2011 ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED & CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY CONFERENCE

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1 2011 ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED & CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY CONFERENCE APPLIED AND CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND LOVING IT! LE PAVILION HOTEL NEW ORLEANS OCTOBER 12-16, 2011

2 2011 ASSOCIATION FOR APPLIED & CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY CONFERENCE APPLIED AND CLINICAL SOCIOLOGY: MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND LOVING IT! LE PAVILION HOTEL NEW ORLEANS OCTOBER 12-16, 2011

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4 TABLEOFCONTENTS WELCOMETOTHE2011ANNUALCONFERENCE!...1 AACSBOARDOFDIRECTORS PROGRAMCOMMITTEE...3 PROGRAMEVENTSANDACTIVITIES AWARDWINNERS...6 SESSIONGUIDELINES...7 SESSIONTYPES...8 AACSSTUDENTPROBLEMSOLVINGCOMPETITION...9 CERTIFICATION MEETINGSCHEDULE...12 Wednesday...12 Thursday...13 Friday...15 Saturday...24 Sunday...31 CALLFORPARTICPATIONFOR2012CONFERENCE...32 ALPHABETICALINDEXOFPARTICIPANTS...33 ADVERTISEMENTS...37

5 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! Welcometothe2011AnnualConference! DearAACSMembers,GuestsandFriends: WelcometotheLePavillonHotelandthe2011meetingoftheAssociationofAppliedandClinicalSociology! We veawiderangeofmeetingopportunitiesforyouthisyearincludingworkshops,accreditationsessions, paneldiscussions,paperpresentationsandroundtablediscussions.attendeeshavecomefromallpartsof theunitedstatesandincludeoverseasattendeesfromcanada,iranandsouthafrica.theagesofattendees rangefrom17to80. ForallofusSociologyhascometoholdgreatprominenceinourlivesintermsofwhoweareandhowwe engagetheworld.formany,sociologyisacallingthatwecarryingintotheworldinthesamewhatthat physicianscarrytheirhealingartsandreligiousleaderscarrytheirspirituality.clinicalandappliedsociologists domorethanobserve.weengage.andwhenweengageweseektoimprovethelivesofthosearoundus. Amongthemanyextraordinarypresenterswehaveatthisyear sconferenceisourkeynotespeakerjacklevin whohasspentalifetimestudyingmurder.ourfirstplenaryspeakerjoycemillerwillshareherexperienceof buildinganappliedpractice.oursecondplenaryspeakerjoanferrantewillsharehowshehasusedsocial networkingtoeffectsocialchange.aspecialefforthasbeenmadethisyeartoincludesessionsdesignedfor studentparticipants.thetopicstherestofthemembershipandattendeesbringtothetablearetoo numeroustolist.taketimetoreviewtheprogramtofindthesessionsofgreatestinteresttoyou. PleasejoinusattheWelcomeReceptionandSilentAuctionThursdayeveningintheTerraceRoomwherethe Horsd oeuvresarefree.continentalbreakfastswillbeservedbeginningat7:45a.m.forthemorningplenary sessionsthatrunfrom8:00 9:00onFridayandSaturday.LuncheswillbeservedduringtheFriday PresidentialAddressandtheSaturdayKeynoteAddress.Fridayeveningfrom5:00 7:00therewillbea StudentPosterSessionintheTerraceRoomduringareceptionwherefreewineandbeerwillbeserved. Enjoytheconference!Meetnewfriendandrenewoldacquaintances!We redelightedyou reheretojoinus. WehopetoseeyouagaininMilwaukeein2012whereourKeynotespeakerwillbeWilliamJuliusWilson. Best, MikeHirsch,President AssociationofAppliedandClinicalSociology 1

6 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology AACSBOARDOFDIRECTORS President VicePresident Secretary Treasurer PresidentElect VicePresidentElect PastPresident SecondPastPresident AtLargeMembers: NicoleCarr DuaneGill RossKoppel DeMondMiller DeborahPhelps LubomirPopov InternationalMembers:( ) DavidCooper MarilynDyck JawadFatayer AACSJournalofAppliedSocialScience JournalEditor(JASS) ManagingEditor(JASS) ConsultingEditor(JASS) AssociateEditor(JASS) IncomingBoardMembers( ) President VicePresident Secretary Treasurer PresidentElect VicePresidentElect PastPresident AtLargeMembers: AudwinAnderson DuaneGill RossKoppel DeborahPhelps LubomirPopov DeMondMiller 2

7 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! Chair AugieDiana,NationalInstituteonDrugAbuse 2011PROGRAMCOMMITTEE ProgramPreparation AugieDiana,NationalInstituteonDrugAbuse MikeHirsch,HustonTillotsonUniversity LindaMoore,NationalInstituteonDrugAbuse LocalArrangements Please take time to thank the committee for all their hard work! The committeewent above and beyond the callof duty to make this conference possibleandspecial. AACSExecutiveOffice PleasetakeanothermomenttothankFondaforallshedoesforus,andonthealltoocheap! Administrator FondaMartin DepartmentofSociology,Anthropology,andCriminology EasternMichiganUniversity 712PrayHarrold,EMU Ypsilanti,MI48197 Telephone:(734) Fax:(734)

8 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology TheHistoricLePavillonHotel YourAACSConferenceHome Constructedin1907,LePavillonHotelisontheedgeoftheFrenchQuarter,fourblocksfrom Harrah'sCasino,andapproximately15milesfromLouisArmstrongNewOrleansInternational Airport.ThislocationisalsotwoblocksfromSt.CharlesAvenueandthestreetcarline,halfa milefromtheaquarium. 4

9 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! PROGRAMEVENTSANDACTIVITIES ExecutiveBoard/ProgramCommitteeDinner GalleryLounge,LePavillon Wednesday,October13,6:00to8:00PM.Earlyarrivalsarewelcometojoinusattherestaurantforaninformal gathering. 2011WelcomeReceptionandFundraiser TerraceRoom,LePavillon Thursday,October14,6:00PM 8:00PM BookExhibitintheMeetingRoomArea Oh,andtheProgram: CheckouttheFREEpreconferenceworkshops(pages13&14). Don tmissthesunriseplenarysessionsfridayandsaturday(pages15&24). JoyceMillerhasbeenaleaderinourfieldforalongtime JoanFerranteistalkingaboutSocialNetworksandWaterFluoridation how couldyounotwanttohearaboutthat? (ContinentalBreakfastwillbeserved.Joinusforcoffee,sweets,anddialogue!) PresidentialAddressandAwardsLuncheonsFridayandSaturday(pages19&27). MikeHirschisonlyourPresidentforafewmoredayssocomecheerhimon. JackLevinisanamazingspeakerandhashadanatypicalsociologicalcareer. (Moregoodfood,greatSociologyanddialogue!) Andallthegreatsessionsyouhavesubmitted! 5

10 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology AWARDWINNERS JoinusincongratulatingourawardwinnersatourannualawardluncheononFriday, October14 th,12:00pmto1:45pm. TheLesterF.WardDistinguishedContributionstoAppliedandClinicalSociologyAward TheLesterF.WardAwardispresentedtoapersonwhohasmadeasignificantcontributiontoappliedand clinicalsociologyoveraperiodoftenormoreyears.thecontributionsofthispersonshouldconsiderhow s/hehashelpedtoadvancethefieldofsociologyinthepubliceyeand/orforothersociologists.typically,this willinvolveputtingintopracticethefieldofsociology srelevantconceptsandtheoriesinwaysthatservethe goodofthefieldandalsothepublicgood. AWARDEE:TheAssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociologypresentsthe2011LesterF.WardAwardtoJack Levin,NortheasternUniversityforhisdistinguishedprofessionalcontributionsinthefieldofappliedand clinicalsociology. TheAlexBorosAwardforContributionstotheAssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology TheAlexBorosAwardispresentedtoanAACSmemberwhohasservedAACSwithdistinction.Thiscanbe someonewhohasservedaacs(or,inthiscase,itsparentssasandspa)overaperiodoftimeandhashelped theassociation(s)toconducttheirbusinessand/ortoadvancetheircause(s). AWARDEE:TheAssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociologypresentsthe2011 AlexBorosAwardtoJerry Krause,HumboldtStateUniversityforhisdistinguishedprofessionalcontributionsinthefieldofappliedand clinicalsociology. TheRobertEzraParkAwardforSociologicalPractice TheRobertEzraParkAwardforSociologicalPracticeispresentedtoanoutstandingsociologistwhohasmade aspecialcontributiondemonstratinghowsociologicalpractice(appliedorclinical)canadvanceandimprove society. AWARDEE:TheAssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociologypresentsthe2011RobertEzraParkAwardto PamJenkins,UniversityofNewOrleansforherdistinguishedprofessionalcontributionsinthefieldofapplied andclinicalsociology. ThePaulWellstoneCommunityServiceAward The Paul Wellstone Community Service Award is presented to a person or organization in the community where theannual Meeting is held.the recipient of this award willhave madesignificant and noteworthy appliedorclinicalsociologicalcontributionsinthecommunitytheyserve.insomecases,itmaybeobvious howtheawardee sworkissociological,inothersnot. AWARDEE:AsheCulturalArtsCenter The2011JudithLittleAward The Judith Little Award for the Student Problem Solving Competition is presented to the winning student team.the2011 projectwascompletedaspartofapopulationproblemscourseattheuniversityofnew Orleans.AWARDEES:MariaCasatiandAnnaHackman 6

