Curriculum Vitae
Paul Prew
Professor
Minnesota State University - Mankato

Education

2005 Ph. D. in Sociology, University of Oregon
    Dissertation: Position in the World-Economy and Environmental Impact: A Renewed Dedication to the Interplay of Theory and Method

1995 M.A. in Sociology, Minnesota State at Mankato
    Thesis: Class Categories and Class Consciousness: A Reevaluation and Empirical Investigation

1989 B.A. in Sociology, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse


Employment

2018-present. Professor. Minnesota State University – Mankato
2011-2018. Associate Professor. Minnesota State University – Mankato
2006-2011. Assistant Professor. Minnesota State University – Mankato
2005-2006. Assistant Professor. Department of Sociology. Worcester State University


Areas of Specialization

Environmental Sociology Globalization & International Studies
Sociological Theory Political Economy
Race, Class, & Gender
Public Sociology

Diversity Award


Advising Award


Awards

2020 College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Advisor Recognition Award
2017 Global Education, Global Citizen Award
2017 Kessel Peace Institute, Kessel Peacemaker Award
2015 Institutional Diversity, Diversity Champion Award
2012 Outstanding Recognized Student Organization Advisor Award






Courses Taught


Indigeneity and the Environment: Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Struggles (AIS 360)
2012, 2014 to 2019, 2021 to Present
Introduction to Sociology (SOC 101) 2005 to 2023
 Sociological Theory (SOC 458) 2005, 2008 to 2012, 2017 to 2023
Seminar in Sociological Theory (SOC 606) 2018 to 2022
Sociology of Globalization (SOC 430) 2011 to 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022
Social Change (SOC 482) 2015, 2017
Sociology of the Environment (SOC 460) 2007 to 2010, 2016
First Year Experience 2015
Independent Study: Historical Comparative Methods 2014
Introduction to Sociology - Honors 2012, 2020
Medical Sociology (SOC 402) 2005, 2007, 2010
Oil Exploration, Indigenous Resistance and Environmental Destruction 2007
Social Problems 2007
Amazon Expedition (Co-taught with Professor Carlos Fontes) 2006
Issues in US Society 2005, 2006
Political Sociology 2000, 2003, 2006
Sociology of Developing Areas 1999, 2000, 2004
Marxist Sociological Thought 2003
The Nature of Labor 2002



Scholarly Publications

Edited Books

Vidal, Matt. Tony Smith, Tomás Rotta, Paul Prew, eds. 2019. The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx . New York: Oxford University Press. *editors listed in reverse alphabetical order


Peer-reviewed Articles

Lopez, Jose Javier, Woo Jang, Paul A. Prew, Luis Lepe & Richard Mataitis. 2021. “The Geography of Hate: Spatial Patterns of Bias-Motivated Crimes in Minnesota, 2015–18.” American Journal of Criminal Justice. First Published October 9, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-021-09647-4

Sethuraju, Raj, Jason Sole, Brian E. Oliver, and Paul Prew. 2019. “ Perceptions of Police Misconduct Among University Students: Do Race and Academic Major MatterRace and Justice 9(2):99-122. First Published 1/25/2017 DOI: 10.1177/2153368716689709.

Lopez, Jose Javier, Rama Prasada Mohapatra, and Paul Prew. 2017. “ Regional Patterns of Giving in the United States during the Great RecessionInternational Journal of Culture and History. 3:19-226

Nadarajan (Raj) Sethuraju, Paul Prew, Abdihakin Abdi, and Martel Pipkins. 2013. “The Consequences of Teaching Critical Sociology on Course Evaluations. SAGE Open July-September:1-15

Kimberly M. Maas, Paul Prew, and Elizabeth Sandell. 2012. “Survival in Soviet Gulags: A Secondary Analysis.The Global Studies Journal. 5:111-120

Prew, Paul. 2010. World-Economy Centrality and Carbon Dioxide Emissions: A New Look at the Position in the Capitalist World-System and Environmental PollutionJournal of World-Systems Research. 16:162-191


Peer Review Book Chapters

Prew, Paul. 2019. “ Karl Marx’s Communism and Critique of Capital ” in Economic Theory and Globalization. Hoerber, Thomas and Alain Anquetil, eds. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Prew, Paul. 2019. “ Sociopoiesis: Understanding Crisis in the Capitalist World-System through Complexity Sciences ” in The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. Vidal, Matt. Tony Smith, Tomás Rotta, and Paul Prew, eds. New York: Oxford University Press.

