SWS 2012 Summer Meeting: Denver (“The Mile High City”)
Colorado Convention Center
Denver, Colorado
August 17 - August 20, 2012
2012 Officers and Chairs
Officers
Past President
Tracy E. Ore
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President
Patricia Yancey Martin
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President-Elect
Bandana Purkayastha
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Past Treasurer
Treasurer
Kristen Myers
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Treasurer-Elect
Wanda Rushing
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Executive Officer
Shirley A. Jackson
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Vice President
Leslie Hossfeld
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Secretary
Trina Smith
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Student Representative
Veronica Montes
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all the above are the members of Executive Council
Journal Editor
Joya Misra
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Newsletter Editor
Jessica Holden
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Sherwood
Committee
Chair(s)
Academic Justice
Bernice Pescosolido
Katrina Bloch
Marjukka Ollilainen
Sara Crawley
Carolyn Corrado
Susan Hinze
Roberta Villalon
Minjeong Kim
Vice President
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Miriam Sessions
Gail Wallace
Past President
Barbara Risman
Julia McQuillan
Past President
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Kris De Welde
Vrushali Patil
Jeanne Flavin
Student Representative
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SWS Administrative Officer Jazmyne L. Washington
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Awards
Career Development
Mentoring Manager
"Hey Jane!" Manager
Discrimination
International
Membership
Chapter Liaison
Hand Coordinator
MFP Liaison
Nominations
Publications
Scholarship & Human
Rights
Sister To Sister
Social Action
Student Concerns
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Welcome to Denver, August 2012—by Patricia Yancey Martin, SWS President
Welcome to the 42nd Summer Meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society. A
particular welcome to first time attendees. I urge both “new” and “old” members to
participate in the sessions, services, and activities noted in this program. Attend the Business
Meeting on Sunday to learn about SWS issues and to hear Bandana Purkayastha, SWS
President-elect, invite us to the 2013 SWS Winter Meeting in Tamaya, New Mexico
(February 7-10).
Our Summer Meetings have several goals. One is for SWS committees—of which
there are 11—to meet and review, plan, and conduct business in accord with their charges.
The Executive Council and Executive Office and Budget (EOB) Committee also convene
during this meeting. The purview of each committee is noted on our webpage
(socwomen.org/; click on the “About Us” drop-down). Detailed information about our eight
awards is noted in a separate section just below the Committees drop-down. Check out the
awards and nominate someone. Nominations take a little time but are not very onerous. (A
person can be selected only if nominated.) Please consult the SWS Program and find a
committee that interests you and show up! The Chair will be thrilled to see a new and eager
face. A recent inquiry to our LISTSERVE by Amber Deane asked if SWS committee
meetings are open. The answer is: They are open. Traditionally, only the Publications
Committee holds closed meetings and the reason is, I believe, that sensitive personnel,
contract, and budgetary issues are sometimes addressed.
The Summer Meeting has a Hospitality Room that supplies coffee, juice, and
breakfast food to members (please register and wear your SWS name tag/ribbon). Our 2012
Feminist Lecturer, Christine Williams, who talks on Sunday will revisit her “glass escalator”
concept, now 20 years old. The banquet on Sunday evening will showcase our awards and
achievements by all SWSers who are present. The Colorado History Museum--within
walking distance of the hotels/Convention Center and offering a view of the Denver
mountains—is the venue for the banquet. (Thanks Abby Ferber & Kim Fox.)
This meeting is our first to be guided by our Interim Executive Officer and
Administrative Officer-- Shirley Jackson and Jazmyne Washington. We thank them for
taking on these jobs with very little lead-time. While SWS is experiencing some growing
pains, it is an organization with great promise. Please make Shirley and Jazmyne welcome
and please communicate to them-- and to any SWS officer or committee chair--your
suggestions for improving our organization.
