SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012

HOSTED BY THE

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

STUDENT CENTER EAST

A Confer ence for Graduate Student Research

2012 CONFERENCE THEME: PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY

PLENARY AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

HCTOR CARRILLO, Northwestern University ALFORD A. YOUNG, JR., University of Michigan

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Welcome to the 14th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference. This annual event would not be possible without the generous donations of the various sponsoring institutions and departments, as well as the numerous graduate students and professors who have volunteered their time in planning and carrying out this important event. We would like to thank the University of Illinois at Chicago for hosting todays conference and especially thank UIC sociology graduate students Melissa Abad and Emily Ruehs for co-chairing this years conference and Claire Decoteau for being the faculty liaison. We are fortunate to have Professors Hctor Carrillo from Northwestern University and Alford A. Young, Jr. from the University of Michigan, who share with us today their knowledge and insights regarding ethnographic research. Enjoy the conference! Sincerely, The 2012 Chicago Ethnography Conference Planning Committee
Melissa Abad, UIC Carolina Calvillo, UIC Jessica Cook, UIC Claire Decoteau, UIC Danielle Giffort, UIC Jerome Hendricks, UIC Eric Knee, UIC Juan Martinez, UIC William Mingus, UIC Jeffrey Parker, University of Chicago Shawn Perkins, UIC Emily Ruehs, UIC Jill Sanderson, Northern Illinois University Rupal Satra, UIC Hannah Wohl, Northwestern University

Thank you to all our panel discussants:

Andy Clarno, UIC Claire Decoteau, UIC Molly Doane, UIC Kerry Ferris, Northern Illinois University Gary Fine, Northwestern University Simone Ispa-Landa, Northwestern University Zakiya Luna, University of Wisconsin-Madison Juan Martinez, UIC Paul-Brian McInerney, UIC Christena Nippert-Eng, IIT Kristen Schilt, University of Chicago Greg Scott, DePaul University Judy Wittner, Loyola University Chicago

Thank you to the following for their support of the conference:

Sociology Departments: DePaul University Illinois Institute of Technology Loyola University Chicago Northern Illinois University Northwestern University University of Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago University of Notre Dame
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UIC Departments: College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Department of Political Science Department of Communication Department of Criminology, Law, and Justice Graduate Student Council Great Cities Institute Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy

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Public sociology moves beyond the academy to engage more directly with communities, policy makers, and the public. Chicago has long been home to scholars engaging in socially relevant and justice-oriented forms of ethnography, often situated in analyses of the city itself. It is fitting, therefore, that this annual conference brings together early-career ethnographers to share their work and discuss its public relevance. Plenary and keynote speakers, Hctor Carrillo and Alford A. Young, Jr., will discuss the ways in which their ethnographic scholarship pushes the boundaries of the discipline and engages with various publics.

2012 CONFERENCE THEME: PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY

14TH ANNUAL CHICAGO ETHNOGRAPHY CONFERENCE PLENARY AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at Northwestern University, Hctor Carrillo is the author of The Night Is Young: Sexuality in Mexico in the Time of AIDS (University of Chicago Press, 2002). Carrillo is currently studying the intersections of sexuality, migration, and heath, especially in relation to the incorporation of migrant populations into U.S. life and society. He currently investigates the phenomenon of sexual migration and its relation to HIV risk among Mexican gay and bisexual male immigrants.
ALFORD A. YOUNG, JR., UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HCTOR CARRILLO, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Department Chair at the University of Michigan Department of Sociology, Alford A. Young, Jr. has pursued research on low-income, urban-based African Americans, employees at an automobile manufacturing plant, African American scholars and intellectuals, and the classroom-based experiences of higher-education faculty as they pertain to diversity and multiculturalism. His objective in research on low-income African American men, his primary area of research, has been to argue for a renewed cultural sociology of the African American urban poor. Essentially, he argues that behavior is not solely produced and regulated by values and norms, but is also affected by the beliefs, worldviews, and personal ideologies that people construct, adapt, and/or employ in forming what are, for them, common-sense understandings of social reality. Books published include The Minds of Marginalized Black Men: Making Sense of Mobility, Opportunity, and Future Life Chances and The Souls of W.E.B. Du Bois.
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8:30am - 9:30am 9:00am - 9:30am 9:30am - 10:45am 11:00am - 12:15pm 12:30pm - 1:45pm 2:15pm - 3:30pm 3:45pm - 5:00pm 5:15pm - 6:30pm

