From: claird@NeoSoft.com (Cameron Laird)
Subject: [SOC] ISSNC announcement
Organization: NeoSoft Communications Services -- (713) 684-5900
Date: Sat, 03 Oct 1992 15:46:42 GMT


                          SUNBELT XIII
                      FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
                        AND REGISTRATION


The 13th Annual International Sunbelt Social Network Conference is
scheduled for February 11-14, 1993 at the Holiday Inn near Busch
Gardens in Tampa, Florida. The ISSNC provides an opportunity for
those interested in social network theory, methods, or applications
to come together and share their ideas. The conference is sponsored
by the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA),
and by the Departments of Anthropology at the University of Florida
and the University of South Florida.

TO SUBMIT A PAPER: A list of conference sessions is enclosed. To
present a paper on any of the topics listed, write directly to the
session organizer. To submit a paper in any other area, contact the
conference organizers:

H. Russell Bernard, Anthropology, 1350 Turlington Hall, Univ. of
Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611. Fax: 904-376-8617. E-mail:
UFRUSS@NERVM.BITNET (or from INTERNET: UFRUSS@NERVM.NERDC.UFL.EDU)

Alvin Wolfe, Anthropology, Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620.
E-mail: ALWOLFE@CFRVM.BITNET (or from INTERNET:
ALWOLFE@CFRVM.CRF.USF.EDU)

To propose a paper for the conference, send an abstract of 100-150
words on paper and on disk (ASCII or WordPerfect, if possible,
please). Abstracts will be published and distributed at the
conference. Deadline for submitting papers is NOVEMBER 23, 1992.
Participants may give one single-authored paper, or two papers on
which they appear as coauthors.


HOTEL RESERVATIONS

CALL 1-800-HOLIDAY or 813-971-4710. Be sure to mention "Sunbelt" or
"International Sunbelt Conference" to get the special rate of
$59.00 per night, single or double. Travel agents: Use
APPOLLO/SABRE 2514, or PARS/DATAII 1377, OR SYSTEMONE 561, or FAX:
813-977-0155. CONFERENCE RATE GUARANTEED UNTIL JANUARY 10, 1993.

The Holiday Inn conference facility is near Busch Gardens and the
University of South Florida. It is convenient to I-75 and I-275,
with easy access to downtown Tampa, historic Ybor City, and the
beaches. There is direct limo service available from Tampa Int'l
Airport.


WORKSHOPS

1) INTRODUCTION TO SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS. 3 hours. Presenter:
Barry Wellman. Cost: $30. Presenter: Barry Wellman, Sociology,
Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1 CANADA. E-MAIL:
WELLMAN@EPAS.UTORONTO.CA

This nontechnical introduction by the founder of INSNA will be held
Friday, February 12, from 12:00 to 3:00 pm. The workshop introduces
the underlying philosophy of social network analysis. It sketches
the history of the paradigm, identifies its principles,
distinguishes between whole network and ego-centered network
research, and provides an overview of basic research methods,
including block modeling, clustering, and egocentric approaches
using standard statistical packages such as SAS. It reviews
highlights of substantive research in a number of areas (including
community  analysis, social support, intercorporate relations,
politics, migration, and world-systems).


2) ANALYZING NETWORK DATA WITH UCINET IV. Steve Borgatti, Martin
Everett, and Lin Freeman. Contact Borgatti: Univ. of South
Carolina. BITNET: N040016@UNIVSCVM.

This two-day workshop on network data analysis using the UCINET IV
software package will be held Wednesday February 10 and Thursday
the 11th (9 am to 12 pm and 2 pm to 5 pm) at the conference hotel.
Topics covered will include: fundamental network concepts, network
data, transformations, proximities, graphics, subgroups, roles and
positions, centrality, and testing hypotheses. Format will consist
of lecture plus demonstration on a computer equipped with an
overhead projector. We hope to have additional computers available
for participants' use, but this is not guaranteed (if you have a
laptop, bring it). The cost of the workshop is $125, which also
entitles you to a $50 credit toward the purchase of the latest
version of the UCINET IV program.

REGISTER for either of these workshops on the enclosed conference
registration form.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER. The keynote speaker for the 1993 conference will
be A. Kimball Romney. His address begins on Thursday, Feb. 11, at
5:30 p.m., and will be followed by a cash bar and banquet.

REGISTER for the banquet on the enclosed conference registration
form.

STUDENT PAPER PRIZE. A prize is offered for the best student paper
submitted for presentation to the conference. The prize, worth
$1000, is administered by Phillip Bonacich. Students should submit
their work for consideration by Nov. 23, 1992. Write to Bonacich
at: Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Calif., Los Angeles, CA 90024.
Tel:310-825-3017.


PROGRAM SESSIONS

To submit a paper for any of the following sessions, contact the
session organizer. To submit a paper in areas of network research
not listed here, contact H. Russell Bernard, Anthropology, U. of
Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611 or Alvin Wolfe, Anthropology, U. of
South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620.

1. Organizational Networks (two sessions): David Krackhardt, Urban
& Pub. Affairs, Carnegie-Mellon U., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, or Joseph
Galaskiewicz, Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
55104

2. Community Networks: Barry Wellman, Sociology, U. of Toronto,
Toronto, ON M5S 1A1 CANADA

3. Networks and Competition: Ronald Burt, Sociology, Columbia
University, New York, NY 10027

4. Networks and Social Support: Terrance Albrecht, Communications,
U. of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620

5. Networks and Stratification: Jeanne Hurlbert, Sociology, 126
Stubbs Hall, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

6. Communications Networks: James A. Danowski, Communication, U. of
Illinois, Chicago, IL 60680

7. Migration Networks: Ivan Light, Sociology, 405 Hilgard Ave.,
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024

8. Life Cycle Networks: J. Jill Suitor, Sociology, Louisiana State
University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

9. Networks and Collective Action: David B. Tindall, Sociology, U.
of Toronto, Toronto, ON M5S 1A1 CANADA

10. Discrete Methods in Social Network Analysis: Alain Degenne,
LASMAS, 56-61 Rue Pouchet, 75849 Paris, FRANCE

11. Networks and Social Structure of Households and Kinship: Thomas
Schweizer, Ethnology, Alb-Magnus-Platz, U. of Cologne, W-5000
Cologne 41, GERMANY

12. Networks and Technology: Thomas Schott, Dept. of Sociology,
Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260

13. Networks and Fraud: Elisa Jayne Bienenstock. Office of Academic
Computing. UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024

14. Cognition and Social Networks: Devon Brewer, Program in Social
Networks, University of California, Irvine, CA 92717

15. Network Exchange Theory: David Willer, Sociology, University of
South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208



                          SUNBELT XIII
                        REGISTRATION FORM

 Send this form, with payment, by regular mail to the address below.


Name


Address






Preregistration


Regular              $45   _____  (At the conference: $55)


Student               20   _____  (At the conference: $25)


In Absentia          $15   _____

                                   (Entitles registrant to publish
                                   an abstract in the conference
                                   proceedings and to receive a
                                   copy of all abstracts.)



Banquet              $26 each person for  ____   persons   _____

                                   (includes tax, tip, and wine;
                                   register for the banquet by
                                   Feb.3, 1993, please.)


Wellman Workshop     $30   _____



UCINET IV Workshop   $125  _____


                                   TOTAL _______


Make check payable to ECS-Sunbelt and mail, with this form, to ECS,
2815 NW 38th Drive, Gainesville, FL 32605 USA. (Please make checks
payable in US currency.)
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Cameron Laird
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