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Section Annual Report for Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity

This annual report covers the period of section activity from September 2017 to August 2018 and a fiscal year from January 2018 to December 2018. The report is typically completed by the immediate past chair of each section as it covers the period this person served as chair. However, it is often completed in consultation with other officers and it may be submitted by anyone on the section council. Sections that do not file an Annual Report will have their budget allocation withheld until a complete report is received. Please submit the report by November 15. Section Governance Provide details of your section’s governance activity during the period between September 2017 and August 2018.

Business Meeting Copy and paste below (or attach separately) the agenda and approved meeting minutes from the section business meeting which include a count of members present and summary of decisions made at this meeting.

Business Meeting Agenda for AMSS 8/13/18 5:30pm-6:10pm, Franklin Hall 10, Philadelphia Marriot Downtown

1. Welcome and Sign-In Sheet

2. Thank You:

a. Jan Stets (University of California Riverside), Past Chair

b. Outgoing Council Officers: Brent Simpson (University of South Carolina), Lori

Peek (University of Colorado–Boulder), and Jonathan Turner (University of

California, Santa Barbara and Riverside)

Outgoing Graduate Student Representatives: Chelsea Kelly (University of Georgia), Sam Stabler (Yale University), and Candice Robinson (University of Pittsburgh)

c. Thank you to Jane Sell (Texas A&M) who has served as Secretary/Treasurer for

3 years

d. Organizer of our invited session on Morality: Meaning and Measure, Steve Hitlin

(University of Iowa)

e. Editor of Newsletter Shai Dromi (Harvard)

f. Nominations committee members: Jan Stets (University of California Riverside),

Kraig Beyerlein (University of Notre Dame), Philip Gorski (Yale), Elisa

Bienenstock (Arizona State University), Chelsea Kelly (University of Georgia)

3. Welcome:

a. Kraig Beyerlain (University of Notre Dame), Chair-Elect

b. Sarah Harkness (University of Iowa), Secretary/Treasurer

c. New Council Officers: Chaeyoon Lim (University of Wisconsin-Madison),

Matthew Baggetta (Indiana University), Dana Moss (University of Pittsburgh)

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Graduate Student Representatives: Amanda Barrett Cox (University of Pennsylvania), Sophia Boutilier (Stony Brook University), Michael Wood (University of Notre Dame)

4. Treasurer’s Report: Jane Sell

5. Membership: Pam Paxton

6. Nominations: Jan Stets

7. Newsletter/Webmaster: Shai Dromi

8. Student Affairs Activities: Chelsea Kelly, Sam Stabler, and Candice Robinson

9. Awards Ceremony: Christine Horne

a. Distinguished Career Award: Brent Simpson

Edward J. Lawler, Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

b. Outstanding Published Article Award: Jennifer Glanville

Co-winners: Cohen, Andrew C. and Shai M. Dromi. Forthcoming. "Advertising morality: Maintaining moral worth in a stigmatized profession." Theory & Society. Robbins, Blaine G. 2016. “Probing the Links Between Trustworthiness, Trust, and Emotion: Evidence From Four Survey Experiments." Social Psychology Quarterly 79:284-308.

c. Outstanding Published Book Award: Natalia Sarkisian

Steven Hitlin and Sarah K. Harkness. 2018. Unequal Foundations: Inequality, Morality and Emotions Across Cultures. Oxford University Press. Honorable mention: Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins. 2017. A Fraught Embrace: The Romance and Reality of AIDS Altruism in Africa. Princeton University Press.

d. Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award: Lori Peek

Landon Schnabel, Indiana University-Bloomington “Opiate of the Masses? Social Inequality, Religion, and Politics” Honorable Mention Barbara Kiviat, Harvard University “The Art of Deciding with Data: Evidence from How Employers Translate Credit Reports into Hiring Decisions”

Adjourn

AMSS Business Meeting Minutes Chair Pam Paxton called the business meeting to order. Twenty-four members of the session were in attendance (see the documentation of attendees at the end of the Business Meeting Minutes section). She thanked the members who served this last year including Jan Stets, Past Chair; Outgoing Council Officers Brent Simpson (University of South Carolina), Lori Peek (University of Colorado–Boulder), and Jonathan Turner; and Graduate Student Representatives Chelsea Kelly (University of Georgia), Sam Stabler (Yale University), and Candice Robinson (University of Pittsburgh. She thanked Jane Sell for her

