CURRICULUM VITAE Robert D. Benford

Department of Sociology, CPR 107 University of South Florida

Tampa, FL 33620 (813) 974-2893

EMAIL: rbenford@usf.edu

Education

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1987 M.A., Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1984 B.A., Sociology, Cum Laude, University of Texas at Arlington, 1981 Teaching Awards Outstanding Mentor Award, McNair Summer Research Program, SIUC, 2005 “People Who Inspire” Award, The Black Masque Chapter of the Mortarboard National Honor Society, 1998 Co-recipient, University-wide Departmental Teaching Award, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), 1996 Certificate of Recognition for Contributions to Students, UNL Parents Association and Teaching Council, 1995 Women of Sandoz Instructor Recognition Award, Sandoz Hall Women Residents, UNL, 1994 Distinguished Teaching Award, College of Arts and Sciences, UNL, 1992 Other Honors and Awards Nominee, Outstanding Scholar Award, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2006, 2007, and 2008 American Sociological Review’s “500 Club” (for co-authoring one of the 18 most influential articles since 1936, based on the ISI Social Science Citation Index), 2005 Who’s Who in the World, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Who’s Who in North American Education, 2012, 2013 Who’s Who in Academia, 2012 Who’s Who in Social Science Higher Education, 2004 Who’s Who in America, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 University Graduate Fellowship, University of Texas at Austin, Summer 1982, 1983-84, and 1984-85 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, 1982-83 Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society, 1980-87

Vice President, Omicron Chapter, 1980-81 President, Gamma Chapter, 1984-85

Alpha Chi Honor Society, 1980-81 Faculty and Research Positions Professor, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, 2010-present Chair, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, 2010-2013 Chair, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2000-2003, 2008-2010 Professor, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 2000-2010 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2000 Associate Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1993-2000

Honors Program Faculty Member, 1993-2000 Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1987-93 Social Science Research Associate III, Hogg Foundation for Mental Health, University of Texas at Austin, 1986-87 Assistant Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1986-87 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1982-85 Social Science Humanities Research Associate, Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin, 1981-

82 Research Assistant, Center for Social Research, University of Texas at Arlington, 1980-81

Research Areas Social Movements Social Psychology Environmental Sociology Sociology of Sport Sociology of Peace and War Areas of Teaching Competence Introductory Sociology Collective Behavior and Social Movements Cultural Diversity Movements Mobilizing for Change Social Psychology Social Constructionism Social Problems Sociology of Sport Sociology of Peace and War Conflict and Conflict Resolution Introduction to Research Methods Qualitative Methods Advanced Field Research Methods

Graduate Teaching/Mentoring Number of Master's and Ph.D. Committees M.A.: 47 (4 USF; 23 SIUC; 20 UNL)

Completed 46 Current 1 Chaired 21

Ph.D.: 74 (10 USF; 39 SIUC; 24 UNL; 1 Florida Atlantic University) Completed 56 Current 14 Chaired 21

Dissertations Chaired Dr. Margaret Cooper, May 2012 (SIUC), Research Associate University of South Florida, Tampa Dr. Jeanie Akamanti, August 2010 (SIUC), Health Systems Specialist, Veterans Affairs, Marion, Illinois Dr. Stephen Hagan, May 2009 (SIUC), Assistant Professor McKendree University Dr. Melissa Powell-Williams, December 2008 (SIUC) Associate Professor Augusta State University Dr. Todd Powell-Williams, December 2008 (SIUC) Assistant Professor Augusta State University Dr. Ruth Chananie-Hill, August 2007 (SIUC) Assistant Professor University of Northern Iowa Dr. Changdeog Huh, May 2006 (SIUC) Professor Yeungnam University (Korea) Dr. Hakan Arikan, May 2004 (SIUC) Professor Kýrýkkale Üniversitesi (Turkey) Dr. Timothy Gongaware, May 2001 (UNL) Professor University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Dr. Carol Langer, May 2000 (UNL) Associate Professor University of Nebraska-Omaha Dr. Timothy D. Pippert, August 1999 (UNL) Associate Professor Augsburg College Dr. Todd J. Schroer, December 1998 (UNL) Associate Professor University of Southern Indiana Dr. A.L. Marsteller, August 1991 (UNL) Associate Professor Drury University Dr. Scott A. Hunt (de facto chair), August 1991 (UNL), Professor Eastern Kentucky University

Grant Activity and Fellowships Grant Funded for $457,348 from the Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Service. “The

Community Context of Rural and Urban Child Neglect.” 2000-2003 (with David R. Johnson, Principal Investigator, Brian L. Wilcox, Jeff M. Chambers, and Michelle I. Graf).

Grant Funded for $38,000 by the American Sociological Association. Minority Opportunities through School

Transformation (MOST). 1996 (with Helen Moore, J. Allen Williams, Jr., Suzanne Ortega, Keith Parker, Thomas Calhoun, and Ana Wahl).

Planning Grant Application (Denied). Applied for $94,764 from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

“America's Shield: SAC and the Cold War.” 1994-1995 (with Jim Bert, Principal Investigator, Anne P. Diffendal, Robert Bodnar, and Edward Homze).

Planning Grant. Funded for $27,498 by the Nebraska Humanities Council. “America's Shield: A Half Century

Perspective of Strategic Air Command.” 1992-93 (with Jim Bert, Anne P. Diffendal, Robert Bodnar, and Edward Homze).

Research Grant Application (Denied). Applied for $26,242 from the Boyd County, Nebraska Monitoring

Committee to study the “Present and Potential Economic, Social, and Cultural Consequences of Locating a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility in Boyd, County, Nebraska,” 1991 (with J. Allen Williams, Jr. and John Allen).

Grant. Funded for $44,624 by the National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site

Award. Summer 1991 (with J. Allen Williams, Jr., Paul Amato, Jay Corzine, and Suzanne Ortega). Grant. Funded for $35,537 by the National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site

Award. Summer 1990 (with Jay Corzine, J. Allen Williams, Jr., Paul Amato, and Suzanne Ortega). Grant. Funded for $32,724 by the National Science Foundation, Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site

Award. Summer 1989 (with Al Williams, Paul Amato, Teddy Amoloza, Jay Corzine and Suzanne Ortega). Grant. Funded for $1,745 by the University of Nebraska Research Council. Project title: Sex Roles and Suicide: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. May 1989 - April 1990. Maude Hammond Fling Faculty Research Fellowship. Awarded a stipend of $5,500 by the University of Nebraska Research Council. Project title: Sex Roles and Suicide: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Summer 1989.

Publications Books Benford, Robert. D., Editor-in-Chief, 1998. Macmillan Compendium of Social Issues. New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA. Journal Articles Snow, David A., Robert D. Benford, Holly J. McCammon, Lyndi Hewitt, and Scott Fitzgerald. 2014. “The

Emergence, Development, and Future of the Framing Perspective: 25+ Years Since ‘Frame Alignment’”.Mobilization: An International Quarterly 19:23-45.

Brulle, Robert J. and Robert D. Benford. 2012. “From Game Protection to Wildlife Management: Frame Shifts, Organizational Development, and Field Practices.” Rural Sociology 77:62-88.

Benford, Robert D. 2007. “The College Sports Reform Movement: Reframing the ‘Edutainment’ Industry.” The Sociological Quarterly 48:1-28.

