Footnotes 2008

January 2008 (Volume 36, Number 1)

• The Social History of Boston’s Back Bay, Site of the 2008 ASA Conference (Wilfred Holton)
• Sociologists Examine the Global Labor Market in STEM Occupations
• International Perspectives: What’s New in French Sociology? (Daniel Benamouzig, Olivier Borraz & Cyril Lemieux)
• Vantage Point: Footnotes Looks Different, Yes?
• Faith in Their Future? (Rebecca Sager)
• Social Scientist Receives Presidential Medal of Honor
• Social Scientist Awarded the 2008 Joseph W. Cullen Memorial Award
• Kalleberg Engages Campuses During His Presidential Year
• Apply Now for the Sorokin Lecture Series
• A Behind-the-Scenes Look at the ASA Student Forum
• ASA Awards Small Grants in Sociology
• Achieving the Dream: Helping Community College Focus on Student Success
• Public Sociology: Genocide – It Is My Problem
• Garfinkel Recognized for Lifetime of Achievement
• ASA Forum: On the Interpretation of Polls; Another Take on AP or Not AP ; More on the Sociology of Human Rights; Concerning the W.E.B. Dubois Career Award for Dintinguished Scholarship
• Announcements
• Deaths: Melvin Pollner, Stanton Wheeler
• Obituaries: Gangadharappa Nanjundappa, Gwynne Nettler, Wayne Wheeler

February 2008 (Volume 36, Number 2)

• A New, Permanent Home for ASA (Donald Tomaskovic-Devey)
• Congratulations to the 2008 ASA Award Winners
• Boston: Greener than an Emerald Necklace (Joan Fitzgerald)
• Vantage Point: How Does Your Department Grow? With Chairs Help, You Can Know!
• Sociologists in Research and Applied Settings: A Perspective on Business Careers for Sociologists (Joe Mercurio)
• Bearmam Is First Sociologist to Receive Prestigious NIH Pioneer Award
• The Costs of Mass Incarceration Examined by Congressional Panel (Howard Silver)
• Sociologist to Head Genome Center for Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications Research
• Forty-Five Years as an ASA Member
• Public Sciology: Using Social and Behvioral Science to Design Better Energy and Climate Change Policies and Programs
• Three Sociologists Elected as AAAS Fellows
• The National Academy of Sciences Honors Sociologist
• ASA Forum: Defending Against Misuses of Data on Race and Ethnicity; Rejoinder tp Professor Persell
• Announcements
• Deaths: T. Quentin Evans, Karol Krotki, Chet Meeks, Harold Orlans, Joel Tortenson
• Obituaries: Miriam Johnson,

March 2008 (Volume 36, Number 3)

• Plenary Session on “The Future of the American Labor Movement” Kicks Off the 2008 ASA Meeting (Arne L. Kalleberg)
• Progress in Breaking the Glass Ceiling
• Boston’s African American Heritage (Robert L. Hall)
• Vantage Point: An Open Invitation to Visit Your New ASA Headquarters
• Candidates for ASA Offices in 2008
• Heat Wave: A Sociological Drama Hits Center Stage (Ellen C. Berrey)
• Sociology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Celebrated 100 Years (Jan Nederveen Pieterse)
• An International Conference Examines Stigma Research (Terry White)
• UNC Students Tackle a U.S. Constitution Update (Beth A. Latshaw)
• Sociologists in Research and Applied Settings: The Evaluator in the Field as an Outsider Within (Mindy Fried)
• ASA Forum: That’s in a Name: Concerning the ASA Career Award
• Announcements
• Deaths: Charles Bonjean, Gordon Bultena, Stephen L. Nock, G. Howard Phillips, Sister Eleanor Rice, Edward P. Torrey
• Obituaries: Herbert Reese Barringer, Ronald Freedman, Chet Meeks, Stanton Wheeler

April 2008 (Volume 36, Number 4)

