Division on Racial and Ethnic Minorities Winter 2017 Newsletter Society for the Study of Social Problems Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 2 Table of Contents Letters from the Co-Chairs ……….……………………………………………………………………………. 4 2017 Meetings, A Preview of DREM Sessions ……………………………………………………………… 9 A Spotlight on Social Problems ……………………………………………………………………………….13 2017 DREM Award Winners …………………………………………………………………………………….17 Member Announcements ……………………………………………………………………………………….21 Calls for Participation …………….………………………………………………………………………………34 Letter from the Incoming Co-Chair …………….……………………………………………………… 37 Farewell from the Editor …………..….…………………………………………………………………………….39 DREM SUMMER 2017 Society for the Study of Social Problems WHO WE ARE Incoming Co-Chair Saher Selod (2017-2019) Current Co-Chairs Omari Jackson (2016-2018) Matthew W. Hughey (2015-2017) Past Co-Chair Michelle R. Jacobs (2014-2016) Newsletter Editor Kasey Henricks (2012-2017) OUR MISSION The Racial and Ethnic Minorities Division of SSSP is a collective of scholars, activists, and concerned individuals who recognize that, while significant strides have been made toward racial equality and justice, we continue to live in a society in which racial inequality, segregation, discrimination, and systematic racism function both tacitly and overtly. Simply put, racism continues to inform our daily lives. Our Division’s vision of our future society is one in which racial and ethnic (and all other types of) oppression and discrimination no longer exist. Accordingly, in a world in which the multifarious manifestations of racism are often minimized or ignored, we believe it is a moral and scholarly responsibility to remain vigilant in our quest to study, understand, and make visible the latent and hidden operations, mechanisms, and effects of racism and to speak out against it. Our collective goals revolve around gaining higher levels of inter -and intra- racial understanding, substantive cooperation, and intimate camaraderie toward dismantling racial inequality and injustice. We utilize various sociological models to address racial and ethnic inequality and injustice at all levels, investigating governmental policies, practices of social institutions, representations through media and culture, and individual and group interactions. Our vision for the future is of a just society, in which racial and ethnic histories and cultures are not subjugated, but acknowledged and understood. Further, we implore all members of this section to understand the struggle that people of color often endure, and to join in the fight for alleviating the causes of human suffering through our scholarship, our teaching, and our service to the community and beyond. We encourage members and allies to engage with books from the suggested (but by no means exhaustive) list of readings below. Division members are also encouraged to join our Facebook community. There, we share information related to our larger interests and investment in the alleviation of racial and ethnic social problems. Division mission statement last edited in 2015 by Michelle R. Jacobs, Wayne State University, Racial and Ethnic Minority Division Co-Chair, 2014-2016, and Matthew W. Hughey, University of Connecticut, Racial and Ethnic Minority Division Co-Chair, 2015-2017. DREM WINTER 2017 Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 4 Letters from the Co-Chairs Dear DREM members, I hope this letter finds you well in these strange and tumultuous times. Summer is upon us and right around the corner is the SSSP annual meetings in Montreal, Québec, Canada over 11-13 August 2017. This year’s meeting theme, “Narratives in the World of Social Problems: Power, Resistance, Transformation” will exhibit some wonderful presentations and discussions. And as members of the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, there is much to debate, strategize, and execute! Moreover, there is so much to be done, and much to celebrate, at the upcoming meetings—from award ceremonies to business meetings and from social get-togethers to panel sessions! I hope to see you there. I’m very excited about this year’s meetings as we have a number of noteworthy sessions lined up. For instance, DREM is sponsoring a Thematic Session entitled “Writing the Refugee Narrative: Who Gets to Tell Their Story?” (Friday, August 11 from 2:30-4:10) with papers by Ana Litviniuc and Pallavi Banerjee of the University of Calgary; Rawan M. Arar of the University of California, San Diego; Caitlin P. Carroll of the University of Texas at Austin, and; Kati V. Barahona-Lopez of the University of California, Santa Cruz. We are also sponsoring a special session entitled “Indigenous Peoples and Sociology: Decolonization, Resistance and Revitalization” (Saturday, August 12 from 8:30 AM - 10:10 AM) with papers by Bonita Lawrence of York University; Jeffrey Denis of McMaster University; Patricia D. McGuire of Carleton University, Ottawa, and; Brian