RSUM T. R. Young December 10, 1993 CURRICULUM VITAE T. R. Young, 8085 Essex, Weidman, Michigan 48893 Ph. 517 644 5176 Marital Status: Widowed, five adult children Academic Background A.B. - East Michigan University, 1952 M.A. - University of Michigan, 1958 Ph.D.- University of Colorado, 1965 Professional Experience 1958-59 Iowa Wesleyan College at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Assistant Professor of Sociology 1959-61 Rocky Mountain College at Billings, Montana, Assistant Professor of Sociology 1961-62 Southwest Missouri State College at Springfield, Missouri, Associate Professor of Sociology 1962-63 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, NIMH Fellow 1963-64 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, Research Assistant; Colorado Psychopathic Hospital, Denver, Colorado, Research Associate 1964-67 Research Consultant to Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education. General Practitioner Evaluation Project, Federal and State Funds, 3 years, Assistant, Associate Consultant 1966-79 Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado, Associate Professor of Sociology 1967 Visiting Lecturer, University of Calgary (Summer) 1972-73 Visiting Professor, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda 1971- Director, The Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies in Sociology 1979-87 Professor of Sociology, Colorado State University 1980-81 Honorary Research Fellow, Exeter University 1986 Professor of Sociology, Institute for Shipboard Education, University of Pittsburgh, Semester at Sea, Fall Semester. 1988-89 Visiting Professor, SASW, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. 1989-90 Visiting Professor, University of Michigan-Flint. 1991-92 Scholar in Residence, Texas Women's University, Denton, Texas 1992-93 Senior Distinguished Visiting Professor, Sociology, Virginia Polytechnic and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. 1994 Visiting Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, University of Michigan-Flint. Membership in Professional Societies 1958- American Sociological Association 1966-85 Rocky Mountain Social Science Association 1968- International Sociological Association 1976- Midwest Sociological Association 1979-86 Pacific Sociological Society 1980-83 British Sociological Association 1982- Society for the Study of Social Problems 1984-87 American Criminology Society 1988- North Central Sociological Association 1989- Michigan Sociological Association 1992- Southwest Sociology Association Areas of Teaching Specialty Postmodern Sociology Sociology of Knowledge and Science/Philosophy of Science Social Problems, Inequality Social Psychology/Mass media Criminology Sociology of Law, Medicine, Sports, Religion Areas of Research Specialization Social Psychology: The Construction of Social Reality, Structural sources of Self, Dramaturgical Analysis, the dialectics of morality; individual and society. Philosophy of Science: The political and social context of the knowledge process; Chaos theory and the new Science of Complexity; the ontologies of structure and change in social science. Mission and methods of the knowledge process in human history; premodern, modern and postmodern sensibilities. Sociology of Knowledge: Folk and Scientific Methods of Knowledge, Qualitative Methodology, Critical Theory, Social sources of Postmodernism. Sociology of Development: International sources of social problems; health care, racism, disemployment, crime, war and elitist politics. Structure of the New World Order: Modernization theory, Dependency Theory and other explanations of third world dynamics. Current transformations in Transcarpathia. Sociology of Medicine, Sociology of Law, Social Problems and Criminology; Race relations and gender issues; International dimensions in each area listed. Mass Society in America: politics, communications, sports, education, medicine, religion, mass media, the structure of self in mass society. Chaos theory and Social Dynamics: The implications of Chaos research for sociological practice in crime, theory, methods, and social policy. Postmodern Expressions in Mass Media: Art, Poetry, Cinema and academia. Papers Given at Scholarly Meetings and on Lecture Tour: 1961 "Patterns of Capital Loss and Capital Gain for Selected Political Entities," S.S.S.P. Annual Meetings at St. Louis, Missouri. 