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three years of service at Secretary/Treasurer. She also thanked Steve Hitlin for organizing an invited session on Morality: Meaning and Measure, and Shai Dromi for his tireless efforts as the Editor of the Newsletter. Jan Stets then welcomed the incoming officers including Chair: Kraig Beyerlain (University of Notre Dame), Secretary/Treasurer: Sarah Harkness (University of Iowa); New Council Officers: Chaeyoon Lim (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Matthew Baggetta (Indiana University), Dana Moss (University of Pittsburgh); and Graduate Student Representatives: Amanda Barrett Cox (University of Pennsylvania), Sophia Boutilier (Stony Brook University), Michael Wood (University of Notre Dame). Jane Sell gave the report of the budget. Pam Paxton summarized the status of membership and the different options that were discussed at the council meeting as to how to increase section membership in the coming year. Jan Stets then summarized the activity of the nominations committee. This was followed by Shai Dromi presenting a report on the newsletter, website and other media presence as well as the success of the graduate student webinar series. The section awards were then presented. Brent Simpson presented the Distinguished Career Award on behalf of the committee (Jonathan Turner, Kraig Beyerlein, and Paula England) to Lynn Smith-Lovin. Christine Horne presented the Outstanding Published Article Award on behalf of her committee (Sarah Harkness and Ron Simons) to Robert Braun. Honorable mention was given to the work of Ashley Harrell and Brent Simpson. Pam Paxton then presented the Outstanding Published Book Award on behalf of her committee (Natalia Sarkisian, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Chelsea Kelly) to Jennifer Reich. Finally, Kevin McCaffree presented the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award on behalf of his committee (Alex Bierman, Kaitlin Boyle and Elena Fox) to Louisa Roberts. The section awards were then presented. Brent Simpson presented the Distinguished Career Award on behalf of the committee (Jonathan Turner, Kraig Beyerlein, and Paula England) to Edward J. Lawler, the Martin P. Catherwood Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University. Jennifer Glanville presented the Outstanding Published Article Award on behalf of her committee (Sarah Harkness and Ron Simons) to cowinners Andrew C. Cohen and Shai M. Dromi, and Blaine Robbins. Natalia Sarkisian then presented the Outstanding Published Book Award on behalf of her committee (Natalia Sarkisian, Lynn Smith-Lovin and Chelsea Kelly) to Steven Hitlin and Sarah K. Harkness with an honorable mention to Ann Swidler and Susan Cotts Watkins. Finally, Lori Peek presented the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award on behalf of his committee (Alex Bierman, Kaitlin Boyle and Elena Fox) to Landon Schnabel with an honorable mention to Barbara Kiviat. Pam Paxton then welcomed the new Chair for 2018-2019, Christine Horne. She noted that she is committed to an open submission session. Attendees:

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Council Meeting Copy and paste below (or attach separately) the agenda and approved meeting minutes of all Council Meetings conducted between August 2017 and September 2018. Minutes must include a list of council members present and a summary of decisions made. Minutes are not a transcript of proceedings but a listing of what discussions took place and official actions taken.

Chair: Pam Paxton; Chair-Elect: Christine Horne; Past-Chair: Jan Stets Council Members: Gabriel Abend, Ko Kuwabara, Lori Peek (18), Jonathan Turner (18), Brent Simpson (18), Lyn Spillman Secretary/Treasurer: Jane Sell (18)

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Publications: Newsletter/Webmaster: Shai Dromi Student Reps: Chelsea Kelly (18), Candice Robinson (18), Samuel Stabler (18)

1. Introductions

2. Welcome and Overview

a. Welcome to our newly-elected members:

i. Kraig Beyerlein, chair

ii. Sarah Harkness, Secretary/Treasurer

iii. Matthew Bagetta, Cheeyoon Lim, Dana Moss, new council members

iv. Amanda Barrett Cox, Sophia Boutilier, Michael Wood new student reps

b. Thank you to our outgoing council members and student reps and a big thank

you to Jane Sell who has served as Secretary/Treasurer for 3 years.

3. ASA Activities:

a. Joint Reception with Theory, tonight, 8/12, 7:30-9:30pm

b. ASA Program Activities: Monday, 8/13 – Section Day.

i. Open paper session @ 10:30

ii. Morality: Meaning and Measure Panel @ 4:30

1. Organized by Steve Hitlin

iii. Business Meeting @ 5:30

Committee Reports 1. Awards: Christine Horne

a. Distinguished Career Award

b. Outstanding Published Book Award

c. Outstanding Article Award

d. Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award

2. Membership: Pam Paxton

3. Nominations: Jan Stets

4. Publications: Shai Dromi

Treasurer’s Report: Jane Sell Student Affairs Activities: Chelsea Kelly, Candice Robinson, Samuel Stabler 1. Faculty Mentor Program ongoing? 2. Webinar – Steve Hitlin on May 31st Thanks to all of you for your work this past year! A special thanks for the three-year service of outgoing Secretary/Treasurer Jane Sell and the incredible service of Shai on publications! Adjourn

AMSS Council Meeting Minutes Pam Paxton called the meeting to order, welcomed all newly-elected officers, and thanked outgoing council members. She then reviewed the program activities for the section at the ASA meetings. Most activities were on Monday. She briefly discussed the Sunday evening joint reception with the Theory Section. Committee reports were then filed. Christine Horne summarized the winners of this year’s awards.

