September, 2014 VITA NAME: William A. Corsaro ADDRESS: 8538 E. Nido Ave. Mesa, AZ 85209-6765 Phone: (812) 340-4935 EMail: corsaro@indiana.edu EDUCATION: 1966-1967 Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 1967-1970 Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana B.A. with Honors in Sociology 1970-1974 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. Ph.D. in Sociology 1974 AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION: Social Psychology Theory, Socialization, Communicative Processes, and Social Structure and Personality Socialization Interpretive Reproduction, Children's Worlds and Peer Culture in a Cross Cultural Perspective, Acquisition of Interactive Skills and Social Knowledge, Adult-Child and Peer Interaction in Family and Educational Institutions, Early Education Policy and Processes Qualitative Methods Ethnographic Methods, Participant Observation, Audiovisual Recording of Naturally Occurring Events, Discourse Analysis, Cross Cultural Comparative Methods Sociolinguistics Language Development, Language Development and Early Childhood Education, Micro-Sociolinguistic Analysis of Adult-Child and Peer Interaction in Natural Settings EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE: Assistant Professor of Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington August, 1974-July, 1981 Associate Professor of Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington July, 1981-July, 1986 Professor of Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington Corsaro Page 2 August, 1986-January, 2013 Chair, Department of Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington July, 1990- July, 1994 Robert H. Shaffer Class of 1967 Endowed Professor of Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington September, 1997-September, 2008 Interim Chair, Department of Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington January, 2009-July, 2009 Robert H. Shaffer Class of 1967 Endowed Chair in Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington September, 2008-September, 2012 Professor Emeritus Indiana University, Bloomington January, 2013-Present COURSES TAUGHT: Childhood in Contemporary Society (S101) Society and the Individual (S230) Sociology of Childhood (S344) Childhood Socialization (S438) Methods of Sociological Research (S451) Sociological Research Practicum (S566/S567) Socialization (S632) Topics in Qualitative Methods: Ethnography (S652) Qualitative Methods in Sociology (S659) Childhood and Society (S660) Comparative Studies of Childhood in Contemporary Society: The United States and Western Europe (S660) Seminar in Social Structure and Personality (S700) Topics in Method and Measurement: Qualitative Methods (S450) RESEARCH: 1973-1974 Dissertation Research, "A Developmental Sociolinguistic Approach to Socialization." A one-year naturalistic study of adult-child and peer interaction. 1974-1975 NIMH Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship H. E. Jones Child Study Center University of California, Berkeley Micro-Ethnography of Peer Interaction in a Nursery School. 1975-1977 Research Study, "Spontaneous Play and Social Learning in the Nursery School." Funded by the Spencer Foundation. Study involved analyses of videotaped peer Corsaro Page 3 interactive data collected in the post-doctoral research. 1975-1977 Research Study, "Peer Interactive Patterns Among Pre-School Children." Research funded by NIMH and involved analyses of peer interactive data collected in post-doctoral research. 1983-1984 Research Study, "Peer Culture and Social Interaction Among Italian Pre-School Children." Research funded by the Council for International Exchange of Scholars (Fulbright Senior Research Award). Research involved a micro-ethnography of peer interaction in a scuola materna in Bologna, Italy. 1988-1990 Research Study, "Cultural Values, Child Care Policy, and Children's Peer Cultures in the United States and Italy." Research Funded by the Spencer Foundation and involves the collection and analysis of ethnographic and survey data on cultural values, child care policy and children's peer in the United States and Italy. 1990-1992 Research Study, "Early Education, Peer Culture and Caring: Children's Transition from the Family to Educational Institutions." Research funded by the Spencer and William T. Grant Foundations and involves the longitudinal study of a small group of lower income families as their children move from the family to early educational institutions. 1996-2006 Research Study, “Children's Transition from Home to School in the United States, Italy.” Longitudinal study begun during sabbatical in 1996. The study involved comparative ethnographies of children's transition from preschool to elementary school in two countries. 2006-Present Research Study, Children and Civil Society: Norwegian Children’s Perception of Their Participation in the Celebration of May 17 (Norwegian Constitution Day). The study involves observations and interviews of children and youth in regard to their perceptions and participation in civil society activities that revolve around the celebration of May 17th in Norway. May 17th marks the signing of the Norwegian constitution and has been transformed into a special day for children and youth. HONORS AND AWARDS: Indiana University Honors Program in Sociology, 1970 Undergraduate Teaching Assistantship, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, 1970 Phi Beta Kappa, Indiana University, 1970 NIMH Traineeship in Social Psychology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C., 1970-1974 NIMH Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, 1974-1975 Corsaro Page 4 Summer Faculty Fellowship, Indiana University, 1976 Edward Sutherland Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, 1980 Summer Language Research Award, Department of West European Studies, Indiana University, 1982 Fulbright Senior Research Award to conduct research on children's culture in Italy, November, 1983 to August, 1984 Summer Research Award, Department of West European Studies, Indiana University, 1985 Edward Sutherland Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, 1986 Summer Language Research Award, Department of West European Studies, Indiana University, 1987 Fellowship at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, 1987 (Declined). President's Award for Distinguished Teaching, Indiana University, 1988 Summer Research Award, Department of West European Studies, Indiana University, 1988 Elected to Sociological Research Association, 1995 Curriculum Development Grant, Department of West European Studies, Indiana University, 1996 International Projects and Activities Grant from the President's Council on International Programs, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1997 Appointed Visiting Exchange Professor at the University of Bologna, Italy by the Office of Overseas Study, International Programs, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1997 (Appointment for May, 1998) Invited Scholar Institute for Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Siegen, Germany, June, 1998 Elected Chair, Section on Sociology of Children, American Sociological Association, 1999 Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, Indiana University, 2000 Fulbright Senior Specialist Grant, Trondheim, Norway, 2003 Corsaro Page 5 Trustees Teaching Award, Indiana University, 2005 Elected to Council, Section on Social Psychology, American Sociological Association, 2006 Invited as Astrid Lindgren Guest Professorship, Växjö University, Sweden (Declined), 2007 Distinguished Career Award, Children & Youth Section, American Sociological Association, 2013 GRANTS: NIMH Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship, No. 1 F22 MH01141- 0l, 1974-1975 Spencer Foundation Grant, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1975 ($3500) NIMH Research Grant, No. 1 RO3 MH2895-01, 1976 ($4900) Research Symposium on Peer Cultures," Funded by Wenner-Gren Foundation, Held in Trondheim, Norway, June 6-9, 1987 ($6500) "Cultural Values, Child Care Policy, and Children's Peer Cultures in the United States and Italy." Spencer Foundation Grant, 1988-1991 ($107,375) Supplement to "Cultural Values, Child Care Policy, and Children's Peer Cultures in the United States and Italy." Spencer Foundation, 1991-1992 ($12,500) "Early Education, Peer Culture and Caring: Children's Transition from the Family to Educational Institutions." William T. Grant Foundation, 1991 ($8,000) “Italian and American Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School.” Spencer Foundation, 2003 ($35,000) PUBLICATIONS: Books and Edited Volumes: 1985 William A. Corsaro, Friendship and Peer Culture in the Early Years. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 1985. Pp. 254-270 reprinted in: Gerald Handel (Ed.), Childhood Socialization. New York: Aldine, 1989, 2001, 2006. 1986 Jenny Cook-Gumperz, William A. Corsaro, and Jürgen Streeck (Eds.), Children's Worlds and Children's Language. Berlin: Mouton, 1986. Corsaro Page 6 1992 William A. Corsaro and Peggy J. Miller (Eds.), Interpretive Approaches to Children's Socialization. New Directions for Child Development, No. 58, San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 1992. 1997 William A. Corsaro, The Sociology of Childhood. Thousand Oaks, California: Pine Forge Press, 1997. Reprinted in Danish as Barndommens Sociologi. Copenhagen, Denmark: Glydendalske Boghandel, 2002. Reprinted in Italian as Le Culture dei Bambini. Bologna, Italy: Il Mulino, 2003. 2003 William A. Corsaro, “We’re Friends, Right?”: Inside Kids’ Culture. Washington, D.C.: Joseph Henry Press, 2003. 