Baker of California State University, Sacramento. Come to these and many more! Our Divisional Meeting is scheduled for 12:30-2:10 PM on Friday, August 11. We will discuss our division business there and also celebrate the winners of our division awards. First, the Graduate Student Paper Award winner is Elizbeth Korver-Glenn for "Legal Discrimination and the Reproduction of Racial Inequality in the Contemporary Houston Housing Market") and honorable mention (José G. Soto-Márquez for “'I'm not Spanish, I'm from Spain'": Spaniards' Bifurcated Ethnicity and the Boundaries of Whiteness and Hispanic Panethnic Identity.” Second, we will recognize the Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award winner (Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve, 2016. Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court. Stanford University Press) and honorable mention (Tianna Paschel. 2016. Becoming Black Political Subjects: Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Colombia and Brazil. Princeton University Press). And third, the winner of the Kimberlé Crenshaw Outstanding Paper Award is Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve and Lauren Mayes. 2015. “Criminal justice through ‘colorblind’ lenses: A call to examine the mutual constitution of race and criminal justice.” Law & Social Inquiry 40(2): 406-32 and the honorable mention goes to Glenn Bracey. 2015. “Toward a Critical Race Theory of State,” Critical Sociology. 41(3): 553–72. I also wish to recognize the paper, book, article committee members for their work, especially the chairs of each committee: Professors Jacob Rugh, C. Shawn McGuffey, and Saida Grundy. They did a great deal of heavy lifting. Thank you! This newsletter also marks the last under the editorship of Kasey Henricks. The newly minted Dr. Henricks will be joining the faculty at the University of Tennessee this fall—which is a homecoming of sorts for him. I wish him bon voyage back home and thank him for his years of service as our newsletter editor. And with the Annual Meetings arrival also means my departure as your co-chair of DREM. Professor Omari Jackson will continue on as co-chair and he is joined by the newly elected co-chair, Professor Saher Selod. Please know that both you and the Division are in capable hands! I will remain an active part of SSSP and DREM and hope to continue to serve both the larger organization and the division in helpful and creative ways. I urge you to do the same. These times compel me to remind you that we must be there for one another, as social-justice-oriented academics. In working together, we have (at the least) a two-fold mission. First, we must labor to protect the least among us. Second, we must eliminate the inequality that makes the former mission necessary in the first place. As many of us work in institutions of higher learning—from R1s to community colleges—I urge you daily remember and practice our purpose, which I can say no better than how W. E. B. Du Bois put it in The Souls of Black Folk, now 114 years ago: “The function of the university is not simply to teach breadwinning, or to furnish teachers for the public schools, or to be a centre of polite society; it is, above all, to be the organ of that fine adjustment between real life and the growing knowledge of life, an adjustment which forms the secret of civilization.” (1903, p. 60) A luta continua, Dr. Matthew W. Hughey Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Connecticut matthew.hughey@uconn.edu Dear DREM Members, Our annual conference is just around the corner! As I exclaimed in my last letter, I am excited about the theme of our conference, “Narratives in the World of Social Problems: Power, Resistance, Transformation.” As social scientists, we study what exists. Accordingly, I expect various sessions filled with presentations on our current political/social climate; as there is much to be examined. Unfortunately, race relations have not advanced as much as we might hope. Though we have made much progress, it feels like the strides made during the Civil Rights era have been lost. In the 1980s and 1990s, we saw the decline of individual welfare assistance, but not for corporate welfare assistance. During these decades, we also saw a decline in social programs oriented at enhancing the educational opportunities for racial and ethnic minorities. Now, we are witnessing the de-funding of federal TRIO programs. Furthermore, we are witnessing the strategic dismantling of public education. This might normally cast a sense of hopelessness for an equal and equitable society; but it must not! We must endeavor to not only write papers and make presentations, but also find ways to apply our research. Accordingly, I encourage each member of the Division on Racial and Ethnic Minorities to think of a way to apply her/his research interests, in efforts to work toward the goal of equality and equity. I am thankful for the opportunity to serve as your