Cathy A
Cathy A. Rakowski
Rakowski.1@osu.edu 614-292-6447
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. in Sociology (Concentrations: Sociology of Development, Social Demography, Social Psychology), University of Texas at Austin, December 1984
M.A. in Latin American Studies (Concentrations: Sociology, Economics), University of Texas at Austin, August 1977
B.A. with Honors in Social Anthropology, University of Michigan, August 1973
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Processes of Social Change (Theories of development, globalization, and economic/political restructuring); Community/regional development; Planning and policy analysis; Macro/micro links; Informal sector and microfinance; Social movements and struggles over land and water; Gender, class and other differences; Grassroots organizing and social capital in community development; Longitudinal analyses of social change; Applied methods (impact assessment, program evaluation, participatory planning, among others)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:
Oct 1990-present Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Women's Studies, The Ohio State
University, tenured July 1, 1996, and Assistant Professor (October 1990-June 1996). Joint appointment in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology (1990-1995), Department of Human and Community Resource Development (1995-2009), School of Environment and Natural Resources (member of the Environmental Social Sciences faculty, 2010-present); and the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (1990-present). Adjunct Associate Professor of Social Work (2007-present) and Associate Professor for the MA in Latin American Studies (2010-present).
Courses in Rural Sociology and/or Environment and Natural Resources: Social Groups in Developing Societies (RS, Undergrad); Rural Sociology of Development & Social Change, now Development Sociology in Theory and Practice (RS, Grad), Social Action in Community Development, now Rural Community Development in Theory and Practice (RS, G); Introduction to Rural Sociology (U); Women, Environment and Development (ENR, U, joint offering with WGSS).
Courses taught regularly in Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies: Global and Transnational Feminisms (G); Women and Social Change in Latin America (U/G), Feminist Analysis in Global Perspective (U), Feminists Interrogate Violence against Women (G), Feminist Perspectives on Women and Violence (U), Women, Environment and Development (U, joint offering with ENR), Engendering Peace and Conflict (U). Also have taught Theorizing Gender, Power and Social Change (G), Introduction to Women's Studies (UG), Introduction to Feminist Analysis (U); Thesis Writing (G).
Professional leaves: 3 quarters, 1997-1998; 2 quarters, 2008.
July 2013 Taught a short course on Participatory Research Methods at Sokoine University of
Agriculture, Tanzania, as part of of Ohio State University’s iAGRI project funded by USAID.
July 1997-March 1998 Visiting Research Associate and Fulbright Scholar, National Experimental University
of Guayana (UNEG), Office of Anthropological Studies, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Advised faculty working on MA and Ph.D. theses and research proposals. Helped develop research designs, with data analysis, and resolving problems in writing. Worked with 2 anthropologists (PhD), 1 sociologist (PhD), 1 social psychologist (PhD), 1 labor relations specialist (MA), and 12 mathematics teachers (MS). Also gave a series of public lectures.
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|Sept 1986- | |Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, non tenure-track position in Department of Sociology |
|June 1990 | |(April 1987-September 1990). Courses included Introductory Sociology (UG), Individual in Society (UG), |
| | |Dynamics of Population (UG), Sex and Gender (UG), Sociology of the Family (UG), Women and Violence (UG), |
| | |Issues in International Development (UG), Applied Social Research Methods (G), Women in Development |
| | |(UG/G), The Political Economy of Grassroots Development (UG/G), Urbanization in Comparative Perspective |
| | |(G), Proseminar in Applied Sociology (G). (2/3 time) |
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| | |Coordinator, M.A. Option in Applied Sociology, Michigan State University, Department of Sociology (April |
| | |1987-September 1990). Responsibilities included advising students, overseeing and arranging internships, |
| | |establishing and administering the applied sociology specialization of the Masters Program, marketing the |
| | |program. (1/3 time) |
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| | |Visiting Assistant Professor, Michigan State University, Department of Social Science (September |
| | |1986-March 1987). Courses: War and Morality (U), Coping with Institutional Change (U), America and World |
| | |Problems (U). |
|Jan-May 1987 | |Visiting Assistant Professor, The University of Michigan, Department of Sociology. Course: Comparative |
| | |Family Systems (U/G). |
|Jan-March 1987 | |Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Toledo, Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Courses: Sex|
| | |Roles (U), Introductory Sociology (U). |
|March 1986 | |Co-Instructor, Central University of Venezuela, Law and Political Science Department, Institute of |
| | |Criminology. Extension course on sexual assault. |
|Jan-March 1981 | |Visiting Lecturer, Simón Bolívar University, Department of General Studies. Co-taught course on Situation |
| | |of Women in Latin America (U). |
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|Sept 1978- | |Instructor, Austin Community College, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Courses: Introductory |
|July 1979 | |Sociology (U), Social Problems (U). |
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|Jan 1977- | |Teaching Assistant, The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Sociology. This position typically |
|August 1979 | |involved assisting with, team teaching or independent teaching of the Sex Roles course (U) and assisting |
| | |with courses on the Family (U) and on Social Movements (U). |
|June-August | |Instructor, The University of Texas at Austin, Institute of Latin American Studies. Course on the Role of |
|1976 | |Women in Latin American Societies (U). |
OUTREACH, APPLIED RESEARCH, AND CONSULTING/ADVISING:
July 2013-August 2014 Consultant and researcher, USAID funded project involving Ohio State University’s
International Programs in Agriculture. The project iAGRI, part of the USAID Feed the Future initiative, involves a consortium of universities in the US and Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania. Work involves strengthening gender policies and gender mainstreaming SUA through teaching short courses on relevant topics (participatory research methods, gender analysis frameworks, gender mainstreaming), advising faculty and administrators on implementation of gender policies, advising graduate students on theses and dissertation proposals, working with the university’s Gender Policy Implementation Committee and an ad-hoc faculty and student group advocating gender policy development and implementation, and research as a member of the team of soil and extension researchers for the project “Improving Agricultural Productivity and Crop Nutritive Quality through a Gender Sensitive Approach to Cereal and Vegetable Production in Tanzania.”
Participant, USAID funded project involving Ohio State University’s International Programs in Agriculture. The project, Agriculture Innovation Partnership, involves a consortium of universities in the US and in India. Worked with faculty at 3 universities in India to assess need for development of gender courses and modules in the agriculture curriculum. Submitted a report documenting the history and state of gender in the agriculture curriculum in 2 Indian universities and the specific barriers to mainstreaming gender in the curriculum and teaching of existing courses that focus on gender.
August 2009 Collaborator, USAID funded project involving Ohio State University’s School of
Environment and Natural Resources and Universite Gaston Berger in Senegal. Project focuses on developing agroecology specialization and distance education program. Met with visiting faculty from Senegal to discuss social, cultural and gender aspects of curriculum development and research.
Sept 2007-2009 Team member, USAID funded project involving Ohio State University’s
International Programs in Agriculture, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, and the Colegio de Postgraduados in Montecillos, Mexico. Member of team of 5 faculty working on development of a graduate-level, 3 month training program to prepare graduates to work in the rural microfinance sector and to bring doctoral students and postdocs to study rural finance and rural sociology at Ohio State. Supplemental funding provided by CONACYT and the Ford Foundation in Mexico.
Hosted visiting faculty member and sociologist, Esteban Martinez Dajui, in Winter quarter 2009.
June-Dec 2006 Consultant and researcher, social impact assessment for paper pulp mill project in
rural Venezuela. With PlanUrbe, a civil association, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.
Advised methodology, helped with data collection and analysis, helped prepare final report.
Aug-Sept 2005 Consultant and researcher, program evaluation of rural night schools for poor
working children in 6 states of India (Barefoot College, Tilonia, Rajasthan). For UBS
Optimus Foundation (Switzerland). Spent 2 weeks visiting school sites in Rajasthan
and Madhya Pradesh and interviewing project partners from all 6 states. Prepared
extensive evaluation report, including partner profiles and financial reports for 11 partners, in-depth assessment of program implementation, outcomes.
November 2004 Advisor, International Programs in Agriculture (OSU). Provided technical training
December 2003 to visiting scholars from agriculture colleges and NGOs in India. Training focused
Jan-March 1999 on developing women’s studies curricula, overseeing gender analysis for agricultural programs, and teaching participatory planning methods. Funded by Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations. Sessions varied in length from 1-6 weeks.
July 2002- Consultant, with PlanUrbe-Venezuela, for CVG-Proforca (forestry consortium) and
Jan 2003 the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Project title:
“La Cara Humana del Bosque” (Human face of the forest). Conducted a social
impact assessment, social policy analyses, and prepared workshops on managing
relations with rural communities.
Dec 2002 Review Team Member, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences, Ohio State University. Spent a week in India reviewing sites and assessing the social responsibility dimensions of a water conservation project in which the college participates with several Indian institutions. Funded by the Tata Foundation.
August 2001 Consultant, National Parks System (INPARQUES), Venezuela. Assessed gender roles in a national park and advised team on social policy research and program planning.
July-Dec 1999 Consultant, CVG-Proforca (forestry consortium), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Advised managers and Board of Directors on the development of a social policy and program of community assistance for small rural communities in a zone of forestry development.
Feb-Mar 1998 Consultant, Fundacite-Guayana (regional grants making organization), Venezuela. Preparation of three concept papers and follow-up advising on the development of a funding program to support social research and provide methods training to local researchers and public policy analysts.
Feb-March 1998 Advisor, Mayor’s Office, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Advised the mayor, the city council, and the Office of Informal Economy on the drafting of a city ordinance to regulate street vendors. Also advised the Office of Statistics on the construction of social indicators to measure the social impact of city policies and programs.
|July 1990-Nov |Consultant, Social Aspects of Forestry Development, Department of Urban Studies, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana|
|1991/Oct 1992/ |(Guayana Development Corporation) and CVG-PROFORCA (a forestry consortium), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. In exchange|
|Oct 1993/June- |for logistical and financial support for on-going research, advise urban planners, forestry engineers, and |
|Oct 1994/March- |managers on impact of forestry program on local rural communities; social impact assessment; social programming. |
|July 1995/Dec |Present data at public seminars and conferences. |
|1997/Feb 1998 | |
| |Advisor, PlanUrbe (a non-governmental organization which advises grassroots community groups and the mayor's |
| |office), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Occasional advising on community development issues and microenterprises. |
|Jan 1992- | |
|Present | |
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|March 1988- | |Research Director, Survey of Health Problems for Clerical-Technical Union, Michigan State University. Study of |
|May 1989 | |work-related health problems among 2,295 clerical-technical workers. |
|April-July | |Consultant, Consultores 21 (a private think tank). 1) Preparation of a manual reviewing the data available in |
|1986 | |Venezuela on the urban informal sector and outline of a method for using the sector as an indicator of |
| | |macroeconomic change. 2) Advising for the preparation and analysis of a survey on political attitudes and |
| | |opinions. 3) Recommended methods for identifying the middle classes for a study of the impact of economic |
| | |crisis. |
|Jan-August 1985 | |Consultant, Benjamin Reif y Asociados (private consulting firm) for the Venezuelan Association of |
| | |Inter-Municipal Cooperation (AVECI) and Lagoven, a state-owned oil company, Caracas. 1) Analysis of the |
| | |infrastructural, social and economic problems of nine small rural towns in an area undergoing change through oil|
| | |exploitation and forestry projects. 2) Design of appropriate small-scale, |
| | |participatory projects to provide the rural populations with a basis for improving community development and |
| | |diversifying the local economy. |
|Sept 1984- | |Research Consultant, Silva Nass Aguilar Asociados (a private consulting firm) for the U.S. Department of |
|Jan 1985 | |Commerce, U.S. Consulate, Caracas. Research and preparation of two market profiles--the first on the |
| | |market for imported medical equipment and the second for automotive parts and service equipment. |
|June-Oct 1983 | |Research Consultant, IESA (Institute for Advanced Studies in Management) for the International Committee |
| | |of Population Programme Management (ICOMP), Caracas. A case study of the logistical problems and |
| | |administrative bottlenecks of a Ministry of Health service module in a low-income neighborhood, and |
| | |analysis of the service module program at the national level. |
|Feb 1983- | |Advisor, Division of Planning, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (Guayana Development Corporation), Ciudad|
|May 1984 | |Guayana. 1) Trained and advised a new planning team. 2) Analysis of labor force patterns during the recent|
| | |manufacturing boom and the post-boom period. |
|Jan-Nov 1983 | |Research Consultant, United Nations International Labour Office, PREALC-Program for Employment in Latin |
| | |America, and Cordiplán (national planning office), Caracas. The urban informal sector project in |
| | |Venezuela, Caracas. Two research consultancies: 1) Research on institutional obstacles to informal sector |
| | |expansion in construction and urban transportation. 2) Investigation of women's participation in the urban|
| | |informal sector and preparation of guidelines for programs and policies to increase women's productivity |
| | |and incomes. Funded by UNDP. |
|March-Dec 1981 | |Advisor and Social Planner, The Division of Social and Cultural Development, Corporación Venezolana de |
| | |Guayana, Ciudad Guayana and Caracas. 1) Research on social problems in a planned industrial city and |
| | |analysis of social and industrial policies. 2) Evaluation of the role of the Division in dealing with |
| | |social problems. 3) Training of a newly-formed planning team in the Office of Formulation and Evaluation |
| | |of Social Programs. |
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|Sept 1976- | |Researcher, Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin. Research and |
|May 1977 | |co-authoring of a book-length bibliography on women in development. |
AWARDS AND HONORS:
2013. Honored at the Faculty and Staff Recognition Dinner hosted by the Sphinx and Mortar Board Senior Class Honorary Society, Ohio State University. In recognition of contributions made to honors student success.
