Societies invites submissions for a special issue entitled “Critical Perspectives on Racialized Mobilities and the Politics of Belonging.” Submissions may be from any disciplinary approach or area of regional/geographical focus. Work that pushes against theoretical boundaries and expands and enables connections across bodies of literature is particularly welcome. More information about the issue and how to submit can be found here. The deadline is November 15, 2023.
The International Journal on Responsibility invites submissions for two upcoming issues. Volume 8 will be on the theme “Climate, Religion, and Responsibility,” dedicated to the metaphor of upstream responsibility by examining how religion can be used to affect the global natural environment to promote environmental justice. Particular focus will be placed on responsibility surrounding climate change. Manuscripts for this issue will be considered on a rolling basis until January 16, 2024. Volume 9 will be on the theme of “Free Speech and Responsibility” and will focus on notions of responsibility and free speech by highlighting the complexities surrounding free speech in a global and multicultural society. Specific attention will be given to scholarship that examines attitudes toward free speech and theoretically advances the understanding of the association between freedom of speech and civic responsibility. Manuscripts for this issue will be considered on a rolling basis until March 15, 2024. For more information on the calls for papers, click here.
The 2023 Southern Demographic Association Annual Meeting will be held October 18‒20, 2023, in San Antonio, TX. It invites submissions of 250-word abstracts for individual research papers and/or posters in applied or academic demography, economics, geography, sociology, public health, psychology, and epidemiology. It also welcomes proposals for thematic sessions or panel discussions. The submission deadline is July 14, 2023. For the full call for abstracts, visit the website.
The Nineteenth-Century Studies Association seeks papers for its 45th Annual Conference on the theme “Thresholds” and welcomes 15‒20-minute papers and submissions that explore thresholds from a broad range of perspectives, especially diverse national and international frameworks. The conference will be held in Louisville, KY, March 14‒16, 2024. The proposal deadline is September 30, 2023. For more information, visit the website.
The Twenty-Fourth International Conference on Diversity in Organizations, Communities, and Nations will be held on the theme “The Future We Want: Socio-Environmental Challenges in Times of Climate Emergency” in Lisbon, Portugal, and online July 3‒5, 2024, and invites proposals on several themes. The Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations Research Network is brought together by a shared interest in human differences and diversity, and their varied manifestations in organizations, communities, and nations. The proposal deadline is December 3, 2023. For more information, visit the website.
The Fifteenth International Conference on Sport and Society will be held on the theme “Teaching and Learning Physical Education” in Granada, Spain, and online June 13‒14, 2024, and invites proposals on several themes. The Sport and Society Research Network is brought together around a common interest in cultural, political, and economic relationships of sport to society. The proposal deadline is March 13, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Thirty-First International Conference on Learning will be held on the theme “The Converging Challenges for Inclusive Education: Intercultural Competences and Digital Literacies in Global Contexts” in the Netherlands and online July 10‒12, 2024, and invites papers on several themes. The Learner Research Network is brought together around a common concern for learning in all its sites, formal and informal, and at all levels, from early childhood to schools, colleges and universities, and adult, community, and workplace education. The proposal deadline is April 10, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Nineteenth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences will be held on the theme “The World on the Move: Understanding Migration in a New Global Age” in Kraków, Poland, and online July 17‒19, 2024, and invites proposals on several themes. The Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Research Network is brought together by a common interest in disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches, within and across the various social sciences, and between the social, natural, and applied sciences. The proposal deadline is April 17, 2024. For more information, visit the website.
The Peter F. McManus Charitable Trust in Wayne, PA, offers research grants to nonprofit (501)(c)(3) organizations for research into the causes of alcoholism or substance abuse. Basic, clinical, and social science proposals will be considered. The trust expects to grant approximately $225,000 this year and will consider proposals that request up to $75,000. Please send a brief summary proposal (2–3 pages), proposed budget, copy of institution’s (501)(c)(3) letter, and investigator’s bio-sketch. Grant moneys may not be used for tuition, and no more than 10 percent of amount granted may be used for indirect costs. Applications must be postmarked on or before September 8, 2023. For the complete RFP, email [email protected].
Junior Fellows Forum Basiliense is a new research center and platform for interdisciplinary dialogue founded by the University of Basel to respond to accelerated social change in the world. The forum aims to foster exchange and collaboration between scholars of the humanities and social sciences, life sciences, and the natural sciences. The question of “freedom” is at the center of the initial phase of the forum and the intellectual focus for the first group of international fellows. It invites fellows for 3-6 months visits during 2024, preferably during the spring or the autumn term. Fellows are expected to participate in events and scientific exchange (i.e. regular colloquium) during their stay. The application deadline is July 31, 2023. For more information, visit the website.