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Breakfast, Registration/Check-In Welcome Session A Session B Lunch/Plenary Speaker Session C Keynote Speaker (Hull House) Reception (Hull House)

WELCOME
SHARON M. COLLINS, University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Sociology, Director of Graduate Studies

SCE 605

SESSION A: 9:30-10:45 AM
PANEL 1: DOING ETHNOGRAPHY
SCE 603 Ethnography and Immigration: Rhetorical Ethos as Policy Argument Jason Schneider, University of Illinois at Chicago Music and Video-based Performance Texts Reshaping Academic Spaces Aimee Wodda and Brian L. Kelly, University of Illinois at Chicago Reading into the Public Hannah Wohl, Northwestern University
DISCUSSANT: GARY FINE, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

PANEL 2: EDUCATION
SCE 703 Two Jobs, Four Classes and Extracurriculars? How Students Spend Their Time at Community College Megan Klein, Loyola University, Chicago Teacher Scaffolding of Oral Language Production May George, Dickinson College We Worked It Out: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Intergroup Collaborative Project and Critical Dialogues Dan Cairo, Rebecca Gordon, Stephanie Hicks, and Charu Thakral, University of Illinois at Chicago
DISCUSSANT: SIMONE ISPA-LANDA, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
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PANEL 3: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS

SCE 613 We Are Tea: Managing the Midwestern Tea Party Identity in Light of the Occupy Movement Jessica Petersen, Northern Illinois University What we ask for is justice!: Immigrant Worker Center Activism in a Suburban New Immigrant Destination Jessica D. Cook, University of Illinois at Chicago Sacred Solutions to Profane Problems: Faith, Identity, and the Work of God in Urban Religious Communities Todd Nicholas Fuist, Loyola University Chicago The Role of Leadership in the Disbandment of a Mexican Hometown Association Rafael Santana, University of Chicago
DISCUSSANT: ZAKIYA LUNA, UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON

PANEL 4: IDENTITY AND LIFESTYLE

SCE 611 Managing Maternal Identity: Accounts of Motherhood Jill Sanderson, Northern Illinois University American South Asian Indian Youth: Negotiating and Creating an Identity for Themselves Soulit Chacko, Loyola University Chicago
DISCUSSANT: MOLLY DOANE, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

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SESSION B: 11:00 AM-12:15 PM

PANEL 5: INSTITUTIONS IN URBAN MOVEMENTS
SCE 603 Organizations Together in the Hood: Neighborhood Culture and the Development of Youth Programs Adrienne Falcon, University of Chicago Formal and Informal Health Resources: How Individuals with Limited Access to Health Care Attempt to Treat Their Health Problems Danielle Raudenbush, University of Chicago Hip-hop, Hooray and Hallelujah: Organizational Innovation in a Hip-Hop church Donna Lee Granville, University of Illinois at Chicago Good Food: Discourse and Symbolic Boundaries in Two Alternative Food Institutions Amy Jonason and Melissa Fletcher Pirkey, University of Notre Dame
DISCUSSANT: KERRY FERRIS, NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

PANEL 6: INTERSECTIONS OF RACIAL & GENDER IDENTITIES

SCE 703 Race on the Riverbank: White Masculinity, Group Threat, and Racial Triangulation among Recreational Fishermen Timothy Adkins, University of Illinois at Chicago Contemporary Racism and Intersections: A Look at How Black American Women Experience Race, Class and Gender in a Post-Racial Society Jasmine K. Cooper, Michigan State University Adventures in El Norte: Masculinity and the Immigration of Unaccompanied Minors Emily Ruehs, University of Illinois at Chicago
DISCUSSANT: CLAIRE DECOTEAU, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

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PANEL 7: NEIGHBORHOODS AND COMMUNITIES

SCE 611 Synthetic vs. Organic Migration: Explaining Conflict Over Land between Migrant and Destination Communities Margarita Rayzberg, Northwestern University Living Boundaries in the Changing Neighborhood: Engaging Ethnography to Examine Social Boundaries in Urban Transformation; a Study of Brooklyns Park Slope in New York City Lidia K.C. Manzo, University of Trento (Italy) and City University of New York The Right to Be and the Fight to Remain: Segregation and Integration of Latinos in Highwood, Illinois Javier Ruiz-Tagle, University of Illinois at Chicago
DISCUSSANT: CHRISTENA NIPPERT-ENG, ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

