Timothy Brooks Gongaware

Associate Professor

(Updated Summer 2010)

University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

Department of Sociology and Archaeology

437H Carl Wimberly Hall

La Crosse, WI  54601

(608) 785-6772

  

Education

            2001          Ph.D.   Sociology         University of Nebraska - Lincoln

1997          M.A.   Sociology         Ohio University

      1993          B.S.     Education         Kent State University

Dissertation

Finding the Memory in Identity: Native American Social Movements Challenging Educational Institutions

 

Professional History

2011-present     Professor.  University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

    2001-2011                Associate Professor.  University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

    2001-2005                Assistant Professor.  University of Wisconsin - La Crosse

                              Department of Sociology and Archaeology (2001-present)

                              Associate Graduate Faculty Member (2003-present)

                              Institute for Ethnic and Racial Studies (2002-03, 2007-08)

                                                Courses Taught (#):

SOC 110: Social Worlds (36)

SOC 216: Schools and Society (1)

SOC 330: Social Psychology (6) (online: 1)

SOC 335: Collective Behavior (7)

SOC 390: Early Social Theory (9)

SOC 399: Sociology of Childhood Socialization (1)

SOC 416: Qualitative Explorations (13)

SOC 409: Rdngs/Rsrch in Soc (9)

SOC 410: Sociology Honors Project (7)

SOC 450: Sociology Internship (11)

SOC 750: Graduate Guided Learning (1)

ERS 100: Intro to Minority Cultures in US (2)

GHR 490: Senior Honors Project (1)

Master’s Thesis Committees (4)

2005-2008     Co-editor.  Illness, Crisis and Loss

      2001(summer)   Instructor.  University of Nebraska - Lincoln

                        Course Taught:           SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology

      1999-2000     Managing Editor.  Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

      1997-2001     Graduate Instructor.  University of Nebraska - Lincoln

                        Courses Taught (#):   SOC 101: Introduction to Sociology (5)

                SOC 205: Intro. to Social Science Research Methods (2)

      1997              Teaching Intern.  Ohio University, Dr. Christine Mattley

                                    Course Assisted:        SOC 210: Social Psychology

      1997              Research Assistant.  Ohio University, Dr. Amanda Konradi

                                    Duties:   Created “Background Appendix” for her social problems reader.

      1996              Teaching Assistant.  Ohio University, Dr. Robert Shelly,  SOC211 Coll Beh

Academic Honors

      Teaching Awards

            2005-2010    Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

            2005    UW-L Most Accessible Teacher nominee

            1999    UNL - Department of Sociology Annual Graduate Teaching Award

Research Awards

2006    College of Liberal Studies Recognition of Excellence Award for  

                              Research/Scholarship/Creative Endeavors.

            2000    Midwest Sociological Society Annual Graduate Paper Competition, 3rd Place

        “Nurturers and Keepers of Culture: The Influence of Native American Women on the Development of Collective Action Frames.”

            1999    Mid-South Sociological Association Graduate Paper Competition, 2nd Place

“Developing the Criminal Self: Mead’s Social Psychology and Sutherland’s Differential Association.”

 

Grants and Fellowships

            2010    UW-L Online Education Grant   Awarded April 2010

                              “Developing an Online Social Psychology Course” 

            2010    UW-L College of Liberal Studies Small Grant   Awarded April 2010

                              “Digital Recording and Transcribing”

            2006    UW-L Professional Development Grant   Awarded March 2006

                              “Student Writing: Creating the Review of Literature”  with Dr. W. Zollweg

            2004    UW-L International Faculty/Academic Staff Development Fund Grant

Awarded February 2004.   2004 Couch-Stone Symposium to present research paper.

            2002    UW-L Faculty Research Grant.  Awarded December 2001.

                              “Local GLBT Movements: An Ethnographic Exploration”

      1998-1999 Preparing Future Faculty Fellow.

 

Publications

      RESEARCH Articles

Gongaware, Timothy B.  Forthcoming 2012.  “Subcultural Identity Work in Social Movements: Barriers to Collective Identity Changes and Overcoming Them.” Symbolic Interaction

Gongaware, Timothy B. 2011.  “Keying the Past to the Present: Collective Memories and Continuity in Collective Identity Change.” Social Movement Studies10: 39-54.

Gongaware, Timothy B. 2010.  “Collective Memory Anchors: Collective Identity and Continuity in Social Movements.” Sociological Focus. 43(3): 214-239.

