Faculty
Stephen Philion
Director, Faculty Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota
Stephen Philion teaches Sociological Theory (SOC 685), Race and Ethnic Relations, Global and Racial Inequality (SOC 498), and China and Globalization (SOC 462), Sociology of Work (SOC 455/555) and Sociology of Religion (SOC 462) to undergraduate and graduate students.
In 2009, finished his book Workers Democracy and China's Transition from State Socialism, published by Routledge/Talyor and Francis. He recently edited a Special volume on the Chinese Worker's Movement and the Global Financial Crisis for the journal China Left Review.
He has recently published articles on topics including
- Taiwanese Social Movements and Democratization,
- The Social Construction of Race as a "Controversial" Issue in US University Classrooms,
- Chinese Workers' Protests against Privatization, Fieldwork Encounters with Chinese Workers,
- Theorizing Class and Social Movements, and Criticisms of Smorgasbord Approaches to Teaching Race.
He also is the director of the Faculty Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota, which sponsors the Annual Global Goes Local Conference in April.
On December 8th, SCSU President Earl Potter III and Dr. Stephen Philion (SOC), Director of the SCSU Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota were interviewed by WJON's Bob Hughes on the upcoming April 9-11th Global Goes Local Conference. Dr. Philion has been invited back to discuss the social conditions of immigrant workers and the Research Group in January, 2012.
All his publications, teaching syllabi, and other information on Stephen Philion can be found at his webpage at http://stephenphilion.efoliomn.com/home
