During the pastacademic year, the University held avariety of special events tocelebrateSanta Clara’s Sesquicen-tennial culminating with a GrandAnniversary Weekend at the end ofJune. In his message to the Univer-sity Community, the President, Fr.Paul L. Locatelli, S.J., expressed histhanks to all who contributed to thesmooth and efficient coordination ofthe many activities of the weekend.He said: “From all reports, peoplewho came had a wonderful time andwere very excited about the univer-sity. Each of the many events werewell attended – from the many classreunions on Friday evening, to theSaturday picnic and open house andthe Golden Circle Theater Party, tothe Homecoming Mass and Break-fast on Sunday. The Weekendstrengthened the ties the universityhas with many generations of SantaClarans. It brought people to cam-pus who had not been to the univer-sity in many years; it was an occa-sion for alumni and friends of theUniversity to reconnect; it broughttogether, in enjoyable ways, olderand younger alumni; it was anopportunity for neighborhood folks tosee parts of the campus they usuallydon’t see. I am sure all who came,left with a sense of great pride inSanta Clara and a new closeness tothe University.”

Chair's LetterHello again from your alma mater! 2000-01 has seen a few significant, newdevelopments in the Sociology program. Our new faculty member, Dr. LauraNichols, joined us this year and has definitely strengthened an already vibrantSociology program. We developed our 2000-05 strategic plan, the cornerstone of which is the assessment of our award-winning developmental curricu-lum. We have also developed an assessment strategy. This year, we pilot-tested the first component of the curriculum. Led by Drs. John Ratliff andShawn Ginwright, the Sociology faculty reviewed and agreed upon a set oflearning objectives and sociological concepts that we would expect students toknow when they complete Sociology 001, Principles of Sociology. Our goal isto help students build on this foundation as they continue their Sociologyeducation. We also crafted a “Statement of Sociological Understanding” that isincluded in all Sociology syllabi. Here it is:

“Sociology is a social science that uses quantitative and qualita-tive methods to analyze the relationships among individual ac-tions, social institutions, societal forces, and social change. Socio-logical understanding provides us with the tools for analyzing thepractical impact and ethical implications of our choices anddecisions in the workplace, family and community".

Please, tell us whether this statement captures your recollections of whatSociology is all about. Also, you will find a brief questionnaire at the end of thisnewsletter. Please, take a few minutes to fill it out and return it to us. Yourresponses will help us in our on-going assessment activity.

Most of all, I want to thank all our students and friends for your continuedsupport. Do keep in touch with us. We love to hear from you!

Sincerely,

Marilyn

Marilyn Fernandez, Department Chair

"TEMPUS FUGIT"....In Retrospect

SCU's150th

Birthday

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SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY

SOCIOLOGYNEWSLETTER

THE ANTHROPOLGY/SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENTVOLUME XXIX NOVEMBER 2001

A NEW NAME FORTHE DISTINGUISHEDVISITING SCHOLARFUNDAs we have reported earlier, theSociology program currently hastwo fully-endowed programs. In1978, the alumnae/alumni andfriends of the department estab-lished the Witold Krassowski Award for exemplarystudent work in sociological research. Then, over theyears, with your support , we were able to establish theDistinguished Visiting Scholar Program which allowed usto bring to campus every year a nationally-knownsociologist for a week-long visit. Usually the visitorwould lecture in classes corresponding to his/her spe-cialty, meet informally with students at a ‘brown-bag’luncheon, hold a seminar for university faculty, give anevening university lecture open to the public, and addressstudents, faculty and guests attending the annual West-ern Undergraduate Sociology/Anthropology ResearchConference. The first Distinguished Visiting Scholar inthe Spring of 1988, was Dr. Rodney Stark, Professor ofSociology and Comparative Religion at the University ofWashington in Seattle. Dr. Stark gave two memorablepresentations: one, a university lecture on “Epidemicsand the Rise of Christianity” and the second one at theUndergraduate Research Conference titled:“Durkheim’s Suicide: An Intercontinental Inquest.”

For years, this program had only a generic name as theperson whom the department wanted to honor wasmodest and declined proper recognition. Finally, lastJune, after “some arm-twisting and assorted blackmail”,the department secured the person’s consent and fromnow on this program will be known as THE JAMES. E.PAVISHA DISTINGUISHED VISITING SCHOLARPROGRAM.

Jim graduated in Sociology in 1966 and made his careerin management and the development of recreationalcenters world-wide. Santa Clara’s Sociology program isproud to recognize his interest in, loyalty, and contribu-tions to the works of the department, and is pleased tohonor him. Thanks a lot, Jim!

We are grateful to our colleagues who helped us out aslecturers during the 2000-01 school year: in the Fall of2000, professors D. Kochenburg and A. Schulz (Prin-ciples of Sociology), D. Armstrong (Computers,Internet, and Society), M. Mesmer (Social Change), E.Carlson (Business, Technology, and Society), and S.Mayer, (Elder Law).

In the Spring 2001: M. Giovanola (World Geography),W. Gallagher (Business, Technology, and Society), andS. Yuter (Mgmt. of Health Care Organizations.).

And in the Summer of 2001, A. Fosberg (World Geog-raphy), D. Kochenburg (Social Problems), D.Armstrong (Computers, the Internet, and Society), W.Gallagher (Business, Technology, and Society), and J.Leshan (Race, Class & Gender). It was awfully good ofyou to help us out....

In June, 24 seniors received their Bachelor of Sciencedegree in Sociology.

After the commencement, theAnthropology and SociologyGraduates, their families,and guests were invited toa brief departmentalreception. This get-together took place in the archaeol-ogy research lab building (the one story building at theuniversity’s entrance) which is more convenient thanO’Connor Hall as it is located very close to Buck ShawStadium, were the commencement ceremony has beenheld for the past few years.

