Cathy A. Rakowski

EDUCATION :

Ph.D. in Sociology (Concentrations: Sociology of Development, Social Demography, Social Psychology), University of Texas at Austin, December 1984

M.A. in Latin American Studies (Concentrations: Sociology, Economics), University of Texas at Austin, August 1977

B.A. with Honors in Social Anthropology, University of Michigan, August 1973

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION :

Community/Regional Development, Globalization, and Social Change (Theory/Policy, Planning, Macro/Micro Links, Change Processes, Impact Assessment, Informality/microenterprise, Gender and Development, Grassroots Organizing, Community Development, Multi-stage Projects, Political/Economic Restructuring)

Social Diversity (Gender/Class/Spatial Analysis, Social Groups, Social Capital)

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE:

Oct 1990-present Associate Professor of Rural Sociology and Women's Studies, The Ohio State

University, tenured July 1, 1996, and Assistant Professor (October 1990-June 1996). Joint appointment in the Department of Human and Community Resource Development and the Department of Women's Studies. Courses include in Rural Sociology: Social Groups in Developing Societies (Undergrad), Rural Sociology of Development & Social Change (Grad), Social Action in Community Development (G); Women's Studies: Women and Social Change in Latin America (U/G), Feminist Analysis in Global Perspective (U/G), Feminist Perspectives on Women and Violence (UG), Theorizing Gender, Power and Social Change (G), Violence Against Women: Theory and Response (G), Introduction to Women's Studies (U), Introduction to Feminist Analysis (U); Thesis writing (G).

Associated faculty , College of Social Work, 2002-present.

July 1997-March 1998 Visiting Research Associate and Fulbright Scholar, National Experimental University of Guayana (UNEG), Office of Anthropological Studies, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Advised faculty working on MA and Ph.D. theses and research proposals. Helped develop research designs, with data analysis, and resolving problems in writing. Worked with 2 anthropologists (PhD), 1 sociologist (PhD), 1 social psychologist (PhD), 1 labor relations specialist (MA), and 12 mathematics teachers (MS). Also gave a series of public lectures.

Sept 1986- June 1990

Assistant Professor , Michigan State University, non tenure-track position in Department of Sociology (2/3 appointment, April 1987-September 1990). Courses included Introductory Sociology (UG), Individual in Society (UG), Dynamics of Population (UG), Sex and Gender (UG), Sociology of the Family (UG), Women and Violence (UG), Issues in International Development (UG), Applied Social Research Methods (G), Women in Development (UG/G), The Political Economy of Grassroots Development (UG/G), Urbanization in Comparative Perspective (G), Proseminar in Applied Sociology (G).

	Coordinator , M.A. Option in Applied Sociology, Michigan State University, Department of Sociology (1/3 appointment, April 1987-September 1990). Responsibilities included advising students, overseeing and arranging internships, establishing and administering the applied sociology specialization of the Masters Program, marketing the program. Visiting Assistant Professor , Michigan State University, Department of Social Science (September 1986-March 1987). Courses: War and Morality (UG), Coping with Institutional Change (UG), America and World Problems (UG).
Jan-May 1987	Visiting Assistant Professor , The University of Michigan, Department of Sociology. Course: Comparative Family Systems (UG/G).
March-June 1987	Visiting Assistant Professor , University of Toledo, Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Courses: Sex Roles (UG), Introductory Sociology (UG).
March 1986	Co-Instructor , Central University of Venezuela, Law and Political Science Department, Institute of Criminology. Extension course on rape.
Jan-March 1981	Invited Lecturer , Simón Bolívar University, Department of General Studies. Course on Situation of Women in Latin America (UG).
Sept 1978- July 1979	Instructor , Austin Community College, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Courses: Introductory Sociology (UG), Social Problems (UG).
Jan 1977- August 1979	Teaching Assistant , The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Sociology. This position typically involved assisting with, team teaching or independent teaching of the Sex Roles course (UG) and assisting with courses on the Family (UG) and on Social Movements (UG).
June-August 1976	Instructor , The University of Texas at Austin, Institute of Latin American Studies. Course on the Role of Women in Latin American Societies (UG)

RESEARCH, CONSULTING AND ADVISING :

Dec 2002 Review Team Member, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental

Sciences. Spent a week in India reviewing sites and assessing the social responsibility dimensions of a water conservation project in which the college participates with Indian institutions.

