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VITA

ROBERT PERRUCCI

April 2014

Personal Information

Born in New York City

Served in the United States Marine Corps, 1951-53

Education

B.S., Education, State University of New York at Cortland, 1958

M.S., Sociology, Purdue University, 1959

Ph.D., Sociology, Purdue University, 1962

Employment

1962-65 Assistant Professor of Sociology, Purdue University

1965-67 Associate Professor of Sociology, Purdue University

1967- Professor of Sociology, Purdue University

1963-66 Research Director, Goals of Engineering Education Project, NSF sponsored

national study conducted by the American Society for Engineering Education.

1968-69 Visiting Simon Professor and Simon Senior Research Fellow, University of

Manchester (England)

1977-78 Interim Head, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University

1978-87 Head, Department Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University

Grants and Awards

1961-62 Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant, Social Science Research Council ($5,000)

1962-64 Purdue Research Foundation, David Ross Grant "Social and Cultural Factors

Affecting Job Mobility, Geographic Mobility, and Social Mobility"

(approximately $5600).

1963-66 Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, "National Survey of

Engineers in Industry and Government" (approximately $209,000; $1.1 million in

2000 dollars).

1964-66 Purdue Research Foundation, David Ross Grant, "Technical Obsolescence,

Professional Orientation, and Professional Performance" (approximately $5600).

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1966-68 Research Grant, Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, entitled

"Organizations, Careers and Professional Performance" (approximately $40,000;

$211K in 2000 dollars).

1969-70 Research Grant, Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, entitled

"Technology and Organizational Structure," (approximately $10,000).

1970-72 Purdue Research Foundation, David Ross Grant, "Technological Complexity and

Dimensions of Professionalism" (approximately $6000).

1969-72 Research Grant, Principal Investigator, National Institute of Mental Health,

entitled "Social Processes in the Identification of Mental Illness," (approximately

$150,000; $717K in 2000 dollars).

1973-74 Research Grant, Principal Investigator, Public Health Service, entitled

"Interorganizational Competition and Cooperation" (approximately $4,000).

1976-78 Research Grant, Co-Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation, "BART

- A Case Study of Professional/Ethical Questions" (an interdisciplinary project

with three colleagues; (approximately $104,000; $322K in 2000 dollars).

1980-82 Purdue Research Foundation, David Ross Grant, "Persistence and Change of

Community Influence Structures" (approximately, $10,500).

1982-84 Research Grant, Principal Investigator, National Institute on Aging, entitled

"Aging, Work, Gender and Retirement: A Follow-up Study" (approximately

$110,000), approved but not funded.

1982-84 Purdue Research Foundation, David Ross Grant, "Interorganizational

Relationships" (approximately $12,000).

1983-84 Research Grant, Co-Principal Investigator, Indiana State AFL-CIO, "Impact of

Plant Closings on Displaced Workers and Communications" (approximately

$6000).

1987-89 Purdue Research Foundation, David Ross Grant, "The Emergence of Social

Medicine in the U.S.:l960-l984" (Approximately $15,000).

1987 Lecture Grant, "The Impact of Scientific and Technological Change on Work,

Family, and Policy" GTE Foundation, ($4,000).

1990 Doctoral Dissertation Grant, National Science Foundation. "Professional

Societies and Health Policy Reform" ($7,100).

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1993-96 Editor, Social Problems. Society for the Study of Social Problems, $110,000 (not

including value of released time for editor).

2000-05 Co-Editor, Contemporary Sociology. American Sociological Association,

$550,000 (not including value of released time).

2002-04 Research grant, Principal Investigator, Bemis Foundation, entitled “A Labor-

Management-Research Partnership,” (approximately $30,000).

2002-04 Research Grant, Principal Investigator, ILGWU Heritage Foundation, entitled “A

Labor-Management-Research Partnership,” (approximately $30,000).

2002-2005 Research Grant, Principal Investigator, “Expanding Options for the Time and

Timing of Work in a Continuous-Operations Environment.” Alfred P. Sloan

Foundation (approximately $375,000).

Professional Recognition

1961-62 Pre-Doctoral Fellow, Social Science Research Council

1968-69 Simon Senior Research Fellow, University of Manchester, Manchester, England

1969-72 Associate Editor, American Sociological Review.

197l-75 Associate Editor, Social Problems.

1972-77 Consulting Editor, The Behavioral Science Teacher.

1972-80 Associate Editor, Sociological Focus.

1973-74 President, North Central Sociological Association.

1974-75 Elected member of Council, Organization and Occupation Section of the

American Sociological Association.

1975-80 Associate Editor, Sociological Quarterly.

1980-83 Elected member of the Board of Directors, Society for the Study of Social

Problems.

1982-83 Elected Chair, Organizations and Occupations Section of the American

Sociological Association.

1983-85 Editor, The American Sociologist.

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1984 Distinguished Alumnus Award, State University of New York at Cortland.

1987-90 Associate Editor, The American Sociologist.

1988-89 Elected to Committee on Nominations, American Sociological Association.

1990 Scholarly Achievement Award from the North Central Sociological Association

for co-authored book, Plant Closings: International Context and Social Costs.

1991 Distinguished Alumnus Award, Purdue University

1992 Advisory Editor, Sociological Focus

1992-93 Fellow, Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, Purdue University

1993-96 Editor, Social Problems, Society for the Study of Social Problems

1996 Scholarly Achievement Award from the North Central Sociological Association

for book, Japanese Auto Transplants in the Heartland: Corporatism and

Community, Aldine de Gruyter, 1994.

1996 Vice President Elect, Society for the Study of Social Problems

1997-99 Editorial Board, Contemporary Sociology

1999-2000 President, Society for the Study of Social Problems

2000-05 Co-Editor, Contemporary Sociology (with Jo Ann Miller)

2005 Lee Founders Award. Lifetime achievement award from the Society for the Study

of Social Problems

2008 J. Milton Yinger Career Achievement Award from the North Central Sociological

Association

2009-11 Member, Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology Selection

Committee. American Sociological Association.

