Collective Behavior and Social Movements Workshop

Hofstra University, August 9-10, 2007
(updated 8/6/07)

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Wednesday, August 8th

Registration-Main Concourse of the Student Center, Hofstra University

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Thursday, August 9th
Registration Desk Open from 8 am - 6 pm

8-9am Breakfast

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9-10:45am

(1) Plenary Session I: Strategy: Conceptual Foundations and Agendas
Moderator: Jeff Goodwin (New York University)
Discussant: Marshall Ganz (Harvard University)

James M. Jasper (New York University)
"Purpose and Passion in Collective Action"

David S. Meyer (UC-Irvine) and Suzanne Staggenborg (McGill University)
"Thinking about Strategy"

Verta Taylor (UC-Santa Barbara) and Katrina Kimport (UC-Santa Barbara) and Ellen Ann Anderson (UC-Santa Barbara),
"Same-Sex Marriage as a Social Movement Tactic: Cultural Ritual and Mobilization."

Dennis J. Downey (University of Utah) and Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
"Strategic Position and Social Movement Articulation"

Alternate: Nella Van Dyke (Washington State University) and Holly McCammon (Vanderbilt University)
"Strategic Collaboration: A Meta-Analysis of the Conditions that Facilitate Coalition Formation"

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11am-12:15pm Concurrent Panel Sessions

(2) The Role and Function of Culture in Social Movement Dynamics
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator/Discussant: Rhys Williams (University of Cincinnati)

(3) Identity Deployment and Social Change
Organizers: Kristine Olsen (University of Connecticut) and Mary Bernstein (University of Connecticut)
Moderator and Discussant: Stephen Valocchi (Trinity College)

(4) Strategy: Reconceptualizations and Case Studies
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator/Discussant: Jim Jasper (New York University)

(5) Bring People Back In to the Study of Movement Phenomena
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator/Discussant: Rory McVeigh (University of Notre Dame)

(6) Resisting Political Repression
Organizers: Kelly Moore (University of Cincinnati) and Christian Davenport (University of Maryland)
Discussant: Gilda Zwerman (SUNY-Old Westbury)

(7) The World Social Forum Process and Global Social Change: Prospects and Challenges
Organizer: Jackie Smith (University of Notre Dame)

(8) Social Movement Strategies, Dynamics, and Outcomes
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator and Discussant: Kenneth T. Andrews (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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12:30-2pm Lunch (9) Bridging the Activist-Academic Divide
Organizers: Charlotte Ryan. (UMass Lowell) and William Gamson (Boston College) and Media Research Action Project

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2:15-4pm Thematic Workshops I

(10) Mobilization: Does Collective Identity Matter?
Organizer: Belinda Robnett (University of California, Irvine; brobnett@uci.edu)
Listserv Address: collectiveid@listserv.hofstra.edu

(11) Hip Hop Culture and Social/Global Change Organizer: D. Mark Wilson (University of California, Berkeley; mwilson927@berkeley.edu)
Listserv Address: hiphop@listserv.hofstra.edu

(12) Transnational Linkages and Movement Cultures
Organizer(s): Anna-Liisa Aunio (McGill University; aaunio@po-box.mcgill.ca), Suzanne Staggenborg (McGill University; suzanne.staggenborg@mcgill.ca), and Kathleen M. Fallon (McGill University; kathleen.fallon@mcgill.ca)
Listserv Address: transnational@listserv.hofstra.edu

(13) Building Bridges Over Great Divides? Social Inequalities and Movement Strategies
Organizers: Ellen Reese (University of California-Riverside; ellenr@ucr.edu); Jane Ward (UC-Riverside), Christine Petit (UC-Riverside), and Shoon Lio (UC-Riverside)
Listserv Address: inequalities@listserv.hofstra.edu

(14) Engaged Scholarship: How Public and Policy Sociology Can Affect Movement Cultures, Strategies and Outcomes
Organizers: Robert Kleidman (Cleveland State University; r.kleidman@csuohio.edu) and Jackie Smith (University of Notre Dame; jsmith40@nd.edu)
Listserv Address: publicsoc@listserv.hofstra.edu

(15) Reforming "Immigration Reform": Strategies for Redefining the Terms of the Immigration Policy Debate
Organizers: Greg Maney (Hofstra University; socgmm@hofstra.edu) and Nadia Marin Molina (Director, Workplace Project; nadiamarin@yahoo.com)
Listserv Address: immigration@listserv.hofstra.edu

