CURRICULUM VITAE:
Enrique S. Pumar
Department of Sociology
The Catholic University of America
Tel: (202) 319-5445
Aquinas Hall 116 D
Fax: (202) 319-4980
Washington, DC 20064
e-mail: pumar@cua.edu
Website: http://sociology.cua.edu/faculty/bios/enrique-pumar.cfm
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Citizenship: Naturalized American Citizen. Born in La Habana, Cuba.
Current Positions:
2011-present Department Chair. Department of Sociology, The Catholic University
of America.
2007-present Associate Professor. Department
University of America.
of
Sociology,
The
Catholic
2011-present Executive Committee. Institute for Policy Research and Catholic
Studies (IPR). The Catholic University of America
2009-present Faculty Fellow, Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies
(IPR). The Catholic University of America.
2010-present Editorial Boards Member. Sociological Forum, Delaware Review of
Latin American Studies, and Journal of Sociology and Theory of
Religion.
2011-present Contributing Editor. Handbook of Latin American Studies. Library of
Congress.
2012-present Research Coordinator. Phase II Latino
Smithsonian Institution Latino Center.
Experience:
2006-2007
2005-2007
History
Project,
Associate Professor 2006-07. Department of Sociology and Latin
American Studies Program, William Paterson University.
Director, University Latin America and Latino Studies Program,
William Paterson University.
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2000-2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Latin American
Studies Program, William Paterson University.
2000-2011
Lecturer, Graduate International Affairs Program, Department of
Politics, The Catholic University of America, DC.
1998-2000.
Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Trinity College, Washington, DC.
1993-1995.
Lecturer, School of International Service, American University,
Washington, DC.
1990-1991
Scholar in Residence, Council for Research in Values and
Philosophy. Catholic University.
Education:
1992-1999
American University, Ph.D. in Sociology
1982-1986
Columbia University, M. Phil. in Political Sociology
1979-1982
University of Chicago, MA in History and Latin American Studies
1975-1979
Rutgers University, BA in History and Hispanic Civilization
Fluent in Spanish & Competence in Portuguese
Fields of Interest:
Comparative National Development, Ethnicity and Migration, Higher
Education, and Global and Transnational Relations.
Fellowships, Scholarships, Academic Honors:
Access to Justice Grant Program. Community Engagement Project
Better Way Foundation. Catholic Community Partnership (with Shavaun Wall
and Lynn Mayer).
CUA Faculty Research Grant in Aid
Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies Grant.
Nominated to Who’s Who Among America’s Teacher.
Summer Research Stipend, Research Center for the Humanities and Social
Sciences Development Fund, William Paterson University.
Faculty ATR Research Fellowship, William Paterson University.
(Inducted) Alpha Kappa Delta Honor Society.
College of Art and Science Dissertation Fellowship, American University.
College of Art & Sciences Graduate Fellowship, American University.
Freedom Foundation Fellowship.
Graduate Research Assistantship, Columbia University.
Social Science Unit Scholarship, University of Chicago.
British University Summer Fellowship.
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Publications:
Books:
2009 Howard Lune, Enrique S. Pumar and Ross Koppel. eds. Perspectives in
Social Research Method and Analysis. Sage.
2012. Enrique S. Pumar. ed. Hispanic Migration and Urban Development.
Emerald Publishers.
Articles and Chapters:
Forthcoming. “The American Dream among Latino Communities.” In Sandra
Hanson and John K. White. eds. Latino, American, Dream.
2012
“Educational Attainment in a High Performing School District: The
Relative Significance of Class”with Adam Sitsis. Theory in Action.
2012
“Evaluating the Assess to Law Principle:
The Case of the DC
Administrative Court” with Faith Mullen. UDC Law Review 16, 1, 17-54.
2012
“Crime in Washington, DC” The Social History of Crime and Punishment in
America. Sage.
2011
“Political Realism” and “Fragmentation” Blackwell Encyclopedia of
Globalization. Blackwell.
2011
“Building Human Capital in Cuba. An Assessment” Cuba in Transition 20.
2011
“Marxist Terrorist Groups,” Veryan Khan ed. Terrorism Research and
Analysis. Beacham Publishing.
2011
“Cocaine Drug Cartels” Encyclopedia of Drug Policy, Sage.
2010
“Colombian Migration to the US,” Ronald Bayor ed. Multicultural
America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans. Greenwood Press.
