Online Version of Conference Program

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The online version is just a copy of the most important part of the program, for easy viewing and planning purposes among the membership.  The official and final copy of the program is the printed one and that will have additional information about the association and hotel, as well as the room assignments for the sessions.

 Please come to Hotel Lobby to to the CSA welcome/registration table to get the final, printed hard copy of the program, which will contain the exact names of the rooms to which each session is assigned.   There will be a limited amount of light breakfast items (begnning 8am) and light lunch items (beginning 11am) available nearby the CSA welcome table each day.   Come by and grab a quick bite or drink (on us!). 

Keynote and Student Awards: Sierra Ballroom, 5pm Friday (all registered participants are invited)

Buffet Dinner and Cash Bar: Sierra Ballroom 615pm Friday (all registered participants except student 

   observers are invited)

The conference concludes with a business meeting 5-6pm Saturday in the Placer room (all are invited).

THURSDAY, November 2, 2023

7 PM 

Council Meeting, Monterey Room

FRIDAY, November 3, 2023

Session 1 

9:00 AM-10:30 AM

1A Session Title : Making Sociology Matter

Organizer and Presider : Alicia Gonzales, California State University – San Marcos, amgonzal@csusm.edu

Huiying (Nancy) Chen, Pitzer College, “Paths to Belonging: Chinese Parachute Kids as a Mobile Group Under Transnationalism and Globalization,” nachen@students.pitzer.edu

Ruhao (Irene) Pang, Berkeley, “How Do You Decide Your Major(s)?: A Study of Asian American Female College Students’ Major Choice(s),” ruhaopang@berkeley.edu

Skyler Kelley Duval, George Washington University, “QAnon and the Satanic Panic,” skylerkd@gwmail.gwu.edu

Sabrina Vanessa Estrada, California State University, Los Angeles, “Systemic Barriers of LGBTQ Community with Child Placement Agencies and/or Fertility Clinics in California?,” sestra72@calstatela.edu

Alicia M. Gonzales, California State University – San Marcos, “Engaging Students in a Death and Dying Course,” amgonzal@csusm.edu

1B Session Title : Student-Led Research

Organizer and Presider : Maria De Jesus Mora, California State University, Stanislaus, mmora4@csustan.edu

Terrena Cochran, California State University, Stanislaus, “The Profits of Appearance,” tcochran1@csustan.edu

Claudia Perez-Suarez, California State University, Stanislaus, “Intergenerational Cultural Dissonance Study in Progress,” cperezsuarez@csustan.edu

Alicia Peng, “Feminist Silent Film Studies in America: Women Directors and Screenwriters,” aliciapeng1617@gmail.com

1C Session Title : Sociology of Education

Organizer and Presider : Irina Chukhray, University of California, Davis, ichukhray@ucdavis.edu

Gabriel Esparza, California State University Sacramento, “Innovative Teaching Strategies for Student Success: An Applied Research Project Evaluating Hip-Hop Pedagogy in the Classroom,” gabrielesparza@csus.edu

Laquita M. Jones, East Los Angeles College, Tbd, JONESLM@elac.edu

Jasmine Gaytan, California State University Los Angeles, “The Role Whiteness Has in Floridian Opposition to Critical Race Theory: An Analysis of Whiteness in Florida’s K-12 Education,” jgaytan7@calstatela.edu

Marisol Clark-Ibáñez and Flor Saldaña, California State University San Marcos, “Gender & Computer Science: The Impact of Equity-Based Course Design on Career Interests, Active Classroom Participation & Student Validation,” mibanez@csusm.edu

1D Session Title : Sociological Studies on Health and Medicine

Organizer and Presider : Yiwan Ye, University of California, Davis, ywye@ucdavis.edu

Evan Baughman, University of California, Davis, “Athletes, Not Patients: Paralympian Intermediate Activism and the Advancement of High-Performance Paralympic Sport,” etbaughman@ucdavis.edu

Teng Zhang, Kansas State University, “Social Factors for Cardiovascular Events in Cancer Patients,” tengzhang@ksu.edu