11 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! SESSIONGUIDELINES Thisprogramlistsallsessionsandparticipantsasofthedatethispublicationwenttoprint.Sessionnumbers arefinalasarepresentationroomassignments,dates,andtimeslots. Thesessionchair,presider,ororganizerwillserveastimekeeper,ordesignateanotherpresentertokeep time.panelistsshouldagreebeforehandtothetimelimitsandleaveaminimumof10minutesforquestions. Tofacilitatepeopleattendingmultiplesessions,presenterswillpresentintheorderlistedontheprogram. SessionchairsareaskedtoreporttheheadcountfromtheirsessionstoarepresentativeofAACSatthe registrationdesk. Fifteentotwentyminutebreaksoccurbetweenmostofthescheduledsessions.Thistimeisusedtorearrange seating,cleanrooms,setupequipment,andorganizethenextsession.forsessionsthatrunover,the discussionshouldbemovedtoanonassignedarea,thelobby,orothercommonarea. YoumustregisterandremitpaymenttotheAACSConferenceRegistrartoparticipateintheConferencein NewOrleans.Ifyouhavenotalreadypreregisteredandprepaidfortheconference,youmayregisterand remitpaymentattheregistrationdesk. 7

12 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology SESSIONTYPES PaperPresentations:Provideattendeeswithcontemporaryresearch,usefulcasestudies,andinsightful evaluationsofappliedandclinicalworkthatisperformedinoccupationsintheacademicandnonacademic workplaceandprofessionalmarketplace,usingatraditionalformatofdeliverythatjoinspresentationsofa similartheme. Roundtables/ShortSessions:Encourageattendeestoparticipatewiththesessionchairinsharingand discussingideas,informationandquestionspertainingtoacommontopic.roundtablechairsmayprovide information,andthenfacilitatediscussion.chairsselectanissueandinviteotherconferenceparticipants workinginapplied,clinical,oracademicsettingstobrainstorm,shareideasanddiscusscreativesolutions. Worksinprogress,innovativeteachingdiscussions,andinteractivesessionsforpractitionerstodiscusscurrent issuesinthefield,andotherformatsareencouraged. Interactive/LongSessions:Interactiveprojects,workshops,orpapersessionswithmanyparticipantscanbe runasatraditionalformatofdeliverythatjoinspresentationsofasimilarthemeorarerunasinteractive sessionswithattendeeparticipation.tomaximizeinteraction,thelengthofthesessionwasmodified. Panels:Consistofappliedand/orclinicalsociologistswho,asrecognizedexpertsintheirfieldsorspecialties, discussthelatesttrendsanddevelopmentsinresearch,teaching,orpractice.opendialogueandexchangeis encouraged. Posters:Visualdisplaysofresearchorinnovativepractices/organizationsthatallowpeopletohaveoneon onedialogueswithyouaboutyourresearch.posterpresentationsaretypicallyeasiertoprepareandarewell suitedforworksinprogressandthisisalsoagoodopportunityforcommunityorganizationsandstudentsand facultyworkinginthecommunitytopresenttheirwork. PlenaryandKeynoteAddresses:Addresssalientissuesthatdirectlyimpacttheconferencetheme. Conferenceregistrantsjointogetherinasingle,largeassembly.drawontheirsubstantivefield experienceandpersonalbackground,contributingtothediscussion. 8

13 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! AACSSTUDENTPROBLEMSOLVINGCOMPETITION: RULESANDPROCESSES EachyearAACSseekstoidentifyanorganizationinthecommunitythathasaspecificproblemthatneeds resolution.oncetheclienthasbeenidentified,informationdescribingtheclient sneedsispostedattheaacs website, onsolvingtheclient sproblem.thissuccessfulprogramisusedwithpermissionbyothersociological societies.thisyearourclientistba. Eligibility:Teamsofstudentswillworktogethertoaddresstheclient'sneeds.Aschoolcanhaveoneteam,or multipleteams.theteamcanbecomprisedofallundergraduatestudents,allgraduatestudents,oramixof students.afacultymembersponsorstheteam. Process:Attheconference,theclientwillofferaninformalpresentationtointroducestudentstohis/her organization,describingtheorganization'shistory,leadership,andneeds.thereisplentyoftimefor questionsandanswersatthissession.aftertheconference,studentsreturntotheircampusesandbegin meetingtogetherasateamtobrainstormandresearchsolutionstotheclient'sproblem.duringthisstage, studentscan questionstotheclientandtheexercisecoordinator.thecoordinatorwillcirculate answerstofollowupquestionstoallteams.eachteamdevelopsawrittenteamreportandsubmitsittothe exercisecoordinator.theclientandanevaluationcommitteereadthereports,rankingthemonaseriesof dimensions(seebelow).awinnerisdetermined.theexercisecoordinatorcollectsfeedbackfromtheclient andevaluationcommitteemembersanddistributesthesetoalltheteams. Benefits:Allstudentsparticipatingintheexercisegainsociologicalconsultingexperiencewhichtheyshould listontheirresumes.thewinningteamreceivesdiscountedregistrationatnextyear'sconference,acash award,andtheteamadvisorreceivesaplaque. EvaluationCriteria: Coverageofthequestionsdescribedintheproblemsolvingdescription. Reviewofrelevantsociologicalliteraturerelatedtotheexercisetopic. Useofappliedand/orclinicalsocialresearchmethods. Integrationoftheoryandmethods. Appropriatenessofassumptionsandsolutions/planofaction. Creativityinaddressingquestionsandprovidingsolutions/planofaction. Discussionofsolution/planlimitations. Overallqualityofthereportdesignandpresentation. Abilitytosummarizethereportintheexecutivesummary. Clarityofanalysis,writing,andorganizationofideas. Studentsmeetandaskquestionsoftheorganization(client)attheStudentProblemSolvingSessionIon Saturday,October15at3:00p.m.(Session41intheGravierRoom). 9

14 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology CERTIFICATION Certificationisadesignationawardedtoexperiencedprofessionalsociologicalpractitionersafteraprocessof evaluationbysociologistswithinaacs.acertifiedmembermaythenuseaspecialdesignationasacertified SociologicalPractitioner(C.S.P.)inadditiontohis/herdegree.Tobecertified,youmustsubmitaportfolio representingyouracademicandpracticebackground,currentpractice,andethicalpositions.theportfolio mustalsoincluderecommendationsfrompeoplewhoknowyourworkasapractitioner.apanelofthree certifiedappliedandclinicalsociologistswillreviewthismaterial.ifthispanelagreesthattheabovefactors wouldqualifyyoutogainthisdesignation,youareinvitedtoholdacertificationdemonstrationata professionalmeeting(e.g.,aacsmeetingorasa).asimilarpanelreviewsyourpresentation.ifthemajority ofthepanelagreesthatyourpresentation(alongwiththeportfolio)demonstratesthatyouarequalifiedasan appliedorclinicalsociologist,youareawardedcertification. WhoIsEligible? Certificationasanappliedorclinicalsociologistisopentopersonswithmastersanddoctoraldegreesin sociologyandalsoforthosewithinterdisciplinarymastersanddoctorateswhosecourseworkandpractice featureastrongsociologicalcomponent. InWhatAreasMayIBeCertified? AppliedandClinicalSociologistspracticeonmultiplelevelsoffocus.Areasofspecializationincludeinternational, national,intercommunity,community,organization,othergroups,family,andindividuals.majorpractice contentareasincludecommunitydevelopment,conflictresolution,criminology/criminaljustice, organizationaldevelopment,gerontology,health,counseling,andsocialpolicy.manysociologistshave developeduniquepracticesandthecertificationprocesscanbeaccommodatingwithincertainprofessional parameters.yourapplication,appliedorclinicalexperienceandcertificationdemonstrationmustreflectthe interventionareasthatyouspecify. WhatDoesItCost? YoumustbeamemberoftheAssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology(AACS).Forcertification,thereis anapplicationfeeof$200andademonstrationfeeof$100.ifyouarecertified,thereisanannual$20 certificationmaintenancefee.youmustattendanaacsannualmeetingbeforeyoupresentyourcertification demonstration. WhyBeCertified? CertificationasanAppliedorClinicalSociologistindicatesthatyourbackground,currentpractice,attitudes, ethics,andskillshavebeenexaminedbycertifiedprofessionalsinyourdiscipline.byawardingcertification, AACSindicatesthattheybelieveyoumeetthestandardsofsociologicalpracticeasanappliedorclinical sociologist.certificationmayaddtoyourcredibilityasapractitioner.ithashelpedsomepractitionersgain entrancetorestrictivepracticesettingsandroutestoreimbursement. Certificationindicatesthatyouhavemetprofessionalstandardsataparticulartime.Itisimportantto maintainandenhanceyourabilitiesbykeepinguptodateinyourchosenareasofspecialization.moreover, theaacscodeofethicsisanadditionalreassuranceofproperbehaviorbycertifiedsociologicalpractitioners. 10