2010
“Socio-Economic Consequences of Sustainable Development” in Heather
Kaufman and Jack McKivigan eds. The Encyclopedia of American Reform
Movements.
2009
“How Revolutions Justify Themselves.” In Mauricio A. Font ed. A
Changing Cuba. In a Changing World. CUNY. Bildner Publication. 111-136.
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2008
“Neo-Malthusianism” In Vincent Parrillo, ed. Encyclopedia of Social
Problems, Sage.
2008
“Economic Development” In Vicent Parrillo, ed. Encyclopedia of Social
Problems, Sage.
2008
“Public Intellectuals and Democracy,” The World History Encyclopedia.
2008
“The War on Poverty” The World History Encyclopedia.
2008
“The Politics of Framing” in Cuban in Transition. 17: 437-445
2008
“Latinos in Maryland and Washington DC” in Mark OvermyerVelazques ed. Latino America: State-By-State. 2 Volumes. Westport, CT:
Greenwood Press
2007
“Transnational Threats and Security in the Americas.
Patterns,
Contradictions, and More,” The Economics of Peace and Security Journal 2, 2,
54-61.
2005
“Social Networks and the Institutionalization of the Idea of Sustainable
Development,” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 25,1-2,
63-86
2004
“Economic Sociology and Ortiz Counterpoint,” in Cuban Counterpoints
The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz edited. Mauricio Font, Lexington Books.
2002
“Social Mechanism and Political Order.” Cuba in Transition, 12: 479-85
2002
“A Bias for Hope. Migration, Opportunity Cost, and Transnational
Coalitions,” Cuba in Transition, 12” 420-422.
2001
“Poverty and Migration,” Encyclopedia of American Immigration, NY, M.E.
Sharpe.
1999
“The Internal Opposition and Civil Society: An Assessment,” Cuba in
Transition, 9: 368-377.
1997
“Social Forces and the Process of Transition,” Cuba in Transition, 8: 259268.
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1997
“Remarks on Social Epistemology. A Reply to Calhoun,” Sociological
Theory, 15.
1991
“Revolutionary Elites in the Periphery. A Comparative Approach” in
Christopher Wheatley ed. Theory and Challenges of the Humanization of
Social Life, Washington DC: Council for Research in Values and
Philosophy.
1987
“Strategies of National Development: In Search for New Solutions to Old
Problems” in. International Development and Alternative Futures edited by
Mekki Mtewa. New Delhi. Allied Press.
1985
“Comparative Revolutions: Lessons from Latin American,” SECOLAS
ANNALS. XV.
Book Reviews:
Forthcoming. Review of Globalization, Social Justice, and The Helping
Profession edited by William Roth and Katharine Briar-Lawson.
TC Record.
2008
Review of The New Institutionalism in Education, TC Record.
2007
Review of New Working Class Studies edited by John Russo, Labor
History Journal.
2006
Review of To Die in Cuba by Louis J. Perez, Jr. Cuban Affairs. 1. 4.
2006
Review of Looking Back and Looking Forward. TC Record, 108. 1. 118-122.
2004 Review of The New Great Power Coalition. International Journal of
Comparative Sociology
2003
Review of Ethnic Economies. Contemporary Sociology. 32. 3. 313-314.
2001
Review of Cuba. The Contours of Change. Cuban Studies. 2001.
1996
Review of Silent Revolution. The Rise of Market Economic Reforms.
Millennium, 25.
1989
Review of Authoritarians and Democrats. Armed Forces and Society 18.
Teaching Aids:
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2004
Lune, Howard and Enrique S. Pumar, eds, Intersections: Readings in
Sociology. Pearson Custom Publishing (ISBN: 0-536-80203-3).
1999
Pumar, Enrique ed. Globalization: Its Implications and Regional Responses.
Foreign Affairs Custom Anthology.
Other Publications:
2013
Annual Report. Phase II Latino History Project. Smithsonian Latino
Center.
1995
Democracy and Contemporary Civil-Military Relations. A Conference
Rapporteur Report. Washington, DC. USAID, American University,
Democracy Project Working Paper 95-1 (with Tricia Juhn).
Doctoral Dissertation Topic:
Networks of Knowledge, Power, and the Institutionalization of Sustainable
Development Policies. Thesis defense: April 8, 1998.
Models the formation and dissemination of sustainable development
knowledge by networks of social movements and intellectuals between 19641992.
