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Sociology Dept.
H. Gray, Chair
C. West, Grad Director
B. Crow, UG Educ Cmte Chr
College 8, 226
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
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John Brown Childs
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Professor |
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Emeriti |
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jbchilds@ucsc.edu |
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(831) 459-3373 Office
(831) 459-3518 Fax |
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College 8, 328 |
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Fall 2009: By appt only |
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Sociology of knowledge; religion and social action; elitist and populist social movements; ethnicity; race; nationalism; global community. |
| Education History | |
M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo
B.A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst |
| Selected Publications | |
Chapters in Books
Childs, J. B. 1998. Accomodationism, Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History (Eds. Jack Salzman, David L. Smith, and Cornel West), New York, pp. 15-17.
_____. 1998. Messianism, Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Ibid, pp. 760-1761.
_____. 1997. Transcommunality: A 21st Century Social Compact for Urban Revitalization in the United States, Villes et politiques urbaines au Canada et aux Etats-Unis (Ed. Jean-Michel Lacroix), Sorbonne University Press, Paris, pp. 181-214.
Books
Childs, J.B. 2006. BOUNDARIES VS. BORDERS
Childs, J.B. 2006. Hurricane Katrina Cover 1
Childs, J.B. 2002. Transcommunality: From the Politics of Conversion to the Ethics of Respect. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
_____. 1993. Leadership, Conflict, and Cooperation in Afro-American Social Thought. New paperback ed., Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Childs, J. B., J. Brecher and J. Cutler, eds. 1993. Global Visions: Beyond the New World Order. Boston: South End Press.
Articles
Childs, J. B. 1999. "On the Idea of Indigenous," (with Guillermo Delgado-P), Current Anthropology, Vol.40, No.2 (Discussion and Criticism Section) pp. 211-212.
_____. 1998. "Transcommunality: From the Politics of Conversion to the Ethics of Respect in the Context of cultural Diversity: Learning from Native American Philosophies with a Focus on the Haudenosaunee, Social Justice Vol.25, No.41, pp. 143-169.
_____. 1997. "The New Youth Peace Movement: Creating Broad Strategies for Community Renaissance in the United States." Social Justice, Vol.24, No.4, pp. 247-257.
_____. 1992. "Preparing for the 'Big One': The Political Impact of the L.A. Uprising." Z Magazine, July-August.
_____. 1992. "The Ramifications of African-American Caucus Groups for Today's Organizations." Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, 12.
_____. 1992. "Rethinking the 'Classical': Giuseppe Verdi and Other European Advocates of Cultural Diversity." New Observations Magazine, August.
_____. 1991. "Notes on the Gulf War, Racism and African-American Social Thought: Ramifications for Teaching." Journal of Urban and Cultural Studies, June.
_____. 1991. "Partners: 'Ghetto' Crime and the White Middle Class Culture of Affluence." Z Magazine, June.
Papers Delivered
Childs, J. B. 1999. "The African-American Century and Multiculturalism in the U.S." University of Leiden, the Netherlands.
_____. 1998. Homogeneity in Alliance Building," Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignties Conference - A Hemispheric Convocation (Part II), Instituto Cultural Oaxaca, Mexico.
_____. 1998. "Transcommunal Cooperation: Creating Shared Values Among Heterogeneous Peoples: Learning from Indigenous Models," Indigenous Intellectual Sovereignties Conference - A Hemispheric Convocation (Part I), Native American Studies Department, University of California, Davis.
_____. 1998. "Diversity of Perspective as a Basis for Cooperation: the Cases of the Netherlands and Indigenous Peoples in the Americas," Center for European Studies/Italian Research and Study Group, University of California, Berkeley.
Essays Published
Childs, J.B. 2003."Crossroads: Toward a Transcommunal Black History Month in the Multicultural United States of the 21st Century." Annales du Monde Anglophone, Revue semestrielle bilingue “Ecritures de l’Histoire Africaine-Americaine Ecritures de l’Histoire Africaine-Americaine 2003, Paris: Sorbonne Nouvelle Universite, Institut du Monde Anglophone/L’Harmattan Press, pages, 49-54. |
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