ELIZABETH HEGER BOYLE - Sociology | Sociology



ELIZABETH HEGER BOYLE

Department of Sociology

University of Minnesota

909 Social Science Building

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Telephone: (612) 624-3343

Electronic mail: boyle014@umn.edu

EMPLOYMENT

Associate Professor of Sociology (and Law)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2002-present

Current Affiliations

Joint Appointment, University of Minnesota College of Law, 1996-present.

Affiliated Faculty, Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota, 2004-present.

Visiting Associate Professor

Universiteit de Amsterdam, Spring 2006

Assistant Professor of Sociology (and Law)

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1996-2002

Lawyer

Kutak Rock, Omaha, NE, 1987-91

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Sociology, June 1996, Stanford University

J.D., magna cum laude, 1987, University of Iowa

M.A., Sociology, 1987, University of Iowa

B.S., Sociology, summa cum laude, 1983, University of Iowa

SCHOLARSHIP

Articles Under Review

Kozak-Isik, Gülseren, and Elizabeth Heger Boyle. “Negotiating Sha'ria and American Law: The Experience of Islamic Immigrants,” resubmitted to the American Journal of Sociology per a “revise and resubmit” request.

Kim, Minzee, Elizabeth Heger Boyle, and Kristin Haltinner. “Neoliberalism, Comprehensive Education Norms, and Education Spending in the Developing World, 1983-2004,” under review.

Publications

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Amelia Corl. Forthcoming 2010. "International Pressure, National Laws, and the Practice of Female Genital Cutting." Annual Review of Law & Social Science [board reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Minzee Kim. Forthcoming 2009. “International Human Rights Law, Global Economic Reforms, and Child Survival and Development Rights Outcomes.” Law & Society Review 43(3).

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. Forthcoming 2009. “Gender Issues in Global Perspective.” Sociological Compass [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. Forthcoming 2009. “Refugees.” In International Handbook on Youth and Young Adulthood, edited by Andy Furlong. New York: Routledge [invited].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2008. "Female Genital Cutting," In Encyclopedia of Social Problems, edited by Vincent Parrillo. New York: Sage Publications [invited].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Ahmed Ali. 2008. “Culture, Structure, and the Refugee Experience in Somali Immigrant Family Transformation.” International Migration [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2007. “Rethinking Election Rules.” Amici: Newsletter of the American Sociological Association Sociology of Law Section. 14:1-2 [responsibility as section chair].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2007. “Migrants Solving Global Poverty? A Nice Idea, But…” Contemporary Perspectives on Immigration, Immigration History Research Center, March 2, 2007. Available at: [invited].

Reprinted in Wagner, Vigi (editor). 2008. Opposing Views: Poverty. Bloomfield Hills, MI: Gale Publishers.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2007. "Globalization: Legislative Processes." In Encyclopedia of Law and Society: American and Global Perspectives, edited by David S. Clark. New York: Sage Publications [invited].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Erika Busse. 2006. “Institutional Vulnerability and Opportunity: Immigration and America’s “War on Terror.” Law & Social Inquiry 31:947-74 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger and Kristin Carbone. 2006. "International Master Frames and African Women's Explanations for Opposing Female Genital Cutting." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 47:435-65 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, Trina Smith, and Katja Guenther. 2006. “The Rise of the Child as an Individual in Global Society.” Pp. 255-83 in Youth, Globalization and Law, edited by Sudhir Alladi Venkatesh and Ronald Kassimir. Stanford University Press [invited].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Fortunata Songora Makene. 2004. "Formal Legality and East African Immigrants' Perceptions of the War on Terror." Law and Inequality: A Journal of Theory and Practice 22:301-336 [board reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2003. "Dangerous Strategies and Yes or No Questions: A Response to Richard Shweder." Amici: Newsletter of the Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association 11: 8-9 [invited].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2002. Female Genital Cutting: Cultural Conflict in the Global Community. Johns Hopkins University Press [peer reviewed].

