1990 PROGRAM, PACIFIC SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, CAVANAUGH’S INN AT THE PARK SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, APRIL 5-8, 1990
THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1990
SESSIONS
1.Participatory Roundtables and Reception
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women
Discussants: Nancy Downey, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas; Cheryl Harrison, U.S. Census Bureau
Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman, Washington State Univ.; Sharon Araji, Univ. of Alaska: Women and the Role of Mentoring in Graduate School
Jane Hood, Univ. of New Mexico: Organizing and Networking Strategies to Make Sociology More Inclusive: women Working Together Against Racism (Co-sponsored with the committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities)
2.Teaching Sociology: Roundtables I-V
Organizer and Presider: Vernon L. Bates, Pacific University
Vernon L. Bates, Pacific Univ.: Teaching Evaluations: Can They Lead to Better Teaching?
William C. Bogard, Whitman College: Teaching Theory
Jeff Chertok and Dale Lindekugel, Eastern Washington Univ.: Careers and Curriculum
Keith Farrington, Whitman College: Undergraduate Student/ Faculty Research
Steve Gibbons, Western Oregon State College: Using Computers in the Classroom
3.Sociology of the Middle East
Organizer and Moderator: Mohamed El-Assal, San Diego State University
William D. Perdue, Eastern Washington Univ.: Social Change and National Liberation Movements in the Middle East
Todd Ames, Portland State Univ.: Conflict and Repatriation of Refugees: The Case of Afghanistan
Bilal Hashmi, Eastern Washington University: Muslim Nationals of the U.S.S.R. in the Context of Perestroika and Glasnost
Leonard D. Cain, Portland State Univ.: Autobiography as a Research Method: The Case of the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict
4.Media Logic
Organizer and Presider: Robert Snow, Arizona State University
Denise Rejent-Lee, Arizona State Univ.: The Structural Evolution of Television: Analysis of the Situation Comedy
Dorothy Everts, Arizona State Univ.: The Unlikely Dilemma: Reality with Too Much Drama
Robert Snow, Arizona State Univ.: The Current State of Media Logic
Stan Martin, UC Davis: Transformation of Self in the Non-hierarchical Workplace: Some Interactional Linkages Between Organizational Structure and Consciousness
Diane Felmlee, UC Davis and Susan Sprecher, Illinois State Univ.: Who’s on Top? : Hierarchy in Dating Relationships
Shinagawa and Larry Hajime, UC Davis: Hierarchy and Ethnic Intermarriage
Susan McWilliams and Philip Blumstein, Univ. of Washington: Hierarchy in Close Relationships
6.Sociology of Sport and Leisure
Organizer and Presider: Doug Degher, Northern Arizona University
John C. Phillips and John Boelter, Univ. of the Pacific: The End of Racial Discrimination in Sport
Mark Templeton, Northern Arizona Univ.: Steroid Use Among Non-competitive Athletes: An Ethnographic Study
7.Race and Ethnicity
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Organizer and Presider: Phylis C. Martinelli, St. Mary’s College
Fred Reed and William McBroom, Univ. of Montana; Donald Espelin, M.D., Maxine Ferguson, and Sam Sperry, Montana State University: Indian and White Differences in Physician Access and Infant Mortality
John Tinker, CSU Fresno: The Fun-House Mirror: Ethnic Stereotypes Among University Students
Richard Baker, Boise State Univ.: White Ethnic Groups in North America: A Reconsideration
David Lopez and Yen Espiritu, ULA: Panethnicity in the United States: A Theoretical Framework
8.Graduate Student Session I
Organizer and Presider: Candan Duran-Aydintug, Washington State University
Discussants: Rebecca Erickson and Andrea Greenberg, Washington State Univ.
