Candidates for 2016 ASA Election

Last Updated: October 21, 2022

In accordance with election policies established by the ASA Council, biographical sketches of the candi­dates for leadership positions in the ASA election appear in alphabetical order by office below.

Candidates for President-Elect

2016 ASA Candidates - Eduardo Bonilla-SilvaEduardo Bonilla-Silva

Present Professional Position: Professor and Chair of Sociology, 2006-present.

Former Professional Positions: Assistant to Full Professor, Texas A&M University, 1998-2005; Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, 1993-1998.

Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1993; MA, University of Wisconsin, 1987; BA, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, 1984

Positions Held in ASA: Committee on Nominations, 2010-11; Council Member of American Sociological Association, 2003-2006; Member of ASA Public Understanding of Sociology Award Selection Committee, 2001-2003; Chair of Section of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 1999-2000; Editorial Board of Contexts, 2007-2010.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: President-Elect Southern Sociological Society, 2017- 18; Associate Editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 2015-Present; Editorial Board of Social Currents, 2014-Present; Advisory Editor of Social Problems, 2014-Present;

Publications:

  • Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2015. “More Than Prejudice: Restatement, Critical Reelections, and New Directions in Critical Race Theory.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 1(1):1-15;
  • Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2013. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America (4th ed.). Lanham, Rowman and Littlefield.; Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2012. “The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 35(2): 173-194;
  • Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2004. “From Bi-Racial to Tri-Racial: Towards a New System of Racial Stratification in the USA.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 27(6): 931-950;
  • Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 1997. “Rethinking Racism: Toward a Structural Interpretation.” American Sociological Review. 62:465-480.

Personal Statement: The sociological imagination is mighty powerful, but it is not almighty. Sociology, for instance, needs to address its “race problem.” Race, like all social cleavages, shapes deeply our personal lives and how we transact our sociological affairs. Accordingly, if we dream of a color-blind society and discipline, we must be willing to consider enacting race-conscious policies today. Race matters in both clear and subtle ways and we must tackle forthrightly the multiple ways in which it does. Despite our limitations, sociologists should not shy away from becoming “patriots of humanity” as 19th century Puerto Rican sociologist Eugenio María de Hostos advocated. Sociologists can bring clarity to numerous debates and can do so without partisanship or compromising social scientific standards. We are not Comtean priests with singular access to the truth, but our work and actions can contribute to build a more democratic, inclusive, and humane world. Another sociology is possible!

2016 ASA Candidates - Brian PowellBrian Powell

Present Professional Position: Chair, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2014-present

Former Professional Positions: James H. Rudy Professor of Sociology, 2008-Present; Affiliated Faculty, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, 2013-Present; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Gender Students, Indiana University, 1986-Present Education: PhD, Emory University, 1984; MA, Indiana University, 1980; BA, Hobart College, 1976

Positions Held in ASA: ASA Vice-President, 2012-2013; ASA Council Member, 2012-2015; Chair, ASA Section on Social Psychology, 2011-2012; Chair, ASA Section on Sociology of Education, 2009- 2010; Member, ASA Publications Committee, 2002-2005.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Board Member, General Social Survey Board of Overseers, 2015-Present; Board Member, Council on Contemporary Families, 2011-2012; Founding Member, Teaching and Learning Introductory Sociology (TLIS) Network, 2010-Present; Member, National Science Foundation Sociology and Dissertation Advisory Panel, 2002-2004, 2006-2008, 2009- 2010; President, Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University, 2007-2008.

Publications:

  • Cheng, Simon and Brian Powell. 2015. “Measurement, Methods, and Divergent Patterns: Reassessing the Effects of Same-Sex Parenting.” Social Science Research 52:615-626;
  • Hamilton, Laura, Claudia Geist, and Brian Powell. 2011. “Marital Name Change as a Window into Gender Attitudes.” Gender & Society 25:145-175;
  • Powell, Brian, Catherine Bolzendahl, Claudia Geist, and Lala Carr Steelman. 2010. Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of Family. New York: Russell Sage Foundation/ American Sociological Association Rose Series;
  • Cheng, Simon and Brian Powell. 2007. “Under and Beyond Constraints: Resource Allocation to Young Children from Biracial Families.” American Journal of Sociology 112:1044-1094;
  • Hamilton, Laura, Simon Cheng, and Brian Powell. 2007. “Adoptive Parents, Adaptive Parents: Evaluating the Importance of Biological Ties for Parental Investment.” American Sociological Review 72:95-116.

