Thursday 8:30 – 9:45 a.m.

 

SO 01:  SOCIOLOGY AND THE MEDIA

 

Chair:  William E. Thompson, Texas A&M – Commerce

1.  “The Media and Anti-Heroes in American Sport:  The Economics of Designated Redemption,” Kendall Blanchard, Fort Lewis College

2.  “New Media and Social Movements in South Asia,” Sangeeta Sinha,

      SW Minnesota State University

3.  “Chiropractors Kill!”  An Analysis of the Mini-panic Surrounding Cervical Adjustments in Ontario and Connecticut,” Yvonne Villanueva-Russell,

      Texas A&M – Commerce

4.  “Gender Portrayals and Roles in Television Advertisements,” Emily Estrada,

Texas Tech University

5.  “Women in On-line Gaming:  The Special Case of MMORPG”s,” Emily LaBeff, Midwestern State University

 

SO 02: CRIME AND JUSTICE

 

Chair:  Rhonda D. Evans, University of LouisianaLafayette

1.  “Mental Health Therapists” Attitudes and Reactions to Changed Formal Social Controls,” Mike Ryan, University of LouisianaLafayette

2.  “What Factors Influence College Students” Attitudes Toward and Perceptions of Police Brutality?” Vernard E. Sterling, Jr., University of LouisianaLafayette

3.  “Empirical Evidence, Community Standards, and the Boundaries of Obscenity: A Test Case,” DeAnn M. Kalich, Rhonda D. Evans, and Craig J. Forsyth,

      University of Louisiana – Lafayette

3.      “A Typology of DUI Drivers: Views of Police Officers,” Craig J. Forsyth,

      University of Louisiana – Lafayette; Ashley Broussard, Louisiana State University; and Scott M. Mire, University of LouisianaLafayette

 

SO 03:  DEMOGRAPHY

 

Chair:  Amanda K. Baumle, University of Houston

1.  “Patterns of Fertility Among Families in Poverty in the Texas Borderlands,”

      Leslie Denise McKee, Texas A & M University

2.  “Changes in Hispanic Household Composition,” Luis Salinas, University of Houston

3.  “Mexican American Poverty in the Texas Borderland: The Influences of Family Structure, Metro Location and Characteristics of Individuals,” Carlos Siordia,

      Texas A&M University

 

SO 04:  SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION I

 

Chair:  Elizabeth Embry, Baylor University

1.  “Global Relationships, Motivation, and Home Schooling,” Gary Wyatt,

Emporia State University

2.  “Cross-National Perspectives on Gender Differences in Mathematics Achievement-Influence of Sex Segregation in the Labor Market,” Deniz Yucel,

Ohio State University

3.  “Another Look at “General” Theories as Explanations of Academic Misconduct,” Paul R. Vowell and Edda Urrea, Texas A&M UniversityKingsville

4.  “Social and Demographic Correlates of Course Satisfaction Among College Students,” Li-Chen Ma, Lamar University

 

SO 05:  DEATH AND DYING

 

Chair:  Jeniece T. Williams, Baylor University

1.  “Personalizing Death:  Tombstones, Obituaries, and Culture,” Phyllis Kitzerow and Shannon Smithey, Westminster College

2.  “Death and Dying:  Notes from the “Inside”, Notes from the “Other Side,”

       William E. Thompson, Texas A&M University – Commerce

 

 

 

 

Thursday 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.

 

SO 06: SOUTHWESTERN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

 

Presiding: Cherylon Robinson, University of TexasSan Antonio

President, SSA

 

 

SO 07: FERTILITY

 

Chair:  Sherry L. McKibben, University of TexasPermian Basin

1.  “A Demographic Profile of Nueces County Texas:  Focus on Teenage Pregnancy,”   Rebecca Shirley and Russ Long, Del Mar College

2.  “Adoption as a Fertility Variable a Demographic analysis Using the NSFG Cycle 6,” Mary Ann Davis, Sam Houston State University

3.  “Race, Ethnicity, Sexual Orientation, and the Likelihood of Adoption Amongst US Women,” Christine Klucsarits, Texas A&M University

4.  “Who”s Rocking the Cradle? From Procreation to Production,” Marjorie L. Coppock, Retired Sociologist

 

SO 08: RURAL SOCIOLOGY

 

Chair:  Carson Mencken, Baylor University

1.  “The Export of Natural Resource Assets and Social Development: A Cross-National Analysis of Ecological Unequal Exchange Dynamics,” James Rice,

New Mexico State University

2.  “Seasonal Housing Growth in Amenity-Rich Rural Areas: The Pine Barrens Region of Northwest Wisconsin,” Rebecca Schewe, University of WisconsinMadison

3.  “Fuzzy” Borders and Struggles for Land in the Southwest: Navajo Reservation Expansion, 1868-1935,” Caleb Bush, University of New MexicoGallup

 

SO 09: GLOBAL ISSUES

 

Chair:  Jodien Matos, Baylor University

1.  “Development and the Global Distribution of HIV/AIDS,” Dorothy Kalanzi,

      Texas Woman”s University

2.  “Globalization and Outsourcing: Why the Anxiety?”  George Parangimalil,

      Texas A&M UniversityTexarkana

3.  “Global Commodity Chains: A Case Study of Chilean North Atlantic Salmon,”

      Kirk Jentoft, Sam Houston State University

4.   “Religiosity and Attitude toward Global Warming,” John Billington,

      Texas Tech University

 

