Theme: Exploring the Changing Faces of Sociology:
Applications and Forms for the 21st Century

Date: Saturday, October 25, 1997

Place: Eberhard Center of Grand Valley State University,
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Keynote Address: Professor Barry Johnston, Indiana University, Northwest:
"Pitirim Sorokin and Sociological Theory for the 21st Century."

Awards Presented: Charles Horton Cooley Award for
Scholarly Contributions to Sociology in Michigan,
Marvin Olsen Award for Distinguished Service to Michigan
Sociology and awards for the best student papers.

Registration: $35 [Special Student Rate: $20] includes lunch,
one-year membership in MSA, subscription to the Michigan
Sociological Review (handed out at the meeting).

Directions to Eberhard Center: The Eberhard Center is located in downtown
Grand Rapids near the Grand River, the Gerald R. Ford Museum and the Amway
Grand Plaza Hotel. Take either exit 85B from US 131 or exit 77C from
I-196. From exit 77C, take Ottawa to Pearl and turn right onto Pearl.
The Days Inn and Eberhard Center are located just across the river.

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October 24, 1997:

8-10 p.m. - Reception at Days Inn (across from Eberhard Center)

October 25, 1997:

8 a.m. - Registration and Book Exhibits Open with Free
Coffee and Pastries

8:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

1. Curt Jones, GVSU, "Diversity Training"

2. Anne Rawls, WSU, "Re-examing Classical Theory"

10:45 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

1. Panel Discussion on "Clinical Sociology" with
Harry Perlstadt, MSU, and David Kallen, MSU,
Betsy Cullum-Swan, Oakland University and MSU, Organizer

2. Papers on

"Social Diversity and Political Correctness" -
Tom Van Valey, WMU
"Multiculturalism: A Review" - Sam King, WMU
"Gender Linked Issues in Medical Sociology" -
Sheila Bluhm
"The Michigan Militia" - Katie Villaire, GVSU, and
Michaeleen Kelly, Aquinas College
"Transnational Workers: From Panda to Panchero's" -
Joanine Pfahleart, MSU

3. Medical Sociology

"Factors Affecting Self-perceived Quality of Life of
Long-term Survivors of Bone of Bone Marrow
Transplantation" - Patricia Case Johnson, WSU
"When Quality of Life Changes: A Qualitative Study of
the Narratives of Persons with Spinal Cord Injuries" -
Colette Hillebrand Duggan and Marcel Dijkers,
Henry Ford Community College

12:30 p.m. - Luncheon, Days Inn, with Keynote Address and
Award Presentations

2:45 - 4:15 p.m.

1. "Distance Learning" - Dennis Malaret, GVSU
"Closing the Distance: Community Building in
the Interactive TV Classroom" - Leslie Cunningham, GVSU

2. "Sociological Practice" - Jay Weinstein, EMU

3. "Lost Women in the Social Sciences" - Linda Rynbrandt,
Stacy Bartuszevige, Sandy Reatini and Jennifer Smith,
GSVU

4:30 p.m. - Business Meeting with Refreshments