Professional Memberships
British Sociological Association 2022-01-01 - PresentAmerican Sociological Association 1977-09-01 - PresentAwards and Honors
2022 Oliver Cromwell Cox Book Award, ASA Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities2022 North Central Sociological Association, Book of the Year Award, North Central Sociological Association2021 Mary Douglas Award for Best Book, Honorable Mention, ASA Section on Culture2021 Charles Horton Cooley Award for Best Recent Book in Symbolic Interaction, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction2018, North Central Sociological Association, Article of the Year Award, North Central Sociological AssociationCharles Horton Cooley Award, Michigan Sociological AssociationMarie de Paris Senior Research "Laureate", Ecole Haute Etude en Science SocialeScholarly Contributions and Creative Productions
Journal Articles
Rawls, A. W. (2023). “Consensus vs Situated Constitutive Practices: Mapping Developments in the Role of the Expert at RAND after WWII onto Key Issues in Sociology”. The American Sociologist Eisenmann, C. W., Mlynář, J., Turowetz, J., Rawls, A. W. (2023). “’Machine Down’: Making sense of human-computer interaction – Garfinkel’s early research on ELIZA at MIT in 1967-1968 and its contemporary relevance”. AI and Society Rawls, A. W., Lynch, M. (2023). “Ethnography in ethnomethodology and conversation analysis: Both, neither, or something else altogether?”. Qualitative Research Duck, W. W., Rawls, A. W. (2023). “Black and Jewish: Double Consciousness Inspired a Qualitative Interactional Approach that Centers Race, Marginality and Justice”. Qualitative Sociology Volume 46(2) 163-198. Rawls, A. W. (2023). “The Goffman-Garfinkel Correspondence: Planning «On Passing»”. Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa, (March) Volume 2023 (1) 175-218. Rawls, A. W., Duck, W. (2022). Racisme tacite et fantasme de la blanchité, International Mauss Review. International Mauss Review 59Rawls, A. W., Duck, W. (2022). Whites are nosey, blacks are rude. Mauss Review 60Rawls, A. W., Duck, W. (2022). “Tacit Racism is Institutionalized in Interaction in the US: What about Elsewhere?” Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften. Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften Rawls, A. W., Turowetz, J. (2022). “Garfinkel’s Politics: Establishing the Social Fact Status of Race, Gender and other Social Identities and the Implications for Social Justice.”. The American Sociologist 131–158. Rawls, A. W. (2022). "Situating Goffman’s “Interaction Orders” in Durkheim’s Social Fact Lineage: Grounding an Alternate Sociology of Modernity in Heightened Awareness of Interaction", Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa. Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa Rawls, A. W. (2021). “The Structure of Social Facts: Self, Objects and Action as Products of Reciprocity and Cooperation in Constitutive Practices”, Mauss Review International – Anti-Utilitarian Interventions in the Social Sciences. Mauss Review International – Anti-Utilitarian Interventions in the Social Sciences Number 1 pages 181-200. Turowetz, J., Rawls, A. W. (2021). “The Development of Garfinkel’s “Trust” Argument from 1947 to 1967: Demonstrating how Inequality Disrupts Sense and Self-Making.”. Journal of Classical Sociology (21)1 Mar-37. Rawls, A. W. (2020). “La Theory of Justice d’Émile Durkheim selon Anne Rawls. Sur quelques bonnes raisons ne pas désespérer de la sociologie, » translated by Philippe Chanial.. Review de Mauss 2020/2 269-288. Duck, W., Rawls, A. W. (2020). “Interactional expectations reconfigure in the time of Covid-19 Implications for the uncertainty of social «reality».”. Etnografia Ricerca Qualitativa Rawls, A. W., David Gibson, D. (2020). “Presentation of Self in a Masked World” (Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis).. Footnotes Volume 48(3) May/JuneRawls, A. W., Turowetz, J. (2019). “Discovering Culture in Interaction: Solving Problems in Cultural Sociology by Recovering the Interactional Side of Parsons’ Conception of Culture”. The American Journal of Cultural Sociology, (The American Journal of Cultural Sociology) Rawls, A. W. (2019). "Introduction to Garfinkel's 'Notes on Language Games': Language Events as Cultural Events". The European Journal of Social Theory, (The European Journal of Social Theory) Rawls, A. W., Duck, W., Turowetz, J. (2018). “Problems Establishing Identity/Residency in a City Neighborhood during a Black/White Police/Citizen Encounter: Revisiting Du Bois’ Conception of “The Submissive Man”. City and Community, (City and Community) Rawls, A. W. (2018). “The Wartime Narrative in US Sociology 1940-1947: Stigmatizing Qualitative Sociology in the name of “Science”. European Journal of Social Theory, (European Journal of Social Theory) Rawls, A. W., Duck, W. O. (2017). "Fractured Reflections" of High Status Black Male Presentations of Self: Non-Recognition of Identity as a "Tacit" form of