Personal Statement: I take an optimistic view of the ASA and its members. The ASA includes an impressive group of sociologists who excel in so many aspects of our profession and who give me great optimism about the discipline’s future—even during a period of time when the discipline, the ASA, and higher education face daunting challenges. The ASA must be fully inclusive and transparent in serving its members—whether they are employed in liberal arts colleges, research universities, applied set-tings, or elsewhere; whether they are students beginning their academic career or sociologists who have reached retirement; whether they are motivated primarily by teaching, research or advocacy; whether they assign greater importance to disciplinary concerns or to broader social policy. As someone who is committed to quality teaching, research excellence, and meaningful public engagement and who has worked with small liberal arts colleges, research universities, and applied settings, I look forward to representing, promoting participation among, providing transparency to, and advocating for the ASA membership.

Candidates for Vice President-Elect

2016 ASA Candidates - Vincent J. RoscignoVincent J. Roscigno

Present Professional Position: Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Sociology, Ohio State University, 2012-Present.

Former Professional Positions: Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University, 2005-2012; Associate Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University, 2001-2005; Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2001-2005. Education: PhD, North Carolina State University, 1996; MS, North Carolina State University, 1991; BA, University of Arizona, 1989.

Positions Held in ASA: ASA Program Committee, 2015 and 2016 Meetings; ASA Publications Committee, 2012-2015; Co-Editor, American Sociological Review, 2007- 2009; Outstanding Dissertation Award Selection Committee, 2004- 2006; Outstanding Graduate Paper Award Committee, Organizations, Occupations & Work Section, 2006.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Founding Co-Editor, Social Currents, Journal of the Southern Sociological Society, 2013-Present; Executive Committee, Southern Sociological Society, 2009-2013; President, Southern Sociological Society, 2009-2010; Committee on the Profession, Southern Sociological Society, 2004-2007; Committee on the Status of Women, Southern Sociological Society, 2001-2004.

Publications:

  • Roscigno, Vincent J., Julia Miller Cantzler, Salvatore J. Restifo, and Joshua Guetzkow. 2015. “Legitimation, State Repression and the Sioux Massacre at Wounded Knee.” Mobilization 20:17-40;
  • Byron, Reginald and Vincent J. Roscigno. 2014. “Relational Power, Legitimation and Pregnancy Discrimination.” Gender & Society 28:438-462;
  • Roscigno, Vincent J., Diana Karafin, and Griff Tester. 2009. “The Complexities and Processes of Racial Housing Discrimination.” Social Problems 56:46-69;
  • Roscigno, Vincent J., Donald Tomaskovic Devey, and Martha Crowley. 2006. “Education and the Inequalities of Place.” Social Forces 94:2121-2145;
  • Roscigno, Vincent J. and Randy Hodson. 2004. “The Organizational and Social Foundations of Worker Resistance.” American Sociological Review 69: 14-39.

Personal Statement: I am truly honored that I have been nominated for the position of Vice President of the ASA—an organization that reflects many voices and that continues to play an important part in my ongoing excitement about the “doing” of sociology. If elected, I will strive to ensure that the many faces of our field—including those underrepresented in our ranks; at large research and smaller liberal arts institutions; senior and especially junior scholars and graduate students; U.S. and international scholars; and those on the tenure track, those holding adjunct/lecturing positions, and those who are in more applied arenas—find nothing short of a supportive, nurturing organization with a forward-thinking leadership and an open ear. Such inclusivity in principle and practice is essential for the ASA to thrive. Indeed, if elected, I would carry this as the guiding principle into all formal and informal responsibilities of the Vice President.

C2016 ASA Candidates - Christopher Uggenhristopher Uggen

Present Professional Position: McKnight Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Minnesota, 2006-present.

Former Professional Positions: Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2005-2006; Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2001-2005; Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 1995-2001. Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1995; MS, University of Wisconsin, 1990; BA, University of Wisconsin, 1986

Positions Held in ASA: Public Understanding of Sociology Award Committee, 2014-2016; Chair, ASA Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance, 2014-2015; Editor, Contexts, 2008-2011; ASA Publications Committee, 2008-2011; Nominations Committee, Section on Crime, Law and Deviance, 2010-2011.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Editor and Publisher, TheSocietyPages.org (with Doug Hartmann), 2010-present; Board of Overseers, General Social Survey (GSS), 2016-2020; Minnesota Department of Corrections Human Subjects Committee, 2009-2015; Executive Secretary, American Society of Criminology, 2003-2009; Associate Editor, Law and Society Review, 2003-2006.

