AACS is now working with the American Sociological Association to create a list of contacts who identify as applied, clinical, and/or practicing sociologists and whose professional activities are primarily pursued outside of academic contexts.
We would like you to submit the name and contact information (e-mail address or telephone) for anyone you know who fits this description — of course, including yourself! Contact Jay Weinstein, AACS Board Member Ex Officio, at
weinsteinjay@sbsglobal.net.
If you believe that it is necessary to secure the permission of potential participants, please do so. The reason we want to contact them is very simple: We need their contributions to help redefine the profession of sociology as a real-world
practice as well as an academic discipline.
We are sure you realize how important it is to enlist the support and participation of this often “invisible” — but potentially huge — segment of our community. And AACS and the ASA are most grateful for your help.
With thanks.
Jay Weinstein
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Our Former President, Ross Koppel, hit the Phillie paper again…. This time identifying problems with using bar codes (the kind we use at a self-checkout) in hospitals. Way to go Ross!
http://www.philly.com/inquirer/health_science/daily/20080701_Hospital_bar_codes_not_a_perfect_Rx.html
To read the press release from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School, click here.
Jay Weinstein and Jeff Will recently participated in the World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology. This year’s Congress, held in Budapest, boosted the theme: “Sociology Looks at the Twenty-First Century: From Local Universalism to Global Contextualism.”
Jeff, current President of AACS and Professor of Sociology at the University of North Florida, presented the paper Understanding Community Through Proactive Applied Sociology. The paper examined how university based sociologists engage with community partners to address social problems and public policy.
Jay, editor of our journal, Applied Social Science, and Professor of Sociology at Eastern Michigan University, co-organized two sessions with his colleague Dr. Fatos Tarifa, Sociology Professor and former Albanian Abassador to the
U.S., on Post-Communist Reconstruction in Central and Eastern Europe: The Second Decade.
I asked these esteemed colleagues a few questions about their trip. One J responded. See if you can guess.
1. What did you like the most about the IIS? Meeting with friends and colleagues from past world congresses. Nice people, good food if you choose wisely. Very nice setting on the Donnau (Danube) River.
2. What did you like the least about the IIS? The usual dose of “pure” sociology virtuosity (how many “isms” and “izations” can one fit into a sentence). And it is too hot (this time of year) and way too expensive.
3. What was the strangest thing you observed at the IIS? Jeff Will. 
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