Charles Scott Koeber, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology
Wichita State University
Department of Sociology
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas 67260
Phone: (316) 978-7142 FAX: (316) 978-3234
e-mail: chuck.koeber@wichita.edu
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EDUCATION
Ph. D. Sociology, Binghamton University, 1999. Dissertation: “Becoming Displaced by Structural Change: The Process, Meaning and Relations of Worker Displacement.” Interviews with workers displaced from two large, high tech firms. Dissertation Committee: Philip Kraft (Co-chair), Martin Murray (Co-chair), James Geschwender, James Petras. Comprehensive examinations: labor process theory; labor market theories.
M.A. Sociology, University of Wyoming, 1993. Thesis: "Campaign ‘92: The Election Pregame Show." Content analysis of television news coverage of 1992 Presidential election campaign. Thesis Advisor: David Ashley.
B.A. Journalism (sociology minor), University of Wyoming, 1991.
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS
2014-2018 Senior Associate Dean, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wichita State University (An academic unit comprised of 18 departments and schools with an annual budget of approximately $24 million).
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2007-2014 Associate Dean, Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wichita State University
Primary responsibilities include budget, course
schedules, travel, and curriculum.
Budget Officer (2007-2018)
1) Oversee state budgets and assist Dean with budget decisions regarding capital equipment, graduate teaching assistants, summer school, temporary instruction, and other operating expenditures.
2) Consult with the dean on budgetary issues related to college personnel.
3) Coordinate payment of external grant cost share and start-up funds with the Office of Research Administration.
Personnel (2007-2018)
1) Chair, Recruitment Committee for LAS Accounting Specialists (2008 &2009.)
2) Supervisor of LAS Dean’s Office Accounting Specialist
3) Consult with academic Department Chairs, Directors, and the LAS Dean and staff about various personnel issues relating to classified staff, unclassified staff, and faculty.
Course Scheduling (2007-2018)
1) Coordinate course scheduling between the college departments and outreach programs including the West and South Campuses.
2) Manage enrollments to determine need for addition and cancellation of sections.
3) Oversee facult teaching loads.
Faculty Travel (2007-2015)
1) Consult with Dean to determine requirements and budgetary allocations for LAS faculty travel.
2) Collect and evaluate all requests for faculty travel.
3) Work with LAS Accounting Specialist to track and reimburse LAS departments for faculty travel expenses.
Curriculum (2007-2018)
1) Oversee collection and screening of curriculum change requests from departments and work with Chair of College Curriculum Committee to address questions and organize meetings.
2) Evaluate/approve LAS curriculum changes by College Curriculum Committee.
3) Work with LAS Assistant Dean and other WSU units to publish curriculum changes in course catalogs.
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Assessment (2014-2018)
1) Assist with, collect, and review academic department program review self-studies.
2) Member, WSU Assessment Committee: assist WSU Office of Assessment with review and implementation of appropriate assessment and accreditation initiatives.
3) Serve as a liaison to the WSU College of Education on behalf of all Liberal Arts and Sciences departments that participate in teacher education degree programs.
Strategic Planning (2014- 2018)
1) Member of Fairmount College and WSU strategic planning committees
2) Participate in creations, revision, implementation and assessment of Fairmount College Strategic plan.
3) Participate in WSU-wide strategic planning activities on behalf of Fairmount College
2006-2007 Director of Center for Teaching and Research Excellence, Wichita State University
Primary Responsibilities included directing all administrative, budget, and faculty development activities of the Center for Teaching and Research Excellence.
1) Organized and hosted series of faculty development events, including informational brownbag lunches for new Wichita State University faculty as well as panel presentations, online seminars, and workshops available to all teaching faculty and personnel.
2) Supervisor of Administrative Assistant of CTRE
3) Administrative oversight of Academy for Effective Teaching Steering Committee. Facilitated selection process of 2007 Academy for Effective Teaching Award. Facilitated process to create formal guidelines and procedures for Academy for Effective Teaching Award.
