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Katherine O'Donnell, Professor and Chair, Sociology Department, and Faculty, Women's Studies and Latin American and Caribbean Studies Program, recently presented the paper, "Poco a Poco- Women's Grassroots Organizing in Chiapas, Mexico" at the American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, Ca. She was presenter and session organizer for the invited session,"Alternate Visions: Understanding Conflict and Conflicting Understanding in Chiapas: Presentations in Honor of June Nash," sponsored by the Society for Latin American Anthropology.
Earlier in the year, Professor O'Donnell presented "Kinal Antzetik-WomenWeaving Social Justice" at the NGO Session, Society for Applied Anthropology, San Francisco, CA. In spring of 2000, O'Donnell met World Bank, Kinal Antzetik, and Jolom representatives at Wake Forest University to participate in discussions on World Bank policies in Chiapas and World Bank policies for gender equity. She also assisted in setting up exhibit and sale of Jolom articles and visited the Cherokee Nation to meet with women representatives to discuss indigenous women's issues North and South.
In 2001, in Merida, Mexico, Professor O'Donnell, will present "Davida y Goliath-Rosalinda Meets the World Bank" at the Society for Applied Anthropology Conference. As co-organizer of the session, O'Donnell will bring together her colleagues from K'inal and Jolom as co-presenters on a panel.
O'Donnell's research examines women's resistance to neo-liberalism through active community building and independent organizing for the dual purposes of economic and political autonomy in Chiapas, Mexico. Mayas of southern Mexico and Guatemala are“formulating a new notion of citizenship” based on democratic, inclusive political participation, economic equality, and social justice. Central to this organizing has been the work of Mayan women who with international groups and national NGOs are creating a global network challenging the continuing economic and political repression and rising militarization in the state of Chiapas. They seek to create alternative social institutions.
O'Donnell's research begins to document the work of the organizations K'inal Antzetik and Jolom Mayaetik in developing a women’s weaving cooperative in mountain villages in the state of Chiapas and discusses the indigenous women's co-op leadership structure and well as the philosophy of its sister organization NGO. Representatives of both organizations will visit Hartwick College in April, 2001.
O'Donnell's work in Chiapas stems from a decade of activist research, solidarity work, and community organizing on issues of rural poverty and women and children's issues in upstate New York and her participation in the LUCE FOUNDATION PROJECT from 1996-1999 to develop the two course sequence, "Tradition, Continuity, and Struggle: Chiapas, Mexico." The development of a first year and upper level intercultural study program for students in Chiapas, Mx., involved the study of Mexican and Mayan culture, politics, linguistics, cosmology, archaeology, contemporary social issues, gender politics, Mexican political economy, global restructuring issues(NAFTA), as well as field visits to refugee sites, women's NGOs and advocacy organizations, and community service. This work is analyzed is her recent article,“Building Intercultural Bridges: Service Learning in International Contexts.” Metropolitan Universities, Vol.11, 2, Summer, 2000.
CURRICULUM VITA
KATHERINE O'DONNELL
Department of Sociology
Hartwick College
Oneonta, New York 13820
O_DONNELLK@HARTWICK.EDUEDUCATION
CIC Teaching and Learning Workshop-Community Based Learning and Teaching, Albany, 2000
Feminist Research Conference, American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., 1995Feminist Research Conference, American Sociological Association, University of Southern California, 1994
Workshop participant "Integrating Race, Class and Gender Into the Curriculum," Memphis State University, 1990.
Visiting Scholar, Department of Linguistics, University of Sydney, Spring, 1988.
Visiting Scholar, Advanced Study at the International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies, Indiana University, 1985.
Dissertation: Labor Problematics: A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Industrial Conflict.
Ph.D. Sociology, Indiana University, 1983.
M.A. Sociology, University of Colorado, 1975.
B.A. Sociology, Indiana University, 1974 (with honors).
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Sociology, Hartwick College 1994-
Chair Sociology Department, Hartwick College 1990-
Director Women's Studies Program, Hartwick College 1988-1997
Associate Professor of Sociology, Hartwick College 1987-1994
Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hartwick College 1980-1986
Associate Instructor, Indiana University 1977-80
Teaching Assistant, Indiana University 1976
Visiting Lecturer, University of Colorado 1976Teaching Assistant, University of Colorado 1975
Undergraduate Assistant, Indiana University 1973-74
Undergraduate Assistant, Indiana University 1972-73
PUBLICATIONS
2001 "Battling the Reagan Backlash: Oneonta Feminist Organizing 1980-2000"
(forthcoming) Phoebe: Journal of Feminist Scholarship Theory and Aesthetics.2000 Participatory Action Research Report IV for Project REACH
2000 “Teaching Sociology at Small Colleges.” Contemporary Sociology, September,2000.
