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Norene J Pupo-Barkans

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Department of Sociology

Professor Emerita

Office: Founders College, 138
Phone: 416-736-2100 Ext: 33310
Email: npupo@yorku.ca

Degrees

Ph.D., Sociology, McMaster University
M.A., Sociology, McMaster University
Honours B.A., Sociology, McMaster University

Professional Leadership

A) EDITORIAL:

Member, Editorial Board, Work Organization, Labour and Globalization, 2006 - ongoing.

Editor-in-Chief, Just labour, effective June 2004 – July 2010.

Member, Editorial Committee, Just Labour, appointed July 1, 2001.

Associate Editor, Canadian Public Policy, for a two year term, September 1, 1997 - August 31, 1999.

Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Sociology, January 1, 1998 - 2001.

Acting Associate Editor, Canadian Public Policy, for a one-year term, September 1, 1996 - August 31, 1997.

Associate Editor, Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, for a three year term, July 1, 1995 - June 30, 1998.

B) PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION:

Canadian Sociological Association Meeting Committee, 2010-2011.

C) ACADEMIC ADJUDICATOR

i) EXTERNAL EXAMINER:

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Lakehead University, for the M.A. thesis of Patricia Lamminmaki, APainting Like a Housewife: An Inquiry into Gender Bias in Professional Art Education@. January 2006.

School of Social Science and Planning, Faculty of the Constructed Environment, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, for the Ph.D. dissertation of Janne Lorraine Skinner, "Stories from the Workplace: The Experience of Workplace Change". June 2001.

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, Lakehead University, for the M.A. thesis of Albert Niemi, "A Sociological Investigation of "The Simpsons" with Respect to the Institution of Education". November 1997.

Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta, for the Ph.D. thesis of Gillian Ranson, "The Transition to Motherhood: Occupational Choices and Family Decisions in the Life Course of Women University Graduates". September 22, 1995.

Graduate Department of Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, for the Ed.D. thesis of Gertrude M.B. Knighton, "Influences Contributing to the Selection of Social Work". May 23, 1995.

School of Graduate Studies, Carleton University, for the Ph.D. thesis of David Broad, "Towards the Hollow Society? Global Economic Restructuring and the (Re)casualization of Labour in Canada". December 13, 1993.

School of Graduate Studies, University of Toronto, for the Ph.D. thesis of Elizabeth Asner, "Class, Gender and Generation: A Life Course Approach to Women's Employment Choices and Feminist Consciousness". October 9, 1992.

DEAN'S REPRESENTATIVE, ORAL EXAMINATIONS:

7 Ph.D., 4 M.A., 3 M.S.W., 1 L.L.M., York University.

ii) TENURE AND PROMOTION ASSESSOR:

Assessor of Service of Dr. Steven Tufts, Department of Geography, for Tenure and the promotion to the rank of Associate Professor, Fall 2009.

Assessor of Teaching of Dr. Louise Ripley, School of Administrative Studies, for the promotion to the rank of Full Professor, Fall 2008.

Assessor of Service and Professional Standing of Dr. Barbara Beardwood, Division of Social Sciences, York University, for Tenure and Promotion file, November 2002.

Assessor of Service and Professional Standing of Dr. Deborah Brock, Dept. of Sociology, York University, for Tenure and Promotion file, October 2002.

Assessor of Service and Professional Standing of Dr. Hira Singh, Dept. of Sociology, York University, for Tenure and Promotion file, August 2002.

Assessor for the promotion of Dr. Dave Broad to the rank of Full Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, January 2001.

Assessor for the tenure and promotion of Dr. Gillian Ranson, to the rank of Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, April 2000.

Assessor of teaching of Dr. Karen Swift, School of Social Work, for tenure and promotion file, January 1998.

Assessor of teaching of Dr. Atsuko Matsuoka, School of Social Work, for tenure and promotion file, November 1997.

Assessor of teaching of Dr. Margaret Beare, Dept. of Sociology, for tenure and promotion file, January 1997.

Assessor for the tenure and promotion of Dr. David Broad, to the rank of Associate Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Regina, December 1996.

Assessor for the promotion of Dr. Sharon Mason Singer to Associate Professor of Social Work, The University of British Columbia, November 1996.

Arms-length Assessor for tenure and promotion of Professor Penni Stewart, Dept. of Sociology, York University, 1994.

D) EXTERNAL CONSULTANT:

External Consultant, Undergraduate Program Review, Department of Sociology, Algoma University, Fall 2009.

E) REFEREE:

Assessor, Standard Grant Applications, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008.

Assessor, Grant Application, International Team Meeting for the Bellagio Conference Center, Rockefeller Foundation, 2004.

Member, North Central Sociological Association Scholarly Achievement Award Committee, 2002.

Member, John Vanderkamp Award Committee, Canadian Public Policy Group, Spring 2000.

Manuscript Assessor, Aid to Scholarly Publications Programme, Winter 1998.

Chair, Adjudication Panel, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Programme, Fall-Winter 1994-95.

Member, Adjudication Panel, Ontario Graduate Scholarship Programme, Fall-Winter 1993-94.

Strategic Research Grant Application Assessor, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Winter 1993; Spring 1993; Winter 1994; Winter 1995; Winter 1997; Fall 1999, Fall 2000, Fall 2004, Fall 2006, Fall 2007.

F) REVIEWER:

Atlantis, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002 (2 articles)

Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, 2007.

Canadian Journal of Sociology, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

Canadian Policy Research Network, 1997

Canadian Public Policy, 1996

Canadian Review of Social Policy, 2005, 2007

Canadian Review of Sociology and Anthropology, 1988, 1993, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

Community, Work and Family, 2004

Garamond Press, 1987, 1995

Gender, Work & Organization, 2001, 2002, 2006

Harcourt, Brace, 1995

Insurgent Sociologist, 1987

The National Forum on Family Security, 1993

Oxford University Press, 1999

Pearson Education, 2001

Prentice-Hall, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1999

Socialist Studies Annual, 1995

Sociological Focus, 2004

Sociological Inquiry, 1998

Time and Society, 2009

Work Organization Labour & Globalization, 2007, 2008, 2009

G) Conferences Held:

Workers’ Rights, Human Rights: Making the Connection, Toronto. November 16 and 17, 2007.

Work and Regulation Across Place, Time and Space Research Team Workshops. London, UK – June 18 and Toronto – July 4, 2007.

Serving the New Economy: Critical Perspectives on Hospitality and Tourism, Toronto. October 13 and 14, 2006.

Work and Regulation Across Place, Time and Space Research Team Workshops. Vancouver - June 7 and 8, and Toronto - June 22 and 23, 2006.

Restructuring Work and Labour in the New Economy: Exploring Resistance and Alternatives, Toronto. March 2-4, 2006.

How Unions Matter in the New Economy. Toronto. October 28 and 29, 2005.

Advancing the Union Equity Agenda: Inside Unions and At the Bargaining Table. Toronto. March 18 and 19, 2005.

Restructuring Work and Labour in the New Economy: A Year One Report of Research Progress. Toronto. December 5 and 6, 2003.

Restructuring Work and Labour in the New Economy Workshop. Toronto. June 21-22, 2003.

Research Interests

Sociology of Work; Economic Sociology; Political Sociology; Formal Organizations; Social Policy., Sociology