July 2002- Consultant, CVG-Proforca (forestry consortium), Ciudad Guayana,

Jan 2003 Venezuela. Social impact assessment and workshop on relations with rural

communities.

August 2001 Consultant , National Parks System (INPARQUES), Venezuela. Assessed gender roles in a national park and advised team on social policy research.

July-Dec 1999 Consultant , CVG-Proforca (forestry consortium), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Advising managers and Board of Directors on the development of a social policy and program of community assistance for small rural communities in a zone of forestry development.

Jan-March 1999 Advisor, International Programs in Agriculture (OSU), to provide technical training to a visiting scholar from an agriculture college in India. Training focused on developing women’s studies curricula. Funded by FAO.

Feb-Mar/Sep 1998 Consultant, Fundacite-Guayana (grants making organization), Venezuela. Preparation of three concept papers and follow up advising on the development of a funding program to support social research and provide methods training to local researchers.

Feb-March 1998 Advisor , Mayor’s Office, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Advised the mayor, the city council, and the Office of Informal Economy on the drafting of a city ordinance to regulate street vendors. Also advised the Office of Statistics on the construction of social indicators to measure the social impact of city policies and programs.

July 1990-Nov 1991/Oct 1992/ Oct 1993/June- Oct 1994/March, July 1995/Dec 1997/Feb,Oct 1998 Jan 1992- present March 1988- May 1989	Consultant, Social Aspects of Forestry Development, Department of Urban Studies, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (Guayana Development Corporation) and CVG-PROFORCA (a forestry consortium), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. In exchange for logistical and financial support for on-going research, advise urban planners, forestry engineers, and managers on impact of forestry program on local rural communities; social impact assessment; social programming. Present data at public seminars and conferences. Advisor , PlanUrbe (a non-governmental organization which advises grassroots community groups and the mayor's office), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. Occasional advising on community development issues and microenterprises. Research Director , Survey of Health Problems for Clerical‑Technical Union, Michigan State University. Study of work-related health problems among 2,295 clerical-technical workers.
April-July 1986	Consultant , Consultores 21 (a private think tank). 1) Preparation of a manual reviewing the data available in Venezuela on the urban informal sector and outline of a method for using the sector as an indicator of macroeconomic change. 2) Advising for the preparation and analysis of a survey on political attitudes and opinions. 3) Recommended methods for identifying the middle classes for a study of the impact of economic crisis.
Jan-August 1985	Consultant , Benjamin Reif y Asociados (private consulting firm) for the Venezuelan Association of Inter‑Municipal Cooperation (AVECI) and Lagoven, a state‑owned oil company, Caracas. 1) Analysis of the infrastructural, social and economic problems of nine small rural towns in an area undergoing change through oil exploitation and forestry projects. 2) Design of appropriate small‑scale, participatory projects to provide the rural populations with a basis for improving community development and diversifying the local economy.

Sept 1984- Jan 1985	Research Consultant , Silva Nass Aguilar Asociados (a private consulting firm) for the U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Consulate, Caracas. Research and preparation of two market profiles‑‑the first on the market for imported medical equipment and the second for automotive parts and service equipment.
June-Oct 1983	Research Consultant , IESA (Institute for Advanced Studies in Management) for the International Committee of Population Programme Management (ICOMP), Caracas. A case study of the logistical problems and administrative bottlenecks of a Ministry of Health service module in a low‑income neighborhood, and analysis of the service module program at the national level.
Feb 1983- May 1984	Advisor , Division of Planning, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana (Guayana Development Corporation), Ciudad Guayana. 1) Trained and advised a new planning team. 2) Analysis of labor force patterns during the recent manufacturing boom and the post‑boom period.
Jan-Nov 1983	Research Consultant , United Nations International Labour Office, Program for Employment in Latin America, and Cordiplán (national planning office), Caracas. The urban informal sector project in Venezuela, Caracas. 1) Research on institutional obstacles to informal sector expansion in construction and transportation. 2) Investigation of women's participation in the urban informal sector and preparation of guidelines for programs and policies to increase women's productivity and income.
March-Dec 1981	Advisor and Social Planner, The Division of Social and Cultural Development, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, Ciudad Guayana and Caracas. 1) Research on social problems in a planned industrial city and analysis of social and industrial policies. 2) Evaluation of the role of the Division in dealing with social problems. 3) Training of a newly-formed planning team in the Office of Formulation and Evaluation of Social Programs.