Reviewed in: Contemporary Sociology, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, International Journal of Human Rights, Amici: Newsletter of the Sociology of Law Section of the American Sociological Association, H-Net Reviews, African Studies Review, Modern African Studies

Paperback edition issued in 2003.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, Barbara McMorris, and Mayra Gómez. 2002. "Local Conformity to International Norms: The Case of Female Genital Cutting." International Sociology 17: 5-33 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Andrea Hoeschen. 2001. "Theorizing the Form of Media Coverage Over Time." The Sociological Quarterly 42: 511-528 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, Fortunata Songora [Makene], and Gail Foss. 2001. "International Discourse and Local Politics: Anti-Female-Genital-Cutting Laws in Egypt, Tanzania, and the United States." Social Problems, 48:525-545 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Melissa Thompson. 2001. "National Politics and Resort to the European Commission on Human Rights." Law & Society Review 35:1001-1024 [peer reviewed].

Liu, Dongxiao, and Elizabeth Heger Boyle. 2001. "Making the Case: The Women's Convention and Gender Discrimination in Japan." International Journal of Comparative Sociology 42:389-404 [peer reviewed].

Barr, Donald, and Elizabeth Heger Boyle. 2001. "Gender and Professional Purity: Explaining Formal and Informal Work Rewards for Physicians in Estonia." Gender & Society 15:29-55 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2000. "Is Law the Rule? Using Political Frames to Understand Cross-National Variation in Legal Activity," Social Forces 78:1195-1226 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Sharon Preves. 2000. "National Legislating as an International Process: The Case of Anti-Female-Genital-Cutting Laws." Law & Society Review 34:401-432 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2000. "Gesture without Motion? Poetry and Politics in Africa." Human Rights Review 2:134-139 [invited].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and John W. Meyer. 1998. "Modern Law as a Secularized and Global Model: Implications for the Sociology of Law." Soziale Welt 49: 275-294 [peer reviewed].

Reprinted in Kruecken, Georg (editor). 2005. John W. Meyer: Weltkulture: Wie die westlishen Prinzipien die Welt durchdringen, Frankfurt: Suhrkamp. (Translated by Barbara Kuchler.  "Das moderne Recht als saekularisiertes global Modell: Konsequenzen fuer die Rechtssoziologie.")

Reprinted in Dezalay, Yves, and Bryant Garth (editors). 2002. Global Legal Prescriptions: The Production, Exportation, and Importation of New State Orthodoxy. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 1998. "Political Frames and Legal Activity: The Case of Nuclear Power in Four Countries." Law & Society Review 32: 141-174 [peer reviewed].

Ridgeway, Cecilia, Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Kathy Kuipers, and Dawn Robinson. 1998. "How Do Status Beliefs Develop? The Role of Resources and Interactional Experience." American Sociological Review 63: 331-350 [peer reviewed].

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Edward J. Lawler. 1991. "Resolving Conflict Through Explicit Bargaining," Social Forces 69: 1183-1204 [peer reviewed].

Mutran, Elizabeth, Charles Mueller, and Elizabeth Heger Boyle. 1989. "Age Discrimination in Earnings in a Dual-Economy Market." Research on Aging 11:492-507 [peer reviewed].

Book Reviews

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2008. Review of Female Circumcision: Multicultural Perspectives, edited by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf. Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy 29(4).

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2007. Review of Human Rights and Gender Violence: Translating International Law into Local Justice, by Sally Engle Merry. American Journal of Sociology 112:1574-1575.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2005. "Forum on Laura Nader." Law & Society Review 39:943-44.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2004. Review of What is Sexual Harassment? From Capitol Hill to the Sorbonne, by Abigail Saguy. Contemporary Sociology 33:719-720.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2003. Review of Legal Professions: Work, Structure, and Organization, edited by Jerry Van Hoy. Contemporary Sociology 32:761-762.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 2001. Review of From Motherhood to Citizenship: Women’s Rights and International Organizations, by Nitza Berkovitch. Women's Studies International Forum 24: 482-483.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. 1997. Review of From General Estate to Special Interest: German Lawyers, 1878-1933, by Kenneth Ledford. American Journal of Sociology 103: 481-483.