Sandra Everett Cann, Univ. of Idaho: An Application of Travis Hirschi’s Social Bonding Theory to Chronic Truancy
Robert McKee, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: Testing Theories of Criminal Behavior: A Critical Analysis of Self-Worth and Certainty of Punishment in Prison Populations
Lynet Uttal, UC Santa Cruz: The Parent-Childcare Provider Relationship: The Crucial Link Between Employment and Family Responsibilities
Dan McWethy and Candan Duran-Aydintug, Washington State Univ.: Religion and the Post-Partum Sexual Relationship
Toshiyo Yabe, Univ. of Utah: Imitation Theory and Suicide in Japan
9.Recent Advances in Sociological Theory
Organizer and Presider: Charles Powers, Santa Clara University
Alexandra Maryanski and Masako Ishii-Kuntz, UC Riverside: The Bott Hypothesis and Network Theory: A Cross-Species Application
Linton Freeman, UC Irvine: A Network Flow Model of the Impact of Group Structure on the Diffusion of Information
Joseph F. Jones and Don C. Gibbons, Portland State Univ.: Thinking About Deviance: Some Comments on Problem Selection
Charles Powers, Santa Clara Univ. and Jerald Hage, Univ. of Maryland: Mind and Self in Postindustrial Society
10.Being Scientific About Teaching
Organizer: Vernon Bates, Pacific University
Presider: Carol A. Jenkins, Biola University
Nancy Greenwood, Univ. of Texas, Pan American; Margaret Cassidy, Univ. of Wisconsin, Eau Claire: Choosing the Right Text: A Critical Review of Family Textbooks
William H. McBroom and Fred W. Reed, Univ. of Montana: Alternatives to Traditional lecture Courses: One With and One Without a Textbook
Carol A. Jenkins, Biola Univ. and Deborah Bainer, Ohio State University, Mansfield: Influencing Academic Success in the Multicultural Classroom
11.Of Postmodernism and Nostalgia
Organizer and Presider: Andy Fontana, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Stanford Lyman, Florida Atlantic University: The Drama in the Routine: A Prolegomena to a Praxiological Sociology
Susan Kaiser, UC Davis: Postmodernism and Fashion: Nostalgia and Neomania in Context
Andy Fonata, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: Some Contradictions of Postmodernism
12.Sociological Research in Latin America
Organizer and Presider: Patricia Bolton, Battelle Seattle Research Center
Stephen E. Van Rompaey, Stanford University: Issues of Theory and Method in the Sociology of Latin America
Harvey Williams, Univ. of the Pacific: The Role of Popular Participation in Response to Community Problems: Social Welfare in Nicaragua
Ross Danielson, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, Oregon: Cuba’s Neighborhood Physician in Historical Perspective
Patricia Chalita, Univ. of Washington: Conceptualizing the Woman-Headed Household in Latin America
Lisa Catanzarite, Stanford Univerity: Gender, Education, and Employment in Central America: Who Works?
13. Sociology of Emotion
Organizers: Karen Pugliesi, Northern Arizona Univ. and Patricia L. Wasielewski, Univ. of Redlands
Presider: Karen Pugliesi, Northern Arizona University
Discussant: Dough Degher, Northern Arizona University
Stuart Hadden, Northern Arizona Univ.: Zen and the Art of Social Life: Controlling Emotions
Patricia L. Wasielewski, Univ. of Redlands: Post Abortion Stress Syndrome: Emotion and Right Wing Ideology
Karen Pugliesi and Brenda Hankins, Northern Arizona University: Premenstrual Syndrome: The Medicalization of Emotion
14.Sociology of Energy: Part One
Organizer and Presider: Barbara C. Farhar, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado
Donald M. Beck, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington: Glasnost—Department of Energy Style: The Expanding Role of Community Relations in DOE Waste Management Activities
Lori A. Cramer, Utah State Univ.: Rural Attitudes Toward Nuclear Waste Repository Sitting: Exploring Differential Community and Individual Variables
John H. Reed and Robert B. Braid, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Electric Utility Decision Making
Diana Shankle, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Richland, Washington: The Role of the Department of Energy in the Diffusion of Theory Efficiency Technologies
15.Women Sociologists in Different Work Settings
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women
Organizer and Presider: Jane Prather, CSU Northridge
16.The Public Policy Legacy of the Reagan Era
Organizer and Presider: Eric L. Jensen, Univ. of Idaho
Dennis Baird, Univ. of Idaho: Public Lands: Reagan’s Last Laugh
Myron Schreck, Univ. of Idaho: The Reagan Court and Privacy Rights Under the Fourth Amendment
Sue Hovey, National Education Association, Moscow, Idaho: Cutting the Fat in Education Programs: A Liposuction for the Malnourished
17.Sociology of Asian American
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Organizer and Presider: Michael Omi, UC Berkeley
Hien Do, UC Santa Barbara: Mass Media Images of Southeast Asians
Hisako Matsuo, UC Riverside: The Degree of Assimilation of the Second and Third Generation of Japanese Americans in the Portland Area
Colleen Fong, CSU Hayward: The Sociological Construction of the ‘Model Minority’
18.Teaching Sociology: Roundtables VI-XI
Organizer and Presider: Vernon L. Bates, Pacific University
Charles Maxson and Ed Rowe, Grand Canyon College: Administrator/ Faculty Relations and The Teaching Mission
E. Ann Neel, Univ. of Puget Sound: Student Family Histories and Teaching Sociology
Jodi O’Brien, Univ. of Washington and Peter Kollock, UCLA: Developing a Teaching Self: Toward Purposeful Teaching
Susan Palmer, Univ. of Puget Sound: Teaching Sociology Through Simulation Games
Byron Steiger, Pacific University: Using Humor in Teaching Sociology
Frank Page, Univ. of Utah: Who’s on First: A Study of the Use of Movies and Literature to Teach Sociology
19.Language, Communication, and Conversation
Organizer: Marilyn Whalen, UC Santa Barbara and Univ. of Oregon
Presider: Michael Dawson, Univ. of Oregon
Debora A. Paterniti, UC Davis: Perceptions of Communicative Competence: The Salience of Speaker Sex and Social Stereotypes
Alan L. Ryave, CSU Dominguez Hills, and Noelie Rodriguez, Univ. of Hawaii, Hilo: Telling and Receiving Secrets in Everyday Interactions: Issues Overall Structural Organization
Robin Lloyd, UC Santa Barbara: Topical Talk in Interviews about Child Sexual Abuse
Angel Garcia, Univ. of Wisconsin, Eau Claire: Rights to Speakership in Meditation Hearings
20.The Problematic Body: New Issues for Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Virginia L. Oleson, UC San Francisco
Discussant: Andy Fontana, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas
Robert Gray, Univ. of Utah: Bringing Society into the Body: The Case of the rheumatoid Arthritis Patient
Robin Saltonstall, UC San Francisco: being Healthy: Social Construction of Self and Soma
Virginia L. Olesen, UC San Francisco: Body and World Prolematized: Reflections on Mundanity and Extraordinaries
21.Ethics, Ideology, and the Constraint of Social Science
Organizer and Presider: Richard G. Mitchell, Jr., Oregon State Univ.
