February, 2012
CURRICULUM VITAE
BETH MINTZ
Department of SociologyOffice phone: (802)6562163
The University of VermontHome phone: (802)8647508
31 South Prospect Streetemail:
Burlington, Vermont 05405-0176
DISSERTATION
Who Controls the Corporation: A Study of Interlocking Directorates
EDUCATION
1978Ph.D., Sociology, StateUniversity of New York at Stony Brook
l974M.A., Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook
l970B.A., City College of New York
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EMPLOYMENT
1989-PresentProfessor of Sociology, University of Vermont
2007-2008Interim Director, Women and Gender Studies
2005-2006Interim Chair, Department of Anthropology, University of Vermont
1996- 2004Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Vermont
1987-1989Chair, Women's Studies, University of Vermont
19771989Assistant to Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Vermont
1975-1977Instructor, Department of Sociology, SUNY at Stony Brook
AFFILIATIONS:
1980-1984American representative to the European Consortium for Political Research Investigation of Intercorporate Structure.Essex, England.
CURRICULUM VITAEBeth Mintz
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l980l98lResearch Consultant, United States Department of Health and Human Services, National Center forHealthServicesResearch (NCHRS), Hyattsville, Maryland. United Mine Workers study.
l974l977Research Associate,ProjectDirector, "Mathematical Analysis of Corporate Networks," funded by the National Science Foundation.
AWARDS, GRANTS, HONORS
2004-2005University of Vermont, GraduateCollege, University Scholar.
2005Who’s Who in America
2005Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers
2004Who’s Who in Social Science Higher Education
2003University of Vermont, Women's Center, Faculty Woman of the Year Award.
2003University of Vermont, L/G,/B/T/Q/A Services, Diversity & Equity Unit, Faculty Award.
1994Distinguished Scholarship Award, Marxist Sociology Section of the American Sociology Association, Patrick McGuire and Donald McQuarie, (eds.) From the Left Bank to the Mainstream: Historical Debates and Contemporary Research in Marxist Sociology. Contributing author (with Charley MacMartin), “The Study of the Health Care System.”
VariousUniversity of Vermont Faculty Research Grant
1989Finalist, American Sociological Association Most Distinguished Publication Award for The Power Structure of American Society.
1988Nominated, C. Wright Mills Award, Society for the Study of Social Problems for the Power Structure of American Business.
19841985Visiting Scholar, Department of Sociology, HarvardUniversity.
19841985Research Fellow, Center for Policy Alternatives, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
1984Gemutlich Colloquium, The Power Structure of American Business, SUNY at Stony Brook.
1970Sigma Xi.
AREAS OF TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Women and Gender in SocietyPoverty and Social Welfare
Medical SociologyPolitical Sociology
Social StratificationWork and Occupations
Social Problems Economic Sociology
Introduction to SociologyWomen and Work
PUBLISHED WORKS
BOOKS AND EDITED VOLUMES:
Critical Sociology 25 #2-3, edited by Rhonda Levine and Beth Mintz. 1999.
Lesbians in Academia: Degrees of Freedom, edited by Beth Mintz and Esther Rothblum, Routledge Press. 1998.
Syllabi and Instructional Materials for courses in Political Sociology, 3rd edition, edited by Beth Mintz, ASA Teaching Resource Center, 1996.
Corporate Control, Capital Formation, and Organizational Networks, edited by Takuyoshi Takada, Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz, Chuo University Press, 1996.
The Power Structure of American Business, by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz, University of Chicago Press, 1985.(Japanese edition: 1994.)
ARTICLES:
"College as an Investment: The Role of Graduation Rates in Changing Occupational Inequality by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender," by Dan Krymkowski and Beth Mintz. Race and Social Problems
“The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Occupational Segregation: Changes Over Time in the Contemporary United States,” by Beth Mintz and Daniel Krymkowsi. International Journal of Sociology
“The Ethnic, Race, and Gender Gaps in Workplace Authority: Changes over Time in the United States” by Beth Mintz and Daniel Krymkowski. The Sociological Quarterly 51: 20-45. 2010.
“The More Things Change…” by Beth Mintz and Esther Rothblum. Feminism and Psychology 19: 221-223, 2009.
“One-in-Ten: The Struggle for Domestic Partner Benefits at the University of Vermont” by Beth Mintz and Glen Elder in Social Justice for All: Creating a More Inclusive Space for the Queer Community, edited by Richard Johnson III, Birkdale Publishers, 2009.
"What Types of Occupations are Women Entering? Determinants of Changes in Female Representation: 1970-2000" by Dan Krymkowski and Beth Mintz. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility26:1-14, 2008.