Congratulations! Class of 2001

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DR.DR.ROY CHILDSROY CHILDS,Professor of Sociology at theUniversity of the Pacific, was oneof the Distinguished Visiting

Scholars for the Sociology Program during the SpringQuarter. After receiving his doctorate from StanfordUniversity, Dr. Childs accepted a position at U.O.P.where he served, at different times, as Chairperson ofthe Sociology Department, Director of the Center forIntegrated Studies, Director of the Urban Affairs Pro-gram, and Director of the Laboratory for Social Re-search. During his visit, Dr. Childs was the guest speakerin a number of classes and gave the main address at theInitiation Luncheon for new members of Alpha KappaDelta, Sociology’s International Honor Society. After hisreturn to U.O.P., Dr. Childs sent the following letter toDr. Fernandez, Head of SCU’s Sociology Section:“Please pass my thanks on to your faculty and studentsfor having me as a guest this past week. In all sincerity, Iam profoundly grateful for the opportunity to visit, tomeet your bright and energetic students, and to visit withsome of your faculty and the folks at the Arrupe Center.Your AKD students are outstanding, and your appliedsociology students have so much potential and so muchto look forward to as they develop their skills andavenues for practice. It wasallvery exciting to see it infront of my eyes.

SCU is far ahead of us,and I brought many ideaswhich can be used here.Thanks again for yourkind hospitality. I enjoyedmyself enormously. Pleasesay hello for me to Dr. Kand the others. — Roy.”

HONORS AND AWARDS...HONORS AND AWARDS...

RANVIR SEKHON graduated (Cum Laude).

The Witold Krassowski Award for exemplary studentwork in sociological research was presented to: KatieFord for her study titled “The Reciprocation of Emotionin Parent - Child Relationships: A Quantitative Study ofthe Process of Shared Meanings,” and to Gladys Garcia

for her study on “The Effects of Teen Ownership OfCellular Phones and Pagers on the Parent-Teen

Relationship”

Inducted into the Alpha Kappa Delta, InternationalSociology Honor Society, the Alpha Mu Chapter of

California, were: Christina Boynton, Patricia Castorena,Kathleen Ford, Glayds Garcia, William Huerta,

Ranvir Sekhon and Lisanna Stamos.

Shannon Gleeson, a junior Sociology

major, received a great honor this spring when she waschosen to attend the Multidisciplinary Program in In-equality and Social Policy sponsored by the GalbraithScholars Program at Harvard University, from June 10 -14. Only sixteen students were chosen in a nationwidecompetition. Other winners came from schools like U.C.Berkeley, the University of Chicago, Cornell, Harvard,

Johns Hopkins,Swarthmore, and theUniversity of Texas atAustin. Each day saw animpressive group of pre-senters such as RobertPutnam, Robert Hauser,Theda Skocpol, andRobert Reich. Shannonreports that she had a greattime, and came back fromthe conference fully ener-gized for her senior year.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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Photo: Participants in the GalbraithScholars Program at Harvard University.Shannon Gleeson far right front.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHCONFERENCE

April 21, 2001 marked another successful WesternUndergraduate Research Conference at Santa ClaraUniversity. The 28th in a series of such annual gatheringsin Sociology and Anthropology, and the first suchconference nationwide. The conferenc attracted sixty-one student presentations representing 13 colleges anduniversities. This year, though, a few student presenterscame from way outside the Western part of the UnitedStates with one from the New School University in N.Y.City, and two others from Trinity University, San Anto-nio, TX. , and the University of the South in Tennessee.

The day-long meetings were arranged in 14 sessionswith topics ranging from “Maya Atlantean Figures ofChichen Itza: A Link to the Toltec Tula?”, and “Tattooson College Campus,” to “Kurdish Pastoral Nomads ofIran: An Ethnographic Study,” to “Internet Love : It CanHappen to You”. In fact, two whole sessions (eightpapers) were devoted to the topics dealing with theInternet, one examining the issue of hate on the Internetand the other topics of dating and love on the Internet.Student presenters made themselves proud not only intheir professional treatment of the material, but also inthe ways in which they skillfully responded to the ques-tions raised by the chairs of the sessions and members ofthe audience.

Dr. Pedro Noguera, The Judith K. Dimon Professor ofCommunities and Schools at the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education, was the Sociology ProgramVisiting Scholar, who gave the after luncheon addresstitled: “Discovering your sociological imagination: Theapplication and utility of social science in everyday life.”Brightened with a number of illustrations from his ownexperience, the speaker pointed out that solid groundingin the social sciences allows us to go far beyond thecommon sense explanations of social phenomena, helpsus to understand what questions to ask, and how to askthem.

Special thanks are due to Dr. Shawn Ginwright, theConference Director, and Ms. Sandra Chiaramonte forthe numerous tasks which went into planning, preparing,and attending to all the organizational details of the

meetings. The work started last September and justended, eight months later - without which this traditionalevent could have never had taken place. Also a warmthanks to Marissa Brown and Gladys Garcia, ourstudent assistants, for their help. The Sociology StudentAssociation also helped out significantly with the under-graduate research conference. Under the direction of Dr.Ginwright, the Association officers helped to organize thepapers into topical areas for panels, made signs, andhelped orient visiting paper presenters to the universityand the surrounding area.

The 29th Annual Western Undergraduate Anthro-pology/ Sociology Research Conference will beheld on the SCU campus, in O’Connor Hall, on

April 13, 2002.

The Sociology InternshipProgram

This year, eleven of our students enrolled in the SocioloyInternship class. Students interned at place such as SunMicro Systems, Stanford Center for Research onDisease Prevention, San Jose Earthquakes, the MexicanConsulate, and the Santa Clara County ProbationDepartment.

Students spend 10 - 12 hours a week working in busi-ness or non-profit organizations applying their sociologi-cal skills. Students meet with the internship coordinatorevery other week to discuss their experiences and writepapers, applying what they have learned in their sociol-ogy courses to their internship placement.

If you are local to the Bay Area and work in an organi-zation that would welcome one of our students as anintern (or are out of the area, but might have a summerplacement), please contact us. Our students have verygood basic qualitative and quantitative (including SPSS)research skills. Students in our Applied Sociology:Business and Human Services emphasis also learn howto perform program evaluations, needs assessments,write grants, write policy briefs, and do community assetmapping. For more information on our internshipprogram, please contact Dr. Laura Nichols atlnichols@scu.edu or (408) 551-7131.

