Joseph Harris
Joseph Harris Boston University Department of Sociology 96-100 Cummington Street, Room 247 / Boston, MA 02215 Cell Phone: 617-435-9797 Google Scholar Profile E-mail: [email protected] http://www.josephharris.net
EMPLOYMENT
2020- Fellow, Institute for Health System Innovation and Policy, Boston University
2020 BU Hub (Undergraduate Education Program) Teaching Excellence Faculty Fellow, Boston University
2019- Faculty Affiliate, Global Development Policy Center, Boston University
2019- Faculty Associate, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
2015-18 Faculty Research Fellow, Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University
2013- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Boston University
2012-13 Lecturer of Public Policy (full-time), University of Chicago
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, Department of Sociology, PhD, Sociology. Minor: Southeast Asian Studies. August 2012.
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Master in Public Affairs – Concentration in Development Studies, 2005.
TULANE UNIVERSITY, New Orleans, LA Bachelor of Arts, Sociology and English; Minor in Economics, 1999. University Commencement Speaker; Magna cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa; Deans’ Honor Scholarship; Senior Scholar in Sociology; Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society.
AREAS OF SCHOLARLY AND TEACHING INTEREST
Global Health; Political Sociology; Sociology of Development; Healthcare Policy; Medical Sociology; Globalization; HIV/AIDS; Human Rights; Citizenship; Research Methods
MAJOR AWARDS, HONORS, AND FELLOWSHIPS
2018 Council Member (elected) Section on the Sociology of Development American Sociological Association Joseph Harris – Page 2 of 16
Chair, Health Policy and Research Committee (nominated) Section on Medical Sociology American Sociological Association
2017 Fulbright All Disciplines Scholarship (Thailand)
Gitner Award for Distinguished Teaching ($1000) (BU College of Arts and Sciences’ highest teaching award)
2015 Southeast Asia Research Group, Fellow
2014 Invited Panelist, Inaugural Annual Gitner Family College of Arts & Science Lecture, Boston University (college-wide talk)
2009 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship
2006-2008 Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education
BOOK
Harris, Joseph. 2017. Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. Review by Tara McKay in American Journal of Sociology Review by Christopher Gibson in Contemporary Sociology Review by Tine Hanrieder in Global Affairs Review by Carolyn Tuohy in Journal of Social Policy
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
Harris, Joseph, and Selway, Joel. 2020. “Exchange: Explaining the Passage of Universal Healthcare in Thailand.” Journal of East Asian Studies. 20(1): 99-119.
Harris, Joseph. 2019. “The Politics of Expanding Access to Healthcare to the Poor and Informal Sectors.” Sociological Forum. 34(4): 818-37.
Harris, Joseph and White, Alexandre. 2019. “Sociology of Global Health: A Literature Review.” Sociology of Development. 5(1): 9-30. Lead Article for Special Issue on the Sociology of Global Health
Harris, Joseph. 2017. “Professional Movements and the Expansion of Access to Healthcare in the Industrializing World.” Sociology of Development. Special Issue on Professions and Professionals in the Global South. 3(3): 252-72.
Reich, Michael; Harris, Joseph; Ikegami, Naoki; Maeda, Akiko; Cashin, Cheryl; Araujo, Edson; Takemi, Keizo; and Evans, Timothy. 2016. “Moving Towards Universal Health Coverage: Lessons from 11 Country Studies.” The Lancet. 387(10020): 811- 16.
Joseph Harris – Page 3 of 16 Gomez, Eduardo, and Harris, Joseph. 2015. “Political Repression, Civil Society, and the Politics of Responding to HIV/AIDS in the BRICS Nations.” Health Policy and Planning. 31: 56-66.
Harris, Joseph. 2015. “‘Developmental Capture’ of the State: Explaining Thailand’s Universal Coverage Policy.” Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law. Special Issue on the Politics of Health Policy Reform in Emerging Economies. 40(1): 165- 93.
Harris, Joseph. 2014. “Who Governs? Autonomous Political Networks as a Challenge to Power in Thailand.” Journal of Contemporary Asia. 45(1): 3-25. Best Graduate Student Paper Award, Association for Asian Studies 2012 Lead Article in Issue
Harris, Joseph. 2013. “Uneven Inclusion: Consequences of Universal Healthcare in Thailand.” Citizenship Studies. 17(1): 111-27.
