Footnotes 1975 | American Sociological Association

January 1975 (Volume 3, Number 1)

ASA Committee Appointments and Representatives
NSF Program Outlined; Emphasized Areas Cited (by Larry Rhoades, ASA Executive Associate; first in a series of articles on the research mission and interests of federal agencies)
Plenary Sessions, Thematic Panels for 1975 Annual Meeting in San Francisco
NEH Summer Seminars Offered to Undergraduate Teachers
Job Hunting Hints Given to Undergraduate Majors
Open Forum: “Discriminatory Practices Against Non-Citizens Assailed” (Bradley W. Parlin and Kooros M. Mahmondi)
Letters to the Editor: “Wants Information on Rejected Proposals” (Donald B. Wallace); “Turnaround Time” (Daniel Koenig)
Elbridge Sibley Traces 50-Year History of SSRC
Sociological Methodology 1975 Available
Limits to Growth Offers $20,000 In Prizes for Research Papers
New PhD Roster for Sale
Graduate Departments Included in 1975 Guide
Policy Change on Page Charges May Yield Funds for ASA Journals
Women and Minorities in Sociology: Findings from Annual ASA Audit (Joan R. Harris, ASA Executive Specialist for Minorities and Women)
Call for Papers on Auto Safety
Social Indicator Publications Ready
State Associations Increase to 20
Sources for Information on Federal Jobs
New Committee on Annual Meeting Child Care Seeks Volunteers
Sociologists Active in ACLS
Nominations Invited for ASA DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award
State Department Offers Internships in Intercultural Communications
Summary Institute in Survey Research Techniques
Candidates Sought for ASA Executive Posts
Applied Communication Research, Inc. Seeks Innovations in Disseminating Scientific, Technical Information
Applied Sociology Yields Environmental Awards
Evaluation Research Training Offered by New Sociological and Demographic Institute at the University of Massachusetts
Questionnaires for 1975 Directory of Members Mailed
International Journal on Language Problems Seeks Articles
NSF Publications on Programs, Grants, Rules, and Procedures
Fulbright-Hays Program Seeks Applications
Problems of the Discipline Grant Proposal Deadline: February 1

February 1975 (Volume 3, Number 2)

Council Acts on Resolutions from Annual Business Meeting
Open Nomination Process Adds 17 Candidates to 1975 Ballot
501 New PhDs Seeking Jobs
13 Didactic Seminars Announced for Annual Meeting in San Francisco
Federal Control: Debate Rates Over Rules for Research
Self Control: Ethics Committee Concerns Cited; Reactions Invited (Cynthia Fuchs Epstein)
Open Forum: “Stouffer Committee Affirms Action; Asks for Mandate Interpretation” (John A. Clausen); “Hors d’oeuvres: Threat or Menace” (Roy Lotz and Robert M. Regoli); “Comments on Issues Related to Environmental Sociology” (Patrick C. Jobes)
Letters to the Editor: “New Sampling Designs” (Riley E. Dunlap)
Rockefeller-Form Program Invites Applications for Policy Research
Renee Fox to Serve Second Year as Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
AKD Elects Officers, Adds Chapters and Contest
Sociological Focus Sharpens “Focus on Policy”
Michigan State University Holds Workshop on Visual Methods
NEH Supports 22 Humanistically-Oriented Projects
First Undergraduate Audit Compares Graduate and Undergraduate Departments (Joan R. Harris, ASA Executive Specialist for Minorities and Women)
Six Sociologists Visit U.S. Under Fulbright-Hays Program
Video Tapes, Monograph Series Issued by International Sociological Association
ASA Directory Mailing Rescheduled for March
Minorities and Women: Notes on Guidelines to Affirmative Action (Joan R. Harris, ASA Executive Specialist for Minorities and Women)
Immigration History Research Center at University of Minnesota Offers Research Funds to Study White Ethnic Groups
Social Problems Solicits Manuscripts for Special Issue on Women
Integrity of Federal Statistics Systems Scrutinized by ASA Committee on Government Statistics
Roper Center Prepares Survey Trend Data for Social Indicator Research
Notre Dame Council Endorses Part-Time Faculty Appointments
ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education Seeks Assessments of Four Areas in Education
British Survey Center Offers Fellowships
Journal of Social Issues Extends Call for Papers
Institut International de Sociologie to Hold 26th International Congress
Update on ASA Project on Undergraduate Education
Socio-Crostic #4 (William Petersen)
Minutes from December 7, 1974, meeting of 1975 Council
Obituaries: Bernard Sklar, Joseph Bram

March 1975 (Volume 3, Number 3)

Hans Mauksch Named ASA Executive Officer
Professional Workshops Added to 1975 Program
NIMH Cites Social Science Research Interests and Funding (Larry Rhoades, ASA Executive Associate)
Group Flights to San Francisco Meeting
Retired Sociologists Wanted for Registry
Roper Center Data Bank Provides Opportunities for Secondary Analysis
Minorities and Women: DuBois Conference Papers Summarized (Joan R. Harris, ASA Executive Specialist for Minorities and Women)
NIMH Announces Basic and Applied Grants to Sociologists for 78 Projects
SSRC Workshops and Fellowships Offered on Criminal Justice Indicators
AAAS Congressional Fellows Program Seeks Candidates
Travel Research Association Announces Contest for Student Papers on Travel or Tourism
Info on Data Banks Wanted for Footnotes Listing