Prew, Paul, Tomás Rotta, Tony Smith, and Matt Vidal. 2019. "The Enduring Relevance of Karl Marx." in The Oxford Handbook of Karl Marx. Vidal, Matt. Tony Smith, Tomás Rotta, and Paul Prew, eds. New York: Oxford University Press.

Prew, Paul. 2018. “ Karl Marx.” in Great Economic Thinkers: An Introduction – From Adam Smith to Amartya Sen. Jonathan Conlin ed. London: Reaktion.

Schlichtman, John Joe, and Paul Prew. 2017. “Urban and Environmental Sociology.” (Urban section by Schlichtman and Environmental section by Prew). In Introduction to Sociology: A Collaborative Approach. 5th edition (eBook). Boise: Ashbury Publishing.

Schlichtman, John Joe, and Paul Prew. 2014. “Urban and Environmental Sociology.” (Urban section by Schlichtman and Environmental section by Prew). Pp. 464-482 in Introduction to Sociology: A Collaborative Approach. 4th edition. Boise: Ashbury Publishing.

Prew, Paul. 2003. "The 21st Century World-Ecosystem: Dissipation, Chaos, or Transition?" in Emerging Issues in the 21st Century World-System: New Theoretical Directions for the 21st Century World-System, edited by Wilma A. Dunaway. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger.  This version is the last draft before final editing, containing an unedited version of the conclusion.


Customized Edited Books

Baylor, Tim, XueMei Hu, Tucker Brown, Sally A. Stablein, Kwaku Obosu-Mensah, Sergio Romero, Liza L. Kuecker, Josh Packard, Steven D. Williams, John Joe Schlichtman, Paul Prew, Brian G. Moss. 2015. Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing.

Prew, Paul (ed.). 2010. Introduction to Sociology: Compiled by Paul Prew. Custom Edition for Minnesota State University, Mankato. New York: Pearson Learning Solutions.

Prew, Paul (ed.). 2008. Sociology: Understanding Your Changing Global World. Custom Edition for Minnesota State University, Mankato. Boston: Pearson Custom Publishing.


Customized Edited Book Chapters

Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015.“Understanding Society: Sociology and the Sociological Imagination” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015.“A Closer Look: Ethnocentrism” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015 “A Closer Look: Genocide” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015 “A Closer Look: Media” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015 “A Closer Look: The Theory of Alienation” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015 “A Closer Look: Colonialism” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015.“A Closer Look: Racism Without Racists” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015.“A Closer Look: Global Inequality and Economic Crisis” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015.“A Closer Look: War in Iraq” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing
Book Chapter – Paul Prew. 2015. “The Environment” in Introduction to Sociology: A Paul Prew Collaborative Custom eBook. Boise: Ashbury Publishing


Other Scholarly Publications

Map - 2012. Data from my article “World-Economy Centrality and Carbon Dioxide Emissions” was used to construct a map in the textbook, Erin Fouberg, Alexander B. Murphy, and H. J. de Blij. 2012. Human Geography: People, Place, and Culture. 10th edition. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Book Review

Paul Prew. 2019. Karl Marx’s Ecosocialism: Capital, Nature, and the Unfinished Critique of Political Economy . by Kohei Saito, New York: Monthly Review Press, 2017. Contemporary Sociology 48(2):216-217

Paul Prew. 2010. The International Structure of Income: Its Implications for Economic Growth, by Savatore Babones, Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Muller, 2009. International Review of Modern Sociology 36:93-95