Tugrull Ilter, Univ. of Oregon: The Hegemony of Empiricism in Sociology and Government of the Discipline
Charles E. Starnes, Oregon State Univ.: Authorizing Poverty: No (Com) Promises to Keep
Richard G. Mitchell, Jr., Oregon State Univ.: Ethics, Ideology and Pradigms in Sociology
22.Gender and the Family
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women
Organizer and Presider: Jane Hood, Univ. of New Mexico
Sharon K. Davis and Rochelle L. Landrum, Univ. of La Verne: Teen Pregnancy: Experiencing an Ambiguous Master Status
Judith Barker, Ithaca College: Single Mothers and Empowerment
Linda Silber, Univ. of Minnesota: Lesbian Mothers: Normalization Versus Identity
23.Sociology of the Arts
Organizer and Presider: George H. Lewis, Univ. of the Pacific
George H. Lewis, Univ. of the Pacific: Folk and Traditional Elements in an Emerging Professional Art World: Regional Music in Maine
Robert Shotola and Jon Bloch, Portland State Univ.: Postmodernism and the Life World of the Student Artist
Wes Wager, Univ. of Washington: Variations on a Medieval Cultural Theme: Visual Personifications of Church and Synagogue
24.Axiomatic Theory: Issues and Prospects
Organizer, Presider and Discussant: lee Freese, Washington State Univ.
Peter J. Burke, Washington State Univ.: Formalization and Thinking
Jonathan S. Turner, UC Riverside: The Problem of Over-Formalization in Sociological Theory
Robert K. Lik, Univ. of Minnesota: Beyond Liner Logic for Axiomatic Minnesota
25.Workshop: Computer-Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Using the Macintosh
Organizer and Presider: Raymond V. Padilla, Arizona State Univ.
26.Sociology of Mental Health
Organizer and Presider: Juniper Wiley, UCLA
William A. Lombardo and Gary Cretser, Cal Poly University: Self-Esteem of Psychiatric Impatients
Clyde Pope, Thomas Vogt, John Mullooly, and jack Hollis, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research: Mental Health Status as a Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality
Richard Adams, UCLA and Karyn Loscocco, State Univ. of New York, Albany: Work, Family, and Distress
Linda Francis, Indiana University, Bloomington: Managing Distress: Structural Constraints, Psychological Resources, and Emotion-Focused Coping
Bartolomeo J. Palisi, CSU Fullerton and H. Edward Ransford, Univ. of Southern California: The Effects of Ethclass and Social Involvement on Psychological Well-Being and Subjective Health
27.Sociology of Development
Organizer: Diane Wolf, UC Davis
Presider: Teresa Cecilia Menjivar, UC Davis
Li Li-Ying, Univ. of Utah: The Confucian Backdrop in East Asian Development
S.M. Shamsul Alam, Univ. of Oregon: The Military Regime and Peripheral Capitalism in Bangladesh
Chengsu Change, Univ. of Utah: Population Policies and Fertility Changes in China
Patricia Mei Yin Chang, Stanford Univ. and Davis Strang, Univ. of Iowa: A Cross-National Study of the Welfare State in Developed and Underdeveloped Nations
Raj S. Gandhi, Univ. of Calgary: Let Us Divide the World in three and Have it Too
28.Chican/ Latino Communities
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Organizer: Phillip Gonzales, Univ. of New Mexico; and Beatriz Perquera, UC Davis; and Denise Segura, UC Santa Barbara
Presider: Phillip Gonzales, Univ. of New Mexico
Phillip Gonzales, Univ. of New Mexico: Structure of the Hispano Political Community in New Mexico, 1900-1935
Theresa Martinez, Univ. of New Mexico: Culture and the Abuse of Women: A Focus on Hispanics in New Mexico
Denise Segura, UC Santa Barbara and Beatriz Pesguera, UC Davis: Feminism in the Ranks: Chicano-Latino Workers’ Political Consciousness
29.Participatory Research
Organizer, Presider and Discussant: Francesca Cancian, UC Irvine
Cathleen Armstead, UC Irvine: Participatory Research: Truths and Consequences, A Personal Reflection
Russell Fox, Evergreen State College: Participatory Research in the Undergraduate Curriculum
Julia Curry Rodriguez, Arizona State University: Closely Connected lives: Methodological Dilemmas
Judith Cohen and Lori Dorfman, UC San Francisco: Participatory Research Among Women at High Risk of AIDS
30.Sociology of Complex Organizations
Organizer and Presider: Thomas E. Drabek, Univ. of Denver
Discussant: Robert A. Stallings, Univ. of Southern California
Patrick C. Jobes, Montana State University: Living in the Fishbowl: Community Satisfaction in the Yellowstone National Park
Ford Burkhart, Univ. of Arizona and Ronald W. Perry, Arizona State University: The Organization of Community Relocation: An Approach to Hazard Mitigation
Irving Krauss, Northern Illinois University: Organizational Theory and Praxis
Irving Babow, Cal Poly University, San Luis Obispo: Functions and Dysfunctions of Television Regarding the Northern California Earthquake of 1989
