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Dr. Bradley Nash, Jr.

Department of Sociology

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina 28608-2115

Phone: (828) 262-2486

E-mail: nashb@appstate.edu

Educational Background

Ph. D. 2000. Sociology. Virginia Tech. Blacksburg, Virginia.

Dissertation Title: “Labor Law and the State: The Crises of Unions in the 1980s.”

Areas of Specialization: Work and Organizations; Sociological Theory; and Political Sociology.

M. A. 1987. Sociology. Central Michigan University. Mount Pleasant, Michigan.

Thesis Title: “The Concept of Race among Sociologists: A Study in the Sociology of Scientific Knowledge.”

B. S. 1985. Sociology, Psychology. Northland College. Ashland, Wisconsin. Graduated Cum laude.

Professional Experience

Teaching Positions Held:

Professor. Department of Sociology. Appalachian State University. 2017-present.

Associate Professor. Department of Sociology. Appalachian State University. 2008-2017.

Assistant Professor. Department of Sociology and Social Work. Appalachian State University. 2002-2008.

Visiting Assistant Professor. Department of Sociology. Roanoke College. 2000-2002.

Instructor/Senior Lecturer. Department of Sociology. Roanoke College. 1995-2000.

Instructor. Department of Sociology. Virginia Tech. 1992-1998.

Undergraduate Sociology Courses Taught:

Applied Sociology Seminar

Sociology of Appalachian Communities

Classical Sociological Theory

Contemporary Sociological Theory

Community Sociology

Deviant Behavior

Introductory Sociology

Political Sociology

Social Movements

Social Problems

Social Stratification

Sociological Theory

Sociology of Intimate Relations

Work & Organizations

Work & Organizations (Online)

Undergraduate Senior Honors Thesis Committees:

“A Sociological Analysis of Chronic Poverty within the Appalachian Region”, by Wade Barton Bestler. The Honors College. Appalachian State University. (Chair). Spring 2019.

“Swinging Toward Social Change: How Lindy Hop Promotes Gender Equality”, by Lilllian C. Shaw. The Honors College. Appalachian State University. May 2018.

“No Child Left Behind?: Memphis City Schools Examined for Policy Failure”, by Lillie W. Blanton. Department of Government and Justice Studies. Appalachian State University. May 2013.

“Gender Differences in Anxiety Sensitivity Index-3 Dimensions”, by Krystal L. Trout. Department of Psychology. Appalachian State University. May 2010.

“Institutionalizing Violence”, by Jason Radford. Department of Philosophy. Appalachian State University. December 2007.

“Attracting and Retaining High-tech Employees: An Analysis of Microsoft and Google”, by Brianna E. Leonard. Department of Management. Appalachian State University. May 2006.

Undergraduate Independent Studies Supervised:

Capitalism and Social Theory

Issues in Social Theory

Gender, Deviance, and Education

Power in Federal Bureaucracies

Sociology of Knowledge

Graduate Sociology Courses Taught:

Advanced General Sociology

Appalachia in Social Context

Appalachia in Social Context (Online)

Contemporary Sociological Theory

Political Sociology

Social Stratification

Social Stratification (Online)

Sociological Theory (Online)

Graduate Master’s Thesis Committees:

“The Museum as a Tool to Develop Man’s Future: Weaving Narratives of Deindustrialization at Cannon Mills, 1971-1987”, by William Cranford Raby. Department of History. Appalachian State University. Spring 2020.

“Claiming Disability in Appalachia”, by Rebecca E. Long. Appalachian Studies Program. Appalachian State University. Spring 2020.

“Growing Food, Growing Farmers: How First-Generation Farmers in Blue Ridge Appalachia Learn How to Farm and Find Access to Farm Land”, by David Walker. Appalachian Studies Program. Appalachian State University. Fall 2015.

“To Lend-A-Hand: A History and Analysis of the Lend-A-Hand Center in the Stinking Creek Community of Knox County, Kentucky”, by Kathryn Engle. Appalachian Studies Program. Appalachian State University. (Chair). Summer 2013.

”The Impact of the New Globalization on Human Rights Violations in a Developing Country: A Case Study of Mexico”, by Heath Wynn. Department of Government and Justice Studies. Appalachian State University. Spring 2009.

“Appalachian Rural Homelessness: The Case of Watauga County, North Carolina”, by Carl Jenkins. Appalachian Studies Program. Appalachian State University. Fall 2008.