Huang, Reyko, and Harris, Joseph. 2006. “The Nuts and Bolts of Post-Conflict Capacity Building: Practicable Lessons from East Timor.” Journal of Peacebuilding and Development. 2(3): 78-92.
INVITED ARTICLES
Noy, Shiri; Angotti, Nicole; and Harris, Joseph. 2020. “The Sociology of Development, Global Health, and COVID-19.” Footnotes. 48(2).
Harris, Joseph. 2020. “Anti-Science Nationalism and the Critical Role of STS.” SKATOLOGY. May.
Harris, Joseph. 2020. “The Novel Coronavirus and the Generation of New Sociological Knowledge.” Sectors. 7(1): 3-4.
Harris, Joseph. 2020. “Science and Democracy Reconsidered.” Engaging Science, Technology and Society. 6: 102-110.
ARTICLES IN PROGRESS
“International Health Research in the Official American Medical Sociology Journal and Meetings, 1985-2014” (with Rebecca Farber).
“The Social Sciences and Global Health: Past Engagement, Future Opportunities” (with Jon Shaffer).
“The Production of Model HIV Prevention Campaigns in Non-Democratic States” (with Jennifer Hsu).
“From Neoliberalism to Universalism: Explaining the Emergence of Universal Health Coverage as a Global Norm.”
Joseph Harris – Page 4 of 16 “Distinguishing between Bureaucratic Autonomy and Developmental Capture of the State.”
BOOK REVIEWS
Human Rights in Thailand, by Don Selby. International Journal of Comparative Sociology. Forthcoming.
Socio-economics of Personalized Medicine in Asia, by Shirley Sun. Contemporary Sociology. 2018. 47(2): 229-30.
Democratizing Health Care: Welfare State Building in Korea and Thailand, by Illan Nam. Governance. 2018. 31(1): 190-91.
Coalitions of the Wellbeing: How Electoral Rules and Ethnic Politics Shape Health Policy in Developing Countries, by Joel Selway. Journal of Contemporary Asia. 2017. 47(5): 853- 55.
Heart-Sick: The Politics of Risk, Inequality, and Heart Disease, by Janet Shim. Contemporary Sociology. 2015. 44(6): 845-47
REPORTS
Shaffer, Jonathan (Harris, Joseph and Barakatt, Cynthia, Ed.s.). 2018. Symposium on Global Health and the Social Sciences: Conference Report. Boston: Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future.
Maeda, Akiko; Araujo, Edson; Cashin, Cheryl; Harris, Joseph; Ikegami, Naoki. 2014. Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development. Washington: World Bank.
Princeton University Policy Workshop. 2004. Weak and Fragile States Working Group Report. Princeton University. December.
Harris, Joseph and Huang, Reyko. 2004. Best Practices and Lessons Learned in the Capacity Development Process. UNDP East Timor, May.
Joint UN-East Timor Task Force (Primary Committee Writer). 2003. UNDP Strategy for Strengthening the Public Service. UNDP East Timor, December.
BOOK CHAPTER
Contributor, Chapter on Research Methods, Introduction to Sociology (textbook). Ed. George Ritzer. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, 2013.
OP-EDS
“Viruses Don’t Care about Borders.” Contexts. Special Issue on the Global Impact of COVID- Joseph Harris – Page 5 of 16 19: Healthcare and Critical Infrastructure Section. March 30, 2020
“What the U.S. Could Learn from Thailand about Health Care Coverage.” US News & World Report. December 17, 2018. Originally published in The Conversation, December 14, 2018.
“How Do Resource-Constrained Countries Commit to Universal Healthcare?” Washington Post. Monkey Cage. December 1, 2018.
“In Perspective: The Health Care Reform.” Bangkok Post. January 5, 2010.
