Footnotes 1980 | American Sociological Association

January 1980 (Volume 8, Number 1)

ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Sociologists Form Separate, Independent Society (Lawrence J. Rhoades; first in a series on the history of ASA)
NCES Reports Unexpected Rise in College Enrollments
NSF Sociology Program 72 Grants in FY 1979
ASA Projects Invite Participation in Teaching Month Observance
Social Science and Government: Strategy Proposed for Preserving Research Excellence thru Year 2000 (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
Nominations Invited for DuBois-Johnson-Frazier Award
Presidential Commission Calls for Languages and International Studies
Health Service System Research Program Started
NIE Seeks Proposals on School Organization; Nine Sociologists Funded
Sociologists Named to Peace Commission
NEH Announces Summer Seminars for College Teachers
Chair Workshop Initiates Effort to Start Newsletter for Sociology Department Chairs
ASA Projects Revises Schedule for Teaching Workshops
Letters to the Editor: “Commends Comment on Nomads” (Helen J. Raschke); “Sociological Methodology Policies Outlined” (Samuel Leinhardt, SM Editor); “Graduate Student Comments on Faculty” (Name withheld); “Is This Your Typical Day?” (Warren R. Paap, Bill Hanson)
Proposed ASA Code of Ethics: Reactions Solicited
Obie Clayon, ASA Minority Fellow, Receives Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Sexual Biases in Sociological Research: Problems and Issues (prepared by the Committee on the Status of Women in Sociology)
Obituaries: Jerome Davis, Gino Gemani, John A. O’Donnell
Privacy Research Proposals Wanted
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)

February 1980 (Volume 8, Number 2)

Council Actions Revamp Committee Structure for 1980
ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Society Aids Creation of Social Science Institutions
Application Deadline Set for ASA Research Skills Development Institute
ASA Considering Faculty Conference on Organizational Analysis
Six Mini-Workshops Scheduled for Teaching Sociology Month
Open Forum: “Language Courses Based on Social Science Content” (Magoroh Maruyama)
Letters to the Editor: “Questions Access to Books in China” (Werner Cohn); “Openness Reported; Encourages Support” (response by Russell Dynes)
Problems of the Discipline Grants Produce Two Books; Another Forthcoming
Efforts Continue to Organize State Sociological Associations
Applications Invited for Indiana University Training Program in Measurement
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
Committee Reports
AKD Announces Officers
Population Reports Service Changes
ASA Committee Appointments
Scholars from Nine Countries Become Visiting Fulbright Scholars

March 1980 (Volume 8, Number 3)

Council Approves Tri-Partite Editorship for Theory Annual; Other Council Actions
Four Monographs Added to Rose Series in 1979
Open Nominations Candidates Announced
Plenary Sessions to Focus on Critical Institutions
ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Society Grows in Size and Complexity in First 25 Years
Open Forum: “Mauksch Urges Participation in April: Teaching Month” (Hans O. Mauksch)
ASA Teaching Newsletter Seeks Subscribers
Graduate Students Win Fulbrights
Seventh Mini-Workshop Set for April
NSF Seeks Candidates for Associate Program Director in Sociology Program
Workshop on Developmental Transitions in the Lives of Women and Men
AAAS Committee Details Legal Protection for Whistle Blowing
NCSA Offers Employment Service
Guide to Graduate Departments Available
ASA May Offer Faculty Conference on Organizational Analysis
Federal Funding Level for Social/Behavioral Science Indicates Low National Priority
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
Obituaries: Austin L. Porterfield, Winifred Raushenbush
Editors’ Reports
Candidate Biographies
Applications Invited for Research Workshop at Howard University
Nominations Invited for ASA Award for Career of Distinguished Scholarship
ASA Diamond Anniversary Contest Quiz

April 1980 (Volume 8, Number 4)

Social Science and Government: Congress Urged to Support Basic Social Science Research
Thematic Sessions Announced for 1980 Annual Meeting
ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Society Experienced Major Social Change in Turbulent 1930s
William D’Antonio to Edit Contemporary Sociology
ASA Meeting Serves as Classroom for Honors Course
Nominations Invited to ASA Teaching Award
Nominations Still Open for Editorships of JHSB, SOE
NSF Funding Cut; Workshop on Organizational Analysis Cancelled
Institute on Health and Health Care Slated
A Synopsis: Projections for the Profession in the 1980s (Doris Y. Wilkinson)
Conference on Organizational Taxonomies
NIH Seeks Health Science Administrator
Minutes of January 19, 1980, meeting of 1980 Council
Section Reports
Nominations Invited for ASA Distinguished Scholarship Award
Guide Shjows Variety in Degree Grantors
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)

