Joint Reception: Theory Section and Section on History of Sociology
Saturday, August 22, 6:30-8:30PM
Offsite: Roosevelt University, Room 418, Wabash Building, 425 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Theory Section Roundtables
Organizers: Fiona Rose-Greenland (Chicago) and Daniel Hirschman (Michigan)
Monday, August 24, 8:30-9:30AM
Theory Section Business Meeting
Monday, August 24, 9:30-10:30AM
Saturday, August 22, 6:30-8:30PM
Offsite: Roosevelt University, Room 418, Wabash Building, 425 South Wabash Avenue, Chicago, IL 60605
Theory Section Roundtables
Organizers: Fiona Rose-Greenland (Chicago) and Daniel Hirschman (Michigan)
Monday, August 24, 8:30-9:30AM
Theory Section Business Meeting
Monday, August 24, 9:30-10:30AM
Theory Section Invited Session: Lewis A. Coser Memorial Lecture and Salon
Monday, August 24, 10:30AM-12:10PM
Session Organizer: John W. Mohr (UCSB)
Presider: Andrew J. Perrin (UNC Chapel Hill)
Panelist: Marion Fourcade (Berkeley)
Theory Section Paper Session: The Promise and Pitfalls of ‘Nuance’ in Sociological Theory
Monday, August 24, 2:30-4:10PM
Session Organizer: Stephen Vaisey (Duke)
Presider: Stephen Vaisey (Duke)
“Fuck Nuance” (Kieran Healy, Duke University)
“Ratio via Machina: Three Standards of Mechanistic Explanation in Sociology” (Natalie Brooke Aviles, UCSD: Isaac Ariail Reed, University of Colorado, Boulder)
“Social Action, Social Structure, and Their Discontents: Bourdieu and an Alternative” (Serena Liu, University of Essex)
Theory Section Paper Session: Theory, Method, Data, and Representation
Monday, August 24, 4:30-6:10PM
Session Organizer: Andrew J. Perrin (UNCCH)
Presider: Andrew J. Perrin (UNC)
“Explaining the Past While Studying the Present: History as Born and Performed” (Pepper Glass, Weber State University)
“From Meaning to Behavior: Mental Representation, the Patterning of Social Life, and Cultural Analysis” (Lynette Shaw, University of Washington; Nina Lyn Cesare, University of Washington; Michael Hughes Esposito, University of Washington)
“Fuzzy Logic, Semantic Networks, and Theory Development in the Sociological Analysis of Texts” (Matthew Chandler, University of Notre Dame)
“Unpacking Swidler’s Tool Kit: Using Citation Networks to Theorize Contemporary Theory” (Daryl Carr*)
*It is with great sadness that we mourn that passing of Daryl Carr, a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Sociology at Boston University (1984-2015).
Discussant: Andrew J. Perrin (UNC)
Theory Section Paper Session: Theorizing Inequalities
Tuesday, August 25, 8:30-10:10AM
Session Organizer: C.J. Pascoe (Oregon)
Presider: Matthew Norton (Oregon)
“Linguistic Modernity: The Limits of Ideology and State Power in the Creation of Modern Standard Languages” (Jeffrey Weng, Berkeley)
“Sociology and Political Science in the Patrimonial Society: Implications of Piketty’s Capital” (Francois Bonnet, CNRS; Clement Thery, Columbia University – Bard College)
“The Politics of Equals: Towards a Theory of Equality in Sociology (Brian T. Connor, University of Massachusetts)
“Theorizing the Role of Symbolic Boundaries in Segmented Labour Markets: Clues from Inside the Academy” (Louise Birdsell Bauer, University of Toronto)
Discussant: Ryan Light (Oregon)
Theory Section Paper Session: Theorizing the Social: Studies of Science and Technology
Tuesday, August 25, 10:30AM-12:10PM
Session Organizer: Sara N. Shostak (Brandeis University)
Presider: Sara N. Shostak (Brandeis University)
“Acting as Neither Individual Nor Professional: Physicians’ Constitutive Ambivalence in Adopting Complex Technologies” (Daniel Menchik, Michigan State University)
“Enacting a Museum: How the Creation Museum Works as an Alternative Institution” (Kathleen C. Oberlin, Grinnell College)
