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A Quarterly Publication of
The American Sociological Association
Comments from the Editor
Volume 27, Number 1
January 1999The lead article in this issue is a peer-reviewed paper based on the Hans O. Mauksch Award presentation given at last year’s annual meeting. Ed Kain was the most recent recipient of the award, and he presented his paper entitled “Building the Sociological Imagination Through a Cumulative Curriculum: Professional Socialization in Sociology” at the 1998 annual meeting. Congratulations, Ed! The paper is stimulating and thought provoking.
When I began my term as editor, my board and I agreed that it would be useful to review Web sites. This issue marks the beginning of this effort. The lead note by Paula Hammett, entitled “Teaching Tools for Evaluating World Wide Web Resources,” lays out criteria we, as educators, should consider as our students bring us information gleaned from Web sites. We are very interested in publishing more papers on using the Web for teaching sociology.
We intend to publish reviews of Web sites germane to the teaching of sociology on our home page. These include stable and well-known sites such as the “Census” or the “General Social Survey.” They can also include departmental sites and even personal Web sites, although these are likely to be less useful to readers and will receive lower priority for review. We also hope to publish reviews of Web sites in the paper version of the journal, particularly if the site reviews are organized in a form similar to a review essay. We will issue a call for reviews in Footnotes and on the electronic discussion list, TEACHSOC, that reiterates our interests.
We need your help. We will review Web sites in the same manner that we review books, videos or films, and software. To avoid possible conflicts of interest, we will not accept unsolicited reviews. However, if you are willing to serve in our pool of reviewers, please send a copy of your curriculum vita to the deputy editor, Mary Senter. She will assign Web sites that we would like reviewed to individuals in our pool of reviewers. In addition, if you know of a site that you think we should review, please let her know. Information on contacting her is on the inside front cover of every issue of this journal.
I would like to thank all of the associate editors who completed three-year terms on December 31, 1998. They are: Margaret L. Cassidy, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, John B. Harms, Southwest Missouri State University, Stephen G. Helmericks, Colorado State University, Amanda Konradi, Ohio University, Jack Niemonen, University of South Dakota, Stephen Rosenthal, Hampton University, Linda Scheible, Alverno College, Robert Schehr, University of Illinois at Springfield, Susan Stall, Northeastern Illinois University, Diane E. Taub, Southern Illinois University-Carbondale, Greg Weiss, Roanoke College, Amy S. Wharton, Washington State University.
I would like to welcome the new associate editors whose terms begin January 1, 1999. They are: Carl Bankston, University of Southern Louisiana, Michael Delucchi, William Paterson College, Lilli Downes, Harford Community College, Leslie Irvine, University of Colorado, Carol Jenkins, Glendale Community College, Karl Kunkel, Southwest Missouri State University, Yvonne Newsome, Agnes Scott College, Barbara Scott, Northeastern Illinois University, Thomas Schmid, Mankato State University, Stephen Sweet, State University of New York-Potsdam, Carol Thompson, Texas Christian University, Renee White, Central Connecticut State University.
Thanks, as always, to all members of the Teaching Sociology community, associate editors, occasional reviewers, authors, and staff.
--Jeffrey Chin
Volume 27, Number 2
April 1999Congratulations to Helen Moore (University of Nebraska–Lincoln) who was appointed by the ASA Council on recommendation from the Publications Committee to be the next editor of Teaching Sociology! The journal will be in good hands during Helen’s editorship.
The field of candidates was very strong and I am certain that the Publication Committee’s job of selecting a finalist from this pool was extremely difficult. Thanks to all the candidates who applied for this position.
Helen begins her work as the editor designate on July 1, 1999 and takes over full responsibility for the journal on January 1, 2000. All questions regarding the journal, including new submissions and the status of papers under review should be directed to Helen beginning July 1. Only those authors who have papers that are scheduled to be published in the October issue should continue to correspond with me.
Until Helen sets up her editorial office, she can be reached at:
Department of Sociology
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
715 Oldfather Hall
P.O. Box 880324
Lincoln, NE 68588-0324
Voice: (402) 472-3631
Fax: (402) 472-6070
E-mail: HMoore@unlinfo.unl.eduHelen’s deputy editor is Linda Scheuble. She can be reached at:
Department of Sociology
Doane College
1014 Boswell Drive
Crete, NE 68333
Voice: (402) 826-8220
Fax: (402) 826-8278
E-mail: LScheuble@doane.eduThis issue contains a number of stimulating articles and notes and, appropriately enough, Helen wrote the lead article on using multimedia in the classroom! We have also included a very interesting conversation regarding the role of the seminar in sociology graduate curriculum and some responses to that paper.
