2006 Conference Program Schedule

The length of regular session/meeting activities is 1 hour and 30 minutes, unless noted otherwise.


Tuesday, August 8

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

Location: Foyer


2:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.

1.
OPENING PLENARY

Natural and Unnatural Disasters, the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender and Sexual Orientation in Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: BarBara Scott, Northeastern Illinois University; & Bruce McCray, Otterbein College

Hurricane Katrina: A Disaster Forty Years in the Making
John Barnshaw, Manuel Torres, & Lauren Ross University of Delaware – Disaster Research Center

Katrina as Postscript to Racialized Spaces in Louisiana
K. Animashaun Ducre, Syracuse University

After the Storm: Race and Victims’ Reactions to the Hurricane Katrina Aftermath
Cedric Herring, University of Illinois at Chicago; Hayward Derrick Horton, University at Albany-SUNY; Kevin James, University of Illinois at Chicago; and Melvin Thomas, North Carolina State University

The Politics of Poverty and Disaster
Cheryl Mills, Southern University at New Orleans

Visions of Race and Class in Documenting the Impact of Hurricane Katrina
Mary Romero & Albert Kopak, Arizona State University

Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans: The Political Education of Young Activists
Steve Rosenthal, Hampton University


4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, August 8 (Concurrent Sessions)

2.
Sociological Perspectives on African American Health Disparities

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Diane R. Brown, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Racism and Mistrust: Impact on Healthcare Use
Ronica Rooks, Kent State University; & Diane R. Brown, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey

Life Long Indications: Teen-aged Black Mothers' Health and Well Being
Alva Barnett, University of Nebraska-Omaha

The Impact of HIV/AIDS on Black Women
Taleria Fuller, Centers for Disease Control, ORISE Fellow from CDC

Black College Students Speak About Risky Behaviors on Campus
Michael Hodge, Morehouse College

3.
Dual Marginality and the Changing Realities of Race, Class, and Gender

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: Rutledge M. Dennis, George Mason University

Dual Marginality: Theoretical and Empirical Issues
Rutledge M. Dennis, George Mason University

To Be or Not to Be: Choosing a Racial Identity
Johnnie Griffin, Indiana University-South Bend

Contrasting the 'Dual Marginality' of Black and White Americans
Sean Elias, University of Texas-Austin

Toward a Theoretical Understanding of Triple Jeopardy: The Intersection of Race, Gender and Class
Enobong Hannah Branch, University of Albany-SUNY

4.
ABS & HBCU’s: Common Ground?

Room: Monet Room

Organizer: Earl Wright, Fisk University

Panelists
Sandra Taylor, Clark Atlanta University
Carla Brailey, Howard University
Johnnie Griffin, Indiana University South Bend
Charles Jarmon, Howard University
Robert Newby, Central Michigan University
Kesho Scott, Grinnell College

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
ABS Executive Committee Meeting

Room: Pellan Room


8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

Welcome Reception

Co-Sponsored by The University of Akron
(John Zipp)

Room: TBA


Wednesday, August 9

7:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Misc. Committee Meetings

Room: TBA


8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m./1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

BOOK-VENDOR EXHIBIT

Location: Foyer


9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (Concurrent Sessions)

5.
Black Spirituality, Black Power and Black People: The Unspoken intersection between theology, sociology, and Transformation in the 21st Century

Room: Monet-C Room

Organizer: Carla Brailey, Howard University

Black Preaching, Black People, and Black Conditions: An Exploratory Analysis of Power From the Pulpit in the 21st Century
Carla Brailey, Howard University

Social Transformation and Religion: The Case of Cuba
Jualynne E. Dodson, Michigan State University

The Churches and Social Change: Accommodation, Moderation, or Protest
Obie Clayton, Morehouse College

6.
Educational & Human Capital: Continuing and Emerging Issues, Challenges, Opportunities, and Action Strategies

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: Bernice McNair Barnett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Leadership for Diversity: Increasing Black and Other Racial Minority Faculty at Majority White Research Universities
Larine Yvonne Cowan & Bernice McNair Barnett, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Leadership, Philanthropy, and Private Black Colleges: Emerging Issues for the 21st Century
Shuana K. Tucker, Hartford Public Schools

Leadership, Diversity, and Multicultural Awareness: The Responses of Leaders in P-12 Education
Stephanie L. Tatum, Dowling College

Human Capital Immigrants in the United States
Onoso Ikphemi Imoagene, Harvard University

7.
Race and Health

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: C. André Christie-Mizell, University of Akron

The Health of African Immigrants in America: On Nativity and Physical Health
Baffour K. Takyi, University of Akron

African Americans and Willingness to use Psychoactive Medication
Stacye Blount, University of Akron

Black Identity, Self-Esteem, and Health
Aya Kimura, University of Akron

Race, Parental Functioning, and Children’s Health
C. André Christie-Mizell, Liza Grossman, & Erin Pryor, University of Akron

