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Nina Susan EliasophAssociate Professor of SociologyContact Information E-mail: eliasoph@email.usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3533 Office: KAP 352 Office Hours: Tuesdays : 11:15-1 or by appointment LINKS Curriculum Vitae Personal Website |
Education |
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 Ph.D. , University of California, Berkeley, 1/1993
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B.A. Political Science, Yale University, 1/1982
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Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History |
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Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 01/01/1994-01/01/2004
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Description of Research |
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Summary Statement of Research Interests |
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| Nina Eliasoph's areas of specialization include: Volunteers, non-governmental organizations/nonprofit sector; U.S. politics and political culture, ethnography, language and interaction, political theory. | |
Funded Research |
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Contracts and Grants Awarded |
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The Dynamics of Civic Relationships: A Proposal to Apply Methodological Innovation to the Study of H (National Science Foundation), Christopher Weare, Paul Lichterman, Nicole Esparza, Nina Eliasoph, $104,977, 2010-2011
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"Paid Civic Engagement: Young Interns in the Age of the Nonprofit" (Spencer Foundation), Nina Eliasoph and Paul Lichterman, $39,525, 2010-2011
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Démocratie participative. Aspects historiques et contemporains (Maison européenne des sciences de l’homme et de la), Marion Carrel and Paula Cossart, $3,000, 2009-2010
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The Dynamic of Civic Engagement (National Science Foundation), Chris Weare, Paul Lichterman, Nina Eliasoph, $125,000, 09/01/2007-08/31/2010
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"Connecting Affordable Housing and Green Neighborhoods in Los Angeles: how organizations link issues (John Randolph and Dora Haynes Foundation Faculty F), Nina Eliasoph, $10,000, 2009-2010
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Building a Meaningful Interdisciplinary Agenda for Civic Engagement Research (USC, Center for Religion and Civic Culture), Nina Eliasoph, Chris Weare, Juliet Musso, Ann Crigler, $35,000, 10/01/2005-07/01/2007
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Conferences and Other Presentations |
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Conference Presentations |
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"Local Organization, Global Comparison: Top Down Efforts at Promoting Participatory Democracy", Social Science HIstory ASsociation, Lecture/Seminar, Abstract, Long Beach, CA, Social Science History Association, Invited, 11/11/2009-
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"Modeling Culture: from ethnography to organizational forms", Sociology of Culture section mini-conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, NY, American Sociological Association, Invited, 08/16/2007-
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"Publicizing Intimacy and Measuring Volunteer Work: crisscrossed moral horizons in a US youth civic engagement project", Colloque International Politiques du Care, Talk/Oral Presentation, Paris, Ecole des hautes etudes en sciences sociales/CNRSE, Invited, 06/20/2007-
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"Empowerment Talk in Action: the case of youth volunteer projects", Democratizing Inequalities Conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, NY, New York University, Institute for Public Knowledg, Invited,
Fall
2011
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"2010. "Empowerment Talk in Action: the case of youth volunteer projects." ", Democratizing Inequalities Conference, Talk/Oral Presentation, New York, New York University, Institute for Public Knowledg, Invited, 2010-2011
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"2010: "Drawing on Inspiration, Promoting Civic Equality, Protecting the Needy, and Creating Intimate Attachments: how some participatory democracy projects try to do it all at once." ", Spaces of Democracy Workshop, , Talk/Oral Presentation, Helsinki, Finland, University of Helsinki, Department of Sociology, Invited, 2010-2011
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"Inspiration, Promoting Civic Equality, Protecting the Needy, and Creating Intimate Attachments: how some participatory democracy projects try to do it all at once", Spaces of Democracy Workshop, Talk/Oral Presentation, Helsinki, Finland, University of Helsinki Department of Sociology, Invited,
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2011
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"Inside Hybrid Organizations: an ethnographic investigation", Academy of Management annual conference, Lecture/Seminar, Refereed Abstract, Anaheim, CA, Academy of Management, 2008-2009
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"Modes of Beckoning: Toward a shared future in interaction", International Sociological Association, Talk/Oral Presentation, Refereed Barcelona, Internation Sociological Association, 2008-2009
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"Empowerment Talk: how good ideas can turn inside out", Lecture/Seminar, Universite de Lyon, Lyon, France, Invited, 05/21/2009
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Publications |
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Book |
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Eliasoph, N. Grassroots Politics and Volunteers in Global Perspective. Cambridge: Polity Press.
