Summer 1999Annual Section Dinner Saturday, August 7, 1999 at 7:00 PM RUSSIAN TEA TIME - 77 East Adams Street, Chicago, IL 60603Please join us for this enjoyable and delectable event. Featuring fine cuisine from Russia, the Ukraine, and Georgia, the restaurant boasts of a dark, classy decor with rich red tones and mahogany accents. A special menu has been prepared for sociologists of education:
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Please send your check, payable to Annette Lareau, to her at the following address: SOE DINNER, Department of Sociology, 756 Gladfelter Hall, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122 Return this receipt with payment Name: _______________________________________________________________________ Address: ______________________________________________________________________ City, State Zip Code: ____________________________________________________________ Phone: ________________________________________________________________________ email: ________________________________________________________________________ For additional information, please contact Annette Lareau at lareau@astro.temple.edu or at (215) 204-5594. 1998-99 Sociology of Education Section Committee Members and Council Ad hoc Awards committee - Teachers College Press award: Amy S. Wells - Chair, Karl Alexander, and Aaron Benovat Communications: David Levinson, Massachusetts Bay Community - Newsletter Editor; Carl Schmitt, Department of Education, Web Page manager; Rob Kadel, Pennsylvania State University, Listserv Manager Graduate student paper award committee: James Rosenbaum - Chair, Mark Berends, Salvatore Saporito, William Velez, and Linda Grant Membership: A. Gary Dworkin Nominations committee: Katy Schiller - Chair, Corneilus Riordan, and Sophia Catsambis Program committee: Annette Lareau - Chair, Grace Kao, Richard Armur, Richard Ingersol, and Salvatore Saporito Spencer Reception Committee: Maureen Hallinan - Chair, Pam Walters, and Alan Sadovnick Willard Waller award committee (Article): Francisco Rameriz - Chair, Chandra Mueller, Kevin Dougherty, and Julia Wrigley 1998-99 Sociology of Education Council: Chair: Annette Lareau - lareau@vm.temple.edu; Chair-Elect: Francisco Ramirez - ramirez@leland.stanford.edu; Past-Chair: Aaron Pallas -ampallas@msu.edu; Secretary/Treasurer: David Baker - dpb4@psu.edu; Council Members - Amy Wells (’99) -aswells@ucla.edu; William Velez (’99) - velez@csd.uwm.edu; Sophia Catsambis (’00) -sophia@soc1.soc.qc.edu; Francisco Ramirez (’00); Mark Berends (’01) - berends@rand.org ; Chandra Muller(’01) - cmuller@jeeves.la.utexas.edu
Sociology of Education Highlights at 1999 ASA Annual Meeting
Please see final program for location of sessions and events
Sociology of Education Section Sponsored Sessions at ASA Meeting 121. Section on Sociology of Education. Refereed Roundtables and Business Meeting
1. Influence of Factors Outside of School on Education Attainment Table Presider: David Baker, Pennsylvania State University Investigating How Adolescent Employment, Socioeconomic Status, and Labor Markets Affect Educational Attainment: The Case of High School Dropouts. Ralph McNeal, University of Connecticut, Storrs Exploring the Extra Curriculum: Student Investments Outside the Classroom. Christopher Swanson, University of Chicago 2. Consequences of Institutional Experiences Table Presider/Discussant: TBA Reconsidering the Effects of Student Employment on Academic Outcomes: A New Theory and Better Data. John Robert Warren, Ramira Alamilla, and Andrew Riggle, University of Washington 3. Why Literacy Matters Table Presider/Discussant: Emily Hannum, Harvard University Savings and the Ability to Do Math Story Problems: Why You Should Have Paid More Attention in Seventh Grade. David Rhodes, American Institutes for Research Education and Voting: The Importance of Literacy, Literacy Practices, and Social Networks. William J. Carbonaro, University of Wisconsin, Madison 4. Race and Achievement Table Presider/Discussant: Meredith Phillips, University of California, Los Angeles High School Racial