2006 Rural Sociological Society, Excellence in Instruction Award.
2006 Gamma Sigma Delta Teaching Award of Merit, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.
2005 Nominated by Departments of Women’s Studies and Human and Community Resource Development for Distinguished University Service Award.
2003 Rodney Plimpton Outstanding Teaching Award. College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University. Top teaching award in the college.
2002 Ohio State University, Office of International Education International Faculty Award. For contributions made to internationalizing research and teaching, especially through chairing of the Fulbright Committee and the OSU-WID (women in development) speaker series and listservers.
2001 Gamma Sigma Delta International Award of Merit. For enhancing the international focus of teaching and research and for promoting OSU’s reputation for international work.
2000 Departmental Teaching Award, Dept. of Human and Community Resource Development, The Ohio State University.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS:
2007-2009. Seed Grant from The Criminal Justice Research Center, Ohio State, for “A Multi-Stage Interdisciplinary Assessment of Battered Women’s Service Needs and Agency Programming: Collaborative Research Involving CHOICES and The Ohio State University. Theresa J. Early (Social Work), Linda A. Bernhard (Nursing), and Cathy A. Rakowski. $20,000
Summer 2007. Office of International Affairs Faculty Travel Grant. For travel to Venezuela to complete articles co-authored with Gioconda Espina at the Central University of Venezuela. $1,500
2007-2008. Speaker series grant from The Mershon center for International Security Studies, Ohio State, to fund a speaker series hosted by OSU-WID (Ohio State Association for Women in Development). $5,000
2005-2006. Grant to develop a Graduate Minor in Rural Sociology, The Graduate School, Ohio State ($5,500).
2006-2007. Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Grant to support book project, granted by The Women’s Place, Ohio State ($5,000).
2005-2006. Speaker series grant ($4,250) from the Office of International Affairs, Ohio State, to fund a speaker series on “Ending Gender Violence and Increasing Health Security as Development Goals” for OSU-WID (Ohio State’s Association for Women and Development, an “ad-hoc” group of faculty, students, staff, and community members that organizes an annual speaker series and raises funds to bring speakers to campus).
2004-2006. Speaker series grant ($15,000) from The Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Ohio State, to fund a speaker series on “Building a Peace Culture Locally and Globally” for OSU-WID.
2003-2004. Speaker series grant ($5,000) from the Office of International Affairs, Ohio State, to fund a speaker series on “Gender and Security” for OSU-WID.
2003-2004. Speaker series grant ($5,000) from The Mershon Center, Ohio State, to fund a speaker series on “Gender and Security” for OSU-WID.
2000-2001. Professional Development Grant ($13,800), College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University. To prepare a course on domestic community development and social action in support of the new Community Development specialization in the Rural Sociology Graduate Program.
July 2001. Travel grant, Office of International Studies ($1,300). To fund travel to Venezuela for research and work on a paper co-authored with a Venezuelan colleague.
July 1999-September 2001. Coca-Cola Foundation Faculty Grant for Research on Women and Gender, Ohio State University ($5,000). To fund fieldwork travel and transcription of interviews.
August 1999-August 2000. Rural Sociological Society and Kellogg Foundation ($40,000). As appointed chair of the RSS Diversity Committee, take over the final year of a five-year Diversity Initiative designed to improve diversity in the society, recruit minorities and women to Rural Sociology as a discipline, encourage research on minority issues in rural society, and improve the teaching of rural diversity in undergraduate sociology classes.
1996-1999. Rural Sociological Society-Kellogg Foundation Diversity Initiative Grant ($15,000) for work as Co-chair the Curriculum Transformation Subcommittee (to develop means for improving the representation of rural diversity in the teaching of undergraduate sociology).
February, June 1997-March 1998. Fulbright Scholar Award for Lecturing at the Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (University of Guayana) and Research on "The Macho City: Gender and Planning in Ciudad Guayana." ($36,000)
June 1996-June 1997. Rockefeller Foundation African Dissertation Internship Award ($28,000) awarded to Coumba Mar Gadio, a graduate student, and Cathy A. Rakowski for dissertation research on generational change and empowerment of women farmers in Thieudeme, Senegal.
Spring 1996. $1000 from the Pomerene Teaching Grant program of the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University. For equipment purchase.
July 1995. $3,000 from The Mershon Center for the Study of Conflict at Ohio State University to fund research on democratization in rural Venezuelan communities.
August-September 1994. Logistical support (vehicle, housing, meals, photocopies) and financial support ($2,500) to pay interviewers. From CVG-PROFORCA (forestry consortium), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. To conduct a second household survey in a boom town as part of the on-going research project "Pines, Planning and People: A Longitudinal Study of Social and Cultural Change in Rural Venezuela."
August 1993-January 1995. Rockefeller Foundation African Dissertation Internship Award ($25,000) awarded to J. P. Owusu-Ansah, a graduate student, and Cathy A. Rakowski by the Rockefeller Foundation to fund dissertation research to compare the attitudes and knowledge of Ugandan extension agents and the roles and needs of men and women farmers.
Academic years 1993-1995. Speaker Series Grant ($5,000) from the Office of Research to bring off-campus speakers to participate in the OSU Association of Women and Development luncheon seminar series and to conduct student workshops during their visits.
July 1992-December 1994. Research Grant ($19,000) from FUNDACITE-Guayana, a regional research foundation affiliated with CONICIT--Venezuela's premier research foundation. Grant to Mercedes Mandé, María Nuria De Cesaris, Cathy A. Rakowski and the University of Guayana to study life histories, town histories, public policy and programs, and to produce policy documents for thirteen rural towns. Part of a longitudinal study.
January-December 1993. University Seed Grant ($19,000) from the Ohio State University Office of Research for "Ecofeminism and Ecotourism: Women's Role in Managing the Environment." This study explored the development of theory and policy in ecotourism and women and the environment, especially in Latin America and Africa, and the feasibility of future funding for research in this area.
September 1992-August 1993. Research Grant ($22,000) from the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh for "Beauty and the Beast: Administrative Decentralization, Structural Adjustment and Empowerment in Rural Venezuela." This study focused on political and administrative decentralization and its impact on decision making and infrastructural endowments in a rural boom town.
September 1990-August 1992. Research Grant ($53,000) from the National Science Foundation for "Pines, Planning and People: A Longitudinal Study of Social and Cultural Change in Rural Venezuela." This on-going research project evaluates the processes of social, economic, and political change in thirteen rural communities in a region of petroleum exploitation, forestry development, and industrialization. NSF funded the first of three stages of research.
January-December 1992. Curriculum Development Grant ($11,000) from Ohio State University to Linda Lobao, David Hansen and Cathy Rakowski to develop an undergraduate course on social groups in developing societies.
Summer 1989-Summer 1990. Logistical support (vehicles and photocopies) and partial financial support for the project "Pines, Planning and People" from the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. (~$6,000)
January-December 1989. Michigan State University Research Initiation Grant ($4,890) to begin research on a longitudinal study of rural development and change entitled "Pines, Planning and People: A Longitudinal Study of Social and Cultural Change in Rural Venezuela."
July-October 1980. Field work expenses ($6,000) and logistical support for household survey in lower-income communities and for in-depth study of micro-enterprises, granted by the Division of Social and Cultural Development, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana.
September 1979-August 1981. Latin American and Caribbean Learning Fellowship ($24,000 + travel), Inter-American Foundation, Washington, D.C., for dissertation research in Venezuela.
September 1979-August 1980. Fulbright-Hays Fellowship ($12,000 + travel) for dissertation research in Venezuela.
Academic Year 1975-76. NDFL Fellowship, The Graduate School and the Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin.
PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REPORTS:
- Theses
The Division of Labor by Sector and by Sex in a Developing Economy: The Case of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Dissertation, Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984.
"The Rise and Fall of High Primacy in a Developing Nation: The Case of Venezuela." Masters Thesis, Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 1977.
- Books
Contrapunto: The Informal Sector Debate in Latin America. Albany: SUNY Press, 1994. Editor and author of three chapters: "What Debate?" "The Informal Sector Debate. Part II: 1984-1993," and "Contrapunto: Policy, Research, and the Role of the State."
Engendering Wealth and Well-being: Empowerment for Global Change. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995. Edited by Rae Lesser Blumberg, Cathy A. Rakowski, Irene Tinker and Michael Monteón. Author of section introductions and of concluding chapter: "Engendering Wealth and Well-being: Lessons Learned."
Women in the Development Process: A Select Bibliography on Women in Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1977. Authored by Suzanne Smith Saulniers and Cathy A. Rakowski.
- Curriculum Materials
Teaching About the Diversity and Complexities of Rural Life. 2000. A teaching techniques resource manual. Jointly published by the American Sociological Association and Rural Sociological Society, available through ASA Curriculum Materials. Authors Carol Jenkins and Cathy A. Rakowski. (The manual and DVD versions have been updated and reprinted several times.)
Women, Culture, and Society: Popular Readings in Women's Studies. Needham Heights, MA: Simon and Schuster, 1994. Edited by Mary Margaret Fonow and Cathy Rakowski. (A reader for introductory Women's Studies courses)
- Journal Articles
“Challenges and Opportunities for a Human Rights Frame in South Korea: Context and Strategizing in the Anti-Domestic Violence Movement.” Violence Against Women 20, 5, May 2014. Min Sook Heo and Cathy A. Rakowski.
“Women’s Coalitions as a Strategy at the Intersection of Economic and Political Change in Venezuela.” International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 16, 3, Spring 2003:387-405.
“Women as Political Actors: The Move from Maternalism to Citizenship Rights and Power.” A review essay. Latin American Research Review. 38, 2, 2003: 180-194.