PANEL 8: PARENTS AND FAMILIES

SCE 613 Aspiration in Context: The Impact of Parental Perceptions of the Neighborhood Environment on Parental Aspirations for Children Jennifer Hall, University of Chicago Eat or Die: Understanding the Role Family Members and Eating Disorder Anonymous Groups Can Play in Eating Disorders Valarie Morgan, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The Power of Parental Involvement in Delivering the Promise Carolina Calvillo, University of Illinois at Chicago Using Qualitative Research to Promote Parental Involvement in a New Immigrant Destination Julio C. Capeles-Delgado, University of Illinois at Chicago
DISCUSSANT: JUDY WITTNER, LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO

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PANEL 9: SUBCULTURES AND SCENES

SCE 610 The Slightly Sweeter Riot Grrrl: Subculture, Commodification, and Reappropriation at Rock Camp Danielle Giffort, University of Illinois at Chicago Wellsprings: The Social Production of Place Distinctions and Artistic Visibility Samuel Shaw, Vanderbilt University This is Bigger Than a Toy: The Maintenance of Authenticity in the Skateboarding Subculture Richard R. Kaminski, University of Chicago
DISCUSSANT: PAUL-BRIAN McINERNEY, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

LUNCH/PLENARY SPEAKER: 12:30-1:45 PM

From Ethnography to Policy: Latino Gay Immigrant Voices and the Promotion of HIV Prevention HCTOR CARRILLO, Northwestern University
SCE 605

SESSION C: 2:15-3:30 PM
PANEL 10: PRISONS AND THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
SCE 603 Devolving the Carceral State Reuben Miller, Loyola University Chicago Family in Context: (Re)Entry Narratives of Ex-Offenders Jennifer Cossyleon, Loyola University Chicago Black Female Students and Their Interactions with the Juvenile Justice System Stephanie Hicks and Deana Lewis, University of Illinois at Chicago
DISCUSSANT: GREG SCOTT, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY
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PANEL 11: PUBLIC SPACES

SCE 703 The Segregation of Social Interactions on the Red Line L-train in Chicago Eva Swyngedouw, University of Chicago Urban Hybrid Space and Identity Maintenance among the Homeless Samuel L. Perry, University of Chicago Lefebvre and Whyte Hit the Streets: The Diffusion of Scholarly Urbanism and the Rise of the Informal Urban Designer Gordon C. C. Douglas, University of Chicago Hey, baby, let me get that number: The Man Effect and Public Spaces and Places Gwendolyn Purifoye, Loyola University Chicago
DISCUSSANT: ANDY CLARNO, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

PANEL 12: ETHNIC ENCLAVES AND ETHNIC IDENTITY

SCE 613 A honey fo yah honey: Ethnic Identity, Enclave, and Integration in Bostons Haymarket Square Meghan Kallman, Brown University Between Two Flags: Paseo Boricua, Humboldt Park, and the Puerto Rican Experience in Chicago Ivis Garcia Zambrana, University of Illinois at Chicago The Pontianak Dwells in Disneyland: Spectral Urbanism and the Practice of Multiculturalism in Singapore Adlina Maulod, Purdue University
DISCUSSANT: JUAN MARTINEZ, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

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PANEL 13: WORK AND WORKING

SCE 611 The Social Worlds of Tattooing: Divergent Sources of Expertise Lorrie Riley, Loyola University Chicago Beyond Clock and Couch: The Role of Time and Place in Psychotherapeutic Expertise Mariana Craciun, University of Michigan Alone on the Road: The Experiences and Strategies of Female Truck Drivers Jessica Borja, University of Chicago Nets and Nettles: Two Conceptions of Community of Two Migrant Businesses in Chicago Kofi Takyi Asante, Northwestern University
DISCUSSANT: KRISTEN SCHILT, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: 3:45-5:00 PM

Black Men in Crisis: Personal Motivations for a New Public Sociology
ALFORD A. YOUNG, JR., University of Michigan
Jane Addams Hull House

RECEPTION: 5:15-6:30 PM
All conference presenters and attendees are cordially invited to join us for a reception at the Jane Addams Hull House.