8.
Cultural Studies: Theories, Methodologies, and Practices

Room: Monet-A Room

Organizer: Program Committee

"Complicating The Past: Mark Twain Boyhood Home & Museum Changes Its Story"
Regina Faden, Mark Twain Museum

Talkin' Bout a Revolution: Racial Rhetoric and Rebellion in the Spoken Word Movement
Crystal M. Fleming, Harvard University

Zoning Legitimacy: Placing African Bodies in Paris
Maria McMath, Princeton University

An African Love Brewed in the Pot of Russian Public Perception: The African Russian Family Life in Post-Communist Russia
Charles Quist-Adade, Kwantlen University College

9.
Black Family

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizers: Jennifer Hamer, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign & Ebonie Cunningham, Purdue University

Single Black Full-time Fathers: Variations in their Parenting Roles, Goals, and Experiences by Their Children's Gender
Roberta Coles, Marquette University

"Around here, women never get done workin'": Growing Old, Still Working, and Taking Care of Others.
Jennifer Hamer, University of Illinois @ Urbana-Champaign

Substance Use, Education, and Prisoner Re-entry: Youth Options and Experiences upon Leaving New York City Jails
Deinya Phenix, New York University

Family Relations and Expectations of Afro-American
Ex-Offenders
Leon Wilson, Wayne State University; & Briggette Johnson, Wayne State University

Resiliency and Family Adaptations among Incarcerated African American Mothers
Ebonie Cunningham, Purdue University


10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, August 9 (Concurrent Sessions)

10.
Reconfiguring African American Activism for the Twenty-First Century

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Michelle Christian, Duke University

“Third Ward is Our Home and it’s NOT FOR SALE!”: New Visions of Community Organizing and Social Movement Analysis
Michelle Christian, Duke University

Rastafarianism and the Nation of Islam as Competing Models for Group-Identity Formation Among Blacks in North America
Michael Barnett, Florida International University

W.E.B. Du Bois & Double Consciousness for the Black Academic
Mark Christian, Miami University

The Role of Race in the Gay and Lesbian Movement in the United States
Christopher Chambers, Texas A&M University

11.
The New Black Intellectual and the New Century: Changing Paradigms, Needs, and Values

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizer: Rutledge M. Dennis, George Mason University

The Black Intellectuals of the 20th Century and the "New" Black Intellectuals of the 21st Century: Similarities and Dissimilarities
Rutledge M. Dennis, George Mason University

Black Intellectualism at the Dawn of a New Millennium: Threading the Needle
LaFrancis Rodgers-Rose, Int'l Black Women's Congress

‘Race Relations’ in the Face of White Nationalism: Should We Revisit the ‘the Negro National-Colonial Question?’
Robert Newby, Central Michigan University

12.
People, Perceptions, and (Color) Prejudice

Room: Monet-A Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Where's the Moral Panic?: Social Science Data, News Media, and the Moral Neglect of a Racist Criminal Justice System
Suzanne Lea, Gallaude University

How black workers use the urban environment to find employment
Maggie Ussery, Ursinus College

Skin Tone and African Americans: The Role of Skin Tone in Structuring Stratification Beliefs
Ian Sakura-Lemessy, Albany State University; & Katrina Carter-Tellison, Lynn University

13.
Dealing With Blackness Beyond Our Domestic Borders

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Indigestion in the Belly of the Beast - Post-colonials in the Metropole(s)
Arthur E. Paris, Syracuse University

Globalization and the Localizing of Black Identity in the Post-Jim Crow South
Joan Weston, Ohio University

How the African Thinks
Augustine Aryee, Fitchburg State College

14.
Big Brother’s Watching: Thoughts on Intersections Across Social Structures

Room: Monet-B Room

Organizer: Program Committee

From Mothers to Daughters: An Intergenerational Examination of African American Women's Health Seeking Behavior
Lari Warren-Jeanpiere, Wayne State University

Depression, Resilience, and Self-Definitions: A Study of Low Income Custodial African American Grandmothers
Dorothy S. Ruiz, University North Carolina-Charlotte

In Search of the Ingredient for Longevity: Voices of the Rural Black Elderly
Frances Staten, Grambling State University

The Racialization of the School as a Public Space in Bronzeville
Marva Hall, DePaul University

15.
“Learning to Forget”: Health & Mental Health Issues in Black America

Room: Monet-C Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Gynecological Identity: Race in the prediction of Menstrual Problems
Carlene Buchanan, CUNY Graduate Center

The Invisible Community: Local Residents Concern About Environmental Discrimination
Shirley A. Rainey, Austin Peay State University

Visceral Manifestoes: Recovery from Racial Trauma
Tamara Cooper-Oliver, New York University

Twenty Years of Unlearning Racism
Kesho Scott, Grinnell College


12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 9 (Concurrent Sessions)

16.
The Black Male in America: Crisis and Resolution

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Charles Green, Hunter College

The New Immigration Movement and the Declining Status of Urban Black Men in the U.S
Charles Green, Hunter College

