January 1998

1998 Meeting Addresses Changes in the Workplace

by Suzanne Trask

Salem College

You are invited to attend the 1998 NCSA Annual Meeting at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC. The meeting will be held on Feb. 19 and 20, 1998. Preregistration deadline is Friday, February 13, so make your plans now. All sessions will be held in the Fine Arts Center on the Salem College Campus.

The theme of this year's meeting, "Sociology in the Workplace," continues the association's concern for important changes in the work that we do as sociologists. Many societal trends such as downsizing, streamlining, and a "bottom line" mentality are entering the academic world. These trends‹translated into "outcomes assessment," "alternatives to tenure and post-tenure review," and the greater reliance on adjunct faculty (academic migrant workers?) and distance learning‹are changing the experiences of faculty, administrators, and students.

The 1998 program will begin with a reception Thursday evening and continue with a full day of sessions on Friday. The reception in the Fine Arts Center Gallery will feature art from Forsyth County Schools as well as two installations, "Juke Joints" and "Tacky Churches." Refreshment will be served.
Accommodations for the meeting are available at the Salem Inn on South Cherry Street. A block of 15 rooms has been reserved for those attending the annual meeting. The charge for a double room is $53 plus tax.

A full day of sessions will be held on Friday. Bob Davis of NC A&T University will discuss "Assessing and Indentifying Excellent Teaching" in his keynote address. An array of roundtables and discussions will continue to explore this theme by examining topics such as academic labor issues, great teaching, marketing a sociology degree, the politics of academic labor, technology and teaching, and experiential and service learning.

There will be a special awards luncheon at 12:30 PM in the Club Dining Room. The cost of the luncheon is $10; luncheon reservations must be made in advance. Luncheon will include quiches (some vegetarian), roasted new potatoes, green beans with roasted red peppers, green salad with oranges and almonds, rolls, Salem iced tea and coffee with assorted bar cookies. If you have special dietary needs, please contact Suzanne Trask (336-721-2703) by Feb. 13.

Salem College will host the 1998 NCSA meeting. Founded in 1772, Salem College is the fifteenth oldest college in the United States and the oldest educational institution for women in continuous existence in this country. This four-year private college integrates career and professional preparation with the liberal arts. It also offers graduate degrees in teaching and education. The campus is located on 57 beautifully landscaped acres in Historic Old Salem, a nationally recognized restoration of a 229-year-old Moravian village in Winston-Salem, NC. Old Salem offers guided tours of many of the restored buildings. Visitors may also explore shops and public areas on their own.

Plentiful parking is available in the Fine Arts Center parking lot, located off Salem Avenue.
We hope you will join us for what promises to be an exciting and timely meeting. See you at Salem on Feb. 19-20!

Preliminary Program

Sociology in the Workplace February 19-20, 1998 Salem College Winston-Salem, NC

Thursday, Feb. 19, Fine Arts Center Gallery

6:30-7:30 PM Reception. Refreshments will be served. Those attending may browse the
current exhibits in the Gallery including art from Forsyth County Schools, "Tacky
Churches," and "Juke Joints."

Friday, Feb. 20, Fine Arts Center Foyer

8:30-9 AM Registration. Coffee, juice and Moravian sugar cake will be served.
9-10 AM Opening Plenary Session in the Fine Arts Center Drama Workshop.

Welcome by Suzanne Trask, Salem College and

Keynote address, "Assessing and Identifying Excellent Teaching,"

by Bob Davis, NC A&T State University.

10:15-11:15 AM Concurrent Sessions in the Fine Arts Center

Session I: Academic Labor Issues (Drama Workshop) Bob Moxley, NC State University, presider; Faye Sawyer, Appalachian State

Session II: Great Teaching (Choral Rehearsal Room) Maxine Thompson, NC State University, presider; Linda George, Duke University

11:30-12:30 PM Concurrent Sessions in the Fine Art Center

Session III: How Can I Market a Sociology Degree: A Workshop for Students (Drama Workshop) Sharon Jensen, Appalachian State University Career

Session IV: The Politics of Academic Labor (Choral Rehearsal Room) Mike Wise, Appalachian State University, organizer; participants to be announced.

12:30-2 PM Awards Luncheon, Club Dining Room. Advance reservations required.

