VITA
October 2008
Timothy J. Kubal
CURRENT ADDRESS
Department of Sociology, California State University, Fresno, CA 93740
559-278-5145
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Sociology. December, 2001. Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale.
M.A. Sociology. 1996. Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale.
B.A. Sociology. 1994. Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH POSITIONS
August 2008 – Present
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, California State University, Fresno
August 2002 – August 2008
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, California State University, Fresno
August 2000 -- May 2002
Visiting Lecturer, Department of Sociology, Affiliated Faculty, Native American Studies,
University of Nebraska, Lincoln
August 1993 -- July 2000
Instructor and Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Southern Illinois University
January 1999 - August 1999
Interviewer, “Youth and Religion Project.” Principal Investigator: Rhys H. Williams
May 1998 - September 1998
Ethnographer, Children and Family Research CenterDirector: Doug Thomson
June 1996 - January 1997
Editorial Assistant, Social Problems Editor: Joel Best
PUBLICATIONS
Kubal, Timothy. 2008.Cultural Movements andCollective Memory: Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin MythPalgrave Macmillan.
Kubal, Timothy. 2008. “Religious Holidays as a Social Problem.” Encyclopedia of Social Problems Pine Forge Press.
Kubal, Timothy. 2007. “Review: Native Vote: American Indians, the Voting Rights Act, and the Right to Vote.” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 31,4.
Kubal, Timothy. 2007. “Review: White Slave Crusades: Race, Gender, and Anti-vice Activism, 1887-1917.” by Brian Donovan. Journal of Social HistoryJune.
Kubal, Timothy. 2006. “Review: We are What We Celebrate: Understanding Holidays and Rituals.” Edited by Amatai Etzioni and Jared Bloom.” Contemporary Sociology35,1: 46-47
Kubal, Timothy. 2004. “Review: States of Memory: Continuities, Conflicts, and Transformations in National Retrospection.” Edited by Jeffrey K. Olick.Contemporary Sociology 4, 1: 450-451.
Kubal, Timothy, Rosalie Torres Stone, Deanna Meyler, and Teelyn Mauney. 2003. “Teaching Diversity and Learning Outcomes.” Teaching Sociology 31,4: 441-455
Kubal, Timothy J. 2000. “American Identity and Origins:Columbus in 19th and 20th Century Education.” Religion and Education27,2:63-78.
Williams, Rhys H. and Timothy J. Kubal. 1999. “Movement Frames and the Cultural Environment: Resonance, Failure, and the Boundaries of the Legitimate.” Research in Social Movements Conflict and Change 21:225-248.
Kubal, Timothy J. 1998. “The Presentation of Political Self: Cultural Resonance and the Construction of Collective Action Frames.” The Sociological Quarterly 39,4: 539-554
COURSES TAUGHT
Deviance (Graduate & Undergraduate)
Introduction to Sociology
Postcolonial Revolutions: Indigenous Movements in the Americas (Honors)
Popular Culture
Race and Ethnic Relations (Graduate & Undergraduate)
Sex and Gender
Social Change
Social Inequality (Graduate & Undergraduate)
Social Movements and Collective Behavior
Social Problems
AWARDS and GRANTS
Grant, $2,500, for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, 2008
Grant, $1500, Associated Students campus activity grant, for campus speaker, 2008
Grant, $2,500, for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching, 2007
Grant, $10,000 (NSF. Not funded.), for study of Katrina aftermath. 2005.
Grant, $8,000, for development of web-based course. Federal Title V, 2003-2004.
Grant, $1000, Associated Students campus activity grant, for campus speaker, 2003.
Grant, $800, Instructionally-related activities grant, for student journal, 2003.
Grant, $1500, Associated Students campus activity grant, for campus speaker, 2002
Award, $7,000, Southern Illinois University. Dissertation Research Award. 1999.
Award (student paper). Theory Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems. 1998.
DEPARTMENT, UNIVERSITY, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Board, Sociology Compass, Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section, 2008-present.
Department Representative, Faculty Senate. 2005-2007.
Session Organizer and Presider. 2007. Two Sessions on Social Movements and Culture. Midwest Sociological Society.
Session Discussant. 2007. Session on Movement Theory. Midwest Sociological Society.
Budget Committee. College of Social Sciences. 2006-present
Webmaster. 2006-present. California Sociological Association.
Webmaster. 2002-present. Department of Sociology, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fresno.
