Activities and Achievements
Matthew Boswell chaired the session “Political, Economic, and Social Institutions and Criminal Punishment” at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting. He and Professor Karen Heimer also presented their work “Legislative Professionalization and State Punishment in the Era of Mass Incarceration” at the ASC annual meeting.
Christie Boxer presented two research projects at regional and national conferences in 2008. Her paper “Do Group Stereotypes Predict Hiring Judgments” was presented at the PSA annual meeting in April, and her collaborative work with Donna Lancianese, “To Joke or Not to Joke: Humor and Its Implications for the Status Process” was presented at the ASA annual meeting in Boston. Christie also finished collecting data for an experimental study of racial identity with Professor Mary Campbell in October and will be analyzing their salivary data samples in the coming month. The results of this experiment will be presented at the Social Psychology Horseshoe meetings in the Department of Sociology at UI, and at the MSS annual meeting in April. Additionally, she has also collected and analyzed survey data from four universities across the United States examining mate preferences among undergraduates.
Celeste Campos-Castillo Fellowships: 2009 Graduate Incentive Fellowship, University of Iowa ($1,039); 2009 American Sociology Association MInority Fellowship, National Institute of Mental health ($20,772). Forthcoming Refereed Book Chapter: Campos-Castillo, Celeste. Forthcoming. "Trust in Technology: A Status Value Approach." In Trust and Technology in a Ubiquitous Modern Environment: Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives, edited by D. Latusek and A. Gerbasi. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
Conference Presentations: 2009 Campos, Celeste and Mark Schultz. "Status-Based Trust and Workplace Mobility." Paper presented for the Roundtables of the Social Psychology and Emotion Sections at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA), San Francisco, CA. 2009 Campos, Celeste. "In Search of a Specialist Niche in an Unstable, Homogeneous Resource Space: Mexican Restaurants in Small Midwestern Towns." Paper presented for the Qualitative Research in Organizations SEssion at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (MSS). Des Moines, IA.
2009 Campos, Celeste and Alison Bianchi. "Social Identity, Context, and social Exchange." Paper presented for Session II of the Group Processes Mini-Conference at the Annual meeting of the MSS. Des Moines, IA.
Khirin Carter OGEI Graduate Student Ambassador.
Anonymous reviewer for the Sociology of Education Journal.
Nicole H.W. Civettini and Professor Jennifer Glass had their article “The Impact of Childhood Religious Conservatism on Men’s Work and Family Involvement” published in Gender and Society.
Congratulations to Dr. Nicole H.W. Civettini for successfully defending her Ph.D. in spring 2009!
Samantha Cumley chaired the session “Theories of Crime Causation: New Applications of Learning Theories” at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting.
Rengin Firat Conference Presentations: March 2009 Rengin, Firat. "Human Values and Social Capital". Paper presented at the Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference, Iowa City, IA.
April 2009 Nicole H.W. Civettini, stef shuster, Rengin Firat. "Effects of Same-Sex Unions on Mental Well-Being". Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA.
University Service: 2008-2009 President, Turkish Student Association at the University of Iowa.
Christopher P. Kelley presented our paper "Age and Gender over the Career Life Course: Status, Prestige and Expected Value in Work Settings" at the annual meeting of the ASA in San Francisco (August 2009). Served as a Managing Director for the Center for the Study of Group Processes. Published "Humor and the Effectiveness of Diverse Leaders" with collaborators M. Lovaglia, C. Rogalin, S. Soboroff, C. Kelley, and J. Lucas in the book Social Structure and Emotion (2009) edited by Jody Clay Warner and Dawn Robinson. Published an invited entry "Overview of the work of John Clausen in Encyclopedia of the Lifecourse" Christopher Kelley and Steve Hitlin. Article under review "Power and Status as the Building Blocks of Effective Leadership" in Business Leadership Review. Presented 2009 "Use of Virtual Enjoinments for Experimental Tests of SES and Health Gradient" Steven Hitlin and Christopher P. Kelley. Presented at the University of Iowa Sociology Psychology Horseshoe. March 9, 2009. Presented "Structuring Morality: Agency in Action" Steven Hitlin and Christopher P. Kelley. Presented at the University of Iowa Sociology Psychology Horseshoe. Fall 2008. Co-Authored the presentation "Studying Agency in the Lab: Sketches of Studies of Personal Control." Social Psychology Seminar Presented at Stanford University, October, 2008. Steven Hitlin and Christopher P. Kelley. Co-Authored the presentation "Structuring Morality: Agency in Action" Steven Hitlin and Christopher P. Kelley. Presented at the University of Iowa Sociology Psychology Horseshoe. Fall 2008. "Studying Agency in the Lab: Sketches of Studies of Personal Control." Social Psychology Seminar, Duke University, October, 2008. Steven Hitlin and Christopher P. Kelley. Co-Authored "Age-Gender Interaction in Leader Assessment: The Importance of Experience" Michael Lovaglia, Richard Harris, Shane D. Soboroff, Christopher P. Kelley, Univ. of Iowa, Christabel L. Rogalin, Purdue Univ. and Jeffrey.
Sanghag Kim 2009 Kim, Jae-On, Jin Wang and Sanghag, Kim. "Index of National power: How to Assess the General Capacity of a nation" presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association in August 2009. Kim, Parang and Sanghag Kim, "Intermarriage and Intercohabitation of Asian Americans" Interpreting Contemporary Trends", presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society in April 2009.
