CURRICULUM VITAE
YALE R. MAGRASS
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (UMD)
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747
Office: Liberal Arts-392A; Office Telephone: (508)-999-8402
Fax: (508)-999-8808
E-Mail:
Ymagrass@Umassd.edu
EDUCATION
1972-1978
1971-1972
1967-1971
University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D.; Sociology; M.A.,1973
Columbia University; New York, New York
Brandeis University; Waltham, Massachusetts
B.A. Magna Cum Laude; Mathematics and
Sociology; Honors in Sociology
TEACHING INTERESTS
Social Theory
Sociology of Knowledge
Political Sociology
Social Movements
Political Economy
Social Impact of Science
and Technology
Social Problems
Introductory Sociology
Historical Sociology
Mass Society & Culture
Sociological Methodology
Computer Programming
Senior Seminar: Baby Boomers vs.
Millennials
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Chancellor Professor; Department of Sociology and Anthropology;
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth; North Dartmouth, Mass. 2003—
Professor 1989-2003 Associate Professor; 1983-1989; Assistant Professor;
1979-1983; Visiting Lecturer; 1978-1979 (Tenured, 1984) "Political Sociology",
Social Impact of Science and Technology", "Introduction to Social Thought",
"Senior Seminar: Millennials vs. Baby-boomers", “Social Movements”,
''Introduction to Research Methods", "Introduction to Sociology", "Social
Change", "Mass Society & Culture", "Computer Programming I-Pascal", "Social
Problems", "Sociological Theory"
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Visiting Lecturer; Department of Sociology;
University of Massachusetts, Lowell; Lowell, Mass.; 1977-1978
"Introduction to Sociology", "Sociology of Knowledge";
Lecturer; Department of Sociology;
University of California, Santa Barbara; 1975-1977
"The Development of Social Thought", "Sociology of Knowledge"
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Capitalism: Should You Buy it? An Invitation to Political Economy (with Charles
Derber); Paradigm Publishers, E. Boulder,Co.; London UK; 2014
The Surplus American: How the 1% Is Making Us Redundant (with Charles
Derber); Paradigm Publishers, E. Boulder, Co.; Pluto Press, London, UK. 2012
Morality Wars: How Empires, the Born Again and the Politically Correct Do Evil
in the Name of Good (with Charles Derber); Second edition, New Chapter on
Obama; Paradigm Publishers, E. Boulder, Co.; Pluto Press, London, UK; 2010
Morality Wars: How Empires, the Born Again and the Politically Correct Do Evil
in the Name of Good (with Charles Derber); Paradigm Publishers, E. Boulder,
Co.
Pluto Press, London, UK; 2008
Power in the Highest Degree: Capitalism. Professionals and the Making of a
New Mandarin Order; (with Charles Derber & William Schwartz);
Oxford University Press; N.Y., N.Y.; 1990
Thus Spake the Moguls: The New Deal and Other Transformations of
Upper Class Ideology; Schenkman; Cambridge, Mass; 1981
ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
“When Wars Come Home” (coauthor); Charles Derber; Sociopathic Society: A
People's Sociology; Paradigm Publishers; E Boulder, CO, London UK; 2013
“Manufacturing Surplus People”(coauthor); Charles Derber; Sociopathic Society:
A People's Sociology; Paradigm Publishers; E Boulder, CO, London UK; 2013
Romney’s “47 Percent” Blunder Reveals the Hidden Heart of His Agenda”
(coauthor); Charles Derber; Sociopathic Society: A People's
Sociology;;Paradigm Publishers; E Boulder, CO, London, UK; 2013
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“American Empire and Its Moral Big Stick”(coauthor); Charles Derber;
Sociopathic Society: A People's Sociology; Paradigm Publishers; E Boulder, CO;
London, UK, 2013
“The Wright Problem”(coauthor); Charles Derber; Sociopathic Society: A
People's Sociology; Paradigm Publishers; E Boulder, CO London UK; 2013
“What Does It Mean to Call McCain a “War Hero’ Candidate?”(coauthor);
Charles Derber; A People’s Sociology, Sociopathic Society Paradigm
Publishers; E Boulder, CO; London, UK; 2013;
“History’s Magic Mirror: America’s Economic Crisis and the Weimar Republic of
Pre-Nazi Germany”(coauthor); Charles Derber; A People’s Sociology,
Sociopathic Society Paradigm Publishers; E Boulder, CO, London UK; 2013
“Good Timing: Economic Meltdown and Regime Change at Home” (coauthor);
Derber, Charles; Greed to Green: Solving Climate Change and Remaking the
Economy; Paradigm Publishers; E Boulder, CO: Pluto Press, London, UK; 2010
“Democracy or Plutocracy” (with Michael Parenti) Bimonthly Review of Law
Books ; Boston, Mass. Volume 17, November/December 2006
“Horowitz’s List: The Right Attack on Civil Liberties and Academic Freedom”
(with Gordon Fellman) Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.
