Environment and Technology Division਍ഀ Newsletter਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ CFP ...... 1਍ഀ ਍ഀ Brent K. Marshall਍ഀ Student Paper Award਍ഀ Announcement ..... 2਍ഀ ਍ഀ Reminders਍ഀ (Memberships and਍ഀ Racial/Ethnic਍ഀ Minority Graduate਍ഀ Scholarship) ...... 2਍ഀ ਍ഀ Publications by਍ഀ Members ....... 3਍ഀ ਍ഀ Special Discount਍ഀ Offer ....... 4਍ഀ ਍ഀ 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. Please send਍ഀ any announcements,਍ഀ member news, and਍ഀ blurbs to਍ഀ ljvandenscott@u.nor਍ഀ thwestern.edu for਍ഀ inclusion in the next਍ഀ newsletter. CFP: Deadline Approaching! ਍ഀ ਍ഀ The deadline to submit a paper to the SSSP Annual meeting in New਍ഀ York, August 9-11, 2013 is fast approaching. You have until January਍ഀ 31st at midnight. By submitting to one of the Environment and਍ഀ Technology Division-sponsored sessions, you involve yourself in and਍ഀ help to create meaningful dialogues as well as help to support the਍ഀ activities of the division at the same time. Please review our਍ഀ sponsored sessions below and take a moment to think about whether਍ഀ you might have some relevant work you would like to submit.਍ഀ ਍ഀ 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 ਍ഀ Environment and Technology Division਍ഀ Student 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.਍ഀ Reminders:਍ഀ ਍ഀ Memberships for SSSP expire at the turn of਍ഀ the New Year. If you have not already done਍ഀ so, please renew your membership for 2013਍ഀ immediately as it has just expired. Be sure to਍ഀ carefully review the sections you wish to join.਍ഀ ਍ഀ Graduate Students: Now is your chance to਍ഀ apply for the Racial/Ethnic Minority਍ഀ Graduate Scholarship. Faculty, please਍ഀ encourage eligible graduate students to do so. ਍ഀ The deadline is February 1st. You can find਍ഀ more information at:਍ഀ http://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/261 Here਍ഀ are some highlights: ਍ഀ • “A $12,000 scholarship will be funded਍ഀ to one student with an additional $500਍ഀ awarded for attendance at the annual਍ഀ meeting.”਍ഀ • Criteria: “A person identified as either਍ഀ Black/African American, Hispanic/਍ഀ Latino, Asian/Asian- American,਍ഀ Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific਍ഀ Islander, or American Indian or਍ഀ Alaska Native accepted into an਍ഀ accredited doctoral program in any਍ഀ one of the social and/or behavioral਍ഀ sciences...”਍ഀ • “Submission of a dissertation proposal਍ഀ of 15 or more double spaced pages.਍ഀ ...”਍ഀ • “A grade point average or equivalent਍ഀ of at least 3.25 in one’s current਍ഀ graduate program [of study]”਍ഀ • “Applicant must be a citizen or਍ഀ permanent resident of the United਍ഀ States”਍ഀ Please note this is a brief excerpt of criteria਍ഀ so you may quickly determine if you might਍ഀ possibly be eligible. Please see the website਍ഀ for complete rules, regulations, documents਍ഀ required, and other criteria.਍ഀ ਍ഀ Division Member Publication਍ഀ Announcements:਍ഀ ਍ഀ A special Green issue of Criminal਍ഀ Justice Matters is published by the਍ഀ Centre for Crime and Justice Studies਍ഀ (London) in December 2012.਍ഀ ਍ഀ Criminal Justice Matters 90 - ਍ഀ Environmental Harms is Guest edited਍ഀ by Professor Reece Walters of਍ഀ Australia's Queensland University of਍ഀ Technology and is intended to prompt਍ഀ debate on environmental issues and਍ഀ the UK Government's responses to਍ഀ environmental crime. Environment਍ഀ and Technology Division member਍ഀ Angus Nurse of Birmingham City਍ഀ University contributed the article “Red਍ഀ tape and regulation: rolling back਍ഀ environmental enforcement in਍ഀ contemporary Britain” which argues਍ഀ that the criminal justice response to਍ഀ environmental and wildlife crime has਍ഀ been considerably weakened under the਍ഀ UK's Coalition Government and that਍ഀ their policy of light touch regulation਍ഀ and decriminalisation is inherently਍ഀ flawed.