Footnotes 1992 | American Sociological Association

January 1992 (Volume 20, Number 1)

Action Alert: “Congressional Directive on Sexual Behavior Research: Your Letters Are Needed Now!”
Calling All ABDs: An Opportunity to Teach in Eastern Europe (Janet Mancini Billson)
The American Sociologist – Revised and Resubmitted (interview with Richard H. Hall)
The Open Window: Priorities for the Coming Year. (Felice J. Levine)
Wisconsin Sociologists Successfully Challenge Restrictive Bill (Janet Mancini Billson)
ASA State Licensing Monitor Program: An Opportunity to Serve (Janet Onnie)

February 1992 (Volume 20, Number 2)

1992 Annual Meeting: “Plan for Pittsburgh . . . A City for Living” (Tracey Modic)
“ . . . Look Ahead to Miami: 1993 Annual Meeting Theme: Transition to Democracy” (Seymour Martin Lipset)
The Open Window: National Research Council Public Forum. (Felice J. Levine)
Open Forum: “Teachers for a Democratic Culture: Commentary and Apologies” (Dan McMurry, Paul Hollander, Carla B. Howery)
Stanley Lieberson Honored with Endowed Chair at Harvard (Wendy Hanson)
From Academia to the Market Place: “Sociologists in Business and Public Administration” (Lewis F. Carter)
Some Reflections on Sociology’s Future in California (Charles Hohm)
James E. Blackwell and Julian Samora Honored as Mentors
Revising the ASA Code of Ethics
Open Forum: “To the Editor” (Robert K. Merton); “Needed: Better Hiring Practices” (Ali-Akbar Mahdi); “To President James S. Coleman” (Donald F. Gildea)
Sociology of Aging Distinguished Scholar Award
Teaching: “Aging Course Promises and Delivers Time for Contemplation” (Donna Phillips)
Focus Group Workshop to Precede 1992 Annual Meeting (Janet Mancini Billson)
A Studious Retirement (Nancy Wick)
New Graduate Program at Humboldt State University (Betsy Watson)
Environment and Technology Award Winner – Kai Erikson (Allan Schnaiberg)
The Invisibility of Sociology: The State of Our Discipline (William A. Pearman)
Scientists Keep an Eye on Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration (ADAMHA) Reshuffle (Tina Adler)
The “Lost Generation” and Other Concerns: The ASA Committee on Employment (Thomas Lyson)
Deaths: Larry (Lucky) Baber, Nason Hall
Official Reports and Proceedings: Minutes of the first meeting of the 1991-92 Council (August 27, 1991)

March 1992 (Volume 20, Number 3)

Marrett to Lead new Directorate at the National Science Foundation
Spivack Program Launched with Briefing Papers (Carla B. Howery)
1992 Annual Meeting: “Plans for Pittsburgh: An American Renaissance” (Tracey Jill Modic)
The Open Window: Sociology Department at Yale University. (Felice J. Levine)
Walter W. Powell Wins the Max Weber Outstanding Scholarship Award of the Section on Organizations and Occupations
Teaching: New Thrust in Defining Scholarly Work; Four New Sections in the Making (Carla B. Howery)
Four New Sections in the Making: Alcohol and Drugs, Sociology of Children, Sociology of Law, Mental Health
Open Forum (Andrew Abbott)
Henry Etzkowitz and Mary Frank Fox Receive Major National Science Foundation Grant
Candidates for ASA President, Vice-President: William A. Gamson, Charles Tilly (President-Elect); Barrie Thorne, Charles V. Willie (Vice President-Elect)
The 1990 Census and the Politics of Apportionment (Patrick G. Feeney)
International Institute of Sociology Meets in Kobe, Japan
D’ Antonio Elected International Institute of Sociology President
Four Receive American Sociological Association/National Science Foundation Grants; June Deadline Nears
Observations on the Passing of the Soviet Empire (Wayne Youngquist)
Perestroika for Russian Health Care? (Donald W. Light)
ASA Officers, Council, Committee Members
Sociological Statement on War and Violence
Deaths: Theodore Miles, Charles Page, Morris Rosenberg, A. Donald Williams
Obituaries: Lucky Larry Baber
Official Reports and Proceedings: Section Reports

April 1992 (Volume 20, Number 4)