Gongaware, Timothy B. and Robert D. Benford. 2003. “Qualitative Research on Social Movements: Exploring the Role of Qualitative Designs in Examining Contentious Political Action.” Research in Political Sociology 12:

245-281. Benford, Robert D. and Scott A. Hunt. 2001. “Cadrages en Conflit. Mouvements Sociaux et Problèmes Sociaux.” Raisons Pratiques 12:163-194. Benford, Robert D. and David A. Snow. 2000. “Framing Processes and Social Movements: An Overview and Assessment.” Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 26:611-639.

Reprinted in Alan Scott, Kate Nash, and Anna Marie Smith (eds.), Conventional and Contentious Politics, Volume II (Hampshire, United Kingdom: Ashgate, 2009). Reprinted in Politix 99(25), translated into French by Nathalie Miriam Plouchard, 2012.

Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. 2000. “Clarifying the Relationship Between Framing and Ideology: A Comment on Oliver and Johnston.” Mobilization 5(1): 55-60.

Reprinted in Hank Johnston and John A. Noakes (eds.), Frames of Protest: Social Movements and the Framing Perspective (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005) pp. 205-212.

Williams, Rhys H. and Robert D. Benford. 2000. “Two Faces of Collective Action Frames: A Theoretical Consideration.” Current Perspectives in Social Theory 20: 127-151. Benford, Robert D. 1997. “An Insider's Critique of the Social Movement Framing Perspective.” Sociological

Inquiry 67(4): 409-430. Reprinted in Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh (ed.), Social and Political Movements (New Delhi: Sage, 2011).

Benford, Robert D. 1996. “Whose War Memories Shall Be Preserved?” Peace Review, 8(3): 189-194. Zuo, Jiping and Robert D. Benford. 1995. “Mobilization Processes and the 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement.” The Sociological Quarterly 36(1):131-156. Hunt, Scott A. and Robert D. Benford. 1994. “Identity Talk in the Peace and Justice Movement.” Journal of

Contemporary Ethnography 22(4): 488-517. Benford, Robert D. 1993. “‘You Could Be the Hundredth Monkey’: Collective Action Frames and Vocabularies of Motive within the Nuclear Disarmament Movement.” The Sociological Quarterly 34(2): 195-216. Benford, Robert D. 1993. “Frame Disputes Within the Nuclear Disarmament Movement.” Social Forces 71(3): 677-701. Benford, Robert D., Helen A. Moore and J. Allen Williams, Jr. 1993. “In Whose Backyard?: Concern About Siting a Nuclear Waste Facility.” Sociological Inquiry 63: 30-48. Benford, Robert D. and Scott A. Hunt. 1992. “Dramaturgy and Social Movements: The Social Construction and Communication of Power.” Sociological Inquiry 62: 36-55.

Reprinted in Stanford M. Lyman (ed.), Social Movements: Critiques, Concepts, Case-Studies (London: Macmillan Publishing, 1995), pp. 84-109.

Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. 1989. “Schemi Interpretativi Dominanti E Cicli Di Protests.” Polis: Ricerche E Studi Su Societa E Politica, III (Aprile): 5-40.

Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. 1988. “Ideology, Frame Resonance and Participant Mobilization.” International Social Movement Research 1: 197-217.

Reprinted in Aquiles Chihu Amparán (ed.), El “Análisis de los Marcos” En la Sociología de los Movimientos Sociales (Iztapalapa, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 2006) pp. 83-117.

Benford, Robert D. and Lester R. Kurtz. 1987. “Performing the Nuclear Ceremony: The Arms Race as Ritual.” Journal of Applied Behavioral Science 23: 463-482. Snow, David A., Robert D. Benford and Leon Anderson. 1986. “Fieldwork Roles and Informational Yield: A Comparison of Alternative Settings and Roles.” Urban Life 14: 377-408. Snow, David A., E. Burke Rochford, Jr., Steven K. Worden and Robert D. Benford. 1986. “Frame Alignment Processes, Micromobilization, and Movement Participation.” American Sociological Review 51: 464-481.

Reprinted in Cyrus Ernesto Zirakzadeh (ed.), Social and Political Movements (New Delhi: Sage, 2011).

Reprinted in Vincenzo Ruggiero and Nicola Montagna (eds.), Social Movements: A Reader (London: Routledge, 2008).

Reprinted in Jeff Goodwin and James Jasper (eds.) Social Movements: Critical Concepts (London: Routledge, 2007).

Reprinted in Aquiles Chihu Amparán (ed.), El “Análisis de los Marcos” En la Sociología de los Movimientos Sociales (Iztapalapa, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 2006) pp. 31-82.

Reprinted in Steven M. Buechler and F. Kurt Cylke, Jr. (eds.), Social Movements: Perspectives and Issues (Mountain View, CA, London, & Toronto: Mayfield Publishing, 1997) pp. 211-228.

Reprinted in Doug McAdam and David A. Snow (eds.), Social Movements: Readings on Their Emergence, Mobilization, and Dynamics (Los Angeles: Roxbury Publishing, 1997).

Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries Benford, Robert D. and A. Paul Hare. 2015. “Dramaturgical Analysis.” Pp. 646-650, Volume 6 in James D. Wright,

Editor-in-Chief, International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd Edition. Oxford: Elsevier. Benford, Rob. 2015 “The Accidental Activist Scholar: A Memoir on Reactive Boundary and Identity Work for Social

Change within the Academy.” Pp. 31-48 in Bernd Reiter and Ulrich Oslender (eds.), Bridging Scholarship and Activism: Reflections from the Frontlines of Collaborative Research. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University Press.

Benford, Robert D. 2013. “Social Movements and the Dramatic Framing of Social Reality.” Pp. 139-155 in Charles Edgley (ed.), The Drama of Social Life: A Dramaturgical Sourcebook. Surrey, UK: Ashgate. Benford, Rob. 2013. “A Campus Gun Free Zone Movement.” Pp. 117-121 in Kathleen Odell Korgen, Jonathan M. White, and Shelley K. White (eds.), Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice Second Edition. Los Angeles: Sage/Pine Forge Press. Benford, Robert D. 2013. “Dramaturgy and Social Movements.” Pp. 376-377 in David A. Snow, Donatella della

Porta, Bert Klandermans, and Doug McAdam (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Benford, Robert D. 2013. “Frame Disputes.” Pp. 468-469 in David A. Snow, Donatella della Porta, Bert Klandermans,

and Doug McAdam (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Benford, Robert D. 2013. “Identity Fields.” P. 579 in David A. Snow, Donatella della Porta, Bert Klandermans, and

Doug McAdam (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Benford, Robert D. 2013. “Master Frame.” P. 723 in David A. Snow, Donatella della Porta, Bert Klandermans, and

Doug McAdam (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Benford, Robert D. 2013. “Solidarity and Social Movements.” Pp. 123-1231 in David A. Snow, Donatella della Porta,

Bert Klandermans, and Doug McAdam (eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social and Political Movements. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

Benford, Rob. 2011. “A Campus Gun Free Zone Movement.” Pp. 120-126 in Kathleen Odell Korgen, Jonathan M.

White, and Shelley K. White (eds.), Sociologists in Action: Sociology, Social Change, and Social Justice. Los Angeles: Sage/Pine Forge Press.

Benford, Robert D. 2011. “Framing Global Governance from Below: Discursive Opportunities and Challenges in the

Transnational Social Movement Arena.” Pp. 67-84 in Corneliu Bjola and Markus Kornprobst (eds.), Arguing Global Governance. London: Routledge.

