CRAIG UPRIGHT Department of Sociology (507) 457-5420 [office] Winona State University (612) 600-1282 [mobile] Minné Hall 228 Winona, Minnesota 55987 [email protected]
EDUCATION • Princeton University, Department of Sociology, ABD
M.A. May 2000, Sociology Dissertation Title: New-Wave Cooperatives & Organic Food: The Curious Endurance of an Organizational Form. Dissertation Committee: Paul DiMaggio (chair), Robert Wuthnow, Miguel Centeno.
(expected completion December, 2011) Comprehensive examinations: Organizations, Culture, and Politics • St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
B.A. May 1988, Mathematics, English Literature • University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1984 – 1986
HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS • Dissertation Support Grant, American Studies, Princeton University 2005 • Graduate Fellowship, Princeton University 1997 – 2001 • National Merit Scholarship 1984 • Regent’s Scholarship, full tuition, University of Nebraska 1984
TEACHING EXPERIENCE • Winona State University – Winona, Minnesota 08 / 2011 – Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology 05 / 2012
Sociology 150: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 334: Sociology of Education
• Grinnell College – Grinnell, Iowa 08 / 2009 – Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology 05 / 2011
Sociology 111: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 240: Contemporary Social Movements Sociology 291: Methods of Empirical Investigation Sociology 295: Food and Society Math 115: Introduction to Statistics
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE (continued) • Hamline University – St. Paul, Minnesota 08 / 2008 – Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology 05 / 2009
Sociology 1110: Introduction to Sociological Thinking Sociology 1120: Social Problems Sociology 3890: Sociology of Food
• Northland College – Ashland, Wisconsin 01 / 2008 – Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology 05 / 2008
Sociology 111: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 226: Contemporary Social Movements Sociology 250: Sociology of Food Sociology 338: Political Sociology
• University of St. Thomas – St. Paul, Minnesota 08 / 2005 – Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice 12 / 2007
Sociology 100: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 210: Research Methods Sociology 220: Social Statistics
• Princeton University – Princeton, New Jersey 01 / 1999 – Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology (Professor Paul Starr) 05 / 1999
Sociology 201: American Society and Politics
• Tutor, Dorothy Day Center – St. Paul, Minnesota 1988 – 1989 • Tutor, St. Olaf College – Northfield, Minnesota 1986 – 1988 • Mentor/Instructor, Lincoln Public Schools – Lincoln, Nebraska 1984 – 1986
TEACHING RECOGNITION • Recognition for Outstanding Service 05 / 2009 Division of Student Affairs, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN • Faculty and Staff Recognition Night 02 / 2009 Women’s Basketball, Hamline University, St. Paul, MN
PUBLICATIONS • “Consumer Co-operatives” in Dictionary Of Philanthropy, edited by Dwight Burlingame, New York: ABC-Clio Press, pp. 98-100. 2004.
• “Social Capital and Cultural Participation: Spousal Influences on Attendance at Arts Events” Poetics. 32 (2): 129-143. 2004.
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PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS • “New-Wave Cooperatives and the Organic Food Industry in the U.S.” 2009
International Roundtable Series, Hamline University • “The Rural-Urban Connection in Co-operative Food Movements” 2005
Department of Sociology Working Paper Series, University of Minnesota • “Cultural Capital and Arts Participation” 2001
Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies workshop, Princeton University • “Spousal Relationships and Arts Participation” 1999
Princeton-Rutgers Conference on the Sociology of Culture, Princeton University
GUEST LECTURES • “Organic Food and the Media” 2004
History 328: The Politics of Food in Latin America Professor Teresita Martinez, Macalester College • “The History of Organic Food in the Americas” 2001
History 328: The Politics of Food in Latin America Professor Teresita Martinez, Macalester College
• “Seasonal Menu Planning in Fine Dining Restaurants” 1995
Sociology 50: The Sociology and Anthropology of Food Professors Michal McCall, Jack Weatherford, Macalester College
RESEARCH ASSISTANCESHIPS / FIELD WORK • Research Associate, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies; 1998 – 2003 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
• Analyzed datasets measuring: 1997 – 2003 “Public Participation in the Arts” Professor Paul DiMaggio “Correlates of War” Professor Miguel Centeno “Corporate Family Benefits” Professor Frank Dobbin “Cross-National Corporatism” Professor Bruce Western
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PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS AND ACTIVITIES • American Sociological Association 1998 – present • Eastern Sociological Society 2005 – present • Midwest Sociological Society 2006 – present • Sociologists of Minnesota 2006 – present • Alpha Kappa Delta, international sociology honor society 2007 – present
• Anonymous Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology 2007
CONFERENCES ATTENDED • American Sociological Association 1998 – 2010 • Sociologists of Minnesota 2007 – 2009 • Organizations and Culture, Penn State University 1998 – 1999 • Princeton-Rutgers Conference on the Sociology of Culture, Princeton 1997 – 2000 University
TECHNICAL SKILLS • Perl, Visual Basic, Tcl programming languages • Html, LaTeX mark-up languages • S-Plus, SAS, Stata, and SPSS statistical software • Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, BBEdit software • Macintosh, Windows, and Unix operating systems • Proficient in Spanish
OTHER RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE • Purchasing Agent, W.A. Frost, Loring Café, New French Café 1991 – 1997 Minneapolis, Minnesota. • Co–owner, Motor Oil Industrial Coffees 1990 – 1994 Saint Paul, Minnesota. • Field Operations Supervisor, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1989 – 1990 Bureau of the Census, Saint Paul, Minnesota