Department of Sociology Fall, 2016

VITA

ROBERT LEE MARIL

Department of Sociology Fall, 2016 East Carolina University Greenville, North Carolina 27858 [email protected] 252-328-6147

Education

1969 B.A., Russian Studies, Grinnell College.

1971 M.A., Sociology, University of Indiana. Thesis: “Egalitarian and Authoritarian Family Structures of Delinquent Adolescent Boys”

1973 Ph.D., Sociology, Washington University. Dissertation: “Listener Supported Radio: A Case Study”

Research

2014- Interviews of federal whistleblowers and informants.

2012- Document analysis and interviews concerning nuclear security, environmental, and public safety issues in the Midwest.

Publications

Books

The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigrants along the US- Mexico Border, Robert Lee Maril, Texas Tech University Press. 2011. E book September, 2011; second printing and new paperback edition 2012. Patrolling Chaos: The United States Border Patrol in Deep South Texas, Robert Lee Maril, Texas Tech University Press, November, 2004. Paperback, 2006; second printing 2012.

1 Waltzing with the Ghost of Tom Joad: Poverty, Myth, and Low-Wage Labor in Oklahoma: Robert Lee Maril. University of Oklahoma Press, 2000. Paperback 2002.

The Bay Shrimpers of Texas: Rural Fishermen in a Global Economy. Robert Lee Maril, University of Kansas Press, 1995. Paperback,1996.

Living on the Edge of America. Robert Lee Maril, Texas A&M University Press, 1992.

Poorest of Americans: The Mexican Americans of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Robert Lee Maril, The University of Notre Dame Press, 1989. Paperback, 1990.

Condos and Cannibals: Texas and Texans along the Coast. Robert Lee Maril, Texas A&M University Press, 1986.

Texas Shrimpers: Community, Capitalism, and the Sea. Robert Lee Maril, Texas A&M University Press, 1983.

Paper Presentations (selected)

“Earthquakes, Fracking, and Governmental Leadership”, Robert Lee Maril and Anas Asad, Society for Applied Anthropology, Santa Fe, New Mexico, March, 2017.

“Framing and Re-Framing Violence, Graft, and Corruption in U.S. Customs and Border Protection”, Robert Lee Maril, Society for Applied Anthropology, Pittsburg, March, 2015.

“Disappearing a Nuclear Facility: Using Ulrich Beck to Understand the Actions of the Department of Energy”, Robert Lee Maril and Daniel Koonce, Society for Applied Anthropology, Albuquerque, March, 2014.

“The Nun, the Gardner, and the House Painter: An Organizational Analysis of the Nuclear Breach, Environmental, and Safety Impact at Y-12”, Robert Lee Maril and Rachel Waters, Society for Applied Anthropology, Denver, March, 2013.

“Gender Discrimination in the U.S. Border Patrol”, Robert Lee Maril, Society for Applied Anthropology, Baltimore, March,2011. “Reforming a Federal Law Enforcement Agency”, Robert Lee Maril, Society for Applied Anthropology, Memphis, March, 2008.

2 “Guarding Border Guards: Protecting and Reforming the United States Border Patrol”, Robert Lee Maril, International Borders Conference, July 9, 2006, Belfast, Ireland.

Teaching Experience (selected)

2003- Professor, Department of Sociology East Carolina University. Graduate Faculty, 2003- 1999-2003 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Texas-Pan American. Graduate Faculty, 1999-2003 1989-1998 Assistant to Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Oklahoma State University. Graduate Faculty, 1989-1998.

Institutional Affiliations

1997-2007 Research Associate, Institute for Research on Poverty, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1988-1990 Research Associate, Dauphin Island Sea Lab, University of Alabama

Public Testimony (selected, all Pro Bono)

“Undocumented Workers, Illegal Drugs, Potential Terrorists, and Other Issues in Mexican Border Security”. Public Testimony before the United States House Committee on the Judiciary, September 1, 2006, Davenport, Iowa.

“The Impact of Utility Rate Increases on Poor Oklahomans”, Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, February 20, 2001.

“An Analysis of Red-Lining in Auto Insurance on Low Income Families”. Public testimony before the United States Senate Commerce and Banking Committee, Washington, D.C., September 9, 1999.

“The Impact of Auto Insurance on Low Income Families”. Public testimony before the United States Senate Commerce and Banking Committee, Washington, D.C., June 6, 1998. Consultant (selected)

3 Contributor to a United States House of Representatives Immigration Bill that reached House Counsel, July, 2013. Contributor to sections of HR 4044, the “Emergency Border Responder Act of 2005” in the United States House of Representatives; and sections of the United States Senate Immigration Bill (the “Comprehensive Immigration Act”), 2006. Trial Consultant (selected), “The State of Mississippi vs. Brian dela Beckwith”, Batesville, Miss.; (The Medgar Evers Trial), 1994. Honeywell, Inc. United States Department of Agriculture, Fund for Rural America, Panel Reviewer, Washington, D.C., July, 2001, $9.6 million. Oklahoma Department of Commerce Texas Farm Bureau Insurance South Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Research Institute Texas Rural Legal Aid National Sea Grant Program Texas Sea Grant Program Texas Employment Commission Texas Department of Human Resources Catholic Diocese of Brownsville Planned Parenthood of Cameron and Willacy Counties Texas Public School in two counties along the U.S.-Mexico border Stillwater Police Department, Stillwater, Oklahoma United States Customs and Border Protection

Awards and Honors East Carolina University Sociology Department Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2016. 2012 Ray and Pat Browne Award for “the Best Single Authored Nonfiction Work Published in 2011”. For The Fence: National Security, Public Safety, and Illegal Immigration Along the U.S.-Mexico Border. By the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association, Boston, April, 2012. 2012 East Carolina University Scholar/Teacher Award.

2012 Texas Institute of Letters Book Finalist (one of three), for “Best Scholarly Book of 2011” for The Fence. East Carolina University Sociology Department Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, 2010. Elected to The Texas Institute of Letters, 2006- Foreword Magazine Nonfiction Book of the Year Finalist, 2004, for Patrolling Chaos: The U.S. Border Patrol in Deep South Texas. “Highly Recommended”, Choice Magazine, 2004, for Patrolling Chaos.

4 Keynote Speaker (selected), A Celebration of John Steinbeck, February, 2002, Oklahoma State University, (National Endowment for the Humanities). Invited Speaker (selected), Emory School of Law, “Illegal Immigration and the Drug War along the U.S.-Mexico Border”, April, 2012. Oklahoma Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction Book of the Year, 2000, for Waltzing with the Ghost of Tom Joad. Outstanding Academic Title Award, Choice Magazine, 1996, for The Bay Shrimpers of Texas Gustavus Meyers Center Humanitarian Book Award, 1990, for Poorest of Americans: The Mexican-Americans of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas Roberts Lectureship, Grinnell College, 1986 Piper Award TSC College Award (excellence in Undergraduate Teaching and Research), Texas Southmost College, 1985