Benford, Robert. D. 2010. “Framing.” Pp. 293-295 in Ronald L. Jackson and Steve Hocker (eds.), Encyclopedia of Identity. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Benford, Robert D. and Frank O. Taylor IV. 2008. “Peace Movements.” Pp 1499-1514 in Lester Kurtz (ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, 2nd Edition, Oxford, UK: Elsevier. Benford, Robert D. 2005. “The Half-Life of the Environmental Justice Frame: Innovation, Diffusion, and Stagnation.” Pp. 37-53 in David Naquib Pellow and Robert J. Brulle (eds.), Power, Justice, and the

Environment: A Critical Appraisal of the Environmental Justice Movement. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Hunt, Scott A. and Robert D. Benford. 2004. “Collective Identity, Solidarity, and Commitment.” Pp. 433-457 in David A. Snow, Sarah A. Soule, and Hanspeter Kriesi (eds.), The Blackwell Companion to Social

Movements. Oxford: Blackwell. Benford, Robert D. and Scott A. Hunt. 2003. “Interactional Dynamics in Public Problems Marketplaces: Movements and the Counterframing and Reframing of Public Problems.” Pp. 153-186 in James A. Holstein

and Gale Miller (eds.) Challenges and Choices: Constructionist Perspectives on Social Problems, NY: Aldine de Gruyter.

Benford, Robert D. 2002. “Controlling Narratives and Narratives as Social Control within Social Movements.” Pp. 53-75 in Stories of Change: Narrative and Social Movements, edited by Joseph E. Davis. Albany, NY:

SUNY Press. Benford, Robert D., Timothy B. Gongaware, Danny L. Valadez. 2000. “Social Movements.” Pp. 2717-2727 in Edgar F. Borgatta and Rhonda J. V. Montgomery (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Sociology, Second Edition,

Volume 4. New York: Macmillan Reference USA. Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. 1999. “Alternative Types of Cross-National Diffusion in the Social Movement Arena.” Pp. 23-39 in Donatella della Porta, Hanspeter Kriesi and Dieter Rucht (eds.), Social

Movements in a Globalizing World. London: Macmillan.

Benford, Robert D. and Frank O. Taylor IV. 1999. “Peace Movements.” Pp. 771-786 in Lester Kurtz (ed.), Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, Volume 2. San Diego: Academic Press. Hunt, Scott A. and Robert D. Benford. 1997. “Dramaturgy and Methodology.” Pp. 106-118 in Gale Miller and

Robert Dingwall (eds.), Context and Method in Qualitative Research. London, Thousand Oaks, and New Delhi: Sage.

Hunt, Scott A., Robert D. Benford, and David A. Snow. 1994. “Identity Fields: Framing Processes and the Social

Construction of Movement Identities.” Pp. 185-208 in Enrique Laraña, Hank Johnston, and Joseph R. Gusfield (eds.), New Social Movements: From Ideology to Identity. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Hunt, Scott A., Robert D. Benford, and David A. Snow. 1994. “Marcos de Acción Colectiva y Campos de Identidad en la Construcción Social de los Movimientos.” [“Collective Action Frames and Identity Fields in the Social Construction of Movements.”] Pp. 221-249 in Enrique Laraña and Joseph Gusfield (eds.), Los Nuevos Movimientos Sociales: de la Ideologia a la Identidad. Madrid, Spain: Centro de Investigaciones Sociologicas. Reprinted in Aquiles Chihu Amparán (ed.), El “Análisis de los Marcos” En la Sociología de los Movimientos Sociales (Iztapalapa, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 2006) pp. 155-188.

Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. 1992. “Master Frames and Cycles of Protest.” Pp. 133-155 in Aldon D.

Morris and Carol McClurg Mueller (eds.), Frontiers in Social Movement Theory, New Haven, CT: Yale University Press.

Reprinted in Aquiles Chihu Amparán (ed.), El “Análisis de los Marcos” En la Sociología de los Movimientos Sociales (Iztapalapa, Mexico: Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, 2006) pp.119-153.

Reprinted in Steven M. Buechler and F. Kurt Cylke, Jr. (eds.), Social Movements: Perspectives and Issues (Mayfield Publishing, 1997) pp. 456-472.

Benford, Robert D. 1992. “Social Movements.” Pp. 1880-86 in Edgar F. Borgatta and Marie L. Borgatta (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Sociology, Volume 4. New York: Macmillan.

Reprinted in Robert D. Benford (ed.), Macmillan Compendium of Social Issues (New York: Macmillan Library Reference USA, 1998) pp. 813-819.

Benford, Robert D. and Louis A. Zurcher. 1990. “Instrumental and Symbolic Competition Among Social

Movement Organizations.” Pp. 125-139 in Sam Marullo and John Lofland (eds.), Peace Action in the Eighties: Social Science Perspectives. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Rutgers University Press.

Benford, Robert D. and Lester R. Kurtz. 1989. “Performing the Nuclear Ceremony: The Arms Race as Ritual.”

Pp. 69-88 in Ira Chernus and Edward T. Linenthal (eds.), A Shuddering Dawn: Religious Studies and the Nuclear Age. Albany: State University of New York. (A substantially revised version of an article previously published in the Journal of Applied Behavioral Science.)

Benford, Robert D. 1988. “The Nuclear Disarmament Movement.” Pp. 237-265 in Lester R. Kurtz The Nuclear

Cage: A Sociology of the Arms Race. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. Kurtz, Lester R., Robert D. Benford, and Jennifer E. Turpin. 1988. “Reciprocity, Bureaucracy, and Ritual.” Pp. 55-

76 in Lester R. Kurtz The Nuclear Cage: A Sociology of the Arms Race. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall.

Anderson, Bruce A. and Robert D. Benford. 1984. “A Matched-Guise Methodology for Measuring Minority Attitudes Toward American-Sign-Language Speakers.” Pp. 279-289 in G. Verma and C. Bagley (eds.), Race Relations and Cultural Differences. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Essays Benford, Rob. 2009. “Message from the Chair: Collective Behavior Observations from the Inauguration.” Critical

Mass Bulletin: Newsletter of the Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements of the American Sociological Association 34(1):1-2.

Benford, Rob. 2008. “Message from the Chair: The Activation and Mobilization of a Social Movements Class.”

Critical Mass Bulletin: Newsletter of the Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements of the American Sociological Association 33(2):1-2.

Benford, Rob. 2004. “Reflections on the State of JCE from the Outgoing Editor.” Journal of Contemporary

Ethnography 33: 767-771. Benford, Rob. 2000. “Greetings from JCE’s New Editor.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 29: 3-4. Benford, Rob. 1998. “Iraqi Crisis Calls for Creative Solutions.” Nebraska Report 26(3):11. Benford, Rob. 1993. “Cuban Policy and Human Rights.” Nebraska Report 21(7):1, 5. Benford, Rob. 1992. “Sustaining the Peace Movement.” Nebraska Report 20(9):1, 8. Teaching Materials Benford, Robert D. 2007. “Qualitative Methodology” [syllabus]. In James David Ballard and Vickie Jensen (eds.),

Teaching Qualitative Methods: A Collection of Syllabi and Teaching Materials, Fourth Edition. Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association.

Benford, Robert. 1996. Test Bank to accompany Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology, Second Edition, by William E. Thompson and Joseph V. Hickey. New York: HarperCollins. Research Report Bean, Frank D., Allan G. King, Robert D. Benford and Laura B. Perkinson. 1982. “Estimates of the Number of

Illegal Migrants in the State of Texas.” Texas Population Research Center Papers, Paper No. 4.001, University of Texas at Austin, (Report prepared for the Governor's Task Force on Illegal Aliens, Governor's Office of Budget and Planning, State of Texas, Austin, Texas).