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Pam Paxton reported on membership, distributing the new flyer to council members to place in relevant sessions. Jan Stets presented a report as chair of the nominations committee which consisted of Kraig Beyerlein (University of Notre Dame), Philip Gorski (Yale), Elisa Bienenstock (Arizona State University), Chelsea Kelly (University of Georgia). Elections went smoothly and the election slate was strong. Shai Dromi could not attend the meeting so Sam Stabler presented a report on the newsletter, website and other media presence. The website has been consistently updated and our twitter account is active.

Jane Sell gave the budget report. The section’s finances are stable. By pairing our reception with the Theory Section, we spent only about $800 on our reception. Additional expenses included award plaques. The Student Affairs Activities committee has been busy this past year and reported on the latest webinar, with Steve Hitlin. Over twenty people attended the webinar in real time and the entire recording is available on the website. The council meeting ended with Pam Paxton thanking everyone for their great work this past year. A special thanks was extended to the two-year service of outgoing council members and student members, and the incredible service of our representative on publications. A final thank you to Jane Sell for her service as secretary/treasurer and the meeting adjourned. Attendees:

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The Previous Year Describe section activities during the period between September 2017 and August 2018.

• Membership recruitment and retention – What efforts did the section make to retain members and reach out to new members? What were the results of the efforts?

The AMSS membership declined slightly over the past year. It was 228 at the ASA meetings this year. Last year at this time it was 243. Membership Chair Vincent Jeffries and the other committee members tried to obtain new members. There were several emails to the member’s listserv with suggestions for recruiting. We continued the practice of subsidizing new graduate student members with a fund of private donations. We also created a flyer advertising the section and placed it around relevant ASA events.

• Communications – How does the section communicate with its members? Did it begin using any new technologies or strategies? If so, were they effective? Include links to the section website, newsletters, and any other electronic media used.

We have a very strong Publications Committee that keeps the membership informed of relevant activities, resources, and news. Shai Dromi continued to edit our newsletter series, which is distributed electronically upon publication and archived here: https://sites.google.com/site/altruismmoralitysolidarity/newsletter-archive Shai Dromi continued his outstanding efforts to increase interest and awareness of AMSS section activities through the section website, blog entries, and frequent communications on social media. AMSS Section Website: https://sites.google.com/site/altruismmoralitysolidarity/ AMSS Section Blog: https://sites.google.com/site/altruismmoralitysolidarity/blog Twitter @AMSS_Section https://twitter.com/amss_section Facebook https://www.facebook.com/AMSS123/timeline/

• Mentoring – What, if any, mentoring opportunities does the section offer to students, early career faculty, nonfaculty, etc.? We have a paired faculty/graduate student mentoring program. It was rarely used in the last year, however. We also have an active webinar series.

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• Programming – Provide an overview of the section’s programming at the annual meeting, scholarly/ professional development activities outside of the annual meeting, development of substantive resources, partnerships with other sections or groups, etc.

An offsite reception with the Theory Section that was very well attended. Monday, August 13, 10:30am Philadelphia Marriot Downtown, Room 3271 Session Organizer: Pamela Paxton, University of Texas, Austin Presider: Pamela Paxton, University of Texas, Austin Can an Artificial Intelligence Commit a Moral Wrong? Perceptions of Morality after Real-Life Moral Violations. Daniel B. Shank and Alyssa DeSanti, Missouri University of Science and Technology. The Moral Boundaries Impacting Support for the Troops. Alexis Pang, New York University Less Equal, Less Trusting? Longitudinal and Cross-Sectional Effects of Income Inequality on Trust. Orestes Pat Hastings, Colorado State University. New Findings on Rates and Determinants of Black Volunteering. Aisha Ariantique Upton and Douglas Hartmann, University of Minnesota I’m Proud of you, Please Stop: Individualism, Activism, and the Limits of the Normative/Deviant Binary. Jonathan Horowitz, Carolina Population Center. Invited Session: Morality: Meaning and Measure Monday, August 13, 4:30 – 5:30pm Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Room 3574

Session Organizer: Steven Hitlin, University of Iowa Session Presider: Steven Hitlin, University of Iowa Panelists: Stephen Vaisey, Duke University Carly Knight, Harvard University Ashley Harrell, University of Michigan Frederick F. Wherry, Princeton University

Plans for the Coming Year

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Describe section plans for the period between September 2018 and August 2019. These plans should align with the 2018 budget and proposed 2019 budget below.