“Women’s Work: A Perspective on Women’s Coal Mining Activism in Appalachia and the Influence of Gender Role Construction”, by Jennifer Cohen-Jordan. Appalachian Studies Program. Appalachian State University. (Chair). Spring 2008.

Graduate Independent Studies Supervised:

Advanced Social Movement Theory

Historical Sociology

Social Stratification in East Asia

Sociological Perspectives on Deviant Behavior

Regional Identity, Symbolic Artifacts, and Appalachia

Sociology of Appalachian Poverty

Graduate Assistantships Held:

Humanities/Social Sciences Reference Department. Newman Library. Virginia Tech. 1992-1993.

Department of Sociology. Virginia Tech. 1987-1992.

Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work. Central Michigan University. 1985-1987.

Research Assistant Positions Held:

Industry, Labor and the Quality of Life in Rural Virginia. Agricultural and Forestry Research. Virginia Tech. Principal Investigators: Mark Wardell, Toni Calasanti and Dale W. Wimberley. Summer 1989.

Scientific Papers as Science Indicators. National Science Foundation. Principal Investigators: Nicholas Mullins, William E. Snizek and Kay Oehler. Summer 1988.

Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Labor Law Reform and Organized Labor: A Comparative-Historical Sociology of Unanticipated Outcomes”. Humanity and Society. Volume 43, Number 2. 2019.

Kleitsch, David, Ed Rosenberg and Bradley Nash, Jr. “Community in a Virtual Environment: Can YouTube Build Community for LGBT Youth?” Sociation Today. Volume 13, Number 2. 2015.

Nash, Bradley Jr. and Dana B. Bradley. "Federal Policies and Local Realities: The Case of Appalachian Senior Programs". Educational Gerontology: An International Journal. Volume 32, Number 5. 2006.

Folts, W. Edward, Kenneth B. Muir and Bradley Nash, Jr. "Housing and the Older Rural Population." Journal of Housing for the Elderly. Volume 19, Number 1. 2005.

Nash, Bradley Jr. "Labor Law in Great Britain and France in the 1980s: The Unintended Effects of Legal Reforms on Organized Labor." Michigan Sociological Review. Volume 18, Fall. 2004.

Reprinted in Twenty-five Years of Excellence in Michigan Sociology: More of the Best from the Michigan Sociological Review, edited by Larry T. Reynolds, Joseph M. Verschaeve, Rachel Campbell, Lisa N. Hickman and Alice Littlefield. Mount Pleasant, Michigan: Michigan Sociological Association. 2014.

Nash, Bradley Jr. "Sociology Resources on the Internet: An Introductory Overview". Electronic Journal of Sociology. Volume 1, Number 3. 1995.

Reprinted in Teaching the Sociology of Education, 4th Edition, edited by J. Ballantine, F. M. Hammack, E. King, C. H. Persell, and T. C. Wagenaar. Washington, D. C.: American Sociological Association. 1996.

Nash, Bradley Jr. and Mark Wardell. "The Control of Sociological Theory: In Praise of the Interregnum." Sociological Inquiry. Volume 63, Number 3. 1993.

Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

Nash, Bradley Jr., W. Edward Folts, Kenneth B. Muir, James R. Peacock, and Katherine Jones.  "Elderly Populations and the Rural Housing Continuum".  In Rural Housing, Exurbanization, and Amenity-Driven Development: Contrasting the Haves and the Have Nots, edited by David W. Marcouiller, Mark B. Lapping and Owen J. Furuseth.  Aldershot, England: Ashgate Publishing.  2011.

Folts, W. Edward, Kenneth B. Muir, James R. Peacock, Bradley Nash, Jr. and Katherine L. Jones. "Housing for the Rural Elderly: Policies, Practices, and Prospects". In Best Practices in Service Delivery to the Rural Elderly, edited by R. T. Goins and J. A. Krout. New York, New York: Springer Publishing Company. 2006.

Zajicek, Anna M. and Bradley Nash, Jr. "Lessons from the UMWA". In The Transformation of U.S. Unions: Visions, Voices and Strategies from the Grassroots, edited by Ray M. Tillman and Michael Cummings. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner Publishers. 1999.

Other Publications

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Durkheim, Emile (Division of Labor)”. Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, edited by Vicki Smith and J. Geoffrey Golson. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. 2013.

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Smith, Adam (Division of Labor)”. Sociology of Work: An Encyclopedia, edited by Vicki Smith and J. Geoffrey Golson. Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE Publications. 2013.