Publications:

  • McLaughlin, Heather, Christopher Uggen, and Amy Blackstone. 2012. “Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power.” American Sociological Review 77:625-47;
  • Massoglia, Michael and Christopher Uggen. 2010. “Settling Down and Aging Out: Toward an Interactionist Theory of Desistance and the Transition to Adulthood.” American Journal of Sociology 116:543-82;
  • Manza, Jeff, and Christopher Uggen. Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy. 2006, 2008. New York: Oxford University Press;
  • Uggen, Christopher, and Jeff Manza. 2002. “Democratic Contraction? The Political Consequences of Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States.” American Sociological Review 67:777-803;
  • Uggen, Christopher. 2000. “Work as a Turning Point in the Life Course of Criminals: A Duration Model of Age, Employment, and Recidivism.” American Sociological Review 65:529-46.

Personal Statement: Thanks for considering me for ASA Vice President. My agenda is to bring sociology to broader visibility and influence. I will seek to ensure that the next sociological generation has the material and intellectual resources they need to flourish. As editor (at Contexts and TheSocietyPages, with Doug Hartmann), department chair, and in public and policy work, I’ve seen how sociology speaks powerfully to the central dilemmas of the day. As a “big tent” sociologist, I value the richness and diversity of our field and the science and activism that sociology inspires. Effective ASA leadership helps put our productive internal tensions to good purpose, while advocating to external audiences on behalf of our membership. As Vice President, I will work to expand the reach and impact of sociology, to use old and new media to bring sociology to more students, and to sustain and nurture the research infrastructure that advances sociological knowledge.

 

Candidates for President-Elect

In accordance with election policies established by the ASA Council, biographical sketches of the candi­dates for leadership positions in the ASA election appear in alphabetical order by office below.

Candidates for President-Elect

2016 ASA Candidates - Eduardo Bonilla-SilvaEduardo Bonilla-Silva

Present Professional Position: Professor and Chair of Sociology, 2006-present.

Former Professional Positions: Assistant to Full Professor, Texas A&M University, 1998-2005; Assistant Professor, University of Michigan, 1993-1998.

Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1993; MA, University of Wisconsin, 1987; BA, University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, 1984

Positions Held in ASA: Committee on Nominations, 2010-11; Council Member of American Sociological Association, 2003-2006; Member of ASA Public Understanding of Sociology Award Selection Committee, 2001-2003; Chair of Section of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 1999-2000; Editorial Board of Contexts, 2007-2010.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: President-Elect Southern Sociological Society, 2017- 18; Associate Editor of Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 2015-Present; Editorial Board of Social Currents, 2014-Present; Advisory Editor of Social Problems, 2014-Present;

Publications:

  • Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2015. “More Than Prejudice: Restatement, Critical Reelections, and New Directions in Critical Race Theory.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. 1(1):1-15;
  • Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2013. Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America (4th ed.). Lanham, Rowman and Littlefield.; Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2012. “The Invisible Weight of Whiteness: The Racial Grammar of Everyday Life in Contemporary America.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 35(2): 173-194;
  • Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 2004. “From Bi-Racial to Tri-Racial: Towards a New System of Racial Stratification in the USA.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 27(6): 931-950;
  • Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. 1997. “Rethinking Racism: Toward a Structural Interpretation.” American Sociological Review. 62:465-480.

Personal Statement: The sociological imagination is mighty powerful, but it is not almighty. Sociology, for instance, needs to address its “race problem.” Race, like all social cleavages, shapes deeply our personal lives and how we transact our sociological affairs. Accordingly, if we dream of a color-blind society and discipline, we must be willing to consider enacting race-conscious policies today. Race matters in both clear and subtle ways and we must tackle forthrightly the multiple ways in which it does. Despite our limitations, sociologists should not shy away from becoming “patriots of humanity” as 19th century Puerto Rican sociologist Eugenio María de Hostos advocated. Sociologists can bring clarity to numerous debates and can do so without partisanship or compromising social scientific standards. We are not Comtean priests with singular access to the truth, but our work and actions can contribute to build a more democratic, inclusive, and humane world. Another sociology is possible!

