Connie L. McNeely, PhD
Associate Professor of Public Policy

Partial Curriculum Vita

Education
Ph.D., Sociology, Stanford University

M.A. (A.M.), Sociology, Stanford University

B.A. (A.B.), Sociology, University of Pennsylvania

Research and Teaching Areas

• Public Policy
• Cultural Analysis
• Complex Organizations
• Globalization and International Development
• Race, Ethnicity, and Nation
• Gender Relations
• Science and Technology Policy
• Healthcare Policy
• Comparative Education
• Social Theory

Selected Publications and Presentations
"Nationality in the Contemporary Age: Conceptual Shifts and Challenges." Sociological Imagination 45 (2), 2008.

"Of Kith and Kin: Supporting the Family Caregiver for the Elderly," with J. Walters. Pp. 251-272 in Family Caregiving for Older Disabled People: Relational and Institutional Issues, edited by I. Paoletti. New York: Nova Science Publishers, 2007.

"International Benchmarking and National Curricular Reform: Educational Goal Setting and Assessment Effects," with D. Kamens and A. Stråth. Presented at the Annual Conference of the Comparative and International Education Society. Baltimore, 2007.

"Exploring Program Effects on Life Science Faculty Diversity." In Enhancing Philanthropy's Support of Biomedical Scientists: The Role of Evaluation, edited by G. Reinhart. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press, 2006.

"Deconstructing U.S. Arts Policy: A Dialectical Exposition of the Excellence-Access Debate," with G. Shockley. Social Justice 33 (3), 2006: 45-62.

"Identity Formation Through Organization: The Environmental Movement and Indigenous Networks." Presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 2004.

"U.S. Educational Outcomes and the New Latino Immigrant," with A. Figueroa-Garcia. International Journal of Economic Development 5(4), 2003.

"On the Hill: Jews in the United States Congress," with S.J. Tolchin. In Jews in American Politics, edited by L.S. Maisel and I.N. Forman. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2001.

"The Changing Nation-State and the Global Political System." In The Globalization Reader, edited by F.J. Lechner and J. Boli. Oxford: Blackwell, 2000.

Public Rights, Public Rules: Constituting Citizens in The World Polity and National Policy. New York:Garland Publishing, 1998.

"Perceptions of the Criminal Justice System: Television Imagery and Public Knowledge." In Criminal Justice and Popular Culture, edited by S.E. Anderson and G.J. Howard. Albany: Harrow and Heston, 1997.

"Understanding Culture in a Changing World: A Sociological Perspective." Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture 4(1), 1996: 2-11.

Constructing the Nation-State: International Organization and Prescriptive Action. Westport,
Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1995.

"Prescribing National Education Policies: The Role of International Organizations." Comparative Education Review 39(4), 1995: 483-507.

"Rethinking the New South: Regions and Cities, Networks and Alliances." Geovocca 11, 1995: 201-211.

"Worldwide Educational Convergence through International Organizations: Avenues for Research," with Y.K. Cha. Education Policy Analysis Archives 2(14), 1994.

"Funding and the Transformation of the Professional Artist: Theoretical Extensions and Implications from the World of Dance." Research on Occupations and Professions 9, 1993: 119-140.

"The Determination of Statehood in the United Nations, 1945-1985." Research in Political Sociology 6, 1993: 1-38.

"International Flows of Television Programming: A Revisionist Research Orientation," with Y. Soysal. Public Culture 2(1), 1989: 136-144.