Alexander Simon

| Alex.Simon@uvu.edu

Academic Address: Behavioral Science Department Utah Valley University 800 University Parkway Orem, Utah 84058 (801) 863- 6347

      AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

     Environmental Sociology and Political Economy

EDUCATION

Simon Fraser University

PhD Sociology 2000                                                                           

Dissertation: Common Ground and Conflict in the Struggle Over the Use of Forests and Labour in British Columbia: The Case of Greenpeace and the Pulp, Paper, and Woodworkers of Canada

Senior Advisor: Ian Angus

State University of New York at Albany

MA Sociology 1991

           Thesis: Modernization vs. Dependency: Two Theoretical Interpretations of the

            United States Foreign Relations With Nicaragua from 1926 to 1945

            Senior Advisor: Patrick Akard

State University of New York at Albany

BA Psychology, 1988                                                                           

 

Teaching Experience

Utah Valley University (2011-Present)

Associate Professor of Sociology

Courses Taught: Environmental Sociology, Introduction to Environmental Studies,

Contemporary Sociological Theory, Sociology of Deviance, and Introduction to Sociology

 

University of Alaska Southeast (2011)

Associate Professor of Sociology

Courses Taught: Environmental Sociology, Sociology of War, Political Sociology, Social Psychology, Sociology of Close Relationships, Sociological Theory, Social Problems, Self, Culture and Society, Reading and Writing in the Social Sciences, First Portfolio Review, and Introduction to Sociology

 

University of Alaska Southeast

Assistant Professor of Sociology(2007-2010)

 

 

University of Alaska Southeast (2006-2007)

Term Assistant Professor of Sociology

 

Utah Valley University (2005-2006)

Associate Professor of Sociology

Courses Taught: Environmental Sociology, Sociology of War, Political Sociology, Sociology of Deviance, Sociological Theory, Applied Sociology, Social Change, Demography, and Introduction to Sociology

 

Utah Valley University (2001-2005)

Assistant Professor of Sociology

 

Casper College (1998-2001)

Sociology Instructor

Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of the Family, Probation and Parole, Juvenile Delinquency, Criminology, Social Problems, and Introduction to Sociology

 

University College of the Cariboo (Lillooet and Ashcroft Extensions)

Sessional Instructor (1996-1997)

Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology and Social Problems

 

Adirondack Community College

     One Year Term Appointment as Assistant Professor (1993-1994)

     Courses Taught:  Introduction to Sociology, Sociology of the Family, and Social Problems

 

            Columbia-Greene Community College

      Adjunct Instructor (1992-1993)

      Taught courses on main campus and at Brookwood Maximum Security Juvenile Detention

     Facility

Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology, General Psychology, Corrections, and Social   Problems

 

     Marist College, Special Academic Programs

      Adjunct Instructor (1990)

     Courses Taught: Introduction to Sociology

    

JOURNAL ARTICLES

          "A Case Study and Historical Analysis of the Reasons Why Many Trophy Hunters HarborAnimosity Toward Wolves and Wolf Advocates," Capitalism Nature Socialism (2013) Vol. 24, No. 1

 

 

“The Use of Historic and Contemporary Justifications for Killing Wolves By the Palin Administration,” Capitalism Nature Socialism (2009) Vol. 20, No. 4

 

 

“Leopold, Pinchot, Marx, and the Ethics of Buffalo Hunting in the 21^st Century,” Teaching Ethics (2007) Vol. 7, No. 2.

 

 

“The PPWC and the IWA: A Comparative Historical Explanation of the DifferentEnvironmental Policies of Two Woodworkers’ Unions” Organization & Environment (2003) vol. 16, No. 3

 

 

 

“Backlash! Corporate Front Groups and the Struggle for Sustainable Forestry in BritishColumbia” Capitalism Nature Socialism (1998) vol. 9, No.4

 

 

 

PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PROFESSIONAL NEWS

 LETTERS                

 

  “Wolves as Members of Mixed Communities” (2009) Proceedings of the Alaska Historical

           Society’s Conference

 

          “The Adverse Social and Ecological Consequences of Trophy Hunting in Alaska”

            Published in Environment, Technology and Society, Newsletter of the Section on

           Environment and Technology of the American Sociological Association (Spring 2009)

                                  

         “European Anthropocentrism vs. American Ecocentrism: Two Contrasting

     Views of the Value of Wolves in the Last Frontier” (2008)

     Proceedings of the Alaska Historical Society’s Conference                                                        

 