Fields of Interest

Social stratification, organizations, work, social networks,

political economy

Professional Service

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Site Visitor, National Institute of Mental Health, 1972

Site Visitor, National Institute of Mental Health, 1974

Consultant, National Science Foundation, 1970-72, 1975, 1977-88

(reviewer of research proposals from Sociology, EVIST,

and Decision and Management Science).

Site Visitor and Review Committee, New York State Regents

Doctoral Evaluation Project, 1977.

Consultant, National Research Council, Assembly of Engineering,

1978.

Consultant-Reviewer, American Sociological Association, Rose

Monograph Series, 1978.

Consultant, US-Israeli Binational Research Foundation, 1978.

Review Panel, National Science Foundation and National Endowment

for the Humanities, 1984.

Review Panel, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 1995.

Site Visitor and Review Committee, Southern Illinois University, 1998.

Review Panel, Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, 2004.

Occasional Reviewer: American Journal of Sociology, Social

Forces, Administrative Science Quarterly, American

Sociological Review, Sociological Quarterly, Work and Occupations, American

Sociologist, Sociological Forum, Sociological Focus, Social Science Journal, Sociology

and Social Research, Journal of Higher Education, Sociology of Education, Journal of

Family and Economic Issues

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Publications: Refereed Articles and Book Chapters

1. "The Significance of Intra-Occupational Mobility: Some Methodological and Theoretical Notes,

Together with a Case Study of Engineers," American Sociological Review, December, 196l, pp.

874-883.

Reprinted: J. Roach, et al., Social Stratification in the

United States, Prentice Hall, 1969.

Reprinted: J. Lopreato and L. Lewis (ed.), A Reader in

Social Stratification, Harper and Row, 1974.

2. "Norm Qualities and Differential Effects of Deviant Behavior," American Sociological Review,

June, 1962, pp. 39l-399. (with E.H. Mizruchi).

Reprinted: M. Lefton, et al., Approaches to Deviance,

Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1968.

Reprinted: D. Dean, Issues in Social Psychology, Random

House, 1969.

3. "The TV Western and the Modern American Spirit," Southwestern Social Science Quarterly,

March 1963, pp. 357-366. (with B. Goldstein).

4. "Social Distance Strategies and Intra-Organizational Stratification: A Study of the Status

System on a Psychiatric Ward," American Sociological Review, December 1963, pp. 951-962.

5. "Social Stability and Social Process," in G. K. Zollschan and W. Hirsch, eds., Explorations in

Social Change, Houghton-Mifflin, 1964, pp. 99-124 (with G. K. Zollschan).

6. "Social Distance Strategies and Status Symbols: An Approach to the Study of Social Structure," The

Sociological Quarterly, Autumn, 1963, pp. 311-324. (with J. M. Beshers and E. H.Mizruchi).

7. "Educational Channels and Elite Mobility, A Comparative Analysis," Sociology of Education,

Spring, 1965, pp. 224-232. (with Joel Gerstl).

Reprinted: Yoshiaki Tanaka, The Journal of Sociology,

Nihon University, 1966.

Reprinted: H. Noah, Scientific Investigations in

Comparative Education, MacMillan, 1969.

Reprinted: E. Butterworth, Reader in the Sociology of

Modern Britain, Collins Pub., 1970.

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8. "The Structure of Sociology," in I. Morrissett, editor, Concepts and Structure in the New Social

Science Curricula, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967.

9. "Work, Family and Community in a Rural Depressed Area," in H. Meissner, ed., Poverty in the

Affluent Society, Harper, 1966.

10. "Education, Stratification and Mobility," in D. Hansen, ed., Essays in Sociology and Education,

John Wiley, 1967, pp.105-155.

Reprinted: P. Worsley and C. Mitchell, Modern

Sociology, London: Penguin, 1970.

Reprinted: H. R. Staub, The Sociology of Education,

Dorsey, 1975.

11. "Social Distance, Bargaining Power and Compliance," Psychiatry, 29, February, 1966, pp. 42-55.

12. "Social Distance and Status Protection in a Psychiatric Hospital," The Sociological Quarterly,

Autumn, 1966, pp. 423-435 (with C. L. Cummings)

13. "The Engineer in Industry and Government," Journal of Engineering Education, 56, March, 1966,

pp. 237-273. (with W.K. LeBold and W. Howland).

14. "Educational Institutions' Views on Undergraduate Goals of Engineering Education," Journal of

Engineering Education, 56, February, 1966, pp. 213-227. (with W. K. LeBold and G. A.Hawkins).

15. "Sociology and the School Curriculum," Social Science Education Consortium Newsletter, Purdue

University, July, 1963.

16. "Social Processes in Psychiatric Decisions," in D. Hansen, ed., Explorations in Sociology and

Counseling, Houghton-Mifflin, 1969.

17. "Heroes and Hopelessness in a Total Institution: Anomie Theory Applied to a Collective

Disturbance," in D. Hansen, ed., Explorations in Sociology and Counseling, Houghton-Mifflin,

1969.

Reprinted: E. H. Mizruchi, Substance of Sociology,

Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1968.

18. "Organizational Views on Recruitment, Employment and Education of Engineers in Industry and

Government," Journal of Engineering Education, 56, June, 1966, pp. 389-407. (with W. K.

LeBold and W. A. Howland).

19. "The Engineer in Today's Social System." Journal of College Placement, 39, Oct.-Nov. 1968, 58-

66.

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20. "Organizational Size, Complexity and Administrative Succession in Higher Education,"

Sociological Quarterly, Winter, 1969, pp. 343-355. (with R. Mannweiler).