Gongaware, Timothy B. and D. Dotter.  2005.  “Developing the Criminal Self: Mead’s Social Psychology and Sutherland’s Differential Association.” Sociological Spectrum.  25: 379-402.

Gongaware, Timothy B. 2003.  “Collective Memories and Collective Identities: Maintaining Unity in Native American Educational Social Movements.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.  32: 483-520.

Gongaware, Timothy B., and R. Benford.  2003.  “Qualitative Research on Social Movements: Exploring the Role of Qualitative Designs in Examining Contentious Political Action” Research in Political Sociology.  12: 245-281.

Gongaware, Timothy B.  2003.  “Nurturers and Keepers of Culture: The Influence of Native American Women on the Development of Collective Action Frames.”  Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change.  24: 409-441.

Benford, Robert D., T. Gongaware, and D. Valadez.  2000.  “Social Movements.”  In Edgar Borgata and R.  Montgomery (eds.).  Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2d., vol.  4.  NY:  MacMillan Reference USA.

Gongaware, Timothy B.  1998.  “Democracy and Education: The Teachings of an Early Pedagogue.” in Gilman Newsletter.  Spring Issue.

      REVIEW ESSAY

Gongaware, Timothy B.  2010. "Review Essay: Struggling over Origins: Explorations of the Movement-Memory Nexus. A review of Cultural Movements and Collective Memory: Christopher Columbus and the Rewriting of the National Origin Myth by Timothy Kubal. NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. $89.95 (hardcover), 288 pages, ISBN-13: 978-1403975775.” Sociological Spectrum. 30(1).

      bOOK rEVIEW

Gongaware, Timothy B.  2009.  “Review of Brennan, Michael. 2008. Mourning and Disaster: Finding Meaning in the Mourning for Hillsborough and Diana. Newcastle, UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN: 1-84718-554-1. 210 pages.” Illness, Crisis and Loss. 17(4).

      Teaching Resource Guide

Cox, Gerry and Timothy B. Gongaware.  2005.  The Sociology of Death and Dying: A Teaching Resource.  American Sociological Association: Washington, D.C.

      Book

Gongaware, Timothy B., J. Campbell, and M. Keene.  2000. Mayfield’s Quickview Guide to the Internet for Students of Sociology, 2d.  Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co.

      Text Book Chapter

Gongaware, Timothy B.  1998.  "Searching the Internet: A Brief Introduction to Researching Sociological Topics Areas."   Pp. 559-570 in Konradi, Amanda, and Martha Schmidt. Reading Between the Lines: Towards an Understanding of Current Social Problems.  Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing Co.

      Articles in Progress

Gongaware, Timothy B. and Robert Benford.  “Social Disputes over Collective Memories: Correctives and Counters in Sustaining Collective Identity Unity.”

 

Professional Activities

Professional Service Positions

Organizational Positions

                  2009-present     Webmaster.  Mid-South Sociological Association

                  2006-present     Ex-offico Member.  Executive Committee.  Mid-South Soc Assoc.

                  2009-2010      Vice President.  Mid-South Sociological Association

                  2008-2009      Vice-President Elect.  Mid-South Sociological Association.

                  2007-2008       Member- Membership Committee.  Mid-South Sociological Assoc.

                  2006-2007       Member- Nominations Committee.  Mid-South Sociological Assoc.

                  2006-2007       Member- Lyman Book Award Cmt.  Mid-South Sociological Assoc.

                  2005-2006       Member- 2006 Annual Program Committee.  Midwest Soc Society

                  2004-2005       Member- Grad. Paper Competition Cmte  Mid-South Soc Assoc.

                  2004-2005       Member- 2005 Annual Program Committee.  Mid-South Soc Assoc.

                  2002-2006       Member-Social Action Committee.  Midwest Soc. Society

                  2002-2004       Member-Sociological Practice Committee.  Midwest Soc Society

            2002-2003       Chair-Nominations Committee.  Mid-South Sociological Assoc.

               Editorial Positions

                  2006-present     Editor.                         Forum - MSSA Nesletter

      2009-present     Associate Editor.        Illness, Crisis and Loss

      2003-present     Associate Editor.        Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

                  2005-2008       Co-Editor.                   Illness, Crisis and Loss

   1998-2001       Associate Editor.        Sociological Origins.

                  1999-2000       Managing Editor.       Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.