2000 “Building Intercultural Bridges: Service Learning in International Contexts.” Metropolitan Universities, Vol.11, 2, Summer, 2000.
1999 Participatory Action Report III for PROJECT REACH
1998 Participatory Action Report II for PROJECT REACH1997 Participatory Action Research Report I for PROJECT REACH, Planned Parenthood
Association, Delaware and Otsego Counties, N.Y.
1997 “Family Matters” 3.5 Plus Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Journal Annual Edition1996 “It’s Time To Stand for Children” Oneonta Daily Star Editorial Essay
1996 American Sociological Association Sex and Gender Syllabus Collection, 4th edition. ASA
Teaching Resources Center, Washington, D.C.(contributing author).1995 "It Always Takes Two to Tango," (editorial essay) Oneonta Daily Star.
1995 "Got No Where to Go and No Way to Get There"Women, Dignity, and Rural Poverty. (ethnography draft).
1994 "A Class Act," Phoebe Journal of Feminist Scholarship, Theory and Aesthetics, Vol. 5, No. 2.
1994 "43rd Street Moosings," The New Yorker Magazine.
1992 Review of Women and the World Economic Crisis, Phoebe, Spring, Vol. 4 #1.
1990 Review of Pheterson, A Vindication of the Rights of Whores, Phoebe.
1990 "The Sociology of Sex and Gender: Syllabi and Instructional Materials," 3rd Ed., 1990. ASA Teaching Resources Center, Washington, D.C. (contributing author).
1990 "Difference and Dominance: How Labor and Management Talk Conflict" in Grimshaw (ed.), Conflict Talk. Cambridge University Press.
1987 Review of Zito, Systems of Discourse, Contemporary Sociology, 16:97-98.
1985 Review of Thorne et al (eds.). Language, Gender and Society, Contemporary Sociology, 14:465-466.
1985 “The Women’s Peace Encampment: A Personal and Political Account” Oneonta Daily Star Editorial Essay1984 Review of Rossi-Landi, Language As Work and Trade, Language and Society, 13:558-561.
1984 Challenges to Reproductive Freedom, Oneonta Daily Star, revised Editorial Essay1982 Challenges to Reproductive Freedom, Oneonta Daily Star, Editorial Essay
PAPERS
2000 "Poco a Poco-Women's Grassroots Organizing in Chiapas, Mexico"
2000 "Ya Gotta Know When to Hold 'Em: Reflections on Fieldwork in the Zona de Conflicta, Chiapas, Mexico"
2000 "K'inal Antzetik: Women Weaving Social Justice"
2000 " Rural Teens, Social Capital, and Project REACH" under consideration for inclusion in Fitzgerald et al., Civic Engagement: The Scholarship of Practice.
2000 “Rural Distinctions: The Politics of 'Us' and 'Them' in the Land of Milk and Maple- New York." (article under revision). Part of ethnography on women and rural poverty in upstate,N.Y.
1999 " Project REACH is Building Futures."( for inclusion in Project REACH community, Planned Parenthood staff, high school students and staff, and college students and faculty collaborative book).CURRENT RESEARCH
1998- K’inal Antzetik-Jolom Mayaetik- Mayan Women’s Economic Cooperatives and Human Rights Work, Chiapas, Mexico. Participatory Action and Feminist theory and process to establish north south dialogues on issues like human rights, neoliberalism; solidarity work to market textiles in the U.S., and grant writing for women's reproductive health in conjunction with International Planned Parenthood and K'inal.
1999-96 Tradition, Continuity, and Struggle: Chiapas, Mexico- Development of a first year and upper level intercultural, year-long coursework and month- long intensive study for students in Chiapas, Mx.
2000-97 PROJECT REACH: Participatory Action Research, participant observation, focus groups, longitudinal, survey, and case study analysis of community- based teen pregnancy prevention and teen mentoring program; faculty- student, college community collaboration on research, joint SUNY-Hartwick research project with funding from N.Y. State Department of Health to Planned Parenthood.
2000-Research on political economy of Northern Appalachia
1996-1990 Migrant Women and Rural Poverty, Three Upstate New York Counties-ethnography, participatory action research including organizing and conducting parenting classes and tutoring programs for migrant families. At present, work on fair farm worker labor legislation.