21. "Prescription, Proscription and Permissiveness: Aspects of Norms and Deviant Drinking

Behavior," in G. L. Maddox, ed. The Domesticated Drug: Drinking among Collegians,

College and University Press, 1970, (with E. H. Mizruchi--an extension and

revision of an earlier paper by the authors).

22. "Recruitment and Utilization of Engineering Manpower in a Technological Society: Some

Barriers to Professionalization," Proceedings. Indiana Academy of Social Sciences, 1966.

Reprinted: Institute of Scientific Information of USSR

Academy of Sciences, Abstract Journal, 1968.

23. "The Potential of Sociology as a 'Liberating' Discipline," in I. Morrissett, ed., Social Science in the

Schools, Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. 197l.

24. "The Neighborhood Bookmaker as Mobility Model," in P. Meadows and E. H. Mizruchi,

Urbanism, Urbanization and Change, Addison Wesley, 1969.

25. "Obsolescence of Knowledge and the Professional Career," in R. Perrucci and J. Gerstl, eds., The

Engineers and the Social System, John Wiley, 1969, (with R. Rothman).

Reprinted: Continuing Education, Vol. 2, No. l, January,

1969.

26. "Sponsored and Contest Mobility Among College Graduates," Social Forces, September 1969, pp.

36-45 (with G. Kinloch).

27. "Social Origins, Educational Contexts, and Career Mobility," American Sociological Review,

June, 1970 (with C. C. Perrucci).

28. "Leaders and Ruling Elites: The Interorganizational Bases of Community Power," American

Sociological Review, December, 1970, (with M. Pilisuk).

Reprinted: William M. Evan, Interorganization Relations,

Penguin Books, 1977.

29. "Organizational Careers and Professional Expertise," Administrative Science Quarterly,

December 1970. (with R. Rothman).

30. "Work in the Cybernetic State," in R. Perrucci and M. Pilisuk, eds., The Triple Revolution

Emerging, Little, Brown, 197l. pp. 174-195.

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31. "Engineering: Professional Servant of Power," American Behavioral Scientist, March/April, 197l.

Reprinted: E. Friedson (ed.), Professions and Their

Prospects, Sage Publications, 1972.

32. "Professional Vulnerability to Knowledge Obsolescence." Sociological Quarterly, Spring 197l,

(with R. Rothman).

33. "In the Service of Man: Radical Change in the Professions," Vol. 20, 1973, Monograph Series of

the Sociological Review.

Reprinted: Joel Gerstl and Glen Jacobs, eds., Professions for the People: The Politics of

Skill, Schenkman, 1976.

34. "On the 'Liberation' of a Liberating Discipline," Sociological Focus, Summer, 1974.

35. "Models of Mental Illness and Duration of Hospitalization," Community Mental Health Journal,

(l975), (with S. Wallach).

36. "Migration and Income: The Case of Engineers," Sociological Focus, Jan. 1976. (with H.

Marshall and P. Duncan).

37. "Applied Sociology and Community Organizations: Building Links for Learning and Working," in

P. Baker and E. K. Wilson, eds., Knowledge Available and Knowledge Needed to Improve

Instruction in Sociology, Washington, D. C.: American Sociological Association, 1979 (with R.

Huff and H. Potter).

38. "Changing Perspectives on Mental Illness: Disease, Deviance and Social Networks". The Social

Science Forum: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 3, 1980-81 (with D. B. Targ).

39. "Sociology and the Introductory Textbook", The American Sociologist, February, 1980.

40. "The Mental Hospital as a People-Processing Organization", in O. Grusky and M. Pollner, The

Sociology of Mental Illness: Basic Studies, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1982.

41. "Whistle-Blowing: Professionals' Resistance to Organizational Authority", Social Problems, Dec.

1980 (with R. Anderson, D. Schendel and L. Trachtman).

42. "The Structure of Academic Fields and Rewards in Academia." Sociology and Social Research,

Jan. 1982 (with H. Marshall).

43. "Network Structure and Reactions to Primary Deviance of Mental Patients." Journal of Health

and Social Behavior, March l982 (with D. B. Targ).

44. "Organizational Imperatives, The Ideology of Professionalism, and the Limits of Technique," in A.

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Flores (ed.) Designing for Safety: Engineering Ethics in Organizational Contexts, Troy,

N.Y.: Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982.

45. Market Conditions, Productivity and Promotion Among University Faculty," Research in Higher

Education, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1983 (with K. O'Flaherty and H. Marshall).

46. "The Failure of Excellence in Texts" in T. Blalock and F. Campbell (eds), Teaching Sociology:

The Quest for Excellence, Nelson-Hall Publishers, 1984.

Reprinted: ERIC Reports, No. 233963, 1984

47. "BART Revisited: A Response to Edwin Layton," Business and Professional Ethics Journal, 1984

(with R. Anderson, D. Schendel and L. Trachtman).

48. "Impact of a Plant Closing on Workers and the Community." In I. H. Simpson and R. L. Simpson

(eds.) Research in the Sociology of Work: A Research Annual (Volume III), Greenwich, CT.:

JAI Press, 1985 (with C. Perrucci, D. Targ and H. Targ).

49. "Plant Closing: A Comparison of the Effects on Female and Male Workers" in R. M. Lee (ed.),

Redundancy, Lay-offs and Plant Closures: The Social Impact, Beckenham, Kent, U.K.: Croom

Helm Ltd. Publishers, 1987, (with C. Perrucci, D. Targ, and H. Targ).

50. "Unemployment and Mental Health: Research and Policy Implications." Pp. 237-264 in James

Greenley, ed., Mental Health in Social Context. JAI Press, 1990. (with C.C. Perrucci).

51. "Workers Responses to Plant Closings." Labor Law Journal, 39 (August, 1988):562-566 (with C.

Perrucci, D. Targ, and H. Targ).

52. "Interorganizational Relations and Community Influence Structure: A Replication and Extension."