4) Assisted Division of Academic Affairs to prepare for NCA/Higher
Learning Commission re-accreditation process in areas of faculty development and distance learning.
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FACULTY APPOINTMENTS
2005-Present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Wichita State University. Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology, Work in Modern Society, Advanced Research Methods (graduate level), Sociology of Globalization, Social Inequality, Sociology of Consumer Life, Theory (undergraduate and graduate level) graduate seminar on Sociology of Consumers and Consumption.
1999-2005 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Wichita State University. Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology, Work in Modern Society, Advanced Research Methods (graduate level), Sociology of Globalization, Social Inequality, Graduate Seminars on Sociology of Work and Sociology of Globalization.
OTHER TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
1998-1999 Visiting Lecturer, School of Education and Human Development, Division of Human Development, Binghamton University. Courses taught: Social Problems and Research Methods (undergraduate and graduate level).
1994-1998 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Binghamton University and School of Education and Human Development, Division of Human Development, Binghamton University . Courses taught: Work and Occupations, Social Problems in the United States, Deviant Behavior.
1995-1997 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Binghamton University. Courses taught: Sociology of Work and Occupations, Social Problems. Discussion Section Leader for course of Sociology of Deviance.
1994-1997 Adjunct Lecturer, School of Education and Human Development, Division of Human Development, Binghamton University. Courses taught: Sociology of Work and Occupations, Social Problems.
1993 Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Wyoming. Course taught: Social Problems.
1991-1993 Graduate Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Wyoming.
Discussion Section Leader for courses of Introductory Sociology. Reader and
Research Assistant for course of Sociology of Deviance. Reader for courses of
Aging and Human Development and Sociology of the Family.
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COURSES TAUGHT CURRENTLY (two course per year)
· Sociology 111: Introductory Sociology
· Sociology 346: Sociology of Globalization
· Sociology 845: Advanced Sociological Theory
RESEARCH INTERESTS
· “Consumptive labor” (quasi-employment of consumers in self-service, employee supervision, and marketing and advertising)
· Environmental sustainability (e.g., Greensburg, KS; wind farms)
· Job loss
· Inequality at work
· Contemporary workplace change
· Sociology of teaching and learning with new technologies
PUBLICATIONS: PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES
2012 Koeber, Charles, Wright, David W. and Elizabeth Armour. 2011. “Self-Service: Control and Consent in the Performance of ‘Consumptive Labor.’” Humanity and Society 36: 1-24.
2011 “Consumptive Labor: The Increasing Importance of Consumers in the Labor Process.” Humanity and Society 35: 205-232.
2008 Koeber, Charles and David W. Wright. "On the Outside Teaching In: Using Internet Videoconferencing to Instruct an Introductory Sociology Course from a Remote Location." Teaching Sociology 36: 331-344.
2006 Koeber, Charles and David W. Wright. "Gender Differences in the Reemployment Status of Displaced Workers: Human Capital as Signals that Mitigate Effects of Bias." Journal of Socio-Economics. 35: 780-796.
2005 "Introducing Multimedia Presentations and a Course Website to an Introductory Sociology Course: How Technology Affects Student Perceptions of Teaching Effectiveness.” Teaching Sociology. 33: 285-300.
2003 Koeber, Charles and David W. Wright. "Losing a
Job and Gaining Half of Another: The Full-Time to Part-Time Employment Mobility
of Displaced Workers." Humanity and Society. 26: 312-335.
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2002 “Corporate Restructuring, Downsizing, and the Middle Class: The Process and Meaning of Worker Displacement in the 'New Economy’.” Qualitative Sociology. 25: 217-246.
How Industrial Structure Shapes the Job Loss and Earnings Decline of Older American Workers.” Journal of Socio-Economics. 30: 343-352.