"Elites and Politics: The Corporate Elite and the Capitalist in the United States," by Beth Mintz , Research in Political Sociology 11:53-77, 2002.
"Business and Health Care Policy Reform in the 1980s: The 50 States," by Beth Mintz and Donald Palmer, Social Problems 47:327-359, 2000.
"Capital Formation and The United States Health Care System: The Relationship Between the Public and the Private Sector," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz, Research in the Sociology of Health Care 18:229-248, 2000.
"The Failure of Health Care Reform: The Role of Big Business in Policy Formation,"by Beth Mintz
in The Clinton Presidency: The First Term, edited by Clarence Lo and Michael Schwartz, Basil Blackwell, 1998.
"The Relationship Between Public and Private Capital Formation: Lessons from the Development of the U.S. Health Care System," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz in Corporate Control, Capital Formation, and Organizational Networks, edited by Takuyoshi Takada, Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz, Chuo University Press, 1996.
"Bringing 'Other Things' Back In," by Beth Mintz in States and Society (Newsletter of the American Sociological Association's Section on Political Sociology), 12 #2:7-8, 1995.
"From Stonewall to Newsweek: Lesbian Baby Boomers at Midlife," by E. Rothblum, B. Mintz, B. Cowan and C. Haller in K. Jay (ed.) Lesbian Passages, New York: Basic Books, 1995.
"Business Participation in Health Care Policy Reform: Factors Contributing to Collective Action Within the Business Community," by Beth Mintz in Social Problems 42:408-428, 1995.
"The Study of the Health Care System," by Beth Mintz and Charles MacMartin in P.McGuire and D. McQuarie (eds.), From the Left Bank to the Main Stream, General Hall, 1994.
"The Role of Capitalist Class Relations in the Restructuring of Medicine," by Beth Mintz in Fantasia, Levine, and McNall (eds.), Bringing Class Back In, Westview Press, 1991.
"The United States Capitalist Class," by Beth Mintz in Robert Brym and Tom Bottomore (eds.), The Capitalist Class: An International Study, Harvester Wheatshef, 1989.
"Class vs. Organizational Components of Director Networks," by Gene Johnsen and Beth Mintz in Perrucci and Potter (eds.), Networks of Power: Organizational Actors at the National, Corporate and Community Levels, Aldine, 1989.
"Theories of Corporate Interlocks: A Social History," by Donna DiDinato, Davita Glasberg, Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz. Research in the Sociology of Organizations 6: 135-158, 1988.
"The Structure of Class Cohesion: The Corporate Network and Its Dual," by James Bearden and Beth Mintz in Mizruchi and Schwartz (eds.), Structural Analysis of Business,CambridgeUniversity Press, 1987.
"Sources of Intercorporate Cohesion," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz in Schwartz (ed.), The Corporate Elite as a Ruling Class, Holmes & Meier, 1987.
"Power and Cohesion Among Major American Corporations," byBeth MintzandMichael Schwartz, in Schwartz, (ed.), The Corporate Elite as a Ruling Class, Holmes & Meier, 1987.
"Capital Flows and the Process of Financial Hegemony," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz, Theory and Society 15:77-101, 1986.
(Reprinted in DiMaggio and Zukin (eds.) Structures of Capital, CambridgeUniversity Press. 1990.)
"Techniques for Disaggregating Centrality Scores in Social Networks," by Mark Mizruchi, Peter Mariolis, Michael Schwartz and Beth Mintz, Sociological Methodology16:26-48, 1986.
"Regionalityand IntegrationintheUnited States Interlock Network" by James Bearden and Beth Mintz in Stokman, Ziegler and Scott (eds.) Networks of Corporate Power, Polity Press, 1985.
(Japanese edition: 1994.)
"Financial Interest Groups and Interlocking Directorates"byBeth Mintzand Michael Schwartz Social Science History 7:183204, 1983.
(Reprinted in Scott, J., The Sociology of Elites, Vol. III. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 1990.)
"Interlocking Directorates and Interest Group Formation," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz, American Sociological Review 46:851869, 1981.
"TheStructureofIntercorporateUnityin American Business," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz, Social Problems 29:87103, 1981.
(Reprinted in Scott, J. The Sociology of Elites, Vol. III. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1990.)
(Reprinted in Olsen and Marger, Power in Modern Societies, Westfield Press, 1993.)
"Problems of Proof in Elite Research," by Beth Mintz, Peter Freitag, Carol Hendricks, and Michael Schwartz, Social Problems 23:314324, 1976.