Work-in-Progress

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger. “Political Participation among African Immigrants in the Midwest: A Comparison across Groups.” 45-page draft. Minor revisions necessary before submission.

Golden, Shannon, Elizabeth Heger Boyle, and Yasin Garad. “Religion, Remittances, and Race: How Three Distinguishing Characteristics Affect Somali-Immigrant Business Owners,” 20-page draft. Submitted for presentation at the 2009 Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association.

Makene, Fortunata Songora, and Elizabeth Heger Boyle. “Structural Adjustment versus Child Rights in the Educational and Health Spheres in Tanzania.” Dissertation chapter that requires additional material and substantial revision before it can be submitted as an article.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Wenjie Liao. “A Puzzle for World Polity Theorists: Why Don’t Migration Policies Diffuse?” Data analysis conducted and basic ideas written up as a talk for the Law & Society Association Annual Meetings.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Wenjie Liao. “The Impact of International Law on the Eradication of Female Genital Cutting.” Demographic and Health Survey data currently being combined across countries in preparation for data analysis.

Kim, Minzee, Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, and Kristin Haltinner. “User-Fees and Child Rights Outcomes: A Synthesis of Economic and Sociological Theories.” Data-collection stage.

Boyle, Elizabeth Heger, Shannon Golden, and Yasin Garad. “Immigrant Entrepreneurship across Groups, Locations, and Times,” Data-collection stage.

SELECTED GRANTS AND AWARDS

Under review

National Science Foundation. “The Cost of Rights or the Right Cost? The Impact of Global Economic and Human Rights Policies on Child Well-Being Since 1989.” Amount requested: $195,000.

Awarded

Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, Faculty Interactive Research Program, University of Minnesota. 2008-09. “African-Immigrant Organizations in Minneapolis and Saint Paul: Predictors of Founding and Success.” Amount: One-month summer salary; half-time Graduate RA for one year; and $9754 in study expenses.

Graduate Research Partnership Program. 2008. “Organizational Support Networks and African Immigrant Acculturation,” with Shannon Golden. Amount: Summer Support for Shannon Golden plus $997 in study expenses.

National Science Foundation, Dissertation Improvement Grant, “Weaving Threads in the Transnational Family Fabric: Peruvian Women’s Role in Intertwining Gender and Ethnicity.” 2008-09. Amount: Co-Principal Investigator with Erika Busse.

Single Semester Leave, College of Liberal Arts, University of Minnesota. 2009. “International Human Rights Treaties, Neoliberal Economic Reforms, and Child Well-Being since World War II.”

Residential Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Minnesota. 2008. “The Effect of Child Rights in International Law on Children’s Well-Being.”

Presidents’ Faculty Multicultural Research Award. 2007-08. “Sending Society History and the Organizing Activities of Ethiopian and Somali Migrants to the American Midwest.” Amount: $9777.

Graduate Research Partnership Program. 2007. “Children in International Law.” with Minzee Kim. Amount: Summer support for Minzee Kim.

Special Events Funding. 2007-08. "Bringing World Polity Theory to the Grassroots." Speaker Series. Amount: $3000.

McKnight Summer Fellowship, University of Minnesota. 2007. “Sending Society History and the Organizing Activities of Ethiopian and Somali Migrants to the American Midwest.” Amount: $10,000.

Graduate Research Partnership Program. 2006. “The Impact of Child Rights Treaties and Neoliberal Economic Policies on Children’s Well-Being.” with Ayşegul Kozak. Amount: Summer support for Ayşegul Kozak.

Robert and Clarissa Rees Outstanding Alumni Award, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. 2005.