Thomas E. Drabek, Univ. of Denver: Microcomputers and Disaster Responses
31.Self and Identity
Organizer and Presider: Viktor Gecas, Washington State Univesity
Randal S. Franz, Stanford Univerity: A Passive Looking Glass? Factors Affecting the Feedback of Self-Information
Celia J. Orona, San Jose State University: Identity Transformation and Moral Obligation: Alzheimer’s Patients and Their Caregivers
Monica A. Seff, Washington State Univ.: Social Structure, Personal Efficacy, and Self-esteem: A Study of Welfare and Non-Welfare Women
Nina Eliasoph, Berkeley, California: Political Culture and the Presentation of a Political Self: A Study of Public Fear in the Spirit of Erving Goffman
32.Contemporary Approaches to Political Sociology
Organizer, Presider and Discussant: David Jacobs, Univ. of Oregon
Michael J. Blain, Boise State University: Foucault’s Analytic of Power Relations
Julie Fox, Univ. of Oregon: The Formation of the Japanese Zaibatsu and the South Korean Chaebol
Sandra K. Gill, Gettysburg College: Housework, Wage Work, and Feminist Consciousness
Susan R. Pitchford, Univ. of Washington: Power and Efficiency in Cases Challenging Education and Testing Requirements in Employment
33.Plenary Session
Presider: Julia Curry Rodriguez, Arizona State University
The Intersection of Race, Class, and Gender
Rae Blumber, UC San Diego: Gender and Inequality
G. William Domhoff, UC Santa Cruz: Gender, Race, and the American Power Structure: Some Almost Random Thoughts
SATURDAY APRIL 7, 1990
34.Gender and Sexuality
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women
Organizer: Beth Scheider, UC Santa Barbara
Presider: Jan Stets, Washington State University
Lisa Jones, UC Irvine: The Dynamics of Sexual Aggression and Date Rape
Carol Edelman, CSU Chico: Conflict and Control Functions of Sexual Humor
David G. Welton, CSU Chico: To Be Let Alone: Are Homosexuals Really Asking Too Much?
35.Historical-Comparative Methods
Organizer and Presider: Robert Fiala, Univ. of New Mexico
C. LeRoy Anderson and Paul E. Miller, Univ. of Montana: Longitudinal Assessment of Orientations to Public Dependency
Robert Fiala, Univ. of New Mexico: Notes on Development Trajectories: Examining Residuals on Manufacturing Employment, 1950-1980
Robert Liebman, Portland State University: American Education in Comparative Perspective: What Can We Learn From Japan?
Teresa Cecilia Manjivar, UC Davis: A Comparative Study of Historical Development: The Cases of Costa Rica and El Salvador
36.Applied and Clinical Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Chester Winton, San Jose State
Jan Fritz, CSU San Bernardino: The Emergence of American Clinical Sociology
Grace Marvin, CSU Chico: Ethics and Applied Sociology
37.Methodological and Epistemological Issues in Computerized Qualitative Data Analysis
Organizer and Presider: Jon Driessen, Univ. of Montana
Discussant: Phyllis Coontz, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Raymond Padilla, Arizona State Univ.; John Seidel, Littleton, Colorado; Ed rose, Univ. of Colorado: The Art of the Word
38.Drugs and Society
Organizer and Presider: Kathryn Ann Farr, Portland State University
Mary S. Jackson, Cleveland State University: Delinquency, Drugs and the Black Male Adolescent
Roberta Sanster, Washington State University: American Indian Adolescent Alcohol and Drug Use: A Grave Cause for Concern
Andrew J. Treno, Alcohol Research Group, Berkeley: Drinking and Demographic Change, 1980 to 1987: The Contribution of an Aging Population to Consumption Levels
Jane C. Hood and Patsy DuPhorne, Univ. of Mexico: Nurses’ Attitudes Toward Reporting Substance Abuse Among Co-Workers
39.Graduate Student Session II
Organize and Presider: Angela Mertig and Todd Rockwood, Washington State Univesity
Discussants: Evelyn Florio and Simeon Hein, Washington State University
Lonnie Somer, Washington State University: The Shape of Things To Come
Michael Dawson, Univ. of Oregon: Social Inequality and the Economic Surplus
Allen Lamb, Washington State Univ.: Human Ecological Models in International Development: Third World Countries
Dottie Smith, Portland State University: The Institutionalization of the Feminist Movement
40.Research Roundtable Discussions
Organizers: Robert O’Brien, Univ. of Oregon; Dave Justice and Aileen Hohmann, Univ. of Utah
I. Sociology and Social Activism
Angeline Kearns, Boise State University: The Boise Peace Quilt Project: Patchwork Politics
Jan Mari Fritz, CSU San Bernardino: Charles Goode Gomillion: A Civil Rights Activist’s Impact on His Discipline
II. Approaches to Sociological Theory
Michelle J. Riley, UCLA: Multiple Role Incumbency and Role Strain: Structuralist and Interactionist Implications for a Theoretical Model of Role Management
