Faculty
Severyn Bruyn
Patricia Chang
Charles Derber
Lisa Dodson
William Gamson
Eva Garroutte
Paul Gray
Jeanne Guillemin
Shirah Hecht
Sharlene Hesse-Biber
Lynda Lytle Holmstrom
David Karp
Robert Kunovich
Michael Malec
Stephen Pfohl
Catherine Riessman
Kerry Ann Rockquemore
Paul Schervish
Juliet Schor
Diane Vaughan
John Williamson
Severyn Bruyn
"Globalization and Civil Society." Presented to the Newton Dialogues on Peace and War, held at the First Congregational Church in Newton. June 9, 2003.
"International Organizations." Presented to the Coalition for a Strong United Nations, held at the Cambridge Friends Meeting House. July 12, 2003.
"Newton Should Join Other Governments in Protesting the USA Patriot Act." Alternative Views, 2. July 4, 2003.
Patricia M. Y. Chang
"Are Phone Polls Accurate?A Research Note About Telephone Polls in the Media." Hartford Institute for Religious Research. Feb. 2003.
"The Clergy Job Market: What Are the Opportunities for Ministry in the 21st Century?" Hartford Institute for Religious Research. Feb. 2003.
"Escaping the Procrustean Bed: A Critical Analysis of the Study of Religious Organizations 1930-2001."
Handbook for the Sociology of Religion. Ed. Michele Dillon. Cambridge University Press. 2002.
"The International Religious Freedom Act and its Implications for American Foreign Policy" in "Special Issue: Religion and Globalization." Islamiyat Vol. VI/2. 2003. (Translated into Turkish).
"The Professional Life of Clergywomen." Invited speaker for the Studies in Liberation Theologies Lunch Series organized by the Episcopal Divinity School. Oct. 7, 2002.
"What Social Science Tells Us About the Catholic Church Today." Boston College Magazine. Spring 2003.
Charles Derber
"Empire, Hegemony and Abuse: Reflections on Globalization, American Foreign Policy and Society." Keynote Presentation to the New England Sociological Association. 2003.
People Before Profit: The New Globalization in An Age of Terror, Big Money and Economic Crisis. St. Martins Press, 2002.
Lisa Dodson
"Living On and Off Welfare: Ethnographic Research On Low-Income Families." Paper presented at the Bookings Institution, Washington DC. Sept. 2002.
"Low-Wage Jobs, Work Schedules and Caring For Children: Examining Social Costs." Conference of the Business and Professional Women's Foundation and Women's Studies Research Center of Brandeis University, Orlando, Florida. Feb. 2003.
"Managing Work and Family: Why It's Not Working for the Bottom Third" (with Ellen Bravo). Work, Family and Democracy. Eds. Christopher Beem and Jody Heyman, Princeton University Press. 2003.
"Surviving Poverty, Work, and Bias in Post-Welfare America: How Black and Latino Mothers Try to Cope with the Continuing Legacy of the Color Lines" (with Tiffany Manuel). Harvard Civil Rights Project of Harvard University. Sept. 2003.
Bill Gamson
"Abortion Talk in Germany and the United States: Why Rights Explanations Are Wrong" (with Myra Marx Ferree, Jürgen Gerhards, and Dieter Rucht). Contexts 1:27-33. Summer 2002.
"Bystanders, Public Opinion, and the Media." Blackwell Companion to Social Movements. Eds. David Snow, Sarah Soule, and Hanspeter Kreisi. Malden, MA: Blackwell. 2003.
"Civic Renewal and Inequality." The Good Society 12, pp. xx-xx. 2003.
"Collective Identity and the Mass Media." The Political Psychology of Democratic Citizenship. Eds. Gene Borgida, John L. Sullivan, and Eric Riedel. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2002.
"Four Models of the Public Sphere in Modern Democracies" (with Myra Marx Ferree, Jürgen Gerhards, and Dieter Rucht). Theory and Society 31:289-324. 2002.
"The Gendering of Governance and the Governance of Gender" (with Myra Marx Ferree). Recognition Struggles and Social Movements. Ed. Barbara Hobson. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2003.
Shaping Abortion Discourse: Democracy and the Public Sphere in Germany and the United States (with Myra Marx Ferree, Jürgen Gerhards, and Dieter Rucht). New York: Cambridge University Press. 2002.
