Leif Jensen of Pennsylvannia State University (l) was keynote speaker Thursday for opening day of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association's 39th annual meeting. "Applying Sociology: Engaging the Public Sphere" is the the two-day program's theme at MSU. Prior to his address, Jensen visited with AMSA president Domenico Parisi (second from right), MSU interim associate dean Walter Diehl (second from left) and Social Science Research Center director Art Cosby.