Curriculum Vitae
Leontina M. Hormel, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of Idaho
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Justice Studies
Phinney Hall, Room 115
Moscow ID 83844-1110
lhormel@uidaho.edu
Education
2004 PhD. Sociology, University of Oregon
1998 MA Sociology, University of Oregon
1993 BA Sociology (minors in Russian and History), Eastern Washington University
Areas of Interest
- Sociology of International Development and Alternatives to Development
- post-Soviet societies
- Inequalities
- Political Economy
- Social Change
- Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Professional Experience
(* indicates appointed position)
2006-Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Justice Studies, University of Idaho
2004-2006
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Worcester State College
2005-2006
*Associate Director of Co-Curriculum, Women’s Studies Program, Worcester State College
2005
*Participant in Investigative Delegation in Republic of Nagorno Karabagh parliamentary elections, June 15- 22. Participated as representative of the Worcester State College Center for the Study of Human Rights with representatives from Global Exchange, San Francisco, California.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Journals
2009
Leontina M. Hormel and Kari M. Norgaard. "Bring the Salmon Home! Karuk Challenges to Capitalist Incorporation." Critical Sociology. 35(3).
2009
Leontina M. Hormel. "Practicing Social Activism Through Problem-Based Learning." Humanity and Society. 33(3).
2006
Leontina Hormel and Caleb Southworth. “Eastward Bound: A case study of post-Soviet labor migration from a rural Ukrainian town.” Europe-Asia Studies. 58(4): 603-623.
Edited Volumes
2009
Leontina Hormel. “Atheism and Secularism in the Former U.S.S.R." Invited chapter for Atheism and Secularity, Volume II, Edited by Phil Zuckerman. Westport, CT: Praeger Press. (Accepted with revisions)
2004
Caleb Southworth and Leontina Hormel. “Why Work “Off the Books”? Community, Household, and Individual Determinants of Informal Economic Activity in Post-Soviet Russia.” Leo McCann (edit.). Russian Transformations: Challenging the Global Narrative. Routledge-Curzon: London and New York.
Book Reviews
2009
Leontina Hormel. "Book review of In the Red: The Birth of the Credit Card Market in Postcommunist Russia by Alya Guseva." (Stanford University Press, 2008) European Economic Sociology Newsletter. 10(2): 34-35.
2008
----. "Book review of Measuring Social and Economic Change in Rural Russia: Surveys from 1991-2003 by David O'Brien and Valery V. Patsiorkovsky." (Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006) American Journal of Sociology. 113 (6): 1781-83.
2005
----. “Review of Slaves to Fashion: Poverty and Abuse in the New Sweatshops, by Robert J. S. Ross.” (University of Michigan Press, 2004) for Humanity and Society. May 2005. 29(2).
2005
----. “Review of Privatizing Poland: Baby Food, Big Business, and the Remaking of Labor, by Elizabeth C. Dunn.” (Cornell University Press, 2004) for Work-In-Progress (Newsletter for Organizations, Occupations, and Work Section of the ASA) Spring 2005.
Reports
2003
Caleb Southworth and Leontina Hormel. “Social Conditions in Komsomolsk, July-September 2002.” Statistical report presented to the city of Komsomolsk, Ukraine, in August 2003.
Manuscripts Under Review
Work In Progress
2009
Leontina Hormel. Post-Soviet Life in a "City of Laborers": Work and Structural Adjustment in Ukraine . Book Manuscript.
2009
----“From Soviet Factory to post-Soviet Micro-enterprise: Gender, Class, and Work Reorganization after the Demise of Tiko Garment Factory in Komsomolsk, Ukraine.” Preparing for Social Science Quarterly
2009
---- “Enter the Global Market : Tracing Gender, Class, and Social Change in a Central Ukrainian Town." Preparing for Gender and Society
2009
Leontina Hormel and Alexandra Hrycak (equally shared authorship)."Neoliberalism, postcommunist transition and women's empowerment on the margins of the new Europe." For submission to Signs May 1, 2009.
2009
Caleb Southworth and Leontina Hormel. “Market Transition and the Soviet Company Town: A Case Study of Komsomolsk, Ukraine.”
Current Research Projects
Informal work in post-Soviet Ukraine
I am continuing to examine informal work arrangements (micro-enterprises in garment industry, temporary migrant work, petty trade, subsistence gardening, moonlighting, home childcare and healthcare) in post-Soviet societies in comparison to other global regions. Field research in Ukraine was conducted in May 2006 for follow-up research on entrepreneurs in garment micro-enterprises.
The Nagorno-Karabagh conflict and U.S. foreign policy
As follow-up to my work as an international observer in Nagorno-Karabagh (NKR), I am collecting information about NKR and the surrounding region. This is a query into the connection between the region’s political economy, international humanitarian aid, and U.S. foreign policy. How do responses to NKR’s June 2005 elections from international observers reflect western power interests in the region?
