 |
Dr.
Charles
S. Koeber |
| Department
of Sociology |
Office:
404 Lindquist Hall |
| Campus
Box 25 |
Office
Phone: (316) 978-7147 |
| Wichita
State University |
Fax:
(316) 978-3281 |
| Wichita,
KS 67260-0025 |
Email:
chuck.koeber@wichita.edu |
Education
|
Ph.
D. in Sociology.
State University of New York at Binghamton. August
1999.
Dissertation:
“Becoming Displaced by Structural Change: The Process,
Meaning and Relations of Worker Displacement.”
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M.A.
in Sociology. University of Wyoming. June 1993.
Thesis: "Campaign ‘92: The Election Pre-game
Show."
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| B.A. in
Journalism (with Sociology minor), University of Wyoming,
1991. |
Courses
Taught
Articles and Books
Forthcoming.
(Summer, 2002). Koeber,
Charles. “Corporate Restructuring, Downsizing, and the Middle
Class: The Process and Meaning of Worker Displacement in the 'New'
Economy.” Qualitative
Sociology. 25: 217-246.
Koeber, Charles and Wright, David W. (2001). “W/Age Bias in Worker Displacement: How Industrial
Structure Shapes the Job Loss and Earnings Decline of Older
American Workers." Journal of Socio-Economics. 30:
343-352.
Baldoz, Rick, Koeber, Charles, and Kraft, Philip (eds.).
(2001). The
Critical Study of Work: Labor, Technology, and Global Production.
Philadelphia: Temple
University Press.
Other
Publications
Koeber,
Charles. (2001). Review of Applebaum, Eileen, Bailey, Thomas
and Peter Berg. (2000). Manufacturing Advantage: Why
High-Performance Systems Pay Off. Contemporary
Sociology. 30:250-252.
Koeber,
Charles (2001). Review of Perrucci, Robert and Wysong, Earl (1999). The New
Class Society. Society for the Study of Social Problems Critical
Commentary on Social Research.
32: 23-25.
Baldoz, Rick and
Koeber, Charles. (1999). “Editor’s
Introduction: The Critical Sociology of Work: Past to Present.” Special
Issue of Critical
Sociology. 24: 187-192.
Baldoz,
Rick and Koeber, Charles. (1999). “Work, Difference and Social
Change Conference.” Journal
of International Labor and Working Class History. 55:
135-137.
Koeber,
Charles. (1998). “Downsizing and the Transformation of Work: The
Process of Work and Employment Change for Displaced Workers.”
Pp. 200-213 in Baldoz,
Rick; Godfrey, Phoebe; Jansen, Carol; Koeber, Charles, and Kraft,
Philip (eds.). Work, Difference and Social Change: Two Decades
after Braverman’s Labor and Monopoly Capital
(conference
proceedings). Binghamton: Work, Difference and Social Change
Conference Committee.
Baldoz,
Rick, Godfrey, Phoebe; Jansen, Carol, Koeber, Charles, and Kraft,
Philip (eds.). (1998). Work, Difference and Social Change: Two
Decades after Braverman’s Labor and Monopoly Capital. (conference
proceedings). Binghamton: Work, Difference and Social Change
Conference Committee.
Koeber,
Charles. Review of Lorence, James J. (1996). Organizing
the Unemployed: Community and Union Activists in the Industrial
Heartland. Society for the Study of Social Problems Critical
Commentary on Social Research. 27: 34-36.
Manuscripts in Progress
Koeber, Charles.
"I've Been Laid Off--What Should I Do?:
An Instructional Guide for Wichita Area Displaced
Workers."
Koeber, Charles and Wright, David W.
"Losing a Job and Gaining Half of Another: The Full to
Part-Time Mobility of Displaced Workers."
Koeber, Charles
and Wright, David W.
"A
His and Hers Downsizing?: Gender Differences in Reemployment
Levels of Displaced Workers."