Sept 1976- May 1977

Researcher , Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin. Library research and co-authoring of a book-length bibliography on women in development.

AWARDS AND HONORS:

2002 Ohio State University, Office of International Education International Faculty Award. For contributions made to internationalizing research and teaching, especially through chairing of the Fulbright Committee and the OSU-WID (women in development) speaker series and listservers.

2001 Gamma Sigma Delta International Award of Merit. For enhancing the international focus of teaching and research and for promoting OSU’s reputation for international work.

2000 Teaching Award, College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, The Ohio State University.

SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS :

2000-2001. Professional Development Grant ($13,800), College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University. To prepare a course on domestic community development and social action in support of the new Community Development specialization in the Rural Sociology Graduate Program.

July 2001. Travel grant, Office of International Studies ($1,300). To fund travel for research and work on a paper co-authored with a Venezuelan colleague.

July 1999-September 2001. Coca Cola Faculty Grants for Research on Women and Gender, Ohio State University ($5,000). To fund travel and transcription of interviews.

August 1999-August 2000. Rural Sociological Society and Kellogg Foundation ($40,000). As appointed chair of the RSS Diversity Committee, take over the final year of a five-year Diversity Initiative designed to improve diversity in the society, recruit minorities and women to Rural Sociology as a discipline, encourage research on minority issues in rural society, and improve the teaching of rural diversity in undergraduate sociology classes.

1996-1999. Rural Sociological Society-Kellogg Foundation Diversity Initiative Grant ($15,000) for work as Co-chair the Curriculum Transformation Subcommittee (to develop means for improving the representation of rural diversity in the teaching of undergraduate sociology).

February, June 1997-March 1998. Fulbright Scholar Award for Lecturing at the Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana (University of Guayana) and Research on "The Macho City: Gender and Planning in Ciudad Guayana." ($36,000)

June 1996-June 1997. African Dissertation Internship Award ($28,000) awarded to Coumba Mar Gadio, a graduate student, and Cathy A. Rakowski for dissertation research on generational change and empowerment of women farmers in Thieudeme, Senegal.

Spring 1996. $1000 from the Pomerene Teaching Grant program of the College of Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Ohio State University. For equipment purchase.

July 1995. $3,000 from The Mershon Center for the Study of Conflict at Ohio State University to fund research on democratization in rural Venezuelan communities.

August-September 1994. Logistical support (vehicle, housing, meals, photocopies) and financial support ($2,500) to pay interviewers. From CVG-PROFORCA (forestry consortium), Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela. To conduct a second household survey in a boom town as part of the on-going research project "Pines, Planning and People: A Longitudinal Study of Social and Cultural Change in Rural Venezuela."

August 1993-January 1995. African Dissertation Internship Award ($25,000) awarded to J. P. Owusu-Ansah, a graduate student, and Cathy A. Rakowski by the Rockefeller Foundation to fund dissertation research to compare the attitudes and knowledge of Ugandan extension agents and the roles and needs of men and women farmers.

Academic years 1993-1995. Speaker Series Grant ($5,000) from the Office of Research to bring off-campus speakers to participate in the OSU Association of Women and Development luncheon seminar series and to conduct student workshops during their visits.

July 1992-December 1994. Research Grant ($19,000) from FUNDACITE-Guayana, a regional research foundation affiliated with CONICIT--Venezuela's premier research foundation. Grant to Mercedes Mandé, María Nuria De Cesaris, Cathy A. Rakowski and the University of Guayana to study life histories, town histories, public policy and programs, and to produce policy documents for thirteen rural towns. Part of a longitudinal study.

