Mijs, Jonathan J.B. 2016. The Missing Organizational Dimension of Prisoner Reentry: An Ethnography of the Road to Reentry at a Nonprofit Service Provider. Sociological Forum 31(2): forthcoming.Abstract: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2701506
On December 18th, the existing GSS website will be replaced by a new site at http://gss.norc.org/
Past users of the GSS website should find essentially the same information and content that existed on the old site. Among the major changes are the following:
Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life Course, this second volume identifies future directions for life course research and policy. The introductory essay and the chapters that make up the five sections of this book, show consensus on strategic “next steps” in life course studies. These next steps are explored in detail in each section: Section I, on life course theory, provides fresh perspectives on well-established topics, including cohorts, life stages, and legal and regulatory contexts. It challenges life course scholars to move beyond common individualistic paradigms. Section II highlights changes in major institutional and organizational contexts of the life course. It draws on conceptual advances and recent empirical findings to identify promising avenues for research that illuminate the interplay between structure and agency. It examines trends in family, school, and workplace, as well as contexts that deserve heightened attention, including the military, the criminal justice system, and natural and man-made disaster. The remaining three sections consider advances and suggest strategic opportunities in the study of health and development throughout the life course. They explore methodological innovations, including qualitative and three-generational longitudinal research designs, causal analysis, growth curves, and the study of place. Finally, they show ways to build bridges between life course research and public policy.
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The 11th semi-annual Gender, Science, and Organizations Writing Workshop will take place from 8:30 am to 5 pm on Wednesday, February 3rd, 2016 at the Sociologist for Women in Society winter meeting in Memphis, Tennessee.
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We would like to invite section members whose research is connected to health professions or medical education (training, socialization, or professionalization, broadly defined) to join a new interest group for the Sociology of Medical Education. Our hope is that by bringing this community together, we may forge some possible collaborations and create a space within which we may workshop our scholarship. Please contact Laura Hirshfield (UIC), Barret Michalec (Univ of Delaware), Kelly Underman (UIC) or Alexandra Vinson (Northwestern) for more information. If you would like to be added to the Google group, please contact Kelly Underman at kunder2@uic.edu.
OOW Section Member, Phaedra Daipha announces the publication of her new book, Masters of Uncertainty: Weather Forecasters and the Quest for Ground Truth (University of Chicago Press).
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The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality seeks to support research that expands our knowledge of key trends in poverty and inequality. Awards will be made to “New Scholars” who will then join one of the CPI’s ten research groups. The proposal deadline is November 1, 2015. Read the RFP here: http://web.stanford.edu/group/scspi/prog_new_scholars.html.
Directors
Robert Gibbons, Economics and Management, MIT
Woody Powell, Education and Sociology, Stanford University
ABOUT CASBS SUMMER INSTITUTE AND FELLOWSHIP
The CASBS 2016 summer institute, Organizations and Their Effectiveness, will take place from June 27 through July 8, 2016 at the Center on the Stanford University campus. Ten fellowships will be awarded to cover tuition, room and board, and travel. The deadline for applications will be in early January; decisions will be sent mid-February 2016.
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Please join us for the 6th annual Arizona Methods Workshops
January 7-9, 2016
These 3-day workshops are open to everyone and are hosted by the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where all workshops are held.
This year we are offering 6 workshops:
~ Qualitative Data Analysis in ATLAS.ti with Corey Abramson
~ Programming in Stata with Jennifer Earl
~ Introduction to Social Network Analysis with Joe Galaskiewicz
~ Qualitative Comparative Analysis with Claude Rubinson
~ Introduction to R with Katerina Sinclair
~ Introduction to Machine Learning with Jacob Foster
Cost is $400 for one workshop and $650 for two. Students receive a 50% discount. Graduate students can apply for the Scott R. Eliason Scholarship, which offers free tuition.
For details, registration, and information about lodging and scholarships:
http://sociology.arizona.edu/methods
Downloadable and printable flyer:
http://tinyurl.com/AMWflyer
Please direct questions to:
Erin Leahey, Organizer
methods@arizona.edu
520.621.9351
The OOW Council is happy to announce that the Section has exceeded its goal of 1,000 memberships. As a result, OOW will have an additional session at next year’s ASA meetings in Seattle.
We warmly welcome new and returning members and look forward to a year of academic fellowship and productivity!
Organizations, Occupations and Work 