J. Craig Jenkins
Professor
Sociology
116B Mershon Center
614.688.3179
jenkins.12@osu.edu
Education
B.A., University of Texas-Austin (1970)
M.A., State University of New York-Stony Brook, Sociology (1974)
Ph.D., State University of New York-Stony Brook, Sociology (1975)
Teaching/Research
Dr. Jenkins specializes in the study of social movements, political sociology and social development. His current research projects include the World Handbook of Political Indicators IV, which is mapping conflict and violence globally; dissent and repression in the Middle East; international terrorism, political protest and democratization; the growth of the U.S. environmental movement; and state government high technology programs.
Selected Publications
The Handbook of Politics, ed. by Kevin T. Leicht (Springer Publishers, forthcoming)
"A Social Movement Society? A Cross-National Analysis of Protest Potential," with Michael Wallace and Andrew S. Fullerton (International Journal of Sociology, 2008)
"Guest Editors Contribution: The Across Nations Project and Cross-National Studies," with Kazimirez M. Slomczynski (International Journal of Sociology, 2008)
"Is the U.S. Environmental Movement Dead?" with Robert J. Brulle (Contexts, 2008)
"New and Unexplored Opportunities: Developing a Spatial Perspective for Political Sociology," with Kevin Leicht, in Spaces, Places and Inequality, ed. by Linda Lobao, Ann Tickamyer and Gregory Hooks (SUNY Press, 2007)
"Military Famine, Human Rights and Child Hunger," with Stephen J. Scanlan and Lindsey Peterson (Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2007)
"Measuring Social Movement Organization Populations," with Robert J. Brulle, Liesel Turner and Jason Carmichael (Mobilization, 2007)
Identity Conflict: Can Violence Be Regulated? with Esther Gottlieb (Transaction Books, 2007)
"Spinning Our Way to Sustainability," with Robert J. Brulle (Organization and Environment, 2007)
"Ideologies of Violence: The Social Origins of Islamist and Leftist Transnational Terrorism," with Kris Robison and Edward Crenshaw (Social Forces, 2006)
The Politics of Social Protest: Comparative Perspectives on States and Social Movements, edited with Bert Klandermans (University of Minnesota Press, 1995)
The Politics of Insurgency: Farm Worker Movement of the 1960s (Columbia University Press, 1985)
Honors, Awards, and Service
National Science Foundation Grant, "Collaborative Research Project: Protecting the Environment: Does the Environmental Movement Matter?" with Robert Brulle
(2008-10)
Chair, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University (2006-)
National Science Foundationgrant for "Ideology and International Terrorism: Types of Terrorism and Their Structural External Determinants," with Edward Crenshaw (2006-07)
National Science Foundationgrant for "Civil Society and the Environment," with Robert Brulle (2005-08)
National Science Foundationgrant for "REU Supplement to Civil Society and the Environment," with Robert Brulle (2005-08)
Joan N. Huber Faculty Fellow, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, The Ohio State University (2003-06)
Chair, Distinguished Publication Award Committee, American Sociological Association (2000-03)
Editorial Board, Sociological Forum (1994-2006)
Chair, Committee on Sections, American Sociological Association (1998-2001)
Chair, Section on Political Sociology, American Sociological Association (1996-97)
Mershon Projects
Rentierism and Conflict in the Middle East (2009-10)
The Ecology of Terrorist Organizations (2007-08)
If it Bleeds, It Leads: Assessing Media Effects on Transnational Terrorism (2007-08)
World Handbook of Political Indicators IV (2006-07)
Rentier States and International Terrorism in Ecological Focus (2006-07)
Terror’s Fourth Wave (2005-06)
The Dissent/Repression Nexus in the Middle East (2006-08)
The GreenMoney Project
|