April 1975 (Volume 3, Number 4)

Social R&D Study May Set Terms for National Debate
National Center for Public Service Internship Programs
Author’s Guide to Selected Journals Launches New ASA Series
State Associations Exploring Role in Several Areas
New Sections on Marxist and Environmental Sociology Forming for 1976
Special Vote Scheduled on ASA Constitutional Issues
Open Forum: “Blalock Replies to Duncan on Methodology” (H.M. Blalock, Jr.); “Metric Conversion: Study Needed” (Saul D. Feldman); “Quantification: No Substitution for Insight” (Charles P. Flynn)
DC Sociological Society Gives Employment Assistance to Sociology Majors (Steven Cades)
Arithmetical Statistics: A Different Approach (Richard G. Lefkon)
Undergraduate Sociology Curriculum Emphasizes “Practical” Courses
Black Doctorates in Sociology Total 185; 53 Added Since 1968
Roster of Black Doctorates Ready
Did ASA Start Trend to Washington?
NIE Provides Funding for 27 Sociology Projects
University of Chicago Expands Post-Doc Program
SWS Seeking Input for Publications
Salisbury State College Offers Academic Credit to Students Attending Annual Meeting
New Volume Relates Social Policy to Sociology
Letters to the Editor: “Cussler Legal Defense Fund” (Herbert Blumer, Lewis A. Coser, Alfred McClung Lee, Albert J. McQueen, Stanton Wheeler, Charlotte Wolf, Arlene Kaplan Daniels, Carelton W. Smith); “SWS Pleased with Child Care” (Judith Lorber); “Affirmative Action Column Draws Comment” (Edgar F. Borgatta); “Parsons Restates View on Research Needs” (Carole W. Parsons); “Journal Editor Replies on Turnaround Problem” (Gary H. Winkel); “Taiwan Department Seeks Ties with U.S. Counterparts” (Daniel Ross)
Minorities and Women: Report on Roster Workshop (Joan R. Harris, ASA Executive Specialist for Minorities and Women)
NEXU.S.: Only a Phone Call Away!
World Health Organization Offers Travel Funds
Texas Christian University Establishes Data Center on Drug Abuse
Obituaries: Leonard Reissman, Thomas F. O’Dea, Joseph H. Bunzel, John F. O’Rourke, Joseph Kelly Johnson, Frank J. Cannavale, Jr., Miron Constantinescu, Carl Martin Rosenquist
Researchers Seek Info on Legal Regulation of Life Styles
ISI Offers Philadelphia Tours to Scientists During Bicentennial
Social Science Quarterly Seeks Manuscripts for Special Issue on Society and Scarcity
New Section on World Conflicts in Formation
Japan Society Announces Grants

May 1975 (Volume 3, Number 5)

39 ASA Minority Fellows Named; Some Funding Needed
Council Establishes 12-Week Reporting Rule for Editors
ASA Runoff Election Required for President, Vice President
Undergraduate Project Attracts 75 Volunteers
First Annual ASA “Roast” Set for San Francisco Meeting
ASA in 1980: Counsel to Council on Planning (Otto N. Larsen, ASA Executive Officer)
Open Forum: “Sewell Responds to Proxmire on NSF Funding of Basic Research” (William H. Sewell); “Comments on Multiple Submissions Policy” (A. Emerson Smith); “Training Needs for Non-Academic Jobs Cited” (Edward E. Harris)
ASA Committee Seeks Information from Non-Academic Sociologists (Leonard I. Pearlin)
Ethnographic Study Proposals Sought
Foundation Center Provides Information on Funding by Foundations
Child Care Committee Reports on Arrangements for San Francisco Meeting (Jerome H. Skolnick)
Assembly Charged with Relating Social Science to Government Policy
Professional Workshop Participants Announced
NEH Wants Proposals for Summer Seminars
Planned Change Proposals Sought for Award Competition
Committee on Status of Women in Sociology Schedules Open Session for Annual Meeting
German Marshall Fund Offers Fellowships for Work on Industrial Societies
Letters to the Editor: “Change Proposed in ASA Ballot” (Ithiel de Sola Pool); “Would You Respond to This Vacancy Ad?” (Charles Burton); “ISA Deviance Committee Outlines Major Goals” (Jim Hackler); “Wants Tables, Figures Inserted in Text” (Warren O. Hagstrom)
Regional Science Association Announces Dissertation Award
Minutes from March 8, 1975, meeting of 1975 Council
AAAS Seeks Papers for Psychological-Social-Cultural Prize
Call for Papers for Third Conference on Behavior Research and Technology in Higher Education
Deaths: Ely Chinoy, Caroline Rose
Second Round of Proposals on Teaching Undergraduate Sociology Due in October