Volume 17, No 5 September/October 2006
“Law, Politics & Corporate Elites” (with G. William Domhoff)
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.
Volume 17, No 5 September/October 2006
“Changing Lives Through Literature” (with Robert Waxler)
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.
Volume 17, No. 2 May/June 2006
”Hidden Power, Regime Change and Public Policy” (with Charles Derber);
Bimonthly Review of Law Books; Boston, Mass.
Volume 17, No. 1 March/April 2006
“Globalization and the Emerging International Legal Order” (with Charles
Derber); Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass. V.14, N. 6 Nov/Dec,
2003
“Uwaga na sprzedaz” (Co-Author) Derber, Charles Zaistniec w spoteczenstwie
(The Pursuit of Attention in Polish); Gdanskie Wydawntictwo Psychologiczne;
Gdansk, Poland; 2002
“The Public Construction of the Private.” In Towards A Responsible and Solidary
World; Editions Montmorency; Montreal Canada; 2001
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"Religion and War;" Magill's Guide to Military History. Salem Press; Pasadena
California; 2001
"Attention for Sale; The Hidden Privileges of Class" (with Charles Derber);
in Ann Branaman; Self & Society; Brackwell, London, U.K.: 2001
"Attention for Sale; The Hidden Privileges of Class"
(Co-Author); Derber, Charles; The Pursuit of Attention; (second edition);
Oxford University Press; N.Y., N.Y.; 2000
Stephen W. Hawking; Dictionary of World Biography :The Twentieth Century
Vol. 8; PP 1580-1583; Fitzroy Dearboarn ; Chicago, Illinois; 1999
"Great Depression;" Encyclopedia of North American History;
Marshall Cavendish; Terrytown , N.Y.; 1999
"Roosevelt's (F.D.) Presidency;" Encyclopedia of North American History
Marshall Cavendish; Terrytown , N.Y.; 1999
"Students for a Democratic Society (SDS);" The Sixties in America;
Salem Press; Pasadena California; 1998
"Civil Defense Campaigns, U.S.;" Encyclopedia of Propaganda;
M.E. Sharp; Armont, N.Y.; 1998
"Education as an Anti-Propaganda Tool;" Encyclopedia of Propaganda;
M.E. Sharp; Armont, N.Y.; 1998
"Dialecticism;" Survey of Social Science: Government and Politics; Salem Press;
Pasadena California; 1995
"Computer Literacy: The Pigeonhole Principle" (with Richard
Upchurch); Computers and Society; Vol. 18, No. 3; July, 1988
"Computer Literacy: People Adjusted to Technology" (with Richard
Upchurch); Computers and Society, Vol. 18, No. 2; April, 1988
"The Pursuit of Attention" (with Charles Derber); in Candace Clark &
Howard Robby; SociaI Interaction ; St. Martin's Press; N.Y.; 1988
"Money Changers in the Temple"; Humanity and Society;
Madison, N.J.; Vol. 10, No. 2; May, 1986
''Ideology and Upper Class Interests"; Quarterly Journal of IdeoIogy;
Montgomery. Ala; Vol. 10, No. 2; 1986
"The Boy Scouts, The Outdoors and Empire"; Humanity and Society;
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Madison, N.J.; Vol. 10, No. l; February, 1986
"Computer Science Curriculum: Technography, Technocracy, Technology, or
Theology?" (with Richard Upchurch); SEGCSE Bulletin; N.Y, N.Y.; Vol. 17, No.
