Footnotes 1984 | American Sociological Association

January 1984 (Volume 12, Number 1)

ASA President: San Antonio . . . A Fine Convention City (James F. Short, Jr.)
NIA Programs Seek Proposals
Professional Development Workshops Address Teaching (Carla Howery)
Candidates Named for Committee on Committees
Edward Shils Wins Balkan Prize for Scholarly Contributions
Irving Louis Horowitz Calls for Nobel Prize in Social Science
Social Scientists Head for China; Alice Rossi Chairs Delegation
Open Forum: “Applied Sociology Can Advance Discipline” (Albert E. Gollin)
Letter to the Editor: “Mortality, Not Morality” (Richard E. Barrett)
Other International Society (International Sociological Association) Schedules Meeting in Seattle (Marie L. Borgatta)
Observing (William D’Antonio)
NSF Announces New Program
GAO Offers Several Opportunities for Sociologists (Carla Howery)
TRG Campus Visits Cover Range of Topics
Obituaries: Raymond Aron, Noel P. Gist, Robert O. Richards, Chung-Wu Chang
Nominations Invited for Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Award

February 1984 (Volume 12, Number 2)

Short Outlines Plenary and Thematic Sessions (James F. Short, Jr.)
More Candidates Not Likely
NRC Symposium Commemorates Pioneering Social Trends Report (Lawrence J. Rhoades; first in a series)
Bienvenidos a San Antonio! (Edward Murguia)
Council Actions Show Consistent Support for Rights of Homosexuals
Employment Bulletin “Phone-In” Fee to Increase
Open Forum: “Caucus Seeks Assistance for Unemployed/Underemployed Sociologists” (Samuel R. Friedman, Gregory D. Squires, Thomas A. Lyson, Edna Bonacich)
CONDUIT Offers Computer-Based Learning Materials in Sociology (Ronald E. Anderson)
University of Wisconsin Symposium on Rural Sociology
Teaching Column: TSP Promotes Computer Literacy for Teachers (Carla Howery)
The World Bank: Shift to Target Groups Involves Sociologists in Planned Development (by Carla Howery, on Michael Cernea)
Letter to the Editor: “Seminal vs. Germinal Ideas” (Pauline B. Bart)
ASA Professional Workshop Schedule
Annual Meeting Space Available for Other Groups
Medical Sociology Section Receives Grant from Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Nominations Requested for ASA Awards
Roslyn Arlin Mickelson Wins SSRC Fellowship
Techical Advisor: Sociologist Aids Agricultural Projects in Caribbean (by Carla Howery, on Michael G. Patton)
ASA Petition Guidelines
Census Bureau Releases Catalog on Data
Observing: Task Force on Social Studies in the High Schools (William D’Antonio)
Obituaries: Dorothy M. Dohen
Deaths: Osvaldo Barreras
Minutes of January 29, 1983, meeting of 1983 Council
Sociologists: Resource for Congress

March 1984 (Volume 12, Number 3)

Special Election Issues
Mayor of San Antonio Extends Personal Invitation (Henry G. Cisneros)
Council Approves Balanced Budget
ASA Launches Summer Fellowship Program
New Constitutional, Standing Committees Added to ASA Structure
ASA Council Discusses Certification and Licensure Issues (Bettina Huber)
Carnegie Corporation Aims Grant Programs at Broad Goals
New Footnotes Column Reports Sociology, Sociologists in Mass Media
COPAFS Elects Sociologists (Laure Sharpe, Conrad Taeuber) to Executive Committee
Obgurn Puzzle: What to Do About Science . . . About Social Action? (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
Observing: COSSA Reports on Social Science Funding (William D’Antonio)
Letter to the Editor: Responding to Horowitz on Social Science Nobel Prize (Matthew Melko)
Member Contributions
Curriculum Innovation: Degree Offered in Emergency Management
Vita Summaries of Minority Sociologists Sought by ASA Committee
1984 Candidate Biographies
New Policies and Procedures Outlined for Member Referendum
Committee Reports
Section Reports
Obituaries: Peter A. Munch

April 1984 (Volume 12, Number 4)