2000-1986 Community based Learning- Linking community to coursework, developing student practice, College Program Development, Community Link development, mentoring, reflection session development, evaluation, documentation. Develop TLC, the faculty teaching learning community, and complete research on community based learning electronic sites and research foundations and publications for college website development. Research and grant writing for development of Center for Campus- Community Collaborative Projects on Social Justice issues.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
2001 "Davida y Goliath-Rosalinda Meets the World Bank"Society for Applied Anthropology, Merida, Mexico( presenter and session organizer) colleagues from K'inal and Jolom will be co-presenters on panel with me.
2000 "Poco a Poco- Women's Grassroots Organizing in Chiapas, Mexico" American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, Ca. Presenter and session organizer
2000 "Silence as Resistance: Words as Weapons" American Sociology Association meetings, Washington, D.C.
2000 "Kinal Antzetik-Women Weaving Social Justice" Presenter, NGO Session, Society for Applied Anthropology, San Francisco, CA.
1999 Workshop Organizer, Effective Learning in the Field-Service and Intercultural Learning, American Anthropology Association, Chicago
1999 Poster Session, K’inal Antzetik- Mayan Women Weaving Social Justice. American Anthropology Association, Chicago1999 Presenter, “Project REACH is Building Futures,” American Sociological Association, Chicago, Ill.
1999 “Creating Life Chances and Social Justice at the Local Level: Project REACH, Teens, and Participatory Action Research”, Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, Ma1999 Presenter, “Project REACH is Building Futures: A Community Action Project,” American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Panelist, Critical Reflection and Service Learning, Society for Applied Anthropology, Tucson, AR
1998 Presenter, “Taking Students to the Field-Is It Worth the Risk?” American Anthropological Association, Philadelphia, Pa.
1998 Panelist, Feminist Pedagogy Workshop, American Sociological Association, San Francisco,Ca.
1998 Presenter, New York State Health Conference on Community-Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention Programs1997 Discussant for Theory Section, Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, Md.
1996 “Service Learning” poster session, American Anthropological Association, San Francisco, Ca.
1996 Chairs Session, Presenter, American Sociological Association, New York, N.Y.
1996 “Transforming Ourselves and our Teaching through Service Learning”, Society for Applied Anthropology, Baltimore, Md.
1996 “Critical Consciousness-Transforming Ourselves and our students through Service Learning” Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, Mass.1995 "School Daze: Learning Rites and Wrongs." Society for Applied Anthropology, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
1995 "Silence As Resistance: Words As Weapons." American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.
1994 "Silence As Resistance: Women and Rural Poverty." Society for Applied Anthropology, Cancun Mexico.
1993 "Got No Where To Go and No Way To Get There: Migrant Women and Rural Poverty." Poster Session American Anthropological Association, Washington, DC.1992 "Class Act - An Exploration of the Politics of Silence." Sociolinguistics Research Conference. Nijmegen, Netherlands.
1991 "A Class Act." American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH.
1991 "Decoding Ideology." Discourse Conference, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.1990 "Decoding Ideology." International Sociological Association, Madrid, Spain.
1989 "Decoding Ideology." American Anthropological Association, Session on Language and Political Economy. Washington, D.C.
1989 "Discourse and the Micro-Macro Connection." Round Table Organizer, American Sociological Association Meetings, San Francisco, CA.
1988 "Language, Labor and Late Capitalism." Newtown Semiotics Circle, Sydney, Australia.
1988 "Difference and Dominance: How Labor and Management Talk Conflict." Linguistics Department Colloquium, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
1988 "Difference and Dominance: How Labor and Management Talk Conflict." 11th World Congress of Sociological Meetings, New Delhi, India.
1985 "Discourse and Dialectics." International Summer Institute for Semiotic and Structural Studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
1984 "Language as a Means of Production." American Anthropological Association, Denver, CO.
1984 "A Sociolinguistic Analysis of Conflict and Cooperation in Labor Management Relations." American Sociological Association, Sociolinguistics Session, San Antonio, TX.
1983 "Conflict and Cooperation: Labor Management Relations Under Monopoly Capitalism." Association for Humanist Sociology Conference, Hartford, CT.