Paper Presentations at Professional Conferences

American Sociological Association, 2014, “Sociopoiesis: How Marx and Autopoiesis May Help Understand Our Relationship with Nature” August 16, 2014

American Sociological Association, 2014, Paul Prew, Nadarajan (Raj) Sethuraju, and Martel Pipkins “Don’t Accuse White Males As Being The Evil: Academic Repression of Critical Faculty” August 18, 2014

American Sociological Association, 2013, “Critical Sociology: Great for General Education Goals, But Not Great for Your Evaluations” August 11, 2013

American Sociological Association, 2013, Paul Prew, Nadarajan (Raj) Sethuraju, and Martel Pipkins “Tools or Toys: The Ongoing Antagonism of Sociology to the Sociological Imagination” August 10, 2013

Midwest Sociological Society, 2013, Paul Prew, Nadarajan (Raj) Sethuraju, and Martel Pipkins. “Tools or Toys: Looking for the Sociological Imagination in Sociology Journal Articles” March 29, 2013

Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology, 2012, “Don’t Promote Communism, Don’t be so Biased, Stop Playing Out America as the Bad Guys, Don’t Accuse White Males as Being Evil in this World: The Consequences of Teaching Critical Sociology on Course Evaluations,” October 5, 2012

The Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2011, “Incorporation of the Sarayaku: Ecological and Social Challenges,” August 20, 2011

Pacific Sociological Association, 2010, “How Marx and Autopoiesis May Help Understand Our Relationship with Nature,” April 9, 2010

Midwest Sociological Society, 2010, “Teaching Critical Sociology: The Consequences of Pursuing a Critical Pedagogy,” April 1, 2010

Pacific Sociological Association 2009, "World-System Position & the Environment: A Comparison of Various Indicators of Position in the Capitalist World-System"

Midwest Sociological Association, 2009, "Disaggregating the Ecological Footprint: The Effects of Intensive and Extensive Processes in the Capitalist World-System"

American Sociological Association, 2008, Presider for Section on Environment and Technology Refereed Roundtable Session: "Responses from Environmental Justice and Civic Organizations"

Eastern Sociological Society, 2006, "World-System Position and Environmental Impact"

Eastern Sociological Society, 2006, "Sociopoiesis: How People’s Relations with Nature under Capitalism Lead to Environmental Degradation"

Pacific Sociological Association, 2002, "Failing to Organize or Organizing for Failure"

Midwest Radical Scholars Conference, 1994, "The Interaction of Elite Circles Internationally"


Workshop Presentations at Professional Conferences

Prew, Paul. April 7, 2017. “Inequity, Discrimination, and Retaliation in Academia: Discrimination in Hiring and Retaliation for Bystander Intervention: Two Edges of Institutional Inequity Perpetuating Racism in Academia.” Pacific Sociological Association.

Prew, Paul
. March 29, 2013. “Role Taking: Getting Students to Experience the Feeling of Inequality to Help Promote Understanding of Racial Segregation.” Midwest Sociological Society.

Prew, Paul
. March 13, 2011. “Ideas for Teaching Environmental Sociology.” Pacific Sociological Association.

Prew, Paul
. 2003. “The New Proletariat: Academic Unionization.” Midwest Sociological Association.

Prew, Paul
. March 24, 2001. Workshop on Contract Bargaining. Association of Graduate Employee Locals Conference. Penn State University.

Prew, Paul
. May 5, 2001. “Uncharted Waters: Higher Education Unions Take on Workplace Mobbing.” Working Out West Conference. Portland State University.


Scholarly Work - Public Sociology

Invited Speaker

October 11, 2018. “Connected by Coffee: Fair Trade and You.” Global Conference. South Central College.

March 24, 2017. “How does coffee shape the development of countries around the world?” Topic: No Topic, Episode #4 with George Usmanov & Eyan Bantebya. Minnesota State University – Mankato. https://soundcloud.com/user-611290981.

