Craig Upright

Department of Sociology Hamline University, Mail # 58	(651) 523-2564
1536 Hewitt Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota 55104	cupright01@hamline.edu

Education

•	Princeton University, Department of Sociology, ABD M.A. May 2000, Sociology
	Dissertation Title: Organic Transitions: The Creation and Transformation of the Organic Food Industry, 1965-2002.
	Dissertation Committee: Paul DiMaggio (chair), Robert Wuthnow, Miguel Centeno. (expected completion August, 2009)
•	St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota B.A. May 1988, Mathematics, English Literature
•	University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1984 – 1986

Honors, Scholarships

•	Dissertation Support Grant, American Studies, Princeton University	2005
•	Graduate Fellowship, Princeton University	1997 – 2001
•	National Merit Scholarship	1984
•	Regent's Scholarship, full tuition, University of Nebraska	1984

Teaching Experience

•	Grinnell College – Grinnell, Iowa Visiting Instructor, Department of Sociology Sociology 111: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 240: Social Movements Sociology 291: Methods of Empirical Investigation Sociology 295: Food and Society Math 115: Introduction to Statistics	08 / 2009 – 05 / 2010
•	Hamline University – St. Paul, Minnesota Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Sociology 1110: Introduction to Sociological Thinking Sociology 1120: Social Problems Sociology 3890: Sociology of Food	08 / 2008 – 05 / 2009

Teaching Experience (continued)

•	Northland College – Ashland, Wisconsin Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Sociology 111: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 226: Contemporary Social Movements Sociology 250: Sociology of Food Sociology 338: Political Sociology	01 / 2008 – 05 / 2008
•	University of St. Thomas – St. Paul, Minnesota Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Sociology 100: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 210: Research Methods Sociology 220: Social Statistics	08 / 2005 – 12 / 2007
•	Princeton University – Princeton, New Jersey Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology (Professor Paul Starr) Sociology 201: American Society and Politics	01 / 1999 – 05 / 1999
•	Tutor, Dorothy Day Center – St. Paul, Minnesota	1988 – 1989
•	Tutor, St. Olaf College – Northfield, Minnesota	1986 – 1988
•	Mentor/Instructor, Lincoln Public Schools – Lincoln, Nebraska	1984 – 1986

Research Assistanceships / Field work

•	Research Associate, Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies; Princeton University, Princeton, NJ	1998 – 2003
•	Analyzed datasets measuring: “Public Participation in the Arts” Professor Paul DiMaggio “Correlates of War” Professor Miguel Centeno “Corporate Family Benefits” Professor Frank Dobbin “Cross-National Corporatism” Professor Bruce Western	1997 – 2003
•	Field Operations Supervisor, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Saint Paul, Minnesota	1989 – 1990

Publications

•	“Consumer Co-operatives” in Dictionary Of Philanthropy, edited by Dwight Burlingame, New York: ABC-Clio Press, pp. 98-100. 2004.
•	“Social Capital and Cultural Participation: Spousal Influences on Attendance at Arts Events” Poetics. 32 (2): 129-143. 2004.

Works In Progress

•	“The Emergence of the Organic Social Movement, 1880-1965”
•	“The Questionable Use of Protest Events as a Dependent Variable”

Public Presentations

•	“New-Wave Cooperatives and the Organic Food Industry in the U.S.” International Roundtable Series, Hamline University	2009
•	“The Rural-Urban Connection in Co-operative Food Movements” Department of Sociology Working Paper Series, University of Minnesota	2005
•	“Cultural Capital and Arts Participation” Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies workshop, Princeton University	2001
•	“Spousal Relationships and Arts Participation” Princeton-Rutgers Conference on the Sociology of Culture, Princeton University	1999

Guest Lectures

•	“Organic Food and the Media” History 328: The Politics of Food in Latin America Professor Teresita Martinez, Macalester College	2004
•	“The History of Organic Food in the Americas” History 328: The Politics of Food in Latin America Professor Teresita Martinez, Macalester College	2001
•	“Seasonal Menu Planning in Fine Dining Restaurants” Sociology 50: The Sociology and Anthropology of Food Professors Michal McCall, Jack Weatherford, Macalester College	1995

Technical Skills

•	Perl, Visual Basic, Tcl programming languages
•	Html, LaTeX mark-up languages
•	S-Plus, SAS, Stata, and SPSS statistical software
•	Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, BBEdit software
•	Macintosh, Windows, and Unix operating systems
•	Proficient in Spanish

Other Work Experience

•	Purchasing Agent, W.A. Frost, Loring Café, New French Café Minneapolis, Minnesota.	1991 – 1997
•	Co–owner, Motor Oil Industrial Coffees Saint Paul, Minnesota.	1990 – 1994

Professional Associations

•	American Sociological Association	1998 – present
•	Eastern Sociological Society	2005 – present
•	Midwest Sociological Society	2006 – present
•	Sociologists of Minnesota	2006 – present
•	Alpha Kappa Delta, international sociology honor society	2007 – present

Conferences Attended

•	American Sociological Association	1998 – 2008
•	Organizations and Culture, Penn State University	1998 – 1999
•	Princeton-Rutgers Conference on the Sociology of Culture, Princeton University	1997 – 2000