Black Men In Higher Education and the Criminal Justice System: 1970-2000
Basil Wilson, John Jay College of Criminal Justice

Black Men and the Negotiation of White Supremacy
Anthony Browne, Hunter College

A New Cultural Sociology of Black Men In Crisis
Alford Young, Jr., University of Michigan

17.
Playing with Sharp Objects: Cutting-Edge Research and Questions in Sociology

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Does Multiculturalism Help or Hurt?: Multicultural Ideology in the United States and Mauritius
Roxanna Harlow, McDaniel College

Medicating the Iron Cage
Hector Y. Martinez, Hunter College

La Lucha De Los Negros Latinos: Afro-Latino Empowerment Initiatives
E. Valerie Smith, Florida Gulf Coast University


18.
The politics of exclusion in Latin America

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: Tanya Golash-Boza, Kansas State University

Hispanics and the 'American Dream' or the 'American Delusion': Intersecting Social Structural Properties in Hurricane Katrina.
Jennifer M. Santos-Hernández, University of Delaware

Towards an Afro-Latino/American movement: Afro-Latino manifestations in Dominican and Argentinean cultures
Karin Weyland, Universidad of Puerto Rico

Broker Fixed: The Racialized State and the Subjugation of Indigenous Populations in the Andes
Arthur Scarritt, Temple University

19.
Black Sexuality: Black Women, Health, Sexuality, and More

Room: Monet-A Room

Organizer: Nicole Rousseau, George Mason University

A Historical Materialist Analysis of the Commodification of Black Women’s Biological Reproduction in the United States
Nicole Rousseau, George Mason University

I Didn't Ask You to Rearrange Me: Socio-Sexual Constructions of Black Women in Mainstream Film
Zoe Spencer, Cheyney University

Black Sexual Behavior: Contemporary Issues
Cliff Broman, Michigan State University

Black Women’s Reproductive Body: Perceptions of Childbirth in the US
Shaconna Haley, American University

Through the eyes of my sisters: Black mothers without custody speak to one another about “the system”
Rita Fierro, Temple University

20.
Movin’ On Up to The East Side: Black Mobility and Influence

Room: Monet-B Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Race, Class and Status in Atlanta: How Racial and Ethnic Migration is Changing the City
Obie Clayton, Morehouse College

Black Consciousness and The Black Middle-Class
Gary L. Williams, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Black Outliers and The Changing Structure of Racial Stratification In The 21st Century
Bob Washington, Bryn Mawr College

The Role of Canada and the USA in the Transformation of the Sociocultural Structures in Africa
Charles Quist-Adade, Kwantlen University College; & Anita Van Wyk, Kwantlen University College

21.
Gender & Activism

Room: Monet-C Room

Organizer: Billie Gastic, Temple University

Sisterhood and Activism in Black and White: A Black Feminist Approach
Carla D. Brailey, Howard University; & Randi Maines Walters, Howard University

Female Harassment in Ethiopian Universities: When Harassment Isn't Illegal
Kesho Scott, Grinnell College

Katrina: Disclocation and the Reproduction of Segregation and Employment
Inequality
Niki Dickerson, Rutgers University


2:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Wednesday, August 9 (Concurrent Sessions)

22.
Jeans, Genes, and Black Health

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Race, Gender, and Body Mass Index Among U.S. Adults
Marino A. Bruce, Meharry Medical College; & Mario Sims, University of Mississippi Medical Center

Standpoint and the Etiology of Binge Eating Disorder Among African American Women
N. Michelle Hughes, University of Michigan

African American Males Perception and Knowledge About Their Health
Cosandra McNeal, Jackson State University

Biological Preemption: Race, Class and Genomics
Johnny E. Williams, Trinity College

23.
Ethnic Dimensions of Social Mobility: Migration, Consciousness and Identity of Blacks in the Diaspora

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizer: Feven Negga, Howard University

Black Immigrants and African Americans in the United States Labor Market: An Examination of Salary Earnings Using 2000 Census Data
Feven Negga, Howard University

Changing Patterns of Black Identity Among Caribbean Immigrants Over Time: Blackness as a Dependent Variable
Amon Emeka, University of Southern California

Up The Down Escalator: Mobility Strategies of Afro-Trini Immigrants in the Toronto Metropolis, Canada
Oswald S. Warner, Western Illinois University

Race-Gender Stigma & Social Critique: Second-Generation Dominicans, Haitians & West Indians in New York City
Nancy Lopez, University of New Mexico

24.
Research Across The Color Line

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: Barbara KatzRothman, CUNY Graduate Center

Discussant: Erica Chito Childs, Hunter College

When Black is a Country: Negotiating Nationality, Sexuality and Class in Field Research
France Winddance Twine, University California-Santa Barbara

Levees, Looters and Lawlessness: Race, Rumor and the Role of the Media in the Wake of Hurricane Katrina
Michelle Miles, University of Colorado-Boulder; & Duke Austin, University of Colorado-Boulder