January-December 1993. University Seed Grant ($19,000) from the Ohio State University Office of Research for "Ecofeminism and Ecotourism: Women's Role in Managing the Environment." This study explored the development of theory and policy in ecotourism and women and the environment, especially in Latin America and Africa, and the feasibility of future funding for research in this area.

September 1992-August 1993. Research Grant ($22,000) from the Howard Heinz Endowment and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Pittsburgh for "Beauty and the Beast: Administrative Decentralization, Structural Adjustment and Empowerment in Rural Venezuela." This study focused on political and administrative decentralization and its impact on decision making and infrastructural endowments in a rural boom town.

September 1990-August 1992. Research Grant ($53,000) from the National Science Foundation for "Pines, Planning and People: A Longitudinal Study of Social and Cultural Change in Rural Venezuela." This on-going research project evaluates the processes of social, economic, and political change in thirteen rural communities in a region of petroleum exploitation, forestry development, and industrialization. NSF funded the first of three stages of research.

January-December 1992. Curriculum Development Grant ($11,000) from Ohio State University to Linda Lobao, David Hansen and Cathy Rakowski to develop an undergraduate course on social groups in developing societies.

Summer 1989-Summer 1990. Logistical support (vehicles and photocopies) and partial financial support for the project "Pines, Planning and People" from the Corporación Venezolana de Guayana, Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.

January-December 1989. Michigan State University Research Initiation Grant ($4,890) to begin research on a longitudinal study of rural development and change entitled "Pines, Planning and People: A Longitudinal Study of Social and Cultural Change in Rural Venezuela."

July‑October 1980. Field work expenses ($6,000) and logistical support for household survey in lower‑income communities and for in-depth study of micro‑enterprises, granted by the Division of Social and Cultural Development, Corporación Venezolana de Guayana.

September 1979‑August 1981. Latin American and Caribbean Learning Fellowship ($24,000 + travel), Inter‑American Foundation, Washington, D.C., for dissertation research in Venezuela.

September 1979‑August 1980. Fulbright-Hays Fellowship ($12,000 + travel) for dissertation research in Venezuela.

Academic Year 1975‑76. NDFL Fellowship, The Graduate School and the Institute of Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin.

PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REPORTS :

‑ Theses

The Division of Labor by Sector and by Sex in a Developing Economy: The Case of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela . Dissertation, Sociology, The University of Texas at Austin, 1984 .

"The Rise and Fall of High Primacy in a Developing Nation: The Case of Venezuela." Masters Thesis, Latin American Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, 1977.

‑ Books

Contrapunto: The Informal Sector Debate in Latin America . Albany: SUNY Press, 1994. Editor and author of three chapters: "What Debate?" "The Informal Sector Debate. Part II: 1984-1993," and "Contrapunto: Policy, Research, and the Role of the State."

Engendering Wealth and Well-being : Empowerment for Global Change. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995. Edited by Rae Lesser Blumberg, Cathy A. Rakowski, Irene Tinker and Michael Monteón. Author of section introductions and of concluding chapter: "En gendering Wealth and Well-being: Lessons Learned."

Women in the Development Process: A Select Bibliography on Women in Sub‑Saharan Africa and Latin America. Austin: The University of Texas Press, 1977. Authored by Suzanne Smith Saulniers and Cathy A. Rakowski.

- Curriculum Materials

Teaching About the Diversity and Complexities of Rural Life . 2000. A teaching techniques resource manual. Jointly published by the American Sociological Association and Rural Sociological Society, available through ASA Curriculum Materials. Prepared by Carol Jenkins and Cathy A. Rakowski.

Women, Culture, and Society: Popular Readings in Women's Studies. Needham Heights, MA: Simon and Schuster, 1994. Edited by Mary Margaret Fonow and Cathy Rakowski. (A reader for introductory Women's Studies courses)

- Peer-reviewed Journals

“Women’s Coalitions as a Strategy at the Intersection of Economic and Political Change in Venezuela.” International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society 16, 3, Spring 2003:387-405.

“¿Movimiento de Mujeres o Mujeres en Movimiento? El Caso de Venezuela.” Cuadernos del CENDES 49, a social science journal published by the Central University of Venezuela, 2002: 31-48.. Gioconda Espina and Cathy A. Rakowski.

