Andrew K Jorgenson

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

(5/05/04 version)

 

 

Department of Sociology and Office: (909) 787-2063

Institute for Research on World-Systems FAX: (909) 787-3330

University of California, Riverside                       jorgensonandrew@hotmail.com

Riverside, CA, 92521             www.irows.ucr.edu/andrew/ajhomepg.html

 

 

EMPLOYMENT

 

2004 (Beginning August) Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington.

 

 

EDUCATION

 

2004 PhD, Sociology, University of California, Riverside (expected in June)

2002 MA, Sociology, University of California, Riverside

1999-2001 Graduate-Level Coursework, University of Utah

1999 BS, Sociology, University of Utah

 

 

DISSERTATION

 

ÒExport Partner Dependence and Environmental Degradation 1965-2000: A Cross-National Study of Deforestation in Less-Developed CountriesÓ

 

Dissertation Committee:

Dr. Christopher Chase-Dunn (chair)

Dr. Robert Hanneman

Dr. Jonathan Turner

 

PhD qualifying exams passed in Political-Economy/Global Social Change and Statistics

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Books

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K., and Ed Kick (eds.). Forthcoming. Globalization and the Environment. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill Academic Press.

 

Refereed Journal Articles

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2004. ÒUneven Processes and Environmental Degradation in the World-Economy.Ó Human Ecology Review, 11(2) in press.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2004. ÒGlobal Inequality, Water Pollution, and Infant Mortality.Ó Social Science Journal, 41:279-288.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. and Thomas J. Burns. 2004. ÒGlobalization, the Environment, and Infant Mortality: A Cross-National Study.Ó Humboldt Journal of Social Relations, 28:7-52. Earlier single-authored version awarded the 2002 Marvin E Olsen Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award from the section on Environment, Technology, and Society of the American Sociological Association.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2003. ÒConsumption and Environmental Degradation: A Cross-National Analysis of the Ecological Footprint.Ó Social Problems, 50:374-394. Awarded the 2003 Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award from the Pacific Sociological Association and the 2003 Graduate Research Award from the University of California, Riverside.

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher, and Andrew K. Jorgenson. 2003. ÒRegions and Interaction Networks: An Institutional-Materialist Perspective.Ó International Journal of Comparative Sociology, 44:433-450.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2003. ÒLateral Pressure and Deforestation.Ó Journal of World-Systems Research, 9:393-402.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K, and Edward Kick. 2003. ÒGlobalization and the EnvironmentÓ, Journal of World-System Research, 9:195-203.

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher, and Andrew K. Jorgenson. 2003. ÒInteraction Networks, and Structural Globalization: A Comparative World-Systems Perspective.Ó Society in Transition (Special issue on Globalization, Journal for the South African Sociological Association), in press.

 

Guest Journal Editorships

 

Co-Editor (with Ed Kick), Special Issue of the Journal of World-Systems Research titled ÒGlobalization and The EnvironmentÓ (Volume IX, Number 2, Summer 2003).

 

Book Chapters, Encyclopedia Entries, and Research Bulletins

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. Forthcoming. ÒGlobal Social Change, Natural Resource Consumption, and Environmental Degradation.Ó In Global Social Change: A Reader, ed. Christopher Chase-Dunn, Salvatore Babones, and Susan Manning. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K, Jim Rice, and Jessica Crowe. Forthcoming. ÒNatural Resource Consumption and Degradation Displacement.Ó In Globalization and the Environment, ed. Andrew K. Jorgenson and Ed Kick. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill Academic Press.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. and Ed Kick. Forthcoming. ÒGlobalization, Global Degradation: An Introduction.Ó In Globalization and the Environment, ed. Andrew K. Jorgenson and Ed Kick. Leiden, the Netherlands: Brill Academic Press.

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher, and Andrew K. Jorgenson. Forthcoming. ÒTrajectories of Trade and Investment Globalization.Ó In Frontiers of Globalization Research, ed. Ino Rossi. Kluwer Academics.

 

Reifer, Thomas, Christopher Chase-Dunn, and Andrew K Jorgenson. Forthcoming. ÒThe U.S. Trajectory: Quantitative and Historical Reflections.Ó In Triadic Rivalry: US, Europe, Japan?, ed. Faruk Tabak. Paradigm Press.

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher and Andrew K Jorgenson. 2003. ÒSystems of Cities.Ó In Encyclopedia of Population, ed. Geoffrey McNicoll and Paul Demeny. Macmillan Press.

 

Burns, Thomas J, Jeffrey D Kentor, and Andrew K Jorgenson. 2003. ÒTrade Dependence, Pollution, and Infant Mortality in Less Developed Countries.Ó In Crises and Resistance in the 21st Century World-System, ed. Wilma A Dunaway. Westport, CT: Praeger.