Eva Garroutte
"Access, Relevance and Control in the Research Process: Lessons from Indian Country" (with Spero M. Manson, R. Turner Goins, Patricia Nez Henderson). Journal of Aging and Health. 2003.
"Art and Authenticity: American Indian Creativity and Identity." Cowboys Indians and the Big Picture. Ed. Heather Fryer. Chestnut Hill, MA: McMullen Museum of Art. 2002.
"Health Research in American Indian Populations." Native American Program Graduate Student Fellows Seminar, Harvard University. 2002.
"Indigenous Religious Identity in the Americas and the Politics of Blood Quantum." American Academy of Religion Conference. 2002.
"Patient Satisfaction and the Ethnic Characteristics of American Indian Elders." Murray Research Center Lecture Series, "Multi-Cultural Perspectives on Human Development," Radcliffe College, Harvard University 2003.
"The Positivist Attack on Baconian Science and Religious Knowledge." The secular revolution: Power, interests, and conflict in the secularization of American public life. Ed. Christian Smith. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 2003.
Real Indians: Identity and the Survival of Native America. Berkeley, CA: University California. 2003.
"Spirituality and Attempted Suicide among American Indians" (with J. Goldberg, J. Beals, R. Herrell, S. Manson, and the AI-SUPERPFP Team). Social Science and Medicine 56(7):1571-1579. April 2003.
Paul Gray
"How's My Essay? Parental Involvement in the College Application Process" (with David A. Karp and Paul S. Gray). American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago. 2002.
"Of Roots and Wings." (w/Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and David A. Karp). A refereed roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, 2003.
Jeanne Guillemin
Biological Weapons and National Security. New York: Columbia University Press. 2003.
"Bioterrorism and the Hazards of Secrecy: A History of Three Epidemic Cases." Harvard Health Policy Review. 4 (1) 2003:36-50.
"The Deliberate Release of Anthrax Spores through the United States Postal System." Response to Biological and Chemical Weapons: Guidelines from the WHO. World Health Organization. 2003.
"Medical Risks and the Volunteer Army." Anthropology and the United States Military: Coming of Age in the Twenty-first Century. Eds. Pamela R. Frese and Margaret Harrell. Palgrave, 2003. 29-44.
Shirah W. Hecht
"Studying the Complexities of Change in Professional Development" Implications for Future Research." Network for Research in Jewish Education 17th Annual Conference. Cincinnati, OH. June 1-3, 2003.
Sharlene Hesse-Biber
"Appling Feminist Methods to Any Qualitative Research Project." ResearchTalk. Long Island, NY. June 24, 2003.
Approaches to Qualitative Research (edited with Patricia Leavy). New York: Oxford University Press. 2003.
"Comparing Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Use Styles Should Direct Decisions" (with Raymond Maietta and John Seidel). 16th Annual Conference on Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies. The University of Georgia, Athens, GA. Jan. 3-5, 2003.
"The Cult of Thinness: the Impact of the Mass Media on Women's Body Image - A Slide Show Talk and Presentation." Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL. April 2, 2003.
Feminist Perspectives on Social Research (edited with Michelle L. Yaiser). New York: Oxford University Press. 2003.
"Gender Inequality in the Workplace: the Example of Women in Management" (with Robert E. Robertson and Gregg Lee Carter). Empirical Approaches to Sociology. Ed. Gregg Lee Carter. 4th Edition. Boston: Allyn and Bacon. 2003.
"What our Data Looks and Sounds Like: Analyzing Audio, Video and Graphic Data Within HyperResearch and ATLAS.ti." Advances in Qualitative Methods. International Institute for Qualitative Methodology, University of Alberta Conference. Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada. May 2-5, 2003.
Women in Catholic Higher Education: Border Work, Living Experiences and Social Justice (edited with Denise Leckenby). New York: Lexington Books. 2003.
Lynda Lytle Holmstrom
"How's My Essay? Parental Involvement in the College Application Process" (with David A. Karp and Paul S. Gray). American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago. 2002.
David A. Karp
The Burden Of Sympathy: How Families Cope With Mental Illness. New York: Oxford University Press. Paperback version. 2002.
Dis-Me: Porque Estas Tao Triste? Coimbra, Portugal: Quarteto Publishing Company. 2002.
"Speaking of Sadness: Depression, Disconnection, and the Meanings of Illness." Exploring the Architecture of Everday Life: Sociology Readings. Eds. D. Newman and J. O'Brien. Thousand Oaks: CA: Pine Forge Press. 2002.
