Curriculum Vitae ALFONSO MORALES, PH.D
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Curriculum Vitae ALFONSO MORALES, PH.D. Home: 5302 Shawano Terrace Office: University of Wisconsin – Madison Madison, WI 53705 Department of Urban and Regional Planning (608) 238-3537 925 Bascom Mall (608) 770-2652 (cell) 104 Old Music Hall Madison, WI 53706 (608) 263-4848 (608) 262-9307 e-mail: [email protected] Education: Ph.D. Northwestern University, June, 1993. Dissertation: “Making Money at the Market: The Social and Economic Logic of Informal Markets.” Directed by Arthur L. Stinchcombe A.M. Sociology, University of Chicago, 1989. Masters Thesis: "Property Rights and Informal Economic Activity: An Ethnographic and Historical Analysis of the Maxwell Street Market.” Directed by Richard Taub M.A. Political Economy, University of Texas at Dallas, 1987. Concentration in Economic Development, Formal Organizations and Strategic Planning B.A. Sociology/Economics, New Mexico State University, 1984. Employment 8-07/ Present Assistant Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Wisconsin at Madison. Affiliated with Chican@/o Latin@/o Studies. 1-05/6-07 Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of Wisconsin at Madison. 8-98/12-04 Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology (Chicano Studies, the Center for Law and Border Studies, the Center for Inter-American and Border Studies), The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX. 6-96/5-98 Assistant Professor of Sociology and Mexican American Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 6-95/5-96 Ford Foundation Minority Post-doctoral Fellowship. 8-93/5-95 Assistant Professor of Sociology and Assistant Research Social Scientist, Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. 12-84/12-85 Manager, Casa San Martin de Porres, Sanctuary, Dallas TX. Substantive Interests Social Organizations: community and urban life, community based, informal and formal organizations. Law and Society: race and the law, taxation, property, zoning for food and markets, the legal profession. Political Sociology: borders and borderlands, social movements, immigration and citizenship. Economic Sociology: Entrepreneurship and community development, urban agriculture, healthcare and access to health, markets and economic transformations. Policy aspects; race/ethnicity and gender are salient and central components of these interests. Qualitative Methods; Social Theory, especially Symbolic Interactionism and Pragmatism; Critical Pedagogy. Board of Directors Economic Development Catalyst Organization: A Non-Profit Organization devoted to economic development. Advisory Board Member, Center for Women’s Health Research, University of Wisconsin. Advisory Board Member, National Science Foundation Doctoral Mentoring Proposal. Publications Books Street Entrepreneurs: People, Place, & Politics in Local and Global Perspective. June 2007. Edited by John Cross and Alfonso Morales. UK Routledge Press, (312 pages). Renascent Pragmatism: Studies in Law and Social Science, edited by Alfonso Morales. 2003. UK: Ashgate Press, (278 pages). A review in the Law and Politics Book Review can be found at: http://www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/lpbr/ Articles and Book Chapters (* = Refereed Journal or Book) *Fernandez, Leticia and Alfonso Morales. 2007. “Hispanic Women's Language Proficiency and Utilization of Cancer Screening Services.” Ethnicity and Health. 12-3:245-63. *Morales, Alfonso. 2007. “Conclusion: Law, Deviance and Defining Vendors and Vending.” Street Entrepreneurs: People, Place, & Politics in Local and Global Perspective. Edited by John Cross and Alfonso Morales, London, Routledge. *John Cross and Alfonso Morales. 2007. “Introduction: Locating Street Markets in the Modern/Postmodern World.” Street Entrepreneurs: People, Place, & Politics in Local and Global Perspective. *Morales, Alfonso and Leticia Fernandez. 2006. “The Social Origins and Prospects for Mobility of Recent Mexican Law School Graduates.” Del gobierno de los abogados al imperio de las leyes. Estudios sociojurídicos sobre educación y profesión jurídicas en el México contemporáneo. (From Governance by Lawyers to the Rule of Law: Socio-legal studies of education and Law in Contemporary Mexico) Edited by Hector Fix-Fierro. Mexico City, UNAM Press. *Morales, Alfonso. 2005. “Radio Mercado: Electronic Mercados in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region.” Mass Media Systems in a Multi-cultural World edited by Guy Meiss and Alice Tait. CT: Greenwood Press. *Morales, Alfonso. 2003. “Pragmatism as a Discipline: (Re)Introducing Philosophy to Law and Social Science.” Renascent Pragmatism: Studies in Law and Social Science, edited by Alfonso Morales. UK: Ashgate Press, xi-xxiv. *Morales, Alfonso and Robert Jimenez 2003. “A Pragmatist Theory of Social Movement Leadership” Renascent Pragmatism: Studies in Law and Social Science, edited by Alfonso Morales. UK: Ashgate Press, 198-219. *Morales, Alfonso. 