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THE BULLETIN

  North Carolina Sociological Association
Volume 40, Number 1                          March 2014

THE BULLETIN is a publication of the North Carolina Sociological Association. The NCSA is open to any person engaged in teaching or research in sociology, or in a field of applied sociology, as well as to any student whose major interest is sociology. Members receive THE BULLETIN and are invited to attend the annual meeting of the association in early spring. Dues for one calendar year are $15 (professional) and $5 (student, includes registration for annual meeting). For more information about the NCSA, please visit its main page.

Contact Information:

The editor of THE BULLETIN is an open position and we invite volunteers to apply for the job.

The treasurer and membership secretary of the NCSA is Dr. Beth Davison, Appalachian State University. Please feel free to contact her at davisonb@appstate.edu.

The recording secretary of the NCSA is Sue Pauley, Wingate University, supaul@wingate.edu

NCSA Council Members

President: Robert Puckett, Cape Fear Community College. rpuckett@cfcc.edu

President-Elect: Cameron Lippard, Appalachian State University. lippardcd@appstate.edu
 
Past President: Ian Taplin, Wake Forest University. taplin@wfu.edu

Treasurer: Beth Davison, Appalachian State University. davisonb@appstate.edu

Secretary: Sue Pauley, Wingate University. supaul@wingate.edu
 
Editor Newsletter: Please volunteer for this job!!!!

Editor of Sociation Today and Webmaster: George H. Conklin, NC Central University, Emeritus. gconklin@nccu.edu or george@ncsociology.org.
 
2014 Kristen DeVall, UNC-Wilmington, devallk@uncw.edu

2014 Arielle Kuperberg, UNC- Greensboro, atkuperb@uncg.edu

2014 Sandra Rogers, North Carolina Central University. smrogers@nccu.edu

2015 Raven Bruno, UNC- Wilmington, brunoh@uncw.edu

2015 Sarah Daynes, UNC Greensboro, scdaynes@uncg.edu

2015 Amy Dellinger Page, Appalachian State University, pagead@appstate.edu

2016 Ken Muir, Appalachian State University, muirkb@appstate.edu

2016 Hideki Morooka, Fayetteville State University, hmorooka@uncfsu.edu

2016 Cecile N. Yancu, Winston-Salem State University, yancuc@wssu.edu

Contact Information:

The editor of THE BULLETIN is Ken Muir, Professor of Sociology at Appalachian State University, Boone, NC 28607. To send information for The Bulletin, you may email him at muirkb@appstate.edu, or call at 828-262-6388.

 

COUNCIL MEMBER AND PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTIONS!

Stay tuned to the NCSA listserv for announcements concerning Executive Council and future President elections information!!

 

NCSA and Southern Sociological Society Joint Meetings Set for

April 2-5 in Charlotte, NC!

 

Preregistration for the NCSA and SSS conferences are now closed, but you can still register and renew your membership now by using the following secure link: https://cart.southernsociologicalsociety.org/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=6. This secure link allows you to pay with a debit or credit card. Registration includes lunch, as well as free drink service throughout the day. Please also note that in order to participate in the conference you must purchase an NCSA membership.  

 

If you were unable to pay for registration and membership before March 1st, you will have the opportunity to pay with cash or check on the day of the meeting. Here are the costs for registration and membership by membership type:

Professional Membership: $15

Professional Conference Registration: $50 (After March 3, 2014 - $60)

Total: $65

Student Membership: $5

Student Conference Registration: $5

Total: $10

 

When you go to the secure link, you will find registration options for both conferences. Please consider these benefits and participate in another exciting sociology conference! If you don’t want to use the link, then please use plan to pay your for your registration and membership at the conference.

 

Lodging Information

The location and accommodations for this conference are at the Marriott City Center in downtown Charlotte. This is a great location with many restaurants and entertainment venues for your enjoyment. Prices for priority booking of rooms are $199 a night; this also is the rate for the SSS conference. To make your room reservations, call 1-800-228-9290 and ask for the “Southern Sociology Society” conference rate. This offer closes on March 13, 2014 and rooms are limited.  There is a Holiday Inn a two blocks away that has rooms for around $179 a night.


