Vita:
Marvin S. Finkelstein
Office
Address:
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice
Studies, Box 1455
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1455
(618) 650-2681
Awards
Paul Simon Outstanding Scholar Award, 2005
President of Faculty, Senate, In Recognition for Service, 2000
Promotion, Professor, SIUE 1996
Teaching Excellence Award, School of Social Science, SIUE, 1992
Outstanding Service As A Mentor, SIUE 1990-1991
Nominee for Teaching Excellence Award, School of Social Science,
SIUE, 1990, 1991
Excellence-in-Teaching Award, Michigan State University, 1984
Education
Bachelor of Arts
State University of New York at Stony Brook
1973
Master of Labor and Industrial Relations
School of Labor and Industrial Relations
Michigan State University
1975
Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
1984
Professional Experience
Professor
1996-present
Associate Professor
1990-1996
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology and Social Work
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
1986-1990
Developing and teaching a student retention and development
program, ABle, funded by the Excellence in Undergraduate Education
Grants Program, 1990-present
Developing an Applied Sociology Program in Employment Relations
Developing and teaching courses:
Employment and Workplace Change
Industrial Sociology
Social Research Methods
Sociological Practice
Internship in Employment Relations
Introductory Sociology
Social Problems
Seminar in Applied Sociology
Seminar in Industrial Sociology
Seminar in Bureaucracy
Coordinating and administering applied internship program
Advising 45-50 majors in the Employment Relations Option
Directing and advising graduate students in Masters program
Assistant Professor
James Madison College,
Program in Public Policy
Michigan State University
1984-1986
Taught courses in the Introduction to the Study of Public Policy,
Organization Behavior and Public Policy, and The Contemporary
American city, in a special multidisciplinary curriculum at a
residential college at MSU.
Instructor
Department of Sociology
Michigan State University
1982-1985
Taught courses in Industrial Sociology, Complex Organizations,
Introduction to Sociology, Sexual Inequality
Research Associate
1982-1984
Lansing Area Joint Labor Management Committee
Researched and developed case studies of employee participation
programs, developed consulting, training, assessment techniques and
strategies, provided consultant services to client organizations
Program Assistant and Instructor
1980-1982
Labor Studies Program
Lansing Community College
Planned and developed curricula for Associate Degree program,
Taught courses in American Labor History, The Structure and
Administration of Unions, Collective Bargaining, Workers' Role in
Society, Effective Leadership and Communication Skills
Director, Human Rights Information Service
Institute for Community Development
Michigan State University
1977-1979
Researched and wrote monthly four part newsletters on civil rights
issues (circulation: 650).
Coordinated information, literature, resources and activities for
local human relations commissions in the state of Michigan,
researched and developed affirmative action systems, strategies and
materials.
Elected and Appointed Professional Activities
Elected Council Member, Section on Sociological Practice and
Public Sociology, American Sociological Association, 2010-2013.
President-Elect, President, Labor and Employment Relations
Association, Gateway Chapter, St. Louis, MO, 2008-2009.
Executive Director, Labor Management Committee of the Leadership
Council Southwestern Illinois, 1999- present.
Board Member, Labor and Employment Research Association (formerly
Industrial Relations Research Association): Gateway Chapter, 2001present.
Board Member, Society for Applied Sociology, 1999-2001
Coordinator and Instructor, Construction Foreman Development
Program, Laborers Southwestern Illinois Twelve Counties District
1999-present- coordinate a development program for construction
foreman, twelve sessions with experts on topics of critical
importance- instructor for sessions on leadership, communications
and motivation.
Secretary (Elect), Society For Applied Sociology, 1995-96
Chair, Bylaws Committee
Chair, Committee on 1993 Meetings in St. Louis
President, Faculty Senate
President-Elect, Faculty Senate
Chair, Welfare Council, Faculty Senate
Chair, Welfare Council, Faculty Senate
Chair, Welfare Council, Faculty Senate
Elected Member, Faculty Senate
Elected Member, Faculty Senate
Elected Member, Faculty Senate
Member, Planning Council
Member, Welfare Council
Chair, Subcommittee on Tenure and Promotion
1999-2000
1998-1999
1996-1998
1995-1996
1994-1995
1995-1998
1992-1995
1989-1992
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Applied Sociology
Reviewer, Applied Social Science
2004-present
Reviewer, Journal of Applied Sociology
Reviewer, Michigan Sociological Review.