1962 "Some Speculations on the Sociology of Recreation," Missouri State Sociological Society Meeting, St. Louis, Missouri 1965 "The Socialization of Adult Professionals: S-R and Configurational Modes of Response," West Coast Conference on Small Groups, Salt Lake City (with Judson Pearson) "An Evaluation of a Group of American Seminars," Third International Conference on the Techniques for Training General Practitioners in Groups. Amsterdam (with Judson Pearson) 1966 "The Black Muslims: A Strategy for the Management of Spoiled Identity," Rocky Mountain Social Science Association (with Paul Chassy) "Sociology of Classroom Behavior: An Exploration in Micro-Functional Behavior," Annual Meeting of Rocky Mountain Social Science Association (with Patricia Beardsley) 1968 "Short-takes and Self Systems," Annual Meeting of RMSSA (with Jim Darby) "The Experience of Lower-Class Nonwhite Americans," Annual Meeting of RMSSA (with David Schnell) 1969 "Stratification and Modern Systems Theory," RMSSA Annual Meeting 1970 "The Cybernetics of Stratification: Prestige and the Flow of Information," 7th World Congress of I.S.A., at Varna Bulgaria 1971 "Prescience 2001," 1st General Assembly of the World Future Society, Washington, D.C. "The University of the Future," 1st General Assembly of the World Future Society, Washington, D.C. 1972 "Society: Spurious and Authentic," Rocky Mountain Social Sciences Association "Public Opinion, Tradition and Information Half-Life," Rocky Mountain Social Science Association 1972 "The Dramaturgical Society," ASA Meetings, New Orleans "From Conflict Theory to Conflict Methodology," ASA Meetings, New Orleans 1973 "The Contributions of Critical Theory to Social Psychology," at the East African Social Science Meetings in Nairobi, Kenya 1974 "Mass Media and Stratification in Developing Countries," at the VIIIth World Congress of the International Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada "The Technology of Participation," Midwest Sociological Association Meetings at Omaha 1975 "Stratification Theory and Participation Theory," ASA Meetings, San Francisco "Notes on a Critique of Quantification," AKD Meeting, Sociology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins "A Critique of Systems Theory," AKD Meeting, Sociology Department, Colorado State University, Fort Collins "A Critique of Scholarly Meetings," Panel Chairperson, Pacific Sociological Meetings at San Diego 1976 "Confronting the Structure of Sexism at C.S.U." Western Social Science Meetings, Phoenix "Research in the Land of Oz: The Yellow Brick Road to Success in American Sociology," Sociology Colloquium at the University of Wyoming, Laramie "Bureaucracy and Mass Society," Southern Sociological Society Meeting in Miami (with Jack Brouillette) "Critical Dimensions in General Systems Theory," A.S.A. Meetings, New York "Backstage at the White House," A.S.A. Meetings, New York 1977 "Mass Culture: Violence on Television," The Red Feather Conference at Greeley, Colorado 1977 "Some Contributions to a Theory of Rationality," 11th Hour Lecture Series at Colorado State University, Fort Collins 1978 "Towards a Critical Sociology," Southern Sociological Society Association Annual Meetings, New Orleans "The Rise of Conflict Methodology," International Sociological Association Meetings in Uppsala, Sweden (with Hovard and Christie) "Critical Dimensions in Dramaturgical Analysis," Midwest Sociological Society Meetings, Omaha 1979 "A Theory of Underground Structures," W.C.C.S.S., Minaluta, California 1980 "Corporate Crime: A Critique of the Clinard Report," Midwest Sociological Society, Milwaukee, April "The Public Sphere and the State," The American Sociological Association, New York, August 1981 "Political Surveillance, Inequality and the Democratic State," Association of Humanist Sociologists, Cincinnati, American Humanist Society, Annual Meetings "The Typifications of Christ: Political and Social Uses of the Jesus Symbol," American Humanist Society Annual Meetings, Cincinnati 1982 "Information, Ideology and Political Reality," P.S.A. Annual Meetings, San Diego Cornell University, Lecture Series on "The Structure of Democratic Communications" for Combined Faculties of Sociology, Rural Sociology, Communication and Political Science, November University of Dayton, Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction: Toward a Convergence of Macro