SO 10: FAMILY AND MARRIAGE

 

Chair:  Carrie A. Graf, Baylor University

1.  “Mother and Student: Single Mothers Pursuing Postsecondary Education at

      Texas Woman”s University,” Kristina Hunken, Texas Woman”s University

2.  “Parental and Family Influences on Children”s Self-Perceptions of Body Weight,” Glen Tolle Jr., William McIntosh, Karen Kubena, and Jenna Anding,

      Texas A&M University

3.  “Why is Marital Commitment so Important to Marital Quality?: Notions of Commitment Over Time,” Amy Manning Kirk, Sam Houston State University

4.  “Support for the Adoption of Children by Gays, and Lesbians: Demographic, Religious, and Attitudinal Explanations,” Robert S. Bausch, Cameron University

 

SO 11: INTERNET, TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY

 

Chair:  Debbie McMahon, Baylor University

1.  “Will Playing Online Video Games Lead to Violent Attitudes?” Sherry Cooke Hayes, Texas Women”s University

2.  “A Comparative Analysis of Concerns Voiced by White Separatists and Stormfront Discussants,” Dianne Dentice, Steven F. Austin State University and

      James L. Williams, Texas Women”s University

3.  “Unintended Consequences of Technology: Electronic Media and the Social Construction of the Politically Absurd Voter,” Arthur R. Poskocil, Hollins University

 

 

Thursday 11:30 – 12:45 a.m.

 

SO 12:  ASSESSMENT OF THE SOCIOLOGY MAJOR

 

Chair:  Terry Richard, UALR

1.  “Anatomy of a Program Assessment Success: Design, Measurement and Results,” Terry Richard, UALR

2.  “Quantitative and Qualitative Assessments for Introduction to Sociology Classes,” Shannon Richardson, UALR

3.  “Creating a Rubric and Anchor Weights for Assessment Panel Reviews of Writing Assignments,” Lakisha Johnson and Terry Richard, UALR

Discussant:  Mark Krain, School of Social Work, UALR

 

SO 13:  MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION SESSION I

 

Chair:  M. Cristina Morales, University of TexasEl Paso

1.  “How Individual Health Seeking Behaviors Vary in Families of Mexican Descent,” Victor Talavera, University of TexasEl Paso

2.  “Immigration and Latino Mental Health,” Mercedes Rubio,

National Institute of Mental Health

3.  “Entrapment: Narratives of the Undocumented on the Border,”

      Guillermina Gina Núñez-Mchiri, University of TexasEl Paso

4.  “Peruvian Immigration to the United States: A Comparative Analysis.”

Gianncarlo Muschi, University of Houston

Discussant:  Rosa Lorena Estala, University of TexasEl Paso.

 

SO 14: INTERNATIONAL GENDER ISSUES

 

Chair:  Kathryn Mueller, Baylor University

1.  “Paradigm Shifts in Feminist Discourse on Gender and Global Stratification: Using the Past to Clarify the Present,” Susan Mann, University of New Orleans and Michael Grimes, Louisiana State University

2.  “The Organizational Practice of Gendered Employment: Disparate Impact and Gender Segregation in the Japanese Entry-Level Labor Market,” Kayo Fujimoto, Kwansei Gakuin University

3.  “Globalization of Poverty and Its Effects Upon Women,” Kacy Sandidge and

Kathryn Mueller, Baylor University

4.  “Mexican American Women Negotiate Work and Family,” Barbara Wells,

Maryville College

 

SO 15:  VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION

 

Chair:  Wes Hinze, Baylor University

1.  Sexual Aggression Among College Students: A Comparative Study,”

Joseph V. Domino and Krystal Ortega, Texas A&M UniversityKingsville

2.  “A Look at Gender Differences in Intimate Violence Among a Sample of College Youth,” Paul R. Vowell and Callie Casstevens, Texas A&M UniversityKingsville

3.  “Formal Ante-Mortem Statements and the Question of Late 19th-Century Southern Violence,” Douglas L. Eckberg, Winthrop University

4.  “Sociological Understanding Of Terrorism: With Special Reference To Revolutionary People”s Liberation Front (Dhkp- C) And Turkish Hezbollah,” Huseyin Cinoglu, University of North Texas and Suleyman Ozeren,

Faculty of Security Sciences – Turkey

 

SO 16:  UNDERGRADUATE PAPER SESSION

 

Chair:  Dianne Dentice, Stephen F. Austin State University

1.  “The Decision-making Process of Juvenile Probation Officers: An Analysis of Factors Affecting Probation Revocation,” San Juanita E. Garcia,

      Sam Houston State University

2.  “Deviance, Deviant Peers, and Gender-Scripting: The Case of Academic Misconduct,” Marcus Wolf, University of Oklahoma

3.  “The Social And Masculine Roles Of Grandfathers,” Laura Gee,

      Texas Tech University

 

 

Thursday 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

 

SO 17:  ETHNIC RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION I

 

Chair:  Mark Fossett, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station.

