Professor Joane Nagel Curriculum Vitae - Department of Sociology ...

CURRICULUM VITAE
JOANE NAGEL
Department of Sociology
716 Fraser Hall
1415 Jayhawk Boulevard
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
Phone: 785-864-9105
Fax: 785-864-5280
EDUCATION
Stanford University Ph.D. (Sociology) 1977
Bowling Green State University M.A. (Sociology) 1970
Bowling Green State University B.S. (English) 1967
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
University Distinguished Professor University of Kansas 1999-present
Acting Chair Department of Sociology Fall 2005
University of Kansas
Sociology Program Officer National Science Foundation 2002-2004
Interim Associate Dean of College of Liberal Arts & Sciences 2001-2002
Social Sciences
University of Kansas
Chair Sociology Department 1996-2001
University of Kansas
Professor Sociology Department 1993-present
University of Kansas
Adjunct Professor Indigenous Nations Studies 1998-present
American Studies
1993-present
African and African-American Studies 1993-present
University of Kansas
Fulbright Senior Lecturer University of Liberia 1984-1985
Monrovia, Liberia
Associate Professor Sociology Department 1983-1993
Assistant Professor Sociology Department 1977-1983
University of Kansas
AWARDS AND HONORS
(1990-present)
Keeler Intra-University Visiting Professorship (Geography), University of Kansas, 2009-10.
Outstanding Publication Award (Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality), Association for Women in Psychology, 2004.
Outstanding Mentorship Award, University of Kansas, Graduate and Professional Association, 2000.
University Distinguished Professor, University of Kansas, 1999-present.
Sociological Research Association, 1998-present.

Outstanding Academic Book (American Indian Ethnic Renewal), Choice, 1996.
W.T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 1996.
Louise Byrd Graduate Educator's Award, University of Kansas, 1995.
Bellagio Center Resident Fellow, Rockefeller Foundation, May, 1995.
Jensen Lectureship, Duke University and the American Sociological Association, 1994-95.
Outstanding Achievement Award, Armenian Behavioral Science Association, 1994.
Newberry Library Faculty Seminar Fellowship, D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American
Indian, January, 1994.
Outstanding Woman Teacher, University of Kansas, 1992.
Hall Humanities Center Research Fellowship, University of Kansas, 1992.
TEACHING AREAS
Sociology of Climate Change
Sociology of Deviance
Race, Gender, Class & Climate Change
Genders and Sexualities
Social & Nationalist Movements
Social Research Methods
RESEARCH
Books & Reports
Gender and the Politics of Climate Change: Skepticism, Sexuality, and Security (in progress).
Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change (with Thomas Dietz and Jeffrey Broadbent), American
Sociological Association/National Science Foundation, 2010.
Scientific Foundations of Qualitative Research (with Charles Ragin and Patricia White), National Science
Foundation, 2004.
Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: Intimate Intersections, Forbidden Frontiers, Oxford University Press, 2003.
Red Power: The American Indians' Fight for Freedom (second edition, with Alvin Josephy, Jr. and Troy
Johnson), University of Nebraska Press, 1999.
American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk (co-edited with Troy Johnson and Duane Champagne),
University of Illinois Press, 1997.
American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Red Power and the Resurgence of Identity and Culture, Oxford University
Press, 1996.
Competitive Ethnic Relations (co-edited with Susan Olzak), Academic Press, 1986.
The Struggle Continues! World Bank and African Development Bank Investments in Liberian Education,
1972-1985 (with Conrad W. Snyder, Jr.), Institute for International Research, 1986.
Articles
“Climate Change, Public Opinion, and the Military-Security Complex,” The Sociological Quarterly 52,
2011:203-10.
“Indigenous Peoples” (with Thomas D. Hall), Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. G. Ritzer &
J.M. Ryan, Blackwell, 2011:313-14.
“Sociology of American Indians,” (with Thomas D. Hall), in Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology
Online, ed. G. Ritzer, Blackwell, 2011.
“Indigenous Peoples” (with Thomas D. Hall), Routledge Companion to Race and Ethnicity, ed. C. McIlwain &
S.M. Caliendo, Routledge, 2010:157-60.
“Sexualities & Ethnicities,” Handbook of Race and Ethnic Studies, ed. P.H. Collins & J. Solomos, Sage
Publications, 2010:188-220.
“Genders, Disasters, and Climate Change,” in Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change, ed. J.
Nagel, T. Dietz, J. Broadbent. Washington, DC: American Sociological Association/National Science
Foundation, 2010:111-16.
“Globalization” (with Mary E. Kelly), Encyclopedia of the Culture Wars, ed. R. Chapman, M.E. Sharpe,
2008:899-911.
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“The Militarization of Gender and Sexuality in the Iraq War” (with Lindsey Feitz), Women in the Military and
in Armed Conflict, ed. C.H. Carreiras & G. Kümmel, VS Verlag, 2008:201-225.
“Gender, Sexuality, and Nationalism,” Nations and Nationalisms: A Global Historical Perspective, ed. G. Herb
& D. Kaplan, ABC-CLIO, 2008:899-911.
“American Indian Movement,” Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (vol. 1), ed. J.H. Moore, Macmillan,
2008:81-84.
“Symbolic Ethnicity” (with Mary E. Kelly), Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (vol. 3), ed. J.H. Moore,
Macmillan, 2008:117-119.
