Anthony Robert Pahnke Visiting Assistant Professor- Political Science and Environmental Studies, St Olaf College 1520 St Olaf Ave, Northfield MN 55057 phone: (507) 786-3317 email: pahnke@stolaf.edu webpage: pages.stolaf.edu/pahnke Education Graduate Ph.D in Political Science. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. 2014. Dissertation: Social Movement Self-Governance: The Contentious Nature of the Alternative Service Provision by Brazil's Landless Workers Movement. M.A. in Political Science. Department of Political Science. University of Minnesota- Twin Cities. 2008. Undergraduate B.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Majors: Political Science, Philosophy, Spanish. Graduated with Distinction. 2004. Major Fields Comparative Politics (Latin American Politics), International Relations, Political Theory. Academic Appointments Visiting Assistant Professor in Political Science and Environmental Studies. St Olaf College, Northfield, MN. 2014 Present. Visiting Instructor in Political Science and Environmental Studies. St Olaf College, Northfield, MN. 2013 2014. Instructor and Community Faculty. Metropolitan State University. Saint Paul, MN. 2012-2013. Instructor. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Summer 2012. Teaching Assistant. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. 2005-2011. Publications Books Brazil s Long Revolution: The Landless Workers Movement In and Out of the State. Under Contract, University of Arizona Press. Expected Spring 2018 Release. Brazilian Agrarian Social Movements. Ed. w/ Rebecca Tarlau. Routledge. 2016. Peer-Reviewed Articles The Changing Terrain of Rural Contention in Brazil: Institutionalization, Politicization, and the Landless Movement s Educational Project. Latin American Politics and Society. (accepted forthcoming), Summer 2017. Institutionalizing Economies of Opposition: Explaining and Evaluating the Success of the MST s Cooperatives and Agroecological Repeasantization. Journal of Peasant Studies, Volume 42, Issue 6, 2015. Peasant Resistance in the Post-Neoliberal Era: Contemporary Mobilization in the 1
Brazilian Countryside. Journal of Peasant Studies, Volume 42, Issue 6, 2015. coauthored with Wendy Wolford and Rebecca Tarlau. Introductory article for Special Edition on Brazilian Social Movements. Ed. w/ Wendy Wolford and Rebecca Tarlau. Book Chapter Governing as Resistance: Explaining and Evaluating the MST's Successful Implementation of an Alternative Educational Project. In Brazil in Twenty-First Century Popular Media: Culture, Politics, and Nationalism on the World Stage, ed Wood. Lexington Press. 2014. Book Review Challenging Social Inequality: The Landless Rural Workers Movement and Agrarian Reform in Brazil. Ed. by Miguel Carter. Duke University Press, 2015. Perspectives on Politics, Volume 14, Issue 02, 2016. Editor-Reviewed Articles Agrarian Reform and the Radicalization of Food Politics. New Politics. (accepted - forthcoming), 2017. The Contradictions of the Brazilian Crisis: Corruption, Neoliberalism, and the Primary Sector. Monthly Review. (accepted - forthcoming), 2017. Summaries and Reviews: Education for People in the Countryside. Revista Maré, Federal University of Belém, Brazil. Year 1, edition 1, January-June, 2011. Agroecological Seed Coops. The Family Farm Agenda, National Family Farm Coalition. Summer 2011. Climate Change and the Environment Voices from the MST. The Family Farm Agenda, National Family Farm Coalition. Winter 2010. Digging Deeper: the San Jose Mine Disaster in Context. (w/ Mark Hoffman). Counterpunch. October 10, 2010. The Representation of Authoritarian Violence in Brazilian Cinema. Literatura e Autoritarismo E-Journal, December, 2009. Under Review The State as Raw Material: Sovereignty and Capitalist Accumulation in Brazil s Primary Sector. Latin American Perspectives. (Revise and Resubmit). Learning Participation and then Self-Defense: The Growth, Adaptation, and Persistence of the Brazilian Landless Movement. Studies in Comparative International Development. From Rejection to Utilization: How the Brazilian Landless Movement Learned from Repression to Use Legislation. Social Movement Studies. Mobilisation in Rentierism: Royalty Regimes, Neo-Extractivism, and Crisis in Brazil. Third World Quarterly. Working Papers Revisiting Dual Power in Latin America: Revolutionary Theory and Practice from Castro to the MST. In preparation for Constellations. Transnational Identity Making: The Idea of the Peasantry from Brazil to the United 2
