Mark your calendars! NESA’s 2008 Fall Conference, themed ‘Teaching and Learning’, is scheduled for November 1, 2008. Details on location, registration and call for papers will be posted soon!
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NESA is pleased to announce that Yvonne Vissing, PhD was presented with the Sociologist of the Year Award at the Spring Conference. Dr. Vissing is a Professor of Sociology at Salem State College where she developed the Center for Child Studies, heads up the department’s research program and is currently working to develop a graduate program in Social Policy/Public Sociology. In addition, she was appointed to serve on the Juvenile Parole Board for the State of New Hampshire and works closely with the National Coalition for the Homeless. Dr. Vissing’s publications include Out of Sight Out of Mind: Homeless Children and Families in Small-Town America, Women Without Children: Nurturing Lives, How to Keep Your Children Safe: A Guide for Parents and Finding Information About Children. Most recently, she completed a book exploring the sociological role of Santa Claus in children’s lives.
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Newsletter Editors Shirley Jackson and Dan Klotz have assembled the latest Association news and notes into our semi-annual newsletter. Click Here for your copy of NESA News now.
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