Unfinished Business:

The Quest for Inclusion

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 31st Annual Meetings of

the Mid-South Sociological Association

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

October 26-29, 2005

The Westin Atlanta Airport

4736 Best Road

College Park

Atlanta, Georgia 30337

 

 

About the Mid-South Sociological Association

 

Purpose

 

The Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) is a nonprofit professional organization which promotes the study and understanding of sociological and related issues and problems.  Professional interests include crime, aging, deviance, demography, environment, family, education, race and ethnic relations, religion, global and community development, occupations, health, inequal8ity, gender, corrections, community, political economy, science and technology, urban/rural, law, ecology, and others.

 

Membership

 

The membership comprises sociologists and other social scientists who come from colleges and universities, various levels of government, and nonprofit social agencies.  Membership poligy imposes no geographical restrictions.  All professionals with interests in sociological and social science topics are welcome as members.  Payment of the $40 annual dues for regular membership ($20 for students) includes subscriptions to the journal, Sociological Spectrum, and the Forum newsletter.

 

Meetings

 

Membership in the MSSA and participation in annual meetings offer advantages to sociologists, social scientists, related professionals, and students of sociology.  These advantages include exposure to current research on various social topics with opportunities for interactions, networking, and engagement in dialogue on social research issues and problems of mutual interest.  The meetings provide a medium for dialogue on research and professional development issues of concern to the discipline and the larger community.  Meetings of the MSSA are held annually and are hosted by colleges and universities in different states in the mid-South region.

 

Publications

 

The scholarly, refereed journal, Sociological Spectrum, is publishes six times per year.  Manuscripts are submitted to the editor and then enter the review process.  Articles focusing on the sociological analysis of various social conditions, problems, issues, and solutions in the United States and abroad are welcome.  Forum, the MSSA newsletter, is published twice each year and focuses on news events and affairs of the MSSA.

 

Past Presidents of the

Mid-South Sociological Association

(Founded in 1975)

 

2004-2005       Duane A. Gill, Mississippi State University

2004                Frank Glasmer, University of Southern Mississippi

2003-2004       Jackie Eller, Middle Tennessee State University

2002-2003       J. David Knottnerus, Oklahoma State University

2001-2002       Obie Clayton, Morehouse College

2000-2001       Peter L. Heller, Middle Tennessee State University

1999-2000       J. Kenneth Davidson, Dr., University of Wisconsin - Eau Claire

1998-1999       Lin Huff-Corzine, University of Central Florida

1997-1998       Dennis R. McSeveney, University of New Orleans

1996-1997       Thomas J. Durant, Jr., Louisiana State University

1995-1996       Craig J. Forsyth, University of Louisiana - Lafayette

1994-1995       J. Steven Picou, University of South Alabama

1993-1994       Stanford M. Lyman, Florida Atlantic University

1992-1993       Arthur G. Cosby, Mississippi State University

1991-1992       Joy B. Reeves, Stephen F. Austin State University

1990-1991       Donna K. Darden, Tennessee Technological University

1989-1990       C. Eddie Palmer, University of Louisiana - Lafayette

1988-1989       William Kenkel, University of Kentucky

1987-1988       James K. Skipper, Jr., University of North Carolina - Greensboro

1986-1987       Willie Pearson, Jr., Wake Forest University

1985-1986       Dennis L. Peck, University of Alabama

1984-1985       Marsha McGee, Northeast Louisiana University

1983-1984       Donald R. South, University of South Alabama

1982-1983       Gene Acuff, Oklahoma State University

1981-1982       Clifton D. Bryant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

1980-1981       Jerome J. Salomone, University of New Orleans

1979-1980       Samuel E. Wallace, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

1978-1979       H. Paul Chalfant, Texas Tech University

1977-1978       Alvin L. Bertrand, Louisiana State University

1976-1977       Donald E. Allen, Oklahoma State University

1975-1976       Julian B. Roebuck, Mississippi State University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Meeting Rooms for MSSA

 

                       

 

 

 

 

·      Hartsfield  I                                   Grand Ballroom II

·      Hartsfield II                                  Grand Ballroom III

·      Hartsfield III                          Grand Ballroom IV

·      Hartsfield IV                          Peach Tree City

·      Cherokee

·      Grand Ballroom II

·      Grand Ballroom III

·      Grand Ballroom IV

·      Peach Tree City

·      Atrium

Mid-South Sociological Association

Officers and Committee Members 2004-2005

 

I.          EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

President: Duane A. Gill, Mississippi State University

Past President & Chair, Budget Committee: Jackie L. Eller, Middle Tennessee State

University

Secretary-Treasurer: Sahadeo Patram, Morehouse College

President-Elect & Chair, Program Committee: Thomas C. Calhoun, Southern Illinois

University Carbondale

Vice-President: David A. Gay, University of Central Florida

Vice-President-Elect & Editor – Forum:; Keith F. Durkin, Ohio Northern University

Editor, Sociological Spectrum: DeAnn M. Kalich, University of Louisiana @ Lafayette