Institutional Racism. Sociological Focus, (Sociological Focus) Rawls, A. W. (2017). “An Essay on the Intrinsic Relationship between Social Facts and Moral Questions”. Canadian Journal of Sociology, (Canadian Journal of Sociology) David, G. C., Rawls, A. W., Trainum, J. (2017). Playing the Interrogation Game: Trust, Coercion and Confession in Police Interrogation. Symbolic Interaction (Link)Rawls, A. W., Mann, D., Jeffrey, A. (2016). Locating the Modern Sacred: Moral/Social Facts and Constitutive Practices. The Journal of Classical Sociology/Sage Publications, (13-Nov) (Link)Rawls, A. W., Mann, D. (2015). Getting Information Systems to Interact: The Social Fact Character of as a Factor in Designing Information Systems. The Information Society, (The Information Society) 31/2 175–192. Rawls, A. W. (2013). Special Issue Editor's Introduction. Journal of Classical Sociology Rawls, A. W. (2013). The Early Years 1939-1953: Garfinkel at North Carolina, Harvard and Princeton. Journal of Classical Sociology Rawls, A. W. (2012). Special Issue Editor's Introduction. Journal of Classical Sociology Duck, W. O., Rawls, A. W. (2012). Interaction Orders of Drug Dealing Spaces: Local Orders of Sensemaking in a Poor Black American Place. Crime, Law and Social Change Rawls, A. W. (2012). Constitutive Practices in Durkheim's Division of Social Labor. The Journal of Classical Sociology, (12) 3Rawls, A. W. (2012). Durkheim's Epistemology: Continuities Between the Elementary Forms and The Division. Ethnografia E Ricerca Qualitativa, (V) 3 335-364. (Link)Rawls, A. W. (2012). Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology and the Defining Questions of Pragmatism. Qualitative Sociology Rawls, A. W. (2011). Wittgenstein, Durkheim, Garfinkel and Winch. Journal for the Theory of Social Behavior Rawls, A. W. (2009). An Essay on Two Conceptions of Social Order: Constitutive Orders of Action, Objects and Identities vs Aggregate Orders of Individual Action. The Journal of Classical Sociology, (9) 4 21. David, G. C., Garcia, A. C., Rawls, A. W., Chand, D. R. (2009). Listening To What is Said - Transcribing What is Heard:The Impact of Speech Recognition Technology (SRT) on The Practice of Medical Transcription (MT). Sociology of Health and Illness, (31) 6 924-938. Rawls, A. W., Mann, D., Garcia, A. C., David, G. C., Burton, M. (2009). Simple Enumerations: Ethnomethodology and MITRE Information Assurance Data Standards. Etnografia & Ricerca Qualitativa (Ethnography and Qualitative Research), (2) 1 77-106. (Link)Rawls, A. W. (2009). Special Issue Editor's Introduction. The Journal of Classical Sociology, (9) 4 14-Jan. Rawls, A. W. (2008). Harold Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology and Workplace Studies. Organization Studies, (20) 5Rawls, A. W. (2007). Durkheim's Epistemology: The Neglected Argument (in French Translation). Enquete/French Rawls, A. W. (2007). Reciprocity and Practice: Trust in a context of Globalization (in French translation). Enquete/French Rawls, A. W., David, G. C. (2006). Accountably Other: Trust, Reciprocity and Exclusion in a Context of Situated Practice. Human Studies, (28) 4 469-497. Wright, B., Rawls, A. W. (2006). The Dialectics of Beliefs and Practice: Religious Process as Praxis. Critical Sociology, (31) 2-Jan 30. Rawls, A. W. (2005). Garfinkel's Conception of Time. Time and Society, (14) 3-Feb 163-190. Rawls, A. W. (2005). The treatment of Practice in Durkheim's Sociology (in Russian Translation). Sosiological Review, (4) 1 30-Mar. (Link)Rawls, A. W. (2004). La Falace de l'abstraction Mal Place (The Fallacy of Misplaced Abstraction). The Mauss Review/French, (24) 25. Rawls, A. W. (2003). Conflict as a Foundation for Consensus: Contradictions of Capitalism in Durkheim's Division of Labor in Society. Critical Sociology Rawls, A. W. (2002). Emergent Sociality: A Dialectic of Commitment and Order, translation. Mauss Review/French, (19) 19. Rawls, A. W. (2001). Durkheim's Treatment of Practice: Concrete Practice vs Representations as the Foundation for Reason. The Journal of Classical Sociology, (1) 1Rawls, A. W. (2000). Race as an Interaction Order Phenomena: W.E.B. DuBois's 'Double Consciousness' Thesis Revisited. Sociological Theory, (18) 2 239-272. Mosby, L., Rawls, A. W., Mays, E., Pettinari, C. J., Meehan, A. J. (1999). Troubles in Interracial Talk About Discipline: Discipline Narratives of African American Seniors. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, (30) 3 489-521. Rawls, A. W. (1998). Durkheim's Challenge to Philosophy: Human Reason as a Product of Enacted Social Practice. American Journal of Sociology, (104) 3 887-901. Rawls, A. W. (1997). Durkheim and Pragmatism: a Old Twist on a New Problem. Sociological Theory, (15) 1 29-May. Rawls, A. W., Meehan, A. J., Pettinari, C. J., Mays, E., Mosby, L. (1997). The Application of Interactional Analysis to an Applied Study of Social Work. Applied Behavioral Science Review, (5) 1 113-139. Rawls, A. W. (1996). Durkheim's Epistemology: The Initial Critique 1915-1924. Sociological Quarterly, (38) 1 111-145. Rawls, A. W. (1996). Durkheim's Epistemology: The Neglected Argument. American Journal of Sociology, (102) 2 430-482. Rawls, A. W. (1992). Can Rational Choice be a Foundation for Social Theory?. Theory Society, (21) 2 219-241. Rawls, A. W. (1990). Emergent Sociality: A Dialectic of Commitment and Order. Symbolic Interaction, (13) 1 63-82. Rawls, A. W. (1989). Language, Self, and Social Order: a Re-evaluation of Goffman and Sacks. Human Studies, (12) -1 147-172. Rawls, A. W. (1989). Reply to the Interaction Order and the Mirco-Macro Distinction. Sociological Theory, (10 n. 1) Rawls, A. W. (1989). Simmel and the Interaction Order: Reply to Levine. Sociological Theory, (7 no. 1) 124-129. Rawls, A. W. (1988). Interaction vs Interaction Order: Reply to Fuchs. Sociological Theory, (6 no. 1) 124-129. Rawls, A. W. (1987). The Interaction Order Sui Generis: Goffman's Contribution to Social Theory. Sociological Theory, (5) 2 136-149. Rawls, A. W. (1985). Reply to Gallant and Kleinman On Symbolic Interaction versus Ethnomethodology. Symbolic Interaction, (8) 1 121-140. Rawls, A. W. (1984). Interaction as a Resource for Epistemological Critique: A Comparison of Goffman and Sartre. Sociological Theory, (2) 1 222-252. Books
Rawls, A. W., Whitehead, K., Duck, W. (2020). Black Lives Matter: Ethnomethodological and Conversation Analytic Studies of Race and Systemic Racism in Everyday Interaction. 300. London: RoutledgeRawls, A. W., Duck, W. (2020). Tacit Racism 400. Chicago: University of Chicago PressGarfinkel, H., Rawls, A. W. (2019). Parsons Primer Stuttgart: SpringerGarfinkel, H., Rawls, A. W. (2019). The History of Gulfport Field 1942, Part II: The Aircraft Mechanics School, Section II Part II” 400. University of SiegenRawls, A. W. (2019). Toward a Sociological Theory of Justice: Durkheim's Forgotten Introduction to The Division Social Labor RoutledgeRawls, A. W. (2019). La Division du Travail Revisited: Vers une Théorie Sociologique de la Justice Le bord de l'eauGarfinkel, H., Rawls, A. W. (2008). Toward a Sociological Theory of Information 400. Boulder Colorado: ParadigmGarfinkel, H., Rawls, A. W. (2006). Seeing Sociologically 350. Boulder, Colorado: Paradigm PublishersRawls, A. W. (2004). Epistemology and Practice: Durkheim's The Elementary Forms of Religious Life 400. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University PressGarfinkel, H., Rawls, A. W. (2002). Ethnomethodology's Program: Working Out Durkheim's Aphorism 299. Boulder Colorado: Rowman and Littlefield PressRawls, A. W., Anderson, W., Helm, D., Meehan, A. J. (1989). Interactional Order: New Directions in the Study of Social Order 289. New York: Irvington PressBook Chapters
Rawls, A. W. (2023). “Challenging ‘Taken for Granted’ Assumptions in Academia: Scholarship as Activism” This Era of Black Activism. New York: Lexington BooksEisenmann, C., Rawls, A. W. (2023). “The Continuity of Garfinkel’s Approach: Seeking Ways of ‘Making the Phenomenon Available Again’ through the Experience and Usefulness of ‘Trouble’” The Anthem Companion to Harold Garfinkel. London/New York: Anthem PressTurowetz, J., Rawls, A. W. (2022). "Talcott Parsons and Harold Garfinkel: The Development of Culture as Interaction." The Routledge International Handbook on Talcott Parsons Studies. London: RoutledgeRawls, A. W. (2022). Inequality as a Scientific Issue when the Technologies of Practice that Create Social Categories become Dependent on Justice in Modernity The Durkheim Category Project. BerghahnHoey, E., Rawls, A. W. (2022). “Harvey Sacks: Connections, References, Differences” Goffman-Handbook, Life, Work, Reception. Rawls, A. W. (2022). "Harold Garfinkel's Focus on Racism, Inequality and Social Justice: The Early Years 1939-1952" The Ethnomethodology Program: Legacies and Prospects. Cambridge University PressRawls, A. W. (2021). Durkheim's Self-Regulating "Constitutive" Practices: an Unexplored Critical Relevance to Racial Justice, Consensus Thinking, and the Covid-19 Pandemic Durkheim and Critique. Palgrave MacmillanTurowetz, J. W., Rawls, A. W. (2021). The Other Interactionism Routledge International Handbook of Interactionism. RoutledgeRawls, A. W. (2020). “Harold Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology” The Cambridge Handbook of Social Theory. Cambridge University PressRawls, A. W. (2019). "Harold Garfinkel and Ethnomethodology" . Cambridge University PressRawls, A. W. (2018). Durkheim’s Tacit Conditions of Contract and Garfinkel’s Trust Conditions: the “Justice” Requirement in Modern Society The Oxford Handbook of Emile Durkheim. Oxford University PressRawls, A. W. (2018). Emile Durkheim The Cambridge Companion to Durkheim. Cambridge University PressRawls, A. W., Duck, W. (2018). “Fractured Reflections” in Cooley’s Looking Glass: Non-Recognition of Self Presentation as Racialized Experience The Handbook on Race, Ethnicity, Crime, and