Marie Brichler, Univ. Washington: Responses to Secularization: Catholic Social Teaching and Levels of Religious Authority
III. Medial Sociology
Weiming Hu, Portland State Univ.: How Health Services are organized in China
Luming Chen, Brigham Young University: The Effects of Female’s Early Menarche, Dating and Race on Their Premarital Sex
IV. Stress and Relationships
Karen L. Roemer, Washington State Univ.: Graduate School Stress and Graduate Student Relationships
Barbara Anderson, Univ. of Utah: Attitudes and Peer Relations
Jane Shelby, Univ. of Utah: Distress and Immune Function in Non-Injured Close Relatives of Severely Burned Individuals: Influence of Coping Process
Jian-bin Zheng, Univ. of Oregon: A Smallest Space Analysis of Beliefs in Parenting
Fernando Parra, Cal Poly University Pomona: Latino Mothers’ Reactions to Fist Discovering Their Child’s Sexual Abuse
41.Criminology
Organizer and Presider: David Schichor, CSU San Bernardino
Jan Milner and Bernard A. Jacobs, Univ. of Montana: Staking Out Small Agency Policy Work: The Case of a Country Sheriff’s Department
Hirosi Fuburai, Texas A&M Univ.; Edgar W. Butler, UC Riverside; Richard Krooth, UC Berkeley: Where Did Black Jurors Go? A Theoretical Synthesis of Racial Disenfranchisement in the Jury System and Jury Selection
Jerry Krause, Humboldt State Univ.: Community Reaction to Correctional Facility Siting
James W. Burfeind, Univ. of Montana and Ted D. Westermann, Valparaiso University: Crime and Justice in Two Societies: Japan and the United States
42.Sociology of Energy: Part Two
Organizer and Presider: Barbara C. Farhar, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado
Dennis L. White, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Pamela Brandis, Bonneville Power Administration, Portland, Oregon; Marilyn A. Brown, Oakridge National Lab Oak Ridge, Tennessee: The Persistence of Residential Energy Behavior and Weatherization Savings
Rose L. Krebill-Prather and Riley E. Dunlap, Washington State Univ.: Public Acceptance of Energy Systems and Ideological Orientation
Barbara C. Farhar, Solar Energy Research Institute, Golden, Colorado: Discussion: Toward a Sociology of Energy?
43. Qualitative Methods: The Use of the Ethnograph
Organizer and Presider: Jon Driessen, Univ. of Montana
Panel: John Seidel, Qualis Research Associates, Littleton, Colorado; Sue Green, Univ. of Montana; Steve Williams, Eastern Washington University
44.Recent Advances in the Sociology of Peace and War
Organizer and Presider: Greg McLauchlan, Univ. of Oregon
John B. Foster, Univ. of Oregon: The Decline of the Superpowers
John J. Lie, Univ. of Oregon: War and Absolution: The Decline of ‘War Responsibility’
Leslie W. Scott, Univ. of Oregon: Women, Militarism, and Ecological Security
Diana B. Sheridan, Univ. of Oregon: Ecofeminist Strategies of Peacemaking
45.Sociology of Early Christianity
Organizer and Presider: Benton Johnson, Univ. of Oregon
Jane Dillon, UC San Diego: Reincarnation: An Investigation into the Social Context of Early Christian Belief
Anthony J. Blasi, Univ. of Hawaii, Hilo: A Model of Charisma Trajectories: The Case of St. Paul
Marion Dearman, CSU Los Angeles: Reification and Religion: Causes and Consequences of the Deification of Jesus
46.Feminism and the Politics of Appearance
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Women
Organizer and Presider: Jacque Lynn Foltyn, Univ. of the Pacific
Judith Barker, Ithaca College: Race, Class, Ethnicity, and the Politics of Appearance
Efrat Tseelon, UC Davis: Public and Invisible: The Paradoxical Construction of the Woman
Jacque Lynn Foltyn, Univ. of the Pacific: Feminism and the Politics of Appearance: A New Look at the Beauty Problem
Mary Lou Parker, Univ. of Oregon: Feminism and the Mass Media: Case Study of the Lucy Stone League
Sheila Hittelman-Sohn, UC San Diego: Fitting In and Moving Up: An Exploratory Study of Women’s Dress in Professional Life as We Enter the 1990s
47.Urban and Rural Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Paul Miller, Univ. of Montana
Douglas B. Gwyn, Sacramento, CA; Refugio I. Rochin, UC Davis; Edward Dolber-Smith, Sacramento, CA; Yoshio Kawamura, Ryukoku University Kyoto, Japan; Bilal Hashmi, Eastern Washington Univ.; Eunice Romero-Gwyn, UC Davis: Changing Trends n Metro and Non-Metro Poverty in the Western Region
Peter Phillips, UC Davis: Comparative Historical Analysis of Growth Machine Theory
Robert Parker, Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas: Economic Impact of Military Spending on the Urban Environment in Nevada
Richard Gendron, UC Santa Cruz: Arts and Craft: The Strategic Aspects of the Inclusion of Cultural Facilities in Mixed-Use Developments
48.Research in Applied and Clinical Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Chester Winton, San Jose State University