August 1975 (Volume 3, Number 6)

Sociology for Whom? President-Elect Alfred McClung Lee States 1976 Program Theme
Conflict and Dissensus: President Lewis Coser Underscores Program Theme for San Francisco
Amnesty Statement Endorsed; Members Split on ASA Action
Registry of Retired Sociologists Available
Special Phone Number for San Francisco Meeting
Study in Contrasts: Portrait of New ASA President Alfred McClung Lee
70th Annual Meeting Sets Participation Records
Open Forum: “ASA Editors Not Paradigm Enforcers; Mirror Work of Profession” (Lee Freese); “Calls for ASA Initiatives on Research Rules” (John R. Maiolo)
Deadlines and Procedures Posted for 1976 Annual Meeting in New York
1975 ASA Directory of Members Available
SSSI Notes Newsletter
ASA Author’s Guide to Selected Journals Available
Lucy W. Sells Named ASA Executive Specialist for Minorities and Women
Proposals Wanted by ASA Undergraduate Sociology Project
Phillip Carey Named ASA Minority Fellowship Program Director
ISA 9th World Congress to be Held in Uppsala, Sweden
Pacific Sociological Association Adopts Bicentennial Theme for 1976 Meeting
Bicentennial Youth Debates Program Invites Participants
Social Science Information Service Seeks Research Findings on Pending Legislation
New Journal, Sociological Practice, Announced
Richard Yinger Seeks New Specialty Based on Extraterrestrial Life
Wilson Fellowships Offer Support for Major Scholarly Undertakings
RANN Offers Disaster Research Funding
Quizzical Guide to San Francisco Program Sessions
Report of the ASA Executive Officer (Otto N. Larsen)
Report of the Secretary (William Form)
Committee Reports
Editors’ Reports
Section Reports
Representative Reports
Special Report of the Investigation of the Commitment to Affirmative Action by the University of California-Berkeley Department of Sociology
Obituaries: Carl Cleveland Taylor, Caroline B. Rose, Oliver Cromwell Cox
Runoff Vote Elects J. Milton Yinger ASA President and Suzanne Keller Vice President
Problems of the Discipline Grants Announced
Minority Program Strengthened by Spivack Fellowship Grants
First ASA President Lester Frank Ward Memorialized in Cathedral

October 1975 (Volume 3, Number 7)

Sorokin Award Presented to Immanuel Wallerstein; Stouffer Award Presented to Harrison White
Council Ruling Requires Membership for Program Participation
R&D Funding at State Level Quadruples
About the 1975 Meeting Held in San Francisco
1976 RANN Objectives Outlined
Open Forum: “Sociologists Need to Address Foundational Issues of Discipline” (Stephen Turner)
A Glossary of Sociological Terms (Arthur E. Nudelman, Donald H. Smith, Barbara E. Nudelman, James B. Haugh)
New Social Indicators Edition Adds Three Areas
High School Students Given College Introduction to Social Sciences
NAS Admits One Sociologist Among 14 New Candidates
NSF Programs Provide Support for Student Research Projects
Student Assistants Provided by AID
Letters to the Editor: “Suggests Career Option: Management Consultant” (Linda Pappas); “Quantification Needed in Sociology as Well” (David F. Greenberg)
Talmon Competition Wants Manuscripts
Invitation for Proposals on Teaching Undergraduate Sociology
A Note from the New Editor of The American Sociologist (Alan D. Grimshaw)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Honors Seven Sociologists
Guggenheim Grants Awarded to Nine Sociologists

November 1975 (Volume 3, Number 8)

Sessions Added for 1976 Program
Candidates Selected for 1976 Elections
Open Nominations Procedure
Open Forum: “On Publishing” (Helena Z. Lopata)
Letters to the Editor: “In Memory of Oliver C. Cox” (Edward Harris and Rhoda Lois Goldstein); “Sociologists Gay Caucus” (Steering Committee)
Order Form for 1975 Convention Cassettes
Obituaries: Rupert Bayless Vance, Lathrop V. Beale, Benjamin F. McLuckie, Floyd Nelson House, Tilman M. Cantrell
Auditor’s Report, June 30, 1975
ASA Publication on Sociologists in Non-Academic Employment Available
Invitation to Participate in Program of Undergraduate Teaching Recognition

December 1975 (Volume 3, Number 9)

Council Changes Fiscal Year to Calendar Year; Begins Long Range Planning
New Policies for ASA Publications
1976 Program Reminder
Political Scientists Give American Sociological Review High Ratings
Open Forum: “Justice and Affirmative Action” (Paul Riedesel); “Affirmative Action and Principled Ethics” (Stephen K. Sanderson); “Affirmative Action Continued” (Richard D. Alba)
Obituaries: Ely Chinoy
Minority Fellowship Program Application Deadline
Sociologists Elected to Institute of Medicine
Minutes from August 30, 1975, meeting of 1976 Council

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