Yiwan Ye, University Of Michigan, Dearborn, “Cohort Size and Health and Happiness Inequalities around the World,” yiwanye@umich.edu

Discussant Details : Yiwan Ye, University of California, Davis, ywye@ucdavis.edu

Session 2 

10:45 AM-12:15 PM

2A Session Title : Sociology of Culture

Organizer and Presider : Meggan Jordan, California State University Stanislaus, mjordan1@csustan.edu

Angel Trazo, University of California Davis, “Asian American Female Bisexuality: Compulsive Heterosexuality, Sexual Exploration, and Mixed-Race Identity in Bottoms and XO, Kitty,” tatrazo@ucdavis.edu

Adam Fleenor, California State University Stanislaus, “Building a Relationship: Laying the Groundwork for Online Interviews,” afleenor@csustan.edu

Meggan Jordan, California State University Stanislaus, “QAnon Debunkers: Experiences Challenging Conspiracy Theory Beliefs,” mjordan1@csustan.edu

Discussant Details : Yuze Sui, Stanford, yuzesui@stanford.edu

2B Session Title : Sociological Studies of Organizations

Organizer and Presider : Wen Guan, University of California, Davis, jwguan@ucdavis.edu

Ronald Pikes, University of California, Davis, “The New Society of Organizations: Surveillance Organizations and Society,” rpikes@ucdavis.edu

Lam Wong, University of California, Davis, “Crisis Resolves Itself? The Anarchical Resilience Effect In Amity Foundation (2008-2021),” fatlam@ucdavis.edu

Solen Sanli Vasquez and Daniel Veliz, Santa Rosa Junior College, “‘Like Attending Your Own Funeral:’ The Social Death of Ex-Jehovah’s Witnesses,” ssanlivasquez@santarosa.edu

Wen Guan, University of California, Davis, “Nonprofit Organizations, Philanthropy, and Homeless Service in the US,” jwguan@ucdavis.edu

2C Session Title : Topics in Race: Black Students Sense of Belonging; The White Racial Frame and; Trends in Racialization

Organizers and Presiders : Jay Colond, University of California Merced, jcolond@ucmerced.edu, Laquita M. Jones, East Los Angeles College, Associate Professor, joneslm@elac.edu

Ayanna Yonemura, California State University Sacramento, “Eleanor Roosevelt and the White Racial Frame, 1939-1945,” yonemura@csus.edu

Jay Colond, University of California, Merced, “Trends in Fil-Am Education and Attainment as Drivers of Racialization,” jcolond@ucmerced.edu

2D Session Title : Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)

Organizer and Presider : Heidy Sarabia, California State University, Sacramento, heidy.sarabia@csus.edu

Amber Gonzalez, California State University, Sacramento, “Learning From Our Latine Students at a Hispanic Serving Institution,” amber.gonzalez@csus.edu

Elvia Ramirez, David Flores, and Heidy Sarabia, California State University, Sacramento, “The Opportunities and Challenges of Institutionalizing Chicanx/Latinx Knowledge Production at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI),” eramirez@csus.edu

Lina Rincon, California State University, Sacramento, “Challenges and Opportunities to Diversify the Faculty at an HSI,” lina.rincon@csus.edu

Diana Rangel and Heidy Sarabia, California State University, Sacramento, “Representation and Resources Among Chicanx/Latinx Students, Staff, and Faculty at a Hispanic Serving Institution,” drrangel@csus.edu

Discussant Details : Elvia Ramirez, California State University, Sacramento, eramirez@csus.edu

Session 3

1:30 PM- 3:00 PM

3A Session Title : Comparative Historical Sociology

Organizer and Presider : Levin Elias Welch, Arizona State University, levin.welch@asu.edu

Skyler Kelley Duval, The George Washington University, “Modernity and Messianism: QAnon as a Case of Reactive Christian Nationalism,”  skylerkd@gwmail.gwu.edu

Sakin Erin and Christopher Chase-Dunn, University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, “Global Political Sociology and World-Systems,” serin@usao.edu

Marilyn Grell-Brisk, Pitzer College, “Coloniality, Parasitism, and Regimes of Disposability in the Academy: How We Come to Know What We Know and Do What We Do,” marilyn.grell@gmail.com