Dana Park, Lynn Wilson, and Kathleen Kaiser, CSU Chico: Are You Getting Enough? Physical Well-Being, Work, Leisure, and Intellectual Growth in a University Setting
Aileen Hohmann, Univ. of Utah: The Storefront: Salt Lake City’s Community Mental Health Treatment Center for Homeless Mentally Ill
Barbara Beck, Colorado State University: Health Care for Indigent Children: A Comparison Between the Working-Poor and the Poor-Poor
49.Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Organizer and Presider: Kathleen Tierney, Univ. of Delaware
John Lofland, UC Davis: Social Movement Intellectuals: Recent American Patterns
James L. Wood, San Diego State University: Progress Politics in the 1980s? An Examination of Data and Circumstances
Victoria Johnson, UC Davis: Quasi-Violent Civil Disobedience: A New Tactic of the Christian Right
Colleen Fitzpatrick and Dennis S. Mileti, Colorado State University: Perception and Response to Aftershock Warnings During the Loma Prieta Earthquake Emergency
50.Sociology of the Family
Organizer and Presider: Bruce Campbell, CSU Los Angeles
Barbara Nicholl, Univ. of La Verne, and Bruce Campbell, CSU Los Angeles: A Parent Satisfaction Scale
Katherine McDade, Pacific Lutheran University: The Growth of Family Preservation Services: A Critical Perspective
Ginna M. Babcock, Washington State University: Fathers on the Outside: Legal Aspects of Post-Divorce Parenting
51.Teaching Critical Thinking
Organizer and Presider: Vernon L. Bates, Pacific University
Jodi O’Brien, Univ. of Washington and Peter Kollock, UCLA: Exchange Theory as a Conceptual Framework for Teaching the Sociological Perspective
Andrew S. Hiken, UC Davis: Citation Challenges: Building Credibility for Threatening Ideas
Marjorie Seashore and John Kinch, San Francisco State Univ.: Teaching Critical Thinking in Sociology
52.Sociology of African American
Sponsored by the Committee on the Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Organizer Presider: Joseph W. Scott, Univ. of Washington
Earl Smith and Monica Seff, Washington State Univ.: Family and Community in Black America
John Brown Childs, UC Santa Cruz: Separation or Integration: The Black Caucus Movement in the United States
Hardy Frye, UC Santa Cruz: Black Influence on Progressive Politics in the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area
Albert Black, Univ. of Washington: The Charismatic Bond: Jamestown Revisited
Kathleen Rand Reed, San Jose State University: Organ Transplantation for African Americans: Equality or Exploitation?
53.The Question of Metatheory in Contemporary Sociology
Organizer and Presider: Richard Nagasawa, Arizona State University
Discussion: Richard Nagasawa
Gloria Williams, Univ. of Minnesota: Metatheorizing and the Applied Social Sciences
George Ritzer, Univ. of Maryland: Coming of Age of Metatheorizing in Sociology
Ronald Little, Utah State University: Metatheory and Theory in Sociology: Misplaced Mimicry
54.Immigrant Studies
Organizer and Presider: Celestino Fernandez, Univ. of Arizona
Masako Ishii-Kuntz, UC Riverside: Structural and Psychological Adoptation of Immigrants: A Case of Post-1965 Japanese Immigrants in the U.S.
Teresa Cecilia Menjivar, UC Davis: Assessing a Framework for the Study of International Migrations
Teresa A. Sullivan and Audrey Singer, Univ. of Texas: Different Paths to Diversity: Canadian Immigration Patterns, 1971-1981
Cathy Petrissans, UC Riverside: Cultural Assimilation: High, Moderate, and Low Stages of Ethnic Solidarity
55.Urban Gangs
Organizer, Presider, and Discussant: William B. Sanders, San Diego State University
Sharon K. Davis and John S. Garcia, Univ. of La Verne: Keeping the Family Tradition: Gang Membership and the Urban, Hispanic Male
Kenji Ima, San Diego State University: Asian Gangs
Lewis Yblonsky, CSU Northridge: Violent Gangs from 1950 to 1990
Will Kennedy, San Diego State University: Gangs and Perceived Danger: Effects on Police Morale and Job Satisfaction
56.Sociology of Education
Organizer and Presider: John G. Richardson, Western Washington University
Discussant: Leonard Gordon, Arizona State University
Sharon K. Araji, Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman, Dan McWethy, Washington State Univ.: University Students: A Comparison of Those Who Leave or Stay
Yvette M. Farmer, Lynn M. Ries, David D. Nickinovich, University of Washington: Evaluations of Academic Training
Philip Garnett, UC Riverside: Impact of Family Support, Campus Social Network, Employment and Feelings of Solidarity on the Academic Achievement of Hispanic and non-Hispanic Community College Students
Jean Stockard, Univ. of Oregon: Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward the Language Arts: Why Do They Persist?