Composition: Balancing Excellence and Equity. Shelly Brown, University of Michigan Notes from the Back of the Room: How Tensions between Schooling Goals for Black Students Undermine Learning and Other Problems of Cultural Coaching. Karolyn Tyson, University of California, Berkeley 5. Factors Influencing Achievement and Advancement to College Table Presider/Discussant: Kathryn S. Schiller, State University of New York, Albany The Effects of Teacher Expectations on Black, White, and Latino Students’ Growth in Academic Achievement. Gabriella C. Gonzalez, Harvard University Values, Structures, and Post-Secondary Matriculation. Robert Petrin, University of Chicago 6. Feeling as if You Belong: Membership in Schools Table Presider/Discussant: Michael Olneck, University of Wisconsin, Madison Students’ Perceptions of Membership and Their High Schools. Becky A. Smerdon, American Institutes for Research School Racial Context and Educational Achievement among Minority Youth. Sandra M. Way, University of Arizona 7. Race and Education Presider/Discussant: Linda Grant, University of Georgia, Athens Surfing the "Model Minority" Wave of Success: Vietnamese Youth and the Construction of Academic Identity and Ideology. Gilberto Q. Conchas, University of Michigan "I’m Not Going to Think of You as Black, I’ll Just Think of You as My Friend": Color-Blind Ideologies and Exclusionary Race Relations on a Predominately White Campus. Amanda Lewis, Mark Chesler, and Tyrone Forman, University of Michigan 8. Day to Day Realities of Schooling Table Presider/Discussant: Katherine Brown Rosier, Louisiana State University Caught between a "Soft" and a "Hard" Place: Issues of Gender Identify in the Schooling and Job Behaviors of Low-Income Minority Youth. Prudence L. Carter, Columbia University Beyond the Burden of Being a "Nerd": Delineating Successful Trajectories during the Transition to High School among Urban Adolescents. David A. Kinney, Central Michigan University 9. Dropping Out of High School Table Presider/Discussant: Sean F. Reardon, Harvard University The Timing of High School Dropout. Douglas Anderson, University of Southern Maine A Test of Three Sociological Explanations of High School Completion. Edward B. Reeves and Edward F. Breschel, Morehead State University 10. Work and School Table Presider/Discussant: Richard Arum, University of Arizona Employer Support of Job-Related Education: Paying the Cost to Be the Boss. David B. Bills, University of Iowa Making the Transition: Work Experiences after High School. Phaedra Daipha, Lisa Hoogstra, and Dashiell Shapiro, University of Chicago & NORC 11. Tracking Table Presider/Discussant: Paul LePore, University of Washington Explaining the Dominance of Downward Track Mobility for the Mobile. Samuel R. Lucas, University of California, Berkeley Tracking and Distressed Schools: Double Jeopardy for Parent and Student Educational Plans. Ana-Maria Wahl, Naomi Lacy, and Helen A. Moore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 12. Gender and Math Table Presider/Discussant: Thomas Hoffer, University of Chicago The Impact of Children’s Part-Time Work on Math and Science Achievement: An International Comparison. David Post, Pennsylvania State University Testing Explanations for Sex Differences in Math and Science Achievement. Anastasia S. Vogt Yuan and Douglas B. Downey, Ohio State University 13. Parent Involvement Table Presider/Discussant: Joyce Epstein, Johns Hopkins University Parents Matter: Influences of Parental Involvement on School-Related Behaviors, Plans, and Expectations. Sophia Catsambis and Belkis Suazo-Garcia, Queens College, City University of New York Sixth Grade Madness: Parental Emotion Work in the Private High School Application Process. Tiffani Chin, University of California, Los Angeles 14. School Choice: Parents’ Requests and Schools’ Decisions Table Presider/Discussant: Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Columbia University Surprising Admissions: An Analysis of Acceptances to Public Magnet Schools. Ruth C. Neld, University of Pennsylvania The Parent Swap: Constructing School