“Opportunities and Obstacles to Women’s Empowerment under Neoliberal Reforms.” Journal of Developing Societies 16, 1, 2000: 115-138.

“Farmer’s Changing Roles in Thieudeme, Senegal: The Impact of Local and Global Factors on Three Generations of Women.A Gender & Society 13, 6, 1999: 733-57. Coumba Mar Gadio and Cathy A. Rakowski.

“Microenterprise as a World Wide Movement: Some Cautionary Notes.” Social Development Issues 21, 2, 1999: 56-65.

“Mujer, Acero y Bosque: La Division del Trabajo en Dos Regiones de Venezuela.” (Women, Steel and Forests: The Division of Labor in Two Regions of Venezuela) Parima (Journal of the Social Sciences in Guayana, Venezuela) 2, 3, January-July 1998: 5-28. (Earlier version presented at the Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Sociological Association, Caracas, May 29-June 4, 1993.)

"Evaluating a Social Impact Assessment: Short and Longer-Term Outcomes." Society and Natural Resources 7, 1995: 525-40.

"Temporary Migration as a Survival Strategy: The Case of Serer Millet Pounders in Dakar." Women's Studies International Forum 81, 4, July 1995 : 431-43. Authors: Coumba Mar Gadio and Cathy A. Rakowski.

"The Struggle for Housing in Rural Venezuela: Ideology, Policy, and Practice." Rural Sociology 60, 1, Spring 1995: 129-148.

"Planned Development and Women's Relative Power: The Cases of Steel and Forestry in Venezuela." Latin American Perspectives 22, 2, Spring 1995 : 52-76. Revised version of a paper presented at international conference “Engendering Wealth and Well-being,” San Diego, February 17-20, 1993.

"Convergence and Divergence in the Informal Sector Debate: A Focus on Latin America 1984-1992." World Development 22, 4, April 1994: 501-516.

"The Ugly Scholar: Neo-colonialism and Ethical Issues in International Research." The American Sociologist 24, 3-4, Fall-Winter 1993: 69-86.

"Evaluating Development: Theory, Ideology, and Planning in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela." International Journal of Contemporary Sociology 26, 1-2, January-April 1989: 71-92.

"Planificación y la división del trabajo en Ciudad Guayana." Special issue on Ciudad Guayana of the Cuadernos de la Sociedad Venezolana de Planificación 162, Caracas, December 1987: 81-100. (Title: Planning & the Division of Labor in Ciudad Guayana).

"Women in Steel: The Case of Ciudad Guayana." Qualitative Sociology 10, 4, 1987: 3-28. Based on a paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., August 1985.

"Difficulties Involved in Taking Health Care Services to the People: The Example of a Public Health Care Center in a Caracas Barrio." Social Science and Medicine 21, 1, 1985: 67‑75. With George T. Kastner as second author.

"El Libertador: Health Care Delivery in a Caracas Barrio." Human Resources Development IV, September 1984: 86‑90. With George T. Kastner as second author.

- Editor-refereed Journals or articles

“Women as Political Actors: The Move from Maternalism to Citizenship Rights and Power.” A review essay based on 7 books. Latin American Research Review . Forthcoming, 2003.

“Unity in Diversity and Adversity: Venezuelan Women’s Struggle for Human Rights.” INSTRAW News 28, First Semester 1998: 26-33 (article commissioned for U.N. publication).

"Venezuelan Women: Building Coalitions for Reform." Re-Visions: Journal of the Michigan State University Women's Studies Program 1,3, Spring 1988: 5-7.

"Desventaja Multiplicada. La Mujer del Sector Informal." In a special issue on the informal sector, Nueva Sociedad 90, Caracas, July‑August 1987: 134‑146. (Title: Doubly Disadvantaged: Women of the Informal Sector). Reprinted in Cuadernos de Ciencias Sociales (a journal published by FLACSO, Costa Rica) 16, July 1988: 55-69. Reprinted in Y hasta cuándo esperaremos mandan-dirun-dirun-dán: Mujer y poder en América Latina, edited by A. Koschutzke. Caracas: Nueva Sociedad, 1989.