Research Associate, Survey Research Services
Labor and Management Programs, SIUE
1990-1995
1989-1995
1992-1999
Ex-Officio Member of the Southwest Illinois
1987-1999
Labor-Management Committee,
Southwest Illinois Leadership Council
Advise, consult, facilitate committee on labor-management issues;
provide and develop materials, assist in fostering cooperation and
communication in the region
Elected Ombudsperson, School of Social Science
mediate faculty-student conflicts, disputes
Staff Associate, Lansing Area
Joint Labor-Management Committee
Advise, assist committee developing
labor-management materials and training
Contributing Editor,
QWL Agenda, Lansing Area
Joint Labor-Management Committee
Member, Michigan Quality of Worklife Council
Books and Monographs
1987-1988
1982-84
1982-83
1982-1983
Net-Works: Workplace Change in the Global Economy, A Critical and
Practical Guide, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2004.
A Start-Up Guide for Worksite Labor and Management Committees,
Leadership Council Southwestern Illinois and Labor Management
Programs, SIUE. Revised Edition, 1995.
Contributing Editor, Southwest Illinois Labor Management News:
Issues 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2004 newsletter editions.
Affirmative Action Personnel Transaction Tracking System (with
Kenneth Verburg). East Lansing: Institute for Community Development
Michigan State University, 1978.
Publications
Forthcoming, “Why Teach Applied Sociology? Four Reasons to
Consider,” Journal of Applied Social Science.
“Toward Teaching A Liberating Sociological Practicality:
Challenges for Teaching, Learning and Practice, Teaching
Sociology Special Issue on 50 Years of C. Wright Mills and The
Sociological Imagination. 37:89-102, 2009.
“The Ivory Tower in a Flat World: Applied Sociology and the
University,” Journal of Applied Social Science, 1:16-22. 2007.
“Questions and Answers on the Global Net-Work Economy,”
Edwardsville Journal of Sociology. 4:July, 2004.
"Boundary Management: Tearing Down the Walls and Creating
Organizational Change," Sociological Practice: A Journal of
Clinical and Applied Sociology. 1:193-20. 1999.
"Service Learning and the Practicum Experience," (with Bradley
Fisher) Educational Gerontology Review. 25:393-409. 1999.
"Employment and Workplace Change," Syllabus in The Clinical
Sociology Resourcebook, Washington DC, American Sociological
Association Teaching Resource Center, 1996.
"Combining The Liberal and Useful Arts: Sociological Skills in the
Global Economy, The American Sociologist. 25:20-36. 1994.
"Earthquake Hysteria, Before and After: A Survey and Follow-Up On
Public Responses to the Browning Forecast." (With John Farley, Hugh
Barlow, and Larry Riley). International Journal of Mass Emergencies
and Disasters. 11: 305-321. 1993.
"A Retention Program for Sociology Majors: Two Years of Experience
with the ABle Program" (with John Farley), Michigan Sociological
Review. 7: 48-59. 1993.
"Taking Back A Rich Tradition: A Sociological Approach to Workplace
and Industrial Change In the Global Economy." Clinical Sociology
Review. 10:182-197. 1992.
"Designing Applied Sociology Graduate Programs." In Teaching
Applied Sociology: A Resourcebook, (eds.) C. Howery, N. Perrin, J.
Seem and R. Bendiksenn. American Sociological Association Teaching
Resource Center, Wash. D.C., 1992.
"Sharing Information Spawns Trust, Productivity and Quality." (With
Edward J. Harrick and Paul E. Sultan) National Productivity Review.
10:295-298. 1991.
"Sociologists Needed: But Will They Come Forward In America's
Industrial Transformation?" Sociological Practice Review. 1:71-76.
1990.
"Sociology and Workplace Change: A 1990s Perspective." Teaching
Sociology. 18:171-178. 1990.