“Deploying Race, Gender, Class, and Sexuality in the Iraq War” (with Lindsey Feitz), Race, Gender & Class
14, 2007:28-47.
“Masculinities & War,” International Encyclopedia of Men and Masculinities, ed. M. Flood, J.K. Gardiner, B.
Pease, K. Pringle, Routledge, 2007:420-41.
“Indigenous Peoples” (with Thomas D. Hall), Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. J. Stone, Blackwell, 2007:2280-2.
“Masculinities, Femininities, and Fundamentalisms: Gender Confrontations and Collaborations in Global
Conflicts,” special issue on “Masculinities: Violences, Variations, and Visions,” Universitas: The
University of Northern Iowa Journal of Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity 2(2), 2006:
http://www.uni.edu/universitas/fall06/abs_nagel.htm.
"Ethnicity, Sexuality, and Globalization," Theory, Culture & Society 23, 2006:545-57.
"Masculinities and Nations," Handbook of Studies on Men and Masculinities, ed. M. Kimmel, J, Hearn, R.W.
Connell, Sage Publications, 2004:397-413.
“Ethnosexual Frontiers in War Zones,” Nomadas 19, 2003:188-99.
“Gary‘s Gone” (with William G. Staples), The Sociological Quarterly 44, 2003:447-52.
“Trail of Broken Treaties,” Dictionary of American History, ed. S.I. Kutler, Charles Scribner, 2003:1051-2.
"Ethnic Reidentification: Lithuanian Americans and Native Americans," Journal of Ethnic and Migration
Studies 28, 2002:275-89.
"Race, Ethnicity, and Nationalism: Sexual and Symbolic Interactions," Symbolic Interaction 24, 2001:123-39.
"White Men, Red Masks: Appropriations of 'Indian' Manhood in Imagined Wests, 1876-1934" (with David
Anthony Tyeeme Clark), Across the Great Divide: Cultures of Manhood in the American West, ed. L.
McCall, M. Basso, D. Garceau, Routledge, 2001:109-30.
"U.S. Indian Activist Movements" (with David Anthony Tyeeme Clark), Native North American Almanac, 2 nd
edition, ed. D. Champagne, Gale Research, 2001:597-610.
"Sexuality and Nationalism" and "Masculinism and Nationalism," Encyclopedia of Nationalism, ed. A.J. Motyl,
Academic Press, 2001:325-7, 472-3.
"States of Arousal/Fantasy Islands: Race, Sex, and Romance in the Global Economy of Desire," American
Studies 41, 2000:159-81.
"Ethnicity and Sexuality," Annual Review of Sociology 26, 2000:107-33.
"Sexualizing the Sociological: Queering and Querying the Intimate Substructure of Social Life," The
Sociological Quarterly 41, 2000:1-17.
"Indigenous Peoples" (with Thomas D. Hall), Encyclopedia of Sociology, ed. R.J.V. Montgomery & E.
Borgatta, Macmillan, 2000:1295-1301.
"False Faces: Ethnic Identity, Authenticity, and Fraud in Native American Discourse and Politics," Identity and
Social Change, ed. J.E. Davis, Transaction, 2000:81-106.
"Sex as a Global Commodity," Understanding Societies, ed. D. Chirot, J.F. Healey, Y. Bradshaw, Pine Forge
Press, 2000:275-80.
"The Politics of Ethnic Authenticity: Building Native American Identities and Communities," Multiculturalism
in the United States: Current Issues, Contemporary Voices, ed. P. Kivisto and G. Rundblad, Pine Forge
Press, 2000:113-24.
"Ethnic Troubles: Gender, Sexuality, and the Construction of National Identity," Nation and National Identity:
The European Experience in Perspective, ed. H. Kriesi, K. Armingeon, H. Siegrist, and A. Wimmer,
Verlag Ruegger, 1999:85-107.
"The Rise and Decline of Ethnicity: Native American Ethnic Renewal," Hedgehog Review: Critical Reflections
on Contemporary Culture 1, 1999:55-61.
"Masculinity and Nationalism: Gender and Sexuality in the Making of Nations," Ethnic and Racial Studies 21,
1998:242-69.
"American Indian Activism and Transformation: Lessons from Alcatraz (with Troy Johnson and Duane
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Champagne), American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Longest Walk, ed. T. Johnson, J. Nagel, D.
Champagne, University of Illinois Press, 1997:9-44.
"American Indian Ethnic Renewal: Politics and the Resurgence of Identity," American Sociological Review 61,
1995:947-65.
"Resource Competition Theories of Ethnicity," American Behavioral Scientist 38, 1995:442-58.
"American Indians in the Twenty-First Century: Patterns, Definitions, and Debates," Indian Leadership and
Indian Identity: A Tension through Time, Chicago: Newberry Library, 1995:39-60.
"Remembering Alcatraz: Twenty-Five Years After" (with Troy Johnson), American Indian Culture and
Research Journal 18, 1994:9-23.
"Alcatraz Revisited" (with Troy Johnson), American Indian Culture and Research Journal 18, 1994:1-8.
"Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture," Social Problems 41, 1994:1001-
26.
"American Indian Political Advocacy Groups and Activist Movements," in Native America: Portrait of the
Peoples, ed. D. Champagne, Detroit: Visible Ink Press, 1994:1-20.