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SOCIOLOGYSTUDENTASSOCIATION

Under the leadership of GladysGarcia, its President, the Sociol-ogy Student Association had abusy and productive year. It allstarted with “Pizza With theProfs”, in the ‘open area’ ofO’Connor Hall, 301. Sociologyfaculty and a few dozen studentsenjoyed this get-together trying tore-connect with one another, aftera long summer break. Later in the quarter, students metwith Dr. Nichols, over dinner at an Ethiopian restaurant,to talk about issues surrounding graduate school, such aswhat graduate school is like, different types of master’sand Ph.D. programs, and the application process.

In the Winter quarter, Gladys Garcia took chargedesigning and organizing the T-shirt sale. The logo on theback of the shirt is of people holding hands surroundinga globe. A few t-shirts are still available; they cost$10.00 and are available in the departmental office,O’Connor 329.

Four students attended the Pacific Sociological Associa-tion Meetings in San Francisco. With the support of thedepartment, students who wanted to were able to stay atthe conference hotel and attend sessions. Dr. Powers,who organized this outing, took them to a PSA receptionand a dinner hosted by the California SociologicalAssociation, where students said they really appreciatedthe opportunity to meet with other sociologists (studentsand faculty), to share their experiences in classroomwork and research, and learn about programs at otheruniversities. (Our students reported that they havegained a new respect for the training they receive here,at Santa Clara - especially in terms of research skills.)Students also interacted with a number of prominentsociologists, including Earl Babbie, and attended papersessions. Upon their return, students shared their experi-ences about what they learned at the conference, in astudent and faculty meeting. The Sociology Programhopes to be able to sponsor similar trips to futuresociology conferences.

The Spring Quarter Career Night attracted more than 20students to a panelpresentation of recentalumni who sharedtheir experiences sincegraduating with aSociology degree fromSanta Clara. Thepanelists were JulieLienert (‘91), AndyHagedorn (‘93 andMBA ‘00) and LauraNichols (‘90).

Photo: (left to right)Gladys Garcia, Veronica Castaneda, Robin Sosa andYadira Cadena.

A NOTE TO ALUMNI: If you would be willing to bea speaker at future career nights or would like to serveas a mentor for students, please contact Laura Nicholsor Sandee Chairamonte in the department. (408) 554-2794).

FACULTYANDSTAFF NOTES

2000/2001 was anotherbusy year for SANDEECHIARAMONTE.This year’s Undergradu-ate Research Conferencewas a ‘super-success’ due to Sandee’s great administra-tive and organizational skills. Sandee said good-bye toanother graduating class. Each year, she says, it getsharder and harder to say good-bye. Sandee still keeps intouch with her student assistants, Jennifer McKenzie andErin Hester. Erin has moved to Seattle, Washington, andJennifer has a very good job in the Bay Area. Sandeesays it is great to hear from the students and to hear howwell they are doing.

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continued "Facualty and Staff"....On a personal note, Sandee continues to volunteer andwork with the ‘Beginning Experience’, a peer ministryfor the widowed, divorced and separated persons. Thisprogram holds two retreat weekends a year and shevolunteers for one of the weekends. Sandee also took aroad trip with her father this summer and what a won-derful time they had! Her father is 83 years young anddoing quite well. They went to five different states andtraveled 4000 miles. She said they saw beautiful countryand lots of open spaces, a black bear in Yellowstone,deer in Colorado, and lots of people in California...Gotcaught in a horrible thunder storm...but all in all had awonderful time. Also, she took her first airplane flyinglesson in Chico, California. She said it was a wonderfulthrill!!

DR. FERNANDEZ is happy to report that she hassurvived well her first year as thechair of the Department of An-thropology/Sociology. Sheattributes much of her success tothe continued support of hercolleagues in the department.

She was on sabbatical ( her 2ndof three over three years) in theSpring quarter and spent her time,reading, writing, and resting at hermother’s home in Bangalore,India. Her mother, who turned 78 in July, is learning toplay the piano for the first time in her life! Learning seemsimpervious to age. Earlier, on her way to India, Dr.Fernandez and her husband, Peter, visited Egypt for 11days and learnt much about the ancient Egyptian per-spectives on continuity and connectedness of life. Theyleft Egypt with much to ponder.

Her work on her co-authored book with Prof. StevenFugita, of SCU’s Psychology and Ethnic Studies Pro-gram, is progressing well. The book is a sociologicalanalysis of the World War II incarceration of JapaneseAmericans. They hope to finish the bulk of their workbefore the fall quarter begins. Wish them luck!

DR. ALMA M. GARCIA completed her book onMexican immigration, The Mexican Americans to bepublished by Greenwood Press, Spring 2002. Thebook deals with Mexican immigration in the post -1965 period and focuses on the adjustments andadaptations of Mexicans living in the United States.She is now working on a new book on second-genera-tion Mexican American women and identity. Dr. Garciatraveled to Krakow, Poland in July to present a paper,“Emergent Feminist Discourse Among Second-Genera-tion Mexican American women,” at the InternationalWorld Congress of Sociology Meetings. She organizedand chaired a panel on “Race, Class and GenderResearch and the Transformation of the Academy”.

Dr. Garcia has now recovered from another kneesurgery. She continues to study for her Bat Mitzvah tobe held at Congregation Beth David in May 2002.

She was appointed co-chair of Beth David’sAdult Education Committee and continues toserve on the executive board as treasurer ofthe congregation’s Sisterhood.

Last year, DR. WITOLD KRASSOWSKI‘survived’ his second year as ProfessorEmeritus in fine shape. Thanks to the kindnessof his colleagues and the students, he was oftenon campus helping out with student counseling,student association activities, and departmentalfunctions. This slow “weaning process” made

his transition to the ‘retired status’ much easier.

Last Spring, Dr. and Mrs. K. visited their son, Dan, andhis family in Ohio, and spent a week in the HudsonRiver Valley with their former SCU colleagues, Drs.Linda and Ken Cool. They had a great time! TheCools were perfect hosts and showed “The Ks” someof the jewels of the Empire State ranging from WestPoint and Ellis Island to the Culinary Institute ofAmerica and the great delicatessens of Manhattan!Last June, Dr. and Mrs. K., with their children andgrandchildren at their side celebrated their GoldenWedding Anniversary !!! Quite an event in these timesof rapid change.