PUBLICATIONS: REVIEWED BOOKS AND MONOGRAPHS
2001 Equal authorship with Baldoz, Rick and Philip Kraft (eds.). The Critical Study of Work: Labor, Technology, and Global Production. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. (Peer-reviewed.)
2002 I've Been Laid Off--What Should I Do? A Manual for Displaced Workers of South Central Kansas. Wichita, KS: Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas. (Reviewed by representatives of the Workforce Alliance and community service providing agencies.)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
2017 Association for Humanist Sociology Presidential Address. Humanity and Society. Thousand Oaks, CA Sage.
2016 Elevating Humanity: Pathways to Progressivism: The Humanist Sociologist. Summer. Association for Humanist Sociology.
2010 Reprint of Rejoinder to Judkins, Bennett M. "Workplace Democracy and Occupational Health." Humanity and Society, 27: 461-463. In Dolgon, Corey and Chayko, Mary (eds.). (2010). Pioneers of Public Sociology. Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY: Sloan Publishing
2007 "Corporate Restructuring, Downsizing, and the Middle Class: The Process and Meaning of Worker Displacement in the 'New' Economy." Qualitative Sociology. 25: 217-246. Excerpt reprinted in Matson, Ronald. The Spirit of Sociology: A Reader (2nd ed.). Boston: Allyn Bacon-Longman
2005 "Corporate Restructuring, Downsizing, and the Middle Class: The Process and Meaning of Worker Displacement in the 'New' Economy." Qualitative Sociology. 25: 217-246. Excerpt reprinted in Matson, Ronald. The Spirit of Sociology: A Reader. Boston: Allyn Bacon-Longman.
2004 Review of Baumol, William J. et al. (2003). Downsizing in America: Reality, Causes and Consequences. Social Forces: 83: 878-879.
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2004 Rejoinder to Judkins, Bennett M. "Workplace Democracy and Occupational Health." Humanity and Society, 27: 461-463.
2004 Review of Bills, David. (ed.). (2003). Research in the Sociology of Work: Vol 12: The Sociology of Job Training Contemporary Sociology, 33: 672-674.
2003 Review of Dollars and Sense Collective. (2002). Real World Globalization; Real World Macro; Real World Micro. Humanity and Society. 27: 206-208.
2003 I've Been Laid Off--What Should I Do? A Manual for Displaced Workers of South Central Kansas. Wichita, KS: Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas. Reprinted in daily metropolitan newspaper, The Wichita Eagle (circulation, 100,000).
2003 Review of Clark, Terry Nichols and Seymour Martin Lipset. (2001). The Breakdown of Class Politics: A Debate on Post-Industrial Stratification. Contemporary Sociology. 32: 353-354.
2001 Review of Applebaum, Eileen, Thomas Bailey and Peter Berg. (2000).
Manufacturing Advantage: Why High-Performance Systems Pay Off.
Contemporary Sociology. 30: 250-251.
2001 Review of Perrucci, Robert and Earl Wysong. (1999). The New Class Society.
Society for the Study of Social Problems Critical Commentary on Social Research. 32: 23-25.
2001 Equal authorship with Baldoz, Rick and Philip Kraft. "Making Sense of Work in the 21st Century." In Baldoz, Rick, Koeber, Charles, and Kraft, Philip (eds.). (2001). The Critical Study of Work: Labor, Technology, and Global Production. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
1999 Equal authorship with Rick Baldoz. Co-editor of special issue of journal Critical Sociology on the labor process and co-author of “Editors’ Introduction: A Critical Study of Work, Past to Present.” 24: 187-192.
1999 Equal authorship with Rick Baldoz. “Work, Difference and Social Change Conference” (conference review essay). Journal of International Labor and Working Class History. 55: 135-138.
1998 “Downsizing and the Transformation of Work: The Process of Work and
Employment Change for Displaced Workers.” Work, Difference and Social Change Conference Proceedings.
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1998 Equal authorship with Rick Baldoz, Phoebe Godfrey, Carol Jansen, and Philip Kraft (eds.). Work, Difference and Social Change Conference Proceedings and co-author of Proceedings “Introduction.”