Faculty Adviser, Sociology Club. 2002-present. Department of Sociology, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fresno.
Student Outcomes Assessment Committee. 2007.Department of Sociology, CaliforniaStateUniversityFresno
Journal Manuscript Reviewer. 1998-present. Social Problems, Teaching Sociology, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Inquiry, Social Forces, Mobilization, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion.
Proposal Reviewer. 2005-2006. National Science Foundation. Program in Sociology, Program in Political Science.
Textbook Reviews. 2000-2007. Thomson/Wadsworth, Allyn/Bacon, Sage, Pine Forge, Prentice Hall, and others.
Session Organizer and Presider. 2006. Session on Social Movements and Cultural Change. Pacific Sociological Association.
Committee Chair, Social Problems Theory, Student Paper Competition. 2006. Society for the Study of Social Problems.
Conference Planning Committee Chair, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Student Conference, April 4, 2006,California State University, Fresno.
College of Social Science representative, Writing Competency Subcommittee, Academic Policy and Planning. 2004-2006.
Academic Workshop, Preview Day, “Holidays, Conflict, and Social Change.” March, 2005. CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fresno.
Student Outcomes Assessment committee. 2004.Department of Sociology, CaliforniaStateUniversityFresno
Invited Lecture. 2002-2005. “King’s Community,” and “Persisting Inequality in the U.S.” Martin Luther King, Jr. Conference. CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fresno.
Faculty Search Committee. 2003. Department of Sociology, CaliforniaStateUniversity, Fresno.
Undergraduate Academic Adviser. Department of Sociology. 2001-2002. University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Faculty Adviser, Undergraduate Sociological Association. 2001-2002. Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Faculty Adviser, Phi Sigma Pi Honors Society. 2001-2002. University of Nebraska, Lincoln.
Session Discussant.2001. “Native American Mobilizations.” Midwest Sociological Society.
Session Organizer and Discussant. 1999. “Culture and History: Collective Memory.” Midwest Sociological Society.
Search Committee. 1998-1999. Department of Sociology. Southern IllinoisUniversity.
PAPERS PRESENTED
“Social Life in the San Joaquin Valley.” 2007. California Sociological Association.
“Becoming Homeless.” 2006. California Sociological Association.
“Civil Religion and the National Origin Myth.” 2006. Pacific Sociological Association.
“Collective Memory and Cultural Change.” 2006. Midwest Sociological Society.
“Social Problems Solutions and Natural Histories.” 2005. Society for the Study of Social Problems.
“Collective Memory, Columbus, and Social Change.” 2004. Society for the Study of Social Problems.
“Memory Frames and National Identity.” 2003. American Sociological Association.
“Capturing Christopher Columbus: Demographic Change, Forgetting, and Remembering.” 2003. Society for the Study of Social Problems.
“Cultural Influence of Social Movements.” 2002. American Sociological Association.
“The Influence of the American Indian Movement: Origin, Diffusion, and Reception of the Holocaust Master Frame.” 2001. American Sociological Association.
“Holidays as a Social Problem.” 2001. Midwest Sociological Society,
“College Students and Religion: Changing Meanings and Organizational Attachments.” (with Rhys H. Williams and Janet S. Armitage). 2000. Society for the Sociological Study of Religion.
“Beyond Introductions” 2000. Midwest Sociological Society.
“Columbus Day, Thanksgiving and American Identity.” 2000.Midwest Sociological Society.
“Theoretical Perspectives in the Classroom.” 2000. Midwest Sociological Society.
“Using Theoretical Perspectives in the Classroom.” 1999. Society for the Study of Social Problems.
“Collective Memory and Cultural Change: Columbus Day in the Twentieth Century.” 1999. Midwest Sociological Society.
“Teaching Social Problems Theory.” 1999.Midwest Sociological Society.
“The Presentation of Political Self.” 1998. Society for the Study of Social Problems.
“Movement Frames and the Cultural Environment: A Search for Theoretical Precision and Empirical Adequacy.” (With Rhys H. Williams). 1998. Midwest Sociological Society,
“Constructing Sociological Problems: Sociologist’s Arguments about the Paradigmatic Nature of the Discipline.” (With Jen Yang Chang). 1997. Southern Sociological Society.
“Constructing the Political Stage: Culture and Claimsmaking in a Toxic Waste Movement.” 1996. Midwest Sociological Society.
REFERENCES
Available Upon Request