               Research Manuscript Reviewer Positions

                  2005-present     Social Forces

                  2004-present     Symbolic Interaction

                  2003-present      Social Problems

                  2002-present     City and Community

                  2002-present     Mobilization

                  2002-present     Res. in Soc. Movements, Conflict & Change

                  2002-present     Sociological Spectrum

   2000-present     Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

   Book Reviewer Positions

                  2007    Oxford University Press (for text book proposal)

                  2005    Palgrave Press (for research book manuscript)

                  2005    Wadsworth Publishing Co. (for text book manuscript)

      1998    Mayfield Publishing Co. (for text book manuscript)

            University Service Positions

                  2011-present    Chair - UW-L IRB for the Protection of Human Subjects

                  2008-present     Member - UW-L Honorary Degree Committee

                  2002-present     Member - UW-L GLBT Equity Committee

                  2010-2011       Member - UW-L IRB for the Protection of Human Subjects

                  2009-2010       Member - UW-L Undergraduate Research Grant Committee

                  2008-2009         Chair - UW-L Undergraduate Research Grant Committee

                  2007-2009       Vice-Chair - UW-L Undergraduate Research Grant Committee

                  2006-2007       Member - UW-L Undergraduate Research Grant Committee

                  2002-2007         Member - UW-L IRB for the Protection of Human Subjects

                  2006-2007       Chair - UW-L IRB Operational Procedures & Policies Subcmte

                  2003-2006       Member - UW-L Faculty Senate (Member of Senate Elections Cmte)

                  2004-2005       Recorder- UW-L Search/Screen (Assoc Vice Chclr Academic Affairs)

                  2002-2004       Member - UW-L Undergraduate Research Grant Committee

                  2002-2004       Member - UW-L Social Marketing Committee

            College Service Positions

                   2010-2011      Member - Search and Screen Cmte. UW-L Department of Psychology .
                   2006-2011      Member - UW-L College of Liberal Studies Assessment Committee.

1999-2000       Member - Univ. Of Neb. - Lincoln Faculty Inst Dev Committee.  

            Department Service Positions

                  2008-2009       Chair - Peer Review Committee.  UW-L Dept of Soc/Arch.

                  2006-2007       Chair - Peer Review Committee.  UW-L Dept of Soc/Arch.

                  2002-2007       Chair - Sociology Section.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

                  2004-2005       Chair - Program Assessment Cmte.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

                  2005-present      Sociology Honors Advisor.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

                  2001-present     UW-L AKD Faculty Advisor.  AKD Sociological Honors Society.

2004-2009       Soc. Section Webmaster.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

2008-2009       Program Assessment Cmte.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

2008-2009       Search and Screen Cmte.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

2002-2007       Peer Review Cmte.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

2007-2008       Search and Screen Cmte.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

2003-2004       Program Assessment Cmte.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.     

                  2002-2004       Department Webmaster.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

2001-2003       Peer Review Committee.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

                  2001-2002       Library Liaison.  UW-L Dept of Sociology/Archaeology.

                  1999-2000       Graduate Rep to the Graduate Committee.  UNL Dept of Soc

                  1998-2000       Graduate Liaison-Undergraduate Sociological Association.  UNL

                  1998-1999       Co-founder and Coordinator.  UNL Social Theory Study Group.

            1996-1997       Graduate Representative.  Dept of Soc/Anth, Ohio Univ

            Community Service Positions

                  2007-2011       Vice-Commodore. La Crosse Sailing Club.

                  2007-2011       Secretary-Treasurer. La Crosse Sailing Club.

                  2001-2004       Secretary. Pride Along the Mississippi River Festival Committee.

      1999-2001       Member/Officer-Board of Directors.     Nebraska Indian Educ Association

                  1997                Research Consultant. University Child Care.

      Paper Presentations

           2009    Mid-South Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting.  Lafayette, LA.

“Keying the Past to the Present: Collective Memories and Contintiuty in Collective Identity Shifts”

           2007    Mid-South Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting.  Mobile, AL

“Pragmatism and Social Movements: The Objective Reality of Collective Identity”

2004    Mid-South Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting.  Biloxi, MS

 “Social Disputes over Collective Memories: Correctives and Counters in Sustaining Collective Identity Unity.”  Co-authored with Rob Benford.

2004    Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Couch-Stone Symposium.  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

 “Social Disputes over Collective Memories: Correctives and Counters in Sustaining Collective Identity Unity.”  Co-authored with Rob Benford.