and Micro Sociologies," Specially invited for the conference, Dayton, Ohio 1983 "Critical Theory and Dramaturgy," "Emancipatory Research Design," and "The Wizard of Oz," Lecture Series, Federation of North Texas Universities, March 1988 "Crime and Medicine," Midwest Meetings, April "A Critique of Symbolic Interaction Theory," P.S.A., April 1984 "Transforming American Sociology: An Agenda for the 80's and 90's," at the M.S.S. Meetings, April "Social Problems: An Agenda for the 80's and 90's," SSSP Meetings, San Antonio, August 1985 "The War Comes Home," Meyer Nathan Memorial Lectures, C.S.U., November 1986 "Warfare: Political Crime in History: Midwest Sociological Society meetings, March 1987 "The Social Location of Justice". Explorations in the variety and social location of justice systems in America. Pacific Sociological Association Meetings, Eugene, Oregon. April. "The Social Sources of Social Problems". An overview of the transnational sources of Social Problems. Midwest Sociological Meetings, Chicago. April. 1988 "Theory and Method for Criminology in the 21st Century". SSSP meetings in Atlanta. August. 1988 "The Reagan Years: An Appraisal and a Preview of the Bush Years". Walla Walla Distinguished Lecturer Series. October. 1989 "The Deconstruction of Constructionism: Social Theory as a Social Problem" at the SSSP Meetings in San Francisco. August. 1990 "Chaos and Change: Implications of Chaos Theory for American Sociology. A paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society meeting in Chicago, April. "Chaos and Social Theory," referred Roundtable presentation on the implications of Chaos theory for the mission and method of social knowledge. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August. 'The Archeology of Knowledge: Premodern, Modern and Postmodern Missions and Methods of Human Understanding.' A paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Michigan Sociological Association. Delta College. October. 1991 "Political Economy and Social Justice in the New World Order." A paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Michigan Sociological Association. Grand Rapids. March. "A Brief History of Stephen Hawking: Journey toward the Postmodern. Presented at the 1991 Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association. Dearborn, Michigan. April. Discussant, Session on Sociological Knowledge and Social Action. The Midwest Sociological Society Meetings in Des Moines. April. Panelist, Contemporary Expressions of Dramaturgical Analysis. Midwest Sociological Society Meetings in Des Moines. April. "The Promise of Sociology: Critical Theory and Emancipatory Knowledge. A paper presented at the Session on Teaching, The University, and the Just Society at the annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Cincinnati, Ohio. August. "Structural Features of Low Crime Societies. A paper presented at the SSSP session on Low Crime societies. Cincinnati. August. "Postmodern Understandings of the God Concept: Social Justice and the Drama of the Holy," a paper presented at the Session on Religion and the Just Society at the Annual Meetings of the Association for the Study of the Sociology of Religion, cosponsored by the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Cincinnati. August. "Symbolic Interaction Theory and Nonlinear Dynamics: Mission and Method in Postmodern Science." A paper presented to the 1991 National Meetings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Cincinnati. August. 1992 Postmodern Culture: Myth or Paradigm. Panel Discussion at the 1992 Meetings of the SouthWest Sociological Association meetings, Ray Eve, Session Organizer. March Artificially Stupid Societies. Paper given at the Science and Technology Session of the annual SSA meetings in Austin. Ray Eve, Organizer. March. The Hill-Thomas Hearings: A Research Note. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City. April. With Beverley French. 1992 Social Problems and Social Justice in a Postmodern Theology. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association for the Sociology of Religion. August. Pittsburgh. Reinventing Sociology: Part I. Missions and Methods in Postmodern Phenomenology. A paper given at the Western Sociological Association meetings in Denver. April. Chaos Theory and Human Agency: Humanist Sociology in a Postmodern Age. A paper given at the Western Sociological Association meetings in Denver. Tutorial on Chaos Theory. A two day workshop with explications, applications and implications of Chaos theory of organizational development. Presented for the Israeli Association for Organizational Development at the Carleton Hotel in Tel Aviv. 29- 30 December. 