Book Reviews Benford, Robert D. 2015. Review of Sixties Radicalism and Social Movement Activism: Retreat or

Resurgence? edited by Bryn Jones and Mike O’Donnell. (London and New York: Anthem Press, 2010) for Contemporary Sociology, 44 (January):71-73.

Benford, Robert D. 2014. Review of The U.S. Women's Jury Movements and Strategic Adaptation: A More Just Verdict by Holly J. McCammon (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2012) for Social Forces. Benford, Robert D. 2010. Review of Gun Crusaders: The NRA’s Culture War by Scott Melzer (New York and London: New York University Press, 2009) for Contemporary Sociology, 39 (November):726-727. Benford, Robert D. 2003. Review of Silence and Voice in the Study of Contentious Politics by Ronald R.

Aminzade, Jack A. Goldstone, Doug McAdam, Elizabeth J. Perry, William H. Sewell, Jr., Sidney Tarrow, and Charles Tilly, (Cambridge and New York, Cambridge University Press, 2001) for Mobilization, 8(October):353-354.

Benford, Robert D. 2002. Review of Geography and Social Movements: Comparing Antinuclear Activism in the

Boston Area by Byron A. Miller (Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press) for Contemporary Sociology, 31(May):315-316.

Benford, Robert D. 1999. Review of The Art of Moral Protest: Culture, Biography, and Creativity in Social

Movements by James M. Jasper (Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press, 1997) for American Journal of Sociology, 104(May):1835-1837.

Benford, Robert D. 1996. Review of Constructing Social Research by Charles C. Ragin (Thousand Oaks, CA: Pine Forge Press, 1994) for Teaching Sociology 24(1):127-128. Benford, Robert D. 1995. Review of Power in Movement: Social Movements, Collective Action and Politics by

Sidney Tarrow (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994) for American Journal of Sociology, 101 (June): 227-229.

Benford, Robert D. 1994. Review of Talking Politics by William A. Gamson (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992) for American Journal of Sociology, 99 (January): 1103-1104. Benford, Robert D. 1993. Review of The Animal Rights Crusade: The Growth of a Moral Protest by James M. Jasper and Dorothy Nelkin (New York: Free Press, 1992) for Contemporary Sociology, 22 (July): 555-56. Benford, Robert D. 1992. Review of Protest and Change by T. K. Oommen (New Delhi: Sage, 1990) for Social

Forces, 70 (March): 835-836. Benford, Robert D. 1991. Review of Beyond the Barricades: The Sixties Generation Grows Up by Jack Whalen

and Richard Flacks (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1989) for Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 20 (July): 234-237.

Benford, Robert D. 1989. Review of Campaigns for Peace: British Peace Movements in the Twentieth Century

edited by Richard Taylor and Nigel Young (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1987) for American Journal of Sociology, 94 (May): 1451-1453.

Benford, Robert D. 1984. Review of The Antinuclear Movement by Jerome Price (Boston: Twayne, 1982) for American Journal of Sociology 89 (May): 1456-1458.

Invited Lectures Benford, Robert. “’Pollution of Wealth’ vs. ‘Pollution of Poverty’: Frame Disputes Regarding Climate Change and

Global Inequalities.” Harvard Inequality and Social Policy Seminar, Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 9, 2013.

Benford, Robert D. “Classroots Social Action: From Activist Pedagogy to Student-Led Mobilization for Change”

Plenary address at the Annual Meetings of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Atlanta, October 25, 2013.

Benford, Robert. "Why Framing Matters: Illustrations from Healthcare, Obesity and Farm Workers’ Rights.” Presented to Social Movements Study Group, University of South Florida, Tampa, April 3, 2013. Benford, Robert. “Why Framing Matters.” Keynote address at the 8th Annual Conference of the Florida Society for the Social Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, February 16, 2013. Benford, Rob. “An Activist’s Guide to Strategic Framing,” Keynote Speaker, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy

State-Wide Conference, University of South Florida, Tampa, November 17, 2012. Benford, Robert D. “Voice and Activism in Social Movements in the Americas.” Closing Address, Conference on

“Social Movement Governance, the Poor and the New Politics of the Americas.” Dr. Kiran C. Patel Center for Global Solutions, University of South Florida, Tampa, February 2011.

Benford, Robert. “Taking Sociology Beyond the Ivory Tower.” Keynote Speaker, Alpha Kappa Delta Induction Ceremony, SIUC, April 20, 2010. Benford, Robert. “Framing Global Governance from Below: Discursive Opportunities and Challenges in the

Transnational Social Movement Arena.” Invited paper presented at the Arguing Global Governance Workshop, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, June, 2008.

Benford, Robert D. and David A. Snow. “Commentary on El Análisis de los Marcos En la Sociología de los

Movimientos Sociales.” Presented at Presentación del Libro, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, México, May 12, 2006.

Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. “Overview of the Conceptual Architecture of the Framing Perspective on

Social Movements.” Keynote presented at Tres Décades del Análisis de los Marcos en Elestudio de los Movimientos Sociales Conferencia, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana Iztapalapa, México, May 11, 2006.

Benford, Rob. “The College Sports Reform Movement: Reframing the Edutainment Industry.” Presidential

Address presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Omaha, Nebraska, March 2006.

Benford, Rob, “A Season for Change: The Intercollegiate Sports Reform Movement for Academic Integrity,” Visiting Lecture, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, April 8, 2005. Benford, Rob, “Taking Sociology Beyond the Ivy Tower,” Keynote Speaker, Alpha Kappa Delta Induction Ceremony, Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois, April 8, 2005 Benford, Robert D. “Cultural Narrations and the Chinese Democracy Movement.” Visiting Lecture, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, March 1995. Benford, Robert D. “Mobilization Processes and the 1989 Chinese Democracy Movement.” Visiting Lecture, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, November 1994. Benford, Robert D. “Status Politics, Social Roles, Symbols, and Social Change: Toward a Social Psychology of

Collective Action.” Invited paper presented in honor of Louis A. Zurcher at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Little Rock, Arkansas, March, 1989.

Participation in Professional Societies Papers Presented Snow, David A., Robert D. Benford, Holly J. McCammon, and Lyndi N. Hewitt, “25 Years Later: ‘Frame Alignment

Processes: Micromobilization and Movement Participation.’” Invited plenary presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, March 2012.

Miller, Michelle Hughes and Robert D. Benford. “Relying on Mothers: Motherwork in Transnational Women’s

Empowerment Efforts.” Presented at the Mothers and Mothering in Global Context Conference sponsored by Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement, Christ Church, Barbados, February, 2012.

Benford, Robert D. “Classroots Social Action: How a Social Movements Class Organized a Renter’s Rights

Movement.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, Iowa, April 2009.

Chananie-Hill, Ruth A. and Robert D. Benford. “Collective Identity ‘Wars’: Oppositional Dynamics in Legal

Framings of Same Sex Marriages.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Mid-South Sociological Association, Lafayette, LA, November 2009.

Benford, Rob. “‘I’m All In!’: Status Competition at the Poker Table.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Boston, MA, August 2008. Brulle, Robert J. and Robert D. Benford. “From Game Protection to Wildlife Management: Frame Shifts,

Organizational Development, and Field Practices.” Presented at the Collective Behavior Workshop, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, August 2007.

