Jennifer Strangfeld, Ph.D.

 

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Department of Sociology

Contact information
Email:jeystrangfeld@pacificu.edu

Carnegie Hall 201
503-352-1552
UC Box:A136

 

 

 

Education:

2006 Ph.D. University of Oregon
                   Sociology
           
            Dissertation: “Corporate Unity as a Power Dynamic: A Study of Corporate
            Cohesion in the Creation of the 1979 National Energy Policy and the 1992 Energy
            Policy Act.” Advisor: Michael Dreiling

2000 M.S. University of Oregon
                  Sociology

1995 B.A. University of California, Santa Barbara
                  Women’s Studies and Psychology
                  Magna cum laude

Teaching Experience

 

Instructor (at Washington State University, Vancouver)

Instructor (at Western Oregon University)

Instructor (at University of Oregon)

Teaching and Research Interests

 

Political sociology, sociological theory, inequalities, political economy/economic sociology, class politics, gender and sexualities, globalization, and social movements

 

Work in Progress

 

2007    (with Michael Dreiling, Strangfeld first author) “Corporate Network and
            Facilitative State Structures: Class Power in Energy and Trade Policy Institutions”

2007   Book Prospectus: Energy Industry Networks: the Influence of State and Capital in
            the Transformation of US Energy Policy 1973 - 2005