• Three Plenary Sessions at 2008 ASA Meetings Focus on Policy, Globalizaton, and Immigration (Arne L. Kalleberg)
• Green Initiatives on the Rise at the ASA (Stella Capek, Sally T. Hillsman, Janet Astner, Lauren Heberle, & Robert Brulle)
• Communal Grief and Solidarity after 4/16/07 at Virginia Tech (Laura Agnich, James Hawdon, & John Ryan)
• Vantage Point: Helping Avoid a Health Crisis and Fiscal “Train Wreck”
• Task Force on Sociology and Criminology Programs (Dennis MacDonald & Steven E. Barkan)
• Best-Selling Books by Sociologists – A New Study (Herbert Gans)
• FSU Celebrates 90 Years of Sociology by Examining Where it Was and Where It Is (Irene Padavic)
• Sociologists Elected AAAS Fellows
• ASA Forum: Professionalizing Sociology the Discipline for Branding Purposes Only
• Council Highlights
• Editor Search: City & Community
• Announcements
• Deaths: Ronald Freedman, Benjamin S. Kleinberg, Ralph Lane, Robert C. Sorensen
• Obituaries: J. Michael Armer, Charles M. Bonjean, Gail Jefferson, Benjamin Kleinberg, Bernard Nathan Meltzer, Steven L. Nock, Harold Orlans, Robert C. Sorensen

May/June 2008 (Volume 36, Number 5)

• The Sociology of Boston’s Restaurants: Where Diversity and Good Food Meet (Jack Levin)
• Alan Sica to Edit Contemporary Sociology (Charles Lemert)
• What Skills Do Sociology Majors Learn and What Is the Pathway to Using Them on the Job?
• Vantage Point: Who Speaks for Social Science–In Court?
• Science Polocy
• Science Organizations Examine Ways to Enhance Diversity in Science
• ASA’s Teaching Enhancement Fund Supports Two New Projects
• Doris Wilkinson Receives Honors (Florence Bonner & Jean Shin)
• ASA Announces the 2007-2008 ASA Congressional Fellow
• George Mason Introduces New PhD Program in Public Sociology (Mark D. Jacobs & Amy Best)
• Beyond Endnote: Citing Web Sources in ASA Style
• Dealing with the Shock of Violence at Northern Illinois University (Fred. E. Markowitz)
• The Wrong Solutions for a Tragedy (Kirk Miller)
• Sociologists in Research and Applied Settings: Explaining Terror Networks in the 21st Century (Marc Sageman)
• ASA Awards Grants to Advance Sociology
• Sociology and Genocide Studies (Jack Nusan Porter)
• A New Home and New Staff
• ASA Forum
• Announcements
• Deaths: Robert Dentler, Ralph Lane, Charles Tilly
• Obituaries: Karen Bloom Robert A. Dentler, John Freeman, Ralph Lane, Jr., Melvin Pollner, Charles Tilly, Kay Michael Troost

July/August 2008 (Volume 36, Number 6)

• Race Relations and Immigration in Boston (Silvia Diminguez)
• The 2008 ASA Election Results Are In: Evelyn Nakano Glenn is President, John R. Logan is Vice President
• International Perspectives: Report on the Executive Meeting of the International Sociological Association (Val Moghadam)
• Vantage Point: Building Organizational Social Captial in Departments of Sociology
• Science Policy
• From Mobile to Shagnhai: Reflections on my ASA Presidential Year (Arne L. Kalleberg)
• ASA Hosts Open House to Debut New Office
• ASA Honored for Real Estate Deal
• Howard University Celebrates 50 Years of Doctoral Education with Sociology Focus
• A Candid Examination of the Performance of Science in Government
• The Art and Social Science of War
• ASA Members Receive Guggenheim Fellowships
• Alba Delivers Huggins Lecture at Harvard
• ASA 2008 Dissertation Award Recipient Announced
• Universal Design: Creating Presentations That Speak to All
• ASA Welcomes MFP Cohort 35
• Declines in Sociology Faculty Purchasing Power
• Sociologist Presents on Violent Crime at Congressional Briefing
• Skocpol Elected to the NAS
• Journal of World-Systems Research Approved for Section Sponsorship
• Sociology: A Rare But Well-Paying Job?
• ASA Forum: Family Myth to Family Reality
• Announcements
• Deaths: Charles Moskos
• Obituaries: Wallis Bwasley, Robert M. Figlio, James B. Skellenger, Herman W. Smith, III

