Governance

4S is governed by a President and a council of nine persons. Three members are elected annually from a slate of five to seven candidates. Council members serve three year terms, while the President serves a two year term after a one year term as President Elect. All Past Presidents are non-voting members of Council.

President: Michael Lynch
Dept Science & Technology Studies, Cornell University
302 Rockefeller Hall, Ithaca NY 14853
(607) 255-7294

Past President: Susan Leigh Star
Senior Scholar
Center for Science, Technology and Society
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0470
(408) 554-4154
FAX: 408-554-2346

Secretary:
Sociology Department
126 Stubbs Hall
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
225-578-5311

Term Expires Fall 2008:

Maureen McNeil

Centre for Gender and Women's Studies

Lancaster University

Lancaster LA1 4YT

Martina Merz
Institute of Sociology, University of Lucerne
Bruchstrasse 43/45, PO Box 7456
CH-6000 Lucerne 7

Paul Wouters
Virtual Knowledge Studio for the Humanities & Social Sciences
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts & Sciences
www.virtualknowledgestudio.nl
Cruquiusweg 31
1019 AT Amsterdam
The Netherlands

Term Expires Fall 2009:

Stefan Timmermans
266 Haines Hall
Los Angeles CA 90095
(404) 651-3996

Gabrielle Hecht
Dept of History, University of Michigan
1029 Tisch Hall, Ann Arbor MI 48109
(734) 647-7937

Michelle Murphy
History Dept/ Women and Gender Studies, University of Toronto
488 Gladstone Ave, Toronto, ON M6H3H9
416-978-8964

Term Expires, Fall 2010:

Andrew Lakoff
Department of Sociology, UC San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0533
(858) 534-3918

Catherine Waldby
International Research Fellow, Sociology and Social Policy, Sydney University NSW 2006, Australia; Global Biopolitics Research Group www.globalbiopolitics.org

Daniel Lee Kleinman
Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin--Madison
Madison, WI 53706 USA
608.265.3289

Ex-Officio:

Christine Hine President of EASST
Department of Sociology
University of Surrey
Guildford, Surrey, GU2 7XH, UK

Student Representatives:

Michelle Stewart 2006-2008

Gareth Edel 2007-2009

Role of Council

The 4S Council meets once annually, usually on the day prior to the 4S annual meeting, and conducts the remainder of 4S business via email. The general Business Meeting of the society is held prior to the banquet at the annual meeting. MINUTES of the council and business meeting of 4S are published on this web page.

The President shall have general charge of the affairs of the Society. S/he is an ex-officio member of all Committees, as well as a voting member of Council. Routine responsibilities of the President include: making committee assignments; making certain that committee responsibilities are satisfactorily performed; representing 4S in dealings with other organizations; helping formulate Society policy; organizing and presiding at the annual Council and Business Meetings; organizing a Presidential Plenary or delivering a Presidential Address for each of the meetings over which s/he presides.

The Secretary/Treasurer is a non-voting member of Council. Routine responsibilities include: administrating the awards program (collect nominations from membership, letters to publishers); paying society debts in a timely manner; maintain the 4S membership list and the treasury; maintain Society archives; organize annual elections of officers; assist the President in making certain that Committee responsibilities are performed; prepare membership, treasury reports, & budgetary projection for annual meeting; prepare annual treasury report; assist the President in organizing the annual Council and Business Meetings; prepare awards and citations for prize winners; liase with Institute for Scientific Information on annual Bernal Award; maintain files for each standing Committee; file 4S tax returns; update 4S web page.

Routine responsibilities of Council include: attendance at annual Council Meetings (a quorum of four voting members is necessary to effect Society business); consider and formulate all Society policy; provide feedback to the President on Society business; serve on one or more standing committees. Council members serve on one prize committee each year.