1996 Review of James J. Lorence. (1996). Organizing the Unemployed: Community and Union Activists in the Industrial Heartland. Society for the Study of Social
Problems Critical Commentary on Social Research. 27: 34-36.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2010- Co-principal investigator with Deborah Ballard-Reich. “Community and Organizational Participation in the Process of Wind Farm Development.” Awarded by United States Department of Energy, $80,000. One of eight tasks in grant awarded to Jan Twomey and Michael Overcash, Project Directors, Total Award $1,000,000.
2007 Wichita
Business Journal “40 Under 40” (an award given to 40 people under the age of 40
for business and community participation in Wichita, KS)
2006 Consultant, “InterACT Pilot Project.” Steven Peterson and Elaine Bernstorf, Principal Investigators. Wichita State University Multidisciplinary Research Project Award. $5,000.
2006 Mortarboard National College Senior Honor Society Excellence in Advising Award. (Awarded to three chapter advisors in nation annually).
2006 Fairmount Chapter of Mortarboard National College Senior Honor Society Excellence in Advising Certificate of Appreciation.
2005 “Using Videoconferencing Technology to Teach from a Remote Location to Campus Classrooms.” Wichita State University Advancement in Technology Grant. Wichita State University Technology Committee, $3,000. Wichita State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, $6,000. Wichita State University Department of Sociology. $2,000.
2002 “The Employment Mobility of Displaced Workers in the New Economy.” Wichita State University Research/Creative Projects Award (URCA). $4,500.
2002 I've Been Laid Off--What Should I Do? A Manual for Displaced Workers of South Central Kansas. Workforce Alliance of South Central Kansas under federal provisions of U.S. Workforce Investment Act of 1998. $7,074.
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1999 “Factors Contributing to Re-employment Outcomes of Displaced Workers.” Award for Research and Creative Activity in the Summer (ARCS), Wichita State University. $3,000.
1997-1998 Dissertation Year Fellowship, Binghamton University. $8,000.
1997-1998 Conference Support, Work, Difference and Social Change conference,
Binghamton University. Various sources (awarded to Conference Organizing Committee). $16,000.
1994-1997 Teaching Assistantship, Department of Sociology, Binghamton University.
1992 Department of Sociology Grant for Thesis Research, University of Wyoming. $150.
1992-93 Outstanding Graduate Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of
Wyoming.
1991-93 Graduate Assistantship, Department of Sociology, University of Wyoming.
2011 “A Commitment to the City: Effective Strategies for Deans to November Facilitate and Optimizing Synergies Between Local Communities and the
College.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Council for Colleges of Arts and Sciences. Montreal, Canada.
2010 “So They Want to Put That Online . . . : Ten Things Deans Should Know and Do When Administrative Processes Go Digital.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of. the Council for Arts and Sciences of Urban Universities. Tuscon, AZ
2010 “Lessons from Greensburg, Kansas: Sustainability as a Convenient
March Opportunity for Interdisciplinarity
within the Arts and Sciences and Beyond.”
Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Council for Arts and Sciences of Urban
Universities. Tuscon, AZ.
2009 “Oh No! We’ve Been Duped! Certifying Faculty/Staff Credentials during
March Hiring: A Case Study.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Council for Arts and Sciences of Urban Universities. Savannah, GA.
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2019- Koeber, C. The Contradictions of Consumptive Labor in Social Media
November Advertising and Marketing. To be Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology, El Paso, TX.
2018- Koeber, C. Greenest Town or Greenest Ghost Town: Greensburg, Kansas more
March than a Decade after the Tornado. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society. Chicago, Ill.
2016- Koeber, C and DeHaven M. The Importance of Self-Branding in the Quasi-
November Marketing and Advertising Roles of Consumptive Labor. To be Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Denver, CO.
