Jon Agnone – Curriculum Vitae (PDF Format)

Department of Sociology, Box 353340
University of Washington
1100 NE Campus Parkway
223J Condon Hall
Seattle, Washington 98195
E-mail: agnone@u.washington.edu  

Education

2009

(Expected) PhD., Sociology, University of Washington
Committee: Becky Pettit (chair), Debra Minkoff, Barbara Reskin, Margaret Levi and Jake Rosenfeld
Thesis Title: “Racial Inequality in Wealth: Do Labor Unions Matter?”

2004

M.A., Sociology, University of Washington
Committee: Debra Minkoff (chair), Paul Burstein
Thesis Title: "Explaining Federal Environmental Policy: The Impact of the U.S. Environmental Movement."

2000

B.A., Sociology and Psychology, The Ohio State University
Committee: Craig Jenkins (chair), David Jacobs, Nella Van Dyke
Thesis Title: "The Development of the Civil Rights Movement: Relative Deprivation, Resources and Political Opportunities."

Research and Teaching Interests

Social Movements, Political Sociology, Stratification, Labor, Methods and Statistics

Peer Reviewed Publications

Levi, Margaret, David Olson, Jon Agnone and Devin Kelly. 2008. “Union Democracy Reexamined.” Forthcoming in Politics & Society.

Minkoff, Debra, Silke Aisenbrey, and Jon Agnone. 2008. “Organizational Diversity in the U.S. Advocacy Sector.” Forthcoming in Social Problems.

Agnone, Jon. 2007. "Amplifying Public Opinion: The Policy Impact of the U.S. Environmental Movement." Social Forces, 85: 1593-1620. (PDF)

Jenkins, Craig, David Jacobs and Jon Agnone. 2003. "The Development of Civil Rights Protest,
1947-1997: Collective Grievances, Mobilizing Structures and Political Opportunities." American Journal of Sociology, 109: 277-303. (PDF)

Policy Publications

Lori Pfingst, Erin Maher, Jon Agnone, Heidi Berman. 2007. A Closer Look: A Regional Snapshot of Women & Girls in Western Washington. Women’s Funding Alliance/Human Services Policy Center. Seattle, WA: University of Washington.

Manuscripts in Preparation

"How, When, Where?: The Contingent Impact of U.S. Environmental Movement Organizations and Activities on Two Stages in the Public Policy Process" (with Erik Johnson & John McCarthy). Under review at American Sociological Review.

"Consolidating Social Change: The Consequences of Foundation Funding for Developing Movement Infrastructures" (with Debra Minkoff). In preparation for the Contributions of Foundations to Society project of the UCLA Center for Civil Society and Case Western Reserve University's Mandel Center for Nonprofit Organizations (funded by the Aspen Institute Nonprofit Sector and Philanthropy Fund).

"Making Change from Foundation Dollars: Consequences of Social Movement Philanthropy for Women's & Civil Rights Organizations, 1955-1980" (with Debra Minkoff). Funded by Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy.

Conferences and Colloquia

“Racial Inequality in Wealth: Do Labor Unions Matter?” Paper presented at the 103rd annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, Massachusetts. Roundtable of the Race, Gender and Class section. August 2008.

“Making Change from Foundation Dollars: Predicting Social Movement Philanthropy, 1955-1980” (with Debra Minkoff). Paper presented at the 102nd annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York. Roundtable of the Collective Behavior and Social Movement section. August 2007

"Consolidating Social Change: The Consequences of Foundation Funding for Developing Movement Infrastructures” (with Debra Minkoff). Paper presented at the 35th annual ARNOVA Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Session on philanthropy, fundraising and foundations. November 2006.

"Where and How Do Movements Matter? The United States Environmental Movement and Congressional Hearings and Laws, 1961-1990" (with Erik Johnson & John McCarthy). Paper presented at the 101st annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Canada. Regular session of the Collective Behavior and Social Movement section. August 2006.

"ILWU Democracy Reexamined" (with Devin Kelly). Invited panel presentation at the 38th Annual Conference of The Pacific Northwest Labor History Association, Olympia, Washington. June 2006.

"Explaining Federal Environmental Policy: The Impact of the U.S. Environmental Movement." Paper presented at the 99th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California. Roundtable of the Collective Behavior and Social Movement section. August 2004.

"Back to Basics: Service Learning as Civic Engagement" (with Bruce Hoffman). International Conference on Civic Education Research, New Orleans, Louisiana. Session on Civic Engagement. November 2003.

“Protest Potential in the US Social Movement Sector” (with Debra Minkoff). Paper presented at the 98th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, Georgia. Regular session of the Collective Behavior and Social Movement section. August 2003.

“The Development of the Civil Rights Movement: Relative Deprivation, Resources and Political Opportunities.” Paper presented at the 97th annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, Illinois. Roundtable of the Collective Behavior and Social Movement section. August 2002.