Guest Editorial: “Women in Conflict and Crisis: New Issues in an Insecure World.” Social Development Issues 24, 3, 2002: 3-6. Mary Ellen Kondrat, Cathy A. Rakowski and Maria Julia.
“¿Movimiento de Mujeres o Mujeres en Movimiento? El Caso de Venezuela.” Cuadernos del CENDES 49, a social science journal published by the Central University of Venezuela, 2002: 31-48. Gioconda Espina and Cathy A. Rakowski.
“Opportunities and Obstacles to Women’s Empowerment under Neoliberal Reforms.” Journal of Developing Societies 16, 1, 2000: 115-138.
“Farmers’ Changing Roles in Thieudeme, Senegal: The Impact of Local and Global Factors on Three Generations of Women.” Gender & Society 13, 6, 1999: 733-57. Coumba Mar Gadio and Cathy A. Rakowski.
“Microenterprise as a World Wide Movement: Some Cautionary Notes.” Social Development Issues 21, 2, 1999: 56-65.
“Mujer, Acero y Bosque: La Division del Trabajo en Dos Regiones de Venezuela.” (Women, Steel and Forests: The Division of Labor in Two Regions of Venezuela) Parima (Journal of the Social Sciences in Guayana, Venezuela) 2, 3, January-July 1998: 5-28. (Earlier version presented at the Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Sociological Association, Caracas, May 29-June 4, 1993.)
“Unity in Diversity and Adversity: Venezuelan Women’s Struggle for Human Rights.” INSTRAW News 28, First Semester 1998: 26-33 (article commissioned for U.N. publication).
"Evaluating a Social Impact Assessment: Short and Longer-Term Outcomes." Society and Natural Resources 8, 1995: 525-40.
"Temporary Migration as a Survival Strategy: The Case of Serer Millet Pounders in Dakar." Women's Studies International Forum 18, 4, July 1995: 431-43. Authors: Coumba Mar Gadio and Cathy A. Rakowski.
"The Struggle for Housing in Rural Venezuela: Ideology, Policy, and Practice." Rural Sociology 60, 1, Spring 1995: 129-148.
"Planned Development and Women's Relative Power: The Cases of Steel and Forestry in Venezuela." Latin American Perspectives 22, 2, Spring 1995: 52-76. Revised version of a paper presented at international conference “Engendering Wealth and Well-being,” San Diego, February 17-20, 1993.
"Convergence and Divergence in the Informal Sector Debate: A Focus on Latin America 1984-1992." World Development 22, 4, April 1994: 501-516.
"The Ugly Scholar: Neo-colonialism and Ethical Issues in International Research." The American Sociologist 24, 3-4, Fall-Winter 1993: 69-86.
"Evaluating Development: Theory, Ideology, and Planning in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 26, 1-2, January-April 1989: 71-92.
"Planificación y la división del trabajo en Ciudad Guayana." Special issue on Ciudad Guayana of the Cuadernos de la Sociedad Venezolana de Planificación 162, Caracas, December 1987: 81-100. (Title: Planning & the Division of Labor in Ciudad Guayana).
"Desventaja Multiplicada. La Mujer del Sector Informal." In a special issue on the informal sector, Nueva Sociedad 90, Caracas, July-August 1987: 134-146. (Title: Doubly Disadvantaged: Women of the Informal Sector). Reprinted in Cuadernos de Ciencias Sociales (a journal published by FLACSO, Costa Rica) 16, July 1988: 55-69. Reprinted in Y hasta cuándo esperaremos mandan-dirun-dirun-dán: Mujer y poder en América Latina, edited by A. Koschutzke. Caracas: Nueva Sociedad, 1989.
"Venezuelan Women: Building Coalitions for Reform." Re-Visions: Journal of the Michigan State University Women's Studies Program 1,3, Spring 1988: 5-7.
"Women in Steel: The Case of Ciudad Guayana." Qualitative Sociology 10, 4, 1987: 3-28. Based on a paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., August 1985.
"Difficulties Involved in Taking Health Care Services to the People: The Example of a Public Health Care Center in a Caracas Barrio." Social Science and Medicine 21, 1, 1985: 67-75. With George T. Kastner as second author.
"El Libertador: Health Care Delivery in a Caracas Barrio." Human Resources Development IV, September 1984: 86-90. With George T. Kastner as second author.
- Book Chapters
“Advancing Women’s Rights Inside and Outside the Bolivarian Revolution: 1998-2010.” In Thomas Ponniah and Jonathan Eastwood, eds. The Revolution in Venezuela: Social and Political Change under Chávez. Harvard University Press, 2011, pp. 155-192. Cathy A. Rakowski and Gioconda Espina. (Peer reviewed)
“Women’s Struggles for Rights in Venezuela: Opportunities and Challenges.” In Elizabeth Meier and Nathalie Lebon, eds. Women’s Activism in Latin America and the Caribbean: Engendering Social Justice, Democratizing Citizenship. Rutgers University Press, 2010, pp. 255-272. Cathy A. Rakowski and Gioconda Espina. (Peer reviewed)
“Waking Women Up? Chávez, populism and Venezuela’s ‘popular’ women.” In Karen Kampwirth, ed. Gender and Populism in Latin America: Passionate Politics. Penn State University Press, 2010, pp. 180-201. Gioconda Espina and Cathy A. Rakowski. (Peer reviewed)
“Institucionalización de la Lucha Feminista/Femenina en Venezuela: Solidaridad y Fragmentación, Oportunidades y Desafíos.” In Elizabeth Meier and Nathalie Lebon, eds. De Lo Privado a Lo Público: Treinta años de lucha ciudadana de las mujeres en América Latina. A UNIFEM publication (United Nations), 2006, pp. 310-330. Authors Cathy A. Rakowski and Gioconda Espina. (Title: Institutionalization of feminist/women’s struggle in Venezuela: Solidarity and fragmentation, opportunities and challenges). (Peer reviewed)
“Planned Development and Women’s Power.” In Ronald Chilcote, ed. Development in Theory and Practice: Latin American Perspectives. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2003: pp. 266-274.
"Engendering Wealth and Well-being: Lessons Learned." In Rae Lesser Blumberg, Cathy A. Rakowski, Irene Tinker and Michael Monteón, eds. Engendering Wealth and Well-being: Empowerment for Global Change. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995. (Peer reviewed)
"What Debate?" "The Informal Sector Debate. Part II: 1984-1993," and "Contrapunto: Policy, Research, and the Role of the State." In Cathy A. Rakowski, Contrapunto: The Informal Sector Debate in Latin America. Albany: SUNY Press, 1994: 3-10, 31-50, 273-287. (Peer reviewed)
"Gender, Family and Economy in a Planned Industrial City: The Working and Lower Class Households of Ciudad Guayana." In Rae Lesser Blumberg, ed. Gender, Family, and Economy: The Triple Crossroads. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1990: 149-172. (Peer reviewed)
"Desventaja Multiplicada. La Mujer del Sector Informal." In A. Koschutzke, ed. Y hasta cuándo esperaremos mandan-dirun-dirun-dán: Mujer y poder en América Latina. Caracas: Editorial Nueva Sociedad, 1989: 167-182. (Title: Doubly Disadvantaged: Women of the Informal Sector). A reprint.
"The Planning Process and the Division of Labor in a New Industrial City: The Case of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela." In John Walton, ed. Capital and Labour in the Urbanized World. London: Sage Publications, 1985: 195-223. (Peer reviewed)
- Proceedings Volumes
“La Cara Humana del Bosque: Cambio Social en Chaguaramas, Edo. Monagas 1989-1994.” Proceedings from the First Venezuelan Congress on Pines and Eucalyptus, Maturin, Venezuela, September 30-October 2, 1998. (The human face of the forest: Social change in Chaguaramas, Monagas State, 1989-1994) Published electronically on conference website; no longer available.
"Obstáculos a la productividad femenina en las industrias básicas y metalmecánicas de Ciudad Guayana: El caso de la obrera y el caso de la ingeniera." Paper presented at the First Meeting on Female Labor and Productivity, Caracas, February 16-18, 1982, 30 pp. Shorter version included in the proceedings of that meeting, Primeras Jornadas del Trabajo y la Productividad de la Mano de Obra Femenina en Venezuela. Caracas: Ministry for the Participation of Women in Development, 1983. (Title: Obstacles to Female Productivity in Basic Industry & Metal Works).
- Book Reviews
Untitled review of G. Lazaridis, Women’s Work and Lives in Rural Greece: Appearances and Realities. Surrey, England and Burlington, VT: Ashgate Publishing, 2009. In Contemporary Sociology 39, 3, 2010:316-318.
Double review: Developing Power: How Women transformed International Development and The Global Women’s Movement: Origins, Issues and Strategies. In Rural Sociology 71, 2, 2006: 366-69.
Untitled review of R. Tardanico and R. Menjívar Larín, eds. Global Restructuring, Employment, and Social Inequality in Urban Latin America. North-South Center Press, 1997. In Contemporary Sociology 28, 3, 1999: 312-3.
Untitled review of D. Yarrington, A Coffee Frontier: Land, Society, and Politics in Duaca, Venezuela, 1830-1936. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. In Journal of Developing Societies 14, 1998.
Untitled review of J.J. Thomas, Surviving in the City: The Urban Informal Sector in Latin America. Pluto Press, 1995. In Urban Studies 34, 8, July 1997.
Untitled review of G. Waylen, Gender in Third World Politics. Lynne Rienner, 1996. In Studies in Comparative International Development 32, 1997.
Untitled review of C. Sachs, Gendered Fields: Rural Women, Agriculture and Environment. In Gender & Society 11, 3, June 1997: 379-380.
Untitled review of P. Jeffrey and R. Jeffrey, Don't Marry Me to a Plowman! Women's Everyday Lives in Rural North India. Westview, 1996. In Rural Sociology 61, 4, Winter 1996.
Untitled review of C. Barrow, Family Land and Development in St. Lucia. Cave Hill, Barbados: University of West Indies, 1992. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, XXVII 1996.
Untitled review of E. Maret, Women of the Range: Women's Roles in the Texas Beef Cattle Industry. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1993. Rural Sociology 59, 2, 1994: 357-359.
- Working Papers
“Women’s Changing Roles and Status in Thieudeme, Senegal: The Impact of Local and Global Factors.” Michigan State University, Women in Development Working Paper 267, East Lansing, 1998. Coumba Mar Gadio and Cathy A. Rakowski.
"Temporary Migration as a Survival Strategy: The Case of Serer Millet Pounders in Dakar." Michigan State University, Women in Development Working Paper 245, East Lansing, 1994. Coumba Mar Gadio and Cathy A. Rakowski.
"Production and Reproduction in a Planned, Industrial City: The Working and Lower Class Households of Ciudad Guayana." Working Paper, Center for Women in International Development, Michigan State University, 1984. (Paper also presented at the Latin American Studies Association Meetings, Mexico City, September 29- October 2, 1983.)
"Women in Heavy Industry: The Case of Engineers and the Case of Day Laborers." Working Paper, Center for Women in International Development, Michigan State University, 1984.
-Under preparation
Domesticating the Macho City: Gender, Public Administration and Social Policy in Venezuela’s Planned Industrial City, 1990-1998. Book manuscript.
Working title: “Constructing the Battered Woman: The impact of forms that document client needs and shelter services.” Christine Sielski and Cathy A. Rakowski.
"The Politics of Decentralization in Rural Venezuela: The View from a Boom Town." Cathy A. Rakowski and María Nuria De Cesaris.
"Gender, Politics, and Leadership in Rural Venezuela."
“Grassroots Education: The Experience of the Barefoot College and the Night Schools for Rural Children in India.”