2016 ASA Candidates - Brian PowellBrian Powell

Present Professional Position: Chair, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2014-present

Former Professional Positions: James H. Rudy Professor of Sociology, 2008-Present; Affiliated Faculty, Kinsey Institute, Indiana University, 2013-Present; Affiliated Faculty, Department of Gender Students, Indiana University, 1986-Present Education: PhD, Emory University, 1984; MA, Indiana University, 1980; BA, Hobart College, 1976

Positions Held in ASA: ASA Vice-President, 2012-2013; ASA Council Member, 2012-2015; Chair, ASA Section on Social Psychology, 2011-2012; Chair, ASA Section on Sociology of Education, 2009- 2010; Member, ASA Publications Committee, 2002-2005.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Board Member, General Social Survey Board of Overseers, 2015-Present; Board Member, Council on Contemporary Families, 2011-2012; Founding Member, Teaching and Learning Introductory Sociology (TLIS) Network, 2010-Present; Member, National Science Foundation Sociology and Dissertation Advisory Panel, 2002-2004, 2006-2008, 2009- 2010; President, Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University, 2007-2008.

Publications:

  • Cheng, Simon and Brian Powell. 2015. “Measurement, Methods, and Divergent Patterns: Reassessing the Effects of Same-Sex Parenting.” Social Science Research 52:615-626;
  • Hamilton, Laura, Claudia Geist, and Brian Powell. 2011. “Marital Name Change as a Window into Gender Attitudes.” Gender & Society 25:145-175;
  • Powell, Brian, Catherine Bolzendahl, Claudia Geist, and Lala Carr Steelman. 2010. Counted Out: Same-Sex Relations and Americans’ Definitions of Family. New York: Russell Sage Foundation/ American Sociological Association Rose Series;
  • Cheng, Simon and Brian Powell. 2007. “Under and Beyond Constraints: Resource Allocation to Young Children from Biracial Families.” American Journal of Sociology 112:1044-1094;
  • Hamilton, Laura, Simon Cheng, and Brian Powell. 2007. “Adoptive Parents, Adaptive Parents: Evaluating the Importance of Biological Ties for Parental Investment.” American Sociological Review 72:95-116.

Personal Statement: I take an optimistic view of the ASA and its members. The ASA includes an impressive group of sociologists who excel in so many aspects of our profession and who give me great optimism about the discipline’s future—even during a period of time when the discipline, the ASA, and higher education face daunting challenges. The ASA must be fully inclusive and transparent in serving its members—whether they are employed in liberal arts colleges, research universities, applied set-tings, or elsewhere; whether they are students beginning their academic career or sociologists who have reached retirement; whether they are motivated primarily by teaching, research or advocacy; whether they assign greater importance to disciplinary concerns or to broader social policy. As someone who is committed to quality teaching, research excellence, and meaningful public engagement and who has worked with small liberal arts colleges, research universities, and applied settings, I look forward to representing, promoting participation among, providing transparency to, and advocating for the ASA membership.

Candidates for Vice President-Elect

2016 ASA Candidates - Vincent J. RoscignoVincent J. Roscigno

Present Professional Position: Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in Sociology, Ohio State University, 2012-Present.

Former Professional Positions: Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University, 2005-2012; Associate Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University, 2001-2005; Assistant Professor of Sociology, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2001-2005. Education: PhD, North Carolina State University, 1996; MS, North Carolina State University, 1991; BA, University of Arizona, 1989.

Positions Held in ASA: ASA Program Committee, 2015 and 2016 Meetings; ASA Publications Committee, 2012-2015; Co-Editor, American Sociological Review, 2007- 2009; Outstanding Dissertation Award Selection Committee, 2004- 2006; Outstanding Graduate Paper Award Committee, Organizations, Occupations & Work Section, 2006.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Founding Co-Editor, Social Currents, Journal of the Southern Sociological Society, 2013-Present; Executive Committee, Southern Sociological Society, 2009-2013; President, Southern Sociological Society, 2009-2010; Committee on the Profession, Southern Sociological Society, 2004-2007; Committee on the Status of Women, Southern Sociological Society, 2001-2004.

