American Sociological Association's 94th anual meeting, program highlights

American Sociological Association's 94th annual meeting to be held in Chicago August 6 - 10

WASHINGTON - Nearly 5,000 registrants are expected to participate in the 1999 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA) to be held this year in Chicago at the Hilton Chicago and Towers and the Hilton Palmer House Hotel from August 6-10th. With over 500 sessions, significant research will be presented on a wide range of current topics of interest, including adolescent health, immigrant communities, welfare reform, education, and the family.

The theme of this year's meeting is Transitions in World Society. At the end of the century, scholars will reflect on the implications of the momentous changes that are transforming the world-from international migration to the revolution in communications technology. This year a special Town Meeting will be held on the 2000 Census with Dr. Kenneth Prewitt, Director, U.S. Bureau of the Census.

We look forward to seeing you in Chicago in August!

Opportunities at the Annual Meeting include:

• Interviews with high profile sociologists;
• Releases of new research findings;
• Press conferences on areas of current research;
• Newsworthy topics and exciting scholarship;
• Press conference with Dr. Kenneth Prewitt, Director, U.S. Bureau of the Census

American Sociological Association 94th Annual Meeting, August 6-10, 1999

Media Room Located in Private Dining Room 1, Hilton Chicago and Towers 720 S. Michigan Ave.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

FRIDAY, AUGUST 6
(Numbers in parentheses refer to sessions as listed in the program.)

• 8:30 AM Mothers, Fathers, and Kinship (14)
  
• 10:30 AM Thematic Session: Globalization, Transnationalism, and Disaporas at the Dawn of the 21st Century (25)
  Health Policy (38)
  
• 1:00 PM Press Conference, "Hate in America: What Do We Know?"
  
• 2:30 PM The Sociology of Credit and Finance (83)
  
• 4:30 PM Opening Plenary Session: "Immigration and the Remaking of the American Mosaic"
  Presider: ASA President Alejandro Portes (Princeton University) Featuring: Saskia Sassen (University of Chicago); Roger Waldinger (UCLA); Aristide R. Zolberg (New School for Social Research)

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7

• 8:30 AM Thematic Session: Transformation in the American Labor Market: At Century's End (98)
  Immigrant Families (110)
  
• 10:30 AM Thematic Session: Demographic Transitions at Century's End (130)
  Race and Education (149)
  
• 12:30 PM Regional Spotlight Session: the Chicago Face of Poverty and Welfare Reform (162)
  Risk, Responsibility, and the Limits of Institutions (180)
  
• 2:30 PM Press Conference, "Assimilation and the American Melting Pot?: Reflections at Century's End"
  
• 4:30 PM Presidential Address by Alejandro Portes, "The Hidden Abode: Sociology as the Study of the Unexpected," and ASA Awards Ceremony

SUNDAY, AUGUST 8

• 8:30 AM Regional Spotlight Session: Informing Chicago School Reform (219)
  Social Indicators and Social Well-Being (231)
  
• 10:30 AM Regional Spotlight Session: The New Politics of Race and Ethnicity in Chicago (244)
  Immigration: Second-Generation Experiences (253)
  
• 12:30 PM Town Meeting on "Census and Consensus: Controversies in the 2000 Census" featuring Dr. Kenneth Prewitt, Director of the U.S. Bureau of the Census.
  NOTE: Dr. Prewitt will be available for a press-only question and answer session from 2:45-3:30.
  
• 4:30 PM Thematic Session: Education at Century's End: A Retrospective and Prospective Analysis (293)
  Welfare Reform: Consequences for Native-Born and Immigrant Children (294)

• 8:30 AM Sexualities at Century's End (319)
  Composing a Life: Women, Work, and Family (331)
  
• 10:30 AM Health, Activism, and Community (366)
  Failure, Accident, and Mistake in Organizations and Professions (368)
  
• 12:30 PM Press Conference, "The Consequences of Poverty"
  
• 2:30 PM Countermovements: Movements of the Right (411)
  How Does Managed Care Really Work? UK and US Investigations (415)
  
• 4:30 PM Private Philanthropy and the Production of Social Change (423)
  Children at the Millenium: Where Have We Come From, Where Are We Going? (444)

• 8:30 AM Black Males, Inequality, and Policy (447)
  
• 10:30 AM East Asia: From Economic Miracle to Economic Crisis (484)
  Work and Retirement (485)
  
• 12:30 PM Welfare Reform in the U.S. (497)
  Disability and Social Life (499)
  
• 2:30 PM Poverty (517)
  Race, Ethnicity, and Interpersonal Relations (518)
  
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  Contact:
  Rachel Gragg
  202-383-9005, ext. 320
  pubinfo@asanet.org

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