Nash, Bradley Jr. Teaching materials for graduate course on “Appalachia in Social Context” included in Appalachian Studies: Syllabus Guide and Teaching Materials, 3rd Edition. Washington, D. C.: American Sociological Association. 2008.

Nash, Bradley Jr., Dana M. Greene, James R. Peacock, Trina N. Seitz and Scott E. Wilks. Creating Research Papers That Will Make Everyone Proud: A Manual for Sociology and Social Work Majors. Boone, North Carolina: Hubbard Center for Faculty Development and Support. 2005.

Nash, Bradley Jr. "Globalizing Solidarity: Praxis and the International Labor Movement (Guest Editor’s Introduction)". Journal of World-Systems Research. Volume 4, Number 1. 1998.

Nash, Bradley Jr. "Organizing a Global Labor Movement from Top and Bottom". PEWS News: The Official Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's Section on the Political Economy of the World-System. Summer 1997.

Reprinted in the Journal of World-Systems Research. Volume 4, Number 1. 1998.

Reprinted in The Globalization and Development Reader: Perspectives on Development and Social Change, edited by J. Timmons and A. Hite. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing. 2007.

Conference Papers and Other Presentations

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Science in Crisis: A Durkhemian Analysis of Truth, Knowledge, and Morality”. 82st Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2019.

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Walking a Fine Legal Line: The Precarious Relationship of Worker Centers to Existing U. S. Labor Law”. 81st Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 2018.

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Re-Engaging Sociology: Poverty and Policy in Appalachia”. 77th Annual Meeting of Southern Sociological Society. Charlotte, North Carolina, April, 2014.

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Anticipating the Unanticipated: A Comparative-Historical Analysis of Labor Law Projects”. 74th Annual Meeting of Southern Sociological Society. Jacksonville, Florida, April, 2011.

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Culture, Structure and Geography: Toward an Historical Sociology of Appalachian Labor”. 72nd Annual Meeting of Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 2009.

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Labor Unions and the South: The Construction and Deconstruction of Regional Exceptionalism”. 70th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, Georgia, April 2007.

Nash, Bradley Jr. (Invited Speaker). “Coal, Community, and Activism”. Symposium on Welsh Culture. Appalachian State University. Boone, North Carolina. September 2006.

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Vico Enters Yet Again: Reassessing the Epistemological Foundations of the Sociological Project”. 69th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2006.

Nash, Bradley Jr. "Constructing Sociology's History: Vico, Comte, and the Politics of Epistemology". 68th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Charlotte, North Carolina, April 2005.

Nash, Bradley, Jr. and Kenneth B. Muir. "The Mass Media and Organized Labor: Agency, Structure, and Historical Transformations." 67th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, Georgia. April 2004.

Nash, Bradley, Jr. “The Problematic Nature of State Projects: Labor Law Reform in France and Great Britain during the 1980s”. 66th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana. March, 2003.

Wimberley, Dale and Bradley Nash, Jr. "The Phelps Dodge and Pittston Mine Strikes: A Comparative Case Study for Teaching Social Movement Theory". 97th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, Illinois. August, 2002.

Nash, Bradley, Jr. (Invited Speaker). “Unions: Curse or Cure? Beauty or Beast?” Celebration of Inquiry Conference, Coastal Carolina University. Conway, South Carolina, 2000.

Zajicek, Anna and Bradley Nash, Jr. “Community Empowerment & the Future of U. S. Labor Unions: Lessons from the UMWA”. 91st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York, New York. August, 1996.

Nash, Bradley Jr. “Media Coverage of Industrial Conflict: A Cross-Cultural Analysis of Two Coal Strikes.” Annual North Central Sociological Association Meeting. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. April, 1995.

Nash, Bradley Jr. and Robert Lophovsky. “George Simmel and Contemporary Sociological Theory.” 64th Eastern Sociological Society Meetings. Baltimore, Maryland. March, 1994.

Nash, Bradley Jr. and Mark Wardell. “The Control of Sociological Theory: In Praise of the Interregnum.” Annual Midwest Sociological Society Meeting. Kansas City, Missouri. April, 1992.

Other Conference Activities

Organizer/Presider. Regular Paper Sessions on Contemporary Applications of Classical Sociological Theory. 82st Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Atlanta, Georgia, April, 2019.

Convener. Regular Paper Session on Visible or Invisible?: Race, Culture, Politics, and Migration. 36th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference. Boone, North Carolina, March 2013.