September/October 2008 (Volume 36, Number 7)

• Sociologists at Work in Boston
• A New Perspective with Patricia Hill Collins (Elizabeth Higginbotham)
• Vantage Point: Federal Support for Basic Research and Training of the Future Scientific Workforce
• Science Policy
• ASA Brings Sociology to Capitol Hill
• Kessler Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
• The Past, Present, and Future of the Journal of World-Systems Research (Andrew K. Jorgenson and Edward L. Kick)
• Sociological AIDS Research Needs an Intervention (Judith Auerbach)
• Building on the Strength of the Department Resources Group
• Think Ahead to 2010!
• Toward a Sociology of Citizenship
• Sociologists in Research and Applied Settings
• The ASA and Sociological Practice (Jay Weinstein and Kathryn Goldman Schuyler
• Public Sociology
• Applications for Invited Editorship
• 2008-09 Regional and Aligned Association Meetings
• ASA Modifies Copyright to Comply with NIH Public Access Regulation
• Announcements
• Deaths: Cynthia F. Barnett, Brent K. Marshall
• Obituaries: Carl W. Backman, Murray S. Davis, William P. Kuvlesky, Nancy E. Waxler Morrison, Charles Moskos

November 2008 (Volume 36, Number 8)

• A Festschrift in Honor of Pearlin Looks to the Future of the Stress Process Paradigm
• Success of Women with Children in Sociology
• Major ASA Award Recipients Honored in Boston
• Congratulations to the 2008 ASA Section Award Winners!
• Vantage Point: The Strength of Disciplinary Diversity
• Science Policy
• Coming out from Behind the Scences: ASA Publications Committee
• ASA Teaching Resources Center Call for Proposals
• ASA Council Highlights
• What Can I Do with a Master’s Degree in Sociology?
• Chow Builds a Foundation for Education in China
• Four New Projects Are Sponsered by ASA’s 2008 Community Action Research Initiative
• Call for ASA Award Nominations
• Announcements
• Deaths: Calvin L. Beale, Dean Hodge, Duncan MacRae, Jr., Herschel S. Shosteck, Paul V. Smith, R. Dean Wright
• Obituaries: Orlando Fals Borda, Robert G. Holloway, Evelyn M. Kitagawa, Gay Capouch Kitson, Ralph Segalman

December 2008 (Volume 36, Number 9)

• Making Class Prep Easier: ASA’s New Digital Library of Sociological Teaching Materials
• Seeking Nominations for ASA Officers and Committees
• First “Sociological Forum” of the International Sociological Association
• Vantage Point: Science in an Obama Administration
• Science Policy
• Women Move Up the Faculty Ladder Slowly
• Space for other Activities
• Health Care Reform as an Emergency Growth Strategy (Elizabeth Jacobs)
• Announcing the New Student Sociologist Newsletter
• Call for Nominations: 2009 Section Awards
• Transforming Employment Institutions to Sustain the American Dream (Joel Cutcher-Gershenfeld and Arne L. Kalleberg)
• Climate Change and the Sociological Imagination (Kari Marie Norgaard and Alan Rudy)
• Apply Now for the Sorkin Lecture Series
• Sociologist Presented 2008 Brown Lecture in Education
• Do European Border toens Hold the Key to Cultural Integration, Incubation? (Alberto Gasparini)
• ASA Honors Program 2009 Call for Nominations
• ASA Member Reaches 50-year Membership Milestone
• Public Sociology and Participatory Action Research in Rural Sociology (Karen M. O’Neil)
• Did You Know?
• ASA Forum
• Announcements
• Deaths: Heather Hartley
• Obituaries: Felix M. Berardo, Heather L. Hartley, Dean Hoge, R. Dean Wright

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