Graduate Research Partnership Program. 2005. “Tanzanian Responses to Contradictions in International Law on Children.” with Fortunata Songora Makene, Amount: Summer support for Fortunata Songora Makene.

Life Course Center Grant, University of Minnesota. 2005-06. “Religious Practices among Recent Somali Immigrants.” Amount: Research Assistant stipend.

Graduate Research Partnership Program. Summer 2004. “Muslim Migrants’ Negotiation of American and Islamic Law.” with Gülseren Kozak-Isik, Amount: Summer support for Gülseren Kozak-Isik.

Life Course Center Grant, University of Minnesota. 2004-05. “Transnational Political Participation among Somali Immigrants.” Amount: Research Assistant Stipend.

Life Course Center grant, University of Minnesota. 2003-04. “East African Immigrants and American Race Relations.” Amount: Research Assistant stipend.

McKnight Sabbatical Supplement. 2003-04. "The Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Migration Decisions."

Graduate Research Partnership Program. 2003. “Changing Power Relations: Nations and Families in International Discourse.” with Trina Smith, Amount: Summer support for Trina Smith.

Life Course Center grant, University of Minnesota. 2002-03 . “Somali Family Reconstruction in the United States.” Amount: Consultant fee.

National Science Foundation. "Research Experience for Graduates." 2003-04. Amount: $10,750. Supplement to Grant No. SES 0099145.

National Science Foundation. 2001-04. "Gender and Naturalization Among Somali Refugees in Minneapolis/St. Paul" (with John Arthur). Amount: $186,450. Grant No. SES 0099145.

Life Course Center grant. 2001-02.University of Minnesota. "Reducing "Private" Human Rights Abuses: Theory Development Using the Examples of Female Genital Cutting and Child Marriages." Amount: Research Assistant stipend.

Presidents’ Faculty Multicultural Research Award. 2001-02."Gender and Naturalization Among Somali Refugees in Minneapolis/St. Paul" (with John Arthur). Amount: $9777.

National Science Foundation. 1998-1999. Professional Opportunities for Women in Research and Education. "The Adoption and Enforcement of Anti-Female-Genital-Cutting Laws." Amount: $50,000. Grant No. SBR-9806088.

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS

“Remittance and Migration Policies: An Examination of Laws in the Context of Global Conflict.” Boyle, Elizabeth Heger and Wenjie Liao. Annual Meetings of the Law & Society Association, Montreal, Canada. May 2008.

“Child Rights and Neoliberal Economics: The Impact on Child Well-Being.” Kim, Minzee, and Elizabeth Heger Boyle. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. August 2008. (Also presented at the Sociology Department Workshop Series, September 2007).

"Religion and Humanitarianism." New Humanitarianisms Speaker Series, Humphrey Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. April, 2008.

Comments on Rogers Brubaker’s research. Seminar on Global Race, Ethnicity and Migration Issues. Immigration History Research Center. April 2008.

“The Evolution and Impact of Child Rights Treaties in the International System.” Transnational Legal Orders and Their Effects: Transformations, Resistances and Trajectories Panel, Annual Meeting of the Law & Society Association, Berlin, Germany. July 24, 2007.

“The Evolution of Child Rights in the International System.” Human Rights and Sociological Neoinstitutionalism. Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. June 15, 2007.

“Female Genital Cutting: A Cultural Perspective.” Grand Rounds, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. May 15, 2007.

“International Issues in Family Policy.” Perspectives in Family Policy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota. April 13, 2007.

“The Consequences of Using Legal Strategies to Change Custom: Female Genital Cutting Trends in Africa.” Conference on World Law & World Health. World Law Institute, Emory University School of Law. March 24, 2007.

“The Politics of Immigration,” Immigration Study Group, Wayzata, Minnesota, October, 2006.

“American Law versus Sha’ria,” Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto, September 2006 (with Gülseren Kozak-Isik).

“New Trends in Female Genital Cutting,” The Tropical Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2006.