- Book Chapters

"Engendering Wealth and Well-being: Lessons Learned." In Rae Lesser Blumberg, Cathy A. Rakowski, Irene Tinker and Michael Monteón, eds. En gendering Wealth and Well-being: Empowerment for Global Change. Boulder: Westview Press, 1995. (Peer reviewed)

"What Debate?" "The Informal Sector Debate. Part II: 1984-1993," and "Contrapunto: Policy, Research, and the Role of the State." In Cathy A. Rakowski, Contrapunto: The Informal Sector Debate in Latin America. Albany: SUNY Press, 1994 : 3-10, 31-50, 273-287. (Peer reviewed)

"Gender, Family and Economy in a Planned Industrial City: The Working and Lower Class Households of Ciudad Guayana." In Rae Lesser Blumberg, ed. Gender, Family, and Economy: The Triple Crossroads. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1990: 149-172.

"Desventaja Multiplicada. La Mujer del Sector Informal." In A. Koschutzke, ed. Y hasta cuándo esperaremos mandan-dirun-dirun-dán: Mujer y poder en América Latina. Caracas: Editorial Nueva Sociedad, 1989: 167-182. (Title: Doubly Disadvantaged: Women of the Informal Sector).

"The Planning Process and the Division of Labor in a New Industrial City: The Case of Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela." In John Walton, ed. Capital and Labour in the Urbanized World. London: Sage Publications, 1985 : 195‑223. (Peer reviewed)

- Proceedings Volumes

“La Cara Humana del Bosque: Cambio Social en Chaguaramas, Edo. Monagas 1989-1994.” Proceedings from the First Venezuelan Congress on Pines and Eucalyptus, Maturin, Venezuela, September 30-October 2, 1998. (The human face of the forest: Social change in Chaguaramas, Monagas State, 1989-1994) Published electronically.

"Obstáculos a la productividad femenina en las industrias básicas y metalmecánicas de Ciudad Guayana: El caso de la obrera y el caso de la ingeniera." Paper presented at the First Meeting on Female Labor and Productivity, Caracas, February 16‑18, 1982, 30 pp. Shorter version included in the proceedings of that meeting, Primeras Jornadas del Trabajo y la Productividad de la Mano de Obra Femenina en Venezuela. Caracas: Ministry for the Participation of Women in Development, 1983. (Title: Obstacles to Female Productivity in Basic Industry & Metal Works).

- Book Reviews

Untitled review of R. Tardanico and R. Menjívar Larín, eds. Global Restructuring, Employment, and Social Inequality in Urban Latin America. North-South Center Press, 1997. In Contemporary Sociology, 1999.

Untitled review of D. Yarrington, A Coffee Frontier: Land, Society, and Politics in Duaca, Venezuela, 1830-1936. University of Pittsburgh Press, 1997. In Journal of Developing Societies, 1998.

Untitled review of J.J. Thomas, Surviving in the City: The Urban Informal Sector in Latin America. Pluto Press, 1995. In Urban Studies 34, 8, July 1997.

Untitled review of G. Waylen, Gender in Third World Politics. Lynne Rienner, 1996. In Studies in Comparative International Development 1997.

Untitled review of C. Sachs, Gendered Fields: Rural Women, Agriculture and Environment. In Gender & Society 11, 3, June 1997: 379-380.

Untitled review of P. Jeffrey and R. Jeffrey, Don't Marry Me to a Plowman! Women's Everyday Lives in Rural North India. Westview, 1996. In Rural Sociology 61, 4, Winter 1996.

Untitled review of C. Barrow, Family Land and Development in St. Lucia . Cave Hill, Barbados: University of West Indies, 1992. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, XXVII 1996.

Untitled review of E. Maret, Women of the Range: Women's Roles in the Texas Beef Cattle Industry. College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 1993. Rural Sociology 59, 2, 1994: 357-359.

- Working Papers

“Women’s Changing Roles and Status in Thieudeme, Senegal: The Impact of Local and Global Factors.” Michigan State University, Women in Development Working Paper 267, East Lansing, 1998. Coumba Mar Gadio and Cathy A. Rakowski.