co-chair and am grateful for the mentorship from Dr. Matthew Hughey (outgoing chair). I look forward to serving one more year as co-chair with my new co-chair—Dr. Selod Saher. She is a wonderful addition. I want to thank colleagues who voted in our elections, organized sessions, agreed to serve as mentors to new SSSPers, and all others serving in broader capacities. Our division, and our society, could not thrive without you! This year, I had the opportunity to serve on the Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship Committee. This was a new opportunity for me and helped renew my interest in furthering the aims of our society. In the coming years, I hope to gain greater experience in SSSP and develop stronger relationships because…united we stand, divided we fall. I also agreed to serve as a mentor to new SSSPers, inspired by the old adage—each one, teach one. I gained the strongest career advice from attending SSSP and conferences of the like and hope to continue mentoring in the manner I was mentored. If I can offer any assistance, please let me know. Sincerely, Omari Jackson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology Morgan State University Join us on Facebook www.facebook.com/groups/sssp.drem/ Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 8 DREM WINTER 2017 The 2017 SSSP Meetings a Preview of DREM-Sponsored Sessions Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 9 DREM WINTER 2017 2017 Panels Sponsored by DREM Solo-Sponsored Sessions “Writing the Refugee Narrative: Who Gets to Tell Their Story?” (THEMATIC SESSION) Organizer: Steve Garner: steve.garner@bcu.ac.uk “Indigenous Peoples & Sociology: Genocide, Decolonization, Resistance and Revitalization” (INVITED SESSION) Organizer: James Fenelon: JFENELON@CSUSB.EDU “Black Middle Class: New Intersections in a New Era” Co-organizers: Omari Jackson: omari.jackson@morgan.edu and Saida Grundy: grundy@bu.edu Co-Sponsored Sessions “Teaching Race and Ethnicity” co-sponsored by the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Matthew W. Hughey: matthew.hughey@uconn.edu and Omari Jackson: omari.jackson@morgan.edu) and Division of Teaching Social Problems (Lynn Green: lynngreen@cheyney.edu) Organizer: Atiya Husain: ahusain@email.unc.edu Presider: Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 10 “Race and the Working Poor” co-sponsored by the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Matthew W. Hughey: matthew.hughey@uconn.edu and Omari Jackson: omari.jackson@morgan.edu) and Division of Labor Studies (Noreen Sugrue: nsugrue@illinois.edu) Organizer: Michael Rosino: michael.rosino@uconn.edu and Corey Dolgon: cdolgon@stonehill.edu “Race, Ethnicity, and the Law” co-sponsored by the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Matthew W. Hughey: matthew.hughey@uconn.edu and Omari Jackson: omari.jackson@morgan.edu) and Division of Law and Society (Edith Kinney: edith.kinney@sjsu.edu and Annulla Linders: ANNULLA.LINDERS@UC.EDU) Organizer: Aaryn Green: greena@mail.uc.edu “Race, Crime, and Media Narratives” (THEMATIC SESSION) co-sponsored by the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Matthew W. Hughey: matthew.hughey@uconn.edu and Omari Jackson: omari.jackson@morgan.edu) and Division of Crime and Juvenile Delinquency (Arthur Jipson: ajipson1@udayton.edu and Kristen Budd: buddkm@miamioh.edu) Organizer: Stephanie Williams DREM WINTER 2017 Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 11 “Environmental Racism: Power, Resistance, Transformation” co-sponsored by the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Matthew W. Hughey: matthew.hughey@uconn.edu and Omari Jackson: omari.jackson@morgan.edu) and Division of Environment and Technology (Laura McKinney: lauramc@tulane.edu) Organizer: Daina Harvey: dharvey@holycross.edu “Who Decides Who Lives, Who Dies?” (CRITICAL DIALOGUE) co-sponsored by the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Matthew W. Hughey: matthew.hughey@uconn.edu and Omari Jackson: omari.jackson@morgan.edu), the In Health, Health Policy, and Health Services (Paul Draus: daus@umich.edu and Ethel Nicdao: enicdao@pacific.edu), the Division of Crime & Juvenile Delinquency (Arthur Jipson: ajipson1@udayton.edu and Kristen Budd: buddkm@miamioh.edu), the Division of Law and Society (Edith Kinney: edith.kinney@sjsu.edu and Annulla Linders: ANNULLA.LINDERS@UC.EDU), and Division of Disability (Deborah Little: LITTLE@ADELPHI.EDU and Jessica Penwell Barnett: jessica.p.barnett@wright.edu) Organizers: Deborah Little: LITTLE@ADELPHI.EDU and Laura Mauldin: laura.mauldin@uconn.edu “Black Lives Matter Moms” (CRITICAL DIALOGUE) co-sponsored by the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities (Matthew W. Hughey: matthew.hughey@uconn.edu and Omari Jackson: omari.jackson@morgan.edu) and Division of Family (Bhoomi Thakore: bhoomi.thakore@elmhurst.edu) Organizer: Devon Goss: devon.goss@uconn.edu DREM WINTER 2017 Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 12 DREM