2:15-3:15 PM Concurrent Sessions in the Fine Arts Center

Session V: Technology and Teaching (Drama Workshop) Kenneth Land, Duke University, moderator; Ted Greenstein, NC State University

Session VI: Experiential and Service Learning (Choral Rehearsal Room)

3:30 PM Business Meeting (Drama Workshop)

1998 NCSA Membership Application/Renewal Form

Registration for 1998 NCSA Annual Meeting

The North Carolina Sociological Association is open to any person engaged in teaching or research in sociology, or in a field of applied sociology, as well as to any student whose major interest is sociology. Members receive SOCIATION, the Bulletin of the NCSA, three times per year and are invited to attend the annual meeting of the association in the spring. Dues are for one calendar year.

Please take a moment to update your information. Be sure to include your most current information.

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Registration for the 1998 NCSA Meeting, February 19-20, 1998, at Salem College in Winston-Salem, NC.
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1998 Awards Luncheon Banquet, Salem College Club Dining Room, Feb. 20, 12:30-2 PM.
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Please enclose a check for your 1998 dues in the amount indicated above. Make all checks payable to the North Carolina Sociological Association. Mail this form and your check to:

Questions about membership and dues should be directed to Dr. Wyatt. If you have any difficulties concerning the receipt of SOCIATION (incomplete address, misspelled name, new apartment number, etc.), please contact its editor, Lee Dodson, Rockingham Community College, P.O. Box 38, Wentworth, NC 27375-0038 (336-342-4261, ext. 155; e-mail: nldodson@nr.infi.net or dodsonl@rcc.cc.nc.us)..

Here Are the Candidates for NCSA Officers

This year the Nominating Committee has found four candidates for the NCSA Executive Council and one candidate willing to stand for office as president-elect. Those on the committee continue to remark on the difficulties of recruiting candidates. NCSA members are invited to write in candidates for these offices should they so desire.

George Conklin is the candidate for president-elect. The nominees for the three openings on the NCSA Executive Council are Chien Ju Huang, Richard D. Dixon, Sue Carroll Pauley, and Cinthia W. Pratt.

"We appreciate the willingness of these candidates to volunteer their time and talents to support the NCSA," said NCSA President Mike Wise on behalf of the Nominating Committee. "If others would be willing to serve, now or in the future, we encourage them to make themselves known."

Candidates for NCSA Executive Council

The membership will elect three of the following candidates to serve three-year terms on the NCSA Executive Council. Please use the enclosed ballot. You may write in candidates if you wish. (Note: The ballots must be sent in from the snail-mail edition).

Chien Ju Huang

Chien Ju Huang is assistant professor of sociology at North Carolina Central University. She received her Ph.D. from Purdue University in 1993 and has been affiliated with NCCU since then. Her teaching and research strengths include research methods, sociological theory, stratification and global inequality. Recent publications address world systems theory and status difference models. Chien Ju Huang maintains that the NCSA can serve as an important channel for the advancement of sociological thinking and research in the academic, community and policy-making areas.

Richard D. Dixon

Rick Dixon is Professor of Sociology in his 22nd year at UNCW. He completed his Ph.D. at Emory University in 1976. His specializations include demography, survey research, and data analysis. In recent years he has developed some proficiency and considerable interest in technology-based education. In this capacity, he is one of two Faculty Associates of UNCW's Center for Teaching Excellence. He is also the Executive Editor of EFFECTIVE TEACHING, the Carolina Colloquy's Electronic Journal of University Teaching and Learning (http://cte.uncwil.edu/et/). He is also among the first members of UNCW's faculty to develop multimedia and Internet-enriched courses for the fledgling Technology College (http:..www.uncwil.edu/tc/courses.htm). He has been his department's computer liaison for the duration of his employment at UNCW and has developed and maintained the UNCW Department of Sociology and Anthropology homepage (http://www.uncwil.edu/soc&ant/).

Sue Carroll Pauley

Sue Pauley is currently Assistant Professor of Sociology and Human Services at Wingate University. A native of Ohio, she received a B.A. in psychology at Ohio University, and M.A. in sociology at Marshall University, and Ph.D. in sociology at Florida State University in their interdivisional program in marriage and family. After having worked in social welfare programs for several years, she is enjoying an academic career which also provides opportunities for application of sociology in counseling situations with students, for example. Other current interest include writing about stress among clergy wives and serving as Chair of the Union County Community Action Head Start Policy Council.