4:15-6pm

(16) Plenary Session II: The Formation and Development of Strategy
Moderator: Tina Fetner (McMaster University)
Discussant: Rachel Kutz-Flamenbaum (SUNY-Stony Brook)

6-8pm Dinner Reception and Evening Entertainment

Friday, August 10th
Registration Open from 8 am until 12 pm

8-9am Breakfast

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9-10:45am Concurrent Panel Sessions

(17) The Morality of Food As a Social Movement
Moderator: Michaela DeSoucey (Northwestern University)
Discussant: Gary Alan Fine (Northwestern University)

(18) Social Movement Frames: From Shifts and Splits to Framing the Grotesque
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator and Discussant: Kimberly B. Dugan (Eastern Connecticut State University)

(19) Venue, Strategy, and Discourse
Organizer: Mary Bernstein (University of Connecticut)
Moderator and Discussant: Tina Fetner, McMaster University

(20) Neoliberal Reforms and Popular Movement Strategies in the Global South
Organizer and Presider: Paul Almeida (Texas A&M)
Discussant: Hank Johnston (San Diego State University)

(21) Responding to Repression in New York City

(22) Authors Meet Activists!

(23) State-Social Movement Interactions and Their Consequences
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator and Discussant: Kelly Moore (University of Cincinnati)

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11am-12:45pm Thematic Workshops I

(24) Law and Social Movements
Organizer: Anna-Maria Marshall (University of Illinois--Urbana-Champaign; amarshll@uiuc.edu)
Listserv Address: lawcbsm2007@listserv.hofstra.edu

(25) The Politics of Feminist Framing
Organizer(s): Lyndi Hewitt (Vanderbilt University; lyndi.hewitt@vanderbilt.edu)
Holly McCammon (Vanderbilt University; holly.mccammon@vanderbilt.edu)
Listserv Address: feministframing@listserv.hofstra.edu

(26) Using Publicity in Movement Building: "It's Like a Bread Slicer"
Organizers: Ashley Currier (University of Pittsburgh; ashley.currier@gmail.com) and Kathleen Blee (University of Pittsburgh; kblee@pitt.edu)
Listserv Address: mvtpub@listserv.hofstra.edu

(27) Narratives and Health Social Movements
Organizers: Matthew E. Archibald (Emory University; marchib@emory.edu) and Charity Crabtree (Emory University; cecrabt@emory.edu)
Listserv Address: narratives@listserv.hofstra.edu

(28) War without End?: Evaluating Peace Movement Strategies
Organizers: Patrick G. Coy (Kent State University pcoy@kent.edu); Lynne Woehrle (Mount Mary College; woehrlel@mtmary.edu)
Listserv Address: peacestrat@listserv.hofstra.edu

(29) Is Another Political Culture Possible? Alternative Globalization Movements in Perspective
Organizers: Jackie Smith (University of Notre Dame; jsmith40@nd.edu), Raj Ghoshal (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; rajesh@unc.edu), and Scott Byrd (University of California, Irvine; sbyrd@uci.edu)

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1-2pm Lunch (Caucus meetings and informal networking)

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2:45-4pm Concurrent Panel Sessions

(30) Strategy, Tactics, and Collective Identity
Organizer and Moderator: Lee A. Smithey (Swarthmore College)

(31) Labor and the "New Social Movements": Differences in Strategy, Organization and Perspective
Organizers: Marc Dixon (Florida State University) and Paul Mishler (University of Indiana, South Bend)
Discussant: TBA

(32) Insider Activism: Blurring the Lines Between Institutions and the Grass-roots
Organizer and Moderator: Benita Roth (Binghamton University)

(33) The Role of Networks in Social Movement Mobilization, Continuity, and Change
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator/Discussant: Robert Futrell (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)

(34) Social Movement Mobilization and Participation
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator/Discussant: David Cunningham (Brandeis University)

(35) Social, Political, and Cultural Change in Latin America
Organizer: Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University)
Moderator: Paul Almeida (Texas A&M)
Discussant: Elizabeth Borland (The College of New Jersey)

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4:15-6pm

(36) Plenary Session III: Strategy and the Cultural and Political Consequences of Movements
Moderator: Kenneth Andrews (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Discussant: Holly McCammon (Vanderbilt University)