UNPUBLISHED PAPERS FROM PRESENTATIONS AT MEETINGS AND PARTICIPATION IN WORKSHOPS, INVITED LECTURES
“Challenges and Opportunities for a Human Rights Frame in South Korea: Context and Strategizing in the Anti-Domestic Violence Movement.” Min Sook Heo and Cathy A. Rakowski. Presented by C.A. Rakowski at the National Women’s Studies Association Annual Meetings, Cincinnati, November 9, 2013.
“The Rise of Anti-Development: Venezuela’s Planned Industrial City.” Paper presented at the Rethinking Development Conference, Cornell University, November 10-12, 2011.
Participant in roundtable discussion on book The Revolution in Venezuela: Social and Political Change under Chávez, eds. T. Ponniah and J. Eastwood (2011). Harvard University, David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies, September 14, 2011.
“Domesticating Public Administration in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.” Paper presented at the LASA2009 Congress (Latin American Studies Association), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11-15, 2009.
“The Macho City: Lessons from Ciudad Guayana.” Paper presented at the University of Florida International Conference on Urban Divides in Latin America, January 28-30, 2009.
“The Gendered Nature of Populism in Venezuela.” Cathy A. Rakowski and Gioconda Espina. Paper presented at annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, August 1-4, 2008.
“Domesticating the Macho City: Gender and Social Policy.” Paper presented at annual meeting of the National Women’s Studies Association, Cincinnati, June 19-22, 2008.
“Género, Populismo y Petróleo en Venezuela.” Gioconda Espina and Cathy A. Rakowski. Presented at congress of the Latin American Studies Association, LASA2007, Montreal, September 2007.
“Gender Politicking in Venezuela.” Paper presented at LASA 2004, international congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Las Vegas, October 2004.
“Venezuela’s ‘Women in Movement’: The Challenges and Foundations to Feminist Community and Strategizing.” Cathy A. Rakowski and Gioconda Espina. Presented at LASA 2003, international congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Dallas, March 2003.
“Women, Microenterprise and Empowerment: The Conceptual Impasse.” Presented at the international congress of IUCISD (Interuniversity consortium for international social development), Istanbul, June 19-23, 2001.
“What’s Teaching Got to Do With It? Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching.” Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society meetings, Washington D.C., August 8-12, 2000.
“Decentralization, Privatization and Informalization in a Planned Industrial City in Venezuela.” Paper presented at XXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, March 16-18, 2000. (Revised version of paper presented at ASA 1999).
“Does Gender Matter in the Outcomes of Student Evaluations of Teaching: A Review of the Evidence.” Presented at the American Sociological Association meetings, Chicago, August 6-10, 1999.
“Decentralization, Privatization and Informality in a Planned Industrial City in Venezuela.” Paper presented at American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, August 6-10, 1999.
“Teaching Techniques for Representing the Diversity of Rural Life in the Undergraduate Classroom.” Workshop presentation in a joint session of the American Sociological Association and the Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, August 4-10, 1999.
“Teaching Techniques for Representing the Diversity of Rural Life in the Undergraduate Classroom.” A workshop presentation. Midwest Sociological Society meetings, Minneapolis, April 1999.
“La cara humana del bosque” (the human face of the forest). Invited presentation, I Venezuelan Congress on Pines and Eucalyptus, Maturin, Venezuela, September 29-October 3, 1998.
“Domesticating the Macho City: The Gendering of Municipal Government in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.” Paper presented at the meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Portland, Oregon, August 6-9, 1998.
“Microenterprise as a World Wide Movement: Cautionary Notes.” Plenary paper presented at Congress of the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Cairo, Egypt, June 25-July 2, 1998. Also presented at the WID Symposium 1999: Microenterprise, NGOs and the Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 26-27, 1999.
“Domesticating the Macho City: Democratic Reform and Gender in a Planned Industrial City.” Seminar at Carleton College, May 6, 1998.
“Opportunities and Obstacles to Women’s Empowerment under Structural Adjustment and Economic Restructuring.” Paper presented at the meetings of the Latin American Studies Association, Guadalajara, April 1997.
“Women’s Changing Roles and Status in Thieudeme, Senegal: The Impact of Local and Global Factors.” Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society meetings, Toronto, August 1997. With Coumba Mar Gadio as first author.
“Gender, Politics, and Leadership in Rural Venezuela.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Toronto, August 12-15, 1997.
"Place, Decentralization, and Politics in Venezuela: The View from a Rural Boom Town." Presented at the meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 15-19, 1996.
"Surviving in the Lecture Hall: The Ohio State Experience." Presented during the National Women's Studies Association Meetings at Skidmore College, New York, June 14-18, 1996.
"Venezuelan Women Organizing: Multiple Political Spaces." Presented during the National Women's Studies Association Meetings at Skidmore College, New York, June 14-18, 1996.
"Decisionmaking in a 'Participatory' Democracy: Rural Politics in a Venezuelan Boom Towns." With María Nuria De Cesaris as second author. Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association International Congress in Washington, D.C. September 28-30, 1995.
"Much Ado about Nothing? Decentralization in Theory and Practice in Rural Venezuela." Paper presented at the meetings of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 28-30, 1995.
"Gender, Politics, and Leadership in Rural Venezuela." Commissioned paper presented at the III Annual Women in Development Conference: Towards Equity and Sustainability, held at the University of Pittsburgh, March 17-19, 1995.
"Mujer, Acero y Bosque: La División del Trabajo por Sexos en Dos Empresas del Estado," presented at the XIX Congress of the Latin American Sociology Association, Caracas, May 29-June 4, 1993. (Title: Women, steel and forests: The division of labor in two state industries)
"Pine Needles and Haystacks: Proletarianization and Subsistence Farming in Venezuela's Pine Zone." Paper presented at the American Ethnography Association meetings in Memphis, March 1992, and at the Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 30, 1992.
"Women in Development in Rural Venezuela: Partnership or Subordination?" Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Association meetings, Penn State, August 16-19, 1992.
"When Social Impact Assessments Are Lip Service: Do Funding Agencies Really Care?" Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meetings, Pittsburgh, August 19-24, 1992.
"Gender, Development and Serendipity: Positive Impacts of Commercial Pine Plantations in Rural Venezuela." Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association meetings, Los Angeles, September 24-28, 1992.
Workshop on Aon linking teaching and activism through Women's Studies courses.” National Women’s Studies Association Meetings, Austin, Texas, June 1992. With Mary Margaret Fonow.
"Bahareque, Zinc, Bloque, o Pino: Vivienda, Bosques y Cambio Tecnológico al Sur de Monagas." Paper commissioned for the International Conference on Bamboo in Architecture and Social Organization, Caracas, Venezuela, October 16-17, 1992. Also presented in Ciudad Guayana as a public lecture sponsored by the University of Guayana, FUNDACITE, and CVG-PROFORCA, November 1992. (Title: Daub and wattle, zinc, blocks or wood: Housing, forests and technological innovation in rural Monagas State).
"The Gendered Impacts of Planned Development: A Comparison of Steel and Forestry in Venezuela," presented at the conference on Engendering Wealth and Well-being held at the University of California, San Diego, February 17-20, 1992.
"Pines and Needles: The Impact of Commercial Pine Plantations on the Division of Labor by Gender in Rural Venezuela." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Meetings, Columbus, August 1991.
"The Informal Sector and the Empowerment of Women: Mutually Exclusive?" Paper presented at the Association for Women in International Development meetings, Washington, November 1991.
"Planned Rural Development, Social Change in Small Communities, and Sociological Research: The Sociologist as Objective Observer or Advocate for a More Humane Development." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., August 11-16, 1990.
"La educación formal: ¿Obstáculo y desincentivo al avance de la mujer?" Paper presented at the conference on "Education, Women and Work," Caracas, November 5-6, 1990. (Title: Formal education: Obstacle and disincentive to women's advancement?)
"The Informal Sector: Opportunity or Obstacle to the Empowerment of Women?" Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association meetings, Miami, December 1989.
Workshop on "Establishing an M.A. Program in Applied Sociology: How To Do It," at the Meetings of the Sociological Practice Association, Ann Arbor, June 25, 1989.
Participant, roundtable: "Advocacy and Organizing Strategies in the Informal Sector," Association for Women in International Development Conference, Washington, D.C., November 16-19, 1989.
“Regulating the Informal Sector: The Case of Transportation in Caracas,” Latin American Studies Association Meetings, New Orleans, March 17-19, 1988.
"Women and Development in Venezuela's Boom-Bust Economy." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, August 1987.
Discussant on roundtable on "Women in Development," American Sociological Association Meetings, Detroit, August 30 - September 4, 1983.
"State Intervention, Sectoral Links, and the Expansion of the Informal Sector in Ciudad Guayana and Caracas, Venezuela." Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association International Meeting, Mexico City, September 29 - October 2, 1983.
"La división del trabajo planificada entre economía y familia, por sexos y por sectores en Ciudad Guayana." Paper presented at the X World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, August 16-21, 1982. (Title: The Planned Division of Labor between Family and Economy, by Sex, and by Sectors in Ciudad Guayana).
"An Introduction to the Division of Labor by Sector and by Sex in a Developing Urban Context: The case of Ciudad Guayana." Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, San Francisco, September 7-11, 1982.
"Fragmentación feminista." Paper presented at the First Encounter of Venezuelan Feminists, Maracaibo, December 1-3, 1979. (Title: Feminist fragmentation)
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL REPORTS FROM RESEARCH AND CONSULTING
“AIP Report: Developing and Implementing Courses on Women and Gender in Agriculture.” 27 page report summarizing analysis of existing courses and feasibility of planned course development to mainstream gender into the agricultural curriculum at two Indian universities. Submitted to Dr. Ramasamy, National Director of the Agricultural Innovation Partnership in India. July 2013.
“An Evaluation of Night Schools and Experimental Day Schools for Poor, Working, Rural Children in Six States of India.” 4 documents prepared for Barefoot College Tilonia and UBS Optimus Foundation. September 2005.
“La Cara Humana del Bosque: Un Estudio de Impacto y Comentarios sobre Relaciones con las Comunidades.” (The human face of the forest: an impact assessment and comments on relations with rural communities) Prepared for CVG-Proforca, a forestry consortium, Venezuela. With Maria Nuria De Cesaris. January 2003.
“Informe sobre la División del Trabajo por Género en un Parque Nacional: Mochima.” Prepared for INPARQUES, national park service of Venezuela. August 2001.
“Metodología para el diseño de una política social y el otorgamiento de financiamiento para proyectos comunales.” (A method for designing social policy and for grants for community projects) Document prepared for CVG-Proforca, Venezuela (forestry consortium). Maria Nuria De Cesaris and Cathy A. Rakowski. December 1999.
“Documento 1: Hacia una agenda para la investigación social y capacitación en las ciencias sociales,” “Documento 2: Planteamientos para incentivar la investigación social y la capacitación en las ciencias sociales,” “Documento 3: Lineamientos para el diseño de los procedimientos para la formulación de una agenda social.” Concept papers prepared for FUNDACITE-Guayana (research foundation), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, March 1998. (Titles: Document 1: Towards an agenda for social research and training in the social sciences. Document 2: Ideas for encouraging social research and training in the social sciences. Document 3: Guidelines for designing a procedure for development of a social research agenda)
"Uverito, Edo. Monagas" "Chaguaramas, Edo. Monagas." "Aceital del Yabo, Edo. Anzoátegui." "Joaquín del Tigre, Edo. Monagas." "Coloradito, Las Aldeas de Coloradito y Las Bombitas, Edo. Anzoategui." "El Salto, Edo. Monagas." April 1995. Reports on the social, economic, and infrastructural status of small rural towns in Venezuela, submitted to the University of Guayana, FUNDACITE, CVG-PROFORCA and community leaders. With María Nuria De Cesaris, Mercedes Mandé, and Carmen Richard.