ACADEMIC RECOGNITION AND GRANTS
2000 Wandersee Scholar in Residence
2000 Hartwick College Trustee Grant, Project REACH
1999 Sociology Hardy Research Chair, Hartwick College, Oneonta, N.Y.
1999 Hartwick College Trustee Grant for North-South Comparative Analysis of Women and Rural Poverty
1997- New York State Department of Health Grant for Community- Based Teen Pregnancy Prevention
Program -Consultant and Researcher1996- Luce Foundation - Development of Year Long First Year Cross Cultural Experience Model Program , Chiapas, Mexico.
1996 Elting Grant for Service Learning Development.
1995 Research Development Grant, Hartwick College Trustees, Photo Documentation
for research on women and rural poverty.
1994 Research Grant, Hartwick College Trustees, “ Women and Rural Poverty.”1992 Summer Research Stipend
1991 Margaret Bunn Award for Excellence in Teaching
1988 Travel and Research Grant, Hartwick College Trustees, "Language and Labor,"
1986 Hartwick College Baccalaureate Address
1984 Research Grant, Hartwick College Trustees, "Rural Women's Labor History in Otsego County, 1889-1930,"
1983 Research Grant, Hartwick College Trustees, "On the Line: Rural Women and Work"1980 Graduate School Thesis Research Grant, Indiana University
1972-74 Undergraduate Honors Assistantships, Indiana University
1972-74 Honor and Merit Scholarships, Indiana University1970-71 Honor Scholarship, University of Cincinnati
JOURNAL REFEREE
Gender and Society 2000
Contemporary Sociology 1999-
phoebe 1992-1990.Humanity and Society, 1984-88.
Contemporary Sociology, 1984-87;1999-
Language and Society, 1984-85.RESEARCH INTERESTS
North- South Rural Poverty, Gender Inequality, and Women's Resistance
Women's Economic and Human Rights Organizing in the Third World
Critique of Neoliberalism
Race, Class, Gender Intersections
Women and Rural Poverty
Teen Pregnancy Prevention, Youth Issues, Teen Mentoring, rural youth
3rd World Studies: Chiapas, Mexico
U.S. Social Policy-Impact on Women and Children
Reproductive Freedom
Sociolinguistics- Ideology Analysis
Service Learning: Campus,Community, and Intercultural Considerations
Political Economy
Feminist Theory and activist research
Community based learning
Collaborative, Participatory Action Research
Labor
TEACHING EXPERIENCECourses Taught at Hartwick College:
First Year Seminars: Children's Lives, and FYS "Tradition, Continuity, Struggle, Chiapas"
Soc. 335: Third World Studies "Tradition Continuity and Struggle-Chiapas, Mx."
Science Fiction-Social Vision
Soc. 485 Senior Sociology Seminar
Soc. 385 Contemporary Theory
Women and Social Change
Introduction to Sociology
Interpersonal Relations
Language and Society
Labor and Society
Women of Vision: Introduction to Feminist Studies
Gender, Labor and Society
Honors Seminar: The Conviction of Conscience (a course on leadership and social change)
Courses Taught at University of Colorado:
Sociology of Gender Roles
Sociology of Language
Courses Taught at Indiana University:
Social Problems
Principles of Sociology
Teaching Assistantship Experience:
Statistics
Sociolinguistics
Marriage and the Family
Social Psychology
Sociology of Mass CommunicationsAGENDA SETTING INITIATIVES
2000 Co-organizer, Social Justice Series Jan-May, 2001, includes museum exhibit of Mayan textiles and visit of members of K'inal Antzetik and Jolom Mayaetik to campus in 2001.
2000 Organizer, Lecture, Ken Reardon " Creating University Community Collaborations that Work"
2000 Co- author, CIC grant Building Campus Community Collaborations.1999 Develop TLC- Teaching Learning Community, Hartwick College
1999 Organize lectures of Patricia Fernandez-Kelly “ The Trouble with Prosperity” and “Towanda’s
Triumph”1999-86 Develop Service Learning Components for Sociology, First Year Seminar, Women’s Studies,
and Honors Seminar Courses; Mentor Junior Faculty in Service Learning Development1999 Initiate Hartwick -SUNY joint study program with on-campus course and off campus component in Chiapas, Mexico
1999 Develop The Chiapas Project- an educational and fundraising faculty student program1998 Develop First Year Seminar course to Chiapas, Mexico “Tradition, Continuity, And Struggle”
1999-1996 Participant-Luce Foundation Project -The First Year Intercultural Experience
2000-1997 Develop faculty-student collaborative research project and research seminar
1998 Advise, consult, and contribute to development of Sociology Senior Thesis Handbook
1996-Consultant Planned Parenthood and Co-Director of Project REACH research
2000 Director, Project REACH Research
1997-95 Organize and conduct Internal Department Review and Co-ordinate External Review.