1.  “Neighborhood Change in North Kenwood-Oakland in South Chicago: Conventional Gentrification or Something Else?” Charity Clay,

Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

2.  “Minority Homeownership in Texas and California: Residential Advantages vs. Social-Economic Disadvantages,” Yoonhwan Park and Adam Okulicz-Kozaryn,

University of Texas – Dallas 

3.  “Spatial Attainment and Segregation: Comparisons Across Group and Over Time for Houston, Texas,” Warren Waren, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

 

SO 18:  URBAN LATINO CRIME

 

Chair:  Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Florida International University

1.   “Neighborhoods and Ethnic-Specific Intimate and Non-intimate Assaults in Miami,” Amie L. Nielsen, University of Miami and Ramiro Martinez, Jr.,

Florida International University

2.   “Ethnicity, Immigration, and Violence: A New Direction in Studying the Immigrant/Crime Link,” Jacob I. Stowell, University at MassachusettsLowell and Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Florida International University

3.  “Ethnic Variations in Drug Arrests,” Matthew T. Lee, University of Akron and

Ramiro Martinez, Jr., Florida International University

 

SO 19:  DEVIANT BEHAVIOR

 

Chair:  Beverly L. Stiles, Midwestern State University

1.      “Understanding the Jonestown Disaster:  Alienation and the Total Institution,” 

Phyllis A. Gardner, Texarkana College; James L. Williams and Mahmoud Sadri, Texas Woman”s University

2.      “A Comparison of Two General Theories to Explain College Binge Drinking,” 

Glenda Flores, Kleberg County Adult Probation and Paul R. Vowell,

Texas A&M UniversityKingsville

3.      “Incidences of Child Sexual Contact,” Patrick Leung, Russell L. Curtis, Jr.,

University of Houston and Susie Mapp, PhD, Elizabethtown College

4.      “Ethnic and Gender Biases in Police Citations and Arrests in DUIs,” Robert Cavazos, Texas Tech University

 

SO 20: ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY

 

Chair:  Edwin J. Rossman, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

1.  “Global Commodity Chains and Environmental Impact: The Chilean Case,”

      M. Kirk Jentoft, Sam Houston State University

2.  “Environmental Stratification: Centralizing the Environment in Theory about Social Inequality,” Diane Bates, The College of New Jersey

3.  “Hurricane Katrina, Social Isolation, and African Americans in New Orleans,”

      John J. Beggs and Jeanne S. Hurlbert, Louisiana State University and

      Optinet Resources, LLC; Valerie A. Haines, University of Calgary; Pamela Jenkins, University of New Orleans; Brenda Philips, Oklahoma State University; and

      Edwin J. Rossman, United States Army Corps of Engineers

 

SO 21: AGING

 

Chair:  Janet Huber Lowry, Austin College

1.  “Elderly and Activities of Daily Living: Results from a Sample of West Texas Rural           and Urban Residents,” Sherry L. McKibben, The University of Texas – Permian Basin; Susan Snyder, University of Texas – Permian Basin,CEED; and

Tomas Longoria, Texas Tech University – Center for Public Service

2.  “Social Connectedness As A Mediator Between Wealth And Loneliness Among The Aging,” Michelle Pannor Silver, University of Chicago

3.  “Does Internet Use Improve Quality of Life of the Elderly?” Iftekhar Amin,

      University of North Texas

4.  “Professional Choices:  Reflections after Retirement,” Ida J. Cook and

Cheryl E. Green, University of Central Florida

Discussant: Janet Huber Lowry, Austin College

 

 

Thursday 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.

 

SO 22:  ETHNIC RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION II

 

Chair:  Mark Fossett, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station.

1.  “A Longitudinal Study of the Impact of Interracial Friendships on Race Relations in the United States,” Alicia Edison, University of North Texas

2.  “Ethnic Preferences and Residential Choice: What Role Might “Second Choice” Preferences Play in Residential Segregation?”  Lindsay Howden,

       Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

3.  “How Much has Changed?: Black-White Residential Integration in the U.S., 1972-2004,” Kavitha Koshy and Philip Q. Yang, Texas Woman”s University

 

SO 23:  PANEL ON PREPARING FOR AND SUCCEEDING IN GRADUATE SCHOOL

 

Moderator: M. Cristina Morales, University of TexasEl Paso

Participants:  Rhonda D. Evans, University of LouisianaLafayette

   J. Michael Cruz, Southern Methodist University

   Carson Mencken, Baylor University

   Carl Bankston, Tulane University

   Jean H. Shin, American Sociological Association

 

SO 24: 2005 HURRICANE AFTERMATH
 

Chair: W. Allen Martin, University of TexasTyler

1.  “Who You Gonna Call?: How Social Ties Shape Emergency Response,”

Lee M. Miller and David W. Webb, Sam Houston State University

2.  “Hurricane Katrina Survivors and Spirituality,” Johnie K. Dollarhide, Erma Lawson,       Cecilia Thomas, and Rubye Dodson, University of North Texas

3.  “Analysis of Hurricane Rita Evacuees and a General View of the 2005 Hurricanes,” W. Allen Martin and Amanda Uechi, University of TexasTyler

 

SO 25:  SOCIAL CHANGE

 

Chair:  Douglas George, University of Central Arkansas

1.  “Amateur = White: Historical Examination of Amateur Sport in the United States,” Douglas George and Cliff Beacham, University of Central Arkansas

2.  “Amateur Scholars: The Emergence of Web 2.0 and the Production of Knowledge,” Edward Powers, University of Central Arkansas

3.  “When Home Becomes “The Home”: Adult Householders Making Room for Aging Parents,” Janet K. Wilson, University of Central Arkansas

Discussant:  Douglas George, University of Central Arkansas

 

SO 26: CRIMINOLOGY II

 

Chair:  Thomas K. Pinhey, University of Hawai”i – Hilo

1.      “Collateral Damage,” Tosha Morris and Susan F. Sharp, University of Oklahoma

2.      “Juvenile Recidivism in Texas,” Bethany DeSalvo, Texas A&M University

3.      “A Comparison of Burnout Among Correctional Offices in a Rehabilitative versus a Retributive Facility,” Joseph V. Domino, Texas A&M UniversityKingsville

4.      “Ability to Exercise Self-Control Versus Desire to Exercise Self-Control: Testing a Modification of Gottfredson and Hirshi”s  General Theory of Crime,” James Mouser, University of Oklahoma

 

 

Friday 7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

 

SO 27: SOUTHWESTERN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETING

 

Presiding: Cherylon Robinson, University of TexasSan Antonio

President, SSA

 

Friday 8:30 – 9:45 a.m.

