July 2016
CURRICULUM VITAE
NAME:
John F. Zipp
OFFICE ADDRESS:
Department of Sociology
University of Akron
Akron, OH 44325-1905
PHONE:
(330) 972-6893
E-MAIL:
[email protected]
PLACE OF BIRTH:
Orange, New Jersey
EDUCATION:
Ph.D. 1978
Duke University
Sociology
M.A.
1976
Duke University
Sociology
B.S.
1974
St. Joseph’s College
Sociology
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Akron, 1998Associate Professor
Departments of Sociology and Urban Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, l988-1998
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1986-1988
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology,
Washington University, l979-1986
Instructor
Department of Sociology
Duke University l978-l979
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPERIENCE:
Senior Associate Dean
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
University of Akron, 2013-14
Associate Dean
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
University of Akron, 2010-2013
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Interim Associate Dean
Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences
University of Akron, 2009-2010
Chair, Department of Sociology
University of Akron, 1998-2010
Coordinator, Doctoral Program in Urban Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1989-1994
Associate Director, Center for Economic Development
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1990-1994
HONORS AND AWARDS:
2010 Hans O. Mauksch Award for Distinguished
Contributions to Undergraduate Sociology
American Sociological Association Section on Teaching
and Learning in Sociology
Office of Multicultural Development Campus Partner
Award
University of Akron, 2003
“Top 20 article,” for the 2002 Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research (“The
Role of Organizational Size and Industry in Job Quality and
Work-Family Relationships,” Journal of Family and
Economic Issues).
Sigma Xi, l986
Faculty Award for Outstanding Teaching
Council of Students of Arts and Sciences
Washington University, l980-81
Who's Who Among Students in American Colleges
and Universities, l973-l974.
Alpha Sigma Nu
National Jesuit Honor Society
1973
PROFESSIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS:
American Sociological Association
Political Sociology Section
Teaching and Learning in Sociology Section
Sociologists for Women in Society
EDITORAL BOARDS:
Teaching Sociology, 2002-2005; 2015-2018
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Research in Political Sociology: A Research Annual, 20012004
The Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal, 19892003
ELECTED AND APPOINTED
POSITIONS:
Chair, ASA Section on Teaching and Learning
in Sociology, 2006-07
Council Member, ASA Section on Teaching and Learning
in Sociology 2003-2005
Council Member, ASA Political Sociology Section
Chair, Nominations Committee, ASA Political Sociology
Section
Program Chair, Regular Sessions in Political Sociology
Annual Meetings of the American Sociological
Association, 1994
Chair, Electronic Media Committee, ASA Organizations,
Occupations, and Work Section, 1993-1994
Member, Program Committee, Annual Meetings of the
Midwest Sociological Association, 1996
OTHER PROFESSIONAL
ACTIVITIES:
Survey Director, 1987 Milwaukee Area Survey
Social Science Research Facility
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Invited Participant:
Section on Undergraduate Education Open Forum
American Sociological Association
Chairs Conference
American Sociological Association
Presentation on "The Quality of Jobs in Small Business"
Employment Conditions in EU Micro Firms
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and
Working Conditions
Dublin, September 17-18, 1998
The Economics of Sports Stadiums
The Brookings Institution
Washington, D.C. October 7-8, 1997
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Assessment of the Status of Black Americans Project
William Monroe Trotter Institute
University of Massachusetts-Boston. May/October, 1987.
Conference on Unemployment and the American
Economy
The Johnson Foundation and the UAW. December, 1983
Program Committee:
American Sociological Association Annual Meetings
Association of Black Sociologists Annual Meetings
Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meetings
Session Organizer:
American Sociological Association Annual Meetings
Association of Black Sociologists Annual Meetings
Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meetings
Southern Sociological Society Annual Meetings
Urban Affairs Association Annual
Papers presented at the Annual Meetings of:
American Sociological Association
Association for Canadian Studies in the United States
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
Eastern Sociological Society
Midwest Sociological Society
North Central Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Southern Sociological Society
Grant Reviewer:
National Science Foundation
MAJOR RESEARCH
INTERESTS:
Political Sociology, Inequality, Gender,
Sociology of Sport, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Undergraduate courses:
Inequality in America
Introduction to Sociology
Labor in Contemporary American Society
Political Sociology
Research Methods
Sociology of American Business
Sociology of Sport
Graduate courses:
College Teaching of Sociology
Research Methods
Social Stratification
Social Statistics I
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Social Statistics II
Political Sociology
JOURNAL REVIEWS
American Journal of Political Science
American Political Science Review
American Sociological Review
Economic Development Quarterly
Electoral Studies
Employees Rights and Responsibilities
Journal of Political and Military Sociology
Journal of Politics
Public Opinion Quarterly
Social Forces
Sociological Focus
Sociological Quarterly
Sociology of Education
Southern Economic Journal
Teaching Sociology
Urban Affairs Review
Women & Politics
Work and Occupations
BOOK REVIEWS:
Workplace Democracy by Donald V. Nightengale.
