SBPC: Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division of SSSP Spring 2012 Bulletin SBPC Division Chair Corie Hammers Assistant Professor Department of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Macalester College 1600 Grand Avenue Saint Paul, MNÊ 55105 Save The Date! SSSP 2012 Annual Meeting 62nd Annual Meeting? Thursday. August 16th Ð Saturday, August 18th, 2012? The Grand Hyatt Denver Hotel Denver, CO In This Edition: Division Member News and Notes: _____ Pg. 2 Annual Conference Division Sessions: Pg. 3 New In Press: ______________________ Pg. 3 Upcoming Events: ___________________ Pg. 4-5 Calls for Submissions: _______________Pg. 6 EditorÕs Note: As this yearÕs editor for the SSSP SBPC Newsletter, I am pleased to bring you this special ÒSpring BulletinÓ, a brief set of news, notes, and other items of interest to SBPC members. The next full-length newsletter will be out shortly, preceding the SSSP conference, and will include more detailed information on conference panel presentations and other relevant events going on in Denver. The call for submissions for the summer newsletter will be posted at the beginning of June. As before, I will be looking for interesting, current, noteworthy, and thought-provoking materials, and welcome any and all suggestions for innovative materials that can help foster continued growth and enthusiasm within this Division of SSSP. Please feel welcome to contact me at any time. Best, Karen Macke Email: kemacke@maxwell.syr.edu DIVISION MEMBER NEWS & NOTES Awards, Honors, & Distinctions Eric Anthony Grollman received first place in the 2012 Midwest Sociological Society graduate student paper competition for his paper, "Multiple Forms of Perceived Discrimination and Health among Adolescents and Young Adults."Ê The paper will published in the June 2012 issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. New Division Member Publications Bernstein, Mary and Paul Swartwout.Ê Forthcoming.Ê ÒGay Officers In Their Midst:Ê Heterosexual Police EmployeesÕ Anticipation of the Consequences for Coworkers Who Come Out.ÓÊ Journal of Homosexuality.Ê Bernstein, Mary.Ê Forthcoming.Ê ÒSexualities and Human Rights.ÓÊ In The Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights, edited by David Brunsma, Keri Iyall Smith, and Brian Gran.Ê Bernstein, Mary.Ê 2011.Ê ÒUnited States:Ê Multi-Institutional Politics, Social Movements and the State.ÓÊ Pp. 197-211 in The Lesbian and Gay Movement and the State: Comparative Insights into a Transformed Relationship, edited by Manon Tremblay, David Paternotte, and Carol Johnson.Ê Surrey, England:Ê Ashgate Publishing Ltd. Bernstein, Mary. 2012.Ê ÒThe Implications of a Turning Tide.ÓÊ In Mobilizing Ideas: LGBT Activism, Has the Tide Turned? a publication of the Center for the Study of Social Movements at Notre Dame.Ê http://mobilizingideas.wordpress.com/ New PhDs On The Market Melissa F. Lavin earned her Ph.D. in 2011 from University of Connecticut, where she is currently an adjunct professor. She has researched extensively on sex work and drug use; her exploration is based on over 13 years of ethnographic work within strip clubs. Dr. Lavin is interested in how drug and alcohol use operate organizationally in strip clubs, and what use patterns mean to setting actors. In particular, she has investigated how periodic drug raids put strippers at risk to become criminally entangled. Her research on sex workers also centers on bodies and embodiment, context-specific prostitution and the law, race and racialization, and social control and bouncer surveillance. Her areas of expertise within sociology include crime and deviance, gender and sexualities, qualitative methods, and sociological psychology. SBPC DIVISION SESSIONS, ANNUAL MEETING, 2012 The following is a list of SBPC panels and sessions that are co-sponsored with other SSSP divisions that we hope you will find exciting. We hope to see you in Denver this summer! Session 1: Thematic: Sex Work Organizer: Sandra Schroer Session 2: Sexuality on the Edge Organizer: Kathleen Asbury Session 3: Public Sex/ualities Organizer: Corie Hammers Co-sponsored Sessions Session 1: Gender, Sexuality and the Law (Law & Society) Organizer: Corie Hammers, Kim Richman Session 2: Black Men, Queer Visibility and Acceptance (Racial and Ethnic Minorities) Organizer: Shandu Foster Session 3: Sex/y Activism (Conflict, Social Activism & Change) Organizer: Barbara Brents Session 4: Sexual Minorities, Homophobia and Sporting Communities (Sport, Leisure, and the Body) Organizer: Elise Paradis Session 5: Constructing Sex Work (Poverty, Class and Inequality) Organizer: Shawn Cassiman Session 6: Queer Families (Family) Organizer: Elisabeth Sheff PUBLICATIONS IN PRESS IN DEVELOPMENT... "Homosexuality and Community in Pre-Nazi Germany" (working title) The author is Dr. Andrew Wackerfuss. Located in the area of the social history of sexuality, it deals with family and church life of gay members of the SA (the paramilitary organization which pre-dated the SS). For the latest information, go to: UPCOMING EVENTS ÒCrossing Boundaries, Workshopping SexualitiesÓ First Mini-Conference Hosted By The ASA Section on Sexualities, The Sexualities Section of the American Sociological Association invites you to be a part of, Crossing Boundaries, Workshopping Sexualities, the first national mini-conference on sexualities studies in sociology. This two-day (August 15-16) conference will precede the 2012 Annual Meeting of the ASA in Denver, Colorado. Crossing Boundaries, Workshopping Sexualities will bring together scholars working in the field of sexuality studies for an intensive two days of workshops, geared towards mapping and advancing the field, while building community and collective knowledge. To celebrate the vibrant life of the Sexualities Section, the conference also will include keynote panels by eminent sexualities scholars who will discuss the past, present, and future state of the field of sexualities research within sociology. ?This conference aims to unite junior and senior scholars working in related areas in an effort to share theoretical and methodological advances, create intellectual networks, and promote rich collaborations within the field of sexualities studies. For more specific information, the website address is: http://www.crossing-boundaries.org/ ÒPerformances of Queer PedagogyÓ Queer Pedagogy Workshop Thursday, May 17th from 2:30 to 5:30 PM University of Washington, Seattle Allen Library Research Commons, Red A Cultivating a queer pedagogy can include fostering inclusive classrooms, negotiating instructor performances, and queering classroom content and methods. Through group dialogue and interactive exercises, this free public workshop will explore the terrain of queer pedagogy. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to: * build capacities for recognizing and reflecting on how gender and sexuality, as articulated to other forms of difference, shape classroom dynamics * explore and practice strategies for responding to issues related to gender and sexuality in the classroom * connect with resources and an interdisciplinary community to foster reflection and revision beyond the workshop Teaching assistants, instructors, and faculty from all disciplines and institutions are welcome. Refreshments will be provided. To register for this free workshop, please visit: https://catalyst.uw.edu/webq/survey/qppgig/161712 If you have questions regarding the workshop, please contact Heather Arvidson at arvidson@uw.edu. This workshop is designed and facilitated by the Simpson Center for the Humanities'ÊQueerÊPedagogical Performance graduate student interest group. Ê ÒSex and Gender SpectraÓ November 29th Ð December 1st, 2012 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The LGBT Studies Program of the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will be hosting a conference entitled "Sex and Gender Spectra." The conference will address life beyond sex/gender binaries, including topics such as androgyny, genderquerity, intersexuality, the gender transition process, camp and drag, female masculinity and feminine men, multiple-gender cultural roles, and institutional attempts to impose a binary on all of these. The keynote address will be presented by Dr. Katrina Karkazis, author of Fixing Sex: Intersex, Medical Authority and Lived Experience. Proposals for symposia, paper presentations, gallery exhibitions, or other activities can be directed to Cary Gabriel Costello, director of the UWM LGBT Studies Program, at costello@uwm.edu. ÒHomonationalism and PinkwashingÓ The Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, CUNY Graduate Center ?? ?? April 10-11, 2013 ?? ? Keynotes by Jasbir Puar, Judith Butler, Rabih Almmedine, and Haneen MaiKey???? *** Submission