Justice. Wiley-Blackwell.Rawls, A. W. (2017). Interaction Orders Order on the Edge of Chaos: Social Psychology and the Problem of Social Order. Cambridge University PressRawls, A. W. (2013). Goffman et l'ordre de l'interaction Goffman et l'order de l'interaction. CURAPP-ESS/CEMS-IMMRawls, A. W. (2013). Durkheim’s Approach to Modernity: Self-Regulating Practices as a Constitutive Order of Practice (in German translation) Emile Durkheim and Soziologie und Ethnologie. Campus Edition, Series "Theorie und Gesellschaft" eds, Jens Beckert, Rainer Forst, Wolfgang Knöbl, Frank Nullmeier and Shalini RanderiaRawls, A. W., David, G. C. (2012). Accountably Other: Trust Reciprocity and Exclusion in a Context of Situated Practice Power and Organizations. SAGE Library of Business and ManagementRawls, A. W. (2011). Harold Garfinkel (Revised) The Blackwell Companion to Major Social Theorists. London: BlackwellRawls, A. W. (2010). Social Order as Moral Order The Handbook of Morality. SageRawls, A. W. (2009). Communities of Practice vs Traditional Communities: the State of Sociology in a Context of Globalization Sociological Objects: The Reconfiguration of Social Theory.. London: AshgateRawls, A. W. (2008). Translation of my Chapter on Garfinkel for the Russian translation of Studies in Ethnomethodology by Harold Garfinkel Studies in Ethnomethodology. St. Petersburg: Vladehner DalyWright, B., Rawls, A. W. (2007). Speaking in Tongues: a Dialectic of Faith and Practice Marx, Critical Theory, and Religion: a Critique of Rational Choice. Boston: BrillRawls, A. W. (2007). The Conception and Treatment of Practice in Durkheim . St.Petersburg: Vladehner DalyRawls, A. W. (2003). Harold Garfinkel . London: BlackwellRawls, A. W. (2003). Orders of Interaction and Intelligibility: Intersections Between Goffman and Garfinkel by Way of Durkheim . Boulder, Colorado: Rowman and LittlefieldRawls, A. W. (2002). Durkheim's Epistemology: Practice as the Basis of Knowledge Iin Italian Translation) . Rome, Italy: MeltimiRawls, A. W. (2002). Harold Garfinkel Harold Garfinkel Companion. Nashville, TN: Rutledge PressRawls, A. W. (2002). The Interaction Order Sui Generis: Goffman's Contribution to Social Theory . Oxford, UK: BlackwellRawls, A. W. (2000). Harold Garfinkel . London: BlackwellRawls, A. W. (1994). Simmel, Parsons and the Interaction Order . London, UK: RoutledgeRawls, A. W. (1989). An Ethnomethodological Perspective on Social Theory . New York, NY: Irvington PressRawls, A. W. “Harold Garfinkel’s Focus on Racism, Inequality and Social Justice: The Early Years 1939-1953” Ethnomethodology: a Retrospective.. Cambridge University Press.Conference Proceedings
Brooks, J., Rawls, A. W. (2012). “Steps Toward a Socio-Technical Categorization Scheme for Communication and Information Standards” iConference '12Brooks, J., Rawls, A. W. (2012). “Steps toward a Socio-Technical Categorization Scheme for Communication and Information Standards” Digital and Electronic Media, Social Media, Blogs, Podcasts
Rawls, A. W. 2020. "“History of Sociology and the COVID-19 Crisis: Durkheim and Garfinkel." Presentations
Smith, C., Rawls, A. W., Everett, D., Cao, X., Mohammadpour, A., Carney, N. (2024). “Making ‚ÄúTaken For Granted‚Äù Racism Visible” Presented at the Bentley University MLK A day of Social Justice, Celebration, Listening, and Learning Waltham, MA Rawls, A. W. (2022). “Connecting Garfinkel and Sacks to Sociological Theory” Presented at the University of Helsinki Conversation Analysis and Sociological Theory Helsinki Finland Rawls, A. W. (2022). “‚ÄúGoffman‚Äôs Contribution to a Sociological Theory of Modernity, Cooperation, and Justice‚Äù” Presented at the EHESS Paris Goffman Conference, EHESS Paris Paris Rawls, A. W. (2022). “Tacit Racism” Presented at the Sam Houston University Beto Lecture Series Texas Eisenmann, C., Mlynář, J., Turowetz, J., Rawls, A. W. (2022). “‚ÄúMachine Down‚Äù: Making sense of human-computer interaction ‚Äì Garfinkel‚Äôs early research on ELIZA at MIT in 1967-1968 and its contemporary relevance‚Äù” Presented at the American Sociological Association American Sociological Association Annual Meetings Los Angeles Rawls, A. W. (2022). “"Working in Durkheim's Social Fact Lineage: Garfinkel, Goffman, Parsons and Sacks as the authors of a Sociology of Practice and its Implicit Moral and Empirical Prerequisites"” Presented at the British Sociological Association British Sociological Association England Rawls, A. W., Duck, W. (2022). “Race as an Interaction Order” Presented at the Harvard University Harvard Culture and Social Analysis Workshop Harvard University Rawls, A. W. (2021). “Tacit Racism” Presented at the State University of New York New York University Black Male Initiative Discussion Series Buffalo Rawls, A. W., Eisenmann, C. (2021). “"Tutorial Problems and Embodied Practices"” Presented at the Siegen University/Anthem Publishers Siegen University Author's Conference Siegen University Rawls, A. W. (2021). “"Revealing Order Through Disorder: Garfinkel's Breaching Tutorials and Studies of Difficulty and Difference” Presented at the Siegen University Siegen University Summer School Kickoff Germany Rawls, A. W. (2021). “"Historical Approaches to Indexicality in Linguistics and Philosophy vs "Indexicality" and "Indexical Expressions" in the Analysis of Sequential Orders by Garfinkel and Sacks"” Presented at the University of Siegen Conference on Indexicality Siegen Germany Rawls, A. W. (2021). “Tacit Racism” Presented at the Columbia University Columbia University Speaker Series: Tacit Racism New York City Rawls, A. W. (2021). “"Revealing Culture as Constitutive Practice: EM/CA as an Unmasking of Tacit and Taken-for-Granted Interaction Orders of Tacit Racism and Other Inequalities"” Presented at the University of Louborough University of Louborough Speaker Series England Rawls, A. W. (2021). “Tacit Racism” Presented at the University of Pittsburgh Speaker Series: Tacit Racism University of Pittsburgh Rawls, A. W. (2020). “Tacit Racism” Presented at the Valente Center, Bentley UNiversity Valente Speaker Series Bentley University Rawls, A. W., Turowetz, J. (2018). “Discovering ‚ÄúCulture‚Äù as Independent Media of Cooperation: Garfinkel‚Äôs Interactionism as the Missing Piece of Parsons‚Äô Conception of Culture” Presented at the American Sociological Association American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Philadelphia Rawls, A. W., Duck, W., David, G. (2018). “Fractured reflections and Fractured Interactions: how the mutual work of both sense and self, breaks down in the context of Inequality” Presented at the American Sociological Association American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Philadelphia Rawls, A. W., Turowetz, J. (2018). “Garfinkel, Parsons, and the Discovery of Culture” Presented at the American Sociological Association American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Philadelphia Rawls, A. W., Everhart, D. (2018). “Misaligned Adjacency Pairs: Failures by Interdisciplinary Scientific Teams to Achieve Mutually Recognizable Objects, Meanings, and Turns at Talk” Presented at the American Sociological Association American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Philadelphia Rawls, A. W. (2018). “There is an Intrinsic Relationship between Social Facts and Moral Questions” Presented at the International Sociological Association XIX ISA World Congress of Sociology Toronto Rawls, A. W. (2018). “Durkheim‚Äôs Social Fact Legacy” Presented at the Durkheim Category Project Durkheim Category Project, Conference Cologne, Germany. Rawls, A. W., Duck, W. (2018). “A Nation Divided: INteraction Orders of Race and the High Cost of Unconscious Racism in Everyday Life” Presented at the Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University Speaker Series Pittsburgh PA Rawls, A. W. (2018). “"A Nation Divided: Interaction Orders of Race and the High Cost of Unconscious Racism in Everyday Life"” Presented at the Center for Africanamerican Urban Studies and the Economy Cause Speaker Series Carnegie Mellon University Rawls, A. W. (2017). “Garfinkel‚Äôs Studies in Ethnomethodology: Exploring the Moral Foundations of Modern Public Life” Presented at the Brazilian Sociological Association Annual Brazilian Sociological Association Meetings Brasilia, Brazil Rawls, A. W. (2017). “Working in the Garfinkel Archive: Laying the Foundation for New Understanding” Presented at the IIEMCA IIEMCA International Conference Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio Rawls, A. W. (2017). “Why Inequality Matters: Durkheim‚Äôs Argument that New Technologies of Practice used to Create Shared Knowledge in Modernity Depend on Justice” Presented at the Durkheim Category Project Conference University of Cologne, Germany Rawls, A. W. (2015). “The Structure of Social Facts: Self, Objects and Action as Products of Reciprocity and Cooperation in Constitutive Practice” Presented at the MAUSS International Symposium Cerisy-la-Salle Cerisy-la-Salle Rawls, A. W. (2014). “Trust and Reciprocity in Decision-making” Presented at the University of Siegen, Germany, DFG Research Training Group ‚ÄúLocating Media‚Äù and the working group ‚ÄúMedia of Cooperation‚Äù Decision-Making in Complex Situations; Media of Accountability VI: Early Science and Technology Studies Siegen, Germany. Rawls, A. W. (2014). “From Elementary Forms of Ritual and Gift to Reciprocities of Constitutive Practice: Social Fact Making as the Primary Collective Phenomenon in Durkheim and Mauss” Presented at the Center for Global Cooperation Research Masterclass "Gifts of Cooperation" Essen, Germany Rawls, A. W. (2014). “‚ÄúThe Structure of Social Facts: Interaction Orders of Action, Meaning and Self a ‚ÄòNaturalistic‚Äô vs a ‚ÄòConstitutive‚Äô Approach‚Äù” Presented at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Theory at Madison Series Madison Wisconsin Rawls, A. W. (2012). “Durkheim's Elementary Forms: The Neglected Argument and its