Miller, Michelle Hughes and Robert D. Benford. “Winning the Vote and Losing the Game: The Double-Edged

Sword of Women’s ‘Uniqueness.’” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 2007.

Newman, Tami C., Jean C. Mangun, Mae A. Davenport, and Robert D. Benford. “Conservation in the Kaskaskia

Corridor: Understanding Landowner Perceptions of Incentive Programs.” Presented at the International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, British Columbia, June 2006.

Chowdhury, Reshmi and Robert D. Benford. “‘Outsiders’ and Identity Reconstruction in the Sex Workers’

Movement in Bangladesh,” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August 2005.

Benford, Rob. “Husker Honeys, Buff Babes, and Gang Bangers: Producing and Sustaining a Rape Culture on

College Campuses.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, April 2005.

Benford, Rob. “The Intercollegiate Sports Reform Movement: Framing Academic Corruption in College Sports.”

Presented at the Couch-Stone Symposium, the Annual Winter Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism, Boulder, Colorado, February 2005.

Gongaware Timothy B. and Robert D. Benford, “Social Disputes Over Collective Memories: Correctives and

Counters in Sustaining a Collective Identity.” Presented at the Couch-Stone Symposium, the Annual Winter Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interactionism, Vancouver, British Columbia, February 2004.

Benford, Robert, D. “Social Movement Narratives.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the History of Technology, Toronto, October 2002. Akamanti, Jeanie, Michelle Hughes Miller, and Robert D. Benford. “When Politicians Do Good: The Discursive

Development of the Death Penalty Moratorium in Illinois.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Madison, October 2002.

Benford, Robert, D. “The Half-Life of the Environmental Justice Frame: Innovation, Diffusion, and Stagnation.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August 2002. Miller, Michelle Hughes and Robert D. Benford. “Opening the Voting Booth and Closing the Gym: Controlling

Women’s Public Roles and the Dialectics of ‘Uniqueness.’” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, April 2000.

Benford, Robert D. and Danny L. Valadez. “From Blood on the Grapes to Poison on the Grapes: Strategic Frame

Changes and Resource Mobilization in the Farm Worker Movement.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 1998.

Benford, Robert D. “The Globalization of Peace Movements.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, August 1998. Benford, Robert D. “Narratives as Social Control within Social Movements.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April 1998. Benford, Robert D. “Warbirds and White Knights: Preserving Cold Warriors' Memories at the S.A.C. Museum.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 1996. Williams, Rhys H. and Robert D. Benford. “Two Faces of Collective Action Frames: A Theoretical Consideration.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1996. Miller, Michelle Hughes and Robert D. Benford. “Options for Justice, Definitions of Victims: Attitudes about

Capital Punishment Following a State Execution.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1996.

Benford, Robert D. “Social Control Within the U.S. Peace Movement.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington D.C., August 1995. Benford, Robert D. and Scott A. Hunt. “Counterframing and Reframing: Contested Meanings and Identities in

Social Movement Discourse.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Washington D.C., August 1995.

Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. “Alternative Types of Cross-National Diffusion in the Social Movement

Arena: Activist Reciprocation, Strategic Adaptation, and Strategic Accommodation.” Presented at the Conference on Cross-National Influences and Social Movement Research, Mont Pélerin, Switzerland, June 1995.

Benford, Robert D. “Frame Analysis and Social Movements: An Overview and Critique.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1995. Benford, Robert D. and Scott A. Hunt. “The Social Construction of Myths in the U.S. Peace Movement, 1982-

1991.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1995. Benford, Robert D. “Identity Work in Social Movements: A Comparative Analysis of Chinese and U.S.

Mobilizations.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, August 1994.

Benford, Robert D. “Implications of Social Movement Theory for the Study of Peace and War.” Presented at the

Workshop on Peace and War, Many Paths to Peace: The Interplay of Military, Political, Economic, and Civic Institutions, American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, August 1994.

Benford, Robert D. and Scott A. Hunt. “Social Movement Counterframing: Repairing and Sustaining Collective

Identity Claims.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, March 1994.

Hunt, Scott A. and Robert D. Benford. “Myths and Movement Culture.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Miami, August 1993. Benford, Robert D. “Social Problems Work and Social Movements.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Miami, August 1993. Snow, David A., Robert D. Benford and Scott A. Hunt. “Identity Fields: Framing Processes and the Social

Construction of Movement Identities.” Presented at the 31st Congress and Centennial Celebration of the International Institute of Sociology, The Sorbonne, Paris, France, June 1993.

Van Laningham, Jody, J. Allen Williams, Jr. and Robert D. Benford. “Conservativism, Trust in Institutions, and

Environmental Concerns.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April 1993.

Metroka, Martha and Robert D. Benford. “Strategies for Controlling the Interpretation of Social Movement

Organization Presentations: Preserving Logical Consistency within Ideological Frameworks.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April 1993.

Benford, Robert D., Scott A. Hunt and David A. Snow. “Framing Processes and Identity Construction in the

Collective Action Arena.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April 1993.

Benford, Robert D. and Scott A. Hunt. “Social Movement Myths and Taboos: Sacred Frames within the U.S.

Peace Movement, 1982-1991.” Presented at the First European Conference on Social Movements, Berlin, Germany, October 1992.

Zuo, Jiping and Robert D. Benford. “Ideology, Frame Resonance and Participant Mobilization in the Democracy

Movement in China--1989.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, August 1992.

Hunt, Scott A. and Robert D. Benford. “Constructing Personal and Collective Identities: Identity Work in the

Peace and Justice Movement, 1982-1991.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, August 1992.

Hunt, Scott A. and Robert D. Benford. “Social Movements and the Social Construction of Reality: An Emergent

Paradigm.” Presented at the Workshop on Culture and Social Movements, San Diego, California, June 1992. Benford, Robert D. “'You Could Be The Hundredth Monkey': Collective Identity and Vocabularies of Motive

Within the Nuclear Disarmament Movement.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April 1992.

Benford, Robert D., Helen Moore, and J. Allen Williams, Jr. “In Whose Backyard?: Attitudes Toward Siting a

Nuclear Waste Facility.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, Iowa, April 1991.

Faltemier, Monique L. and Robert D. Benford. “Sex-Role Socialization in Children's Media: A Content Analysis

of the Weekly Reader, 1934-1985.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, Iowa, April 1991.

Hunt, Scott A. and Robert D. Benford. “Metaphor, Methodology, and Critical Dramaturgy: Social Movement

Research from a Theatrical Perspective.” Presented at the Annual Qualitative Research Conference, Toronto, Canada, May, 1990.

Benford, Robert D. “Social Control Within the Peace Movement.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1990. Hunt, Scott A. and Robert D. Benford. “Dramaturgy and Social Movements: A Preliminary Inquiry.” Presented at

the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, San Francisco, California, August, 1989.

Benford, Robert D. “Frame Disputes within Social Movements.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, Missouri, April, 1989.

Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. “Master Frames and Cycles of Protest.” Thematic paper presented at the Workshop on Frontiers in Social Movement Theory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, June, 1988. Benford, Robert D. “Motivational Framing: The Social Construction of Motives Within the Nuclear Disarmament

Movement.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, Minnesota, March, 1988.

Benford, Robert D. “Framing Disputes within the Nuclear Disarmament Movement.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association, El Paso, April 1987. Snow, David A. and Robert D. Benford. “Ideology, Frame Resonance, and Participant Mobilization.” Presented at

the International Workshop on Participation in Social Movements: Transformation of Structure into Action, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June, 1986.

