Dean M - Western Oregon University
Dean M. Braa
Vita
November, 2006
Address: Office
Division of Social Sciences
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon 97361
Phone: (503) 838-8270
Email: braad@wou.edu
Education: University of Kansas
Major: Sociology
Degree: Ph.D., 1991.
University of Kansas
Major: Social-Cultural Anthropology
Degree: M.A., 1980.
University of Northern Colorado
Major: Anthropology
Degree: B.A., 1976
Dissertation Topic: Urban Redevelopment in Union Hill
The dissertation topic was urban redevelopment in Kansas City, Missouri. Three years of intermittent field work was conducted on the gentrification of an old residential area of the inner-city known as Union Hill. Field work included participant observation and activism with the Union Hill Tenants Association. This organization carried on a political struggle with the City and the Union Hill Redevelopment Corporation over the issue of relocation benefits for residents displaced by redevelopment. The role of the city and the state in providing incentives for the gentrification of Union Hill is an important policy issue considered in the dissertation. The overall effect of gentrification on the availability of low-income housing in Kansas City was also analyzed. This analysis was used in the development of a new city ordinance that governs redevelopment and tenant displacement. The basic impact is mandated superior relocation benefits for tenants.
M.A. Thesis Topic: The Transformation of Irish Peasant Society, Anthropology, 1980 (Based on field work in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland.)
Areas of Specialization:
Political Economy
Sociology of Development/Globalization
Urban Sociology
Social Problems
Theories of the State
Industrial Theory
Social-Cultural Anthropology
Peasant Studies
Professional Employment:
Associate Professor and Chair, Sociology Department, Western Oregon University, 2005-2007.
Associate Professor, Sociology Department, Western Oregon University, 1997-2005.
Associate Professor and Chair, Sociology Department, Western Oregon University, 1997-1999.
Assistant Professor, Sociology Department, Western Oregon University, 1990-1996.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Western Civilization Program, University of Kansas, 1987-1990.
Assistant Instructor, Sociology Department, University of Kansas, 1981-1988.
Executive Coordinator, Graduate Student Council, University of Kansas, 1986-1987.
Academic Counselor, Continuing Education (Kansas University Programs at U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth), 1984-1986.
Research Assistant, Center for Public Affairs, University of Kansas, 1984-1985.
Research Assistant, Sociology Department, University of Kansas, 1982-1983.
Instructor, Sociology-Anthropology Department, Baker University, 1980-1981.
Assistant Instructor, Anthropology Department, University of Kansas, 1978-1980.
Courses Taught (Kansas University, Western Oregon University):
Soc. 600: Topics in Political Economy
Soc. 600: Urban Political Economy
Soc. 531: Sociology of Development
Soc. 526: Industrial Sociology
Soc. 524: Sociology of the Economy
Soc. 500: Sociological Theory
Soc. 474: Urban Sociology
Soc. 471: Classical Theory
Soc. 437: Race and Ethnicity
Soc. 430: Political Sociology
Soc. 427: Rev olutions
Soc. 400: Globalization
Soc. 390: Critique of Education
Soc. 350: Food and Hunger
Soc. 340: The Community
Soc. 330: American Society
Soc. 321: Labor Studies
Soc. 320: Introduction to Social Organization
Soc. 325: Qualitative Methods
Soc. 315: Stratification/Inequality
Soc. 310: Service Learning
Soc. 225: Social Problems
Soc. 130: Comparative Societies
Soc. 104: Introduction to Sociology
Anth. 108: Human Ways
Anth. 101: Human Origins
Western Civilization 234, 235
Awards:
Outstanding Graduate Student, Sociology Department, University of Kansas, 1986.
Summer Research Fellowship, University of Kansas, 1985
Carroll D. Clark Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching, Sociology Department, University of Kansas, 1983
Publications:
Critical Pedagogy and Classroom Praxis, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 34, Number 4, 2006.
Critical Pedagogy, American Sociological Association Guide to Critical Pedagogy (version of the above), Sept., 2006.
The Transformation of Irish Peasant Society, Science and Society, Vol. 61, Number 2, 1997.
Tenant Struggle and Class Analysis in Kansas City, Critical Sociology, Vol. 21, Number 3, 1996.
The Irish Land War: Peasants, Politics and Parliament, (with Kathleen Stanley), in Scott McNall, Rhonda Levine, eds., Bringing Class Back in: Studies in Class and Class Formation, Westview Press: Boulder, Colorado, 1991.
Military Spending and the Contemporary American Crisis, (with Robert Antonio), Economic Forum. Summer, 1982.
The Easter Rebellion as Social Drama, in Allan Hansen, ed., Studies in Symbolism and Cultural Communication. University of Kansas Press, 1982.
Speculative Grammar and Commodity Fetishism. Anthropological Working Papers. University of Kansas, Vol. 3, 1978.
Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
Counter-Hegemony and Social Justice from the Classroom, Pacific Sociological
Meetings, Vancouver, B.C., April 2002.
Faculty Unions: Why You Need One, Pacific Sociological Association Meetings,
Vancouver, B.C., April, 2002.
Critical Theory and Critical Pedagogy, Pacific Sociological Meetings, San Diego,
April, 1998.
Critical Pedagogy and Hegemony, Midwest Sociological Association Meetings, March, Kansas City, Missouri, 1997.
The Evolution of Worker Participation at Oregon Steel Mills: A Case Study in Ownership and ESOPs, Pacific Sociological Association Meetings, San Francisco, April, 1995.