In closing, I want to thank Jesse Klein who has performed many essential functions
for SWS in the past academic year and has dedicated—and is dedicating--countless hours to
organizing our Denver program and registration desk. We, particularly I, owe Jesse an
immense debt of thanks.
- Patricia Yancey Martin
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In recognition of their contributions to SWS and sociology over many
years, I want to memorialize three SWSers who passed away this year:
April Brayfield who played a leadership role in SWS-South by maintaining
the LISTSERVE and in our national organization by assuming many
responsibilities. She was a model in sponsoring her graduate students into
SWS and mentoring many who were not formally “hers.” Her infectious
love of life is now 'carried' by all who knew her.
Arlene Kaplan Daniels, our third SWS President who was a larger-than-life
character with a great sense of style and love of laughter that were
infectious. Arlene not only wore a hat, she passed the hat—literally—for
the ASA Minority Fellowship Program. And it worked! An array of Arlene’s
hats will be auctioned at our Winter Meeting in New Mexico in February.
Hannah Wartenberg served as President of SWS-South and participated in
many SWS meetings over the years. A refugee from Nazi Germany, Hannah
was the daughter of a mother who became a physician in their new
country and raised a daughter determined to encourage other women to
pursue their dreams. Hannah’s accounts of the Nuremberg trials after
World War II will stay with me always.
You will be missed.
Patricia Yancey Martin, SWS President 2012
SWS Winter 2013 Meeting
Connecting Circles of Knowledge & Action: Coalitions, Dissents, Faultlines and Fusions
Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort & Spa
Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
February 7-10, 2013
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Hospitality Suite
Room 208 is the SWS Hospitality space. Come by any time you’d like a cup of
coffee, or simply a place to have a seat. It will also hold small meetings on
occasion. The catering is funded by your conference registration. Please welcome
visitors in Hospitality; ask and answer questions about SWS; and encourage
visitors to go to the SWS desk and register.
We apologize in advance for any inconvenience: the Strategic Planning Task Force
will be meeting in the Hospitality Suite on Saturday (8/18) between 1:30pm and
3:00pm and on Sunday (8/19) between 12:30pm and 2:30pm.
Strategic Planning Taskforce
The SWS Strategic Planning Taskforce began its work in February 2012 and is
charged with examining three critical areas for the organization: 1) review of the
mission statement; 2) examination of the bylaws; 3) and long range planning.
Their work has been divided into three working subcommittees. Each
subcommittee reports to the entire Taskforce members with recommendations that
will be discussed by the entire Taskforce body. Once agreement has been reached,
the Taskforce makes recommendations to Council. Council will then discuss and
make recommendations to the entire membership who will vote on the
recommendations. We encourage SWS membership support and input during this
process. Please contact Leslie Hossfeld, Taskforce Chair, ([email protected])
if you have questions or input. You may also reach out to any of the Taskforce
members, and specifically subcommittee chairs: Kecia Johnson Subcommittee
Chair ([email protected]); Carrie Smith Bylaws Subcommittee Chair
([email protected]); Cynthia Anderson Long Range Planning
Subcommittee Chair ([email protected]).
The Hand Program
SWS's Membership Committee will have experienced members available in the
Hospitality Suite at designated times to meet with people who are new to SWS
meetings. Check the registration desk to find out when the Hospitality Suite will be
staffed, and stop in for a cup of coffee, meet a friendly face, and learn more about
making the most of the SWS meetings.