"Interpreting the Expansion of Mass Education in Botswana: Local and World Society Perspectives" (with John
W. Meyer and Conrad W. Snyder, Jr.), Comparative Education Review 37, 1993:454-75.
"Ethnic Nationalism: Politics, Ideology, and the World Order," International Journal of Comparative Sociology
33, 1993:1-13.
"Ethnic Reorganization: American Indian Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Strategies for Survival"
(with C. Matthew Snipp), Ethnic and Racial Studies 16, 1993:203-35.
"American Indian Mobilization: Tribal and Supratribal Strategic Political Action," American Mosaic: Selected
Readings on America's Multicultural Heritage, ed. Y. Song & E. Kim, Prentice-Hall, 1993:3-11.
"Ethnic Conflict and the World System: International Competition in Iraq (1961-1991) and Angola (1974-
1991)" (with Brad Whorton), Journal of Political and Military Sociology 20, 1992:1-35.
"Institutionalizing Educational Development: Case Study of World Bank Projects in Liberia" (with Conrad W.
Snyder, Jr.), Advances in Educational Productivity, ed. D.W. Chapman & H.J. Walberg, Volume 2, JAI
Press, 1992:123-50.
"Policy and Organization in Curriculum Development in Botswana" (with John W. Meyer), Improving
Instructional Quality, ed. P. Ramatsui & C.W. Snyder, Macmillan, 1992:185-204.
"The International Funding of Educational Development--External Agendas and Internal Adaptations: The Case
of Liberia" (with Conrad W. Snyder, Jr.), Comparative Education Review 33, 1989:3-20.
"The Politics of American Indian Economic Development: The Reservation/Urban Nexus" (with Carol Ward
and Timothy Knapp), Policy Impacts on Native American Economic Development: Critical Appraisals,
ed. C.M. Snipp, University of New Mexico Press, 1988:39-76.
"The Persistence of Ethnicity: National and International Aspects of Modern Ethnic Movements," The
Sociology of Nationalism, Proceedings of the Second Annual Basque Congress, Vitoria, Spain,
September, 1987. Translated publication: "La Persistencia de la Etnicidad. Aspectos Nacionales e
Internacionales de los Movimientos Etnicos Modernos," in Sociologia del Nacionalismo, ed. Alfonso
Perez-Agote, Servicio Editorial de la Universidad del Pais Vasco, 1989:123-49.
"The Political Construction of Ethnicity," Competitive Ethnic Relations, ed. S. Olzak & J. Nagel, Academic
Press, 1986:93-112.
"The Ethnic Revolution: The Emergence of Ethnic Nationalism in Modern States," Sociology and Social
Research 68, 1984:497-520.
"Ethnic Mobilization in New and Old States: An Extension of the Competition Model" (with Susan Olzak),
Social Problems 30, 1982:127-43.
"The Political Mobilization of Native Americans," Social Science Journal 19, 1982:37-46.
"Politics and the Organization of Collective Action: The Case of Nigeria, 1960-1975," Political Behavior 3,
1981:87-116.
"The Conditions of Ethnic Separatism: The Kurds in Turkey, Iran, and Iraq," Ethnicity 7, 1980:279-97.
"Education as Nation-Building in America: Enrollments and Bureaucracy in the American States, 1870-1930"
(with John W. Meyer, David Tyack, Audri Gordon), American Journal of Sociology 85, 1979:591-613.
External Grants
National Science Foundation, EPSCoR (Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research) grant:
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“Climate Change in Indigenous Communities,” lead PI. 2009-2014. $2,419,095.
National Science Foundation, IGERT (Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship) grant:
“C-CHANGE: Climate Change, Humans, and Nature in the Global Environment,” lead PI. 2008-2013.
$3,025,575.
National Science Foundation, “Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate Change,” lead PI. 2007-2009.
$64,824.
National Science Foundation/American Sociological Association: Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline
Research Grant. "Symbolic Themes in Political Reform: From Termination to Self-Determination in
Federal Indian Policy," PI. 1991. $2,950.
American Philosophical Society (Penrose Fund). "Federal Indian Policy and the National Congress of American
Indians, 1944-1980," PI. 1983. $1,000.
National Science Foundation. "The Political Construction of Ethnicity: American Indian Mobilization," PI.
1981-1984. $59,755.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Lectures and Presentations
(1990-present)
“Militarizing the Environment: Climate Change, Environmental Risk, and the Military-Security Complex.”
Conference on Environmental Security, University of Kansas, 2012.
“An Environmental Social Contract? Climate Change and the Military-Security Complex.” Plenary Address,
Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, 2012.
“What is Latin American Studies? Climate Change, Humans, and Nature in the Global Environment.”
Waggoner Research Colloquium, Center of Latin American Studies, University of Kansas, 2010.
“Creating Collaborative Climate Change.” Social and Economic Sciences Division, National Science
Foundation, Arlington, VA, 2010.
“Masculinity and the Militarization of Global Climate Change.” Annual meeting of the American Association
of Geographers, Washington, DC, 2010.
“Militarized Institutions and Masculinized Solutions: Deploying Gender in Iraq and Declaring War on the
Stratosphere.” Thematic session, “The Impact of War: Community, Race, and Gender.” Annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 2009.
“Gender, Sexuality, and Global Climate Change.” Alpha Kappa Delta Lecture, University of Central Missouri,
Warrensburg, Missouri, 2009.