"Temporary Migration as a Survival Strategy: The Case of Serer Millet Pounders in Dakar." Michigan State University, Women in Development Working Paper 245, East Lansing, 1994. Coumba Mar Gadio and Cathy A. Rakowski.

"Production and Reproduction in a Planned, Industrial City: The Working and Lower Class Households of Ciudad Guayana." Working Paper, Center for Women in International Development, Michigan State University, 1984. (Paper also presented at the Latin American Studies Association Meetings, Mexico City, September 29‑ October 2, 1983.)

"Women in Heavy Industry: The Case of Engineers and the Case of Day Laborers." Working Paper, Center for Women in International Development, Michigan State University, 1984.

-Unpublished Papers from Presentations at Meetings, Workshops and Invited Lectures

“Women, Microenterprise and Empowerment: The Conceptual Impasse.” Presented at the international congress of IUCISD (Interuniversity consortium for international social development), Istanbul, June 19-23, 2001.

“What’s Teaching Got to Do With It? Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching.” Paper for the Rural Sociological Society meetings, Washington D.C., August 8-12, 2000.

“Decentralization, Privatization and Informalization in a Planned Industrial City in Venezuela.” Paper to be presented at XXII International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association, Miami, March 16-18, 2000. (Revised version of paper presented at ASA 1999).

“Does Gender Matter in the Outcomes of Student Evaluations of Teaching: A Review of the Evidence.” Presented at the American Sociological Association meetings, Chicago, August 6-10, 1999.

“Decentralization, Privatization and Informality in a Planned Industrial City in Venezuela.” Paper presented at American Sociological Association meetings in Chicago, August 6-10, 1999.

“Teaching Techniques for Representing the Diversity of Rural Life in the Undergraduate Classroom.” Workshop presentation in a joint session of the American Sociological Association and the Rural Sociological Society, Chicago, August 4-10, 1999.

“Teaching Techniques for Representing the Diversity of Rural Life in the Undergraduate Classroom.” A workshop presentation. Midwest Sociological Society meetings, Minneapolis, April 1999.

“La cara humana del bosque” (the human face of the forest). Invited presentation, I Venezuelan Congress on Pines and Eucalyptus, Maturin, Venezuela, September 29-October 3, 1998.

“Domesticating the Macho City: The Gendering of Municipal Government in Ciudad Guayana, Venezuela.” Paper presented at the meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, Portland, Oregon, August 6-9, 1998.

“Microenterprise as a World Wide Movement: Cautionary Notes.” Plenary paper presented at Congress of the Inter-University Consortium for International Social Development, Cairo, Egypt, June 25-July 2, 1998. Also presented at the WID Symposium 1999: Microenterprise, NGOs and the Environment, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 26-27, 1999.

“Domesticating the Macho City: Democratic Reform and Gender in a Planned Industrial City.” Seminar at Carleton College, May 6, 1998.

“Opportunities and Obstacles to Women’s Empowerment under Structural Adjustment and Economic Restructuring.” Paper presented at the meetings of the Latin American Studies Association, Guadalajara, April 1997.

“Women’s Changing Roles and Status in Thieudeme, Senegal: The Impact of Local and Global Factors.” Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society meetings, Toronto, August 1997. With Coumba Mar Gadio as first author.

“Gender, Politics, and Leadership in Rural Venezuela.” Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Toronto, August 12-15, 1997.

"Place, Decentralization, and Politics in Venezuela: The View from a Rural Boom Town." Presented at the meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August 15-19, 1996.

"Surviving in the Lecture Hall: The Ohio State Experience." Presented during the National Women's Studies Association Meetings at Skidmore College, New York, June 14-18, 1996.

"Venezuelan Women Organizing: Multiple Political Spaces." Presented during the National Women's Studies Association Meetings at Skidmore College, New York, June 14-18, 1996.

"Decisionmaking in a 'Participatory' Democracy: Rural Politics in a Venezuelan Boom Towns." With María Nuria De Cesaris as second author. Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association International Congress in Washington, D.C. September 28-30, 1995.

"Much Ado about Nothing? Decentralization in Theory and Practice in Rural Venezuela." Paper presented at the meetings of the Latin American Studies Association, Washington, D.C., September 28-30, 1995.