WINTER 2017 Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 13 Spotlight on Social Problems Aims & Scope Social Problems is the official publication of The Society for the Study of Social Problems and one of the most widely respected and read professional journals in the social sciences. This quarterly journal presents accessible, relevant, and innovative articles that uphold critical perspectives on contemporary social issues. Ultimately, Social Problems offers influential sociological findings and theories that have the ability to help us both better understand and better deal with our complex social environment. Why Should You Read Social Problems? “Social Problems has a long history of doing public sociology — well over 60 years, way before the concept of “public sociology” became popularized. It continues to be one of the most prominent sociology journals that persistently calls attention to the plight of the poor, the voiceless, the disenfranchised, and folks on the margins of society. It remains the ‘go-to’ journal for linking sociological research to public discourse and public policy.” Rogelio Sáenz, Dean of College of Public Policy and Mark G. Yudof Professor of Demography at the University of Texas at San Antonio "Social Problems is a journal with a conscience. Whereas most social science journals just focus on describing the world, it is also concerned with prescription; with what ought to be done to achieve class, gender, and racial justice in an unjust world. Because of this, this journal is more pluralistic than most top-ranked journals and is read widely by people at all levels in all kind of institutions. Social Problems remains a top venue for critical sociological scholarship.” Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, 2017-2018 President of the American Sociological Association and Professor of Sociology at Duke University "The Authors' Attic" is an installment of Social Problems, the official journal of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. It is a forum that provides authors an opportunity to discuss pressing and relevant social issues of our time. More information about "Social Problems" can be found here: http://socpro.oxfordjournals.org/. DREM WINTER 2017 Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 22 DREM WINTER 2017 Association for Humanist Sociology November 1-5, 2017 Havana, Cuba The Association for Humanist Sociology was formed in 1976 by a group of sociologists, educators, scholars, and activists committed to social justice and the process of social change. It is with this in mind that AHS has chosen to hold its annual conference in 2017 in Havana, Cuba. This will demand of us that we plunge headfirst into a process that will broaden our vision as academics and activists in the world as we commit ourselves ever more strongly to our original mission. AHS will partner with the Faculty of Latin American Social Scientists at the University of Havana in this exciting adventure. We anticipate being joined by others who are hungry to engage in next level critical dialogue with like minds across myriad boundaries. The conference theme calls for us to examine how class, race, gender, and sexuality have been used over the past five centuries to establish and maintain inequalities around the world. As the concentration of wealth has expanded exponentially, conditions have developed that threaten the sustainability of our eco-system, the concept of community, and the survival of the human race. We believe that the importance of examining this set of developments with an eye toward moving in new directions cannot be overstated. We encourage those who want to participate in this extraordinary event at this key moment in history to register early so that you can begin the process of arranging the necessary matters. Submissions related to the conference theme or more broadly to the AHS mission of equality and social justice should be sent to AHSCuba2017@gmail.com. “Imagining Possibilities: Humanists Connecting to Better Fight Oppression” Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 17 2017 DREM AWARDS Work Recognized for Excellence 2017 Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Outstanding Book Award Winner Crook County: Racism and Injustice in America's Largest Criminal Court by Nichole Gonzalez Van Cleve Honorable Mention Becoming Black Political Subjects: Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Columbia and Brazil by Tianna Paschel 2017 Kimberle Crenshaw Outstanding Article Award “Criminal Justice through ‘Colorblind’ Lenses: A Call to Examine the Mutual Constitution of Race and Criminal Justice.” Law & Social Inquiry - by by Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve and Lauren Mayes. Honorable Mention: “Toward a Critical Race Theory of State.” Critical Sociology - by Glenn Bracey. 