Problems of the Discipline Grants Awarded
Annual Meeting: Didactic Seminars, Mini-Courses Focus on Research Methodology
ASA Teaching Services Program Seeks Coordinator for Workshops, Department Visits
NSF Awards 58 Grants to Sociologists in 1983
Neil Smelser: Research and Theory Have Altered Ogburn Vision (Lawrence J. Rhoades; third in a series)
Council Receives Briefing on Teaching Program (Carla Howery)
ASA Executive Office Reorganizes; Five Managers Appointed (William D’Antonio)
ASA Workshop Held on Applied Sociology Programs and Curricula
Biographical Directories on Sale to Reduce Inventory
Incorporating Women Faculty in Sociology Departments During 1980s; Report Sets 1990 Hiring Targets for Women in Tenured Ranks
More ASA Contributors
Observing: Social Science Funding (William D’Antonio)
David Phillips Wins AAAS Prize
Discount Airfares Available for Annual Meeting Travel
Obituaries: William L. Gum, Selz Cabot Mayo, Leonard W. Moss, Judith Handel
Editors’ Reports
Section Reports
OMB to Revise Basis for Collecting Industrial Data

May 1984 (Volume 12, Number 5)

Study Seeks Research Opportunities in Behavioral and Social Sciences (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
NIMH Awards 45 Grants to Sociologists in 1983
Paul Starr Awarded Pulitzer Prize
Lynn Atwater and William Martin: Communicating Sociology Through Mass Media (Carla Howery)
Annual Meeting Workshops Focus on Applied Settings
Albert J. Reiss, Jr.: Social Policy Is Shaped in Crucible of Social Change (Lawrence J. Rhoades; last in a series)
San Antonio Serves as Bridge Between Hemispheres (John M. Donahue)
Come to San Antonio: About the 1984 Annual Meeting
Survey to College Data on Services Needed by Persons with Disabilities
10th Annual Honors Program
Membership Committee Reports Survey Suggestions, Criticism (Holly Holland and Carla Howery)
Jessie Bernard at 80: Reflections on Life and Sociology (an interview by Carla Howery)
Nona Glazer Awarded NSF Fellowship
Program Officers Outline Roads to Federal Support of Research
1984 Guide Available
Roberta Balstad Miller Takes NSF Post; COSSA Position Open
Career Expert Richard Irish to Conduct Job Clinic
Foundation Seeks to Aid Minority Sociologists
W. Clark Roof, Robert Cole Named Wilson Scholars
Pennsylvania State Association Establishes Record; First to Publish Book
Letters to the Editor: “Nobel Prize” (Andreas Buss); “Seminal Ideas” (Robert J. McNamara); “More Seminal Ideas” (James M. Henslin)
Volunteers Needed to Monitor Licensing Issues in Each State
Gary Albrecht Chosen Editor of The Sociological Quarterly
SOE Moves to Notre Dame
SSRC Concentrates on Long-Term Needs of Social Sciences (David L. Sills)
Senate Proposes More Oversight on Statistics Policy
1983 Auditor’s Report
Observing: Audit (William D’Antonio)
Foreign Student Travel Grant to Annual Meeting
ICPSR To Fund Teaching Packages
Committee Reports
Section Reports
Representative Reports
Seminar Explores Cognitive Aspects of Survey Methods
JHSB Moves to University of Kentucky
Professorships Established at George Mason
Obituaries: Simon Marcson, Ivan Belknap

August 1984 (Volume 12, Number 6)

Election Results: Matilda White Riley is ASA President Elect; Rose Coser Vice President Elect
1985 Annual Meeting to Discuss Sociology of Work
ASA Seeks Assistant Executive Officer to Administer MFP
Political Leaders Will Address San Antonio Gathering in August
TSP Coordinator Sought
1984 Annual Meeting Highlights: Orientation Party, Chinese Scholars, Honors Program
Renee Fox Receives Reeder Award
Statistics Session Added
Rural Sociology Society to Meet in August
San Antonio Has Much to Offer (Alice Franzke)
Portrait of the President: Kai Erikson, a Scholar for All Seasons, Will Lead ASA in 1985 (Marvin Bressler)
Observing (William D’Antonio)
Virginia Sociological Association Elects Officers
ASA Service Workshop Has Openings
Joyce Reeves, George Baldwin Receive Kellogg Fellowships
TRC Offers 11 New Products
Behavioral Science Project: How Do You View the Future of Sociology and Research (Lawrence J. Rhoades)
COPAFS Report
Who’s Who Clarified
New Cohort of MFP Fellows
Corherhouse Fund Gives $10,000 to MFP
DC Fellow in GAO: Sociologist Raymond Russell Uses DC Fellowship to Study Employee Ownership
Post Inventory Sale on ASA Publications
Sessions and Organizers Announced for 1985 Annual Meeting
Secretary’s Report: A Year of Notable Progress (Theodore Caplow)
Sociologists: Resource for Congress
Sociologists in the Media: Set Your Radio Dial to Sociology (by Carla Howery on Jack Levin)
Obituaries: Calvert Dedrick
James Ault, Jr., Receives NEH Grant
Court Case Establishes Limited Protection for Scholars (on Mario Brujaha)
Letter from Mario Brujaha
Deaths: A. Eugene Havens, Cheryl Allyn Miller
David Segal Studies Relationships Between Government and Individual
Executive Officer’s Report: Internal Changes in Acivities
Minutes of the September 3, 1983, meeting of 1983 Council
Open Forum: On the “Mass Media” Column (Janet Saltzman Chafetz, A. Gary Dworkin, Joseph A. Kotarba, David Gottlieb)
Letter to the Editor: Response to Cernea (Ruth L. Love)
Ruth Thaler New Footnotes Managing Editor