Matthew Grumbach, University of California, Berkeley, “The Fortunes of Radicalization: How the Party Environment Determined the Fate of Radical Intellectuals in the Late 20th Century United States,” matthew_grumbach@berkeley.edu

Levin Elias Welch, Arizona State University, “Narratives of Silence in Nimiipuu/Nez Perce History,” levin.welch@asu.edu

3B Session Title : Sociological Studies of Diversity

Organizer and Presider : Jonathan Leif Basilio, California State University, Bakersfield, jbasilio@csub.edu

Andres Sanchez, California State University, Bakersfield, “Sociology Talk: Exploring Careers and Scholarship Through Podcasting,” asanchez49@csub.edu

Maleka Alawdi, California State University, Bakersfield, “Unveiling Arab-American Intersectionality: A Personal Reflection on Diversity, Inequality, and Privilege,” malawdi@csub.edu

Jonathan Leif Basilio, California State University, Bakersfield, “Moral Choreographies within Irregular Civic Life,” jbasilio@csub.edu

Session 4

3:15 PM- 4:45 PM

4A Session Title: Meet the Author

Ellen Reese, Author of ”Unsustainable: Amazon, Warehousing, and the Politics of Exploitation”

Discussant details: Mike Chavez, Riverside City College, michael.chavez@rcc.edu

4B Session Title : The Sociological Study of Housing

Organizer and Presider : Claudia López, California State University, Long Beach, Claudia.Lopez2@csulb.edu

Claudia López, California State University, Long Beach, “Hopes of Home: Aging amidst a Housing Crisis,” Claudia.Lopez2@csulb.edu

Dylan Kurz, California State University, Long Beach, “Walking for Accessibility: Older Adults, Built Environment, and Well-Being in Long Beach,” Dylan.Kurz01@student.csulb.edu

Mario Hernandez, Mills College At Northeastern, “The Community Innovation Lab,” ma.hernandez@northeastern.edu

4C Session Title : Innovations in Teaching Session

Organizer and Presider : Stephanie D’auria, Vanguard University of Southern California, stephanie.dauria@vanguard.edu

Caryn Gerstenberger, California State Polytechnic University, “Sociology of Reality TV: Utilizing Media to Illustrate Sociological Concepts,” caryng@cpp.edu

Dawn Lee, California State University, San Marcos, “Each One Teach One- Harnessing the Power of Collective Communities of Care,” dlee@csusm.edu

Stephanie D’auria, Vanguard University of Southern California, “Mixing It Up: The Arts & Social Change, stephanie.dauria@vanguard.edu

4D Session Title : Sociology of the Body

Organizer and Presider : Tamara Sniezek, PhD, California State University, Stanislaus, tsniezek@csustan.edu

Della Winters, PhD, California State University, Stanislaus, “‘I’m Here to See My Gynecologist:’ Barbie’s Message of Bodily Autonomy as Essential to Liberation,” dwinters@csustan.edu

Jennifer Strangfeld, PhD, California State University, Stanislaus, “Body Testimonios in the Classroom: Building Sociological Understanding and Transformative Resistance,” jstrangfeld@csustan.edu

Meggan Jordan, PhD, California State University, Stanislaus, “Using Spoon Theory as a Teaching Tool: Progress and Pitfalls When Asking Students to Count Their Spoons,” mjordan1@csustan.edu

Tamara Sniezek, PhD, California State University, Stanislaus, “Body Activism in the Classroom,” tsniezek@csustan.edu

SATURDAY, November 4, 2023

Session 5 

9:00 AM-10:30 AM

5A Session Title : Remembering G. Reginald Daniel: A Pioneer in the Field of Mixed Race Studies

Organizer and Presider : Rebecca Romo, Santa Monica College, romo_rebecca@smc.edu

Rebecca Romo, Santa Monica College, romo_rebecca@smc.edu

Alyssa M. Newman, Georgetown University, alyssa.newman@georgetown.edu

Discussant Details : James Mckeever, Los Angeles Pierce College, ajamesmckeever@mac.com