Bob Kunovich
"Ethnic Diversity, Segregation, and Inequality: A Structural Model of Ethnic Prejudice in Bosnia and Croatia" (with Randy Hodson). The Sociological Quarterly 43, 2 (Spring): 185-212. 2002.
"Immigration, Economic Hardship, and Cross-national Differences in Anti-Immigrant Prejudice." Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
"Social Structural Sources of Anti-immigrant Prejudice in Europe: The Impact of Social Class and Stratification Position." International Journal of Sociology. 32, 1 (Spring): 39-57. 2002.
"Throwing the Rascals Out: Macroeconomic Conditions, Personal Economic Hardship, and Protest Voting in Poland." Social Structure: Changes and Linkages - The Advanced Phase of the Post-Communist Transition in Poland. Ed. Kazimierz M. Slomczynski. W arsaw, Poland: IFiS Publishers. 2002.
Mike Malec
"Teaching the Sociology of Sport." Annual Meeting of the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport. Nov. 6-9, 2002.
Stephen Pfohl
"Images of Deviance." Readings in Deviant Behavior. Eds. Alex Thio and Thomas C. Calhoun. Boston: Allyn and Bacon: 11-14. 2002.
Preface. Biko Agonzino. Counter-Cultural Criminology: A Critique of Imperial Reason. London: Polity Press. 2002.
"Panik-Reno-Romanze." Panik-Enzyklopädie. Eds. Arthur Kroker, Marilouise Kroker and David Cook. Translation into German by Johanna Hofleitner. Satz: Passagen Xmedia. 235-245. 2002.
"Saying No to War on Iraq." Presentation to Global Justice Project Symposium on Possible War in Iraq, Boston College. Oct. 7, 2002.
Catherine Riessman
"Accidental Cases: Extending the Concept of Positioning in Narrative Studies." Narrative Inquiry. 12.1: 37-42. 2002.
"Doing Justice: Positioning the Interpreter in Narrative Work." Strategic Narrative: New Perspectives on the Power of Personal and Cultural Storytelling. Ed. W. Patterson. Oxford, UK and Lanham, MA: Lexington Books. 195-216. 2002.
"Illness Narrative and Performance: Audience and Reader Response." Lecture at Narrative and Health Workshop, Kings College, University of Cambridge, UK. Nov. 2002.
"Looking Back on Emotions in Field Notes: Locating the Outsider Within." University Lecture, Centre for Narrative Research, School of Social Sciences, University of East London, UK. Nov. 2002.
"Methods of Narrative Analysis." Workshop at Conference on Qualitative Research in Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, UK. Sept. 2002.
"Narrative Analysis." The Qualitative Researcher's Companion. Eds. A.M. Huberman and M.B. Miles. Thousand Oaks, CA. 2002.
"Narrative and the Experience of Illness." Keynote lecture at Conference on Qualitative Research in Health and Social Care, Bournemouth University, UK. Sept. 2002.
"Narrative Medicine: A Colloquium." Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Kellogg Conference Center, Columbia University, New York, NY. May 2003.
"Narrative Methods in the Social Sciences." Workshop at School of Education, University of Bristol, UK. Nov. 2002.
"Narratives of Disease, Disability and Trauma." Wall Interdisciplinary Conference, Vancouver, University of British Columbia. May 2002.
"Performing Identities in Illness Narrativ0e: Masculinity and Multiple Sclerosis." Qualitative Research. 3.1: 5-33. 2002.
"Performance of Narrative Identities in Research Interviews: A Comparison of Men with Chronic Illness." Paper given at Wall Interdisciplinary Conference, Narratives of Disease, Disability and Trauma, University of British Columbia. May 2002.
"Session on Illness Narrative." Interdisciplinary Conference on Communication, Medicine and Ethics, Health Communication Research Centre, Cardiff University, Wales, UK. June 2003.
"Special Session on (Bio)Medicalization Theory Revisited." American Sociological Association, Chicago IL. Aug. 2002.
Kerry Ann Rockquemore
"Beyond Black: Biracial Identity in America." Invited Lecture, Tufts University, Boston MA. 2003.
"The End of Innocence: Choice, Fluidity, and Racial Identity Construction in Post-Civil Rights America." Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of Black Sociologists, Chicago, IL. Aug. 15-17, 2002.
"Exploring Multiple Realities: Using Narrative Approaches in Therapy with Black/White Biracials" (with Tracey Lazloffy). Family Relations. 52.2: 119-128. 2003.