University Service (selected since 2000)
The Catholic University of America:
2011- present School of Arts and Sciences Academic Council.
2012-2013
National Catholic School of Social Service Dean Search Committee
2010-2011
Member, Diversity and Multiculturalism Committee, Strategic
Plan.
2010-2011
Co-Chair, Presidential Commission on Diversity
2011-present Grade Appeals Committee, School of Art and Sciences
2007-present AKD Honor Society Coordinator.
2009-present Global Education Faculty Advisory Board.
2009-present Faculty Associate, International Social Development Program.
2008-present Faculty Associate, Latin American and Latino Studies Program.
William Paterson University Services:
2005-2007
Chair, University Senate Graduate Studies Council.
2006-2007
Chair, Department of Sociology Graduate Studies Committee.
2006-2007
University Basic Skills Committee.
2004-2005
Chair, Sociology Department Faculty Search Committee.
2004-2006
Technology Across the Curriculum Steering Committee.
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2003-2005
2003-2006
2005-2006
2001-2005
2000-2007
2004-2006
2005-2006
2003-2007
2003-2005
2004
2005-2006
2000-2002
Coordinator,
Minority
Opportunities
through
School
Transformation (MOST).
Executive Committee, Annual Academic and Leadership
Development Conference for African-American and Latino
College Men.
University Integrated Technology Curriculum Committee Steering
Committee.
Executive Committee, Latin American Studies Program.
Student Faculty Advisor.
Sociology Department Research Circle Coordinator.
Sociology Department Mentoring Committee.
Sociology Graduate Program Studies Committee.
Faculty Search Committee.
Curriculum Committee Chair.
Department Scheduling Committee Chair.
Sociology Club Faculty Advisor.
Graduate Theses Supervision:
The Catholic University of America
Doctoral Dissertation Committee, Florencio R. Riguera.
Doctoral Dissertation Committee, Eric Williams.
Chair, MA Thesis Committee, Ms. Erin Ennis,“Revolutionary Leaders, Ideology,
and Change.”
William Paterson University
Chair, MA Thesis Committee, Ms. Suzanne Brozina, “Media Impact on the
Women Body Image.”
Chair, MA Thesis Committee, Ms. Rosemarie Bello-Trulard, “Social Distance
among Hispanic Students.”
Professional Boards, Advisory Committees, Reviewer:
2013
External Reviewer. Sage Publication.
2013
External Reviewer. Routledge Publisher.
2011-present Advisory Board Member, DC Latino History Project, The
Smithsonian Institution.
2010-2012
Executive Board member, Sociology of Development Section, The
American Sociological Association.
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2011-2012
Barrington Moore Book Award Selection Committee Member.
Comparative and Historical Sociology Section. The American
Sociological Association.
2010-2011
External Reviewer, The American Journal of Sociology.
2010-2012
Executive Council. Sociology of Development Section.
American Sociological Association.
2010-2012
Executive Board, The Association for the Study of the Cuban
Economy (ASCE).
2010
Conference Organizer. The Hispanic Presence in Washington DC.
The Catholic University of America.
2008-2009
President, District of Columbia Sociological Society (DCSS). PastPresident 2009-10.
2008-2012
Chair, Graduate Studies Committee, Eastern Sociological Society.
2008-2009
Chair, Publications Committee,
Sociological Association.
2006-2010
Advisory Board, Scientific Journal.
2005-2007
Elected, Committee on the Status of Minorities, Eastern
Sociological Society.
2005-2007
Elected, Graduate Studies Committee, Eastern Sociological Society.
Latino
Section,
The
American
2004-present Chair, The Jorge Perez Lopez Student Prize Committee, The
Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy.
2003-2005
Founding Coordinator, Higher Education Mentoring Project.
2003-2006
Elected American Sociological Association Professional Ethic
Committee.
2000-2002
Elected Treasurer and Executive Board Member, Association for
the Study of the Cuban Economy.
2005
Reviewer, Peter Nardi, Doing Survey Research, 2nd edition, (Boston,
MA, Allyn and Bacon, 2005).
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2005-2008
Reviewer, The Diffusion Journal.
2005
Referee, Sociological Focus
2004
Reviewer, Longman Publisher.
2004
Reviewer, McGraw-Hill.
2002-2008
Reviewer, Wadsworth Thomson Learning.
1995-2002
Elected Member, Latin American and Caribbean Study Group,
Georgetown University.
