Contact: Steve Barkan, (207) 581-2383ORONO — Steven Barkan, UMaine professor of sociology, recently became president of the national Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). He will serve a one-year term through August 2009.Ballots were cast by the society’s national membership through email. Barkan served the previous year as president-elect.As president, Barkan will work read more Barkan Elected President of Prestigious Sociology Society