August 2006
Linda Markowitz
Office Address:
Department of Sociology
Southern Illinois University,
Box 1455
Edwardsville, IL 62026
E-Mail: lmarkow@siue.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of Arizona, Sociology, "Participatory Democracy in Union Organizing: The Influence of Authority Structures on Workers' Sentiments and Actions." December 1995.
M.A., University of Arizona, Sociology, "Gender and Satisfaction in Power Imbalanced Exchange Relations." 1990.
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, Sociology, "Alcoholism: A Theoretical Overview." 1987.
Teaching and Research Experience
Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Department of Sociology, Spring 2000- present.
Assistant Professor, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Department of Sociology, Fall 1996- 2000.
Instructor, Sociology of Families. University of Arizona, Department of Sociology, Fall 1994-Summer, 1995.
Publications
“Structural Innovators and Core Framing Tasks: How Socially-Responsible Mutual Fund Companies Sustain Resonant Frames.” Forthcoming, Sociological Perspectives.
“Can Socially Responsible Mutual Funds Transform Corporations?” Forthcoming, Critical Sociology.
“Eco-Tourism: Who Benefits?” (With Cathy Santanello). 2006. Case Studies in Science. http://www.sciencecases.org/ecotourism/ecotourism.asp.
“Socially Responsible Investing and Transforming the Corporation: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence.” IABS Proceedings, 2006.
“Unmasking Moral Dichotomies: Can Feminist Pedagogy Overcome Student Resistance to Issues of Oppression?” 2005. Gender and Education. March, Volume 17. Issue 1: 39-55.
“Employment Relations, Internships and Teaching Diversity.” 2004. Sociological Insights.
Summer: 17-23.
“Hostility in the Classroom: Teaching Analysis versus Morality.” 2001. In Managing Hostility in the Classroom: A Book of Resources for Teaching. Edited by Rebecca Bach and Betsy LucalWashington, DC: ASA Publication.
Mark Hedley and Linda Markowitz. 2001. “Avoiding Moral Dichotomies: Teaching Contraversial Topics to Resistant Students.” Teaching Sociology. Volume 29 (2): 195-208.
Worker Activism After Successful Union Organizing 2000. Armonk, NY: M.E.
Sharpe.
“After the Organizing Ends: Workers’ Self Efficacy and Activism” 1998. Social Problems.
Volume 45 (3): 356-382.
“Employee Participation at the Workplace: Capitalist Control or Worker Freedom?” 1996.
Critical Sociology . Volume 22 (2): 89-103.
"Union Presentation of Self and Worker Participation in Organizing Campaigns," 1995. Sociological Perspectives. Volume 38 (3): 437-454.
Paula England and Linda Markowitz, 1995. "The Moral Dimension of Feminist Theories: Implications for Pay Equity." in Macro-Socio Economics: From Theory to Activism edited by David Sciulli. New York: M.E. Sharpe.
Neil Fligstein and Linda Markowitz, 1993. "Financial Reorganization of American Corporations in the 1980s," Pp. 185-206 in Sociology and the Public Agenda, edited by William J. Wilson. Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
Presentations
“Socially Responsible Investing and Transforming the Corporation: Theoretical and Empirical Evidence” Paper presented at International Association of Business and Society, 2006.
“The ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ Master Frame: How Socially Responsible Mutual Funds Attract Investors.” Paper presented at the Midwest Sociological Society meetings, 2005. Minneapolis.
“Can Socially Responsible Investing Transform the Empire?” Paper presented at SIUE Colloquium, Spring. 2004
“Does Feminist Pedagogy Reduce Student Resistance to Issues of Oppression?” Paper presented at the MSS. 2003
“Feminist Pedagogy and Student Resistance: An Empirical Study.” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings. 2002.
“Employment Relations Programs and Teaching Diversity.” Paper presented at the Applied Sociological Association Meetings. 2001.
“How to Teach to Resistant Students.” Paper presented at the Midwestern Sociological Association Meetings. 2001
Organizer for sessions on “Downsizing” and “Workplace Change” at the Midwestern Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, 2000.