Here’s a Sneak-Peek at this Year’s Conference Schedule!


9am-10:15am

1. Paper Session - Sociology of Aging: It’s Not Your Fault, But It Is Your Future - Dilworth

Session Organizers: Ed Rosenberg and James R. Peacock, Appalachian State University

·         The Graying of America and North Carolina: Implications for Your Future. James R. Peacock – Appalachian State University.

·         Is the Salutogenenic Orientation Helpful in Promoting Successful Aging? Jeff Brooks – Fayetteville State University.

·         Undergraduate Gerontology: Opportunities and Benefits.  Steven Fulks, Autumn Pittman, and Haley Todaro – Barton College.

·         Why Should I Study Gerontology in Graduate School? Ed Rosenberg – Appalachian State University.

 

2. Paper Session - Global Sociology – Myers Park

Session Organizer: Pavel Osinsky, Appalachian State University

·         Embodying Social Change:  Identity and Everyday Politics at a Regional Burn Festival. Rachel Austin, Blue Ridge Community College.

·         Hidden in Plain Sight: A Basic Criticism Deconstructing Enlightenment’s Fundamental ‘Greatness’ in Historiography. T.A. Brooks, University of North Carolina – Charlotte.

·         Chinese Consumers: Consumer Culture and the Modern World-System. Nathan Roberts, University of North Carolina – Greensboro.

 

3. Paper Session - Undergraduate Research - Eastover

Session Presider: Cameron Lippard, Appalachian State University

·         How Perceived Risk Impacts International Travel. Kelsey Fuller, Appalachian State University.

·         The Boston Bombers: A Marx and Durkheim Interpretative Study. Navid Bancroft, Appalachian State University.

·         Early Childhood Child Killers: Beneficiaries of Presumptions about Age and the Capacity to Form Criminal Intent, or Incorrigible Sociopaths and Psychopaths? Shaylyn T. Caldwell, John E. Ryan, Annarose Schoonmaker, and Ryker Tart, University of Mount Olive.

·         The Slammer: The Rise of Technology and the “Criminal Population.” Haylea Workman, Appalachian State University.

 

10:30-11:45am

4. Paper Session - From Theory to Practice: Sociological Criminology in NC - Eastover

Session Discussant: Jacob C. Day, Appalachian State University

·         The Local Context of Effective Problem Solving Courts: The Effects of Drug Court Participation on Recidivism in Rural North Carolina. Jacob C Day, Cody Davis, and Cameron D. Lippard – Appalachian State University.

·         Patterns of Attack by Mass Shooters and Terrorists on Educational Targets. Anne Marie Fristoe, Charles Caleb Sessoms, and Margaret Zahn, North Carolina State University.

·         Offender Perceptions of the High Point Police Departments Focused Deterrence Strategy. Terrell A. Hayes – High Point University.

·         Staging an Intervention: Measuring Bystander Attitudes on a College Campus. Amy Dellinger Page and Beth Davison – Appalachian State University; Jessica Anne Pittman – OASIS Inc.

 

5. Paper Session - Asia and Asian America – Myers Park

Session Organizer: Hideki Morooka, Fayetteville State University

·         Undocumented Chinese Women in Ethnic Business: A Case Study in Phoenix, Arizona. Ashelee Yang – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

·         The Role of Religion in the Development of Pakistan and India.”  Zack Butler – Fayetteville State University.

·         Religious Diversity Leads to Faster Development than Religious Homogeneity. Zack Butler – Fayetteville State University.

 

6. Paper Session - Gender and Family - Dilworth

Session Organizer: Elroi Windsor, Salem College

·         Being Black, a Woman, and Childfree: the Intersection of Race and Gender. Kimya  N. Dennis – Salem College.