2017 Graduate Student Paper Competition Winner “Legal Discrimination and the Reproduction of Racial Inequality in the Contemporary Houston Housing Market” by Elizabeth Korver-Glenn Honorable Mention “‘I’m not Spanish, I’m from Spain’: Spaniards’ Bifurcated Ethnicity and the Boundaries of Whiteness and Hispanic Panethnic Identity” by José G. Soto-Márquez Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 21 Member News Hot Off the Presses Recent Member Books Sociology of Sexualities by Kathleen J. Fitzgerald and Kandice L. Grossman More info available at: https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/sociology-of-sexualities/book245443 Recognizing Race and Ethnicity: Power, Privilege, and Inequality (2nd Edition) by Kathleen J. Fitzgerald More information available at: https://westviewpress.com/books/recognizing-race-and-ethnicity-february-2017/ Subprime Health: Debt and Race in U.S. Medicine edited by Nadine Ehlers and Leslie R. Hinkson More information available at: https://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/subprime-health Are Racists Crazy?: How Prejudice, Racism, and Antisemitism Became Markers of Insanity by Sander L. Gilman and James M. Thomas More information available at: http://nyupress.org/books/9781479856121/ Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America by Roberto G. Gonzales More information available at: http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520287266 Meltdown: The Financial Crisis, Consumer Protection, and the Road Forward by Larry Kirsch and Gregory D. Squires More information available at: http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A4984C Race and Contention in Twenty-First Century U.S. Media edited by Jason A. Smith and Bhoomi K. Thakore More information available at: https://www.routledge.com/products/9781138937154 South Asians on the U.S. Screen: Just Like Everyone Else? by Bhoomi K. Thakore More information available at: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781498506571/# The Diversity Bargain And Other Dilemmas of Race, Admissions, and Meritocracy at Elite Universities by Natasha K. Warikoo More information available at: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo24550619.html. New Positions, Moves, and/or Promotions Glenn Bracey has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Sociology at Villanova University. Shantel Buggs has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Sociology at Florida State University. Janet Garcia-Hallett will be starting an Assistant Professor position this Fall in the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Elizabeth Korver-Glenn has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of New Mexico. Heather A. O’Connell has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Sociology at Louisiana State University. David Orta has accepted a position as tenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the College of Wooster. Robert Reece has accepted the position of Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Texas. Cassaundra Rodriguez will be an Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas beginning Fall 2017. Ashley C. Rondini, formerly Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology at Franklin and Marshall College, has accepted the position of TT Assistant Professor of Sociology at Franklin and Marshall College. Honors and Awards The Enigma of Diversity: The Language of Race and the Limits of Racial Justice (University of Chicago Press, 2015), written by Ellen Berrey, received numerous awards, including the 2016 Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law & Society Association; 2016 Distinguished Book Prize, Sociology of Law section, American Sociological Association; and 2016 Mary Douglas Book Prize Honorable Mention, Sociology of Culture section, American Sociological Association. The book also was selected for Author-Meets-Critics sessions at meetings of the American Sociological Association (2016), Law & Society Association (2016), and Eastern Sociological Society (2017) and identified as an Exemplary Law Book of 2015 by Green Bag Almanac and Reader. Michelle Brown was recognized as the 2016 Critical Criminologist of the Year by the American Society of Criminology. Patricia E. Campie and Anthony A. Peguero (Co-Principal Investigators) were awarded $4,964,124 by the National Institute of Justice (teaming agreement with the American Institutes for Research) for their project entitled “Examining the School and Community Contexts that Contribute to the Root Causes and Prevention of School Violence in Rural, Urban, and Large County School districts in California.” Jessie Daniels was elected Chair of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities. Maria D. Duenas was elected to serve on the Board of Directors as a Student Representative for SSSP for the 2017-2019 term. Louwanda Evans and Wendy Leo Moore received the 2017 Oliver C. Cox Article Award from the American Sociological Association’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities for their article titled “Impossible