1992 Annual Meeting: “Pittsburgh: A Region in Structural Change” (Burkart Holzner)
The Federal Network: A New Career Opportunity (Janet Mancini Billson)
1992 Congressional Fellowship: June 1 Deadline
The Open Window: Program on Research on the Profession (Felice J. Levine)
Council Briefs (Carla B. Howery)
Council Passes Policy on Exhibits, Ads, Sales
Special Funding Opportunities: National Science Foundation (NSF) Dissertation Research Grants; NSF Graduate Research Traineeships; Human Dimensions of Global Change; American Sociological Association/National Science Foundation Small Grants: June 15 Deadline
Open Forum: “Do Not Cite?” (Barry Wellman)
Teaching: Ethical Guidelines for Faculty (Carla B. Howery)
Three Sociologists Are Council for Advencement and Support of Education Top Teachers (Wendy Hanson)
North Carolina High School for Social Sciences (Carla B. Howery)
Teaching: A World of Gestures (Carla B. Howery)
Sociology of Children Section Approved (Gertrud Lenzer)
Federal Government Ethics Standards: “To Lunch or Not to Lunch?”
National Science Foundation Sociology Awards for 1991
Charles Price Loomis’ “Festgabe” (Julius Rivera)
Sociologists for Women in Society Holds Meeting on Social Policy (Carla B. Howery)
Obituaries: Paolo Ammassari, Hope Tisdale Eldridge, Peter Wayne Falkman, Marjorie E. Fiske, Morris Rosenberg
Official Reports and Proceedings: Committee Reports
Deaths: Marshall Sklare, Hans Zeisel

May 1992 (Volume 20, Number 5)

1992 Annual Meeting: “Plan for Pittsburgh: The Pleasantries of Pittsburgh” (Charles F. Hanna)
Winners of Major ASA Awards
ASA Joins National Mental Health Leadership Forum
The Open Window: International Sociology (Felice J. Levine)
Sociologists Respond to Newsweek’s “Lonely Crowd”: “Sociology: An Idea Whose Time Has Come” (Earl Babbie); “Sociology’s Lonely Crowd – Indeed!” (William V. D’Antonio)
University of Chicago Sociology Department Celebrates Centennial (William Harms)
Dips in the Academic Job Market? (Janet Mancini Billson)
Sociologists Receive Honors and Awards: Lazarsfeld Award to Hans Zeisel (Clifford Clogg); Amy S. Hubbard Receives Student Paper Award (Elton Jackson); Aldrich Named Kenan Professor
Hate Crimes Task Force Compiles Materials
All About the 1992 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh!
Teaching: Ethnic Diversity at Indiana University: A Tale of Eight Campuses (Barry V. Johnston)
Writing Tips for Sociologists: Keeping It Simple (Karen Feinberg)
MacArthur Travel Grants Approved for ASA Annual Meeting
Social Science and the Challenge of Global Environmental Change (Roberta Balstad Miller)
International News and Notes: The International Social Survey Program (Tom W. Smith); The Polish Sociological Association in Transition (Antoni Sulek); International Funding Opportunities (Laury Saligman); The Road to Acquafredda: An International Workshop on Academic-Industry Relations (Henry Etzkowitz)
Open Forum: “When Promotion Goes Too Far” (Robert J. Stevenson); “Professional Ethics Revisited” (Barbara Walters Altizar)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and American Sociology (Mike Keen)
1992 Annual Meeting: Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh Offers Much for Students (Kathy Rowell)
Official Reports and Proceedings: Editors’ Reports; Section Reports; Council Minutes: Minutes of the second meeting of the 1991-92 Council (January 30, 1992)
Deaths: Jay Artis, Carl Harter
Obituaries: Mhyra Schway Minnis, Robert W. O’Brien, Marshall Sklare, Hans Ziesel

August 1992 (Volume 20, Number 6)