“‘Useful’ Sociology as Professional Practice in the Global Economy” by Marvin Finkelstein and Linda Markowitz, presentation at the meetings for the Society for Applied Sociology, 1999.
“Work and Workplace Change: Using Internships to Bridge Sociology and the Workplace” with Marvin Finkelstein, presentation at the Illinois Sociological Associations Meetings, 1998.
“Union Frameworks, Efficacy and Activism among Newly Organized Workers” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, 1998.
“Dialectics of Gender: Isolating the Social Mother” Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, 1997.
Grants
Dissertation Research Award, Sociology Department, University of Arizona, 1993. $500.00
Dissertation Research Grant, University of Arizona, Summer, 1994. $500.00
Summer Research Grant, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 1997. $3000.00
Summer Research Grant, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2001. $3000.00
EUE, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, 2006, $1500.00
Book Reviews
Can Workers Have a Voice? The Politics of Deindustrialization in Pittsburgh by Dale Hathaway (University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1993), and Grand Designs: The Impact of Corporate Strategies on Workers, Unions, and Communities edited by Charles Craypo and Bruce Nissen (Ithaca: ILR Press, 1993). Review essay in Contemporary Sociology, March, Vol 23, # 2, 1994. pp.186-187.
Mutual Gains Enterprise. Forging a Winning Partnership among Labor, Management and Government. by Thomas Kochan and Paul Osterman. (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 1994). Review in Contemporary Sociology, September, Vol 24. # 5, 1995. pp.667-668.
Courses Taught at SIUE:
Undergraduate:
Introduction to Sociology (Soc 111)
Industry and Society (Soc 338)
Women, Gender and Society (Soc 308)
Internship Class (Soc 433)
Undergraduate Research Methods (Soc 302)
Gender, Ethnicity and Class in the Workplace (Soc 444)
Senior Seminar (Soc 495)
Employment and Workplace Change (Soc 431)
Graduate:
Graduate Research Methods (Soc 515)
Graduate Gender Seminar (Soc 542)
Alternatives (to) Capitalism(s) (Soc 540)
Courses Taught University of Arizona:
Sociology of Families
Social Problems
Highlights of Professional Activities and University Service:
University:
Member, Faculty Senate, 1996-2001.
Council Chair, Welfare Committee of Faculty Senate. 2000-2001.
Introduced first Ombuds Program to SIUE.
Ad-hoc Committee Member of Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 2005.
Helped write and submit papers providing economic equality to Gay and Lesbian faculty.
Member, Safe Zone, 2004-Present
Gave Workshops on creating an inclusive University and Classroom.
Advisor, (1) Students for Gender Equity, 1997; (2) Making Waves 2001-Present; and (3) STOP (Students and Professors for Peace) 2003-4.
Member, Graduate College Grants and Awards Committee, 2002-2004.
College:
Member, Women’s Studies Faculty, Spring 1996-Present.
Member, ad-hoc Women’s Studies Review of Goals and Objectives, 1997.
Member, Programs Committee, Graduate College, Fall 1997 and Spring 1998.
Member, Research and Projects Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Fall 1998.
Department:
Internship Coordinator (with Marvin Finkelstein), Department of Sociology, Spring 1996-Present.
Advisor, Employment Relations Program, Department of Sociology, Fall 1997-Present.
Member, Revision of Working Papers Committee, Department of Sociology, Fall 1997-Spring 1998.
Sociology Week, 2004
Developed a panel called, “Cooperation in the Age of Consumption.” The participants included members from the East/Wind Collective, members from a co-housing organization in St. Louis and a member from the Simple Living Network.
Chair, Search Committee, 2005-2006
Chair, PTS Committee, 2005-2006. Member of PTS, every other year.
Graduate Director, 2005-Present
Developed new Brochures, Recruitment and Retention Strategies, Contacted Alumni.
Community:
Board Member, Children Home and Aid Society of Illinois, 2001-Present.
Reviewer for: Social Problems, Teaching Sociology, Labor Studies Journal, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Quarterly and Sociological Forum
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association
Midwest Sociological Association
Society for Applied Sociologists
International Association for Business and Society