-32732-0003793AC49A9515-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:09:39 -0500 Send ASA Your Nominations ASA members are encouraged to submit nominations for the following ASA awards. Award selection committees, appointed by ASA Council, are constituted to review nominations. These awards are presented at the ASA Annual Meeting each August. The deadline for submission of nominations is January 31, 2012, unless otherwise noted. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/nominations_1111.html D6A19248-1D1F-4EB5-8233-C4EE9AB6D25E-32732-0003794195E89DBB-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:10:57 -0500 ASA Seeks Applicants for Postdoctoral Fellowships The American Sociological Association invites applications for six (6) two-year Postdoctoral Fellowships. These awards are intended for scholars interested in working on understanding the origins of the current economic crisis and/or the crisis’s social impacts on such areas as race and gender relations, employment, housing, education, health, culture, migration, and politics. In addition, research can focus on the social impacts of government and private efforts to address and regulate the crisis, including the sociology of finance and markets, organizational theory, and the sociology of law. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/applicants_1111.html 60399B85-FE43-44AB-96CF-04B058A5500C-32732-00037954069073B4-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:11:23 -0500 Participate in New NSF-Funded Survey of Sociology Majors The ASA Research Department will be sending a request to current chairs and undergraduate directors who were among the 100 departments participated in the 2005 longitudinal survey for senior sociology majors, "What Can I Do with a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology?" by mid-November. http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/survey_1111.html AFBB53F1-7517-4FF8-816E-F6C29ABC7999-32732-00037959B29B19E4-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:12:02 -0500 Vantage Point: From The Executive Officer http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/vp_1111.html 29E094D9-260C-4FB7-B9AF-3C0AC3131357-32732-00037962B702393B-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:12:35 -0500 Science Policy Least Segregated Metros Concentrated in Fast-Growing South and West http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/science_1111.html 44465217-D835-4DF2-9061-EF7BB4841BE7-32732-0003796A8D1989AB-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:13:09 -0500 Announcements http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/announce_1111.html 25D2183F-F627-4EC0-B980-A9B1E2CD6824-32732-00037972496B25DF-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:13:34 -0500 For Members Only http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/fmo_1111.html 1EE48140-4DF1-4BB6-BE83-8A3AD1DA4CCF-32732-000379783FCD2FBD-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:14:25 -0500 Funding Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/fund_1111.html 55B4EEFC-D3A3-4688-B1CA-4F0FD94D6C45-32732-0003798400317F6F-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:15:00 -0500 Cartoon Attendees Reflections on Las Vegas 2011 http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/nov11/cartoon_1111.html E6CD5ED9-93D1-4E36-9B73-1536A2F89DBA-32732-0003798C2EF47A8F-FFA Sat, 10 Dec 2011 05:15:41 -0500