1993 Chaos theory and Postmodern Philosophy of Science. A paper presented to the combined faculty of Tel Aviv University. 3 Jan. Postmodern Religion and the New World Order. A paper given at the 1993 Meetings of the Association for the Study of Religion. Miami. August. The Drama of the Holy in a Postmodern World: Science and Postmodern Theology. A paper given at the 1993 Meetings of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Raleigh, N.C., October. Postmodern Religion and the New World Order. A paper scheduled for the Sociology of Religion Research Group at the meetings of the International Sociological Association in Bielfield, Germany. July. Reinventing Sociology: Part II. Affirmative Postmodern Theory and Practice. A paper given at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society. Chicago. April. Refereed Publications 1963 "Evaluating Post-Graduate Education in Psychiatry for Non-Psychiatrist Physicians," in the Proceedings of Annual Meeting of the Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education at Denver, Colorado. In collaboration with Judson B. Pearson 1964 "Recreation and Family Stress," Marriage and Family Living, February 1966 "Questionnaire Analysis of Eight Seminars," Chapter II in The Analysis of Short-term Seminars in Psychiatry for Non-Psychiatrist Physicians Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education, Boulder, July, with Judson B. Pearson 1967 "Discussion of Differences in Evaluating Results and Recommendations for Future Questionnaire Evaluations, Chapter IV, ibid, with Judson B. Pearson 1968 "The Sociology of Classroom Teaching: A Micro-functional Analysis," Journal of Education Thought, December, with Patricia Beardsley 1969 "Social Stratification and Modern Systems Theory, General Systems Yearbook, Vol. XIV, 1969. Also in Archives Europeenes Sociologique X, 1969, 323-329 "The Black Muslims: A Strategy in the Management of Spoiled Identity," International Journal of Sociology 1971 "The Cybernetics of Stratification: Prestige and the Flow of Information," Sociology and Social Research: An International Quarterly, April "International Terrorism and Public Opinion Policy Processes," July, Co-Existence "The Politics of Sociology: Gouldner, Goffman and Garfinkel," The American Sociologist, November 1972 "The Chiner Mate: Single Sex Mating," International Journal of Sociology of the Family 2(1) New Sources of Self, Pergamon Press, New York and London "Socio-Cultural Variables and Value Standardization Curves," in Optimization Techniques in Ecosystems and Land Use Planning, with Gordon Swartzman, ed. Tech. Report No. 143, NREL, C.S.U. 1974 "From Conflict Theory to Conflict Methodology," with Timothy Lehmann, Sociological Inquiry 9:135-139 "Transforming Sociology: The Graduate Student," The American Sociologist 9:135-139 "Public Opinion, Tradition and Information Half-Life," with Gordon Swartzman, International Journal of General Systems 1:259 1975 "Alienation." Humboldt Journal of Social Relations 2(2) 1976 "Theoretical Foundations of Conflict Methodology, Sociological Inquiry 46:1 1977 "Research in the Land of Oz," Sociological Inquiry 47:1 "Radical Dimensions in Modern Systems Theory: A General Theory of Social Order and a Special Theory of Social Change," Western Sociological Review 8:2 1978 "The Dramaturgical Society," Qualitative Sociology 1:2 With Garth Massey. 1979 Book Review Symposium: The Western Sociological Review, Morris Janowitz, "The Last Half-Century" 10(1) (Invited paper) 1980 "The Division of Labor in the Construction of Social Reality," Urban Life 9(2):135-162 "Comment on McQuary-Wardell," Sociological Quarterly 21 (Summer):459-462 "Critical Perspectives on Ethnography," Urban Life 9(2) (July), Guest Editor 1981 Special Issue of Humanist Sociologist on the Sociology of Human Rights, Guest Editor. "Corporate Crime: A Critique of the Clinard Report," Contemporary Crises 5 "The Sociology of Human Rights," The Humanist Sociologist (November) "Sociology and Human Knowledge; Scientific vs. Folk Methods of Reality Construction. In the 75th Anniversary Issue of the American Sociologist on the State of the Discipline. 