Editorial Policy: TAS publishes papers, comments, and other writings ontopics of professional and disciplinary concern to sociologists. The editors seek papers that examine the intellectual, practical, and ethical issues that affect the work, careers, and perspectives of sociologists. In addition, the editors especially encourage research and reporting on the ways in which sociological knowledge and skill relate to issues of broad public concern, past, present, and future. Topics might include: the uses of sociology in academic and nonacademic settings; the training, placement, and career paths of sociologists; structural and ideological dimensions that affect the development of new perspectives in the discipline; the ethics of research, teaching, and practice; the application of sociological knowledge and methods to practical problems, the historical and interdisciplinary roots of sociological knowledge; and the contribution of sociologists to professional and public issues. Authors should submit four doublespaced, letter-quality copies of their manuscripts, none of which will be returned, and follow the style of citations used in publications of the American Sociological Association. Accepted final manuscripts must be submitted on a 3 1/2" floppy disk, in Word Perfect or Microsoft Word, IBM compatible. Send all material to: Lawrence T. Nichols, Editor, The American Sociologist, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, 307 Knapp Hall, P.O. Box 6326, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia 26506.