Implement revisions in the major, develop new course sequencing, examine core curriculum
with special emphasis on Introductory Sociology learning goals; develop departmental learning goals. Initiate development of Social Science Research Center.1997 Founder, OCAY Oneonta Community Alliance for Youth
1997 Co-organizer, Hartwick College Bicentennial, Women’s Voices
1996-97 Draft Women’s Studies documents on feminist pedagogy, the women’s studies program,
and outline external review process. Extensive consultation with external reviewer.1996-97 Film video documentary on student service learning and reflection sessions
1996 Help staff the first Oneonta Summer Feeding Program
1994-97 Creator, supervisor of ASK- Arts and Sciences for Kids at the YMCA -an educational program for 6-10 year olds
1997 Organize Undergraduate Women’s Leadership Conference
1996 Organizer Oneonta Stand for Children in conjunction with national Children’s Defense Fund
1996 Organize Hartwick College Beijing Conference Update
1996 Organize Lecture and Oneonta Film Premiere of Dorothy Fadiman “The Fragile Promise of Choice”
1995 Organize March on Washington, National Organization for Women
1995 Organize Becky Thompson Lecture “ A Hunger So Wide and So Deep” and Co-ordinate Barbie Exhibit in conjunction with Women’s Leadership Conference
1996 Organize Margaret Andersen Lecture and Visit
1995 Conduct Faculty Workshop - "Teaching and Learning Through Community Service"
1993 Organize Diana Pearce Lecture and Visit “Women and Poverty”
1993 Co-ordinate Teach-In for Oliver North visit
1993 Organize and present workshop on Gender Communication and Self-Esteem. Vermont State Prison, Rutland, VT.
1993 Chair and co-organize Hartwick College January Term "Vision, Action, and Community." A term-long examination of key issues of our time and use of community service to mobilize student involvement to address community needs. Organized, scheduled speakers, films, workshops with key activists and community organizations.
1991, 93 Organize, oversee Racism Awareness Workshop
1992 Co-ordinate, co-organize January Term: "Global Community" - work included team teaching a course, arranging films, sponsors, workshops on 3rd World Political Economy and GenderOrganize Women's Studies Film Series
1992 Develop shared conceptual framework based on cognitive, social developmental model for First Year Students.
Co-ordinate speaker and Brown Bag Lunch Series for Women's Studies
1991, 92 Co-organizer, Oneonta Feminist Forum
1991 Develop Honors Teaching Assistant Program for Sociology
Conduct Race, Class, Gender Curriculum Integration Workshop1990, 91 Co-develop Gender Issues Standing Faculty Committee
1990 Organize Barrie Thorne Lecture and Visit “Women, Men, and Language”
1988 Organize Angela Davis Lecture and Visit “Gender, Race, and Class”
1989- Author: Gender Issues Committee Proposal
1987 Organizer and Chair, American Sociological Association meetings, Sociolinguistics Section "Discourse Analysis: Theoretical and Methodological Implications."
1986, 89 Co-organizer. March for Reproductive Rights, Washington, DC, March
1986 Organizer, Introductory Women's Studies Seminar
1985 Organizer, "Swedish Labor Policy, " Hartwick College Overseas Program. Program to accompany students to Sweden to explore democratic socialist philosophy as embodied in Swedish industrial policies and practices.
1984 Organizer, "Marxism and Language: Possibilities? " Session at American Anthropology Association, Denver, Colorado.
1983 Co-organizer "Peace in Central America," Hartwick College. During the rally, speakers addressed the issues of the militarization of the budget, U. S. Central America Foreign Policy and Radical Ethics. I spoke of the issue of Women and Revolution.
1983 Co-organizer, "Faces of Poverty Program," Hartwick College. During the January term, Hartwick's curricular and extracurricular programming was focused on the theme of poverty. The topics of alienation, global and domestic inequality and social change were addressed.
1982- Co-organizer, Hartwick College Women's Studies Program1982. Organizer of conference entitled "Women in Social Change: Prospects for the '80's " Hartwick College Keynote speaker was Shirley Chisholm. While the conference was designed to focus on issues relating to women and work, Congresswoman Chisholm broadened the scope of the program by addressing this issue of “Human Rights in a Conservative Era."