Finally, I was fortunate to be selected a Pew National Scholar for 1999-2000, and I want to inform all current and future contributors to Teaching Sociology that I will be out of the office from June 11 to July 6. My staff and I are working on ways to minimize any delays in processing your papers while I am out of town. You can help us by submitting your papers electronically (on a disk, preferably in Word or as a Word attachment) along with four paper copies. Reviewers could also help this process by submitting electronic versions of their reviews along with hard copies. However, it is inevitable that there will be a few delays, particularly at the final step, making editorial decisions on papers. Please be patient with me during this time. I will devote the second week in July when I return to clearing out the backlog before giving Helen the keys to the car.
--Jeffrey Chin
Volume 27, Number 3
July 1999This issue marks the beginning of the transition period of my editorship to Helen Moore who is the editor-designate beginning July 1, 1999. During the week of July 5 to 9, we will shut down the editorial office here in Syracuse and ship the physical and electronic files to Professor Moore in Lincoln. It will be difficult for either one of us to answer questions and conduct the normal business of the journal during this week while the office is in transit.
After July 1, individuals who would like to submit papers to the journal should send them to Professor Moore. Individuals who have ideas about papers should also direct those questions to her, as I will be out of town for much of the month of June.
Individuals who have questions about papers under review should direct them to me until July 2, and my staff will handle them the best they can. You will not be able to get answers to your questions regarding papers under review between July 5 to 9. Please direct questions about papers under review to Professor Moore after July 12. Note that she may not be able to answer your questions until some time after July 12 when she has set up her office.
Reviewers who have completed reviews of papers that are currently under review should send them to Professor Moore after July 5. Reviewers who complete their reviews prior to July 5 should still send their reviews to me.
Individuals who are interested in serving as occasional reviewers for the journal should contact Professor Moore with a coverletter and curriculum vita after July 1.
Professor Moore may be reached at:
Department of Sociology
University of Nebraska—Lincoln
715 Oldfather Hall
P.O. Box 880324
Lincoln, NE 68588-0324
Voice: (402) 472-3631
Fax: (402) 472-6070
E-mail: HMoore@unlinfo.unl.eduIndividuals who are interested in writing reviews of books, films and videos, and software should contact the new deputy editor, Linda Scheuble, after July 1. She can be reached at:
Department of Sociology
Doane College
1014 Boswell Drive
Crete, NE 68333
Voice: (402) 826-8220
Fax: (402) 826-8278
E-mail: LScheuble@doane.eduInclude a copy of your curriculum vita with your coverletter.
See you in Chicago!
--Jeffrey Chin
Comment from the Guest Editor
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, a deluge of new ideas and voices appeared. The discipline adopted all types of new paradigms, ideologies, and utopias: European Marxism, feminism, ecology, and phenomenology joined with renewed interest in history, anthropology, and even literature. The Vietnam war raged on. The Women’s Movement grew powerful both politically and as an agent for changing consciousness. Black power, Brown power, and the American Indian Movement altered the political and theoretical landscape. Ecology developed simultaneously as a political movement and a field of study. Sociology was seen as a heterogeneous discipline open to ideas, people, and voices new to academia. Sociology faculty members were central figures in forming interdisciplinary programs in women’s studies, African American, Chicano, Asian American, and American Indian studies. Together with colleagues from history, anthropology, language and literature, psychology, and the other liberal arts and sciences, sociologists were in the forefront in developing new theoretical paradigms and interdisciplinary curricula. Sociologists helped fight the academic battles that won resources for fledgling programs and institutes, created new lines, and in some cases, helped establish entire departments. Today, sociologists continue to make significant contributions to the development of ethnic studies research and teaching, as these programs have developed into departments and broadened their foci to include current and changing scholarly interests and demographics. Black studies has morphed into African and African American studies, studies of the African Diaspora, or Caribbean and African American studies, Chicano studies has expanded into Latina and Latino studies, and in some cases, interdisciplinary Ethnic studies or American studies are subsuming many of these specific programs.
The special section in this issue attempts to bring back sociological perspectives honed in ethnic studies and reflects two important trends: the incorporation of strong sociological components in interdisciplinary ethnic studies programs and the significant presence of ethnic studies perspectives and scholars in the American Sociological Association. Over the past decades, many teaching and research opportunities have opened in ethnic studies and other interdisciplinary programs. Many sociologists have made homes for themselves in academic departments outside sociology. Others find themselves straddling appointments (and meeting competing demands) between sociology and ethnic studies. Frequently, many outstanding sociologists, known for their research and teaching in the discipline, have not received recognition for their contributions to specific areas of ethnic studies and women’s studies. The call for papers on “teaching sociology in ethnic studies” was aimed at bringing important work back to the center of the discipline in hopes of reinvigorating discussion about teaching sociology by including colleagues from other academic settings.