2005 William A. Corsaro The Sociology of Childhood. 2nd edition Thousand Oaks, California: Pine Forge Press, 2005. Reprinted in Romanian as Sociologia Copil_riei. Cluj-Napoca, Romania: International Book Access, 2008. Reprinted in Portuguese as Sociologia da Infância. Porto Alegre, Brazil: Artmed, 2011. William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari, I Compagni: Understanding Children’s Transition From Preschool to Elementary School. New York: Teachers College Press, 2005. 2009 Jens Qvortrup, William A. Corsaro, and Michael-Sebastian Honig (Eds.). The Palgrave Handbook of Child Studies. Basingstok, England: Palgrave, 2009. Selected as an Outstanding Academic Title, 2009 by CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries 2011 William A. Corsaro The Sociology of Childhood. 3rd edition Thousand Oaks, California: Pine Forge Press, 2011. 2014 William A. Corsaro The Sociology of Childhood. 4th edition Thousand Oaks, California: Sage, 2014. Articles and Chapters: 1977 William A. Corsaro, "The Clarification Request as a Feature of Adult Interactive Styles with Young Children." Language in Society, 6, 183- 207, 1977. Jenny Cook-Gumperz and William A. Corsaro, "Social-Ecological Constraints on Children's Communicative Strategies." Sociology, 11, 3:411-34, 1977. Corsaro Page 7 1979 William A. Corsaro, "Sociolinguistic Patterns in Adult-Child Interaction." In Elinor Ochs and Bambi Schieffelin (Eds.), Developmental Pragmatics. New York: Academic Press, 373-90, 1979. William A. Corsaro, "Young Children's Conception of Status and Role." Sociology of Education, 52, 46-59, 1979. William A. Corsaro, "We're Friends, Right?: Children's Use of Access Rituals in a Nursery School." Language in Society, 8, 315-336, 1979. 1980 William A. Corsaro and Graham Tomlinson, "Spontaneous Play and Social Learning in the Nursery School." In Helen B. Schwartzman (Ed.), Play and Culture. West Point, N.Y.: Leisure Press, 105-124, 1980. 1981 William A. Corsaro, "Entering the Child's World: Strategies for Field Entry and Data Collection in Preschool Settings." In Judith Green and Cynthia Wallat (Eds.), Ethnography and Language in Educational Settings. Norwood, N.J.: Ablex, 117-146, 1981. William A. Corsaro, "Friendship in the Nursery School: Social Organization in a Peer Environment." In Steve Asher and John Gottman (Eds.), The Development of Children's Friendships. New York: Cambridge University Press, 207-241, 1981. William A. Corsaro, "Communicative Processes in Studies of Social Organization: Sociological Approaches to Discourse Analysis." Text, 1, 5-63, 1981. William A. Corsaro, "The Development of Social Cognition in Preschool Children: Implications for Language Learning.” Topics in Language Disorders, 2, 77-95, 1981. 1982 William A. Corsaro, "Something Old and Something New: The Importance of Prior Ethnography in the Collection and Analysis of Audiovisual Data." Sociological Methods and Research, 11, 145-166, 1982. 1983 William A. Corsaro, "Script Recognition, Articulation and Expansion in Children's Role Play." Discourse Processes, 6, 1-19, 1983. William A. Corsaro, "Comment on Mathiot." International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 43, 67-76, 1983. 1985 William A. Corsaro, "Sociological Approaches to Discourse Analysis." In Teun van Dijk (Ed.), Handbook of Discourse Analysis. London: Academic Press, 167-192, 1985. Revised version of article which first appeared in Text, 1:5-63, 1981. 1986 William A. Corsaro, "Discourse Processes Within Peer Culture: From a Constructivist to an Interpretive Approach to Childhood Socialization." In Peter and Patti Adler (Eds.), Sociological Studies of Child Development. Greenwich, CT: Corsaro Page 8 JAI Press, 81-101, 1986. William A. Corsaro and Jürgen Streeck, "Studying Children's Worlds: Methodological Issues." In J. Cook-Gumperz, W. Corsaro and J. Streeck (Eds.), Children's Worlds and Children's Language. Berlin: Mouton, 13-35, 1986. William A. Corsaro, "Routines in Peer Culture." In J. Cook-Gumperz, W. Corsaro and J. Streeck (Eds.), Children's Worlds and Children's Language. Berlin: Mouton, 231-252, 1986. William A. Corsaro, "Peer Culture Among American and Italian Nursery School Children." Language Arts, 63, 814-821, 1986. 1988 William A. Corsaro, "Routines in the Peer Culture of American and Italian Nursery School Children." Sociology of Education, 61, 1-14, 1988. William A. Corsaro, "Peer Culture in the Preschool." Theory Into Practice, XXVII, 19-24, 1988. William A. Corsaro and Thomas A. Rizzo, "Discussione and Friendship: Socialization Processes in the Peer Culture of Italian Nursery School Children." American Sociological Review, 53, 879-894, 1988. (Reprinted in Robert A. Levine and Rebecca S. New (Eds), Anthropology and Child Development: A Cross-Cultural Reader. Malden, MA: Blackwell, pp. 227243, 2008.) Thomas A. Rizzo and William A. Corsaro, "Toward a Better Understanding of Vygotsky's Process of Internalization: Its Role in the Development of the Concept of Friendship." Developmental Review, 8, 219-237, 1988. 1990 William A. Corsaro and Thomas A. Rizzo, "Disputes in the Peer Culture of American and Italian Nursery School Children." In Allen D. Grimshaw (Ed.), Conflict Talk. New York: Cambridge University Press, 21-66, 1990. William A. Corsaro, "The Underlife of the Nursery School: Young Children's Social Representations of Adult Rules." In Gerard Duveen and Barbara Lloyd (Eds.), Social Representations and the Development of Knowledge. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 11-26, 1990. William A. Corsaro and Donna Eder, "Children's Peer Cultures." Annual Review of Sociology, 16, 197-220, 1990. William A. Corsaro and Thomas A. Rizzo, "An Interpretive Approach to Childhood Socialization: Reply to Handel." American Sociological Review, 55, 466-468, 1990. William A. Corsaro and David R. Heise, "Event Structure Models From Ethnographic Data." Sociological Methodology, 20, 1-57, 1990. Corsaro Page 9 William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari, "From Seggiolini to Discussione: The Generation and Extension of Peer Culture Among Italian Preschool Children." International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 3, 213-230, 1990. 1991 William A. Corsaro and Katherine Schwarz, "Peer Play and Socialization in Two Cultures: Implications for Research and Practice." In Milly Almy, Barbara Scales, and Susan Ervin-Tripp (Eds.), Play and the Social Context of Development in Early Care and Education. New York: Teachers College Press, 134-154, 1991. 1992 William A. Corsaro and Francesca Emiliani, "Child Care, Early Education and Children's Peer Culture in Italy." In M. Lamb, K. Sternberg, C. Hwang, and A. Broberg (Eds.), Child Care in Context. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 81-115, 1992. William A. Corsaro, "Cross Cultural Analysis." In E. Borgatta and M. Borgatta (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York: Macmillan, 390-395, 1992. William A. Corsaro, "Interpretive Reproduction in Children's Peer Cultures." Social Psychology Quarterly, 55, 160-177, 1992. William A. Corsaro, "Peer Culture." In L. Williams and D. Fromberg (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Early Childhood Education. New York: Garland Press, 261-62, 1992. Thomas A. Rizzo, William A. Corsaro, and John E. Bates, "Ethnographic Methods and Interpretive Analysis: Expanding the Methodological Options of Psychologists." Developmental Review, 12, 101-23, 1992. William A. Corsaro and Thomas A. Rizzo, "Valori culturali, traquardi dell'instruzione e cultura dei pari nella scuola dell'infanzia di Bologna." Rassegna di Psicologia 9, 39-64, 1992. Suzanne Gaskins, Peggy J. Miller, and William A. Corsaro, "Theoretical and Methodological Perspectives in the Interpretive Study of Children." In W. Corsaro and P. Miller (Eds.), Interpretive Approaches to Children's Socialization. New Directions for Child Development, No. 58, San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 5-24, 1992. William A. Corsaro and Katherine Brown Rosier, "Documenting ProductiveReproductive Processes in Children's Lives: Transition Narratives of a Black Family Living in Poverty." In W. Corsaro and P. Miller (Eds.), Interpretive Approaches to Children's Socialization. New Directions for Child Development, No. 58, San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 69-93, 1992. 1993 Katherine B. Rosier and William A. Corsaro, "Competent Parents, Complex Lives: Managing Parenthood in Poverty." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 22, 171-204, 1993. William A. Corsaro, "Interpretive Reproduction in the Scuola Materna." European Corsaro Page 10 Journal of Educational Psychology VIII, 345-362, 1993. William A. Corsaro, "Interpretive Reproduction in Children's Role Play." Childhood 1, 64-74, 1993. (Reprinted in Portuguese as “A Reprodução Interpretativa no Brincar ao ‘Faz-deconta’ das Criançs” Educação Sociedade Culturaas 17, 113-134, 2002) 1994 William A. Corsaro, "Discussion, Debate and Friendship: Peer Discourse in Nursery Schools in the United States and Italy." Sociology of Education, 67, 1-26, 1994. William A. Corsaro, "Comment on Hasan and Cook-Gumperz and Gumperz." In A. Grimshaw (Ed.), Perspectives on Discourse: Multi-Disciplinary Study of Naturally Occurring Conversation. Norwood, NJ: Ablex, 168-172; 394-397, 1994. William A. Corsaro, "Introduction of Glen H. Elder, Jr. for the Cooley-Mead Award." Social Psychology Quarterly, 57, 1-3, 1994. Luisa Molinari and William A. Corsaro, "La Genesi e l'Evoluzione della Cultura dei Bambini." Bambini, X, 38-45, 1994. 