States. In preparation for Social Movement Studies. Published Translations Fernandes, Bernardo Mançano. Agrofuel Politics in Brazil: Paradigms and Territorial Disputes. Journal of Peasant Studies. Vol 37, Issue 4, 2010. Laerda, Rosane. Avatar is here!: Indigenous Nations, Large Public Works and Conflicts in 2010. In Sydow, Evanize and Maria Luisa Mendonça, The Human Rights in Brazil 2010: A Report by the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights. 2010. Carvalho, Horácio Martins de. Shadow of the Imagination: The Peasant and Overcoming Mediocre Fate. In Sydow, Evanize and Maria Luisa Mendonça, The Human Rights in Brazil 2010: A Report by the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights. 2010. Souza e Silva, Jailson de. Public Security, Violence and Criminality in Rio de Janeiro. In Sydow, Evanize and Maria Luisa Mendonça, The Human Rights in Brazil 2009: A Report by the Network for Social Justice and Human Rights. 2009. Teaching Experience Courses Taught (~20 students in each class) Introduction to Comparative Politics. (Comparative Politics) (6x). Introduction to International Relations. (International Relations) (1x planned for Summer 17) Latin American Politics. (Comparative Politics) (2x). World Politics: focus on International Political Economy. (International Relations and Comparative Politics) (4x). Global Environmental Politics. (International Relations) (4x). Social Movements in Global Perspective. (Comparative Politics and International Relations) (1x). Contentious Politics: Social Movements, Revolutions, and Terrorism (Comparative Politics and International Relations) (1x). Citizenship in Global Perspective: focus on US/Mexico relations. (International Relations and Comparative Politics) (1x). Democratic Theory. (Comparative Politics and Political Theory) (1x). The Problem of War (International Relations and Political Theory) (1x). Other Courses Prepared to Teach (Syllabi available upon Request) Research Methods: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches; Qualitative Methods and Interpretative Social Science; International Relations Theory; Development Politics; Critical International Political Economy; Race, Class, and Ethnicity; Internship and Reflection Seminar; Policing the Americas: Experiences from North, Central, and South America; US/Latin American Relations; Latin American Political Theory; Environmental Theory. Grants and Fellowships CURI grant (Collaborative Undergraduate Research and Inquiry). St Olaf College. Spring/Summer 2017. ($TBD). For interdisciplinary research with a team of three 3
undergraduate students on capitalist development, nationalism, and the US 2016 Presidential Election. Professional Development Grant. St Olaf College. Spring/Summer 2016. ($4,800). For preliminary research on US social movements, transnationalism, and food politics. Larson Fellowship. Department of Political Science. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Fall 2012. ($7,100). For excellence in political science coursework and research, and for research on agriculture and social movements in Latin America. Dissertation Doctoral Fellowship Recipient. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Spring 2010. ($22,400). For studying alternative modes of agricultural production in Brazil and the U.S. Thesis Research Grant. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Summer 2010. ($2,500). For preliminary research in Brazil on agricultural cooperatives and rural education. Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship Recipient (FLAS). U.S. Department of Education. Fall 2009. ($15,500). For advanced study in Portuguese writing, reading, and speaking. Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Department Grant. University of Wisconsin-Madison. 2004. ($1,000). For research on the Argentine Economy. Research, Pedagogical, and Methodological Training Reviewer for Perspectives on Politics, Latin American Research and Review, Springer Press, Journal of Peasant Studies. Three months of fieldwork experience in the United States. May-July 2016. Conducted semi-structured interviews with social movement leaders and members, engaged in participatory observation, and collected data from government and movement archives and websites. The Institute for the Study of Socio-Economic Inequality. 2014-2015. Presented original research, engaged in discussions with colleagues from other colleges, attended monthly presentations and participated in discussions. Two years of fieldwork experience in Brazil. 2009-2011. Conducted semi-structured interviews with bureaucrats, politicians, and movement members, engaged in months of participatory observation in movement-administered schools, cooperatives and day-care facilities, and researched social movement and government archives. Preparing Future Faculty Course. 2010. Learned interactive teaching strategies and classroom management. The Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR). 2009. One course on Quantitative Methodology: Modeling Political Processes. Fall 2007. Two courses on Qualitative methods: Methods for Social Movement Research. Spring 2007. Qualitative Methods in Political Science. Fall 2006. Conference Presentations The Return of the Rentier State: Royalty Regimes, Neo-Extractivism, and Crisis in Brazil. Paper to be presented at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) meeting, Lima, Peru. 2017. Transnational Identity Making: How Agrarian Reform Came to the US. Paper presented at the American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting, Philadelphia, 4