The contributions to the special section (re)introduce interdisciplinary questions and concerns about teaching sociology. They draw from critical race theory and the expanding literature on antiracist pedagogy in ethnic studies and women’s studies—perspectives that challenge and complement central issues of teaching sociology. I think instructors will find these new sources important additions to existing literature in teaching the sociology of race and ethnicity and stratification. In addition to the two articles and a film note included here, the section included two additional reviews solicited for this special section, “Black Skins, White Masks” and “On Our Own Terms,” which were published in a previous issue (see Volume 26, Number 2).
I hope this special section on teaching sociology in ethnic studies will stimulate future contributions to Teaching Sociology grounded in practical interdisciplinary approaches to teaching sociology and addressing issues related to developing and teaching courses fulfilling diversity requirements working toward antiracism pedagogy. Exploring the practice of teaching sociology in ethnic studies (and other interdisciplinary programs like women’s studies) generates important questions about the larger role of sociology in academia. How has sociology contributed to the production of interdisciplinary scholarship? How, in turn, has sociology benefitted from interdisciplinary scholarship? What kinds of institutional links between sociology departments and interdisciplinary programs benefit undergraduate and graduate teaching? What types of institutional environments contribute to interdisciplinary exchanges between sociology and ethnic studies? The authors have sketched a provocative landscape for future conversations about teaching sociology outside the traditional boundaries.
I am extremely grateful to my colleagues who agreed to serve as reviewers and to the contributors of this special section. The ASA sections on Race and Ethnicity, Latinas/os, and Race, Class, and Gender were particularly helpful in soliciting reviewers and contributors.
Mary Romero
Arizona State University
Volume 27, Number 4
July 1999THIS IS THE LAST ISSUE under my editorship. The daily operation of the journal is now safely in the hands of Helen Moore who is the editor-designate from July 1 to December 31, 1999. She officially becomes editor on January 1, 2000. Professor Moore may be reached at:
Helen Moore, Editor-Designate
Department of Sociology
715 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0324
Voice: (402) 472-3631
Fax: (402) 472-6070
E-mail: teachsoc@unl.eduPlease note the correction in the address and the new dedicated e-mail address.
Her deputy editor is Laurie Scheuble (whom I identified incorrectly in the July issue). She can be reached at:
Department of Sociology
Doane College
1014 Boswell Dr.
Crete, NE 68333
Voice: (402) 826-8220
Fax: (402) 826-8278
Email: LScheuble@doane.eduI would like to take the opportunity to thank all the people who have worked with me on the journal. These include my past and present staff: Amy Grams, Laura Pedrick, Kate Flannery, Mary Radford, Pauline Pavlakos, Rod Radford, Anne Sullivan-Chin, Jane Snyder, and Tara Burgess. Thanks also to the secretaries at Le Moyne College, Maryann Dimichele and Judy Schoen, who helped out from time to time. Thanks to the associate editors and occasional reviewers who have worked so hard to provide quality feedback to authors. A special thanks to Karen Gray Edwards (ASA), who assisted on every administrative task related to running the journal, and Jane Carey (Boyd Printing), who printed the journal and got it out on time even when we were late. A big thank you to my good friends, Mary Senter (Central Michigan University), who served as deputy editor and has been with me on this journey since 1980, and Carla Howery (ASA) with whom I have worked since 1983 and who encouraged me to apply for this position. Finally, thanks to the members of my department, Janet Bogdan, Ray Bucko, Bob Kelly, Deborah Tooker, and Le Moyne College’s Faculty Committee on Research and Development whose support made this endeavor possible.
I have enjoyed serving as editor of Teaching Sociology. I have met many quality individuals and made a number of friends along the way. It has been my privilege to serve the academic community and the discipline.
--Jeffrey Chin
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The Editor of Teaching Sociology is Helen A. Moore.
For articles, notes, and conversations, send manuscripts to: Helen A. Moore, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0324. Phone: 402-472-6081, Fax: 402-472-6070.
For book, video, and software reviews, send manuscripts to: Laurie Scheuble, Department of Sociology, Doane College, 1014 Boswell Drive, Crete, NE 68333. Phone: 402-826-8220, Fax: 402-826-8278.
For questions about manuscript processing, contact Bennie Shobe, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0324. Phone: 402-472-6038.
The Webmaster is Pauline H. Pavlakos. Observations on form and egregious spelling may be directed to Ms. Pavlakos.
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