A Message from Gertrud Lenzer: Children’s Studies Center for Research, Policy and Public Service11/18/2011
Our Children’s Studies Center for Research, Policy and Public Service convened the National Consultation – “Social Justice for Children: To End Child Abuse and Violence Against Children”, held at the Association of the Bar of the City of New York on November 4th, and it was most successful. It was fitting that on the 20th anniversary of our founding the interdisciplinary field of Children’s Studies instead of celebrating, we focused on the epidemic conditions of violence against children in our nation and issued a call for national dialogue and action. For your and the Section member’s interest, here is the link to the Consultation website: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/childrensstudies/nationalconsultation2011/
Here is also the PR Newswire and press release about the Consultation. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/researchers-policymakers-call-on-us-government-to-take-immediate-action-to-address-national-epidemic-of-child-abuse-and-violence-against-children-133380638.html We are proud to announce that we are working on the Fall Issue of the Children and Youth News, and we need your help.
The publications committee welcomes contributions from members in the following areas: Announcements: Upcoming conferences, employment openings, and opportunities for funding/publishing. Accomplishments: Promotions, honors, and awards. Publications: Recently published books and articles. Current Events: Issues affecting children and youth across the globe. Features: Excellent centers, websites, leaders in research on children and youth. HOW TO SUBMIT: Please make all formal submissions to the new Publications Chair, Janel Benson ([email protected]) by Friday 11/4/11 at 5pm EST. Any submissions received after the submission date will be forwarded to the Winter newsletter. Newsletter content may be published on the website[http://www2.asanet.org/sectionchildren] prior to its publication in the newsletter. As usual, all appropriate submissions will also be posted on our section website. Please take the time to share your news with us today. Thank you! Call for Abstracts
Second International Sociological Association Forum of Sociology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2012, "Social Justice and Democratization " Abstract Submission Deadline: December 15, 2011 URL: http://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2012/cfp.cgi Call for Papers Research Committee on Sociology of Childhood, RC53, calls for session proposals on the topic: Children's Voices, Well-Being and Social Justice. We are interested in research papers for the following sessions that address the current state of children and meanings of childhood. We invite abstracts for proposed papers for sessions that provide a platform for international discussions that engage exciting work in the sociology of childhood on relevant and timely issues as well as the Forum theme,Social Justice and Democratization. Abstracts should be submitted directly to ISA Forum Website at the following URL: http://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/forum2012/cfp.cgi. Completed papers will be due to the Session Organizer by May 31, 2012 in order to facilitate Forum discussions. Address specific questions to the following Session Organizers. ___________________________________________________________________ Session A. Children's Rights and Social Justice Session Organizer – Loretta E. Bass, Email: [email protected] Session B. Childhood in Democracy’s Infancy Session Organizer – Doris Buhler-Niederberger, University of Wuppertal, Email:[email protected] Session C. Children, Society and ExclusionsSession Organizer: Ethel Kosminski, Email: [email protected] (English session) Session Organiser: Valeria Llobet, Universidad Nacional de San Martín, Email:[email protected] (Spanish session) Session D. Globalization and New Contours of Childhood Session Organizer – Vinod Chandra, University of Lucknow, Email:[email protected] Session E. Children's Bodies Session Organizer – Lars Alberth, University of Wuppertal, Email: [email protected] Session F. La infancia en las sociedades de disciplinamiento y exclusión social(in Spanish) Session Organizer – Elinor Bisig, CONICET-CIJS-UNC, Email: [email protected] Session G: Poster Session - Children's Lives, Voices and Well Being Session Organizer: Ethel Kosminski, Email: [email protected] Session H. Leisure, Democracy and Diversity of Lifestyles of Children and Youth Joint Session of ISA RC 13 (Sociology of Leisure - Host Committee), RC 53 (Sociology of Childhood) Session Co-Organizers: Ishwar Modi, India International Institute of Social Sciences, Email: [email protected], and Loretta E. Bass University of Oklahoma, Email: [email protected] CSU East BayDepartment of Human Development & Women's Studies California State University, East Bay, Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies, seeks applications for a full-time tenure-track position in childdevelopment/childhood studies, available 9/12. Candidates must hold the Ph.D. or M.D. by 9/12. The successful candidate will have a record of scholarly productivity in child development/childhood studies. Visit http://www.csueastbay.edu/OAA/position.html for more information. Review of applications begins 11/1/11, but the position remains open until filled. Submit a letter of application, current vita, graduate transcripts, copies of major publications, and three letters of recommendation to Dr. Steven Borish, Search Committee Chair, Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies, California State University, East Bay, 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, Hayward, CA 94542. Phone 510-885-3076, FAX 510-885-3071, email:[email protected], (EOE).