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continued "Faculty and Staff Notes"This fall, ‘history will repeat itself’ with Dr. K. returningto the classroom to teach one course in Demography,trying to help the department to realize its program goals.Some 30 unsuspecting students filled the registration rollsfor this class. It will be quite a challenge for Dr. K. Wishhim and his students luck!

DR. LAURA NICHOLS enjoyed her first year as anAssistant Professor in the Sociology Program. Laurataught Social Stratification, Principles of Sociology,Applied Sociology, Group Dynamics, and directed theInternship Program. Laura really enjoyed working withthe students and was impressed by their enthusiasm forthe subject matter, for learning, and for challengingthemselves. She particularly enjoyed teaching AppliedSociology where student groups conducted their ownapplied projects for local organizations. Among otherprojects, students evaluated an after-school literacyprogram, designed a pre and post instrument for anotherorganization, researched the potential benefits of abusiness implementing an employee referral program, andwrote a grant for a parent support program.

Laura also enjoyed working with the internship studentsand was excited to see the ways students integrated whatthey have learned from each of our faculty with their off-campus experience. It is evident that our program hasmuch to offer the students and that in their internshipexperience they actively draw on what they have learnedfrom each of our faculty, and that community organiza-tions also benefit from our students.

Last fall, Laura had a paper published ( with co-authorsRebecca Erickson and Chris Ritter) in the Journal ofVocational Behavior. The research presented in the paperfound that parents in dual-earner marriages were morelikely to be absent from work if they experienced jobburnout along with having young children or difficultyfinding child care. Both, mothers and fathers were equallylikely to be absent from work under these conditions.This coming year, Laura will continue her research on theeconomic adjustments parents make in the transition toparenthood, the potential benefits of participatoryprogram planning, and is editing a volume of the experi-ences of students who are first in their family to attendcollege.

DR. CHARLES POWERS and his wife, Joan, spentthe summer of 2000 in Brazil as Fulbright Hayes Fellow-ship recipients studying Brazilian culture and develop-ment. After Chuck and Joan finished their terms asFulbright Hayes Fellows, they were joined in Brazil bytheir children (Catlin who is now 15 and Bonnie who isnow 11), and Joan’s mother, Hannah. They continuedtheir study travel in Rio and Sao Paolo, and acrossSouth America to Cuzco, Peru, where they enrolled inSpanish classes and continued their studies of culture,development, and change. The Powers family ended thefall with a trip to the World Expo on sustainable devel-opment in Germany, followed by four weeks of visitingand attending cultural events relating to the themes oftheir sabbaticals. It was a tremendous learning experi-ence for the entire family.

Back at home during the winter and spring terms, Dr.Powers focused his attention on improving linkagesamong some Sociology courses. He worked with Drs.Fernandez and Nichols towards goals which Sociologyfaculty have collectively agreed upon for the Principles ofSociology class and for Theory. Dr. Powers also servedhis first year as a Co-Director for the Combined Sci-ences major. (The other Co-Director is Dr. StevenFedder of the Chemistry Department.) Being a Com-bined Sciences Co-Director does not involve teaching,but does come with a heavy advising load.

Since early in 2000, Dr. Powers has been working on anew edition of The Emergence of Sociological Theory(authored by Jonathan Turner, Leonard Beeghley, andCharles Powers). Chuck is finishing up his work on the5th edition right now. On another front, Drs. Powers,Fernandez, and Nichols have a chapter appearing in thebrand new edition of the American SociologicalAssociation’s program assessment manual. This paperoutlines ongoing efforts to experiment with assessmentmethods and flows out of the work which won SantaClara University’s Sociology program the AmericanSociological Association’s Distinguished Contributions toTeaching Award in 1998... We are still ‘trying harder’(watch out Hertz, move over Berkeley, it’s a differentkind of enterprise)!

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continued "Faculty and Staff Notes"This past year has been a busy one for DR. JOHNRATLIFF. While continuing to teach his TechnologyCore Courses, Computers, Internet and Society, andBusiness, Technology, and Society, he also took on apart of the Sociology Practicum course, where sociologymajors write the thesis that serves as the culmination ofthe sociology core sequence. This was how he got toknow most of the sociology majors VERY well.

At the same time, he has continued his research intoemerging Internet and telecommunications technologies inthe U.S. and Japan. Last September (‘00) he presenteda paper on the social implications of new wirelessInternet technologies at the Telecommunications Policyand Research Conference in Washington, D.C.. LastFebruary, his article on this subject“NTT DoCo Mo and Its I-mode Wireless Network”was published in the inaugural issue of NEXUS, thePublication of the Institute for Science, Technology, andSociety, here at SCU.

Everybody in John’s family is involved in education: hiswife is in the midst of an AA program at Mission Collegein Computer Graphic Design, and his daughter justgraduated from Buchser Middle School and is on herway to Santa Clara High next year.

**Sorry we are missing entries from Drs. Ginwright andIwamoto. We will hear from them next year.

DR. K’s MAILBAG

CLASS OF 1966Dr. and Mrs. K had a wonderful (but alltoo brief) visit with JIM and VictoriaPAVISHA and their beautiful daughters,Elizabeth, Annamarie, and Caitlin. ThePavisha’s attended the closing celebra-tions of SCUs’ Sesquicentennial oncampus and, on Friday, joined the K’s forlunch [and for a very informal presentationof a plaque naming the newly endowedSociology visiting scholar program “THEJAMES E. PAVISHA DISTINGUISHED VISIT-ING SCHOLAR PROGRAM”...]

CLASS of 1967Last January, MARGARET (“PEG”) PINARD visitedthe department. She was in the area to attend an operain San Jose in which her daughter, also Margaret and aSCU’s student, played a part. Peg lives in San LuisObispo where she served two terms as the mayor of thiscity, and currently is serving her second term as a countysupervisor.