Contemporary Sociology l2 (September, l983): 569.
Class Awareness in the United States by Mary R. and
Robert W. Jackman and Divided We Stand by William
Form. American Political Science Review 8l (June l987):
637-38.
Research in Political Sociology: A Research Annual,
Volume 3. by Richard G. and Margaret M. Braungart
Contemporary Sociology 17 (May l988): 336-338.
Economic Restructuring and Political Response by
Robert A. Beauregard. Contemporary Sociology 19
(March 1990): 251-252.
In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity by
Eric Anderson. Contemporary Sociology 36 (July 2007):
337-338.
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PUBLICATIONS:
Zipp, John F.
“Left-Right Dimensions of Canadian Federal Party
Identification: A Discriminant Analysis.” Canadian
Journal of Political Science 11 (June, l978):25l-77.
Zipp, John F. and Joel Smith
The Structure of Electoral Political Participation. American
Journal of Sociology 85 (July, l979): l67-77.
Zipp, John F., Richard Landerman, and Paul Luebke
Political Parties and Political Participation: A
Reexamination of the "Standard Socioeconomic Model."
Social Forces 60 (June, l982): 1140-ll53
Zipp, John F., and Joel Smith
“A Structural Analysis of Class Voting.” Social Forces 60
(March, l982): 738-759.
Wells, James A., John F. Zipp, Patrick Schuette, and
James McEleney.
“Musculoskeletal Disorders Among Letters Carriers: A
Comparison of Weight Carrying, Walking, and Sedentary
Occupations.” Journal of Occupational Medicine 25
(November, l983): 8l4-820.
Luebke, Paul, and John F. Zipp
Social Class and Attitudes Toward Big Business in
The United States. Journal of Political and Military
Sociology 11 (Fall, l983): 25l-264.
Smith, Joel, and John F. Zipp
“The Party Official Next Door: Some Consequences of
Friendship for Political Involvement.” Journal of Politics
45 (November, l983): 958-978.
Zipp, John F., Paul Luebke and Richard Landerman
“The Social Bases of Support for Workplace Democracy in
the United States.” Sociological Perspectives 27 (October,
1984): 395-425.
Zipp, John F.
“Plant Closings and the Conflict between Capital and
Labor.” Pp. 225-248 in Research in Social
Movements, Conflict and Change Vol. 6. Jai Press: l984.
Zipp, John F.
“Perceived Representativeness and Voting: An Assessment
of the Impact of ‘Choices’ vs. ‘Echoes’." American
Political Science Review 79 (March, l985): 50-6l.
Zipp, John F., and Eric Plutzer
“Gender Differences in Voting for Female Candidates:
Evidence from the l982 Election.” Public Opinion
Quarterly 49 (Summer, l985): 179-97.
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Zipp, John F.
“Social Class and Social Liberalism.” Sociological Forum l
(April, l986): 30l-329.
Zipp, John F., and Katherine E. Lane
“Plant Closings and Control Over the Workplace: A Case
Study.” Work and Occupations l4 (February, 1987): 62-87.
Cottler, Linda, John F. Zipp, Lee N. Robins, and Edward L
Spitznagel
“Difficult-to-Recruit Respondents and their Effect on
Prevalence Estimates in an Epidemiologic Survey.”
American Journal of Epidemiology, 125. (February, 1987)
329-339.
Zipp, John F.
“Did Jesse Jackson Cause a White Backlash Against the
Democrats? A Look at the 1984 Presidential Election.”
Pp. 208-226 in L. Barker and R. Walters (eds.), Jesse
Jackson and the 1984 Campaign. Urbana, IL: University of
Illinois Press, 1988.
