CURRICULUM VITAE Susan Eva Eckstein
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CURRICULUM VITAE Susan Eva Eckstein WORK ADDRESS HOME ADDRESS Department of Sociology & International Relations 100 Cummington St. 18 Fredana Road Boston University Newton, MA 02168 Boston, MA 02215 Tel: (617) 964-8524 (617) 353-2591 Fax: (617) 964-0928 Fax: (617) 353-4837 Email: [email protected] EDUCATION Columbia University, Ph.D., Sociology Student in the Institute for Latin American Studies. Beloit College: B.A., Major in Sociology; Minor in Anthropology. TEACHING Boston University: APPOINTMENTS Lecturer to Professor—Sociology Professor—International Relations (2008+) (past & present) Boston College: Adjunct Professor of Sociology, 1995. Columbia University: Adjunct Professor of Political Science, 1989. University of California, Santa Barbara: Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, 1974. Harvard University: Tutor, Social Relations Department RESEARCH/ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS Boston University Pardee Faculty Associate Affiliate, Latin American Studies Program (past & present) Affiliate, Women's Studies Program Affiliate, African Studies Program Associate, Political Science Department Faculty Fellow, Pardee Center Research Associate, Global Governance and Development Program. International Relations Department. Center for Finance, Law & Policy, member Remittance Task Force Director, Program on Latin American Studies CAS Council for Chairs and Directors CAS International Council Other Appointments (past & present): Harvard University: David Rockefeller Center For Latin American Studies, Associate Center for International Affairs, Honorary Research Fellow 2 Radcliffe Institute, Fellow (three times) Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Research Fellow, Center for International Affairs Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University Bureau of Social Science Research, Washington, D.C. Assistant to Director, did evaluation research Columbia University Graduate Research Assistant, Professors Immanuel Wallerstein, Terence Hopkins, and Theodore Caplow Institute of Latin American Studies: Research Affiliate, 2014-15 FIELDWORK Cuba: visits to Cuba in most years since 1990 research on post-revolutionary developments and on immigration and its impact on Cuba U.S. Archival Work [on U.S. Cuba immigration policy]: 2014+ Miami and Union City, NJ: 2000+ Research on Cuban/Cuban American transnational ties and transformations Boston: 1994 + research on suburban ethnicity and volunteerism Bolivia: 4 Research Visits Research analyzing outcomes of Bolivian revolution, including agrarian reform and the political economy. Mexico: 4 Research Visits research on urban poor and on outcomes of the revolution. GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Pre-Doctoral Columbia University Department of Sociology Awarded two fellowships and two research grants. Columbia University Institute for Latin American Studies Awarded one grant for fieldwork expenses. Ford Foundation Grant, Pre-Doctoral Latin American Field Training. National Institute of Mental Health Awarded twice. National Defense Foreign Language Fellowship Awarded three times. Post-Doctoral U.S. Cuba Immigration Policy [“The Long Cold War”] John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 2015-16 Immigration and Diaspora Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Exploratory Seminar, 2011-2012 Pardee Center, Boston University, 2010 and 2011-12, Boston University New Immigrant Labor Market Niches Russell Sage Foundation, 2015-2017 Department of Sociology, Boston University, Morris Fund 3 Cuban-American /Cuban Transnationalism Mellon-MIT Inter-University Program: NGOS and Forced Migration (twice) Cuban Committee for Democracy American Council of Learned Societies, 2002 Radcliffe Institute Fellow, Harvard, 2003-2004 Ford Foundation/Institute for International Education Travel Grant John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, 2004-05 Boston University Christopher Reynolds Foundation (2009) Mexican Urban Poor Study Boston University, Faculty Grants Ford Foundation, Consultant in Mexico Comparative Revolutions Study Radcliffe Bunting Institute Fellow Ford Foundation Boston University, Faculty Grant Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship Tinker Foundation (two years) Institute for World Order American Council of Learned Societies Book on Cuba Boston University Social Science Research Council NOMOS (Harvard University, Center for International Affairs) Peasant Protest Before, During, and After Revolution Boston University Faculty Grant Suburban Ethnicity Boston University Seed Grant International Conference on Cuba: 50 Years of Revolution [in Canada] Ford Foundation [2009] Conference on U.S. Cuba Policy [at Boston University] Christopher Reynolds Foundation [2009] Boston University