2003. “A Pragmatist Position on (Re)Constructing Latin American Socio-Legal Studies,” Beyond Law, 26:169-190. Morales, Alfonso. 2003. “A Pragmatist Position on (Re)Constructing Latin American Socio-Legal Studies,” Translated into Spanish and reprinted in Law and Society in Latin America: Toward the Consolidation of Critical Legal Studies, edited by Mauricio García Villegas and César Rodríguez. ILSA/National University of Columbia. Morales, Alfonso, Marco Delgado and Elizabeth Carson. 2003. “Succeeding by Six: The Training Parents are Requesting for Supporting their Children in South and South Central El Paso,” Digame: Policy and Politics in the Texas Border, edited by Dennis Soden, Christine Brenner and Irasema Coronado. IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing, (241-258). *Morales, Alfonso. 2002. “Radio Mercado: Station Format and Alternative Models of the Audience in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region.” Journal of Borderlands Studies 17 (1:79-102). *Morales, Alfonso. 2001. “Policy from Theory: A Critical Reconstruction of Theory on the ‘Informal’ Economy,” Sociological Imagination, 38 (3): 190-203. *Morales, Alfonso. 2000. “Peddling Policy: Street Vending in Historical and Contemporary Context,” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 20 (3/4): 76-99. *Balkin, Steve and Alfonso Morales. 2000. “Linking Street Vendors to the Internet,” International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 20 (3/4) 99-122. *Morales, Alfonso. 1998. “Income Tax Compliance and Alternative Views of Ethics and Human Nature,” Journal of Accounting, Ethics and Public Policy, 1 (3): 380-400. Morales, Alfonso. 1998. “Income Tax Compliance and Alternative Views of Ethics and Human Nature,” Reprinted in The Ethics of Tax Evasion, edited by Robert W. McGee. NJ: The Dumont Institute for Public Policy Research Morales, Alfonso. 1997. “Epistemic Reflections on the Informal Economy,” The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 17 (3/4):1-17. Morales, Alfonso. 1997. “Uncertainty and the Organization of Street Vending Business,” The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 17 (3/4): 191-212. *Morales, Alfonso, Steve Balkin and Joe Persky. 1995. "The Value of Benefits of a Public Street Market: The Case of Maxwell Street." Economic Development Quarterly, 9 (4): 304-320. Debate in this journal over this paper: Rhonda Halperin, “The Use of Economic Anthropology in Economic Development,” 321- 322. Wim Wiewel, “The Use of Economic Analysis in Public Policy,” 324-326. Morales, Alfonso, Steve Balkin and Joe Persky. 1995. "Contradictions and Irony in Policy Research on the Informal Economy: A Reply." Economic Development Quarterly, 9 (4): 327-330. Accepted but not yet Published (* = Refereed Journal or Book) *Morales, Alfonso. “Acequias y Venas: The Social Organization of Water in Northern New Mexico” in Voces de la Tierra: Four Hundred Years of Acequia Farming in the Rio Arriba Bioregion, 1598-1998, edited by Devon Peña. AZ: University of Arizona Press. *Edited book: Butler, John S., Alfonso Morales and David Torres (ed) Wealth Creation and Business Formation Among Mexican-Americans: History, Circumstances and Prospects. Purdue University Press.; anticipated publication date 2009. Morales, Alfonso. 2008. “A Woman’s Place is on the Street: Purposes and Problems of Mexican American Women Entrepreneurs,” Wealth Creation and Business Formation Among Mexican- Americans: History, Circumstances and Prospects. Purdue University Press, anticipated publication date 2009. Articles and Book Chapters Under Review (* = Refereed Journal or Book) *Morales, Alfonso. “Public Markets as Community Development Tools,” Journal of Planning Education and Research. Revise and resubmit. *Morales, Alfonso. “A Social Currency Approach to Improving the Health Related Quality of Life for Migrant Workers,” Health Promotion Practice. Grant, Don, Alfonso Morales and Jeff Sallaz [The final order of Sallaz and I is still to be determined]. “Pathways to Meaning: Advancing the Study of Workplace Emotions,” American Journal of Sociology (revise and resubmit). Editor, Special Issue of Journals (* = Refereed Journal or Book) *Morales, Alfonso. 2001. Special Issue on the Informal Economy, Sociological Imagination 38 (3). *Morales, Alfonso and John Cross. 2000. Testing the Boundaries of the Informal Sector, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 20 (9–10). *Morales, Alfonso and Steve Balkin. 2000. The Informal Economy: Concepts and Culture, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 20 (1–2) Morales, Alfonso. 1997. The Informal Economy, The International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 17 (3/4). Other Publications John Cross and Alfonso Morales. 2007.