Sociological Quarterly, 30 (Summer, 1989):205-223. (with B. Lewis).

53. "Local Media Images of Japanese Automobile Investment in Indiana and Kentucky." In E. J.

Yanarella and W. C. Green (eds.), The Politics of Industrial Recruitment: Japanese Automobile

Investment and Economic Development in American States, Greenwood Press, 1990. (with M.

Patel).

54. "The Collective Actor in Organizational Analysis" in R. Perrucci and H. Potter (eds.), Networks of

Power (with H. Potter).

55. "What is an Interorganizational Relationship? An Empirical Assessment of Goal Models of

Organizational Behavior Versus 'Naturalistic' Assumptions." In Werner D. von der Ohe, editor,

Operationalization in Organizational Settings, JAI Press, forthcoming. (with J. Mount).

56. "Plant Closings." Pp. 51-54 in S. Steinmetz, ed., State of American Society, 1991.

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57. "Influence Networks, Professional Societies and Occupational Health Policies." Pp. 189-218 in G.

Moore and J. A. Whitt, eds., Research in Politics and Society, Vol. 4: The Political

Consequences of Social Networks, 1992 (with E. Wysong).

58. "The Impact of Unemployment and Economic Stress on Social Support." Community Mental

Health Journal, 29(June 1993):205-221. (with F. Kong and C. Perrucci)

59. "Embedded Corporatism and Changing Capital-Community Relations." Proceedings

of the Global Partnership Conference, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1993.

60. "Embedded Corporatism: Auto Transplants, the Local State and Community Politics in the

Midwest Corridor," Sociological Quarterly, 35 (August 1994): 487-505.

61. "Changes in Occupation and Income, 1979-1989: The Impact of Place and Race,"

International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, 31(1994): 203-234. (with D.

Fasenfest)

62. "Satisfaction With Social and Educational Experiences Among International

Graduate Students." Research in Higher Education, 36, 1995: 491-508.

(with Hong Hu).

63. “Gender Differences in the Economic, Psychological and Social Effects of Plant Closings in an

Expanding Economy.” The Social Science Journal, 34, 1997:217-234. (with C.C. Perrucci and

D.B. Targ).

64. “Economic Restructuring and Changing Corporate-Worker-Community Relations: Searching for a

New Social Contract.” Pp. 177-195 in Research in the Sociology of Work: The Globalization of

Work, Vol. 7, ed. by R. Hodson. JAI Press, 1997 (with C. Stohl).

65. “Science Under Siege: Interest Group Politics Confront Scientific Knowledge and Authority,”

International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, 35 (Oct. 1998): 217-42 (with L. Trachtman).

66. “The Changing Global Economy and the Challenge to American Values.” In K.L. Stewart, ed., The

Papers of the Annual Angelo State University Symposium on American Values. San Angelo, TX:

Angelo State University, 1998.

67. "Making Sense Out of Sensationalism: Clinton and the New Class Nation." Dialogue and Initiative,

Spring 1999: 34-37 (with E. Wysong).

68. "Small Groups and Civic Engagement -- All About Me?" Responsive Community, Vol. 10, Summer

2000 (with M. Marcello).

69. ”The Two Faces of Racialized Space at a Predominantly White University." International Journal

of Contemporary Sociology, October, 2000 ( with 10 coauthors).

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70. “Back Stage at Social Problems: An Analysis of the Editorial Decision Process, 1993-1996,” Social

Problems, Feb. 2001: 93-110 (with J. Miller).

71. “Inventing Social Justice,” presidential address, Social Problems, May, 2001: 159-168.

72. “The Brief Past and the Long Future of SSSP: Time for Action,” SSSP Newsletter, Summer, 2001:

5-6.

73. “Unemployment as a Public Health Problem,” in R. Perrucci, K. Ferraro, J. Miller, Paula R. Rust

(eds.), Agenda for Social Justice, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 2004 (with C.

Perrucci).

74. “Class Sentiments in Formation: Influence of Class Socialization, College Socialization, and Class

Aspirations, Sociological Quarterly, Summer 2006: 471-495. (with T. Brimeyer and J. Miller).

75. “A Global Communitarian Manifesto: Comments on From Empire to Community.” Communitarian

Network, August 13, 2005 (http://hdl.handle.net/1961/1375).

76. “Organizations, Resources, and Class Analysis: The Distributional Model and the U. S. Class

Structure.” Critical Sociology 33 (2007): 211-246 (with E.Wysong).

Reprinted: Peter Adler and Patti Adler (eds.) Sociological Odyssey: Contemporary Readings in

Introductory Sociology. Wadsworth Cengage, 2009.

77. “The Significance of Shift Work: Current Status and Future Directions.” Journal of Family and

Economic Issues, December, 2007: 600-617 (with S. MacDermid, C. Tang, E. King, T.

Brimeyer, K. Ramadoss, J.Kiser, J. Swanberg)

78. “Time and Control in a 24/7 Environment: Clock Time, Work Time, Family Time.” P. 343-368 in

B. Rubin, ed. Research in the Sociology of Work: Workplace Temporalities, vol. 17, JAI/Elsevier,

2007. (with S. MacDermid).

79. “Media and Marginalization of Social Class Inequalities.” Journal of the Indiana Association of

Social Science, 11:2007: 14-26. (with E. Wysong).

80. “Civic Engagement among Small Group Participants: Creating Community or Self-Absorption?

Sociological Spectrum, 29 (October, 2009): 677-699 (with M. Marcello).

81. “Political Activism and the Social Structure of Memory.” International Journal of Contemporary

Sociology, 46 (April, 2009): 23-49 (with B. Williford).

82. “Unemployment.” In D. Carr, (ed.), Encyclopedia of Life Course and Human Development. Gale

Publishing, 2009 (with C. Perrucci).

83. “Career Stages, Resources for Control, and Organizational Commitment.” Social Science Quarterly,

June, 2010: (with T. Brimeyer and Shelley MacDermid).