 

SO 28: CRIMINOLOGY I

 

Chair:  Jerry W. Hollingsworth, McMurry University

1.      “Ethnic Heterogeneity and Fear of Crime:  A Multilevel Analysis of Neighborhoods in the Greater Houston Area,” Eric Liu and Edward C. Polson, Baylor University

2.      “Exploring Violence Against Prostitutes Through the Lenses of Three Macro Level Criminological Theories,” Holly Pottle, Texas Women”s University

3.      “Public Policy and Sociological Theory:  Implications from the Tulsa Gang Summit,” Henry B. Comby III, Tulsa Community College

 

SO 29: CULTURE AND HEALTH SEEKING BEHAVIORS

 

Chair:  Lee Miller, Sam Houston State University

1.  “Competitive Ballroom Dance within the Context of Injuries: An Ethnographic Examination,” Christina Herrera and Joseph A. Kotarba, University of Houston

2.  “Transformation of Health Care Seeking Behaviors: Experience of Korean Immigrants,” Jin Young Choi, Sam Houston State University

3.  “Wading in the Waters: Narratives of Older African American Katrina            Survivors,” Johnie K. Dollarhide, University of North TexasDenton

4.  “Chinese Women”s Adjustment to Breast Cancer Diagnosis: A Qualitative Analysis,” Furjen Deng, Sam Houston State University

 

SO 30:  RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS I

Chair:  W. Allen Martin, University of TexasTyler.

1.  “A Snow White Beginning: Blatant Anti-Black Racism in the Early Years of Disney Animated Film,” Jacquelyn E. Jebens, Texas A & M University

2.  “What Unites Us, What Divides Us? Racial Perceptions of Unity and Division in the United States,” Douglas George, University of Central Arkansas, and

George Yancey, University of North Texas

 3.  Are State Marriage Initiatives Having an Affect? An Initial Exploration of the Impact on Divorce and Childhood Poverty Rates,” David A. Ford and

      Kenneth Kickham, University of Central Oklahoma

 4.  “Racial Differences in Attitudes Toward Cultural Pluralism versus Melting Pot,”

Soni Thapa-Oli, Texas Woman”s University

 

SO 31:  QUANTITATIVE STUDIES IN SEXUALITY

 

Chair:  D”Lane R. Compton, Texas A&M University

1.  “Women and HIV: The Relationship Between Risk, Race, and HIV Testing,” 

Lindsay Michelle Howden, Texas A&M University

2.  “Religiosity and Attitudes about Same-sex Marriage in San Antonio, TX,”

Juanita M. Firestone, Richard J. Harris, and Arturo Vega,

      University of TexasSan Antonio

3.  “Redefining the Nuclear Family: Characteristics of Same-sex Families and the Effects of State Family Laws,” Amanda K. Baumle, University of Houston, and D”Lane R. Compton, Texas A&M University

 

Friday 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.

 

SO 32:  URBAN SOCIOLOGY

 

Chair:  Larry Lyon, Baylor University

1.  “Effects of Social Class and Place of Residence on U.S. and Taiwanese Social Networks,” Jeff Dennis, University of ColoradoBoulder

2.  “Effects of Urban Factors on Personal Bonds and Religious Participation:  An Examination of Wirth”s Urbanism,” Wesley Hinze, Debbie McMahon, and Lucas Peyton, Baylor University

3.  “Finding Neighborhood Satisfaction Through Church,” Elizabeth Embry, Baylor University

4.  “Multi-Level Community Satisfaction,” Jared Meier and Ye Jung Kim,

Baylor University

 

SO 33: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY II

 

Chair:  Jin Young Choi, Sam Houston State University

1.  “Changing Themes and Focus of Health Services Research and Medical Sociology since 1985,” Syeda Sarah Jesmin, Southern Methodist University

2.  “Grandparenting Among Hispanic Grandparents -- Am I Happy or Am I Exhausted? or Both?” Cheng-Hsien Lin, Texas A&M UniversityKingsville (System Center – San Antonio) 

3.  “The Severity Differences of Chronic Diseases between Hispanic and non-Hispanic Population in the U.S. – Mexico Border Cities,” Hosik Min and JongWha Chang,

      Texas A&M University

 

 

SO 34:  MIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION II

 

Chair:  M. Cristina Morales, University of TexasEl Paso

1.  “Changing Neighborhoods: Exploring the Relative Impacts of Migration versus Perceived Neighborhood Change on the Behavioral Problems of Children from Low-Income Families,” Michelle Pannor Silver, University of Chicago

2.  “Public Opinions on the Relationship between Immigrants and the Climbing Crime Rates,” Betuel Balkan, University of North Texas

3.  “Extending the Arms of the State: Overseas Filipinos and the Politics of Emigration,” Neil G. Ruiz, The Brookings Institute

Discussant:  Ruth Zavala, University of TexasEl Paso.

