Received: from bach.helios.nd.edu (bach.helios.nd.edu [129.74.216.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id SAA04028 for ; Sat, 10 May 1997 18:53:16 -0600 (MDT) Received: from localhost (eschaefe@localhost) by bach.helios.nd.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id TAA16222 for ; Sat, 10 May 1997 19:53:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 10 May 1997 19:53:13 -0500 (EST) From: Beth Schaefer Caniglia Reply-To: Beth Schaefer Caniglia To: Sociology Graduate Students -- International Subject: Introduction & Stuff In-Reply-To: <97May10.171854edt.1075-2@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Hi Everyone, I've been away from this list for a while, so I thought I would introduce myself. I'm just finishing my fourth year in the soc department at Notre Dame - pretty cool department, well-known for providing four years of funding to incoming graduate students. My thesis used GSS data to analyze the socioeconomic and attitudinal predictors of environmental behavior (e.g. recycling, use of mass transit, joining environmental groups, etc.); and I survived area exams in organizations and social movements. In August, I'll be defending my dissertation proposal, which uses network analysis to explore the relationship between elite alliances (with United Nations agencies) and social network positions in a population of environmental transnational social movement organizations. Essentially, the question is whether organizations with elite alliances gain central, powerful or brokering positions among their peers. About a month ago, I received a lot of suggestions from members of this list regarding where to find cheap living accommodations in New York. Thanks to everyone who made suggestions! I ended up staying at the Carmelite Sister's house for women students on 14th Street, between 7th and 8th Ave. It cost $40 per day, with breakfast and dinner included. The sisters and the women students were very gracious, and the supper was outstanding! On a scale from 1-10, I'd give it a 7 - mostly because 8th Ave at 14th isn't the safest area (although there are clearly worse areas in NYC). If anyone's working on similar projects or interested in ND for graduate school, drop me a line. Beth ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Schaefer Caniglia Office: (219) 631-6463 Department of Sociology Home: (219) 259-3723 University of Notre Dame Internet: eschaefe@bach.helios.nd.edu ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~