"Employment Relations: A College Curriculum for Teaching Applied
Sociology." Journal of Applied Sociology. 6:77-88. 1989.
The Warm Handshake's Challenge to the Invisible Hand. (with Edward
J. Harrick and Paul E. Sultan). Labor and Management Programs
Publication 984. SIUE. 1989.
A Start-Up Guide for In-Plant Labor Management
Leadership Council Southwest Illinois, 1988.
Committees.
Quality of Worklife/Employee Involvement. Lansing Area Joint LaborManagement Committee, (with Martin Bakken and William Parsons)
1983.
Human Rights Information Newsletter, published monthly by the
Institute for Community Development, Michigan State University.
1977-1979.
BOOK REVIEWS
The Machine That Changed the World. By James P. Womack, Daniel T.
Jones and Daniel Roos (1990), Michigan Sociological Review. Fall,
1992, 6:67-69.
The Politics of U.S. Labor: From the Great Depression to the New
Deal. By David Milton (1982), Labor Studies Journal 11, No. 2,
Fall, 1986, pp. 184-186.
Division of Labor: A Political Perspective. By Elliot A. Krause
(1982), Labor Studies Journal 9, No. 1, Spring, 1984, pp. 108-109.
Selected Papers and Presentations
“Developing an Applied Sociology Program,” paper to be presented
at the annual meetings of the Association for Applied and
Clinical Sociology, St. Louis, MO, 2010.
“Action Teaching and Learning: Four Reasons for Teaching Applied
Sociology and Community Based Change,” paper presented at the
meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco,
2009.
“Toward Teaching a Liberating Sociological Practicality:
Implications for Teaching and Learning” Paper presented at the
meetings of the American Sociological Association, Boston, Mass.,
2008.
“Toward Teaching a Liberating Sociological Practicality,” Paper
Presented at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Sociological
Imagination Group, Boston, Mass. 2008.
“Organizational Consulting and Applied Sociology,” Panel
presentation at the meetings of the American Sociological
Association, New York City, 2007.
“The
University in Flat World,” Paper presented at the Annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal,
Canada, 2006.
Invited Teaching Workshop, “The Place of Theory in Applied
Sociology,” Program Committee for the 2005 American Sociological
Association Annual Meeting, to be presented in Philadelphia,
August 16, 2005.
“Where Sociology Meets the Public Eye: The Case of Labor
Management Cooperation.” Paper presented at the Annual meeting of
the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 2004.
“The Social Construction of Workplace Change: Implications for
Practice.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society
for Applied Sociology, New Orleans, 2003.
“Practical
Concepts for the New Employee Relations in the New
Economy.” Paper presented at the meetings of the Society for
Applied Sociology, Sacramento California, Oct 16-20, 2002.
“Work and Family,” Presented at the Southwest Illinois Labor and
Management Seminar, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
March, 2002.
Sociological Practice in Labor Management Cooperation, presented at
the meetings of the Unity Meetings of the Society for Applied
Sociology and the Sociological Practice Association, Bethesda,
Maryland, August 3-6. 2000.
"Useful Sociology as Professional Practice in the Global Economy,"
paper to be presented at the meetings of the Society for Applied
Sociology, Dallas, Oct. 27-31, 1999.
"The Reflective Applied Sociologist: The Case Of
Organizations," presented at the meetings of the
Sociological Association, Chicago, August 5-8, 1999.
Learning
American
"Reflective Sociological Practice," presented at the annual
meetings of the Society for Applied Sociology, Denver, Oct 22-25,
1998.
"The ABle Program: An Update on an Effort to Improve Student
Retention in Sociology," (with John Farley) presented to the Annual
Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, Iowa,
April 3-6, 1997.
"Internships and the Practice Experience in Teaching Applied
Sociology, " (with Bradley Fisher) presented to the Annual Meetings
of the Society for Applied Sociology, Atlanta, Georgia, Oct. 17-20,
1996.
"Good Boundaries Make Good Neighbors: Tearing Down the Walls and
Creating Organizational change," To be presented at the 1995 Annual
Meetings of the society for applied Sociology, San Diego, Oct. 1215.