1995 William A. Corsaro and Donna Eder, "The Development and Socialization of Children and Adolescents." In K. Cook, G. Fine, and J. House (Eds), Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology. New York: Allyn & Bacon, 421-451, 1995. Thomas A. Rizzo and William A. Corsaro, "Social Support Processes in Early Childhood Friendship: A Comparative Study of Ecological Congruencies in Enacted Support." American Journal of Community Psychology 23, 389-417, 1995. (Reprinted in T. Revenson, et al.(Ed.), Ecological Research to Promote Social Change: Methodological Advances from Community Psychology. New York: Kluwer. 187-216, 2002) Thomas A. Rizzo and William A. Corsaro, "Toward a Potential Integration of Interpretive and Quantitative Research in Psychology: A Reply to Shadish, and Rosenblatt and Howes." American Journal of Community Psychology 23, 435-445, 1995. 1996 William A. Corsaro, "Transitions in Early Childhood: The Promise of Comparative Longitudinal Ethnography." In R. Jessor, A. Colby, and R. Shweder (Eds), Ethnography and Human Development: Context and Meaning in Social Inquiry. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 419-458, 1996. William A. Corsaro and Douglas W. Maynard, "Format Tying in Discussion and Argumentation among Italian and American Children." In D. Slobin, J. Gerhardt, A. Kyratzis, J. Guo (Eds), Social Interaction, Social Context and Language: Essays in Honor of Susan Ervin-Tripp. Mahaw, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum, 157-174, Corsaro Page 11 1996. William A. Corsaro, "Early Education, Children’s Lives, and the Transition from Home to School in Italy and the United States." International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Vol. XXXVII, 121-139, 1996. (An expanded version of article first published in Italian in Rassegna di Psicologia.) 1997 William A. Corsaro, "The Promise of Comparative, Longitudinal Research for Studies of Productive-Reproductive Processes in Children’s Lives." In J. Tudge, M. Shanahan, and J. Valsiner (Eds), Comparisons in Human Development: Understanding Time and Context. New York: Cambridge University Press, 334339, 1997. 1998 Ann-Carita Evaldsson and William A. Corsaro, “Play and Games in the Peer Cultures of Preschool and Preadolescent Children: An Interpretive Approach.” Childhood, 5, 377-402, 1998 Luisa Molinari, William A. Corsaro, and Silvia Zetti, “Processi Collettivi e Conoscenza Sociale: Uno Studio Etnografico nei Contesti Scolastici.” Rassegna di Psicologia, XV, 59-86, 1998. 1999 Luisa Molinari and William A. Corsaro, “La Famiglia, I Compagni, la Scuola: Il Metodo Etnografico per lo Studio dei Contesti di Sviluppo.” Ethnosistemi, VI, 62-75, 1999 Donna Eder and William A. Corsaro, “Ethnographic Studies of Children and Youth: Theoretical and Ethical Issues.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 28, 520-531, 1999. 2000 William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari, “Entering and Observing in Children’s Worlds: A Reflection on a Longitudinal Ethnography of Early Education in Italy.” in P. Christensen and A. James (Eds.), Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices. London, England: Falmer Press, 179-200, 2000. William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari, “Priming Events and Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School: Representations and Action.” Social Psychology Quarterly, 63, 16-38, 2000. Molinari, Luisa and William A. Corsaro, “Eventi Anticipatori: Una Strategia Collettiva per Affrontare le Transizioni Evolutive.” Psicologia dell’Educazione e della Fromazione, 2, 85-110, 2000. Arthur S. Alderson and William A. Corsaro, “Cross Cultural Analysis,” In E. Borgatta and R. Montgomery (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Sociology, Revised Edition, pp. 546-553, 2000. William A. Corsaro, “Early Childhood Education, Children’s Peer Cultures, and the Future of Childhood.” European Early Childhood Education Research Corsaro Page 12 Journal, 8, 89-102, 2000. 2002 William A. Corsaro and Katherine Brown Rosier, “Priming Events, Autonomy and Agency in Low Income African-American Children’s Transition from Home to School.” In Rosalind Edwards (Ed.), Children, Home and School: Autonomy, Connection or Regulation? London, England: Falmer Press, pp. 136-154, 2002. Luisa Molinari, William A. Corsaro, and Katherine Brown Rosier, “La Transizione alla Scuola Elementare in Italia e negli Stati Uniti.” Rassegna di Psicologia, XVIII, 9-27, 2002. William A. Corsaro, Luisa Molinari and Katherine Brown Rosier, “Zena and Carlotta: Transition Narratives and Early Education in the United States and Italy,” Human Development 45, 323-348, 2002. 2003 William A. Corsaro and Laura Fingerson, “Development and Socialization in Childhood.” Pp. 125-156 in John DeLamater (Ed.), Handbook of Social Psychology. New York: Kluwer-Plenum, 2003. Hilary Aydt and William A. Corsaro, “Differences in Children’s Construction of Gender Across Culture: An Interpretive Approach,” American Behavioral Scientist, 46, 1306-1325, 2003. William A. Corsaro and Elizabeth Nelson, “Children’s Collective Activities in Early Literacy in American and Italian Preschools.” Sociology of Education, 76, 209-227, 2003. William A. Corsaro, Luisa Molinari, Kathryn Gold Hadley, and Heather Sugioka, “Keeping and Making Friends in Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School.” Social Psychology Quarterly, 66, 272-292, 2003. William A. Corsaro, “Play.” Pp. 682-687 in Paula Fass (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Children and Childhood in History and Society. New York: Macmillian, 2003. 2004 William A. Corsaro, “Peer Culture and Adult Child Relations.” Stockholm Lectures in Educology, Lecture Series No. 3, 9-39, 2004. William A. Corsaro, “Process Approaches to Children’s Friendships: What We Know and Where We Are Going.” International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development Newsletter, 46, 14-16, 2004. 2005 William A. Corsaro, “Collective Action and Agency in Young Children’s Peer Cultures,” Pp. 231-247 in Jens Qvortrup (Ed.), Studies in Modern Childhood: Society, Agency and Culture. Basingstok, England: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005. William A. Corsaro, “Entrada no campo, acietaço, e natureza da participaç_o nos estudos etnográficos com crianças pequenas.” Educaço & Sociedade, 26, 443-464, 2005. Corsaro Page 13 (This article is a slightly revised version of Chapter 1 of We’re Friends, Right?: Inside Kids’ Culture.) 2006 William A. Corsaro, “Qualitative Research on Children’s Peer Relations in Cultural Context.” Pp. 96-119 in Xinyin Chen, Doran French, and Barry Schneider (Eds.), Peer Relations in Cultural Context. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2006. 2007 William A. Corsaro and Berit O. Johannesen, “The Creation of New Cultures in Peer Interaction.” Pp. 444-459 in Jaan Valsiner and Alberto Rosa (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Socio-Cultural Psychology. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2007. William A. Corsaro, “Interview with William Corsaro.” by Fernanda Müeller, Educaço & Sociedade, 28, 271-278, 2007. 2008 William A. Corsaro, “Interpretative Reproduktion , Peer-Beziehungen von Kindern, und ihr Verlangen nach selbstbestimmter Interaktion.” Pp. 14-21 in M. Kreuzer and B. Ytterhus (Eds.), Dabei sein ist nicht alles: Soziale Inklusion und Marginalisierung in integrativen Gruppe der Kindertagesstätte, Munich, Germany: Reinhardt-Verlag, 2008. William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari, “Entering and Observing in Children’s Worlds: A Reflection on a Longitudinal Ethnography of Early Education in Italy.” Pp. 239-259 in P. Christensen and A. James (Eds.), Research with Children: Perspectives and Practices. 2nd edition. New York: Routledge, 2008. (This is a slightly expanded article of the one that appeared in the first edition of the Book) William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari, “Policy and Practice in Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School.” Research in Comparative and International Education, 3: 250-265, 2008. William A. Corsaro, “Interpretive Theory.” Pp. 271-274 in D. Carr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2008. William A. Corsaro, “Socialization.” Pp. 450-453 in D. Carr (Ed.), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2008. 2009 Jens Qvortrup, William A. Corsaro, and Michael-Sebastain Honig, “Why Social Studies of Childhood? An Introduction to the Handbook.” Pp. 1-18 in J. Qvortrup, W. Corsaro, and M. Honig (Eds.), Handbook of Childhood Studies. Basingstok, England: Palgrave, 2009. William A. Corsaro, “Peer Cultures.” Pp. 301-315 in J. Qvortrup, W. Corsaro, M. Honig, (Eds.) Handbook of Childhood Studies. Basingstok, England: Palgrave, Corsaro Page 14 2009. William A. Corsaro, “Friendship.” Pp. 382-385 in R. A. Shweder, T. R. Bidell, A. C. Dailey, S. D. Dixon, P. J. Miller & J. Modell (Eds.), The Child an Encyclopedic Companion, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. William A. Corsaro, “Subcultures, Youth.” Pp. 963-964 in R. A. Shweder, T. R. Bidell, A. C. Dailey, S. D. Dixon, P. J. Miller & J. Modell (Eds.), The Child an Encyclopedic Companion, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. William A. Corsaro, “Italian Children’s Fascination with the Mysterious La Befana.” P. 659 in R. A. Shweder, T. R. Bidell, A. C. Dailey, S. D. Dixon, P. J. Miller & J. Modell (Eds.), The Child an Encyclopedic Companion, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. William A. Corsaro, “Reprodução interpretativa e cultura de pares.” Pp. 31-50 in Müller, F. e Carvalho, A.M.A. (Eds.) Diálogos com William Corsaro: Teoria e Prática na Pesquisa com Crianças (Dialogues with William Corsaro: Theory and Practice of Research with Children). 