The meetings will be held in the third floor of MSB, with a banquet at
noon in the Michigan Rooms. The banquet includes a keynote address by Dr.
Ron Roberts of the University of Northern Iowa, author of MOTHER JONES AND
HER SISTERS: A CENTURY OF WOMEN ACTIVISTS IN THE AMERICAN COAL FIELDS.
His address will be titled "Confessions of a Renegade Sociologist." The
banquet will also include presentations of the Charles Horton Cooley award
for Scholarly contribution to Michigan Sociology, the Marvin Olsen
Distinguished Service Award and awards for the student paper competition.

Preregistration is $35 for faculty and $15 for students, on-site
registration is $5 more. Registration begins at 8:00 in the 3rd floor
lounge of Murchie. Fee includes free coffee and pastries, lunch, one year
membership in MSA and subscription to MICHIGAN SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW, which
will be handed out at the conference. Interested parties may send
preregistration fee to Professor Bill Farrell (conference organizer) in
the Sociology Department. (Make checks payable to Michigan Sociological
Association.)

Below is the preliminary program for the meeting. This conference is
funded in part by a grant from the Office of the Provost and the Special
Events Committee.

Sessions 1 and 2, 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Session 1. CONTEMPORARY ISSUES IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY
(Student Session)
Organizer and Presider: Bud Brown, University of Michigan-Flint

1. Sandra Grubbs, UM-Flint, "Graduation or Probation: Combating
Juvenile Delinquency Through Education"

2. Robert Wood, UM-Flint, "Correcting Corrections: Possible
Solutions to the Michigan Prison Dilemma"

3. Trish Tharp, UM-Flint, "Transition and Impressions: The
Education Process for African-American Gang Members in
Detroit"

4. Jolea Mills, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, "Summons Place: For
Kenny"

Session 2 CHANGING VALUES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
Presider: Larry Koch, University of Michigan-Flint

1. Charles Thomas and Kathleen Woehrle, UM-Flint "In Search of an
Elusive Relationship: Values and Perceptions of Gender
Inequality"

2. Carolyn Campbell, UM-Flint
"Grandparents Raising Grandchildren:
Concerns of Raising School Age Children"

3. Patricia Little and John French, Central Michigan University
"Road Rage: A Preliminary Analysis"

4. Judy Rosenthal, UM-Flint - TBA

Sessions 3 and 4, 10:30 - 12:00

Session 3 COMMUNITY AND ETHNICITY
Organizer and Presider: David R. Maines, Oakland University

1. Kristine A. Ajrouch, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
"Living in an Ethnic Community:
Second Generation Arab-Americans"

2. Hoan Bui, Michigan State University
"Gendered Transitions and Family Violence Among
Vietnamese Immigrants"

3. Dan Joranko, Michigan State University
"The Search for Community on a Racially-Integrated
Residential Block"

4. Abdi Kiscow, Central Michigan University
"On Goffman and Somali Immigrants in Toronto"

Session 4 GLOBALIZATION, CLASS STRUCTURE AND DEINDUSTRIALIZATION
Organizer and Presider: T. R. Young, Red Feather Institute

1. Steve Dandaneau, University of Dayton
"After the Deluge: Reflections on a Failed Community Study"

2. Roy Barnes, Wilfred Marston and Charles Thomas, UM-Flint
"Trajectories Towards Residential Segregation:
Preliminary Analyses of 1980-1990 Data"

3. Angela Haddad, Central Michigan University
"Revisiting a Comprehensive Technological Measure"

12:15 - 2:15 LUNCHEON BANQUET - Michigan Rooms

Sessions 5,6,7 2:30-4:00

Session 5 BRIDGING SOME GAPS IN FEMINIST SOCIOLOGY
Organizer and Presider: Maxine Baca Zinn, Michigan State University

1. Brooke Kelley, Michigan State University
"Being the Other: Women in Male Dominated Fields"

2. Angela Young-Hee Pok, Michigan State University
"Choices for Survivors of Sexual Assault and Abuse:
Challenging Feminist and Classical Sociological Theories"

3. Melissa L. Riba, Michigan State University
"New Understandings of Teenage Mothers Through
Multiracial Feminism"

4. Darcel Smith, Michigan State University
"Gender Dynamics in Skilled Work Trade"

Session 6 APPLIED SOCIOLOGY: INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIOLOGY
Organizer and Presider: Lynetta Mosby, Oakland University

1. Cassandra Bowers, Wayne State University
"Gender, Adolescence Females and Delinquency"

2. David Britt and Mary Mans, Wayne State University
"Exploring the Contexts of Bonding in
Multiple-Fetal Reproduction Procedure"

3. Mike McCallion, Archdiocese of Detroit
"Policy as Practice: A Case-Study of
Vicariate Planning in the Archdiocese of Detroit"

4. Jay Meehan and Mike Ponder, Oakland University
"Problem Oriented Policing and
Neighborhood Level Disorder"

Session 7 DISTANCE LEARNING
Organizer and Presider: Bill Whit, Grand Valley State University

Discussion Panel: Bill Whit, Cheryl Brandson and
Michelle-Lloyd Paige, Grand Valley State University


BUSINESS MEETING - following the last sessions


Compiled by:

Lynne McTiernan
University of Michigan-Flint
Sociology, Anthropology, Criminal Justice
422 CROB
Flint, MI 48502-1950