15 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! CertificationIsNotLicensure Astateorcommonwealthgrantsalicenseaftersuccessfulpassageofabillinthelegislatureandsignatureof thegovernor.gainingsuchpassageusuallyrequiresalobbyingeffort,astrongorganization,supporters, powerfulallies,andresources.licensesareusuallyavailableinfieldswhereitcanbeshownthatunlicensed practitionershavethepotentialtodoharm.licensurecanrestrainuseoftitles,procedures,andemployment. Overtheyears,therehavebeenattemptstolicensesociologists,butnoneoftheseattemptshavesucceeded. Otherlicenseddisciplinesareusuallyopposedtolicensureofothersbecauseofoccupationalprideand becausetheymaybelieveitwilllimittheirmembers income. Somepracticingsociologistsbelievethatalicenseinsociologywouldbeeconomicallybeneficial,asmanaged careproviderslookforlessexpensivewaystoprovideservices.severalstateslookoncertificationasastepto licensure.ontheotherhand,somestatesaresunsettinglicensurelaws. WhatIsAppliedandClinicalSociology? AppliedandClinicalSociologistsusesociologicalinterventions,whichapplysociologicalperspectivestothe analysisanddesignofinterventionsforpositivechangeatanylevelofsocialorganizationfromthemicroto themacro.anappliedorclinicalsociologisthasastrongbackgroundinsocialtheoryandthevarietyof sociologicalmethods.thisknowledgeoftheoryandmethodisthebasisofappliedandclinicalwork.the orientationofappliedandclinicalsociologyisbothinterdisciplinaryandhumanistic. ForfurtherInformation,attendsessions10and38(theremaybeothers)orcontact: DeborahL.Phelps,Ph.D.C.S.P.M.P.E. AACSCertificationChair FontbonneUniversity 6800WydownBlvd. St.Louis,MO63105 Telephone:(314) FAX:(314)

16 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 2011MEETINGSCHEDULE Wednesday,October12,2011 Time SessionTitle Location ExecutiveBoard&ProgramCommittee LePavillon 6:00 8:00p.m. InformalGathering GalleryLounge 12

17 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 13 Thursday,October13,2011 Time SessionTitle Location 8:30 11:30 a.m. ExecutiveBoardMeeting Presider:MikeHirsch, HustonTillotsonUniversity JosephineRoom Thursday,October13,2011 PreConferenceWorkshops Workshop1 12:30 2:30 GravierRoom APPLIEDHEALTHCARE OrganizerandPresenter: TiffanyNoelleMartinBrown OwnYourOwnHealth UniversityofColorado,Denver ParticipationinthePolicyProcesstoLearnaboutthe PolicyProcess Workshop2 12:30 2:30 BaronneRoom SOCIOLOGICALCAREERS Organizer:LubomirPopov, BowlingGreenUniversity MarvFinkelstein,SouthernIllinois University,Edwardsville RossKoppel,UniversityofPennsylvania AugieDiana,NationalInstituteonDrug Abuse MismatchorMisapplication?Whysociologistsdon t appeartobeagoodfitinthejobmarket. Sociology slowjobmarketstatushasbeencharacterized asamarketmismatchi.e.,collegegraduateswithdegrees insociologyaretypicallyviewedasillsuitedforparticular jobs.thepresentersarguethattheproblemisnotoneof mismatchsomuchasmisapplicationi.e.,lackofclear definition,directdevelopmentandapplicationof sociologicalskillsthatcanberecognizedbyprospective employers.theyarguethatsociologyshouldberecastto focusitsapproachonproblemsolvingfittospecificfields inthejobmarket.

18 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 14 Thursday,October13,2011 PreConferenceWorkshops Workshop3 3:00 5:00 GravierRoom SOCIALPOLICY Organizer:AugieDiana,National InstituteonDrugAbuse Presenter:WilHardy,WGHConsulting, Inc. CulturalCompetenceinHumanServiceDelivery Aninteractivediscussionofatoolindevelopmentto assess,plan,deliver,andevaluatetheeffectivenessof humanservicedeliverybasedonevidencebased principles,withafocusontheimportanceofculture andbehaviorofindigenouspopulations.thetool consistsofthreeparts:1)aframeworkidentifying culturalcompetenceprocessesforassessingneeds, capacitybuildingandidentification,programplanning, programimplementation,andprogramevaluationof effectiveness;2)domains,indicators,andactivitiesfor identifyinglow,moderate,andhighperformancein culturalcompetenceandhumanservicedeliveryat National,State,Community,Program/Organization, andindividuallevels;and3)instrument(s)forassessing ongoingculturalcompetenceactivitiesateachlevel. Workshop4 3:00 5:00 BaronneRoom ENTREPRENEURIALSOCIOLOGY OrganizerandPresenter: GraceFleming,ChiefOperationOfficer TejasFamilyGuidanceCenter BuildingaNonProfitinUncertainTimes:Drawingon SociologytoMakeThingsWork Workshop5 3:00 5:00 BienvilleRoom ADDINGFUTURINGANDFORESIGHTTOOLSTOYOUR APPLIEDSOCIOLOGICALTOOLBOX OrganizerandPresenter: StephenSteele,InstitutefortheFuture AnneArundelCommunityCollege Whetheryouwanttoincludefuturingandforesightina clientworkshoporyouwanttobuildacourseonthe futuretoaddtoyoursociologyofferingsthispresentation providespractical"howto"information.organizations thatoperateinavacuum,ignoringtheincreasingvelocity ofchangeintheglobalcommunity,willnotsucceedfor long.drivingforcesarechallengingbytheirnatureand willconfrontorganizationsofallkinds.inthisworkshop consultantsandeducatorswilldiscovermethodsand toolsthatcanbepracticallyappliedtotheiracademicor corporateenvironment.participantswilllearnhowto engageandcreatefuturesbyusingforesighttoolsfrom backcastingtoscenariobuilding.participantswillactively utilizethetools. Thursday,October13,2011 Time SessionTitle Location 6:00 9:00p.m. WelcomeReceptionandSilentAuction LePavillon TerraceRoom

19 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 15 Friday,October14,2011 Time SessionTitle 8:00 9:00a.m. DenechaudRoom SunrisePlenary 1 JoyceAnnMiller, KeyStoneCorporation MyEntrepreneurialJourney:AStoryof DoingBusinessasaSociologist Friday,October14,2011 9:15 10:30 a.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session1 GravierRoom SessionTitle DISASTERSETTINGS Organizer:DanaM.Greene,Universityof NorthCarolina,ChapelHill PerceptionsandRealitiesofEnvironmentalRiskand CommunityPreparednessinPotential/ActualDisaster Zones Hurricanes,Tornadoes,Earthquakes,andRadiological Events,OhMy!:ExploringtheIssuesofEnvironmental andsocialriskindisasterzones DanaM.Greene,UniversityofNorth Carolina,ChapelHill PreparingfortheNextDisasterwhileinLongTerm Recovery:TheChallengestotheNonProfitCommunity PamelaJ.Jenkins,UniversityofNew Orleans TheRoleoftheCriticalCivicInfrastructureinDisaster Preparedness:AStudyofCommunityBased OrganizationsinSanFrancisco LieselRitchie,BrandiGilbertand KathleenTierney,UniversityofColorado Concurrent Session2 BaronneRoom SessionTitle VIOLENCE Organizers:NancyShields,Universityof Missouri,St.Louis KathyNadasen,Universityofthe WesternCape UnderstandingHumanViolence CompetingPerspectivesonViolence:WhoseDefinition AreYouUsing? WilliamE.Thornton,DeeW.Harperand LydiaVoigt TheEffectsofExposuretoViolenceonTeachersinCape TownandSt.Louis NancyShields,UniversityofMissouri,St. Louis KathyNadasen,Universityofthe WesternCape ChristineHanneke,FleishmanHillard UnderstandingtheCausesofYouthViolenceinaRacially SegregatedPublicSchool PeterMarina,UniversityofMissouri,St. Louis TheEvolutionofHumanViolence:ACritiqueandan Alternative GrantS.McCall,TulaneUniversity