“The Development of Civil Rights Protest, 1947-1997: Collective Grievances, Mobilizing Structures and Political Opportunities” (with Craig Jenkins & David Jacobs). Paper presented at Authority in Contention: Collective Behavior and Social Movement Workshop, Notre Dame, Indiana. Session on State Authority in Structural Context. August 2002.

Awards and Honors

2008 $1000 Travel Grant from Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, University of Washington.

2007 Herbert L. Costner Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

2006 Dissertation Improvement Grant, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

2006 ARNOVA Emerging Scholar Award.

2006-2009 Graduate Fellow, Center for American Politics and Public Policy, University of Washington.

2006 $2500 Grant from Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies for dissertation research.

2006 $1500 Grant from Nancy Bell Evans Center on Nonprofits & Philanthropy for project examining social movement philanthropy.

2006 Winner of the Outstanding Student Paper Award from Political Sociology section for "Amplifying
Public Opinion: The Policy Impact of the U.S. Environmental Movement."

2006 Honorable Mention, Outstanding Student Paper Award from Collective Behavior/Social Movements section for "Amplifying Public Opinion: The Policy Impact of the U.S. Environmental Movement."

2000 Magna Cum Laude & With Distinction, The Ohio State University.

2000 Honorable Mention, Outstanding Sociology Senior Award, The Ohio State University.

Research Experience

2005-2009 Research Assistant to Prof. Margaret Levi, University of Washington.

  • Lead RA on NSF funded project examining union democracy within the International Longshore and Warehouse Union

2004-2007 Research Assistant, Human Services Policy Center, University of Washington.

  • Assisted with secondary data scan and report on the status of women & girls in the Puget Sound area

2002-2006 Research Assistant to Prof. Debra Minkoff, University of Washington.

  • Collected data on various U.S. based social movement organizations
  • Data collection and analysis for project examining the consequences of foundation funding for developing social movement infrastructures

2000-2001 Full-time Research Assistant, Center for Human Resource Research, Ohio State University.

  • A range of responsibilities surrounding data collection, analysis, and propagation of the NLSY79 Child & Young Adult surveys

1999-2001 Research Assistant to Prof. Craig Jenkins, Ohio State University.

  • Content coded domestic civil rights and environmental movement protest events from the New York Times Index

Summer 2000 Research Assistant to Prof. Nella Van Dyke, Ohio State University.

  • Full story analysis of domestic student protest from various campus newspapers

Teaching Experience

Spring 2007 & 2008 Instructor. “Labor Research,” Political Science 457.

Winter & Spring 2004 Instructor. “Service Learning,” Sociology 401.

Winter 2003 Co-instructor (with Bruce Hoffman). “Service Learning,” Sociology 401.

2001-2003 Teaching Assistant.

  • Introduction to Sociology, Introduction to Deviance, Social Problems, Introductory Research Methods, National Social Movements, Race Relations

Consulting Experience

2003-2005 Sociology Consultant, Center for Social Science Computation and Research, University of Washington

  • Statistical and computational consulting with students and faculty
  • Short-courses taught include:
    • Introductory & Intermediate Macromedia Dreamweaver
    • Introduction to Excel, SAS and Stata

2004-2005 Computing & Statistical Consultant, Food Lifeline, Seattle, WA

  • Aided with the spatial mapping of agency and donor locations in Washington state using Manifold GIS 6.0

Service and Professional Activities

2006–Present

Occasional Reviewer, American Sociological Review, Journal of Politics, Mobilization, Sociological Perspectives and Sociological Inquiry.

2008

Presider, ASA Collective Behavior and Social Movements Roundtable on Environmental Politics.

2007

Committee Member, Political Sociology Graduate Student Paper Award selection committee, American Sociological Association.

2005–2008

Graduate Student Association Representative, Department of Sociology, University of Washington.

2004

Created, administered and output data from web-based survey, “Graduate Student Opinions on CSSS Courses.”

2003 & 2004

Senior TA Facilitator for TA Conference on Teaching and Learning offered by the Center for Instructional Development and Research.

2002–Present

Member, American Sociological Association.

Other Training

2008 Certification in Social Statistics, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, University of Washington.

2007 Luxembourg Income Study Summer Workshop, University of Luxembourg.

2005 User Workshop on the National Longitudinal Surveys, The Ohio State University.

2002 NIH Human Subjects certification training.

Professional References

Professor Becky Pettit
Department of Sociology
University of Washington
(206) 616-1173
bpettit@u.washington.edu

Professor Margaret Levi
Department of Political Science
University of Washington
(206) 543-7947
mlevi@u.washington.edu

Professor Debra Minkoff
Department of Sociology
Barnard College/Columbia Univ.
(212) 854-2279
dminkoff@barnard.edu

Professor Craig Jenkins
Department of Sociology
Ohio State University
(614) 292-1411
Jenkins.12@osu.edu