(DRAFT) Program for NCSA Conference: “Doing Justice: Community, Social, or Criminal?”

Hosted by WFU at the Wake Forest Biotech Place Innovation Quarter (575 N. Patterson Ave., Downtown Winston-Salem)

Friday, February 12th

Conference Registration Open: 8:00 – 8:45 <Atrium>

Welcome and Opening Remarks: 8:45 – 9 <Atrium>

Professor José Villalba, Associate Dean, Wake Forest University

Bill Smith, NCSA President, North Carolina State University

Steve Gunkel, NCSA President-Elect, Wake Forest University

 

Session I: 9 – 10:15

Panel A: Immigration <Suites 153AB>

 “Apathy and Antipathy: Media Coverage of Restrictive Immigration Legislation and the Maintenance of Symbolic Boundaries”, Emily Estrada, North Carolina State University.

 “Industrial Change and Community Well-Being in New Latino Destinations”, Peter Knepper, North Carolina State University.

 “Exploratory Study of Migrant Labor in the Costa Rican Coffee Industry”, Cameron Lippard, Appalachian State University.

Session Organizer and Presider: Kim Ebert, North Carolina State University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session I: 9-10:15

Panel B: Wrongful Convictions: Injustice of Criminal Justice <Auditorium>

“The Injustice of Wrongful Convictions”, Mark Rabil, Wake Forest University, School of Law.

“Reflections on Wrongful Conviction”, Darryl Hunt, Darryl Hunt Project for Freedom and Justice.

“The Plight of the Wrongfully Convicted: Lessons from Exoneration from Death Row”, Kim Cook, University of North Carolina-Wilmington and Saundra Westervelt, University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

Presider: Kim Cook, University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

 

Session I: 9-10:15

OPEN and Student Poster Sessions <Atrium>

 

Session I: 9-10:15

Panel D: Social Justice <Suite 150>

“LGBTQ Fair Housing Testing: A review of Methods of Fair Housing Testing and the Need for Adaptation for LGBTQ Testing”, Joyce Clapp, University of North Carolina-Greensboro and Stephen Sills, University of North Carolina-Greensboro.

“Accessibility & Food Insecurities: A Social Injustice in African American Communities”, Quneshia Waddell, Shadawn Higgings, and Jessica Moore, Winston-Salem State University.

“Economic Failure: Social Injustice Resulting from Educational Attainment of African Americans”, Dwianette Jones and Rodney Lane, Winston- Salem State University.

“School to Prison Pipeline: Social Injustice for African American and Latino Males", Malcolm Reid, Winston- Salem State University.

“Peace Building and its Discontents: A Cautionary Tale of Community-Police Relations from Boston”, Geniece A. Crawford Mondé, Wingate University.

Session Organizer and Presider: Tangela Towns, Winston-Salem State University

 

Panel E: Student Poster Session I: 9-10 <Suite 154 and Atrium>

Organizer: Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl, Wake Forest University.

 

Session II: 10:30--11:45

Panel A: Political Dimensions of Justice <Suites 153AB>

“Race and Welfare Backlash”, Hana Brown, Wake Forest University.

“Gender Inequality and Support for Gender Justice”, Catherine Harnois, Wake Forest University.

“"Muslim Americans as Canaries in the Civil Rights Coal Mine", Charles Kurzman, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

“The Enbridge Pipelines and their Opposition: A Consideration of the Media’s Ability to Undermine Activism Opposing Pipeline Construction”, Kelly Glenn Godwin, North Carolina State University.

Presider: Hana Brown, Wake Forest University.

 

Session II: 10:30--11:45

Panel B: Health and Justice I <Auditorium>

“Mental Health Outreach and Cultural Correlates”, Kimya Dennis, Salem College and Board of Directors, Mental Health Association of Forsyth County; and Kenneth Archie, Optimum Services Group and Board of Directors, Mental Health Association of Forsyth County.

“Gender, Emotions, and Disparities in Mental Health and Well-Being”, Robin Simon, Wake Forest University.

“Trauma Narratives: From Healing Individuals to Enacting Social Change”, Rebecca Matteo, Veterans Affairs National PTSD Center.

Presider: Robin Simon, Wake Forest University.

