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Andrea Hunt's co-authored article wins publication of the year award
Andrea Hunt's article, "Gender Effects Along the Juvenile Justice System: Evidence of a Gendered Organization" (co-authored with Nicole Carr, Kenneth Hudson, and Roma S. Hanks) was selected as the 2008 publication of the year in Feminist Criminology.
Ginnie Aldige participates in expert panel to discuss health care reform
Ginnie Aldige will appear as member of an expert panel of CHASS faculty to address health care reform. The roundtable is scheduled for 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 15, in Riddick Hall, Room 325.
Kylie Parrotta wins an award for her dissertation research
Congratulations to Kylie Parrotta for being awarded the 2009 Stanford Lyman Memorial Scholarship for her dissertation work on negotiating sport and spectacle in women's flat track roller derby. The Stanford Lyman Memorial Scholarship is sponsored by the Mid South Sociological Association and awards $1000 to PhD candidates working on dissertations in sociological theory, symbolic interaction, race relations, law, or ethics.
Jon Brauer publishes research in Criminology
Stephanie Teixeira-Poit wins the 2009 Graduate School Thesis Award for CALS
Mark Bodkin and Padraic Burns win Student Paper Awards from American Society of Criminology
Mark Bodkin won first place for his paper entitled, "Beyond Human and Social Capital: The Stigma of Incarceration, Race, and Their Effect on Earnings Through the Life Course."
Padraic Burns was the second place winner for his paper, "Disadvantaged Neighborhoods and Anger: Implications for Community-Level Theories of Crime and Delinquency."
Graduate student research highlighted in Perspectives, the CALS magazine
"In the last issue of Perspectives, the CALS magazine that goes out to the university community and alums, one of Karl Jicha's projects is featured. It's the one in which he obtained computers for the schools on the Caribbean island of Carriacou.
The story is attached here and at
http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agcomm/magazine/summer09/n_caribbean.html.
Good job, Karl!
And thanks from all of us
R. Wimberley"
Dr. Wimberley later said:
"I should add that several of our grad students, past and present, participated on the computer project along with Karl who led the effort. These include Greg Fulkerson, Gretchen Thompson, Jonathan May, and Delmar Wright.
Thanks to all for making it possible for the Carriacou children to use computers and for making our department look good in the process!
Ron W."
Steve McDonald's research on gender/race inequality in the labor market mentioned in the press
McDonald, Steve, Nan Lin, and Dan Ao. 2009. "Networks of Opportunity: Gender, Race, and Job Leads." Social Problems 56:385-402.
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Graduate students win first prize for poster at Rural Sociology conference
Teaching Sociology special issue features articles from current and former NC State sociologists
Macomber, Kris, Sarah E. Rusche, and Maxine P. Atkinson. 2009. "Introduction. From the Outside Looking In: The Sociology of the Classroom." Teaching Sociology, 37, 3.
Atkinson, Maxine P., Alison R. Buck, and Andrea N. Hunt. 2009. "Sociology of the College Classroom: Applying Sociological Theory at the Classroom Level." Teaching Sociology, 37, 3.
Mallinson, Christine. 2009. "Language, Interaction, and Inequality: A Teaching Exercise for the Sociological Classroom." Teaching Sociology, 37, 3.
Steve McDonald wins Faculty Research & Professional Development Award
Mark Bodkin selected to participate in NLS Summer Workshop
Sinikka Elliott publishes research on union formation among gay and lesbian couples
Commitment Without Marriage: Union Formation Among Long-Term Same-Sex Couples
June 2009, Journal of Family Issues
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Stephanie Teixeira-Poit elected to the Rural Sociological Society Council
Moxley wins Distinguished Rural Sociologist Award
Raymond Garrett-Peters won the 2009 Blumer Award
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Raymond Garrett-Peters Wins 2009 Blumer Award
http://www.espach.salford.ac.uk/sssi/awards.php
May 09 Graduation
Jeff Leiter featured in a news article on labor union organizing efforts
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Graduate students complete Certificate of Accomplishment in Teaching
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Schwalbe,Fitzpatrick and Crowley nominated for CHASS faculty awards
Michael Schwalbe receives the Outstanding Graduate Professor Award from CHASS
NC State's Atkinson Wins UNC System Teaching Excellence Award
The award goes to an outstanding educator at each UNC system campus, and comes with a prize of $7,500 and a bronze medallion.
The Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching is the most prestigious award given to faculty for teaching excellence and was created in 1994 to underscore the importance of teaching and encourage, recognize and reward outstanding teaching. Nominees for the award must be tenured professors who have spent at least seven years at the nominating institutions and who have "demonstrated excellent or exceptional teaching ability over a sustained period of time."
Atkinson joined the NC State faculty in 1980. She has been an advisor for more than 600 undergraduates, and served on panels for more than 50 theses and dissertations. Atkinson has also served as a teaching mentor for 15 students.
"NC State has a unique mission as a research university with a commitment to provide an education that focuses on the skills of discovery," Atkinson says. "My job is to construct diverse opportunities for learning, to ask questions rather than providing all the answers, to challenge rather than to dictate. We train students for jobs but we educate them for personal growth and community engagement. This current economic crisis reminds us of the serious consequences of having an educated population equipped to make ethical decisions and reasoned judgments."
As a recipient of the prestigious teaching award, it should come as no surprise that Atkinson has done extensive research on the scholarship of teaching and learning. Her research also examines the sociology of the family and gender, with a focus on the economic relationship between spouses, and aging particularly the relationship between adult children and their parents.
Atkinson earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Georgia, her master's degree in sociology from Georgia State University and her doctoral degree in sociology from Washington State University.
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Rodney Engen testifies before the Unites States Sentencing Commission.
Anne Schiller is this year's recipient of the Jackson Rigney Service Award
staff member at North Carolina State University to the promotion of
international understanding and service to the University and/or to the
international community. It is sponsored by the Eta Chapter of Sigma
Iota Rho (the International Studies Honor Society).To be awarded April 6th at the annual Sigma Iota Rho banquet.
Maxine Atkinson receives the Board of Governors Award For Excellence in Teaching
Dr. Maxine Atkinson has been recognized as the University's Board of Governors Award Recipient! She will be honored at the University Teaching Award Reception at 5:00 pm today in Talley Student Center. The reception (at 5pm in the North Gallery; it follows the university faculty meeting) will give us the chance to acknowledge her achievement. The awards ceremony (5:45-6:30, Talley Student Center Ballroom) will formally acknowledge her contributions to teaching at NC State. Please join us celebrating her success (not least of which is the first time in 15 years that a CHASS colleague has been recognized as the University's Board of Governors Award recipient!).
Dick Parham to receive an "Award for Excellence" from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Dick Parham has been chosen to receive an "Award for Excellence" from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He has been recognized for dedicated service to the department, college, and university. His nomination letter notes: "His skills and talents include a pleasant and courteous demeanor, an unflappable calmness, a capacity for hard work, good judgment, and a strong sense of fairness."
Faculty and Graduate Students present at the American Psychology and Health Society meeting
Ginnie Aldige presented with Brad Ray "Criminal Justice Outcomes of a Mental Health Court" at the American Psychology and Law Society meeting in San Antonio, March 6, 2009.
Professor Crowley's research on sexual harassment in work groups mentioned in the press
Martha Crowley’s collaborative research (to appear in Work and Occupations) was noted in Newswise, News Guide, and News-Medical, on Nov. 12, 2008. Their findings show that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group, but when their work group has a similar proportion of males and females. http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/546390/
Professor Bowen's research on tequila farms discussed on NPR
Sarah Bowen's research on Tequila farms in Mexico was discussed on NPR’s The State of Things, on January 23, 2009. Her research was also highlighted in the Raleigh News & Observer on January 29, 2009. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1385999.html Her research shows that while tequila’s surge in popularity over the past 15 years has been a boon for industry, it is triggering a significant hangover of social and environmental problems in the region of Mexico where the once-notorious liquor is produced.