“Say What?! Gender and Climate Change?” (with Monique Laney). Annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Boston, 2008.
“The Continuing Significance of Tribe: Trans[formations] in American Indian Identification and Activism”
(with Angeles Gonzales). Thematic session, "Gone with the Wind? Collective Identity Mobilization
within Racial/Ethnic Groups." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York,
2007.
“The Militarization of Gender and Sexuality in the Iraq War” (with Lindsey Feitz). Seventh Conference on
Women in the Military, Arlington, Virginia, 2007.
“Sociology, Society, and the Role of Intellectuals.” Alpha Delta Kappa Lecture, Southern Illinois University,
Carbondale, Illinois, 2007.
“The Mobilization of Gender and Sexuality in the Iraq War.” Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, Illinois,
2007.
“Sexual Constructions of Race, Ethnicity, and the Nation.” Ethnicity and Democratic Governance Project,
conference on the Causes of Ethnic Community Formation, Political Mobilization, and Conflict,
Montreal, 2006.
“Strategies for Designing Qualitative Research Projects.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association, Montreal, 2006.
“The Color of Sex in America.” Keynote Lecture, Conference on “From Orientalism to Postcoloniality,”
Sodertorn University, Stockholm, Sweden, 2006.
“The Deployment of Gender & Sexuality in the Iraq War.” Symposium on Sexism and War, University of
California, Santa Barbara, 2006.
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“Damsels in Distress, Chicks with Guns, and Babes in Arms: The Militarization of Gender & Sexuality in the
Iraq War.” Gender Seminar, University of Kansas, Hall Center for the Humanities, Lawrence, 2005.
"The Militarization of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality in the Iraq War" (with Lindsey Feitz). Annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, 2005.
"Strengthening Sociological Qualitative Methods: Standards and Objectives in Research Design." National
Science Foundation Workshop on Multidisciplinary Standards for Systematic Qualitative Research,
Arlington, VA, 2005.
"Mobilized Masculinities, Fetishized Femininities, and the Military-Sexual Complex." Annual meeting of the
Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, 2005.
"Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality." Author Meets Critics session, annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological
Society, Minneapolis, 2005.
“The Sexual Politics of Globalization.” National Science Foundation Workshop on Cultural Politics of
Globalization and Community in East Central Europe, Budapest, 2005.
“The Sexual Construction of National Boundaries and Identities.” Dartmouth College, Geography Department,
Hanover, NH, 2005.
“Ethnicity and Sexuality: Disciplinary and Substantive Intersections.” Annual meeting of the Association for
Women in Psychology, Tampa, 2005.
"Masculinities, Femininities, and Fundamentalisms: Gender Confrontations and Collaborations in Political
Conflict." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 2004.
"Designing Scientifically Rigorous Qualitative Research Proposals." Annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, San Francisco, 2004.
“Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: Intersecting Intimacies.” University of California, Santa Barbara, Department
of Sociology, Santa Barbara, 2003.
“Sex across the Color Line: Defying and Defending Ethnosexual Boundaries.” Annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Chicago, 2002.
"Sex Matters: The Sexual Construction of Race, Ethnicity, and the Nation." University of Michigan,
Department of Sociology, Ann Arbor, 2002.
"Sex Matters: The Sexual Construction of Race, Ethnicity, and the Nation." University of California, San
Diego, Departments of Ethnic Studies and Critical Gender Studies, La Jolla, 2001
"The Color of Sex: Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality in America." Humanities Lecture Series, University of
Kansas, Hall Center for the Humanities, Lawrence, 2001.
"Constructing America: Race, Sex, and Gender in the Making of the American Nation." College of William
and Mary, American Studies Program, Williamsburg, VA, 2000.
"Sex Matters: The Sexual Construction of Race, Ethnicity, and the Nation." Northwestern University,
Department of Sociology, Chicago, 2000.
"Race, Sex, and Romance: Intimate Intersections in the Global Economy of Desire." Northwestern University,
Department of Sociology, Chicago, 2000.
"Race, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: Erotic and Symbolic Interactions." Distinguished Lecture, annual meeting of
the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism, Washington, DC, 2000.
"[De]Sexualizing the Sexual: Having Sex, Being Sexual, and Doing Sexuality." Plenary presentation, annual
mid-continental meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, Little Rock, 2000.
"Native Narrations: 'Indian' Uprisings, Imaginings, and Renewals." University of California, Santa Cruz,
Department of Sociology, Santa Cruz, 2000.
"Intimate Intersections: Sexual Frontiers in Racial, Ethnic, and National Spaces." Indiana University,
Department of Sociology, Bloomington, 2000.
"Silence and Ambiguity in Performance and Performativity." Annual meeting of the American Studies
Association, Montreal, 1999.
"Sexing Race, Racing Sex: Mapping Ethnosexual Frontiers." Keynote address, annual meeting of the Missouri
Sociological Association, Osage Beach, 1999.
"Ethnosexual Frontiers: Constructing and Crossing Racial, Ethnic, Nationalist, and Sexual Boundaries."
Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, 1999.
"Sexualizing the Sociological: Queering and Querying the Intimate Substructure of Social Life." Presidential
address, annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, 1999.
"Constructing Ethnic Boundaries and Identities: Activism, Gender, and Sexuality on the Indian/White Ethnic
Frontier." University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology, Pittsburgh, 1999.
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"Ethnic Troubles: Gender, Sexuality, and the Construction of National Identity." Swiss National Science
Foundation Conference on "Nation and National Identity: Collective Identities and National
Consciousness at the End of the Twentieth Century," Zurich, 1998.
"Changing Patterns of Native American Ethnic Identification: Protest, Policy, and the Politics of Meaning."
University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology, Madison, 1998.
"Provocative Performances: Cruising and Crossing Ethnosexual Frontiers." University of Kansas, Hall Center
for the Humanities Faculty Seminar on "Performances: Cultural, Theatrical, and Historical," Lawrence,
1998.
"American Indian Ethnic Renewal." Author Meets Critics session, annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association, San Francisco, 1998.
"American Indian Activism and the Renewal of Identity and Culture." University of Illinois, Department of
Sociology, Urbana, 1998.
"The Globalization of Militarized Manliness." Globalization Roundtable Series, University of Kansas,
Lawrence, 1998.
"Masculinity and Nationalism: Gender and Sexuality in the Making of Nations." Annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Toronto, 1997.
"'False Faces:' Ethnic Identity, Authenticity, and Fraud in Native American Discourse and Politics." Post-
Modernity Project Lecture Series, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1997.
"Tradition, Retraditionals, and Ethnic Consciousness: Native American Culture and Protest, 1960-1980."
Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, 1996.
"Reclaiming and Reconstructing Native American Identity and Culture." The National Museum of the
American Indian, New York, 1996.
"I've been to the Mountain Top: Envisioning the Million Man March" (with Daryl Williams). Annual meeting
of the American Sociological Association, New York, 1996.
"American Indian Ethnic Renewal." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington,
D.C., 1995.
"Ethnic Re-Identification: Lithuanian Americans and Native Americans" (with Mary E. Kelly). Annual
Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, 1995.
"Deconstructing Ethnicity: Strategies, Pitfalls, and Controversies in the Study of Identities and Cultures." Duke
University, Department of Sociology, Durham, 1995.
"Remembering Alcatraz 25 Years After: Native Voices Speak on the Personal Meaning of the Occupation."
Alcatraz Island Commemorative Conference, American Indian Studies Center, University of California,
Los Angeles, 1994.
"Activism and Identity: Red Power and American Indian Ethnicity." Annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Los Angeles, 1994.
"Resurgent Ethnicity: Native American Renaissance." University of Nebraska, Department of Sociology,
Lincoln, 1994.
"The Politics of Ethnic Authenticity." Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, 1994.
"Deconstructing Ethnic Identity: The 'Debricolage' of History and Culture." Conferences du GRES (Groupe de
Recherche Ethnicite et Societe), University of Montreal, Montreal, 1993.
"Ethnic Conflict and the World System: International Competition in Angola (1974-1991) and Iraq (1961-
1991)" (with Brad Whorton). Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh,
1992.
"Constructing Ethnicity: Creating and Recreating Ethnic Identity and Culture." Annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, 1992.
"Interpreting the Expansion of Mass Education in Botswana: Local and World Society Perspectives" (with John
W. Meyer and Conrad W. Snyder, Jr.). Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association,
Cincinnati, 1991.
"Ethnic Nationalism: Politics, Ideology, and the World Order." Annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association, Cincinnati, 1991.
"Ethnic Reorganization: American Indian Strategies for Survival" (with C. Matthew Snipp). Annual meeting of
the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, 1991.
"The Other Americans: Persistent Poverty among Rural Native Americans." Annual meeting of the Rural
Sociological Society, Columbus, OH, 1991.
"Cycles of Protest and Cycles of Reform: From Termination to Self- Determination in Federal Indian Policy,
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1950-1980." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, 1990.
Sessions
(1990-present)
Organizer: "Climate Change and the Interdisciplinary Sociologist: Working across Boundaries on the Human
Dimensions of Global Environmental Change." Thematic Session, annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Atlanta, 2010.
Organizer: Threatened Communities: Global Climate Change and Environmental Justice, Thematic Session,
annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 2009.
Organizer: Race/Gender/Class, Environmental Justice, and Global Climate Change. Annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Boston, 2008.
Co-Organizer (with Jeffrey Broadbent): If Rome Is Burning…Sociological Perspectives on Global Climate
Change. Special Session, annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, 2008.
Co-Organizer (with Meredith Kleykamp): Gender, Sexuality, and War. Annual meeting of the Midwest
Sociological Society, Chicago, 2007.
Organizer: Nations and Nationalisms in Asia. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association,
Philadelphia, 2005.
Organizer: Nations and Nationalisms: Locally Imagined Nations. Annual meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Philadelphia, 2005.
Organizer: Scientific Foundations of Qualitative Research. Annual meeting of the American Sociological
Association, Philadelphia, 2005.
Organizer: Comparative Perspectives on Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality. Annual meeting of the Midwest
Sociological Society, Minneapolis, 2005.
Organizer: Gender, Ethnicity, and Sexuality: Local and Global Contexts. Annual meeting of the Midwest
Sociological Society, Minneapolis, 2005.
Organizer: Sexuality and Globalization. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, 2004.
Panelist: Author Meets Critics, Charles W. Mills, The Racial Contract (Cornell University Press, 1997).
Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC, 2000.
Organizer: Social Change. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, 2000.
