COUCH/STONE SYMPOSIUM
May 4-5, 2007
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Lonnie Athens, Program Chair
Seton Hall University
South Orange, New Jersey 07079

Friday, May 4, 2007
8:00- 9:15 a.m

1. Investigating Social interaction in Diverse Settings
Chair: Don Mynatt
Discussant: William Barton
Department of Sociology
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

* “Peer Abuse: A Qualitative Investigation”
Jessica Abernathy
University of Memphis

* “Negotiating the Women’s Restroom”
John Pruit
University of Memphis

* “Are You Any Different?”
Alicia Golston
University of Memphis

* “The Construction of “Vibe” in Deejay Culture”
Don Mynatt
University of Memphis

SSSI Combined Business and Publications’ Committee Meeting
Business Committee Meeting
Chair: Lonnie Athens, Seton Hall University

Publications Committee Meeting
Chair: Andy Fontana, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

9:30- 10:45 a.m.

2. Self, Identity, and Authenticity in Social Interaction: I

Chair: Kevin Vryan
Department of Sociology
Indiana University at Bloomington
Bloomington, Indiana

* “Finding Love Online: An Ethnographic Inquiry of the Internet Dating Process”
Megan Mutcheson
University of Waterloo (Canada)

* ‘That’s How We Roll’: The Social Construction of the Modern-Day Rollergirl”
Natalie M. Peluso,
University of Connecticut at Storrs

* “Discourses of Consumption and Authenticity among Collectible Games Players”
Patrick Williams
Arkansas State University at Fayetteville

* “The Post Self and the Dynamics of Posthumous Impression Management”
Steven Seiler
University of Tennessee at Knoxville

3. Interactionist’s Studies of Media Ecologies
Chair: Philillip Vannini
School of Communication & Culture
Royal Roads University
Victoria, British Columbia (Canada)

* “Producing and Consuming Poetic Texts in the Classical Roman Era: The Pragmatist Contributions of Horace (65-8BCE), Longinus (100CE), and Plutarch (46-125CE)”
Robert Prus
University of Waterloo (Canada)
* “If you're a fake, then what am I? Resistance and Identity in the Hyper-Real”
Gary Krug
Eastern Washington University
* “Laptop Love: Universal Instincts in a Globalized World”
Grant Kien
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
* “The Music Ringtone as an Identity Management Device”
Chris Schneider
Arizona State University at Tempe
* “Initial Involvements in Car Enthusiasts Social World”
Paul Viidik
University of Waterloo (Canada)

11:00 – 12:15 p.m.
4. Ethnographic Performances of Ethnicity, Race, and Gender: Identity and Resistance in the Social World
Chair: Carol Rambo
Department of Sociology
University of Memphis
Memphis, Tennessee

* “Old World Sexism Transplanted: ‘Test of the Sheet’”
Lonnie Athens
Seton Hall University
* “Leaving Blossom Hill Act II: One Black Woman’s Journey Through Death and Grief”
Evette Hornsby-Minor
St. Lawrence University
* “Poetic Evidence from Emotional Landscapes: A Queer Way to do Research”
John J. Guiney Yallop
The University of Western Ontario (Canada)

12:15-1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break1:00-2:15 p.m.

5. Activity, Practice, and Interchange
Chair: Robert Prus
Department of Sociology
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

* "Narrative Warrants: A Structural Analysis of Police Incident Reports."
Lawrence T. Nichols, James J. Nolan III, and Corey J. Colyer
West Virginia University
* “Pursuing and Avoiding Third Party Involvements in University Administrative Contexts"
Tim Gawley
Wilfrid Laurier University, Brantford Campus (Canada)
* "Experiencing the Community: Raves as Collective Events"
Brittany Waghorn
University of Waterloo (Canada)
* "Re-Thinking G.H. Mead: Toward an Interactionist Theory of Practice."
Anthony J. Puddephatt
Cornell University

2:30-3:45 p.m.
6. The Interview as a Live Performance: Re-examining Interviewing from a Postmodern Perspective"(Special Joint Session with International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry)
Chair: Andy Fontana
Department of Sociology
University of Nevada at Las Vegas

* "Tell Me Some of Your Fantasies"
Broke Wagner
University of Nevada at Las Vegas
Christina Nicholas,
University of Nevada at Las Vegas,
Emily Hussey
Indiana University Northwest
* "The Other Side of Interviewing"
Simon Gottschalk
University of Nevada at Las Vegas
* "Discussion: but is this sociology?"
Andy Fontana
University of Nevada at Las Vegas,
Joseph Kotarba,
University of Houston and
Simon Gottschalk
University of Nevada at Las Vegas

4:00-5: 15 p.m.