William A. Gamson Elected ASA President; Barrie Thorne is Vice President
1992 Annual Meeting: “Plans for Pittsburgh: The Many Faces of Religion in Pittsburgh” (Paula Kane)
William Sims Bainbridge Appointed Sociology Program Director at National Science Foundation
The Open Window: Executive Officer’s Report: The Challenges Ahead (Felice J. Levine)
San Diego State University’s Sociology Department Faces Cuts (Carla B. Howery)
Edward J. Lawler Succeeds Karen Cook as Social Psychology Quarterly Editor (Morris Zelditch, Jr.)
Learning the Right Lessons From Yale (Kai Erikson)
1992 Annual Meeting: Child Care Corner: Pittsburgh (Janet Onnie)
SLAPPs (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation): Democratic Rights and Professional Risks (Penelope Canan)
1992 Annual Meeting: Pittsburgh’s Ethnic Heritage (Tracey Modic)
Open Forum: “In Support of TDC and Freedom of Expression” (Peter M. Blau); “Sociologists Are in TDC” (Barbara J. Risman); “More on NAS and TDC” (Monroe Lerner); Putting It Into Perspective” (Martin Oppenheimer); Denouncing the NOW Boycott” (Ted G. Goertzel); “The State of Sociology” (John E. Glass); “Sociology’s Identity Crisis” (Jack Nusan Porter); “The Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) Survey: A Supplement” (Florence Bonner); “The SWS Survey: Single-Issue Politics” (Jack P. Gibbs)
Deaths: Fr. Paul H. Furfey, Marvin E. Olsen
Obituaries: Jay W. Artis, Carl L. Harter, Helen MacGill Hughes, Alfred McClung Lee, Charles Hunt Page, Chester Levon Rash

September 1992 (Volume 20, Number 7)

Profile of the ASA President: “Seymour Martin Lipset: The World Is His Oyster” (Mildred Schwartz)
Catherine White Berheide New Congressional Fellow (Carla B. Howery)
Update on San Diego State University (Carla B. Howery)
The Open Window: Keep the American Sociological Foundation Congressional Fellowship Thriving (Felice J. Levine)
Cora Marrett Organizes New Directorate
Marta Tienda to Lead National Science Foundation Advisory Board
Joan Huber Appointed Vice-President and Provost at Ohio State University (William Martineau)
ASA Research Program Progresses (Carla B. Howery)
Sociology at Tulane Celebrates 90th Anniversary (James D. Wright)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences Awards Prize to Daniel Bell
Stephen Cole New Editor of Sociological Forum
Riley E. Dunlap Named Gallup Fellow
International News and Notes: Gender and Perestroika: A Personal Account (Barbara Risman); International Funding Opportunities (Laury Saligman); Sociology and Change in the Former U.S.SR (Michael Swafford); International Network on Personal Relationships (Steven Duck); Sociologists Respond to Call for International Teaching Opportunity (Janet Mancini Billson); International Institute of Sociology Centenary Congress at the Sorbonne (William V. D’Antonio); Suggestions for International Book Donations (S. “Meena” Meenakshy); News from Abroad About a Special Relationship (Vaneeta-marie D’Andrea)
Sociologists Play Key Roles with U.S. Commisssion on Women in the Military (H. Lovell Smith)
Massachusetts Sociological Association Becomes New England Sociological Association (Walter F. Carroll)
Teaching: Think Science Education, Think NSF (National Science Foundation)! (Carla B. Howery)
Phyllis Moen Named Director of New Life Course Institute of the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University
Congratulations to Departmental Prize Winning Students (Departmental Prize for Outstanding Sociology Students)
1991 ASA Audit: Limited Resources, Good Financial Health
Obituaries: Paul Hanly Furfey, Aaron Lipman, Marvin E. Olsen, Lee M. Wiggins, Jr.

October 1992 (Volume 20, Number 8)

Major ASA Awards Presented at 1992 Annual Meeting: Daniel Bell, Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award; Foundations of Social Theory by James S. Coleman, Distinguished Publication Award; Theodore C. Wagenaar, Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award; Matilda White Riley and Elliot Liebow, Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology; Andrew Billingsley, Dubois-Johnson-Frazier Award; Elizabeth Mitchell, ASA Dissertation Award
ASA Ceases Publication of Sociological Practice Review
Suggestions Solicited for 1994 Program: “Theme: The Challenge of Democratic Participation”
The Open Window: Enhancing the Stature of Sociology in the Academy (Felice J. Levine)
San Diego Layoffs Rescinded (Carla B. Howery)
Annual Meeting Tops Attendance Record
Scenes from the 1992 Annual Meeting
Report of the ASA Secretary: A Successful Stewardship for the Future (Beth B. Hess)
Eight Receive ASA/NSF Grants; November Deadline Next
Section Award Winners Honored at Annual Meeting
Annual Meeting 1993 Call for Papers: Open Submission Topics, Section Organizers Announced
Space for Other Activities at the 1993 Annual Meeting
ASA Committee on the Freedom of Research and Teaching Confronts Barriers
Nominations Invited for Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Sociological Methodology, Sociological Theory Editors
Which Campus Will Host Minority Opportunity Summer Training?
Council Briefs
Open Forum: “Gender Equality is Relevant” (Steve Derne); “SWS Questions Assess Inclusiveness” (Leonard Gordon)
Deaths: M. Patricia Golden, Joseph S. Himes, Walter Jewell
Obituaries: Nason E. Hall, William Maxwell McCord, John C. McKinney, Edmund Howell Volkart, Sister Frances Jerome Woods, CDP
Official Reports and Proceedings: Representative Reports