Consequences” Presented at the University of Padua Les Formes √âl√©mentaires de la vie Religieuse Padua Italy Brooks, J., Rawls, A. W. (2012). “Steps toward a Socio-Technical Categorization Scheme for Communication and Information Standards” Presented at the ¬†iConference '12, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Rawls, A. W. (2011). “Belonging and Membership: Cultural Practices as Situated Membership” Presented at the New York University Institute for Public Knowledge Belonging Today NYU Campus, New York Rawls, A. W. (2011). “Garfinkel and Media Studies” Presented at the University of Seigen, Germany Innagural Lecture for New PhD Program in Ethnomethodology Siegen, Germany Rawls, A. W. (2011). “Constitutive Practices in Durkheim‚Äôs Division of Social Labor: the Distinctive Character of Social Orders of Modernity” Presented at the L'Universite Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne Colloque Durkheim ses Usages dans les Sciences Sociales Paris, France Rawls, A. W. (2011). “The Early Years 1939-1952: Garfinkel at North Carolina, Harvard and Princeton” Presented at the UCLA, Department of Sociology Conference in Honor of Harold Garfinkel UCLA Rawls, A. W., Duck, W. O. (2011). “Fractured Reflections: Images of Race in the looking Glass” Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Sociological Association Meetings Las Vegas Nevada Rawls, A. W. (2011). “Durkheim and Garfinkel: the Theoretical Foundations of Ethnomethodology” Presented at the University of Trento Durkheim, Garfinkel and Social Theory Trento, Italy Rawls, A. W. (2011). “From Durkheim to Constitutive Orders of Practice” Presented at the Higher School of Economics Seminar on Ethnomethodology Moscow Rawls, A. W. (2010). “Durkheim's Approach to Modernity: Self-Regulating Practices as a Constitutive Order of Practice” Presented at the Humbolt University Emile Durkheim: Sociology and Ethnography Workshop Humbolt University Berlin Rawls, A. W. (2010). “Wittgenstein, Durlheim, Garfinkel and Winch: Constitutive Orders of Sensemaking” Presented at the Universit√© Paris I Panth√©on-Sorbonne, UFR de philosophie Wittgenstein Seminaire Universit√© Paris I Panth√©on-Sorbonne, Paris Rawls, A. W. (2010). “Implications of a Social Theory of Information on Information Design Work” Presented at the University of Siegen Media in Action Conference University of Siegen, Germany Rawls, A. W. (2010). “Public Civility vs Private Morality: Interaction Orders of Public Spaces - Political/Ethical Implications” Presented at the Ecole Haute Etudes en Sciences Sociale Communication and Politics Conference EHESS, Paris Rawls, A. W. (2010). “A Sociology of Transcendent Moral Issues: Durkheim, Wittgenstein, Goffman and Garfinkel” Presented at the Sorbonne Paris Seminaire: Philosophy et Sciences Sociales Sorbonne, Paris Rawls, A. W. (2010). “Garfinkel, Ethnomethodology and Workplace Studies” Presented at the Higher School of Economics Ethnographic EM/CA Studies of the Human Computer Interface Higher School of Economics, Moscow Rawls, A. W. (2010). “Two Conceptions of Social Order, Two Sorts of Rule, and Two Different Sociologies” Presented at the Ecole Haute Etudes en Sciences Sociale Seminaire Series de l'Institute Marcel Mauss EHESS, Paris Rawls, A. W. (2010). “What is an Ethnomethodologically Informed Ethnography?” Presented at the Ecole Haute Etudes en Sciences Sociale Speaker Series of the Centre d'Etude des Mouvements Sociaux (CMS) EHESS, Paris Rawls, A. W. (2009). “Keynote Address: Goffman and the Interaction Order” Presented at the Colloque Goffman Amiens, France Duck, W., Rawls, A. W. (2009). “The Social Order of Drug Dealing” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Association Baltimore Rawls, A. W. (2009). “Remarks on Goffman at the 50 Year Anniversary of Presentation of Self” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Association Meetings Baltimore, MD Garcia, A. C., Rawls, A. W., Mann, D. (2009). “The production and avoidance of disagreements in multiparty email exchanges” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Association Baltimore, MD Rawls, A. W. (2008). “Garfinkel and Information Theory” Presented at the American Sociological Association Boston Rawls, A. W., Mann, D. (2008). “Information System Design Using Ethnomethodology (EM) & Conversation Analysis (CA)” Presented at the American Sociological Association Boston Rawls, A. W., Mann, D., Garcia, A. C. (2008). “What can be Learned about Design Issues using Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis (Paper presented 2008)” Presented at the American Sociological Association Boston Rawls, A. W. (2007). “Garfinkel and Workplace Studies” Presented at the American Sociological Association New York Rawls, A. W. (2006). “Garfinkel's Theory of Information” Presented at the Mind and Society Conference, Manchester Metropolitan University Manchester, UK Rawls, A. W. (2006). “Information Order and Intelligibility - Garfinkel, Durkheim and the