4; December, 1985
"Humanism Under Siege (The Moral Majority and the Legitimation
Crisis )"; Humanity and Society; West. Hartford, Conn. Vol. 8, No.2. May, 1984
"Attention for Sale; The Hidden Privileges of Class" (Co-Author); Derber,
Charles; The Pursuit of Attention; Oxford University Press; N.Y., N.Y. 1983; G.K.
Hall and Schenkman; Cambridge, Mass.;1979;
"The Private and the Public in Collision"; Human Affairs;
Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Vol. 2, No. l; Spring, 1982
"Emancipatory Metasocial Psychology: Marx, Freud, Piaget, Chomsky and
Skinner"; Transforming Sociology Series; Red Feather Institute for Advanced
Studies in Sociology; No. 48; 1979
"The New Deal: A Case Study in Transformations of Corporate
Ideology"; Working Papers on the Capitalistate Newsletter; San Francisco; 1976
BOOK REVIEWS
Review of Eugene Rosa, Ortwin Renn & Aaron McCright; The Risk Society
Revisited; Choice; Middletown CT. June 2014
Review of Sinisa Malesevic; Nation-States and Nationalisms;
Choice; Middletown CT. April 2014
Review of Neil White; Company Towns; Corporate Order and Community;
International Journal of Comparative Sociology; Irving Ca. February 2014
Review of Daniel Chernilo; The Natural Law Foundations of Modern Social
Theory; Choice; Middletown CT. September 2013
Review of Niklas Luhmann; Introduction to Systems Theory;
Choice; Middletown CT. June 2013
Review of Neil Fligstein & Doug McAdam; A Theory of Fields;
Choice; Middletown CT. April 2013
Review of Anthony Elliott & Bryan Turner; On Society;
Choice; Middletown CT. December 2012
Review of Sal Restivo ; Red, Black and Objective: Science, Sociology and
Anarchism; Choice; Middletown CT. April 2012
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Review of Sandra Hanson & John White; The American Dream in the 21st
Century; Choice; Middletown CT. February 2012
Review of David Sciulli; Etzioni’s Critical Functionalism;
Choice; Middletown CT. December 2011
Review of Victoria Carty; Wired and Mobilizing;
Choice; Middletown CT. May, 2011
Review of Hans Dave Elder-Vass; The Causal Powers of Social Structures;
Choice; Middletown CT. April, 2011
Review of Hans Joas and Wolfgang Knobl; Social Theory;
Choice; Middletown CT. July, 2010
Review of Goran Therborn; From Marxism to Post-Marxism? ;
Choice; Middletown CT. July, 2010
Review of Joseph Turow and Lokman Tsui ; The Hyperlinked Society ;
Choice; Middletown CT. May, 2009
Review of William Pawlett, Jean Baudrillard ; Choice; Middletown CT.
November, 2008
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Review of Andrzej Zieleniec, Space and Social Theory ; Choice; Middletown CT.
May, 2008
Review of Talcott Parsons, American Society ; Choice; Middletown CT.
May, 2008
Review of Frank Brian Roberts, Micro Social Theory ; Choice; Middletown CT.
June, 2007
Review of Frank W. Ellwell, Macrosociology ; Choice; Middletown CT.
February, 2007
Review of Ira Katznelson, Mark Kesselman, Alan Draper; The Politics of Power:
A Critical Introduction to American Government. Fifth Edition. Bimonthly Review
of Law Books ; Boston, Mass. V17, N4 July/August 2006
Review of Jason Powell, Social Theory and Aging ; Choice; Middletown CT.
September, 2006
Review of John P. Jackson, Science for Segregation; Choice; Middletown CT.