           “Exploring the Potential Ecological and Social Impacts of the Material

            Aspirations of Undergraduate Students” (Co-authored with Steven Clark)

            in Sustainability in Theory and Practice (2004) Proceedings of the Faculty

            Conference, Utah Valley University. Edited by David Keller & Alexander Simon

 

“One Evil Empire Down, One to Go” in What is Postmodernism? (2003)

Proceedings of the Faculty Conference, Utah Valley University. Edited By

David Keller & Brian Birch

CONFERENCE PAPERS AND POSTER SESSIONS

     

      “The State’s Use of the Criminal Justice System as a Means of Maintaining Anthropocentric

      Boundaries Between Humans and Wolves” Presented at the Pacific Sociological         Association's Conference (March, 2012)

       

            “The Adverse Social and Ecological Consequences of Trophy Hunting

             in Alaska” Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association’s

             Conference (April, 2009)   

 

“The Shallow vs. The Deep: Euro-American Hunting Cultural Traditions as a Threat to

               Indigenous Peoples’ Cultural Traditions” Presented at the Society for Applied

               Anthropology’s Conference (March, 2009)

 

“The Ecological and Social Impacts of the Culture of Trophy Hunting” Presented at the Alaska

  Anthropological Association’s Conference (March, 2009)

 

 

“Materialistic Individuals Are Less Committed to Public Goods and Services”

  (with Spencer Baum, Troy Humphries, Michael Gilchrist, and Steven Clark)

  Poster session presented at the American Psychological Association’s

 Conference (May, 2004)

 

             “Assessing the Success of Corporate Propaganda Among British Columbia’s Pulpmill

               Workers” Pacific Sociological Association’s Conference (April, 2002)

 

      “Exploring the Possibilities for an Alliance Between Forest Sector Workers and

        Environmentalists in British Columbia” Marxism 2000 Conference

        (September, 2000)

 

            “The Sierra Legal Defence Fund in Lillooet, British Columbia: A Case Study of the

              Struggle for Ideological Hegemony in a Timber Dependent Community”

              Society for Applied Anthropology (March, 1997)

 

            “The Contradictions of State Environmental Forest Policy Under Global Capitalism”

              Society for Applied Anthropology (March, 1996)

 

 

INVITED LECTURES

          

 

           Awarded a stipend and travel expenses by Casper College's Honors Program to deliver the     lecture "The Problem With Trophy Hunting" (November, 2011)

 

           Awarded a stipend and travel expenses by Utah Valley University’s Ethics Center

 to deliver the lecture, “Wolf Management Policy in Alaska and Utah,” at Utah Valley                             University’s Annual Environmental Ethics Symposium  (April 2, 2010)

 

 

INTERVIEWS WITH POPULAR PRESS AND JOURNALISM

 

Interviewed for KTOO’s Morning Edition regarding Alaska’s predator control programs

(March, 2010)

 

 Interviewed by WDELL Radio (Delaware) regarding Sarah Palin’s Candidacy for Vice-             

            President (September, 2008)

 

            Interviewed by KTOO Radio (Juneau NPR) regarding Sarah Palin’s Candidacy for Vice-

            President (September, 2008)

 

            Interviewed by KCBS Radio (San Francisco) regarding Sarah Palin’s Candidacy for

            Vice-President (August, 2008)

 

                Published guest editorial on the reasons for the invasion of Iraq in the Provo-Orem

           Daily Herald (October, 2004)

 

             Interviewed John Bellamy Foster for KRCL Radio (July, 2002)

 

            Interviewed by the Deseret News on the reasons for the 9/11 terrorist attacks

            (October, 2001)

 

            Interviewed by the Bridge River-Lillooet News on the political economy of BC’s forest

       industry (July, 1999)

 

            Interviewed by CBC Radio (Vancouver) on the political economy of BC’s forest industry

            (July, 1999)

 

 

BOARD MEMBERSHIPS

 

            Alaska Wildlife Alliance

 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

 

American Sociological Association

 

Environment and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association

 

Pacific Sociological Association

 

Alaska Historical Association

 

  

 GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Bosack-Kruger Foundation (2011) Wrote grant for the Alaska Wildlife Alliance for public education on how global warming is affecting polar bears

EpScor Travel Grant (2009) for Travel to Society for Applied Anthropology  Conference

 Faculty Research Grant (2004) Utah Valley University

Faculty Research Grant (2002) Utah Valley University

 President’s Research Stipend (1997) Simon Fraser University

Alan Boag Scholarship (1997) Simon Fraser University