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CURRICULUM VITAE JEROME L. HIMMELSTEIN Professor of Sociology Department of Anthropology-Sociology Amherst College P.O. Box 5000 Amherst MA 01002-5000 phone: (413) 542-2129 fax: (413) 542-5838 e-mail: jlhimmelstei@amherst.edu
1982-present Department of Anthropology-Sociology Amherst College, Amherst MA Full professor, 1994-present Department Chair, 1990-1998 Associate professor, 1988-1994 Assistant professor, 1982-1988 1982 Instructor, Residential College, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 1976-1980 Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley. 1971-1975 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley. EDUCATION 1980-1982 Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Research on Social Organization, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1979 Ph.D., sociology, University of California, Berkeley. 1972 M.A., sociology, University of California, Berkeley. 1970 B.A., philosophy, Columbia College, New York. Phi Beta Kappa. 1968-1969 General Course, London School of Economics and Political
Science, London, England. 1999 Outstanding Book Award for Looking Good and Doing Good, Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action. 1992-1993 Research Grant, Indiana University Center of Philanthropy. 1990 Sloan Foundation New Liberal Arts Program Summer Grant. 1985-1986 Trustee Faculty Fellowship, Amherst College. 1983 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminar Fellowship. 1980-1982 Postdoctoral Fellowship, National Institute of Mental Health Program in Sociology, Social Policy, and the Professions. 1976-1977 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Grant for Graduate Level Training on Alcohol and Drug Problems. 1975-1976 State of California Office of Alcoholism Predoctoral Alcohol and Drug Training Fellowship. 1972-1975 National Institute of Mental Health Graduate Traineeship in Social Structure and Personality. BOOKS 1997 Looking Good and Doing Good: Corporate Philanthropy and Corporate Power (Indiana). 1990 To the Right: The Transformation of American Conservatism (University of California Press) [paperback edition, 1992]. 1983 The Strange Career of Marihuana: Politics and Ideology of Drug Control in America (Greenwood). SELECTED ARTICLES AND REVIEWS 1999 "The Mobilization of Corporate Conservatism," in The Political Economy of Inequality (Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University) 1998 "Conservatism," Encyclopedia of Politics and Religion, pp. 181-187 (Congressional Quarterly) 1997 "Corporate Philanthropy and Business Power," in Corporate Philanthropy at the Cross Roads, edited by Dwight Burlingame and Dennis R. Young (Indiana). 1997 "If They Did So Well, Why Do They Feel So Bad?: The Right After the Reagan Years," in Eric J. Schmertz, et al. (ed.), Ronald Reagan's America (Greenwood). 1997 Review essay on several books on the Right, Contemporary Sociology, 26(1): 30-33. 1996 "The Vicissitudes and Variety of the American Right," in Leonard Cargan and Jeanne H. Ballantine, Sociological Footprints (Wadsworth). 1992 "Decentered America," in Qualitative Sociology, 15(1). (on Alan Wolfe, ed., America at Century's End) 1992 "Two Faces of Business Power," Business and the Contemporary World, 4(4):88-94. 1988 "Social Issues and Socioeconomic Status," Public Opinion Quarterly, 52:492-512 (with James A. McRae, Jr.). 1986 "The Social Basis of Antifeminism: Religious Networks and Culture," Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 25:1-15. 1986 "The Continuing Career of Marihuana: Backlash...Within Limits," Contemporary Drug Problems, 13:1-21. 1984 "Social Conservatism, New Republicans, and the 1980 Elections," Public Opinion Quarterly, 48:592-605 (with James A. McRae, Jr.). 1984 "American Conservatism and Government Support for the Arts and Sciences," Sociological Inquiry, 54:171-187 (with Mayer Zald). 1983 "The New Right: An Overview," in Robert Wuthnow and Robert Liebman (eds.), The New Christian Right, Hawthorne, New York: Aldine. 1983 "From Killer Weed to Drop-out Drug: The Changing Ideology of Marihuana," Contemporary Crises 7:13-38. 