Out of My Element: Research on Blacks, Latinos and Whites in the Atlanta Construction Industry
Cameron Lippard, Georgia State University

Issues of Legitimacy: A White Interviewer and Black and Biracial Interviewees
Kathleen Odell Korgen, William Paterson University

25.
Professional Development – The Art of Efficient Teaching

Room: Monet-A Room

Organizer: Kerry Rocquemore, University of Illinois – Chicago


4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 9 (Concurrent Sessions)

26.
Racial Identity and Interracial Intimacy

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Amy Steinbugler, Temple University

Black, Gay and Interracial: Negotiating Authenticity
Amy Steinbugler, Temple University

Stability of Men's Interracial First Unions: A Test of Socioeconomic Differentials and Prior Cohabitation History
Antwan Jones, Bowling Green State University

Interracial Marriage: Black Women and White Men
Cheryl Judice Powell, Northwestern University

Marital Opportunities, Family Approval, and the Race, Class, Gender Politics of Black/White Interracial Relationships
Rachel Sullivan, Long Island University – C.W. Post Campus

27.
Gentrification and the Black, Urban Experience

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizer: Gary Kinte Perry, Seattle University

Free-Market Racism: The Racial Politics of New Urbanism and the World City
Olivia Hetzler, University of Missouri-Columbia; Veronica Medina, University of Missouri-Columbia; & David Overfelt, University of Missouri-Columbia

Gentrification in Brooklyn
Anthony P. Browne, Hunter College

Selling Homes and Schools: Critical Race Theory and the 'new' Politics of Containment
David Stovall, University of Illinois – Chicago; & Janet Smith, University of Illinois – Chicago

Who Benefits? The Politics of Gentrification and Seattle's Black Business Community
Angelique Davis, Seattle University; Mako Fitts, Seattle University; & Gary Perry, Seattle University

28.
Racial and Ethnic Identity: Construction, Maintenance, and Negotiation

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: David L. Brunsma, University of Missouri-Columbia

It Was All Black and White and There Was Nothing In Between: Discursive Navigation of Latin in the Midwest
Daniel Delgado, University of Missouri-Columbia

Diaspora(s) and Ba'al Teshuvah: Jewish Identity in a Post-Modern World
James Michael Thomas, University of Missouri-Columbia

Static Ethnicity: The Constrained Ethnic Identities of Two "American Girls"
Veronica Medina, University of Missouri-Columbia

The Influence of Racial Socialization and Racial Identity on the Experiences of Black Women in Predominately White Environments
Carol Parker Terhune, Oregon Health and Science University
29.
Speaking Truth to Power: Black Women Respond to Racialized Dishonesty in the Academy

Room: Monet-A Room

Organizer: Mamadi Matlhako, Purchase College-SUNY
The Terrorism of Whiteness and the Politics of Denial in the Academy: A Black professor’s Encounter of Racism in the Academy
Mamadi Matlhako, Purchase College-SUNY

Me and My White "Liberal" Professors "Reflections of a Modern Day Lynching"
Jill Humphries, Temple University

Muted Racism in a Neoliberal Society
Dana-Ain Davis, Purchase College-SUNY

Racism undercover in the Academy: A Critical Need for A Political Economy Approach
Michelle Hays, Purchase College-SUNY

30.
New Methodological and Theoretical Approaches in Race-Centered Research

Room: Monet-B Room

Organizer: H. Alexander Welcome, City University of New York, The Graduate Center & Alia R. Tyner-Mullings, CUNY Graduate Center

The Haitian Market on Church Avenue: A Space for Black Immigrant Identity
Francois A. Joseph, City University of New York, The Graduate Center

The Impact of Race on Shaping Attitudes Towards Affirmative Action
Thomas Jordan, City University of New York, The Graduate Center

Hip-Hop and Comedy as Organic Data: A Framework for the Analysis of Race
H. Alexander Welcome, City University of New York, The Graduate Center

Suburban Mothers, Sports, and Schooling
R. L'Heureux Lewis, University of Michigan

How to Use Education to Fight Social Reproduction Without Even Trying
Alia R. Tyner-Mullings, CUNY Graduate Center


6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Black History Tour & Casino Night

Location: Meet in the Lobby


Thursday, August 10

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m./1:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION

BOOK-VENDOR EXHIBIT

Location: Foyer

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. (Concurrent Sessions)

31.
Introducing the National Science Foundation’s AGEP/SBES Program – Learn about innovative NSF funding opportunities for the social sciences

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Patrice Dickerson, Ohio State University
Christina Jackson, Temple University

Cheryl Judice Powell, Northwestern University

Dustin Kidd, Temple University

John Mohr, University of California, Santa Barbara

Gail Smith, CUNY Graduate Center
32.
Examining Ideological and Identity Variation within Racial Categories

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizer: Amanda Lewis, University of Illinois at Chicago

Presider: Kerry Ann Rockquemore, University of Illinois – Chicago

Situating Racial Ambiguity in the Tri-Racial System: A Qualitative Look at the Latin-Americanization Thesis
Geoffrey Banks, University of Illinois – Chicago