Tracing Elite Networks East-West (the transnational capitalist class)
Currently, this study is examining the individual and organizational ties between U.S. and Ukraine policy makers and elites during the period preceding the Orange Revolution. Evidence indicates strong U.S. involvement in the Yushchenko campaign for presidency in Ukraine. Although such involvement did not determine the nature of events surrounding the Orange Revolution, the outcome was most favored by U.S. foreign policy interests. Further research is being conducted in mapping these ties and their degree of resilience since Yushchenko has taken office in 2005.
Grants and Honors
2008-2009
Kurt O. Olsson Early Career Research Fellowship, University of Idaho College of Letters of Arts and Social Sciences, "Transforming Gender and Labor: An Analysis of Internationally-Assisted Business in Two Ukrainian Towns" ($9,000)
2008-2009
Key Fund Award, University of Idaho College of Letters of Arts and Social Sciences, for 2008 ASA Annual Meeting presentations with Lynsie Clott and Aaron Freudenthal ($1,150)
2007-2008
Faculty SEED Grant, University of Idaho Research Council, for research in Kiev, Komsomolsk, and Svetlovodsk, Ukraine, "A Comparative Analysis of Gender, Labor, and Export-Oriented Business in Ukraine" ($9,000)
2007
Short-term Travel Grant, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), for research in Kiev, Komsomolsk, and Svetlovodsk, Ukraine ($1,300 plus travel)
2005-2006
Faculty Development in Research Grant, Worcester State College, for research in Komsomolsk, Ukraine ($4,500)
2005-2006
Faculty Development in Teaching Grant, Worcester State College, for development of team instruction with Julie Frechette (Communications) and Henry Theriault (Philosophy) for the course: “Race/Nation/Class/Gender/Sexuality: Concepts, Reality, and Representation” ($4,000)
2003
National Exposure Travel Award, University of Oregon Department of Sociology ($600)
2002-2003
Doctoral Research Fellowship, University of Oregon ($16,000 and tuition waiver)
2002-2003
Doctoral Dissertation Research Abroad Program, Fulbright-Hays ($14,500)
2002-2003
Individual Advanced Research Opportunities Program, International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), Komsomolsk, Ukraine ($7,500 and travel expenses)
2001
Graduate Research Support Grant, Center for the Study of Women and Society ($2,500)
2001
Travel Grant, Center for the Study of Women and Society Travel Grant ($500)
2001
U.S. State Department Grant toward regional language study in Novosibirsk, Russia – Associated Council of Teachers of Russian ($2,000)
2000-2001
University of Oregon Mortar Board Professor of the Month (nomination)
1999-2000
U.S. State Department Grant toward language study in St. Petersburg, Russia – Council of International Education and Exchange ($10,500)
1994-1997
Graduate Teaching Fellowship, Department of Sociology, University of Oregon (salary, health insurance and tuition waiver)
1990-1991
Student Exchange Program, Eastern Washington University. Cultural and language study in Tver, USSR
Conference Papers and Invited Presentations
(* indicates refereed)
August 2009*
Association for the Sociology of Religion National Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA: "Eclectic Religiosity and Secular Persistence in post-Soviet Societies."
August 2008*
American Sociological Association National Annual Meeting, Boston MA: Marxist Section Roundtable on Post-Soviet Research and Marxist Theory. "The Political Economy of United States Foreign Policy in the Southern Caucuses: A Case Study of Foreign Aid in Karabagh." Presented with Lynsie Clott.
August 2008*
American Sociological Association National Annual Meeting, Boston MA: Marxist Section Roundtable on Post-Soviet Research and Marxist Theory. "Revolution from Above? Tracing the Transnational Capitalist Class in Ukraine and the United States." Presented with Aaron Freudenthal.
August 2008*
Society for the Study of Social Problems National Annual Meeting, Boston MA: paper session Global Inequalities. "A Case Study of Gender and Globalization in Ukraine."
April 2008*
Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Portland OR: paper session Food, Culture, and Social Organizations. "Social Meaning in Household Food Production: Tracing Gender, Class, and Social Change in a Central Ukrainian Town."
March 2008 McNair Achievement Program. "Qualitative Methods. " Invited Workshop.
February 2008 UI LEADS Program. "Understanding Privilege" Invited Workshop.
November 2007 UI LEADS Program. "Understanding Privilege" Invited Workshop.
August 2007*
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York NY: regular session Teaching Sociology. “Is It Possible to Learn Civic Engagement in the Classroom? A Proposal for a Problem-Centered Group Project.”
August 2007*
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York NY: section session From the Bottom Up: The Impact of Peripheries on the Core. “Resisting Capitalist Globalization from Within the Global North: The Struggle for Karuk People’s Subsistence in Northern California.” Presented with Kari M. Norgaard.
August 2007*
Society for the Study of Social Problems Annual Meeting, New York NY: thematic session Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Social Problem Instruction. “Are Cuss Words Effective Tools for Critical Teaching?” Presented with Hava Gordon.