Quality, Safety, and Urban Youth and Ranking Area High Schools. Angela Irvine, Northwestern University 15. Looking Inside Schools: Issues of Engagement Table Presider/Discussant: Sally Kilgore, Modern Red Schoolhouse Institute Solving the Personalism/Academic Press Puzzle: Meeting the Requirements of Equity. Douglas D. Ready and Karen E. Ross, University of Michigan Educational Wastelands in America: Towards a Sociological Theory of Minding. Gad Yair, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel 16. Cultural Capital, Habitus Table Presider/Discussant: David Swartz, Boston University Understanding Educational Opportunity and the Importance of Habitus: A Theoretical Essay. Erin McNamara Horvat, Temple University Social Capital, Cultural Capital, and Caring Teachers: The Perspectives of Street Savvy Students and a "Magic Teacher." Lory J. Dance, University of Maryland 17. Race, School Choices, Education Table Presider/Discussant: Barbara Schneider, University of Chicago Private Schooling as a Strategic Event. Salvatore Saporito, Temple University; Joshua Freeley, Temple University Does Student Mobility Contribute to Racial and Ethnic Differences in Student Achievement Growth? A Study of Central School District. Eric Grodsky, University of Wisconsin, Madison 18. Educational and Occupational Experiences Table Presider/Discussant: Kimberlee Shauman, University of California, Davis Thriving in Academia: Correlates of Success and Satisfaction among Women Faculty. Kathryn Borman, Jeffrey Kromrey, Amy F. Fox, and Ellen Puccia, University of South Florida A Matter of Degree(s): Twentieth-Century Trends in Occupational Status Returns to Educational Credentials in Canada. Richard Wanner, University of Calgary 19. Urban Schools Table Presider/Discussant: Floyd M. Hammack, New York University The Disorganization of Schools: Turbulence in the School Year and Its Impact on Achievement. Chris Weiss, University of Pennsylvania Political Cultures and Contrasting Modes of School Reform in New York and Los Angeles. Julia C. Wrigley, City University of New York Graduate Center 20. Assessing Systems of Higher Education Table Presider/Discussant: David Karen, Bryn Mawr College The Stratification of Israeli Universities: Implications for Higher Education Policy. Abraham Yogev, Tel Aviv University, Israel Educational Expansion in Belgium: A Systems Theoretical Analysis. Raf Vanderstraeten, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands 21. Organization and Processes in Higher Education Table Presider/Discussant: Kevin Doughtery, Manhattan College The Changing Role of Trustees in the Governance of Higher Education. Joan Z. Spade, Lehigh University Reframing Remedial Education: An Examination of Remediation as a Systemic Phenomenon. Kathleen M. Shaw, Temple University 22. Factors Influencing Decisions to Further Education Table Presider/Discussant: Anthony Antonio, Stanford University Planning Resources and Post Secondary Education: A Preliminary Examination of the Effects of School Characteristics on College Matriculation. Lori D. Hill, University of Chicago Background Effects on School Continuation Decisions: Evidence from Baccalaureate and Beyond, 1993/4. Brian K. Finch, University of Texas, Austin 23. Higher Education: Selected Issues Table Presider/Discussant: David Levinson, Massachusetts Community College The Effect of State Financial Aid Policy on the Tuition Student Face. Ellen M. Bradburn, National Center for Education Statistics Who Goes to College? Features of Institutional Tracking in Japanese Higher Education. Hiroshi Ono, University of Chicago 24. Predictors of Achievement Table Presider/Discussant: Regina E. Werum, Emory University Friends and Classmates: Peer Influences and Educational Achievement in Developing Countries. Ben Dalton and Claudia Buchmann, Duke University Curricular Policy and Inequality in Achievement. Hanna Ayalon, Tel Aviv University, Israel 25. Gay Groups in Schools Table Presider/Discussant: Phyllis Riddle, St. Vincent College Debates over Gay Students Groups in Public Schools: An Analysis of Power/Knowledge in Practice. Melinda Miceli, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire
SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION SECTION SPONSORED SESSIONS AT 1999 ASA MEETING 149. Race and Education - August 7 at 10:30 AM Organizer and Presider: Annette Lareau, Temple University Warehousing the Unemployed – Whites Only: Federal Job Training Programs in the Depression-Era South. Regina E. Werum, Emory University College Graduates in Math and Science: A Study of Institutional Selectivity, Race, and Gender. Ann L. Mullen, National Center for Education Statistics White Means Never Having to Say You’re Ethnic: A Comparative Ethnography in High Schools of the Construction of "White" as "Cultureless." Pamela G. Perry, Harvard Children’s Initiative Honest Teens: Race and Ethnic Differences. Judith R. Blau and Elizabeth Stearns, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Discussion: Roslyn Mickelson, University of North Carolina, Charlotte 181. Education and Life Outcomes: Mediating Forces - August 7 at 12:30 PM Organizer: Annette Lareau, Temple University Presider: Valerie E. Lee, University of Michigan Black-White Differences in Wealth and Academic Achievement. Amy J. Orr, University of Notre Dame Do Low-SES Students Get Less Payoff for Their School Efforts? James E. Rosenbaum and Stefanie Deluca, Northwestern University The Effectiveness of Historically Black Colleges and Universities in Providing Teacher Education: Multilevel Models of Influences on Teacher Certification Examination Scores. Harold Wenglinsky, Educational Testing Service The State and the Production of Human Capital: Toward a Comparative Sociology of Cross-National Achievement Differences. David P. Baker, Robert S. Kadel, Gerald K. Letendre, Motoko Akiba, and Alex Wiseman, Pennsylvania State University Discussion: Karl L. Alexander, Johns Hopkins University 209. Culture, Organizational Dynamics, and Schools - August 7 at 2:30 PM Organizer: Annette Lareau, Temple University Presider: Anthony S. Bryk, University of Chicago The Consequences of Re-Moralizing the School: Socialization Ideals and Practices in 57 Primary School Classrooms. Steven G. Brint, Mary Contreras, and Mike Matthews, University of California, Riverside Situation and Repertoire: Civility, Incivility, Cursing and Politeness in an Urban High School. Stephen B Plank, Edward L. McDill, James M. McPartland, and Will J. Jordan, John Hopkins University Race-Gender High School Lessons. Nancy Lopez, City University of New York Graduate Center Why Do Some Curricular Challenges Work, while Others Do Not?: The Case of Three Afrocentric Challenges: Atlanta, Washington DC, and New York State. Amy J. Binder, University of Southern California Discussion: Richard Ingersoll, University of Georgia, Athens REGULAR SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION SESSIONS AT 1999 ANNUAL MEETING 12. Regional and School Education Policy - August 6 at 8:30 AM Organizer: Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University Presider: Sophia Catsambis, Queens College, City University of New York School Restructuring and Teachers’ Working Conditions: Preliminary Evidence from Chicago School Reform. Douglas B. Currivan, University of Massachusetts, Boston Riverside Organizational Segregation of Student Achievement within Elementary Schools: The Influence of Multi-Track Year-Round Schools. Douglas E. Mitchell and Ross E. Mitchell, University of California, Riverside Chicago’s High Schools: A Statewide, 1993-98 Analysis of the Effects of the Chicago School Reforms. William Rau, Paul J. Baker, and Dianne Ashby, Illinois State University School Restructuring as Policy Agenda: Some Cautionary Evidence for Disadvantaged Schools. Roger Shouse, Pennsylvania State University; and Lawrence J. Mussoline, Pine Grove Mills Area School District High Schools Divided into Schools-within-Schools: Prevalence and Design Formats. Valerie E. Lee, Douglas D. Ready, and David J. Johnson, University of Michigan Discussion: Julia C. Wrigley, City University of New York Graduate Center 58. National and State Education