Publications:

  • Roscigno, Vincent J., Julia Miller Cantzler, Salvatore J. Restifo, and Joshua Guetzkow. 2015. “Legitimation, State Repression and the Sioux Massacre at Wounded Knee.” Mobilization 20:17-40;
  • Byron, Reginald and Vincent J. Roscigno. 2014. “Relational Power, Legitimation and Pregnancy Discrimination.” Gender & Society 28:438-462;
  • Roscigno, Vincent J., Diana Karafin, and Griff Tester. 2009. “The Complexities and Processes of Racial Housing Discrimination.” Social Problems 56:46-69;
  • Roscigno, Vincent J., Donald Tomaskovic Devey, and Martha Crowley. 2006. “Education and the Inequalities of Place.” Social Forces 94:2121-2145;
  • Roscigno, Vincent J. and Randy Hodson. 2004. “The Organizational and Social Foundations of Worker Resistance.” American Sociological Review 69: 14-39.

Personal Statement: I am truly honored that I have been nominated for the position of Vice President of the ASA—an organization that reflects many voices and that continues to play an important part in my ongoing excitement about the “doing” of sociology. If elected, I will strive to ensure that the many faces of our field—including those underrepresented in our ranks; at large research and smaller liberal arts institutions; senior and especially junior scholars and graduate students; U.S. and international scholars; and those on the tenure track, those holding adjunct/lecturing positions, and those who are in more applied arenas—find nothing short of a supportive, nurturing organization with a forward-thinking leadership and an open ear. Such inclusivity in principle and practice is essential for the ASA to thrive. Indeed, if elected, I would carry this as the guiding principle into all formal and informal responsibilities of the Vice President.

C2016 ASA Candidates - Christopher Uggenhristopher Uggen

Present Professional Position: McKnight Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Minnesota, 2006-present.

Former Professional Positions: Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2005-2006; Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 2001-2005; Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Minnesota, 1995-2001. Education: PhD, University of Wisconsin, 1995; MS, University of Wisconsin, 1990; BA, University of Wisconsin, 1986

Positions Held in ASA: Public Understanding of Sociology Award Committee, 2014-2016; Chair, ASA Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance, 2014-2015; Editor, Contexts, 2008-2011; ASA Publications Committee, 2008-2011; Nominations Committee, Section on Crime, Law and Deviance, 2010-2011.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Editor and Publisher, TheSocietyPages.org (with Doug Hartmann), 2010-present; Board of Overseers, General Social Survey (GSS), 2016-2020; Minnesota Department of Corrections Human Subjects Committee, 2009-2015; Executive Secretary, American Society of Criminology, 2003-2009; Associate Editor, Law and Society Review, 2003-2006.

Publications:

  • McLaughlin, Heather, Christopher Uggen, and Amy Blackstone. 2012. “Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power.” American Sociological Review 77:625-47;
  • Massoglia, Michael and Christopher Uggen. 2010. “Settling Down and Aging Out: Toward an Interactionist Theory of Desistance and the Transition to Adulthood.” American Journal of Sociology 116:543-82;
  • Manza, Jeff, and Christopher Uggen. Locked Out: Felon Disenfranchisement and American Democracy. 2006, 2008. New York: Oxford University Press;
  • Uggen, Christopher, and Jeff Manza. 2002. “Democratic Contraction? The Political Consequences of Felon Disenfranchisement in the United States.” American Sociological Review 67:777-803;
  • Uggen, Christopher. 2000. “Work as a Turning Point in the Life Course of Criminals: A Duration Model of Age, Employment, and Recidivism.” American Sociological Review 65:529-46.

Personal Statement: Thanks for considering me for ASA Vice President. My agenda is to bring sociology to broader visibility and influence. I will seek to ensure that the next sociological generation has the material and intellectual resources they need to flourish. As editor (at Contexts and TheSocietyPages, with Doug Hartmann), department chair, and in public and policy work, I’ve seen how sociology speaks powerfully to the central dilemmas of the day. As a “big tent” sociologist, I value the richness and diversity of our field and the science and activism that sociology inspires. Effective ASA leadership helps put our productive internal tensions to good purpose, while advocating to external audiences on behalf of our membership. As Vice President, I will work to expand the reach and impact of sociology, to use old and new media to bring sociology to more students, and to sustain and nurture the research infrastructure that advances sociological knowledge.