"Useful Sociology," Keynote Address (with review) presented to
Missouri State Sociological Association, Osage Beach, MO., Nov. 5,
1994.
"Boundary Management: A Key Process in WorKplace Change." Paper to
be presented at the 1993 annual meetings of the Society for Applied
Sociology, St. Louis, MO, Oct. 14-16, 1993.
"Being Yourself At Work: The Participatory Experience."
Paper
presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological
Society, Kansas City Mo, April 1-4, 1992.
"Labor Issues for 1992: Solidarity Plus, Health Care, and Striker
Replacement," (With Edward J. Harrick and Paul Sultan). Presented
to the Greater Madison County Federation of Labor, January 11,
1992.
"Earthquake Hysteria: Public Response to a Pseudoscientific
Forecast of Disaster." (With John Farley, H. Barlow and L. Riley).
Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moine,
April.
"Teaching Applied Sociological Writing: Strategies, Suggestions and
Examples for an Applied Career and Professional Orientation," (With
W. Richard Stephens). Paper presented at the Society for Applied
Sociology Meetings, Annapolis, Maryland, Nov. 28-Dec.1, 1991.
"Earthquake Hysteria, Before and After: A Survey and Follow-up On
Public Responses to the Browning Forecast." (with John Farley, Hugh
D. Barlow, Larry Riley and Lewis G. Bender). Presented at the
Research Conference on Public Media Response to Earthquake
Forecasts, Edwardsville Awl., May 18, 1991.
"Assessing and Retaining Sociology Majors: The Case of the Able
Program." Paper Presented to the 1991 Meetings of the North Central
Sociological Association , Dearborn, MI, April 25-28.
"Sociological Practice In The Global Economy." Presented at the
1991 Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association,
Dearborn MI, April 25-28.
"Plant Closings and Labor-Management Cooperation." Presented at the
1991 Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society Des Moines, Iowa,
April 11-14.
"A Sociological Approach to Industrial and Workplace Change."
Presented at the Society for Applied Sociology Meeting, 1990
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 12-14.
"Applied Sociology and Joint Labor-Management Cooperation: Roles,
Practices and Policies."
Paper presented to the Society for
Applied Sociology Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, October 20-22, 1989.
"Reflections on American Unionism: 100 Voices from the Industrial
Heartland, Southwestern Illinois." Paper presented at the Meetings
of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, April 6-9,
1989.
"Changes in Style Are Not Changes in Work: A Critique of the Role
of Management." Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meetings of the
Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, Minn., March 23-26,
1988.
"Job Training in Workplace Change: A Sociological Practice." Paper
presented at the Sixth Annual Meetings of the Society for Applied
Sociology, Chicago, Awl, October 21-23, 1988.
"Employment Relations: A College Curriculum for Teaching Applied
Sociology." Paper presented at Annual Conference of the Society for
Applied Sociology, Lexington, KY., November 6-8, 1987.
"Class Conflict Within the American Labor Movement," presented at
the annual meetings of the North Central Sociological Association,
Toledo, OH, April 14-16, 1986.
"Managerial and Union Ideology," presented at the annual meetings
of the Michigan Academy of Science Arts, and Letters, Mt. Pleasant,
MI, March 14-16, 1986.
"Worker Participation in Technological Changes in the Workplace."
Paper presented at the University and College Labor Education
Association Conference, Nashville, Tenn., December 14-16, 1984.
Other Selected University and Public Service
Public Sector Bargaining in Illinois and Missori, Learning from
the Past, Lessons for the Future. Organize and coordinate
regional labor-management Conference held at the Gateway Center,
Collinsville, IL, November, 2009.
Construction & Development Forecast, organize and coordinate
regional meeting, Gateway Center, Collinsville, Il., January,
2009.
Workforce 2012: Are We Ready? Organize and coordinate major
regional labor management conference, Gateway Center,
Collinsiville, Il., September, 2007.
Gateway Labor Management Conference, organized and coordinted
regional conference, held at Gateway Center, Collinsivlle Il.,
September, 2006.
The Second Gateway Labor Management Conference, held at the St.