Snow, David A., E. Burke Rochford, Jr., Steven K. Worden and Robert D. Benford. “Frame Alignment Processes,

Micromobilization, and Movement Participation.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1985.

Benford, Robert D. “Interorganizational Competition within the Austin Peace Movement: Instrumental and

Symbolic Forms.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Western Social Science Association, Fort Worth, Texas, April, 1985.

Snow, David A., Robert D. Benford and Leon Anderson. “Fieldwork Roles and Informational Yield: A

Comparison of Alternative Settings and Roles.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Houston, Texas, March, 1985.

Benford, Robert D. and Lester R. Kurtz, “Performing the Nuclear Ceremony: The Nuclear Arms Race as Ritual.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Antonio, August, 1984. Benford, Robert D. and Lester R. Kurtz, “Dancing in the Dark: Reciprocity, Bureaucracy, and Ritual in the Nuclear

Arms Race.” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Fort Worth, Texas, March, 1984.

Benford, Robert D. “The Interorganizational Dynamics of the Local Peace Movement.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Houston, Texas, March, 1983. Anderson, Bruce A. and Robert D. Benford, “A Matched-Guise Methodology for Measuring Minority Attitudes

Toward American-Sign-Language Speakers.” Presented at the Third Annual Intercultural Conference, University of Bradford, United Kingdom, July, 1981.

Leadership in Professional Societies Chair, Best Published Paper Award Selection Committee, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association, 2010 Chair (elected), Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association,

2008-09 Member, Charles Tilly Award, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association, 2009 Member, Midwest Sociological Society Distinguished Book Award Committee, 2007-09 Chair, Best Graduate Student Paper Selection Committee, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association, 2008

Member, Best Graduate Student Paper Selection Committee, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association, 2006 President (elected), Midwest Sociological Society, 2005-06 Program Chair (Organized 2005 meetings in Minneapolis), Midwest Sociological Society, 2004-05 Member, Best Scholarly Book Award Selection Committee, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association, 2005 Member, Editorial and Publications Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2004-05 Member, Best Published Paper Award Selection Committee, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association, 2004 Councilmember (elected), Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the American Sociological Association, 2003-2006 Chair (elected), Publications Committee, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of American Sociological Association, 2000-2003 Executive Committee Member (elected), The Drake Group, 2000-2002 Member, Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 2000-2001 Member, Nominations Committee, Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of American Sociological Association, 1999-2000 Chair, By-Laws Committee, Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of American Sociological Association, 1999-

2002 Co-founder and Member, National Alliance for Collegiate Athletic Reform, 1999-2000 Chair (elected), Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of American Sociological Association, 1998-99 Member, Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship, Teaching, and Service Awards Committee, Peace, War, and Social Conflict Section of American Sociological Association, 1998-2000 Member, Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1998-99 Member, Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1997-98 Membership Chair, Peace and War Section of American Sociological Association, 1996-97. Coordinator, Elise M. Boulding Student Paper Award, Peace and War Section of American Sociological Association, 1996. Member (elected), Workshops Committee, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of American Sociological Association, 1995-98. Councilmember (elected), Peace and War Section of American Sociological Association, 1994-97. Member (elected), Publications Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1994-96. Member (elected), Publications Committee, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of American

Sociological Association, 1993-95. Member, Publications Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1993-95. Coordinator, Student Paper Competition, Midwest Sociological Society, 1995. Chair, Committee on Nominations and Elections, Midwest Sociological Society, 1993. Member, George Herbert Mead Award Committee, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1993. Member, Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1992-93. Member, Committee on Nominations and Elections, Midwest Sociological Society, 1992. Member, Program Committee, Midwest Sociological Society, 1991-92. Midwest Regional Coordinator, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1988-92. Member, Nominations Committee, Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, American Sociological Association, 1989-90. Other Participation in Professional Meetings, Conferences, and Societies Commentator, On David A. Snow, 2013 Recipient of The John D. McCarthy Award for Lifetime Achievement in the

Scholarship of Social Movements and Collective Behavior , University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, May 4, 2013.

Discussant, Young Scholars in Social Movements Conference. University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, May 2013. Session Presider and Discussant, “Social Movements: Activist Paths and Identities.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, August 2012. Discussant, “Women’s Activism.” American Sociological Association’s Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Section Workshop, “Making Connections: Movements and Research in a Global Context.” University of Nevada, Las Vegas. August 2011.

Session Presider and Discussant, “Culture, Social Movements, and Political Authority,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 2007 Presenter, “Surviving and Thriving in Your First Years as Chair,” American Sociological Association’s Chair Conference, Philadelphia, August 2005 Session Organizer and Presider, “Peace and Conflict,” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, August 2005 Session Organizer, “Qualitative Methods,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, April 2005 Session Organizer, “Potpourri Session on Good and Bad Fortunes,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, April 2005 Session Organizer, “Sport and Symbolic Interaction,” Annual Couch-Stone Symposium, Boulder, Colorado, February 2005

Panelist, “Reviewing for Academic Journals,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April 2004 Grant Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2009 Grant Reviewer, Guggenheim Foundation, 1998, 2004 Panelist, “Advancing Reform Proposals,” The Summit on Sports Reform, National Institute for Sports Reform, Lake George, New York, November 2003 Session Presider and Discussant, “Frames and Social Movements,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August 2003 Session Organizer and Presider, “Identity Construction, Communication, and Information Flow in Contemporary

Collective Action Arenas,” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Atlanta, August 2003

Panelist, “Reviewing and Publishing in Sociology Journals,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April 2003 Session Presider and Discussant, “Discourse and Social Problems,” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, August 2002 Session Organizer and Presider, “Collective Behavior and Social Movements,” Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Chicago, August 2002 Participant, Authority in Contention: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Collective Behavior/Social Movements Workshop, American Sociological Association, University of Notre Dame, August 2002 Session Organizer, Presider, and Discussant, “Ethnographic Methods,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, April 2001 Session Organizer, Presider, and Panelist, “Publishing in Scholarly Journals: Demystifying the Process,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, April 2001 Presider, “Institutional and Organizational Ethnography,” The Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction’s Annual Couch/Stone Symposium, St. Pete Beach, Florida, January 2000 Organizer, “An Open Forum on Kosovo,” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August 1999 Presider, “Qualitative Methodology,” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August 1999 Session Organizer and Presider, “Power and Politics: Institutional and Noninstitutional Arenas,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, April 1999 Discussant and Presider, “Social Movements,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, April 1999 Session Organizer and Presider, “Emotions and Social Movements,” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 1998 Session Co-Organizer and Moderator, “The Impact of Peace Movements on Public Policy,” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 1998

Session Organizer and Presider, “Studying White Separatists and the Radical Right: Field Work Issues,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April 1998 Session Organizer and Presider, “Contemporary Issues in Qualitative Methods,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April 1998 Session Organizer, Presider, and Discussant, “Social Movements: Organizational Approaches,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April 1998 Session Co-Organizer, “Social Movements and Collective Action: Cultural Approaches,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April 1998 Member, Speakers’ Bureau, Nebraska Humanities Council, 1997-2000 Panelist, Workshop on War, Genocide and Other Large-Scale Killings: Topics in Traditional Sociology Courses, Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1996. Panelist, “Social Movements: Vital Questions and Current Debates,” Department of Sociology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, November 1994. Facilitator, Presidential Plenary Session, American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, 1994. Discussant, “Social Movements, Meaning, and Mobilization: Framing Processes,” American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, 1994. Discussant, “Frame Analysis of Collective Action and Social Movements,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, 1994. Grant Reviewer, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1994. Discussant, “Collective Identity and Framing in Social Movements,” American Sociological Association, Miami, 1993. Sessions Co-Organizer, Collective Behavior/Social Movement Refereed Roundtables (organized 15 roundtables), American Sociological Association, Miami, 1993. Session Organizer, “Oppositional Consciousness and Collective Identity Construction in Social Movements,” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, 1993. Presider, “Environment and Technology,” Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, 1993. Discussant, “Ideology and Utopias: Movement Discourse and Public Discourse,” First European Conference on Social Movements, Berlin, Germany, October 1992. Session Organizer and Presider, “Ideology, Rhetoric, and Collective Action,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April, 1992. Session Organizer and Presider, “Social Movements and the Problem of Success,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April, 1992. Session Organizer, “Collective Identity and Social Movements,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April, 1992. Session Organizer, “Social Movement Adaptation and Transformation,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April, 1992.