2017 ASA Election Candidates - Rogelio SáenzRogelio Sáenz

Present Professional Position: Dean of College of Public Policy and Mark G. Yudof Endowed Professor, University of Texas at San Antonio, 2011-present.

Former Professional Positions: Professor, Texas A&M University, 1996-2011; Department Head, Texas A&M University, 1997-2004; Associate Professor, Texas A&M University, 1991-96.

Education: PhD, Iowa State University, 1986; MS, Iowa State University, 1984; BSW, Pan American University, 1981.

Positions Held in ASA: Member, Committee on Executive Office and the Budget (EOB); Editorial Board Member, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity; Editorial Board Member, American Sociological Review; Editorial Board Member, ASA/Russell Sage Foundation Rose Monograph Series; Member, Minority Fellowship Program Committee.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: President, Southwestern Social Science Association; Chair, Executive Council of the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR); Vice President, Rural Sociological Society; President, Southwestern Sociological Association; Member, Executive Council of Rural Sociological Society.

Publications:

  • Sáenz, Rogelio and Maria Cristina Morales. 2015. Latinos in the United States: Diversity and Change. Polity;
  • Sáenz, Rogelio, David G. Embrick, and Néstor Rodríguez (eds.). 2015. The International Handbook of the Demography of Race and Ethnicity. Springer;
  • Sáenz, Rogelio and Karen Manges Douglas. 2015. “A Call for the Racialization of Immigration Studies: On the Transition from Ethnic Immigrants to Racialized Immigrants.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 1 (1):166-180;
  • Sáenz, Rogelio. 2014. “Fifty Years of the Deferment of the Dream for Racial Justice: From Hattie Carroll to Trayvon Martin.” 119-124 in K.J. Fasching-Varner, A. Dixon, R. Reynolds, and K. Albert (eds.), Trayvon Martin, Race, and American Justice: Writing Wrong. Sense Publishers;
  • Douglas, Karen and Rogelio Sáenz. 2013. “The Criminalization of Immigrants and the Immigration-Industrial Complex.” Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 142 (3):199-227.

Personal Statement: I was born and raised in the Rio Grande Valley, located along the Texas-Mexico border and one of the nation’s poorest regions. I am a first-gen­eration high school and college graduate. I am proud of the many students from similar backgrounds whom I have mentored and are now sociologists. My research and teaching focus on the intersections of race, inequality, and demography with a social justice perspective. I have conducted public sociology to engage the general public and policymakers on important issues such as police shootings of African Americans, reproductive rights, policies that disenfranchise people of color, immigration, racism, and demographic changes. Sociology is particularly relevant today as reactionaries such as Donald Trump threaten cherished democratic prin­ciples and spawn hatred, racism, sexism, and Islamophobia. As your ASA president, I will work pas­sionately to enlarge the public stage where sociologists can contribute to the dialogue and understanding of important contemporary issues.

Candidates for Vice President-Elect

2017 ASA Election Candidates - Grace KaoGrace Kao

Present Professional Position: Professor of Sociology, Education, and Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2009-present.

Former Professional Positions: Associate Professor of Sociology, Education, and Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 2003-09; Assistant Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies, University of Pennsylvania, 1997-2003.

Education: PhD, University of Chicago, 1997; MA, University of Chicago, 1992; BA, Sociology and Oriental Languages (Chinese Literature), University of California-Berkeley, 1990.

Positions Held in ASA: Nominations Committee; Chair, Section on Children and Youth; Council, Section on Sociology of Education; Council, Section on Asia and Asian America; Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, Social Psychology Quarterly.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Member, Professional Development and Training Committee, American Education Researchers Association (AERA), 2016-19; Co-Editor, Research on the Sociology of Education, 2014-present; Board Member, Population Association of America (PAA), 2008-11; Board Member (Mid-Atlantic/South Representative), Association for Asian American Studies (AAAS), 2003-05; Director, Asian American Studies Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2003-09.

