Dr. Corey Dolgon
Chair, Department of
Sociology
16 Winthrop St
Milton, Massachusetts 02186
Office: (508) 929-8534 ext.
8534; Home: (617) 298-0388
E-mail: cdolgon@worcester.edu
Ph.D., 1994 University of Michigan (American Culture)
Dissertation: Innovators
and Gravediggers:
Capital Restructuring and Class Formation in a Postindustrial City
M.A., 1986 Baylor
University (American Studies)
Thesis: Hearts, Minds, & Mills: A History of Textile Workers in Lawrence,
MA
B.A., 1984 Boston University (English and Sociology)
Undergraduate
Thesis: Folksongs & the American
Labor Movement
Living
Sociology: Social Problems and Service Learning. Sage/Pine Forge Press,
Forthcoming
“After the Fall:
Editor’s Introduction,” Humanity &
Society, Volume 28, Number 4, 2004.
“Still Naked After All
These Years: Editor’s Introduction,” Humanity
& Society, Volume 28, Number 1, 2004.
“Reflections on ‘The
Cooperative Commonwealth,” Humanity &
Society, Volume 27, Number 4, 2003
“My Twenty Cents on
Paradigms: Reflections on ‘Toward a Paradigm for Humanist Sociology,” Humanity & Society, Volume 27,
Number 3, 2003.
“Big Can Be Beautiful,
Too: Editor’s Introduction,” Humanity
& Society, Volume 27, Number 2, 2003.
“Sociology Comes of
Age: Editor’s Introduction,” Humanity
& Society, Volume 27, Number 1, 2003.
“George Bush is Naked:
Editor’s Introduction,” Humanity &
Society, Volume 26, Number 4, 2002
“The Forces of Action:
Editor’s Introduction,” Humanity &
Society, Volume 26, Number 3, 2002.
“A Tale of Two
Accidental Academics: Editor’s Introduction,” Humanity and Society, Volume 26, Number 2, 2002.
“In Search of
‘Cognitive Consonance’: Humanist Sociology and Service Learning” Humanity and Society, Volume 26, Number
2, 2002.
“Building
Community Amid the Ruins: Strategies
for Struggle from the Coalition For Justice at Southampton College” in Forging Radical Alliances Across Difference:
Coalition Politics for the New Millennium. Edited by Jill Bystydzienski and
Steven Schacht Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001.
“Places of Change: Colleges, Communities and the Logic
of Struggle” Workplace: The Journal of Academic Labor Volume 4,
Number 2, February, 2002.
“Revisiting the Three R’s—Reading, Writing and
Revolution: The Role of Humanist Scholars and the Future of Humanity and Society” Humanity and Society, Volume 25, Number
2, 2001
“The
Strange Career of Political Correctness” in Democratic
Culture, Volume 6, Number 3, 2001.
“Politics on Campus: The Sociologist and the
Janitors” in Applying Sociology: Making a
Better World, edited by William Dubois, New York: Allyn & Bacon, 2000.
"The
Politics of Empowerment: Homelessness, Development, and Resistance in Ann Arbor,
Michigan," (with Michael Kline and Laura Dresser) Journal of Community Practice, Volume 8, Number 2, Fall, 2000.
“Janitors For Justice:
Building Campus Movements for Social Change” in Campus, Inc. The Corporatization of the Academy, edited by Geoff White,
New York: Prometheus Books, 2000.
Ann Arbor--The Cutting Edge of Discipline: Postfordism,
Postmodernism and the New Bourgeoisie," Antipode, Volume 31, Number 2, April, 1999.
"Universities in Crisis; Workers in Struggle: The
Knowledge Industry, Political Solidarity, and Applied Sociology," Journal of the National Social Science
Association Vol. 12, #2, Winter, 1999.
"Rising From the Ashes: The Michigan--Memorial
Phoenix Project and the Corporatization of University Research," Educational Studies, Volume 23, Number 1
Winter, 1998.
"The United Colors of Cultural Studies: The
Politics of Politics in the Academy," Humanity
and Society, Volume 21, Number 4, November, 1997.
"Radical Politics in a City of Cappuccino:
'Drinking Coffee Can Fight Hunger,'" Left
Curve, Volume 21, April, 1997.
"Downsizing the Dream: The Politics and Economics
of Race in the United States," Left
History, Volume 4, Number 2, Fall, 1996.
"Challenging Cultural Studies: Not by 'Culture'
Alone," Minnesota Review, Winter
1995.