College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Grant Vietnamese Immigrants and the Development of an Ethnic Labor Market Niche. Department of Sociology, Broom/Morris Grant [2009]. Curriculum Development: Boston University African Studies Title VI, Curriculum Expansion Summer Enhancement Award [awarded twice] AWARDS American Sociological Association Global and Transnational Sociology Section Award 2011, for The Immigrant Divide: How Cubans Changed the US and Their Homeland \ American Political Science Association Section on Race, Ethnicity, and Politics (REP) 2010 award for best book published in 2009 on race, 4 ethnicity, political participation and public opinion--for The Immigrant Divide: How Cubans Changed the US and Their Homeland 2005 Haller Distinguished Lecture. University of Wisconsin, Department of Sociology, Madison. American Sociological Association, Community and Urban Sociology Section. Robert Park Outstanding Article Award (2002, for "Community as Gift-Giving: Collectivist Roots of Volunteerism in America." American Sociological Review [December 2001]). American Sociological Association, Political Sociology Section Outstanding Book Award, Honorable Mention (1995 for Back from the Future: Cuba under Castro). Choice's Outstanding Academic Books Award, for Back from the Future, 1995. Lourdes Casal Award for best unpublished social science article on Cuba (1983). New England Council on Latin American Studies (NECLAS) Award for best-published article in 1982 on Latin America by NECLAS member: “ The Transformation of a ‘Revolution from Below': International Capital, The State, and the Domestic Bourgeosie in Bolivia, Comparative Studies in Society and History. Boston University Metcalf Teaching Award Nominated, 1993 Semi-finalist, 1994 MEMBERSHIP IN American Sociological Association PROFESSIONAL International Sociological Associations ASSOCIATIONS Latin American Studies Association New England Council on Latin American Studies (past & present) Eastern Sociological Society Society for Comparative Research PROFESSIONAL Latin American Studies Association SERVICES President (1997-1998) (selective) President Elect (1995-1997) Past –President (1998-2000) Executive Council, 1985-1987 and 1991-1994 Kalmen Silvert Distinguished Career Award (2000-2002) Nominations Committee, Member, 1978-1979, 1993, 2011-12 Nominations Committee, Chair, 1977-1978 Cuba-U.S. Scholarly Exchange, 1991-1993 LASA-Oxfam Martin Diskin Awards Committees (2014+) (1) Dissertation Award Committee (2) LASA-Oxfam Diskin Activist Scholar Lectureship Committee American Sociology Association: ASA 2013 Latino Section, Book Award Committee ASA2008 Program Committee Member ASA2007 Program Committee Member Distinguished Scholarly Publication Award Selection Committee, 2002-2004 5 Committee on Nominations, 1986-1987, 2004-2005 Committee on Sections, Chair, 1984 Committee on Sections, Member, 1983-1985 Global and Transnational Sociology Section Nominations Committee, 2011 Political Economy of the World Systems Section of the ASA President, 1986-1987 Council, 1983-1986 Nominations Committee, 1981-1982 Chair, Nominations Committee, 1987-1988 Committee on International Sociology, Regional Liaison Coordinator for Latin America Committee on Membership, 1971-1973 Political Sociology Section of the ASA President and President-Elect, 1988-1992 Eastern Sociological Association Publications Committee, Chair, 1986 Publications Committee, Co-Chair, 1985 Publications Committee, Member, 1984 New England Council on Latin America Executive Council, 1976-1978 and 1986-1988 President, 1988-1989 Advisory Boards British Academy’s Learned Society Program Evaluator 2006 Advisory Council, Princeton University Program in Latin American Studies Council Chair, 2001-10 International Honors Program, Bard College Washington Office on Latin America, Academic Advisory Board, 2006+ American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship Selection Committee, 2003 -2004 Society for Comparative Research, S. M. Lipset Distinguished Award Committee, 2001 Fellowship Screening Committee, Smithsonian Institute, 1992 and 1998 ACLS –SSRC Cuba Working Group, 1997-2000 Lourdes Casal Award Committee, 1986 C. Wright Mills Award Committee (Society for the Study of Social Problems), 1980 Fellowship Screening Committee, Social Science Research Council, 1970 EDITORIAL BOARDS Palgrave Studies in the History of Social Movements (2012+) Moving the Social: Journal of Social History and the History of Social Movements (2012+) [past & present] Latin American Perspectives (1991+) Political Power and Social Theory (1990+) Mexican Studies/Estudios Mexicanos (1983) Sociological Forum (1986-1987) Cuban Studies/Estudios Cubanos (1990+) International Handbook of Housing Policies and Practices (1990) Encylopedia of Revolutions (1996-1998) International Politics (1998 +) Secuencia (2002+) (Mexico) Politica (Political Science Journal, University of California-Berkeley)