Visions and Voices of Childhood: A Graduate Student Conference
Department of Childhood Studies Rutgers University - Camden The Rutgers University-Camden Childhood Studies Graduate Student Organization (GSO) invites submissions for paper presentations for its second formal graduate student conference to be held May 21-22, 2012 on the Camden, NJ campus. Graduate students from all disciplines who are engaged in research relating to children and childhood are encouraged to submit proposals. As the field of childhood studies continues to grow, old and new debates and concepts continuously impact the study of children and childhood. Representations and interpretations of children's lives and perspectives have become central to these debates. This conference proposes an open, broad definition of children's visions and voices. Both the theoretical debates surrounding visions and voices and the application of such concepts are encouraged. Topics can include, but are not limited to: - Representations of children across all media (literature, film, television, internet, etc.) - The theoretical concept of “the child’s voice” in qualitative and quantitative research - Children’s development - Rights of children - Globalization and children - Children's involvement in research - Ethical and methodological considerations for the child's voice - Visual literacy and children - Children and religion - Statistical representations of children - Children's health - Race, class, and gender in the study of children - Geographies and histories of childhood We invite proposals from all disciplines—education, literature, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, law, political science, history, public policy, criminology, philosophy, medicine, religion, film studies, cultural studies, and the arts — as well as multi-disciplinary scholarly work. Submission: 250-word abstract plus cover letter with name, current level of graduate study, affiliated university, and email address to [email protected]. Include the words "conference abstract" in subject line, and include name on the cover letter only. Deadline: December 15, 2011. Accepted presenters will receive notification by February 1, 2012. Contact Matthew Prickett at [email protected] if you have questions about the conference, or visit http://clam.rutgers.edu/~childgso/conference2012.html Visit the Department of Childhood Studies here: http://childhood.camden.rutgers.edu/ The Open Society Foundations'™ Youth Initiative requests proposals for up to $10,000 in funding to develop and curate thematic pages on the new global youth portal and community at youthpolicy.org.
The site aims to consolidate knowledge and information on youth policies across the international sector, ranging from analysis and formulation to implementation and evaluation. Potential themes for website pages include, but are not limited to:
Policy fellowships with the Society for Research in Child Development will be available for 2012-2013. We are seeking applicants at all career stages, including tenured faculty, from all disciplines related to child development. A brief description of the program follows. We appreciate your assistance in sharing this announcement with your colleagues and faculty:
SRCD Fellowships in Public Policy SRCD Policy Fellows - in both Congressional and Executive Branch placements - work as "resident scholars" at the interface of science and policy. The goals of these fellowships are: (1) to contribute to the effective use of scientific knowledge in developing public policy, (2) to educate the scientific community about the formation of public policy, and (3) to establish a more effective liaison between developmental scientists and the federal policy-making mechanisms. SRCD Fellows participate with other scientific societies in the fellowship programs of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Since 1978, SRCD has recruited more than 140 fellows. Both early and mid-career doctoral level professionals of all scientific disciplinesrelated to child development are encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications isDecember 15, 2011. For more information and application instructions, please click here. Second ISA Forum of Sociology, Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 1-4, 2012