"Las plantaciones de pino y los pequeños poblados al sur de Monagas y Anzoátegui: )Integración o desintegración? Informe sobre un estudio de impacto social.” Prepared for CVG-PROFORCA (a forestry consortium), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, March 1991. (Social impact assessment presented to forestry consortium in exchange for partial support of longitudinal study)
"El uso del sector informal como indicador de cambios macroeconómicos: Una introducción al tema." Document prepared for Consultores 21, Caracas, July 1986. (Use of the informal sector as an indicator of macroeconomic change)
"Venezuela: Medical Equipment IMR Profile Survey Report." Marketing Profile presented to the U.S. Department of Commerce, February 1985.
"Venezuela: Automotive Parts and Service Equipment IMR Profile Report." Marketing Profile presented to the U.S. Department of Commerce, March 1985. With Jose Laurencio Silva as second author.
"Consolidación de los Pequeños Poblados al Sur de Monagas y Anzoátegui." 12 volumes. August 1985. With Moisés Ramirez and Benjamin Reif. Report prepared for AVECI (NGO advising city councils) and Lagoven Petroleum Co., Caracas. (Analysis of problems to the consolidation of small rural towns and summary of social and infrastructural conditions)
"El comportamiento de la mano de obra masculina y femenina en Ciudad Guayana con enfoque especial en el más reciente período de boom (1975-79) y post-boom (1980-82)." Report prepared for the Division of Planning, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, Ciudad Guayana, July 1984. 226 pp. (Longitudinal labor force analysis)
"Estímulos y restricciones para el ingreso de la fuerza de trabajo al sector informal urbano: Los casos de la construcción y del transporte." Document published by Cordiplán and the United Nations as part of the Project PNUD/OIT/VEN/82/003, Caracas, March 1983. 240 pp. (Title: Opportunities and obstacles for entry to the urban informal sector: The cases of construction and transportation.)
"Hacia una política de apoyo a la mujer del sector informal urbano." Document SIU 7 published by Cordiplán and the International Labour Office as part of the Project PNUD/OIT/VEN/82/003, Caracas, December 1983. 85 pp. (Title: Towards a policy to support women in the urban informal sector.)
"Comentarios sobre la Encuesta de Hogares por Muestreo (Encuesta de Ocupación) y su utilidad para conocer la situación de la mujer y la familia venezolana." Document prepared for the Division of Studies, Planning and Investigation, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, Caracas, March 1981. 14 pp. (Comment on shortcomings of household/occupation survey)
"La División de Desarrollo Social y Cultural y la realidad social en Ciudad Guayana: Estrategia e impacto." Report prepared for the Division of Social and Cultural Development, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, Caracas, December 1981. 200 pp. (Summary of social conditions in Ciudad Guayana and role of CVG in same)
"El estudio de la migración femenina y el impacto de la migración sobre la estructura familiar: Un comentario sobre la Mujer migrante en general, la encuesta de migración interna utilizada por la CVG y problemas surgidos." Document prepared for the Division of Studies, Planning and Investigation, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, Caracas, February 1980. 10 pp. (Comment on shortcomings of migration survey)
"Participación de la Mujer en el Desarrollo." Section on the participation of women in development included in the VI Plan Regional. Region Guayana. Quinquenio 1981-1985. Caracas: CVG, November 1980. Section: 6 pp.
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
Member, selection committee for annual Plimpton Young Teacher Award, Ohio State University, 2005-2008.
Member, search committee, Director search, Center for Latin American Studies, appointed by Associate Provost for International Affairs, Autumn 2007.
Member, search committee, Director search, Center for African Studies, appointed by Associate Provost for International Affairs, Autumn 2006.
Organizing committee member, Critical Difference for Women 20th Anniversary Reception, June-October 2006. Appointed by Associate Provost Deborah Ballam, Director of The Women’s Place.
Member, search committee, Chair search, Department of Women’s Studies, October 2005-March 2006.
Member, “Women and International Affairs Series” speaker committee for the Columbus Council for World Affairs; CCWA Liaison for OSU-WID (Association for Women and Development at The Ohio State University), 2005-2007. Appointed by Associate Provost for International Affairs.
Chaired departmental committee charged with preparing document for CSREES external review by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. Researched and prepared most of 400+ page document. January-September 1999.
On behalf of the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, went to a meeting in India to discuss a co-sponsored project with Indian counterparts at Swaminathan Research Foundation (Tamil Nadu), Punjabi Agricultural University (Punjab), and Tata Foundation. Then traveled to Tamil Nadu to visit projects and prepared a report on the social dimensions of this soil and water conservation project, December 14-27, 2002.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Program Reviews
Evaluation of proposal for a new PhD program on “Violence and Agency in Global Contexts: Gender Politics” at the University of Vienna. Evaluation prepared for Austrian Science Fund with comments for program PIs. Based on reviewers assessments, the program was not funded.
Special Issues of Journals
Co-edited Volume 24, no.3 (2002) of Social Development Issues, “Women in Conflict and Crisis: New Issues in an Insecure World.” With Mary Ellen Kondrat and Maria Julia.
Editorial Boards
Board Member 2012-2015, Gendered Perspectives on International Development (GPID) Working Papers, a series published by the Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University.
Member, editorial board, Qualitative Sociology. May 2010 to present.
Member, editorial board, Cuadernos del Cendes, top social science journal in Venezuela published by the Central University of Venezuela, 2002-present.
Member, editorial review board, Open Sociology (online open-access journal). 2007 through 2009.
Member, editorial board, Parima, journal of the social sciences of the University of Guayana, Venezuela, 1998-2002.
Organization and Other Participation in Panels, Workshops and Conferences
Organizer, Women in Development Speaker Series 2008-2009, Ohio State University, brought 3 speakers from off campus: Kate Bedford (UK, University of Kent); Minoo Moallem (UC Berkeley); Isis Nusair (Denison University).
Chair, panel at the Conference on “Women in Politics: Global Perspectives,” The Mershon Center, Ohio State University, April 24, 2009
Chair, panel on “Feminist Approaches to Women and Politics,” Latin American Studies Association Congress 2009, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 11-15, 2009.
Discussant at conference on Latin American Demography: Past, Present and Future” held at the University of Texas at Austin, April 27-28, 2007.
Discussant, two panels, “Afghan Women Leaders Speak,” a conference held at The Ohio State University’s Mershon Center, November 11-15, 2005 with the participation of seven women from Afghanistan who occupy leadership positions in the public and private sectors. Also helped raise funding to support travel by Afghan women.
Organizer, panel sessions on “Economic Issues in Comparative Sociology” and “Conceptual Issues in Comparative Sociology,” American Sociological Association meetings, Chicago, August 2002.
Organizer, two panel sessions on Venezuela, Latin American Studies Association meetings, Washington D.C., September 6-9, 2001.
Member, International Advisory Committee, Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development 12th International Symposium, Istanbul, June 2001.
Chair, session on “Democracy and Decentralization in Latin America,” XXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association meetings, Miami, March 16-18, 2000.
Organizer and chair, sessions on “Analyzing Women’s Work in a Global Context” and “Author Meets Critics: Deborah Fink, Cutting into the Meatpacking Line: Workers and Change in the Rural Midwest.” Rural Sociological Society meetings, Chicago, August 1999.
Organize and chair, panel on “Globalization, Decentralization and Informalization of Work.” American Sociological Association meetings, Chicago, August 1999.
Co-organizer and discussant, “Diversity Issues in Rural America.” American Sociological Association/Rural Sociological Society meetings, Chicago, August 1999. With Carol Jenkins.
Co-organizer, workshop on “Transforming the Undergraduate Curriculum Toward a More Representative Rural Analysis.” American Sociological Association/Rural Sociological Society meetings, Chicago, 1999. With Carol Jenkins.
Co-organizer and discussant, workshop on “Transforming the Undergraduate Curriculum Toward a More Representative Rural Analysis.” Midwest Sociological Society meetings, Minneapolis, April 1999. With Carol Jenkins.
Co-organizer and discussant, panel on “Citizenship and Democracy in Venezuela and Mexico.” Latin American Studies Association meetings, Chicago, September 1998. With María Pilar García Guadilla.
Co-organizer and discussant, two workshops on “Curriculum Transformation. Innovative Pedagogical Techniques and Resources for Integrating Rural Issues, Concerns and Diversity into the Undergraduate Curriculum.” Rural Sociological Society meetings, Portland, Oregon, August 6-9, 1998. With Carol Jenkins.
Organizer, chair and discussant, two panels: “Women and Development: The Gendered Nature of the (Re)structuring of Work” and “Women and Development: Reconsidering the Nature of Power and Decisionmaking.” American Sociological Association meetings, San Francisco, August 20-24, 1998.
Organizer and chair, panel on “Women and Development,” Rural Sociological Society Meetings, Toronto, August 16-19, 1997.
Co-organizer and co-chair, workshop on “Curriculum Transformation,” the Rural Sociological Society Meetings,Toronto, August 16-19, 1997. With Lori Garkovich
Organizer, chair, and discussant, panel on “Social Investment and Local Development: Insights from Inter-American Foundation Fellows.” Latin American Studies Association Meetings, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 1997. The panel was made up of dissertations funded by the Inter-American Foundation, which sponsored the panels.
Organizer, chair and discussant, workshop on "Current Issues in Gender and Environment Research," International Forum of the Association for Women in Development, Washington D.C., October 20-24, 1993.
Discussant in workshop on "Development Programs: Strengthening Sensitivity to Issues that Affect the Empowerment of Women" held during the international forum of the Association for Women in Development, Washington D.C., October 20-24, 1993.
Member, Organizing Committee, international conference on “Engendering Wealth and Well-being” held at the University of California, San Diego, February 17-20, 1993, with funding from the Mellon Foundation.
Discussant, panel on "Gendered Division of Labor in Rural Societies," World Congress of Rural Sociology and Rural Sociological Society joint meetings, Pennsylvania State University, August 13-18, 1992.
Organizer, chair, and discussant, panel on "The Role of the State in the Informal Sector," Latin American Studies Association International Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 4-6, 1991.
Organizer, chair, and discussant, panel on "The Informal Sector and the Empowerment of Women," Association for Women in Development International Forum, Washington, D.C., November 21-24, 1991.
Participant in round table discussion on "Third World Conflicts," American Sociological Association Meetings, Pittsburgh, August 19-24, 1991.
Observer and participant in the 5th Latin American Feminist Encounter, San Bernardo, Argentina, November 20-24, 1990.
Panelist, public seminar on "Networking among Women's Studies Programs" sponsored by the Women's Studies Center at the University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, November 26, 1990.
Panelist, session on "Research in International Settings," North Central Sociological Association meetings, Louisville, March 23-25, 1990.
Panel coordinator and chair, Popular Culture Conference, Michigan State University, April 1989.
Organizer and discussant, panels on: "The Informal Sector Revisited" and "Political Dimensions of the Informal Sector," Latin American Studies Association International Meetings, Miami, December 4-6, 1989.
Member, Organizing Committee, International Poverty Conference, Michigan State University, March 13-15, 1988, with funding from USAID.
Organizer and chair, panel on "Managing the Metropolis," Latin American Studies Association Meetings, New Orleans, March 17-19, 1988.
Organizer, panel on "Current Issues in Research and Conceptualization of the Urban Informal Sector," Latin American Studies Association International Meetings, Boston, October 23-25, 1986.