1983 "The Meaning of the 1980 Elections," Contemporary Sociology 12:291-293 (on Austin Ranney, ed., The American Elections of 1980) 1981 "States and Revolutions: The Implications and Limits of Skocpol's Structural Model," American Journal of Sociology 86(5):1145-1154 (on Theda Skocpol, States and Social Revolutions--written with Michael Kimmel). 1979 "The Fetishism of Drugs," International Journal of the Addictions 14(8);1083-1101. 1979 "The Pleasure Principle is not Enough," The Psychoanalytic Review 66(1):103-114. 1978 "Drug Politics Theory: Analysis and Critique," Journal of Drug Issues 8(1):37-52. SELECTED LECTURES AND PRESENTATIONS 1998 "All But Sleeping With the Enemy: Studying the Radical Right Up Close," Special Session: Right-wing Social Movements, annual meetings of the American Sociological Association 1998 "A View of the Corporate Grantmaker," Keynote speech, Corporate Community Involvement Conference, sponsored by The Council on Foundations and The Conference Board. 1998 "Corporate Philanthropy and Corporate Power: An Overview," Guest Lecture, Indiana University Center on Philanthropy 1998 "Corporate Giving Under Fire," Guest Lecture, Indiana University Center on Philanthropy 1998 "Culture Wars and American Politics," Alumni Holiday Lecture, Amherst College, May 28 1998 Participant, Panel Discussion on "Social Class at Amherst," Amherst College, April 14 1997 Guest Lecturer, Western Massachusetts Chapter of the National Society of Fund-Raising Executives, December 17 1995 "The Many States of the American Right," Center for the Humanities, Wesleyan University, November 6-7. 1995 "Putting Newt in Perspective: The Vicissitudes and Variety of the American Right," special session on the Right, annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. 1995 Participant, Panel Discussion on the Christian Right, American Jewish Committee, Chicago, November 16-17. 1994 "How is Corporate Philanthropy Related to Business Power?" conference on Corporate Philanthropy sponsored by the Indiana University Center of Philanthropy and the Mandel Center on Nonprofit Organizations, Cleveland, April 28-30. 1994 Panel Discussion, "Blacks and Jews at Amherst," Amherst College March 7. 1993 "Identity and Dilemma: The Significance of Professionalization for Corporate Giving Officers," annual meetings of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Toronto, Canada, October 28-30. 1993 "How Business Rules Even When It Doesn't," annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Miami Beach, FL, August 16. 1993 "If They did So Well, Why Do They Feel So Bad?: The Right After the Reagan Years," Ninth Presidential Conference: Ronald Reagan, the Fortieth Presidency, Hofstra University, April 22. 1993 "Corporate Philanthropy Under Fire: The Case of the Planned Parenthood Boycott," Program on Non-Profit Organizations, Yale University, April 6. 1993 "Why the Right and Business Don't Get Along Better: The Case of Corporate Philanthropy," American Politics Workshop, University of Chicago, February 10. 1991 "A Critique of Constructionism in the Study of Social Problems," Little Three Colloquium, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, January 18-19. 1988 "The Political Relevance of Anti-Feminism Conference on Religion, Politics, and Gender," Smith College, Northampton, MA, April 14- 15. 1986 Discussant, post-play discussion of The Philadelphia Story, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, April 16. 1986 Discussant, post-play discussion of The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, October 15. 1986 Workshop Leader, "The Menace of the Radical Right," Berkshire Forum, Stephentown, NY, November 7-9. 1984 "The International Drug Traffic: Can It be Stopped?" Panel Discussion, Great Decisions 1984, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, March 27 (broadcast on radio station WFCR, March 29). 1984 "Social Science, Values, and Political Power," presentation to Collegiate Institute for Values and Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, February 15. 1983 "The New Right and Postindustrial Politics," public lecture, Sociology Department Colloquium, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, March 24. 1982 "The Social Basis of the New Right," public lecture at Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, June 4. |