2015- “Electronic Monitoring Bracelets are Not Just for Criminals: Wearable
October Technologies in the Performance of Consumptive Labor.” Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Portland, OR.
2014 “The Sociology of an Eco-Friendly Disaster Recovery Effort: An Update
October Greensburg, Kansas..” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology. Cleveland, OH.
2013 Koeber, C., Ballard-Reisch, D.S., Granville, M.“The Importance of Education and October Consultation in Wind Energy Development: Implications for Achieving
Sustainability and Enhancing Livelihood of Rurally Located Wind Farms and their Surrounding Communities.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology. Washington, D.C.
2012 “How Consumers Put the ‘Work’ in Social Networks: Consumptive Labor and
November the Increasing Role of Consumers in Social Media Marketing.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology. Nashville, TN.
2011 Koeber, C., Ballard-Reisch, D.S., Fletcher, J.S., Granville, M., Thanh Le, K., November McConnell, K.E., Rowley, R., & Tullis, C.A. “Which Way Does the Wind Blow?
Communities, Stakeholders and Wind Energy Development.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology. Evanston, IL.
2011 Ballard-Reisch, D.S., Koeber, C., Granville, M. & Fletcher, J. “Community Power March in Harnessing Kansas Wind: An Academic/ Practice Partnership to Assess the
Implications of Community Engagement in the Development of Sustainable Wind Energy.” Presented at Kansas State University Sustainability Conference. Manhattan, KS.
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2011 Ballard-Reisch, D.S., Koeber, C., Voegeli, C., Granville, M., Fletcher, J., Grant, January E., Heim, C., Lee, D., Thanh Le, K., McConnell, K.E., Murphy, L., Publow, A.,
Rosenbaum, A., Rowley, R., Schoch, C., Sullivan, T., Tullis, C. & Winterbone, E. “Assessing Community Engagement in Wind Energy Project Development: A Preliminary Analysis.” Poster presented at the Regional Energy and Sustainability Summit and Fair, Wichita, KS. 1st place award in Student Research Division.
2010 Koeber, C., Ballard-Reisch, D.S., Fletcher, J.S., Granville, M., Thanh Le, K., November McConnell, K.E., Rowley, R., & Tullis, C.A. “A Wind-Wind Situation:
Community Participation in the Development of the Greensburg, Kansas Wind Farm.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology. Santa Fe, NM.
2010 “A Wind-Wind Situation: Let's Build a Windfarm to Provide 100% Renewable November Energy to our Town!” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for
Humanist Sociology, Santa Fe, NM.
2010 “The Consumptive Labor of Quasi-Marketing and Advertising” Presented at
November the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Santa Fe, NM.
2009 “Seeking the Green-Collar Economy? Follow the Yellow Brick Road!: A Case November Study of Greensburg, Kansas.” Presented at the Annual Meetings
of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Santa Fe, NM.
2008- “‘We Cannot Direct the Wind, But We Can Adjust Our Sails’: Greensburg November Rebuilds Its Tornado Devastated Community.” Presented at the Annual Meetings
of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Boston, MA.
2008- Charles Koeber and Elizabeth Armour. “Self-Service: How Organizations
April Become More Flexible by Outsourcing Work to Consumers.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociology Society, St. Louis, MO.
2007- Globalization and Implosion: Mass Production, Mass Consumption, and
November Environmental Degradation.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Henderson, NV.
2006- “Less Than Human: Production, Consumption, and Alienation in the 21st
November Century.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology, St. Louis, MO.
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2006- Koeber, Charles and Jennifer Barry. “Self-Service Nation: The Increasing Role August of Consumers in the Labor Process.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of
the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Quebec, Ontario.
2006- Wright, David W. and Charles Koeber. “The Occupational Mobility of Displaced March Workers: Evidence from the 2004 Displaced Worker Survey.” Presented at the
Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociology Society. Omaha, NE.
2005- "Fighting for Their Futures: Aircraft Workers Struggle to Maintain Good Jobs November During an Ownership Change.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the
Association for Humanist Sociology, Tampa, FL.