February 22, 2017. “Cookies and Conversations: Ghosts in the Sun.” Exploring Personal Leadership through Social Change in Honors 401. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

February 22, 2017. What’s on Wednesday: ReMacCycle. McElroy Dorm Event. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

October 4, 2016. “Informed Activism: How ALL Can Engage in Social Justice Activism.” Courageous Conversations Series. Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University.

March 30, 2016. Give Back the Night, Lincoln Lounge, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

March 29, 2016. “Disaster Capitalism: What It Means for You.” Kessel Peace Institute Lecture. Centennial Student Union, 201, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

October 18, 2015. “Using the Ecological Footprint to Understand Your Leadership Role in a Global Context.” U-Lead Conference. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

October 8, 2015. “A Brief Sketch of US History.” Guadalupe Quintero’s Education/Culture in US course. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

April 9, 2015. “Micro-aggressions in a Liberal Context: The Intractability of Confronting Racism Perpetrated by Liberals.” Ethnic Studies Conference. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

October 9, 2014. “Mankato Area Fair Trade Town Initiative.” Global Connections Conference. South Central College.

September 21, 2014. “Contemplating our Game Bag: The Rights of Peoples to Self-Determination and Peace in Their Own Territory.” International Day of Peace. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Mankato.

April 2, 2014. “Hostile Environment, Microaggressions, and Dog Whistles.” Midwest Ethnic Studies Conference. Hosanna Highland Campus and Community Church, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

February 25, 2014. “Dating, Relationships and Intimacy.” ED Talks. All Greek Meeting. Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

April 24, 2013. Take Back the Night. CSU Flexible Programming Space, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

April 17, 2012. Economic Crisis Teach-In. CSU Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

February 18, 2009. Teach-In on Global Peace and Justice. “Indigenous Rights in Ecuador.” Lecture and presentation of my film footage from Ecuador. CSU Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

November 10, 2007. “A Brief History of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund: The Goals and Effects of the Contemporary World-Economy.” 8th Annual Our Story Conference. Gustavus Adophus College.

Invited Panelist

September 22, 2016. Diversity in the Classroom. CSU 238, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

February 5, 2015. Dear White People: A Conversation about Micro-aggressions. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

February 3, 2014. All of Us, Panel Discussion of AIDS among Africa-American Women. CSU Ballroom South, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

November, 2012. The Unforgiving Minute – Common Read Faculty Panel. CSU 253, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

November 30, 2011. Death Penalty Debate. CSU Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

October 4, 2011. The Economics of Happiness. Panel discussion following the film. CSU Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

April 12, 2011. Anarchism. CSU Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

April 24, 2010. Virgin Territory. Talkback session following the play. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

February 23, 2009. The 11th Hour. Panel discussion following the film. CSU Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

December 5, 2005. World AIDS Recognition Day Panel Discussion Event. Worcester State College.

Invited Facilitator

April 19, 2017. B.I.G. Police Interaction Event. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

November 30, 2016. Conversation about Religious Inclusiveness. Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

November 7, 2016. The Mask You Live In, Table-Top Discussion. CSU 254 and 255, Minnesota State University – Mankato.

April 14, 2016. B.I.G. Police Interaction Event. Minnesota State University – Mankato.

January 21, 2014. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration, Roundtable Discussion. CSU Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato.


Student Development

Chair, Master’s Thesis

    Elaina Junes. 2023. Celebrity, Music, and Public Persona: A Case Study of Taylor Swift

    Carla Woodson. 2023. Philanthropic Processes of Private and Publicly Traded Companies in Minnesota

    Bryanna A Edwards. 2023. Marginalized Perspective on Graduate Education

    Sarah Benson. 2022. Important Aspects to Women’s Re-Integration: Positive Influences on Women’s Reentry Experience After Being Released from Prison

    Colin Larter. 2021. A Dozen To One: An Examination of Workers’ Satisfaction in Menial Labor

    Zorian Sasyk. 2017. Measures of Alienation from Work Process in Academic Libraries in the Information Age.