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher and Andrew K Jorgenson. 2002. ÒSettlement Systems: Past and Present.Ó Research Bulletin 73. Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network (www.lboro.ac.uk/gawc/rb/rb73.html).

 

Book Reviews

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2002. Review of The Environment and Society Reader, ed. Scott R Frey. Human Ecology Review 9: 95-96.

 

Articles Currently Under Review

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Andrew K Jorgenson, Thomas Reifer et al. ÒThe Trajectory of the United States in the World-System: A Quantitative Reflection.Ó Revise and resubmit, Sociological Perspectives.

 

 

CURRENT RESEARCH AND MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION

 

The Effects of Weighted Export Partner Dependence on Deforestation, Carbon Dioxide Emissions, and Water Pollution 1965-2000: A Cross-National Study

 

The Effects of Weighted Export Partner Dependence on Economic Development and Domestic Income Inequality 1980-2000

 

International Economic Inequality 1500-2000: A Quantitative Analysis

 

Rural Population Dynamics and Environmental Degradation: A Cross-National Analysis of Deforestation 1990-2000 (with Thomas Burns)

 

Impacts of Sectoral Foreign Capital Dependence on Environmental Degradation in Less-Developed Countries (with Thomas Burns)

 

Is Domestic Inequality Good for the Environment? (with Thomas Burns)

 

Impacts of Environmental Degradation on Economic Development in Less-Developed Countries (with Thomas Burns and Ed Kick)

 

Structural Investment and Political Globalization 1800-2000 (with Christopher Chase-Dunn, Shoon Lio, and Thomas Reifer)

 

 

PAPER PRESENTATIONS

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2003. ÒUneven Processes and Ecological Footprints in the World-Economy: A Cross-National StudyÓ. Presented at the International Symposium on World-System History and Global Environmental Change, University of Lund, Sweden.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2003. ÒUneven Processes and Environmental Degradation in the World-EconomyÓ. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2003. ÒInternational Inequality 1500-2000: A Cross-National Analysis.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2002. ÒThe Effects of Consumption, Trade Dependence, and Organic Water Pollution on Infant Mortality: A World-Systems Approach.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Andrew K Jorgenson, Rebecca Giem, John Rogers, and Shoon Lio. 2002. ÒStructural Globalization 1800-2000.Ó Presented at the Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois.

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher, Andrew K Jorgenson, Rebecca Giem, Shoon Lio, Thomas Reifer, and John Rogers. 2002. ÒThe Trajectory of the United States in the World-System: A Quantitative Reflection.Ó Presented at the XV International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology, Brisbane, Australia.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K and Christopher Chase-Dunn. 2002. ÒSettlement Systems: Past and Present.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2002. ÒEcological Footprints and Deforestation in Non-OECD Nations.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2001. ÒNew York City as a Global City 1950-2000.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, California.

 

Chase-Dunn, Christopher and Andrew K Jorgenson. 2001. ÒRegions and Interaction Networks: A World-Systems Perspective.Ó Presented at conference on ÒInteractions: Regional Studies, Global Processes, and Historical AnalysisÓ, University of California, Irvine.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K and Jeffrey D Kentor. 2001. ÒNew York City as a Global City: An Organizational ApproachÓ. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, California.

 

Burns, Thomas J, Jeffrey D Kentor, Andrew K Jorgenson, and Oleg I Gubin. 2000. ÒA World System Perspective on the Effects of Environmental Degradation on Infant Mortality in Developing Countries.Ó Presented at Annual Meetings of the Society for Human Ecology, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

 

Burns, Thomas J, Oleg I Gubin, Jeffrey D Kentor, Andrew K Jorgenson, and Russel McKell. 2000. ÒEnvironmental Depletion and Health Outcomes in the Former Soviet Union.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Society for Human Ecology, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

 

Burns, Thomas J, Mark A Lewis, and Andrew K Jorgenson. 2000. ÒSome Notes on Operationalizing Chaos and Complexity: Nonlinear, Discontinuous and Interactive Effects in Macro-Comparative Research.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington D.C.

 

Jorgenson, Andrew K. 2000. ÒDevelopment of ZionÕs Cooperative Mercantile Institution and the Position of Salt Lake City in the Global Economy.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Utah Academy of Arts, Sciences, and Letters, Southern Utah State University.

 

Burns, Thomas J, Jeffrey D Kentor, and Andrew K Jorgenson. 2000. ÒInfant Mortality as a Function of Environmental Depletion.Ó Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

 

2004 Co-organizer, Political-Economy of the World-System roundtable presentations, annual meetings for the American Sociological Association

 

2004 Organizer, regular session titled ÒCross-National Studies in Environmental SociologyÓ, annual meetings for the Pacific Sociological Association

 

2004 Organizer, regular session titled ÒGlobal Inequalities of the Political-Economy and/or EnvironmentÓ, annual meetings for the Pacific Sociological Association

 

2003 Organizer, regular session titled ÒGlobal InequalityÓ, annual meetings for the Pacific Sociological Association

 

2002 Co-organizer, regular session titled ÒIs there a Global City-System?Ó, annual meetings for the Pacific Sociological Association

 

Reviewer: American Sociological Review, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Journal of World-Systems Research, Sociological Theory, Organization and Environment, Human Ecology Review, Sage Publications.

