Candidates for President-Elect
Prudence L. Carter
Present Professional Position: E.H. and Mary E. Pardee Professor and Dean of the Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, 2016-present.
Former Professional Positions: Jacks Family Professor of Education and Professor of Sociology (by courtesy), Stanford University, 2013-2016; Associate Professor of Education and Sociology (by courtesy), Stanford University, 2007-2013; Associate Professor of Sociology, Harvard University, 2005-2007.
Education: PhD, Columbia University, 1999; MPhil, Columbia University, 1997; MA, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1995.
Positions Held in ASA: Editorial Board, Contexts, 2016-2018; Editorial Board, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 2014-2017; Council Member, Race, Gender, and Class Section, 2013-2016; Member, Committee on Committees, 2013-2015; Committee on Nominations, 2008-2010.
Offices Held in Other Organizations: Committee Member, American Educational Research Association, Distinguished Contributions in Educational Research, 2017-2019; Ex-officio Trustee, The Berkeley Foundation, 2016-present; Member, National Academy of Education, 2014-present; Trustee and Program Committee Chair, William T. Grant Foundation, 2013-present; Research Affiliate, National Education Policy Center, University of Colorado, 2010-present.
Publications: Russell, Susan Garnett and Prudence L. Carter. 2019. “When the Past is in the Present: The Paradox of Social Inclusion in South Africa and Rwanda.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 5(4): 547-561.
Carter, Prudence L. 2016. “Educational Equality Is a Multifaceted Issue: Why We Must Understand the School’s Sociocultural Context for Student Achievement.” RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences 2(5); 142–163.
Carter, Prudence L. and Kevin G. Welner, eds. 2013. Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give All Children an Even Chance. Oxford University Press.
Carter, Prudence L. 2012. Stubborn Roots: Race, Culture, and Inequality in U.S. and South African Schools. Oxford University Press.
Carter, Prudence L. 2005. Keepin’ It Real: School Success Beyond Black and White. Oxford University Press.
Personal Statement: I am honored to be nominated for President of the American Sociological Association. As a sociologist with over two decades of research in education, inequality, and the intersections of race, class, and gender forces in schooling and society, I bring both scholarly rigor and a deep commitment to using social science to theorize, explain, and solve social problems. I also bring strong administrative leadership. As dean of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley, I have facilitated significant program and organizational redesign and served in various capacities across the landscape of higher education nationally. These experiences have kindled in me a reimagination of research on policies, and institutional and organizational changes needed to attain justice and equity in global society. Now I stand ready to work with fellow sociologists, ASA, and its leadership to advance a bolder, dynamic vision of our discipline and its future contributions.
David T. Takeuchi
David T. TakeuchiPresent Professional Position: Professor, Associate Dean for Faculty Excellence, School of Social Work, Department of Sociology, Center for the Study of Demography and Ecology, Center for Statistics and the Social Science, University of Washington, 2019-present.
Former Professional Positions: Professor, Associate Dean for Research, School of Social Work, Department of Sociology, Boston College, 2013-2019; Professor, School of Social Work, Department of Sociology, University of Washington, 2002-2013; Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, 1998-2002.
Education: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, 1987-1989; PhD, University of Hawai’i, 1983-1989; MA, University of Hawai’i, 1971-1974.
Positions Held in ASA: Secretary-Elect and Secretary, 2015-2019; Federal Statistics Working Group, 2017-2020; Member, Annual Meeting Program Committee (Seattle, Montreal, Philadelphia, New York), 2015-2019; Member, Minority Fellowship Program Advisory Panel, 2013-2015; Chair-Elect and Chair, Asia and Asian American Section, 2003-2005.
Offices Held in Other Organizations: Committee on Populations, National Academy of Sciences, 2020-2023; Founder and Executive Committee, Interdisciplinary Association of Population Health Science, 2013-2014; National Advisory Committee, Health and Society Scholars Program, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2012-2016; Immigration Integration Panel, National Academy of Sciences, 2014-2015; Board of Scientific Counselors, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control, 2011-2014.
Publications: Below are selected items from over 200 publications. They represent some of my research interests.
Cano, Manuel and David T. Takeuchi. 2020. “Recent/Childhood Adversities and Mental Disorders Among US Immigrants.” Frontiers in Psychiatry 11: 573410.