October 1984 (Volume 12, Number 7)

ASA Major Award Recipients: Morris Janowitz, Career of Distinguished Scholarship; Marcia Guttentag and Paul Secord, Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship; Joseph Bensman, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching; Joyce A. Ladner, DuBois-Johnson-Frazier
Deadline announced for Problems of the Discipline Grants
Membership Renewals, Coupons Are on the Way
MFP Funded; Director Paul Williams Honored
Matilda White Riley Receives Common Wealth Award
New Spivack Fellowships
Section Awards
ASA Certification Program Accepted in Principle (Bettina Huber)
Scenes from the 1984 Annual Meeting (photos)
Observing: On the Annual Meeting (William D’Antonio)
Congressman Henry Gonzalez: Research on Policy Issues Needed
James F. Short, Jr.: Risks Demand In-Depth Research, Analysis (Presidential Address)
Threat to Confidentiality of Fieldnotes; Council Authorizes $2,000 Contribution to Brahuja Defense
Vilma Nunez Receives First Latin American Scholar Award
Media Coverage at Annual Meeting
Teaching: Ways to Improve Sociology Programs (Carla Howery)
New ASA Teaching Endowment Fund Supports Innovative Teaching
TRC Seeks Syllabi on Marriage and Family
Here’s How Annual Meeting Sites Are Chosen
New Brochure, Career Possibilities, Outlines Jobs in Sociology
James Laue Heads New Center for Metropolitan Studies
COSSA, NIMH Name New Directors
Minutes of September 5, 1983, meeting of 1984 Council
TRC Issues Call for Papers

November 1984 (Volume 12, Number 8)

Robert Merton Honored by Who’s Who as Founder of Sociology of Science
1985 Candidates Announced
New ASA Journal on Teaching Sociology Seeks Journal (before ASA purchased TS from Sage)
Nominations Open for Jessie Bernard Award
Independent Scholars: An Emergent Intellectual Grouping (Bettina Huber)
Planning, Research, Timing Key to Getting Applied Jobs (Phillip Monchar)
TRC Seeks Materials on Sociology of Law
Nominations Open for Teaching Award
International Institute of Sociology Holds Successful Meeting
Code of Ethics Revision Planned
Observing: National Peace Academy (William D’Antonio)
Revised Code of Ethics Available
Resources for Independent Scholars
Update on ASA Group Insurance
Special Inventory Reduction Prices on Rose Monographs
Teaching: Workshop on Using Computers
Internship Opportunities Abound in Nation’s Capital
Nominations Open for Scholarship Award
General Survey Data Available
Obituaries: Franz Adler, A. Eugene Havens, Alden Dykstra Miller

December 1984 (Volume 12, Number 9)

President’s Report: Looking Backward, Looking Forward: Reflections on a Rewarding Year (James F. Short, Jr.)
Intellectual Pleasures in Nation’s Capital During Annual Meeting (Carla Howery)
New Nominations for 1985 Elections
NSF Seeks Sociologists for Two Positions
Nominations Sought for North Central Region Award
Observing: COSSA (William D’Antonio)
Teaching Workshops to Focus on Basic Skills and More
Open Forum: Sociologists and Writing Skills (Jeff Broadbent)
TSP Campus Visits Called Helpful to Departments (Hans O. Mauksch)
AKD Competition Open for Student Papers
Plug Into Microcomputer Users’ Groups Through ASA
Coupon Listing Corrections
Publicizing Sociological Activities Serves Important Function for the Discipline (Albert E. Gollin)
TRC Call for Syllabi
Career Possibilities for Sociology Graduates (Bettina J. Huber; reprint of brochure)
Sociologist Esther Ngan-Ling Chow Honored for Contributions to Women of Color
Teaching: Applied Sociology Programs (Carla Howery)

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