Newsletter Society for the Study of Social Problems June 2018 Youth, Aging, and the Lifecourse Division See you at the 2018 annual meeting of SSSP! 68th Annual Meeting August 10-12, 2018 Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown Hotel, Philadelphia, PA Theme - Abolitionist Approaches to Social Problems Greetings from the Division Chair! Please welcome our newly elected YALC Division Chair: Perri S. Leviss! The Youth, Aging, and the Lifecourse (YALC) Division is sponsoring a wide-ranging roster of sessions at this year’s annual meeting of the SSSP (see page 2). Other events of interest at this year’s SSSP annual meeting include: - YALC Divisional Meeting Friday, August 10 4:30 p.m. to 6:10 p.m. Liberty Ballroom A - Presidential Address Saturday, August 11 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Horizons Rooftop Ballroom - Awards Ceremony (including Divisionals) Saturday, August 11 6:45 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Horizons Rooftop Ballroom - Division-sponsored Reception Saturday, August 11 7:45 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. Independence Ballroom I am pleased to announce that Perri S. Leviss has been elected to a two-year term as the Chair of the Youth, Aging, and Life Course Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Perri is currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Public Policy and Public Affairs in the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at the University of Massachusetts Boston. Her research interests focus on youth policy and the relationships between youth, adults, institutional structures, and policymakers. Prior to graduate school, Perri spent her career in public sector planning and policy development in the areas of public health, public education, and social services. She has also maintained her own strategic planning and management consulting practice serving governments, non-profits and universities throughout New York and New England. Perri has also served on the boards of youth leadership organizations and Jewish philanthropies and has authored several journal articles and textbook chapters. Please join me in welcoming Perri to her new role! I look forward to seeing everyone in August for the annual meeting in Philadelphia! We have a terrific program in store (see page 2 for more details). Lastly, I want to you thank everyone for the opportunity to serve as the YALC division chair for the past two years. It has been a pleasure to meet everyone, learn more about the fabulous work of our division members, and serve the division. Jennifer Karas Montez YALC Division Chair 2016-2018 Professor of Sociology and the Gerald B. Cramer Faculty Scholar of Aging Studies Syracuse University Please join us for the SSSP annual meeting sessions sponsored and co-sponsored by the YALC Division: Division Sessions Title: THEMATIC: Abolitionism Across the Life Course Organizer: Christina Barmon, Central Connecticut State University Date: Friday, August 10, 8:30-10:10 p.m., Freedom H -“Youth-led Theorizing on Interactional Accountability to Gender Expectations in the U.S. South,” Margaret McGladrey, Tufts University and Emma Draper, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School -“Why is the Time Always Right for White and Wrong for Us?: How Youth of Color Make Sense of Whiteness and Temporal Inequality,” Rahsaan H. Mahadeo, University of Minnesota Twin Cities -“Abolitionism as Harm Reduction: Drinking Patterns across the Life Course for Black Lesbians,” Brittany Jean Taylor, Georgia State University -“When the Rainbow Turns Silver: An Application of the Disablement Process between Gay and Lesbians 50 Years or Older,” Jeffrey Lentz, Georgia State University -“From Active to Healthy Ageing toward a Performativity of a Regulatory Regime,” Malou Windeler, Free University of Berlin Title: Care and Caring Across Generations Organizer: Laura M. Obernesser, University at Buffalo Date: Saturday, August 11, 10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Salon 5 and 6 -“Does the Health of Adult Child Caregivers Vary by Employment Status in the United States?” Noreen M. Kohl, Krysia N. Mossakowski, Ivan I. Sanidad, Omar Tariq Bird and Lawrence H. Nitz, University of Hawai‘i at Manoa -“Enchanced Psycho-social Intervention Improves Medicare Home Care Outcomes,” William D. Cabin, Temple University and Susan Havens-Lang, Lang Associates -“Grandparents as Parents: A Study of Relative Caregivers,” Jennifer S.K. Dudley, Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, Teresa M. Cisneros, Nayeli Perez and David Boyns, California State University, Northridge -“The ‘Caring Mother’: Parenting Identity Talk among the Rural Poor of Central New York,” Laura M. Obernesser, University at Buffalo -“The Materials of Illness and Well-being: Considering Inequalities in Education as a Public Health Crisis,” Gwendolyn Purifoye, North Park University Title: Papers in the Round Organizer: Jennifer Karas Montez, Syracuse University Date: Sunday, August 12, 12:30-2:10 p.m., Liberty Ballroom A -Roundtable #1 Title: Barriers, Challenges, and Opportunities among Youth Presider: Perri S. Leviss, UMass Boston -Roundtable #2 Title: Family and Social Ties Across the Life Course Presider: Nicole M. Lehpamer, Michigan State University -Roundtable #3 Title: Perceptions of Power and Policing Across the Life Course Presider: Joshua Chanin, San Diego State University Co-sponsored Sessions Title: CRITICAL DIALOGUE: Examining