April 2007*
Pacific Northwest American Studies Association Annual Meeting, Portland OR: panel session. “The Power of ‘Serious Play’ in Higher Education.” Presented with Candida Gillis and Maureen Laflin.
April 2006
Armenians and the Left Conference, New York NY: session on Globalization and the Politics of Empire. “Has the Orange Revolution in Ukraine Been a Means for Building Global Empire?”
March 2006
Worcester State College Center for the Study of Human Rights, Worcester MA: invited panel session “The Summer 2005 Nagorno Karabagh Elections and the Continued Conflict with Azerbaijan”
January 2006*
Center for the Improvement of Teaching. Conference on Teaching for Transformation, University of Massachusetts, Boston: “Developing a Progressive Pedagogy of Self-Empowered Learning for Social Change” with co-presenters Julie Frechette, Worcester State College, and Nina Huntemann, Suffolk University
August 2005*
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia PA: regular session Gender and Development. “From Soviet Factory to post-Soviet Micro-enterprise: Gender, Class, and Work Reorganization after the Demise of Tiko Garment Factory in Komsomolsk, Ukraine.”
August 2004*
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco CA: regular session Immigration and Gender. “Eastward Bound: How men and women decide to travel for work from a post-Soviet Ukraine town.”
Nov. 2003
University of Oregon Center for the Study of Women in Society, Eugene OR. Invited presentation. “How Do Women and Men 'Make Ends Meet' in Post-Soviet Komsomolsk, Ukraine?”
August 2003*
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta GA: regular session Informal Economy. “Why Work “Off the Books”? Community, Household, and Individual Determinants of Informal Economic Activity in Post-Soviet Russia.”
April 2003*
Pacific Sociological Association Annual Conference, Pasadena CA: regular session Informal Economy. “Why Work “Off the Books”? Community, Household, and Individual Determinants of Informal Economic Activity in Post-Soviet Russia.”
May 2001
University of Oregon Sociology Department Colloquium, Eugene OR. “Teaching Social Issues and Movements: Activism in the Classroom.”
May 2001
Feminism Unbound. Graduate Student Symposium, University of Oregon, Eugene OR. “Practical Dilemmas of Researching Gender in Provincial Russia.”
March 2001
Pacific Sociological Association Annual Conference, San Francisco CA: roundtable Issues on Gender. “Exploring Gender and Development in Rural Russia.”
Languages
- Fluent Russian including translation, simultaneous translation, reading, formal writing, and conversation.
- Reading knowledge in Ukrainian.
Service
(* indicates appointed/elected position):
Committee Appointments and Professional Service
2008-PRESENT
Council Member*, Political Economy of World Systems Section of the American Sociological Association
2008-PRESENT
Faculty Member, University of Idaho Juntura
2007-PRESENT
Member, Awards Committee of the Pacific Sociological Association
2007-PRESENT
Faculty Advisor, U.I. Social Forum (formerly U.I. Socialist Student Club).
2008
Reviewer, Gender & Society
2008
Reviewer, Research in the Sociology of Work
2007-2008
Diversity Initiatives Growth Grant (DIGG) Reading Group.
Fall 2007
Judge, U.I. College of Art and Architecture, "Unleashing the Power of Design Wearable Art and Student Short Film Competition." (September 14, 2007)
2005-2006
Member, Play! University of Idaho Humanities Forum
2006-2008
Member, Department Team for Teaching and Learning Strategic Planning Goals and Outcomes
2007
Member, Nepal Study Abroad Program Development Committee
Service at Worcester State College
Fall 2005
Worcester State College Open House, advisor to incoming Sociology students
2005-2006
Member, Ethnic Studies Development Committee, Worcester State College
2005-2006
Member, Honors Program Committee, Worcester State College
Spring 2005
*Acting Chair, Department of Sociology, Worcester State College
Spring 2005
*Member, All Campus Committee, Worcester State College
Spring 2005
Member, College Hiring Policy Assessment Committee, in service for the Council of Department Chairs, Worcester State College
Fall 2004
Chair, Sociology Hiring Committee, Worcester State College
Fall 2004
Worcester State College Open House, advisor to incoming Sociology students
Service at University of Oregon
2000-2001
Graduate Representative, Staff Development Committee, University of Oregon
1997-1998*
President, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (G.T.F.F.), University of Oregon
1996-1997*
Vice President, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, Organizing.
Graduate Representative, Qualifying Exam Committee, University of Oregon
1995-1996* Vice President, Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation, COPE,
University of Oregon
1995 G.T.F.F. Representative,
University of Oregon Selection Committee,
Graduate Teaching Fellow Teaching Excellence
1994-1995 Graduate Representative, Sociology Department,
University of Oregon
Professional affiliation
- American Sociological Association
- Marxist Section
- Political Economy of World Systems
- Pacific Sociological Association
- Network of East-West Women
- International Association For Feminist Economics