Publications:

  • Stamper-Balistreri, Kelly, Kara Joyner, and Grace Kao. 2016. “Relationship Involvement among Young Adults: Are Asian American Men an Exceptional Case?” Population Research and Policy Review. 34:709-732;
  • Cherng, Hua-Yu Sebastian, Kristin Turney, and Grace Kao. 2014. “Less Socially Engaged? Participation in Friendship and Extracurricular Activities among Racial/Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Adolescents.” Teachers College Record. 116;
  • Burke, Ruth and Grace Kao. 2013. “Bearing the Burden of Whiteness: The Implications of Racial Self Identification for Multiracial Adolescents’ School Belonging and Academic Achievement.” Ethnic and Racial Studies. 36:747-773;
  • Kao, Grace, Elizabeth Vaquera, and Kimberly Goyette. 2013. Education and Immigration. Polity Press;
  • Kao, Grace and Marta Tienda. 1995. “Optimism and Achievement: The Educational Performance of Immigrant Youth.” Social Science Quarterly. 76: 1-19.

Personal Statement: I have held elected offices not only at the national and section levels of the American Sociological Association, but also in the Population Association of America and the Association of Asian American Studies, and have become more involved in the American Education Research Association. I am unusual in that I regularly work among sociologists, demographers, and Asian Americanists. I care deeply about minority and immigrant populations. In my studies of minority youth, I have made a point to examine Asian American, Hispanic, black, and white popu­lations together when possible. I have also helped to establish studies that compare first-, second-, and third-generation immigrant youth. I think the primary goal of ASA is to support the work of sociologists, especially given the current political climate. I also hope to continue its work in making our work more accessible to policy makers and the general public.

2017 ASA Election Candidates - Bandana PurkayasthaBandana Purkayastha

Present Professional Position: Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut, 2010-present.

Former Professional Positions: Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut, 2010-present (Head 2011-16); Associate Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut, 2005-10; Assistant Professor of Sociology & Asian American Studies, University of Connecticut, 1999-2005.

Education: PhD, University of Connecticut, 1999; MS, University of Massachusetts, 1987; MA, Presidency College, University of Calcutta (India), 1979.

Positions Held in ASA: National Representative to International Sociological Association (ISA), 2014-18; Member, Committee on Committees, 2014-16; Member, Jessie Bernard Award Committee, 2010-13, Chair, 2013; Asia and Asian American Section, Book Awards Committee, 2012; Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Council, 2004-06.

Offices Held in Other Organizations: Vice President, Research Committee on Armed Conflict and Conflict Resolution, International Sociological Association (ISA), 2010-14; Secretary & Treasurer, Research Committee on Women in Society, ISA, 2010-14; President, Sociologists for Women in Society, 2013; Executive Committee, Research Committee on Women in Society, 2006-10; Deputy Editor, Gender & Society, 2006-11.

Publications:

  • Adur, Shweta and Purkayastha, Bandana. 2017. “Claiming ‘Tradition’, Naming the Cause: Examining the Language of Social Identity among Queer South Asians in U.S.” Journal of South Asian Diasporas, 9:1-16;
  • Armaline, William, Silfen Glasberg, Davita and Purkayastha, Bandana. 2015. The Human Rights Enterprise: The State, Resistance, and Human Rights. Polity Pres;
  • Yousaf, Farhan, and Purkayastha, Bandana. 2015. “’I am only half alive’: Organ Trafficking in Pakistan Amidst Interlocking Oppressions.” International Sociology, 30: 637-653;
  • Purkayastha, Bandana. 2012. “Intersectionality in a transnational world. Symposium on Patricia Hill Collins.” Gender & Society, 26: 55-66;
  • Armaline, William Silfen, Davita Glasberg, and Bandana Purkayastha, (equal co-editors) 2011. Human Rights in Our Backyard: Injustice and Resistance in the U.S. University of Pennsylvania Press. (Winner of the 2013 Hirabayashi Book Award from the ASA Human Rights Section).

Personal Statement: I am honored to be nominated for the Vice Presidency of ASA. I have a significant track record of mentor­ing and collaborating with scholars here and across the world. Together, we have substantively expanded the spheres of inclusion through our scholarship, academic, and everyday practices. My wide-rang­ing-research interests and research networks remind me that we still have a long way to go to make our discipline and organizations remain open and supportive for a variety of scholars so that their dreams are not deferred. I have served as President of SWS, in different positions within the ASA, ISA, and SSSP, as well as head of the department and as an international expert, most recently for WHO. I have significant admin­istrative experience to fulfill the requirements of this position. I will make sure the organization moves forward effectively, respectfully, and ethically, with passion to explain and address social inequalities.

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