Professor McCall is awarded a Guggenheim Foundation grant to study crime in the EU
Patricia L. McCall has been awarded a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation for her study on "The Longitudinal and Contextual Analyses of Violent Crime in the European Union." The proposed research will increase our understanding of the effect of macro-structural forces on homicide rates over time across European nations as well as at sub-national units within those nations.
American Psychology and Law Society
Ginnie Aldige presented with Brad Ray "Criminal Justice Outcomes of a Mental Health Court" at the American Psychology and Law Society meeting in San Antonio, March 6, 2009.
American Psychology and Law Society
Ginnie Aldige presented with Brad Ray "Criminal Justice Outcomes of a Mental Health Court" at the American Psychology and Law Society meeting in San Antonio, March 6, 2009.
Atkinson Named Head of Sociology and Anthropology Department
Dr. Maxine P. Atkinson has been named head of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, succeeding Dr. Ed Kick, who is returning to the department's faculty. Atkinson has been on the faculty of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences since 1980. She will step down from her current position as director of the First Year Inquiry Program, a position she has held for the last five years. Atkinson also served two terms as associate head of the Department of Sociology, was president of the Southern Sociological Society and served as Director of the Service Learning Program.
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Awards
Patricia L. McCall has been awarded a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation for her study on "TheLongitudinal and Contextual Analyses of Violent Crime in the European Union."
The proposed research will increase our understanding of the effect of macro-structural forces on homicide rates over time across European nations as well as at sub-national units within those nations.
In the News
Sarah Bowen's research on Tequila farms in Mexico was discussed on NPR’s The State of Things, on January 23, 2009. Her research was also highlighted in the Raleigh News & Observer on January 29, 2009. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1385999.html Her research shows that while tequila’s surge in popularity over the past 15 years has been a boon for industry, it is triggering a significant hangover of social and environmental problems in the region of Mexico where the once-notorious liquor is produced.
Martha Crowley’s collaborative research (to appear in Work and Occupations) was noted in Newswise, News Guide, and News-Medical, on Nov. 12, 2008. Their findings show that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group, but when their work group has a similar proportion of males and females.
News Release
Awards
Patricia L. McCall has been awarded a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation for her study on "TheLongitudinal and Contextual Analyses of Violent Crime in the European Union."
The proposed research will increase our understanding of the effect of macro-structural forces on homicide rates over time across European nations as well as at sub-national units within those nations.
In the News
Sarah Bowen's research on Tequila farms in Mexico was discussed on NPR’s The State of Things, on January 23, 2009. Her research was also highlighted in the Raleigh News & Observer on January 29, 2009. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1385999.html Her research shows that while tequila’s surge in popularity over the past 15 years has been a boon for industry, it is triggering a significant hangover of social and environmental problems in the region of Mexico where the once-notorious liquor is produced.
Martha Crowley’s collaborative research (to appear in Work and Occupations) was noted in Newswise, News Guide, and News-Medical, on Nov. 12, 2008. Their findings show that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group, but when their work group has a similar proportion of males and females.
News Release
Awards
Patricia L. McCall has been awarded a grant from the Guggenheim Foundation for her study on "TheLongitudinal and Contextual Analyses of Violent Crime in the European Union."
The proposed research will increase our understanding of the effect of macro-structural forces on homicide rates over time across European nations as well as at sub-national units within those nations.
In the News
Sarah Bowen's research on Tequila farms in Mexico was discussed on NPR’s The State of Things, on January 23, 2009. Her research was also highlighted in the Raleigh News & Observer on January 29, 2009. http://www.newsobserver.com/news/story/1385999.html Her research shows that while tequila’s surge in popularity over the past 15 years has been a boon for industry, it is triggering a significant hangover of social and environmental problems in the region of Mexico where the once-notorious liquor is produced.
Martha Crowley’s collaborative research (to appear in Work and Occupations) was noted in Newswise, News Guide, and News-Medical, on Nov. 12, 2008. Their findings show that women are not more likely to be sexually harassed when they are the minority or majority in a work group, but when their work group has a similar proportion of males and females.