INVITED TALKS - EXTERNAL
2020 “Organizational Responses to Pandemics.” Special Invited Session on the COVID-19 Crisis. Co-Sponsored by the Section on Medical Sociology and Science, Knowledge and Technology Sections. American Sociological Association Meetings. San Francisco, CA. (expected)
“American Sociology and the AIDS Epidemic.” Special Invited Session on Power Inequality and Resistance through the Lens of the HIV Epidemic. American Sociological Association Meetings. San Francisco, CA. (expected)
“Social Implications of COVID-19.” Takemi Public Health Fellows Seminar, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. April 28.
“Becoming Brokers: Building Thailand’s Brand in Global Health.” Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, MI. February 21. 2019 “American Sociology and the Problems of Global Health.” Boston Area Medical Sociologists Group. Boston, MA. November 21. “Becoming Brokers: Building Thailand’s Brand in Global Health.” Interdisciplinary Workshop on Medical Associations, American Political Science Association, Washington, DC. August 28. “Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Reform at Home and Abroad.” Invited Panel on Activist Professionals: Leveraging Expertise to Create Change, Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY. August 10. “Disciplinary Sociology and the Study of Global Health.” Takemi Public Health Fellows Seminar, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. April 30. “Sociological Approaches to Access to Medicine.” Global Health: Bridging the Disciplinary Divides Workshop. University of Waterloo. Waterloo, Canada. March 25-26. “Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism.” Partners in Health, Boston, MA. February 7. 2018 “Comparative Healthcare Systems and the Global Movement towards Universal Health Coverage.” Department of Sociology and Global Health Colloquium, Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH. April 5. Joseph Harris – Page 6 of 16 “Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism.” Graduate Seminar in Political Economy, Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, MA. December 12. Joint Symposium on Global Health and Care, University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada. Jul 14. Department of Sociology and Global Health Colloquium, Dartmouth College. Hanover, NH. April 5. Takemi Public Health Fellows Seminar, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. May 1. “Studying the Political Economy of Healthcare.” Mae Fah Luang University. Chiang Rai, Thailand. February 23. “Thailand’s Contribution to Global Health: Preliminary Reflections.” Ministry of Public Health, Nonthaburi, Thailand. February 22. “Research How Policy Gets Made (and a Little Bit about How It Travels).” Nursing Doctoral Seminar, Chiang Mai University. Chiang Mai, Thailand. January 26. 2017 “Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism.” Colloquium on Global Health, Princeton University. Princeton, NJ. April 21. “How Thailand Reshaped Global Health: Understanding the Surprising Influence of a Nation on the Global Periphery.” Takemi Public Health Fellows Seminar, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA. March 7. 2016 “Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism.” Transnational Studies Initiative, Harvard University, Boston, MA. September 28. “Professional Movements and the Expansion of Access to Healthcare in Thailand and Brazil.” Professions and Professionals in the Developing World Symposium, Brown University. Providence, RI. April 8. 2015 “Emerging Lessons for Political Economy Based on Country Case Studies.” World Bank Workshop on Sharing Lessons and Insights Moving Towards Universal Coverage. Lead Presenter and Facilitator, Political Economy. Side Meetings, Prince Mahidol Awards Conference (Delegate). Bangkok, Thailand. January 27. “On Behalf of the People: Professional Movements, Politics, and the Struggle for Universal Healthcare in Thailand, Brazil, and South Africa.” Remaking Modernity Conference, Northwestern University. Evanston, IL. August 21. Graduate Seminar, Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, MA. April 29. Southeast Asia Research Group. University of Chicago. Chicago, IL. April 23. 2014 “Asia’s Evolving Sociopolitical Context: Opportunities for Strengthening Partnerships through Medical Cooperation.” Panelist. Asia and the United States: Relationship Patterns and Potentials Conference, Session on Socio-Political Context: Governance, Regional Cooperation, and Demographics. Houston, TX. October 10. “A New Developmental State? Thailand and the Movement towards Universal Coverage.” St. Antony's College, Oxford University. Oxford, UK. June 12. “Discussion with the Author.” Political Economy and Ethics of Health Reform Graduate Seminar, Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, MA. April 30. Joseph Harris – Page 7 of 16 “The Global South's New Developmental Tigers? The Surprising Movement towards Universal Health Coverage.” Department of Sociology, College of William and Mary. Williamsburg, VA. April 14. 2013 “Emerging Lessons in Political Economy.” World Bank Workshop on Universal Health Coverage for Inclusive and Sustainable Development. Lead Presenter and Facilitator, Political Economy. Washington, DC. “The Politics of Universal Coverage: The Critical Role of Doctors in the Ministry.” Sampran Forum. Ministry of Public Health. Bangkok, Thailand.