5B Session Title : Sociological Examinations of American Politics

Organizer and Presider : Brent Clark Jr, University of California, Irvine, bclarkjr@uci.edu

Brent Clark Jr, University of California, Irvine, “Context Is Key: Re-Contextualizing the Race and Populism Relationship,” bclarkjr@uci.edu

Alexander Freitas, University of California, Davis, “Rearticulated Universalist Civil Religion,” ajafreitas@ucdavis.edu

Ori Tamir, University of California, Davis, “Before Globalization: Interdependence and the Culture of American Diplomacy,” otamir@ucdavis.edu

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5C Session Title : Third World Feminisms

Organizer and Presider : Heidy Sarabia, California State University, Sacramento, heidy.sarabia@csus.edu

Amalia Perez Martin and Ahmed Correa Alvarez, California State University, Sacramento, “For ‘A New Fire of Freedom:’ A Genealogy of Women’s Oppositional Activism in Cuba,” a.perezmartin@csus.edu

Angela Fillingim and Casey Tokita, SFSU and ASU, “Realizing the Promise of Sociology: Black and Indigenous Feminisms and the Sociological Imagination,” afillingim@sfsu.edu

Heidy Sarabia, California State University, Sacramento, “Borderless Dreams in the Making: An Autoethnography of Xicana Feminism ‘Below And To The Left,’” heidy.sarabia@csus.edu

Discussant Details : Amalia Perez Martin, California State University, Sacramento, a.perezmartin@csus.edu

5D Session Title : Sociological Studies of Theory

Organizer and Presider : Ariana Flores, Pasadena City College, aflores283@pasadena.edu

Martha Toscano, Pasadena City College, “Online Dating: The New Natural and the Modern Sociology of Sexual Relations,” mjoya10@gmail.com

Ivan Villaseñor, Pasadena City College, Core, “Civil Disobedience and the Embodiment of American Principles: The Fight for Freedom,” ivillasenor@go.pasadena.edu

Sarra Benghorbel, California State University, Los Angeles, “Imposter Syndrome or Imposter Phenomena? Poc Factual Experiences in Higher Education and Beyond,” sarrabenghorbel.by@gmail.com

Dr. Molly Talcott, California State University, Los Angeles, “Knowledge Elitism: Theories on Humanizing People and Community, Over Ideologies,” mtalcot@calstatela.edu

Ariana Flores, Pasadena City College, “Knowledge Elitism: Theories on Humanizing People and Community, Over Ideologies,” aflores283@pasadena.edu

Session 6

10:45 AM- 12:15 PM

6A Session Title : Issues in Race and Ethnicity

Organizer and Presider : J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College, j_vern_cromartie@yahoo.com

1. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College, “Resistance, Preservation, and Black Cultural Traditions: Remembering Geechees as Black Warriors in the Three Seminole Wars,” j_vern_cromartie@yahoo.com

Stephanie White, Contra Costa College, “The UCLA Work Study and the Legacy of L. White,” drsltwhite2009@gmail.com

Bashir Shah, Contra Costa College, “Ahmadiyya, Wallace Fard Muhammad, and Elijah Muhammad: Their Impact on the Nation of Islam in the United States of America,” bshah@contracosta.edu

6B Session Title : Sociology of Immigration

Organizer and Presider : Lizette G. Solorzano, Vanguard University, lizette.solorzano@vanguard.edu

Gloria Sosa, California State University, Los Angeles, “Being Undocumented Is an Asset: Undocumented Women Activists Using Flaws to Pass Laws,” gsosa10@calstatela.edu

Dr. Dana Chalupa, University of the Pacific, “‘I’m American, I’m South American:’ The Complex Sense of Belonging among South American Immigrants,” dchalupayoung@pacific.edu

Melody Klingenfuss, MA, College of the Canyons, “Creating Undocumented Student Access to Higher Education: A Los Angeles Case Study,” melody.klingenfuss@canyons.edu

Lizette G. Solorzano, Vanguard University, “DACA Beneficiaries Navigating Shifting Notions of Belonging and Citizenship in the Wake of DACA Rescission,” lizette.solorzano@vanguard.edu