1995
Conference Rapporteur, Symposium on Contemporary CivilMilitary Relations, USAID/American University.
1994
Conference Coordinator, The Globalization Workshop, School of
International Service, American University.
1996
Research Assistant to Charles B. Fowler’s Strong Art, Strong
Schools, NY: Oxford University Press.
1988-1989
Elected Member, Comparative Social Conflicts Workshop, SAIS,
Johns Hopkins University.
1985
Conference Coordinator, Symposium in Memory of Carlos DiazAlejandro, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia
University.
Selected Conference Presentations:
2013
“How Sustainability Came About.” Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological
Society Annual Meeting.
2012
“Race, Ethnicity and Crime in Washington DC.” Paper presented at the Eastern
Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
2011
“The Significance of Race and Class in Suburban Education.” Paper presented at
the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
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2010
“Hispanics in Washington DC. Patterns of Assimilation.” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting Eastern Sociological Society,
2008
“Generational Politics and Pathways for Change in Transitional Economies.”
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
2008
“State Framing or How the Revolution Justify Itself” Paper presented CUNY
Graduate Center Latin American Studies Program.
2007
“The Politics of Framing,” Paper presented at the Association for the Study of the
Cuban Economy.
2006
“Recent Latin American Migration to the US,” Paper presented at The Catholic
University of America Institute for Policy Research and Catholic Studies.
2006
“Generational Politics and Pathways for Change in Transitional Economies. Cuba,
China and Vietnam Compared.” Paper presented at the Cuba in Transition
Conference. CUNY. The Graduate Center.
2005
“Network Ties among Public Intellectuals and the Institutionalization of
Sustainable Development Policies.” Paper presented at the Social
Movements, Knowledge Diffusion and Public Policy Session. Eastern
Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
2005
“Educational Attainment among Hispanics in the US. Prospects and Challenges,”
Paper presented at the Work, Migration and Identity Formation Conference, William
Paterson University.
2005
“The Legacy of Fernando Ortiz.” Paper presented at the CUNY Latin American
Program Conference on the Legacy of Fernando Ortiz.
2005
Chair, Organizer, Presenter Teaching Research Ethics Workshop, Annual
Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
2004
“Education among Hispanic Immigrants.” Paper presented at the Institute for Latino
and Puerto Rican Studies. Rutgers University-New Brunswick, November.
2004
Chair, Student Paper Panel, 14th Annual Meeting of the Association for
the Study of the Cuban Economy
2004
Chair and Organizer, Teaching Research Ethics to Students Workshop,
100th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
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2004
Lune, Howard, Enrique S. Pumar and Brian Forsythe, “Share Fields,
Collective Identity and the ‘the Big Picture’ among Social Actors
Resisting Globalization.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Eastern Sociological Society.
2003
“Transculturation and Globalization,” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
2003
Chair and Organizer, Sociological Ideas among Non-Western
Sociologists, Roundtable. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association.
2002
“Networks of Knowledge and the Diffusion of Sustainable Development
Ideas,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association.
2002
“The Economic Sociology of Fernando Ortiz.” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association.
2002
“A Bias for Hope.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy.
2002
“Social Mechanisms and Political Order.” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy
2001
“Structure of Opportunity and Political Opposition,” Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Association for the Study of the Cuban
Economy.
2001
“Human Rights Organizations” Paper presented at the Civil Society in
Cuba Conference, Office of Research, Department of State.
2001
“Transculturation and the Latino Immigrant Experience,” Paper
presented at Drew University.
2001
“Social Networks and the Diffusion and Institutionalization of
Sustainable Development Knowledge.” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society.
2001
“Transculturation and Identity in the Work of Fernando Ortiz,” Paper
presented at William Paterson University’s College of Humanities and
Social Sciences Faculty Research Seminar.
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2001
“Networks of Knowledge and the Formation of Sustainable
Development.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Sociological Society Meeting.
2002
Chair, Children and Youth. International Perspectives, American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting.
1998
Chair, Culture of Opposition Session, Association for the Study of the
Cuban Economy Annual Conference.
1996
“The Making of Sustainable Development.” Paper presented at George
Mason University.
1993
“What is new about the New International Division of Labor.” Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society.
1992
“Networks and Social Change.” Paper presented at George Washington
University’s Latin American Studies Program.
1992
“Domestic Coalitions and Political Change.” Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the Latin American Study Association.