Burdens: White Institutions, Emotional Labor, and Micro-Resistance” published in Social Problems. Janet Garcia is recipient of the 2016 Racial/Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship awarded by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Hadi Khoshneviss is recipient of the Student Paper Award from SSSP’s Division on Conflict, Social Action, and Change. The paper is titled: “Political Opportunity Structures and Frame Contraction in Non-Receptive Contexts: Insights from Anti-Execution Movement in Iran.” In addition, he was recognized with Distinguished Teaching Award from the Department of Sociology at the University of South Florida. Elisha Marr serves as Director for a research project that received an Initiative Grant from Council for Christian Colleges and Universities Networking. The project is titled, "The Impact of Religiosity and Spirituality Among Members of the Adoptive Kinship Network.” Miner P. “Trey” Marchbanks III, Anthony A. Peguero, and Jamilia Blake (Co-Principal Investigators) were awarded $776,949 by the National Institute of Justice (teaming agreement with Texas A&M University) for their project entitled “Assessing the Role of Immigration in the Linkage between School Safety, Education, and Juvenile Justice Contact.” Marisela Martinez-Cola received an Honorable Mention for the 2017 Ford Dissertation Fellowship. Anthony A. Peguero (Principle Investigator) was awarded $124,492 by the National Science Foundation for his project entitled “School Safety, Security, and Educational Progress: Examining Educational Inequalities Associated with Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration.” Anthony A. Peguero is the winner of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, Juvenile Justice Section, Tory J. Caeti Outstanding Young Scholar Award. Michael Rosino received Recognition for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching from the Office of the Provost at the University of Connecticut. Also, he was awarded (with Fatuma Belly) a Graduate-Undergraduate Research Team Grant and a Spring Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Connecticut. James M. Thomas (JT) has been awarded the 2017 W.E.B. Du Bois Summer Residential Library Fellowship with the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Natasha Kumar Warikoo received the Guggenheim Fellowship, 2017-2018 for an ongoing project titled “Asian Americans in Suburban America: Academic Competition, Youth Culture, and Racial Change.” Articles and Book Chapters Carlson, Jennifer. 2016. “Moral Panic, Moral Breach: Bernhard Goetz, George Zimmerman, and Racialized News Reporting in Contested Cases of Self-Defense.” Social Problems. Gonzalez-Sobrino, Bianca and Matthew W. Hughey. “All the Puertorriqueñidad that’s Fit to Print: UnAmerican Racial Citizens in The New York Times (1948-1958).” Critical Sociology. Hughey, Matthew W., Jordan Rees, Devon R. Goss, Michael Rosino, and Emma Lesser. 2017. “Making Everyday Microaggressions: An Exploratory Experimental Vignette Study on the Presence and Power of Racial Microaggressions” Sociological Inquiry. Khoshneviss, Hadi. 2017. “Accountability in a State of Liminality: Iranian Students’ Experiences in American Airports.” Mobilities. Marr, Elisha. 2017. “U.S. Transracial Adoption Trends in the 21st Century.” Adoption Quarterly. Orta, David, Edward Murguia, and Cristina Cruz. Forthcoming. "From Struggle to Success via Latina Sororities: Marginalization, Embracing Ethnicity, and Educational Persistence through Academic Capital.” Journal of Hispanic Higher Education. Rodriguez, Cassaundra. 2016. “Experiencing ‘Illegality’ as a Family? Immigration Enforcement, Social Policies, and Discourses Targeting Mexican Mixed-Status Families.” Sociology Compass. Rodriguez, Cassaundra. 2017. “Fueling White Injury Ideology: Public Officials’ Racial Discourse in Support of Arizona Senate Bill 1070.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Laybourn, Wendy, Devon R. Goss, and Matthew W. Hughey. 2016. “‘You're either one of us or you're not’: Racial Hierarchy and Non-Black Members of Black Greek-Letter Organizations.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Love, Adam, Bianca Gonzalez-Sobrino, and Matthew W. Hughey. 2016. “Excessive Celebration? The Racialization of Recruiting Commitments on College Football Internet Message Boards.” Sociology of Sport Journal. McMillan Cottom, Tressie. 2015. “‘Who Do You Think You Are?’: When Marginality Meets Academic Microcelebrity.” Gender, New Media & Technology. Rosino, Michael L. 2017. “‘A Problem of Humanity’: The Human Rights Framework and the Struggle for Racial Justice.” Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. Rosino, Michael and Matthew W. Hughey. 