Discussant Details : Lizette G. Solorzano, Vanguard University, lizette.solorzano@vanguard.edu

6C Session Title : Sociological Studies Of Education

Organizer and Presider : Elvia Ramirez, California State University, Sacramento, eramirez@csus.edu

Abdullah Cihan, Sacramento State, Adapting Asynchronous Technologies In The Classroom For Improved Student Learning, cihan@csus.edu

David Ortuno, University Of The Pacific, Identifying And Addressing The Research Barriers For California State University Sociology Graduate Students, ortun003@cougars.csusm.edu

Maricela Bañuelos, Uc Irvine, Doctoral Application Processes In The Era Of Covid-19: A Comparative Study Of Latine Enrollees And Non-Enrollees, maricelb@uci.edu

Elvia Ramirez, Sacramento State, Advancing Chicanx/Latinx Studies In Ca Colleges And Universities: The Struggle Continues, eramirez@csus.edu

6D Session Title : Environmental Sociology

Organizer and Presider : Jimiliz Valiente-Neighbours, Point Loma Nazarene University, jvalient@pointloma.edu

Mackenzie Harris, Point Loma Nazarene University, “Unplugged Realities: Exploring the Dark Side of Electric Vehicles on the Environment and Society,” mharris0020@pointloma.edu

Regan Sanchez, Point Loma Nazarene University, “Unplugged Realities: Exploring the Dark Side of Electric Vehicles on the Environment and Society,” rsanchez0020@pointloma.edu

Sam Franz, Point Loma Nazarene University, “Gen Z and Ecofeminism,” sfranz0021@pointloma.edu

Jimiliz Valiente-Neighbours, Point Loma Nazarene University, “Environmental Sociology in Popular Culture: An Examination of ‘The Legend Of Korra,’” jvalient@pointloma.edu

Discussant Details : Jimiliz Valiente-Neighbours, Point Loma Nazarene University, jvalient@pointloma.edu

Session 7

1:30 PM- 3:00 PM

7A Session Title : Sociology of Gender

Organizer and Presider : Della Winters, California State University, Stanislaus, dwinters@csustan.edu

Justen Hamilton, University of California, Riverside, “‘Females, Fitness, and Finances:’ Exploring the Popular Misogyny of Men’s Self-Help Podcasts,” justen.hamilton@email.ucr.edu

Della Winters and Monica Maldonaldo, California State University, Stanislaus, “Digital Panopticism: Gender and Perceptions of Safety with Location Sharing Applications,” dwinters@csustan.edu

Christopher Rogers, California State University, Sacramento, “Carework as Liberation,” c.rogers@csus.edu

Celina Bridges, California State University Stanislaus, “Ageism and Covid-19: A War of Perception, cbridges2@csustan.edu

7B Session Title : Book Panel Discussion: Latinx Experiences: Interdisciplinary Perspectives

Organizer and Presider : Hortencia Jimenez, Hartnell College, hjimenez@hartnell.edu

Maria Villaseñor, California State University, Monterey Bay, “Race and Latinxs in the United States,” mvillasenor@csumb.edu

Heidy Sarabia, California State University, Sacramento, “Intersectional Vulnerability: Fragmented, Racialized, and Criminalized Illegality among Mexican Undocumented Women in the U.S.,” heidy.sarabia@csus.edu

Izamar Ortíz-González, University of California, Davis, “Carving Alternative Learning Sites as Resistance of Latinx Teachers in K-12 Settings,” idortizgonzalez@ucdavis.edu

Hortencia Jimenez, Hartnell College, “Latinx Food Cultures and Identities: Racialized Bodies and Culinary Borders,” hjimenez@hartnell.edu

Discussant Details : Maria Villaseñor, California State University, Monterey Bay, mvillasenor@csumb.edu

7C Session Title : Sociological Studies of Politics

Organizer and Presider : Eric H. Honda, Delta College, Jishuro@aol.com

Eric H. Honda, Delta College, “Rethinking the Nation/State Twenty Years Later: The Tripartite Threat Between Bilateral Belligerence,” Jishuro@aol.com