਍ഀ ਍ഀ Details of CJM 90 are now available at਍ഀ the Centre for Crime and Justice਍ഀ Studies website at: ਍ഀ http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/cj਍ഀ m.html਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Animal Harm਍ഀ by Angus Nurse਍ഀ Publisher - Ashgate - Green਍ഀ Criminology Series - 10 January 2013਍ഀ ਍ഀ In his new book Animal Harm,਍ഀ criminologist and E&T division਍ഀ member Dr Angus Nurse examines਍ഀ why people harm, injure, torture and਍ഀ kill animals? Drawing on Dr Nurse's਍ഀ more than 10 years' research into the਍ഀ nature of animal abuse and wildlife਍ഀ offending, the book contends that this਍ഀ is a distinct, multi-dimensional type of਍ഀ criminality which persists despite the਍ഀ introduction of relevant legislation.਍ഀ Far from there being one type of਍ഀ animal offender as the policy and law਍ഀ enforcement approach to wildlife਍ഀ crime and animal abuse frequently਍ഀ contends, Animal Harm concludes਍ഀ that different types of animal abuse਍ഀ reveal different aspects of criminality. ਍ഀ As a result, the policing of animal਍ഀ harm needs to adjust to recognise its਍ഀ complexity and varied characteristics. ਍ഀ The book also examines the links਍ഀ between animal abuse and human਍ഀ violence concluding that animal abuse਍ഀ and domestic violence are inextricably਍ഀ linked. ਍ഀ ਍ഀ Further details are available at:਍ഀ http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/97814਍ഀ 09442080 ਍ഀ Community Mobilization for਍ഀ Environmental Problems: How a਍ഀ Grassroots Organization Forms and਍ഀ Works by Erin E. Robinson; Director of਍ഀ Environmental Studies, Canisius College਍ഀ Given the advent of modern environmental਍ഀ problems, citizens are more than ever faced with਍ഀ decisions over how to act when faced with਍ഀ information concerning the health and safety of਍ഀ their environment. This study addresses community਍ഀ mobilization through the emergence of an਍ഀ environmental grassroots community organization.਍ഀ Social movement research provides a backdrop for਍ഀ understanding that, when faced with uncertainty਍ഀ about the risks of environmental contamination਍ഀ residents may organize as a group to work through਍ഀ these issues. However, the information on which਍ഀ they base their actions is often unclear and leads to਍ഀ multiple sources of information from which to਍ഀ draw. As citizens socialized to trust science, more਍ഀ often individuals find themselves engaging with਍ഀ other sources of knowledge for information.਍ഀ Media, government, science, and other forms of਍ഀ localized knowledge emerge as equally viable਍ഀ sources. Here, the question of whether to mobilize਍ഀ is likely influenced by the frames of information਍ഀ individuals have access to.਍ഀ Mobilization is often considered a unified,਍ഀ holistic process. Few studies have attempted to਍ഀ dissect the process into its individual components.਍ഀ Considering each aspect of mobilization––issue਍ഀ emergence, organization, leadership, strategy, and਍ഀ goals––allows for a more complete look at the਍ഀ intricate and nuanced relationships inherent in the਍ഀ mobilization process. This book brings together਍ഀ information from the mobilization and frame਍ഀ analysis research to better understand the influences਍ഀ that knowledge framing has on the mobilization਍ഀ process in a specific community fighting to realize਍ഀ the truth about the risks of environmental਍ഀ contamination.਍ഀ Over the course of five years, the author,਍ഀ sociologist Erin Robinson, has uncovered the ways਍ഀ in which community members come to understand਍ഀ the environmental problems they face. This book਍ഀ offers an explanation for how communities faced਍ഀ with environmental contamination can begin to਍ഀ make sense of that reality. Through a detailed਍ഀ qualitative analysis of in depth interviews, document਍ഀ analysis, and field research, Robinson traces the਍ഀ beginning of a community social movement਍ഀ throughout the life of the movement effort. Whereas਍ഀ many studies of mobilization are historical, this study਍ഀ offers a close analysis of mobilization efforts as they਍ഀ were occurring. The story of how changes in਍ഀ mobilization occur is demonstrated by how਍ഀ individuals gain information from different sources਍ഀ and frame the issues leading to mobilization activities.਍ഀ Overall the book not only contributes to an਍ഀ understanding of why community mobilization਍ഀ occurs, but helps explain that as well.਍ഀ ਍ഀ Special Offer: