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Ben Adams Phone: 310 271-3191 Interests: Social movements, Parent's rights movements, Disability Rights Movements, Attitude change, Sociology of Education I currently work in and study the Disability rights movement -specifically the struggle of persons with severe disabilities to access the "Mainstream" or Inclusive educational environment. Tyrone L. Adams Assistant Professor University of Arkansas at Monticello Box 3460 Interests: Resource-mobilization-theory, Marxist-Capitalist macro-dialectics, Analyzing texts of violence Benigno E. Aguirre Professor Texas A&M University Department of Sociology
Phone: 409 845 0813
Interests: collective behavior, institutions and collective action, cultures of opposition symbols as sources of legitimation, deviant epidemics. Bonnie Jean Alford PhD Student The University of Illinois at Chicago E-Mail: balford76@aol.com Nelson A. Pichardo Almanzar Assistant Professor University at Albany Department of Sociology
Phone: 518 442-4677
Interests: Interests include right-wing movements, millenial movements especially with regard to their structural and social psychological bases. Gretchen W. Arnold Adjunct Assistant Professor University of Missouri-St. Louis Sociology Department
Phone: 314/516-6373
Interests: Academic interests include social movements, especially women's movements and the battered women's movement, discourse and frame analysis, public policy Ellen Baird Doctoral Student South Dakota State University E-Mail: ebaird@iw.net Interests: American Indian Domestic Violence, Collective Action and Social Movements, Sociology of Knowledge Andrea J. Baker Sociology prof. Ohio-University-Lancaster Ohio Univerity-Lancaster
Phone: (614)654-6711 ext.242
Interests: art and censorship; art and right wing protests; feminist social movements; gay and lesbian movements; media coverage of SMs and CB; privacy/censorship on the InterNet. Joe Bandy Assistant Professor Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME 04011 Phone: 207-725-3441
Interests: social movements, development, global economic change, environmental sociology, Mexico, social psychology, and inter-ethnic relations. Steven E. Barkan Professor of Sociology University of Maine Department of Sociology
Phone: 207-581-2383
Interests: social movements, criminology Rob Benford Southern Illinois University Carbondale Department of Sociology
Phone (618) 453-7614
Interests: Social constructionist approaches to social movements, including framing processes, discourse, narratives, collective identity, and collective memory. Currently edit the Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. Irene Blea former Professor California State University E-mail: Ireneblea@aol.com Kathleen Blee Professor University of Pittsburgh Dept of Sociology
Phone: 412-648-7590
Interests: gender and social movements, women in racist movements Monique Borrel Lecturer Department of Statistics California State University,Hayward E-Mail: mborrel@compuserve.com Interests: Social movements, Strikes, Social Change, Industrial Sociology, Research Methods I have recently published a book entitled, "Industrial Conflict and Sociopolitical Change in France since 1950," and I am presently working as the editor of a multi-authored volume entitled, "Postwar Trends in the Evolution of French and American Industrial Societies," (forthcoming 1998, International and Area Studies/University of California at Berkeley). K.L. Broad Assistant Professor Dept. of Sociology/ Center for Women's Studies and Gender Research University of Florida PO Box 117330
P: (352) 392-0251 ext. 257
Interests: Gender/ Sexuality Social Movements, Postmodern Politics, Collective Identity. Jeffrey Broadbent Associate Professor Dept. of Sociology, University of Minnesota Phone: 612-624-1828
Interests: environmental movements, Japan, East Asia, political opportunity structure, identity, framing. Carter Butts Graduate Student Carnegie Mellon University Department of Social and Decision Sciences
Phone: (412)268-3009
Interests: panics, fads, herd behavior, social networks, analytic and computational modeling Michael Cerneant Graduate Student CSU Fullerton E-Mail: MCerneant@hotmail.com Interests: social psychology, social theory, non-western theory, social movements, identity and self-concept, deviance, drug abuse, criminology Edward Cheung Curator Longwave and Social Cycles Resource Centre 368 Highfield Road
Phone: 416 406 2852
Interests: My interest is in the Kondratieff wave. This is an encompassing field which includes population dynamics, economics, social movements and popular culture. I have recently published a book entitled Baby Boomers, Generation X and Social Cycles relating the longwave with the areas of my interest. Lilijana Cickaric Research Fellow Institute of Social Sciences Centre for Sociological Research
Phone: 381-11-4893406
Interests: Collective action, social movements, social protests, political socialization, political participation, environmental movements, women movements, youth movements. Armando Cisneros Sosa Professor Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Azcapotzalco Nilo No. 65 Col. Clavera
Phone: 53-86-12-82
Interests: Social movements theory. John W. Cleveland Instructor University College of the Caribou Sociology Department
Phone: 604-736-1411
Interests: 60s movements, Quebec, contemporary left movements and debates within them. Dr. Daniele Conversi Senior Lecturer Department of Policy Studies
E-Mail: conversi@easynet.co.uk Interests: Violence, social movements, nationalism, social theory, historical sociology, comparing ethnic movements (violent and non-violent), European studies, political sociology Areas : Spain, Italy, Balkans (comparative northern mediterranean studies) New book [just published]: The Basques, the Catalans, and Spain: Alternative Routes to Nationalist Mobilization. London: Hurst, 1997 (American edition published by University of Nevada Press, Reno) Mary Anna C. Colwell Adjunct Faculty University of San Francisco 1628 Jaynes St.
Phone: 510-524-1628
Interests: Social movements, especially peace and environmental. Study of philanthropy and nonprofit organizations. Public policy as influenced by a)social movements and b)philanthropic foundations. Chair-elect of the Peace and War Section. Welcomes all members of CBSM concerned with national and international movements, conflicts, and institutions. Marty A. Cother-Hoag Change Management student University of Texas @ Dallas Fax: 214-758-1119
Interests: the management of individual and organizational change especially as it relates to the strategic use of both formal and informal communication, the importance and types of communication employed in social movements, social communication, communications of world activists Nelson Mandela, Bei Dao, Vaclav Havel, Riboberta Menchu, others. Working on an independent study on Communication Within Social Movements seeking sources for communication theory in social movements Leo d'Anjou Associate Professor of Sociology Erasmus University Rotterdam Fac. Sociale Wetenschappen, Kamer M5-10
Phone: 10-4082123
Interests: Social Movements, Cultural Change, Culture E. Pierre Deess Senior Researcher Vera Institute of Justice E-Mail: pdeess@vera.org Interests: Social movements and institutional change, deliberation, collective action, and social control. Regions: Europe and the United States. Christine DesRosiers Graduate student/Research Assistant University of Ottawa E-Mail: cdesrosiers@easyinternet.ca Interests: Theories of Social Movements, including collective action theories and Resource mobilization theories, Presently working on Alberto Melucci. Primary interest is the role of the subject (individuals) in identity and social movements. Communication available in French or English Mario Diani Professor of Sociology University of Strathclyde Department of Government
Phone: +44 141 5482733 (secretary)
[from 1st September 2001: Interests: Theories of collective action; social network analysis; environmental politics and policy; ethnonationalism; social capital. Peter Dreier E.P. Clapp Distinguished Professor Occidental College International Public Affairs Center
Phone: 213-259-2913
Interests: urban policy community organizing social protest movements in American history grassroots organizing housing and tenants rights movements Michael C. Dreiling Assistant Professor Department of Sociology 1291 University of Oregon
Phone: 541-346-5025
Interests: Areas: Labor and class formation, environmental sociology, collective action/social movements, social network analysis. Research Activities: Trade Politics and social movement change, corporate leadership and class formation. Kimberly B. Dugan Assistant Professor Department of Sociology and Applied Social Relations Eastern Connecticut State University Eastern Connecticut State University
Phone: 860-465-4629
Interests:
Opposing social movements, religious right, gay, lesbian, bisexual
movement, gender, race, political sociology, culture and movements.
Jennifer Earl Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology Department of Sociology
Phone: 520-621-3889
Interests: social movement outcomes, repression of social movements, and sociology of law. Bob Edwards Assistant Professor of Sociology East Carolina University Department of Sociology
Phone: 919/328-4863
Interests: Political sociology, participation, empowerment and social movements. Environmental sociology, movement, politics and policy. Social movement organizations, organizational dynamics of movements. Gilbert Elbaz Adjunct Assistant Professor CUNY 310 West 20th Street
Phone: 212-229-9859
Interests: AIDS Movement Raymond A. Eve Professor of Sociology Univ. of Texas at Arlington Department of Sociology and Anthro.
Phone: 817-272-3764
Interests: Creationism as a social movement (domestic and worldwide) Science, technology, and social movements Application of Chaos/Complexity models to CBSM Theory of Social Movements Jonathan Feldman Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Linkoping University, Sweden Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Phone: 46 13 28 5687
Interests: Social movements, especially the peace movement; demilitarization; defense to civilian conversion; alternative means of organizing power by movements. Colleen Fisher Doctoral Student Curtain University of Technology, Perth, Australia Address: 224 Wilding Street
Phone: 09 244 1817
Interests: Social Movements, in particular the women's refuge movement (battered women's movement) and the public construction of social problems. Adam Flint Doctoral Candidate Department of Sociology State University of New York at Binghamton Department of Sociology
Phone: 607-777-2349
Interests: Political Sociology, Social Movements, Development, Qualitative Methods, Comparative Historical Sociology, Immigration Latin America. Abigail A. Fuller Assistant Professor Manchester College Department of Sociology and Social Work
Phone: (219)982-5009
Interests: peace movements, use of violence and nonviolence by social movements, conducting sociological research for use by social movement organizations, democratic structure and process in social movement organizations. Robert Futrell Assistant Professor, Sociology University of Nevada at Las Vegas University of Nevada at Las Vegas 4505 Maryland Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-5033 Phone: (702)895-0270
Interests: environmental sociology, risk and technological controversies, social movements, and political sociology. Currently working on a series of articles examining the political and scientific controversy surrounding the U.S. Army's Chemical Stockpile (i.e., chemical weapons) Disposal Program. Christian Gagne Development agent and Teacher Social services and Ottawa University 242, Chemin Kerr
Phone: 1-819-455-9617
Interests: I'm working actualy on a large project of social mobilization in the fields of social services and health and recreational activities. My mandate is to develop new approaches to work directly in neightbourhoods, townships and villages with professionals and community workers. In the same way, I'm teaching criminology courses in the way of development of new approaches to treat socialy the criminal phenomenum. I would like to create a special international network in, eventualy, organize an international conference on social mobilization experiences and success. Just E-Mail me your interest and, maybe, we could do something in United States on in Canada. Some governmental helps could be available in Canada !!! Maurizio Goffredi via ceruti 31 mazzano (brescia) italy Phone: 030 2629711 Fax: E-Mail: maurizio.goffredi@numerica.it Jeff Goodwin Associate Professor, Sociology New York University New York University
P: 212-998-8378
Interests: social movement theory, revolutions, comparative-historical methods. Herbert H. Haines Professor S.U.N.Y.- Cortland Sociology/Anthropology Dept.
Phone: 607-753-2472
Interests: Constructionist theory, criminal justice-related social movements (e.g. anti-death penalty, victims' rights), inter- organizational processes in movement industries, radical flank effects. Recently published book: Against Capital Punishment: The Anti-Death Penalty Movement In America, 1972-1994 (Oxford University Press, 1996). Charles Halary Professor-Researcher University of Quebec in Montreal Departement de sociologie
Phone: 514 987 4378
Interests: International mobility of scientists, engineers and artists. Automation as social process in work and culture. Travel and the formation of the modern world society. Lynn Hempel Graduate Student Duke University Department of Sociology
Phone: 919 660 5614
Interests: social identities and collective action. My dissertation is on the determinants of ethnic identity salience in Mauritius. Pedro Hespanha Senior Researcher Centro de Estudos Sociais Centro de Estudos Sociais
Phone: 3513926459
Interests: Protest and discontent in rural areas
Doug R. Hess Graduate Student, Reseach Assistant Policy Studies, Johns Hopkins University 306 E. 32 St
Phone: 410-366-9679
Interests: Non-profit sector development
Dr. Thomas W. Hirons Director Human Resources Ashland University 1900 E. Dublin-Granville Rd.
Phone: 614-794-0803
Interests: Industrial sociology is my primary area of interest. Specifically this includes electronic management, human resources management, and organizational design. Eric L. Hirsch Associate Professor of Sociology Providence College Department of Sociology
Phone: 401-865-2510
Interests: Recruitment and commitment processes in social movements, community-based movements, and homelessness and the political mobilization of homeless persons. Thomas (Tom) C. Hood Professor, Sociology University of Tennessee Department of Sociology
Phone: 865-974-7023
Interests: collective violence; theories of collective behavior; environmental movements; anti-nuclear movement; social problems and collective behavior. Alexandra Hrycak Assistant Professor, Sociology Reed College Department of Sociology
Phone: 503-771-1112, x7483
Interests: I am interested in nationalism and women's movements in the former Soviet Union. My currecnt research project examines the role of transnational advocacy in creating a women's movement in post-Soviet Ukraine. Kitty Huffstutter Graduate Student Humboldt State University E-mail: kjh9@axe.humboldt.edu Interests: Reform vs. revolution, women's movements, agency and social movements, Marxist ideology and social movements, etc. Andrew Hund Graduate Student Humboldt State University E-Mail: ajh9@axe.humboldt.edu Interests: Include collective disturbances, disasters, riots, revolutions, panics, Smelser's value added scheme applied to Russian Soviet history, environmental group dynamics and redefining natural disasters to incorporate the overharvesting of natural resources--social disasters. Richard Hutchinson Assistant Professor of Sociology Louisiana Tech University Dept. of Social Sciences (318) 257-4143 E-Mail: richardh@latech.edu Gabe Ignatow Graduate Student, Dept. of Sociology Stanford University Department of Sociology, Bldg 120
Phone: (H) (650) 988-6543
Interests: social movements, comparative analysis, cultural analysis, language and cognition, emotions; environmental movement organizations, organized labor, health care Valerie Jenness Associate Professor and Chair University of California, Irvine Department of Criminology, Law and Society
P: (949) 824-1437
Interests: Her research focuses on the links between deviance and social control (especially law), gender, and social change (especially social movements). She is the author of three books--Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to Law Enforcement Practice (with Ryken Grattet, 2001), Hate Crimes: New Social Movements and the Politics of Violence (with Kendal Broad, 1997), and Making it Work: The Prostitutes' Rights Movement in Perspective (1993) as well as numerous articles on the politics of prostitution, AIDS and civil liberties, hate crimes and hate crime law, and the gay/lesbian movement and the women's movement in the U.S. Arthur Jipson Assistant Professor Miami University Department of Sociology, Gerontology, and Anthropology
Phone: 513-529-2637
Interests: Extremist social movements (unorganized militias, white supremacist), Labor reform movements, The Teamsters union, sociology of the Internet, and youth movements. Jennifer L. Johnson Doctoral Candidate, Sociology University of Chicago Department of Sociology
Ph/F: 773-434-6898
Interests: social movements and the state; democratization; transnationalism; agrarian movements in Latin America (especially Mexico). Taehyun Kim Graduate Student Ohio State University E-Mail: kim.399@osu.edu Interests: I am writing a Master's thesis on social movement orgranizations' use of the Internet. Looking for a good case study! James A. Kitts Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology University of Washington Department of Sociology
Office Phone: 206-543-6013
Interests: Formal models of collective action and informal social control.
Rebecca E. Klatch Professor, Dept. of Sociology Univ. of California at San Diego 9500 Gilman Drive
Fax: 858-534-4753
Rob Kleidman Associate Professor Cleveland State University Department of Sociology
Phone: 216-687-9203
Interests: Community organizing, collaborative work between academics and activists, peace movements, social movement organizations, political sociology. Aaron Kreider Graduate Student University of Notre Dame 7B O'Hara Grace
Phone: (219)634-4346
Interests: post 1960's activism and student movements Corwin R. Kruse Graduate Student University of Minnesota Dept. of Sociology
Phone: 612-624-2869
Interests: Movements of Conscience (esp. Animal Rights Movement), Social Psychology of Social Movements, Social Construction of Ethics, Mass Media and Communications Tim Kubal Assistant Professor California State University Fresno, CA 93740 tkubal @ csufresno.edu Interests: My main interests are in theory, culture, and collective memory. I have just completed a project with a grassroots environmental movement. Two articles (The Sociological Quarterly and Research in Social Movements Conflict and Change) discuss my (mostly theoretical) findings: movement scholars should attend more to the cultural environment. My dissertation addresses related theoretical issues by examining conflict surrounding national identity and American holidays. Sharon Kurtz Department of Sociology Suffolk University Department of Sociology
(617) 573-8488 (w)
E-mail: skurtz@gis.net Interests: collective identity; race, gender & work; labor; clerical and hospital workers; welfare; multicultural coalitions in social movements Charles Kurzman Assistant Professor, Sociology University of North Carolina Department of Sociology
Phone: 919-962-1241
Interests: Islamic movements, especially in Iran; democracy movements. Steph Lambert Graduate Student Cornell University E-Mail: sl104@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu Interests: transnational human rights movement movement outcomes and public policy Native American movements nonunionized labor and MNCs Eloise Linger Visiting Assistant Professor Dickinson College Department of Sociology
714-245-1083
E-mail: Linger@dickinson.edu Interests: Movement by women, labor, ethnic groups, cross-national or global SMOs, Cuban and other cases of imposed structural transitions, the Cuban revolution and the durability of the Cuban state, methods for studying social movement including revolution. Shoon Lio Graduate Student Associate Editor, Sociological Perspectives San Diego State University Department of Sociology
E-mail: lio@rohan.sdsu.edu Interests: I am interested in the sociology of citizenship, theory, education, and race and ethnic relations. I am currently working on my M.A. thesis on the culture wars and American citizenship. Chad E. Litton Assistant Professor Southeastern Oklahoma State University SOSU Box 4080
Phone: (405) 924-0121 x2789
Interests: Anthropology, religion, NRM's, Right Wing Political Movements, Culture of Deviance, Collective Memory, Religious Identity Construction, On-line Imagery and Capitalism Orly Lobel Law student Tel-Aviv University 31 Shderot Ben-Zion
Phone: 972-3-6299647
Interests: Communitarian theories, Marxist and Feminist Jurisprudence, theories of collective action, Realism and critical legal studies, ideology and education. John Lofland Professor & Prof. Emeritus Univ. of Calif., Davis 523 E Street
Phone: 916-758-5258
Interests: Social Movements, Research Methods, Social Theory Tony LookingElk Commissioner Minneapolis Civil Rights Commission 3236 4th Avenue South
Phone: (612) 870-0011
Interests: Civil rights, native american policy, race and poverty, community building Maria R. Lowe Associate Professor of Sociology Southwestern University Department of Sociology and Anthropology
phone: 512-863-1936
Interests: the involvement of university professors and administrators in the Southern civil rights movement, transformative and liberatory education, the role of universities as oppositional sites to hegemony, Gramscian and Cultural Studies analyses of resistance, the formation of collective identity in social movements, and the role of narratives in social movements. Howard Lune Graduate Student New York University, Dept. of Sociology NYU dept of sociology
Phone: (212)998-8340
Interests: Sociology of organizations, collective action, network theory, AIDS. My dissertation is a network study of community-based organizations engaged in AIDS work in New York City. I am constructing multiple, overlapping network mappings based on a variety of informal linkages to create a model of dynamic network processes within a bounded community. I am calling this model "community action networks." I am always looking to exchange ideas/information/references/sources/ etc. with anyone interested in related topics. Greg Maney Graduate Student University of Wisconsin- Madison 8128 Social Sciences Building
Phone: 608-262-1937
Luis Martos PhD Student in Sociology and Social Policy Harvard Univeresity 563 William
James Hall
Phone: 617-595-3663
Political culture, The Relationship between Neighborhood Boundaries and Stratification Ideology, Housing Mobility Rory McVeigh Assistant Professor Skidmore College Department of Sociology
Phone: 518-580-5421
Interests: Social movements, right wing extremism, and ethnic mobilization. Armando Mejia PhD. Student Dept. of Political Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison E-Mail: Mejia@polisci.wisc.edu Interests: My interests include social movements, particularly ethnic and immigrant movements' political sociology, American and comparative politics, poverty and social inequality, and the political economy of urbanization and development, both in the United States and in developing nations. I am currently investigating immigrant political mobilization in advanced industrial societies and would like to know of others who are working in this area. The American case is my first interest at this point. David S. Meyer Associate Professor University of California at Irvine Dept. of Sociology
P: (949) 824-1475
E-Mail: dmeyer@uci.edu Interests: social movements and public policy; effects of movements; institutional politics and protest; countermovements. Jack B. Monpas-Huber Ph.D. student University of Connecticut Phone: (253) 845-5604
Interests: Social movements, political sociology, religion. Current focus: mobilization of Religious Right. Martti Muukkonen Doctor of Theology, Master of social Sciences University of Joensuu, Finland Email: martti.muukkonen@joensuu.fi
Interests: sociology of religion, religious movements, collective behaviour, third sector, International NGOs, YMCA Dissertation: Ecumenism of the Laity: Continuity and Change in the Mission View of the World Alliance of YMCAs, 1855-1955. The work studies how changes in the context (economic, political, cultural and religious opportunity structures), in the shell (constituency, structure, leadership and social objects), and in the core (identity, mission and ideology) influence in to the mission view of an international NGO. Daniel J. Myers Assistant Professor University of Notre Dame 325 Shaughnessy Hall
phone: 219-631-3839
E-Mail: Myers.33@nd.edu Interests: Riots, Diffusion Models, Media Coverage of Protest, Game Theory David Myhre Executive Director, Program in Latin American Studies Princeton University 58 Prospect Avenue
Phone: (609)258-4177
E-Mail: David Myhre Interests: rural social movements, collective action around finance (e.g. debtors movements, credit cooperatives, anti-redlining efforts, etc.) Courtney M. Nero Master's Candidate American University 4832 N. Fairfax Drive
E-mail: cn1962a@american.edu Interests: Social movements in the post_Soviet era; the effect of the Soviet state system on post-Soviet social movement development. Serdedakis Nikos Phone: 83124429 E-Mail: nserd@fortezza.cc.ucr.gr Interests: Research in Social Movements with emphases in Collective Identities. Pamela E. Oliver Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin Department of Sociology
Phone: 608-262-6829
Interests: models of collective action, police and media records of protests and demonstrations, diffusion models of cycles of protest, theoretical comparisons of social movements and movement organizations. Other: past chair, past council and committee member of CBSM section. Michael Orsini Ph.D. Candidate Carleton University School of Public Adminstration
Interests: I am currently completing my dissertation, which uses social movement theory to explain the emergence of "blood activism" in Canada in the wake of our tainted-blood scandel. I am particularly interested in the impact of movements on policy change in industrialized countries. Eunyun Park Ph.D. student Cornell University Department of Sociology
607-272-5876
Interests: social movements, political sociology, social networks, network analysis, comparative economy and society of East Asia, gender and inequality. David Pavon Doctoral Candidate University of Santiago de Compostela Facultad de Psicologia
Explanada 315
E-mail:nabisito@hotmail.com Interests: social psychology of collective action, guerrilla and social movements in Mexico (EZLN, FZLN, CND, MLN, etc.), social movement theory. S. Mara Perez 415-461-7741
Interests: Transnational social movements, international migrant mobilization. Particular interest in the role of the nation-state in transnational contention. Tanya Pergola Doctoral Candidate University of Washington University of Washington
Phone: (206)543-5882
Interests: Economic and political sociology, sociology of the environment, Wise Use/Property Rights Movement, natural resource management, social un-change...why things stay the same. Jeff D. Peterson Assistant Professor, Sociology Linfield College Dept. of Sociology and Anthropology
Phone: (503)434-2437
Interests: Urban social movements in Mexico, including issues of urban services, citizenship and social policy. Also work on squatters' rights and homelessness issues in the United States. Along with another colleague, I teach a Down and Out in America course in Portland, Oregon. Students participated in an "urban plunge" living on the streets of Portland for two days. They then spend 3 week in Portland working on an ethnographic project focusing on homelessness. Antonio Augusto P. Prates Associate Professor Federal University of Minas Gerais - Brazil Rua Arthur itabirano 360/41
E-mail:pratesan@gold.com.br Interests: social networks, organizations, collective action, identity and interests, community power and social capital Nicole C. Raeburn Associate Professor and Chair University of San Francisco, Sociology Department of Sociology
P: (415) 422-5760
Interests: social movements, gender, sexuality, and organizational change (with regard to the latter, I synthesize social movement perspectives and new institutional approaches). Current work: the movement for lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights in the workplace, particularly the struggle for inclusive nondiscrimination policies, equitable benefits for domestic partners, and diversity training. Rebekah Ravenscroft-Scott Graduate Student New School for Social Research 60 Plaza St. E. #6H
Phone: 718-230-0313
Interests: I am interested in the intersection of the sociology of religion and social movement theory. I am currently researching a Protestant, evangelical movement called "Moral Rearmament" which was especially politically active from 1945-50. My interests include social theory, theories of secularization and an approach to the study of culture that includes the use of narratives and life stories. Pavel A. Richter Doctoral Candidate University of Bielefeld, Germany Detmolder Str. 117a
Interests: I am preparing a PhD-thesis on the protest movements
in Germany 1966-1968 (aka: Ausserparlamentarische Opposition). By
using the social movement approach I am focusing on the following
subjects: Ned Rinalducci Armstrong Atlantic State University Department of Criminal Justice, Social and Political Science 11935 Abercorn St. Savannah, GA 31419-1997 E-Mail: rinaldne@mail.armstrong.edu Interests: Social Movements: Ethnic Nationalist Movements, Religious Revivalist Movements (Islamist Movements), Ethnic and Religious Identity Deana A. Rohlinger, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Sociology Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306-2270 E-mail: drohling@mailer.fsu.edu Phone: (850) 644-3067 Fax: (850) 644-6208 Interests: how activists use mass media to affect political outcomes; movement-countermovement dynamics; competition among organizations in a social movement field; and framing processes. Ron Roizen 1818 Hearst Ave. Berkeley, CA 94703 Fax: 510-848-9210 E-Mail: rroizen@ix.netcom.com Interests: History and sociology of "the modern alcoholism movement," American society's shift from a "temperance" to an "alcoholism" popular paradigm. Other: Secretary-Treasurer of the Alcohol & Temperance History Group and U.S. citations/reviews editor for this group's journal, Social History of Alcohol Review. Susan H. Roschke Planning Director City of Norwood City Hall
Interests: environmental movements; environmental justice movements; neighborhood movements. Carlo Ruzza Associate Professor of Sociology Universita' di Trento Dipartimento di Sociologia
Interests: Environmental, Peace, Regionalist and Ethno-Territorial Movements in Europe; EU-level movements; Social Movements' Institutionalization and Professionalization Gregory Saxton Ph.D. Candidate Claremont Graduate University 1943 Barrington Ct.
909-623-1986
Interests: Ethnic and nationalist movements as seen through the lens of theories of social movements. Note: My web-site contains a collection of resources for the study of nationalism, especially Internet based forms of mobilization. Rik Scarce Assistant Professor Montana State University Department of Sociology
Phone: (406) 994-5251
Interests: Social movements, environmental sociology, science and technology, theory, political sociology Denise Scherer-Dodds Doctoral Student University of Massachusetts Phone: 617-534-2410
Interests: The role of community culture in the development of community coalitions. Public Health coalition especially related to drug prevention. Federico Luis Schuster Professor of Philosophy and Methods of Social Science Instituto G. Germani. Universidad de Buenos Aires J.E.Uriburu 950, 6 Piso
Phone: 54-11-48044964
Interests: Collective action, social protest, citizenship, political identities, subjectivity and politics. Kim Scipes Ph.D. Student University of Illinois, Chicago Dept. of Sociology
E-mail: sscipe1@icarus.cc.uic.edu Interests: Globalization, social movement unionism, social movements, labor (internationally and domestically), stratification, international political economy, Philippines and Asia. Jon Shefner Assistant Professor, Sociology University of Tennessee Dept. of Sociology
P: 865-974-7022
Interests: My work focuses on urban popular movements in Latin America, specifically Mexico. I am also interested in thinking how grievances impact social movement organizing beyond current discussions of framing. Ronit Shemtov Phone: (610)791-3961
Interests: frame theory, environmental movements, NIMBYs Kimberly C. Simmons Doctoral Student University of Minnesota 11 Parris Street
Phone: 207-871-9786
Interests: Gender, Race, Class, Coalitions, Social Movement Organizations, Sociology of Knowledge, Feminist Methods David Smilde Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Georgia Department of Sociology
P: 706/583-8071
Interests: culture and social change, culture and networks, protest and social movements in the developing world, Latin American religion, global religious movements. Suzanne Staggenborg Department of Sociology McGill University McGill University
Phone: 514-398-6854
Interests: I am currently doing work on movement- countermovement dynamics and the women's movement (looking at the development and mantenance of the Montreal women's movement from the 1960s to the present). I'm particularly interested in organizational dynamics of movements and mobilizing structures, including cultural and institutional aspects of movements Robert A. Stallings School of Policy, Planning, and Development and Department of Sociology University of Southern California University of Southern California
P: 213-740-6841
Interests: Theories of social movements, social construction of social problems, risk and hazards as social constructions. Chelsea Starr, Ph.D. Univ. of California, Irvine Phone: 949-824-1577
Interests: Grassroots feminism, queer theory, media and movements, radical movements, music movements, culture and movements. Dissertation: Because: Riot Grrrl, Social Movements, Art Worlds, and Style filed 10/01/99 Marc W. Steinberg Assistant Professor Smith College Department of Sociology