November 1992 (Volume 20, Number 9)

Commission to Study the Future of National Science Foundation (Carla B. Howery)
Judith Blau to Edit ASA Rose Monograph Series (Howard E. Aldrich and Kent Redding)
1993 Annual Meeting: “Make it to Miami!” August 13-17, Fontainbleau Hilton; Theme: Transition to Democracy (Seymour Martin Lipset)
The Open Window: ASA Speaks to National Science Foundation Commission (Felice J. Levine)
Strengthening the State of Sociology on Campus: Creativity and Consensus: Building a Sociology Department (Mike Otten); Strengthening the Position of Sociology Within the University (Lois B. DeFleur); Some Virtues of Sociology (Herbert J. Gans); Temporaries in Sociology (Beth Hartung)
GRE Scores and Graduate School Success (James L. Wood and Amy C. Wong)
Writing Tips for Sociologists: Using Verbs to Add Strength (Karen Feinberg)
International News and Notes: Resident Peoples and National Parks (Patrick C. West and Steven R. Brechin)
The Job Market in Sociology (Dan Clawson and Kathleen Holmes)
Resources for Teaching and Research at Sociometrics (Elinore Lurie)
Hunter College Social Research Graduate Program in 20th Year (Michael Wood)
Senior Sociologists’ View of ASA (James G. Hougland, Jr. and Joyce M. Iutcovich)
Minority Fellowship Program Announces Fellows for 1992-93
Deaths: Louis M. Beck
Obituaries: Ford W. Cleere, Joseph S. Himes, Edward E. McKenna, James A. Peterson, Nora K. Stewart

December 1992 (Volume 20, Number 10)

1993 Annual Meeting: “Miami: Crossroads of the Americas”
Candidates for ASA Offices, Council, Committees
Deadline March 15: 1993 Congressional Fellowship
ASA President Seynour Martin Lipset Part of Mandate for Change
The Open Window: ASA Represented on Committee to Protect Children as Research Subjects (Felice J. Levine)
Inside 1722: Sulakshana “Sulu” Ghoting Has Your (Membership) Number (Maru Corrada and Carla Howery)
William Julius Wilson Elected Consortium of Social Science Association President
Judy Auerbach Will Become Senior Program Officer with the Institute of Medicine’s Division of Biobehavioral Sciences and Mental Disorders of the National Academy of Sciences and National Research Council
Nominations Requested for 1994 Major ASA Awards
International News and Notes: The East is Sociological (Clarence Y.H. Lo); The First European Conference of Sociology (Haldun Gulalp)
Opportunities with the General Social Survey (Barbara Reskin)
Open Forum: “Gibbs and Gordon Differ on SWS Questionnaire” (Jack P. Gibbs, Leonard Gordon)
ASA Section News: Section on Law Invities New Members; Section on Latino/a Sociology (Julia E. Curry); Section on Rational Choice Begins Activities; Sociology of Children Section Interfaces with Other Groups (Gertrud Lenzer); Kathleen S. Crittenden Receives Mauksch Award (Henry Olsen); Herbert Gans Receives Lynd Award (Terry Nichols Clark); Susan Cott Watkins Wins Duncan Award (Douglas S. Massey); Section Awards—It’s Time to Nominate
Award-Winning Teachers: Paul J. Baker Named Distinguished Professor; Keith Farrington Named Professor of the Year; Hal Charnofsky Honored by California State University System; Harriet Presser Honored by George Washington University
Deaths: John P. Conrad, Howard E. Freeman, Charles Grigg, William Philips, Jr.
Official Reports and Proceedings: Council Minutes: Minutes of the Third Meeting of the 1991-92 Council (August 23, 1992); Minutes of the first meeting of the 1992-93 Council (August 24, 1992)