2009 “Building my Research Project: Question, Design, Framework.” (In Thai.) Non- Traditional Education Master’s Class (Guest Lecturer). Chiang Mai University. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
2007 “The State of AIDS in Chiang Mai.” (In Thai) Advanced Study of Thai Program. Chiang Mai University. Chiang Mai, Thailand.
INVITED TALKS - INTERNAL
2020 “Social Implications of COVID-19.” College of Arts and Sciences, Boston University. April 28. 2019 “Career Paths with a Social Science PhD: My Experience.” BEST Program, Boston University. August 23. “Research Experience and Challenges.” Panel Discussion and Research Showcase, Department of Sociology Visit Day, Boston University. March 22. 2018 “One Year Later: Implications of the Symposium on Global Health and Social Sciences.” Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University. November 5. “Achieving Access: Professional Movements and the Politics of Health Universalism.” Institute for Health System and Policy Innovation and Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University. September 25. “How Thailand Reshaped Global Health: Explaining Outsized Influence in the Global Periphery.” Panel on Transnationalism and Health in Asia, Center for the Study of Asia, Boston University. March 12. 2016 “American Medical Sociology and the Problems of Global Health.” Tertulia Junior Faculty Forum, Boston University. April 21. “The Global Movement towards Universal Health Coverage and the SDGs.” Global Civics/Pardee School of International Relations Event, Boston University. April 14. 2015 “On Behalf of the People: Professional Movements, Politics, and the Struggle for Universal Healthcare in Thailand, Brazil, and South Africa.” Center for Global Health and Development Scientific Meeting, Boston University School of Public Health. Society, Politics and Culture Workshop, Department of Sociology, Boston University. Tertulia Junior Faculty Forum, Boston University. Joseph Harris – Page 8 of 16 2014 “Critical Research and Education to Advance the Human Condition: Focus on Ebola.” Gitner Lecture, Pardee School for Global Studies, Boston University. “BICS+ Innovations in the Expansion of Healthcare Coverage." Conference on Higher Education and Innovation in Emerging Economies: From Local Development to Global Engagement. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, Boston University.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2019 “International Health Research, the HIV/AIDS Epidemic and American Medical Sociology.” ASA Preconference on Global Health Research since the Beginning of the AIDS Epidemic, American Sociological Association Meetings. New York, NY. August 9. “Becoming Brokers: Explaining Thailand’s Rise and Influence in Global Health.” Panel on Global South Approaches to Global Health Governance, International Studies Association Meeting. Toronto, Canada. March 28. Sociology of Development Conference. South Bend, IN. October 18. 2018 “How Thailand Reshaped Global Health: Explaining Outsized Influence in the Global Periphery.” Comparative Health Governance Panel, American Political Science Association Meeting. Boston, MA. August 31. “‘Positive’ Evidence, Message Accessibility and Institutional Prestige in Global Health Norm-Making.” Health Systems Global Pre-Conference on Power and Policy Processes. Liverpool. October 11. Sociology of International Organizations ASA Pre-Conference, American Sociological Association Meetings. Philadelphia. August 10. 2017 “Professional Movements and the Expansion of Access to Healthcare in the Industrializing World.” Welfare State Panel, American Sociological Association Meetings. Montreal, Canada. August 14. “How Thailand Reshaped Global Health: Understanding the Surprising Influence of a Nation on the Global Periphery.” Global Health Section Panel, International Studies Association Meeting. Baltimore, MD. February 25. 