20 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 9:15 10:30 a.m. Concurrent Session3 BienvilleRoom Concurrent Session4 OrleansRoom Concurrent Session5 NapoleonRoom Friday,October14,2011 ConcurrentSessions SessionTitle ACADEMICMENTORING Description:Thissessionisdesignedtohelp undergraduateandgraduatestudentstopromoteand preparefortheiracademiccareers. SessionTitle APPLIEDSOCIOLOGYINUNIVERSITYSETTINGS TalesfromTheFrontLines:TheTrialsandTribulationsof UniversityBasedAppliedSociologyResearchCenters TakingIttotheStreetsRevisited "Research Centers and Institutes in Times of Austerity: Building and Sustaining Collaborations" TheCat soutofthebarnnow:mixedmetaphorsand BuildingaCenterOutofThinAirataSmallLiberalArts College "OrganizedResearchCentersandtheModernUniversity" SessionTitle CLINICALSOCIOLOGY: Micro,MesoandMacro ApplicationofClinicalSociology ClinicalSociologistsusesociologicalinterventions,which applysociologicalperspectivestotheanalysisanddesign ofinterventionsforpositivechange.positivechangecan occuratanylevelofsocialorganizationfromthemicroto themacro.thepresentationsinthissessionwillcover multilevelapplicationsofclinicalsociology. SocialCapitalandTrust:TheMechanicsofBridge Building (Micro) ClinicalSociologyandComplementaryMedicine (Micro) ClinicalSociologyandCommunityChildhoodObesity Initiatives (Meso) TrendsinSociologyfromaClinicalSociologist's Perspective (Macro) Organizer:JayWeinstein,Universityof NorthFlorida StephenSteele,InstitutefortheFuture AnneArundelCommunityCollege TroyAdams,ArkansasStateUniversity BillCross,ProfessorEmeritus,Illinois College Organizer:JeffryWill,NortheastFlorida CenterforCommunityInitiatives JeffryWill,NortheastFloridaCenterfor CommunityInitiatives DeMondMiller,RowanUniversity JeffPeterson,LinfieldCenterforthe Northwest J.StevenPicou,UniversityofSouth Alabama Organizer:DebbiePhelps,Fontbonne University LindaWeber,StateUniversityofNew York,Utica DebbiePhelps,FontbonneUniversity ChetBallard,ValdostaStateUniversity MelodyeLehnerer,CollegeofSouthern Nevada 16

21 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 17 Friday,October14,2011 9:15 10:30 a.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session6 TerraceRoom SessionTitle COMMUNITYRESEARCH,CommunityChallenges Presider:LibbyLarsen,California University,Pennsylvania RethinkingProgram Outcomes :Conceptual, Measurement,andMethodologicalWoesforNonProfit OrganizationsinanEraofAccountability C.EddiePalmer,UniversityofLouisiana, Lafayette Enhancingandinhibitingfactorsinundertakingengaged scholarshipresearchwithcommunityorganizationsin SouthAfrica DavidCooper,UniversityofCapeTown The2011EvaluationofSundayFriends:AWorking AlternativetoCharity JamesLee,SanJoseStateUniversity DynamicDuos:ASociologicalCaseStudyinMentoring ProgramEvaluation LauraReaganPorras,BoysandGirlsClub ofmcallen,texas Friday,October14, :45a.m. 12:00p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session7 GravierRoom SessionTitle DISASTERSTUDIES Organizer:JasonRivera,Rutgers University AfterDisasterandtheNewNormal:StrugglestoSurvive, Recover,RebuildandReimage JasonRivera,RutgersUniversity TechnologicalDisasters,TheSupremeCourtand CommunityClosure:ContinuedCommunityTraumaTwo DecadesaftertheExxonValdezOilSpill DuaneGill,OklahomaStateUniversity WhatHaveWeLearnedfromFailedTechnologicalFixes: ExploringtheDeepHorizonBlowOutandtheFukushima DaiichiMeltdown? DeMondMillerandChristopher Gonzales,RowanUniversity JasonRivera,RutgersUniversity Concurrent Session8 BaronneRoom SessionTitle EDUCATION:STUDENTRETENTION Presider:AmyAllen,SafePlace TheChallengesofConductingaTelephoneSurveyto StudyFreshmanRetention PhilDavignonandCharlesTolbert,Baylor University SkillsbuildingforAcademicInstitutionStudent Retention MuhammadM.Haque,McNeeseState University EarlyAlertSystemandStudentRetention:What DifferenceDoesitMake? NicoleCarrandCeciliaMartin,University ofsouthalabama

22 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 18 Friday,October14, :45a.m. 12:00p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session9 BienvilleRoom SessionTitle EXPERTWITNESS Organizers: MikeHirsch,HustonTillotsonUniversity TinaA.Quartaroli,UniversityofCentral Missouri TakingtheStand:SociologistsasExpertWitnesses CourtingSociology:SociologistsasExpertsandExpert Witnesses RossKoppel,UniversityofPennsylvania MitigationEvidence:ExpertorLayTestimony AnnCharvat,TennesseeStateUniversity, Nashville IfItPleasestheCourt:SociologistasExpertWitnessina CivilRightsCase MikeHirsch,HustonTillotsonUniversity TinaA.Quartaroli,UniversityofCentral Missouri TheWorkofaMitigationExpert:ApplyingSociologyin CriminalCases CraigForsyth,UniversityofLouisiana, Lafayette Concurrent Session10: Demonstrationof AppliedPractice OrleansRoom SessionTitle CERTIFICATIONDEMONSTRATIONSESSION: Acertificationdemonstrationsessionforapplicantsinthe certificationprocess.opentoall. Presider:DebbiePhelps,Fontbonne University Presenter:JamesBurnett,IdahoState University Concurrent Session11 NapoleonRoom SessionTitle DISASTERSETTINGS:UsingRealLifeCommunity CollaborationtoTrainAppliedSociologists Organizer:DanaM.Greene,Universityof NorthCarolina,ChapelHill ThefocusoftheCenterforHazardsAssessment, ResponseandTechnology(UNOCHART)istosupport Louisianacommunitysustainabilityinlightofnatural, technological,environmentalandterroristriskstowhich theregionisvulnerable.thecenterundertakesapplied socialscienceresearchtounderstandwaysinwhich Louisianacommunitiesandthecoastalregionrespondto theserisks,assistsinthedevelopmentofbestpractices forreducingrisksandhelpsinimplementingthese practicestoachievecomprehensivecommunity sustainability.thesecondfocusofunochartisthe reversedynamictheimpactsofcommunityactivity social/political/economicontheecosystemswithinthe costalandsoutheastregionofthestate.thisworkshop/ panelwillhighlightthetrainingofappliedsocialscientists todothisimportantwork. : ErinPattonMerrick,MichelleMarie Gremillion,MaggieLouiseOlivierand CoreyThomasMiller,UniversityofNew Orleans Discussant:MonicaTeetsFarris, UniversityofNewOrleans

23 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 19 Friday,October14, :45a.m. 12:00p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session12 TerraceRoom SessionTitle DOMESTICVIOLENCE Organizer:BrendaMarshall,Alabama StateUniversity PerceptionsandExperienceswithDomesticViolence FactorsContributingtoAdolescents Opinionsabout DomesticViolence:TrinidadandTobago BrendaMarshall,AlabamaState University FamilyandExperientialContextsofFamilyViolencein thecaribbean:thecaseoftrinidadandtobago LeonWilson,EastCarolinaUniversity DomesticViolenceSurvivors ExperienceswithNon ShelterServices:ResultsofaNewMultiStateStudy EleanorLyon,LyonandAssociates ResearchandEvaluationConsulting,Inc. SpecialAssistanceRequiredbyVictimsofElderAbuse andbarrierstoreceivingit MaryCaySengstock,WayneState University Friday,October14, :00 2:00 p.m. DenechaudRoom PresidentialAddressandAwardsLuncheon Sociology:MyLoveStory Presider: MikeHirsch,HustonTillotsonUniversity AACSPresident LesterF.WardAward JackLevin,NortheasternUniversity AlexBorosAward JerryKrause,HumboldtStateUniversity RobertE.ParkAwardforSociologicalPractice PamJenkins,UniversityofNewOrleans PaulWellstoneCommunityServiceAward AsheCulturalArtsCenter Friday,October14,2011 2:15 3:30p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session13: Roundtable GravierRoom SessionTitle DISASTERSTUDIES Organizer:DeMondMiller,Rowan University RegionalizationofDisastersandEnvironmentalCrisis: Local,RegionalandGlobalPerspectives RoundtableParticipants: LieselRitchie,UniversityofColorado ShirleyLaska J.StevenPicou,UniversityofSouthAlabama FrancisO.Adeola,UniversityofNewOrleans LoriPeek DeMondMiller,RowanUniversity JasonRivera,RutgersUniversity ChristopherGonzalesandBrandonFleming