7. Spencer Cahill: Celebrating His Life and Work
Co-chairs: Clinton Sanders
Department of Sociology
University of Connecticut at Storrs
Michael Flaherty
Department of Sociology
Eckerd College

Speakers
Gerald Handel
City College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York
Dan Miller
University of Dayton
William Force
University of Missouri at Columbia
Peter Hall
University of Missouri at Columbia

5:30 – 6:30 p.m.

8. Couch/Stone Inaugural Distinguished Lecture: (Special joint session with International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry)

“Mead, Dewey & Peirce’s Special Territory in Sociological Space”
Norbert Wiley, Professor Emeritus
Department of Sociology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Saturday, May 4, 2007
8:00-9:15 p.m.

9. Self, Identity, and Authenticity in Social Interaction II
Chair: Kevin D. Vryan
Department of Sociology
Indiana University at Bloomington

* “The First year of Graduate School: A Single Mom's Quest for a Better Life”
Marne Johnson
Western Michigan University
* “Making Room for Papa: An Autoethnography”
Jaigris Phillips
York University (Canada)
* “I’m No Hero: Identity Expression and Valuation in Narratives of World War II”
Julie B. Wiest
University of Tennessee at Knoxville

SSSI International Advisory Committee Meeting

Co-chairs: Andy Fontana
Jude Robinson, University of Liverpool,
Leslie Wasson, Chapman University

9:30- 10:45 A.M

10. Recent Symbolic Interactionist’s Contributions to Criminology
Chair: Jeffery Ulmer
Department of Sociology and Crime, Law, and Justice
Penn State University at University Park

* “Violentization Theory: Social Act, Socialization, and the Community”
Lonnie Athens
Seton Hall University
* “Reclaiming SI’s Criminological Tradition”
Pete Simi
University of Nebraska at Omaha
* “Commitment Portfolios and Criminal Careers”
Jeffery Ulmer
Penn State University at University Park
* “Attitudes, Belief, and Behavior in Criminological Research.”
Craig Weirnik
Penn State University at University Park
* “Social Worlds of Deviant Careers”
Mindy Bradley
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

11:00 -12:30 p.m.
11. Communication and Social Control
Co-chair: David Altheide
Co-chair: Michael Coyle
School of Social Justice and Social Inquiry
Arizona State University at Tempe

* "Media Communication and Criminal Justice Policy: Three Strikes and You're Out."
Jennifer Grimes
Indiana State University
* “The Meaning of International Peace and Security: A Comparative Examination of Security Council Title VII Decision Making Process.”
Abu Mboka
Arizona State University
* “The “Mental Movies” of Carelessness, Fire Prevention, and Patriotism During ‘The Great War’: An Invitation to the Indexical Imaginary.”
Eric W. Hanbury
Carnegie Mellon University
* “The Emerging Acceptance of the Word ‘Bitch’ in Popular Culture.”
Christopher Schneider, and David Altheide
Arizona State University at Tempe

12:30-1:00 p.m.
Lunch Break

1:00- 2:15
12. Social Interaction and the Body
Chair: Dennis Waskul
Department of Sociology
Minnesota State University at Mankato

* “A Queen's Drowning: The Abject Body of a Broken Machine”
Phillip Vannini
Royal Roads University (British Columbia)
* “Adult/Adolescent Interaction and Adolescent Brain Development”
Alireza Moula
Linkopings universitet (Sweden)
* “Body, Self, and God: Body as Locus for Disability and Religion”
Matt Lust
Minnesota State University (USA)
* “What Are You? Identity Formation and Racial Ambiguity”
Tiffanie Grier
University of Memphis (USA)

13. ALTERNATIVE METHODS IN INTERACTIONIST RESEARCH
Chair: Dan E. Miller
University of Dayton

* “Comparative Content Analysis”
Abu Karimu Mboka
Arizona State University, Tempe
* “Participatory Action Research and Interactionism: How Interactionist Social Workers Interact with Clients, Document their Interactions, and Evaluate Interactions.”
Alireza Moula
Lincopings Universitet (Sweden)
* “Alternatives to Ethnography: Experiments, Quasi-Experiments, and Surveys”
Dan E. Miller
University of Dayton

2:30-3:45 p.m.