"Mental Health Issues Among the Multiracial Population." Interrace Colloquium Series, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. 2002.
"Negotiating Racial Identity: Biracial Women and Interactional Validation" (with David L. Brunsma). Women & Therapy. 27.1. 2003.
"Negotiating the Color Line: Patterns of Racial Identity Development Among Black/White Biracials." Paper presented at the Annual Multicultural Psychology Symposia, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN. 2002.
"Negotiating the Color Line: The Gendered Process of Racial Identity Construction Among Black/White Biracials." Gender & Society. 16.4: 485-503. 2002. "Promiscuity vs. Chastity: Sex, Birth Control, and Denial at Boston College." CLX faculty affiliate program, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA. 2003.
"Racial Identity, Passing, and the Social Construction of Whiteness." Paper presented with Patricia Arend at the Annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, PA. February 28 - March 2, 2003.
"Rethinking Race: Exploring the Meaning of Blackness in Post-Civil Rights America." Panel presentation at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. Aug. 16-18, 2002.
"Socially Embedded Identities: Theories, Typologies, and Processes of Racial Identity Among Biracials" (with David L. Brunsma). The Sociological Quarterly. 43.3: 335-356. 2002.
"What Does 'Black' Mean: Exploring the Epistemological Stranglehold of Racial Categorization" (with David Brunsma). Critical Sociology. 25.1-2: 101-122. 2002.
"Whole Lotta Yelluh Wasted: The Gendered Process of Racial Identity Construction Among Black/White Biracial Women." Panel presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Association of Black Sociologists, Chicago, IL. August 15-17, 2002.
Paul Schervish
2003 Survey of Planned Giving Vehicles (with John J. Havens and Mary A. O'Herlihy). Social Welfare Research Institute. Boston College. June 2003.
"Agent Animated Philanthropy." Keynote address to Social Venture Partners International Conference. Calgary, Alberta. May 30, 2003.
"Better than Gold: The Inner Life of Charitable Giving. Presentation to Donors Group of the Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, PA. Jan. 28, 2003.
"Capacity, Care, and Choice: New Horizons in Philanthropy and Fundraising." Workshop presented to the South Carolina Planned Giving Council. James Island, SC. Feb. 7, 2003
"Discernment and Discerned Giving: New Directions for an Ignatian Approach to the Money, Meaning, Motives, and Methods of Fundraising." Presentation to the Jesuit Advancement Administrators Conference. Georgetown University. June 23, 2003.
"Discernment and Discerned Philanthropy: The Dynamics of Capacity, Character, and Choice" (with John J. Havens and Mary A. O'Herlihy). Presentation to the 2002 annual meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action . Toronto. Nov. 13, 2002.
"Donors and Fundraisers: Their New Horizons of Philanthropy." Presentation to Calgary Foundation Officers, Board Members, and Donors. The Calgary Foundation. Calgary, Alberta. May 30, 2003.
"The Dynamics of Self-Reflective Philanthropy." Presentation to the Boards of Trustees of the American Association of American Fundraising Counsel and of the American Association of Fundraising Counsel Trust for Philanthropy. Chicago, IL. Dec. 6, 2002.
"Funding and Fundraising as a Spiritual Exercise: Ignatian Spirituality and the Foundations of Philanthropy." Workshop presented to the development staffs of the Apostolates of the Detroit Province of the Society of Jesus, Toledo, OH. Nov. 12, 2003.
"The Horizons of Philanthropy in an Environment of Affluence." Presentation to the Non-Profit Development Program, Irish Institute at Boston College. May 13, 2003.
"How Do People Leave Bequests: Family or Philanthropic Organizations?" (with John J. Havens). Death and Dollars. Eds. Alicia H. Munnell and Annika Sunden. Washington, D.C.: The Brookings Institution Press. 2003.
"The Impact of Estate-Tax Repeal." Trusteeship. Vol. 10, No. 5: 27-28. Sept./Oct. 2002.
"The Inheritance of Wealth and the Commonwealth in an Age of Affluence: Teaching and Learning the Spiritual Agency of Capacity, Care, and Choice." Indiana University Center on Philanthropy's 16th Annual Symposium, Philanthropy across the Generations. Ind ianapolis, IN. Aug. 21, 2003.
"The Inner Dynamics by Which Wealth Leads to Financial Care." Presentation to the Association of Lutheran Development Executives 2003 Conference. Irvine, CA. March 1, 2003.