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Sessions At-A-Glance
Sociologists for Women in Society
August 17 – August 20, 2012
Colorado Convention Center & Hyatt Regency Hotel
Denver, Colorado
Friday, August 17
8am – 5pm Registration
Room 210 12pm – 1:45pm EOB Meeting I
Room 212 12pm – 2pm Committee Meetings: Membership, Career Development, Sister to
Sister, Social Action
Room 210 2:00pm – 4pm Council Meeting I
Room 212 2:15pm – 4pm Union Organizing in the Academy
Room 210 4:15pm – 6pm Publications I
Room 212 4:15pm – 6pm Building National SWS Membership through Local and Regional
6:30pm – 7:30pm Student Reception (venue TBA)
Saturday, August 18
8am – 5pm Registration
Room 208 Hosp. 7:30am – 8:30am 2013 Winter Planning Meeting
Breakfast Location TBA 8:30am – 10:15am Gender & Society Editorial Board Meeting
Room 210 8:30am – 10:15am Committee Meetings: International, Nominations, Student
Concerns
Room 212 8:30am – 10:15am Should You be on Facebook (and will anyone care if you are?)
Room 210 10:30am – 12:15pm A Workshop on the Status of Discrimination in the Workplace
Room 212 10:30am – 12:15pm Meet and Advise with new EO and AO
Room 210 12:30pm – 1:45pm SWS in the United Nations: Learning, Planning and Debating
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Room 212 12:30pm – 1:45pm Diversity and Its Discontents in Graduate Programs Nationwide:
A Report of the American Sociological Association Committee on the Status of Racial and
Ethnic Minorities (SREM)
Room 208 Hosp. 1:30pm – 3:00pm Strategic Planning Task Force Meeting I
Room 210-212 2:30pm – 4:15pm Distinguished Feminist Lecture: Christine Williams
“The Glass Escalator, Revisited: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times”
[4:30pm – 7:30pm ASA Presidential Address and Awards]
Hyatt Regency, Centennial F 8:00pm – 10:00pm Arlene Kaplan Daniels Memorial Session,
Co-sponsored by SWS, ASA, and SSSP
Sunday, August 19
8am – 2pm Registration
Room 212 7:30am – 8:30am Sister to Sister Committee Session: Sister to Sister Roundtable and
Individual Mentoring
Room 210 8:45am – 10:15am Committee Meetings: Discrimination, Awards, Academic Justice
Room 210 10:30am – 12:15pm Critique Me Workshop
Room 208 Hosp. 12:30 – 2:30pm Strategic Planning Task Force Meeting II
Room 210 12:30pm – 2:15pm Publications II
Room 210-212 2:30pm – 4:15pm Business Meeting
Room 210 4:30pm – 6pm How to Give a Competitive Job Talk
6:30pm – 9:30pm Banquet and Awards at History Colorado Center
Monday, August 20
Room 210 8:15am – 9:45am EOB Meeting II
Room 210 10:00am – 12:00pm Council Meeting II
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2012 Summer Meeting Program
Sociologists for Women in Society
August 17 – August 20, 2012
Colorado Convention Center & Hyatt Regency Hotel
Denver, Colorado
Hospitality/small committee room – Room 208
Large Sessions, Feminist Lecture, and Meetings – Rooms 210-212
Concurrent Sessions Room 210 and Room 212
Friday, August 17
8am – 5pm Registration
Room 210 12pm – 1:45pm EOB Meeting I
Room 212 12pm – 2pm Committee Meetings: Membership, Career Development, Sister to
Sister, Social Action
Room 210 2:00pm – 4pm Council Meeting I
Room 212 2:15pm – 4pm Union Organizing in the Academy
Sponsored by the Academic Justice Committee
Organizer: Anastasia H. Prokos, Iowa State University
Panelists: Marybeth Stalp, University of Northern Iowa; Alex Hanna, University of WisconsinMadison; Dan Clawson, University of Massachusetts-Amherst; Christine Slaughter, Yale
University
Panelists will discuss their experiences with unionizing within the Academy. The panel
includes both faculty and graduate students who will be able to discuss challenges,
consequences, and responses to the recent union attacks across the United States.
Considerable time will be open for audience members to ask questions regarding the
importance of unionizing and steps to unionizing.