Another informative ‘report’ from JIM THILTGEN who“makes things happen” at the Redevelopment Agency inthe Nashville area. “The big surprise was that JIMKELLEY (also ‘67) has moved into the area. He took ajob with Ingram Book Distributors down in La Vergneand works primarily in the library sales area. Since weare doing the new downtown library and five regionallibraries, he was doing some business with the Nashvillelibrary people. It turns out that my boss is married to thelibrary director, so Jim ran into my boss several monthsago and, then we got together for lunch and soon startedreminiscing about the old days and where our paths havetaken us since. I guess I never knew that he was atPurdue in Child Development at the same time I wasthere...” In his work (Thiltgen) has a lot to do withplanning and real estate transfers which, during the pastyear, ended up in court. As a result, Jim notes, that hehas a lot of confidence in our jury system. Shortly afterhe mailed his letter to the department, he was scheduledto give a deposition for the Agency in another court case

and he had mixed feelings about theprocedure.[...I know what you mean,Jim; I had to do it too and the lawyersdrove me crazy. Also, I am very sorryfor the ‘snafu’ with the Newsletter; didyou receive the replacement copy? -Ed.]

CLASS Of 1971A short note pinned on the door fromMARGIE HUGLE HARRIS whostopped by to say “Hello”. Sorry that Imissed you! [Next time if this happenslook me up in the phone book and call.Thanks for thinking about us.-Ed.]

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continue "Dr. K's Mailbox"CLASS OF 1976LYNETT DICKMAN is a very busy person. She istaking ballet classes and also performs. She is also thetreasurer of the Ridgefield Chorale which, thanks to anew musical director, has staged a comeback from a lowof 12 members, two years ago, to more than 60 mem-bers now. Her husband, Howard, spends most of histime on the international side of Reader’s Digest and, inpart as a result of this focus, he and Lynett travel more:(2001) April in Paris (Yeah!), May in London, andAugust in Montreal. (And, ‘yes, this was my picture withthe students.’- Ed.)

CLASS OF 1980Of course we remember you, STEVE TREDER!!!Thanks for an up-date: “Just a note to let you know thatI very much enjoy the newsletter each year. It is a realtreasure. To update you on my activities; This fall, after17 of the past 18 years at Hewlett-Packard, I resignedfrom my job as the Worldwide Sales CompensationManager, in order to take a plunge with a small compen-sation consulting firm. As of November 1, I am theDirector of Strategic Development for Western Manage-ment Group, in Los Gatos. I have gone from working ina 110,000 - employee company to a 10 - employeecompany....so far it is an environmental change that isentirely positive!— I am very fortunate to be able to saythat I have been married (to just one woman!) for 20years, residing in my home town of Santa Clara. Our18-year-old daughter is a freshman this year at NorthernArizona University, in Flagstaff, and our 16-year-old son is a junior at Santa Clara High.I look back on my days as an undergraduateat SCU with great fondness. Please say helloto Dr. Iwamoto for me. Keep me on yourmailing list as a “satisfied customer” of thenewsletter. Thanks and very bestregards...P.S. Enclosed is the e-mail addressfor Joan Kruse...she retired from HP this yearand is in a golf - playing bliss.” [Why did yousend your daughter to Flagstaff? I hope yourson will come to SCU and your daughter transfers here.Let me talk to them!-Ed.]

CLASS OF 1986A warm and a very touching note from SUSANMOORE. For years, Susan worked for SCU’s Devel-opment Office and was instrumental in setting up aspecial scholarship fund for Sociology majors in honor ofDr. K.. She writes: “After I left Santa Clara a year ago Itook three months off. I hadn’t had the summer off in 20years. I enjoyed every minute. I am now working as atemporary which has been fun. So far, I have worked fortwo start-ups. The temporary positions are a great wayto try out different work environments. I have hadseveral interviews for permanent positions but haven’tfound the right match yet.. I hope you are enjoying yourretirement.” [Thanks for your note, Susan; stay in touch.Ed.]

CLASS OF 1992A note from KYLE SETO with ‘hellos’ to the wholedepartment; then, he writes: “Just wanted to updateeverybody on my life since graduation. First, I went tothe University of Hawaii to get my A.T.C. - certifiedathletic trainer - in ‘95. Then, I got my associate’s as aphysical therapist assistant in ‘96. Afterwards, I workedin a rural, growing area of Oahu...in an outpatient,orthopaedic rehabilitation clinic for a few years. Cur-rently, I am in the middle of my graduate studies inphysical therapy at, believe it or not, the University ofNorth Dakota! Yep, it doesn’t get any more of a drasticchange in weather than Hawaii and North Dakota.Luckily, I have only two more semesters of classesbefore graduating in May ‘02 and going back home to

look for work, hopefully in an orthopaedicclinic with some community involvement inthe athletic and/or health and fitness areas.Maybe on Oahu, maybe on a neighborisland; as longas it’s back inHawaii.Thanks to allthe faculty foryour profes-

sionalism and guidance.Aloha!” [You had to havebeen to these two states toreally understand howdifferent they are! - Ed.]

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continue "Dr. K's Mailbag"CLASS OF 1994It was great to hear from MONICA PATEL who wrote:“It was nice to read what everyone was up to in thenewsletter. Congrats to Dr. Fernandez on being chair ofthe department. I am currently an attorney withFragomen, DelRay, Bernsen and Loewy in Santa Clara.It’s a business immigration law firm and most of ourclients are the high-tech companies in the area. I actuallyuse a lot of sociology in many aspects of the job. I alsohad the pleasure of attending Andrea Cachero’s (alsoclass of ‘94) wedding. Carmen Matty (‘94) also at-tended. We still keep in touch and doing well. With bestwishes to all.”

A very kind note from CARMEN MATTY-CERVANTES who was on campus, on business, andwho left a brief message both, on voice mail and a notepad. “Perhaps another occasion will arise that I get tocome and visit. I came to speak with Barbara Colyar toget more info regarding (SCU’s) study abroad (pro-gram). I told Dr. Powers I would be more than willing tohelp out in an alumni career night if my schedule permit-ted (I have night classes). Again, I want to say thanks forthe wonderful support and education you gave me.”[Carmen is a Study Abroad Advisor at the University ofthe Pacific. - Ed.]