"'House People, Not Cars!' Economic Development,
Political Struggle, and Common Sense in a City of Intellect," (with
Michael Kline and Laura Dresser) in Marginal
Spaces: Comparative Urban and Community Research, Volume 5, New
Brunswick: Transaction Publishers,
1995.
"Listening to Young 'Minds At Work,'"
Introduction to Minds At Work:
Expressions from the Ann Arbor Project for Homeless Youth, Volume 2, Ann
Arbor, 1995.
"Staking Our Claims: Radical Pedagogy and the New
Right," Southeastern Writing Center Association
Selected Papers, Volume 6, Fall, 1995.
"Marxism and Cultural Studies: Discipline in the
Age of Postmodern Funk," Research
and Society Number 5, Spring ,1993.
"Malcolm X and Popular Culture: Race, Reform, and
Rebellion at the University of Michigan," (with Demetrius Bady and
Jennifer Chin) in Prism: Diverse
Perspectives From a University Community Ann Arbor. University of Michigan,
1993.
“Anatomy of a Victory," Z Magazine December, 1998.
"Coalition Organizing: Cleaning Up the Hamptons" Z Magazine June, 1997.
"Sanitizing the Hamptons," Industrial Worker, Volume 94, Number 5,
June 1997.
BOOK REVIEWS
“Fighting for the Past: Vietnam and the Politics of
Memory: A Review of
The Spitting Image: Myth, Memory and the Legacy of
Vietnam, by Jerry Lembcke and Carried to the Wall: American Memory and
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, by Kristin Ann Hass. Borderlines:
Studies in American Culture, December, 1999.
“They Are Not What They Seem: A Review of White Power, White Pride: The White Separatist Movement in the United
States,” by Betty Dominitz and Stephanie Shanks-Meile. Humanity and Society, December, 1999.
"Intellect Workers in the Knowledge Factory: A
Review of Will Teach For Food: Academic Labor in Crisis.” Science & Society, Volume 63, Number
2, Summer, 1999.
"Who Will Build the New House and What Will It Look
Like? A Review of The House that Race Built: Black Americans, U.S. Terrains," Science & Society, Volume 63, Number 3, Spring, 1999.
"Politics in Spite of Ourselves: A Review of Two
"New" Books by Lawrence Grossberg" Borderlines: Studies in American Culture, August, 1998.
"Out of the Ashes: A Review of The University in Ruins," Peace
and Change: A Journal of Peace Research Volume 23, Number 2, April, 1998.
“The
End of the Hamptons: Scenes from the Class Struggle in America’s Paradise,”
Paper Presented at the Suburban Studies Conference, Hofstra College, Hempstead,
NY, March, 2005
“The
Work of Community in the Age of Post-Industrial Production: Stories From the
Shop Floor,” Paper presented at the Education and
Social Action Conference, Sydney, Australia, December, 2004.
“Teaching
for Democracy or Technocracy: The Future of Service Learning in the United
States,” Paper presented at the Education and
Social Action Conference, Sydney, Australia, December, 2004.
“A Song Will Rise: Teaching Social Movements
Through Folk Songs,” presented at the Midwest Social Forum, Lake Geneva, WI,
June, 2004.
“Folks Songs and Labor: What Students Learn and
Don’t Learn from Singing Lectures,” Workshop participant at Association for
Humanist Sociology Conference, Madison, WI October, 2002.
“Democracy is in the Streets: An Alternative
History for Service Learning,” Paper presented at the History of
Activism/History as Activism Conference, Columbia University, New York, NY
April, 2002.
“We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands: The
Grass-Roots Challenge to Globalization,” Paper presented at the American
Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA August, 2001.
“The Work of Community in the Age of Post-Industrial
Production: Stories From the Shop Floor,” Paper presented at the Rhetoric and
Democracy Conference, Trinity College, Hartford, CT June, 2001.
“The Souls of All Folks:
Whiteness and the Double Consciousness of Difference in the United States,”
Paper Presented at the Engendering Knowledge Conference, Worcester, MA. March, 2001.
“Places of Change: Colleges,
Communities, and the Logic of Struggle” Paper Presented at the Annual
Conference of the Association of American Geographers, New York, March, 2001.
“Producing Knowledge in Struggle: A Campus Coalition
Challenges the Barriers of Race and Class” Presented at the Social Movement
Learning Conference sponsored by the Ontario Institute for the Study of
Education, Toronto, March, 2001.