Organizer: Race, Gender, and Sexualities. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago,
1999.
Organizer: Racial and Ethnic Narratives and Identities: Defining, Crossing, and Defending Ethnic Boundaries.
Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April, 1998.
Organizer: Experiencing Race and Ethnicity: Voices and Visions of Color; Negotiating Racial and Ethnic
Identities: Internal and External Definitions and Debates; Constructing Racial and Ethnic Selves and
Communities; Crossing Ethnic Boundaries: Subverting and Supporting the Racial Order. Annual
meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, August, 1997.
Organizer and Presider: China's Great Transformation: The Politics of Economic Reform. Annual meeting of
the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1996.
Organizer and Discussant: Pan-Ethnicity in the United States: Reinventing Ourselves. Annual meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, 1994.
Organizer and Presider: Constructing Ethnicity and Nationalism: Building Identity, Culture, and Community.
Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, 1993.
Organizer and Presider: Political Sociology: Bringing Ethnicity Back In. Annual meeting of the Midwest
Sociological Society, Kansas City, 1992.
Presider: Educational and Professional Evaluation. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des
Moines, 1991.
Presider: From Mobilization to Revolution. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago,
1990.
Participation in Professional Associations
Professional Memberships
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2007-present
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Member, Midwest Sociological Society, 1978-present.
Member, American Sociological Association, 1977-present.
Offices and Committees
Outstanding Scholarship Award Selection Committee, ASA Section on Sexualities, 2007-2008.
Outstanding Book Award Selection Committee, ASA Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements, 2006-
2007.
Chair, ASA Section on Race, Gender, & Class, 2007-08.
Chair, Nominations Committee, ASA Section on Race, Gender, Class, 2006.
Council, ASA Section on Sexualities, 2005-07.
Chair, ASA Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, 2001-02.
President, Phi Beta Delta, International Studies Honor Society, Beta Pi Chapter, 1999-2000.
President, Midwest Sociological Society, 1998-99.
Council, ASA Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities, 1997-2000.
Council, ASA Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements, 1997-2000.
Committee on Committees, American Sociological Association, 1997-98.
Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1995-96; 2001-2002; 2004-2005.
Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, Midwest Sociological Society, 1993-95.
Publications Committee, ASA Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements, 1992-95.
Committee on Nominations, American Sociological Association, 1991-93.
Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1992-93.
Council, ASA Section on Comparative-Historical Sociology, 1990-93.
Task Force on Rural Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Rural Sociology Society, 1989-91.
Publication Award Selection Committee, ASA Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements, 1987-88 and
1989-90.
Task Force on Minority Scholars, Midwest Sociological Society, 1988-91.
Council, ASA Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements, 1983-86.
Nominations and Elections Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1983-84.
Nominations Committee, ASA Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements, 1981-82.
Nominations Committee, ASA Section on Collective Behavior/Social Movements, 1979-80.
Chair, Kansas Sociological Society, 1978/79.
Editorial and Review Activity
Editorial Board, Organization and Environment: International Journal for Ecosocial Research, 2011-present.
Editorial Board, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 2011-present.
Editor, Newsletter of the Race, Gender & Class Section of the American Sociological Association, 2008.
Guest Editor, Race, Gender, and Class, special issue on Race, Gender, Class, Sexuality, and War, 2007-2008.
Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Integrative Graduate Education & Research Traineeship
program, June and December, 2006 and 2010.
Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology, 2003-07.
Proposal Review Panel, National Science Foundation, Sociology Program, 2000-02.
Editorial Board, The Sociological Quarterly, 1999-2004.
Editorial Board, Ethnicities, 1999-present.
Editorial Board, American Journal of Sociology, 1998-2000.
Co-Editor, Sociological Inquiry, 1993-97.
Co-Editor, American Indian Culture and Research Journal, special issue, "Alcatraz Revisited: The 25th
Anniversary of the Occupation, 1969-1971," 1993-94.
Associate Editor, American Sociological Review, 1990-92.
Editorial Board, University Press of Kansas, 1987-91.
Associate Editor, Pacific Sociological Review, 1977-82.
Manuscript Reviewer, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Sexualities, Symbolic Interaction, Gender & Society,
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, American Indian Quarterly, Comparative Education
Review, Sociology of Education, Social Forces, Social Problems, Social Science Journal, Sociology and
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Social Research, Sociological Focus, Sociological Theory, Sociological Inquiry, American Journal of
Sociology, American Sociological Review, Qualitative Sociology, International Studies Quarterly,
American Studies, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING
Consultant to Educational Testing Services (Princeton, New Jersey): College Level Examination Program
Introductory Sociology Assessment Examination panel member, 2004-2007.
Consultant to Learning Systems Institute/Florida State University (Gaborone, Botswana): Program design and
implementation of recommendations from 1989 analysis of Botswana's national junior secondary school
system. Part of ongoing USAID-sponsored Junior Secondary Education Improvement Project (JSEIP),
1990. Principal Investigator: Conrad W. Snyder, Jr.
Consultant to Learning Systems Institute/Florida State University (Gaborone, Botswana): Analysis of
Botswana's national education policy and its implementation in the Botswana junior secondary school
system to be used in USAID-sponsored Junior Secondary Education Improvement Project (JSEIP),
1989. Principal Investigator: Conrad W. Snyder, Jr.
Consultant to Learning Systems Institute/Florida State University (Gaborone, Botswana): Organizational
analysis of Botswana national primary education system to be used in the development, implementation,
and utilization of USAID-sponsored Efficiency Analysis System for Education (EASE), 1988.