Organizer, panel on "Programs and Projects for Women in Development: The Latin American Experience," Latin American Studies Association International Meetings, Albuquerque, April 1985.
Chair, panel on "Recent Developments in Latin American Demographic Techniques," Latin American Studies Association International Meetings, Mexico City, September 29-October 2, 1983.
Co-organizer, two Ad-hoc sessions on "Theory and Social Reality of New, Planned, Industrial Cities in the Third World." X World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, August 16-21, 1982. With Maria Pilar Garcia-Guadilla.
Other Lectures and Workshops
Guest lecture for Women’s Studies and International Studies Programs at Ohio Wesleyan University on “Gender and Populism in Venezuela,” October 24, 2008.
Guest lecture for Women’s Studies Arizona State University on “Gender and Populism in Venezuela,” November 24, 2008.
Guest lecture for the Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University, on “Gender and Populism in Venezuela,” November 2008.
Luncheon workshop on “Gender and Populism in Venezuela” for staff at the Kirwan Institute, Ohio State University, November 2008.
Community lecture on “Women’s Human Rights,” for Great Issues Series sponsored by the Columbus Council on World Affairs, Dublin, Ohio, February 27, 2003.
Brown bag seminar on “Are communities empowered by political and administrative decentralization? The case of a Venezuelan boom town in a forestry region.” May 11, 2001. Sponsored by City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University.
Proposal writing workshop for graduate students and junior faculty, May 2000, sponsored by the OSU Association for Women in Development and the Council on Academic Excellence for Women, Ohio State University.
Keynote lecture on “Women’s Human Rights” at the Columbus Council on World Affairs Youth Conference, Franklin University, Columbus, December 3, 1999.
Proposal writing workshop for graduate students and junior faculty, May 1999, sponsored by OSU Association for Women in Development and the Council on Academic Excellence for Women, Ohio State University.
“Domesticating the Macho City: Gender and Democratic Reform in a Planned Industrial City (Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela).” Lecture sponsored by the Latin American Studies Lecture Series, OSU Association for Women in Development, and the Department of Women’s Studies, May 29, 1998.
“Domesticating the Macho City: Gender and Democratic Reform in a Planned Industrial City (Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela).” Lecture at Carleton College, Minnesota, May 6, 1998, sponsored by Latin American Studies.
Casa de la Mujer (Women’s Center) of the city of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Seminar on Factors that Contribute to Rape and Incest, March 5, 1998
University of Guayana and FUNDACITE-Guayana (research foundation), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, March 1998: public lecture on Social Impact Assessment Methodology.
University of Guayana, Ciudad Bolívar campus, Venezuela, October 1997: seminar on Applied Research to graduate students in the Educational Administration program. With Nancy Acosta and Alexander Mansutti.
Proposal writing workshop for graduate students, May 16, 1997, sponsored by OSU Association for Women in Development.
“Rural Appraisal Methods: Opportunities and Debates.” Lecture and workshop conducted at ISRA (Institute for Rural Research), Dakar, Senegal, January 1996.
"Decentralization and Democratization in Venezuela: The View from a Rural Boom Town." Mershon World Affairs Luncheon Seminar at Ohio State University, December 5, 1995.
"’I Gave My Life to this Town’: Women and Leadership in Rural Venezuela." Luncheon seminar sponsored by the Ohio State University Association for Women in Development, November 8, 1995.
Workshop with the community development team of Edelca (Venezuelan electric utility) on indicators of community and rurality that can be used in assessing the social and physical costs of relocating the inhabitants of three rural communities that will be flooded with the construction of the Caruachi Dam, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, April 21, 1995.
Workshop with the community development team of the Urban Studies at the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana who will be preparing the urban growth plans for the rural communities in which I have conducted research since 1985. April 19, 1995.
Workshop and discussion of the roles and responsibilities of university faculty in the United States and the appropriateness of the U.S. model for university reform in Venezuela. Sponsored by the University of Guayana and Fundacite-Guayana (regional research foundation), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, April 20, 1995.
Conference on "Academic Research and Public Policy Formulation: A Possible but Complex Relation." This presentation focused on the experience of their collaborative research on the social impacts of economic and political restructuring in rural communities. Sponsored by the University of Guayana and Fundacite-Guayana (regional research foundation), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, April 20, 1995. With María Nuria De Cesaris.
Conducted proposal writing workshop sponsored by the Ohio State University Association for Women in Development, May 27, 1994.
Workshop on "Women Organizing for Change" at ACFODE (Action for Development), a non-profit women’s organization for promoting women's development programs, Kampala, Uganda, December 1994.
"The Concept of Development: Current Debates." Lecture presented to the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry, Makarere University, Kampala, Uganda, December 1994.
"Gender, Informal Sector, and Power." Lecture and workshop, Inter-American Foundation, Washington, D.C., on October 21, 1993.
Advised students and participated in workshops held at the International Institute in African Agriculture sponsored by the University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 27-July 1, 1993.
Advised faculty at the Research Institute at the University of Guayana, Venezuela, on improving the human and organizational dimensions of a proposed technical training program in industrial forestry, June 1993.
Guest speaker for the Ohio Leadership Program-LEAD, Ohio Extension Service, Columbus. Topic: international development alternatives, January 13, 1993.
Advised the Paria Project Foundation (Venezuela) on microenterprise development and community development programs proposed for rural communities on the Paria peninsula, June 1993.
"Proletarianization in Rural Venezuela." Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Invited lecture, April 1992.
Seminar on “Diffusion of Innovation in the Construction of Housing in Rural Venezuela,” organized by the University of Guayana, CVG-PROFORCA (forestry consortium) and FUNDACITE-Guayana (research foundation), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, November 11, 1992.
One of three speakers conducting a one-day workshop for 22 urban planners on Community Development Problems in Rural Venezuela organized by the Ministry of Urban Development and CVG-PROFORCA (forestry consortium), Chaguaramas, Monagas, Venezuela, November 12, 1992.
Workshop on “Gender Issues in Parks and Recreation Planning”, the Venezuelan National Parks Service, Caracas, Venezuela, November 15, 1991.
Workshop with staff at the Mayor’s office on regulating street vendors in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, October 29, 1991.
Guest lecturer for the "Women: Choices and Challenges" series sponsored by the College of Humanities, Ohio State University, speaking on "Ladies, Libbers and Lawyers: How Venezuelan Women Won Equal Rights with Men," Columbus, May 22, 1991, and Cleveland, May 29, 1991. Same talk was given at a dinner sponsored by the American Association of University Women, Columbus Chapter, September 19, 1991.
Workshop on “Social Causes of Violence Against Women and Girls,” Covenant Presbyterian Church, Columbus, April 21, 1991.
Luncheon seminar on "Women, Population, and the Environment," Columbus Metropolitan Club, March 20, 1991.
Round table discussion and report on the 5th Latin American Feminist Encounter. Sponsored by the Ohio State University Association for Women in Development, December 1990.
Colloquium and one-day workshop on grassroots development, LaSalle Foundation, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, August 16, 1988.
Media Activities
Op Ed piece, “Venezuela prepares for close and contentious presidential election,” published in La Raza de Ohio, Spanish language newspaper, September 14-28, 2012, p. 11.
Interviewed for nightly news program, Channel 8, Venezuela, on the subject of the social impacts of forestry development in Venezuela, October 1, 1998.
Interviewed extensively about research on the “human face of the forest” and forests as “el nuevo dorado” during the I Venezuelan Congress on Pines and Eucalyptus. Interviews appeared in three articles in Venezuelan newspapers: Correo Del Caroní, October 4, 1998; El Guayanes, October 4, 1998; and Nueva Prensa, October 5, 1998.
Interviewed on the impact of pornography on college students, Channel 4 11 O'clock News, Columbus, Ohio, January 29, 1993.
One hour televised interview by the journalist and social commentator, Pedro Berroeta, on his nationally syndicated television show, on the topic of "The Informal Sector and Grassroots Development," Caracas, July 7, 1988.
Full-page interview published by the newspaper El Pueblo (Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela) on the topic of "Women and Large-Scale Development Projects," August 23, 1988.
Quoted in diverse articles on gender issues and on the informal sector published in Venezuela in The Daily Journal, El Nacional, El Pueblo, El Correo de Guayana and El Diario de Caracas (1980-1989) and in the U. S. in The Detroit Free Press, The Lansing State Journal, and the Jackson Citizen Patriot (1988-1989).
Frequent panel participant and guest on the Venezuelan television talk show "En Confianza" hosted by Nelson Bocaranda, Channel 8, January-June 1986. Topics included "Women: The inferior Sex?" "Achievements of the Feminist Movement in Venezuela," "Rape in Venezuela."
As member of the “Miercoles” Feminist Collective, participated in the writing of the script, production and editing of an award-winning documentary—“Yo, Tu, Ismaelina”--on patriarchy, motherhood, and death in childbirth among women potters in rural Tachira State, Venezuela, 1979-1982. Venezuelan national awards for best documentary and best cinematography, 1982.
"Por Ser Mujer: Pilar." Article on experiences of a female engineer at the state-owned steel mill, published in the magazine 30 Dias, Caracas, Issue 1, March 1981.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
To Professional Associations
American Sociological Association
1999-2002. Appointed, Task Force on the International Focus of American Sociology, American Sociological Association. Evaluate the international content of ASA meetings; work with other task force members to develop recommendations for improving international focus.
2012. Section on Development Sociology. Member of Book Award Committee; read 9 books from which we selected 2 for awards.
Organized panels: 2002 (2); 2000 (1); 1999 (1); 1998 (2); 1996 (1).
Rural Sociological Society
2002-2004. Appointed, Chair of the Ad hoc Committee on Improving International Participation in the Rural Sociological Society. Evaluate international content of meetings and journal; survey members on how to increase membership; analyze international membership over last decade.
1999-2000. Appointed, Chair of the standing Committee on Diversity and member of the Council, Rural Sociological Society. Responsibilities included completing the final year of the RSS-Kellogg Diversity Initiative grant and working with committee members on a program of activities for the coming years; developing award competition for best practices in the teaching of rural diversity; help prepare ideas for a proposal to fund a summer institute for teachers in 2 and 4-year institutions located in nonmetropolitan areas. Served on the committee through August 2001.
1996-2000. Appointed, Co-chair of the Curriculum Transformation Committee, a sub committee of the Rural Sociological Society-Kellogg Diversity Initiative. Responsibilities include conducting surveys among rural sociologists on teaching, compiling resource materials, organizing teaching workshops, conducting textbook evaluations, disseminating information.
1998-1999. Appointed to the Rural Sociological Society Program Committee for the 1999 meetings.
1998-1999. Elected Co-chair of the Rural Gender Issues Interest Group, Rural Sociological Society. Responsibilities included organizing sessions for the 1999 meetings.
1996-1999. Appointed as member of the Awards Committee, Rural Sociological Society. Responsibilities included reviewing nominations for five award categories.
Organized panels: 2002 (1); 2000 (2); 1999 (4); 1998 (2); 1997 (2); 1996 (1).
Latin American Studies Association
2007-2013 Webmaster. Construction and maintenance of website for the Section on Venezuelan Studies.
1998-2007. Elected to two 18 month terms as Chair and two 3 year terms as Secretary of the Executive Committee of the Section on Venezuelan Studies, Latin American Studies Association (average 130 section members). Responsibilities include working with and orienting Executive Committee, organization of section sponsored panels for Congress, development of a WebPage and maintenance of an e-mail network, writing of grant proposals to fund travel of Venezuelans and events, promotion of research on Venezuela, conduct elections, act as liaison with LASA. 1997-1998. Elected to 18 month term as Chair of the Coordinating Committee for the Transition to Section. 1995-1997. Elected for an 18-month term as Social Science Co-Chair for the Venezuelan Network, the organization that later became a section. Member of program committee for “Visiones de Venezuela,” a conference held in Maracaibo, Venezuela, June 13-14, 2002.
