The Journal of Health and Social Behavior announces a change of address. Submissions should be sent to: John Mirowsky, Editor, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 300 Bricker Hall, 190 North Oval Mall, Columbus, OH 43210-1353.
Angela M. O'Rand is the new editor of Research on Aging (Email: roa@soc.duke.edu). Beginning in January 1998 the journal will go to a bimonthly publication schedule. They are planning to have 2 special issues each year. The first special issue will focus on education and learning over the life course. Paper submission deadline for the first special issue is October 1, 1997.
The Federal Interagency Working Group on Immigration Statistics is now chaired by Michael Hoefer, the new Director of Statistics, Immigration and Naturalization Service. For further information, contact him at 202.305.1594
The 13th Annual World Population Awareness Week will be observed October 26 through November 1st, 1997. This is a commemorative week created by the Population Institute to foster awareness of the environmental and social consequences of rapid population growth. This year's theme will focus on resource conservation and population. For further information contact Tom Rhodes, 107 Second Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002; Phone: 800.787.0038; fax: 202.544.0068; Email:wpaw.tom@populationinstitute.org.
Proposals and submissions for papers, panels, posters and full sessions are welcome for the Southern Sociological Society Meeting, "Inciting Sociological Thought -- Engaging Publics in Dialogue," to be held April 2-5, 1998 in Atlanta, Georgia. The deadline is October 15, 1997. Please address all submissions to: Rhonda Zingraff, Program Chair, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Meredith College, Raleigh NC 27607-5298; Email: zingraffr@meredith.edu. Visit the SSS web page at: www.MsState.edu/org/sss/sss.html.
The Standing Committee of the Senate of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has approved the establishment of the Department of Population Studies, to replace the existing Department of Demography. The primary goal of the Department of Population Studies is to accommodate increasingly multidisciplinary approaches to the field of demography, with respect to both teaching and research activities. To learn more, visit their homepage: atar.mscc.huji.ac.il/~popstud.
The Public Policy Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization, seeks donations/low cost past issues of Demography for 1990-1997, and will pay for shipping. Contact Lynn Roepke at 415.291.4421; Email: roepke@ppic.org.
NICHD, NIDR, and NIMH invite qualified researchers to submit
applications to study the social and behavioral aspects of the transmission
of HIV through sexual intercourse. NICHD has a longstanding commitment
to research focusing on sexual behavior, behavior change and HIV prevention,
especially among men and women of reproductive age (including adolescents),
and among vulnerable populations. NIDR supports biomedical and behavioral
research on the oral transmission of HIV, including research on sexual
behavior relevant to oral routes of transmission. NIMH supports an extensive
program of HIV prevention research related to various aspects of mental
health. Behavioral research in the sexual transmission of HIV includes
four general areas: (1) demographic studies of sexual behaviors related
to HIV transmission; (2) studies of the interrelationships among social,
institutional, economic and cultural contexts and sexual behavior; (3)
studies of the interrelationships between pregnancy, pregnancy prevention
and HIV prevention; and (4) theoretically grounded intervention studies
within these areas. This program announcement has $2.7 million in total
costs set aside for the first year of award. The NICHD set-aside will total
$1.7 million. The NIDR set- aside will total $1.0 million. Additional funding
or co-funding will also be available from NIMH. Applications must be received
by the regular deadlines for AIDS-related applications, May 1, September
1, and January 1. For further information, contact: Susan F. Newcomer,
Ph.D. Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch, Center for Population
Research, NICHD, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Room 8B13, Bethesda, MD 20892-7510.
Email: NewcomeS@hd01.nichd.nih.gov