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Sociology Faculty:Stephen PhilionStephen PhilionAssociate Professor Director, Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota Email: sephilion@stcloudstate.edu Dr. Philion's CV Dr. Philion won the Thomas Erlich Civically Engaged Faculty Award, a national award presented by the US Campus Compact. Dr. Philion was nominated for this award by SCSU President Earl Potter lll. Dr.Philion will present on an award winners' panel at the prestigious Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC & U) annual meeting in Atlanta, GA in January, 2013. He published a book titled Workers' Democracy in China's Transition from Socialism, (Routledge: Taylor and Francis, 2009--Recent review of the book can be found here). He has chaired 2 Theses that have won SCSU Distinguished Thesis Awards, written by his advisees Angela Brown (2012) and Carmelle Case Adams (2008). He also has participated in the founding of the SCSU Research Group on Immigrant Workers in Minnesota and was appointed director in fall 2009. WJON radio conducted an interview with Dr. Philion and SCSU President Earl H. Potter III The Research Group sponsored a Dec. 2009 talk by Nelly Ortiz on the topic, "Why We Leave: A Firsthand Account of Migration to the US". . The Research Group also has sponsored an annual St. Cloud State signature event called Global Goes Local Conference: The Social Conditions of Immigrant Workers and Families in Minnesota He lived for a period of 5 years in Taiwan and almost 2 years in Mainland China. In China, he researched 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 and supporters throughout Mainland China. Recently, he served as Co-editor of Summer 2011 Special Volume of China Left Review on "Historical Legacies, Global Financial Crisis, Classes that he teaches at the undergraduate and graduate levels include Social Theory, Race and Ethnic Relations, Sociology of Religion, Global and Racial Inequalities, and China and Globalization. His most recent publication "The Impact of Social Movements on Taiwan's Democracy," an invited discussant article in the March 2010 volume of the Journal of Current Chinese Affairs He 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: Theorizing Class and Social Movements Chinese Workers' Protests against Privatization, Fieldwork Encounters with Chinese Workers, and Against Smorgasbord Approaches to Teaching Race , [with Lindah Mhando] 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.efoliomn.com/home
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