"The Material, Spiritual, and Methodological Horizons of Philanthropy." Address to Charity and Financial Professional sponsored by Bank of America. Seattle, WA. May 8, 2003.
"Methodology is Destiny: The Effect of Survey Prompts on Reported Levels of Giving and Volunteering" (with Patrick M. Rooney and Kathryn S. Steinberg). Presentation to the 2002 annual meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. Toronto. Nov. 13, 2002.
"New Directions in Planned Giving." Keynote address to the Regional Conference of Financial Planning Association of Georgia. Atlanta, GA. May 22, 2003.
"New Horizons of Philanthropy: The Money, Meaning, Motivations, and Methods." Address to Women in Development of Greater Boston, Tremont Hotel. Boston, MA. Sept. 25, 2002.
"The New Physics of Philanthropy: The Money, Meaning, Motives, and Methods." Presentation to Nonprofit executives and financial professionals. The Calgary Foundation. Calgary, Alberta. May 30, 2003.
"The New Physics of Philanthropy." Seminar presented to CASE Seminar on Advancement Leadership for Presidents. Harvard University. Jan. 13, 2003.
"Philanthropy's Future: Trends, Innovations, and Forecasts." Panel presentation to CommonWealth, WCVB TV's Philanthropy's New Frontier: From Institutional to the Internet, Needham, MA. Sept. 24, 2002.
"Planned Giving Still In Early Stages" (with John J. Havens and Mary A. O'Herlihy). The Nonprofit Times. July 1, 2003.
"Planning the New Planned Giving: The Money, Meaning, Motives, and Methods." Plenary address to the Washington Planned Giving Council. Seattle, WA. May 8, 2003.
"The Spiritual Secret of Wealth: The Inner Dynamics by which Fortune Engenders Care" (with Mary A. O'Herlihy). New Directions for Philanthropic Fundraising: Taking Fundraising Seriously. Ed. Dwight F. Burlingame. No. 35: 23-40. Spring 2002.
"The Social-Psychology of the Supply Side of Philanthropy." Presentation to Seattle area nonprofit researchers and professionals. Seattle, WA. May 7, 2003.
"Three Classes of Souls and the Soul of Financial Care: Discerning a Personal Gospel of Wealth and Philanthropy." Presentation to the Association of Lutheran Development Executives 2003 Conference. Irvine, CA. March 1, 2003.
"Visions of Sugarplums: The Material and Spiritual Horizons of Philanthropy." Keynote address to the Association of Lutheran Development Executives 2003 Conference. Irvine, CA. March 1, 2003.
"Wealth Transfer in an Age of Affluence." Plenary Panel Presentation to the More than Money National Members' Conference. Cambridge, MA. May 2, 2003.
"Wisdom and Moral Biography: New Directions for Jewish Fundraising." Keynote presentation to Jewish Federation Executives. Fisher-Bernstein Institute. Brandies University. June 30, 2003.
"Why the $41 Trillion Wealth Transfer Estimate Is Still Valid: A Review of Challenges and Questions" (with John J. Havens). The Journal of Gift Planning. Vol. 7, No. 1: 11-15, 47-50. 1st Quarter 2003.
Why the $41 Trillion Wealth Transfer Estimate Is Still Valid: A Review of Challenges and Questions (with John J. Havens). Social Welfare Research Institute. Boston College. Jan. 6, 2003.
Juliet B. Schor
"Beyond the Cycle of Work and Spend: Achieving Balance." WID (Women in Development of Greater Boston). April 2003.
"Beyond Work and Spend." Association of Independent Information Professionals, 17th Annual Conference. Providence, RI. May 2003.
"Can Americans Consume Sustainably? Ecological Lifestyles For Everyone." Environmental Studies Department. Middlebury College. March 2003.
"Children and Consumer Culture." University of Connecticut, Department of Sociology. Dec. 2002.
"Chicken Dance Elmo and a Cashmere Twin-set? Thanks, but not this year." Boston Globe. Ideas Section. Sunday, Dec. 8, 2002.
"Cleaning the Closet: Toward a New Ethic of Fashion." Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the 21st Century. Beacon Press, Nov. 2002.
"The Commodification of Childhood: Tales from the Advertising Front Lines." Colloquium on the Commodification of Everything, Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture. University of Virginia. Feb. 2003.
"Critical Perspectives on Economics 10." Harvard University. Nov. 2002.