24 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 20 Friday,October14,2011 2:15 3:30p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session14 BaronneRoom SessionTitle APPLIEDCRIMINOLOGY Organizers:MikeHirsch,HustonTillotson University SandraJones,RowanUniversity Presider:MeghanMcDonald,University ofwisconsin,milwaukee AllAboutCrimeI:InsightsintotheOperationsofthe CriminalJusticeSystem TheEvidenceBasedDecisionMakinginLocalCriminal JusticeSystemsInitiativeinMilwaukeeCounty MarkR.Mantayh,Universityof Wisconsin,Milwaukee NoWinnersHere:DeathbyExecutionvs.Deathby Incarceration SandraJ.Jones,RowanUniversity ChallengesofPrisonerReentry:APrimerforApplied Sociology RogerGuy,UniversityofNorthCarolina, Pembroke Concurrent Session15: Roundtable BienvilleRoom SessionTitle PUBLICSERVICEROUNDTABLE Presider:NormaWinston,Universityof Tampa :JillianPalmerandChristine Fernandez,UniversityofTampa StudentProgramEvaluations:Undergraduateseniors whohavedoneevaluationsofprogramsforthelocal childabusecouncil Concurrent Session16 OrleansRoom SessionTitle YOUTHMENTORING/SOCIALIZATION Presider:RosemaryD Apolito, YoungstownStateUniversity ABridgeover(Globalizing)TroubledWaters:Youth SocializationandMentoringforAchievement Recentoutbreaksofmassunrestamongyouthin Chicago,London,andCairo,forinstance,raisequestions ofglobalrelevanceabouthowbesttosupportatrisk youththroughmentoringandsocializationfor achievement.intendedtocoverabroadrangeof perspectivesandmethods,theoverarchinggoalofthis sessionistoincreaseknowledgeandunderstandingof factorsthatinfluencesocializationforachievement; programmaticissuesforagenciesservingatriskyouth; perceptionsandattitudestowardyouthprotestand violence;andrelatedissues.ultimately,wehope presentationswillencouragemoreindividualsandgroups toserveas bridgesovertroubledwater foratrisk youthlocallyand/orworldwide. Organizersand: DeniseNarcisse,YoungstownState University LauraReaganPorras,BoysandGirlsClub ofmcallen,texas MyPrideandJoy:AfricanAmericanMothers ContributionstoDaughters ProfessionalCareers DeniseA.Narcisse,YoungstownState University TheReflexiveImpactofYouthMentoringPrograms LauraReaganPorras,BoysandGirlsClub ofmcallen,texas

25 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 21 Friday,October14,2011 2:15 3:30p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session17 NapoleonRoom SessionTitle HEALTHCARE/MEDICALSOCIOLOGY Organizer:RossKoppel,Universityof Pennsylvania HealthcareDesignTrendsandSocialProcessesatthe HealthcareWorkplace DebajyotiPati,HKS,Inc. TheTrendofEvidenceBasedDesignandImplicationsfor AppliedSociologists LubomirPopov,BowlingGreenUniversity InSicknessandinHealthcare:Howtostructure healthcareitpolicytokillthemostnumberof Americans RossKoppel,UniversityofPennsylvania Concurrent Session18 TerraceRoom SOCIALPOLICY/CRIMINOLOGY Presider:AugieDiana,NationalInstitute ondrugabuse UnsafeatManySpeeds:SocialLessonsregardingFailed AutoSafetyTechnologies BobPrice,TexasStateUniversity,San Marcos ForYourOwnGood?RecollectionsofChildhood CorporalPunishmentanditsRelationtoBonding& CriminalityamongAdultFemales AlisonMarganski,VirginiaWesleyan College Friday,October14,2011 3:45 5:00p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session19 GravierRoom SessionTitle CONVICTCRIMINOLOGY:OurEmergingPerspectiveon CorrectionalPrograms Organizer:StephenC.Richards, UniversityofWisconsinOshkosh FromCrimetoCollege:UsingConvictCriminologyand CommunityCollaborationtoEmpowerVulnerableYouth inidaho JamesBurnettandD.J.Williams,Idaho StateUniversity Can RightRelation BeBuiltonShame:An InterdisciplinaryInquiryintoShamePractices,Latino Ethnicity,andRestorativeJustice StephanieFetta,SyracuseUniversityand AlanMobley,SanDiegoStateUniversity Freedom101:ADescriptiveAnalysisofaCorrectional CognitiveBehavioralProgram JohnFrana,UniversityofLouisville Concurrent Session20: Demonstrationof AppliedPractice BaronneRoom SessionTitle SURVEYRESEARCH:Police,Politics,andSecret Statisticians Organizersand: MarthaSherman,AnnaGarlandand KimberlyEdwards,BaylorUniversity

26 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 22 Friday,October14,2011 3:45 5:00p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session21: StudentPapers BienvilleRoom SessionTitle STUDENTPAPERS:InternshipExperiences Organizer:SuzanneStoetling,Fontbonne University AppliedSociologyandAdCult:ReflectingonanApplied SociologyInternship AndrewC.Cohen,FontbonneUniversity NIDASummerInternshipProgramStudentIntern JanMorianandSarahHaftings,Kennesaw StateUniversity ASummerInWashington:AnAppliedSociology InternshipandtheSociologyofPolitics LaurenSandefur,FontbonneUniversity StudentTemporaryEmploymentProgram:AnApplied InternshipattheU.S.CensusBureau AndyPagel,BaylorUniversity Concurrent Session22 OrleansRoom SessionTitle ENVIRONMENTAL/INTERNATIONALSOCIOLOGY Presider:LibbyLarsen,California University,Pennsylvania ImpactsofHumanInterventionontheEcological StructureofBangladesh FarihahHaque,LoyolaUniversity,New Orleans UrbanandPeriUrbanAgricultureinNorthern Mozambique:ImpactsonFoodSecurityamongFemale StreetFoodVendors MicheleCompanionUniversityof Colorado,ColoradoSprings DifferentialCommunityResponsetotheBPGulfSpill BobGramling,JoAnneDeRouenand GeorgeWooddell,Universityof Louisiana,Lafayette ShirleyLaskaandMichelleAlcina, UniversityofNewOrleans ExaminingtheRecoveryofaPostKatrinaNewOrleans Neighborhood FarrahD.Gafford,XavierUniversity

27 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 23 Friday,October14,2011 3:45 5:00p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session23 NapoleonRoom SessionTitle SOCIOLOGICALCAREERS:SociologicalCareersinthe PrivateSector Organizer:LubomirPopov,Bowling GreenUniversity SociologicalCareersintheDesignIndustries LubomirPopov,BowlingGreenUniversity andmargaritapopova,freelancedesign Researcher 21 st CenturyCareerswithanUndergraduateDegreein Sociology MargaretVitullo,AmericanSociological Association SociologicalCareersinHumanResources MarvFinkelstein,SouthernIllinois University,Edwardsville Oneofthefewfieldsofemploymentthatcollege graduateswithadegreeinsociologyhavepursued particularlyintheprivatesphereishumanresources.this isaverybroadfieldthatincludesavarietyofspecialties suchasorganizationaldevelopmentanddesign,strategic planning,traininganddevelopment,benefitsand compensation,affirmativeaction,collectivebargaining andlaborrelations,employeeassistance,and employmentcounseling.thispresentationexploresthese possibilitiesandraisesquestionsabouthowwell preparedandadvisedstudentsareforthesekindsofjobs intheirundergraduateprograms.suggestionsformore clearlydefininganddirectlydevelopingsociologicalskills intheseareaswithregardtoundergraduateand graduatecurriculumswillbediscussed. Friday,October14,2011 5:00 7:00p.m. Reception TerraceRoom STUDENTPOSTERSESSION PoserTitle JillianPalmerandChristineFernandez, UniversityofTampa KimberlyMosbyandMaggieOliver, UniversityofNewOrleans ExploringSubstanceAbuseandAddictioninthe Suburbs:AnInternshipResearchExperience JaniceB.MorianandSarahHaftings, KennesawStateUniversity NonmedicalUseofPrescriptionDrugsamongCollege Students SarahHastingsandJaniceB.Morian, KennesawStateUniversity

28 8:00 9:00a.m. DenechaudRoom AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology Saturday,October15,2011 Time SessionTitle SunrisePlenary 2 UsingSocialNetworkstoEffectChange: The CaseofWaterFluoridation 9:00a.m. 12:00p.m. JosephineRoom JoanFerrante,NorthernKentucky University Saturday,October15,2011 Time SessionTitle TheSocialScienceResearchCouncil KatrinaResearchGroup Presider:KaiErikson,YaleUniversity Saturday,October15,2011 9:15 10:30 ConcurrentSessions a.m. SessionTitle Concurrent Session24 GravierRoom Concurrent Session25 BaronneRoom APPLIEDCRIMINOLOGY:AllAboutCrimeII:Insightsinto theoperationsofthecriminaljusticesystem AllthisData:ExaminingSubstanceAbuseTreatmentin anadultprisonsystem Howtoavoidgettingapickaxethrownatyou Mytext bookdidn tcoverthat:workingwithmalejuvenilesex offendersinawildernessresidentialtreatmentcenter. SessionTitle ASOCIOLOGICALHODGEPODGE ChroniclingSociology:AContentAnalysisofSociology BooksintheChronicleofHigherEducation MakingaDifferenceataNonProfit:Internshipsas OpportunitiesforStudentstoApplySociologicalSkillsand Insights Organizers:MikeHirsch,HustonTillotson University SandraJones,RowanUniversity Presider:MeghanMcDonald,University ofwisconsin,milwaukee CraigForsyth,GaryAsmus,Shannon LasserreCortezandBillyR.Stokes, UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette YorkA.Forsyth,UniversityofNew Orleans AmyAllen,SafePlace Presider:ToBeAssigned MichaelGibbons,GettysburgCollege JeffBreese,RockhurstUniversity PaulinaRuf,LenoirRyneUniversity JosephineA.Ruggiero,Providence College 24