    Shoko Nakamura. 2017. The Influence of Historical Processes of Haiti and Japan on the Effects of the Earthquakes.

    Richard Gehrke. 2016. Get Tough on Juvenile Criminals: An Assessment of Punitiveness and Punitive Attitudes.

    Gary Egger. 2013. The Empire Writes Back: Indigenous Projects and Environmental Racism.

    Caimon Kollie. 2013. Child Soldiers in Rural Sierra Leone: A Rural Dilemma?

    Jesse DeDeyne. 2011. Apathy and Powerlessness: Effects on Voting.

    DaShanne Stokes. 2008. The Peace Corps and the American Empire: A Content Analysis of American Cultural Imperialism.

Chair, Master’s Alternate Plan Paper

    Sara Emich. 2021. Relationship Between Socioeconomic Status and Mental Illness

    Lydia Fall. 2013. Immigration and the Family.

Committee Member, Master’s Thesis

    Shayla Schumacher. 2023. Graduate Student Awareness of Student Services.

    Lejla Alvarez. 2021. A Socio-Historical Analysis of the Dynamics of Genocide in Bosnia 1992-1995: Forces Contributing to the Continuation of Genocide

    Jason Mack. 2015. Bdote and Fort Snelling: A Place Where Rivers and Meanings Converge.

    Heather Bradford. 2014. Abortion is Communism: A Genealogy of “Abortion Culture.”

    Kimberly Maas. 2013. Making Sense of Motorcycle Brotherhood: Women, Branding, And Construction of Self.

    Clifford Anderson. 2013. Opening the Door to Sociology in Minnesota DOC: Applying Erving Goffman’s Dramaturgy Theory into Formal Training Applications.

    Martel A. Pipkins. 2011. Capturing the Unseen Experience of Asian International Students in The United States.

Committee Member, Master’s Alternate Plan Paper

    Jacob Miller. 2016. Humor, Power, Futility, and Discourse: A Fractured but Whole Analysis.

    Benjamin Krohling. 2014. Consequences of Capitalism’s Evolution and the Potential of New Social Movements.

External Member, Master’s Thesis

    Manami Matsuoka. 2021. Unveiling Race and Japanese Identity Through Kokusai Kekkon

    Joshua Maudrie. 2014. Defining Traditional American Indian Identity through Anishinaabe Cultural Perspective.

    Charles Duda. 2014.  Placebo Nocebo: Serigraph with Stencil and Chine Colle.

    Jeremiah Jackson. 2013. Parenting, Peregrination, and Politics: A Study of Family Policy and Immigration in West European Welfare States.

    Jessica Seide. 2012. Perceptions of Risk Associated with Unintended Pregnancy and Sexually Transmitted Infections among University Women attending Minnesota State.

    Barbara Doust. 2011. Unreported Sexual Assaults Due to Alcohol Intoxication.

    Justine Johnson. 2011. Hegans: An Examination of the Emerging Male Vegan.

Mentored Student Presenter

    Abdi, Abdihakin. April 6, 2010. “Teaching Critical Sociology: The Consequences of Pursuing a Critical Pedagogy.” Undergraduate Research Conference.


Advisor for Recognized Student Organizations

2010 to present. Women’s LaCrosse.
2007 to 2016, 2019 to 2023. Sociology Club.
2018 to 2022. Sacred Sounds Meditation Club.
2017 to 2020. Environmental Sustainability Organization.
2017 to 2018. National Society for Leadership and Success.
2013 to 2018. Mankato Cricket Club.
2014 to 2017. Mavericks for Fair Trade.
2007 to 2013. Veguacation Society (Animal Rights Concern).
2007-2008, 2010 to 2013. Students for Sustainability.
2011 to 2013. Youth for Socialist Action (Mankato Area Students for Socialism).
2010 to 2011. Epoché: Intellectual Discussion.


Community Service – Academic Expertise

Articles

Prew Paul. 2017. "What Is the Relation between Theory and Practice, and Did Marx Discuss Engineering Society? ” Section of Marxist Sociology,  American Sociological Association Website.