 

SO 35:  SYMBOLIC INTERACTION

 

Chair:  Cherylon Robinson, University of TexasSan Antonio

1.  “Symbolic Interaction in Social Context,” Nathan Rousseau, Jacksonville University

2.  “Facing the Facts:  An Exploration of How Facebook is Affecting Students,”

Amanda Herrington, Midwestern State University

3.      “Messages From Parents:  Remembrances of Socialization by Young Adults,” Derral Cheatwood, Allison Elmer, and Cherylon Robinson,

University of TexasSan Antonio

4.      “DTC Pharmaceutical Advertisements:  A Six Year Update,” Laura Hartman,

Averett University, and Cherylon Robinson, University of TexasSan Antonio

 

SO 36: CROSS CULTURAL RESEARCH

 

Chair:  Janet Huber Lowry, Austin College

1.  “Recognizing Everyday Interculturalism,” Lynne Barga, Texas Woman”s University

2.      “A Descriptive Study about the Minorities in Turkey,” Oguzhan Basibuyuk,

Ismail Dincer Gunes, and Kenan Bayhan, University of North Texas

3.      “Deciphering Difference among Christians in North Texas and North Kerala,”

Janet Huber Lowry, Austin College

4.   Delaware Powwow,” Brice Obermeyer, Emporia State University

 

 

Friday 11:30 – 12:45 a.m.

 

SO 37: SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

 

Chair:  Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University

1.  “Do the Terms “Religious” and “Spiritual” Mean the Same Thing?” Helen Gay, Texas Woman”s University

2.  “The Effects of Social Disorganization on Religious Growth: A Racial Comparison,” Jeniece T. Williams and Buster Smith, Baylor University

3.  “Holy Parolee: An Introduction to Faith-Based Prison Programs,”

Anthony Pierson, J. Keith Price, and Robert E. Beckley,

West Texas A&M University

4.  “Missing the Boat: A Preliminary Analysis of the Costs of Religious Discrimination Against Gays,” Robert E. Beckley, West Texas A&M University and Jerome L. Koch, Texas Tech University

 

SO 38:  WATER RESOURCES

 

Chair:  Karen Manges Douglas, Sam Houston State University

1.  New Mexico Water Resources,” Olen Paul Matthews,

      University of New Mexico

2.  “Natural Resources Planning and the Edwards Aquifer Authority,”

      Karen Manges Douglas, Sam Houston State University

3.  “Disaster and Water Resources Planning: Convergence and Divergence,”
Lee M. Miller,
Sam Houston State University

4.  “Bridging the Divide or Dividing the Bridge: Water Issues along the Texas-Mexico                                      Border,” Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland and Karen Manges Douglas,

      Sam Houston State University

 

SO 39: JUVENILE DELINQUENCY

 

Chair:  Lucas Peyton, Baylor University

1.  “An Analysis of the Effect of 4-H Enrollment on Referral Rates to the Texas Juvenile Probation System,” Kelli Collier, University of TexasPermian Basin

2.      “Suspensions, Dropouts, and Graduation Rates: Where are We Ten Years Later,” Nathan Eugene Terrell and Kathryn Van Schoelandt, Emporia State University

3.      “Race, Ethnicity, and Juvenile Case Processing in Texas,” James L. Williams and Daniel G. Rodeheaver, University of North Texas

4.      “An Assessment of Youth Gang Membership and Its Causes in a Southern State,” Paul R. Vowell and Cassie Casstevens, Texas A&M University

 

SO 40: SOCIOLOGY OF SPORT

 

Chair:  Tracy L. Dietz, University of Central Florida

1.      “The Use of Violent Language in Youth Sports: The Voices of Violence that Referees and Adolescents Endure at Youth Sports,” Heather Greenlee and

Jeremy van Blommestein, Midwestern State University

2.      “Racism in the Media: A Study of Black Males in Sport Films, 1930-2005,”

Russell L. Curtis, Jr. and Demetrius Pearson, University of Houston

3.      “Using the Internet to Teach Sociology of Sport: A Comparison of Face-to-Face and Web Teaching Strategies,” Tracy L. Dietz and Jennifer Truman,

University of Central Florida

 

SO 41: LATINA/OS

 

Chair: Rogelio Saenz, Texas A&M University

1.  “Changes in the Earning of Mexican Americans along the U.S.-Mexico Border Between 2000 and 2000,” Marie T. Mora, Alberto Davila, and

André Varella Mollick, University of Texas – Pan American

2.  “The Dynamics of Migration in the Texas Borderland,” Rogelio Saenz,

Texas A&M University

3.  “Determinants of Gang Membership among Latina/o Youth,” Jorge Martinez,

Texas A&M University

4.  “Educational Experiences of Latina/o Students in Central Texas: An Urban-Rural Comparison,” Isabel Grace Segarra, Texas A&M University

 

 

Friday 1:00 – 2:15 p.m.