May 1980 (Volume 8, Number 5)

Survey of ASA Members Scheduled for June
Council Launches Teaching Services Program; Other Council Actions
ASA Meeting Features Variety of Sessions
NIMH Awards 99 Grants to Sociologists in FY 1979
ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Currents of Change Flow Through Society as Second Quarter-Century Begins
Open Forum: “Applied Sociology Suggested as Best Generic Term” (Alexander Boros)
Summer Programs Provide Opportunities for Development
Peter Burger, Randall Collins, Irving Zeitlin Named Editors for Sociological Theory
Publish-or-Perish Policy Hurting Scholarly Journals, Says Helen Hughes in ESS Presidential Address
The American Sociologist Invites Papers for Possible Special Issue on “The ASA at 75”
ASA Reference Materials Available
A Summary: Sections and the Changing Structure of ASA (Doris Wilkinson)
Event-History Data Workshop to be Held at Columbia University
Council Accepts Recommendations of COFRAT
Nominations Invited for ASA Elected and Appointed Positions
Bills Support Confidentiality of Data (Bradford H. Gray)
Annual Meeting Child Care. Room Sharing
Nominations Invited for Distinguished Scholarship Award
Task Group on Homosexuality Questionnaire
Council Resolution: Privacy Due Rape Victims
Countries Seek Sociology Fulbright Scholars
Auditor’s Report: December 31, 1979
Problems of Discipline Awards Four Grants; Deadline August 1
Chautauqua Short Courses
NIA Expands Social Research on Aging
NSF Sociology Directors Describe Program, Provide Data on Projects
Nancy Tuma, Mayer Zald Appointed to NSF Sociology Review Panel
Teachers Information Exchange Telephone Referral Service
NSF Minority Fellowships
ACE Study Says College Enrollments May Not Decline as Expected
Committee Reports
More 1979 Section Reports
Representative Reports
Office of Naval Research Interested in Organizational Socialization
Robert Merton First Sociologist to Win Talcott Parsons Prize
Prixmire to Pay Settlement in Golden Fleece Libel Suit
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)

August 1980 (Volume 8, Number 6)

Report of the President: Peter Rossi Expresses Concern about Diversity in Sociology
President Elect William Foote Whyte Aims 1981 Program at Reorientation of Research
Erving Goffman Elected ASA President; Joan Huber New Vice President
ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Major Organizational Steps Taken During Disruptive 1940s
William Form Named Interim Editor of ASR
Portrait of New ASA President: Bill Whyte: In Essence a Participant Observer
Otto Larsen Directs Social Sciences at NSF
Leonard Gordon Calls for Consensus on Rules of Evidence
Research Data Not Available Through Freedom of Information Act
A Presidential Invitation to the Annual Meeting (Peter Rossi)
Sessions, Organizers Announced for 1981 Annual Meeting
Teaching Workshops Set for November
Teaching Sociology Month Attracts Nationwide Support
Submissions Invited to ASA Teaching Newsletter
New TRC Products
Max Weber: A Spy!
NIMH Office of Prevention
Harold L.Sheppard Advises President Carter on Aging
Site Options for Annual Meetings Outlined by Study Committee
Problems of Discipline Grant Proposals Invited
Clinical Sociology to Hold Presentations, Workshops in New York City
Harvard University Seeks Full Professor in Social Psychology
ASA Minority Fellowship Program: The First Seven Years (Paul Williams)
MFP Fellows, Spivack Awards Announced
Students Begin Graduate Training as NSF Fellows
Report of the Secretary: James F. Short, Jr., Cites Changes, Remaining Problems as Tenure Ends
Community Section Honors Helen and Robert Lynds
Departmental Alumni Night Scheduled
Report of the Executive Officer: Russell Dynes Outlines Association Activities
Meeting on Indexing ASA Journals
NSF Program on Law and Social Sciences Invites Research Proposals
National Council Formed to Promote Languages, International Studies
Paul Freddolino Receives ASA Privacy Research Award, Funded by Abt
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
University of California-San Francisco Seeks Director of Program in Human Development and Aging
Revised Code of Ethics; Discussion Set for Annual Meeting
NIJ Announces Research Program in Evaluation and Research Methods
Student Reception Set for Annual Meeting
Social Survey Data Ready
Proposals Wanted on Substance Abuse
Diamond Anniversary Quiz: Questions, Answers, Winner
Letters to the Editor: “Rosenthal Questions COFRAT Findings” (Steven J. Rosenthal); “Support Sociology in High Schools” (James L. Wood, Phillip T. Gay)
Sociologists Win Guggenheims
Sociologists Receive Public Service Residencies
NSF Program on Science in Developing Countries Established
NSF Advisory Council Seeks Innovative Research Proposals
Sociologists Awarded Marshall Fund Fellowships
Minutes of March 15, 1980, meeting of 1980 Council
ISI Expands Grants Program
Abt Associates to Offer Applied Statistics Workshops
SSS Presidential Address: Peter Rossi Cites Opportunities in Applied Social Research
Program Changes
Sociologists Given Lectures on Education
Harvard University Seeks Non-Tenure Appointees
Simirenko Apple: Tribute to a Colleague

