PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Conference/Workshop/Invited Presentations:
Wasserman, J., Clair, J. and K. Wilson 2008. "The Medicalization of Homelessness and the Sociology of the Self: A Grounded Fractal Analysis." Paper to be presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, NV.
Wasserman, J., Clair, J. and K. Wilson. 2008. “Problematics of Grounded Theory: Toward a Scientific Qualitative Method.” Paper to be presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meetings, Las Vegas, NV.
Robinson, C., Roth, D., Clair, J., and J. Locher. 2007. Life Course Religiosity and Spirituality and Their Influence on Health and Well-Being among Homebound Older Adults. Paper presented at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.
Wasserman, J. and J. Clair. 2007. Accessing Distrustful Populations: Lessons from Ethnographic Research with the Street Homeless. Presented at the 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY.
Clair, J., Clark, C. Hinote, B., Robinson, C., and J. Wasserman. 2005. A Content Analysis of Social Science and Medicine. Presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Clair, J., Hinote, B., Robinson, C., and J. Wasserman. 2004. “Developing, Integrating and Perpetuating New Ways of Applying Sociology To Health, Medicine, Policy and Everyday Life.” Paper presented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Clair, J., Hinote, B., Robinson, C., and J. Wasserman. 2003. A Content Analysis of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Paper presented at the 98th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA.
Lichtenstein, B., Laska, M. and J. Clair. 2000. Chronic Sorrow in the HIV Positive: Issues of Race, Gender and Social Support. Paper presented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.
Clair, J. 1999. Real, Relevant and Relational Sociology. Paper presented at the 94th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago IL.
Clair, J. 1995. Family Life Course Curricula Development. Department of Defense, Noble Army Community Hospital, Fort McClellan. (Paid Presenting Consultant).
Clair, J. 1995. Accepting a Multiracial and Intergenerational Society. The Alabama Interfaith Coalition on Aging. (Paid Presenting Consultant).
Yoels, W. and Clair, J. 1994. Laughter in the Clinic: Humor as Social Organization. Paper presented at the 89th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California.
Clair, J. 1993. Medical Interviewing Training for Practicing Physicians. The Southern Medical Association, Department of Education. New Orleans, LA. (Paid Presenting Consultant).
Clair, J., Baker, P., Holavanahalli, R. 1993. The Relationship of Physician Formal Support to Geriatric Patient and Caregiver Health Outcomes. Paper presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Yoels, W., Clair, J., Ritchey, F., and Allman, R. 1993. Role-Taking Accuracy in Medical Encounters. Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, Miami, FL.
Clair, J. 1993. Time Management and the Biopsychosocial Interview. Alabama Internal Medicine Society, Voelker Hall, Birmingham, Alabama.
Clair, J., Haug, M., and Ritchey, F. 1992. Caregiver Burden Physician Formal Support as a Psychosocial Resource. Paper presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.
Clair, J. 1992. Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences and Clinical Medicine Sections sponsored Symposium, Geriatric Medical Encounters: Patient-Caregiver-Physician Communication. 45th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.
Clair, J. 1992. Sociology of Aging: Social Policies, Problems, and Prospects. Geriatric Education Center Multidisciplinary Summer Core Intensive, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Clair, J. 1992. A Historical Perspective on the Application of Medical Sociology to Medical Practice. Alabama History of Medicine and Science Interest Group, Reynolds Historical Medical Library, Birmingham, Alabama.
Clair, J. 1991. Society, Medicine, and Human Values. Department of Medicine External Advisory Committee, University of Alabama at Birmingham (with Richard Allman, Claude Bennett, H. Hughes Evans, Albert Oberman, and Kenneth Wilson).
Clair, J. 1991. Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences Paper Session, Stress, Life Events and Coping, 44th Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, California.
Clair, J. 1991. Chair, Intergenerational Caregiving, 14th Annual Meeting of the Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Clair, J. 1991. Emerging Presence of Youth Gangs. Leadership Birmingham Society, Ensley Court House, Alabama.
Haley, W., Clair, J. and Saulsberry, K. 1990. Family Caregiver Satisfaction with Medical Care of their Demented Relatives. Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Boston, MA.
Clair, J. 1990. The Significance of Silence During Doctor-Patient-Caregiver Clinical Encounters. 85th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.
Clair, J. 1990. Humanistic Standards for Patient Care, School of Medicine Resident Forum, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Clair, J. 1990. Our Aging Society. Local CBS Affiliate (Birmingham) Evening News.
Clair, J. 1989. Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences and Social Research Planning and Practice Sections sponsored Symposium, Health and Well-Being Among the Elderly. 42nd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Clair, J., and Summers, D. 1989. The Effects of Predisposing, Enabling, and Illness-Need Characteristics on Medical Care Seeking Behavior Among the Elderly. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Minneapolis, MN.
Clair, J. 1989. Gerontology Policy Challenges for the 1990's. The Alabama Gerontological Society, Instruction and Policy Committee. (Paid Presenting Consultant)
Clair, J. 1988. Chair, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section Paper Session, Caregiver Strategies. 41st Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, CA.
Clair, J. 1988. Regressive Intervention: The Discourse of Medicine During Terminal Encounters. Paper presented at the Medical Sociology Section Refereed Roundtable Session at the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA. Sociological Abstracts (153:48).
Clair, J. 1988. Presider, Medical Sociology Refereed Roundtable, Qualitative Studies of Health: Moving the State of the Art. 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA.