16(2) (May) Preface to a Sociology of Human Rights," The Humanist Sociologist. 1982 Review of Vertical Classification by Schwartz, Contemporary Sociology Review of Symbolic Sit-ins by John Lofland and John Fuik, Sociology and Social Research "Sociology and Human Knowledge: Scientific vs. Folk Methods in Reality Construction," reprinted in Evaluation Studies Review Annual, Vol. 7, E.R. House, Ed. Beverley Hills: Sage Culture, Media and Society, Vol. 7, No. 1. Editor, Red Feather: The Red Feather Institute 1983 "Underground Structures of the Democratic State," Mid-American Review of Sociology 8(2) (Winter) "The Public Sphere and the State," Critical Communications Review III 1984 Sports and Critical Theory Issue of Arena. Special Issue Guest Editor (Winter) "The Sociology of Sports: A Critical Overview," Arena (Winter) "The Typifications of Christ: Political and Social Uses of the Jesus Symbol," in special issue of Religion: The Cutting Edge, in The New England Sociologist 1985 "Social Justice vs. Criminal Justice," the Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare. "Public Opinion, Mass Opinion and Social Opinion," Popular Culture and Media Events issues of The Critical Communication Review 3 (August) 1986 "The Sociology of Sport", Sociological Perspectives pp. 3-28, V. 1. (Winner of the 1987 PSA Award for Distinguished Scholarship). The Human Use of Language: A Protocol on Non-Sexist Language in Sociology in The Student Sociology Handbook, Random House. Reprinted in several works. "The Structure of Democratic Communications", in The Mid America Review of Sociology, Spring "American Sociology": A Review Essay of the Vidich-Lyman book, Symbolic Interaction, Fall. "Information, Ideology,and Political Reality: Against Toffler". in The Ideology of the Information Age, edited by Jennifer D. Slack and Fred Fejes. Norwood, N.J., Ablex Publishing Co. 1987 "The Social Location of Crime and Justice in America," in The Quarterly Journal of Ideology, V. 11, No. 4. 1988 The Reagan Years: An Assessment, in The Wisconsin Sociologist, V. 25, Spring-Summer, No. 2-3. Pp. 68-75. 1989 Hard Times and Hard Tomatoes: Symbolic Interaction Theory in a Mass Society, in Proceedings of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, Norman Denzin, ed. 1990 The Drama of Social Life. Dramaturgical Analysis at the Macro- level. Transaction Books. Essays on dramaturgical analysis in marketplace, university, sports, religion and politics. A macro- analysis to complement the micro-studies of Goffman and his successors. Social psychology done in a post modern spirit. 1991 Change and Chaos Theory. The Social Science Journal. 28(3). Fall. The Promise of Sociology: C. Wright Mills Revisited, in Readings in Critical Sociology, L. Chorbajian, ed. Chaos theory and Symbolic Interaction. The Journal of Symbolic Interaction, 14:3, Fall. The Contradictions of Contemporary America, in Critical Perspectives in Sociology: A Reader. Edited by Berch Berberoglu. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishers. Part I: Chaos and Crime: From Criminal Justice to Social Justice. The Critical Criminologist. V. 3., No., 2. Summer. Part II: Chaos and Crime: The ABCs of Crime. The Critical Criminologist. V. 3., No.3. Fall. The Archeology of Human Knowledge: Premodern, Modern and Postmodern Missions and Methods for the Knowledge Process. The Michigan Sociologist. Fall. 1992 Postmodern Understandings of the God Concept: Social Justice and the Drama of the Holy. Philosophy and Theology. V.1, No.3. Spring. Chaos Theory and Human Agency. Humanity and Society. V. 16: 4. November. 1993 The Great Flying Chaos Learning Circus: A Strangely Attractive Way to Teach Large Sociology Classes. With Anna Zajicek, Jennifer Sult, Tim Wolfe and with the assistance of Ruan Hoe, Andrew Philaretou and Joanne Glago. The Wisconsin Sociologist. Fall. 1993 Chaos Theory and Social Dynamics: Foundations of Postmodern Social Science. In Robert Robertson and Alan Combs (eds.), Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Conference on Chaos theory. Forthcoming. Becoming Mature. by Valeria Malhotra Bentz (1989). Book Review in Humanity and Society. Fall, 1993. 