·         Married to the Military: The Challenges and Experiences of Military Spouses. Katie Thurwanger – Saint Leo University.

 

1:30pm-2:45pm

7. Panel Discussion - Moral Monday: Sociology in Action – Myers Park

Session Organizer: Beth Davison, Appalachian State University

Panelists:
David Zonderman - Scholars for NC Future –North Carolina State University
Ryan Thomson – North Carolina State University
Sherell Fuller – Winthrop University

 

8. Paper Session - Social Deviance in the 21st Century - Dilworth

Session Organizer: Heather Griffiths, Fayetteville State University

·         The Role of Social Networks and Transitional Organizations in Ex-Offender Mothers’ Construction of Short Term Life Goals. Geniece A. Crawford – Wingate University.

·         “Me Tarzan, You Jane”:  Swingers, Cyberdeviance, and Gendered Self-Presentation. Heather Griffiths – Fayetteville State University.

·         The Naked Selfie: A Study of Personal Porn Representation on Tumblr. Meghan Hilton – Appalachian State University.

·         Miley Cyrus: A Victim of Societal Structure. Caleb White, Appalachian State University.

 

9. Paper Session - Gender and Health - Eastover

Session Organizer: Sandra Sulzer, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

·         Night Crawlers: The Potential Health Risks Associated with Criminogenic Masculinity and Clubbing Steven R. Cureton – University of North Carolina – Greensboro.

·         The Mass Media and Mental Health of Girls and Women. Emily Pelehach, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

·         Precarious Work and Symptoms of Anxiety Among Employed Women and Men. Douglas Parker, California State University, Long Beach & Autumn McClellan – University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill.

 

3:00pm-4:15pm

10. Paper Session - Race, Class, and Health - Eastover

Sessions Organizer: Sandra Sulzer, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill

·         Sociodemographic Factors Associated with Prostate Cancer Screening Among African American Men. Wallace K. Hicks – Fayetteville State University.

·         Addressing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic: Working with Marginalized Communities to Develop a Minority Men’s Clinic. Jen Gathings, ETR Services, LLC; Rachel Head, ETR Services, LLC; Sue Lynn Ledford Wake County Human Services; Edie Alfano Sobsey, Wake County Human Services; Yvonne Torres, Wake County Human Services.

·         Implementation of DSM 5: The Case of Borderline Personality Disorder.  Gracie Jackson & Ashelee Yang – University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

 

11. Paper Session - Post- Race America: Fact or Fiction? – Myers Park

Session Organizer: Cameron D. Lippard, Appalachian State University

·         Black Belt: History and Social Struggles through Multimedia GIS: An Academic Dialogue. Ram Alagan & Robert White – Alabama State University.

·         From Education to Incarceration: The School to Prison Pipeline in Mecklenburg County.

Joseph Graham – University of North Carolina – Charlotte.

·         Contemporary Issues of Race and Justice Practices: Black Youth’s Disproportionate Incarceration in Adult Federal Institutions. Kelly G. Godwin – North Carolina State University.

·         Racial Progress: A Work in Progress.  Beverly Mejias – Saint Leo University.

 

12. Mini Workshop - Online Teaching: Best Practices - Dilworth

Session Organizer and Discussant: Mary Beth McKee, Appalachian State University.

 

6:00pm - President’s Retreat – Rock Bottom Brewery *Please join incoming President, Dr. Cameron Lippard, for food and refreshments across the street at Rock Bottom Brewery (401 N Tryon St #100).


 

Appalachian State University Offers On-Line Graduate Certificate in Sociology


The Graduate Certificate in Sociology began in 2010 and is comprised of six courses (18 semester hours). The curriculum, using results from a statewide needs assessment, was designed with two types of students in mind.