“The Three R’s: Reading,
Writing, Revolution: The Role of Publishing and Publications for the Activist
Scholar” Paper Presented at the Association for Humanist Sociology, Cincinnati,
November, 2000.
“The World Comes to
Worcester: Teaching Global Citizenship Through Local Community-Based Research
Projects” Paper Presented at the International Peace Research Association
Conference, Tampere, Finland, August 7, 2000.
“From the Red Wood Forest
to the Gulf Stream Waters: The Politics of Art and Music in the Labor Movement”
Paper Presented at the Counter Productive Industries Art Exhibition, Chicago
Art Institute, April 7, 2000.
“The Politics of Charity
and Human Services” Talk Given for Panel on Hunger and Homelessness in
Worcester, Massachusetts, Worcester State College, Worcester, MA, November 17,
1999.
“Labor Struggles on
College Campuses” Talk Given at the Education and Labor Party Conference, University
of Massachusetts, Boston, November 13, 1999.
“Turning the Soil and
Tilling the Field: Developing a Community-Based Research Program” Paper
Presented at the Association for Humanist Sociology in Memphis, November 9, 1999.
“From
Service Learning to Public Citizen,” Professional Development Seminar Given at
Worcester State College, November 3, 1999.
“Polo Ponies and Penalty
Kicks: The Cultural Politics of Sports in the Hamptons” Paper Presented at the American Sociological
Association Conference in Chicago, August, 1999.
“Producing Knowledge in
Struggle: A Campus Coalition Challenges the Barriers of Race and Class"”
Paper Presented at the Society for the Study of Social Problems Conference in
Chicago, August, 1999.
“Creating Communities in Action:
Coalition Building and Social Movement Theory,” Paper Presented at the New
England Sociological Association Conference in Smithfield, RI, 1999.
“Everything We Need to Know
We Learn in Struggle” Talk Given at Southampton College of Long Island University,
December 1, 1998.
"History and Society in
The Hamptons: Learning the Dialectics of Social Change 'in Struggle'"
Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Humanist Sociology
in Austin, November, 1998.
“Poverty Wars,” Talk given at
Worcester State College, November 7, 1998.
“Would the Last Mercedes to
Leave the Midtown Tunnel Please Turn Off the Lights? From Urban to Exurban in
the Hamptons,” Faculty Seminar at Worcester State College, Oct. 9, 1998.
"'If We Don't Stick
Together, We'll All Be Workin' at K-Mart':
Labor Struggles, Racial Identities, and Coalition Building in
Southampton" Paper Presented at the Work, Difference and Social Change
Conference at Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, May 8, 1998.
"Capital Mobility and Labor
Struggles in The Hamptons: Fighting
over New York City's 'Anti-Urban' Landscape of Power," Paper Presented at
the American Sociological Association Conference in San Francisco, August,
1998.
"Who Cleans the
Knowledge Factory?: Capital Mobility and Labor Organizing in New York's 'East
End'" Paper Presented to the
National Social Science Association Conference, San Antonio, November 6, 1997.
"The Politics of Theory and Practice in American
Studies," Address Given at George Washington University American Studies
Department, March 13, 1996.
"Landscapes of Despair or Communities of
Commitment: Poverty, Homelessness, and the Future of America," Address
given at Southampton College, December 7, 1995.
"From Local Community Involvement to a Global Curriculum:
Friends World Model in Experiential Learning" Paper presented at the
Annual Meeting of the National Society for Experiential Education, New Orleans,
November 1995.
"'Whose History Is It?' The Politics of Knowledge Production in a University City," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Organization of American Historians and National Council on Public History,
Washington, D.C., March 1995.
"'Wake Up and Smell the Coffee, Ann Arbor!' Gentrification, Displacement, and the
Geography of Race, Class, and Resistance," Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Studies Association, Nashville, Tennessee, October
1994.
"Research and Resistance: The Politics of Knowledge
Production in a Postindustrial City," Paper Presented at the Midwest
Sociological Society, 1994 Annual Meetings, St. Louis, March 1994.
"Marxism, Sociology, and Cultural Studies: 'Talkin' 'Bout a Revolution,'" Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Miami
Beach, Florida, August 1993.
"Innovators and Gravediggers: Capital Restructuring
and Class Formation in Ann Arbor, Michigan," Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Studies Association, Boston, Massachusetts, November
1993.