Many Rivers to Cross: The Impact of Race, Class, and Gender on Black Immigrants
Sherri-Ann Butterfield, Rutgers University

"Everyone But Me": Exploring Racial Consciousness in Whites With Black Partners
Julia Noveske, University of Illinois – Chicago

Education and Perceived Discrimination among Black Americans: An Examination of Some Potential Mediating Mechanisms
Mosi Ifatunji, University of Illinois – Chicago

33.
Revisiting the Colonial Question: The Case of African Americans

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: Robert Newby, Central Michigan University

Presider & Discussant: Judith Rollins, Wellesley College

African Americans, the Coloniality of Power, and Rethinking the Internal Colonialism Debate
Roderick Bush, St. Johns University

The Continuing Relevance of Internal Colonialism Theory
Charles Pinderhughes, Boston College

From ‘Race’ to ‘Colonized Minority’: the Race Relations Paradigm as a Failed Perspective
Robert Newby, Central Michigan University

34.
Diversities in Sexuality & Sexual Experience

Room: Monet-A Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Post Pomo Hip Hop Homos: Gay Rappers Negotiating Identities of 'Black' and 'Queer' Pride
Mark Wilson, University of California – Berkeley & Pacific School of Religion

Clinical/Sociological Sex Research With Black and Latino MSM: Lessons from the Pleasure Gender Sex Study (PGS)
Hameed Williams, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies - NYSPI/Columbia University

How Sexuality Can Threaten Gender and Racial Identities: The Case of Male Child Sexual Abuse
C. Shawn McGuffey, Boston College

¿Qué pasó con OREMI? the State and non-heteronormative identities in Havana, Cuba
Tanya Saunders, University of Michigan

35.
Going Black to School: Theorizing Race & Education

Room: Monet-B Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Shadow Politics In the Rich Light of Day: Black Youth, Political Socialization, and One Washington, DC Metropolitan Area High School
Darwin Fishman, University of Maryland – College Park

“Making Space” for Diverse Identities: Black Students’ Critical Responses to Accountability Reform
Lance T. McCready, Carelton College; & Terah Talei Venzant, Carelton College

The Role of Minority Academic Programs in African American Students’ College Success
Savanna Stillgess, University of Pittsburgh

Representations of Blackness in Diaspora: Revisiting Pan-Africanists’ Ideology and Discourse in Black Nationalist Movements
Simboonath Singh, University of Michigan-Dearborn


10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Thursday, August 10 (Concurrent Sessions)

36.
Student Paper Competition Winners

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Korie Edwards, Ohio State University

37.
Contemporary Racial Dynamics in the U.S.

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizer: Amanda Lewis, University of Illinois – Chicago

Discussant: Omar McRoberts

Racial Democracy in American Criminal Justice
Geoff Ward, Northeastern University

Racial Apathy and White Innocence
Tyrone Forman, University of Illinois – Chicago

The Making and Selling of an Illusion: An Examination of Racial Diversity in Post Civil-Rights U.S. Corporations
David Embrick, Texas A&M University

By Every Means Necessary: How Color Blindness Came to Dominate US Race Relations
Charles Gallagher, Georgia State University

38.
Multiculturalism in the Context of Racial Stratification: Members of Montreal's Diverse African-Canadian Community Speak on Issues of Identity and Integration

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizers: Anne-Marie Livingstone, DaCosta-Angelique Institute & Nadine Mondestin
Third Avenue Resource Centre

Dolores Sandoval, DaCosta/Angelique Institute

Jean-Claude Icart, Department of Sociology, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQÀM), Coordinator of the International Observatory on Racism and Discrimination

Sharon Springer, Executive Director, Black Community Resource Centre


12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

ABS Awards Luncheon

Room: Monet Room

Keynote Speaker: ABS President – BarBara Scott, Northeastern Illinois University


2:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Thursday, August 10 (Concurrent Sessions)

39.
Generative, Racial, and Gender Tensions for Diversity and Learning

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Simona Hill, Susquehanna University

Underrepresented Minority Faculty, Tokens, and the Displaced: When Diversity Fails at Inclusion
Simona Hill, Susquehanna University

Mississippi is Everywhere: How ‘Diversity’ Exposes White Supremacy and Paternalism
Emilye Crosby, Susquehanna University

Working the Inside: Administrators’ Role in Supporting Diversity
Lucien T. Winegar, Susquehanna University

To Play, or Not to Play The ‘Race Card’ in the Classroom: Potential Consequences
Lynda Dickson, Susquehanna University; & Paul Lockman, Susquehanna University

40.
“Author Meets Critics" The Hidden Debate by Akil Khalfani

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizer: Kerry Ann Rockquemore, University of Illinois – Chicago

Cedric Herring, University of Illinois – Chicago

David Brunsma, University of Missouri

Florence Maatita, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

41.
Race and Media

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: Romney S. Norwood, Georgia State University