Information Age, Keynote” Presented at the Sociology After Durkheim, University of Surrey School of Management Surrey, UK Rawls, A. W. (2006). “Information and Practice: Reciprocity and Pattern” Presented at the The Organization Studies Group, MIT, Sloan School of Managment MIT Rawls, A. W. (2005). “Race and Justice in a Praxiological Perspective” Presented at the Ecole Haute Etudes de Science Sociale Paris Rawls, A. W. (2005). “La Theorie de la Connaissance de Durkheim: un Argument Neglige de San Ouvre", Keynote” Presented at the The Ecole de Science Sociale Marseilles Rawls, A. W. (2004). “Current Developments in Ethnomethodology and Conversational Analysis, Keynote Address” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Italian Phenomenlogical Association Genoa Rawls, A. W. (2004). “Classical Social Theory and Contemporary Practice: Durkheim and Garfinkel” Presented at the Charles Institute Prague Coates, D., Rawls, A. W. (2004). “Interaction Orders of Blindness” Presented at the The Pacific Sociological Association San Francisco Rawls, A. W. (2004). “Durkheim and Garfinkel” Presented at the The School for Higher Economics Moscow Rawls, A. W. (2004). “A Sociology of Practice: Durkheim and Garfinkel” Presented at the University of Milano-Bicocca University Of Milano-Bicocca Rawls, A. W. (2004). “Situated Practice and Justice in a Context of Globalization: Ethnomethodology and Contemporary Theories of Practice” Presented at the University of Pisa University of Pisa Coates, D., Rawls, A. W. (2003). “Interaction Orders of Blindness” Presented at the American Sociological Association Atlanta Rawls, A. W. (2003). “Practice vs Concepts: Garfinkel and Contemporary Social Theory, Plenary Address” Presented at the Biannual Meetings, International Association for Study of Ethnomethodology & Conversational Analysis Manchester Rawls, A. W. (2003). “Practice vs Concepts: Situated Practice and Society in a Context of Globalization” Presented at the Meeting in Paris of GEODE Paris Rawls, A. W. (2002). “Orders of Interaction and Intelligibility: Intersections Between Goffman and Garfinkel by Way of Durkheim, Keynote Address” Presented at the American Sociological Association Chicago Rawls, A. W. (2002). “Garfinkel's Contribution to Social Theory” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Associaton Meeting Boston Rawls, A. W. (2000). “Greeting Preferences: Interaction Orders of Race” Presented at the The American Sociological Association Chicago Rawls, A. W. (2000). “The Possibility of Reason Within a Sociological Context, Keynote Address” Presented at the The American Sociological Association Chicago Rawls, A. W. (1998). “The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life” Presented at the International Sociological Association Montreal Rawls, A. W. (1997). “Race/Cultural Variance in Interactional Preferences: Some Consequences” Presented at the The Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Iowa Rawls, A. W. (1996). “Durkheim's Epistemology: A History of Neglect” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings New York Rawls, A. W. (1996). “Intelligibility and Moral Rules” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings New York Rawls, A. W. (1996). “Ethnomethodology and Symbolic Interaction: On the Boundary Between Order and Chaos” Presented at the The Stone Symposium University of Nottingham, UK Rawls, A. W., Pettinari, C., Meehan, A., Mays, E. (1996). “Gaze as a Component of Moral Character: Gaze Assessment Sequences in Service Encounter Supervisory Reviews” Presented at the The Stone Symposium Nottingham Rawls, A. W. (1995). “The Sociology of Food” Presented at the The Michigan Sociological Association Meetings Michigan Rawls, A. W. (1994). “Sandel: Republican Values and Democracy” Presented at the Ethics Conference Wayne State University Rawls, A. W., Mosby, L. (1993). “An Interactional Study of Discipline Issues” Presented at the Communications Conference Indiana University Rawls, A. W., Meehan, A., Mays, E. (1993). “Interracial Problems in the Service Delivery Encounter” Presented at the Communications Conference Indiana University Rawls, A. W. (1993). “Containment: Impact on the Service Encounter Race Differentials in the Importance of Narrative” Presented at the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Meetings Miami Rawls, A. W., Pettinari, C. (1993). “Non-Talk About Race: The Collaborative Management of Stigma in Interracial Communication” Presented at the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Meetings Miami Rawls, A. W., Mosby, L. (1993). “Stories About Institutions: The Attitudes of the Black Community Toward the Formal Institutions which 'Serve' It” Presented at the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Meetings Miami Rawls, A. W., Mays, E., Meehan, A. (1993). “The In-Situ Practice of Role Modeling and its Consequences for Service Delivery to Inner City Black Families” Presented at the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Meetings