Session Organizer and Presider, “Collective Behavior and Social Movements: Social Constructionist Approaches,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1990. Discussant, “Interactionist Analyses of Varied Settings and a Classic Problem,” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1990. Session Organizer and Moderator, “Symbolic Interaction, Social Movements, and Collective Behavior,” Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Albuquerque, New Mexico, April, 1989. Judge, Student Paper Competition, Nebraska Undergraduate Sociology Symposium, Kearney State College, Nebraska, October 1989. Session Organizer and Moderator, “Symbolic Interaction, Social Movements, and Collective Behavior,” Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association, Denver, Colorado, April, 1988. Session Discussant, “Social Movements,” Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Dallas, Texas, March, 1987. Panelist, Humanist Sociology Section, “The Nuclear Arms Race and the Role of Social Scientists in Conducting

Peace Research,” Annual Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Houston, Texas, March, 1983.

Editorial Activity Editor, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1999-2004. Editor-In Chief, Compendium of Social Issues, Macmillan, 1998 (an encyclopedia with approximately 185 entries). Series Editor, Social Movements Past and Present, Twayne Publications (Macmillan/Simon and Schuster), 1995-

1999. Books Edited:

Fox, Elaine, Jeffrey J. Kamakahi, and Stella Capek. 1999. Come Lovely and Soothing Death: The Right to Die Movement in the U.S.

Gagne, Patricia. 1998. Battered Women’s Justice: The Movement for Clemency and the Politics of Self-Defense. Carter, Greg Lee. 1997. The Gun Control Movement.

Brown, Jerry and Rinaldo Brutoco. 1997. Profiles in Power: The Antinuclear Movement and the Dawn of the Solar Age.

Dobratz, Betty A. and Stephanie Shanks-Meile. 1997. “White Power, White Pride!” The White Separatist Movement in the United States. (Winner of 1998 Choice Award, 1998 ASA Marxist Sociology Section’s Best Book Award, and 1998 North Central Sociological Association’s Best Book Award.)

Knobel, Dale T. 1996. “America for the Americans”: The Nativist Movement in the United States. Powell, Lawrence Alfred, John B. Williamson, and Kenneth J. Branco. 1996. The Senior Rights Movement: Framing the Policy Debate in America.

Editor, Special Issue (67:4) of Sociological Inquiry, “Integrating Cultural and Structural Approaches to the Study of Social Movements,” Fall 1997.

Associate Editor, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 1989-1999, 2005-present Associate Editor, Journal of Political and Military Sociology, 2009-2012 Advisory Editor, The Sociological Quarterly, 1993-2008 Associate Editor, Sociological Inquiry, 1993-1998 Consulting Editor, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, 1987-2003 Review Editor, Symbolic Interaction, 1989-1992 Ad Hoc Reviewer for Administrative Science Quarterly, American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, The Canadian Journal of Sociology, Justice Quarterly, Social Forces, Social Problems, The Sociological Quarterly, Social Psychology Quarterly, Qualitative Sociology, Social Currents, Sociological Spectrum, Sociological Forum, Sociological Focus, Mobilization, Peace and Change, Social Science Quarterly, Current Perspectives in Sociological Theory, Journal of Applied Behavioral Science, Research in Political Sociology, The Social Science Journal, Policy Studies Journal, State University of New York Press, Allyn & Bacon, Dorsey Press, Lexington Books, Wadsworth Publishing, and West Publishing Department, College, and University Committee Service Chair, Chair of School of Social Science Graduate Committee, USF, 2015-present Member, College of Arts and Sciences Graduate Committee, USF, 2015-present Chair, Postdoctoral Scholar Search Committee, Department of Sociology, USF, 2014-present Member, Rhetoric and Climate Change Study Group, USF, 2015-present Faculty Advisor, Random Acts of Earnest Love, USF, 2013-present Faculty Advisor, Students for a Sensible Drug Policy, USF, 2012-present Member, Social Movements Study Group, USF, 2011-present Faculty Fellow, The Applied Rhetoric of Science & Sustainability Initiative, Patel College of Global Sustainability, USF, 2013-14 Member, Community Engagement Committee, Department of Sociology, USF, 2013-14 Member, USF Sociology’s First Fifty Years Event Committee, 2013-14 Faculty Advisor, What’s in The Food, USF, 2013-14 Department Approver, USF Institutional Review Board, 2011-14 Faculty Fellow, USF Housing & Residential Education, 2011-14 Faculty Advisor, USF Activism Club, 2011-14 Chair, Department of Sociology, USF, 2010-2013 Member, Postdoctoral Scholar Initiative Selection Committee, USF Graduate School and Provost’s Office, 2010-13

Chair, Department of Sociology, SIUC, 2000-03, 2008-2010 Internship Coordinator, Department of Sociology, SIUC, 2007-2010 Member, Queen Award for Excellence in Teaching History, SIUC, 2003, 2007, 2010 Faculty Advisor, Tenants Are People Too, SIUC, 2008-2010 Member, GLBT Resource Center Advisory Board, SIUC, 2009-2010 Chair, Academic Committee, GLBT Resource Center Advisory Board, SIUC, 2009-2010 Member, SIUC Judicial Review Board, 2007-08 Director, Undergraduate Studies, Department of Sociology, SIUC, 2007-08 Faculty Advisor, Undergraduate Sociology Club, SIUC, 2007-2010 Member, SIUC Faculty Senate Committee on Committees, 2007 President, SIUC Faculty Senate, 2005-06 Member, Chancellor’s Task Force on Alcoholism, 2005-06 Member, Chancellor’s Executive Committee, 2005-06 Chair, Colloquium Committee, Department of Sociology, SIUC, 2003-06 Member, Search Committee, Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management and Dean of Students, 2005 External Reviewer, Academic Program Review, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, 2005 Vice President, SIUC Faculty Senate, 2003-04 Member, SIUC Faculty Senate, 2002-07 Member, SIUC Human Subjects Committee (alternate), 2004-2010 Member, SIUC Faculty Senate Governance Committee, 2004-05, 2006-07 Member, SIUC Faculty Senate Budget Committee, 2002-04 Chair, SIUC Faculty Senate Elections Committee, 2003-04 Member, SIUC Faculty Senate Undergraduate Education Policy Committee, 2002 Member, Graduate Studies Committee, SIUC, 2003-06 Member, Faculty Advisory Committee for Student Society for Civil Discourse, SIUC, 2002-05 Chair, Search Committee, Department of Sociology, SIUC, 2004-05 Chair, Instructional & Research Resources Committee, Department of Sociology, SIUC, 2007-08, 2003-05;

