SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS (SSSP) Youth, Aging, and the Life Course (YALC) Division Newsletter / December 2015 In this issue: * Greetings: Note from the Division Chair * Annual Meeting: 2016 SSSP YALC Division Annual Meeting Call for Papers * Reminder: Annual Division Paper Awards * Congratulations: Book Award Winners * Resources: New Titles * Calls for Papers and Grant Proposals * Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/YALCSSSP/ GREETINGS As the fall semester winds down, I want to wish everyone happy holidays and a happy new year, and bring several Division matters to your attention. First, this is our first newsletter under the leadership of our new newsletter editor, Margaret McGladrey. In addition to pursuing a Ph.D. in Sociology with a certificate in Gender and Women’s Studies at the University of Kentucky on a part-time basis, Margaret works full-time as the Assistant Dean for Research at the College of Public Health.  Her research interests include preadolescent and adolescent girls’ reception and interpretation of media texts and femininity ideologies, participatory action research and community engagement, and the development and evaluation of media literacy and media advocacy curriculum and extracurricular programming for children and youth.  Margaret’s work has been published in Feminist Formations (the journal of the National Women’s Studies Association), Journal of Children and Media, American Journal of Preventive Medicine, American Journal of Health Education, Health Communication, and Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships.  Prior to pursuing graduate study, Margaret earned her bachelor’s degree in journalism and worked in marketing for three years, so serving as the YALC newsletter provides her with the opportunity to put her editorial and design skills to work to promote the scholarship of section members.  She tells me that she is excited to serve in this role that will allow her to stay abreast of the latest developments in the literature and get to know members of the YALC Division.  Please make Margaret’s job easier by sending materials for the newsletter anytime to margaret.mcgladrey@uky.edu. We are interested in calls for papers, conference announcements, recent publications, and news of all sorts.  If you have any questions about the newsletter or plans for the Facebook page, please feel free to contact Margaret and me. A second thing that I would like to bring to your attention is that I am seeking volunteers to serve on the Graduate Student Paper Award Committee and on the Maggie Kuhn Award for Scholar-Activists with me (see below for additional details). Please e-mail me (Andrew London; anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu) if you are willing to serve on either of these committees. Third, this is my second and final year as Division Chair. Thus, we will run an election this year for Division Chair. I am seeking at least two volunteers who are willing to serve be on the ballot for the Chair of the Youth, Aging, and Life Course Division. If you would like to volunteer or would like more information about what being Division Chair entails, please feel free to contact me (Andrew London; anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu). Finally, I welcome your input on how we can continue to revitalize the Division. As always, please encourage your colleagues, students, and friends to join YALC. I remain eager to build our membership and help create a vibrant community of scholars, teachers, and activists who are working on issues related to youth, aging, and the life course. ANNUAL MEETING Please consider submitting your work for presentation at the 2016 SSSP Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA, on August 19-21, 2016. All papers must be submitted by midnight (EST) on January 31, 2016. Access the call for papers here. Sessions sponsored and co-sponsored by the YALC Division include: Division Sessions Title: THEMATIC: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course across the Globe Organizer: Andrew S. London Affiliation: Syracuse University E-mail: anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Critical Dialogue: Life-Course Perspective on Transgender Lives Organizer: Tre Wentling Affiliation: Syracuse University E-mail: tlwentli@maxwell.syr.edu Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Papers in the Round: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Organizer: Scott Landes Affiliation: University of North Florida E-mail: scott.landes@unf.edu Division: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Co-sponsored Sessions Title: Crime and the Life Course Organizer: Lindsay Morgia Affiliation: University of Massachusetts-Boston E-mail: Lindsay.Morgia001@umb.edu Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course; Crime and Juvenile Delinquency Title: THEMATIC: Life Course and Substance Use across the Globe Co-Organizers: Miriam W. Boeri / Aukje K. Lamonica Affiliation: Bentley University / Southern Connecticut State University E-mail: mboeri@bentley.edu / lamonicaa1@southernct.edu Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course; Drinking and Drugs Title: Health and Well-Being across the Life Course Organizer: Joseph D. Wolfe Affiliation: University of Alabama at Birmingham E-mail: jdwolfe@uab.edu Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course; Health, Health Policy, and Health Services; Society and Mental Health Title: Technology and the Workforce across the Life Course: Redefining What Employment Is and Who an Employee Is Co-Organizers: Valerie Adrian / Heather Champeau Affiliation: Washington State University / University of Colorado Boulder E-mail: Valerieadrian@gmail.com / Heather.Champeau@Colorado.EDU Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course; Labor Title: THEMATIC: Inequality and the Life Course across the Globe Organizer: Alair MacLean Affiliation: Washington State University-Vancouver E-mail: alair.maclean@wsu.edu Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course; Poverty, Class, and Inequality Title: THEMATIC: Sexuality in Global and Life Course Contexts Organizer: Koji Ueno Affiliation: Florida State University E-mail: kueno@fsu.edu Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course; Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Community Title: Social Welfare and Aging Organizer: William Cabin Affiliation: Temple University School of Social Work E-mail: williamcabin@yahoo.com Divisions: Youth, Aging, and the Life Course; Sociology and Social Welfare REMINDER Please consider submitting a paper to the YALC Division’s annual award competitions; deadlines, eligibility criteria, and submission instructions are detailed below. Also, please consider volunteering to serve on the selection committees for these awards; if interested in serving on one or both of these committees, please contact: Andrew London (anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu). Graduate Student Paper Award Deadline: 1/31/16 The Youth, Aging, and the Life Course Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems invites graduate students to submit a paper to the Graduate Student Paper Award competition. The paper can be theoretical and/or empirical, and must be directly related to some aspect of scholarship on youth, aging, and the life course. Current graduate students and recent graduates (who received their degrees after January 2015) may submit a paper if it was written while a student. The paper must be unpublished, not accepted for publication, and not under review at the time of submission. Papers based on theses or dissertations are acceptable. Co-authored papers are also acceptable as long as all of the listed authors are current or recent graduate students; faculty and non-graduate student co-authors are not allowed. Students may submit to only one SSSP student paper award competition; submission to multiple SSSP award competitions will disqualify the paper. The award recipient is expected to present the winning paper at the 2016 SSSP Annual Meeting in Seattle, WA (August 19-21, 2016). To facilitate scheduling the presentation, the (lead) author is required to submit the paper through the Call for Papers process for the annual meeting. Regular submission through the Call for Papers process ensures that the winning paper can be placed on the program. The paper should be submitted to any Youth, Aging, and the Life Course-(co)sponsored session, or the roundtable organizer, by the January 31st deadline, as well as e-mailed separately to the Division and Award Committee Chair as indicated below. The award recipient will be publicly announced at the Awards Ceremony and receive a plaque, a monetary prize of $100, a student membership to SSSP, and a SSSP conference registration. To have a paper considered for this award, please send an electronic copy of the paper and a cover letter that includes a brief overview of the paper and the context in which it was written, identifies the graduate program and status of all authors, certifies that the paper meets all of the criteria for the award, and provides the name and contact information of an adviser who is familiar with the (lead) author’s work to Andrew S. London at anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu. The submission should: be no more than 30 double-spaced pages (including references and notes); use 12-point font; be double-spaced throughout; use one-inch margins; and be prepared for anonymous review, with the (lead) author specified only on the cover page and identifying references blinded. Maggie Kuhn Award for Scholar-Activists Deadline: 3/15/16 Members of the Youth, Aging, and Life Course Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems are urged to submit nominations for the Maggie Kuhn Award for Scholar-Activists. Maggie Kuhn was the founder of the Gray Panthers, an intergenerational social justice organization. The Maggie Kuhn award, established in 2014, is awarded to a scholar-activist who upholds the ideals of social and economic justice, and peace, for individuals of all ages in both their scholarship and service. These ideals include, but are not limited to, honoring age, intergenerational work, and scholarship and/or activism that promotes a humane society by putting the needs of people over profits, responsibility over power, and democracy over institutions. For more information or to nominate a scholar-activist, please e-mail Andrew S. London at anlondon@maxwell.syr.edu. CONGRATULATIONS Please join me in congratulating Division members Mary Patrice Erdmans and Timothy Black for winning the 2015 The Betty and Alfred McClung Lee Book Award from the Association for Humanist Sociology for On Becoming A Teen Mom: Life Before Pregnancy (2015, Univ of California Press) http://www.ucpress.edu/book.php?isbn=9780520283428. RESOURCES Consider adding a new publication to your library! * Technology and Youth: Growing up in a Digital World, edited by Samson Lee Blair, Patricia Neff Claster, and Samuel M. Claster. London: Emerald Group Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78560-265-8 * Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Eighth Edition, Edited by Linda K. George and Kenneth F. Ferraro, London: Academic Press, ISBN 978-0124172357 * Handbook of the Life Course, Volume II, Edited by Michael J. Shanahan, Jeylan T. Mortimer, and Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson, New York: Springer, ISBN 978-3-319-20880-0 CALLS FOR PAPERS AND GRANT PROPOSALS Grant