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Abroad SOCIOLOGY COURSES TAUGHT Senior Topics Seminar: Mental Illness Senior topics Seminar: Food Senior Topics Seminar: Immigration Senior Topics Seminar: Environmental Sociology Senio

DR BONNIE LYNN MITCHELL-GREEN

Montgomery, AL 36107-1911 Enoch, UT 84721

(Residence beginning Dec11, 2019) (Current residence)

Email: Dr.Bonnie8@gmail.com Cell Phone: 435 590-0596

EDUCATION

Ph.D in Sociology 1994 University of Texas at Austin Areas of specialization: Comparative race and ethnicity, gender, and religion Dissertation title: "American Indian PowWows* in Utah, 1983-1994: A Case Study in Oppositional Culture." *Spelling as per usage in Indian Country M.A in Latin American Studies Brigham Young University Areas of specialization: Latin American Literature, Anthropology, and Political Science Thesis title: "Indian and Ladina* Women in Rural Western Highland Guatemala." *This is the correct regional spelling

TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) graduate course work Brigham Young University Organized and administered program for K-14 educators of Navajo-speaking students in San Juan County, UT

M.Ed in Community Education Administration Brigham Young University Emphases in community college administration and community development Included internship on Utah strip of Navajo Reservation

B.A in Spanish Magna Cum Laude with High Honors from Honors Program, Brigham Young University Minor in political science Included nutritional service project in rural southern Mexico, study abroad in Salzburg, Austria, and internship followed by employment with the then U.S Office of Bilingual Education

EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE

I want to teach one university course, preferably Spanish or interdisciplinary, beginning in January, 2020 I could also teach almost any sociology course, as needed I particularly enjoy facilitating both formal and informal learning opportunities concerning current events for students, faculty, staff, and community members

PUBLICATIONS

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L., and Lester R Kurtz (2012) “Chapter Four: Indigenous

Religions.” First author on substantially revised chapter in Gods in the Global Village: The

World’s Religions in Sociological Perspective, 4 th Edition Ed L.R Kurtz L.A.: Sage

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L (March/April 2013) Book Review of “Florida without

Borders: Women at the Intersections of the Local and Global” in Feminist Teacher Vol 22:1,

p 78-70 Champaign: University of Illinois

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn 2009 (to be updated in 2020) “Peace Prizes [MS129]” in

Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, 2 nd Edition Ed L R Kurtz Oxford: Elsevier

Mitchell, Bonnie L and Joe R Feagin 1994 "America's Racial-Ethnic Cultures:

Opposition within the Mythical Melting Pot" in Toward the Multicultural University

edited by B Bowser, T Jones, and G A Young Westport, Conn.: Praeger

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Indigenous Peoples: Religion, Comparative Race/Ethnic Relations, Gender

Environmental Sociology: Food Security, Eat Local and Slow Food (Italy) Movements

Immigration: From Latin America to Non-Traditional Receiving Communities in USA

Peace Studies/Non-violence: Applied Social Justice Projects

Health, Illness, and Medicine: Mental Health in the United States and/vs Abroad

SOCIOLOGY COURSES TAUGHT

Senior Topics Seminar: Mental Illness

Senior topics Seminar: Food

Senior Topics Seminar: Immigration

Senior Topics Seminar: Environmental Sociology

Senior Topics Seminar: Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations in the Western Hemisphere Sociology of Organizations

Social Movements and Social Change

Sociological Theory

Qualitative Methods

Sociology of Race and Ethnicity

Sociology of Native American Societies

Sociology of Gender and Sexuality

Sociology/Cultural Anthropology of Religion

Sociology/Cultural Anthropology of Health, Illness and Medicine

Social Stratification

Comparative Social Institutions

Sociology of Education

Sociology of the Family

Sociology of Deviance

Social Psychology

Social Problems

Introduction to Sociology (x 40)

INTERDISCIPLINARY AND OTHER COURSES TAUGHT

Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar: Voices of Native American Women

Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar: Varieties of Non-Violence

Introduction to Environmental Studies

Introduction to Women’s Studies

Introduction to Diversity

Freshmen Orientation Weeks for traditional, U.S Minority, and International Students