29 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 25 Saturday,October15,2011 9:15 10:30 a.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session26 BienvilleRoom SessionTitle INTERNATIONALAPPLIEDSOCIOLOGY:Applied SociologyintheArabWorld:ANewShift OrganizerandPresider: AhmadAlomosh,SharjahUniversity AppliedSociologyintheArabWorld AhmadAlomosh,SharjahUniversity SocialPolicyintheArabWorld HuseinM.Al_Othman,Sharjah University ClinicalPracticesintheArabWorld HumoudOlimat,ShirazUniversity ThePositionofClinicalSociologyinIran AliA.Moqaddas,JordanUniversity Concurrent Session27 OrleansRoom SessionTitle LIFEASANAPPLIEDSOCIOLOGIST Presider:AugieDiana,NationalInstitute ondrugabuse FromGraduateSchooltotheFirstFullTimeJob: LessonsLearnedasanAppliedSociologist NewmanWong,HustonTillotson University InformationalKineticEnergyandthePowersofPersonal Transformation:AnAppliedSociologicalSolution Bravo,Richard,SouthLouisiana CommunityCollege Concurrent Session28 NapoleonRoom SessionTitle EDUCATIONANDTHEAPPLICATIONOFSOCIALSKILLS Presider:MeghanMcDonald,University ofwisconsin,milwaukee WhenAddressesMatterMorethanDreams:Isthe AcademyoftheCountryFailingStudents? MeghanHarte,RollinsCollege AdministratorsGoneWildfortheGreaterGood: ApplyingSociologytoAcademicandStudentAffairs JeffBreese,RockhurstUniversity LaurieJoyner,RollinsCollege CharterSchoolsandthePublicEducationSystem RussellHathcock,TammiTryon,Brooke Vavricka,EricWilliams,DominiqueWhite, BrittaniMelvin,ArkansasStateUniversity Concurrent Session29 TerraceRoom SessionTitle TECHNOLOGY AND THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION Presider:ToBeAssigned ApplyingtheSociologicalImaginationtoIT AvivaPhillips,Yodil,Inc. Environment,TechnologyandHumanRights FrancisO.Adeola,UniversityofNew Orleans J.StevenPicou,UniversityofSouth Alabama

30 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 10:45a.m. 12:00p.m. Concurrent Session30 GravierRoom Concurrent Session31 BaronneRoom Concurrent Session32 BienvilleRoom Concurrent Session33 OrleansRoom Saturday,October15,2011 SessionTitle ConcurrentSessions FAMILY, EDUCATION AND SOCIAL POLICY ComparingEducationalPerformanceandPlacementof Children:ThoseinFosterCareandtheGeneral PopulationofStudents DeConstructingandReConstructingRussianandU.S. InternationalAdoptionPolicies Informationgatheringandperceptionsofgrouphomes amongfamiliesofadultswithdownsyndrome SessionTitle COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL CHANGE "ZombiesforSinglePayer:NarrativeandGrassroots MobilizationintheMovementforHealthCareReform" CommunityPartnershipsatTheirBest:ServiceLearning, thecentralalabamafairhousingcenterandstudents IntroductiontotheResearchProcess CreatingCommunity:FromConcepttoPhysicalReality SessionTitle CONVICTCRIMINOLOGY:Rats,AngolaandComingOut TheDeathofSnitch,theRatandR.I.C.O.:TheNew WorldOrderofthe21 st CenturyContinuingCriminal Enterprise WomenatAngola, :ThroughtheLensofThe Angolite,theLouisianaStatePenitentiaryatAngola s PrisonNewspaper Tamika scomingout:puttingtogetherajigsawpuzzle thatworks SessionTitle Presider:ToBeAssigned CraigForsyth,GaryAsmus,Shannon LasserreCortezandBillyR.Stokes, UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette YorkA.Forsyth,UniversityofNew Orleans JosephineA.Ruggiero,Providence College MichaelGibbons,GettysburgCollege Presider:ToBeAssigned LindyHern,UniversityofMissouri AnnetteAllen,TroyUniversity, MontgomeryCampus MatthewMartinez,BaylorUniversity Presider:StephenC.Richards,University ofwisconsinoshkosh RamonaBrockett,Universityof Maryland,EasternShore MarianneFisherGiorlando,Grambling StateUniversity TamikaS.Durham,TheNewSchool PUBLISHING:HowtoGetYourWorkinPrint Organizer:JammiePrice,Appalachian StateUniversity PanelMembers: JammiePrice,AppalachianStateUniversity,Editor,JournalofAppliedSocialScience JohnGlass,CollinCollege,AssociateEditor,JournalofAppliedSocialScience JamesLowry,UniversityofNewOrleans,BookReviewEditor,InternationalSocialScienceReview TinaA.Quartaroli,UniversityofCentralMissouriandKathyStolley,VirginiaWesleyanCollege,Editors, SocialInsight 26

31 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 27 Saturday,October15, :45a.m. 12:00p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session34 NapoleonRoom SessionTitle APPLIEDTEACHING:ASA strails: TRAILSisthefirsteverinteractive,onlinedigitallibraryof peerreviewedteachingmaterialsforsociology.in additiontoofferingthousandsofteachingresourcesin over70subjectareas(including5subtopicswithin SociologicalApplicationandPractice),TRAILSalso providesanewwayforfacultytodemonstratetheir teachingexcellenceforpromotionandtenure committees.thefirstpartoftheworkshopwillincludea briefhistoryoftheasa steachingresourcecenter(trc) andexplainhowtrailsfitsintoandextendsthetrc tradition.next,participantswillbeintroducedtotrails andlearnhowtonavigatethesiteasauser.thethird partoftheworkshopwillincludeadetaileddiscussionof thecriteriathattrailsareaeditorsusewhenevaluating newsubmissions,andprovideastepbystep demonstrationofthetrailsonlinesubmissionsystem. OrganizerandPresenter: MargaretVitullo,DirectorofAcademic andprofessionalaffairs AmericanSociologicalAssociation Concurrent Session35 TerraceRoom SessionTitle ADVANCEDMETHODS/STATISTICALTECHNIQUES: MeasuringDrugTrajectories:AnInnovativeInstrument IncorporatingAppliedSociologyandMathematical Modeling Organizersand: MiriamBoeriandThorWhalen(by Skype),KennesawStateUniversity Saturday,October15,2011 Time SessionTitle Presenter 12:00 2:00 p.m. DenechaudRoom KeynoteAddressandLuncheon: My30yearlongFascinationwithMurder: APersonalNoteonPublicSociology JackLevin,BrudnickCenter NortheasternUniversity

32 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 2:15 3:30p.m. Concurrent Session36 GravierRoom Concurrent Session37 BaronneRoom Concurrent Session38 BienvilleRoom Saturday,October15,2011 ConcurrentSessions SessionTitle STUDENTPAPERS "The Cultural Adjustment of an Iraqi Refugee" "The Relationship between Environmental Racism and Health Disparities in Camden, N.J." "The Family Dynamics of Adolescents Involved with the Judicial System" SessionTitle SOCIOLOGICALCAREERS:SociologicalCareersinthe PublicSector Sociologicalcareersinthepublicspherewilllikelyfirst recognizethedifferencebetweenfederal,stateand municipalemployment.inallofthesestrongresearch, evaluation,assessmentandinformationprocessingskills arefrequentlycitedasimportant.operatinginanypublic bureaucracyrequiresaclearunderstandingofthis employmentcontext.herethecombinationoftechnical andorganizationalskillsareparticularlyimportant. Sociologistshavetheadvantageofdrawingon exceptionallystrongtheoreticalandresearchtraditions whichcangreatlyassiststudentswhoseekemployment andcareersinthiscontext.thispresentationwill especiallyemphasizehowsociologicalskillsmaybe broughttobearinthisorganizationalandprofessional setting. CareersforSociologistsinthePublicSector PuttingWheelsundertheBarge ApplicationofSociologicalSkillsinthePublicSector SessionTitle CERTIFICATIONINFORMATIONSESSION Certificationasasociologicalpractitionerinappliedor clinicalsociologyisopentopersonswithmastersand Doctoraldegreesinsociologyandalsoforthosewith interdisciplinarymastersanddoctorateswhosecourse workandpracticefeaturesastrongsociology component.anyoneinterestediswelcometoattend. Organizer:SandraJones,Rowan University Abdulla Alobaidi,RowanUniversity Deepak Kumar,RowanUniversity Alicia Terbecki,RowanUniversity Organizer:LubomirPopov, BowlingGreenUniversity LubomirPopovandFranklinGoza, BowlingGreenUniversity MarilynDyck,TheDoorway MarvFinkelstein,SouthernIllinois University,Edwardsville Organizersand: DebbiePhelps,FontbonneUniversity AnnCharvat,TennesseeStateUniversity, Nashville 28