Discussant. Appalachia and Wales: Coal and After Coal. Symposium at Appalachian State University. Boone, North Carolina, October, 2010.

Presider/Panelist. Author Meets Critics: Wilma Dunaway’s "Women, Work and Family in the Antebellum Mountain South”. 72nd Annual Meeting of Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana, April, 2009.

Organizer/Presider. Regular Paper Session on the Continuing Relevance of Classical Sociological Theory. 69th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2006.

Presider/Discussant. Regular Paper Session on Globalization, Industry, and Employment. 68th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Charlotte, North Carolina, April 2005.

Presider/Discussant. Undergraduate Paper Session on Crisis Networks and Mobilization. 68th Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. Charlotte, North Carolina, April 2005.

Grant Related Activities

National Science Foundation. 2010. Hambourger, Michael Stuart (Principal), Houser, James Byron (Co-Principal), Nash, Bradley (Co-Principal), Raichle, Brian W. (Co-Principal), "Full Proposal: EFRI-RESTOR: Integrative Development and Pilot-Scale testing of Hydrogen-Based Storage of Renewable Energy using Transformative Catalysts for Water Electrolysis". Amount: $1,925,970. Status: Not funded.

National Science Foundation. 2009. Hambourger, Michael Stuart (Principal), Houser, James Byron (Co-Principal), Nash, Bradley (Co-Principal), Raichle, Brian W. (Co-Principal), "Pre-Proposal: EFRI-RESTOR: Integrative Development and Pilot-Scale testing of Hydrogen-Based Storage of Renewable Energy using Transformative Catalysts for Water Electrolysis". Amount: $1,783,608.00. Status: Invited to submit full proposal.

Corporation for National and Community Service Grant: Appalachian Senior Programs: Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion Programs in Alleghany, Avery, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes Counties, North Carolina. Research Associate, 2005 to 2010.

General Education Summer Grant, General Education Program. Appalachian State University, 2008: received $1500 for curriculum development relating to new general education program at Appalachian State University.

Faculty Development Gold Form Grant, Sociology and Social Work Department, Appalachian State University, 2005: received $479 to organize session on “The Continuing Relevance of Classical Sociological Theory” at 69th Southern Sociological Society Meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hubbard Center Textbook Grant, Appalachian State University, 2005 (with D. Greene, J. Peacock, T. Seitz and S. Wilks): received $150 to develop research paper guide for sociology and social work students.

Fintel Library Resource Grant, Roanoke College, 2001 (with G. Dunn): received $2000 for expanding collection of classical and contemporary works on sociological theory.

Fintel Library Resource Grant, Roanoke College, 2001 (with M. Mehrotra): received $2000 for expanding sociology video collection.

Departmental Service Activities at Appalachian State University

Advisory Committee for Appalachian Senior Programs (2008-2010)

Director, Graduate Sociology Programs (2017-2020)

Director, Undergraduate Sociology Program (2005-2010)

Departmental Assessment Committee (2005-2006; 2011-2012; 2018-2020; Chair 2019-

2020)

Departmental Budget Committee (2005-2010)

Departmental Curriculum Committee (Chair, 2005-2010)

Departmental Faculty Development Committee (Chair, 2003-2004; 2009-2010)

Departmental Graduate Programs Committee (2010-2011; 2014-2017; Chair 2017-2020)

Departmental Internship Approval Committee (2011-2017)

Departmental Library Representative (2003-2010)

Departmental Personnel Committee (2003-2006; 2008-2011; 2012-2013; 2014-2017;

2018-2020)

Departmental Planning Committee (2006-2007; 2008-2011)

Departmental Policy Advisory Committee (2005-2006)

Departmental Policy Development Committee (2013-2017) (Chair, 2013-2014)

Departmental Policy and Planning Committee (Chair, 2017-2018)

Departmental Post-Tenure Review Committee (2013-2015; 2017-18)

Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee (Chair, 2013-2016)

Departmental Publicity/Public Relations Committee (2003-2004)

Departmental Student Development Committee (2002-2005; 2006-2008; 2017-18)

Departmental WWW Committee (2009-2011)

Sociology Academic Coordinator - Master of Arts in the Social Sciences (2003-2008)

College and University Service Activities at Appalachian State University

ASU in Washington Internship Search Committee (2008-2011)

College of Arts & Sciences Dean Evaluation Reading Committee (2008)

College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Alumni Award Committee (2008-2011)

