March 17-21, 2021 PSA’s 92 Annual (Virtual) Meeting Program President: Sharon K. Davis, University of La Verne Vice President: Gary Hytrek, CSU Long Beach Program Chair: Marcia Marx, CSU San Bernardino Theme: The New Normal and the Redefinition of Deviance rd
Wednesday, 17 March Session 1 Room 1 Wednesday • 10:15 AM–11:45 AM Applied, Public Sociology, and Community Research: Cultural Perspectives on COVID-19 [ PANEL WITH PRESENTERS]
Organizer: Sepideh Baniani, Brandman University Presider: Sepideh Baniani, Brandman University Panelists: Sepideh Baniani, Brandman University; Dustin Domingo, Brandman University; Lata Murti, Brandman University; Sheila Steinberg, Chapman University
Session 2 Room 2 Wednesday • 10:15 AM–11:45 AM Social Psychology, Identity, and Emotions: Social Psychology of Time, Space, and Social Context [ FORMAL PAPER AND RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SESSION] Organizer: Amanda M. Shigihara, California State University Sacramento Presider: Boroka Bo, University of California Berkeley • • • • •
"I Will Be Respectful of the Scheduled Time": Hegemony, Productivity, and Time....Kyle Levin, Independent scholar From Micro-Level Experiences to Macrostructural Encounters: Retiree Socioeconomic Status and the Socioemotional Experience of Pandemic Time.....Boroka Bo, University of California Berkeley The Imposter Made: The Superior Other as Substitute for Lack of Established Role Models during Social Comparison....Jeffrey Shen, University of Arizona Conspiracy Beliefs about the Origin of COVID-19: Analyzing American National Election Studies Pilot Data....Qais Alemi, Loma Linda University; Carl Stempel, California State University East Bay Transitioning to College for All Boy Private Catholic High School Alumni....Nathan-Michael Guzman, California State University Los Angeles
Session 3 Room 3 Wednesday • 10:15 AM–11:45 AM Regional Studies, Transnationalism, Globalization, & Development: Regional Studies, Transnationalism, Globalization, & Development - Cases, Questions and Some Enduring Debates [ RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SESSION] Organizer: Shweta Adur, California State University Los Angeles • • •
Presider: Berch Berberoglu, University of Nevada, Reno
The Impact of the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis on the Global North-South Divide.....Martin Jacinto, University of California Irvine The Role of Country Development in Generalized Trust: A Cross-National Perspective.....Cassandra Leonard, Washington State University Crisis of Neoliberalism and the Global Rise of Authoritarianism in the Early 21st Century.....Berch Berberoglu, University of Nevada, Reno
Session 4 Room 4 Wednesday • 10:15 AM–11:45 AM Work, Organizations, and Economic Sociology: Work and Gender [ FORMAL PAPER AND RESEARCH IN PROGRESS SESSION] Organizer: Rebecca S. K. Li, The College of New Jersey Presider: Jose Collazo, California State Polytechnic University Pomona