33 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 29 Saturday,October15,2011 2:15 3:30p.m. ConcurrentSessions Concurrent Session39 OrleansRoom SessionTitle DISASTERSETTINGS:SocialPsychologicalResponseto Disasters Organizer:DanaM.Greene,Universityof NorthCarolina,ChapelHill CompassionFatigueintheDisasterZone:Negotiating therolesofvolunteer,researcherand/orsupervisor DanaM.Greene,UniversityofNorth Carolina,ChapelHill "HateisaCrime:StatisticalandSpatialTrendsinAnti IslamicHateCrimeafter9/11" LoriPeek,MichelleLueckandJohn Boyne,ColoradoStateUniversity EffectsofTechnologicalDisastersandDimensionsof SocialCapital:ALongitudinalStudyofthe2008TVA KingstonFossilPlant LieselRitchieandNneniaCampbell, UniversityofColorado Concurrent Session40 NapoleonRoom SessionTitle MENTORINGII:NONACADEMIC Presider:JayWeinstein,Universityof NorthFlorida Description:Thissessionisdesignedtohelp undergraduateandgraduatestudentstopromoteand preparefornonacademiccareers. Panelists: MarilynDyck,TheDoorway(Grassroots NGO) JoyceMiller,KeyStoneCorporation AugieDiana,NationalInstituteonDrug Abuse JeffryWill,NortheastFloridaCenterfor CommunityInitiatives

34 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology 3:45 5:00p.m. Concurrent Session41 GravierRoom Saturday,October15,2011 ConcurrentSessions SessionTitle STUDENTPROBLEMSOLVING Organizer:PamelaJ.Jenkins,University ofneworleans Concurrent Session42 BaronneRoom Concurrent Session43 BienvilleRoom SessionTitle APPLIEDSOCIOLOGICALPUBLICATIONS:Meetthe JournalEditors SessionTitle HOUSING,FOODPOLICYANDSOCIALCHANGE EvaluatingtheEffectivenessofaComprehensive HomelessInterventionProgram FillingtheFoodGap:ConstraintandAgencyinthePine HillsCommunity PedagogicalSkydiving:ThreeClasses,TwoLanguages, OneCommunityengagedResearchProjectonUrban Housing,FoodandMentalHealthServices Organizer:JammiePrice,Appalachian StateUniversity Panelists:EditorsofSAGE Presider:ToBeAssigned BruceK.FriesenandJeffSkowronek, UniversityofTampa Brittany Minnick Hanson and Olivia Metott,UniversityofCentralFlorida JeffPeterson,LinfieldCenterforthe Northwest Rob Gardner, Linfield College Saturday,October15,2011 Time SessionTitle 5:30 7:00p.m. JosephineRoom ExecutiveBusinessMeeting Presider:MikeHirsch,HustonTillotsonUniversity GaveltobehandedtoPresidentElect,LibbyLarsen, CaliforniaUniversity,Pennsylvania 30

35 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! 9:00a.m. 12:00p.m. JosephineRoom IncomingBoardMeeting Sunday,October16,2011 Presider:LibbyLarsen,CaliforniaUniversity, Pennsylvania 31

36 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology PleaseJoinUsforFutureConferences ASSOCIATIONFORAPPLIEDANDCLINICALSOCIOLOGYCONFERENCE IN Milwaukee,WISCONSIN October46,2012attheHyattRegencyHotel,Downtown KeynoteSpeaker:WilliamJuliusWilson Theme:ClinicalandAppliedSociology:DoingItOurWay ***************** 32

37 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! AACS2011ConferencePanelists/ Name Affiliation Session[s] Adams,Troy ArkansasStateUniversity 3 Adeola,FrancisO. UniversityofNewOrleans 13,29 Alcina,Michelle UniversityofNewOrleans 22 Allen,Amy SafePlace 24 Allen,AnnetteM. TroyUniversity,MontgomeryCampus 31 Alobaidi,Abdulla RowanUniversity 36 Alomosh,Ahmed SharjahUniversity 26 Alothman,HussainM. SharjahUniversity 26 Asmus,Gary UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette 24,30 Ballard,Chet ValdostaStateUniversity 5 Boeri,Miriam KennesawStateUniversity 35 Boyne,John ColoradoStateUniversity 39 Bravo,Richard SouthLouisianaCommunityCollege 27 Breese,Jeffrey RockhurstUniversity 25,28 Brockett,Ramona UniversityofMaryland,EasternShore 32 Brown,TiffanyNoelleMartin OwnYourOwnHealth W1 Burnett,James IdahoStateUniversity 10,19 Campbell,Nnenia UniversityofColorado 39 Carr,NicoleFlynn UniversityofSouthAlabama 8 Charvat,Ann TennesseeStateUniversityNashville 9,38 Cohen,AndrewC. FontbonneUniversity 21 Companion,Michèle UniversityofColorado,ColoradoSprings 22 Cooper,David UniversityofCapeTown 6 Cross,Bill IllinoisCollege 3 D Apolito,Rosemary YoungstownStateUniversity rdapolito@ysu.edu 16 Davignon,Phil BaylorUniversity Phil_davignon@baylor.edu 8 DeRouen,JoAnne UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette derouen@louisiana.edu 22 Diana,Augie NationalInstituteonDrugAbuse dianaa@nida.nih.gov W2,W3,40 Durham,TamikaS. TheNewSchool durht675@newschool.edu 32 Dyck,Marilyn TheDoorway marilyn@thedoorway.ca 37,40 Edwards,Kimberly BaylorUniversity kimberly_edwards1@baylor.edu 20 Erikson,Kai YaleUniversity k.erikson@sbcglobal.net KRG1 Fernandez,Christine UniversityofTampa cfernandez@spartans.ut.edu 15 Ferrante,Joan NorthernKentuckyUniversity ferrantej@nku.edu SP2 Fetta,Stephanie SyracuseUniversity safetta@syr.edu 19 Finkelstein,Marv SouthernIllinoisUniversityEdwardsville mfinkel@siue.edu W2,23,37 FisherGiorlando,Marianne GramblingStateUniversity fishergiorlando@suddenlink.net 32 Fleming,Brandon RowanUniversity flemin66@students.rowan.edu 13 Fleming,Grace TejasFamilyGuidanceCenter gracielafleming@gmail.com W4 Forsyth,CraigJ. UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette cjf5714@louisiana.edu 9,24,30 33

38 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology AACS2011ConferencePanelists/ Name Affiliation Session[s] Forsyth,York UniversityofNewOrleans 24,30 Frana,John UniversityofLouisville 19 Friesen,Bruce UniversityofTampa 43 Gafford,FarrahD. XavierUniversity 22 Garland,Anna BaylorUniversity 20 Gardner,Rob LinfieldCollege 43 Gibbons,Michael GettysburgCollege 25,30 Gilbert,Brandi UniversityofColorado 1 Gill,Duane OklahomaStateUniversity 7 Glass,John CollinCollege 33 Gonzalez,Christopher RowanUniversity 7,13 Goza,Franklin BowlingGreenStateUniversity 37 Gramling,Bob UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette 22 Greene,Dana UNC,ChapelHill 1,11,39 Gremillion,MichelleMarie UniversityofNewOrleans 11 Guy,Roger UniversityofNorthCarolina,Pembroke 14 Haftings,Sarah KennesawStateUniversity 21 Hanneke,Christine UniversityofMissouriSt.Louis 2 Haque,Farihah LoyolaUniversity,NewOrleans 22 Haque,Muhammad McNeeseStateUniversity 8 Hardy,Wil WLHConsultingGroup W3 Harper,Dee LoyolaUniversity,NewOrleans 2 Harte,Meghan RollinsCollege 28 Hathcock,Russell(Brock) ArkansasStateUniversity 28 Hern,Lindy UniversityofMissouri 31 Hirsch,MichaelL. HustonTillotsonUniversity 9,KL1,14,24 Jenkins,Pamela UniversityofNewOrleans 1,KL1,41 Jones,SandraJ. RowanUniversity 14,24,36 Joyner,LaurieM. RollinsCollege 28 Koppel,Ross UniversityofPennsylvania W2,9,17 Krause,Jerry HumboldtStateUniversity KL1 Kumar,Deepak RowanUniversity 36 Larsen,Libby CaliforniaUniversity,PA 22 Laska,Shirley UniversityofNewOrleans 13,22 LasserreCortez,Shannon UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette 24,30 Lee,JamesDaniel SanJoseStateUniversity 6 Lehnerer,MelodyeG. CollegeofSouthernNevada 5 Levin,Jack NortheasternUniversity KL1,KL2 Lowry,James UniversityofNewOrleans 33 Lueck,Michelle ColoradoStateUniversity 39 Lyon,Eleanor UniversityofConnecticut 12 Mantayh,MarkR. UniversityofWisconsin Milwaukee 14 34