July 2006
Review of G. William Domhoff. Who Rules America? Power, Politics & Social
Change, Fifth Edition. Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass. V16, N6November/December 2005
Review of Christian Davenport, Hank Johnston & Carol Mueller Repression and
Mobilization; Choice; Middletown CT. December 2005
Review of William Outhwaite & Larry Ray Social Theory and Postcommunism
Choice; Middletown CT. November 2005
Review of Edward Martin & Rodolfo Torres Savage State
Choice; Middletown CT. June 2005
Review of Scott Schaffer Resisting Ethics
Choice; Middletown CT. June 2005
Review of Michael Melo Legalizing Gay Marriage Bimonthly Review of Law
Books ; Boston, Mass. V 15 N 6 November/December 2004
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Review of Thomas Frank What’s the Matter with Kansas?
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass. V14 N4-July/August 2004
Review of Jongryul Choi Postmodern American Sociology
Choice; Middletown CT. March 2005
Review of Roger Sibeon Rethinking Social Theory
Choice; Middletown CT. December 2004
Review of Alan How Critical Theory
Choice; Middletown CT. July 2004
Review of John Sitton Habermas and Contemporary Society
Choice; Middletown CT. April 2004
Review of Richard Swedberg Principles of Economic Sociology
Choice; Middletown CT.; March, 2004
Review of Steven Goldberg Fad and Fallacies in the Social Sciences
Choice; Middletown CT.; February ,2004
Review of Alan Dershowitz America Declares Independence
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass. ; V14 N4- July/August 2003
Review of Michael Moore Stupid White Men
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.; V 14 N 2 – March/April 2003
Review of Robert A Dahl.How Democratic is the American Constitution?;
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.; V 14 N 2 – March/April 2003
Review of Mauro Guillen. The New Economic Sociology.
Choice; Middletown CT. 2003
Review of David McBride Mission for Science: U.S. Technology and Medicine in
America’s African World. Choice; Middletown CT. 2003
Review of Stephen Lyng & David Frank. Sociology and the Real World.
Choice; Middletown CT. 2002
Review of Robert C. Post etc. Prejudicial Appearances: The Logic of American
Antidiscrimination Law. ; Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.;
January-February 2002
Review of Franklin E. Zimring etc..Punishment and Democracy: Three Strikes
and You’re Out in California. ; Bimonthly Review of Law Books; Boston, Mass.;
January-February 2002
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Review of Stephen K. Sanderson The Evolution of Human Society: A Darwinian
Conflict Perspective; Choice; Middletown CT. 2001
Review of Micheal Hechter Social Norms ;Choice; Middletown CT. 2001
Review of Carroll L. Estes etc. Social Policy and Aging;
Choice; Middletown CT. 2001
Review of David Dyzenhaus (Editor) Law as Politics: Carl Schmitt’s Critique of
Liberalism; Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.; July-August 2001
Review of Marc Tuchnet Taking the Constitution from the Courts.
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.; V.11, N. 5, 2000
Review of Terri Jennings Peretti In Defense of a Political Court.
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.; September-October 2000
Review of John William Sayer, Ghost Dancing the Law: The Wounded Knee
Trials; Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.; V. 8 N. 6 1998
Review of Brian Barry; Theories of Justice;
Bimonthly Review of Law Books ; Boston, Mass.; V.1, N. 4, 1994
Review of Stephen Resnick & Richard Wolff; Knowledge and Class;
Quarterly Journal of Ideology; Montgomery, Ala; V. 14, N. 3; 1990
Review of Norman Pollack; The Just Polity; Quarterly Journal of Ideology;
Montgomery, Ala; V. 14, N. 1; 1990
Review of Judith Perrolle; Computers and Social Change (with Richard
Upchurch); Computer; Rochester, N. Y.; January, 1988
Review of John Gray; Llberalism; Quarterly Journal of Ideology;
Montgomery, Ala; Vol. 11, No. 4; 1987