Opportunity: Research Grants Sponsor: William T. Grant Foundation Deadline: January 12, 2016 Instructions: This grants program supports theory-building and empirical research projects on reducing inequality or understanding the use of research evidence. Research projects must have compelling relevance for programs, policies, and practices affecting youth ages 5-25 in the U.S. Research grants typically range from $100,000 to $600,000 and cover two to three years of support. Please find complete application guidelines here: http://wtgrantfoundation.org/Grants#apply-research-grants Conference: New Directions in the Study of Intergenerational Transfers and Time Use in Later Life: A Panel Study of Income Dynamics Conference Sponsor: National Institute on Aging Dates/Location: June 9-10, 2016, Ann Arbor, MI. Deadline: January 15, 2016 Instructions: Researchers are invited to submit a short abstract for a poster to present at this small conference. Abstracts should be 2-4 pages and should propose using the 2013 Family Rosters and Transfers Module or the Disability and Use of Time Supplement. Preference will be given to proposals from assistant professors, postdoctoral fellows, and other early career researchers. Abstracts should be sent to Patty Hall (pathall@umich.edu) by January 15, 2016. Travel expenses, including roundtrip airfare and hotel, will be covered for one author of each accepted abstract. 3-4 abstracts will be accepted. Questions may be directed to Bob Schoeni bschoeni@umich.edu or Patty Hall pathall@umich.edu. Grant Opportunity: Steven H. Sandell Grant Program Sponsor: Center for Retirement Research Deadline: January 31, 2016 Instructions: The Center for Retirement Research sponsors the annual Steven H. Sandell Grant Program for scholars in the field of retirement research and policy. The program is funded by the U.S. Social Security Administration to provide opportunities for junior scholars from all academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge projects on retirement income issues. Priority areas include: Social Security; macroeconomic analyses of Social Security; wealth and retirement income; program interactions; international research; and demographic research. Up to three grants of $45,000 are awarded based upon the quality of the applicant’s proposal and his or her proposed budget. Applicants are required to complete the research outlined in the proposal within one year of the award. Please view complete proposal guidelines here: http://crr.bc.edu/about-us/grant-programs/steven-h-sandell-grant-program-2/ Grant Opportunity: Research Grants Sponsor: Retirement Research Foundation Deadline: February 1, May 1, or August 1 Instructions: The Retirement Research Foundation funds research projects that have a regional or national impact on older Americans. Of particular interest are projects that seek causes and solutions to significant problems facing older adults through support of applied and policy research for which federal funding is not available. The Retirement Research Foundation acknowledges the time and effort needed to submit a proposal and invites interested applicants to submit a brief Letter of Inquiry (LOI). This step is optional, but may offer valuable feedback as you prepare a full proposal. An LOI may be emailed to info@rrf.org as a Word or PDF attachment. To allow enough time for feedback, please submit LOIs at least six weeks prior to the application deadline. Please find complete application guidelines here: http://www.rrf.org/grants/responsive-grants/research Grant Opportunity: Panel Study of Income Dynamics Sponsor: National Institute on Aging Deadline: February 2, 2016 Instructions: The Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) announces a small grant competition. The competition will fund 4-8 scholars in the range of $15,000-$20,000 each to use PSID to conduct research on life course influences on later life health and wellbeing. Funded projects will generate papers that will be presented, along with other invited posters and presentations, at a conference to be held June 2017 in Ann Arbor, MI. Proposals that request support to analyze PSID's 2014 Childhood Retrospective Circumstances Study, which is described here, are especially encouraged. For details see the full announcement here: http://psidonline.isr.umich.edu/guide/misc/lifecourse-proposals-2016.pdf. Questions may be directed to Bob Schoeni bschoeni@umich.edu. Conference: Summer Meeting of Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility (RC28) of the International Sociological Association (ISA) Dates/Location: August 29–31, 2016, Bern, Switzerland Deadline: March 1, 2016 Instructions: Contributions should address the broad theme of social inequalities, social stratification, and social mobility. However, papers relevant to the theme of the conference, “Economic inequalities, deprivation, and poverty,” are particularly welcome. Participants should submit a title, an extended abstract (800–1000 words), and about 5 keywords. The extended abstract should include a clear description of the research question, theoretical framework, data, analytical strategy, and main findings. Please also specify the suggested type of contribution: oral presentation or poster presentation. All submitted contributions will be subject to a peer review process. The type of contribution might be subject to change by the program committee. Make your submission online using the conference management tool (abstract submission opens January 1, 2016). The deadline for submission is March 1, 2016. First authors will be notified about the outcomes of their submissions by April 15, 2016. The deadline for submission of the full papers is August 15, 2016. See website here: http://rc28.unibe.ch/call-for-papers/