"Gender, Politics, and Leadership in Rural Venezuela." Commissioned paper presented at the III Annual Women in Development Conference: Towards Equity and Sustainability, held at the University of Pittsburgh, March 17-19, 1995.

"Mujer, Acero y Bosque: La División del Trabajo por Sexos en Dos Empresas del Estado," presented at the XIX Congress of the Latin American Sociology Association, Caracas, May 29-June 4, 1993. (Title: Women, steel and forests: The division of labor in two state industries)

"Pine Needles and Haystacks: Proletarianization and Subsistence Farming in Venezuela's Pine Zone." Paper presented at the American Ethnography Association meetings in Memphis, March 1992, and at the Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, April 30, 1992.

"Women in Development in Rural Venezuela: Partnership or Subordination?" Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Association meetings, Penn State, August 16-19, 1992.

"When Social Impact Assessments Are Lip Service: Do Funding Agencies Really Care?" Paper presented at the American Sociological Association meetings, Pittsburgh, August 19-24, 1992.

"Gender, Development and Serendipity: Positive Impacts of Commercial Pine Plantations in Rural Venezuela." Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association meetings, Los Angeles, September 24-28, 1992.

Workshop on Aon linking teaching and activism through Women's Studies courses.” National Women’s Studies Association Meetings, Austin, Texas, June 1992. With Mary Margaret Fonow.

"Bahareque, Zinc, Bloque, o Pino: Vivienda, Bosques y Cambio Tecnológico al Sur de Monagas." Paper commissioned for the International Conference on Bamboo in Architecture and Social Organization, Caracas, Venezuela, October 16-17, 1992. Also presented in Ciudad Guayana as a public lecture sponsored by the University of Guayana, FUNDACITE, and CVG-PROFORCA, November 1992. (Title: Daub and wattle, zinc, blocks or wood: Housing, forests and technological innovation in rural Monagas State).

"The Gendered Impacts of Planned Development: A Comparison of Steel and Forestry in Venezuela," presented at the conference on Engendering Wealth and Well-being held at the University of California, San Diego, February 17-20, 1992.

"Pines and Needles: The Impact of Commercial Pine Plantations on the Division of Labor by Gender in Rural Venezuela." Paper presented at the Rural Sociological Society Meetings, Columbus, August 1991.

"The Informal Sector and the Empowerment of Women: Mutually Exclusive?" Paper presented at the Association for Women in International Development meetings, Washington, November 1991.

"Planned Rural Development, Social Change in Small Communities, and Sociological Research: The Sociologist as Objective Observer or Advocate for a More Humane Development." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Washington, D.C., August 11-16, 1990.

"La educación formal: )Obstáculo y desincentivo al avance de la mujer?" Paper presented at the conference on "Education, Women and Work," Caracas, November 5-6, 1990. (Title: Formal education: Obstacle and disincentive to women's advancement?)

"The Informal Sector: Opportunity or Obstacle to the Empowerment of Women?" Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association meetings, Miami, December 1989.

Workshop on "Establishing an M.A. Program in Applied Sociology: How To Do It," at the Meetings of the Sociological Practice Association, Ann Arbor, June 25, 1989.

Participant, roundtable: "Advocacy and Organizing Strategies in the Informal Sector," Association for Women in International Development Conference, Washington, D.C., November 16-19, 1989.

“Regulating the Informal Sector: The Case of Transportation in Caracas,” Latin American Studies Association Meetings, New Orleans, March 17‑19, 1988.

"Women and Development in Venezuela's Boom‑Bust Economy." Presented at the American Sociological Association Meetings, Chicago, August 1987.

Discussant on roundtable on "Women in Development," American Sociological Association Meetings, Detroit, August 30 ‑ September 4, 1983.

"State Intervention, Sectoral Links, and the Expansion of the Informal Sector in Ciudad Guayana and Caracas, Venezuela." Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association International Meeting, Mexico City, September 29 ‑ October 2, 1983.

"La división del trabajo planificada entre economía y familia, por sexos y por sectores en Ciudad Guayana." Paper presented at the X World Congress of Sociology, Mexico City, August 16‑21, 1982. (Title: The Planned Division of Labor between Family and