Clair, J., Dunham, C. And Bengston, V. 1988. A Longitudinal Analysis of Caregiver Well-Being. Paper presented at the 41st Annual Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, San Francisco, California.
Clair, J. 1987. The Significance of Silence within Discourse during Medical Rounds. Paper presented at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois.
Clair, J. 1987. Regressive Intervention and the Dying Role. Paper presented at the 40th Annual meeting of the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.
Clair, J. 1986. Quality and Quantity: Triangulated Research Strategies. Paper presented at the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, N.Y.
Clair, J. 1986. Organizer and Chair of the ASA Honors Program Roundtables for the 81st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York.
Acock, A. and J. Clair. 1985. Workshop Co-Chairperson, “Computer-Aided Content Analysis in Family Research.” Pre-Conference Workshop on Theory and Methods, The National Council on Family Relations, Dallas, Texas.
Clair, J. 1984. Chair and Discussant, Social Gerontology Session, The 47th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Editorial and Review:
Ad hoc Reviewer for American Journal of Medicine, Deviant Behavior, Gerontologist, Journal of Applied Gerontology, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Forces, Sociological Focus, Sociological Inquiry, Sociological Practice, Sociological Quarterly, Social Science and Medicine, Symbolic Interaction.
Member, Publications Committee, The Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C (Full-voting national student representative). Served under Harold Brody, Chair, 85-86, when new Journals of Gerontology format was conceived and planned, and Edward Masoro, Chair, 86-87, during implementation of the four separate journal change.
New Professional and Student Page Editor for The Gerontologist. The Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C. (Sheldon Tobin, Editor), 1985-87.
Review Member, Task Force on Doctor and Patient, Society for General Internal Medicine, Annotated Bibliography on the Medical Interview and Doctor-Patient Relationship, 1991-93.
National Service:
Charter Member, American Academy on Physician and Patient,1992-98
Institutional Representative, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education,1989-98
Research Committee, Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, Washington, D.C. (J. Hendricks, Ph.D., Chair), 1990-92 .
Area Representative (Southern California), the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C. 1988-89
National Student Secretary for the Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.1985-86
University Service:
2006-present Senator, University Faculty Senate, UAB.
2006-present Consultant, Institutional Review Board, SBS
2006-present Member, University Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Committee
2006 Member, Faculty Senate Research & Instruction Committee
2004-2006 Alternate Senator, University Faculty Senate
2004-2006 Member, University Faculty Senate Faculty Affairs Committee.
2000-2006 Member, Graduate Council, Graduate School, UAB.
2003-2004 Member, Curriculum and Articulation Committee, UAB
1991-present Secondary Appointment, Department of General Medicine, School of Medicine, UAB.
1992-present Secondary Appointment, Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, UAB.
1991-present Associated Faculty, Developmental Psychology Doctoral Program, Department of Psychology, UAB.
1996-2000 Core Faculty Appointment, Administrative Leadership in Health Care, Department of Health Administration, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences.
1989-98 Chair, Committee on Undergraduate and Graduate Education in Gerontolgoy, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the University Center for Aging, UAB.
1992-98 Member, University Athletic Committee, UAB.
1992-96 Executive Committee Member, University Center for Aging, UAB.
1991-95 Member, University Research Institutional Review Board for Human Use, UAB.
1992-95 Chair, Social Medicine Interest Group, UAB.
1991 Presenter, “Society, Medicine, and Human Values”. Department of Medicine External Advisory Committee, University of Alabama at Birmingham (with Richard Allman, Claude Bennett, H. Hughes Evans, Albert Oberman, and Kenneth Wilson).
1991-97 Reviewer, Center for Aging Intramural Grants Program, UAB.
1989-92 Member, Academic Affairs Library Committee, UAB.
1989-91 Member, Center for Aging Subcommittee on Research, UAB.
1989-91 Member, Center for Agin Subcommittee on Instruction & Academic Programs, UAB.
1988-90 Sociology Unit Director, Geriatric Education Center, UAB.
1989 Member, University Center for Aging Director Review, UAB.
School Service:
2008 Reviewer, Center for Aging Annual Research Abstract
Competition, Center for Aging, School of Medicine
2003-2007 Faculty Affairs Committee, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
2003-2004 SBS Representative to the Southern Association for Colleges and Schools
2001-03 Tenure & Promotions, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
1996-98 Sabbatical Committee, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
1995-96 Tenure and Promotion Committee, School of Social & Behavioral Sciences
1991-95 Primary Care Curriculum Evaluation Committee, School of Medicine, Division of General and Preventive Medicine, UAB.
1990-94 Academic Advisory Committee, SBS, UAB.
1989-93 Faculty Affairs Committee, School of Social and Behavioral Sciences, UAB.
Departmental Service:
2000-2006 Chair, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, UAB
2001-02 Member, Recruitment Committee
1997-99 Member, Departmental Executive Advisory Committee, Department of Sociology
1989-92 Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
1990-92 Member, Medical Sociology Ph.D. Steering Committee, University of Alabama at Birmingham.
Honors and Awards:
Graduate School Dean's Excellence in Mentorship award, UAB, 2008.
Ingalls Presidential Teaching Award Finalist, UAB, 2001.
Institutional Representative for the Brookdale Foundation Fellowship Program in Gerontology, 1993.
Institutional Representative for the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation Fellowship in the Medical Humanities, 1992.
National Research Service Award, Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service Grant No. PHSAG00037-11-0111, 1987-1989.
Geronting Award (most promising junior scholar), The Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, 1988.
Member of the American Sociological Association Honors Program, 1985-87