1981 Organizer of conference entitled" Women, Work and Money, " Hartwick College. The conference was designed to expose the Hartwick campus to issues of gender discrimination, women's role models and networking.
1981 Co-Founder and President, Delaware Otsego National Organization For Women (NOW)
1980-82, Founder and Advisor, Hartwick College Women's Center
1989-93,
1997-1980 Co-organizer of Ethics in Education Forum, Hartwick College. During the year campus and community members participated in a monthly series of talks, seminars and workshops on topics including Education and the New Right, Coming to Grips with Racism and Self-Directed Education.
LECTURES
1999 Project REACH, Participatory Action Research, and Collaborative Undergraduate Research
Education Forum, Hartwick College, Oneonta, N.Y.1999 “ Issues in Chiapas Today” Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
1999 “Human Rights in Chiapas” SUNY Oneonta, Amnesty International Club
1998 “A Class Act? The Politics of Silence” Mount St. Mary’s College , Emmitsburg, Md.
1998 Faculty Lecture “Silence as Resistance: Words as Weapons”, Hartwick College
1998 Faculty Lecture “Women and Revolution in Chiapas”, Hartwick College
1996 Service Learning Faculty Workshop
1993 Faculty Lecture, "Migrant Women and Rural Poverty," Hartwick College.
1992 "A Class Act? A Critical Examination of Belenky's Women's Ways of Knowing, " Miller Science Lecture Series, Hartwick College.
1990 Social Science Series "Agency, Ideology, and Discourse: Language as productive Force," Hartwick College
1990 Marxism, Past, Present and Future. "Agency, Ideology and Discourse: Language as Productive Force, Presenter.
1990 January Term, "Global Community," Panelist.
1990 Legislating Biomedical Ethics, Panelist.
1989 Hidden Voices in the western Tradition, Panelist.
1986 "The Changing Nature of Workplace Control." College Honors, Seminar, Hartwick College.
1985 "Language and the Constitution of Society." Social Science Faculty Research Seminar, Hartwick College.
1984 "Language, Labor and Late Capitalism." Social Science Faculty Research forum, Hartwick College.
1984 "Language , Power and Social Background." Student Services Personnel Seminar, Hartwick College.
1984 "The Political Economy of Labor." College Honors Seminar, Hartwick College.
1983 "Theory and Praxis: Organizing Feminist Issues at the Local Level." Syracuse, Syracuse Forum.
1983 "Organizing Feminist Issues at the Local Level." Ithaca, Alternatives for Radical Politics Conference.
1982 "Direct and Indirect Conflict Talk in Labor-Management Interaction." Indiana University Sociolinguistics Series.
1982 "Beyond Modeling: A Dynamic Analysis of Interactional Conflict." Social Science faculty Research Forum, Hartwick College.
1981 "Labor Problematics." Social Science Faculty Research Forum, Hartwick College.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Latin American Scholars Association
American Anthropological Association
Society for Applied Anthropology
Madre
Teaching Resources Group- American Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Rural SociologyLANGUAGES
Estonian
French
SpanishCAMPUS SERVICE AT HARTWICK COLLEGE
1987-1999 First Year Seminar Director
1997-99 Appointments, Promotion, and Tenure Committee
1996- Student Life Trustee Committee
1992-93 Member of Community Service and Multicultural Task Forces
1991 Organize and advise PRAXIS - Student Community Action Group
Member, Gender Issues Committee1990- Chair, Sociology Department
1990-93 Member, COIN - Committee on Interdisciplinary Studies
1990-97 Member, Gender Issues Committee
1988-97 Coordinator of Women's Studies
1985- Advisor, Hartwick College Women's Center
1996- Member Search Committee, Sociology Department
19931984-86 Member, Search Committee for Sociology Position in Department of Sociology and Anthropology
1984- Member, Search Committee for Physical Anthropology Position in Sociology and Anthropology
1984- Women's Studies Committee
1984- Faculty Vitality Committee
1982-86 Board of Trustees Student Life Committee
1980- Co-organizer, Hardy Chair Fellow Lecture Series, Department of Sociology
PUBLIC TALKS
Because of the number of talks I have given, the following constitutes only a partial listing of topics.
Women and the ERA
Reagan and the Gender Gap
Women and Work
Reproductive Freedom
Language, Thought and Reality
Women's Peace Encampment
Rural Poverty
Conflict Resolution
Children and Poverty
Family Politics/National Politics
Politics of Welfare Reform
Women and Revolution