Footnotes Index to Articles
1978
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Is Sociology Relevant to the "Real" World? Yes, but . . . Minority Fellowship Program Compiles Impressive Four Year Record Teaching Workshop Scheduled for Midwest Meeting Committee Structure Revised by ASA Council Sociologist Andrew Lind?s Classroom on Wheels Commission Addressed Conditions at Disclosure Aging Symposium Set for AAAS Meeting Minority Fellowship Program Offers Applied Fellowships Ode to Boston: Center of the Universe (a poem by Spencer Condie) Open Forum: "Recommends Specific Training for Federal Careers" (Ronald Manderscheid) ASA Committee on Expanding Employment Opportunities Seeks Sociologists in Non-Academic Settings Applied Sociology Workshop Slated for Pacific Meeting Danforth Program Offers Fellowships Sale of Teaching Materials Shows Substantial Increase NIA Seeks Health Scientist Administrator Inter Nos (Russell Dynes) SPSSI Announces Dissertation Prizes Obituaries: T. Earl Sullenger The American Sociologist Features New Perspectives Family Impact Survey Underway NCJRS Offers Free Services Preparing Worldwide Report on Health Systems Research |
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Decline in Social Science Majors Candidates for ASA Election Non Academic Settings Supportive of Research New ASA Publications: Careers in Sociology, 1978 Guide, Directory of Members, Directory of Departments Committee Structure for 1978 ICPSR Programs Provide Training Opporrtunities Sociologists Head Seminars for College Teachers Obituaries: John M. Foskett Elizabeth Briant Lee Elected President of Association for Humanist Sociology World Congress of Sociology Theme, Travel, Grants Eastern Sociological Society Forms Lectureship Committee Social Indicators Issued by Commerce Department Teaching vs. Research: Everett Wilson Calls for Revision of Teaching Role in Sociology Occupational Data File Available Eastern Sociological Society Meeting Schedules Innovative Sessions Emory University Program Studies English Health Care Committee on Alternative Resources Seeks Support Proposals Sought on Institutional Racism Conference on Meta-Theory Inter Nos (Russell Dynes) Forum Debates Business Responsibility Paul Chalfant Elected Mid-South Sociological Association President NIH Forum Seeks Sociologists AAAS Seeks Congressional Fellowship Applicants Committee Appointments New HRAF Improves Potential for Worldwide Theory Testing Council Seeks Advice on Election Procedures |
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Council Approves Continuation of Problems of Discipline Program Non-Academic Settings: Breadth and Depth Needed in Graduate Training Workshop Held on Opportunities in Federal Employment Midwest Sociological Society Examines Structural Paradigm Southern Sociological Society Special Sessions NIE Plans New Programs and Expands Others Election Edition: Candidate Biographies Notre Dame Research Convention On Verses Versus Boston (a poem by Suzanne Fleming) Open Forum: "Seeks More Effective Organization of Sociologists" (Wade H. Andrews); "Cites Need to Notice How Much Learning is Taking Place" (Reyes Ramos) Inter Nos (Russell Dynes) Information Sought on Memorial Session Held to Honor Harry Braverman Obituaries: Harry Alpert, Henry A. Bowman, Carroll D. Clark, Norman S. Hayner Committee on Publications Report Editors' Reports Letters to the Editor: "Piener Rgues 4 Reformd Spelling" (S. Colum Gilfillan); "Photos Provide Data for Voting Decisions" (Cecelia E. Sudia); "Request Fewer Letters of Reference" (Phyllis C. Barrins) Survey on Ethical Issues in Evaluation Research ASA Project Plans Workshops in Florida and Colorado |
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ASA Teaching Newsletter Seeks Subscribers ASA Creates New Award Structure Several ABASS Studies Underway Departmental Role Focuses on Undergraduate Teaching NSF Reorganizes RANN Program Alternative Career Opportunities Outlined by Sociologists ISA Travel Information Spivack Fellowship Deadline Set for June 1 Nominations Sought for Myrdal Prizes Percent of Social Science Degrees Decreases in 1970s Second Edition of Inquiries in Sociology Published Pennsylvania Sociological Society Officers Open Forum: "Assets Minority Employment Prospects Bright" (Phillip Carey); "Seeks Questions for Practical Research Bank" (Donald E. Allen) Inter Nos (Russell Dynes) Election Studies Given Long-Range Funding Center for Rape Prevention Offers Three Categories of Grants Center Seeks Proposals on Reproductive Behavior Proposals Sought on Social Factors Related to Oral Health Sociological Follies Need Volunteers Mount Vernon College Offers Facilities for Summer Programs Visual Sociologists Invite Participation Obituaries: Robert L. Kanter, Paul L. Wuebben, Morton DeCorcey Nachlas Minutes of January 13, 1978, meeting of 1978 Council More Editors? Reports More Committee Reports Section Reports After Thoughts; Final Words Departments Attend ASA Teaching Workshop NCSA Focuses on Human Rights, Undergraduate Teaching New Videotape on Computer Graphics ASA Award Deadlines |