Prew Paul. 2017. "Is Marx's Method Historically Contingent, and Is It Still Scientific? ” Section of Marxist Sociology, American Sociological Association Website.

Prew Paul. 2012. “Indigeneity and the Environment in Ecuador- A Past Participant Shares His Story.” Reality Tours Blog. Global Exchange

Prew Paul. 2001. “Profile: Sarah Hardgrave, U Oregon: University of Oregon's Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation ,” Workplace 4.1: a journal for academic labor, June 2001

Michelle Graas and Paul Prew. 2001. “Profile: John Fiskio-Lasseter U Oregon: Living the Organizing Model ,” Workplace 4.1: a journal for academic labor, June 2001


Interviews


Interviewed, Robert D. King. 2015. "Sociopoiesis and the Dangers of A-historicizing Society in Systems Research | Interview with Paul Prew by Robert D. King." Heathwood Press

Interviewed, Chelsea Miller. “Professor Eases Higher Education Worries with Wisdom,” Minnesota State University, Mankato Reporter, Minnesota State University – Mankato, January 31, 2012

Interviewed, Juan Ayala. “From an Anarchist’s Point of View,” Minnesota State University, Mankato Reporter, Minnesota State University – Mankato, April 14, 2011

Interviewed, Nicole Smith. “Wired: Taking a Closer Look at the Millennial Generation,” Minnesota State University, Mankato Reporter, Minnesota State University – Mankato, December 3, 2009

Interviewed, Rachel Heiderscheidt. “The World on Film: Study Abroad Photo Contest Winners Announced; Record Number of Applicants Submit Photos,” Minnesota State University, Mankato Reporter, Minnesota State University – Mankato, February 21, 2008

Interviewed, Michelle May. “Iraq Film Shows Corruption of Private Companies,” Minnesota State University, Mankato Reporter, Minnesota State University – Mankato, October 12, 2006


Community Service

Treasurer, Mankato Area Fair Trade Town Initiative, 2014 to present

Active Member, Mankato Area Fair Trade Town Initiative, 2010 to present

Founding Board Member. Living Earth Center, 2017 to 2018

Board Member, Center for Earth Spirituality and Rural Ministry's Advisory Committee, 2010 to 2017

Board Member, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation Health and Welfare Trust, University of Oregon, 1997 to 2004

Conducted Workshop on Contract Bargaining, Association of Graduate Employee Locals Conference, Penn State University, March 24, 2001

President, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, University of Oregon, 1999 to 2000 [other offices 1997-1999]


Service to the Discipline

Treasurer (elected position). Section of Marxist Sociology, American Sociological Association. (2017 to 2020 term).
   
American Sociological Association, 2014 to 2017, Marxist Section: Council Member

American Sociological Association, 2008, Presider for Section on Environment and Technology Refereed Roundtable Session: “Responses from Environmental Justice and Civic Organizations”

Political Economy of the World-System Conference, 2001, Assistant Conference Organizer & Session Convener for “Survival and Resistance by Indigenous Peoples,” Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University


University Service – Committees

Environmental Committee, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2014 to present

Chair, Environmental Committee, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2016 to 2022       

President’s Commission on Diversity, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2016 to 2018

Unit Representative to the Executive Committee, Minnesota State University – Mankato, Fall 2016      

Pan African Conference Program Review Committee, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2015
   
CETL The Pedagogy of Social Justice/Civil Engagement Seminar Series Planning Committee – 2014

Kessel Peace Institute, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2010 to present

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Teaching and Learning Committee, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2009 to 2013

College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Curriculum Committee, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2008 - 2009

University of Oregon Student Health Advisory Committee, 2000 to 2005

Oregon University Task Force on Insurance, 2000 to 2002


University Service – Other

Actor - Murder Mystery sponsored by Nontraditional Student Center, CSU Ballroom, February 1, 2013

Actor - Murder Mystery sponsored by Nontraditional Student Center, CSU Ballroom, April 3, 2012


University Service and Activities – Special University Lectures

Co-Organizer, Maverick Sustainability: Where do we go from here? Ostrander Auditorium, March 20, 2018.