First and Second Year College Spanish Courses

College English Composition

English as a Second Language (All levels)

COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS PRESENTED

Spanish for Fun and/or Survival (Various years and locations, last one in Montgomery, AL,

Spring 2016)

ESL Intensive 2-hour Volunteer Teacher Preparation (for student volunteers at Truman State

University, 2009-2012)

“Bridges/Puentes” Bilingual Community Reading and Lecture Series (at Yavapai College,

Verde Campus, Arizona, Spring 2001)

Singing for Our Lives: Perspectives from Selected Radical Women of Color (for UU Women’s Conferences, 1992-1993)

Selected Native American Cultural Perspectives (while directing Multicultural Center at

SUSC in mid 1980s—prior to Ph.D studies) for various community organizations

FACULTY AWARDS

Nominated for the Outstanding Research Mentor of the Year Award 2011-2012 Truman State University, Student Senate Academic Affairs Committee

“Advisor of the Year” Award 2003-2004 Southern Utah University Student Affairs Thunderbird Awards Committee

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Retired in 2017

Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Temporary Assistant Professor of Sociology, August 2016-May 2017 Responsibilities: Taught senior topics courses, and lower division sociology courses Taught topics courses on Sociology/Anthropology of Food and

Sociology/Anthropology of Mental Illness Reviewed and selected texts for topics courses Troy University, Montgomery, AL, Campus Full-time Lecturer in Social Sciences, August 2014

to May 2016 Responsibilities: Teach Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Social Change, Social Institutions, Social Behavior (Social Psychology), Sociology of Organizations, Sociology of Religion, Qualitative Methods, Environmental Sociology, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Gender, and Sociology of Education courses in face-to-face format Taught one on-line overload course in Sociology of Religion Serving since Spring 2015 as faculty advisor for Social Justice Club at Montgomery Campus

Truman State University Temporary Assistant Professor of Sociology, August 2008-August

2012 Responsibilities : Taught senior topics courses, qualitative methods, and all lower division sociology courses Taught interdisciplinary seminars in Native American Studies, Non-violence, Environmental Studies, and Freshmen Orientation Reviewed and selected texts for all of these courses Served as president of local chapter of American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Trained and organized students to provide English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction to rural meat processing plant workers and their families

Advised Zeta Phi Beta (Black Sorority)

Ferris State University Visiting Lecturer in Sociology, August 2007-May 2008 Responsibilities: Taught Minorities in America, Sociology of Deviant Behavior, Social Problems and

Introduction to Sociology

Southern Utah University Assistant Professor of Sociology, August 2001-June 2006

Responsibilities: Taught introductory and upper division sociology and cultural anthropology courses including theory, race/ethnicity, religion, health and medicine, social change, and gender & sexuality Also taught interdisciplinary Women’s Studies (associated with annual conference) and Ethnic Studies (Associated with annual Black History and Native American months) courses and Introduction to Diversity course Reviewed and selected texts

Chaired SUU Women's Conference committee (2 years), advised AKD/Sociology Club, co-advised PrIDE (GLBTQ) and Alternative Spring Break (Service) Clubs

Northern Arizona University Adjunct Sociology Faculty in Statewide Programs, August 2000

to May 2001 Responsibilities: Taught Sociology of Native American Societies course, in regular classroom setting and via interactive TV originating in Prescott, AZ, and broadcast statewide to five remote sites (Chinle, Ganado, Show Low, Scottsdale, and Yuma)

Yavapai College, Verde Campus, Arizona Full-time faculty in Spanish with released time to direct the Learning (Tutoring and ESL modules) Center, August 1998 to May 2001

Responsibilities: Taught introductory Spanish courses; reviewed and selected texts; hired, trained, and supervised Developmental English Modules Coordinator, foreign language instructors, and multi-disciplinary tutors Team taught "Sociolinguistics" and "Environmental Crises & Opportunities." Organized community-based, grant-supported “Bridges/Puentes” lecture series on novels written by Mexicans and Mexican Americans that included free provision of novels in English and/or Spanish to participants Also organized Native