• Membership recruitment and retention – What efforts will the section make to retain members and reach out to new members? What are the goals of the efforts? Click here to enter text.

• Communications – How does the section plan to communicate with its members? Does the section plan on using any new technologies or strategies? If so, how? No change

• Mentoring – What efforts will the section make to mentor students, early career faculty, nonfaculty, etc.? Continuing the paired faculty/graduate student mentoring program and the webinar series.

• Programming – Provide an overview of the section’s upcoming plans for programming at the annual meeting, scholarly/ professional development activities outside of the annual meeting, development of substantive resources, partnerships with other sections or groups, etc.

At ASA 2019 we will have 2 sessions. Our current plan for the sessions is: 1. An open submission paper session. 2. An invited session that will be adjacent to our Business meeting. 3. We may also partner with the section on Political Sociology on a session related to ethics, morality, and corruption in politics. The section will again arrange to have an offsite co-sponsored reception at the annual meetings. In the past, we have traditionally partnered with the Social Psychology and Sociology of Emotions sections. Last year we very successfully partnered with the Theory section.

2018 Finances Provide a narrative on how the 2018 budget matched with actual expenses and income from 2018. Please account for any substantive differences.

Pretty similar to years past. Less money was spent on the reception due to careful planning and partnering with Theory.

Budget for 2019 Creating a budget will help the section plan its activities for the year. Your 2019 budget should reflect the narrative in the “Plans for the Coming Year” section. The following table will help you organize and calculate a budget. Expected 2019 Expenditures

Expense Category Budgeted Amount Details (use the cells in this column to provide information on each expense)

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Annual Meeting

Reception $1000.00 Use this space to provide details

Other Meeting Expenses $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Awards

Student Awards $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Award Plaques $ 400 Use this space to provide details

Other $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Communications

Website $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Newsletter $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Other $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Miscellaneous

Membership $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Other $ Enter amount Use this space to provide details

Total 2019 Budgeted Expenditures

$ 1400.00 Sum estimated expenses

Estimated 2019 Income

Income Category Estimated Amount Details

Section Allocation – Base $ 675 ASA Office will provide figure mid-October. See note 1 on how this figure is calculated.

Section Allocation – Per Member $ 470 ASA Office will provide figure mid-October. See note 2 on how this figure is calculated.

Premium Dues $ Enter amount ASA Office will provide an estimated figure. See note 3 on how this figure is calculated.

Contributions

Misc

Total 2019 Estimated Income $ 1145.00 Sum estimated income

Budget Summary

Estimated Remaining Balance at end of December 2018 $ 2824.00

Accounting for all estimated costs for the remainder of the year, estimate the remaining balance.

Total 2019 Estimated Income +$ 1145.00 Fill in from the Estimated Income table above

Total 2019 Budgeted Expenditures

- $ 1400.00 Fill in from the Budgeted Expenditures table above

Total = $ 2569.00 To calculate net amount, sum Lines 1 and 2, then subtract Line 3.

Notes The following explains how income is calculated. By October 20, the ASA Office will provide the following information, so sections do not have to calculate estimates themselves.

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1 Section Allocation – Base Based off of this year’s final membership count as of September 30, sections receive a base allocation as follows:

• Sections with 300 or more members receive a base allocation of $1,000

• Sections with fewer than 300 members and more than 200 members receive: [# of section members - 100] x $5

• Sections with fewer than 199 members receive a base allocation of $500 2 Section Allocation – Per Member Based off of this year’s final membership count as of September 30, sections receive two dollars for each member. 3 Premium Dues The base rate is $10 for regular members, $5 for students and $10 for associate, low income, and high school teacher members. Any dues raised by the sections in excess of the base rate go directly to the section throughout the year based on actual membership numbers. Subscription Fees for Section Journals are not added here.

To see current and historical membership counts, please visit www.asanet.org/SectionMembership. Please note that membership year ends on September 30.

Miscellaneous Is there any additional information about the section or the area of study you would like to share with the Committee on Sections? Is there any feedback you would like to provide to the Committee on Sections?

There is significant overlap of AMSS with some other sections, for example, the sections on Social Psychology and the Sociology of Emotions. Because they are on the same day, members cannot typically attend sessions for both Social Psychology and AMSS, and we believe this hurts our attendance. If there is a way to rotate them to different session days, we would advocate for that.