Co-Organizer, Celebrating the 5th Anniversary of Mankato-Fair Trade Town: “Fair Trade for a Sustainable Future,” CSU 245, 253, 254, and 255, October 27, 2016

Co-Organizer, Social Justice Lecture Series, How Fair is Fair: Social Justice and the Fair Trade Movement, Mark Hudson and Mara Fridell, March 17, 2015

Hosted, in my class, the Truman Wood Memorial Alumni Lecture, The Importance of Understanding American Indians: Past and Present, presented by Roger White Owl, March 31, 2010

Hosted, in my class, the film, Processed People, in conjunction with the Animal Rights Concern April 7, 2010

Helped sponsor the film, Food Inc. presented by the Animal Rights Concern, September 23-26, 2009

Organized Music Performance by Amazonas, Teach-In on Global Peace and Justice, CSU Ostrander Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato, February 18, 2009

Organized Film Showing and Lecture by Tab Benoit, Hurricane on the Bayou, Wiecking Center Auditorium, Minnesota State University – Mankato, April 3 2008

Organizing Committee Member, Global Symposium on Reparations: Whose Debt? Whose Responsibility? Worcester State College, December 10, 2005

Board Member, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation Health and Welfare Trust, University of Oregon, 1997 to 2004

Conducted Workshop on Contract Bargaining, Association of Graduate Employee Locals Conference, Penn State University, March 24, 2001

President, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, University of Oregon, 1999 to 2000 [other offices 1997-1999]


Departmental Service

Search Committee for Sociology and Corrections Department, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2012 to 2013

Curriculum Committee for Sociology and Corrections Department, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2010 to 2012

Aesthetics Committee for Sociology and Corrections Department, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2009 to present (selected artwork for display in Sociology and Corrections Department)

Library Liaison for Sociology and Corrections Department, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2007 to 2011

Search Committee for Sociology and Corrections Department, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2008 to 2009

Curriculum Committee for Sociology and Corrections Department, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2007 to 2009

Search Committee for Sociology and Corrections Department, Minnesota State University – Mankato, 2007 to 2008

Library Liaison for Sociology Department, Worcester State University, 2005 to 2006

Information Technology Liaison for Sociology Department, Worcester State University, 2005 to 2006

Graduate Student Representative to Sociology Qualifying Exam Committee, 1998 to 2000


Exploratory Research and Study Abroad Tours

2008 Study Abroad Tour - Amazon Expedition: Oil, Media And Indigenous Survival

2007 Exploratory Research and Filming - Ecuador

2007 Selected Topics and Study Abroad Tour - Oil Exploration, Indigenous Resistance and Environmental Destruction

2006 Study Abroad Tour - Amazon Expedition: Oil, Media And Indigenous Survival


Continuing Preparation and Study

Teaching Large Classes Certificate Program, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), 2016

Team Based Learning Certificate Program, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), 2016

Move Beyond Civility: How to Facilitate Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom, September 27, 2016

Sociology Symposium: The Evolution of Education, McGraw-Hill Education Symposium, January 29-31, 2015

The Pedagogy of Social Justice/Civil Engagement Seminar Series, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), 2014

2014 ADP/TDC Civic Summit– Realizing the Civic Mission of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, September 28 and 29, 2014 http://www.aascu.org/meetings/adptdcregional14/

Assessment of Student Learning Certificate, Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), 2013

Students Consulting on Teaching, , Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), 2010-2011

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning - Community of Practice, 2008-2009

"The Learning Educator: Fostering Our Own Development for Better Practice and Results," February 13-14 2009

"Culture Matters: Designing Learning Environments to Foster Cultural Awareness and Intercultural Competence," November 21-22, 2008

Faculty Teaching Certificate Program I, , Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), 2006-2007

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