Two , very warm and informative e-mails to Dr.Fernandez from TERESA CIABATTARI. The first : “Ijust got my SCU’s sociology newsletter and see that youare the new chair - congratulations! I am sure this newposition is giving you lots of work, but I hope it has beenrewarding. ..I am finishing yet another quarter here atUW. I made some real progress on my dissertation andlook forward to being finished by this summer. I havegone on a couple of interviews, but nothing has comefrom them yet, so I am still busy on the market. Jeff andI are heading down to Southern California for Christmasthis year. His parents live in Laguna Beach, which isalways a wonderful place to visit in December – youcan’t beat spending Christmas on the deck, relaxing inthe sun with a cold drink and a book.... Good luck withthe end-of-the-quarter madness....” [What differencedoes a month make. The second e-mail carries wonder-ful news. - Ed.] “Greetings! Just thought I should sharesome good news - I have accepted an offer to join the

Wake Forest University faculty as an Assistant Professor,starting in Fall 2001. (CONGRATULATIONS! -Ed.)The school is a great fit for me – strong teaching isexpected and rewarded, but they also have a lot ofexpected and rewarded, but they also have a lot ofresources that they use to assist faculty with their re-search. Of course, it means moving all the way to NorthCarolina, but I have heard a lot of nice things about thearea, so I think we will be able to settle in just fine.”

CLASS OF 1997Ms. Chiaramonte received the following e-mail : “DearSandee, my name is CHRISTEN DAVIS (formerlyRUIZ) and I graduated in 1997 with a B.S. in Sociology.I am sure the professors won’t remember me [here youare WRONG, we DO REMEMBER YOU – Ed.] but Iwas also on SCU’s softball team for three years. Now, Iam living back in Tracy, with my husband Shane Davis ofone-and-a-half years and our ‘baby’, a rottweiler-shepard mix, named ‘Trace’. We own our own homeand are very happy. I am in my third year teachingKindergarten in my old school district, at MonticelloSchool. I am also three months away from receiving myMaster’s degree in elementary education. I just got donereading the Sociology Newsletter and was compelled towrite in. I love getting the newsletter and staying in touch.I miss my days at SCU deeply and I am so thankful forall the time and effort my professors gave me, especiallyProf. Fernandez for helping me schedule my classes andfor all her help with my senior thesis. Thanks! GratefulSCU grad missing the good ol’ days.”

[As some of you know and others suspect, Dr. K. is anear-complete illiterate as far as computers and the e-mail are concerned. Then, he found, in print, a bunch of‘in-house’ e-mails with one familiar name that ofMONIQUE CARDINAUX]. As part of the electronicexchanges Monique wrote: “I am an alum of the SCUSociology department. If you choose to participate inresearch or intern program, I would love to be involvedin some way, talking with the group, giving them a tour,etc. I would recommend taking advantage of the workthese students can accomplish!!! Thanks.”

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continue "Dr. K's Mailbag"CLASS OF 1998GREG FOX sent this e-mail to Dr. Fernandez: “Hey, Dr.Fernandez, how are you? I just got the new Sociologynewsletter and noticed that you are now numero uno inthe department; Department Chair - Congratulations!Just checking in to say hi and to see how things aregoing. Just think, about this time four years ago we weredebating the use of the word ‘religiosity’. I ended upseeing that word used in a periodical a couple of yearsago and meant to send it to you. How else is onesupposed to describe the level of one’s religious involve-ment? Ah, the good old days. Anyhow, hope things aregoing well with you. I am still with the same company,modalis.com, doing marketing. Tell Dr. K... I say hi!Cheers.”

A most welcome letter fromSUSANA A. GARCIA -CZAROWSKI who writes:“Hello all! It was so nice toread in the newsletter aboutthe great work the departmentis doing as well as the neweradditions! CongratulationsDr. Fernandez on your newposition as chair, and to youDr. Garcia on your promotion. (Dr. G - hope you arestaying healthy now and not tripping over inanimateobjects anymore, ha, ha love you). I am also doing great.As the name suggests, I recently got married... at theMission of course! I’m still at SCU working on amaster’s in spirituality with Ana Maria Pineda. I amteaching Religious Studies at Notre Dame High School indowntown San Jose. I have found my background insociology to be tremendously helpful and of particularvalue as I work with these young women on issues ofthe media, ethnicity, social class, first generation going tocollege, and on and on. Thank you for the many toolsthat you have given me to pass on to the next generation.Teaching is a gift to my soul! (It was wonderful to readthat Judson is also teaching down south.) So, thank youmy teachers (and that includes you too, Sandee!) Whohave taught me to critically ask ‘why’, seek out ‘an-swers’, and act towards justice... P.S. I tell every seniorthat graduates (especially those SCU - bound) to givesociology a try.”

CLASS OF 1999An e-mail to Dr. Fernandez from SUMAN NARULA:“I received the newsletter in the mail today. Perfecttiming. I have just returned from taking a final examina-tion and there it was in my mailbox. (Yes. I had a finalexam on Saturday afternoon!) Congratulations onbecoming the Dept Chair! I am now in my 2nd year oflaw school at McGeorge School of Law, University ofthe Pacific in Sacramento. I try to make it back to SanJose when I can, but this year I haven’t been back oftenbecause of all the studying I have to do. Law school istough, but if all goes as planned, I will graduate in 2002.Anyhow, I wanted to drop you a note letting you knowthat changing majors from Poli Sci to Sociology was thebest thing I did at SCU. The department was so encour-aging and so welcoming... I miss that! The professorswere great and so inspiring! And the courses thoughtprovoking!— This past summer I worked at the EastSan Jose Community Law Center as a recipient of afellowship from the Public Legal Services Society atMcGeorge. I was able to get this opportunity because Iwas an intern there for 2 quarters during my senior yearand kept in contact with the Law Center. I continued thework I did as an intern working on worker’s compensa-tion cases, only this time as law student case handler. Iwould have not been able to do this had I not enrolled inthe Internship course. Thanks so much!—Well, I have 3more exams, so I better get going...’Hi’ to everyone.”

Another e-mail to Dr. Fernandez from KARLEENHANSSON : “It’s Karleen, remember me? Hope youstill have this address. I just thought that I would dropyou a line and see how you are doing. I am living downin San Diego right now and doing great. I am getting mycareer going, not exactly what I thought that I would bedoing, but it is the best thing that I could have found. Iam involved in helping the environment and people’shealth. Really fulfilling.How is SCU? Drop mea line and catch me up.Talk to you soon.”