14. Traditional Qualitative Methods in Practice
Chair: Kathy Charmz
Department of Sociology
Sonoma State University

* “Ambivalence, Authenticity, and Architecture: Researching the Renovation
of the Historic Built Environment”
Melinda Milligan
Sonoma State University
* “Ghettoization and Self-Ghettoization: Learning from New Immigrant
Communities”
Lubomir Popov
Bowling Green State University
* “Temporality and Flirtation: Actualization Practices and the Structure of
Sexualized Interaction”
Iddo Tavory
University of California at Los Angeles
* “Impression Management and Contemporary Folk Performance: Engaging Audiences and Making Music”
Scott Grills
Brandon University (Canada)

Discussant
Lori Kendall
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

15. Interactionist’s Studies of Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Chair: Rob Benford,
Department of Sociology
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale

* “’We bring the cup to their mouths…:’ Examination of the Formation and Maintenance f the Westboro Baptist Church Identity”
Todd Powell-Williams
Melissa Powell-Williams
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
* “Performance Protest, Gender, and the Cultural Appropriation of Disaster Symbolism following Hurricane Katrina”
Emmanuel A. David,
University of Colorado at Boulder
* “Exclusion/Inclusion Developing Collective Identity: The Experience of African American Transgenders in the Southern U.S.”
Kylan Mattias de Vries
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
* “Examining Competitive Event Contexts: The Dissolving of Collective Behavior”
Ariane Hanemaayer
University of Waterloo (Canada)

4:00-5:45 p.m.

16. Director Confronts Film Critics (special joint session with International Congress of
Qualitative Inquiry)
Documentary: “Home”

“An intimate and touching commentary on race, class, and the future of America”
Excerpt from: Margaret Mead Films & Video Festival.
(Winner of Special Jury Award: AFI /Discovery Silver Docs)

Co-Chairs:
Lonnie Athens
Seton Hall University

Andy Fonatana
University of Nevada at Las Vegas

Jeffrey M. Togman, Director
Associate Provost
President’s Hall
Seton Hall University
South Orange, New Jersey 07079

Panel of Film Critics:
David Altheide,
Arizona State University at Tempe
Allison Cody
University of Memphis
Tiffanie Grier
University of Memphis (USA)
Joseph Kotarba
University of Houston
Jonathon Murphy
University of Memphis
Jude Robinson,
University of Liverpool (Great Britain)
Philillip Vannini
Royal Roads University (Canada)

17. Interactionist Studies of Knowledge, Science and Technology
Chair: Antony Puddephatt
Department of Science & Technology Studies
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

* “Making Sense of the Senseless: Constructing Vocabularies of Motive Around the Stockholm Syndrome”
Benjamin Kelly
McMaster University (Canada)

* “Cultures of Categories: Psychological Diagnoses as Institutional and Political Projects before and after the transition from State Socialism in 1989 in East Germany.”
Christine A. Leuenberger
Cornell University

“Emergency Response and Information, Communication Technologies: A Social Worlds/Arenas Analysis of Emergency ‘Interoperability’ and the Socio-Material Construction of Social Order”
Carrie Sanders
McMaster University (Canada)

Finished 3/7/2007

Couch-Stone Meeting

    The 2007 Couch-Stone Symposium of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction will be held in conjunction with the “3rd International Congress. The SSSI will be co-sponsors of the Congress, and  will share their program and keynote speaker with Congress participants. This joint conference will be  a golden opportunity for IAQI members to learn more about symbolic interactionism. It also presents an opportunity for  symbolic interactionists to learn more about the IAQI community. To help make this joint meeting a success, delegates are invited to consult  the call for papers in the present issue of SSSI Notes  (website:http://sun.soci.niu.edu/~sssi/couchstone/couchstone.html).

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