 

 

GRANTS / FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS / SCHOLARSHIPS

 

2003 Invitation for participation, 2003 International Symposium on World System History and Global Environmental Change, Human Ecology Division, Lund University, Sweden (September 2003).

 

2003 Annual Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award, Pacific Sociological Association ($200.00).

 

2003 Annual Graduate Research Award, Graduate Student Association, University of California, Riverside ($1000.00).

 

2002 Marvin E Olsen Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award of the Section on Environment, Technology and Society of the American Sociological Association ($200.00).

 

2001, 2002, 2003 Travel Grant, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside ($500.00 each year).

 

2001 ChancellorÕs Fellowship, University of California, Riverside (approx. $15000.00).

 

2001 DeanÕs Fellowship, University of California, Riverside (approx. $5000.00).

 

1998, 1999 George Coray Memorial Award for Outstanding Service and Academic Performance, Department of Sociology, University of Utah ($200.00 each year).

 

1998 E. Rich Brewer Scholarship, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, University of Utah ($5000.00).

 

Lifetime Member: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Golden Key National Honor Society, Alpha Kappa DeltaÑthe International Sociology Honor Society.

 

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 

2001-2004 Senior Research Assistant, Institute for Research on World Systems, Director: Dr. Christopher Chase-Dunn, University of California Riverside.

 

1999-2001 Research Assistant to Dr. Jeffrey Kentor and Dr. Thomas Burns, Department of Sociology, University of Utah.

 

2000     Statistical Consultant, Convergys Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

1998 Research Assistant to Dr. Edward Kick, Department of Sociology, University of Utah.

 

I have extensive experience with SPSS and AMOS. I also have experience with SAS, LISREL, WHLM, and UCINET.

 

 

AREAS OF TEACHING INTEREST

 

International Political-Economy / Globalization

Global Social Change / World-Systems Analysis

Environmental Sociology / Political-Ecology

Statistical Analysis / Comparative Research Methods

Social Problems / Inequality

Urban Sociology

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Lecturing Positions

 

2002-2003 Instructor, Statistical Analysis (2 classes), Environmental Sociology (1 class), Data Processing (1 class), Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

 

2002-2003 Instructor, Introduction to Sociology (2 classes), San Bernardino Valley Community College.

 

2000 Instructor, Success through Academic Resources (1 class), Undergraduate Studies, University of Utah.

 

Teaching Assistantships and Other Related Experience

 

2002-2004 Teaching Assistant, Inequality in Contemporary United States, Introduction to Sociology, Intermediate Statistics, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

 

2001-2004 Grader and Guest Lecturer, Globalization and World-Systems Analysis, Environmental Sociology, Urban Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

 

1999-2000 SPSS Lab Instructor, Guest Lecturer, and Teaching Assistant for all Sociology undergraduate statistics courses, Department of Sociology, University of Utah.

 

 

COMMITTEES / POSITIONS / OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

2001-2004 Assistant Editor, Journal of World-Systems Research.

 

2002-2003 Human Subjects Review Committee, University of California, Riverside.

 

2001-2002 Graduate Affairs Committee, Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside.

 

2001-2002 Treasurer, Sociology Graduate Student Association, University of California, Riverside.

 

1998-1999 Chairperson, Sociology Student Advising Committee, University of Utah.

 

1998-1999 Chapter President, Alpha Kappa DeltaÑThe International Sociology

Honor Society, University of Utah.

 

 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

 

American Sociological Association

Pacific Sociological Association

The Society for the Study of Social Problems

Society for Human Ecology

Western Social Science Association

Global Studies Association

 

REFERENCES

 

Professor Christopher Chase-Dunn

Department of Sociology and

Institute for Research on World-Systems

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA 92521

(909) 787-2063

chriscd@mail.ucr.edu

 

Professor Robert Hanneman

Department of Sociology

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA 92521

(909) 787-3330

robert.hanneman@ucr.edu

 

Professor Jonathan Turner

Department of Sociology

University of California, Riverside

Riverside, CA 92521

(909) 787-3330

jonathan.turner@ucr.edu

 

Professor Jeffrey Kentor

Department of Sociology

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT 84112

(801) 581-6153

kentor@soc.utah.edu

 

Professor Thomas Burns

Department of Sociology

University of Oklahoma

Norman, OK 73019

(405) 325-1751

tburns@ou.edu

 

Professor Edward Kick

Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Middle Tennessee State University

Murfreesboro, TN 37132

(615) 898-2508

ekick@mtsu.edu