Gong, Fang, Jun Xu, and David T. Takeuchi. 2017. “Racial and Ethnic Differences in Perceptions of Everyday Discrimination.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity 3(4): 506-21.
Sass, Victoria, Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, Steve Karceski, Anjum Hajat, Kyle Crowder, and David Takeuchi. 2017. “The Effects of Air Pollution on Individual Psychological Distress.” Health and Place 48: 72-79.
Takeuchi, David T. 2016. “Vintage Wine in New Bottles: Infusing Select Ideas into the Study of Immigration, Immigrants and Mental Health.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 57(4): 423-435.
Takeuchi, David T., Lisa Sun-Hee Park, Samantha Teixeira, and Yonette Thomas (Guest Editors). 2016. “Race and the Environment.” Du Bois Review, 13(2): 215-411.
Personal Statement: If elected I have two major goals on my agenda. First, I will support efforts to enhance the long-term financial stability of the Association. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, most learned societies were experiencing a decline in memberships. The changing world of journal publishing also has direct implications for the financial health and stability of learned societies. During the pandemic, these trends have intensified. ASA is fortunate to have begun working on these challenges through the membership task force and the Council’s continued examination of ASA’s financial well-being. I plan to maintain a focus on these issues. Second, for my term as President, the conference theme will focus on issues of borders and divides—real and imagined. Accordingly, in addition to providing opportunities to engage across sections, I plan to reach out to other disciplines to identify cross-cutting themes and explore how multidisciplinary approaches can lead to substantive social change and new research.
Candidates for Vice President-Elect
Mignon R. Moore
Mignon R. MoorePresent Professional Position: Professor of Sociology, Barnard College and Columbia University, 2016-present.
Former Professional Positions: Associate Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles, 2006-2016; Co-Director, Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, 2012-2016; Assistant Professor of Sociology and African American Studies, Columbia University, 2000-2006.
Education: Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, Research and Training Program in Poverty and Social Policy, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, 1998-2000; PhD, University of Chicago, 1998; BA, Columbia University, 1992.
Positions Held in ASA: Deputy Editor, American Sociological Review, 2020-present; Member, Program Committee, 2020-2021; Chair, Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 2017-2018; Council Member-at-Large, ASA Council, 2015-2018; Chair, Section on Race, Gender, and Class, 2011-2012.
Offices Held in Other Organizations: President, Sociologists for Women in Society, 2021; Executive Council, Association of Black Sociologists, 2019-2021; Deputy Editor, Gender & Society, 2019-2021; Senator and Executive Committee, Columbia University Senate, 2018-present; Editorial Board, Social Problems, 2014-2016.
Publications: Moore, Mignon R. 2018. “Reflections on Marriage Equality as a Vehicle for LGBTQ Political Transformation.” Pp. 73-80 in Queer Families and Relationships after Marriage Equality, edited by M. Yarborough, J. DeFilippis A. Jones, Routledge.
Moore, Mignon R. 2017. “Women of Color in the Academy: Navigating Multiple Intersections and Multiple Hierarchies.” Social Problems 64: 200-205.
Moore, Mignon R. 2011. Invisible Families: Gay Identities, Relationships and Motherhood among Black Women. University of California Press.
Moore, Mignon R. 2010. “Articulating a Politics of (Multiple) Identities: Sexuality and Inclusion in Black Community Life.” DuBois Review: Social Science Research on Race 7(2): 1-20.
Moore, Mignon R. 2008. “Gendered Power Relations among Women: A Study of Household Decision Making in Black, Lesbian Stepfamilies.” American Sociological Review 73{2}: 335-356.
Personal Statement: I am running for the position of Vice President because I enjoy this type of governance work. I first served on Council from 2015-2018. During that time, I helped create the ASA Travel Fund, which offers financial support to members from under-resourced institutions who want to attend the Annual Meeting. If elected I will continue to think through ways to reduce the feelings of alienation some have within the ASA. Council makes decisions that directly impact members’ professional lives, and I am interested in the VP position because of the specific tasks that are carried out within that role. For example, the Vice President oversees certain committees that identify nominees for executive office as well as other positions in the organization. The Vice President also works closely with the Program Committee to curate the Annual Meeting. I look forward to performing this type of work for our organization.