The American Institute of Indian Studies announces its 2023 fellowship competition and invites applications from scholars who wish to conduct their research in India. Junior fellowships are awarded to PhD candidates to conduct research for their dissertations in India for up to eleven months. Senior fellowships are awarded to scholars who hold the PhD degree for up to nine months of research in India. The application deadline is November 15, 2023. Applications can be downloaded from the web site www.indiastudies.org. Inquiries should be directed to [email protected].
CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars invites exceptional early career researchers from across the natural, biomedical, and social sciences and the humanities to join one of its interdisciplinary research programs. Programs accelerate the development of the next generation of research leaders and position them to heighten their impact in academia and beyond. This year’s participating CIFAR research programs are: Future Flourishing; Gravity & the Extreme Universe; Humanity's Urban Future; and The Multiscale Human. CIFAR will begin accepting applications for the 2024‒2026 cohort on August 30, 2023. The application deadline is October 30, 2023. For more information, visit the website.
Aaron Z. Pitluck, Illinois State University, and Jan Marie Fritz, University of Cincinnati, were elected to the Executive Committee of the International Sociological Association for a four-year term (2023‒2027).
Jorge Daniel Vasquez, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, received the 2023 Erik Olin Wright Distinguished Article Award for his paper “The Political Sociology of 21st-Century Populism in Latin America: A Critique of the Ecuadorian Case.”
Richard Arum, University of California-Irvine, and Mitchell L. Stevens, Stanford University, authored the July 3, 2023, opinion piece “For Most College Students, Affirmative Action Was Never Enough” in the New York Times.
Kelsy Burke and Emily Kazyak, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, authored the July 3, 2023, article “Supreme Court's Record on Religion-Related Cases Is More Complicated Than It Seems” from United Press International.
Tressie Cottom, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, authored the June 27, 2023, article “What It Is Like to Teach in the Cross Hairs of Ron DeSantis” in the New York Times.
Shani Adia Evans, Rice University, was quoted in the May 22, 2023, article “White Parents Say They Want Diverse Schools, But Will They Send Their Kids?” in Education Week.
Joe Feagin, Texas A&M University, was interviewed for the May 18, 2023, article “How Can We Resist Book Bans? This Banned Author Has Ideas” in Truthout.
Crystal Fleming, Stony Brook University, was interviewed for the July 2, 2023, segment “France Confronts Allegations of Racism among Police” on CNN.
David B. Grusky, Stanford University, was quoted in the June 20, 2023, article “California Professors Test Out AI in the Classroom, Even as Cheating Debate Continues” on Jefferson Public Radio.
Ho-Fung Hung, Johns Hopkins University, was a guest on the June 22, 2023, segment “Biden Calls Xi Jinping a ‘Dictator’: China-U.S. Relations and a Growing Multipolar World” on Democracy Now.
Greggor Mattson, Oberlin College, was quoted in the June 13, 2023, article “Gay Bars Remain Closed in Baltimore Just as LGBTQ Community Needs Them Most” in the Baltimore Banner.
Mark S. Mizruchi, University of Michigan, was quoted in the July 4, 2023, article “Creating a More Equal America” in Counterpunch.
Mairead Eastin Moloney, University of Kentucky, was quoted in the June 22, 2023, article “Andrew Tate was Never ‘Just Trolling’” on Salon.
Matthew Oware, University of Richmond, authored the June 5, 2023, piece “How Hip-Hop Learned to Call Out Homophobia—or at Least Apologize for It” in the Conversation.
Jack Nusan Porter, Harvard University, was quoted in the June 16, 2023, article “ ‘There’s No Words’: Relatives Feel Victimized by Alleged Scheme to Sell Donated Human Remains” in the Boston Globe and in the June 18, 2023, article “Ivy League Researcher Disgusted Wife’s Remains May Have Been Sold through Harvard Morgue Scandal” in the New York Post.
Philip Schwadel, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, was quoted in the June 12, 2023, article “Working Class: Religious but Not Attending Church” in the Deseret News.
Amanda M. Shigihara, California State University-Sacramento, was quoted in the July 2, 2023, article, “Is Tipping Out of Hand? You Need a ‘Moral Compass’ to Figure it Out, California Expert Says” in The Sacramento Bee.
Derek Siegel, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, had research referenced in the June 28, 2023, article “How the Children of LGBTQ+ Parents Protect Each Other in the Face of Discrimination” from Rewire News Group.