October 1980 (Volume 8, Number 7)

Sheldon Stryker Named ASR Editor
New Theory Annual, Sociological Theory, Ready to Receive Submissions
New Products Available from Teaching Resources Center
Nominations Invited for Rose, SM, SPQ, TAS Editorships
ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Society Prospers as Golden Era Gets Underway in Expansive 1950s
Open Forum: “Suggests Restructuring Criteria for Faculty Recruitment” (Magoroh Maruyama)
Doris Wilkinson Moves to Howard University
Careers, Minorities and Women: Skills Assessment: Marketing Our Assets (Doris Wilkinson)
Attend ASA Research Skills Development Institute
Evaluation Research Society Establishes Job Bank
Nominations Invited for Jessie Bernard Award
Sociology in China: Its Restoration and Future Role
TAS Article on China
The China Connection in American Sociology: Scholarly and Personal
American Sociologists Assisting Restoration in China
Seeming an Indigenous Form (Martin Whyte and Burton Pasternak)
Journal, Social Sciences in China, Started
Learned Societies Urged to Support Humanities
Students Receive NSF Research Grants
NEH Offers Fellowships to Undergraduate Teachers
Ideas for Evaluating and Tesing Students Wanted for TRC Document
Undergraduate Section Invites Submissions for 1981 Program
James J. Zuiches and Paul Burstein Named NSF Sociology Program Directors
Enrollment Started for Disability Insurance Plan
ASA Subcommittee on Certification Seeks Input
Marshall Sklare Named Director of Jewish Center at Brandeis University
Proposals Invited on Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
Obituaries: Read Bain, Henry D. McKay, Hae Young Lee, Robert H. Talbert
Deaths: Edward C. Jandy, William Jones, Carl F. Kraenzel
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
Sociologists Receive Fulbright Awards for Research and Teaching in 19 Countries
Inventory Clearance Sale on Rose Monographs

November 1980 (Volume 8, Number 8)

ASA Awards: Career of Distinguished Scholarship, Robert K. Merton; Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship, Peter M. Blau and Theda Skocpol; Contributions to Teaching, Everett K. Wilson; DuBois-Johnson-Frazier, Joseph S. Himes
Social Science Directorate Included in NSF Reorganization Plan
ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Association Reaches Zenith in Tumultuous 1960s
Candidates for ASA President, Vice President
Careers, Minorities, Women: Evaluating Graduate Education in Sociology (Doris Wilkinson)
Minnesota Women’s Center Project Explores Science and Technology Careers for Women
James Coleman, Otis Dudley Duncan Receive 1980 Common Wealth Awards
Inter Nos (Russell Dynes)
Minority Fellowship Program Seeks 1981-82 Applicants
NSF Awards Applied Grants to Sociologists
Maurice Falk Medical Lecture Series Seeks Lecturers, Host Institutions
Reorganization Plan for LEAA
ASA Guidelines Cited for Exercising Right to Petition
Obituaries: David Street, Audrey Russell Jackson
Universities Using TRG Visits More than Colleges
Hans Mauksch Receives Undergraduate Education Section Award
Departments Given NSF Equipment Grants
Survey of Departments Conducted to Gather Information on Teaching Innovations

December 1980 (Volume 8, Number 9)

Committee on Nominations Completes Slate for 1981 Election
Freeman Outlines Major Issues Related to Applied Sociology (Howard E. Freeman)
Teaching Endowment Fund Receives Challenge Grants
ASA’s 75th Anniversary: Association Enters Period of Consolidation and Transition in 1970s
Leonard Pearlin Named JHSB Editor; Maureen Hallinan to Edit SOE
Three Study Groups Receive Problems of Discipline Grants
Supply and Demand Data Wanted on Sociologists by ASA Committee
TAS Special Issue on “The ASA at 75” to be Published in February 1981
Minutes of August 29, 1980, meeting of 1980 Council
Minutes of September 1, 1980, meeting of 1981 Council
TRC Issues Two-Volume Family Syllabi Set
Georgia Sociological Association Sponsors Teaching Workshops
Vita on Women Being Collected by ASA Committee on Status of Women
Nominations Invited for ASA Award for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship

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