Forum theme: Social Justice and Democratization Main Theme: Children's Voices, Well Being and Social Justice Abstract Submission: 25 August 2011 - 15 December 2011, Completed papers due May 31, 2012 Registration and Conference Info: http://www.isa-sociology.org/buenos-aires-2012/rc/rc.php?n=RC53 RC53, Sociology of Childhood Call for Papers We are interested in research papers for the following sessions that address the current state of children and meanings of childhood. We invite abstracts for proposed papers for sessions that provide a platform for international discussions that engage exciting work in the sociology of childhood on relevant and timely issues as well as the Forum theme, Social Justice and Democratization. Abstracts may be submitted directly to the Session Organizer listed with each session title, and completed papers will be due to the Session Organizer by May 31, 2012 in order to facilitate Forum discussions. Send abstracts directly to the Session Organizer listed below each proposed session title as follows: • Session A. Children's Rights and Social Justice, Session Organizer – Loretta E. Bass, Email: [email protected] • Session B. Childhood in Democracy’s Infancy, Session Organizer – Doris Buhler-Niederberger, University of Wuppertal, Email: [email protected] • Session C. Children, Society and Exclusions, Session Organizer – Ethel Kosminski, Queens College - CUNY & UNESP, State University of Sao Paulo - Marilia, Email:[email protected] • Session D. Globalization and New Contours of Childhood, Session Organizer – Vinod Chandra, University of Lucknow, Email: [email protected] • Session E. Children's Bodies, Session Organizer – Lars Alberth, University of Wuppertal, Email: [email protected] • Session F. La infancia en las sociedades de disciplinamiento y exclusión social (in Spanish) Session Organizer – Elinor Bisig, CONICET-CIJS-UNC, Email:[email protected] • Session G. Poster Session, Children's Lives, Voices and Well Being, Session Organizer – Ethel Kosminkski, Queens College - CUNY & UNESP, State University of Sao Paulo - Marilia, Email: [email protected] • Session I. Leisure, Democracy and Diversity of Lifestyles of Children and Youth Joint Session of ISA RC 13 (Sociology of Leisure - Host Committee), RC 53 (Sociology of Childhood) Session Co-Organizers: Ishwar Modi, India International Institute of Social Sciences, Email: [email protected], and Loretta E. Bass University of Oklahoma, Email: [email protected] Sociological Studies of Children and Youth (an annual volume published by Emerald Publishing) announces a special issue, “Youth Engagement: The Civic-Political Lives of Children and Youth.” Guest editors Sandi Kawecka Nenga and Jessica K. Taft invite the submission of completed papers focused on children and youth’s civic and political engagement, broadly conceived.
Possible questions and theoretical concerns might include: How are youth actively participating in civic and political socialization projects? How do young people and the adults who work with them define terms like citizenship, democracy and community? How do youth react to adults’ understanding of what it means to be a “citizen” or “community member”? What institutions and structures facilitate or hinder youth participation and engagement? How do youth respond and relate to the various institutions and organizations designed to encourage their engagement? How do the dynamics of race, class, gender and ability shape young people’s opportunities for and approaches to engagement? Submission deadline is January 20, 2012. Submit papers electronically (less than 30 manuscript pages in length) to Sandi Nenga at [email protected], or in hardcopy to Sandi Nenga, SU Box 7421, Southwestern University, 1001 E. University Avenue, Georgetown, TX 78626. Contributions will be peer-reviewed. Anticipated publication date is spring 2013. Gonzales, Roberto G. 2011. "Learning to be Illegal: Undocumented Youth and Shifting Legal Contexts in the Transition to Adulthood.” American Sociological Review, Volume 76, number 4, 602-619.
