Recipients of the Himes Awards are recognized
at the Annual Meeting of NCSA and their papers will be posted on the NCSA
official Web Site. Eligibility for Himes Undergraduate and Graduate Student
Paper Awards:
Criteria for Himes Undergraduate
and Graduate Student Paper Awards
The criteria for judging papers include:
CONSTITUTION OF
THE NORTH CAROLINA SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
(Adopted April 6,1974; Amended February 24,1979, February 28,1986, March 20,1992)
ARTICLE I. NAME
The Association shall be known as the North Carolina Sociological Association.
ARTICLE II. OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Association shall be to stimulate and improve research,
instruction and discussion, to encourage cooperative relations among persons engaged in
the scientific study of society, and to encourage cooperative relations between academic
sociology and other agencies with related interests.
ARTICLE III. MEMBERSHIP AND DUES
Section 1. Regular membership is open to any person engaged in teaching and/or
research in sociology, or in a field of applied sociology.
Section 2. Student membership is open to any actively enrolled student whose
major interest is sociology. Student members may be appointed to committees.
Section 3. Annual dues in the amount decided by the membership will be payable
at or before the first general meeting of each calendar year.
Section 4. Regular members whose dues are paid at the time of the first general
meeting of the calendar year shall be eligible to vote and stand for election to office.
ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS, EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, AND ELECTIONS
Section 1. The officers of the association shall be the President, President-Elect,
Past-President, Secretary-Treasurer, and Editor.
Section 2. There shall be an Executive Council of nine members broadly
representing the membership, elected for three years, staggered terms, three being elected
each year. The Executive Council acts for the Association, subject to the will of the
membership. Officers of the Association sit as members ex-officio on the Council, and the
President acts as Chairman of the Council.
Section 3. The term of office of the President shall be one year. Following this
term, the incumbent serves for one year as Past President. The President will be the senior
executive officer of the Association.
Section 4. The Vice Presidential duties shall be performed by the President-Elect
who will succeed the President.
Section 5. The Secretary-Treasurer shall be chosen by the Executive Council for
an indefinite term.
Section 6. The Editor shall be appointed by the President with the consent of the
Executive Council for a renewable three-year term. The Editor will be responsible to the
Publications Committee and publish a newsletter and such other periodicals as the
Association may wish to authorize.
Section 7. Candidates for President-Elect and for the Executive Council shall be
nominated by a Nominating Committee of three appointed by the President.
Section 8. The Nominating Committee shall prepare a ballot containing one or
more nominees for President-Elect and for each vacancy on the Executive Council.
Section 9. The election, conducted annually by the Secretary under the direction
of the Nominating Committee, will be by printed mail ballot. Ballots will be distributed at
least one month prior to the annual meeting and the results of the balloting will be
announced at the annual meeting. Election will be by majority of votes cast.
Section 10. Newly elected officers of the Association will assume their responsibilities at the close of the business session at the Annual Meeting.
Section 11. Any vacancy of an officer or Executive Council member because of
death, resignation, or other crises will be filled at any regular or special meeting of the
Executive Council by a vote of the majority (at least five) of the Executive Council and
will be for the unexpired portion of the term.
Section 12. If a majority (at least five) of the Executive Council deem it necessary
to replace an officer or Executive Council member because of nonperformance due to
incapacitation or dereliction, the replacement will be determined at any regular or
special meeting of the Executive Council by a vote of the majority (at least five) of the
Executive Council and will be for the unexpired portion of the term.
ARTICLE V. COMMITTEES
Section 1. Executive Committee: The Executive Committee shall consist of the
officers of the Association. The Executive Committee shall be empowered to act on behalf
of the Association as directed by the Executive Council. The President shall serve as
Chairman of the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Program Committee: The Program Committee shall be appointed by the
President and shall consist of the President-E1ect as Chairman and such other members as
deemed advisable. The Program Committee shall be responsible for planning programs
consistent with the objectives of the Association.
Section 3. Publications Committee: The President with the consent of the Council
shall appoint a chairman of the Publications Committee and such other members as
appropriate to the general supervision of the publication activities of the association.
Terms of office on the Committee shall be set by the Council. A budget for expenses of
publication must be approved by the Committee and the Council, and expenditures under
this budget must be approved by the Treasurer. The President may elect to ask the Council
to serve as the Publications Committee.
Section 4. Other Committees shall be appointed by the President as deemed
necessary.
Section 5. The President shall be considered an ex-officio member of all standing
committees.
ARTICLE VI. MEETINGS
Section 1. There shall be an annual meeting each year at a time and place to be
decided by the Executive Committee.
Section 2. Other meetings may be scheduled by the Executive Committee.
Section 3. The business of the Association shall be conducted at the scheduled
meetings.
Section 4. Each meeting shall consist of a planned program and a business session.
ARTICLE VII. RULES OF PROCEDURE
Section 1. One-fourth of the regular membership, present and acting at any
scheduled meeting, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Unless
challenged, those members attending the business session of a scheduled meeting shall
constitute a quorum.
