Rottem Sagi
University of California, Irvine
Department of Sociology
3151 Social Science Plaza
Irvine, CA 92697
Phone: (317) 694-7679
rsagi@uci.edu
www.rottemsagi.com
EDUCATION
Ph. D. Sociology, University of California, Irvine, June 2016 (expected)
Dissertation: Who’s in My Bed: Strange Bedfellows in the American Pro-Israel
Movement.
Exam Areas: Political Sociology and social movements; Sociology of Culture
M.A. Sociology, University of California, Irvine, 2012
Thesis Title: National Jewish Advocacy and Interest Groups: A Cross-National
Comparison of the United States and Canada
B.A.
B.S.
Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, with Departmental Honors, 2009
Psychology, Indiana University, Bloomington, 2009
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Social Movements; Political Sociology; Organizational Sociology; Statistical Methods; Jewish
Studies; Sociology of Culture
ACADEMIC AWARDS AND HONORS
2015-2016
Dissertation Fellowship in Support of Research in the Social Scientific Study of
the Contemporary American Jewish Community, Association for Jewish Studies
($16,000.00)
2015-2016
Graduate Dean’s Dissertation Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
($34,035.50)
2015
Young Scholar in Social Movements at the Young Scholars in Social
Movements Conference at University of Notre Dame
2014
Associate Dean’s Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
($11,089.00)
2014
Kugelman Citizen Peacebuilding Research Fellowship, The Center for Citizen
Peacebuilding at University of California, Irvine
($1,500.00)
2014
Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Sociology at University of
California, Irvine
07/1/2015
($1,500.00)
2014-2015
Dissertation Fellowship in Support of Research in the Social Scientific Study of
the Contemporary American Jewish Community, Association for Jewish Studies
(Honorable Mention)
2013
Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Sociology at University of
California, Irvine
($1,500.00)
2013
Student Travel Award, Pacific Sociological Association
($125.00)
2012
Berman Institute Summer Research Fellowship, North American Jewish Data
Bank
($1,800.00)
2012
Center for the Study of Democracy Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
($1,500.00)
2011
Center for the Study of Democracy Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
($1,500.00)
2011
Summer Research Fellowship, Department of Sociology at University of
California, Irvine
($1,500.00)
2009-2010
Tuition Fellowship, University of California, Irvine
($15,042.00)
PUBLICATIONS
Sagi, Rottem and Catherine Bolzendahl. 2013 “Rhetoric and Reality: The Role of Family Issues
in Politician and Party Support” Journal of Marriage and Family 35 (5): 1-20
Sagi, Rottem 2013. “Israeli Social Movements” In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and
Political Movements edited by David A. Snow, Donatella Della Porta, Bert Kandermans,
Doug McAdam New York: Wiley-Blackwell
Sagi, Rottem 2013. “The Zionist Movement” In The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and
Political Movements edited by David A. Snow, Donatella Della Porta, Bert Kandermans,
Doug McAdam New York: Wiley-Blackwell
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS AND PAPERS UNDER REVIEW
Sagi, Rottem “A Social Movements Approach to Understanding American and Canadian Support
for Israel”
07/1/2015
Meyer, David S., Amanda Pullum and Rottem Sagi. “The Accretion and Dispersion of Issues in
Social Movement Coalitions”
Sagi, Rottem and Catherine Bolzendahl. “Godliness and Government: Individual and
Institutional Connections between Religiosity and Citizenship”
Sagi, Rottem “Threats, Resources, and Coalition Growth in the American Pro-Israel Movement”
Chapter 2 from dissertation
PRESENTATIONS
2015
Sagi, Rottem “Threats and Coalition Growth in the American Pro-Israel
Movement” May 29, 2015 at Kugelman Symposium, at the University of
California, Irvine
2015
Sagi, Rottem “Threats, Resources, and Coalition Growth in the American ProIsrael Movement” May 1, 2015 at Young Scholars in Social Movements