Warren TenHouten, UCLA: Cognitive Style, Cultural Learning: The Case of the Australian Aborigine
57.The Environmental Movement: Participants, Issues and Tactics
Organizer and Presider: Riley Dunlap, Washington State University
Angela G. Mertig and Riley E. Dunlap, Washington State Univ.: Examining Diversity Among Social Movement Participants: A Comparison of Four National Environmental Organizations
Gary E. Machilis, Univ. of Idaho: The Landscape of Conservation and Democracy
Cheryl Harrison, U.S. Census Bureau: Pesticides and Food Safety: The Alar Controversy
58.”We Also Have a Dream”: The Migrant/Seasonal Workers in the Yakima Valley
Organizer and Presider: Catherine Bicknell, Department of Apparel, Merchandising, and Interior Design, Washington State University
59.Approaching Prostitution
Organizer and Presider: Kathryn J. Fox, UC Berkeley
Neil Websdale, Oregon State Univ.: Prostitution, Power, and Policing: A Local Historical Perspective
Nanette J. Davis, Portland State University: Alternatives to Prostitution: Reflections on the Victimization and Devictimization Process
Lori Dorfman, Susana Hennessey, jane Lev, and Peg Reilly, UC Berkeley: Girlfrens: A Study of AIDS Prevention for Street Prostitutes
Elizabeth Armstrong, UC Berkeley: The Politics of Prostitution: Comparing Feminist Theories of Sexuality
Valerie Jenness, UC Santa Barbara: But seriously Folks, …: Prostitutes’ Rights Organizations as Deviant Organizations in Search of Legitimation
60.Which Fat Cats Support Democrats?
Organizer and Presider: G. William Domhoff, UC Santa Cruz
Michael Webber, UC Santa Cruz: The Material Basis of the Democratic Party in the New Deal
Michael P. Allen, Washington State University: Capitalist Class Segments and New Deal Campaign Finance
G. William Domhoff, UC Santa Cruz: Fat Cats and Democrats in the 80s
61.medical Sociology: Patients and Providers in Managed Care Systems (HMOs)
Organizer: Ruth Zambrana, UCLA
Presider and Discussant: Geremia Veglia, Northwestern Oklahoma State University
Evelyn Florio and Carolyn Holmes, Washington State University: Meeting the Health Care Needs of an Aging Population: The Response of One health Maintenance Organization
Donald K. Freeborn, Kaiser Permanente, Portland, Oregon: Job Satisfaction of HMO Physicians
Geremia Veglia, Northwestern Oklahoma State Univ.: The Market for Genetic Engineering: A Look at the Practice of Medicine in the Corporate Setting
62.New Explorations in Race and Gender
Organizer and Presider: Julia E. Curry Rodriguez, Arizona State University
Discussant: Maria Guadalupe Gallegos-Diaz, UC Berkeley
Lori Strauss, Colorado State University: The ‘Third World’ Status of Sioux Women: The Transition From the Buffalo Economy to Capitalism
Diana Torrez, Univ. of Arizona: The Sensitive Task of Understanding Parental Grief
Elsa Valdez, UC Riverside: Division of Labor Among Chicano Families: Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
63.Plenary Session: PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Lyn Lofland, UC Davis; President, Pacific Sociological Association: Is Peace Possible? An Analysis of Sociology
SUNDAY, APRIL 8, 1990
64.Demography
Organizer: James Cramer, UC Davis
Presider: Teresa Cecelia Menjivar, UC Davis
Karen Seccombe, Univ. of Florida: Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Children: Fertility Decision-Making and Child-Free Husbands and Wives
Nivedita Vaidya, UC Davis: Institutional Determinants of the Value of Children in Rural India
Marie Butler, UC Davis: Irish Marriage Practices: The Linen Trade and the British Domination, 1780-1820
65.Historical Approaches to Political Sociology
Organizer and Presider: David Jacobs, Univ. of Oregon
Discussant: Julie Fox, Univ. of Oregon
Rosemary Hopcroft, Univ. of Washington: A Critique of Existing Explanations for the Origins of Medieval Field Systems: An Application of Public Goods Theory
Rachel R. Parker, UCLA: Shays Rebellion: An Episode in Early American State Making
Joseph Whitmeyer, Univ. of Washington: Eccentricity in Rulers
David Waller, UC Riverside: Geopolitics, War Cycles, and Economic Long Waves
66.Technological Hazards
Organizer and Presider: Robert A. Stallings, Univ. of Southern California
Jon Olson, Battelle Human Affairs Research Center, Seattle: Improving Organizational Safety Performance
Robert A. Stallings, Univ. of Southern California: Risk as Personal Knowledge
William R. Catton, Jr., Washington State Univ.: Bottlenecks and Lightswitches
Lewis F. Carter, Washington State Univ.: Anthropogenic Environmental Stressors as Anticipated Disasters: Dilemmas Posed for Theory and Opportunities for Practices
67.Sociology of Religion
Organizer and Presider: Benton Johnson, Univ. of Oregon
Elaine E. Grandin and Merlin B. Brinkerhoff, Univ. of Calgary: Religiosity and Intolerance in Rural Alberta
William A. Stahl, Luther College, University of Regina: Religious Themes in Technological Utopianism
Cecile Baril, Southern Oregon State College Satanic Conspiracy Stories: Who Listens and Why
Reginald W. Bibby, Univ. of Lethbridge: Habits of the Heartless: The Rise and Demise of Social Compassion
68.Sociology of Aging
Organizer: Linda Fascio, UC San Francisco
Presider: Fred Sklar, San Jose State University
Annabel Kirschner Cook, Washington State Univ.: Retirement Migration, Economic Recession, and Community Development
Charles H. Hawkins, Central Washington Univ.: Retirement Homes That Encourage Social Interaction
Judith T. Gonzales, CSU Fresno: The Relationship of Gender, Social Class, and Acculturation to Dietary Modification Preferences of Elderly Mexican Americans
69.Socialization
Organizer: Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman, Oregon State Univ.