"The President's Cabinet, l897l972: A Contribution to the Power Structure Debate," by Beth Mintz, The Insurgent Sociologist 4, 3:131148, Spring, l975.
(Reprinted in Scott, J. The Sociology of Elites, Vol. I, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., 1990.)
BOOK REVIEWS:
Freeland, Robert, The Struggle for Control of the Modern Corporation: Organizational Change at General Motors, 1924-1970. Contemporary Sociology 36:151-152. 2007.
Lembke, Jerry, CNN’s Tailwind Tale. Review Symposium. Critical Sociology 30: 139-141. 2004.
Camp, ai, Roderic, Mexico’s Mandarins. American Journal of Sociology 108:1391-1392. 2003.
Dreiling, Michael, Solidarity and Contention. Contemporary Sociology 31: 206-207, 2002.
Glied, Sherry, Chronic Condition: Why Health Reform Fails. Contemporary Sociology 27:652-653, 1998.
Leyerle, Betty, Private Regulation of American Health Care. Contemporary Sociology 24:405-406, 1995.
Useem, Michael, Executive Defense: Shareholder Power and Corporate Reorganization. Social Forces 73:1148-49, 1995.
Marceau, Jane, A Family Business? The Making of an International Business Elite. Administrative Science Quarterly, 1991.
Zeitlin, Maurice and Richard Ratcliff, Landlords and Capitalists: The Dominant Class of Chile. American Journal of Sociology 95:479-481, 1989.
Hollingsworth, J. Rogers, A Political Economy of Medicine: Great Britain and the United States. Journal of Public Health Issues. Winter, 1988.
Pijl, Kees van der, The Making of an Atlantic Ruling Class. Contemporary Sociology 15:290-291, 1986.
Franklin, Raymond, American Capitalism: Two Visions. Contemporary Sociology 9:683, 1980.
GOVERNMENT REPORTS:
"TheStructure of the Coal Industry,"byBeth Mintz, December, 1980, Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
"Phase I of the Coal Company Implementation Study," by Jackie Wallen and Beth Mintz, January, 1980, Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
PAPERS DELIVERED:
“What Does a College Degree Buy? The Role of Graduation Rates in Occupational Desegregation,”by Dan Krymkowski and Beth Mintz, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. August. 2009. San Francisco.
“The Intersection of Race/Ethnicity and Gender in Occupational Concentration: Changes Over Time in the Contemporary United States,” by Dan Krymkowski and Beth Mintz, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, MA., August, 2008.
“The Role of Education in Racial, Ethnic and Gender Differences in Occupational Attainment: Trends in the Contemporary United States”by Dan Krymkowski and Beth Mintz, Meeting of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility of the International Sociological Association, Stanford, CA., August 2008.
"Determinants of Change in the Extent of Racial, Ethnic, and Gender Representation in Detailed Occupations in the United States, 1980-2000" by Dan Krymkowski and Beth Mintz, Meeting of the Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility of the International Sociological Association, Montreal, August 2007.
"What Types of Occupations are Becoming Less Ethnic, Race, and Sex Segregated? Determinants of the Rate of Occupational Sex and Race Integration: 1980-2000,"by Dan Krymkowski and Beth Mintz, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2005.
"The Gender and Race Gaps in Job Authority: Trends in the United States," by Daniel Krymkowski and Beth Mintz. Meeting of the Research Committee on Social Stratification of the International Sociological Association in Oslo, Norway, May 2005.
"What Types of Occupations are Becoming Less Sex-Segregated? Determinants of the Rate of Occupational Integration: 1970-2000,"by Daniel Krymkowski and Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA August, 2004.
Presenter, Critic Meets Author Panel. Jerry Lembke, CNN’s Tailwind Tale. Annual Meeting of the Humanist Sociologist Association. Burlington, VT. October, 2003.
"Women’s Labor Force Participation in the United States: Why So Few Scientists?" by Beth Mintz. Pensar AmericaLatina: Proyectrar AmericaLatina, Havana, Cuba, June 2002.
"Capital Formation among Health Care Corporations: The Case of the 1980s," by Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August, 2001.
"Corporate Indebtedness in the Health Care Sector," by Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, WashingtonD.C., August, 2000.
"Capital Formation and The United States Health Care System: The Relationship Between the Public and the Private Sector," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 1999.
"Health Reform Among the Fifty U.S. States," by Beth Mintz and Donald Palmer. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1998.
"Business Participation in Health Care Policy Reform: The Fifty States," by Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.
"Business Participation in Health Care Policy Reform," by Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociology Association, Los Angeles, CA, August, 1994.