1. ed. São Paulo: Editora Cortez, 2009. William A. Corsaro, “Métodos etnográficos no estudo da cultura de pares e das transições iniciais na vida das crianças.” Pp. 83-103 in Müller, F. e Carvalho, A.M.A. (Eds.) Diálogos com William Corsaro: Teoria e Prática na Pesquisa com Crianças. 1. ed. São Paulo: Editora Cortez, 2009. William A. Corsaro, “Educação da infância na Itália e nos Estados Unidos: diferentes abordagens e oportunidades para as crianças.” Pp. 139-162 in Müller, F. e Carvalho, A.M.A. (Eds.) Diálogos com William Corsaro: Teoria e Prática na Pesquisa com Crianças. 1. ed. São Paulo: Editora Cortez, 2009. 2010 William A. Corsaro, “Reproduction Interprétative et Culture Enfantine : Universalité et Diversité de L’expression.” Pp. 59-76 in A. Arleo and J. Delalande (Eds.), Cultures Enfantes: Universalité et Diversité. Rennes, France: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2010. William A. Corsaro, “Foreword.” Pp. xii-xiii in M. Kernan and E. Singer (Eds.), Peer Relationships in Early Childhood Education and Care. London: Routledge, 2010. William A. Corsaro, “Giochi di Bambini: Riproduzione Interpretativa e Culture dei Pari.” Pp. 91-106 in Valerio Belotti and Salvatore La Mendola (Eds.), Il Futuro Nel Presente: Per Una Sociologia delle Bambine e dei Bambini. Milan, Italy: Angelo Guerini e Associati, 2010. William A. Corsaro and Luisa Molinari, “Comprendere le Transizioni dei Bambini nella Prima Infanzia: Un Inquadramento Teorico.” Pp. 75-90 in Valerio Belotti and Corsaro Page 15 Salvatore La Mendola (Eds.), Il Futuro Nel Presente: Per Una Sociologia delle Bambine e dei Bambini. Milan, Italy: Angelo Guerini e Associati, 2010. 2011 William A. Corsaro, “Prologue.” In D. Fernie, S. Madrid, and R. Kantor (Eds.), Educating Toddlers to Teachers: Learning to See and Influence the School and Peer Cultures of Classrooms. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 2011. William A. Corsaro, “Faz de Conta, Aprendizagem e Infância viva.” Pátio Educação Infantil, 27, 12-15, 2011. William A. Corsaro, “Interpretativna Reprodukcija in Igranje Vlog v Vrstniških Kulturah Mlajših Otrok.” Emzin, XXI, 81-83, June, 2011. 2012 William A. Corsaro, “Peer Cultures.” Oxford Bibliographies Online - Childhood Studies, 2012. William A. Corsaro, “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Play.” American Journal of Play, 4, 488-504, 2012 2013 William A. Corsaro, Berit O. Johannesen and Lily Appoh, “‘My Mother and Father Are African, But I’m Norwegian’: Immigrant Children’s Participation in Civil Society in Norway.” In Sandi Kawecka Nenga and Jessica K. Taft (ed.) Youth Engagement: The Civic-Political Lives of Children and Youth (Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, Volume 16), Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 206-225, 2013. 2014 William A. Corsaro, “Children’s Well-Being and Interpretive Reproduction.” BenArieh, Asher, Casas, Ferran, Frones, Ivar. and Korbin, Jill E. (Eds.) Handbook of Child Well-Being. Theories, Methods and Policies in Global Perspective. Volume 2, Theoretical Approaches to Child Well Being, pp. 709-738. Dorcrecht, Netherlands: Springer. 2014. William A. Corsaro and Berit O. Johannesen, “Collective Identity, Intergenerational Relations, and Civic Society: Transition Rituals among Norwegian Russ.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 43, 331-360, 2014. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: Journal Editorial Board Social Psychology Quarterly, 1979-1984; 1997-1999 Symbolic Interactionism, 1983-1988 Qualitative Sociology, 1987-1992 Associate Editor, Sociological Studies of Child Development, 1992-1998 Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1990-1994 Childhood, 1992-present Human Development, 1997-2002 Sociological Studies of Children and Youth, 2001-present Corsaro Page 16 Ethnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa, 2009-present Psicologia Culturale, 2009-present Occasional Journal Referee: American Journal of Sociology American Sociological Review Sociology of Education Social Forces American Sociologist Social Psychology Quarterly International Journal of the Sociology of Language Sociological Methods and Research Sociological Quarterly Sociology and Social Research Sociological Inquiry Symbolic Interactionism Rose Monograph Series Human Organization Discourse Processes Child Development Sociological Forum Early Childhood Research Quarterly International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education Social Problems Language in Society Sociological Perspectives Contemporary Ethnography Journal of Contemporary Ethnography Journal of Research on Adolescence Sociological Focus Social Psychology of Education European Journal of the Psychology of Education Human Development Childhood International Journal of Behavioral Development Text and Talk Mind Culture and Society Creative Education Grant Proposal Referee: National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Education National Science Foundation W. T. Grant Foundation Spencer Foundation Fulbright Senior Specialists Program Economic and Social Research Council, Great Britain Invited Papers and Talks: Corsaro Page 17 “Friendship in the Nursery School: Social Organization in a Peer Environment.” Paper Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Study Group of the Development of Friendships, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1978. “The Collection of Audio and Video Data.” Didactic Seminar Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association (with Peter Burke), New York, 1980. “Qualitative Research Methods.” Seminar Presented at the School of Education, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, 1981. “Qualitative Research Methods.” Colloquia Series, School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1982. “Peer Culture in the Nursery School.” Colloquia Series, Department of Clinical Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1982. “Features of Peer Culture in the Nursery School.” Paper Presented at the Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, 1982. “Peer Culture in the Nursery School.” Paper Presented at the Center of Innovative Teaching of the Handicapped, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1983. “Qualitative Methods.” Paper Presented at the Smith Research Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1983. “Approach-Avoidance Play.” Paper Presented in the Department of Recreation, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1983. “An Interpretive Approach to Childhood Socialization.” Paper Presented at the Istituto Di Sceinze Dell'Educazione, Universita Degli Studi Di Bologna, Bologna Italy, 1984. “Discourse Processes Within Peer Culture.” Paper Presented at the Department of Languages and Linguistics, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 1984. “Sociolinguistic Features of Childhood Socialization.” Paper Presented at the Department of Sociology, Universita Degli Studi Di Milano, Milan, Italy, 1984. “Introduction to Micro-Ethnographic methods.” Paper Presented at the University “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy, 1984. “Methodological Issues in the Study of Peer Culture and Social Development.” Paper Presented at the University “La Sapienza,” Rome, Italy, 1984. “A Sociolinguistics Approach to Children’s Discourse.” Paper Presented at the University of Konstanz, West Germany, 1984. Corsaro Page 18 “Entering the Child’s World: Research Methods for Studying Children’s Culture.” Paper Presented at the University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1984. “Features of Peer Culture Among Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at the Max Planck Institute, Berlin, Germany, 1984. “Children’s Discourse and Children’s Culture in the Nursery School.” Paper Presented at the Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 1984. “Children’s Language and Children’s Worlds: Peer Interaction and Culture in the Socialization Process.” Paper Presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1984. “Discourse Processes Within the Peer Culture of Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at the School of Education and Department of Speech and Communication, University of Texas, Austin, 1984. “Children’s Language and Children’s Worlds: Peer Interaction and Culture in Early Childhood.” Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Indiana Speech and Hearing Association, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1985. “Disputes Within the Peer Culture of Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at the Istituto Di Sceinze Dell'Educazione, Universita Degli Studi Di Bologna, Italy, 1985. “Collecting and Analyzing Ethnographic Data.” Workshop Presented for the College’s Faculty Research Retreat, College of Education, Ohio State University, 1986. “Peer Culture and the Development of Literacy Skills Among American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at the Indiana University Spring Language Arts Conference, Indiana University, Bloomington, 1987. “Children’s Worlds and Peer Culture in a Cross-Cultural Perspective.” Plenary Lecture Presented at the International Conference on Children Growing into a Modern World. Trondheim, Norway, 1987. "Routines in the Peer Culture of Italian Nursery School Children." Paper presented at the Istituto Di Sceinze Dell'Educazione, Universita Degli Studi Di Bologna, Bologna Italy, 1988. “Disputes in the Peer Culture of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Dipartimento di Psicologia de Processi di Sviluppo e Socilizzazione, Università Degli Studi di Roma, Rome, Italy, 1989. “An Interpretive Approach to Childhood Socialization: Routines in the Peer Culture of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Danmarks Lærerhøjskole, The Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, The Department of Early Childhood Education, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1989. Corsaro Page 19 “Peer Culture in the Preschool: A Comparative Study of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Danmarks Lærerhøjskole The Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Department of Early Childhood Education, Odense, Denmark, 1989. “Peer Culture in the Preschool: A Comparative Study of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Danmarks Lærerhøjskole, The Royal Danish School of Educational Studies, Department of Early Childhood Education, Vordingborg, Denmark, 1989. “An Interpretive Approach to Childhood Socialization: Routines in the Peer Culture of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Centre for Cultural Research, Ärhus University, Ärhus, Denmark, 1989. “Peer Culture in the Preschool: A Comparative Study of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Högskolan I Örebro Institutionen för förskollärar-och fritidspedagogutbildning Örebro, Sweden, 1989. “Ethnographic Methods in the Study of Children's Peer Culture.” Paper Presented at the Institutt for Antropologi Universitetet I Bergen , Bergen, Norway, 1989. “Discussione Nella Scuola Materna: Discussion and Debate in the Peer Culture of Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at the Institutt for Antropologi Universitetet I Bergen , Bergen, Norway, 1989. “Friendship and Peer Culture Among American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Göteborgs Universitet, Institutionen för Pedagogik Göteborg, Sweden, 1989. “Micro-Ethnography and the Development of an Interpretive Theory of Childhood Socialization.” Paper Presented at Göteborgs Universitet, Institutionen för Pedagogik Göteborg, Sweden, 1989. “Peer Culture in the Preschool: A Comparative Study of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Congress on Early Childhood Education Department of Early Childhood Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1989. “An Interpretive Approach to Childhood Socialization: Routines in the Peer Culture of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at the Department of Educational Psychology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1989. “Discussione Nella Scuola Materna: Discussion and Debate in the Peer Culture of Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at the Conference on Issues in the Sociology of Culture, Centro Sorelle Clarke, Bagna di Lucca, Italy, 1989. Corsaro Page 20 “Ethnographic Methods in the Study of Children's Cultures.” Paper Presented at the Università Degli Studie di Bologna, Dipartimento Di Scienze Dell'Educazione, Bologna, Italy, 1989. “Micro-Ethnography and the Development of an Interpretive Theory of Childhood Socialization,” Paper Presented at the Università Degli Studie di Bologna, Dipartimento Di Scienze Dell'Educazione, Bologna, Italy, 1989. “An Interpretive Approach to Childhood Socialization: Routines in the Peer Culture of American and Italian Nursery School Children.” Paper Presented at Università Degli Studi di Trento, Dipartimento di Sociologia, Trento, Italy, 1989. “From Seggiolini to Discussione: The Generation and Extension of Peer Culture Among Italian Preschool Children.” Paper Presented at Qualitative Research in Early Childhood Settings Symposium, College of Education, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1989. "Disputes in the Peer Culture of American and Italian Nursery School Children." Lecture presented at the School of Education, Ohio State University, 1990. "Discussion, Debate and Friendship: Peer Discourse in Nursery Schools in the United States and Italy." Paper Presented at the first annual Todd Conference on Education, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, 1990. "Children's Peer Cultures in Child Care Institutions in the United States and Italy." Lecture presented to the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Union College, Schenectady, New York, 1990. “The Collection and Analysis of Video Data in Field Research.” Didactic Seminar Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., 1990. "Discussion and Debate Among Italian Preschool Children," Presented at Annual Sociology Banquet, Department of Sociology, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, 1991. "Discussion, Debate and Friendship in Three Preschool Settings." Lecture presented at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim, Norway, 1991. "Interpretive Reproduction in Children's Peer Cultures." Lecture presented at the Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Trondheim, Norway, 1991. "Discussion, Debate and Friendship in Three Preschool Settings." Lecture presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1991. "Childhood Socialization as Interpretive Reproduction." Lecture presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1991. Corsaro Page 21 "Interpretive Reproduction in the Peer Cultures of Economically Advantaged and Disadvantage Preschool Children." Lecture presented at the Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 1991. "Role Play and Social Reproduction Among Nursery School Children." Paper Presented in the Department of Sociology, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 1992. "A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Role Play Among Middle Class and Economically Disadvantage Preschool Children." Paper Presented in the Sociolinguistics Seminar, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1992. "Discussion, Debate and Friendship: Peer Discourse in Nursery Schools in the United States and Italy." Paper Presented at the 1992 Human Development and Life-Span Symposium at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, 1992. "Cultural Values, Child Care Policy, and Children's Peer Cultures in the United States and Western Europe." Paper Presented at the Seminar in Comparative International Studies, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, November 6, 1992. “Comparative Approaches in Ethnographic and Sociological Studies of Human Development.” Paper presented at The Carolina Consortium on Human Development, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1993. “Studying Children’s Cultures.” Colloquium Presented at the Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1993. “Transitions in Early Childhood: The Promise of Comparative, Longitudinal Ethnography.” Paper Presented at a Conference “Meaning and Context: A Conference on Ethnographic Approaches to the Study of Human Development, Sponsored by the MacArthur Foundation, Berkeley, California, 1993. “Format Tying in Discussion and Argumentation Among Italian and American Children.” Paper Presented at the International Conference on Perspectives and Current Work on Ethnomethodology and Conversational Analysis, Centro Internazionale di Semiotica e Linguistica, College del Colle, Urbino, Italy, July, 1994 (with Douglas Maynard). “The Promise of Comparative, Longitudinal Ethnography in the Study of Childhood.” Paper Presented in the Thematic Group “Sociology of Childhood” of the International Sociological Association, XIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July 19, 1994. “Transition Narratives and Reproductive Processes in the Lives of Black Families Living in Poverty.” Paper Presented in the Session on Socialization, Race, and Language in the Sociolinguistic Research Committee of the International Corsaro Page 22 Sociological Association, XIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July 20, 1994 (with Katherine Brown Rosier). “Comparative, Longitudinal Ethnography for Studies of Transitions in the Lives of Young Children.” Paper Presented in the Session on Comparative Social Psychology in the Social Psychology Research Committee of the International Sociological Association, XIIIth World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany, July 21, 1994. “Documenting Transitions in Early Childhood and Adolescence: The Promise of Longitudinal Ethnography.” Paper Presented at the 89th Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California, August, 1994 (with Donna Eder, David A. Kinney, and Katherine Brown Rosier). “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures: The Promise of Comparative, Longitudinal Ethnography.” Paper presented at the Department of Education, Washington University, St. Louis, October, 1995. “An Interpretive Approach to Childhood Socialization.” Paper Presented in the Department of Child Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, 1996. “Ethnographic Methods for Studying Children’s Peer Cultures.” Paper Presented in the Department of Child Studies, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, 1996. “Ethnography and the Study of Productive-Reproductive Processes in Children’s Lives.” Paper Presented at Symposium, Verbal Interaction and Development in Families with Adolescents. Werner Reimers-Stiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany, 1996. “The Ethnographic Study of Play and Games in Children’s Peer Culture: Contributions of G. H. Mead, Piaget, and Vygotsky.” Paper Presented at Second Conference for Socio-Cultural