Discussant: Chip Gallagher, Georgia State University

The ‘It Girl’ Factor as Mediated by Race
Romney S. Norwood, Georgia State University

Strip Club Chicks and Video Vixens: Music Videos and The Shaping of Adolescent Identity
Marci Littlefield, Indiana University & Purdue University – Indianapolis

Examining The Social Psychological Concept of Role in Octavia Butler’s Literature
Linda Danavall, Georgia State University

She’s My Summertime Girlfriend: Seductive Images of Inter-Raciality
Melinda Mills, Georgia State University

‘Civil’ Rights or ‘Radical’ Fringe: Perspectives of The Civil Rights Movement Through Editorial Cartoons.
Shirley A. Jackson, Southern Connecticut State University


4:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Thursday, August 10 (Concurrent Sessions)

42.
Race & Community

Room: Riopelle Room

Organizer: Program Committee

Black Church Culture: Challenges and Conflict for Community Engagement
Averil Clarke, Yale University

Tending to the Flock: AIDS Education and the Church
Angelique Harris, CUNY Graduate Center

Redressing the Achievement Gap: An Examination of the Historical Impact of Multicultural Interventions on Education Equity
Lovell Smith, Loyola University

The Impact of Religion on Racial Differences in Self-Esteem
Maxine Thompson, North Carolina State University; Melvin Thomas, North Carolina State University; & Rachel Head, North Carolina State University

43.
Race, Racism, and Health

Room: Gagnon Room

Organizer: Tony N. Brown, Vanderbilt University

The Psychological Costs of Racial Stratification for Blacks in the U.S.
Tony N. Brown, Vanderbilt University

Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health in the U.S. and South Africa
David R. Williams, University of Michigan

Nutrition and Health Practices: The Role of Culture and Environmental Factors Among Afro-Mexicans
Ida Rousseau Mukenge, Morehouse College; & Tshilemalema Mukenge, Morehouse College

44.
Big Mama’s (postmodern) Family: New Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Children

Room: Lemieux Room

Organizer: Program Committee

The Impact of Shifting Household Types on the Economic and Social Progress of the African American Community: What Role Will the Love Jones Cohort Play?
Kris Marsh, University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill; & Lynda Dickson, University of Colorado – Colorado Springs

African American Women's Relationships with their Live-Away Fathers
Maria Johnson, University of Michigan

Salvaging Children’s Lives: Understanding the Experiences of Black Aunts Who Serve as Kinship Care Providers within Black Families
Regina Davis-Sowers, Georgia State University

Do White Mothers of Biracial Children Adopt Traitorous Identity Traits?
Rosalind A. Fisher, University of West Florida


6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

Dance Party

Cosponsored with SSSP & SWS

Room: Van Gogh-Renoir Room


Friday, August 11

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

BOOK-VENDOR EXHIBIT

Location: Foyer

8:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

General Business Meeting

Room: Monet

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. (Concurrent Sessions)

45.
Campaign To Name ASA Distinguished Career Award After W.E.B. DuBois – Cosponsored by ASA, SSSP, & SWS

Room: Fortin Room

Organizer: Aldon Morris, Northwestern University

Lessons Learned: What the Campaign for the WEB DuBois Award Taught Us About the State of Sociology
Michael Schwartz, SUNY-Stony Brook

DuBois' Lessons for Urban Sociology
Mary Pattillo, Northwestern University

It's Not About Mainstreaming but Changing the Course of the Stream: Dubois as Anti-Racist and Anti-Imperialist
Robert Newby, Central Michigan University

What's in a Name Change?: Inclusion vs. Invisibility
Aldon Morris, Northwestern University

46.
Examining Black Educational Experiences

Room: Bellefleur Room

Organizer: John B. Diamond, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Researching Black Educational Experiences: Theoretical and Methodological Considerations
Amanda E. Lewis, University of Illinois – Chicago; & Carla O’Connor, University of Michigan

Benefit Gaps: Race, Gender and the Unequal Effects of Neighborhood Affluence
Odis Johnson, University of California – Davis

Still Separate and Unequal: Exploring Race and Achievement in ‘Integrated’ Suburbs
John B. Diamond, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Racial Identity and Patterns of Group Association among Black Students at Selective Universities and Colleges
Garvey F. Lundy, University of Pennsylvania

The Effects of Mental Health Counseling within Differing Racial-Ethnic Groups on Academic Performance \
Zachasias D. Russell, University of Washington

47.
Joint ABS/SSF Session: Reparations, Justice, and Human Rights

Room: Monet-A Room

Organizers: David G. Embrick, Loyola University-Chicago; & David L. Brunsma, University of Missouri

Discussant: Akil Kokayi Khafani, Essex County College

Bringing Down the House: Reparations, Universal Morality, and an Epistemology of Social Justice
James M. Thomas, University of Missouri-Columbia; & David L. Brunsma, University of Missouri

The Oppression of Legal Segregation: Making a Case for Reparations for the Living?
Joe R. Feagin, Texas A&M University; & Ruth K. Thompson-Miller, Texas A&M University

Forty Acres in the 21st Century
William "Sandy" Darity Jr., University of North Carolina

Reparations and Race Rebellion: The Road Map for Racial Progress in 21st Century Amerika
Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Duke University

48.
Graduate Student Roundtables

Room: Riopelle, Gagnon, and Lemieux Rooms

Organizers: ABS, SWS & SSF

We would all like to thank the following people for pulling together these magnificent roundtables … Bravo!!!

