Released: 20-Jun-1997 12:00 AM EDT
Science Writers Workshop on "Families, Youth, and Children's Well Being."
American Sociological Association (ASA)

A science writers workshop on "Families, Youth, and Children's Well Being," will take place on Monday, June 30, from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., in the National Press Club Washington, D.C. The American Sociological Association (ASA) and the National Institutes of Health's Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) are sponsoring the event.

Released: 20-Jun-1997 12:00 AM EDT
ASA Annual Meeting
American Sociological Association (ASA)

92nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Toronto, August 9 - 13, 1997

Released: 24-Jul-1998 12:00 AM EDT
ASA Annual Meeting August 21-25
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association's Annual Meeting August 21-25 in San Francisco will feature hundreds of presentations on topics including immigration, affirmative action, families and children, health care, violence, and criminology.

Released: 4-Mar-2000 12:00 AM EST
Utopian Visions from Leading Social Scientists
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Leading American sociologists give practical prescriptions for a more perfect world based on solid social science research in the Jan. 2000 Contemporary Sociology.

Released: 21-Mar-2000 12:00 AM EST
Sociology Journal Reflects on Social Issues
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Articles by leading sociologists in this special issue of the American Sociological Review provide insightful discussion of broad social trends over the past century and reflect on the state of society at the beginning of a new century and millennium.

Released: 30-Jun-2000 12:00 AM EDT
American Sociological Association Presents Awards
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association is pleased to announce the winners of the ASA Awards for 2000 to be presented in a ceremony at the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., in August.

Released: 4-Jul-2000 12:00 AM EDT
ASA to Hold 95th Annual Meeting in Washington, DC
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Five thousand participants will convene at the American Sociological Association's 2000 Annual Meeting, Aug. 12-16, in Washington, D.C.

Released: 26-Jul-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Reskin Elected 93rd President of ASA
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Barbara F. Reskin, Harvard University, was elected the 93rd President of the American Sociological Association, and Elijah Anderson, University of Pennsylvania, was elected Vice President.

Released: 11-Aug-2000 12:00 AM EDT
The Facts about Affirmative Action in Empoyment and Education
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Affirmative action remains one of the most contentious issues of public policy. This media briefing seeks to add the "voice" of data and present the latest in research on affirmative action.

Released: 15-Aug-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Panel to Focus on Indicators of Well-Being for the Aging
American Sociological Association (ASA)

A panel of experts will discuss policies relating to the well-being of the aging population at a session on August 15th at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in Washington DC.

Released: 12-Aug-2000 12:00 AM EDT
The Implications of Cyberspace and Everyday Life
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association is holding a media briefing on "Cyberspace and Everyday Life" at the Annual Meeting. This briefing will present new work on the consequences of living in a highly-wired, broadband society.

Released: 15-Aug-2000 12:00 AM EDT
ASA President Addresses "Social Justice and Sociology"
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Focusing on themes of globalization and inequality, ASA President Joe R. Feagin offered a strong critique of the cost and consequences of an ever-expanding system of capitalism as part of his Presidential Address, "Social Justice and Sociology: Agendas for the 21st Century."

Released: 30-Aug-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Internet Strengthens Social Relations, Community Involvement
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Results of a new three year study are the first to reveal the social consequences of living in a highly-wired, broadband neighborhood. This research addresses recent interest in the effects of Internet use on relationships with friends, relatives and neighbors.

Released: 22-Sep-2000 12:00 AM EDT
How Neighborhoods Matter
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The importance of the neighborhood context will be featured in a Congressional briefing on "How Neighborhoods Matter: The Value of Investing at the Local Level" to be held on Monday, September 25th from 8:30-10:30 a.m. in Room B-340 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Released: 1-Dec-2000 12:00 AM EST
American Sociological Association's Call for Papers
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association is currently accepting paper submissions for its 96th Annual Meeting held in Anaheim, CA on August 18-21.

Released: 20-Apr-2001 12:00 AM EDT
American Sociological Review Highlights Families, Parenting, and Divorce
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The April issue of the American Sociological Review features articles on themes related to well-being of families, parenting, and marital relationships. The topics covered include issues of wide public interest and debate.

Released: 6-Jun-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Egypt's Sentencing of Sociologist Protested
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a sociology professor at the American University in Cairo, and founder and director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, was sentenced on May 21, 2001 to seven years in prison by the High State Security Court in Egypt.

Released: 9-Jun-2001 12:00 AM EDT
National Data Program for the Social Sciences Exhibit
American Sociological Association (ASA)

For more than 30 years, the General Social Survey has provided a wealth of data on contemporary American society by measuring social change through trends and constants in attitudes, behaviors, and attributes of the adult population.

Released: 26-Jun-2001 12:00 AM EDT
American Sociological Association Holds 2001 Annual Meeting
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association's (ASA) 96th Annual Meeting will convene August 18-21st at the Hilton Anaheim and the Anaheim Marriott in Anaheim, CA. More than 550 sessions will be held on a wide range of topics including social inequality, race and racism, work/labor markets, immigration, education, popular culture, and more.