Zulema Valdez
Zulema ValdezPresent Professional Position: Professor of Sociology and Associate Vice Provost for the Faculty, University of California, Merced, 2013-present.
Former Professional Positions Held: Assistant and Associate Professor of Sociology, Texas A&M University, 2005-2013; Postdoctoral Fellow, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, National Poverty Center, University of Michigan, 2003-2005; Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, University of California, San Diego, 2002-2003.
Education: PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002; MA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1996; BA, University of California, Los Angeles, 1992.
Positions Held in ASA: Chair-Elect, Race, Gender, and Class Section: Council Member, ASA Council; Chair, Latina/o Sociology Section; Member, ASA Committee on Nominations; Council Member, International Migration Section.
Offices Held in Other Organizations: Winter Meeting Program Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society; Advisory Council, Network for Justice, “Future of Latinos in the United States: Law, Opportunity, and Mobility,” American Bar Foundation.
Publications: Pirtle, Whitney Laster, Zulema Valdez, Kathryn Daniels, Maria Duenas, Denise Castro. 2020. “Conceptualizing Ethnicity: How Dimensions of Ethnicity Affect Disparities in Health Outcomes Among Latinxs in the United States,” Ethnicity and Disease, 30(3), 1-12.
Valdez, Zulema. 2019. “The Great Recession and Precarious Wealth among Middle-class Mexican-Origin Entrepreneurs,” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 1-18.
Valdez, Zulema and Tanya Golash-Boza. 2017. “U.S. Racial and Ethnic Relations in the Twenty-first Century,” Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1-29.
Valdez, Zulema and Mary Romero, Eds. 2016. Ethnic Entrepreneurship in Intersectional Perspective. Special Issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies, 39(9).
Valdez, Zulema 2011. The New Entrepreneurs: How Race, Class and Gender Shape American Enterprise. Stanford University Press.
Personal Statement: I am professor of sociology at University of California, Merced, a Hispanic-Serving Institution located in the heart of California’s under-resourced Central Valley. My research and teaching program is informed by a theoretical perspective rooted in intersectionality. I am an expert in the study of ethnic entrepreneurship, undocumented students in higher education, and health disparities. My current project is an ethnography of wildfires in a rural White tourist town. I have been a member of the ASA for over 15 years and have served in several leadership roles in various sections and the ASA Council. As a Chicana and first-generation college student from a working-class background, my service to the profession is aimed at promoting greater equity, inclusion, and social justice for underrepresented populations and first-generation faculty, contingent faculty, and graduate students in the academy. I am also interested in developing a more sustainable ASA.
Candidates for Secretary-Treasurer-Elect
David Brady, University of California, Riverside and WZB Berlin Social Science Center
Monica McDermott, Arizona State University
Candidates for Council Members-at-Large
Freeden Blume Oeur, Tufts University
David Cook-Martín, University of Colorado Boulder
Crystal Marie Fleming, Stony Brook University
Cedric de Leon, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine
Anthony Peguero, Arizona State University
Victor Ray, The University of Iowa
Alyasah “Ali” Sewell, Emory University
Candidates for Committee on Committees, Members-at-Large
Jen’nan Read, Duke University
Victoria Reyes, University of California, Riverside
Saher Selod, Simmons University
Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University Chicago
Candidates for Committee on Committees, MA or Four-Year Institution
Anthony Hatch, Wesleyan University
Nadia Kim, Loyola Marymount University
Candidates for Committee on Committees, Two-Year Institution
Erin Evans, San Diego Mesa College
A. James McKeever, Los Angeles Pierce College
Candidates for Nominating Committee
Vilna Bashi Treitler, University of California Santa Barbara
Toni Calasanti, Virginia Tech
Tomas Encarnacion, United States Census Bureau
Marco Garrido, University of Chicago
Whitney Laster Pirtle, University of California Merced
Ken-Hou Lin, University of Texas at Austin
Sarah Mayorga, Brandeis University
Richard N Pitt, University of California San Diego
Laurel Westbrook, Grand Valley State University
Bin Xu, Emory University
Candidates for Publications Committee
Jean Beaman, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ellen Berrey, University of Toronto
Mary Campbell, Texas A&M University
Roberto G. Gonzales, Harvard University
Jose Itzigsohn, Brown University
Jennifer Randles, California State University, Fresno