Review of John Clarke & Chas Critcher; The Devil Makes Work;
Quarterly Journal of Ideology ; Montgomery, Ala; Vol. 11, No. 1; l987
Review of Raymond Aron; History, Truth & Liberty ;
Quarterly Journal of Ideology ; Montgomery, Ala; Vol. 11, No. 4; l986
Review of Frank Hearn; Reason and Freedom in Sociological Thought;
Quarterly Journal of Ideology ; Montgomery, Ala; Vol. 11, No. 3; l986
Review of John Ryan; The Production Of Culture in the Music
Industry; Quarterly Journal of Ideology ; Montgomery, Ala; Vol. 10, No. 2; 1986
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Review of Arlie Hochschild; The Managed Heart ;
Quarterly Journal of Ideology ; Montgomery, Ala; Vo. 10, No.1; 1986
Review of Susan Ostrander; Women of the Upper Class;
Quarterly Journal of Ideology ,; Montgomerv, Ala; Vo. 10, No. I; 1986
Review of David McLeod; Buildlng Character in the American Boy ; Journal of
Sports and Social Issues Lowell,Mass.;Winter/Spring.1985
Review of Nathan Keyfitz; Population Change and Social Policy;
Sociology; Washington D.C.; 1983
Review of Hermann Strasser and Susan Randall; An Introductlon to
Theories of Soclal Change; Sociology ; Washington, D.C.; 1982
Review of Jergen Habermas; Communication and the Evolution of
Society; Sociology and Social Research ; Los Angeles; 1980
Review of Laurence H. Shoup and William Minter; Imperial Brain
Trust ; Sociology and Social Research ; Los Angeles; 1978
"With Words Like Bats", Review of Bertell Ollman; Alienation ;
The Human Factor ; Columbia University; N.Y., N.Y.; June, 1972
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
“The Surplus American & Capitalism: Should You Buy It?;” New Book Reception;
Eastern Sociological Society; Baltimore, MD; February 21, 2014
“Three Paradigms on Racial Inequality”; Association of Humanist Sociologists;
Arlington, Va; Oct. 11, 2013
“YOU’RE FIRED: How Americans are Becoming a Surplus People or What the
1% Plan for the 99%” (with Charles Derber); play preformed at Boston College;
December 7, 2011
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Panelist; “Brandeis in the Sixties;” Association of Humanist Sociologists; Boston,
Ma; November, 2008
“Morality Wars;” New Book Reception; Eastern Sociological Society; N.Y.,N.Y;
February 22, 2008
“The Holocaust as Rorschach;” Eastern Sociological Society; Boston, Mass.
February 25, 2006
“Capitalism and Democracy” Literature, Communication, and Democracy
Symposium; UMass Lowell ; April 2, 2003
“The Public Construction of the Private;” World Congress on Human
Coexistence in a Responsible World. Montreal, Quebec, Canada; July, 2000
"Corporations and the State;" Transformations of Corporation Seminar; Boston
College; November, 1996
"Control of the Means of Reality;" American Sociological Association;
Washington, D.C.; August, 1995
"Dialectics and Equality"; Seventh Conference of North American and Cuban
Philosophers and Social Scientists; Havana, Cuba; June, 1995
"Religion and Democracy: Israel and the United States"; Association of Humanist
Sociologists; Hartford, Connecticut; October, 1983
"Values within the Corporate Community: Roosevelt to Reagan";
Eastern Sociological Society; Baltimore, Maryland; March, 1983
"The Religious Right and the Corporate Right"; Association of
Humanist Sociologists; Washington, D.C.; October, 1982
"The Conservative Attack on Liberal Humanism"; Massachusetts
Sociological Association; November, 1981
"The Private and the Public in Collision"; Association of Humanist Sociologists;
Cincinnati, Ohio; October, 1981
"Ideology and Class Interests"; Society for the Study of Social
Problems; Toronto, Canada; August, 1981
'The Colored Slate: Toward an Emancipatory Metapsychology";
Pacific Sociology Association; Anaheim, California; April, 1979
"Economic Sector and Ideology"; Association of Humanist
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Sociologists; South Bend, Indiana October, 1978
"Foundations of Critical Theory and Political Economy"; West Coast
Social Scientist Conference. Nevada City, California; May, 1975
