Contact Information
2008 Annual Meeting
Program ChairKaren O'Neill
rss2008@aesop.rutgers.edu2008 Program Chair
Human Ecology Dept.
55 Dudley Rd.
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
TEL: 732/932-9153, ext. 316
FAX: 732/932-6667
2008 Annual Meeting
Poster ChairSteve Grice
steven.grice@nsparc.msstate.edu2008 Poster Chair
Mississippi State University
PO Box 5287
103 Research Park
Mississippi State, MS 39762
TEL: 662/325-7127
FAX: 662/325-7966
2008 Annual Meeting
Juried Paper ChairSteve Sapp
ssapp@iastate.edu2008 Juried Paper Chair
Department of Sociology
Iowa State University
320 East Hall
Ames, IA 50011-1070
TEL: 515/294-1403
FAX: 515/294-2303
Address all registration and other information concerning the RSS to:
RSS Business Office
Business ManagerEdie Pigg
ruralsoc@missouri.eduRural Sociological Society
University of Missouri
104 Gentry Hall
Columbia, MO 65211-7040
TEL: 573/882-9065
FAX: 573/882-1473
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