Phone: 413-585-3443
My research concerns the role of discourse and ideology in collective action. Its empirical focus is on the nineteenth-century English working class. I am generally interested in the cultural dynamics of collective action and social movements. I am also developing an interest in law and social movements. Gregory Sucharczuk, Ph.D. Self-employed 397 Bruce Road
Phone: (514)426-5578
Interests:
The problems of innovation within Social Movements. Typology of Social
Movements. Charismatic Leadership and the Theory of Social Movements. Eric Swank Assistant Professor Morehead State University Department of Sociology
Phone: 606-783-2190
Interests: I do research on anti-war activism in the 1990s. Some of this explores media-movement interactions while others address some aspects of the micro-mobilization process. Diana Tumminia California State University, Sacramento Department of Sociology
916-278-7576
Interests: Most of my published research is on Unarius Academy of Science, a millenarian flying-saucer group. I have also done research on Hare Krishna and American witches. I am now interested in the new labor movement, as they are calling themselves. Nella Van Dyke Assistant Professor Ohio State University Dept. of Sociology
Phone: 614-292-3847
Interests: Social movement theory, the role of opportunity and threat in mobilization, student protest, the gay/lesbian movement, right wing movements, hate crimes, the ecology of social movements. Wilhelm Vosse Assistant Professor of Political Science International Christian University International Christian University
Tel: +81-422-33-3124
Interests: Title of Ph.D. dissertation: The Domestic Environmental Movement in Contemporary Japan. Structure, Activities, Problems, and its Significance for the Broadening of Political Participation. My research and teaching interests are: social and political movements, political participation theory, democracy theory, Japanese politics, and comparative politics. Edward T. Walker Undergraduate Drexel University 418 N. Saunders Ave.
Phone: 215-386-7869
Interests: mobilization, collective action, grass-roots organizing, framing, esp. the use of heroes as framing devices, mass media and the motivation for involvement in smo's; any help or references would be appreciated Colin Wark Graduate Student Idaho State University Idaho State University Campus Box 8824
Phone: 208-236-4929
Interests: Social Movements, Functionalism, Deviance, Pornography. Simón Weffer-Elizondo Doctoral Student Stanford University E-Mail: weffer@stanford.edu Interests: Collective action/ social movements, urban underclass, race/ethnic identity, race/ ethnic relations. Dissertation examines how neighborhood poverty effects neighborhood collective action in Chicago from 1970-1990. Eberhard Wenzel Lecturer Griffith University Keppels Road
Phone: 61-7-3875 7103
Interests: Theory of social movements, radical sociology, radical psychology, public health David Westby Department of Sociology, retired Penn State University 510 West Fairmount Ave. State College PA 16801 Phone: (814) 238 0274 Fax: (814) 863 7216 Email: dlw8 @ psu.edu Main interests are political sociology, particularly social movements, and sociological theory. Currently working on framing theory and historic peace movements in Sweden. Nancy Whittier Associate Professor Smith College Department of Sociology
P: 413-585-3524
Interests: collective identity; political generations; gender and social movements; women's movements; social movements around child sexual abuse; intersections between cultural and identity change and the state. Rhys Williams University of Cincinnati Department of Sociology
P: 513-556-4717
Interests: religiously-based social movements; social movement rhetoric and culture; movements in U.S. history Vondora Wilson-Corzen Graduate Student SUNY Stony Brook E-mail: vwilsonc@40ic.sunysb.edu Pawel Wroblewski Doctoral Student University of Warsaw E-mail: saturnpl@supermedia.pl Interests: I am writing a dissertation which is titled: "The Role and Influence of Mass Media on New Social Movements." Case study: Radio Maryja. Guobin Yang, Ph.D Assistant Professor, Sociology University of Hawaii at Manoa Department of Sociology
P: (808)956-8090
Interests: identity and cultural issues in social movement; biographical consequences of movement participation; civil society, public sphere and popular protest in China; online activism. Fu Youzhi Assistant Professor Chinese Gongan University Section of Sociology
Phone: 861063404433-2477
Interests: Collective action including riots, disaster, revolution and deviant behaviors. Be a Part of the CBSM DirectoryContact Alan Schussman with updates or additions to this directory. Please include your name, position, institutional affiliation, address, phone and fax numbers, and a short summary of your interests. Also, please include the url's to any web pages you manage which are related to social movements or your research.
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