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84. “Shift Work, Job Demands, and the Quality of Work/Family Life: Does Perceived Worker Control

Matter?” International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, 47: October 2010: 167-186. (with

Shelley MacDermid).

85. “Too Big To Fail: A Network Perspective.” International Journal of Contemporary Sociology,

48, October 2011: 251-278.

86. “Economic Crisis and Its Effect on Hope, Trust, and Caring.” In C. Renzetti and R. Kennedy Bergen

(eds.), Understanding Diversity: Celebrating Difference, Challenging Inequality, Allyn & Bacon.

2014. (with C.C. Perrucci).

87. “Jobs for America.” In G. Muschert, et al (eds.) Agenda for Social Justice: Solutions 2012. Society

for the Study of Social Problems, (with C.C. Perrucci), Society for the Study of Social Problems,

2012.

88. “Corporate Restructuring.” In Vicki Smith (ed.) Sociology of Work Encyclopedia, Sage, 2013.

89. “Intellectual Closure: A Theoretical Framework Linking Knowledge, Power, and the Corporate

University,” Critical Sociology, (with M. Subramaniam, and D. Whitlock), forthcoming.

90. “Parental Involvement with Children at School, Home, and Community.” Journal of Family and

Economic Issues, (with M. Stacer), vol. 33, September, 2012.

91. “Protocols of Eisenhower, Kissinger, Carter, Findley, Ball, Shultz, Petras, Mearsheimer and Walt,

and Ahmadinejad.” International Journal of Contemporary Sociology, vol.50, no. 2, October 2013:

159-187.

92. “The Good Society: Core Social Values, Social Norms, and Public Policy,” Sociological Forum,

Vol. 29, March 2014, forthcoming (with C. C. Perrucci).

Publications: Reprinted Book Chapters

"Racism, Poverty and Inequality" in H. Farberman and E. Goode (eds.) Social Reality, Prentice-

Hall, 1973. (Reprinted from the Triple Revolution Emerging by R. Perrucci and M. Pilisuk).

"Impoverishment and Racial Domination," in James M. Henslin, Introductory Sociology: Selected

Readings, Free Press, 1975. (Reprinted from the Triple Revolution Emerging by R. Perrucci and

M. Pilisuk).

"Social Problems and the Triple Revolution," in P. Horton and G. Leslie, Studies in the Sociology

of Social Problems, Appleton-Century-Crofts, 1971. (Reprinted from R. Perrucci and M. Pilisuk,

Triple Revolution Emerging).

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“The Global Economy and the Privileged Class” in A. Wharton, ed., Working in America, 2002.

(Reprinted from R. Perrucci and E. Wysong, The New Class Society, 1999).

“The New American Class Structure,” in J.M. Charon, The Meaning of Sociology, 7th

edition,

Prentice Hall, 2002. (Reprinted from R. Perrucci and E. Wysong, The New Class Society, 1999).

“Educating for Privilege,” in Hugh Lauder, et al (Eds.) Education, Globalization, and Social

Change, Oxford University Press, 2007 (Reprinted from R. Perrucci and E. Wysong, The New Class

Society, 1999).

Publications: Books

1. Robert Perrucci and Marc Pilisuk, eds., The Triple Revolution, Little Brown, 1968.

2. Robert Perrucci and Joel Gerstl, Profession Without Community: Engineers in American Society,

Random House, 1969.

3. Robert Perrucci and Joel Gerstl, eds., The Engineers and the Social System, John Wiley, 1969.

4. Robert Perrucci and Marc Pilisuk, eds., The Triple Revolution Emerging, Little Brown, 197l,

(Second Edition of the Triple Revolution), editors contribution in revision is about 200 pages

of text.

5. Robert Perrucci, Circle of Madness: On Being Insane and Institutionalized in America, Prentice-

Hall, 1974.

6. Robert Perrucci, Dean Knudsen, and Russell Hamby, Sociology: Basic Structures and Processes,

William C. Brown, 1977.

7. R. Anderson, R. Perrucci, D. Schendel, L. Trachtman, Divided Loyalties: A Case of

Organizational Whistle-Blowing, Purdue University Press, 1980.

8. Robert Perrucci and Dena B. Targ, Mental Patients and Social Networks, Auburn House, 1982.

9. Robert Perrucci and Dean Knudsen, Sociology, West Publishing Co., February, l983.

10. Carolyn C. Perrucci, Robert Perrucci, Dena B. Targ, Harry R. Targ, Plant Closings:

International Context and Social Costs, Aldine de Gruyter, 1988.

Received the Scholarly Achievement Award from the North Central Sociological Association, 1990.

11. Robert Perrucci and Harry Potter, editors, Networks of Power: Organizational Actors at the

National, Corporate and Community Levels, Aldine de Gruyter, 1989.

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12. Robert Perrucci, Japanese Auto Transplants in the Heartland: Corporatism and Community, Aldine

de Gruyter, 1994.

Received the Scholarly Achievement Award from the North Central Sociological Association, 1994.

13. Robert Perrucci and Earl Wysong, The New Class Society, Rowman & Littlefield, 1999.

14. Lee Trachtman and Robert Perrucci, Science Under Siege? Interest Groups and the "Science

Wars", Rowman & Littlefield, 2000.

15. Robert Perrucci and Earl Wysong, The New Class Society: Goodbye American Dream? 2nd

edition, Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.

16 Robert Perrucci and Carolyn C. Perrucci, (eds.) The Transformation of Work in the New Economy:

Sociological Readings, Oxford University Press, 2007.

17. Robert Perrucci and Earl Wysong, The New Class Society: Goodbye American Dream? 3rd

edition,

Rowman & Littlefield, 2008.

18. Robert Perrucci and Carolyn C. Perrucci, America at Risk: The Crisis of Hope, Trust, and

Caring. Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.