Merril Silverstein, Syracuse University, was quoted in the June 21, 2023, article “The Largest and Fastest Religious Shift in America Is Well Underway” in the New York Times.
Susan D. Stewart, Iowa State University, was quoted on research with Gloria Jones Johnson in the June 12, 2023, article “Americans Are Drinking as Much Alcohol Now as in Civil War Days” in the Hill.
Aya M. Waller-Bey, University of Michigan, authored the June 7, 2023, article “A Big Problem with College Admissions Could Be About to Get Worse” in the Atlantic.
Natasha Warikoo, Tufts University, was quoted in the June 20, 2023, article “Ahead of Supreme Court Affirmative Action Case Ruling: Do Harvard, UNC Discriminate?” in USA Today and was interviewed for the July 4, 2023, segment “What Colleges Can Do about Diversity after Supreme Court's Affirmative Action Ruling” on NPR's Morning Edition.
Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University-Chicago, was quoted in the June 27, 2023, article “How to Escape ‘the Worst Possible Timeline’” in the Atlantic.
Adia M. Harvey Wingfield, Washington University-St. Louis, was quoted on the June 20, 2023, episode of the Marketplace Morning Report for the segment “Businesses Are Quieter on Social Justice Issues as Support for Black Lives Matter Dips.”
Michael Wood, Brigham Young University-Provo, was quoted in the June 9, 2023, Salt Lake Tribune article “BYU Study Explores Black Experiences in LDS Church, Discovers Both the Good and the Bad.”
Nancy Wang Yuen, Biola University, was interviewed for the June 16, 2023, article “Understanding Complex Asian American Stories with Author and DEI Consultant Nancy Wang Yuen” in Forbes.
Asad L. Asad, Stanford University, Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life (Princeton University Press 2023).
Angela Cora Garcia, Bentley University, An Introduction to Interaction: Understanding Talk in the Workplace and Everyday Life, 2nd Edition (Bloomsbury Academic Press 2023).
Katherine Giuffre, Colorado College, Outrage: The Arts and the Creation of Modernity (Stanford University Press 2023).
Till Hilmar, University of Vienna, Deserved: Economic Memories after the Fall of the Iron Curtain (Columbia University Press 2023).
David David Knottnerus, Oklahoma State University, Polar Expeditions: Discovering Rituals of Success within Hazardous Ventures (Routledge 2023).
Alvaro Santana-Acuña, Whitman College, and Arturo Rodriguez-Morato, ISA-University of Barcelona, Eds., Sociology of the Arts in Action: New Perspectives on Creation, Production, and Reception (Palgrave Macmillan 2022).
Philippe Sormani, University of Lausanne, Dirk vom Lehn, King's College London, Eds., The Anthem Companion to Harold Garfinkel (Anthem Press 2023).
Ronald Weitzer, George Washington University, Sex for Sale: Prostitution, Pornography, and Erotic Dancing (Routledge 2023).
Amy Wong, San Diego State University, Stories of Survival: The Paradox of Suicide Vulnerability and Resiliency among Asian American College Students (Oxford University Press 2023).
Hajar Yazdiha, University of Southern California-Dornsife, The Struggle for the People’s King: How Politics Transforms the Memory of the Civil Rights Movement (Princeton University Press 2023).
Benita Roth, professor of sociology and history, and director of the transdisciplinary program in women, gender, and sexuality studies at Binghamton University, passed away on May 27, 2023. A valued colleague, teacher, and advisor, Roth also served as the associate editor for the Journal of Women’s History, 2010‒2015, and as a leader in her union, the United University Professions (UUP). In the latter, she served as the chapter’s president (2013-2017) and vice president for academics (2017‒2023), as a member of the statewide contract negotiations team, and a member of the state UUP Executive Board. She was 62.
1945‒2023
Paul Goldman passed away unexpectedly on January 5, 2023. He left this world peacefully due to sudden heart failure that may have been associated with Covid-19.
Goldman earned his doctorate in sociology from the University of Chicago in 1974. Throughout his academic career, he studied social structure, social change, and hierarchies in organizations of all types, especially PK‒12 public education. Goldman was among the first sociologists to develop critical perspectives in the study of bureaucracies and was part of a group of scholars bringing issues of social class, gender, and race to organizational studies.
He joined the University of Oregon’s faculty in 1977. He became a faculty member of what is now the Educational Policy and Leadership Master of Science Program in 1986, focusing on leadership training, applied research, and school reform. In 2004, Goldman moved to the Educational Leadership Program faculty at Washington State University, Vancouver, as a clinical professor.