Released: 14-Jul-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Bielby Elected 94th President of American Sociological Association
American Sociological Association (ASA)

William T. Bielby, University of California, Santa Barbara, was elected the 94th President of the American Sociological Association, and Ivan Szelenyi, Yale University, was elected Vice President.

Released: 14-Jul-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Awards Presented to Distinguished Sociologists
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association is pleased to announce the winners of the ASA Awards for 2001. The awards will be presented in a ceremony at the Association's Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA on Sunday, August 19th at 4:30 p.m. Awards are the highest honor that the Association confers.

11-Aug-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Socialization Messages in American Primary Schools
American Sociological Association (ASA)

A widespread belief among the American public is that schools no longer "teach values" -- or that they only teach values concerned with contemporary interests in cultural diversity. A new study of primary school classrooms challenges this conventional wisdom by showing that values continue to permeate classroom and school life.

Released: 20-Aug-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Human Subjects and the Social Sciences: ASA Annual Meeting
American Sociological Association (ASA)

On August 19, Director of the Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Greg Koski, will discuss social science research involving human subjects and the ethics involved at the American Sociological Association's Annual Meeting in Anaheim, CA.

21-Aug-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Addressing Human Rights Violations of U.S. Scholars
American Sociological Association (ASA)

In a unanimous resolution, the Council of the American Sociological Association (ASA) called upon the U.S. government to strengthen its resolve to protect the safety and well-being of scholars engaged in scientific research in countries where basic freedoms do not exist.

20-Aug-2001 12:00 AM EDT
ASA Presidential Address Highlights Role of Emotions in Social Life
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Douglas S. Massey, President of the American Sociological Association (ASA), presented dramatic and thought-provoking ideas about directions of human societies in his Presidential address to the 2001 Annual Meeting of the ASA.

Released: 20-Aug-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Earnings Inequality Between Black and White Men in the Private Sector
American Sociological Association (ASA)

At the beginning of the 1990s, black men working in the most highly paid private sector jobs earned 20 percent less than similar white workers, a racial disparity far greater than in lower paid jobs, according to a recent study by Eric Grodsky and Devah Pager, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Released: 6-Sep-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Athletes' Wives Must Cope with "Adultery Culture"
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Many wives of professional male athletes have to consider the possibility of their husbands' infidelity, particularly during a long season with numerous road trips. How they handle their fear and stress varies and may depend on their motivation for marriage.

Released: 18-Sep-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Effects of Communal Bereavement
American Sociological Association (ASA)

How does stress resulting from disasters such as the recent tragic events in New York City and Washington affect health? The Professor of Public Health at the University of California, Berkeley and a docent at the Institute for Housing Research at Uppsala University in Sweden, conducted a study focusing on the effects of communal bereavement in Sweden.

Released: 19-Sep-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Social Science Experts can Address Hate Crime
American Sociological Association (ASA)

As a public service, the American Sociological Association is providing a list of social science experts on hate crime in light of concerns about such events resulting from the tragedy at the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Over the years, the ASA has sought to disseminate knowledge on hate crime.

Released: 22-Sep-2001 12:00 AM EDT
Statement of the American Sociological Association on Terrorist Attack
American Sociological Association (ASA)

On behalf of the American Sociological Association (ASA), the ASA Council expresses its profound grief at the shocking terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, and great sadness on the enormous loss of life in these incidents and the crash of the hijacked jet in Pennsylvania last week.

Released: 28-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
Contexts, an Accessible Social Science Magazine
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association released Contexts--its newest entry into the publishing world. Edited by Claude Fischer, University of California, Berkeley, Contexts aims to make sociological work accessible to a broad audience irrespective of their interests or expertise.

Released: 28-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
Life Without Father: What Happens to the Children?
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Why do children raised without their fathers run serious risks? Sara McLanahan, Princeton University explores this issue in an article, "Life without Father: What Happens to the Children." Answering this question can help shape productive policies and perhaps quiet the culture war raging around single parenthood.

Released: 28-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
Did Welfare Work?
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Welfare reform has been widely accepted as a success, with the media highlighting stories of employed ex-recipients. But the reality is more complex. Many women lose their jobs, many others are poor even while working--a booming economy might easily deserve the credit. What works and what does not?

Released: 29-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
The Decline in Crime Rates
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Skyrocketing violent crime rates obsessed Americans for decades. Over the past ten years, however, crime rates have been dropping. What has happened, and what can we learn? The context and possible explanations for the recent decline in crime are explored in an article by Richard Rosenfeld, University of Missouri.

Released: 29-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
The Consequences of English-only Education Over Bilingual Education
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The long war between English-only and bilingual education appears to have been settled, with English-only education winning. But its costs are high for immigrant families, the communities in which they reside, and society as a whole.