19. Earl Wysong, Robert Perrucci, and David Wright, The New Class Society: Goodbye American

Dream? 4th

edition, forthcoming 2013. (This edition contains 5 new chapters).

Other Publications

Robert Perrucci, Kathleen Ferraro, JoAnn Miller, Paula Rodriguez Rust (eds.) Agenda for Social Justice

2004: Solutions. Society for the Study of Social Problems, University of Tennessee, 2004. Nominated

for the Sidney Hillman Foundation Award, Sidney Hillman Foundation.

Robert Perrucci, Kathleen Ferraro, JoAnn Miller, Glenn Muschert (eds.) Agenda for Social Justice

2008: Solutions. Society for the Study of Social Problems, University of Tennessee, 2008.

Glenn W. Muschert, Kathleen Ferraro, Brian V. Klocke, Robert Perrucci, Jon Shefner (eds.) Agenda for

Social Justice: Solutions 2012. Society for the Study of Social Problems, University of Tennessee,

2012.

Papers Presented

"Notes Toward a Clarification of Concepts in the 'Conflict' and'Consensus' Models," presented at

the 1963 meeting of the ASA in Los Angeles, (with G. K. Zollschan).

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"Comparative Social Mobility: One Occupation in Two Societies," presented at the 1964 meeting

of the ASA in Montreal, (with Joel Gerstl).

Engineering Education in the United States," presented at the 1965 World Congress on

Engineering Education in Chicago, (with G. A. Hawkins and W. L. LeBold).

"Selection and Socialization of the Expert in the Multiversity," presented at the 1966 Midwest

Sociological Association meetings in Madison, Wisconsin.

"On Alienation and Job Satisfaction," presented at the Ohio Valley Sociological Association

meetings in South Bend, Indiana, 1967.

Invited paper, "Social Science Perspectives on Engineering Careers," presented at the 1967

American Society for Engineering Education Meetings, at Michigan State University.

Invited paper. “The Engineers and the Social System,” presented at the New Faces in Sociology

series, University of Chicago, 1968.

"Social Origins, Educational Contexts and Career Mobility," presented at the 1967 meetings of

the American Sociological Association, San Francisco. (with C. Perrucci).

Invited paper, "Work Ethic and Mobility in the Professions," 1973 Symposium on Youth,

Indiana State University.

Organizer and Presider, Session on White Collar Workers, American Sociological

Association, New York, 1976.

Invited paper, "Amnesty International and The Sociology of Repression," presented at the 1978

meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio.

"Whistle-Blowing: Professional's Resistance to Organizational Authority," roundtable

presentation at the 1978 meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco.

Organizer and Presider, Organizations and Occupations Section at the 1979 meetings of The

American Sociological Association, Boston.

Invited paper, "A Survey of the Field of Sociology" presented a special panel on Issues in

Teaching at the 1979 meetings of the American Sociological Association, Boston.

"Paths to and from the Mental Hospital: A Social Network Approach," roundtable presentation

at the 1980 meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York (with D. Targ).

"Network Structure and Reactions to Primary Deviance of Mental Patients" presented at the

198l meetings of The Society for the Study of Social Problems, Toronto, Canada (with D. B. Targ).

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Organizer and Presider, Session on "Social Networks and Social Support," 1982 annual

meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco.

"The Failure of Excellence in Texts," presented at 1982 annual meetings of the American

Sociological Association, San Francisco.

"Organizational Imperatives, the Ideology of Professionalism, and the Limits of Technique,"

presented at a Workshop on Engineering Ethics: Designing for Safety, Rensselaer Polytechnic

Institute, May 24-25, l982.

Invited Didactic Seminar "Class Categories in Stratification Research." 1983 meetings of the

North Central Sociological Association, Columbus, Ohio.

Program Organizer, Section on Organizations and Occupations, "Social Control Of and In

Organizations." 1983 meetings of the American Sociological Association, Detroit.

"Class Consciousness Among Workers Displaced by a Plant Closing" presented at the 1984

annual meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, Indianapolis (with C. C. Perrucci, D.

B. Targ and H. R. Targ).

"Doing Plant Closing Research" roundtable at the 1984 annual meeting of the North Central

Sociological Association, Indianapolis (with C. C. Perrucci, D. B. Targ and H. R. Targ).

"Plant Closing: A Comparison of the Effects on Female and Male Workers," presented at the

1984 annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Antonio, Texas (with C. C.

Perrucci, D. B. Targ and H. R. Targ).

"What is an Interorganizational Relationship?: A Comparison of Different Units of Analysis and

Content of Ties." Presented at the 1985 meetings of the American Sociological Association,

Washington, D.C., August 26, 1985 (with J. Mount).

"Continuity and Change of Interorganizational Networks and Community Elite Structure."

Presented at the 1985 meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August

27, 1985 (with B. Lewis).

"Unemployment and Mental Health: Research and Policy Implications." Invited presentation,

1986 annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York City, August

29, 1986 (with C.C. Perrucci).

"Reality Frames and Disinformation in Central America." Presented at a conference

sponsored by the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Indiana University-Bloomington,

October 5, 1986.

"Policy Responses to Unemployment." Presented at the 1987 meetings of the Society for the

Study of Social Problems, Chicago, August 15-18, 1987.

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"Coping with Unemployment: Individual and Social Resources." Presented at the 1987

meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 18-21, 1987 (with C.C. Perrucci and D.B.

Targ).

Session Organizer, "Work and Mental Illness," 1987 meetings of the Society for the Study of

Social Problems, Chicago, August 15-18, 1987.

"Plant Closings: The International and Local Connection." Presented at the meetings of the

North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, April 3, 1987.

"Worker Responses to Plant Closings," 1988 annual meeting of the Industrial Relations Research

Association, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 25.

Program Co-Organizer, "Sociology of Work, Occupations, and Professions," 1988 meetings

of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August 24-28, 1988 (with C.C. Perrucci).

