L. Labao reports that she continues to work with data collected with Paul Lasley looking at North Central States and farming crisis. She published an article on institutional values and marginality in Research in the Sociology of work and an article on the agricultural transition in the 20th century in Annual Review of Sociology. She has an NRI grant to study devolution, with particular emphasis on issues facing rural governments. R. Wimberley continues to work on poverty in the rural South. He also has been working on book publication and survey design and administration.
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Betty Wells continues her work on immigrants, women and community impact. Brenda Vander Mey completed administration of her survey of South Carolina residents' attitudes and has a station report pending. She has just received funding to begin her case study related to animal welfare. She will submit a joint report with Ed. Conner Bailey and Joe Molnar were unable to attend but sent in their annual report.