2016 “Policy Diffusion from the Global Periphery: Thailand’s Role in Destabilizing and Displacing Dominant Public Health Models.” Sociology of Development Conference, Cornell University. Ithaca, NY. October 7. “From Neoliberalism to Universalism: Explaining the Emergence of a Global Norm around Universal Coverage.” International Sociological Association Meetings. Vienna, Austria. July 11. “Professional Movements and the Expansion of Access to Healthcare in Thailand and Brazil.” American Political Science Association Meetings. Philadelphia, PA. September 3. Global Health Congress. London, UK. June 22. Joseph Harris – Page 9 of 16 2014 “Explaining ‘Developmental Capture’ of the State.” Session on Experts, “Randomistas,” and Bureaucratic Disorganizers Around the World, Social Science and History Association Meeting. Toronto, Canada. November 7. “The Expansion of Healthcare in Asia and Implications for the Developmental State.” Medical Knowledge/Health Policy, Association for Asian Studies Meeting. Philadelphia, PA. March 27. “From Neoliberalism to Universalism: Explaining the Global Shift towards Universal Health Coverage.” Session on Neoliberalism: Social Movements, Economic Transformations, Eastern Sociological Society Meeting. Baltimore. 2013 “From Neoliberalism to Universalism: Explaining the Emergence of a Global Norm around Universal Coverage.” Session on Making Things with Social Science, Social Science and History Association Annual Conference. “Understanding the Conditions for Developmental Capture of the State.” Session on Comparative Sociology, American Sociological Society Annual Meeting. New York. “From Neoliberalism to Universalism: The Role of Experts in the Expansion of the Developmental State.” Session on Asian Development Models: A New Paradigm for Development Practice? Association for Asian Studies Meeting. San Diego. 2012 “Conflict, Power, and Agency in Studies of Policy Diffusion” (with Shiri Noy). Session on Movement of Knowledge Across Border, American Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Denver. “Who Governs? Autonomous Political Networks as a Challenge to Power in Thailand.” Power and Politics in SE Asia, Association for Asian Studies Meeting. Toronto. 2011 “When Do Experts Matter? The Strategic Role of Experts in Social Policy Advocacy.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Las Vegas. “Making History Invisible: The Role of ‘Policy Accidents’ in Formalizing Ethnic Boundaries in Thailand.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Las Vegas. 2010 “Not Just Expertise: The Decisive Role of an Epistemic Community in the Movement towards Universal Health Care in Thailand.” Meeting of the Midwest/North Central Sociological Associations. Chicago. “The Role of Social Policy in the Consolidation of State Systems of Stratification.” Meeting of the Midwest/North Central Sociological Associations. Chicago. 2008 “Stratified Citizenship: State Classification Systems in Thailand.” Midwest Sociological Society Meeting. St. Louis Council on Thai Studies Meetings. Madison.
INTERNAL AWARDS
2019 Boston University Conference Travel Funds for Tenure-Track Faculty ($750)
2017 Boston University Department of Sociology Morris Fund ($1,800)
Joseph Harris – Page 10 of 16 Boston University Hub Course Development Stipend ($1,000)
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Deans’ Office ($1,500)
2016 Boston University Department of Sociology Morris Fund ($400)
Boston University Department of Sociology Morris Fund ($500)
Boston University College of Arts and Sciences Deans’ Office Deans’ International Travel Award ($2,000)
Boston University Department of Sociology Morris Fund ($1,000)
2015 Boston University Department of Sociology Morris Fund ($1,200)
2005 University of Wisconsin-Madison, University Fellowship (tuition/$12,500 stipend)
INTERNAL GRANTS
2020 Boston University Institute for Health Systems and Policy Innovation Summer Research Award (with Ben Kampler) ($4,800)
2019 Boston University Department of Sociology Morris Fund Faculty Collaborative Research Grant (with Selma Hedlund) ($2,000)
2015 Boston University Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future ($20,000)
2013 Boston University Department of Sociology Morris Fund Faculty Collaborative Research Grant (with Rebecca Farber) $2,500
2008 University of Wisconsin-Madison Scott Kloeck-Jenson Award (to support dissertation fieldwork) ($2,000)
University of Wisconsin-Madison Departmental Field Research Grant ($500)
EXTERNAL GRANTS
2017 Fulbright All Disciplines Research Fellowship (Thailand). Research grant providing stipend and one semester of research leave.