"Collective Action Within the Business Community: The Character of Corporate Participation in the Washington Business Group on Health," by Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Miami, FL, August, 1993.
"Business Participation in Health Care Policy Reform: An Empirical Assessment of the Conditions under which Business Organizes," by Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA, August, 1992.
"Theoretical Considerations in the Development of Health Care," by Beth Mintz and Charley MacMartin. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH, August, 1991.
"Business Cohesion and Health Care Policy Formation," by Beth Mintz. International Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Tampa, FL, February, 1991.
"The Changing Structure of the Medical Industry: The Consequences of Business Exposure in the Health Care Field," by Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1990.
"The Restructuring of the Medical Industry: The Role of Unified Class Action," by Beth Mintz and Peter Freitag. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1989.
"Bringing the Capitalist Class Back In," by Beth Mintz. Bringing Class Back In: A Working Conference, Lawrence, KS, April, 1989.
"Research on the Structure of the Capitalist Class: Current Trends and Future Directions," by Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August, 1988.
"Director Networks: The Contribution of Organizational and Social Relationships to the Formation of Shared Boardships," by Beth Mintz. Conference on Interlocking Directorates, NagsHeadConferenceCenter, September, 1987.
"Interlocking Directorates: A Social History," by Donna DiDonato, Davita Glasberg, Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Association, Boston, MA, May, 1987.
"Organizational vs Class Components of Interlocking Directorate Networks," by Beth Mintz, Conference on Interorganizational Relations and the Study of Power, Purdue University, IN, October,
1986.
"Class and Organization in Director Recruitment," by Gene Johnsen and Beth Mintz. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August, 1986.
"Capital Flows and the Process of Financial Hegemony," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1985.
"Components of Centrality: A Dynamic Analysis," by Mark Mizruchi, Peter Mariolis, Michael Schwartz and Beth Mintz. Annual Sunbelt Social Network Conference, Palm Beach, FL, February, 1985.
"Inner Group Membership and the Cohesion of the Network," by James Bearden and Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Detroit, MI, August, 1983.
"The United States Corporate Structure," by James Bearden and Beth Mintz. European Consortium for PoliticalResearch,BadHomburg,Germany, October, 1982.
"CapitalFlowsandtheCreationofSocial Policy," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz.International Sociological Association, Mexico City, August, 1982.
"Corporate Interlocks and Corporate Power," by James Bearden and Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, April, 1982.
"Regionalism in the Interlock Network," by James Bearden and Beth Mintz. European Consortium for PoliticalResearch,Aarhus,Sweden,MarchApril, 1982
"The United States Interlock Network: l976," by James Bearden and Beth Mintz. European Consortium for Political Research, Bad Homburg, Germany, October, 1981.
"Centrality Analysis: A Methodology for Social Networks," by Peter Mariolis, Michael Schwartz and Beth Mintz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, MA,
September, l979.
"The Role of Financial Institutions in Interlock Networks," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz. Annual Meeting of the European Consortium for Political Research, Grenoble, France, April, l978.
"The Structure of Power in American Business," by Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz. Annual Meeting of American Political Science Association.Washington, D.C., September, l977.
"The Nature and Extent of Bank Centrality in Corporate Networks," by James Bearden, William Atwood, Peter Freitag, Carol Hendricks, Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, l975.
"Problems of Proof in Elite Research," by Michael Schwartz, Peter Freitag, and Beth Mintz, Conference on the Study of Elites, MathScience Board of the National Science Foundation, Cambridge, MA, October, l974.
SESSIONS ORGANIZED AND CHAIRED:
Organizer and Presider,Regular Sessions. Political Sociology. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August, 2010.
Organizer and Presider (with Esther Rothblum), “Lesbians in Academia: Integration Into the Academic Community?” Annual meeting of the National Women'’ Studies Association, Oswego, NY, June, 1998.
Organizer and Presider, "Authors Meet Critics: David Croteau's Politics and the Great Divide and William Form's Segmented Labor, Fractured Politics." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August, 1996.
Presider, "The Clinton Presidency and Policy Making: The Economy, Military Spending, and Technology." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.
Organizer, Section of Political Sociology, Refereed Roundtables. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.
Presider, "The Power Structure of American Business." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Detroit, MI, August, 1983.
Presider, "Networks in Power Structure Research." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1978.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Sociological Association
Eastern Sociological Society
The International Network for Social Network Analysis
International Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Alpha Kappa Delta
COMMITTEES/OFFICES:
Vice President: Eastern Sociological Society, 2012.
Vice President Elect: Eastern Sociological Society, 2011.
Chair, Robin Williams Jr. Lectureship Selection Committee. Eastern Sociological Association. 2011