Conference, at Notre Dame, IN
2014
Sagi, Rottem “Coalitions in the Pro-Israel Movement” October 27, 2014 at Social
Movements Social Justice Workshop in Irvine, California
2014
Bolzendahl, Catherine and Rottem Sagi “Godliness and Government: Individual
and Institutional Connections between Religiosity and Citizenship” August 19,
2014 at ASA annual meeting in San Francisco, California
2014
Sagi, Rottem “Coalitions in the American pro-Israel movement” April 10, 2014 at
Association of Graduate Students Annual Symposium in Irvine, California
2013
Sagi, Rottem. “Affecting Foreign Policy: A Cross-national Comparison of the
United States and Canada” August 18, 2013 at ASA annual meeting in New York
City, New York
2013
Sagi, Rottem and Catherine Bolzendahl. “Rhetoric and Reality: The Role of
Family Policy in Politician and Party Support” presented March 22, 2013 at PSA
annual meeting in Reno, Nevada
2013
Sagi, Rottem and Catherine Bolzendahl. “Godliness and Government: Individual
and Institutional Connections between Religiosity and Citizenship” presented
November 2, 2013 at International Comparative Sociology Workshop in Irvine,
California
2012
Meyer, David S., Amanda Pullum and Rottem Sagi. “The Accretion and
Dispersion of Issues in Social Movement Coalitions” presented August 19, 2012
at ASA annual meeting in Denver, Colorado
2011
Sagi, Rottem “National Jewish Advocacy and Interest Groups: A Cross-National
07/1/2015
Comparison of the United States and Canada” presented March 2011 at
University of California, Irvine, Sociology Department Second Year Paper Talks
in Irvine, California
2010
Sagi, Rottem “What is Family Policy: An American Perspective on ‘Family
Issues'” presented April 2010 at the Indiana University Honors College in
Bloomington, Indiana
2009
Sagi, Rottem “Social Construction of ‘Family Issues’” presented March 2009 at
the North Central Sociological Association in Dearborn, Michigan.
TEACHING AND RSEARCH EXPERIENCE
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Instructor for Contemporary Social Problems, Spring 2015
University of California, Irvine
Teaching Assistant for
• Sociology of Gender (Winter 2015, Spring 2014)
• Sociology Statistics (Winter 2014)
• Sociological Theory (Fall 2014)
• Business Decisions (Winter 2013)
• Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2010, Winter 2012, and Spring 2012)
• Race and Ethnicity (Fall 2011)
• Social Problems (Spring 2011)
• Computer Research in Social Science (Winter 2011)
• Probability and Statistics (Winter 2010 and Spring 2010)
• Social Psychology (Fall 2009)
Research Assistant: David Meyer (Summer 2011 & Summer 2012)
• Researcher for a Center for the Study of Democracy funded project examining the
accretion, or expansion, of social movement issues over time. Coded and analyzed
data taken from hundreds of social movement organizations' websites to find that
overtime, groups identified a greater range of grievances.
Research Assistant: Brian Powell (Fall 2007- Spring 2008)
• Researcher for a Sociological Research Practicum funded national representative
telephone survey. Transcribed phone interviews from the 2004 Constructing the
families survey.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP AND SERVICE
2009American Sociological Association (ASA), Section Memberships: Collective
Behavior and Social Movements; Organizations, Occupation and Work;
Comparative/Historical Sociology; Methodology; Political Sociology; Sociology
Practice & Public Sociology; Peace, War, & Social Conflict;
2011-
Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSPS)
07/1/2015
2013-
Pacific Sociological Association (PSA)
2015-
Association for Jewish Studies (AJS)
2015
Manuscript Reviewer: Mobilization, Journal of Marriage and Family
SKILLS AND TOOLS
STATA, SPSS, R, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, OpenOffice, Proficient in Microsoft operating
systems (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7) and Linux (Ubuntu/Debian)
07/1/2015