Regina Dixon-Reeves, Ph.D., Association of Black Sociologists, Chair, Professional Development Committee
Marianne Noh, Sociologists for Women in Society, Chair, Student Concerns Committee, University of Akron
Suzanne Slusser, Sociologists for Women in Society, President, Local Akron Chapter; SSF, Member, University of Akron
Dave Overfelt, Sociologists Without Borders, Student Executive Committee, University of Missouri – Columbia


11:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

49.
Black LGBT Social Movement – Sponsored by the Arcus Foundation Gay & Lesbian Fund

Room: Bellefleur Room

Organizer: Juan Battle, Hunter College & CUNY Graduate Center

Co-Conveners: Natalie Bennett, Depaul University & Rosamond King, Long Island University – Brooklyn


5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Executive Committee Meeting

Room: Pellan Room

GRADUATE STUDENT ROUNDTABLE
PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Table 1. Gender Identities

How Does Racialization Affect White Mother's of Biracial Children? The Construction of Traitorous Identity Traits
Rosalind Fisher, University of Kansas

Embodying Auto Ethnography: Performing Sexualities in Bangkok, Thailand
Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo,
University of California at Santa Barbara

Negotiating Submissions and Divorce: How Formerly Abused, Religiously-Conservative Wives Reconcile Their Identities with their Actions
J. Shane Sharp, University of Wisconsin, Madison

Courting Change: Competing Justice Models in Domestic Violence Cases
Karen Rosenberg, University of Washington

Table 2. Immigration and Identities

Racial/Ethnic Identities, as well as parental expectations, of second generation immigration college students in a racially diverse university context
Marcella Aramburo, Temple University

"Middle Mexican": Avoiding Stigmatized Identities in the United States
Adam Lewkowitz, Amherst College

Ethnic and Gender Identities of Second Generation Korean Canadians and Second Generation Korean Americans
Marianne S. Noh, The University of Akron

No Race without Nation, No Race without Race: The Role of Race in Theorizing the Modern Nation-State
Alena J. Singleton

Table 3. Immigrations and Immigrant Issues

Uncovering the Silenced Voices of Teaching Assistants: Do Experiences of International TAs differ from Experiences of U.S.-born TAs?
Aya Kimura, Marianne S. Noh and
Suzanne R. Slusser, The University of Akron

"Hybridity and Heterogeneity in Black America"
Ivy Forsythe-Brown, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Social Mapping of African Immigrants and African Immigrant Communities on the Eastern Corridor of the U.S.
Mindelyn Buford, John Hopkins University

Globalizing Identity: American names Indian Lives Call Center Workers in Gurgaon India
Parul Baxi, California State University, East Bay

Table 4. Racial Identities

Race, Religion, and Homosexuality: Black Protestants and Homosexual Acceptance
Jeniece T. Lewis-Williams, Baylor University

Cultural Consumption, Black Identity, and the Reproduction of Class
Patricia Ann Banks, Harvard University

Understanding Whiteness: A Qualitative Analysis of White College Students' Perceptions of Racial Identity"
Nicole Finnie, Temple University

DuBois and the Art of Propaganda
Christina Jackson and Dustin Kidd, Temple University

Doing Inequality: The Reproduction of Privilege and Oppression by People located in Both Dominant and Subordinate Social Locations
Don Naylor, University of Southern California

The Effects of the Denial of Identity and Black Mayors
Ravi Kumar Perry, Brown University


Table 5. Sexualities and Maintaining Identities

Que paso con OREMI? The State and non-heteronormative identities in Havana, Cuba
Tanya Sanders, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Bi Outside the Bedroom: The Performance of Bisexual Identity among Women in Heterosexual Relationships
Julie E. Hartman, Michigan State University

Lesbians Representations in Pornography
Brooke Miller, Ohio State University

The Dyadic Imaginary: What Does Queer Love Have to Do With It?
Danielle A. Hidalgo, Kristen Barber, Erica Hunter, University of
California at Santa Barbara, University of Southern California, State University of New York at Albany

The Visibility of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Social Movements in Namibia and South Africa
Ashley Currier, University of Pittsburgh

Table 6. Definitions and Imagery

Everyday Discourse and Heteromormativety: Graffiti as Shared Cultural Ideology
Reese Kelly, State University of New York at Albany

Money, Men, and Morality: The Cultural Messages Embedded in " Chick Lit"
Alexa Trumpy, Ohio State University