Research. Geneva, Switzerland, 1996 (with AnnCarita Evaldsson). “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures.” Plenary Address, X Congresso Nazionale, Associazione Di Psicologia, Sezione Di Psicologia Dello Sviluppo, Capri, Italy, 1996. “Children’s Transition from Home to School in the United States Italy, and Norway: Preliminary Findings.” Paper Presented at the X Congresso Nazionale, Associazione Di Psicologia, Sezione Di Psicologia Dello Sviluppo, Capri, Italy, 1996 (with Luisa Molinari and Sigurd Berentzen). “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Cultures.” Paper Presented in the Department of Children’s Media and Culture. University of Odense, Odense, Denmark, 1996. Corsaro Page 23 “Entering Children’s Worlds: Ethnographic Methods for Studying Children’s Cultures.” Paper Presented in the Department of Children’s Culture and Media. University of Odense, Odense, Denmark, 1996. “Research on Children and Childhood in the United States.” Paper Presented in the Department of Sociology, University of Esberg, Esberg, Denmark, 1996. “Field Entry and Data Collection in Ethnographic Studies of Childhood.” Seminar presented in the Instituto Dell’Educazione, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 1996. “Analysis and Evaluation of Ethnographic Data.” Seminar presented in the Instituto Dell’Educazione, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 1996. “La Sociologia Dell’Infanzia.” (“The Sociology of Childhood”). Paper Presented as part of an International Seminar, “La Sociologia Alla Scoperta Dell’Infanzia.” (“Sociology’s Discovery of Childhood’). Department of Sociology, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy, 1996. “La Transizione fra Casa e Scuola: Un’Analisi Comparativa.” (“The Transition from Home to School: A Comparative Analysis”). Paper Presented as part of an International Seminar, “La Sociologia Alla Scoperta Dell’Infanzia.” (“Sociology’s Discovery of Childhood’). Department of Sociology, University of Urbino, Urbino, Italy, 1996. “Interpretive Reproduction and Priming Events: Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School in Italy,” International Conference on “Childhood and Children’s Cultures,” (with Luisa Molinari). South Jutland University Center, Department for Social and Health Studies, Esbjerg, Denmark, 1997. “Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School in Italy.” Paper Presented at the School of Education, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, 1997. “Interpretive Reproduction, Priming Events, and Children’s Transitions to Elementary School,” Instituto Dell’Educazione, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 1998. “Priming Events, Literacy Development and Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School,” Department of Communications, University or Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 1998. “Teaching the Sociology of Childhood,” Talk Presented at an International Conference on Work and Children, Arnoldshain, Germany, 1998. “Doing Ethnographies of Young Children,” Seminar Presented at the Workshop on Ethnography of Children, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany, 1998. Corsaro Page 24 “Interpretive Reproduction, Priming Events , and Transitions in Early Childhood,” Keynote Lecture, Workshop on Ethnography of Children, University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany, 1998. “Interpretive Reproduction, Priming Events, and Literacy Activities in Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School,” The German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany, 1998. “Priming Events and Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School: Representations in Action.” Paper Presented at the Fourth Congress of the International Society for Cultural Research and Activity Theory, “Activity Theory and Cultural Historical Approaches to Social Practice,” Aarhus, Denmark, 1998 (with Luisa Molinari). “Interpretive Reproduction, Priming Events, and Transitions in Early Childhood.” Paper Presented in Working Group 03, “Sociology of Childhood,” 14th International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Montreal, Canada, 1998. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998. “Interpretive Reproduction, Priming Events, and Transitions in Early Childhood,” Seminar on Culture and Cognition, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1998. “Interpretive Reproduction and Transitions in Early Childhood,” Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1998. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Culture.” Paper Presented at the Department of Anthropology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 1998. “Discussion, Debate, and Friendship: A Comparative Sociolinguistic Study of American and Italian Preschool Children,” Paper Presented at the Department of Anthropology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 1998. “Gender Relations in the Play and Games of Preschool and Elementary School Children.” Paper Presented at the Folklore Institute, University of Bergen, Norway, 1998. “Entering and Observing in Children’s Worlds: A Reflection on Longitudinal Ethnographies of Preschool Children in the U.S. and Italy” Paper Presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 1998. “Interpretive Reproduction and Transitions in Early Childhood: Children’s Creative Contributions to Their Evolving Membership in Their Culture.” Paper Presented at the Department of Anthropology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, 1998. “‘Zena and Carlotta’: Transition Narratives and Early Education Policy in the U.S. Corsaro Page 25 and Italy,” Distinguished Lecture Series on Early Education, School of Education, Ohio State University, Columbus Ohio, 1999. “The Future of Childhood,” Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series, School of Liberal Arts, University of Southern Indiana, 1999. “Transition Narratives and Early Education Programs and Policy in the U.S. and Western Europe,” University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden, 1999. “Early Childhood Education, Children’s Peer Cultures and the Future of Childhood,” Keynote Address 9th European Conference on Quality in Early Education, European Early Childhood Education Research Association, Helsinki, Finland, 1999. “Ethnography of Children in International and Cross-Cultural Perspective,” Methods Workshop Presented at European Conference on Quality in Early Education, European Early Childhood Education Research Association, Helsinki, Finland, 1999. “Interpretive Reproduction, Priming Events and Transition in Early Childhood,” Paper Presented at Fall Colloquium Series, Department of Sociology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 1999. “The Future of Childhood.” Paper Presented in Workshops for Alumni, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1999. “Children’s Play Routines and Rituals.” Invited Talk to the Wells Scholar Program Seminar, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 2000. “Priming Events and Early Transitions in Children’s Lives,” Paper Presented at the Instituto Dell’Educazione, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, 2001. “Interpretive Reproduction, Priming Events and Transitions in Early Childhood” Paper Presented at the Conference on “The Sociology of Childhood and Child Well-Being.” The Life Course Center and the Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, February, 2002. “Ethnographic Research with Rather Than on Preschool Children in the U.S. and Italy.” Paper Presented at the Meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Ottawa, Canada, August, 2002. “Differences in Children’s Construction of Gender Across Culture: An Interpretive Approach,” Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 2002. (With Hilary Aydt). “Children’s Peer Culture in a Modena Elementary School,” Paper Presented for the Modena Elementary School District, Modena, Italy, March, 2003. Corsaro Page 26 “Children’s Peer Culture and Ethnographic Methods,” Paper Presented in the Department of Social Psychology, University of Cessina, Cessina, Italy, March, 2003. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures,” Paper Presented at the School of Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, March, 2003. “Early Education and Children’s Peer Culture in the U.S. and Italy,” Paper Presented at the School of Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, April, 2003. “Collective Action and Agency in Young Children’s Peer Cultures,” Paper Presented in Seminar and Doctoral Course on Institutionalization, Individualization, and Agency, Norwegian Centre for Child Research, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway, April, 2003. “Gaining Children’s Perspectives and Using Them to Interpret Children’s Agency in Their Peer Cultures,” Paper Presented at a Seminar on Children’s Perspectives in Childhood Research - Prospects and Challenges, Norwegian Centre for Child Research, University of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway, April, 2003. “Literacy, Friendship and Peer Culture in Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School,” Paper Presented at the Departments of Communication and Children’s Socialization and Development, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden, May, 2003. “Peer Culture and Adult-Child Relations,” Paper Presented at the School of Education, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden, May, 2003. “Priming Events and Literacy Activities in Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School,” Paper