Stephen Philion
Associate 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 has recently published a book titled Workers' Democracy in China's Transition from Socialism, (Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2009). 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.The Research Group sponsored a recent talk by Nelly Ortiz on the topic, "Why We Leave: A Firsthand Account of Migration to the US".
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.v2efoliomn.mnscu.edu/Home