2004- “The Question of Self-Service: A Content Analysis: Why Do We Labor for
November Businesses that Neither Employ Nor Compensate Us? Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Louisville, KY.
2004- “The Overworked American Consumer: Consumptive Labor in Service Work.” August Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems,
San Francisco, CA.
2004- “Self-Service or Servitude? Consumer-Labor-Management Relations in Service April Work Settings." Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas
City, MO.
2004- Equal authorship with Yuniar Praheswari. “Job Displacement in the 1990s: An
April Analysis of Household Income.” Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO.
2003- “Job Loss and Class Polarization.” Annual Meetings of the Association for October Humanist Sociology, Burlington, VT.
2003- “Job Loss, Social Mobility, and the ‘New Class Society.’” Annual Meetings
April of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL.
2002- "Computer Assisting an Introductory Sociology Course: Do Course Web Sites
August and Computerized Classroom Presentations Affect Student Learning and Attitudes Toward Instruction?” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.
2002- "A His and Hers Downsizing? Gender Differences in Reemployment Levels
April of Displaced Workers." Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI.
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2001- "Downsized and Marginalized: Describing and Explaining the Full-Time to Part-
April Time Mobility of Displaced Workers." Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO.
2000- “The Occupational Mobility of Displaced Workers: Are Today’s Displaced August Workers Tomorrow’s Contingent Ones?” Annual Meetings of the Society for the
Study of Social Problems Washington, D.C.
2000- “Becoming Displaced by Structural Change: The Process, Meaning and
August Relations of Displacement for High-Tech Workers in Binghamton, New York.” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.
2000- “’W/age Bias’: How the New Economy Displaces and Devalues Older American April Workers.” Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, Ill.
1999- “From Paternalism to ‘Flexibility’: The Transformation of Work and the
March Displaced Worker.” Annual Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA.
1998- “Downsizing and the Transformation of Work: The Process of Work and
May Employment Change for Displaced Workers.” Work, Difference and Social Change Conference, Binghamton, NY.
1997- “The Impact of Corporate Layoffs on Workers.” Annual Meetings of the November Association for Humanist Sociology, Pittsburgh, PA.
1996- "Out-of-Wedlock Births in the United States: Realities, Misperceptions, and August Implications for Public Policy Formation." Annual Meetings of the American
Sociological Association, New York, NY.
1995- "Changing Work Relations at IBM-Endicott: Technology, Employment, and
April Socioeconomic Change at the Birthplace of Big Blue.” Annual Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS AND GUEST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
2006- “Psychological Effects of Layoffs on Workers.” Friends University Human
October Resource Management Course. Wichita, KS.
2006- “Ten Tips for Tenure and Promotion.” WSU LAS New Faculty Workshop.
September Wichita, KS.
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2006- “Work in a Global Economy.” Presented at the University of
April Wyoming OASIS Lecture Series. Laramie, WY
2006- “Production and Consumption in a Changing Economy.”
April University of Wyoming Alpha Kappa Delta Banquet. Laramie, WY.
2006- “Ten Tips for Tenure and Promotion.” WSU LAS New Faculty Workshop
April Wichita, KS.
2004- Presented workshop for unemployed workers. Project Springboard Opportunity
February Expo. Wichita State University and the Wichita Eagle.
SERVICE TO WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY
2011 Member, Committee on Graduate Teaching Assistants. ( to make recommendations on budgeting for tuition remission of Graduate Teaching Assistants.
2010-2011 Member of Sociology Department Faculty Recruitment Committee.
2010 Member Ad Hoc Committee to plan for Business Continuity in Disaster event. (to pilot test “RU Ready,” business continuity planning software)
2009-Present Member of Wichita State University South Campus Advisory Board.
2007-2008 Member of Sociology Department Faculty Recruitment Committee.
2006-2007 Member of Wichita State University Ad Hoc Technology Committee.