Donna Lancianese won the ASA Sociology of Emotions Section's Recent Contribution Award for Publication: Bianchi, Alison J. and donna A. Lancianese. 2007. "Accentuate the Positive: The Effects of Positive Sentiments on the Status Organizing Process." Social Psychology Quarterly 70:7-26. Received the University of Iowa Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students Research Grant ($1,000). Successfully received 4 competitive travel grants for the Annual meetings of the American Sociology Association (from the American Sociological Association, Graduate Student Senate, Executive Committee of Graduate Professional Students, and the Department of Sociology). Attended the 2009 National Longitudinal Survey Summer Workshop at Ohio State University, acceptance is competitive. Elected Vice-President of the Graduate Student Senate for the academic year 2009-2010.
Layana Navarre-Jackson received a Hugh Vollrath Ross Scholarship for summer 2009. She also worked on
"The Weigh You Are: Weight as a Status Characteristic" with Celeste Campos, Christopher P. Kelley, and Shane Soboroff, which was presented at the Social Psychology Roundtables at ASA.
Kevin Pinkston received a grant award from the University of Iowa Executive Council of Graduate and Professional Students for his project titled “Fighting Black Implicit Prejudice.”
Mark Schultz presented his paper “Prisoner Deviance: Social Learning Theory Revisited” at the American Society of Criminology annual meeting. Mark and Phillip Levchak presented their work, "The Anomaly of Bodybuilders and Powerlifters: Motivations to Sustain a "Tainted" Identity" at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society.
Mark also won the 2008-2009 Carl J. Couch Graduate Student Teaching Award which is presented for contribution to scholarly, pedagogic, and service missions of the Department of Sociology.
stef shuster Awards and Grants: Research Grant, Executive Counsel of Graduate and Professional Students, 2009. Travel Grant, Department of Sociology, University of Iowa, 2009. Travel Grant, Graduate Student Senate, 2009. Best Presentation, Social Science Division, Jakobsen Conference, 2009. 3rd Place Paper Competition, Social Science Division, Jakobsen Conference, 2009. Conference Presentations: "Resolving Feminist Dilemmas Within Ethnography: A Case for Photoethnography." 2009 American Sociology Association Annual Conference, San Francisco. Sex and Gender Roundtable. Mobilizing in the Midwest: The Deployment of Strategies in Establishing Queer Student Centers." 2009 Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines. "The Effects of Same-Sex Unions on mental Well-Being." 2009 Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines. Mental Health Roundtable (with Nicole Civettini and Rengin Firat). Committees and Outreach: Co-Chair for the Graduate Student Senate Jakobsen Conference, 2009-2010. Trans gender Health Initiative, 2007-Present. Co-Organizer for Trans Week, a week of educational workshops, film screenings, discussions, and celebration. This week of events will end with a candlelight vigil on the Pentacrest and a celebration for trans-identified people, allies, and interested folk on November 20, 2009. The celebration will include a nationally recognized speaker, musical performances, spoken word artists, and personal narratives; revolving around the theme of remember and celebrating trans-identified folk. Social Sciences and Education Divsiion head for the Grduate Student Senate Jakobsen Conference, Spring 2009.
Shane Soboroff presented a paper titled “Progress of High Profile College Sports Teams” at the Sociology of Sport section of the Midwest Sociological Society meeting in St. Louis with Christopher P. Kelley and Jin Hyuk Park. “The Weigh You Are: Obesity as a Status Characteristic,” was presented by Celeste Campos, Layana Navarre-Jackson, Shane D. Soboroff and Christopher P. Kelley at the social psychology roundtables of the American Sociological Association Meeting in Boston, MA. A chapter authored by Professor Michael Lovaglia, Professor Christabel L. Rogalin, Shane D. Soboroff, Christopher P. Kelley, and Professor Jeffrey W. Lucas titled “Humor and the Effectiveness of Diverse Leaders” was published in Social Structure and Emotion by Stanford University Press. Shane Soboroff served as Managing Director of the Center for the Study of Group Processes until August 2008, when he was named the Managing Editor of Current Research in Social Psychology.
Wang, Yan received a fund from "Stanley Graduate Award for INternational Research" during summer and the topic is "Citizenship and Social Equality of chinese Peasants". It is from international programs in our university.
Congratulations to all of the students who recently completed their Master’s Theses!
| SPRING 2009 | |
| Rengin Firat | "The Declining Capital Thesis: A Social Psychological Approach." |
| Jennifer Turchi | "Because my parents said so: The impact of family on friendship networks." |
| FALL 2008 | |
Samantha Cumley |
“The Effects of Women’s Economic Marginalization and Welfare Cuts on the Gender Gap in Violent Offending.” |
Richard Harris |
“The Impact of Social Networks on Smoking Desistance Among Adolescents.” |
| SUMMER 2008 | |
Christopher P. Kelley |
“Age-Status.” |
PhilipJ. Levchak |
“Globalizing Trends --- Extending the Anomie Tradition: An Assessment of the Impacts of Trade Measures on Cross-National Homicide Rates.” |
Charisse Long |
“The Gender Gap in Negotiations: A Psychosocial Explanation.” |
| SPRING 2008 | |
| Donna Lancianese | "Identity Control Theory and Legitimation Theory: A Test of the Sexually Responsible Adolescent." |
| Stephen W. Moore | "Assessing the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis: Spatial and Temporal Separation in Cleveland and Milwaukee, 2000." |
| Mark G. Schultz | "Living with High Arrests: The Collateral Consequences of High Arrest Rates in 30 Balitmore Neighborhoods." |