2009 Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Fellowship ($30,000)
2008 Foreign Language and Area Studies Award ($2,000)
2007 Foreign Language and Area Studies Award ($13,500)
2006 Foreign Language and Area Studies Award ($12,000)
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TEACHING AND MENTORSHIP
Semester-Length Courses: Advanced Research Practicum (Undergraduate) Principles of Sociology (Undergraduate) Sociology of Health and Healthcare (Undergraduate) Introduction to Globalization (Undergraduate) State-Building and Failure in the Developing World (Graduate/Undergraduate) Politics of Global Health (Graduate/Undergraduate) Practical Tools for Advancing Public Policy (Graduate) Leadership in Chicago (Graduate) The Sociological Enterprise (Undergraduate) Juvenile Justice Policy Workshop (Teaching Assistant)
Graduate Short Courses: Case Studies in Development: The Political Economy of Thailand Confronting the “Big Three”: HIV/AIDS, TB, and Malaria Influencing Public Opinion through Op-Ed Writing Policy Memo Writing
PhD Supervision (Ongoing) Caoyifu Zhou, expected 2024 Jonathan Shaffer, expected 2022
PhD Committees: Sara Lillo, Boston University, expected 2022 Esther Kamau, University of Massachusetts-Boston, expected 2021 Selma Hedlund, Boston University, expected 2021 Rebecca Farber, Boston University, 2019 Emily Bryant, Boston University, 2018 Alaz Kilicaslan, Boston University, 2018
CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
2012-2015 World Bank, Health, Nutrition and Population, Human Development Network
2004 Princeton University, Weak and Fragile States Working Group, Monrovia, Liberia
2003 UNDP, Human Resources Management Project, Dili, East Timor
2002 World Bank, Trust Fund Operations, Asia and the Pacific
2001 World Bank, Human Development Department, Latin America and Caribbean
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2002 Manager of Special Projects, Grameen Foundation USA, Washington, DC Joseph Harris – Page 12 of 16
2001 Editor and Researcher, TheGlobalist.com, Washington, DC
1999-2000 Henry Luce Scholar, Hill Area Development Foundation, Chiang Rai, Thailand
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association (Political Sociology, Comparative Historical Sociology, Medical Sociology, Development, Global/Transnational, Human Rights, Political Economy of the World System Sections)
American Political Science Association (Health Politics, Comparative Politics Sections)
Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare, and Social Policy (RC19)
International Studies Association
Social Science and History Association
Eastern Sociological Society
Sociologists’ AIDS Network
REVIEWER
British Journal of Sociology; Bulletin of the World Health Organization; Cambridge University Press; Citizenship Studies; Contemporary Sociology; Frontiers in Sociology; Global Public Health; Governance; Health Policy and Planning; Health Systems and Reform; International Journal of Comparative Sociology; Journal of Contemporary Asia; Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law; Journal of Health and Social Behavior; Journal of the International AIDS Society; National Science Foundation; Pacific Affairs; Palgrave MacMillan; Routledge; Social Forces; Social Problems; Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council; Social Science and Medicine; Sociology of Development; University of Wisconsin Press; Work and Occupations; World Development
EDITORIAL BOARDS
2020- Health System & Reform, Editorial Board
2017-19 Social Science and Medicine, Associate Editor, Health Policy
DISCIPLINARY AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2020 Organizer, Panel on the Social Dimensions of AIDS, American Sociological Association Meetings. San Francisco, CA.
Joseph Harris – Page 13 of 16 Presider, Health and Human Rights Roundtable, Section on the Sociology of Development, American Sociological Association Meetings. San Francisco, CA. (expected)
2019 Organizer, Global Health Research Showcase, Boston Area Medical Sociologists Group. Boston, MA.
Chair, Student Article Award Committee, Section on the Sociology of Development, American Sociological Association.
Organizer, Panel on Global Health, Sociology of Development Conference. University of Notre Dame. South Bend, IN.
Organizer, Presidential Panel on Science and Technology Studies in an Era of Anti- Science, Eastern Sociological Society Meetings. Boston, MA.
Co-Organizer, Mini-Conference on Global Health, Eastern Sociological Society Meetings. Boston, MA.