 

 

 

 

Session II: 10:30-11:45

Panel C: Maximizing Our Teaching and Scholarship in Sociology <Atrium>

“What Gets Funded in Sociology Research?: Visions from NSF”, Saylor Breckenridge, Wake Forest University.

“’Where Are You From?’: Using Census Data to Explore Social Inequality”, Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl, Wake Forest University.

“Using Blender Open-Source Software for Data Visualization in the Classroom”, Piotr Arłukowicz, Visiting Scholar, Appalachian State University (Sociology), Dept of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Institute of Informatics, University of Gdansk.

Organizer and Presider: Saylor Breckenridge, Wake Forest University.

 

Panel D: Himes Student Paper Competition <Suite 150>

“Meatless Meals and Masculinity: An Examination of Men's Use of Rationality and Scientific Research to Explain Their Plant-based Diets”, Mari Kate Mycek, North Carolina State University.

“Learning While Black: The Educational Experiences of Black Males and Exclusionary School Discipline”, Erin Thomsen, North Carolina State University.

"The Civic Engagement Gap(s): Youth Participation and Inequality from 1976-2009", Sarah Gaby, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

“Income Inequality, Globalization and the Welfare State: Evidence from 23 Industrial Countries, 1990-2009”, Daniel Auguste, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.

Presider: Hideki Morooka, Fayetteville State University. 

 

Panel E: Student Poster Session II: 11am – noon <Suite 154; Atrium>

Organizer: Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl, Wake Forest University.

 


 

Luncheon: 12 - 1:15  <Atrium>

Himes Outstanding Student Sociology Paper Awards

Lifetime Contribution to Sociology Award

Recognition of 2016 Officers: Ken Muir (ASU); Cecile Yancu (WSSU); and Hideki Morooka (FSU).

Treasurer’s Report

 

Session III: 1:30-2:45

Panel A: Health and Justice II <Atrium>

“Student Loan Debt and Suicide Rates: Findings from a State-Level Longitudinal Study, 2005-2012”, Rick Jones, University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

“Emotions and Medical Decision-Making”, Amanda Gengler, Wake Forest University.

"Racial Ambiguity and the Magnitude of Health Inequalities South of the Equator - Lessons from Brazilian Studies", João Luiz Dornelles Bastos, Visiting Scholar, Wake Forest University (Sociology), Department of Public Health, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Campus Universitário Trindade, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.

“Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Outcomes”, Tangela Towns, Winston-Salem-State University.

Presider: Amanda Gengler, Wake Forest University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Session III: 1:30-2:45

Panel B: Mass Incarceration <Auditorium>

“Release: From Stigma to Acceptance and How A Public History Class Addressed the Pitfalls of Mass Incarceration”, Lisa Blee, Wake Forest University, Caroline Green, Wake Forest University, and Mallory Allred, Wake Forest University.

“Assessing the Effectiveness of Local Reentry Programs”, Rebecca Sauter, Project ReEntry Co-Founder/Coordinator.

“Comparing the Plight of Exonerees and Parolees”, Saundra Westervelt, University of North Carolina Greensboro and Kim Cook, University of North Carolina-Wilmington. 

Presider: Saundra Westervelt, University of North Carolina Greensboro.

 

Panel C: Himes Outstanding Student Sociology Paper Award Winners (Undergraduate Division) <Suite 150>

“Perceptions about the Causes of Intimate Partner Violence in Kisumu, Kenya”, Dianne Uwayo, Wake Forest University

“Analysis of Popular Pro-vaccine Versus Anti-vaccine Information on the Internet”, Meagan Robichaud, Wake Forest University.

“The Relationship between Single-Parent Families and Childhood Emotional Abuse as Moderated by Parental Alcohol and Substance Abuse” Josey Newman, University of North Carolina-Wilmington.

Presider: TBA

 

Student Poster Session III: 1:30-2:30 <Atrium>

Organizer: Ana-Maria Gonzalez Wahl, Wake Forest University.

 

 

 

 

Session IV: 3-4           <Auditorium>

Presidential Address, Steve Gunkel, Wake Forest University.

 

President’s Retreat:  4:30pm at Foothills Brewery

Please join incoming President, Dr. Steve Gunkel and conference attendees for food and libations at Foothills Brewery!