"Een wegenkaart voor de 21ste eeuw: arbeidstijd en duurzame consumptie." Oikos. 21(2): 76-90 (in Flemish). 2002.
"The (Even More) Overworked American." Visualize Free Time: The Official Handbook for Take Back Your Time Day. Ed. John de Graff. 2003.
"Friday Forum on Sustainable Planet." Harvard Book Store, Cambridge. Nov. 2002.
"The IMF and the World Bank in Perspective." Teach-in on the IMF and World Bank, sponsored by Harvard Aids Coalition. Harvard University. Sept. 2002.
"Integrating Work in Academe and Advocacy: A Conversation with Juliet Schor." Sloan Work-Family Online Research Network. Ed. Briah Hoey. Spring 2002.
"Less Stuff, More Fun: Interview with Juliet Schor." Indicators. 2(1):1-10, Winter 2002-3.
"Living Sustainably: Solutions for the 21st Century." Opening Keynote Address. Sustainable Portland Conference. May 2003.
"National Security and the American Dream." Plenary Session, Environmental Grantmakers Association. Asheville, NC. Sept. 2002.
"Politicizing Sustainability: Why Achieving Ecological Balance Requires Economic and Geo-Political Transformation." Opening Keynote Address, Sixth Nordic Conference on Environmental Social Sciences, Turku/Abo, Finland. June 2003.
"Roundtable on Advertising and Values." Advertising and Society Review, #4. 2002.
"Sustainable Consumption and American Imperialism." Keynote Address, Ecological Economics Association. Saratoga, NY. May 2003.
"Sustainable Consumption and Worktime Reduction." Fifth Annual Kurt W. Rothschild Annual Lecture. University of Linz, Austria. Nov. 2002.
Sustainable Planet: Solutions for the 21st Century (edited with Betsy Taylor). Beacon Press. 2002.
"Time and Sustainability." Second Annual Century of the Environment Conference, Omega Institute and Resurgence Magazine. Rhinebeck, NY. Sept. 2002.
"Understanding the New Consumerism: Inequality, Emulation and the Erosion of Well-Being." Tijdschrift voor Sociologie. 23(1):10-20 (in Flemish translation). 2002.
"Why Americans Should Rest." New York Times. op-ed. September 2, 2002.
Diane Vaughan
"Columbia: The Final Mission." ABC Documentary. July 7, 2003.
"Distinction and the Construction of Occupational Boundaries: the Case of Air Traffic Control." Regular Session, "Occupational Communities." Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section, ASA Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. 2002.
"History as Cause: Columbia and Challenger," Chapter 8, Columbia Accident Investigation Board Report, Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. 2003.
Keynote, "Analogy and Situated Action." Keynote, Ethnography Workshop, UC System Graduate Students. UCLA. April 24-25, 2003.
"Organizational Rituals of Risk and Error." Organizational Encounters with Risk. Eds. Bridget Hutter and Michael Power. Cambridge University Press. 2003.
Testimony, Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Houston Texas. April 23, 24, 2003.
"Theorizing: Interpretive Work in Qualitative Analysis." ASA Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. 2002.
John Williamson
"Inquadrare il dibattito sull'equità intergenerazionale, l'interdipendenza fra le generazioni e la riforma della Social Security negli Statu Uniti" [Framing the Debate over Generational Equity, Generational Interdependence, and Social Security Reform in the United States] (with T. K. McNamara and S. A. Howling, Sociologia e politiche sociali [Sociology and Social Policy] 6 (1):95-112. 2003.
"The Applicability of the Notional Defined Contribution Model for China" (with Zheng Bingwen). World Economy & China. 11(3) May-June. 2003: 8-12.
"Interrupted Trajectories and Labor Force Participation: The Effect of Unplanned Changes in Marital and Disability Status" (with Tay K. McNamara). Research on Aging. 25 (2): 87-121. March, 2003.
"Privatization of Social Security in the United Kingdom: Warning or Exemplar?" Journal of Aging Studies. 16 (4) 415-430. Nov. 2002.
"What's Next for Social Security in the United Kingdom: Warning or Exemplar?" Journal of Aging Studies 16 (4):415-430. 2002.
"Social Security and Medicare: Do We Need Incremental or Radical Reforms?" The Gerontologist. 42 (4): 560-564. 2002.
"Welfare State" (with Tay K. McNamara). Encyclopedia of Aging. Ed. David J. Ekerdt New York: Macmillan Reference USA. 2002.