2002 MSA Program

The

Michigan Sociological Association

and

Ferris State University

welcome you to the

Annual Meeting of the

MICHIGAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

November 2, 2002

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

Michigan's Role in a Global Context

8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Registration, Rankin Center

8:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m. – 1 p.m. Book Displays

11:15 a.m. Tour of the Jim Crow Museum

The museum tour requires a reservation which can be made at the registration table.

8:30-9:15 a.m. PLENARY SESSION Centennial Room (252)

                  with the authors of

          Black Eden: The Idlewild Community

          Lewis Walker and Benjamin C. Wilson

9:30-10:45 a.m. CONCURRENT SESSIONS

            1. "Black Eden" Centennial Room (252)

      panel discussion with Lewis Walker

                  and Benjamin C. Wilson

            2. Sociology of Death and Dying President’s Room (238)

Cheryl Boudreaux, Grand Valley State University

Organizer and Chair

"Social Dimensions of Death and Dying in Turkey"

 Mustafa Saatci, Grand Valley State University

"Images of Death and Dying in an Age of Terror"

                 Cheryl Boudreaux, Grand Valley State University

            3. Cross-Cultural Studies and Migration Mecosta Room (239)

William Whit, Grand Valley State University

Chair

"Economic Incorporation and International Migration:

A Comparison of the Economic Trajectories Of Cuban

and Salvadorian Migrants in the United States."

 Karijn Nijhoff, Michigan State University

"Identity Negotiation of Japanese Women through

Immigration Experience: Heightened Racial, Ethnic

and Gender Identity"

 Satoko Motohara, Michigan State University

"Towards a Research Agenda in the Study

of Settlement Experiences of Michigan's

Immigrant Arab Population"

 Chuck Spurlock, Michigan State University

"Sustainable Agriculture and Resistance

in the Cuban Food System"

 William Whit, Grand Valley State University

10:45-11:15 a.m. Coffee Break with Publishers' Representatives

                                Dome Room Perimeter

We appreciate the support of publishers!

EVERYONE IS URGED TO VISIT THEIR TABLES.

11:15 a.m.-12:30 p.m.  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

             1. Sociology of Religion Centennial Room (252)

 Michelle Loyd-Paige, Calvin College

 Organizer and Chair

 "Closed Doors, Opened Windows: African American Women

 Finding and Creating Space for Public Ministry."

  Michelle Loyd-Paige, Calvin College

 "The Role of the Black Church in Meeting the Mental and

 Social Needs of African Americans"

  Recco Richardson, Walden University

 "Progressive and Reactionary Elements in American

 Religious Revival: Neopaganism and Neoevangelicalism"

           George Lundskow, Grand Valley State University

             2. Gender Issues in Global Perspective Mecosta Room (239)

 Linda Rynbrandt, Grand Valley State University

 Organizer and Chair

 "Confusions and Contradictions: Multicultural

 Issues on Gender Construction and Sexuality"

  Dennis Malaret, Grand Valley State University

 "Hi Ho, Hi Ho, It's Off to Work We Go:

 Mayan Women in a Global Economy"

  Cindy Hull, Grand Valley State University

 "Gender and Family in Third World Development"

   Yan Yu, Grand Valley State University

 "The Adaptive Strategies of the Dual-Earner Family"

   Brian Distelbery, Grand Valley State University

             3. Student Paper Session President’s Room (238)

 Nancy J. Herman-Kinney, Central Michigan University

 Organizer and Chair

 "Placebos and Social Construction"

  Jared Bier-Hobbs, Grand Valley State University

  "Multiracial Identity in a World of Racial

  Categorization"

   David Manning, Central Michigan University

  "Keeping Up with Feminist Theory"

   Alexis Schliewe, Grand Valley State University

  David A. Kinney, Central Michigan University

  Discussant

      4. Deconstructing Racist Images: Pedagogical

         Opportunities using Jim Crow Museum of Racist

         Memorabilia - Michael Berghoef in Starr (314)

12:45-2:15 p.m. LUNCHEON AND PLENARY SESSION  Dome Room

                                   Welcome

                            Award Presentations

                      Keynote Address:

       "September 11, Global Exigencies and Sociology"

        Mansoor Moaddel, Eastern Michigan University

2:30-3:45 p.m.  CONCURRENT SESSIONS

            1. Teaching Civil Rights Mecosta Room (239)

William Whit, Grand Valley State University

Organizer and Chair

Robert Newby, Central Michigan University

Randall Jelks, Calvin College

            2. Roundtable Discussion President’s Room (238)

         Teaching Sociology: “Realities and Challenges

                              in a New Era”

         Robert Thaler, Saginaw Valley State University,

         Organizer and Chair

            3. A Potpourri of Innovative Methods Centennial Room (252)

Timothy Diamond, Western Michigan University

Organizer and Chair

"On Playing with Tomboys: Feminist Dilemmas of Desire"

 PJ McGann, University of Michigan

"Discovering the Secret Lives of Inanimate Objects"

 Kathryn Church, Ryerson University

"Virtually Irresistible: Applying Harding's

'Strong Objectivity' in Technology Studies"

 Michael Berghoef, Ferris State University

"Telling Health Insurance Stories:

 Toward a Dialogic Sociology"

 Timothy Diamond, Western Michigan University

        4:00 p.m. Business Meeting  President’s Room (238)

6:00 p.m.  Informal dinner – optional

Location to be announced