"'Community,' 'Profitability,' and Struggle:
Downtown Development in a 'City of Intellect,'" Paper Presented at the
National Conference on American Planning History, Chicago, November 1993.
"The Politics of Empowerment: Homelessness,
Development, and Resistance in Ann Arbor, Michigan," (with Michael Kline
and Laura Dresser) Paper presented at
the Conference on "Transactions and Transformations: Integrating Social Work and Social Science
Into the 21st Century," Ann Arbor, Michigan, October 1992.
"The Politics of Common Sense: Ann Arbor's Homeless
Action Committee," (with Michael Kline, Laura Dresser, and David
Levenstein) Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian
Anthropological Society, London, Ontario, June 1991.
"Urban Renewal From the Ground Up," (with
Michael Kline, and Laura Dresser) Paper Presented at the Canadian Association
of American Studies, Montreal, Quebec, November 1990.
"Bringing the Workers Back In: Working-Class
Culture and One Big Union" Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Ontario, March 1990.
PANEL CHAIR,
COMMENTS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at Boston University,
Boston, MA, March, 2005.
“The IWW in Song and Poetry: Rebels of the
American Labor Movement,” Lecture/Concert at Hartford University, Hartford Ct.
March, 2005.
Comments on “Another
World is Possible: The Social Forum Movement,” presented at the Midwest Social
Forum, Lake Geneva, WI, June, 2004.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at Wayne State University,
Detroit, Michigan, October, 2004.
“Rise Up Singing: Folk
Songs and American Social Movements,” Lecture/Concert at the
Seeds of Peace Camp,
Casco, Maine, July & August, 2004.
“Rise Up Singing: Folk
Songs and American Social Movements,” Lecture/Concert at the University of
Hartford, Hartford, CT, April, 2004.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at University of Nevada
Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV April, 2004.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at Colorado State
University-Pueblo, Pueblo, CO April, 2004.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at
Three Rivers Community College,
Norwich, CT April, 2003.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at University of
Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH October, 2003.
“The Commonwealth of Toil: Songs From the
Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
October, 2003.
“The Commonwealth of Toil: Songs From the
Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at Eastern Connecticut State University CT
October, 2003.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at Stonehill College,
Easton, MA September, 2002.
“The Commonwealth of Toil: Songs From the
Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at Stonehill College, Easton, MA September,
2002.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at New England College,
Henniker, NH March, 2002 & February, 2001.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at University of
Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN September, 2001 & October 2003.
“The World Comes to
Worcester: Organizing in an Age of Multiculturalism” Keynote Address given to
the International Center of Worcester Annual Meeting, June, 2001.
“The Commonwealth of
Toil: Songs From the Class Struggle” Lecture/Concert at St. Thomas University,
Fredericton, NB April, 2001.
“From Experience to Service to Citizenship: A
Critical History of Service Learning in the 20th Century” Faculty
Forum presented at St. Thomas University, Fredericton, NB April, 2001.
“We are the Giddy Multitude,” Welcoming Remarks Given at
the New England Global Action Network Conference on Globalization, Worcester
State College, November, 2000.
“Academics and Activism on Campus,” Panel Chaired at the
New England Global Action Network Conference on Globalization, Worcester State
College, November, 2000.
“Ceremonies, Rituals, and Collective Social Action”
Faculty Speech Given at the Worcester State College Senior Capping Ceremony,
Worcester, MA, November 3, 2000.
“Art and Public Policy” Panel
Chaired at the 24th Annual Social Theory, Politics and the Arts
Conference, Washington D.C., October 13, 2000.
“From Local Projects to
Global Citizenship: Using Community-Based Research to Teach Peace and Justice
Studies,” Panel Chaired at the International Peace Research Association
Conference, Tampere, Finland, August 7, 2000.
"Critical Words and
Critical Deeds: From Literacy Work to Collective Struggle" Comments on
"Strengthening Community Development Through Literacy," a Computer
Conference Panel of the Community Organizing List, Coordinated by Randy
Stoecker, University of Toledo, September 1997.
"Bringing Politics and the People Back In: Comments
on "Community Organizing: People Power From the Grassroots" a
Computer Conference Panel of the Community Organizing List, Coordinated by
Randy Stoecker, University of Toledo, April 1997.
"U.S. Military Bases in
Okinawa, Japan: What are the Problems?
What are the Solutions?" Commentator for a Panel Discussion at C.W.
Post--Long Island University, Brookville, NY March, 1997.