Presider: Sharon Araji, Univ. of Alaska
Discussant: Viktor Gecas, Washington State Univ.
Rebecca Richards, Utah State University: Pets as Agents of Socialization
Debra Henderson, Washington State Univ.: The Effects of Sex Role Socialization on Telephone Use
Masako Ishii-Kuntz and Hisako Matsuo, UC Riverside: Psychological Presence of Fathers and Its Consequences on Gender Role Socialization: Japan as an Illustrative Case
70.Sociology of Work
Organizer and Presider: Amy S. Wharton, Washington State Univ.
Jane Reisman, Organizational Research Services, and Jeanne Kohl, University of Washington: Employees’ Views of Family Responsive Work Policies and Programs
Valencia A. Fonseca, Washington State Univ.: Assuring Wage Inequality: Unintentional Collusion by Working Women in Nontraditional and Traditional Occupations
Rae R. Newton and Richard Serpe, CSU Fullerton: Assessing Faculty Workload: Sex and Ethnic Differences in Self-Reports of Faculty Activities
Julius A. Roth, UC Davis: A Pay Equity Plan
71.Religion, Law and Sociology
Organizer and Presider: James T. Richardson, Univ. of Nevada, Reno
Discussant: James McDonald, College of Law Univ. of Idaho
Stan Weed, Institute for Research and Evaluation, Salt Lake City: Prevention, Religion and the Law: Title 20 Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs
Sandra Wentzel, Univ. of Nevada Reno: Charging Religious Movements with Child Abuse as a Social Control Strategy
Dennis Colson, College of Law Univ. of Idaho: Mormons and the Idaho Constitution
James T. Richardson, Univ. of Nevada Reno: New Religions on Trial: The Oregon Experience
72.The Sociology of Marketplace Exchanges
Organizer and Presider: Eleen Baumann, Oregon State Univ.
Basil Browne, Alcohol Research Group Berkeley: The Flipside of Service: The Role of Commercial Gambling Establishments in the Production of Problems Gambling
Margaret Rucker, Marcus Dinkel, Lori Lickliter, Anthony Freitas, Marcia Wynes, and Harriet Prato, UC Davis: Perceptions of Value and Equity in the Gift Exchange Process
Eleen Baumann, Oregon State University: Special Meanings for Mundane Objects: The Definitional Process on Televised Shopping Programs
Paisley Blaisdell, CSU Northridge: Cultural Contradictions in Marketplace Management: The Socialization of Assertiveness and Femininity in Retail Training Programs
73.Applied Implications of Social-Psychological Theories
Organizer and Presider: David Ward, Washington State Univ.
Discussant: Louis N. Gray, Washington State University
Eugen A. Rosa and Randall Kleinhesselink, Washington State Univ.: Risk Perceptions in Japan and the U.S.: Cultural Separation or Convergence?
Julie T. Elworth, Stanford Univ.: Women Managers: Hierarchy, Social Comparisons and Satisfaction
D.H. Judson, Candan Duran-Aydintug, and Scott G. Allard, Washington State University: Extension of the Satisfaction-Balance Decision Model Vial Self-Report Measures
74.Quantitive Methods
Organizer and Presider: Robert M. O’Brien, Univ. of Oregon
Lawrence Carter, Univ. of Oregon: Aggregation Bias in Decomposition Techniques
Barnie Jones, Oregon Motor Vehicles Division, Salem, Oregon: Applications of Aggregate-Level Reliability in Survey Research: Empirical Examples
Robert M. O’Brien and William Burns, Univ. of Oregon: Correcting Aggregate-Level Variables for Subject Induced Covariance and Unreliability