Policy - August 6 at 12:30 PM Organizer: Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University Presider: Amy Stuart Wells, University of California, Los Angeles Reforming High-Poverty Schools: Moving from Theory to Practice. Robert Cooper, Johns Hopkins University The State Politics of Charter Schooling: The Cases of California, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and Georgia. Kevin Dougherty and Brigitte Nahas, Manhattan College Effects of School, District, and State Funding Policies on Programs of School, Family, and Community Partnerships. Joyce Epstein, Laurel A. Clark, Mavis G. Sanders, and Frances E. Van Voorhis, Johns Hopkins University States’ Assessment Policies as Incentive Systems and Students’ Academic Attainment. Chandra Muller, University of Texas, Austin; and Kathryn S. Schiller, State University of New York, Albany To School, To Market: Visions of the Market and the Reconstruction of American Education. Jeanne Powers, University of California, San Diego; and Peter W. Cookson, Jr., Columbia University Discussion: Elizabeth L. Useem, Philadelphia Education Fund 293. Thematic Session. Education at Century’s End: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis - Sunday, August 8 at 4:30 PM Organizers: Charles E. Bidwell, University of Chicago; Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin, Madison; and Maureen T. Hallinan, University of Notre Dame Presider: Maureen T. Hallinan, University of Notre Dame Stability and Change in the Structure of American School in the 20th Century. Charles E. Bidwell, University of Chicago Sociological Contributions to the Understanding of Race and Education. Maureen T. Hallinan, University of Notre Dame Education in Social Mobility and the Life Course. Aaron Pallas, Michigan State University The Sociological Analysis of Educational Expansion. Richard Rubinson, Emory University A Sociology of Schooling for the 21st Century. Adam Gamoran, University of Wisconsin, Madison 330. Cross-National Education Policy Perspectives - Monday, August 9 at 8:30 AM Organizer: Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University Presider: David L. Levinson, Massachusetts Bay Community College Differences in Educational Attainment and Religious Socialization of Ex-Pupils from Grammar Schools with Public, Catholic, Protestant, and Private Background in the German State of Nordrhein-Westfalen during the 1970s and 1980s. Jaap Dronkers, University of Armsterdam, The Netherlands; and W. Hemsing, University of Koln, Germany The Impact of Class Size on Math and Science Achievement: An International Study of the Intervening Roles of Curriculum and Instruction. Suet-ling Pong, Pennsylvania State University; and Aaron Pallas, Michigan State University Reforming Meritocracy: Unintended Consequences for Engaging Youths’ Effort. Takehiko Kariya, University of Tokyo, Japan; and James E. Rosenbaum, Northwestern University Progressives and Their Zeitgeists: Justifying School Reform in Three Eras. Scott Davies, McMaster University Discussion: Gary Natriello, Columbia University 360. Higher Education Policy - Monday, August 9 at 10:30 AM Organizer: Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University Presider: Carl M. Schmitt, U.S. Department of Education Parental Financial Support and College Choice. Fengbin Chang, University of Chicago; Barbara Schneider, University of Chicago; and David L. Stevenson, U.S. Department of Education Adult Women in College: A Life-History Analysis. Rosalind Berkowitz King and Jerry A. Jacobs, University of Pennsylvania An Empirical Deconstruction of Graduate School Ratings Using a Merit-Artifact Model. Pamela Paxton, Ohio State University; and Kenneth A. Bollen, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Changing Employment Demands and Requirements for College Graduates: Focus Group Interviews with Industry, State Agency, and School District Representatives in Texas. Mary Zey, Alvin Luedke, and Steve Murdock, Texas A&M University Discussion: Floyd M. Hammack, New York University
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