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Conferences

Participation and Presentation

2007-2008 Conference listing will be available soon.

The following represents conferences attended in 2006-2007 and 2005-2006 by the Sociology faculty, and at which they presented papers and have had proposals accepted for presentations.
 

2006-2007
American Sociological Association – Annual Meeting, Montreal Canada, August, 2006
Theme: Great Divides, Transgressing Boundaries
Canadian Association of Latino and Caribbean Studies (CALACS) – Annual Meeting
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, September 25-29, 2006
Theme: From Local to Global in Latin American and The Caribbean.  Where Have We Come From and Where Are We Headed?
Paula Aymer to present paper: Developing Caricom Economy and Single Market (CSME) Identities in Competing Caribbean Tourism Economies
2005-2006
Society for Women Sociologists (SWS) – Puerto Rico, January 26-29, 2005
Theme: The Places of our Lives
American Sociology Association (ASA) – Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, August 2005
Theme: Sociology in The 21st Century
Paper presented by Sarah Sobieraj:  The Implications of Transitions in the Voluntary Sector for Civic Engagement: A Case Study of Association Mobilization around the 2000 Presidential Campaign.
Women’s Studies Fall Symposium – Duke University, November17-19, 2005.
Theme: Gendering the Diaspora, Race-ing the Transnational
Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) – Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts, February 23-26, 2006
Paper presented by Sarah Sobieraj"Negotiating Authenticity: Activists, Journalists, and the Construction of News."
Caribbean Studies Association (CSA) – Trinidad, May 29-June 3, 2006
Theme: The Caribbean in the Age of Modernity: the role of the Academy in Responding to the Challenges of the region.
Paper presented by Paula Aymer: "Caribbean Women: Service Workers in the CSME Informal Labor Market."
University of Cambridge – Cambridge, UK, June 9-10, 2006
Theme:  Art Theft: History, Prevention, Detection, Solution
John Conklin to present paper.
International Peace Research Association – Calgary, Alberta Canada, July 2006
 
The 78th. Annual Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) Meetings
Oakland California, March 29 – April 1, 2007
Theme: Sociology in the Academy: Its Current and Prospective Position
Jim Ennis presents in the Plenary Session at Pacific Sociological Meetings.