Environment and Technology Division਍ഀ Newsletter਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Brent K. Marshall਍ഀ Student Paper Award਍ഀ Announcement ..... 1਍ഀ ਍ഀ CFP ...... 2਍ഀ ਍ഀ Message from਍ഀ Division Chair ...... 2਍ഀ ਍ഀ SSSP Publication:਍ഀ Agenda for Social਍ഀ Justice: Solutions਍ഀ 2012 ...... 3 ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Please send any਍ഀ announcements,਍ഀ member news, and਍ഀ blurbs to਍ഀ ljvandenscott@u.nor਍ഀ thwestern.edu for਍ഀ inclusion in the next਍ഀ newsletter. ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Share information਍ഀ about your਍ഀ publications, awards,਍ഀ and research. Share਍ഀ stories of relevant਍ഀ efforts near you.਍ഀ Help to build a sense਍ഀ of community within਍ഀ the division and gain਍ഀ exposure for your਍ഀ work at the same਍ഀ time. ENVIRONMENT AND TECHNOLOGY PAPER਍ഀ AWARD Deadline: 1/31/13਍ഀ ਍ഀ The Environment and Technology Division is pleased to announce਍ഀ its 2013 Brent K. Marshall Graduate Student Paper Award. This਍ഀ award honors the late Brent Marshall’s (1965-2008) personal and਍ഀ professional commitment to the Division and encouragement of਍ഀ student engagement in academic scholarship and research. Papers਍ഀ will be considered in the areas of environmental sociology including,਍ഀ but not limited to political economy of the environment, global਍ഀ environmental issues, social movements and the environment,਍ഀ technology and society, natural disasters and society, and risk਍ഀ perception. The winner will receive a $120 cash award, membership਍ഀ dues, annual meeting registration, and a ticket to the annual SSSP਍ഀ awards banquet or reception where the winner will be acknowledged.਍ഀ The winner will also be offered the opportunity to present this paper਍ഀ at one of the sessions held at the 2013 SSSP meeting in New York,਍ഀ NY. To be eligible, the paper must meet the following criteria: 1) the਍ഀ paper must have been written during 2012; 2) the paper may not have਍ഀ been submitted for publication (papers presented at other professional਍ഀ meetings or that have been submitted for presentation at other਍ഀ meetings are eligible); 3) the paper must be authored by one or more਍ഀ students and not co- authored by faculty or a colleague who is not a਍ഀ student; 4) the paper must be 25 pages or less, including notes,਍ഀ references, and tables; and, 5) the paper must be accompanied by a਍ഀ letter from a faculty member at the student’s university nominating਍ഀ the work for The Brent K. Marshall Graduate Student Paper Award਍ഀ (formerly the Environment and Technology Division Graduate਍ഀ Student Paper Competition). Students should send one copy of the਍ഀ paper accompanied by a letter of support to: Lisa-Jo van den Scott,਍ഀ Sociology Department, Northwestern University, 1810 Chicago Ave,਍ഀ Evanston, IL 60208 or by e-mail to਍ഀ ljvandenscott@u.northwestern.edu. Electronic submissions are਍ഀ preferred. Submissions must be received no later than midnight on਍ഀ January 31, 2013.਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Call For Papers Coming Soon:਍ഀ SSSP Meeting, August 9-11, 2013਍ഀ ਍ഀ Keep an eye out for the CFP coming soon਍ഀ from SSSP. The Environment and਍ഀ Technology Division is sponsoring the਍ഀ following sessions which will be announced਍ഀ in the general call for papers. Keep an eye਍ഀ out and think about any work you may have਍ഀ that might fit into one of these sessions:਍ഀ ਍ഀ Critical Dialogues: Competing Perspectives਍ഀ on Capitalism and the Environment਍ഀ ਍ഀ Persistence and Change in Environmental਍ഀ Issues਍ഀ ਍ഀ Environmental Privilege: Wealth, Waste,਍ഀ and Inequality਍ഀ ਍ഀ New Resource Wars: Indigenous and Ethnic਍ഀ Environmental Struggles; co-sponsor with਍ഀ Racial and Ethnic Minorities਍ഀ ਍ഀ Community Spaces and Food Security;਍ഀ co-sponsored with Community Research &਍ഀ Development਍ഀ ਍ഀ Urban Environmental Issues; co-sponsored਍ഀ with Community Research & Development਍ഀ and Sociology & Social Welfare਍ഀ ਍ഀ Public Health Sustainability, Ecological਍ഀ Justice, and Globalization; co-sponsored਍ഀ with Health, Health Policy, and Health਍ഀ Services and Global਍ഀ ਍ഀ New Strategies in Online Constructionism;਍ഀ co-sponsored with Social Problems Theory਍ഀ ਍ഀ Transformative Environmental Education;਍ഀ co-sponsored with Conflict, Social Action &਍ഀ Change਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Message from the Division Chair਍ഀ ਍ഀ Thank you all for making the Denver਍ഀ meetings so successful. It is your਍ഀ participation which determines the success਍ഀ of the meetings and keeps our division a਍ഀ vibrant part of the SSSP community. ਍ഀ ਍ഀ On that note, I encourage you all to take a਍ഀ quick look at the sessions listed to the left਍ഀ and begin thinking of ideas from your਍ഀ research. The “Critical Dialogues” is a਍ഀ newer format. This session strives to spark਍ഀ deeper discussion. Each presenter will have਍ഀ five minutes to speak, with the remainder of਍ഀ the time devoted to discussion. You may਍ഀ participate in this session in addition to the਍ഀ one presentation allowed per person. I਍ഀ encourage you to submit to this session in਍ഀ addition to the session in which you will਍ഀ present your full-length paper.