"The Social Construction of Marriage among Somalis in the United States," Paper presented at an invited session on Law and the Public-Private Dichotomy, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August 2005 (with Ahmed Ali).

"Children's Rights in the International System: An Historical Perspective," Paper presented on a panel on Children's Rights at the Annual Meetings of the Law & Society Association, Las Vegas, NV, May 2005 (with Trina Smith and Katja Guenther).

"Human Rights and Cultural Conflict," Robert and Clarissa Rees Alumni Lecture, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, April 2005.

"Democracy and the Rule of Law in World Polity Context," Paper presented at a Law & Society Invited Session, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 2004, San Francisco, CA.

"Gendered Responses to Legal Pluralism Among Islamic Immigrants," Paper presented at a Law & Society Regular Session, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2004 (with Gülseren Kozak-Isik).

"Rights Globalization and National Law," Conference on the New Legal Realism, sponsored by the American Bar Foundation and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, June 2004.

"Suspect Citizens: East African Immigrant Responses to Post-9/11 Legal Reforms," Presentation in the Human Rights and National Security Speaker Series, sponsored by Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. and Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis, MN, April, 2004.

"Formal Legality and East African Immigrant Perceptions of the War on Terror," Paper presented at the "Speaking Law to Power" Symposium, sponsored by the Journal of Law & Inequality, University of Minnesota College of Law, Minneapolis, MN, January 2004 (with Fortunata Songora Makene).

"Power and Autonomy in the History of Children's Rights." Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Law & Society Association, Pittsburgh, PA, June 2003 (with Trina Smith, and Katja Guenther).

COURSES TAUGHT RECENTLY

Advanced Research Practicum (graduate)

Race, Religion, and Migration (undergraduate)

Introduction to Sociology (undergraduate)

Sociology of Law (graduate and undergraduate)

International Law (undergraduate)

Advanced Project Seminar (undergraduate, regular and honors)

Honors Proseminar (undergraduate honors)

Globalization (graduate)

Sociology of Higher Education (graduate)

Ways of Knowing (graduate)

DOCTORAL ADVISING

Dissertations

Trina S. Smith, Intersectionality in Responses to Global Reproductive Rights Discourse (2008), currently at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN.

Chika Shinohara, Equal Employment Opportunity Policies and the Transformation of Gender Role Attitudes in Japan (2008), currently on a postdoctoral fellowship at the National University of Singapore (co-chair).

Fortunata Songora Makene, The Tanzanian Reaction to Conflicting International Discourses on Social Programs for Children and the Elderly (2007); currently at Worcester State College, Worcester, MA.

Switbert Kamazima, Borders, Boundaries, Peoples, and States: A Comparative Analysis of Post-Independence Tanzania-Uganda Border Regions (2003), currently at University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (co-chair)

Mayra Gómez, The Intersection of International Pressure and Internal Politics: Human Rights Abuse Patterns in Cuba, El Salvador and Nicaragua (2001), currently with the Centre for Housing Research and Eviction (COHRE), Geneva, Switzerland. (co-chair)

Current ABD students

Sadie Pendaz, Affirmative Action and Interethnic Relations between African-Americans and East African Immigrants in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, completion expected, Summer 2009. (co-chair)

Erika Busse, Threads in the Transnational Family Fabric: Peruvian Women’s Role in Interweaving Gender and Ethnicity, completion expected, Spring 2010.

Lara Cleveland, The History of Software as Property in the Academy, completion expected, Spring 2010. (co-chair)

Wesley Longhofer, Foundations of Development: Philanthropists as Agents of Globalization, completion expected, Spring 2011.

Ayşegul Kozak, How do Islamists Give Meaning to Democracy?, completion expected, Spring 2011.

Other Current Graduate Student Advisees

Minzee Kim

Shannon Golden

Wenjie Liao

OTHER TEACHING CONTRIBUTIONS

• Supervised a CLA Freshman Research Award student, 2009.

• Completed paperwork to meet Liberal Education requirements for two courses, 2008-09.