American, African American and Latin American guest lectures

Transformations Consulting Director, June 1995 to December 1998 Responsibilities: Wrote proposal to fund Native American Language Preservation Project (See “Grants Received” section), provided technical assistance with multicultural education program development, and guest lectured at colleges and universities Also taught Spanish part-time for Clark County Community College in Las Vegas, NV

University of Maryland, Asian Division Core Faculty Member in Sociology and Spanish, August 1994 to May 1995 Responsibilities: Taught four undergraduate sociology and five undergraduate Spanish courses to U.S military personnel, dependents, and civilian

contractors in South Korea

University of Texas at Austin Assistant Instructor, Department of Sociology, September 1993

to July 1994 Responsibilities: Taught lower division sociology courses while writing

dissertation

Brigham Young University Visiting Lecturer (ABD), Department of Sociology, January 1992 to June 1993 Responsibilities: Taught sociology of gender & sexuality, social stratification, introductory sociology, and social problems courses Advised undergraduate and

graduate students Briefly chaired and then served on “Multiculturalism across the

Curriculum” faculty & staff committee Conducted research for dissertation while in Utah

APPLIED SOCIOLOGY/COMMUNITY-BASED GRANTS AWARDED

"Utah Paiute Language Preservation Planning Project," Administration for Native Americans (U.S Department of Health and Human Services), 1997 ($50,000)

"American Indian Orientation Program for Dixie College," Kellogg Foundation, 1992

($15,000)

"International Week Programs" for Southern Utah University, Utah Endowment for the

Humanities (Approx $3,000/year)

"Native American Orientation Program" for Southern Utah University, Hearst Foundation ($7,500)

"Native American Scholarships," Callister Foundation ($3,000/year)

"Utah Navajo Adult Education Program," U.S Office of Indian Education ($220,000)

PROFESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “An Outsider’s View of the Journey Still Ahead for Montgomery, Alabama” Presented at AL-Miss Sociological Association Meetings Montgomery, AL Feb

2015

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “Comparative Strategies of Cultural Resistance Among

Indigenous Peoples of the New World” Presented at Mid-South Sociological Meetings in Mobile, AL Nov 2014

Mitchell-G., Bonnie Lynn “Far from the Border: Spanish Speaking Immigrant Experiences in the Rural Midwest.” Midwest Sociological Society Des Moines, IA April 2009

Mitchell-G., Bonnie Lynn “Indigenous Survival: Comparative Strategies of Cultural

Resistance among the Paiute of Southern Utah and the Wixarika of Jalisco, Mexico.” Global Issues Colloquium, Truman State University November 2008

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “Oxymoron or Oxy-Mormon: New Thought Religion in

Contemporary Southern Utah.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting San

Francisco, CA April 2004

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “A Case Study of Indigenous Resistance to Assimilation: The

Huichol (Wixarika) Indians of Jalisco, Mexico.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual

Meeting San Francisco, CA April 2004

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “The Most Circuitous Route Possible: How I Became a

Sociologist.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA April 2004 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn <<Cuando suenan los tambores: Aspectos religiosos del

PowWow que fortalecen la cultura de resistencia entre los indígenas de los EEUU.>>

(“When the Drums Play: Religious Aspects of the PowWow that Strengthen a Culture of Resistance among Native Americans” presented in Spanish) Religious Beliefs and Public Life Conference University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico May 2003

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “Mixing Sacred and Profane: ‘New Thought’ in Southern Utah.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, UT

November 2002

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L "PowWows as Educational Sites for Transmission of Cultural Values." World Indigenous Peoples Conference Albuquerque, NM June 1996

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L "American Indian PowWows in Utah: A Case Study in Oppositional Culture." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Los Angeles, CA August

1994

Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L "Nonviolence and Democracy in Native American Context: The Use of PowWows to Resist Cultural Genocide." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Los Angeles, CA August 1994

Mitchell, Bonnie L "American Indian PowWows in Utah: A Case Study in Oppositional

Religious Practice." Native American Studies Association Slt Ste Marie, MI October 1993 Mitchell, Bonnie L "Alternate Constructions of Gender and Giftedness Among Selected American Indian Tribes." Conference on Sexuality/Homosexuality University of Utah April