Cinthia W. Pratt

Cindee Pratt is a new faculty member of both Appalachian State University and Caldwell Community College, Watauga division. She holds a dual department Master of Arts degree in Leadership in Higher Education and Sociology from Appalachian State University. She has spent the last two and a half years living and work in Sicily, Italy. While living overseas, she served the communities of two large Naval Air Stations as Director of Religious Education for the United States Navy's Command Chaplain's Department, Sigonella, Sicily. She is presently working on ethnographical writings drawn from her experiences within the local Sicilian culture and within the culture of the military.

Candidate for President-Elect

The president-elect of the NCSA will serve as the program chair for next year's annual meeting. Following a year as president, this person will also serve for one year as a member of the Executive Council.

George Conklin

George Conklin is Professor of Sociology at North Carolina Central University where he has taught since 1978. He was chair of the department for 19 years. Conklin received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. Prior to teaching at NCCU, he was Associate Professor at Sweet Briar College and Assistant Professor at Syracuse University. He has previously served on the board of the NCSA and is a past editor of SOCIATION. Currently Conklin maintains the World Wide Web site for the NCSA. His research areas include articles on homicide and suicide, economic development, and several computer-assisted instruction packages designed to introduce beginning sociology students to the research experience. In developing these packages, he has been assisted by grants from the Lilly Endowment, NSF and the Fund for the Improvement for Postsecondary Education.

New Prizes Planned for Himes Award

Legislative Day Was Set for March 17
Update: Legislative Day Canceled for 1998

Members of the NCSA Executive Council have approved changes to the Himes Award to take effect next year. In the past, the Himes Award has been presented to the most outstanding undergraduate paper submitted for consideration. Its winner has received a $50 cash award and a plaque or certificate. In order to encourage more student participation, members of the Executive Council have approved a measure to increase the cash award to $150 and to include the cost of the awards luncheon, registration and one year's dues to the association. In addition, members voted to broaden the award to include a graduate paper award for students in M.A., M.S., or Ph.D. programs. The graduate award will have a value of $250 and will also include the cost of the awards luncheon, registration and one year's dues to the association.

In other business, the NCSA Executive Council has identified Tuesday, March 17, 1998 as Legislative Day (now canceled). Members of the NCSA and their students were encouraged to plan to attend the meeting of the NC Legislature on that day and to view the legislative and committee procedures as they happen. Visitors should plan to arrive around midmorning and plan to stay until about 3 PM. For more information, contact any member of the NCSA Legislative Liaison Committee (Mike Wise, Maxine Thompson, Karen Dawes, Angela Lewellyn Jones, or Jan Reinerth). (Contact the above persons about rescheduling Legislative Day for 1999 during the long session of the legislature).

Wayne Adams announced that the NC Curriculum Improvement Project in Sociology has funds available to pay partial expenses for all community college sociologists who plan to attend the annual meeting in Winston-Salem. Contact Wayne Adams, Sandhills Community College (910-695-3861), for details.

Directions, Parking and Accommodations for Salem

Suzanne Trask has provided directions and information about parking and accommodations in Winston-Salem.

NCSA members who are attending the annual meting should plan to park in the Salem Fine Arts Center parking lot. This lot is located near the main entrance to Salem College off Salem Avenue.

Directions to Salem College All traffic to Winston-Salem will enter the city from I-40 or I-40 Business. Most travelers will find that I-40 (not Business I-40) provides faster access to their destination. No matter which route they choose, travelers should plan to exit onto US 52. From Business I-40, take US 52 South. From I-40, take US 52 North. Then take Exit 108-C. Turn west toward Salem College/Old Salem on Stadium Drive. At the first stoplight (the intersection with Salem Avenue), go straight ahead into the back entrance to the Academy and College. The Fine Arts Center is the second building on the left; a large parking lot is available on the right. Accommodations A block of 15 rooms has been reserved at the Salem Inn, 127 South Cherry Street (336-725-8561) for Feb. 19, 1998. The charge for a double room is $53 plus tax. To get to the Fine Arts Center from the Salem Inn, go south on Cherry Street to Brookstown Avenue. Turn left on Brookstown, then left on Main Street. At the stoplight, turn right on Cemetery Street. This road becomes Salem Avenue. At the first stoplight, turn right into the Salem Academy and Salem College entrance.

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