"Political implications of Pedagogical Techniques"; West Coast
Social Scientist Conference; San Jose, California; May, 1974
PUBLICATION & PRESENTATIONS FOR THE MASS MEDIA
“Bully Nation;” Public Intellectuals Project; Education for a Global Democracy
(with Charles Derber); February 5, 2014
“Bully Nation;” Truth-Out (with Charles Derber); February 1, 2014
“When Wars Come Home;” Truth-Out (with Charles Derber); February 19, 2013
“Foreign Policy: Do Republicans And Democrats Really Disagree?” ZNet; (with
Charles Derber) November 4, 2012
“History's Magic Mirror: America’s Economic Crisis and the Weimar Republic of
Pre-Nazi Germany;” Truth-Out; (with Charles Derber) November 1, 2012
“Romney's ’ 47 Percent’ Blunder Reveals the Hidden Heart of His Agenda”
Truth-Out; (with Charles Derber) October 9, 2012
“Surplus People;” Facebook
“YOU’RE FIRED” (with Charles Derber & Cal Greene III) The Gavel; Boston
College; March 2012; V4; N.1; P 22 &23;
“YOU’RE FIRED” (with Charles Derber); video of play preformed at Boston
College; on website http://mlib.bc.edu/media/play/fired.mp4.; 2011
“Vietnam: Disrupted Lives;” Stories Project DVD; Sharon High School;
Sharon, Mass. January 7, 2009
“Stifled Debate: The ‘Wright Problem’”(with Charles Derber);
International Herald Tribune; Paris, France; May 3, 2008
“Stifled Debate: The ‘Wright Problem’”(with Charles Derber);
New York Times; N.Y.N.Y.; May 3 2008
“The ‘Wright Problem’ Belongs to America”(with Charles Derber);
Boston Globe; Boston, Mass.; May 1, 2008
“Rethinking War Hero”(with Charles Derber);
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Baltimore Sun; Baltimore, MD; April 21, 2008“War Hero 624787;” (with Charles
Derber);
Christian Science Monitor; Boston, Mass.; April 14, 2008
“Morality Wars & The High School Experience;”
Boston Latin School; Boston, Mass.; January 30, 2008
Interview of Holocaust Survivor (Abraham Landau) with Professor
Robert Michael; WEAN Radio; Providence, R.I.; June, 1983
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS FOR GREATER UMD C0MMUNITY
“What is Good Teaching?” PHENOM Rally; October 7, 2009
“Teaching Evaluations and the New Contract;” Faculty Forum; May 2009
Morality Wars: Meet the Author Series; February 24, 2009
“All Quiet on the Prison Front;” Changing Lives Through Literature Website;
December 6, 2008
“Dissent from the Committee to Create a Common Student Evaluation Form;”
Position Paper sent to entire faculty; February 12, 2008
“Forks in the Energy Road;” Focus the Nation Teach-In; January 31, 2008
“UMD Losing Focus on What Made It so Great: Misplaced Priorities & Regaining
Respect for Student Input; ” The Torch; Vol. 53, Issue 20; March 8, 2007
“The Myth of Apolitical Science,” Earth Day Seminar; April 20, 2006
“Scientific Ambiguity and Political Certainty,” Earth Day Seminar, April 21, 2005
Panelist: “Is it Patriotic to Protest When We are at War?”; 2004
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"Sociology Course Challenges Students to Ponder the Impact of Science and
Technology;" Growth and Changes in Arts & Sciences at University of
Massachusetts Dartmouth; 1996
"What I Did During My Summer Vacation: The Cuban Revolution in the 90s"
1994
Faculty Senate Social and International Perspectives; 1995
"Rise of the Expert Class"; Arnold Dubin Labor Seminar; 1993
"Upper Class Rifts & The State"; Arnold Dubin Labor Seminar; 1989
"Why Study Social Sciences at Our University?"; 1981
Panel of Disabled Faculty; March, 1981
"Growing Up Handicapped"; April, 1980
"What's News Worthy in Sociology/Anthropology"; 1980
"The Wall St. Crash: Its Present Implications"; October, 1979
"Brochure of Sociology/Anthropology Department"; 1979
PROFESSIONAL JOURNAL STAFF MEMBERSHIPS
Editorial Board; Humanity and Society ; 1983-1986, 2011Book Review Staff; Choice 2001Editorial Board; Bimonthly Review of Law Books 1998-2007
Editorial Board; Quarterly Journal of Ideology; 1992- 1995
Book Review Staff; Quarterly Journal of Ideology; 1985- 1990
Book Review Staff; Sociology: Review of New Books ; 1982-1983