"The Political Economy of Foreign Investment: The Case of Japanese Auto Transplants," 1989

meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August 10-15.

"The Politics of Growth," 1990 meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April

11-14.

Invited Keynote Speaker, "Global Economy, Plant Closings, and Reindustrialization,"

Symposium in Sociology, Indiana State University, Spring, 1991.

Session Organizer, "Labor Markets, Organizations, and Class Conflict," Midwest Sociological

Society, Des Moine, Iowa, April 11-14, 1991.

"Local Elites and State Policy Initiatives." Presented at the meetings of the Midwest

Sociological Society, Des Moine, Iowa, April 11-14, 1991 (with H. Potter).

"Embedded Corporatism: Auto Transplants, the Local State, and Community Politics in the

Midwest Corridor." Presented at the meetings of the North Central Sociological Association,

Dearborn, Michigan, April 25-28, 1991.

Discussant, Distinguished Contributions to Scholarship Award. North Central Sociological

Association. Dearborn, Michigan, April 25-28, 1991.

"The Impact of Plant Closings on Workers and Their Families in Declining and Expanding Local

Economies." Presented at the meeting of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati,

Ohio, August 23-27, 1991 (with C. Perrucci, D. Targ, and H. Targ).

“To Labor is Good, to Co-Labor is Divine.” Conference on Collaborative Scholarship:

Debunking the Myth of the Solitary Scholar. Purdue University, October 25, 1991.

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“The Impact of Defense Spending on Labor and the Economy.” 25th Annual Indiana AFL-CIO

Conference on Community Services, Indiana University, November 17-20, 1991.

Panel Participant, The Collapse of Communism: Implications for the Theory and Practice of

Marxism, Purdue University, November 13, 1991.

“Deindustrialization and Reindustrialization.” Presented at conference on U.S. Economy: What

Went Wrong? sponsored by Purdue Student Government, April 14, 1992.

“Japanese Auto Transplants and Cultural Integration.” Global Partnership Conference, Illinois

Wesleyan University, October 22-24, Partnership Conference 1992.

“Publishing in Academic Journals.” Presented at the meetings of the North Central Sociological

Association, April, 1993.

“Satisfaction with Social and Educational Experiences Among International Graduate Students.”

Presented at the Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, April, 1993.

Invited lecture, “Japanese Auto Transplants in the Heartland.” Lifelong Learning Lecture Series,

Indiana University-Kokomo, October 20, 1992.

Invited Keynote Speaker, “The Changing Global Economy and the Challenge of American

Values.” Eleventh University Symposium, Angelo State University, American Values and National

Competitiveness in a Global Economy, Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 1994, San Angelo, TX.

“Generative Capital and Worker Commitment: A Theoretical Perspective.” 1996 Meetings of

the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL (with C. Stohl).

“Reclaiming Community in the Global Economy.” Presented at the meetings of the North

Central Sociological Association, April 11-14, 1996, Cincinnati, OH.

“Gender Differences in the Economic, Psychological, and Social Effects of Plant Closings in an

Expanding Economy.” Presented at the meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, April

11-14, 1996, Cincinnati, OH (with D. Targ and C. Perrucci).

Organizer and Presider, Session on “Corporations and Communities: Accommodation and

Conflict.” Presented at the meeting of the North Central Sociological Association, April 11-14, 1996,

Cincinnati, OH.

Presider, “State of the Union Town Hall Meeting.” Central Labor Council, IBEW/UZ Complex,

Lafayette, IN, September 25, 1996.

Panelist, “We Shall Overcome.” Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration. Black Cultural Center,

Purdue University, January 15, 1997.

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“Reconsidering Organizational Commitment: The Community/Organization Partnership.”

Presented at the Organization Communication Division of the 1997 meetings of the SCA, August 1997

(with C. Stohl).

“Economic Restructuring and Changing Corporate-Worker-Community Relations: Searching for

a New Social Contract.” Presented at the meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems,

August 8-10, 1997, Toronto, Canada (with C. Stohl).

“The Pacification of Everyday Life: Culture, Consciousness, and the New Class

Society.” Presented at the meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 22, 1998,

San Francisco. (with E. Wysong)

Organizer and Presider, “Author Meets Critic.” Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social

Problems, August 22, 1998, San Francisco.

"The Science Wars Reconsidered." Plenary address, Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences,

October 15, 1999, Manchester College.

“Class Inequality and Declining Opportunity,” Work-Life Seminar, Center for Families, Purdue

University, September 22, 2000.

“A New Approach to Class Analysis: The Distributional Model, Social Closure, and Class

Polarization,” presented at the American Sociological Association annual meetings in Chicago, IL,

August 16, 2002 (with E. Wysong and D. Wright).

Co-organizer (with JoAnn Miller), ASA Professional Workshop: Advice on Publishing a

Monograph. Meetings of the American Sociological Association, August 16, 2003, Atlanta, GA.

Discussant, Plenary Session, Universities and Communities: Partnerships for Justice and Social

Change. Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 15, 2003, Atlanta, GA.

“Climbing the Ivory Tower: The Weight of History and Biography.” Meetings of the

International Conference on the Arts and Humanities, January 8, 2004, Honolulu, HI. (with C. Perrucci).

Panel Participant, “Role of Scholarly/Activist Organizations in the 21st Century.” Meetings of the

Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 15, 2004, San Francisco, CA.

“Class Sentiments in Formation.” Meetings of the American Sociological Association, August

17, 2004, San Francisco, CA. (with T. Brimeyer and J. Miller)

“Job Demands, Worker Control Patterns, and the Quality of Work/Family Life.” Meetings of the

Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 12, 2005, Philadelphia, PA (with S. MacDermid).

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“A Global Communitarian Manifesto,” Author Meets Critic Session on From Empire to

Community, by Amitai Etzioni. Society for the Study of Social Problems, August 13, 2005, Philadelphia,

PA.