"The Politics of History
in Theory and Practice," Comments for the panel on "Housing
Discrimination, Planning, and the Persistent Ghetto" Sixth National
Conference on American Planning History, Knoxville, Tennessee, November 1995.
MISCELLANEOUS
PROFESSIONAL WORK
Featured Performer, Fancy Fringe Arts Festival, Rotorua,
New Zealand, February, 2005.
Featured Performer, Cygnet Folk Festival, Cygnet,
Australia, January, 2005.
Songs of
Solidarity and Struggle, CD of 14 folksongs performed along with Jim Pennell,
Produced and distributed by Rambling Roots Records.
The End of Our
Days, CD of
12 original songs in solo performance
Produced and Distributed by Corey Dolgon
1997-Present Associate Professor and Chair,
Sociology
Worcester
State College--Worcester, Massachusetts
Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology; Research Methods; Sociology of
Education; Formal Organizations; Social Change; Issues in American Society;
Race, Ethnicity and Gender; Urban Sociology; and Introduction to Fieldwork
2000-2003 Visiting Professor, Social Studies
Program
Harvard
University
Course Taught: Urban Village or Urban Pillage: The Life, Death, and
Dreams of American Cities; Social Movements in the United States
1999/2001 Visiting Professor, Sociology
Clark
University--Worcester, Massachusetts
Courses Taught: Race, Ethnicity and Gender in American
Society; Cities and Suburbs
1996-97 Visiting Faculty Advisor,
Friends World Program
Long Island University, East Africa Center: Machakos,
Kenya
Courses Taught: Social Science Methods; Area Studies
Program
1994-1996 Assistant Professor--American
Studies
Friends
World Program, Southampton College--LIU
Courses Taught: Between the Wars: Fighting For America, 1919-1945; From
Malcolm X to Generation X: Urban
Politics and Popular Culture in New York City, 1960-1995; Multicultural
American History; History, Narrative and Struggle; Friends World Education
1993 & 1995 Coordinator,
Willow Run/Ann Arbor Project for Homeless Youth Summer Writing Program
2004 Professional
Development Mini-Grant, Worcester State College ($2500)
2000 Professional
Development Mini-Grant, Worcester State College ($5000)
1999 Professional
Development Mini-Grant, Worcester State College ($4000)
1998 Professional
Development Mini-Grant, Worcester State College ($4000)
1994 Rackham
Graduate Fellowship
1993 & 1995 Willow
Run/Ann Arbor Project for Homeless Youth
Writing
Program Grant ($50,000)
1985-1986 Phi
Beta Kappa, Baylor University
1984 Phi
Beta Kappa, Boston University
1984 Summa
Cum Laude, Boston University
1984 Commencement
Speaker, Boston University
1983-1984 Mary Endicott Shepherd
Scholarship, Boston University
2003-05 Sociology Department Faculty
Search Committees
2003-05 Worcester Regional
Environmental Council, Board of Directors
1999-2005 Worcester State College,
Sociology Department Chair
2003-04 Worcester Social Forum
2000-2003 Oak Hill Community Development
Corp., Board of Directors
2002 Worcester State
College Curriculum Committee
2001-2002 Community Outreach Partnership
Grant Committee
2001-2002 New
England Association of Schools and Colleges Accreditation Committee—Student
Services, Worcester State College
2001 Association
of Humanist Sociology Conference Program Committee
1999-2001 Worcester State College,
Recruitment & Retention Task Force Committee
1999-2001
Worcester State College,
Committee on Multiculturalism, Chair
1999-2000
Worcester
State College Undergraduate Sociology Club, Advisor
1999-2002 Worcester State College Department Chairs
Committee
1999-2000 Worcester State College Chairs
Task Force on Internships, Chair
1998-2000 MassPirg (Mass Public Interest
Research Group) Advisor
1999 Program Committee,
Massachusetts State College Graduate Symposium
1999 Organized Campus
Forum: From Sociology to Civil Rights
1998-99 Worcester State College
Sexual Assault Ad Hoc Committee
1998 Designed Sociology
Field Work Seminar and Curriculum for Internship, Field-Based and Experiential
Learning Components for Sociology Department, Worcester State College
1998 Judge, Fourth Annual
Conference on Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, Creative and Public Service
Activities. Sponsored by the
Massachusetts Public System of Higher Education.
1997 Director, Worcester
State College Athletic Dept. Academic Workshop
1997-1999 National Civil Rights
Coordinating Committee-Advisory Board
1997-1998 Southampton
Coalition for Justice
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