ACADEMIC HONORS AND GRANTS
2008
Evaluator for Peter Urmetzer, Ideology and Free Trade"; Social
Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
2000-2008
Listed in Who's Who in America
1997
Listed in Who's Who in the World
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1996
Listed in Who's Who in The East
1992
Power in the Highest Degree, nominated for Distinguished
Publication Award, 1 of 12 candidates for the best book in
Sociology in previous 3 years; American Sociological Association
1992
Amicus Curiae; Supreme Court of the United States
1988, 1986
Tier II Merit Raise, UMD
1988
Participant-Comparative Sociology Seminar,
Nanzan University; Nagoya, Japan
1987
Participant-Comparative Economist Tour of Soviet
Union & Eastern Europe
1986
Participant-Cultural Exchange SeminarPeople's Republic of China
1985-1986
1984
1983-1984
Sabbatical Leave, UMD
Greater New Bedford Jewish Federation Grant
Broad Field Release Time -Computer Fluency
1983
Participant- New Jewish Agenda Peace Tour of Israel
1972-1973
University of California Fellowship
1971-1972
Columbia University Fellowship
1971
B.A. Magna Cum Laude with Honors in Sociology,
Brandeis University
1968-1971
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Scholarship
COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIPS & PROGRAM MEMBERSHIPS AT UMD
Represent UMD at the National Association for College Admission
Counseling (NACAC)Fair, Boston, Mass.; May 2014
College of Arts & Sciences Student Experience Strategic Focus Area Committee;
2013
Delegate American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts Convention 2010;
2012; 2013
Grievance Advocate 2012
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Convener Sociology/Anthropology Faculty Evaluation Committee for Tenure and
Sabbatical Application of two colleagues 2011
Sociology/Anthropology Curriculum Subcommittee for the Revitalization of the
Program 2011-2012
Sociology/Anthropology Course Evaluation Workshop 2011-2012
University Admissions Committee 2009University Sustainability Committee 2008Faculty Student Academic Affairs Committee 2008Social Science Representative to Faculty Senate Steering Committee 2007-2008
Faculty Senate 2006Faculty Federation Committee to Create a Common Student Evaluation Form
2007-2009
Faculty Federation Working Conditions Contract Sub-Committee 2006
Sociology/Anthropology Methods Curriculum Committee 2006
Committee to evaluate the Center for Business Research 2004-2005
Chancellor’s Affirmative Action Advisory Committee 2003Sociology/Anthropology Methods Search Committee 2004
Vice Chairman for Students Affairs; Department of Sociology/Anthropology;
1994-2003
Institutional Review Board for Protection of Human Subjects 2000-2001
Leo Sullivan Teacher of the Year Committee, 1996-1998
Committee to Evaluate the Provost 1998
Mentor for Minority Students; 1992College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee,1991-2000
Chair,1984-1985
University Calendar Committee; 1991- 1994
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University Curriculum Committee; 1983-1984, 1991-2000
University General Education Committee; 1987-1989
Arranged visit of Brandeis Professor Gordon Fellman 1985
Computers and Problem Solving Committee; 1983-1985
Member of UMD Jewish Culture Seminar; 1981-1985
College of Arts and Sciences Worker Outreach Committee; 1983
Attended Computer Programming for Faculty Course; 1983
Staff of UMD Micro-Computers Expo '83; 1983
Participated in UMD Five Day Academic Computer Work Shop; 1983
College of Arts and Sciences Student Advising Staff; 1980-1985
College of Arts and Sciences Recruitment Committee; 1980-1981
Sociology/Anthropology Evaluation Committee
Sociology/Anthropology Department Student Affairs Committee
Sociology/Anthropology Department Curriculum Committee
Sociology/Anthropology Colloquium Committee
Sociology/Anthropology Continuing Education Committee
Liaison between Sociology/Anthropology Department and Handicapped Center
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