 

SO 42: CLASS AND MOBILITY

 

Chair:  Robert W. Wallace, McMurry University

1.  “The Centrality of Class in Contemporary Capitalist Society,” Berch Berberoglu,

University of NevadaReno

2.  “Class with Culture: Looking for a Middle Class Culture,” Robert W. Wallace,

     McMurry University

3.  “Social Capital and Intergenerational Occupational Mobility,” Yuying Shen,

University of North Texas

4.  “Keeping Up With the Joneses: The Effect of Community Referents on Income Satisfaction,” Joseph Baker and Carrie Graf, Baylor University

 

SO 43: MORTALITY AND MORBIDITY

 

Chair:  Mary Ann Davis, Sam Houston State University

1.  “Unequal Access to Manufactured Time in the Rio Grande Valley and the Mississippi Delta,” Chris L. Russell, Texas A&M University

2.  “Community Differences of Causes of Death: Multilevel Analysis,” Hosik Min,

Texas A&M University and Mary Ann Davis, Sam Houston State University

3.  “The Oldest Old, Mortality by Alzheimer”s and Dementia in the United States, 1998-2002,” Mary Ann Davis, Sam Houston State University

4.  “Typhoid Fever in the United States,” Teena Renee Apperson and

      Dorothy Kalanzi, Texas Woman”s University

 

 

SO 44:  WORK AND OCCUPATIONS 

 

Chair:  Craig J. Forsyth, University of LouisianaLafayette

Scott M. Mire, University of LouisianaLafayette

 

1.  “Social Capital Among White And Black CNAs: A Test for Factorial Invariance

       on a Second-Order Confirmatory Factor Analysis Model,” Helen Potts,

      University of North Texas

2.  “The Mostly Mundane But Sometimes Adventurous Work of Bail Agents,”

      Jessica Simpson, Louisiana State University; Craig J. Forsyth and Scott Mire, University of LouisianaLafayette

3.  “Gender Differences and its Relationship to Job Satisfaction in the Diverse

       Work Forces in the United States,” Yaowaluk Suwannakhae,

      Texas Woman”s University  

Discussant:  Carol Y. Thompson, Texas Christian University

 

SO 45:  PORTS TO PLAINS CORRIDOR

 

Chair:  Sherry L. McKibben, University of TexasPermian Basin

1.  “Knowledge of the Ports to Plans Corridor and La Entrada al Pacifico among Elderly in West Texas,” Adrian Davis, Kristen Degroot, Ryan Krug, Carrie Mills and

      Chase Patton, Texas Tech University

2.  “To Drive of Not: Mobility of West Texas Elderly,” Roman Alvarez,

      Brooke Chambers, Kelli Collier, Stephanie Scoggins, Joseph Smith, Susan Snyder, Diona Vassiliou, and Cicely Ybarra, University of Texas – Permian Basin

3.  “A Little Help: Senior Willingness to Use Transportation Assistance Programs,” Adrian Davis, Kristen Degroot, Ryan Krug, Carrie Mills and Chase Patton,

      Texas Tech University

4.  “Elderly Perceptions of the Impact of the Ports to Plains Corridor,” Lisa Laminack, Amanda Hernandez, Trivocie Jackson, Melissa Kukoly, Chris McGee, Saul Morales, University of TexasPermian Basin

 

SO 46:  UNDERGRADUATE POSTER SESSION

 

Chair:  Russell Long, Del Mar College

1.  Deviance, Deviant Peers, and Gender-Scripting: The Case of Academic   Misconduct,” Marcus Wolf, University of Oklahoma

2.  Lifestyle And Leisure:  Contributions To Life Satisfaction Among Middle-Aged Widows,” Hyunsook Kang and Jacki Fitzpatrick, Texas Tech University

 

 

Friday 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.

 

SO 47: PANEL ON RACE RELATIONS AND THE MEDIA

 

Moderator:  Janet E. Roehl, Eastern New Mexico University

Participants:  Janet E. Roehl, Eastern New Mexico University

Anthony B. Schroeder, Eastern New Mexico University

Margaret Kirby, Eastern New Mexico University

 

 

SO 48:  POVERTY

 

Chair:  Karen Manges Douglas, Sam Houston State University

1.   “A New Look at Native American Earnings: Hispanics, Blacks, White and Native Americans Compared,” Jodien Matos, Baylor University,

2.   America”s Tragedy: Children in Poverty,” Ginny E. Garcia,

      Texas A&M University

3.  “Extremely Low Incomes in High Places: Poverty on the High Plains,”

      Robert P. Jones, Prairie View A&M University

 

SO 49:  GENDER AND SOCIETY

 

Chair:  Beverly L. Stiles, Midwestern State University

1.      “Mirror, Mirror:  Women and Self-Reflections,” Melanie Connie Klein,

      California State UniversityNorthridge

2.      “Coding in Early Feminist Literature:  Deconstructing Marital Roles in the Works of Charlotte Perkins Gilman and Zora Neal Hurston,” Holly Lyke-Ho-Gland,

      Sam Houston State University

3.      “Living in a Gender Dichotomized Society:  The Experiences of Male-Identified Transpeople,”  Michelle Dietert, Texas Woman”s University

4.      “During Lean and Fat Times:  Work Devotion Among Executive Men,”

      Mary Blair-Loy, University of CaliforniaSan Diego

5.      “Abortion and Female Suicide:  The Big Picture,” James H. Gundlach,

      Auburn University

Discussant:  Beverly L. Stiles, Midwestern State University

 

SO 50: GEOSPATIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIOLOGY II

 

Chair:  Edwin J. Rossman, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers

1.  “Using GIS To Track Population Changes And City Ordinance Impacts In A Small North Texas City,” Jonathan Greer and Janet Huber Lowry, Austin College

2.  “Transformation of an Urban Landscape from a Model Community to a Contaminated High Risk Environment: the Case of Anniston, Alabama,”