Work and Family Time Constraints: Advertisements in a Women’s Magazine and Their Appeal to Our Loss of Leisure Time
Suzanne R. Slusser and Shawna Rohrman,
The University of Akron

Neoconservative Pastoral Power and Welfare Mothers: The Imposition of Subjectivity and the Civilizing Process
Kimberly Carter
University of Georgia

Table 7. Racial Inequality in Education

The Role of Minority Academic Programs in African American Students' College Success
Savanna Stillgess, University of Pittsburgh

Who Is To Blame For the Educational Gap?
Amy O. Yeboah, Temple University

Academic Engagement in an Era of "Accountability:" How Children are still being Left Behind
Chiwen Bao, Boston College

Engaging HBCU Students in a Community-Based Participatory Research Effort: The Case of SHARED Experiences
Stanley Gordon, Morgan State University

Table 8. Race issues in Education

Professional Black Women's Attitudes toward Romantic Partner Selection: Comparing the U.S. and the U.K.
Jessica Welburn, Harvard University

"Two Different Worlds": Perceptions of Race and Status on Campus
RaShawn Ray, Indiana University

Exploring the Minds of Marginalized Minors: Divergent Perceptions of Social and Criminal Injustice among Chicago Youth
Carla Shedd, Northwestern University / Bryn Mawr College

Do Immigrants With "Some US Education" Enjoy a Wage Advantage Over Immigrants with Foreign Education Only?" Revisiting the Question: A Study of Legal, Highly Educated, Male Immigrants in the United States
Onoso Imoagene, Harvard University

Table 9. Work and Gender

Welfare Racism through a New Lens: Ideologies of Welfare Case Workers toward Women Seeking Temporary Assistance
Shannon M. Monnat, State University of New York at Albany

Sociology, Dropping the Bar?: Female Minority Athletes as Elite Educational Institutions
Katherine Roin, Amherst College

This Isn’t Who We Hired! Transgender Negotiations of Gender in the Workplace
Catherine Connell, University of Texas at Austin

Sex Discrimination and the Presence of Covering in Kenan-Flagler Undergraduates
Sandra Hannah Sulzer

Table 10. Race Issues in Housing

Re-conceptualizing Cohabitation: Explaining Racial Differences in Union Formation by Acknowledging the Diversity of Cohabitational Experiences
Lindsay Hixson, University of Albany - SUNY

Examining the Political Strategies of Neoconservative Reformers and the Institutional Changes They Initiated with Welfare Reform
Victoria Mayer, University of Wisconsin-Madison

How Our Structures Structure Us: Race, Class, Gender, Sexuality, and Condo Conversion in Washington DC
Ken Johnson, University of Maryland

Problematizing Racial Residential Segregation: A Contextual Approach
Diana L. Karafin, Ohio State University

Table 11. Social Movements I

"Community Participation in Neighborhood Organizations: An Investigation of Local Participation in Two Inner-City Neighborhoods"
Teresa Terrell, Vanderbilt University

Student Activism: Student Leadership & Experiences
Elaine McDuff, Truman State University

Studying Islam and Women after 9/11
Rachel Rinaldo, University of Chicago

Table 12. Social Movements II

Reconfiguring African American Activism for the Twenty-First Century
Michelle Christian, Duke University

"Check All That Apply" The Effective Strategies of the Multiracial Movement
Jennifer Sims, Vanderbilt University

The Anarchist Yellow Pages: An Organization-Level Analysis of the International Anarchist Movement
Dana Williams, The University of Akron

Political Parties and Participatory Democracy
Sofia Checa, University of Massachusetts at Amherst


Table 13. Families and Internationalism

Gender Inequalities in Bargaining Power: A Study of Chinese Men and Women’s Search for the Right Spouse
Haihong Wang, Vanderbilt University

A Cross National Examination of Micro and Macro Influences of Cohabitation on Women’s Housework Participation
Erica Hunter, State University of New York at Albany

Gendered International Marriage Migration under Globalization: Filipina Wives of South Korean Husbands in Rural Communities
Minjeong Kim, State University of New York at Albany

Table 14. Health & Illness I

A Comparative Analysis of Long-Term Illness as an Occupational-Career Interruption: Gender Differences in the Determinants and Outcomes in Sweden and Poland
Rachel E. Lovell, Ohio State University

Sociology on the Margins: Ethnography, AIDS and African Studies
Robert Wyrod, University of Chicago

The Medicalization of Obesity: What It Means for Women’s Health
Victoria G. Kosht, Wayne State University

Table 15. Health & Illness II

An Examination of Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions towards Physical Activity in Relation to the Stages of Change among College Aided Women at Predominately Black University
Autumn Saxton-Ross, Howard University

Multiple Identities, Meanings of Identities, and African American Construction of the Self
< Sabrina Pendergrass, Harvard University

The Intersection of Structured Inequality: The Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Autumn Saxton-Ross, Vernese Edghill and Wanda Parham, Howard University

Transnational Caregiving Home Health Aides
Susan M. Bodnar-Deren, Rutgers University