First, some want to “test the waters” before committing to a Master’s degree in sociology. For these people, the certificate provides an “easier entry” (e.g., no GRE requirement). From there, students can either transfer courses into a Master’s degree program (after meeting the requirements of the program, and subject to the Master’s degree program’s institution’s transfer policy) or merely choose to complete the certificate.

Others use the certificate to qualify to teach sociology. To do so at a two- or four-year college in North Carolina, one needs any Master’s degree and 18 graduate hours of sociology courses. (This is true in most if not all other states, too.) Thus the program appeals to community college instructors currently teaching in another discipline, Master’s degree holders who want to start teaching sociology, and graduate students in education who need a disciplinary/teaching area.

And in both cases, you don’t have to leave your job or home or use sick days or vacation time to further your education.

The curriculum is specifically designed to provide a solid foundation for either teaching or continued graduate study in sociology. Core courses prepare students to teach Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, and Marriage and Family, and include teacher training components. Other courses focus on sociological theory, social stratification, and research methods.

The program is completely on-line and asynchronous, meaning you can take courses anywhere you have internet access and can schedule the coursework around the rest of your obligations. All courses are taught by full-time, tenured faculty.

A new cohort begins each summer. Two courses are offered per term (summer, fall, and spring), so the certificate can be earned in one year. The application deadline for summer semester 2014 is April 1.

For more information and a link to the application, see http://www.graduate.appstate.edu/admissions/programs/programdetail/sociologyCERT.htm

Questions can be directed to the program director, Dr. Ed Rosenberg, at 828-262-6146 or RosenbergE@appstate.edu

 

NCSA: We Are the Face of Sociology in North Carolina!

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between newsletters by joining our Facebook page.

 
We regularly post links to items of interest to North Carolina sociologists,
along with updates about the NCSA's events.

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Contact Arielle Kuperberg for more information (atkuperb@uncg.edu).

Call for Paper Submissions

2014 Himes Outstanding Student Sociology Paper Awards

 

 

 

 

The North Carolina Sociological Association seeks papers that represent excellence in sociological analysis from both undergraduate and graduate students. This competition comes with a monetary award ($150 for the winning undergraduate papers, $250 for the top graduate paper), and a certificate of recognition from the NCSA. Three awards are available: one for graduate students, and one each for undergraduates at four-year institutions, and two-year institutions. Award winners are recognized at the NCSA annual meeting and their papers may be published on the official NCSA website. Faculty mentors are also recognized at the annual meeting, and department chairs and college deans are forwarded award information for contract and promotion purposes.

 

Eligibility requirements: Any current student enrolled in a community college or four-year college or university in North Carolina may submit a paper for consideration. Students who graduated in spring, summer, or fall 2013 are eligible to submit a paper for the 2014 awards. Please note that: (1) Co-authored papers written by graduate students are eligible for the graduate paper award and co-authored papers written by undergraduates are eligible for the undergraduate award. Cash awards will be evenly split between authors of award winning papers. (2) Co-authored papers between students and faculty and between graduate students and undergraduate students are not eligible for consideration. (3) The same individual may be eligible to win the undergraduate award once and the graduate award once.

 

Judging criteria:

-- accurate, focused, and thorough review of the pertinent sociological literature

-- use of methodology related to topic

-- appropriate use of evidence in drawing conclusions

-- ability to use theoretical analysis and interpretation

-- insight and creativity

-- writing skill, clarity, and coherence and

-- proper use of citations and documentation

 

Submission guidelines: Please email as a Word or PDF file attachment as a blind copy of the paper and a separate cover letter describing the student's year in school, institutional affiliation, and faculty mentor information to: Robert Puckett (rpuckett@cfcc.edu). The deadline for submission is March 13, 2014. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Puckett by email.

 

SOCIATION TODAY

Call for Papers

George Conklin
Editor, SOCIATION TODAY

Articles may be submitted at any time. Articles should be sent to the webmaster, George Conklin (gconklin@nccu.edu , 919-530-6222).A cumulative, searchable index of SOCIATION TODAY is available from the Directory of Open Access Journals.