Angelina Frediani, UC Davis, “Azerbaijan Against Armenia: Understanding the Political Sociology of Conflict,” asfrediani@ucdavis.edu

Joaquin Diaz Deleon, CSU, Stanislaus, “Slaveship’s on Sea to Slaveship’s on Land,” jdiazdeleon1@csustan.edu

Discussant Details : Scott David Parker, Sierra College, s.d.parker@att.net

7D Session Title : Teaching and Writing on Race and Ethnicity

Organizer and Presider : Jimiliz Valiente-Neighbours, Point Loma Nazarene University, jvalient@pointloma.edu

Jamie Gates, Point Loma Nazarene University, “’Why Are You Only Investigating Black Gangs?:’ Reporting Controversial Sex Trafficking Research Findings Through Creative Nonfiction,” jgates@pointloma.edu

Kevin Modesto, Point Loma Nazarene University, “Let’s Talk About Race: Narrative Sociology as a Means of Teaching Race and Ethnicity,” kmodesto@pointloma.edu

Jimiliz Valiente-Neighbours, Point Loma Nazarene University, “Reflections on Writing a Playscript from the Dissertation,” jvalient@pointloma.edu

(from 8a) Chunyan Echo Song, California State University, Chico, “Teaching Population and Migration in an Upper Division GE Course at a Public University,” csong3@csuchico.edu

Discussant Details : Regan Sanchez, Point Loma Nazarene University, rsanchez0020@pointloma.edu

Session 8

3:15 PM- 4:45 PM

8A Session Title :  Education, Community and Labor

Caitlin Ahearn, Stanford University, “Post-Secondary Enrollment, Degree Completion, and Marital Outcomes,” cahearn3@ucla.edu

Yajaira Ceciliano, University of Houston-Downtown., “Students’ Interactions with the Criminal Justice System” cecilianonavarroy@uhd.edu

Destina Bermejo, UC Merced,  “‘The Youth Is The Community, And The Community Is The Youth’: Community-Healing With Adult Mentors & Young People In Rural California.”  dbermejo@ucmerced.edu

Alan R. Fang, Monte Vista, “How Today’s Youth Can Navigate the Ever-Changing Workforce,” 217187@students.srvusd.net

8B Session Title : Family Policing – The Intersection of Child Welfare, Criminal Justice, Gender, Race, and Ethnicity

Organizer and Presider : Claudia Johnson Madrigal, University of California, Merced, cjohnson78@ucmerced.edu

Allison Monterrosa, California State University San Marcos, “Perilous Choices: The Impacts of Forced Disclosure of Abusive Partner to Receive Public Social Service Benefits,” amonterrosa@csusm.edu

Veronica Lerma, University of California, Davis, “‘You’re Probably Just Gonna End Up Getting Pregnant:’ Criminalization, Controlling Images, and Chicanas,” vlerma@ucdavis.edu

(From 5B) Jordan Grasso & Kariar Al-Naiem, UC Irvine, “The Training Dilemma: A Differential Association Perspective on Police Academy Hours and Police Violence,” grassoj@uci.edu

Discussant Details : Claudia Johnson Madrigal, University of California, Merced, cjohnson78@ucmerced.edu

Session 8D Session Title : Sociological Studies of the Criminal Justice System

Organizer and Presider : Ariana Flores, Pasadena City College, Core, aflores283@pasadena.edu

Dr. Frank Ortega, Diablo Valley College, “Communication, Respect, and Racism: A Community Policing Survey in South Count,” fortega@dvc.edu

Sharon Larson, Pasadena City College, Core, “Judges and Compassion: Second Chances Save Lives,” sharon.larson68@gmail.com

Jessica Leeth Young, Chico State University & Pasadena City College, Core, “Toxic Masculinity and Stolen Femininity in Gang-Impacted and Formerly Incarcerated Women,” jessie.young755@yahoo.com

Dylan Kurz, California State University Long Beach, “Sweeping the Crisis: The Criminalization of Houselessness in Long Beach,” dylanholliday96@gmail.com