Louis Downtown Radisson Hotel, April 27-29, 2005, organize,
coordinate major labor-management conference in the St. LouisSouthern Illinois Region.
The Gateway Labor Management Conference, Four Points Sheraton
Hotel, Fairview Heights, IL., September 16-19, 2003. Organized and
coordinated major labor-management conference in the St. LouisSouthern Illinois region.
Grant Awarded from the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
to establish the SIUE Problem Solving Center, based on Technology
Assisted Group Solutions, (TAGS), October, 2002.
Grant Awarded from the Director’s Matching Program, the Federal
Mediation and Conciliation Service, to support the activities
forthe Labor Management Committee of the Leadership Council
Southwestern Illinois, 2001.
Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grants, The ABle Program:
Student Retention and Development (with John Farley and Robert
Blain), two grants awarded: 1990-91, 1992, 1994-95, 1995-96, 199697,
1997-98,
1998-1999,
1999-2000,
2002-2003,
2004-2005,
06,07,08,09.
Work and Family Conference, Organized and Coordinated, the Morris
University Center, SIUE, March 2002.
Excellence in Teaching at SIUE Spring Symposium, Active Learning
Workshop, April 29-30, 1999.
"Teaching and Learning in the Active Voice," presenter at two
workshops on the philosophy and practice of active learning, June
24 and Sept. 26, 1997, SIUE.
"Peer Review of Teaching," participated in session with Professor
Peter Shedd, AAHE Teaching Initiative, Oct. 24, 1997, SIUE.
"Course Portfolio Panel Presentation: Faculty efforts in developing
a course portfolio," introduced and participated in session with
Professor Pat Hutchings, Director AAHE Teaching Initiative, April.
1997.
Member of “Meld” Committee, College of Arts and Sciences developing
policy guidelines for combining criteria for teaching, research and
service, 1996.
Member of Blue Ribbon Teaching Committee, College of Arts and
Sciences, developing policy guidelines for teaching criteria, 1996.
Member of Committee on Faculty Roles and Responsibilities,
exploring the “scholarship of teaching,” a university-wide survey
on teaching and research, teaching portfolios, peer review and
active learning, 1995-1999.
Moderator, People and Partnerships: The Saturn Story, a one day
program exploring the successful partnerships implemented by the
Saturn\UAR Team, Gateway Center, Collinsville, IL. May 9, 1995.
Keynote
Speaker,
"Labor
Solidarity
in
Granite
City:
A
Great
Tradition," at the the Anniversary Dinner and Dance,
SteelWorkers AFL-CIO-CLC, Madison, IL, May 22, 1992.
United
Panel Member, Illinois Committee on Black Concerns in Higher
Education 1991 Fall Regional Seminar, SIUE, Dec. 10.
Speaker, "Partnerships Between Labor-Management Committees and
Higher
Education,"
Illinois
Labor-Management
Conference,
Collinsville, Awl, April 21-22, 1989.
Proposal for Expanded Program in Applied Sociology, Request for
Expanded/Improved Program, Nov 1, 1989, (with Hugh D. Barlow).
Proposal
for
Support
of
Employment
Relations
Option
of
Undergraduate Major in Sociology, Excellence in Undergraduate in
Education Competition, April 1, 1989 (with Hugh D. Barlow).
Speaker-Trainer, "Workforce 2000" (with Ron Mason), Southwest
Illinois In-Plant Labor-Management Network, Granite City, Awl.,
January 26, 1989.
Funded Applied Research, supported by the Leadership Council
Southwest Illinois, to further research and implementation of InPlant Labor Management Committees, April-December, 1987.
Speaker-Trainer, "Spanning the Bridge: A Labor-Management Vision,"
Quad City Area Labor Management Council Conference, Davenport,
Iowa, September 20, 1987.
Speaker-Trainer, Southwest Illinois In-Plant Labor Management
Network conference, Steelworkers Local 3643, Granite City, Awl,
August 19-20, 1987.
Professional Membership
Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology
Gateway Chapter, Labor and Employment Relations Association
Midwest Sociological Society
American Sociological Association
.
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