Andrew Jorgenson presents at Duke University’s Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy
Andrew Jorgenson presented his research on “Societies Consuming Nature: A Panel Study of the Ecological Footprints of Nations, 1960-2003,” at the Duke University Center for International Studies’ University Seminar on Global Governance and Democracy on Thursday, December 4, 2008.
Faculty and Staff present research at the American Society of Criminology meetings
The Department of Sociology and Anthropology at North Carolina State University was well represented at the Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology. Kristin Williams (M.A. 2007) was awarded third place in the Gene Carte Student Paper Competition, and the following faculty and graduate students presented their research:
Antonaccio, Olena, Charles R. Tittle, and Ekaterina Botchkovar. “The Correlates of Crime and Deviance: Additional Evidence.”
Bodkin, Mark and Terri Winnick. “Stigma, Secrecy, and Education: An Examination of First Time and Repeat Offenders.”
Botchkovar, Ekaterina, Charles R. Tittle, and Olena Antonaccio. “General Strain Theory: Objective and Subjective Strains, Conditioning Factors, and Cultural Sensitivity.”
Brauer, Jonathan R. “Measuring Reinforcements Residual: A Longitudinal Test of Social Learning Theory.”
Burns, Padraic. “Neighborhood Strain and Anger: A Model Linking Neighborhood Disadvantage to Anger through Fear of Victimization.”
Cornell, Rena and Stacy De Coster. “Gender and General Strain Theory: The Gendered Experience of Emotions Linking Stress to Delinquency.”
Engen, Rodney L. and Randy R. Gainey. “Modeling Guideline Departures And Sentencing Disparity: Differential Likelihood or Differential Effects?”
McCall, Patricia, Rodney L. Engen, and Paul Nieuwbeerta. “European City Homicide Rates: A Comparison of OLS Regression and Hierarchical Linear Modeling Techniques.”
Tichavsky, Lisa. “The Influence of Situational Factors and Domestic Assault Laws on Juvenile Arrests for Assault.”
Williams, Kristin. “Social Disorganization Theory: The Definition of Neighborhoods, (In)Determinacy, and External Crime.”
Zahn, Margaret. “Social Science Research at the National Institute of Justice.”
New Study Finds First Inhabitants of Caribbean Brought Their Heirlooms With Them
A new study led by North Carolina State University’s Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick is the first to show physical evidence that the people who colonized the Caribbean from South America brought with them heirloom drug paraphernalia that had been passed down from generation to generation as the colonists traveled through the islands.
The research team used a dating technique called luminescence to determine the age of several artifacts found on the Caribbean island of Carriacou, in the West Indies, and discovered that the items dated back to between roughly 400 and 100 B.C. These dates are well before Carriacou was colonized in approximately A.D. 400. Luminescence testing involves heating a substance and measuring the amount of light it gives off to determine how long ago it was last heated.
Heirlooms are portable objects that are inherited by family members and kept in circulation for generations, Fitzpatrick says, and are frequently part of important rituals. The objects tested for this study are ceramic inhaling bowls that were likely used for the ingestion of hallucinogenic substances. Fitzpatrick says the luminescence dates of the bowls, as well as analysis of the material from which the bowls were made, indicate that the artifacts “appear to have been transported to Carriacou when it was colonized - possibly hundreds of years after they were made.”
Fitzpatrick, an assistant professor of anthropology at NC State, says scholars have long thought that the people who settled the Caribbean islands likely brought heirlooms with them - but says the bowls “are the first physical evidence we’ve found to support that claim.”
The study, “Evidence for inter-island transport of heirlooms: luminescence dating and petrographic analysis of ceramic inhaling bowls from Carriacou, West Indies,” will be published in a forthcoming issue of Journal of Archaeological Science.
Media Contacts: Dr. Scott Fitzpatrick, 919/513-0284 or scott_fitzpatrick@ncsu.edu Matt Shipman, News Services, 919/515-6386 or matt_shipman@ncsu.edu