Room 210 4:15pm – 6pm Publications I
Room 212 4:15pm – 6pm Building National SWS Membership through Local and Regional
Chapters: Advice from Successful Chapters
Sponsored by the Membership Committee
Organizer: Leslie Hossfeld, Membership Committee Chair
Panelists: Janice McCabe, Dartmouth College/Tallahassee SWS Chapter; Shannon Davis,
George Mason University/SWS South; Trina Smith, North Hennepin Community College/SWS
Midwest; Daniela Jauk, Akron SWS Chapter
Moderator: Katie Acosta, SWS National Liaison Membership Committee
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Local and regional SWS chapters often serve as feeder organizations to SWS
national/international organization. This workshop provides a forum to discuss how to 1)
create and sustain strong local and regional chapters and; 2) how these local and regional
chapters support and buttress the work of SWS national. Representatives from local and
regional chapters will share their successes and strategies in local/regional organizing and
provide concrete examples of how to link national and local/regional work to further the
mission and vision of SWS national/international.
6:30pm – 7:30pm Student Reception (venue TBA)
Saturday, August 18
8am – 5pm Registration
Room 208 Hosp. 7:30am – 8:30am 2013 Winter Planning Meeting
Breakfast Location TBA 8:30am – 10:15am Gender & Society Editorial Board Meeting
Room 210 8:30am – 10:15am Committee Meetings: International, Nominations, Student
Concerns
Room 212 8:30am – 10:15am Should You be on Facebook (and will anyone care if you are?)
Organizer: SWS Media Specialist, Theta Pavis
Facebook is considered by some to be the core of the social networking world. Whether
you use it to keep in touch with family or friends, or to promote your new book or latest
academic award, it can be a useful tool. This workshop will cover Facebook basics for
those who want to get started, but also delve deeper into the difference between using it
for personal connections vs. professional ones. We’ll also look at organization and
corporate pages and discuss privacy issues.
Room 210 10:30am – 12:15pm A Workshop on the Status of Discrimination in the Workplace
Sponsored by the Discrimination Committee
Workshop Organizer: Roberta Villalon, St. John’s University
Panelists: Cynthia Deitch, George Washington University; Kristen Schilt, University of
Chicago
This workshop will look into how gender discrimination -in its intersection with
sexuality, race, ethnicity, class, age, and ability - is currently taking shape, being
experienced and challenged by workers in various fields. Cynthia Deitch, co-author of
“Ending Sex and Race Discrimination in the Workplace: Legal Interventions That Push
the Envelope,” and Kristen Schilt, author of "Just One of the Guys? Transgender Men
and the Persistence of Gender Inequality" will share their thoughts on the matter.
Roberta Villalon, Chair of SWS Discrimination Committee, will guide the workshop with
the aim of gathering participants’ experiences and thoughts, and collectively discuss new
ideas on what can be done to advance labor gender equality.
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Room 212 10:30am – 12:15pm Meet and Advise with new EO and AO
Room 210 12:30pm – 1:45pm SWS in the United Nations: Learning, Planning and Debating
Organizer: Minjeong Kim, Chair of the International Committee
Panelists: Daniela Jauk, The University of Akron; Barret Katuna, University of Connecticut;
Manisha Desai, University of Connecticut
This session provides the SWS members' representation and contributions to the 2012
UN CSW events. This session is to educate SWS members of the organizational
involvement in the United Nations and share the contents of the parallel event that the
International Committee organized during the CSW meetings.
Room 212 12:30pm – 1:45pm Diversity and Its Discontents in Graduate Programs Nationwide:
A Report of the American Sociological Association Committee on the Status of Racial and
Ethnic Minorities (SREM)
Presenter: Denise A. Segura, 2006-2011 Chair of the ASA Committee on the Status of Racial
Ethnic Minorities in Sociology
Room 208 Hosp. 1:30pm – 3:00pm Strategic Planning Task Force Meeting I
Room 210-212 2:30pm – 4:15pm Distinguished Feminist Lecture: Christine Williams
“The Glass Escalator, Revisited: Gender Inequality in Neoliberal Times”
When women work in male-dominated professions, they encounter a “glass ceiling” that
prevents their ascension into the top jobs. Twenty years ago, I introduced the concept of
the “glass escalator,” my term for the advantages that men receive in the so-called
“women’s professions” (nursing, teaching, librarianship, and social work), including the
assumption that they are better suited than women for leadership positions. My goals in
this presentation are (1) to review the criticisms and refinements of the glass escalator,
and (2) to place the concept in the context of neoliberalism and work transformation.