“Career Stages, Resources for Control, and Company Commitment.” Meetings of the American

Sociological Association, August 13, 2006, Montreal, Canada (with T. Brimeyer and J. Miller).

“Work-Family Conflict: Does Support in the Workplace Matter?” Meetings of the National

Council on Family Relations, November 8-11, 2006, Minneapolis, MN (with K. Ramadoss, S.

MacDermid, S.J. Kiser, J. Swanberg).

“Worker Discourse on Time and Control.” Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social

Problems, New York, August 11, 2007. (with S. MacDermid).

Organizer and Presider, session on “Workplace Transformation.” Meetings of the American

Sociological Association, Boston, August 1,2008.

“Time and Control in a 24/7 Environment.” Meetings of the American Sociological Association,

Boston, August 4, 2008 (with S. MacDermid).

“Neoliberalism’s Assault on Community.” Panelist. Meetings of the American Sociological

Association, San Francisco, August 8, 2009.

“Author Meets Critic,” America at Risk: The Crisis of Hope, Trust, and Caring. Society for the

Study of Social Problems, Atlanta GA, August 2010 (with Carolyn Perrucci).

“Issues in Higher Education.” Invited Panelist, ASA President’s Plenary Session, American

Sociological Association, Atlanta GA, August 2010.

“Engaging the Global Community through Research, Teaching, and Service.” Invited Panelist,

Plenary Session, Association of Black Sociologists, Las Vegas, Nevada, August 2011.

“Big Science and Social Closure: Publication Patterns in a Sociology Flagship Journal, 1960-

2010 (with Mangala Subramaniam and Carolyn Perrucci). Meetings of the American Sociological

Association, New York City, August, 2013.

Sociological Essays

“Are the Risks of a High-Tech Society Too Much for Man?” The Purdue Alumnus, May, 1985.

“Is High-Tech the Answer?” Purdue University Perspective, 1982.

Editors’ Essays in Contemporary Sociology, January 2001- November 2005 (with J. Miller)

“Economic Issues and Public Sociologies”

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“Inclusive Politics, Revolution, and Deep-Reform Movements”

“Big Pictures and Reality Fictions”

“Class and Race, Time and Place”

“A Pair of Paired Essays”

“Feminism After the Fall”

“Time for an Economic Bill of Rights?”

“What’s in Your Library?”

“Publics and Sociologies”

“Politics, Economics, and Terror”

“The Imperative of Accurate Stories”

“World Systems Theory, Persistent Structures, and Social Change”

“Body Stories”

“Residues, Derivations, and a Fig Leaf”

“Epistemological Notes for Sociology Graduate Students”

“Science vs. Social Science Inquiry”

“It’s Just a Matter of Time”

Foreword, Darius Mehri, Notes from Toyota-Land: An American Engineer in Japan. Cornell

University Press, 2005.

Foreword, John Alessio, Social Problems and Inequality: Social Responsibility through

Progressive Sociology. Ashgate Press, 2011.

Book Reviews

Paul E. Mott, The Organization of Society, in Social Forces, 44, June 1966, pp. 607-608.

Monte A. Calvert, The Mechanical Engineer in America, 1830-1910, in American Sociological

Review, 1967.

Ralf Dahrendorf, et al, Scientific-Technological Revolution: Social Aspects, in Contemporary

Sociology, January, 1980.

Rose L. Coser, Training in Ambiguity: Learning by Doing in a Mental Hospital, in Psychiatry,

May, 1980.

Max G. Manwaring and Court Prisk, El Salvador At War: An Oral History, in Armed Forces and

Society, 16. Spring (1990) 458-460. (with C. Rivas).

Charles N. Darrah, James M. Freeman, J.A. English-Lueck, Busier Than Ever: Why American

Families Can’t Slow Down” Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 38(Autumn 2007):

653-54.

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Other Writing:

“Three Lives in Two Americas.” (autobiographical).

“Society of Men.” (autobiographical).

“Democracy for Dummies.” (political satire)

“Location, Location, Location: The Case for Globalization.” (political satire)

University Service

University Senate, 1970-73

HSSE Area Promotion Committee, 1973-99

HSSE, XL Proposals, Reviewer, 1973

Dean's Appointee, Primary Committee for Promotion, Review,

Department of Political Science, 1973

Purdue University Fellowships, Reviewer, 1974.

Dean's Appointee, Primary Committee for Promotion, Review

Department of Physical Education for Women, 1974

University Senate, 1976-79

Faculty Affairs Committee, University Senate, 1976-80

Chair, Department committees, e.g., Graduate,

Curriculum, Recruitment

HSSE-Economics Joint Faculty Committee, 1987-90

International Travel Grants Committee, 1987-90

Humanistic Studies Center Selection Committee, 1987-90

HSSE Grievance Committee, 1988-90

Graduate School Council, 1991-94

Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Social Work, 1990

Chair, Academic Integrity Committee, SLA, 1990

Selection Committee, Center for Social and Behavioral Sciences Research, 1995-96

University Senate, 1996-99

Grievance Committee, School of Liberal Arts, 2002-04

Community Service

Faculty Adviser, Friends of SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee),

1964-65 (Lafayette chapter).

Faculty Adviser, Students for a Democratic Society, 1965-1970 (Lafayette chapter).

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Board of Directors, Indiana Center on Law and Poverty, 1973-76

Consultant to Northwest Indiana Central Labor Council for proposal development, "Project

CARE: Job Clubs for Displaced Workers," funded by Comprehensive Education and

Training Act, 1983 (approximately $75,000).

Co-Founder and Faculty Adviser, Committee in Solidarity with the People of El

Salvador (CISPES), 1980-1990 (Lafayette chapter).

Faculty Adviser, Friends of Palestine, 1989-1995 (Lafayette chapter)