Goldman published widely in the educational leadership field, most notably in Educational Administration Quarterly, the Journal of Educational Administration, and the International Journal of Educational Reform. He was central to the creation and impact of the University of Oregon’s flourishing Master of Education in Educational Leadership Program in Canada which thrived throughout his time at the University of Oregon. He worked with colleagues to help school leaders in the Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership Program link theoretical concepts and research perspectives with their previous leadership training and current experience. He chaired more than 50 doctoral dissertations and over 200 master’s degree capstone research projects, coauthoring 20 refereed presentations and/or articles with students.
After retiring, Goldman continued his commitment to the profession by focusing his energetic spirit on two different academic projects. He worked tirelessly with other colleagues in the creation of the University of Oregon’s Leadership and Policy Mentorship Program, a program supporting junior faculty success in achieving tenure and promotion. He was also instrumental in establishing the national University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) Retirees in Action, a group dedicated to sustaining the mission and implementing goals of UCEA.
He maintained lifelong commitment to social justice in the United States and globally. Goldman visited Vietnam with Volunteers in Asia in 1966, an organization dedicated to bridging cultures through service work. He continued his involvement throughout his life as an active member of the Volunteers in Asia Alumni group, sharing his perspective while interviewing future volunteers and sustaining connections with friends through in person and more, recently, online gatherings.
Colleagues, friends, and students who were fortunate to know him agree that Goldman was a truly good man who brought a sense of integrity, generosity, kindness, and caring to every situation. He was reliable, inclusive, intelligent, optimistic, sensitive, and generous in his support of others.
Mary Jo Neitz, University of Missouri
1939–2023
Family and friends mourn the passing of Howard F. Taylor of Chilmark, MA, on March 21, 2023. Formerly of Princeton, NJ, Taylor was born on July 7, 1939, in Cleveland, OH—a fact about which he was very proud. His mother, Murtis Taylor, was a social worker in Cleveland, memorialized by having the Murtis Taylor Human Services System in Cleveland named for her. His father, Arthur Taylor, was an executive with the Supreme Life Insurance Company of America.
Prior to his retirement in 2007, Taylor was professor of sociology at Princeton University, where he was also one of the early directors of what is now the Department of African American Studies. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Hiram College and received his MA and PhD from Yale University. Before his appointment at Princeton in 1973, he also served on the faculty at the Illinois Institute of Technology and at Syracuse University.
He is the author of numerous books and scholarly papers. His books include Balance in Small Groups (Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 1970); The IQ Game: A Methodological Inquiry into the Heredity-Environment Controversy (Rutgers University Press 1980); and Sociology: The Essentials, published in eleven editions and coauthored with Margaret Andersen (Cengage). His research on race, heritability, and IQ has been published in numerous scholarly publications, as has his work on Black elite networks. In 1998 he received the Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award from the American Sociological Association, given for outstanding work in the tradition of three outstanding African American scholars, Oliver Cox, Charles S. Johnson, and E. Franklin Frazier. He was a dedicated teacher whose students often stayed in touch long after graduation. Not surprisingly, he received the Princeton President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching in 2000. He served as President of the Eastern Sociological Society, 1996‒97, and is one of the founders of the American Sociological Association’s Minority Opportunity Summer Training program.
In addition to his distinguished career, Taylor was known for his irresistible energy, keen sense of humor, and penetrating mind. He could dance until the wee hours of the morning, enjoyed sitting in as drummer with different bands, delighted in being on the beach, and could throw a great (and frequent) party. His friends describe him as a force in life, someone with irresistible energy, a loving and generous man, a devoted and compassionate friend, and an amazing scholar. Although he loved a good joke, he had a serious mind and could explain the most intricate ideas to anyone. He had the unique ability to fall asleep after a good meal by leaning his head against the restaurant wall! And he could write papers just about anywhere, though they were rarely on time. Most of all, he deeply loved his family and his very large circle of friends.
He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Patricia Epps Taylor; his daughter, Carla Taylor-Pla; son-in-law, Raymond Pla; granddaughter, Olivia Taylor Pla; brother Bruce Taylor; nieces Lynne and Katy; and five nephews, Matt, Daniel, Taylor, Scott, and Whitney. In addition to his family, he will be missed by his expansive network of friends and colleagues. Both of us considered him a very dear friend.
The family would like to thank his caretakers from the Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard. A celebration of Taylor’s life will be held at a later time. Those wishing to do so may send memorial contributions to the American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program, Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard, or Hiram College.
Margaret L. Andersen, University of Delaware; Elijah Anderson, Yale University