Section 2. Business of the Association shall be conducted according to provisions
of Roberts' Rules of Order, latest edition.
Section 3. This constitution may be amended at any regularly scheduled meeting
of the Association by a two-thirds vote of the members present, provided the proposed
amendments have first been circulated by the Executive Council at least two weeks prior
to the meeting where the vote is taken.
ARTICLE VIII. DISSOLUTION
Section 1. A recommendation of the dissolution of NCSA would be proposed by
the Executive Council and submitted to a mail ballot of the membership.
Section 2. Upon dissolution of the North Carolina Sociological Association, all assets will be given to the general scholarship fund of the American Sociological Association in accordance with U.S. Treasury regulation Section 1.50(c)-1(b)(4).
President Richard Dixon Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice UNC-Wilmington Wilmington, NC 28403-3297 910-962-3428 dixonrd@uncwil.edu
Immediate Past President Robert A. Wortham Department of Sociology North Carolina Central University Durham, NC 27702 919-560-6420 rawcbw@aol.com
President-Elect Beth Davison 216 Chapell Wilson Hall Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 828-262-6397 davisonb@appstate.edu
Secretary-Treasurer Sue Pauley Department of Sociology, PO Box 1015 Wingate University Wingate, NC, 28174 704-233-8059 supaul@wingate.edu
Editor of Sociation Lee Dodson Today Department of Sociology Rockingham Community College Wentworth, NC 27375-0038 336-342-4261, x-155 dodsonl@rcc.cc.nc.us
Class of 2004 Jamie Price UNC-Wilmington pricej@uncwil.edu Miles Simpson North Carolina Central University msimpson@pagesz.net Graham Spann Lees-McRae College spann@lmc.edu
Class of 2003 Michelle Cotton 809 Shepherd Street Durham, NC 27701 919-733-7011 mscotton@bellsouth.net
Rebecca Bach Duke University Department of Sociology, Box 90088 Durham, NC 27708-0088 919-660-5606 rbach@soc.duke.edu
Terry Smith Department of Sociology Salem College Winston-Salem, NC 27108-0546 tsmith@salem.edu
Class of 2004 Angela Lewellyn Jones Department of Sociology, Campus Box 2243 Elon College, NC 27244 336-538-6719 ajones5@aol.comTeresa Scheid Department of Sociology/Anthropology/Social Work UNC-Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 704-547-4297 tlscheid@nccux.edu
Caroline Whitehead 800 College Ct. New Bern, NC 28562 252-638-7305 cwhitehead@csc.cc.nc.us
Class of 2000 Kenneth Land (Retired) Department of Sociology Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0088 919-660-5615 kland@soc.duke.edu Christa Reiser Department of Sociology East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 252-328-4767 reiserc@mail.ecu.edu
Suzanne Trask, Past President, 1998-1999 Department of Sociology Salem College PO Box 10548 Winston-Sallem, NC 27108 traskss@salem.edu
Catherine Zimmer 240 Haynes Road Chapel Hill, NC 27514 919-515-9028 cathy@server.sasw.ncsu.edu
Class of 2001 (Retired) George H. Conklin, Past President, 1999-2000 Department of Sociology North Carolina Central University Durham, NC 27707 george@ncsociology.org
Richard Dixon (see above) Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice UNC-Wilmington Wilmington, NC 28403-3297 910-962-3428 dixonrd@uncwil.edu
Chien Ju Huang Department of Sociology N. C. Central University Durham, NC 27707 919-560-6423 huang@nccu.edu
Sue Pauley (see above) Department of Sociology Wingate University Wingate, NC 28174 704-233-4326 supaul@wingate.edu
Class of 2002 Beth Davison (see above) (Retired) 216 Chapell Wilson Hall Appalachian State University Boone, NC 28608 828-262-6397 davisonb@appstate.edu
Steven McMamee Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice UNC Wilmington Wilmington, NC 28403-3297 910-962-3421 mcnamee@uncwil.edu
Rasby Marlene Powell Sociology Department UNC Pembroke Pembroke, NC 28372 910-521-6477
Presidents 1969-2003
1969-1971 Founding President Joseph S. Himes 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 Dorothy Williams A. M. Denton Everett K. Wilson (Obituary) 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977 Selz C. Mayo Leslie Syron David Hawk 1977-1978 1978-1979 1979-1980 Barbara Goodnight Barbara Goodnight M. Richard Cramer 1980-1981 1981-1982 1982-1983 David Pratto John Earle Barbara Goodnight 1983-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986 John Maiolo Catherine Harris George Rent 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 Paul Lindsay Ben Judkins Robert Davis 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 William Markham Ken Wilson Larry Keeter 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 Mike Pearson Norman Layne, Jr. Catherine Harris 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998 Cindy Farris Robert Moxley Mike Wise 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 Suzanne Trask George Conklin Ron Wimberley 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 Robert Wortham Rick Dixon Beth Davison