College of Arts & Sciences Donald Sink Outstanding Scholar Committee (2012-2014)

College of Arts & Sciences Social Science Strategic Plan Working Group (2015)

Faculty Senate, Department of Sociology Representative (2011-2014)

General Education, Theme Coordinator, Revolutions and Social Change (2009-2013)

Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures Committee (2018-present)

Graduate Faculty, Full Member (2008-2022)

Graduate Faculty, Associate Member (2002-2008)

Humanities Council (2012-2018)

Internship Advisory Council (2007-2013)

Member of the Appalachian Studies Faculty (2005-present)

Member of the Appalachian Studies Curriculum Committee (2006-2008; 2012-2013;

2014-2015)

Member of the Appalachian Studies Scholarship Committee (2015-2016)

Mentor in New Faculty Mentoring Program (2007-2010)

Program Review Committee of the Master of Arts in Political Science (2004)

University Athletics Council (2010-2020)

University Athletics Council Gender Issues Subcommittee (2010-present) (Chair 2016-

2020)

University Library Services Committee (2004-2010) (Chair, 2008-2010)

UNC in Washington Internship Search Committee (2007-2008)

Professional Service Activities

Committee on ASA Presidential Biographies. Section on the History of Sociology, American Sociological Association. 2019-present.

Graduate Student Paper Award Committee (Chair), Section on the History of Sociology, American Sociological Association. 2019-2020.

Area Editor (Work & Labor Markets; Labor & Labor Movements), Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology, American Sociological Association. 2019-2022.

Editorial Board, Sociation, North Carolina Sociological Association. 2019-2022.

Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award Committee (Chair), Section on the History of Sociology, American Sociological Association. 2019.

Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award Committee, Section on the History of Sociology, American Sociological Association. 2016-2017.

Distinguished Student Paper Committee, Section on Labor and Labor Movements, American Sociological Association. 2015-2016.

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship (Book) Committee, Section on Labor and Labor Movements, American Sociological Association. 2013-2014.

Himes Award for Best Undergraduate and Graduate Sociology Papers Committee. North Carolina Sociological Association. 2011.

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship (Book) Committee, Section on Labor and Labor Movements, American Sociological Association. 2008-2009.

Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship (Article) Committee, Section on Labor and Labor Movements, American Sociological Association. 2008-2009.

Labor Studies Distinguished Article Award Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems (2001).

Editorial Board, Electronic Journal of Sociology (1994-1999).

Guest Editor, Journal of World-Systems Research (Special Issue on Global Labor Movements, Vol. 4, No. 1, 1998).

Consultant on Internet Sociology Sources, Blackwell Publishers (UK). 1996-1997.

Journal Article Reviewer:

American Ethnologist

Appalachian Journal

Electronic Journal of Sociology

Journal of Appalachian Studies

Sociation Today

Sociological Inquiry

Sociological Quarterly

Southern Cultures

Book/Textbook Reviewer:

Allyn and Bacon Publishing Company

Oxford University Press

Pearson Publishing Company

Thomson Wadsworth Publishing Company

University of North Carolina Press

Awards, Honors, and Nominations

Chancellor’s Academic Leadership Development Program. 2016-2017.

Nominated for Richard N. Henson Outstanding Advisor Award. College of Arts and Sciences. Appalachian State University. 2015-2016.

Service-Learning Faculty Fellows Program. Appalachian State University. Fall 2013.

Inducted in to Academy of Outstanding Teachers, College of Arts and Sciences. Appalachian State University. 2012.

Nominated for Outstanding Teacher of the Year, College of Arts and Sciences. Appalachian State University. 2007-2008.

Nominated for Outstanding Advisor Award. College of Arts and Sciences. Appalachian State University. 2005-2006.

Richard T. Barker Friends of the Library Recognition for Outstanding Scholarly Achievement. 2005-2006.

Nominated for Excellence in Teaching Award. Appalachian State University. 2004.

Graduate Instructional Fee Scholarships. Department of Sociology. Virginia Tech. Fall, Winter, and Spring 1987-1988; Fall 1990; Fall 1991; and Spring 1992.

Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. Virginia Tech. 1991.

Alpha Chi National Honor Society. Northland College. 1985.

Sociology Major Merit Award. Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Northland College. 1985.

Current Memberships in Professional Associations

American Sociological Association

Comparative and Historical Sociology Section

History of Sociology Section

Labor and Labor Movements Section

Theory Section

North Carolina Sociological Association

Southern Sociological Society

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