            2002    Mid-South Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting. Memphis, TN.

“Collective Memories and Collective Identities: Maintaining Unity in Native American Educational Social Movements”

            2000    American Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting.  Washington, D.C.

                              (Section on Peace, War and Social Conflict session.)

“Nurturers & Keepers of Culture: the Influence of Native American Women on the Development of Collective Action Frames.”

            2000    Midwest Sociological Society. Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.

“Nurturers & Keepers of Culture: the Influence of Native American Women on the Development of Collective Action Frames.”

            1999    Mid-South Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting. Jackson, MS.

                              “Mead & Differential Association.”

1998    Mid-South Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting.  Lafayette, LA.

"Marx & Mead:  Education, Educational Environment and Vocational Educ."

1997    Mid-South Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting.  Huntsville, AL.

"Teacher's Perceptions of Violence in Schools: A Case Study”

1996    Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Stone Symposium. Des Moines, IA.

                              “Applications of Henry Giroux’s Disturbing Pleasures.”

1992    Mid-South Sociological Association.  Annual meeting.  Chattanooga, TN.

 "Towards an Interpretive Scheme: Rock Lyrics as Virtual Experience and Hyper-reality."  Co-Authored with Jonathon Epstein

Roundtable Presentations

            1999    American Sociological Association.  Annual Meeting.  Chicago, IL.

"Marx & Social Determination: Exploring Marx’s Materialist Dialectic.”

            1998    Midwest Sociological Society.  Annual Meeting.  Kansas City, KS.

                              “The Changing Nature of Teaching: Perspectives of High School Teachers.”

      Panel Presentations

            2005    UW-L Faculty Research Day.  UW-L

                              Panel member: “The Institutional Review Board.”

            2002    UW-L Faculty Research Day.  UW-L

                              Panel member: “Protecting Human Subjects in Research: The UWL Model.”

            2002    New Faculty and Academic Staff Orientation. UW-L

Panel: “What I wish someone had told me the 1st week of the semester”

            2002    Midwest Sociological Society.  Annual Meeting.  Milwaukee, WI.

                              Panel member: “Sociological Practice: Teaching Tools and Curriculum.”

      Discussant for Paper Presentation Session

            2006    Mid-West Sociological Society Annual Meeting.  Omaha, NE.

                              “Culture and Social Movements” organized by Tim Kubal, CSU-Fresno

            2005    Mid-South Sociological Association Annual Meeting.  Atlanta, GA

“Social Movements II” organized by Reshmi Chowdhury, Univ of Lafayette

      Professional Conference Sessions Organized

            2009    Mid-South Sociological Association Annual Meeting.  Lafayette, LA.

                              Session 1: “Political Sociology I”

                              Session 2: “Political Sociology II”

                              Session 3: “Undergraduate Research I”

                              Session 4: “Undergraduate Research II”

            2006    Mid-West Sociological Society Annual Meeting.  Omaha, NE.

                              Session 1: “Theoretical Issues in Social Movements”

                              Session 2: “Research in Social Movements”

            2005    Mid-South Sociological Association Annual Meeting.  Atlanta, GA.

                              “Social Movements I.”

            2004    Mid-South Sociological Association Annual Meeting.  Mobile, AL.

                              “Research in Social Movements.”

            2003    Mid-West Sociological Society Annual Meeting.  Chicago, IL.

“Diverse Models of Sociological Practice: Case Studies of Positive Deviance as Intervention”

            2001    Mid-West Sociological Society Annual Meeting.  St.  Louis, MO.

“Native American Mobilizations”

            1999    Annual Nebraska Undergraduate Sociological Symposium.  Lincoln, NE.

                              “Graduate/Professional Opportunities.”

 

      Community Events Organized

            2003 Apr 24    “Genocide by Any Other Name: American Indian Residential Schooling in Perspective.”  Speech presented by Ward Churchill, Univ of Colorado at Boulder, for UW-L and La Crosse Community

            2003 Mar 1     Working the System: Challenges and Solutions for Domestic Partners.

La Crosse, WI.  A day long workshop co-sponsored by UW-L Eagle Equity and Pride Along the Mississippi on legal issues and procedures for “getting around” barriers to domestic partnerships.

 

      Professional Memberships

American Sociological Association, since 1991

            Mid-South Sociological Association, since 1991

            Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, since 1995

            Alpha Kappa Delta, since 1997

            Mid-West Sociological Society, since 1997