Member 2000-01

Chair, Search Committee, Department of Sociology, SIUC, 2004-05 Coordinator SOC 108 (Core Curriculum course), Department of Sociology, SIUC, 2001-05 Member, Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee, SIUC, 2002-04 Member, College of Liberal Arts Council, SIUC, 2003-04 Faculty Advisor, Students for Dean, SIUC, 2003-04 Representative, Council of Illinois University Senates, 2003 Member, Graduate Admissions and Awards Committee, SIUC, 2000-01 Chair, Gender Climate Subcommittee, Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,

1999-2000 Chair, UNL Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, 1998-1999; Member, 1997-2000 Founder and Faculty Advisor, UNL Chapter of Nebraskans for Peace, 1993-2000 Member, Public Discourse and Human Values Steering Committee, UNL, 1996-2000 Chair, Resources and Planning Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1998-2000 Member, Rewards/Executive Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1988-89, 1992-93, 1998-2000 Member, Centennial Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1999-2000 External Reviewer, Academic Program Review, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1998 Chair, Search Committee (two successful tenure-track searches), Department of Sociology, UNL, 1997-98 Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1991-93, 1996-98 Member, Merit Reform Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1997-98 Member, Conflict Resolution Area Studies Committee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), 1987-97 Co-coordinator and Mentor, Minority Opportunities through School Transformation (MOST) Program, UNL, 1995-96 Founder and Co-Chair, Ad Hoc Committee to establish UNL as a “Gun Free Zone,” 1994-95 Member, Grade Appeals Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1989, 1991-93, 1995-97 Member, Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, UNL, 1994-97 Member, Resources and Planning Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1987-89, 1993-95 Member, Search Committee for Assistant Director of Services for Students with Disabilities, UNL, 1994 Member, Search Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1994 Member, Curriculum Committee, Teachers College, UNL, 1994

Member, UNL Academic Senate, 1993-94 Member, UNL Child Development Venture Task Force, 1993 Co-founder and Member, Deviance and Social Control Study Group, UNL, 1987-2000 Chief Undergraduate Advisor, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1989-91 Chair, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1989-91 Chair, Social Sciences Liberal Education Requirements Review Panel, College of Arts and Sciences, UNL, 1990 Founder and Coordinator, Social Psychology Study Group, UNL, 1988-89; Member 1989-96 Member, Undergraduate Committee, Department of Sociology, UNL, 1987-88 Student Member, Departmental Faculty Grievance Committee, Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington, 1980-

81 Community Service Televised Interview, “Debate Over the Effectiveness of Trending Hashtags for Social Causes,” WFTS (ABC) 28 News, Tampa, FL, May 28, 2014. Televised Interview, “Did Lighted-Sign Protest Contribute to I-4 Accidents?” WTSP (CBS) 10 News. Tampa, FL, April 15, 2013. Quoted in Medill Reports article, “Occupy Chicago Occupies an Office: Experts Call It Growing Up; Members Shrug,” January 25, 2012. Guest Speaker, “Defining Success,” Occupy USF Teach-In, November 17, 2011 Quoted in Oracle article on social movements and Occupy movement, November 23, 2011 Co-featured in USF In the News feature story, “Dissecting the Occupy Movement,” November 9, 2011 Luncheon Speaker, “Do Big Time NCAA Sports Have an Overpowering Priority in Higher Education?” Spring 2010 Series of Dialogues: Critical Questions and Issues in Higher Education, Center for Spiritual Inquiry &

Integral Education and the Gaia House-Interfaith Center, March 24, 2010 Dinner Speaker, “Ethics in Social Research.” PSA Psi Chi, SIUC, March 24, 2010 Guest Appearance, Big Muddy News, Interviewed with student from social movements class regarding the tenants’

rights movement started by my class. WDBX Community Radio, November 12, 2008 Guest Appearance, “Race and Injustice in Jackson County Court System,” Pepper Holder Show, WDBX Community Radio, April 22, 2004 Quoted in New York Times article, “From Discordant Notes, Reformers Hear One Song,” by Robert Lipsyte, November 29, 2003. Guest Appearance, “Anti-war Protests,” Green Futures Show, WDBX Community Radio, January 27, 2003

Guest Appearance, “Thinking Locally, Acting Globally,” Green Futures Show, WDBX Community Radio, December 17, 2002 Guest Appearance, “Local Mobilizations and Social Change,” Green Futures Show, WDBX Community Radio,

December 10, 2002 Guest Appearance, “Peace and Justice in the Post 9/11 Era,” Light on the Law Show, WDBX Community Radio, December 6, 2002 Guest Appearance, “Resisting Internal Attacks on Democracy,” Green Futures Show, WDBX Community Radio, December 3, 2002 Guest Appearance, “The Erosion of Civil Liberties,” Green Futures Show, WDBX Community Radio, November 26, 2002 Guest Appearance, “Peace Movements,” Green Futures Show, WDBX Community Radio, October 1, 2001 Guest Appearance, “Social Movements,” Light on the Law Show, WDBX Community Radio, May 25, 2001 Luncheon Speaker, “Myths and Realities in Intercollegiate Athletics,” Carbondale Lions Club, May 11, 2001 Trainer, “How to Organize a Protest,” Women’s Action Coalition, Carbondale, November 8, 2000

Newspaper and television interviews regarding collective behavior in downtown Carbondale associated with

Halloween, October and November 2000 Co-Founder and Executive Council Member (elected), The Drake Group, 2000-present Co-Founder and Member, National Alliance for College Athletics Reform (NAFCAR), 1999-2000 Panelist, Nebraska Day of Dialogue, sponsored by the Governor’s Office of Urban Affairs and UNL’s African and African American Studies Program, April 30, 1998 Nebraska Humanities Council Speakers Bureau, 1996-2000 Respite Provider, Respite Network Program, Lincoln/Lancaster County, 1998-2000 Speaker, “Social Life in Cuba,” part of a ten week series sponsored by the Nebraska Humanities Council, Vine Congregational Church, February 26, 1995 Co-Facilitator, founding meeting of community-wide Coalition to Seek Alternatives to the Death Penalty, Newman United Methodist Church, September 20, 1994 Co-Organized monthly soup kitchen at The Gathering Place, Lincoln, Nebraska 1993-94 Member, Program Committee, Lincoln chapter of Nebraskans for Peace, 1992-93 Moderated Panel, “Ethnic Conflict in the Balkans,” Northeast Community Church, Lincoln, NE, June 17, 1993

Organized Panel, “Violence Against Women as a Weapon of War,” YWCA, Lincoln, NE, September 21, 1993 Speaker, “Cuba: Revolutionary Achievements and Current Crises,” Bread for the World, Lincoln Chapter, First Lutheran Church, September 14, 1993

Local Coordinator and Liaison for Pastors for Peace caravan and humanitarian relief to Cuba, “2nd U.S.-Cuba Friendshipment,” July-August, 1993 Speaker, “Cuban Reality in the 1990s,” Lincoln Chapter of Nebraskans for Peace, The Gathering Place, June 24, 1993 Member, Peace Research Delegation to Cuba, May-June, 1993. Traveled to Cuba with Pastors for Peace group to seek

ways of improving U.S.-Cuban relations. Speaker, Lincoln Chapter of Nebraskans for Peace, “1492-1992, What Will It Take to Stop the 500 Years War: A Peace Movement Perspective,” September 22, 1992