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Sociology Faculty:Stephen PhilionStephen PhilionAssociate Professor of Sociology Director, COSS Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota Email: sephilion@stcloudstate.edu Phone: 320-308-5497 Ph.D (University of Hawaii)
Stephen Philion completed his dissertation in 2004 at the University of Hawaii on "The Discourse of Workers Democracy as a Terrain of Ideological Struggle in the Moment of Transition from State Socialism in China." He has recently finished writing a book titled Workers' Democracy in China's Transition from Socialism, published in 2009 by Routledge. He also has participated in the founding of the SCSU College of Social Sciences Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota and was appointed director in fall 2009. He lived for a period of 5 years in Taiwan and almost 2 years in Mainland China researching the impact of privatization (and more broadly globalization) on workers across the Taiwan Straits. He has spent much time interviewing laid-off workers and labor movement organizers-supporters throughout Mainland China. Classes he teaches include Social Theory, Race and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Religion, Global and Racial Inequalities, and China and Globalization to undergraduate and graduate students. He recently published an article titled, "Is Race REALLY Controversial in the University Classroom?" in the June, 2009 edition of The Journal for Critical Educational Policies. He has also published academic articles on topics including: Chinese Workers' Protests against Privatization, Fieldwork Encounters with Chinese Workers, Against Smorgasbord Approaches to Teaching Race , [with Lindah Mhando], and Theorising Class and Social Movements Steve published an interview with Chinese economist Han Deqiang on the Social Costs of Neo-liberalism in China in Dollars and Sense Steve also has published two web interviews with Jerry Lembcke critiquing the role of conspiracy theory in today's anti-war movments and on the impact of the myth of spat-on Vietnam Veterans on the anti-war movement All his publications, teaching syllabi, and other information on Stephen Philion can be found at his webpage at http://stephenphilion.efoliomn2.com/
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