1999-2000. Appointed Chair of the “UNIFEM” Prize Committee (a competition for the best two articles on gender policy and programs), Section on Gender and Feminist Studies, Latin American Studies Association. Charged with conducting competition for awards totaling $5000.
1995-1998. Elected to two 18-month terms on the Task Force on Women in Latin America, a subcommittee of the Latin American Studies Association. Responsibilities included conducting Section elections (almost 300 section members), organizing events and fundraising, and assisting with publication of papers on gender in Latin America and the Caribbean.
IUCISD-Inter-university Consortium for International Social Development
Member of International Program Advisory Committee for 2002 meetings in Istanbul. Presented plenary lecture at meeting in Cairo (2000) and paper in Istanbul.
National Women’s Studies Association
Organized sessions for two meetings in the late 1990s. Presented papers at several meetings, including 2013.
Member of International Task Force, 2010-2011.
Association for Women’s Rights in Development
Organized sessions for several meetings in the 1980s and 1990s. Presented papers at several annual meetings.
Midwest Sociological Society
Organized teaching workshop in late 1990s. Presented paper.
Grant and Fellowship Reviews
Spring 2014, Spring 2013 FLAS Foreign Language Fellowship application reviewer, Center for Latin American Studies, Ohio State University.
February 2009-March 2011, December 1992-December 1997. Doctoral Fellowship Review Committee, Inter-American Foundation and IIE-International Institute for Education. Responsibilities included evaluating some 70 proposals annually; mentoring fellows at four-day mid-year meeting held each February in Latin America; and (1992-1997) conducting two-day annual orientation sessions for students prior to field work.
December 2003. Proposal Reviewer, USDA-Department of Agriculture, SBIR Program (Small Business Innovation Research).
December 1996. Graduate Fellowship Review Committee, National Level, Fulbright. Reviewer for 75 proposals.
U.S. Man and the Biosphere Program, Washington, D.C. Reviewer for proposals submitted for funding in the area of environmental sociology, 1992.
National Science Foundation. Peer review grant proposals submitted to the Sociology Program, 1989-1991.
External Reviews for Promotion and Tenure
External reviewer for Alesha Durfee, Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University, tenure and promotion review August 2010.
External reviewer for Nathalie Lebon, Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies, Gettysburg College, tenure and promotion review October 2009. Also conducted a pre-tenure review October 2006.
External reviewer for Dr. Judith Soares, Lecturer, at the University of the West Indies, tenure and promotion review, April 2007.
Manuscript Reviews
External reviewer. Dissertation in Sociology by Ieda Chapoval. McGill University, Canada. 2001.
Michigan State University Working Paper Series “Gendered Perspectives on International Development.” Peer reviewer for special issues and manuscripts, 2012-2015.
Society & Natural Resources. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1996-present.
Rural Sociology. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1994-present.
World Development. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1994-present.
Social Problems. Peer reviewer for manuscript submitted for publication, 1998-2010.
American Journal of Sociology. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 2008.
Qualitative Sociology. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1993-present. Member of editorial board, 2010-present.
Journal of Rural Studies. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 2008-present
Economic Development and Social Change. Reviewer for manuscript submitted for publication, 2002.
Journal of Developing Areas. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1997-1998.
Open Sociology. Member of editorial board, peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 2008-2010.
Feminist Studies. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 2009-present.
SIGNS Journal of Women in Culture and Society. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 2009-present.
Gender & Society. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1996-present.
Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension. Peer reviewer for manuscript submitted for publication, 2009.
Latin American Research Review. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1996-2006.
Latin American Politics and Society. Reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 2003.
Social Science History. Reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 2001-2002.
Journal of Women’s History. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1998.
NWSA Journal. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1997-2000.
International Journal of Contemporary Sociology. Peer reviewer for manuscripts, 1996-1998.
Journal of Comparative Politics. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1995.
Comparative Education Review. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1992-1994.
Journal of Family Studies. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1994-1995.
The Rural Sociologist. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1994-1996.
Women and International Development Working Paper Series, Michigan State University. Peer reviewer for manuscripts submitted for publication, 1995-1997.
University of Pittsburgh Press. Peer reviewer for book manuscripts and proposals, 1998-1999.
MacMillan Publishers. Peer reviewer for book proposal, 1999.
SUNY Press. Peer reviewer for book manuscripts and proposals, 1993-1998.
Sage Publications. Peer reviewer for book proposals and manuscripts, 1992-1995, 2001, 2010.
Westview Press. Peer reviewer for book manuscripts and proposals, 1992-1999.
Community Service
Member, Advisory Committee of FundaMujer, a foundation that provides services (medical, legal, counseling) to low-income women in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, 2012-present.
Partnering with CHOICES, battered women’s center, Columbus OH, on review of client data and risk assessment instruments, 2008-2012.
Discussant, ASHA-Ray of Hope Film Series depicting violence against women and children and fundraiser event, Drexel Gateway Theatre, April 22, 2006. Served as discussant for the film “Osama.”
Member, “Women and International Affairs Series” speaker committee for the Columbus Council for World Affairs; CCWA Liaison for OSU-WID (Association for Women and Development at The Ohio State University), 2005-2008. Appointed by Associate Provost Jerry Ladman.
Talk on “Women and Human Rights in Global Context.” Columbus Council for World Affairs, Dublin, Ohio. February 27, 2003.
Workshop coordinator for workshop on identifying and responding to violence against women patients. Ohio State University College of Medicine, January 2002.
Conduct annual proposal writing workshops for Fulbright Program at OSU every Spring, 1995-2007. Recruit student applicants.
Provided training on violence against women and support programs for women to staff at the municipal Women’s Center, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, October 1997-March 1998.
Advised staff at mayor’s office in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela, on programs for microenterprise development, legal reform, and funding; advised on housing programs in poor communities; the “justice of the peace program”; and how to study and develop policies to control prostitution. January-March 1998.
Raised funds for donations of medicine to the rural community of Thieudeme, Senegal; worked with Coumba Mar Gadio (graduate student doing field work) on appropriate strategies for helping community members to organize and develop a plan to manage, guarantee fair distribution, and replenish medicines, December 1995-January 1996.
Occasional meetings to advise on internships at a battered women's center and preparing funding proposals for research and program evaluation, with staff at CHOICES (the battered women's center), Columbus, 1991-1993.
Guest lecturer for group of rural Ohio leaders, sponsored by the OSU Extension Rural LEAD Program, Columbus, January 13, 1993.
Advised Judge Ann Taylor and two student interns working as advocates for battered women, Franklin County Court, June 12, 1992.
Raised funds and arranged for travel and care for a liver transplant for a Venezuelan citizen, 1990-1991.
Member, rape counseling team, AVESA--Venezuelan Association for an Alternative Sex Education, Caracas, Venezuela, 1984-1986.
As a member of the “Miercoles” Feminist Collective, helped establish the first women’s center in Caracas, Venezuela (1980), and gave guest lectures and participated in debates on the feminist movement in Venezuela at various universities and professional organizations in Caracas and Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela (1979-1986).
Frequent panelist and lecturer on women’s status during the successful campaign organized by the Ministry for the Integration of Women in Development and the Venezuelan Federation of Women Lawyers to promote the reform of the Venezuelan Civil Code (to give equal rights to women), 1980-82.
Ohio State University
University Level
Chair, Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Research Grants for Research on Women and Gender Committee, Autumn 2001-Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008-present. Administer university-wide grant program that disburses an average of $35,000-50,000 annually on behalf of the Office of Academic Affairs, The Women’s Place and the Office of Development’s Critical Difference for Women fund. Oversee endowment of over $200,000 and continuing cash donations for grants competition. In 2014, the grants program passed the $500,000 mark in funds awarded since 1995.
Center for Latin American Studies, Member of the FLAS Fellowship Review Committee (2009-present). Member of 2 Working Groups for which organize annual speaker series (2012-2013, 2013-2014). Member of organizing committee for speaker series on Climate Change and Social Justice, 2012-1013 for which organized and hosted visits for 3 international speakers.
OSU-WID Association for Women in Development, President/Treasurer 1998-2009; President 1993-1994; Member, Executive Committee June 1991-1993, 1994-1997. Responsibilities as president included proposal writing and fundraising, heading committee that organized annual speaker series with 5-10 off campus speakers each year, membership drives, publicity, coordinating draft and discussion of constitution and by-laws, managing financial records, coordinating activities with other on-campus and community organizations and academic units, advising the WID student organization. Fundraising: wrote 5 successful grant proposals for $5,000 each, 1 for $10,000. Managed a budget that averaged $7,000-13,000 a year.
Appointed by Associate Dean Elliot Slotnick, The Graduate School, to the University Distinguished Fellowship Review Committee for the 2007 competition.
Member, Search Committee for the new Director of the Center for Latin American Studies, Autumn 2007. Appointed by Interim Associate Provost Dieter Wanner, Office of International Affairs.
Member, Search Committee for the new Director of the Center for African Studies, Autumn 2006. Appointed by Associate Provost Jerry Ladman, Office of International Affairs.
Chair, Fulbright Committee, May 1994-2008; member for 1993 competition. Responsibilities as chair included revising applications, mentoring applicants, conducting reviews and interviews, training faculty reviewers, recruiting applicants, and conducting annual student workshops to improve student applications and overall competitiveness.
Co-coordinator for CIRIT (International Thematic Clusters) cluster on Gender and Ethnicity, for Office of International Affairs, 2003-2006.
Member, Advisory Committee, Latin American Studies Center, 1997-2007. Helped establish direction of the program for future; help prepare funding proposals. FLAS application review committee, 2000-2002; travel awards committee member 2002. Member, Curriculum Development Committee 2002-2006.
Member, Advisory Committee, African Studies Center, 2002-2005. Helped establish direction of program for the future.
Appointed by the Provost to the Council on Academic Excellence for Women, Ohio State University, Autumn 1998-2001. Develop programs to support women and disseminate information on women’s issues.
Workshop coordinator for workshop on identifying and responding to violence against women patients. Ohio State University College of Medicine, January 2002.
OSU-Women Student Services. Member, Advisory Board, 1994-1996
OSU-Rape Education and Prevention Program. Member, Advisory Board, 1992-1996
OSU-WID representative to MUCIA (Midwest Universities Consortium), 1991-1995. Responsibilities included assisting with drafting of grant proposals as needed.
College Level
Appointed by Associate Dean L. H. Newcomb (FAES) to the Teaching Academy of the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, 2006-2007. The 13 members of the Academy are charged with developing programs which celebrate and nurture an environment for teaching excellence in the College.
Departmental representative to Gamma Sigma Delta, honor society for agriculture, Autumn 2006-2007.
Chaired review committee for College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Rodney Plimpton Teaching Award Competition, 2005 and 2006, committee member 2007 and 2008.
Member of College of Humanities Graduate Studies Committee, Winter 2007.
Advisor, student organization: “Venezuelan Students and Friends Association.” 2000-2004.
Departmental Level
Advisor for Rural Sociology Graduate Minor, 2007-present.
Member, P&T Committee, Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, 2012-2015.
Member, Seminar Committee, School of Environment and Natural Resources, 2012-2015. Co-organize weekly seminar series for Autumn semesters and co-instructor for “course” based on the seminar series.
Member, P&T Committee, School of Environment and Natural Resources, 2012.
Member, Rural Sociology Graduate Studies Committee, 2002-2012.