2016. “Speaking through Silence: Racial Discourse and Identity Construction in Mass Mediated Debates on the ‘War on Drugs’.” Social Currents. Rugh, Jacob S. and Matthew Hall. 2016. “Deporting the American Dream: Immigration Enforcement and Latino Foreclosures.” Sociological Science. Smith, Jason A. 2016. "Mutating Minorities: White Racial Framing and Group Positioning." In: The X-Men Films: A Cultural Analysis, edited by C. Bucciferro. Rowman & Littlefield. Warikoo, Natasha and Irene Bloemraad. Forthcoming. “‘Opportunities to Succeed’ or “Money and more Rights’: Social Location and Young People’s Views on American Identity.” Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies. Warikoo, Natasha, Stacey Sinclair, Jessica Fei, and Drew Jacoby-Senghor. 2016. “Examining Racial Bias in Education: A New Approach.” Educational Researcher. In the News and Popular Media Kasey Henricks, Amanda E. Lewis, Iván Arenas, and Deana G. Lewis authored a report titled “A Tale of Three Cities: The State of Racial Justice in Chicago” that was featured in The Baltimore Sun; Chicago Defender; Chicago Reader; Chicago Reporter; Chicago Sun-Times; The Chicago Tribune; Crain’s Chicago; South Side Weekly; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; and U.S. News & World Report. An essay that derives from the report can be read at the following link: http://chicagoreporter.com/for-middle-class-blacks-success-can-be-a-double-edged-sword/. Recent work by Jacob S. Rugh and Matt Hall on the effect mass deportation has on the housing market was featured in The New York Times. Its press coverage can be viewed at the following link: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/upshot/why-more-mass-deportations-would-be-bad-news-for-the-housing-market.html. DREM WINTER 2017 Page 35 Call for Submissions Humanity & Society – Media Reviews Recognizing the multiple modalities of communication and how presentations enhance our sociological understanding of the complex realities of the 21st century, the journal Humanity & Society (http://has.sagepub.com/) seeks authors for Media Reviews. We invite reviewers of critical messages in popular films, television shows, documentaries, multimedia presentations, video games, and other forms of media. Written submissions should be approximately 1,000 words. The journal welcomes reviewers from diverse backgrounds and with diverse perspectives, including activists, graduate students, and practitioners in fields other than sociology. To review for Humanity & Society, please contact the Media Review Editor, Bhoomi K. Thakore, with your background information and suggested review topic at bhoomi.thakore@elmhurst.edu. Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 37 Letter from the Incoming Co-Chair Dear DREM Members,   I am so excited and honored to have been elected co-chair of the Division of Racial and Ethnic Minorities for SSSP. I have had the privilege over the last few years of serving SSSP. I am currently on the Board of Directors and was the chair for the Accessibility Committee. What impresses me the most about SSSP is that it is one of the few professional organizations that places value on mentoring graduate students. Studies show us that mentorship is key to success in academia and that students of color are often not mentored like white students. I would like to strongly encourage graduate students and faculty who are members of DREM to participate in the Mentor Program either this year or in the years to come. It is truly a great event. Please consider attending events like this one if you do not already. Now more than ever we need we need to hear from scholars and activists working toward racial equality. We live in a time where racism is rearing its ugly head without fear of repercussion. Our scholars are being attacked online, hate crimes are on the rise, mosques and Muslims are fearful for their safety, immigrant communities are fearful not only of the federal government but also of their fellow citizen, and any progress made toward justice reform appears to have been abandoned. In the next two years as co-chair, I will work to making DREM a place where we can examine the complexities of race and ethnicity in the United States, which I hope will include an intersectional approach as well as newer forms of racism and racialization. I am sad to see Dr. Matthew Hughey leave, but thank him for all of his hard work over the last few years and I look forward to learning from and working with Dr. Omari Jackson next year. I am thrilled to serve DREM for the next two years and I look forward to meeting you all in Montreal! Thank you! Saher Selod Assistant Professor of Sociology, Simmons College saher.selod@simmons.edu DREM WINTER 2017 Society for the Study of Social Problems Page 39 Farewell from the Editor Dear Colleagues and Friends, After 5 years of service, I am stepping down as the Division’s Newsletter Editor. Thanks for allowing me the opportunity. It’s been a joy getting to better know everyone and their work. I’ll see y’all around the discipline. With respect, Kasey Henricks Postdoctoral Associate, University of Illinois at Chicago Assistant Professor (beginning August 2017), University of Tennessee