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continue "Dr. K's Mailbag"CLASS OF 2000A short e-mail from PHILLIP ARTHUR: “I recentlyreceived the Sociology newsletter and I thought that Iwould just, briefly, extend my congratulations to both Dr.Fernandez and Dr. Garcia! I know both of you will shinein your new positions. Well, it sounds like all the Sociol-ogy faculty are doing well and that’s always good to hear.Also, good job with the newsletter. Its presentation isexcellent! Take care all.”

SOWMYA AYYAR kept in touch with the departmentlast year, while working in Silicon Valley. This pastsummer she returned to India for a visit and we receiveda postcard from Calcutta with greetings and best wishes.

JESSICA OROZCO in her e-mail to Dr. Fernandezwrites: “I wanted to say ‘hello’ and see how you aredoing. I can’t believe how much I actually miss coming toschool!!! Well, I know you are a very busy person, so Iwill say ‘bye’. Take care. I use the skills you gave meevery day."

And another one from HEATHER REAMES to Dr.Fernandez: “I just moved a coupleof weeks ago to San Francisco andthe after-college-job-hunting is in fullforce. I was in Mexico in the summer‘00 monitoring the elections and it wasgreat, thank you for the reference. Ididn’t have to do a press conference ,but I did a TV/radio interview that wasreally exciting. How is SCU? I can’t say I missit too much, but it is a little scary being out of school. Ihope everything is going well. I put you down as anotherreference for some jobs and I just wanted to warn you.One is for a children’s center doing counseling withemotionally disabled kids which I am really interested in.I was also wondering if possibly you knew of any jobcontacts here in SF? I would be interested in doing workwith domestic violence centers, if you know of any. Ofcourse the hard part of finding a job is one that will paythe rent, so maybe I’ll will go get my Ph.D. someday.Well, have a good quarter and thanks for everything. Ireally enjoyed your classes and even miss the homeworka bit. Take care.”

Two e-mails from SATOMI TAKAHASHI to Dr.Fernandez: the first one is from last December afterSatomi returned home for the holidays; she was ecstaticto be home from the East Coast and she did not thinkthat she would miss home as much as she did. “I can’tbelieve I’m already donewith my first semester oflaw school. Wow! Timeseems to go by slowlywhen you are suffering,but we’re half way donewith the first year. It surefelt like we’d all been inlaw school for a few yearstoo! Pretty weird. All inall, it’s been uh, hellish,can I say? Boy, what an experience it has been!!! Andyou know what? I miss sociology! I was so excitedwhen I found in the package my Mom sent me (with allthe good instant Japanese food) a copy of “SociologicalInquiry”; I never thought I would be so eager to read it!I miss it!....And as for the weather, amazingly, I’madjusting pretty well. Of course, I only have about fivelayers more than most people, but ‘hey’. The autumn inthe East is absolutely gorgeous and I love the snow....Ihope everything is going well with you. How is thechairperson thing? How’s Dr. K? I always think aboutyou....My Mom is managing the absence of ourrowdiness okay, I think, she certainly seems happy tosee me home. I’m glad I am home too, did I men-tion?”— The second e-mail is from this past June. “Ihave been back for a little over three weeks. I ‘veg-etated’ for two weeks before going to the trainingsession at East San Jose Community Law Center ( thankyou for your help, I volunteer there every other Tuesday)and, then starting work at the little law firm (my boss andhis partners just left to go look for office space, so I’mbeing ‘bad’ and e-mailing you) and it’s been interesting. Iwill tell you more when we do lunch or dinner or nexttime my boss is gone, j/k). So, basically, I work Mon-day through Friday except Tuesday and volunteer atESJCLC’s Immigration Advice Clinic. Yep, I finally gotoff my lazy a** and started working. Sigh. Okay, shouldgo back to work. Hee,hee.”

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continue "Dr. K's Mailbag"An update from APRIL VALENZUELA: “Congratula-tions on your new position as SCU’s Sociology SectionHead. I checked the website and saw the news - [Dr.Fernandez IS THE CHAIR of the Anthro./SociologyDepartment AND Sociology’s Section Head]...I visitedSUNY Stony Brook in NY and despised the location,people, and department, so I deferred my acceptance.Then, I started working and taking courses at SFSU,close to my mother’s home. I decided to apply to theSFSU Teaching Credential Program for Single SubjectSecondary Education – meaning I would eventually teachhigh school English and Drama....”. Now a question/request: for a letter of recommendation for the SFSUcredential program. Also,“What sort of activities areoffered through the Socdepartment for alumni ( suchas sponsoring events for newstudents or get-togethers forold students?”). [If inter-ested in helping out with thiskind of activities, contact Dr. Laura Nichols; see e-mailand phone in the “Sociology Internship Program” sectionof this newsletter - Ed.]. Last January, April wrote: “Iam starting to substitute teach and student observe in highschools. I am super excited and eager to see how itgoes... I attach a jpeg of my cat and I.” [Great picture !Many thanks, April - Ed.]

In the first part of her e-mail to Dr. Fernandez,JUANITA VELASCO tried to explain the mixup in hercorrespondence with Dr. F. Then, she went on to say : “I’m working at EMQ and also at Stanford. I enjoy bothjobs very much. Actually at EMQ I’m using a lot of thematerial I learned in the Human Services class you teach.Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! Ironically, both jobsseem to deal more with psychology than sociology. Butmy heart is in sociology, and yet, sociology is every-where. Well, I will visit soon. I am so grateful for myeducation at SCU and all the wonderful people I metthere, especially in the Sociology Dept.” — Then, camea second e-mail, this time to Sandee. Juanita writes: “....Iwould like to visit you some time soon, except that I amstill working, a continuation of my internship, but soon toend (THANK GOODNESS). I still need to recuperatefrom last few months at SCU...and that may take a little

while. Nevertheless, I want you to know that I oftenthink of you - always PLEASANT thoughts. So, one ofthese days I shall surprise you”.

MARIA WYNNE stopped by and it was fun to see her.She completed her first year of graduate school forSpecial Education at Gonzaga University. She is work-ing with autistic children and is applying to get herdoctorate in Special Education or School Psychology.