Deadline: July 1, 2012 *** Homonationalism and Pinkwashing mark a crucial turning point for Queer Scholars and Activists. This conference provides an opportunity to examine Queer Resistance and Complicity globally, in all of their complexities, with a political maturity that acknowledges the responsibility of access, the activism of necessity, the potential and impossible communities, identifications, solidarities, unities and consequential calls for action. Acknowledging these conditions make it imperative for Activists and Scholars to convene and bring together the theoretical and the applied, repositioning our resources to focus on a rejuvenated Queer future, movement, movements, efforts, actions, organizing and focus towards a vision of freedom that finally includes us all. ??We invite proposals for papers, panels, workshops, performances or films from all. No institutional affiliation required. Undergraduate submissions are also encouraged. For complete conference description, including Call for Submissions, see the Conference Website: http://web.gc.cuny.edu/clags/pages/homonationalism.html Possible topics include: -Expanding our understandings of Queer Resistance and Complicity??? -Emerging Queer Movements Globally??? -Hindus, Islamaphobia and Queer Emergence??? -Arab Jews (Mizrachis) and Occupation/Pinkwashing/Diaspora??? -Iran, Iraq and the Use of anti-LGBT Persecution to Justify Military Assault? ? -Transfeminism and the Global LGBT??? -Race, Sexuality and the US Military??? -Queer and The Boycott/Divestment/Sanctions Movement??? -Christian Evangelicals: Differing strategies for Uganda and Israel ? ?? -The rise of LGBT wings of European Right Wing Movements? ? -HRC, GLAAD, and the Gay Corporate Auxilliaries??? -AIDS, NGO's and Partnering With Global Pharma??? -Homonationalism -Hollywood and Popular Culture??? CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS RJS: The Rutgers Journal of Sociology: Emerging Areas in Sociological Inquiry CALL FOR PAPERS, 2012 The Rutgers Journal of Sociology: Emerging Areas in Sociological Inquiry provides a forum for graduate students and junior scholars to present well-researched and theoretically compelling review articles on an annual topic in sociology. Each volume features comprehensive commentary on emerging areas of sociological interest. These are critical evaluations of current research synthesized into cohesive articles about the state of the art in the discipline. Works that highlight the cutting edge of the field, in terms of theoretical, methodological, or topical areas, are privileged. RJS invites submissions for its third annual edition: Inequalities Reinterpreted. *** Papers and abstracts must be submitted by September 15th, 2012 *** ?We are seeking reviews by authors who take a fresh approach to inequality. Areas of interest include: -Blending different sociological and/or interdisciplinary paradigms of inequality -New perspectives on social hierarchies, stratification and mobility -How a particular concept in the sociology of inequality has developed over time -New understandings of global inequality ? We also seek reviews showing how social actors are redefining inequality or experiencing inequality in a new way. Areas of interest include: -Political contestations over inequalities -Emerging lay discourses of inequality -New forms of collective resistance to inequalities -Media representations of inequality -New frames, contexts, forums, and performances of inequality -Inequalities, publics, and counterpublics Guidelines: We accept original reviews of relevant research. We do not accept empirical research papers. Papers must not be under review or elsewhere published at the time of submission and should be no more than 10,000 words, including references, notes, tables, figures, acknowledgements and all cover pages. The first page should contain a title, authorÕs affiliation, a running head and approximate word count. The second page should contain the title, an abstract of no more than 250 words and should not contain the names of the authors. Papers should be double-spaced, using Times New Roman font size 12, with 1.25Ó margins on all sides. All references should be in ASA Style. All documents should be in Microsoft Word and submitted as email attachments to RJS@sociology.rutgers.edu. For further guidelines, see our guide for contributors at http://sociology.rutgers.edu/RJS.html