਍ഀ ਍ഀ In considering our research this year, I਍ഀ would like to promote the kind of bold and਍ഀ innovative research that distinguishes SSSP. ਍ഀ To that end, I would like to invite brief਍ഀ (200-400 words) outlines for the newsletter਍ഀ about the work you are currently engaged਍ഀ in. Please refer to your methodology within਍ഀ this (it can be all about methodology if you਍ഀ wish) in the hopes that we may inspire਍ഀ others to include newer (or new-to-them)਍ഀ methodologies in their work. For example,਍ഀ this summer I went back to a method which਍ഀ is sometimes forgotten; cognitive mapping. ਍ഀ In working with an aboriginal community਍ഀ this helped me to understand their਍ഀ relationship to their environment. These਍ഀ outlines are a great way to foster discussion਍ഀ and to strengthen our community.਍ഀ ਍ഀ I look forward to the coming year and wish਍ഀ you all the best of luck in your research. ਍ഀ Please let me know if I or the division can਍ഀ be of service. Lisa-Jo van den Scott ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Announcing Release of SSSP Publication - Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2012਍ഀ ਍ഀ Dear Colleagues,਍ഀ ਍ഀ The Justice 21 Committee of the SSSP is pleased to announce the publication of the volume਍ഀ Agenda for Social Justice, Solutions 2012, which represents a continuing effort by our਍ഀ professional society to nourish a "public sociology" that will be easily accessible and useful to਍ഀ policy makers, academics, activists, concerned citizens, and students. It is also a way to give਍ഀ something back to the people and institutions that support our scholarly endeavors. We hope that਍ഀ you find it helpful in your challenging work of crafting successful solutions to contemporary਍ഀ social problems. In all, it contains 11 chapters written by SSSP members, covering a variety of਍ഀ social problems covering a variety of pressing social problems, as follows: ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Elizabeth J. Clifford, Susan C. Pearce, and Reena Tandon, "Nineteen Million and Counting:਍ഀ Unique Issues Facing America's Foreign-born Women in the Home and Workplace" ਍ഀ Amitai Etzioni, "Legislation in the Public Interest: Regulatory Capture and Campaign਍ഀ Reform" ਍ഀ Robert Grantham, "Governance and Inner-City Social Problems" ਍ഀ Cedric Herring, "Critical Diversity in America: Divided Public Opinion and Critical policy਍ഀ Directions" ਍ഀ Tamara G.J. Leech and Devon J. Hensel, "At Greatest Risk of Infection: Young Black Women਍ഀ and Sexually Transmitted Infections" ਍ഀ Jason Smith, Preston Rhea, and Sascha Meinrath, "Promoting Digital Equality: The Internet as਍ഀ a Public Good and Commons" ਍ഀ Cecilia Menjívar, "U.S. Immigration Law, Immigrant Illegality, and Immigration Reform" ਍ഀ Carolyn Cummings Perrucci and Robert Perrucci, "Jobs for America" ਍ഀ Frances Fox Piven, "Poverty, Inequality, and the Shredded Safety Net" ਍ഀ John N. Robinson III and Katie Kerstetter, "Preserving Affordable Housing and Building਍ഀ Wealth in an Economic Recovery: Limited-Equity Cooperatives as an Alternative to Tenant਍ഀ Displacement" ਍ഀ Chris Wellin and Brooke Hollister, "Societal Aging in the U.S.: Impact on Health, Economic਍ഀ Security and Retirement" ਍ഀ ਍ഀ The main web site for the project is as follows: http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/323. From਍ഀ this site, the following options for accessing the project are available:਍ഀ ਍ഀ The volume is available for free download for all SSSP members (though members need to਍ഀ log-in).਍ഀ ਍ഀ The volume is also generally available for a nominal fee in both electronic format ($4.95) and਍ഀ print format ($9.95)਍ഀ The main web site for the project also includes an option for those who experience economic਍ഀ hardship to request a gratis electronic copy. We have learned in the last couple years that our਍ഀ audience extends worldwide (with hits from 58 countries in the last year). It seems that many਍ഀ students, scholars, and policy makers have a genuine need to access rigorous social science਍ഀ research. We intend to fill that need.਍ഀ ਍ഀ This project is an effort on the part of scholars at the SSSP to disseminate the findings in social਍ഀ problems research as widely as possible, at zero cost of the SSSP. Net revenue generated by the਍ഀ project goes to support the activities of the SSSP and the Justice 21 Committee, in pursuit of਍ഀ social justice.਍ഀ ਍ഀ We suggest that the volume can be an outstanding and cost-effective source of supplementary਍ഀ readings in many social problems-related courses. It is the hope of the Justice 21 Committee that਍ഀ all members will enjoy the volume and find it useful. Please do spread the word to colleagues,਍ഀ students, and associated, regarding the availability of this new volume.਍ഀ ਍ഀ Sincerely,਍ഀ ਍ഀ Glenn W. Muschert਍ഀ SSSP Secretary & Chair, Justice 21 Committee਍ഀ ਍ഀ Also on behalf of the Justice 21 Committee Members:਍ഀ Kathleen Ferraro਍ഀ Brian V. Klocke਍ഀ JoAnn Miller਍ഀ Robert Perrucci਍ഀ Jon Shefner਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