Principal Investigator: Conrad W. Snyder, Jr.
Consultant to Ministry of Education (Monrovia, Liberia): Assessment study of World Bank and African
Development Bank investments in the Liberian educational sector, 1984-85. Principal Investigator: E.
Othello Gongar, Deputy Minister of Education for Planning and Development.
UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS - SERVICE
(1990-Present)
Department of Sociology
Personnel Committee Chair, 2006-09, 2010-present
Acting Department Chair, 2005 (fall)
Department Chair, 1996-2001
Faculty Search Committees chaired, 1994-95, 2000-01, 2004-05, 2005-06
Computer Committee, 1987-1995
Undergraduate Studies Committee, 1992-93
Personnel Committee, 1989-1996, 2009-10
College
Program Review Committee, Global Indigenous Nations Studies, 2010
Governance Faculty Committee, Environmental Studies, 2009-present
Steering Committee, Center for Global and International Studies, 2008-present
Faculty Search Committee, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2007-08
Chairpersons Review Committee, 2007-09
CLAS Dean Search Committee, 2005-06
Interim Associate Dean of Social Sciences, 2001-02
Bowlus Distinguished Professorship in American Indian History Search Committee, 2001
Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Studies Search Committee (Chair), 1998
African Studies Resource Center Director Search Committee, 1997-98
Environmental Studies Chair Search Committee, 1994-95
African Studies Advisory Committee, 1986-1994
African Studies Program Evaluation Committee, 1991
Political Science Department Chair Search Committee, 1990, 1994
University
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Co-Chair (with Judy Wu and Bob Honea), Provost Initiative on Sustaining the Planet, Powering the World,
2011.
Co-Organizer (with David Braaten), Conference on Ice Sheet Stability, Sea Level Rise, Social Policy, Center for
Remote Sensing of Ice Sheets and NSF C-CHANGE IGERT program, 2011.
Panelist, “International Teaching and Research at KU.” International Programs, University of Kansas, 2011
Scholarly Achievement Award Committee, 2010-present
University Committee on Distinguished Professors, 2010-present
Executive Committee, Kansas University Center for Research, 2009-present
Board of Trustees, Kansas University Center for Research, 2008-11
Director, Center for Research on Global Change, Institute for Policy & Social Research, 2006-present
Co-Director, Seminar on Globalizations(s), Hall Center for the Humanities, 2006-08
Co-Director, Faculty Proposal Writing Workshop, Hall Center for the Humanities, 2006
University Committee on Promotion and Tenure, 2004-06
Co-Director, Faculty Seminar on Gender and Nationalism, Hall Center for the Humanities, 2000
President, Phi Beta Delta, International Studies Honor Society, Beta Pi Chapter, 1999-2000
Kemper Teaching Fellowship Award Selection Committee, 1999
Participant, Faculty Seminar on Performances: Cultural, Theatrical, Historical, Hall Center for the Humanities,
1998
Committee on Freshman/Sophomore Advising, 1996-97
Faculty Fellowship Selection Committee, Hall Center for the Humanities, 1995
Director, Faculty Seminar on Human Rights: An International Perspective. International Programs, 1994
Travel Grant Selection Committee, Hall Center for the Humanities, 1993 and 1994 (chair)
Participant, Faculty Seminar on Ethnic and Nationality Issues in an Environment of Global Change,
International Programs, 1993
General Research Fund First Level Review Committee, 1993
Participant, Faculty Seminar on Ideology and Human Rights, Hall Center for the Humanities, 1991
University Committee on Promotion and Tenure, 1990-91
Editorial Board, University Press of Kansas, 1987-1991
Faculty Senate Research Committee, 1987-1990
Ph.D. Committees Chaired
Student Committees
Mary Kelly, 1996
William Swart, 1997
Brad Whorton, 1997
Colleen Greer, 1998
Hsiu-hua Shen, 2003
David Anthony Clark (American Studies, co-chair), 2004
Sara Collas, 2005
Ayako Mizumura, 2009
Lindsey Feitz (American Studies), 2010
Janja Pavetic-Dickey (American Studies), current
Nicolas Shump (American Studies), current
Anna Kern, current
Pooya Naderi, current
Ph.D. Committee Memberships
Lu Tzu-Ching (American Studies), 1990
Ken Chao, 1991
Chris Moos, 1991
Tracy Karner, 1994
Marcia McCoy (Psychology), 1996
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Brian Baker, 1996 (Stanford University)
Jean Van Delinder, 1996
Kevin Gotham, 1997
Kyunjin Song (Communications), 1997
Phillip Huxtable (Political Science), 1997
Annette Kuhlmann, 1998
Rusty Monhollon (History), 1998
Robert Futrell, 1999