Social Systems on Child Well-being and Delinquency Organizer: Matthew M. Le Claire, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Presider: Jonathan A. Jimenez, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Date: Friday, August 10, 8:30-10:10 a.m., Independence B Divisions: YALC; Community Research and Development; Crime and Juvenile Delinquency; Poverty, Class, and Inequality Title: Abolishing Exploitive Labour Practices Organizer/Presider: Katherine Caldwell, University of Illinois at Chicago Date: Friday, August 10, 10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Freedom H Divisions: YALC; Disability Title: Institutional Social Controls of Health and Disability Organizer/Presider: Scott Landes, Syracuse University Date: Friday, August 10, 12:30-2:10 p.m., Freedom H Divisions: YALC; Disability Title: Relational Power and Privilege in Sex-Gender Systems Organizer/Presider: Margaret McGladrey, Tufts University Date: Saturday, August 11, 8:30-10:10 a.m., Freedom H Divisions: YALC; Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Title: Power and Privilege in Sex-Gender Systems in the Era of Trump Organizer/Presider: Margaret McGladrey, Tufts University Date: Saturday, August 11, 2:30-4:10 p.m., Freedom H Divisions: YALC; Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Title: International Migration: Transnationalism and Assimilation Organizer/Presider: Mary Patrice Erdmans, Case Western Reserve University Date: Sunday, August 12, 8:30-10:10 a.m., Freedom H Divisions: YALC; Global Title: Social Problems and Social Justice in the Era of the Opioid Epidemic Organizer/Presider: R. Terry Furst, John Jay College of Criminal Justice Discussant: David Frank, The Graduate Center, CUNY Date: Sunday, August 12, 10:30 a.m.-12:10 p.m., Freedom H Divisions: YALC; Drinking and Drugs Title: Sexual and Reproductive Health Organizers: Emily Allen Paine, University of Texas at Austin Stacy Harmon, CDC Foundation Presider/Discussant: Stacy Harmon, CDC Foundation Date: Sunday, August 12, 2:30-4:10 p.m., Freedom G Divisions: YALC; Health, Health Policy, and Health Services; Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Title: Sexuality, Gender, and Medicine Organizers: Emily Allen Paine, University of Texas at Austin Stacy Harmon, CDC Foundation Presider/Discussant: Emily Allen Paine, University of Texas at Austin Date: Sunday, August 12, 4:30-6:10 p.m., Freedom G Divisions: YALC; Health, Health Policy, and Health Services; Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Graduate Student Paper Award I am very pleased to announce that the 2018 Graduate Student Paper Award goes to John Leverso (pictured at right) and Christian Hess, PhD students in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington, for their paper, “From the Hood to the Home: Masculinity Reformation of Chicago Street Gang Members.” Thank you to the selection committee (Karen T. Van Gundy [Chair], Laurie Schaffner, Stephanie W. Burge) for your important service to the division! The paper examines how gang members reformulate masculinity as they exit gang life and journey through the life course. In their study, the authors bridge scholarship on gang membership and the life course to understand how gang member masculinities are malleable and dynamic in the context of men’s social worlds. The authors conducted 29 qualitative interviews with former gang members and find masculinity reformation is also associated with changing definitions, and associated behaviors, of masculinity at different points in the life course. In addition, the authors identify three pathways to masculinity reformation: individuals merge gang masculinities with conventional masculinities, they transition to other masculinities completely, or they use negative affect toward the gang as a guiding force behind masculinity reformation. Their study is theoretically innovative using theories of the life course, masculinities, and street gangs to form an expanded picture of the masculinities of gang involved individuals across the life course. Maggie Kuhn Scholar-Activist Award Dr. Phyllis Moen, 2018 Maggie Kuhn Scholar-Activist Award Winner I am very happy to announce that the 2018 Maggie Kuhn Scholar-Activist Award goes to Phyllis Moen, Professor of Sociology and the McKnight Presidential Endowed Chair, at the University of Minnesota. Thank you to the selection committee (Koji Ueno [chair], Laura Obernesser, Malou Windeler) for your terrific service to the division! Through her scholarship, service, and outreach, Dr. Phyllis Moen has made distinguished contributions to the understanding of how paid work and caregiving responsibilities present obstacles to economic attainment, occupational fulfillment, and well-being; and how these obstacles differ by gender and with age. She also has made substantial contributions to policy discussions and public discourse regarding worker insecurity and workplace inflexibility and policy changes to ameliorate these problems. She has worked tirelessly to promote social and economic justice. As an example, Dr. Moen is presently developing an institute at the University of Minnesota to serve prospective retirees who wish to explore opportunities, through workshops, seminars, and coursework, as they enter the next, post-career phase in their lives. Dr. Moen’s generosity and influence on the field is also evident through her mentorship of legions of junior scholars. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Phyllis Moen!