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Eliasoph, N.
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Making Volunteers: Civic Life After Welfare's End. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
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Eliasoph, N. S. Ethnographies of Civil Society Around the World.
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Eliasoph, N. S.
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Avoiding Politics: How Americans Produce Apathy in Everyday Life. Cambridge University Press, 1998.
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Book Chapter |
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Eliasoph, N., Lichterman, P.
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Making Things Political. NY: Routledge Press.
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Eliasoph, N.
(2011).
Civil Society and Civility. Oxford Handbook on Civil Society pp. 220-231. NY: Oxford University Press.
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Eliasoph, N., Lo, J.
(2011).
Broadening Cultural Sociology’s Scope: meaning-making in mundane organizational life, in Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology. The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology NY: Oxford University Press.
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Eliasoph, N., Luhtakallio, E.
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Ethnography of Politics and Political Communication: Studies in Sociology and Political Science, in Oxford Handbook on Political Communication. NY: Oxford University Press.
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Eliasoph, N.
(2009).
Rendre publique l’intimité et mesurer le ‘travail de volontariat:’ L’enchevêtrement d’horizons moraux dans un programme d’engagement civique pour la jeunesse aux Etats-Unis, in "Qu’est-ce que le care? Souci de soi, sensibilité, responsabilité. Paris: L'Harmattan.
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Eliasoph, N. S.
(2007).
Lo sforzo nella creazione di Comunità, Natura, Intimità: Astrazioni sul Sapere Locale.". FrancoAngeli: In Nome di Chi? Partecipazione e rappresentanza nelle mobilitazioni locali (In Whose Name? Participation and Representation in Local Collective Action), Tommaso Vitale, editor.
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Eliasoph, N. S.
(2007).
"Beyond the Politics of Denunciation: cultural sociology as the ‘sociology for the meantime.’" in Cultural Sociology and the Democratic Imperative, Jeffrey Alexander and Isaac Reed, editors. Cultural Sociology and the Democratic Imperative, Paradigm Press.
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Journal Article |
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Eliasoph, N.
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The Evaporation of Politics in the Public Sphere. Kettering Review. pp. 37-48.
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Eliasoph, N.
(2009).
Top-Down Civic Projects Are Not Grassroots Associations: how the differences matter in everyday life. Voluntas: the international journal of voluntary and nonprofit organizations.
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Eliasoph, N., Lo, J.
(2008).
Inside Hybrid Organizations: an ethnographic investigation. Academy of Management Journal.
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Eliasoph, N. S.
(2003).
"Culture in Interaction." (Co-authored with Paul Lichterman). American Journal of Sociology. American Journal of Sociology.
Vol. 18, pp. 4735-4794.
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Other |
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Eliasoph, N.
(2011).
"Preface" to book by Marion Carrel, Faire participer les habitants? Les quartiers d’habitat social entre injonction participative et empowerment.
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Advisement |
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Office Hours |
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Tuesdays : 11:15-1 or by appointment, in the Ronald Tutor Hall cafe |
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Other Advisement or Time Devoted to Students |
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started interdisciplinary reading group on time and narrative in everyday practice in organizations, 2007-
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New Courses Developed |
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La démocratie participative, Université de Lyon, short course, 05/10/2009-05/26/2009
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Teaching Innovations and Multimedia Teaching |
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visiting workshops on ethnographic methods, 05/01/2004-
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Honors and Awards |
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National Science Foundation Grant , 9/1/2007-8/31/2008
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Service to the University |
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Committees |
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International Scientific Committee (editorial board), "Participations. Revue de Sciences Sociales sur la Démocratie et la Citoyenneté.", 2011-
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Media, Alumni, and Community Relations |
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media interviews in NY Times, KNBC-TV, National Public Radio, Christian Science Monitor, Arbetaren (Swedish newspaper), and elsewhere on participatory democracy in the Occupy Wall Street movement,
Fall
2011
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