“‘ I got a job!’. Can you believe it? I MEGANSCHREIBER have two weeks vacation and dentalinsurance! I am still not quite used to the idea, but I haveto admit, I am pretty excited about it! It’s in New YorkCity of all places! That’s one place I really never thoughtthat I would end up. But, I guess, by now I shouldn’t besurprised by any place that I end up. — I’m now theWork and Travel Coordinator for the Work and TravelUSA program at Council Exchanges (Council on Inter-national Educational Exchange, is the long version). It’sthe same organization, the Work Abroad AustraliaProgram, I worked for in Sydney. I’ll be dealing withstudents who come to the US to work on temporary

work visas. We have about16,000 of them coming inJune, so you can imagine theyalready have me swampedwith work. So far it’s goinggreat! New York is a bit scary,but I can handle it! It’s a non-profit organization and I ampretty low on the totem pole,so I’m commuting from New

Jersey (no apartment on Central Park for me)! Thecommute is the really scary part, but I’m beginning tofigure it out. I know how to take the trains and to whichstations. I am just having some trouble actually findingmy way around in the stations! —Anyway, I just wantedto update you on my new exciting news and currentwhereabouts. I will be using this e-mail for the most partfrom now on and the phone (below) is my directline.(I’m still not used to that). I hope, everything is goinggreat out there.” [Congratulations, Megan...We knewyou could do it!–Ed.]

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continue "Dr. K's Mailbag"CLASS OF 2001In mid July, we received this update from GLADYSGARCIA. Excerpts from her e-mail: “Hello All! I hopeeveryone’s summer vacation is going well. I did not e-mail you sooner because I wanted to be sure about whatit is that I’m going to do [this summer?]. After a lot ofjob hunting, plenty of interviews, and more than one joboffer, I have agreed to be a Youth Advocate for theMigrant Education Program through the MontereyCounty Office of Education. Actually, tomorrow is myvery first day and I am very excited...I am going to beworking with youth ages 16 to 22 who, for one reasonor another have not completed high school and directingthem to appropriate resources to help them accomplishtheir goals...Most of my clients will be youth on proba-tion or youth who are farm workers. My job is to dohome visits to try to find out what their needs are andwhat can be done to help them. (Sounds very sociologi-cal, doesn’t it?) I am veryexcited about working inthis program, because Imyself was a client while inhigh school...I must saythat the competition wassteep for this position.There were plenty oftalented people in thelobby waiting to beinterviewed but, I guess,the fact that I am a SantaClara graduate, that I was born and raised in the SalinasValley, that I myself was a client at one time, and the factthat my parents are farm workers, as well, gave me thelead. I am really excited about my new job!....Regardingthe U.C. at Santa Barbara, I will be visiting with Maria(Castenada, class of 1998) next weekend and I hope tobecome familiar with the town a lot before I go. I willalso be attending the orientation in September. Goodnews: [Professor] Denise Segura has agreed to beingone of my advisors and she is going to let me T.A. forsome of her Chicano Studies sections. I am reallyexcited about that too... I hope that all of you are doinggreat and, I hope to see you soon.”

Sociology Student Association Officersfor the 2001 - 02 academic year are:

Katy Winters - PresidentWilliam Huerta - Vice PresidentShannon Gleeson - Treasurer

Liana Molina and Paulina Flint - Secretaries

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The Newsletter is published annually in the Fall term ofeach academic year for alumni, students, faculty, and

friends of the Sociology Section at Santa Clara Univer-sity, in the Anthropology/Sociology Department,

O’Connor Hall, 329, Santa Clara University, SantaClara, California 95053-0261

Prepared and edited by Witold Krassowski (“Dr. K”)

Newsletter Format, Design, Organization, Graphicselections, Printing and Distribution by Sandra

Chiaramonte, Department Administrative Assistant.Email address: schiaramonte@scu.edu

Happy Holidays God Bless.....

From All of Us

Santa Clara University Sociology Alum Survey, Fall 2001 1. I am from the Santa Clara University Graduating Class of _____

2. My major was: _____ Sociology ______ Other:_________________________

3. Were you in any of the Sociology Special Emphasis programs? (Check all that apply)___ Applied Sociology ____ Human Services___ Business, Technology & Society ____ Law and Society

4. After graduation from SCU, approximately how many months did it take you to find your first full-time endeavor(for example, first full-time job, full-time volunteer experience like JVC or Peace Corps, graduate school, stay-at-home parenting)? _________months.

5. If you did enter the job market, regardless of whether that was immediately upon leaving Santa Clara or some-time later, could you tell us something about your first full-time job?a). Was the job in the: ______ Private/business; OR _____ Non-profit/public sector?b). What was your job title? __________________c). Please provide a brief description of responsibilities.

d). How did you use your Sociology education in this job? Please provide examples.

6. If you are presently employed,a). Is the job in the: ______ Private/business; OR _____ Non-profit/public sector?b). What is your title? __________________c). Please provide a brief description of responsibilities.

d). How does your Sociology education help you in this job? Please provide some examples.

7. How many major career changes (switching from one line of work to another dramatically different one) haveyou had after starting the first job you had when you left Santa Clara? _______________

8. Please list any other degrees you have obtained since graduating from SCU.

Degree_______Specialization________________________________Year______Degree_______Specialization________________________________Year______Degree_______Specialization________________________________Year______

9. How did your Sociology education help you, if at all, in making those career changes and/or in your graduateor professional eduacation?

10. Would you share with us your thoughts on how your Sociology education has helped you in other aspects ofyour life? In your:a). Personal life (relationships, marriage, parenting):

b). Community/volunteer activities:

c). Any other aspects:

11. If you had to name one feature or one thing you learned while in the Sociology program that has definitely beenhelpful in your life, what would that be?

12. To what extent can you agree with the following statement? AMy Santa Clara education continues to help mebe a person of competence, conscience, and compassion.@ (Check one):

______ Strongly agree_______ Agree somewhat_______ Neutral_______ Disagree somewhat_______ Strongly disagree

13. Do you have any advice for us as we try to help today=s college students make the best of their Sociology andSanta Clara University education?

14. If you have anything else you would like to add, we would love to hear about it.

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