Tenant Struggle and Class Analysis, American Sociological Association Meetings, Cincinnati, August, 1991.
Theories of the Local State and Urban Redevelopment: Pahl, Castells, and Harvey Reconsidered. Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, April, 1989.
The Irish Land War: Peasants, Politics and Parliament. Bringing Class Back In
Conference, University of Kansas, April, 1989.
Redevelopment in Kansas City, Missouri: An Urban Political Economy.
Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, April, 1986.
The Transformation of the Irish Peasantry. Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1984.
Historical Materialism Reconsidered. Allied Social Science Association and Union for Radical Political Economy (joint meetings), San Francisco, January, 1983.
Military Spending and the Contemporary American Crisis: Contradictions in Production and Reproduction. (with Robert Antonio), World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, 1982.
Historical Materialism and Historical Sociology. Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, April, 1982.
The Origins of Manorial Production in the Late Roman Empire: The Role of the State and the Colonate. Southwest Social Science Association, Dallas, 1981.
Theory in the Analysis of Peasant Societies. Kansas Anthropological Association, Lawrence, 1979.
Speculative Grammar and Commodity Fetishism: Semiotics in Marx and C.S. Pierce. American Semiotics Association, Denver, 1978.
Public Lectures:
Critical Pedagogy, (with Peter Callero) Center for Teaching and Learning, October 30, 2006.
What’s the Matter with Kansas: Hegemony and Prospects for Counter-Hegemony in American Politics, Social Science Symposium, November 9, 2005.
State and Society: Current Theories in Political Sociology, Social Science Symposium, May 4, 2005.
Basic Marxist Problematics: Continuing Relevance for the Social Sciences, Social Science Symposium, April 14, 2004.
Contradictions of Global Capitalism, Philosophy Club Lecture Series, November 21, 2003.
The Declining Significance of Race: An Introduction to the Work of William Julius Wilson, WOU Diversity Series, November, 2002.
Class Conflict Among Finnish Immigrants in Astoria, 1900-1930, Philosophy Club Lecture Series, October 27, 1997.
Classroom Praxis and the Telos of Emancipation, Philosophy Club Lecture Series, October 23, 1997.
Hegemony and Critical Pedagogy, Philosophy Club Lecture Series, April 12, 1996.
Philosophical Foundations of Marxist Theory, Philosophy Club Lecture Series, January 28, 1994.
Malcolm X Reconsidered, African-American Awareness Conference (WOU), February 26, 1994.
Sessions Organized and Chaired at Professional Meetings:
Counter Hegemony and Teaching Social Justice, Roundtable, Pacific Sociological Meetings, Vancouver B.C., April, 2002.
Tenants and Class Struggle, Pacific Sociological Association Meetings, Seattle, April, 1998.
Critical Pedagogy and Classroom Praxis. Midwest Sociological Meetings, Kansas City, Missouri, March, 1997.
The Modes of Production Controversy. Allied Social Science Association and Union for Radical Political Economy Meetings, San Francisco, 1983.
Case Studies in Historical Materialism. Allied Social Science Association and Union for Radical Political Economy Meetings, San Francisco, 1983.
Editorial Experience:
Reviewer, Critical Sociology, 1992-2000.
Member, Editorial Board, Review of Radical Political Economy, 1983-1986.
Department/Division Activities:
Member, College of Liberal Arts/Sciences, Personnel Review Committee, Western Oregon University, 1998-Present.
Chair, Department of Sociology, Western Oregon University, 1991-1993,
2006-2008.
Member, Social Science Division, Budget and Resources Committee, Western Oregon University, 1992-1993, 2006-2007.
Member, Graduate Studies Committee, Sociology Department, University of Kansas, 1985-1986.
Graduate Student Representative, Departmental Meetings, Sociology Department, University of Kansas, 1984-1985.
University/College Service:
Vice President for Political Education/Action (COPE), WOUFT, 2002-Present.
Vice President, Executive Council, American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, 1998-Present.
President, Western Oregon University Federation of Teachers, AFT-Oregon, AFL-CIO, 1996-2000.
Member, Faculty Senate, 1994-1995.
Member and Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on Committees, Western Oregon University, 1994-1995.
Member, College Speakers Committee, Western Oregon University, 1994-1995.
Advisor, Community Scholarship Program, Western Oregon University, 1994-1999.
Member, Collective Bargaining Team, Western Oregon University Federation of Teachers (WOUFT), 1993-2006.
Member, Child Care Committee (WOSCFT Representative), Western Oregon University, 1992-1993.
Vice President, Western Oregon University Federation of Teachers, 1991-1995.
Member, International Education and Services Committee, Western Oregon University, 1991-1992.
Dean’s Advisory Council, Western Oregon University, 1991-1992.
Member, Chancellor’s Tack Force on the University of Kansas and Economic Development, Subcommittee on Graduate Students and Economic Development, 1986.
References:
Robert Antonio Donald Stull
Professor Professor
Department of Sociology Department of Anthropology
University of Kansas University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045 Lawrence, KS 66045
(913) 864-4111 (913) 864-4103
Peter Callero Ed Dover
Professor Professor
Division of Social Science Division of Social Science
Department of Sociology Department of Political Science
Western Oregon University Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR 97361 Monmouth, OR 97361
(503) 838-8288 (503) 838-8288
Steve Gibbons
Professor
Division of Social Science
Department of Criminal Justice
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR 97361
(503) 838-8317
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