Footnotes 1978

January 1978 (Volume 6, Number 1)

• 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 Researcg

February 1978 (Volume 6, Number 2)

• 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

March 1978 (Volume 6, Number 3)

• 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

April 1978 (Volume 6, Number 4)

• 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

May 1978 (Volume 6, Number 5)

• 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)

August 1978 (Volume 6, Number 6)

• 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

October 1978 (Volume 6, Number 7)

• 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

November 1978 (Volume 6, Number 8)

• 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

December 1978 (Volume 6, Number 9)

• 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

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