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Council Debates ERA Issues and Convention Sites Federal Budget Requests for Social Science Outlined COGRAT Issues Recommendations on Initial Appointments Plenary and Thematic Sessions Emphasize Grown Phenomena First Spivack Fellowships Announced ASA Committee on the Profession Seeks Information on COINTELPRO Activities ASA Committee on the Profession Seeks Information on Unethical Publishers Non-Academic Settings: Sociologists React to and Discuss Meaning of Labels Countries Request Fulbrights in Sociology Spivack Fellowship Application Deadline Conference to Examine Research Regulations ASA Award Deadlines New National Council Soliciting Research Proposals on Soviet Union and East Europe Section on Aging Seeks Members Academic Advising: Full-Time Position Termed "Rewarding" ASA Annual Meeting to Serve as Lab: New Sponsor Named Population Policy Proposals Sought Journal of Applied Behavioral Science Seeks Editor AAAS Socio-Psychological Prize Competition New Members Named to NSF Advisory Group Citizens Willing to Fund Research Research Proposals Sought on Health Costs NCSA Session Focuses on Futures for Sociologists ASA Problem of Discipline Grants Supporting Three Groups COFRAT: Guidelines for Initiation Appointments (including suggested letter of initial appointment offer) Western Massachusetts Consortium Holds First Meeting Council Considering Offering Group Insurance Lazarsfeld Lectures Begin; Hans Zeisel to Give First Lecture Minutes of March 11, 1978, meeting of 1978 Council Committee Reports Time, Space Allocation Guidelines Announced for Annual Meetings Award Winning Student Films Auditor's Report: December 31, 1977 Letters to the Editor: Difficulties in Selecting Job Applicants (Lauren H. Seiler) DC Society Holds Job Conference for Undergraduates Obituaries: D. Mehdi Azimi New Service Provides Quick Access to Federal Statistics Inter-Organizational Cooperation Produces Workshop on Introductory Sociology Course (Robert E. Kennedy, Jr., and Mohammad Tavakoli) ASA Receives Funds for Abt Prize on the Conditions of Social Research NIMH Wants More Research on Minority Groups Inter Nos (Russell Dynes) |
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Report of the President: Amos Hawley Cites New ASA Actions President Elect Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. Announces Theme for 1979 Annual Meeting Peter Rossi Wins Presidential Runoff; Helen MacGill Hughes Elected Vice President Monanes Make Bequest to ASA for Two Programs Teaching Center Relocates to ASA Office Sociologists in Non-Academic Jobs Suggest Actions William Foote Whyte Heads Effort to Link Academia and Congress Portrait of the New ASA President: A Bundle of Contradictions: Which is the Real Tad Blalock? (Gerhard Lenski) General Sessions and Organizers Named for 1979 ASA Meeting Sociological Follies Cancelled ASA Developing Non-Academic Roster Editors Selected for ASA Journals: Howard B. Kaplan, JHSB; Alan C. Kerckhoff, SOE; Allen Grimshaw to Remain TAS Editor While Council Considers Future Effort Underway to Improve Reporting of Social Sciences Mid-South Sociological Association Launches New Journal, Sociological Forum Postsecondary Research Group Forms in AERA Washington Forms State Association Report of the Secretary: Short: Remodeling, Finances and Divisive Tendencies (James F. Short, Jr.) Problems of the Discipline Grant Deadline Employment Projections, Job Seeking Tips Presented for Undergraduate, Graduate Sociology Trainees (Doris Wilkinson) Foundation Seeks Proposals on Current Values Sociologists Receive Grants for Population Policy Studies Non-Profit Organizations Fund Sociologists (Guggenheim, German Marshall Fund, ACLS/SSRC, ACLS) ASA Projects Schedule Workshops for Departmental Chairs and New Teachers Report of the Executive Officer: Executive Office Functions to ASA Constitution (Russell Dynes) ASA Historical Materials Sought What Do You Do in the Executive Office? An Empirical Answer (Russell Dynes) ASA Staff: An Introduction by Person and Job Activities Minority Fellowship Program: First PhD, Celestino Fernandez, Fulfilling Its Promise Proposals Wanted on Health of Children Minority Fellowship Program Facing Funding Reductions Researchers on Western Europe Sought Inter Nos (Russell Dynes) Regulations for Research on Children Wisconsin Association Plans Teaching Workshop Section on Methodology Announces Training Institute at Annual Meeting Leaflet on Information Act Organizations Elect Sociologists NSF Facing Large Budget Cut Clinical Sociology Network Launched ASA Conducts Referendum on Site of 1980 Annual Meeting (because Atlanta is not in an ERA state) Sociologists Selected Woodrow Wilson Scholars