Released: 29-Mar-2002 12:00 AM EST
The Sexual Revolution and Teen Dating Trends
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The mass media consensus seems to be that, with apparent decreasing sexual activity, a new teenage conservatism is emerging. Sophisticated academic studies are substantiating these assumptions. Is the sexual revolution really over? Are teens returning to conservative sexual values? Are we witnessing the end of sexual liberalism?

Released: 11-Apr-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Sally T. Hillsman to Become New Executive Officer at ASA
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association announces the appointment of its new Executive Officer, Sally T. Hillsman, a sociologist with a specialty in crime and justice. Hillsman is currently the Deputy Director at the National Institute of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice, where she has served since 1996.

10-May-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Steep Rise in No Religion Preference Is Forged by Politics and Demographics
American Sociological Association (ASA)

An important aspect of Americans' religious beliefs changed dramatically in the 1990s. The proportion of Americans reporting "no religious preference" doubled from 7 percent to an unprecedented level of 14 percent between 1991 and 2000, and this increase is attributable to changes in both population characteristics and the politicization of religion.

Released: 19-Jun-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Illegal Job Discrimination Persists in the U.S. Workplace as Affirmative Action Weakens
American Sociological Association (ASA)

In recent years, political and legal debates have focused on whether reverse discrimination favoring African Americans is justified. What the debates neglect to address is the fact that employment discrimination against African Americans, though illegal, is "alive and well" in America.

Released: 2-Jul-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Making Sense of Surveys; When to Trust Polls
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Being able to understand and trust surveys is critical to Americans becoming informed citizens, but mass media often report surveys without the requisite practical guidance on the context of the results or how to interpret and evaluate them. To help guide the public in comprehending the significance of surveys and questionnaires, sociologist Howard Schuman explains in plain language the nature, importance, and problematic aspects of surveys.

Released: 10-Jul-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Burawoy Elected 95th President of American Sociological Association
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Michael Burawoy, University of California, Berkeley, was elected the 95th President of the American Sociological Association, and Bernice Pescosolido, Indiana University, Bloomington, was elected Vice President.

Released: 10-Jul-2002 12:00 AM EDT
American Sociological Association Holds 2002 Annual Meeting in Chicago
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The American Sociological Association's 97th Annual Meeting will convene August 16-19th at the Hilton Chicago and the Hilton Palmer House in Chicago, IL. More than 550 sessions will be held on a wide range of topics including racial profiling, social dimensions of terrorism, disparities in health care, welfare reform, education, popular culture, and more.

Released: 8-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Panic Is Rare and Altruism Dominates In Disasters
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Group panic and irrational behavior did not occur at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Instead the event created a sense of "we-ness" among those threatened, says a Rutgers University sociology professor.

Released: 10-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Reparations for Slavery: Social and Economic Merits Expose Historic Implications of Race
American Sociological Association (ASA)

While reparations for slavery in America remains a remote dream of activists to be settled by politics, it is an interesting topic to examine in order to shed light on how racial differences emerged and persist in America. "It is worthwhile to do the math," says a New York University sociology professor.

Released: 10-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
ASA Urges Release of Jailed Scholar and Democracy Activist in Egypt
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Dr. Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a 63-year-old sociology professor at the American University in Cairo and founder and director of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies, was convicted for the second time on July 29, 2002, to seven years in prison by the Supreme State Security Court in Cairo, Egypt.

19-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Why Test?
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Assessing the intelligence of students for the purpose of college admissions is difficult and controversial. On the one hand, the higher overall performance by whites on tests raises questions about whether they are fair or not.

20-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Would "Race" Disappear If the United States Officially Stopped Measuring It?
American Sociological Association (ASA)

What if the U.S. government stopped measuring race? Would the results be positive, negative, or indifferent? Under what conditions does the classification of people by race for the purpose of scientific inquiry promote racial division, and when does it aid in the achievement of justice and equality?

Released: 15-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Promoting Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education through Department Change
American Sociological Association (ASA)

A press conference will be held on Friday, August 16 at 2:30 p.m. in the Private Dining Room (PDR) 2 of the Chicago Hilton Hotel to release a report on Promoting Diversity and Excellence in Higher Education through Department Change, published by the American Sociological Association (ASA).

19-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Surrogate Fathers Act as Paternal Figures for Many Children in Poor, Urban Settings
American Sociological Association (ASA)

The image of the "fatherless" child in low-income families may be an oversimplification. While many children in inner-city neighborhoods are being raised by single mothers, some of these mothers receive support from the children's "social fathers" who appear to substitute for the children's biological fathers.

Released: 18-Aug-2002 12:00 AM EDT
Racial Profiling Across Social Institutions Featured in Plenary Session
American Sociological Association (ASA)

Racial profiling is widely associated with "DWB" (driving while black)--where minorities are pulled over for humiliating searches while driving. Police practices where race is used as a key factor in deciding whether to make a traffic stop, however, is not the only context where racial profiling occurs.


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