Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Joshua E. Kane
15850 N. Thompson Peak Pkwy, Apt. 2164
Scottsdale, AZ 85260
(425) 894-1728 /
Conferred Degrees:
2008 Ph.D. Department of Sociology, University of Washington.
Committee: Edgar Kiser (Chair), Steven Pfaff, Katherine Stovel, Gary Hamilton.
Title: Infrastructures of Aggression: Military Expenditure during the British Industrial and American Informational Mode of Development Shifts.
1999 M.A. Department of Sociology, University of Washington.
Committee: Edgar Kiser (Chair), Gary Hamilton.
Title: America Ascending: The Fiber-Optics Industry in the United States and the New Hegemonic Trajectory.
1995 B.A., Department of Sociology, Binghamton University.
Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Sociology.
Honors Thesis: The Burning of a Nation: The Political Economy of the Persian Gulf War. Chair: Professor Martin Murray.
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Kiser, Edgar and Joshua Kane. 2001. “Revolution and State Structure: The Bureaucratization of Tax Administration in Early Modern England and France.” American Journal of Sociology, 107 (1): 183-223.
Weimer, Don; Lori Geddes; and Joshua Kane. 2013. Applied Economics and Human Relations. Milwaukee, WI: Crispin Books.
University/College Professorial Employment:
January 2016-Present: Instructor, Social Sciences, College of Integrative Science & Arts, Arizona State University. Courses Taught: Social Change (Fall 2017 Online-Accelerated 2 Sections; Summer 2017 Online-Accelerated; Spring 2017 1 Online-Accelerated, 1 In-Class Accelerated; Fall 2016 Online-Accelerated 2 Sections; Summer 2016 Online-Accelerated 4 Sections; Spring 2016 Online-Accelerated). Political & Techno Social Science Research Methods, Cross-Listed (Spring 2017 In-Class; Fall 2016 In-Class; Spring 2016 In-Class). Modern Social Problems (Fall 2017 Online; Summer 2017 Online-Accelerated; Spring 2017 Online; Fall 2016 Online-Accelerated; Summer 2016 Online-Accelerated; Spring 2016 Online). Introductory Sociology (Summer 2017 Online-Accelerated 2 Sections; Spring 2017 Online-Accelerated; Fall 2016 In-Class; Spring 2016 1 Online-Accelerated, 1 In-Class Accelerated).
August 2012-August 2015: Adjunct Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Milwaukee Area Technical College. Courses Taught: American State and Local Government Online (Summer 2015); Contemporary American Society (Spring 2015; Spring Accelerated 1&2 2014; Fall 2013 Online; Summer 2013 Online; Spring 1&2 2013); Applied Economics and Human Relations (Spring 2015; Fall 2014 1 Online, 1 In-Class; Summer 2014 Blended; Fall 2013 – 2 sections; Fall 2012); Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2014; Spring 2014; Fall 2012); Valuing Diversity (Spring 2015; Substitute - Spring 2012 Online).
May 2012-August 2015: Adjunct Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Gateway Technical College. Courses taught: Introduction to Diversity Studies (Summer 2015; Spring 2015) Introduction to Sociology (Summer 2015; Spring 2015 – 2 sections; Fall 2014; Summer 2014 – 2 sections; Spring 2014 – 3 sections; Fall 2013 – 2 sections; Summer 2013 – 2 sections; Spring 2013 – 2 sections; Fall 2012 – 2 sections; Summer 2012); Introduction to Ethics (Fall 2014; Spring 2013; Fall 2013). Marriage and Family (Fall 2014). Social/Occupational Interaction & Skills (Summer 2012).
January 2013-August 2015: Adjunct Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Waukesha County Technical College. Courses taught: Psychology of Human Relations (Summer 2015); Introduction to Ethics (Spring 2015; Fall 2014 - 2 sections; Fall 2013); Introduction to Sociology (Summer 2014; Spring 2014); Critical and Creative Thinking (Fall 2013; Spring 2013).
June 2013-March 2014: Adjunct Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Strayer University. Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology (Summer 2013); Constitutional Law and Society (Summer 2013); Introduction to Statistics (Winter 2014).
October 2012-December 2013: Adjunct Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Ottawa University. Courses Taught: Economics for Managers (Fall, 2013; Spring 2013, Summer 2013) Quantitative Analysis in Business and Economics (Graduate School Course – Fall 2012, Spring 2013; Fall 2013); Social, Cultural, Legal and Political Influences on Business (Graduate School Course – Fall 2012, Spring 2013; Fall 2013); Business Statistics (Fall 2013; Summer 2013; Spring 2013).
January 2013-June 2013: Adjunct Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Mt. Mary University. Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology (Spring 2013).
November 2010-July 2011: Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, National University. Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology (3 sections); Popular Culture (2 sections); Cultural Pluralism in the USA (1 section).
September 2000-January 2004: Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington. Courses taught: Society and Politics (Fall 2000, Winter 2001, Spring 2001, Summer 2001, Winter 2003). American Race and Ethnic Relations (Summer 2000, Summer 2002).
September 1996-June 2000: Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Washington. Courses TA’d: Sociological Theory, Society and Politics, American Race and Ethnic Relations, Introduction to Sociology, Criminology, Introduction to Deviance, Sociological Research Methods, Sociology of the Family, Qualitative/Quantitative Research Methods, and Demography.
Research Employment:
Statistical Research Consultant. A Better Today Recovery Services, Scottsdale, AZ. Intermittent Consults since November of 2015.
Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Washington. Positions: Comparative-Historical Research Assistant (Spring 1997). Race and Ethnicity in Business Research Assistant (Spring 1999).
Awards:
Star Faculty Award, 2014, Gateway Technical College.
Award for Excellence in Teaching. Department of Sociology, University of Washington (1999).
Professional Presentations:
Kane, Joshua. April 6, 2017. “Devolution in Demise: The Institutional and Infrastructural Prerequisites to Graft-Free Devolution in Kenya.” The Western Social Science Association, San Francisco, CA.
Kane, Joshua. January 6, 2003. “Iraq and Oil.” The Conversation with Ross Reynolds. National Public Radio, Seattle.
Kane, Joshua. March 2002. “Economic Rationales For The Push To Renewed War in Iraq.” University of Oregon. Discussion Moderator: Professor Frank Stahl.
Kiser, Edgar and Joshua Kane. June 1998. “Revolution and State Structure: The Bureaucratization of Tax Administration in Early Modern England and France.” American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Non-Academic Employment:
June 2005-September 2006: Senior Home Care Analyst. Ability Senior Care, Scottsdale AZ.
Research and Teaching Specialties:
Political Sociology, Economic Sociology, Organizational Sociology, Sociology of Science & Technological Development; Political Science, Political Economy, Race and Ethnic Relations, Diversity Studies, Conflict and Social Change, Ethics, American Social Problems, Global Social Problems, Sociological Theory, Statistics/Quantitative Research Methods, Qualitative Research Methods, Comparative Historical Research Methods, Macro/Micro-Economics, Criminology, Deviance, Psychology.
Other:
Throughout my post undergraduate years I have day-traded stocks and commodities from home (successfully and largely full-time between 2003 and 2009), and from 2007-2010 I was a stay at home Dad.