      Hugh Floyd, Samford University

3.  “Geographical Information Systems Applications: Case Studies in Addressing Social and Environmental Issues,” Diane Bates, The College of New Jersey

 

SO 51:  SOCIAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

 

Chair:  T.S. Sunil, University of TexasSan Antonio

1.  Latina Paradox” Revisited: Determinants Of Low Hispanic Infant Mortality In The United States,” Syeda Sarah Jesmin, Southern Methodist University

2.  “Predictive Factors Relating To Continued Distress Among Individuals Affected By Hurricane Katrina,” Lisa K. Zottarelli and Amber E. Deane,

      Texas Woman”s University

3.  “A Statewide Assessment Of An Underage Drinking And Driving Prevention Program,” Camerino Ignacio Salazar, Cynthia Lizette Villarreal and

      Christina Guerra, University of Texas Health Sciences Center – San Antonio

4.  “The Madrina-Padrino Traffic Safety Project: Partnering For Prevention In The Hispanic Community,” Camerino Ignacio Salazar, Cynthia Lizette Villarreal,

Virginia Seguin Mika and Roberto Villarreal,

      University of Texas Health Sciences Center – San Antonio

5.  “Health Literacy In South Texas: What We Know And What We Still Need To Know,” Virginia Seguin Mika, Oralia Bazaldua,

      University of Texas Health Sciences CenterSan Antonio and T.S. Sunil,

University of TexasSan Antonio

 

 

Friday 4:00 – 5:15 p.m.

 

SO 52: SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY

 

Chair:  Muhammad M. Haque, McNeese State University

1.  “Bringing Behavior(ism) Back In,” John E. Glass, Collin County Community College

2.  “Testing Robert Agnew”s General Strain Theory,” Greg Gullion,

Texas Wesleyan University

Discussant:  Muhammad M. Haque, McNeese State University

 

SO 53: MEDICAL SOCIOLOGY I

 

Chair:  Furjen  Deng, Sam Houston State University

1.  “Effects of Changing Family Structure on Attitude toward ADHD,”

      Jeffrey Nawrocki Clark, Texas Tech University

2.  “The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on Frequent Mental Distress among U.S. Adults, 2002,” Inshirah Nabhan, University of North Texas

3.  “Insomnia or Depression? A Stigmatized Identity,” Melissa Gosdin,

      Doug Henry and Dana McClellen, University of North Texas

 4.  “Interpreting the Validity of Diagnostic Criteria for Asperger”s Disorder,”

      Jeff Dennis, University of ColoradoBoulder

 

SO 54:  PANEL ON PREPARING FOR AND TRAVERSING THE ACADEMIC JOB MARKET

 

Moderator:  Rhonda D. Evans, University of LouisianaLafayette

Participants:   M. Cristina Morales, University of TexasEl Paso

Karen Douglas, Sam Houston State University

Mark Fossett, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

Carl Bankston, Tulane University

Rogelio Saenz, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

 

 

SO 55: CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY

 

Chair:  Jesse Garcia, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

1.  “Secular Saints?” Lindsay Anderson, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

2.  “The Marquis de Sade: Philosophy, Pop Icon and Foucault,” Garrick Harden,

      Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

3.  “Celebrity Yogis: The Intersection of Yoga, the Cult of Personality and

      Consumerism,” Melanie Connie Klein, California State University – Northridge

4.  “Music as Cultural Artifact: Protest Music,” Sara Horsfall, Texas Wesleyan University


SO 56: SOCIOLOGY OF EDUCATION II

 

Chair:  Betty B. Cox, Texas Southern University

1.      “The Ideology Of School Reform,” Dean Harper, University of Rochester

2.      “Music Teachers” Level of Instruction: Race/ethnic and Gender Differences in Public Schools,” Sherry L. McKibben and Dan Keast, University of TexasPermian Basin 

3.      “Educational Disparities on the Border: An Analysis of Texas Border Counties,” Karen Hale, Texas Women”s University

4.   “A Success Model for Survival-Sociological Insights Essential for Self Esteem Construction for Teen Aged Girls Displaced by Hurricane Katrina,” Bonnie L. James, Texas Southern University

5.   “Education, Training and Mentoring for Families of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita from a Sociological Perspective,” Betty B. Cox, Texas Southern University

 

 

Friday 5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

 

SO 57: SOUTHWESTERN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

GENERAL BUSINESS MEETING

 

Presiding: Cherylon Robinson, University of TexasSan Antonio

President, SSA

 

Friday 6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

SOUTHWESTERN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

PRESIDENT’S RECEPTION

 

Saturday 8:30 – 9:45 a.m.

 

SO 58:  RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS II

Chair:  Jeremy van Blommestein, Midwestern State University  

1.  “The Cubans and the Puerto Ricans in the United States,” Mehmet Odabasi,

Erhan Erdonmez, and Sinan Ulkemen, University of North Texas

2.  “Mexican and Chinese Americans in the United States,” Erhan Erdonmez,

Mehmet Odabasi, and Sinan Ulkemen, University of North Texas

3.  “Opinions on Assimilation and Panethnic Identity,” Rachel Traut,

      Texas A & M University
 

SO 59: IMMIGRANT WORK AND DAY LABORERS

 

Chair:  Aurelia Lorena Murga, Texas A&M University

1.  “Americans” Perceptions of Immigrants” Impact on the U.S. Economy,”

      Eddie Rayford, Texas Women University.