Miami Rawls, A. W., Pettinari, C., Mays, E. (1993). “Non-Talk About Race: The Collaborative Management of Stigma in Interracial Communication” Presented at the The Black Sociological Association Meetings Fort Lauderdale Rawls, A. W. (1993). “Race Differentials in Greeting Sequences: Their Impact on Race Relations” Presented at the The Black Sociological Association Meetings Fort Lauderdale Rawls, A. W., Mosby, L. (1993). “Stories About Institutions: The Attitude of Black Community Toward the Formal Institutions which 'Serve' It” Presented at the The Black Sociological Association Meetings Fort Lauderdale Rawls, A. W., Mays, E., Meehan, A., Pettinari, C. (1993). “The In-Situ Practice of Role Modeling and its Consequences for Service to Urban Black Families” Presented at the The Black Sociological Association Meetings Fort Lauderdale Rawls, A. W., Pettinari, C., Mays, E. (1993). “Avoiding the B-Word and Other Interracial Troubles” Presented at the The Michigan Sociological Association Michigan Mosby, L., Rawls, A. W. (1993). “If I Don't Whip Them The White Man Will': Discipline Issues in the Black Family” Presented at the The Michigan Sociological Association Meetings Michigan Rawls, A. W., Pettinari, C., Mays, E. (1993). “Avoiding the B-Word and Other Interracial Troubles” Presented at the The Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Chicago Rawls, A. W. (1993). “Communication, Race and Narrative” Presented at the The Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Chicago Rawls, A. W., Mays, E., Meehan, A., Pettinari, C. (1993). “The In-Situ Practice of Role Modeling and its Consequences for Service Delivery to Inner City Black Families” Presented at the The Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Chicago Rawls, A. W., Mosby, L. (1993). “Troubles in Interracial Talk About Discipline” Presented at the The Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Chicago Rawls, A. W., Pettinari, C. (1992). “Managing Conflict: Backpackaging a Conversational Device” Presented at the American Association of Applied Linguistics Seattle Rawls, A. W. (1990). “Interactional Analysis and the Problem of Agency” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings San Francisco Rawls, A. W. (1990). “Moral Aspects of the Interaction Order” Presented at the The Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Chicago Rawls, A. W. (1989). “Language, Interaction and Social Order” Presented at the The Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Chicago Rawls, A. W. (1988). “Talk and Social Structure: The Case of Calls to the Police” Presented at the The Midwest Sociological Association Meetings Chicago Rawls, A. W. (1987). “A Field Report on Medical Services in a Fountain House Model Clubhouse” Presented at the Fourth International Seminar on the Clubhouse Model University of Washington, Seattle Washington Rawls, A. W. (1987). “The Integration of Medical Services into the Fountain House Model” Presented at the Twelfth Annual Conference of the International Association of Psychological Rehabilitation Services Toronto, Canada Rawls, A. W. (1986). “Conversational Analysis and the Conception of Social Structure” Presented at the Presented at the Conference on Talk and Social Structure University of California, Santa Barbara Rawls, A. W. (1986). “An Interactional Approach to a Theory of Social Problems” Presented at the The Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems Chicago Rawls, A. W. (1986). “Goffman and the Idea of Local Order” Presented at the The Goffman Conference York University, York England Rawls, A. W. (1985). “Criminological Studies as an Implicit Challenge to a Rational View of Institutional Order” Presented at the Annual Meeting of The American Society of Criminology San Diego, California Rawls, A. W. (1985). “Critique of Presumptive Sentencing: Increasing Inequality in the Name of 'Fairness'” Presented at the The Forum on Presumptive Sentencing University of Massachusetts, Boston Rawls, A. W. (1984). “Resolving the Dispute Between 'Macro' and 'Micro' Sociology” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Boston Rawls, A. W. (1982). “An Interactionist Perspective on Social Theory” Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Philadelphia Rawls, A. W. (1980). “A Re-Examination of Austin's Analysis of Excuses from a Conversational Analytic Perspective” Presented at the The Interaction Research Group Boston Rawls, A. W. (1980). “Backpackaging: an Empirically Generated Critique of Ordinary Language Philosophy” Presented at the Third Annual Conference on Interaction and Conversation University of South Carolina, Department of Anthropology Rawls, A. W. (1979). “Ethnomethodological and Interactional Studies: a Theoretical Appraisal” Presented at the Fifth International Boston University Conference on Ethnomethodology and Conversational Analysis Boston University Reviews
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