This article examines the transition to adulthood among 1.5-generation undocumented Latino young adults. For them, the transition to adulthood involves exiting the legally protected status of K to 12 students and entering into adult roles that require legal status as the basis for participation. Gonzales, Roberto G. 2010. “On the Wrong Side of the Tracks: The Consequences of School Stratification Systems for Unauthorized Mexican Students." Peabody Journal of Education, Volume 85 Issue 4, 469-485. This article draws from 78 in-depth life histories of undocumented Latino young adults in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. Gonzales incorporates a sample, stratified by educational experiences. The lived experiences of these young adults shed important light on the broader world in which they live and the ways in which immigration policies interact with school practices to shape success and failure. Patricia A. Adler (University of Colorado) and Peter Adler (University of Denver) are the authors of a blog for Psychology Today called "The Deviance Society," which can be found at: http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/the-deviance-society. Victor Rios recently published Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys, NYU Press 2011. A former gang member who went on to earn a Ph.D. at Berkeley, Rios returned to his old Oakland neighborhood to shadow 40 young men as they dealt with poverty, violence, and institutionalized racism. As he recounts their life stories, Rios deftly balances analysis with vivid anecdotes about uninterested educators, struggling parents, police brutality, and gang victimization. He examines how the culture of punishment pushes young men into the very criminality that the punishment is meant to deter. Patricia A. Adler and Peter Adler recently published The Tender Cut: Inside the Hidden World of Self-Injury (NYU Press 2011). The authors draw on 150 interviews with self-injurers from all over the world, along with 30,000-40,000 internet posts in chat rooms and communiqués. Their 10-year longitudinal research follows the practice of self-injury from its early days when people engaged in it alone and did not know others, to the present, where a subculture has formed via cyberspace that shares similar norms, values, lore, vocabulary, and interests. 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book Available on August 17! The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s annual KIDS COUNT Data Book is a comprehensive resource on the status of U.S. children, featuring state-specific data on ten key indicators of child well-being. This year’s Data Book examines how children and families are faring in the wake of the economic downturn. The report can be downloaded to create maps and graphs at the national, state, and local level. The 2011 mobile site offers access to hundreds of indicators of child well-being. It can be downloaded from:http://datacenter.kidscount.org/databook/. To access the Data Center, please visit: http://datacenter.kidscount.org “State of the Young Hoosier Child” was completed through Indiana’s Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems grant recipient “Sunny Start.” Multiple factors contribute to the well-being of Indiana’s children and their families. A child’s ability to learn and stay healthy can be determined in part by his early childhood experiences-or even before he is born. Researchers found that many adult health problems, for example, can be attributed to early childhood experiences. Children who received a high-quality education are likely to earn more, pay more taxes, and commit fewer crimes as adults. Download the study at: http://sunnystart.in.gov/syhc In their new book, The Risks of Prescription Drugs, health policy experts Donald Light, Howard Brody, Peter Conrad, Allan Horwitz, and Cheryl Stults describe how current regulations reward drug companies to expand clinical risks and create new diseases so millions of patients are exposed to unnecessary risks, especially women and the elderly. They reward developing marginally better drugs rather than discovering breakthrough, life-saving drugs. Harmful side effects have become epidemic, about 23-46 million a year, resulting in 1.5 million hospitalizations and about 115,000 deaths. The book covers issues important to C&Y section members. Allan Horwitz describes the rapid increase in youth being prescribed psychotropic drugs. Key to the proliferation syndrome is prescribing off-label, without telling the patients or their families. Furthermore, Peter Conrad and Cheryl Stults describe the medicalization of women and mothers. Markella B. Rutherford recently published Adult Supervision Required: Private Freedom and Public Constraints for Parents and Children (Rutgers University Press, September 2011). In many ways, today’s parents and children have more freedom than ever before. There is widespread respect for children’s autonomy as distinct individuals, and a broad range of parenting styles are flourishing. Yet it may also be fair to say that there is an unprecedented fear of children’s and parents’ freedom. Dread about Amber Alerts and “stranger danger” have put an end to the unsupervised outdoor play enjoyed by earlier generations of suburban kids. Using popular parenting advice literature as a springboard for a broader sociological analysis of the American family, Rutherford explores how our increasingly psychological conception of the family might be jeopardizing our appreciation for parents’ and children’s public lives and civil liberties. Markella B. Rutherford is an assistant professor of sociology at Wellesley College. Ralph LaRossa published Of War and Men: World War II in the Lives of Fathers and Their Families with University of Chicago Press. To uncover the real story of fatherhood during the transformative era of the 1950s, LaRossa takes the long view—from the attack on Pearl Harbor up to the election of John F. Kennedy— revealing the myriad ways that World War II and its aftermath shaped men. The book explores the brutal side of family life in the postwar years. In the book, he dismantles stereotypes while offering up a chronicle of fatherhood in all its complexity. Yvonne Vissing recently published Introduction to Sociology with Bridgeport Education Publishers. The textbook addresses children’s issues more than most Introduction to Sociology textbooks. Professor Vissing teachers at Salem State University. The Brooklyn CUNY Children’s Studies Program and Center has published New Horizons III: The Future of Children, Youth, and the Public Good. The publication details the news, events, and activities of the Children's Studies Program and Center over the past year. The Children's Studies website has extensive information on legislation for an Independent Office of the Child Advocate for New York. For a complete list of their news visit: http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/departments/childrensstudies/ |
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