Co-Organizer, Pre-Conference on Global Health Research Since the Beginning of the AIDS Epidemic, American Sociological Association Meetings. Boston, MA.
2018 Member, Article Award Committee, Section on Political Sociology, American Sociological Association.
Member, Organizing Committee, Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, MA.
Panel Organizer, Transnational Processes Regular Session (2), American Sociological Association Meetings. Philadelphia, PA.
2017 Organizer, Symposium on Global Health and the Social Sciences. Boston, MA.
Panel Organizer, Sociology of Development Section Sponsored Panel, American Sociological Association Meetings.
Discussant, Sociology of Development Section Roundtable.
2016 Chair and Discussant, APSA Panel on the Politics of Public Health in the Developing World. American Political Science Association Meetings.
Advisory Board Member, Southeast Asia Research Group.
Ad Hoc Service, ASA Sociology of Development Initiative to Increase Sociology of Development Jobs. Boston, MA.
2014- Founder and Moderator, ASA Global Health Interest Group (270+ Members)
Founder, Boston Area Southeast Asia Network (25+ Members)
Joseph Harris – Page 14 of 16 UNIVERSITY SERVICE
2018-2020 Member, Fulbright U.S. Student Program Review Committee
2016-2017 Member, Accelerated Medical Program Admissions Committee
Member, Undergraduate Public Health Steering Committee
Member, Pardee Summer Fellows Selection Committee
Faculty Supervisor, Thai Students’ Association
2015-2016 Member, Accelerated Medical Program Admissions Committee
Faculty Supervisor, Thai Students’ Association
2014-2015 Member, Undergraduate Public Health Steering Committee
DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE
Boston University Department of Sociology:
2020-2021 Member, Senior Race Search Committee (pending approval)
2018-2021 Director of Undergraduate Studies
Chair, Committee on Undergraduate Program Learning Assessment
2019-2020 Member, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
2016-2017 Member, Medical Sociology Search Committee
Member, Graduate Program Committee
Member, Merit Committee
2015-2016 Member, Seminar Series Committee
Member, Undergraduate Program Committee
2014-2015 Member, Merit Committee
Member, Social Science Curriculum Committee
Member, Seminar Series Committee
2013-2014 Co-Organizer, Global Health and Social Policy Concentration
University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Sociology:
Joseph Harris – Page 15 of 16 2010-2011 Supervisor, Three Undergraduate Research Assistants
Member, Department Social Committee
2006-2008 Mentor, Graduate Program
OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICE
2016 Organizer, Forbes Street Community Listserv.
2012-2013 Director, Writing Program, School of Public Policy, University of Chicago.
2011-2012 Volunteer, City Farm, Cabrini-Green and Gold Coast. Chicago, IL.
2009 Volunteer English Teacher, Hospital English Language Program. Thailand.
2005-2006 Volunteer English Teacher, Hmong Reintegration Project. Madison, WI.
LANGUAGES
Thai (Fluent) and Spanish (Basic)
REFERENCES
Gay Seidman (Adviser) Martindale-Bascom Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison 8112B Sewell Social Science Bldg 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706-1393 Phone: (608) 263-3887 Email: [email protected]
Chad Goldberg Associate Professor of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison 8116B Sewell Social Science Bldg 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706-1393 Phone: (608) 262-2108 Email: [email protected]
Joseph Harris – Page 16 of 16 Christina Ewig Professor of Public Affairs University of Minnesota 130 Humphrey School 301 19th Avenue S Minneapolis, MN Phone: (612) 626-8910 E-mail: [email protected]
Sida Liu Assistant Professor of Sociology University of Toronto (on leave) Institute for Advanced Study 1 Einstein Drive Princeton, NJ 08540 Phone: (609) 734-8268 E-mail: [email protected]
Mara Loveman Associate Professor of Sociology University of California-Berkeley 466 Barrows Hall Berkeley, CA 94720 Phone: (510) 642-4766 E-mail: [email protected]
Ellen Cohen Executive Director Center for Health and Social Sciences University of Chicago 5841 S Maryland Ave MC1005 M200 Chicago, IL 60637 Phone: (773) 702-8600 E-mail: [email protected]