2006-2007 Member of Sociology Department Faculty Recruitment Committee.
2006 Member of Department of Sociology NCA/Higher Learning Commission Assessment Committee.
2006- Member of Media Resources Center Search Committee for educational
November technologist.
2004-2007 Member of Wichita State University College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Council.
2004 Member of Panel on Effective Teaching. Center for Teaching and Research Excellence, Wichita State University.
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2002-2003 Constructed Exit Survey Evaluation Instrument for Graduate School, Wichita State University.
2002-Present Member of Blackboard Faculty Advisory Committee. Wichita State University.
2002-2003 Member of Hammond Lectureship Committee. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Wichita State University.
2002-Present Member of Hartman Scholarship Committee. Department of Sociology. Wichita State University.
2001-2003 Member of Award Committee for Society for Study of Social Problems, Labor Studies Division, Harry Braverman Award for best paper by a graduate student.
2001-2003 Member of Faculty Recruitment Committee. Department of Sociology, Wichita State University.
2001-2003 Member and Chair (2002-2003) of University Curriculum Committee. Wichita State University.
2002-Present Senior Advisor or Advisor of Fairmount Chapter of Mortar Board National Honor Society. Wichita State University.
1999-2000 Member of Library Journal Holdings Committee. Department of Sociology,
Wichita State University.
2000-Present Web page coordinator. Update and maintain World Wide Web pages for Department of Sociology. Wichita State University.
2000 Member of Office Assistant Recruitment Committee. Department of Sociology,
Wichita State University.
1999-2000 Member of Faculty Recruitment Committee. Department of Sociology, Wichita State University.
SERVICE TO THE DISCIPLINE OF SOCIOLOGY
2017 Past President, Association for Humanist Sociology
2016 President, Association for Humanist Sociology
2015 President Elect, Association for Humanist Sociology
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2010-2016 Member, Board of Directors, Association for Humanist Sociology.
2010-2014 Treasurer, Association for Humanist Sociology.
2009 Moderator of session on “Work Processes, Choices, and Challenges” at Annual Meetings of Association for Humanist Sociology.
2008 Moderator of session on “Teaching Humanist Sociology” at Annual Meetings of Association for Humanist Sociology.
2007 Moderator of session at Annual Meetings of Association for Humanist Sociology.
2005-2007 Chair of Labor Studies Division of Society for Study of Social Problems.
2006 Organizer and Moderator of four sessions on labor studies at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. New York, NY.
2005-2007 Regional Representative, Association for Humanist Sociology.
2005 Chair of Award Committee for Society for Study of Social Problems, Labor Studies Division, Harry Braverman Award for best paper by a graduate student.
2004 Organizer and Moderator of two sessions on Work, Economy, Employment/Unemployment. Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO.
2003 Member of Award Committee for Society for Study of Social Problems, Labor Studies Division, Harry Braverman Award for best paper by a graduate student.
2002-Present Associate Editor for Journal, Humanity and Society.
2002 Moderator of roundtable session on Corporate Restructuring. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Society. Chicago, IL.
2002 Discussant in session on Labor Studies. Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Chicago, IL.
1997-1999 Member of Critical Sociology Editorial Collective. Department of Sociology, Binghamton University.
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ARTICLE AND MANUSCRIPT REVIEWS
2008 Article Reviewer for journal, Social Science Quarterly
2007 Text Book Reader and Reviewer for Sweet, Stephen and Meiksins, Peter, The Changing Contours of Work. Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press.
2006 Article Reviewer for journal, Qualitative Sociology.
2005 Article reviewer for journal, Social Forces.
2004 Article reviewer for journal, Teaching Sociology.
2001 Article reviewer for journal, Critical Sociology.
2001-Present Article reviewer for journal, Humanity and Society.
2000 Text Book Reader and Reviewer for Kendall, Diana. (1999). Sociology in Our
Times: The Essentials. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Association for Humanist Sociology
Midwest Sociological Society