The glass escalator assumes stable employment, career ladders, and widespread support
for public institutions (e.g., schools and libraries)—which no longer characterize the job
market today. Does the concept apply to jobs that are flexible, project-based, and
temporary? Is it relevant to low wage service work? I argue that new concepts are
needed to understand gender inequality in the 21st century.
[4:30pm – 7:30pm ASA Presidential Address and Awards]
Hyatt Regency, Centennial F 8:00pm – 10:00pm Arlene Kaplan Daniels Memorial Session
Co-sponsored by SWS, ASA, and SSSP
Presenters: Marjorie DeVault, Syracuse University; Judith Wittner, Loyola University-Chicago;
Michael Burawoy, University of California-Berkeley; Pamela Roby, University of CaliforniaSanta Cruz; Elizabeth Higginbotham, University of Delaware; Myra Marx Ferree, University of
Wisconsin-Madison
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Sunday, August 19
8am – 2pm Registration
Room 212 7:30am – 8:30am Sister to Sister Committee Session: Sister to Sister Roundtable and
Individual Mentoring
Organizers: Vrushali Patil, Florida International University; Kris De Welde, Florida Gulf Coast
University
Continuing our efforts from the previous 2012 winter meeting, and back by popular
demand, Sister to Sister is once again sponsoring a paper presentation and mentoring
roundtable for graduate students working on research related to marginalized populations
and using a feminist lens.
Room 210 8:45am – 10:15am Committee Meetings: Discrimination, Awards, Academic Justice
Room 210 10:30am – 12:15pm Critique Me Workshop
Sponsored by the Career Development Committee
Organizers & Facilitators: Sara Crawley, University of South Florida; Tina Fetner, McMaster
University; Orit Avishai, Fordham University
Are you about to go on the academic job market? The Career Development Committee
would like to help you with this important milestone in your career. This is a hands-on,
“bring your job package materials to us,” workshop. Mentors will be available to provide
advice on CVs, letters of application, teaching portfolios, research statements, dual career
issues, issues for feminists of color, and issues for GLBTQ scholars. If you are just
beginning this process, we can give you advice on where to start. Just bring what you do
have, and we’ll go from there!
Room 208 Hosp. 12:30 – 2:30pm Strategic Planning Task Force Meeting II
Room 210 12:30pm – 2:15pm Publications II
Room 210-212 2:30pm – 4:15pm Business Meeting
Room 210 4:30pm – 6pm How to Give a Competitive Job Talk
Jointly sponsored by the Career Development Committee and the Student Concerns Committee
Panelists: TBA
There are common but often undiscussed expectations about how to give a professional,
academic job talk. This session will offer tips from senior and junior faculty who have
been successful recently in competing for academic positions as well as faculty who have
participated on hiring committees. Significant time will be reserved for question/answer
by current job seekers with the panel.
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6:30pm – 9:30pm Banquet and Awards at History Colorado Center
Monday, August 20
Room 210 8:15am – 9:45am EOB Meeting II
Room 210 10:00am – 12:00pm Council Meeting II
THANK YOU!
A special thank you goes out to all who made this conference possible. This includes all of
the volunteers at the registration desk, the American Sociological Association for the use of
its conference space, Kimberly Fox who assisted with catering, and most of all, to Jesse
Klein who assisted with the program development and organization of volunteers. Jesse’s
countless hours of hard work are most certainly appreciated!
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