Chair, Committee on Women: Cheryl L. Brown, Greensboro College

Co-Chairs, Committee on Small and Community Colleges: Kathy A. Smith, Martin

Methodist College & Anne C. Baird, Morehouse College

Chair, Committee on the Profession: Shirley Rainey, Austin Peay State University

Chair, Committee on Minorities: Earl Wright, II., Fisk University

Chair, Committee on Nominations: Russell P. D. Burton, Washburn University

Chair, Committee on Membership: N. Ree Wells, Missouri Southern State University

 

II.        SOCIOLOGICAL SPECTRUM: OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF

THE MID-SOUTH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Editor: DeAnn M. Kalich, University of Louisiana @ Lafayette

Managing Editor: Christina Newgebaver, University of Louisiana @ Lafayette

Editorial Board:           

 

Leralynn S. Cossman – Mississippi State University

Keith F. Durkin – Ohio Northern University

James F. Quinn – University of North Texas

Larry M. Lance - University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Harsha N. Mookherjee - Tennessee Technological University

Richard A. Tewksbury - University of Louisville

Rebecca M. Watson - Virginia Intermont College

Jennifer K. Wesely - University of Central Florida

                                    Gary Steward – University of Central Oklahoma

Russell E. Ward, Jr. – Francis Marion University

Song Yang – University of Arkansas

 

III.       FORUM: OFFICAL NEWSLETTER OF THE MID-SOUTH SOCIOLOGICAL

ASSOCIATION

 

Editor: Keith F. Durkin - Ohio Northern University

 

IV.       STANDING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

 

Membership Committee

Chair:   N. Ree Wells - Missouri Southern State University

Dawood H. Sultan - University of Tennessee @ Martin

Duane A. Gill - Mississippi State University

Rebecca M. Watson - Virginia Intermont College

Daine C. Keithly - Louisiana Southern University

David G. LoConto - Jacksonville State University

Paul Leslie – Greensboro College, North Carolina

 

Committee on Minorities

Chair:   Earl Wright, II, Fisk University

Thomas C. Calhoun, Southern Illionois University

Shirley Rainey, Austin Peay State University

Dawood H. Sultan, University of Tennessee @ Martin

Shondrah Nash, Morehead State University

 

Committee on the Professions

Chair:   Shirley Rainey, Austin Peay State University

            Keith Durkin, University of Northern Ohio

            Mercedes Rubio, American Sociological Association

            Frances Adeola, University of New Orleans

            Shanta Sharma, Henderson State University

            Joyce Shephard, Henderson State University

            Ollie Christian, Southern University

            Thomas Durant, Jr., Louisiana State University

           

Committee on Nominations

Chair:   Russell P. D. Burton, Washburn University

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Committee on Small and Community Colleges

Co-Chair:  Kathy A. Smith, Martin Methodist College

Co-Chair:  Ann Baird, Morehouse College

      Obie Clayton, Jr., Morehouse College

      Brenda Hoke, Agnes Scott College

      Joyce Shepherd, Henderson State University

      Paul Leslie, Greensboro College

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Committee on Women

Chair:   Cheryl L. Brown, Greensboro College

Dana Greene, Appalachian State University

Donald Gregory, Reinhardt College

Brenda Hoke, Agnes Scott College

Shirley Rainey, Austin Peay State University

N. Ree Wells, Missouri Southern State University

Margaret Williamson, Gainesville, College

Annette Heishman, Costal Carolina Community College

Kathryn Schmidt, Guilford College

Nicole Rader, Mississippi State University

 

Program Committee

Chair:    Thomas C. Calhoun, Southern Illinois University

Clifton Bryant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University

Ollie Christian, Southern University

Craig Forsyth, University of Louisiana, Lafayette

Obie Clayton, Morehouse College

Marianne Fisher-Giorlando, Grambling State University

Earl Wright II, Fisk University

Jackie Eller, Middle Tennessee State University

Kathy Davis, Middle Tennessee State University

Thomas Brignall, Tennessee Technological University

                         Thomas Durant, Jr., Louisiana State University

 

Site Selection Committee

Chair:   Duane A. Gill, Mississippi State University

Jackie L. Eller, Middle Tennessee State University

J David Knottnerus, Oklahoma State University

Obie Clayton, Jr., Morehouse College

Sahadeo Patram, Morehouse College

 

Budget Committee

Chair:   Jackie L. Eller, Middle Tennessee State University

Sahadeo Patram, Morehouse College

Thomas C. Calhoun, Southern Illinois University

Duane A. Gill, Mississippi State University

 

The Stanford M. Lyman Memorial Scholarship

Co-ordinater:    Jackie L. Eller, Middle Tennessee State University

                        Jay Corzine, University of Central Florida

                        Paul Leslie, Greensboro College

                        J. David Knottnerus, Oklahoma State University

                        Shirlee Owens, University of Louisiana at Monroe

                        Thomas J. Durant, Jr., Louisiana State University

 

V.        AD HOC COMMITTEES

Local Arrangements Committee

Chair:   Obie Clayton, Jr., Morehouse College

Anne C. Baird, Morehouse College

Sahadeo Patram, Morehouse College

Brenda Hoke, Agnes Scott College

Isa Williams, Agnes Scott College

Willie Pearson, Jr.