A Brief History of the Pacific Sociological Association

Dorn, Dean S.

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“…New committees were created to help with contract negotiations with the publishers of the Pacific Sociological Review. (The Pacific Sociological Review served as the organizational journal first published in 1958, to assist professional sociologists with challenges to their academic freedom, and faculty members with sexual and racial discrimination (Dorn 2014). The journal's name has since been changed to Sociological Perspectives).…”

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“…Next we turn to a description of the increased (institutional and professional) diversity of members and the challenges it presented. (Dorn 2014). This was, in part, due to increased recruiting efforts on the part of the executive office, particularly in recruiting teaching sociologists, graduate and undergraduate students, and faculty from community colleges and 2-year institutions.…”

Section: The Challenges Of Transitioning To a More Formal Structurementioning

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Challenges in Governance for the PSA as a Regional Sociological Association

Kuipers

Obernesser

2014

Am Soc

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In this essay we identify and discuss some of the challenges currently faced by the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA) related to its governance. The PSA is not unlike other regional associations and faces similar challenges. The rapid growth in membership for the association has repeatedly placed strains on the governance structure, particularly on the office of the Executive Director. The formal organization of governance has not always matched the actual ways in which governing is carried out, almost entirely by volunteers. Although there is growth, there is also significant turnover in members from year to year and this presents a challenge for maintaining an active, vibrant organization. The governing structure of elected committees and officers has not changed with membership growth but the number of standing committees has increased dramatically, spreading the volunteer membership thin. To meet these challenges, we make several suggestions. We argue for the importance of maintaining a stable membership; that the PSA should continue its work to formally define roles and positions including a restructuring of its committees; and an emphasis should be placed on providing an intellectual home for the members of the PSA. We elaborate on these responses to the challenges faced by the PSA and suggest considerations for the association as it moves into the final decade of its first 100 years.

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Section: The Challenges Of Transitioning To a More Formal Structurementioning

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Challenges in Governance for the PSA as a Regional Sociological Association

Kuipers

Obernesser

2014

Am Soc

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“… 1. For important historical analysis of the Pacific Sociological Association, see Dean Dorn (2005, 2014) and Dennis J. Downey and Charles Hohm (2014). …”

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The Ethnographer’s Circle: Institutionalizing Ethnography in the Pacific Sociological Association

Hancock¹,

Morrison²

2018

Sociological Perspectives

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A Brief History of the Pacific Sociological Association

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Challenges in Governance for the PSA as a Regional Sociological Association

Challenges in Governance for the PSA as a Regional Sociological Association

The Ethnographer’s Circle: Institutionalizing Ethnography in the Pacific Sociological Association

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