1994 State Crime: The United States of America. Forthcoming in Jeffrey Ian Ross, Editor, Controlling State Crime in Advanced Industrial Democracies. (New York: Garland Publishing Co.) The Drama of Social Enquiry: Politically Correct Knowledge. The Wisconsin Sociologist, Winter. Other Professional Activity 1970- Refereed articles for The American Sociologist, Urban Life, Qualitative Sociology, Social Forces, The Humanist Sociologist. 1971 Founded The Red Feather Institute for Advanced Studies in Sociology 1972-73 Sabbatical: Research on self and social organization in Uganda. Enquiry into the structural bases of self and the impact of industrialization on tribal self systems. Research aborted as revolution spread. 1973 Began editing Red Feather series on Transforming Sociology 1976 Organized Red Feather Spring Conference on Theory and Practice, William Domhoff, principal speaker Organized Conference on Food Coops in Colorado at Red Feather 1977 Organized Summer Conference on Economics at Red Feather, James O'Connor, principal speaker Member, Steering Committee of the West Coast Conference of Social Science Organized Red Feather Fall Conference at Greeley, Colorado, Stanley Aronowitz, principal speaker Organized Roundtable discussion of Critical Theory and Ethnomethodology, Dramaturgical Analysis, Phenomenology, and Symbolic Interactional Theory at the ASA meetings in Chicago 1977 Organized Red Feather Winter Conference at Boulder, Barbara Ehrenreich, principal speaker 1979-80 Sabbatical: Visited centers of Cultural studies in England: London, Leicester, Birmingham and Glasgow. Studied postmodern critique of mass media, literature and social sciences on-going at universities mentioned. 1981 Chaired and organized Committee on Behalf of Graduate Students in American Sociology, ASA. Framed Graduate Student Bill of Rights for Sociology Grad Students. Organized National Petition Drive to Save the American Sociologist from termination. Organized session on Politics and Religion at the Annual Meetings of the Association of Humanist Sociologists Organized session on Methodology of the Midwest Sociology Society -- 1982 meetings in Des Moines 1982 Organized session on Politics and Social Theory of the MSS 1983 Reviewer for Urban Life, Q.S., Sociological Focus and Social Science Journal and other journals. 1985 Chair, Criminology Session, American Society of Criminology, San Diego, November 1986 Member, Lee Founders Award Committee, for the Society for the Study of Social Problems. Organized field trip on Stratification in Korea Organized field trip on Political Economy of Malaysia Organized field trip on social problems in India at Bombay, India...as part of the Semester at Sea program. 1987 Member, Program Organizing Committee for l987, the Pacific Sociological Association. 1990 Organized Toronto field trip in Comparative Criminal Justice for the Criminal Justice students of the University of Michigan- Flint. Member, Committee on Standards, Freedom of Research, Publication and Teaching, Society for the Study of Social Problems. 1991- Sponsor: Speaker Series at small colleges and universities in Michigan. General Editor, the Black Underclass Studies Series. Theodoric Manley, DePaul University, Series Editor. 1990-92 Member and Chair of the Committee on Freedom and Standards of Research, Publication and Teaching. The Society of the Study of Social Problems. 1991-95 Member of the Committee on Committees, Society for the Study of Social Problems. Editorial Responsibilities: Editor, Transforming Sociology Series, the Red Feather Institute. Associate Editor, the Sociological Quarterly Associate Editor, Critical Sociology Books in Progress: The Drama of Human Knowledge: 80% complete; political history of the knowledge process encompassing three epochs: premodern, modern, and postmodern pathways to knowledge with special application to social sciences. The Drama of Social Enquiry 90% complete. Essays on the implications of Postmodern science and Chaos theory and research for the missions and methods of sociology. Includes essays on chaos and crime, change, and clinical sociology. The Drama of the Holy. Under Review. An enquiry into the implications of postmodern sensibility for postmodern theology. The ontological status of the god concept and the sanctification process is revisited and reinterpreted in light of postmodern phenomenology. Chaos and Crime. A set of essays exploring the implications of Chaos theory for both the dynamics of criminal behavior and social policy implications. About 95% complete.