Presented at the School of Education, University of Stockholm, Sweden, May, 2003. “Experiences of Italian and American Early Education Systems,” Paper Presented at the School of Education, University of Stockholm, Sweden, May, 2003. “Literacy, Friendship and Peer Culture in Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School,” Paper Presented at the Department of Education, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden, May, 2003. “Ethnographic Research With Rather Than On Children in the United States and Italy,” Paper Presented at the Department of Psychology, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, May, 2003. “Ethnographic Research With Rather Than On Children in the United States and Italy,” Paper Presented at the Department of Psychology, University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, June, 2003. Corsaro Page 27 “Collective Action and Agency in Young Children’s Peer Cultures,” Paper Presented at the Department of Psychology, University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, June, 2003. “Collective Action and Agency in Young Children’s Peer Cultures,” Paper Presented at the Department of Psychology, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, June, 2003. “Ethnographic Research With Rather Than On Children in the United States and Italy,” Paper Presented at the Departments of Psychology and Education, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, June, 2003. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” Paper Presented at the Instituto de Estudos da Crianca, University of Braga, Braga, Portugal, June, 2003. “Collective Action and Agency in Young Children’s Peer Cultures,” Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia, August, 2003. “Play and Children’s Material Culture,” Paper Presented at the Conference, “Childhood: A World History,” University of California, Berkeley, October, 2003. “Ethnographic Research with Rather Than on Children in the U.S. and Italy,” Paper Presented at The Saskatchewan Workshop on Culture & Human Development, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada, May, 2004. “Social Dramatic Role Play in the Peer Culture of Preschool Children: Children’s Appropriation of Social Knowledge and Their Predispositions to Their Future,” Paper Presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, June, 2004. “We’re Friends, Right?: Inside Kid’s Culture,” Keynote Address at Seminar The Culture Created by Children and Children’s Participation at STAKES, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health, Helsinki, Finland, June, 2004. “Interpretation of the Media I Children’s Peer Culture,” Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, August, 2004 (with Angela Huckelba). “Children’s Peer Cultures, Early Education, and Literacy Development,” Paper Presented at Microsoft Speaker Series, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington, October, 2004. “Interactional Dynamics of Meeting Time in an Italian and American Preschool,” Paper Presented at Doctoral Course: Childhood and Day Care in Modern Societies: Research Perspectives and Prospects. The Norwegian Centre for Child Research, University of Trondheim, Norway, June 2005. Corsaro Page 28 “Children’s Peer Relations and Children’s Experiences in Preschool,” Paper Presented at “Children’s Cultures and Children’s Cultural Worlds: An Interdisciplinary Workshop,” The University of Houston, Houston, Texas, February 2-5, 2006. “Research Methods in Studying Children’s Peer Cultures and Early Life Transitions,” Department of Psychology, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy, May 30, 2006. “Ethnographic Methods for Studying Children’s Peer Cultures,” Department of Sociology, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, June 8, 2006. “Le Culture dei Pari Nell’Infanzia e il Processo di Reiproduzione Interpretativa,” (“Children’s Culture and Processes of Interpretive Reproduction) International Seminar, “Vite da Bambini,” Università di Padova, Padova, Italy, June 8, 2006. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures: Universality and Diversity of Expression,” Keynote Address at the International Conference "Cultures Enfantines: Universalité et Diversité" (“Children's Cultures : Universality and Diversity”), University of Nantes, Nantes, France, March 15-17, 2007. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” School of Law, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile, May 8, 2007. “Early Education in Italy and the United States: Different Approaches and Different Opportunities for Children,” School of Education, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile, May 9, 2007. “Ethnographic Methods in Studying Children’s Peer Cultures and Early Life Transitions,” School of Law, Diego Portales University, Santiago, Chile, May 10, 2007. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” Featured Presentation, International Seminar of Children’s Peer Culture and Early Education, School of Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 14, 2007. “Early Education in Italy and the United States,” Featured Presentation, International Seminar of Children’s Peer Culture and Early Education, School of Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 14, 2007. “Ethnographic Methods in Studying Children’s Peer Cultures, Early Life Transitions and the Development of Literacy,” Featured Presentation, International Seminar of Children’s Peer Culture and Early Education, School of Education, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, May 15, 2007. Corsaro Page 29 “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” Keynote Address, International Seminar on Children’s Peer Cultures, School of Education, State University of Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, Brazil, May 17, 2007. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” Departments of Psychology and Education, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, May 18, 2007. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” Department of Education, Catholic University of Salvador, Salvador, Brazil, May 21, 2007. “Ethnographic Methods in Studying Children’s Peer Culture and Early Life Transitions,” Department of Education, Catholic University of Salvador, Salvador, Brazil, May 22, 2007. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” Department of Education, Federal University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, May 23, 2007. “Interpretive Reproduction in Children’s Peer Cultures,” Department of Education, University Federal Fluminense, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, May 28, 2007. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures,” Norwegian Centre for Child Research and Queen Mauds College of Early Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, June 14, 2007. “The Development of Literacy in Italian Children’s Transition from Preschool to Elementary School,” Norwegian Centre for Child Research and Queen Mauds College of Early Education, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, June 14, 2007. “Interactional Dynamics of Meeting Time in an Italian and American Preschool,” Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 14, 2007. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures: Universality and Diversity of Expression,” Presented at Center for Humanities, Washington University, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, November 1, 2007. “Early Education in Italy and the United States: Different Approaches and Different Opportunities for Children,” Presented at Conference on “Children in Crisis: Local and Global Challenges” University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartanburg, SC, March 28, 2008. “Child Centered Research: Perspectives and Prospects,” Paper Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Boston, MA, August 1, 2008. “Children and Civic Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” (with Corsaro Page 30 Berit O. Johannesen). Paper Presented at the 9th Annual International Step by Step Association (ISSA), “Active Citizenship: Democratic Practices in Education,” Budapest, Hungary, October 12, 2008. “We’re Friends, right?”: Sharing and Social Participation in Kids’ Culture.” Paper Presented at the Sesame Street Workshop, New York, New York, April 27, 2009. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures: Universality and Diversity of Expression,” Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, August 25, 2009. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures: Universality and Diversity in Children’s Play,” Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, NY, October 8, 2009. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures: Universality and Diversity in Children’s Play,” Presented at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, April 1, 2010. “Child Centered Research: Perspectives and Prospects,” Department of Sociology, University of Padova, Italy, May 27, 2010. “Children and Civic Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” Department of Sociology, University of Padova, Italy, May 27, 2010. “Children and Civic Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” Department of Sociology and Political Science, University of Milan, Italy, June 3, 2010. “‘And You Bill, Do You Want a Shot?’: The Importance of Children’s Visual Culture in Longitudinal Ethnographic Research with Children,” Paper Presented at 3rd Finnish Childhood Studies Conference, “Children and Knowledge Production,” University of Jyväskylä, Finland, June 10, 2010. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures: Universality and Diversity in Children’s Play,” Presented at University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, November 11, 2010. “Children and Civil Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” Paper Presented at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, March 10, 2011. “Entering and Gaining Acceptance in Children’s Worlds: Data Collection in Longitudinal Ethnographies of Children in Diverse Cultures,” Paper Presented at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, March 11, 2011. “‘And You Bill, Do You Want a Shot?’: The Importance of Children’s Visual Corsaro Page 31 Culture in Longitudinal Ethnographic Research with Children,” Paper Presented at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, March 11, 2011. “Children and Civil Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” Paper Presented at Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 14, 2011. “Interactional Dynamics of Meeting Time in an Italian and American Preschool,” Paper Presented at Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 15, 2011. “‘And You Bill, Do You Want a Shot?’: The Importance of Children’s Visual Culture in Longitudinal Ethnographic Research with Children,” Paper Presented at Pontifical Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, March 16, 2011. “Children and Civil Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” Paper Presented at Brasília University, Brasília, Brazil, March 21, 2011. “Entering and Gaining Acceptance in Children’s Worlds: Data Collection in Longitudinal Ethnographies of Children in Diverse Cultures,” Paper Presented at Brasília University, Brasília, Brazil, March 22, 2011. “‘And You Bill, Do You Want a Shot?’: The Importance of Children’s Visual Culture in Longitudinal Ethnographic Research with Children,” Paper Presented at Brasília University, Brasília, Brazil, March 23, 2011. “Strategies for Studying Children’s Life Transitions Using Longitudinal, Comparative Ethnography,” Seminar Presented at Brasília University, Brasília, Brazil, March 24, 2011. “Peer Culture and Adult Child Relations,” Plenary Address, (Doing) Ethnography in Early Child Education and Care, International Colloquium, University of Luxembourg, April 13, 2011. “‘And You Bill, Do You Want a Shot?: The importance of Children’s Visual Cultural in Longitudinal Ethnographic Research with Children,” Paper Presented at (Doing) Ethnography in Early Child Education and Care, International Colloquium, University of Luxembourg, April 15, 2011. “Per una Sociologia delle Bambine e dei Bambini” Panel Discussant at the Department of Sociology, University of Padova, Italy, April 21, 2011. “Interactional Dynamics of Meeting Time in an Italian and American Preschool,” Paper Presented at the Department of Sociology, University of Padova, Italy, April 21, 2011. “Interactional Dynamics of Meeting Time in an Italian and American Preschool,” Paper Presented at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, May 24, 2011. Corsaro Page 32 “Children and Civil Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” Paper Presented at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, May 25, 2011. “Children and Civil Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” Presented at a Seminar, “Community Studies: Italy, Norway and Australia,” Norwegian Centre for Child Research, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, June 10, 2011. “Children and Civil Society: Italian and Norwegian Children and Youth Perception and Participation in Civic Events Related to Life Transitions,” (with Berit Johannesen) Paper Presented at Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway, June 21, 2011. “Interactional Dynamics of Meeting Time in an Italian and American Preschool,” Paper Presented at Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway, June 22, 2011. “Interpretive Reproduction and Children’s Peer Cultures: Negotiation and Compromise in Children’s Play Routines,” Keynote Session, 38th Annual International Conference, The Association for the Study of Play, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 16, 2012. "From Interactionist to Interpretive Views of Socialization: Interpretive Reproduction and Children's Peer Cultures." Keynote Address, International Symposium Chi Socializza Chi?: Il Processo dei Socializzazione nelle Prospettiva Interazionista. University of Padova, Padova, Italy, June 14, 2012. “And You Bill, Do You Want a Shot?: The Importance of Children’s Visual Culture in Longitudinal Ethnographic Research with Children.” Paper Presented at International Symposium Chi Socializza Chi?: Il Processo dei Socializzazione nelle Prospettiva Interazionista. University of Padova, Padova, Italy, June 14, 2012. “’My Mother and Father Are African, But I’m Norwegian’”: Immigrant Children’s Participation in Civil Society in Norway.” Workshop Presented to Graduate Students and Faculty, Department of Sociology, University of Padua, Italy June 15, 2012 (with Berit O. Johannesen and Lily Appoh). “Life Transitions, Intergenerational Relations, and Longitudinal Ethnography,” Presented at Workshop on Children’s Everyday Lives, Oslo and Akershus University College, Oslo, Norway, June 3, 2013. Session Organizer and Chairperson: Organizer and Chairperson, Session on "Qualitative Methodology," Annual Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, May, 1976 Corsaro Page 33 Organizer and Chairperson, Session on "Sociolinguistics," Annual Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, Detroit, May, 1982. Organizer and Chairperson, Tenth World Congress of Sociology, Research Committee on Sociolinguistics, Sub- Section 7: "Language, Socialization, Children's Worlds, and Their Social-Structural Conditions." Mexico City, August, 1982. Organizer and Chairperson, Session on "Sociolinguistics," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Detroit, August, 1983. Organizer and Chairperson, International Conference on "Ethnographic Approaches to Children's Worlds and Peer Cultures" sponsored by the Wenner-Gren Foundation and the Norwegian Institute for Child Study. Held in Trondheim, Norway, June, 1987. Organizer and Chairperson, Sessions on "Sociolinguistics," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1990. Didactic Seminar, "The Collection and Analysis of Video Data in Field Research," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1990. Co-Chairperson, XIII World Congress of Sociology, Section on "Socialization, Race, and Language." Bielefeld, Germany, July, 1994. Co-Chairperson, XIV World Congress of Sociology, Working Group of Sociology of Childhood, Section on “Current Theoretical Debates within the Sociology of Childhood.” Montreal, Canada, July, 1998. Organizer and Chairperson, Session on "Sociolinguistics," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August, 1999. Organizer and Chairperson, Session on “Children and Youth Cultures,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D. C., August, 2000. SELECTED BOOK REVIEWS: Aaron Cicourel, et al., Language Use and School Performance. Social Forces, 54, 4:949-950, 1976. Mary Sanches and Ben Blount (eds.), Sociocultural Dimensions of Language Use. American Journal of Sociology, 83, 2:487- 489, 1977. Susan Ervin-Tripp and Claudia Mitchell-Kernan (eds.), Child Discourse. Contemporary Sociology, 7, 3:314-315, 1978. Roger Fowler, Bob Hodge, Gunther Kress and Tony Trew, Language and Control. Social Forces, 59: 854-857, 1981. Corsaro Page 34 Erving Goffman, Forms of Talk, American Journal of Sociology, 89, 1:220-222, 1983. Jack Bilmes, Discourse and Behavior, Language in Society, 18:94-97, 1989. Bambi Schieffelin and Elinor Ochs, (eds.) Language Socialization Across Cultures. Language, 64, 4:770-75, 1989. Melvin Pollner, Mundane Reason: Reality in Everyday and Sociological Discourse. Symbolic Interactionism, 12, 1:173-78, 1989. Diana Kelly-Byrne, A Child's Play Life: An Ethnographic Study. Contemporary Psychology, 36, 4, 336-38, 1991. Anselm Strauss and Juliet Corbin, Basics of Qualitative Research: Grounded Theory Procedures and Techniques. Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 21, 380-83, 1992. Pierre Bourdieu, Language and Symbolic Power. Social Forces 71:1, 242-44, 1992. Marjorie Harness Goodwin, He-Said-She-Said: Talk as Social Organization among Black Children. American Journal of Sociology, 97, 4:1182-1184, 1992. Barrie Thorne, Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School. Contemporary Sociology, 23, 2:281-82, 1994. Laurence R. Goldman, Child’s Play: Myth, Mimesis and Make-Believe. Contemporary Psychology, 44, 4:278-280, 1999. David Kinney (Ed.), Sociological Studies of Children and Youth. Volume 8. Contemporary Sociology, Contemporary Sociology, 31, 5:537-539, 2002. Anne L. Alstott, No Exit: What Parents Owe Their Children and What Society Owes Parents, Contemporary Sociology, 34, 5:497-498, 2005. Marjorie H. Goodwin, The Hidden Life of Girls: Games of Stance, Status, and Exclusion, "Speaking in Many Voices: The Diverse Lives of Girls, Sex Roles, 59:903, 2008. Anne R. Pierce, Ships Without a Shore: America’s Undernurtured Children, Contemporary Sociology, 38, 4:321-322, 2009. William Marsiglio, Men on a Mission: Youth Work in Our Communities, American Journal of Sociology, 115, 3:914-916, 2010. Allison J. Pugh, Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children, and Consumer Culture, The Hedgehog Review, 12, 1:91-94,2010 Eva. E. Nwokah (Ed.), Play as Engagement and Communication: Play & Culture Studies, Volume 10, American Journal of Play, 3, 3:411-413, 2011.