Yoder, Janice, Penny Crumpton, and John Zipp.
“The Power of Numbers in Influencing Hiring Decisions.”
Gender & Society 3: (June, 1989): 269-276.
White, Sammis B., John F. Zipp, William McMahon, Lisa
S. Binkley, Peter D. Reynolds, and Jeffrey D. Osterman.
“ES202: The Database for Local Employment Analysis.”
Economic Development Quarterly 4 (August, 1990):
240-253.
Bingham, Richard D., Paul E. Haubrich, Sammis B. White,
and John F. Zipp.
“Dual Standards Among Teachers: This School is Good
Enough for Other Kids But Not My Child.” Urban
Education 25 (October, 1990): 274-288.
Zipp, John F.
“The Quality of Jobs in Small Business.” Economic
Development Quarterly 5 (February, 1991): 9-22.
Fenwick, Rudy, and John F. Zipp
Workplace Participation as Organizational Adaptation.
Pp. 33-53 in W. M. Lafferty and E. Rosentein (eds.),
International Handbook of Participation in Organizations
London: Oxford University Press, 1993.
E. Yvonne Moss, with Tobe Johnson, Diane Pinderhughes,
Michael B. Preston, Susan Welch, and John Zipp
Black Political Participation: The Search for Power. Pp.
81-118 in W. L. Reed (ed.), African-Americans: Essential
Perspectives. Westport, CT: Auburn House, 1993.
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Levine, Marc V., and John F. Zipp
A City at Risk. Pp. 42-72 in J. Rury and F. Cassell (eds.),
Seeds of Crisis: Public Schooling in Milwaukee Since
1920. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1993.
Zipp, John F.
Government Employment and Black-White Earnings
Inequality, 1980-1990. Social Problems 41 (August, 1994):
363-382.
Zipp, John F.
Employee Rights and Capital Mobility. Employee
Responsibilities and Rights Journal 9 (September, 1996):
251-272.
Zipp, John F., and Eric Plutzer
Wives and Husbands: Social Class, Gender, and Class
Identification in the U.S. Sociology 30 (May, 1996): 235252.
Plutzer, Eric, and John F. Zipp
Identity Politics, Partisanship, and Voting for Women
Candidates. Public Opinion Quarterly 60 (May, 1996):
30-57.
Zipp, John F.
“The Economic Impact of the Baseball Strike of 1994.”
Urban Affairs Review 32 (November, 1996): 157-185.
Zipp, John F.
"Spring Training." PP. 427-51 in Roger Noll and Andrew
Zimbalist (eds.), Sports, Jobs, and Taxes: The Economic
Impact of Sports Teams and Stadiums. Washington, D.C.:
The Brookings Institution, 1997.
Harris, Jamie, and John F. Zipp
"Black Candidates, Roll-Off, and the Black Vote." Urban
Affairs Review 34 (January, 1999):489-498.
Zipp, John F., and Eric Plutzer
"From Housework to Paid Work: The Implications of
Women's Labor Force Experiences on Class Identity."
Social Science Quarterly 81(June, 2000): 538-554.
MacDermid, Shelley M., Jodie Hertzog, Katherine B.
Kensiger, and John F. Zipp
"The Role of Organizational Size and Industry in Job
Quality and Work-Family Relationships". Journal of
Family and Economic Issues 22 (Summer, 2001): 191-215.
Plutzer, Eric, and John F. Zipp
"Class, Gender, and the Family Unit: A Dynamic Model of
Stratification." Social Science Research 30 (September
2001): 426-448.
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Zipp, John F., and Joann Toth
“She Said, He Said, They Said: The Impact of Spousal
Presence in Survey Research.” Public Opinion Quarterly
66 (June, 2002): 177-208.
Zipp, John F.
“The Impact of Social Structure on Mate Selection: An
Empirical Evaluation of an Active Learning Exercise.”
Teaching Sociology 30 (April, 2002): 174-184.
Re-printed in Kerry J. Strand and Gregory L. Weiss,
Experiencing Social Research: A Reader. Boston: Allyn
and Bacon, 2005 (pp. 95-105).
Zipp, John F., Ariane Prohaska and Michelle Bemiller
“Wives, Husbands, and Hidden Power in Marriage.”
Journal of Family Issues 25 (September, 2004): 933-958.
Zipp, John F.