1992
“Development Strategies and Poverty in Latin America.” Paper
presented at the International Development Foundation.
1991
Discussant, International Development Programs Session, Northeastern
Political Science Association.
Invited Professional Conferences and Workshops:
2013 “Immigration within the Western Hemisphere.” Western Hemisphere Division.
Foreign Service Institute. US State Department.
2012
“Civic Engagement, Ethnic Economies and Migration.” Latino Center.
Smithsonian Institution.
2012
“The Catholic Church in Cuba Today.” Association for the Study of the Cuban
Economy Annual Meeting.
2011
“Solidarity” Catholic University’s Institute for Policy Research and Catholic
Studies Catholic Social Teaching Faculty Series.
2010
Bellow Scholars Symposium. University of the District of Columbia Law School.
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2010
Center for Social Concerns. University of Notre Dame. 40 Years of Hope in
Action Symposium.
2009
“Ethics and Scale of Sustainability.” Catholic University School of
Architecture.
2008
“Identity and Nationalism in the Writings of Fernando Ortiz,” Rutgers
University Alumni Lecture.
2006
“Globalization and the Curriculum.” Workshop for First Year Seminar
Faculty. William Paterson University.
2006
“Latinos in the U.S. Power Politics and Culture,” William Paterson
University, October.
2006
“The Tenure Process” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting,
Boston.
2004
Presenter, “Projects on Quantitative Literacy and Data Analysis,”
Addressing the Quantitative Literacy Gap Conference, American
Sociological Association.
2003
Diversity in Higher Education Workshop, Annual Meeting of the Eastern
Sociological Society.
2003
“Attending Graduate School, Educational Opportunity Fund Annual
Conference.” William Paterson University.
2002
“Introducing Technology in the Classroom.” University Teaching and
Research Scholarship Conference. William Paterson University.
2002
“Careers for Sociologists.” MOST Sociology Professional Workshop.
William Paterson University.
2001
“Teaching Research Methods from a Critical Pedagogy Perspective.”
University Teaching and Research Scholarship Conference. William
Paterson University.
2001
“Sociology Careers in the Public and Private Sectors.” Department of
Sociology Faculty Colloquia Series. William Paterson University.
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2001
“Selecting/Applying to Graduate School.” MOST Sociology Professional
Workshop. William Paterson University
2001
“Women and Minorities in Graduate School.” MOST Sociology
Professional Workshop. William Paterson University.
2001
“Drafting and Writing a Research Project.” MOST Sociology Professional
Workshop. William Paterson University.
Research Contracts:
2010-2011
Contributor to the Chile and Paraguayan Workshop on Strategic
Culture. Applied Research Center. Florida International
University.
1999
Program Evaluation Department of Housing and Urban Development
(HUD), Principal Evaluator.
1998
Enforce Division Training Evaluation, Department of Justice, Principal
Evaluator.
1997
Workload and Staffing Model Redesigned, Department of Justice, Senior
Researcher.
1991-1992
1994-1995
Smithsonian Institution Office of Institutional Research Survey
Research.
Consulting Experience:
2011-2012
Migration Working Group, The Interactivity Foundation.
2010-2011
Cities and Towns Working Group, The Interactivity Foundation.
1994-1999
Senior Consultant, EDS Government Consulting Services.
Courses Taught (Graduate and Undergraduate):
Introduction to Sociology
Social Problems
Political Sociology
Global Sociology
Sociology of Education
Elementary Social Statistics
Qualitative Research Methods
Quantitative Research Methods
Social Movements
Program and Policy Evaluation
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Senior Seminar: Social Inequalities
Development and Change
Politics of Latin America
Law and Society
Ethic and Scale of Sustainability
Social and Environmental Change
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Race and Ethnic Relations
Crime in Urban America
Migration and Immigrant Communities
Professional Membership:
Eastern Sociological Society.
American Sociological Association.
District of Columbia Sociological Society.
Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy.
Media:
El Nuevo Herald, Newspaper, August 14, 2007.
Hoy, Newspaper, September 11, 2002.
The Link TV Program, December 8, 2010.
El Pregonero, April 27, 2010
Destination Casa Blanca HITV, June 2nd, 2011.
Juntos Pero No Revueltos Program, NoticieroTelemundo, June 29, 2012
El Nuevo Herald, August 3, 2012
Talk of the Nation, National Public Radio, August 9, 2012
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