Rachel Lee (Psychology), 1999
Tamara Bryan (Psychology), 2000
Suzanne Heck (American Studies), 2000
Michele Marie Casavant (American Studies), 2002
Myriam Vuckovic (American Studies), 2002
Todd Ormsbee (American Studies), 2004
Laurie Grow, 2004
Ann Hickey, 2008
Mark Ferguson (Psychology), 2008
Monica Laney (American Studies), 2009
Will Delehanty (Political Science), 2010
Jaime Nicole Noble Gassmann (American Studies), 2010
Melissa Irwin (School of Education), current
Jane Webb, current
Nikki Perry, current
M.A. Committees Chaired
Amir Katouzian, 1990, Honors
Kevin Gotham, 1991
Jean Van Delinder, 1991
Annette Kuhlmann, 1991, Honors
Dorether Welch, 1993
Francisco Ramirez, 1996
Hsiu-Hua Shen, 1996
Jeff Pope, 1998
Ann Hickey, 2002
Maureen Schleyer, 2002
Erik Nielsen, 2006
Mavie Busboom, 2007
Sarah Parkinson, 2007
Brian Meier, 2008, Honors
Anna Kern, 2009
Gabriella Smith, 2009
Christopher Read, 2009
Xiyin Li, 2010
Emily Kennedy, 2011
Stefan Vogler, current
Maureen Coulter, current
M.A. Committee Memberships
Daryl Williams, 1996
Susan Klarlund, 1997
Lourdes Pereira-Nunez, 1998
Franklin Kunkle, 1998
Ayako Mizumura, 1999
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Nicolas Shump (American Studies), 2002
Lindsey Feitz (American Studies), 2006
Ada Van-Roekel-Hughes, 2008
Aislinn Addington, 2008
Jane Webb, 2010
Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exam Committee Memberships
Chris Bohling, 1990 (Chair)
Tracy Karner, 1990
Mary Kelly, 1992 (Chair)
Brad Whorton, 1993 (Chair), Honors
William Swart, 1994 (Chair), Honors
Colleen Greer, 1994 (Chair)
Marcia McCoy (Psychology), 1994
Rusty Monhollon (History), 1995
Robert Futrell, 1998
Rachel Lee (Psychology), 1998
Jennifer Hackney, 1998
Hsiu-Hua Shen, 1999 (Chair)
Tamara Bryan (Psychology), 1999
Partha Mazumdar (American Studies), 1999
David Anthony Tyeeme Clark (American Studies), 2000
Todd Ormsbee (American Studies), 2000
Ann Woodward, 2001
Sara Collas, 2001 (Chair)
Melissa Haveman, 2003 (Chair)
Ayako Mizumura, 2004 (Chair)
Monique Laney (American Studies), 2006
Lindsey Feitz (American Studies), 2007 (Chair), Honors
Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Committees
Chris Bohling (Political Sociology), 1990 (Chair)
Jim Orr (Historical Sociology), 1990
Brad Whorton, (Ethnicity/Ethnic Movements), 1990 (Chair)
William Swart, (Sociology of Deviance), 1990
Tracy Karner (Historical Sociology), 1990
Joon Jang (Social Movements), 1991
Sharon Hogan (Criminology), 1991
Su Lee (Social Movements), 1991
Mary Kelly (Ethnicity), 1992
Jean Van Delinder (Ethnicity), 1992
William Swart (Social Movements), 1993
Kevin Gotham (Political Sociology), 1993
Colleen Greer (Ethnicity), 1993 (Chair)
Annette Kuhlmann (Ethnicity), 1993
Jean Van Delinder (Historical Sociology), 1994 (Chair)
Kevin Gotham (Historical Sociology), 1994
Annette Kuhlmann (Sociology of American Indians), 1994 (Chair)
George Lundskow (Social Change), 1995
George Lundskow (Sociology of Culture), 1995 (Chair)
Heying Zhan (Political Sociology), 1995 (Chair)
Hua-lun Huang (Social Movements), 1996
Heying Zhan (Ethnicity), 1996 (Chair)
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Debra Dobbs (Social Movements), 1996
Yuichi Tamura (Social Movements), 1996
Robert Futrell (Social Movements), 1996
Hsiu-Hua Shen (Sociology of Nationalism), 1997 (Chair)
Robert Futrell (Political Sociology), 1998 (Chair)
Sara Collas (Race and Ethnicity), 1999 (Chair)
Daryl Williams (Race and Ethnicity), 1999 (Chair)
Christine Robinson (Sociology of Sexualities), 1999 (Chair)
Ann Woodward (Historical Sociology), 1999
Daryl Williams (Political Sociology), 2001 (Chair)
Ayako Mizumura (Race and Ethnicity), 2001 (Chair)
Melissa Haveman (Sociology of Nationalism), 2001 (Chair)
Evelyn Clark (Sociology of Gender), 2003
Ann Hickey (Medical Sociology), 2004
Tori Brus-Barnes (Sociology of Culture), 2004
Evelyn Clark (Political Sociology), 2005
Ann Hickey (Race & Ethnicity), 2005
Uros Petrovic (Nationalism), 2005 (Chair)
Monique Laney (American Studies), 2006
Lindsey Feitz (American Studies), 2007 (Chair)
Bruce Caruthers (Social Movements), 2009
Uros Petrovic (Culture), 2009
Nicolas Shump (American Studies), current (Chair)
Janja Pavetic-Dickey (American Studies), current (Chair)
Ray Sin (Social Movements), current
Anna Kern (Environmental Sociology), current (Chair)
Anna Kern (Sociology of Gender), current
Undergraduate Honors and Senior Thesis Committees Chaired
John Clark, 1992 Jacob Yeagley, 2001
Margaret Billings, 1993 Delia Kimbrel, 2006
Rodney Stuhlsatz, 1999
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