Crickard, Elizabeth and
Koeber, Charles. "The Production in Consumption: How
“Customers” Add Value to the Products of Service Work."
Koeber,
Charles. "Computer Assisting an Introductory Sociology
Course: Do Course Web Sites and Computerized Classroom
Presentations Affect Student Learning and Attitudes Toward
Instruction?
Paper
Presentations
| 07/02 |
Koeber,
Charles. "Computer Assisting an Introductory
Sociology Course: Do Course Web Sites and Computerized
Classroom Presentations Affect Student Learning and
Attitudes Toward Instruction? Accepted for
presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. |
| 04/02 |
Koeber, Charles.
"A
His and Hers Downsizing?: Gender Differences in Reemployment
Levels of Displaced Workers." Accepted for
presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest
Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI. |
| 04/02 |
Crickard, Elizabeth and
Koeber, Charles. "The Production in Consumption: How
“Customers” Add Value to the Products of Service Work."
Accepted for
presentation at the Annual Meetings of the Midwest
Sociological Society, Milwaukee, WI. |
| 04/01
|
"Downsized and Marginalized: Describing
and Explaining the Full-Time to Part-Time Mobility of
Displaced Workers." Annual Meetings of the
Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO.
|
| 07/00 |
“The Occupational Mobility of Displaced
Workers: Are Today’s
‘Downsized’ Workers Tomorrow’s Contingent
Ones?” Annual Meetings of the
Society for the Study of Social Problems, Washington, D.C. |
|
07/00
|
"Becoming Displaced by Structural Change: The
Process, Meaning and Relations of Displacement for High-Tech
Workers in Binghamton, New York." Annual Meetings of the
American Sociological Society, Washington, D.C.
|
| 04/00 |
“'W/Age Bias': How the New Economy Displaces
and Devalues Older American Workers.” Midwest
Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Chicago, IL.
|
| 03/99
|
“From Paternalism
to ‘Flexibility’: The Transformation of Work and the Displaced Worker.”
Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meetings, Boston,
MA.
|
| 05/98
|
“Downsizing and
the Transformation of Work: The Process of Work and Employment Change for Displaced Workers.” Work,
Difference and Social Change Conference,
Binghamton, NY.
|
| 11/97
|
“The Impact of
Corporate Layoffs on Workers.” Humanist Sociology
Association Annual Meetings, Pittsburgh, PA.
|
| 07/96
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"Out-of-Wedlock
Births in the United States: Realities, Misperceptions, and
Implications for Public Policy Formation." American
Sociological Association Annual Meetings, New York, NY.
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| 04/95
|
"Changing Work Relations at IBM-Endicott:
Technology, Employment, and Socioeconomic Change at the
Birthplace of Big Blue.” North Central Sociological
Association Annual Meetings, Pittsburgh, PA. |
Awarded
Grants and Grant Related Funds
| 2002 |
University Research/Creative
Project Award. Wichita State University |
| 2002 |
Grant
for project, "I've Been Laid Off--What
Should I Do?: An Instructional Guide for Wichita
Area Displaced Workers." Awarded by Workforce
Alliance of South Central Kansas. |
| 2000
|
Award
for Research/Creative Projects in Summer. Wichita State
University.
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| 1997-1998
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Dissertation Year
Fellowship, Binghamton University.
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1997-1998
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Conference Support,
"Work, Difference and
Social Change" conference, Binghamton University. Various
sources (Awarded to
Conference Organizing Committee).
|
| 1992
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Department Grant for
Thesis Research, Department of Sociology, University of
Wyoming.
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Professional
and Community Service
(selected items)
| 2002- |
Chair,
Wichita State University Curriculum Committee. |
| 2002 |
Award
Selection Committee Member for Society for Study of Social Problems,
Labor Studies Division, Harry Braverman Award for best paper
by a graduate student. |
| 2002 |
Project
Director for "I've Been Laid Off--What
Should I Do?: An Instructional Guide for Wichita
Area Displaced Workers." |
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