DAN -- mugs for alums

i'm hearing terrible travel tales this morning, suggesting that many sociologists will be delayed for the montreal meetings. my flight is scheduled to arrive about 7:10 friday night, which under normal conditions would have left enough time to make my 9:30 reception.

i volunteered to hand out minnesota coffee mugs (featuring eric hedberg's handsome department logo at left) to our alums at departmental alumni night from 9:30 to 11:30 at the palais des congrès de Montréal. presuming that i can get to montreal on friday, i'm hoping that alums and webfriends will stop by to say hey.

meetings are still stressful for me, partly because i'm inevitably leaving urgent unfinished business back home. this year is no exception. plus, there's the whole goffmanesque presentation of self thing, which leads many conferencegoers to develop a meeting-specific persona. aside from DAN, section receptions, and blogtogethers, i'll be appearing as meeting chris at these sessions. hope to see you there...

The Social Boundaries of Crime and Punishment: Sat, Aug 12 - 12:30pm - 2:10pm,Palais des congrès de Montréal
Recent research on crime and punishment examines how the public and law enforcement authorities use race and class distinctions as imperfect markers of criminality. These distinctions affect public opinions about crime, policing practices and the administration of criminal justice. The panelists will explore this theme, discussing how crime and crime control are intimately linked to the contours of racial and class inequality in contemporary America.
Session Organizer: Bruce Western (Princeton University)
Presider: Bruce Western (Princeton University)
Panelist: Lawrence D. Bobo (Stanford University)
Panelist: Katherine Beckett (University of Washington)
Panelist: Christopher Uggen (University of Minnesota)

Public Sociology: Sun, Aug 13 - 10:30am - 12:10pm, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Session Organizer: Eric Klinenberg (New York University)
Presider: Kieran Healy (University of Arizona)
Accessibility through Accountability: Moving Beyond the Traditional Literature Review in Public Sociology
Laurel E. Westbrook (Univ of California-Berkeley), Damon W. Mayrl (University of California-Berkeley)
Challenging Institutional Barriers to Community-Based Research
Randy Stoecker (University of Wisconsin)
Public Criminologies
Christopher Uggen (University of Minnesota), Michelle Inderbitzin (Oregon State University)
Publicly Financed Sports Stadiums, the Media, and Public Policy
Kevin J. Delaney (Temple University), Rick Eckstein (Villanova University)

Social Consequences of Prisoner Re-entry: Sun, Aug 13 - 4:30pm - 6:10pm, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Session Organizer: Danielle S. Rudes (University of California-Irvine)
Presider: Richard Rosenfeld (University of Missouri-St. Louis)
People, Places, and Things: The Neighborhood Context of Female Offender Reentry
Andrea M. Leverentz (University of Chicago)
Voting and the Civic Reintegration of Former Prisoners
Shelly S. Schaefer (University of Minnesota), Christopher Uggen (University of Minnesota)
Regionalization of Massachusetts’ Forensic Transition Team
Stephanie W. Hartwell (University of Massachusetts-Boston)
Framing Parolees: Discretionary Decision Making Processes Within the Relational Contexts of Social Control
Danielle S. Rudes (University of California-Irvine)

Access to Health Care: Mon, Aug 14 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Session Organizer: Mary K. Zimmerman (University of Kansas)
Presider: Lori Wiebold-Lippisch (University of Kansas)
The Differential Effect of Community-Level Socioeconomic Disadvantage on Access to Health Care
James B. Kirby (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality)
The Impact of Gender, Family Status, and Employer Contributions on Take-ups of Health Insurance Benefits
Anastasia H. Prokos (University of Nevada-Las Vegas), Jennifer Keene (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Sources of Variation in State Mental Health Parity Laws
Elaine Marie Hernandez (University of Minnesota)
Differentials in Access to Cervical Cancer Screening for Women with Disabilities in the U.S.: Results from the National Health Interview Surveys
Julia Ana Drew (Brown University)
Chronic Illness and Health Seeking-Information on the Internet
Stephanie Ayers (Arizona State University), Jennie Jacobs Kronenfeld (Arizona State University)
Discussant: Lori Wiebold-Lippisch (University of Kansas)

Sex and Gender Roundtables: Mon, Aug 14 - 2:30pm - 4:10pm, Palais des congrès de Montréal
Session Organizer: Teresa Toguchi Swartz (University of Minnesota)
Organizational Hegemony and the Face of the Firm: The Construction of Executive Women and Men as Different Workers in the British Advertising and Computing Industries
Michele Rene Gregory (York College/CUNY)
Session Organizer: Evren Savci (University of Southern California)
The Differential Effects of Gender Composition of the Workplace on Men and Women
Catherine J. Taylor (Cornell University)
The Impact of Labeling Events as Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: A Logistic “Path” Model
Juanita M. Firestone (University of Texas, San Antonio), Richard J. Harris (University of Texas-San Antonio)
At the time, I thought it was great: The Importance of Age in Labeling Sexual Harassment
Amy M. Blackstone (University of Maine), Jason Houle (The Pennsylvania State University)
Presider: Marjukka Ollilainen (Weber State University)