2.  “Day Labor Participation and Networking within a Contingent Labor Market,”

      A. Lorena Murga, Texas A&M University

3.  “Invisible Migrant Farmworker: Ethnographic Study on Women,” Larry Molina,

      Texas A&M University

 

 

SO 60: GENDER

 

Chair:  Rodney A. McDanel, Ivy Tech Community College

1.  “Covered Wagon Women,” James Crissman and Sandra Chmelir,

Benedictine University

2.      “Peopling the Nowood River in Wyoming, 1880-1920,” Elizabeth Esterchild and

Ami Moore, University of North Texas

3.      “Gendering Sex: Deconstructing Men”s Narratives of Sexual Coercion,”

Jennifer Fagen, Lamar University

4.      “Charisma or Charlotte? Why and When Children”s Names Matter,” Jason LaTouche, Tarleton State University

 

 

Saturday 10:00 – 11:15 a.m.

 

SO 61: SOCIOLOGY AND PUBLIC HEALTH

 

Chair:  Nadine J. Barrett, University of North CarolinaChapel Hill

1.  “The Impact of Religiosity and Spirituality in Shaping Mental Well-Being,”

Fletcher Njororai, Texas Woman”s University

2.  “Re-examining the Correlates of Social Support and Coping on the Mental Health among African Americans with HIV/AIDS,” Amber Deane, Texas Woman”s University

3.  “Perceived Discrimination, Medical Distrust and Stigma among Patients with HIV/AIDS: Race, Gender and the Application of Critical Race Theory,” Nadine J. Barrett,

      University of North CarolinaChapel Hill

4. “Racial Differences between Smokers and Non-smokers: The Effect of Smoking Policies at Work,” Ruth D. Zavala, University of TexasEl Paso

Discussants :  Dorothy Kalanzi, Texas Woman”s University

                        Nadine J. Barrett, University of North CarolinaChapel Hill  

 

SO 62: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY

 

Chair:  Lisa K. Zottarelli, Texas Woman”s University

1.  “Lifetelling: What”s In It for Us?” Ann Goetting, Western Kentucky University

2.  “Where am I? Experiences of Women of Color in Graduate School,” Amber Deane,

      Texas Woman”s University

3.  “Getting Street Smart: A Qualitative Analysis of a Theoretically-based HIV Prevention Program for Adolescents,” Sonya Conner, University of Oklahoma and Rhonda D. Evans, University of LouisianaLafayette

 

SO 63:  TEACHING SOCIOLOGY

 

Chair:  James L. Williams, Texas Woman”s University

1.  “Analyzing “Weeds:” Teaching Sociological Methods Using Content

      Analysis in the Classroom,” Angela C. Henderson and Joseph R. Harlin,

Texas Tech University

2.  “Shifting Paradigms from Instruction to Learning: Can You Change the Culture in Your Department?” D.R. Wilson, Houston Baptist University

3.  “What to Do When the Dean Says “You are Going Online,”

      Patricia Hoffman, New Mexico State University and Richard O. Hoffman,

      University of Nebraska – Lincoln

 

 

Saturday 11:30 – 12:45 a.m.

 

SO 64:  AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE 

 

Chair:  S.M.B. Miller, Independent Scholar

1.  “What”s in a name? (Our Parent”s Complicity to Oppression, as Seen Through the         Lens of Theory and Pop-Culture),” Sherry Cooke Hayes, Texas Women’s University

2.  “The Struggle For Freedmenhood and Suffrage in Oklahoma,” 

      Nathaniel Eugene Terrell, Emporia State University

3.  “Interlocking Concentric Zone Hypothesis: The Tulsa School of Urban Ecology and    Economy of Space,” S.M.B. Miller, Independent Scholar, and Nicholas S. Dean, Independent Scholar

 Discussant:  Nathaniel Eugene Terrell, Emporia State University

 

SO 65: HOMOSEXUALITY AND SEXUAL IDENTITIES

 

Chair:  James Dean Steger, Texas A&M University

1.  “Staying Out of the Closet:  Does Ethnicity Affect the Decision of Self-Disclose?” Anthony J. Guerro-Soto, Texas Woman”s University

2.  “Mainstreaming Homosexual Identity:  Portrayal of Homosexuality in the Times of India, 1999-2003,” Ravi Mallipeddi, Texas A&M University

3.  “Queerying Attitudes in San Antonio,” James Dean Steger, Texas A&M University

4.  “Intersections of Gender, Race, Class and Sexual Identities: Sociological Implications of the Down Low for HIV/AIDS Risk and Prevention,” Carole Campbell,

California State University

5.  “Comparing Attitudes Toward Homosexuality in the United States and Canada, 1999-2002,” Teresa Schneider and Juanita M. Firestone,

University of Texas-San Antonio

 

SO 66:  SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

 

Chair:  Dianne Dentice, Stephen F. Austin State University

1.  “Living Wage Laws: A Social Movement or a Type of Conflict Theory?”

      Xavier Serna, Texas A&M UniversityCollege Station

2.  “A Comparison Between the Civil Rights and Anti-Apartheid Movements,”

      Meghan Hargrove and Jeremy van Blommestein, Midwestern State University

3.  “Who is an Immigrant? Contemporary Movements, Community, and the Worker,”

M. Cristina Morales, University of TexasEl Paso

4.  “Communal Living as Social Responsibility Activism: How Members of Egalitarian Intentional Communities view the Significance of their Lifestyle,” Jade Aguilar, University of ColoradoBoulder