• Supervised two Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program students, 2008, 2003.

• Assisted with curriculum revision, Institute for Global Studies, 2007-08.

• Supervised McNair summer scholars, 2007, 2003.

• Routinely nominate undergraduate and graduate student papers for awards (most recent winner, Peter Wruck, 2007, Best Undergraduate Paper, Race and Ethnicity Section of the ASA)

• Routinely serve as a guest lecturer in courses—Introduction to Sociology, Honors Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of Gender, Sociology as a Profession, ICGC Dissertation Writing Seminar, Advanced Research Practicum.

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Recent Professional Association Activities

Co-organizer, Midwest Law & Society Meetings, October 2009.

Chair, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association, 2007-08.

Chair, Citizenship and Migration Collaborative Research Network, Law & Society Association, 2007-09.

Trustee, Board of Trustees, Law & Society Association, 2002-07.

Book Review Editor, Law & Society Review, 2004-2007

Chair, Program Committee, Sociology of Law Section, American Sociological Association, 2006-07.

Panel Organizer, “The Social Construction of Human Rights,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 2007.

Program Coordinator, Assistant Professor Mentorship Program, ASA Sociology of Law Section, 2005-2006.

Member, Summer Institute Committee, Law & Society Association, 2005-2006.

Author-Meets-Readers Panel Organizer, Immigrants at the Border, by Kitty Calavita. Annual Meetings of the Law & Society Association, Baltimore, MD, July 2006.

Editorial Board, American Journal of Sociology, 2003-2005

Panel Organizer, "Transnational Sociology." Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Baltimore, MD, August 2005.

Panel Organizer, "Perspectives on Transnational Migration," Panel at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Baltimore, MD, August 2005.

Participant, "Author-Meets-Critics: What is Sexual Harassment? by Abigail Saguy," Annual Meetings of the Law & Society Association, May 2005.

Reviewer

American Sociological Review National Science Foundation

American Journal of Sociology Sociological Forum

International Sociology Social Problems

International Journal of Comparative Law Law & Society Review

Law & Social Inquiry The Sociological Quarterly

RECENT INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE ACTIVITIES

Minnesota Sociology Department

Member, LCD Search Committee, 2008

Chair, Migration Faculty Search Committee, 2007-08

Member, Personnel Committee, 2006-07

Member, Graduate Affairs Committee, 2005-06

Director of Graduate Studies, 2004-05

Chair, Graduate Affairs Committee, 2004-05

Chair, Personnel Committee, 2002-03

Member, Undergraduate Affairs Committee, 2000-02

I also:

• Participate in “On-the-Market” workshops for graduate students, recruiting weekend panels, and graduate orientation panels.

• Routinely prepare annual reviews of colleagues for the department.

Interdisciplinary Contributions

Joint Appointment, College of Law, 1996-present.

Advisory Board, Immigration History Research Center, 2007-present.

Affiliated Faculty, Institute for Global Studies, 2004-present.

Sawyer Seminar Post-doctoral Student Selection Committee, Humphrey Institute, 2006.

Advisory Board, Human Rights Center, College of Law, 2001-2003

Advisory Board, Human Rights Program, Institute for Global Studies, 2002-2007

Member, Life Course Center, Advisory Board, 1997-2001.

College of Liberal Arts

Member, CLA Assembly, 2007-08

Member, Course Review Committee, 2007-08, Fall 2008.

Participation in recruitment of honors students, 2007-08.

Participation in fundraising events for the college, 2006-07.

Vice Chair, CLA Assembly, 2006-07

Executive Committee, 2006-07

Member, Health and Society Initiative Group (Prepared initiative to include in CLA's Strategic Plan), 2006

Assembly Member, 2006-08, 2002-03

Member, Task Force on Health and Medicine, 2005-06

Budget Advisory Committee, 2002-03

Member, Search Committee for Director of Institute for Global Studies, Summer 2002

University of Minnesota

Faculty Senate Member, 2006-09.

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