Dept. of Human and Community Resource Development. Responsible for development of successful proposal for a Graduate Minor in Rural Sociology. Received grant from the Graduate School to fund development and a feasibility study. Conducted feasibility study, prepared final proposal and forms for applicants and program plans. 2005-2006.
Chair, Research and Development Committee (formerly, the Research Committee), Department of Women’s Studies (now Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies), 1997-2007, 2008-2012. Member 1996-1997. Manage a small research grants program and travel grant program, an endowment, nominate department and faculty for awards, develop fundraising materials and development plans for department. Reviewer for travel grants 2013.
Chair, Department of Women’s Studies Graduate Studies Committee, Winter 2007, and Member Autumn 2006 and Spring 2007. Review applications to graduate program, organize review committee, select recruits, organize campus visit, write university fellowship nominations, make decisions regarding applications for 5th year dissertation funding, organize professional development activities.
Member, Department of Women’s Studies Budget Committee, academic year 2006-2007. Advise new department chair on budgetary matters.
Member, search committee for new departmental Chair, Department of Women’s Studies, academic year 2005-2006.
Appointed Chair of the CSREES (U.S. Dept of Agriculture) Review Departmental Planning Committee, Department of Human and Community Resource Development, October 1998-October 1999. Researched and wrote document on history of department, its programs and faculty, relationship with the college, university, extension, and experiment station; conducted interviews with faculty on issues to consider during review.
Appointed Chair of the Professional Recognition and Development Committee, a committee in the Department of Human and Community Resource Development, 1999-2000; 2001-2005 and was member 2000-2001. Duties included developing a plan of work for the committee, grant proposal writing, preparing nominations for awards opportunities for department faculty, and administering a four-year professional development grant program.
Member, Women’s Studies Advisory Committee, 1997-2000. Help develop recruitment and promotional materials and establish fundraising and networking possibilities.
Member, Awards Committee, Department of Human and Community Resource Development, 1995-1999. Prepare nominations for awards on and off campus; organize seminar series; help prepare dossier to support department for university teaching award (received in 1998).
Member, Women's Studies Elizabeth D. Gee Research Grant Committee, 1993-1996 (grants up to $1200 each)
Member, Women's Studies Coca Cola Grant Committee, 1995-1996
Member, Search Committees for Policy Position in Women's Studies, 1994 and 1995
Member, Seminar Committee, Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology, October 1990-1994
Member, Publications and Library Committee, Women's Studies, 1990-1991, 1993-1994
Member, Women's Studies Curriculum Committee, 1991-1992
Member, Women's Studies Student Awards Committee, 1991-1993 (writing & scholarship awards)
GRADUATE AND HONORS ADVISING:
Completed Dissertations and Theses Directed
Dissertations
Christopher Owens, Rural Sociology, Ph.D, May 2013. “Lands of Opportunity vs. Lands of Safety: A Comparison of the Migration and Settlement Experiences of Refugees and Voluntary Immigrants” with special focus on Somali population in Central Ohio. Recipient of OARDC Dissertation SEEDS Grant.
Gabisile Mkhize, Women’s Studies, Ph.D., May 2013. “African Women: An Examination of Collective Organizing among Grassroots Women in Post-Apartheid South Africa.” Recipient of Elizabeth D. Gee Dissertation Research Grant.
Raili Roy, WS, Ph.D., May 2013. “Jagoran: Gender in Non Governmental Organizations in Kolkata.” Recipient of Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Dissertation Grant, Gordon P.K. Chu Memorial Fund Dissertation Research Grant, Office of International Affairs Dissertation Travel Grant.
Lea Popielinski, WS, Ph.D. August 2012. “Non-corporeal Embodiment and Gendered Virtual Identity.” Recipient of Elizabeth D. Gee Dissertation Research Grant, Graduate School Dissertation Research Grant.
Christina Holmes, WS, Ph.D. August 2010. “Chicana Environmentalisms: Deterritorialization as a Practice of Decolonization.” Recipient of College of Humanities Post-prospectus Award, Elizabeth D. Gee Dissertation Research Grant.
Min Sook Heo, WS, Ph.D. March 2008: “Globally Agreed Upon, Locally Troubled: The Construction of Anti-Violence Legislation, Human Rights Discourse, and Domestic Violence in South Korea.” Recipient of the first PhD in Women’s Studies at The Ohio State University; recipient of a Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Dissertation Research Grant and Office of International Affairs Dissertation Travel Grant.
Lu Zhang, Women’s Studies Ph.D. June 2008: “Transnational Feminisms in Translation: The Making of a Women’s Anti-Domestic Violence Movement in China.” Recipient of a Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Dissertation Research Grant, Gordon P.K. Chu Memoral Fund Dissertation Research Grant, G. Micheal Riley International Academic Fund (award for dissertation research), Phyllis Krumm Memorial International Scholarship (for dissertation research), and Office of International Affairs Dissertation Travel Grant.
Richelle Schrock, WS, ABD/Ph.D. candidate, Spring 2006, graduated Spring 2008: “Cultural Divides, Cultural Transitions: Somali Women Living in the Midwest.” Recipient of a Coca-Cola Critical Difference for Women Dissertation Research Grant.
Coumba Mar Gadio, Ph.D. Rural Sociology, 1998: “Women’s Changing Roles, Issues, and Decision-
making: The Case of Lebou-Woloff Women Farmers in Thieudeme, Senegal.” Recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation African Dissertation Internship Award.
Luis Noel Alfaro Gramejo, Ph.D. Rural Sociology, 1996: “Sustainability and Outreach of Developing Financial Institutions for Micro and Small Businesses.” (in Spanish)
J.P. Owusu-Ansah, Ph.D. Rural Sociology, 1996: “Making the Visible Invisible: The Impact of
Extension Agent Attitudes Towards Farmers on Extension Practices in Uganda." Recipient of a Rockefeller Foundation African Dissertation Internship Award.
Guillermo Monje, Ph.D. Rural Sociology, 1995: “Falling From Grace? The Political Economy of Non- Governmental Organizations: A Study of Competition and Dysfunction” (co-chair with David Hansen). Recipient of an Inter-American Foundation Dissertation Award.
Doctoral and Masters Advisees, The Ohio State University
Sara Rodriguez-Arguelles Riva (Spain), Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, current since 2013.
Diana Ampudia (Colombia), Environment and Natural Resources, as of Autumn 2014. (Fulbright Afro-Colombian Leadership Fellowship)
Luis Alejandro Madrigal-Mercado, Rural Sociology, ABD Autumn 2002.
MA/MS Theses
Juan Gabriel Perez Saez, Environmental Social Sciences, 2014: “Influence of Farmers’ Socioeconomic Status and Levels of Trust on their Participation in a Water Quality Trading Program” (Received 2 year Fulbright Fellowship)
Ana Kim, Rural Sociology, 2015 expected: “Consultation in Peru as a Solution to Conflicts over Mining in Fragile Ecosystems and Indigenous Territories” (Received 2 years FLAS fellowship; for research received Tinker research grant, OIA research grant, Gateway grant)
Javier Rodriguez, Rural Sociology, Co-advisor with Linda Lobao, 2013: “The Social Bases of the Vote for the Left In Ecuador 2002-2006: The Effects of Socioeconomic, Demographic and Regional Attributes of Places” (Received 2 years Fulbright Fellowship)
Bradley Hilgert, Latin American Studies, 2013: “Un Desarrollo desde la Mujer. Representa Hogar de Cristo una Forma Alternativa y Decolonial de Microfinanzas?” (in Spanish)
Tania Sherry, Rural Sociology, 2012: “The Life Satisfaction of Voluntary Simplifiers: Is Low Materialism A Path To Happiness?” (Co-advisor with Jeff Sharp)
Elizabeth Parisian, Rural Sociology, 2011: “Health Care Reform and Rural Hospitals: Opportunities and Challenges Under the Affordable Care Act.”
LaVonda Harrington, Rural Sociology, 2011: “PROGRESA/Oportunidades Mexico‘s Conditional Cash Transfer Program: Promises, Predictions and Realities”
Sangita Koparde, MA, Women’s Studies, 2001: “Are Quota Systems a Means of Empowering Women? The Case of Rural Women in Local Government in Majarashtra, India.”
Tara White, MA, Women’s Studies, 2000: “The Impact of English as a Second language Programs on
Latina Immigrants.”
Kim Sanders, MA, Women’s Studies, 1995: “Institutional Prevention of and Response to Sexual
Assault in Study Abroad Programs.”
María Teresa Galindo-Arévalo, MA, Women’s Studies, 1995: “Women’s Empowerment Through
Cooperatives in Latin America.”
Neal J. Kelley, MS, Rural Sociology, 1993: “Evaluating Development Strategies in Thailand: Prospects and Problems for Testing.”
Amy Black, MA, Women’s Studies, 1993: “Managing Cross-cultural (Mis)Representations: First World Feminist Analysis and Third World Women’s Testimonials.”
Advisees, Masters Degree, Exam Option (without thesis)
Haley Swenson, Women’s Studies, 2009-2010
Laura Loomis, Rural Sociology, MS received 2005
Melinda Williams, Women’s Studies, MA received 2005
Cinnamon Reihold, Women’s Studies, MA received 2002
Krista Liebert, Women’s Studies, MA received 1999
Xiao Hong, Women’s Studies, MA received 1998
Misty Cummings, Women’s Studies, MA received 1998
Hong Cao, Women’s Studies, MA received 1996
Stanley Welch, Rural Sociology, MS received 1993
Honors Theses and Undergraduate Research Directed
Katherine Ferman, Honors Thesis, Environment and Natural Resources/International Studies, 2013: “The Women of Plachimada: Stories of Fighting for the Commons in Rural India” (Received numerous undergraduate research and travel grants to support fieldwork in Kerala, India in December 2012)
Maritsa A. Zervos, Honors Thesis, Women’s Studies, 2003: “The Girl Who Cried Rape: A Study of
Factors in the Criminal Justice System that Prevent Female Adolescents from Reporting”
Heather Schmidt, Honors Thesis, Women’s Studies, 1999: “Bars as Connection and Socialization in the Lives of College Students: Issues of Gender Roles”
Svetlana Reznik, Honors Thesis, Women’s Studies, 1993: “Changing Roles and Status of Women in Egypt”
Special Assignments
Winter 2009. Provided research support to Dr. Esteban Martinez Dajui, a sociologist from the Colegio de Postgraduados, Mexico, during research and training in residence at Ohio State,
November 2004, December 2003, January-March 1999. Provided technical training and research support to 3 visiting scholars from agriculture colleges and NGOs in India. Training focused on developing women’s studies curricula (1), overseeing gender analysis for agricultural programs (1), and teaching participatory planning methods (1). Funded by Food and Agriculture Organization, United Nations. Sessions varied in length from 1-6 weeks.
Member, Dissertation committee, Mariana Delgado, Doctoral program in Strategies for Regional Agricultural Development, Colegio de Postgraduados, Puebla campus, Mexico, 2008.
Member, MS thesis committee, Yannet Olmos Ramírez, Masters program in Strategies for Regional Agricultural Development, Colegio de Postgraduados, Puebla campus, Mexico, 2008.
Service and Advising at Other Universities
Michigan State University, 1986-1990
Member, Graduate Education Committee, Department of Sociology, 1987-1989
Member, Undergraduate Education Committee, Department of Sociology, 1987-1989
Chair, Applied Sociology Committee, 1987-1990
Member, Urban Studies Committee, Department of Sociology, 1987-1990
Chaired 1 Ph.D. general exam committee, 4 Masters theses, 2 senior Honors Theses.
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:
International Association for Society and Natural Resources
American Sociological Association
Rural Sociological Society
Latin American Studies Association
National Women’s Studies Association-NWSA
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