Recommendations for Review Board to be Published Student Journal Directory Seeking Information Letters to the Editor: On the New Careers in Sociology: "Unrealistic Picture on Roles, Market" (Jon Darling, Roslyn Darling); "Reads Well, Likes Gender Balance" (Charles A. Goldsmid); "An Improvement, a Disappointment" (Monica M. Morris). Other: "Must Return to a Quality System" (Pierre L. van den Berghe) Open Forum: "Visions of Utopia" (Don Martindale) TAS Wants Ideas on Academic Freedom Obituaries: Frieda Fligelman, Winston W. Ehrmann, Hans W. Mattick, Harley O. Preston, Olive M. Stone Harry Alpert Fund Established Copies of National Drug Abuse Studies Available from NIDA Late Charge Instituted for Late ASA Dues Payment Clearinghouse on Academic Freedom Created Funds Available for NIMH Grants Grants Awarded for World Congress Travel |

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Editor's Note: Continuous series on "Social Science and Government" launched Social Science and Government: Study Examines Federal Investment in Social Science (Lawrence J. Rhoades) Nathan Glazer: Graduate Training Needs Professional Perspective Program Committee Seeks Suggestions Annual Meeting Moves to New York, Result of Referendum Alice Meyers, ASA Administrative Officer, to Retire New ISA Officers Assessing Interest in Social Aspects of Space Utilization David Mechanic Resigns Council Seat; Pauline Bart Accepts Council Post (Caroline Perrucci takes Bart's Seat on Committee on Nominations) Corresponding with ASA Jessie Bernard Award Guidelines Announced Privacy Research Competition Seeks Proposals From Social R&D to Social Knowledge P&A Problems Hamper Social Organization of Social Research Effort (Lawrence J. Rhoades) Oversight Institutions Named Federal Funds: How Much, From Where, For What, For Whom (Lawrence J. Rhoades) ASA Projects Slate Workshop for New Teachers Syllabi Set on Sociology of Education Available from Teaching Resources Center Supplementary Sessions Undergraduate Teachers Participate in NEH Summer Seminars Sociologists Teaching Chatauqua Courses: Apply Now Registry of Retired Sociology Being Updated Obituaries: Betty Radley Green, Hei Chu Kim, Robert Lee Sutherland Lecture Series Honors Robert F. Winch Minutes of June 16, 1978, meeting of 1978 Council Another View of Graduate Education Civil Service Commission Expands Program to Graduate Students |
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Lilly Awards Second Grant to ASA Teacher Development Project Candidates for ASA Offices Teaching Resources Group Expands as Demand Increases in Third Year Minority Fellowship Program Receives Additional Funds Participation of Sociologists in Fulbright Program Reviewed (Russell Dynes) Spivack Fellowships Awarded Eubank Collection Donated to Chicago COINTELPRO Activities Proposals Wanted on Diet and Nutrition Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements Being Organized ASA Involvement in International Scene Sociologists Named Fulbright Scholars for 1978-79 Tax Deductions for Attending Meetings in Other Countries Inter Nos (Russell Dynes) A Profile: Minorities in Sociology and Other Behavioral Sciences (Doris Wilkinson) International Effort: Integration of Social Science Information ASA Guidelines Cited for Exercising Right to Petition Statisticians Honor Three Sociologists New AID Division Seeks Social Science Feedback SPSSI Task Force Seeks Input Paper Discusses Statistical Disclosure Teaching Positions Overseas General Social Survey Results Available Human Relations Area File Announces Summer Workshop Section Organizers Photos of Former ASA Presidents Available Science Citation Index Data Base Leased by NSF |
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NIE Awards ASA Grant for Research Skills Institute ASA Council, Committee Candidates Social Science and Government: NSF Council Preparing Reports on Science Policy Issues (Lawrence J. Rhoades) Sociologists to Participate in AAAS Meeting Blalock: A Personal Appeal for Suggestions NSF Seeks Replacement for Herbert Costner Studies Wanted on Drug Abuse Nominations Sought for Editors of Rose Monograph Series and SPQ Open Forum: "ABS Statement Assails Book by Wilson"; "Black Sociologist Backs Wilson" (William A. Sampson); "Wants to Remove Restrictions on Meeting Papers" (Lee H. Bowker); "Suggest New Course of Action for State Sociological Associations" (Charlene Rushton Black) Section on Visual Sociology Being Organized Sociologists Place in SPSSI Dissertation Award Competition ASA Council Opposes Proposition 6 MFP Invites Applications Minutes of September 6, 1978, meeting of 1978 Council Career Bibliography II: More Resources for Sociology Trainees (Doris Wilkinson) Alternative Careers for Academics Bulletin Visiting Fulbrights Open to Invitations Study Project on Social Research and Development Publications Available Donations to ASA Fund for the Discipline Invited |