1993

Mitchell, Bonnie L "Attitudes toward Interracial Marriage in Utah." Southern Utah University Diversity Week April 1993

Mitchell, Bonnie L "Hating Ourselves: The Social Construction of the Evil Other." B.Y.U

Campus Coalition for Bosnia Teach-In March 1993

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Witness for Peace (WFP), member of “Women’s Ways of Knowing” educational delegation

to Cuba, Feb 22-Mar 4, 2014 Engaged in discussions with Cuban women regarding women

in religion, public health/preventative medicine, GLBT issues, sustainable agriculture,

environmental protection, and effects of the U.S embargo on Cuban citizens’ daily lives Inter-disciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies, Santiago, Chile, December,

2013 Conference participant at “¿Qué sujeto, cual conflicto? Subjetividad, política y relaciones interculturales en américa latina y el mundo.” Responded to papers at session focused on indigenous issues

Missouri Sociological Association, President-Elect and President, 2010-2012

Midwest Sociological Society, “Comparative Race and Ethnicity” Session Organizer, St Louis and Minneapolis/St Paul, 2011 and 2012

American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter President, Truman State

University, Academic Year 2010-2011

Panel member for numerous university-wide discussions including “Egypt & Arab Spring,”

“Immigration,” “Environmental Issues,” “Peace-Building,” and “Race/Ethnic Diversity” at Truman State University, 2008-2012

Global Issues Colloquia Committee Member, Truman State University, 2009-2012

Member of ad-hoc curriculum, assessment, and senior honors awards committees for

Department of Society and Environment, Truman State University, 2008-2012

Member, Critical Thinking and Writing Faculty Study Groups, Truman State University and Ferris State University, 2007-2012

Preliminary research on current racial and ethnic relations in Guatemala after a 30-year absence (since Master’s Thesis) in Quetzaltenango and San Pedro/San Marcos

Departments, June-July, 2009 (Research funding assistance of $1,500 received from the Truman State University College of Arts and Sciences.)

Participant Observation Research among Wixarika (Huichol) Indians of San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico, during July-August, 2003

Interim Leave, Rank, and Tenure Policy Committee Chair Southern Utah University Social Science Department Spring 2002

Faculty Affairs Committee Member (job descriptions, search and selection procedures, performance evaluation criteria, etc.), Yavapai College Faculty Senate August 1998 to June 2000

Cultural Exchange Committee Chair, University of Maryland faculty group in Songtan, South Korea August 1994 to June 1995

Interim Chair, “Multiculturalism across the Curriculum Committee,” BYU Coalition for the Advancement of Minorities in Higher Education, February to June, 1993

Session Presenter, "Hating Ourselves: The Social Construction of the Evil Other." BYU Campus Coalition for Bosnia Teach-In March 1993

LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES

Spanish: Fluent speaking, reading and writing plus cultural competency German: Limited speaking, reading and writing

Navajo: Minimal speaking

Greek (Koiné): Minimal reading

REFERENCES

Lester R Kurtz

Department of Sociology & Anthropology

George Mason University, MS 3G5

Fairfax, VA 22030

Phone : 703 993-1425

Email: lkurtz@gmu.edu

Personal Email: leskurtz@gmail.com

Joe R Feagin

Ella Mc Fadden Professor of Sociology

Department of Sociology

Texas A & M University

College Station, Texas 77843

Phone: 979 845-5133

Email: Email: jrfeagin@yahoo.com

Thomas E (Ted) Lyon

Retired Professor of Spanish and Director of Numerous International Programs Kennedy Center for International Affairs

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT 84602

Phone: 801 422-3077

Email: International_Society@BYU.edu

David C Knowlton

Behavioral Science Department/LA 012W

Utah Valley University

Orem, UT 84058

Phone: 801 863-6196

Email: DKnowlton@uvu.edu

Personal Email: yanagringo@yahoo.com

Amber Johnson,

Chair, Department of Society and Environment

Truman State University

Kirksville, MO 63501

Phone: 660 665-6418

Email: ajohnson@truman.edu