“Value Added Modeling in Teacher Evaluation: A Case Study in Economic Imperialism?” (Zachary Webster Griffen, UCLA; Aaron Panofsky, UCLA)
“The Prehistory of Population Censuses in the Italian Regional States” (Rebecca Jean Emigh, UCLA; Dylan John Riley, UC-Berkeley; Patricia Ahmed, South Dakota State University-University Center)
“Who Knows? Medical Expertise in the Internet Era” (Kristin Kay Barker, University of New Mexico)
Monday, August 24, 10:30AM-12:10PM
Session Organizer: John W. Mohr (UCSB)
Presider: Andrew J. Perrin (UNC Chapel Hill)
Panelist: Marion Fourcade (Berkeley)
Theory Section Paper Session: The Promise and Pitfalls of ‘Nuance’ in Sociological Theory
Monday, August 24, 2:30-4:10PM
Session Organizer: Stephen Vaisey (Duke)
Presider: Stephen Vaisey (Duke)
“Fuck Nuance” (Kieran Healy, Duke University)
“Ratio via Machina: Three Standards of Mechanistic Explanation in Sociology” (Natalie Brooke Aviles, UCSD: Isaac Ariail Reed, University of Colorado, Boulder)
“Social Action, Social Structure, and Their Discontents: Bourdieu and an Alternative” (Serena Liu, University of Essex)
Theory Section Paper Session: Theory, Method, Data, and Representation
Monday, August 24, 4:30-6:10PM
Session Organizer: Andrew J. Perrin (UNCCH)
Presider: Andrew J. Perrin (UNC)
“Explaining the Past While Studying the Present: History as Born and Performed” (Pepper Glass, Weber State University)
“From Meaning to Behavior: Mental Representation, the Patterning of Social Life, and Cultural Analysis” (Lynette Shaw, University of Washington; Nina Lyn Cesare, University of Washington; Michael Hughes Esposito, University of Washington)
“Fuzzy Logic, Semantic Networks, and Theory Development in the Sociological Analysis of Texts” (Matthew Chandler, University of Notre Dame)
“Unpacking Swidler’s Tool Kit: Using Citation Networks to Theorize Contemporary Theory” (Daryl Carr*)
*It is with great sadness that we mourn that passing of Daryl Carr, a Ph.D. Student in the Department of Sociology at Boston University (1984-2015).
Discussant: Andrew J. Perrin (UNC)
Theory Section Paper Session: Theorizing Inequalities
Tuesday, August 25, 8:30-10:10AM
Session Organizer: C.J. Pascoe (Oregon)
Presider: Matthew Norton (Oregon)
“Linguistic Modernity: The Limits of Ideology and State Power in the Creation of Modern Standard Languages” (Jeffrey Weng, Berkeley)
“Sociology and Political Science in the Patrimonial Society: Implications of Piketty’s Capital” (Francois Bonnet, CNRS; Clement Thery, Columbia University – Bard College)
“The Politics of Equals: Towards a Theory of Equality in Sociology (Brian T. Connor, University of Massachusetts)
“Theorizing the Role of Symbolic Boundaries in Segmented Labour Markets: Clues from Inside the Academy” (Louise Birdsell Bauer, University of Toronto)
Discussant: Ryan Light (Oregon)
Theory Section Paper Session: Theorizing the Social: Studies of Science and Technology
Tuesday, August 25, 10:30AM-12:10PM
Session Organizer: Sara N. Shostak (Brandeis University)
Presider: Sara N. Shostak (Brandeis University)
“Acting as Neither Individual Nor Professional: Physicians’ Constitutive Ambivalence in Adopting Complex Technologies” (Daniel Menchik, Michigan State University)
“Enacting a Museum: How the Creation Museum Works as an Alternative Institution” (Kathleen C. Oberlin, Grinnell College)
“Value Added Modeling in Teacher Evaluation: A Case Study in Economic Imperialism?” (Zachary Webster Griffen, UCLA; Aaron Panofsky, UCLA)
“The Prehistory of Population Censuses in the Italian Regional States” (Rebecca Jean Emigh, UCLA; Dylan John Riley, UC-Berkeley; Patricia Ahmed, South Dakota State University-University Center)
“Who Knows? Medical Expertise in the Internet Era” (Kristin Kay Barker, University of New Mexico)
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