Student Link 01.11.08
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
STUDENT_LINK
Friday, January 11, 2008
CONTENTS FOR THIS EDITION:
1) NEW: SFAB NOMINATIONS!
2) CALL FOR PAPERS for UPCOMING ANNUAL CONFERENCE!
3) ASA SFAB RESOURCES
4) MEETING STUDENT NEEDS
5) IMPROVING OUR WEBSITES
1) SFAB Nominations!: The ASA Student Forum Advisory Board is seeking nominations for six (6) Board members. The term of commitment is two years beginning at the end of the 2008 ASA Annual Meeting in Boston in August and continuing through the 2010 Annual Meeting. Nominees must be Student Members of the ASA at the time of nomination and during their two-year term. They also should commit to attending the 2008, 2009, and 2010 Annual Meetings. Self-nominations are welcomed.
The nominations committee of the Student Forum Advisory Board will review nominations, select nominees and oversee the election of candidates through the 2008 ASA Annual Election to be held in the spring of 2008. To be considered, please send four (4) copies of your vitae including a current e-mail address and four (4) copies of a brief statement of intent (exactly why you want to be a member of the Student Forum Advisory Board, years of graduate school experience, experience with other professional groups, etc.) to the Student Forum Advisory Board Nominations Committee via email (cati.connell@gmail.com) or at the address below:
Catherine Connell
Department of Sociology
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Place A1700
Austin, TX 78712
Deadline: February 10, 2008
2) CALL FOR PAPERS for Upcoming Annual Conference: The American Sociological Association welcomes the participation of graduate and undergraduate students at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Boston. Special arrangements for students include discounted registration fees and sessions co-sponsored by the ASA Student Forum and the 2008 Program Committee. While all sessions listed in the 2008 Call for Papers are open to submissions from students, there are three paper sessions, one roundtable session, and a professional workshop sponsored by the ASA Student Forum and geared specifically towards students. Interested student authors should note that ASA Student Forum sessions operate under the same guidelines as regular sessions and are subject to the submission criteria, deadlines, and program policies listed in the 2008 Call for Papers.Thus, for the 2008 Annual Meeting, the Student Forum Advisory Board (SFAB) is calling for papers to fill three (3) Student Forum Paper Sessions and one (1) Student Forum Roundtable Session. All sessions are open, and the topics of the final sessions will be based on any themes that emerge from the more developed student submissions. Student papers not included in one of the above three Student Forum Paper Sessions will be considered for inclusion in the Student Forum Roundtable Session. To submit a paper to any of the Student Forum Sessions, go to the online Call for Papers on the ASA website, enter the online submission system, and select Student Forum Sessions when presented with the option to select a submission destination. All student papers must be submitted via the online submission system by January 16, 2008.Student Forum Session participants should note that: 1) only completed papers are eligible for full consideration; 2) authors may present in only one Student Forum Session; and 3) authors/co-authors who decline to present their papers must notify the chairs of the SFAB’s Program Committee, Catherine Connell, University of Texas-Austin and Audrey Devine-Eller, Rutgers University.There will be other student-oriented sessions at the 2008 Annual Meeting in Boston in addition to the Student Forum sessions. There will be several sessions devoted to presentations by students involved with two long-standing ASA programs, the Minority Fellowship Program (MFP) and the Honors Program (HP). Current MFP Fellows may submit their papers for the two MFP research sessions by using the same guidelines and deadlines as above. Inquiries about the MFP sessions may be sent to the ASA Minority Affairs Program. The ASA Honors Program has a separate programming process for its own roundtables at the 2008 Annual Meeting. The application deadline to participate in the 2008 Honors Program is February 25, 2008. Undergraduate students interested in applying for participation in the Honors Program may find more details on the ASA website by clicking on Students at the top.
3) ASA SFAB Resources: The ASA’s Student Forum provides resources for graduate and undergraduate sociology students, helps develop networks among student members, and facilitates student participation in the ASA by encouraging professional development and service. All student members of ASA are automatically Student Forum members and eligible to take advantage of Student Forum’s resources, such as travel grants, professionalization workshops, and information and advice regarding academic careers.
To find out more about Student Forum please visit our:
website: http://socstudentforum.org/
wiki page: http://wiki.socstudentforum.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
ASA page: http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/topnav/students/student_forum
4) Meeting Student Needs: The Student Forum is here to meet your needs as student members of the ASA. We’d love to hear more about how we can be more effective in this regard! As a student-run organization, one of our most significant resources is information-sharing among fellow students. If you have ideas, expertise, or career advice you’d like to share with the membership, please contact us with your thoughts.
5) Improving Our Websites: If you have questions and/or suggestions regarding how to improve our sites, please contact us and let us know (contact Danielle at daniellehidalgo@mac.com). Also, get involved! Please feel free to add comments, suggestions, and any other relevant issues to our wikipedia site at http://wiki.socstudentforum.org/index.php?title=Main_Page This web site is for you and other graduate students, so please feel free to use it!