“‘Bring the Sociologist Back In’ To Graduate Statistics. A
Response to ‘The Sociology of Teaching Graduate
Statistics’.” Teaching Sociology 33 (July, 2005): 280-282.
Zipp, John F. and Rudy Fenwick.
“Is the Academy a Liberal Hegemony? The Political
Orientations and Educational Values of Professors.” Public
Opinion Quarterly 70 (Fall, 2006): 304-326.
Zipp, John F.
“Learning by Exams: The Impact of Two-Stage
Cooperative Tests.” Teaching Sociology 35 (January,
2007): 62-76.
Fenwick, Rudy, and John F. Zipp
“Faculty Liberalism and University Corporatiztion,” Pp. 91107 in Steve Aby (ed.), The Academic Bill Of Rights
Debate: A Handbook. (Praeger, 2007).
Grauerholz, Liz, and John F. Zipp
“How To Do the Scholarship of Teaching.” Teaching
Sociology 36 (January, 2008): 87-94.
Zipp, John F.
“Sport and Sexuality: Athletic Participation by Sexual
Minority and Sexual Majority Adolescents in the U.S.” Sex
Roles (January, 2011): 64:19-31.
Prohaska, Ariane and John F. Zipp
“Gender Inequality and the Family and Medical Leave
Act.” Journal of Family Issues. (November, 2011): 32:
1425-1448. doi:10.1177/0192513X11403280
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Zipp, John F.
“Teaching for Whom?” Teaching Sociology (October,
2012): 40(4):301-311.
Rickles, Michael L., Rachel Zimmer Schneider, Suzanne R.
Slusser, Dana M. Williams and John F. Zipp
“Assessing Change in Student Critical Thinking for
Introduction to Sociology Classes” Teaching Sociology
(July, 2013): 41: 271-281. doi:10.1177/0092055X13479128
Ballantine, Jeanne, Nancy Greenwood, Jay Howard,
Edward L. Kain, Diane Pike, Michael Schwartz, R. Tyson
Smith, and John F. Zipp.
“Does the Center Hold? Reflections on a Sociological
Core.” Teaching Sociology 44 (July, 2016): 151-162. Doi:
10.1177/0092055X16647432.
RESEARCH GRANTS:
The Distribution and Determinants of Economic Attitudes.
Washington University Faculty Research Grant. (Awarded
December, 1979 -- $700.00).
The Occupational Health of Letter Carriers. National
Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 343 (Awarded
September, l980 -- $8,000; co-principal investigator).
Plant Relocation and Mental Health. Washington
University Faculty Research Grant. (Awarded December,
l980 -- $700).
Attitudes toward Big Government and Big Business in the
United States. Washington University Faculty Research
Grant. (Awarded October, l98l -- $700).
Job Generation in Wisconsin's Economic Development
Programs. University of Wisconsin Urban Corridor
Consortium. (Awarded July, l987 -- $2500; co-principal
investigator).
Minority Participation in Wisconsin's Economic
Development Programs. University of Wisconsin System
Institute on Race and Ethnicity. (Awarded August, l987 -$2050; co-principal investigator).
Deindustrialization and the Dual Society in Canada: An
Analysis of Quebec and Ontario. Canadian Embassy.
(Awarded December, 1988 -- $l3,500; co-principal
investigator
Center for Economic Development. U.S. Economic
Development Administration. (October, 1990 September, 1991 -- $100,000; co-principal investigator).
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Center for Economic Development. U.S. Economic
Development Administration. (October, 1991 -September,
1992 -- $100,000; co-principal investigator).
Center for Economic Development. U.S. Economic
Development Administration. (October, 1992 -September,
1993 -- $124,515; co-principal investigator).
Center for Economic Development. U.S. Economic
Development Administration. (October 1993 -September
1994 -- $122,025; co-principal investigator).
Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (July 1997-June 1998 --$9,986.94;
co-principal investigator).
OTHER GRANTS:
Labor in Contemporary American Society. Joyce
Foundation Grant. College of Arts and Sciences,
Washington University. (This was to develop a course on
the above topic) (Awarded May, l98l -- $2,000)
REPORTS:
Zipp, John F., P. Meiksins, M. Oliver, M. Romero, S.
Vallas, and I. Winfield
"Integrating Issues of Cultural Diversity into Courses in the
Sociology of Work." ASA Teaching Resource Center,
1994.
References available upon request
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