39 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! AACS2011ConferencePanelists/ Name Affiliation Session[s] Marganski,Alison VirginiaWesleyanCollege 18 Marina,Peter UniversityofMissouriSt.Louis 2 Marshall,BrendaI. AlabamaStateUniversity 12 Martin,Cecelia UniversityofSouthAlabama 8 Martinez,Matt BaylorUniversity 31 McCall,GrantS. TulaneUniversity 2 McDonald,Meghan UniversityofWisconsinMilwaukee 14,24,28 Melvin,Brittani ArkansasStateUniversity 28 Merrick,ErinKellyPatton UniversityofNewOrleans 11 Metott,Olivia UniversityofCentralFlorida 43 Miller,CoreyThomas UniversityofNewOrleans 11 Miller,DeMondS. RowanUniversity 4,7,13,40 Miller,Joyce KeyStoneResearchCorporation SP1 MinnickHanson,Brittany UniversityofCentralFlorida 43 Mobley,Alan SanDiegoStateUniversity 19 Moqadas,Ali ShirazUniversity 26 Morian,Janice KennesawStateUniversity 21 Nadasen,Kathy UniversityoftheWesternCape 2 Narcisse,Denise YoungstownStateUniversity 16 Olimat,Humoud JordanUniversity 26 Olivier,MaggieLouise UniversityofNewOrleans 11 Pagel,Andy BaylorUniversity 21 Palmer,Ann UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette 6 Palmer,C.Eddie UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette 6 Palmer,Jillian UniversityofTampa 15 Pati,Debajyoti HKS,Inc. 17 Peek,Lori ColoradoStateUniversity 13,39 Peterson,Jeff LinfieldCenterfortheNorthwest 4,43 Phelps,Debbie FontbonneUniversity 5,10,38 Phillips,Aviva Yodil,Inc. 29 Picou,J.Steven UniversityofSouthAlabama 4,13,29 Popov,LubomirSavov BowlingGreenStateUniversity W2,17,23,37 Popova,Margarita FreelanceDesignResearcher 23 Price,Bob TexasStateUniversity,SanMarcos 18 Price,Jammie AppalachianStateUniversity 33,42 Quartaroli,Tina UniversityofCentralMissouri 9,33 ReaganPorras,Laura Boys&GirlsClubofMcAllen,Texas 6,16 Richards,StevenC. UniversityofWisconsinOshkosh 19,32 Ritchie,Liesel UniversityofColorado 1,13,39 Rivera,Jason RutgersCamden 7,13 Ruf,PaulinaX. LenoirRyneUniversity 25 Ruggiero,Josephine ProvidenceCollege 25,30 35

40 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology AACS2011ConferencePanelists/ Name Affiliation Session[s] Sandefur,Lauren FontbonneUniversity 21 Sengstock,MaryCay WayneStateUniversity 12 Sherman,MarthaG. BaylorUniversity 20 Shields,NancyA. UniversityofMissouriSt.Louis 2 Skowronek,Jeff UniversityofTampa 43 Steele,Steve AnneArundelCommunityCollege W5,3 Stoelting,Suzanne FontbonneUniversity 21 Stokes.BillyR. UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette 24,30 Stolley,Kathy VirginiaWesleyanCollege 33 Terbecki,Alicia RowanUniversity 36 TeetsFarris,Monica UniversityofNewOrleans 11 Thornton,WilliamE. LoyolaUniversity,NewOrleans 2 Tierney,Kathleen UniversityofColorado 1 Tolbert,Charles BaylorUniversity 8 Tryon,Tammi ArkansasStateUniversity 28 Vavricka,Brooke ArkansasStateUniversity 28 Vitullo,Margaret AmericanSociologicalAssociation 23,34 Voigt,Lydia LoyolaUniversity,NewOrleans 2 Weber,Linda StateUniversityofNewYork,Utica 5 Weinstein,Jay UniversityofNorthFlorida 3,40 Whalen,ThorC. KennesawStateUniversity 35 White,Dominique ArkansasStateUniversity 28 Will,Jeff CenterforCommunityInitiatives 4,40 Williams,D.J. IdahoStateUniversity 19 Williams,Eric ArkansasStateUniversity 28 Wilson,Leon EastCarolinaUniversity 12 Winston,Norma UniversityofTampa 15 Wong,Newman HustonTillotsonUniversity 27 Wooddell,George UniversityofLouisiana,Lafayette 22 36

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45 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! Starting Applied Sociology Early An Applied Department, a Two-year College Contact: Thomas J. Karwoski, Chair Department of Sociology and Geography Anne Arundel Community College 101 College Parkway Arnold, Maryland Phone: Validatingtheapplied experienceearly See our Letter of Recognition in Applied Sociology at me.htm 41

46 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology JOIN THE SECTION ON SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE and PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY!!! Become part of a network. Find mentors. Form links with sociologists in and outside of academia. With your membership we can get the support we deserve from the ASA. Take the sociological mind into the marketplace non-sociologists almost are desperate to understand the importance of context and conceptual frameworks WHY THE SOCIOLOGICAL PRACTICE & PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY SECTION? The Sociological Practice and Public Sociology (SPPS) Section exists to increase understanding of the relationship between sociological knowledge and sociological practice. Serving as a forum within the American Sociological Association (ASA), the Section works to advance the interests and representation of sociologists working in applied, clinical and academic settings. The Section unites faculty and students who are interested in applied and clinical areas with practitioners who are pursuing non-academic career paths. The Section helps people learn about the non-academic. The Section provides academics with practice-related interests with a forum for addressing issues of concern, refining their strategies for training students, and maintaining contact with sociologists working outside academia. Section members active in Public Sociology are shaping public discourse and agendas. MAKESOCIOLOGYWORKFORYOU!Therearealternativestotenuretrack! Roy Feldman, SPPS Chair ; royfeldman@bainy.org phone:

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51 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! Shift the Perspective Humboldt State University Masters in Teaching and/or Practicing Sociology Lead Social Change RealResearch&PracticalExperience While we re proud of our rigorous academic program, we know that there is no substitute for real world experience. Teaching students benefit from structured teaching sociology seminars, assistantships and internship opportunities. Practicing students complete at least 240 hours of consulting work in local or national field placements with non-profits, government agencies or research institutes. Our MA in Practicing Sociology is accredited by the Commission on Applied and Clinical Sociology. AnEngagedDepartment Faculty and students work closely together on community action and research projects. Many are involved with HSU research institutes, such as the Center for Applied Social Analysis and Education, the Institute for Study of Alternative Dispute Resolution, the California Center for Rural Policy, the Altruistic Personality and Prosocial Behavior Institute and the Humboldt Journal of Social Relations. OurGraduatesareEmployed.JustaFewTitlesInclude Adult Day Program Coordinator Community Planner College Professor Child Services Association Director of Operations Public Health Program Director Probation Officer Research Analyst Research Consultant Teacher For more information visit our web site and contact our Department Office at Artwork by Rini Templeton 47

52 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology Master of Science in Applied Sociology Southeastern Louisiana University -Located 40 miles from New Orleans and Baton Rouge -Concentrations in Criminal Justice, Cultural & Regional Diversity, and Public Policy -Thesis or Internship Option Available For more information contact: Dr. John Boulahanis Graduate Coordinator Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice SLU Hammond, LA Office Phone: (985) Fax Phone: (985)

53 AppliedandClinicalSociology:MakingaDifferenceandLovingIt! AppliedSociologyPositionOpeningfor DepartmentofSociology,HistoryandPoliticalScience(SHPS) Indiana University Kokomo Kokomo,IN CandidatesmusthaveanearnedPh.D.althoughABDmaybeconsideredifwithintwoyearsofcompletion.Teaching:3 coursespersemesterincludingintroductorysociology,researchmethods,andothercoursesasneeded(evaluation research,medicalsociology,drugsandsociety,stratification,power,and/orwork&occupations.)candidatesmustbeable tocontributetotheappliedsociology/humanservicestrackwithinthesociologymajorbysupervisinginternshipsand helpingtodevelopanappliedresearchcenterconductingresearchwithstudentsforlocalnonprofitandsocial/human serviceagencies.candidatesareexpectedtobescholarswithactiveresearchagendas,effectiveteachers,aswellas,active incommitteeworkoncampus.positionbeginsaugust2012.additionaldetailsaboutapplicationmaterialsandthefull positionannouncementareavailableatthesemeetingsandmaybefoundonourwebsiteathttp:// SeeDr.NancyA.Greenwood,Chair,SHPS,IndianaUniversityKokomowhowillbepresentattheAACSmeetingsinNew Orleans.LeavemessagesatthehotelfrontdeskduringtheAACSconferenceand/orcallhoteloperatortoleaveamessage. 49

54 AssociationforAppliedandClinicalSociology Sociology Major Applied Concentration Are you curious about... Who commits crime and why? Technology and the natural environment? Why people look up when waiting for the elevator? Can you see yourself... Solving social problems like fair access to resources? Leading others in the change you wish to see in the world? Conducting small group therapy for adult criminal offenders? Studying communication patterns among Shuttle astronauts?...in careers including... City Planner, Congressional Aide, Organization Consultant, Fundraiser Secret Service Agent, Parole/Probation Officer, INS Border Patrol, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Official, Forensic Social Worker Public Relations Specialist, News Correspondent Alcohol and Drug Caseworker, Mental Health Worker, Recreation Therapist, Family Mediator, Independent Living Trainer, Public Health Educator Union Organizer, Consumer Advocate, Peace Corps/VISTA worker AND MORE!!! California University of Pennsylvania Dr. Larsen, Director of Applied Sociology Program 50