PA. 2016. The Past, Present, and Future of Agriculture in the United States. Panel organized for the Conference for the National Association of Small Farmers (Asociación Nacional de Agricultores Pequeños), Havana, Cuba. (accepted, then cancelled) 2015. The State as Raw Material: Territory, Rent, and Finance in Large-scale Territorial Acquisitions in Brazil. Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) meeting, San Juan, PR. 2015. Recentralizing Agricultural Policy: Producing Brazil's Family Farmer through Governmental Exclusion. Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) meeting, Chicago, IL. 2014. Contentious Classrooms: Understanding the Brazilian Landless Movement's Success in Governing Education American Political Science Association. Paper presented at American Political Science Association (APSA) meeting, Chicago, IL. 2013. Dilemmas and Challenges in the MST's Development of Cooperatives and Agroecology. Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) meeting, Washington D.C. 2013. Participatory and Conflictual Service Provision: MST Governance from Encampment to Settlement. Paper presented at the Brazilian Studies Association (BRASA) meeting, Champaign, Urbana, IL. 2012. Alternative Service Provision: the Case of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement. Paper presented at the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2012. Between Past and Present: Land Reform and Agrarian Unrest in United States History. (In Portuguese.) Paper presented at the Congresso, Direitos Humanos e Acesso à Terra (Human Rights and Land Access Conference, Federal University of Paraná, Brazil. 2011. The MST s Recreation of the Peasant: Resistance within Capital while Constituting a Post-Crisis Political Economy. Paper presented at the Western Political Science Association (WPSA) meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2010. The Foundations of Repeasantization: the Use of Agricultural Subsidies by Rural Social Movements. Paper presented at the International Studies Association (ISA) meeting. New Orleans, LA. 2010. The ABCs of Leadership and Political Struggle: The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement inside and outside the School. Paper presented at Rethinking Marxism Conference. Amherst, MA. 2009. Subjectivity, Social Movement Institutions and Neoliberalism: A Case Study of the MST in Brazil. Paper presented at Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) meeting, Chicago, IL. 2009. Commodified Authoritarianism: Explaining State Violence by means of Private Security. Paper presented at International Studies Association (ISA) meeting, NewYork, NY. 2009. Producing the New-Client/Debtor: A Critical Analysis of Micro-Finance. Paper presented at International Studies Association (ISA) meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2008. 5
Invited Lectures Agrarian Reform in Latin America. St Olaf College. October 2016. Presented on various cases of agrarian reform in Latin American history, from projects in Cuba to present-day Brazil. The MST, Food Sovereignty, and the Upcoming International Exchange. (Women's Environmental Institute. Minneapolis, MN. April 2015. Presented the MST's history, on rural US movements, and the upcoming arrival of MST members to Minnesota). An Alternative to 'Development': the MST's Cooperatives and Practice of Agroecology. (Vassar College. Poughkeepsie, NY. May 2014. Presented the MST's history, experiences of its development, and fieldwork ethics). Social Movements Substituting States: the Case of the Brazilian MST. (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. Minneapolis, MN. 2013. Presented the MST's governing practices, its alternative pedagogy, and on the concept of sovereignty). Dependency Theory, Barriers to National Development and the NICs' Challenge. (Macalester College. Saint Paul, MN. 2013. Presented on state-led development, free market and export-oriented theories with a focus on South Korea and Brazil). Alternative Sovereignties and Appropriations of Surplus: Via Campesina and Food Sovereignty. (Macalester College. Saint Paul, MN. 2012. Presented on different Via Campesina movements in the United States and Brazil, the meaning and practice of Food Sovereignty around the world, and challenges in the United States). Education and Pedagogy in the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement. (In Spanish). (Centro de Trabajadores Agricolas/ Center for Agricultural Workers and University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, TX. 2012. Discussed land occupations, distinction between rural workers and peasants, the meaning of agroecology, and the MST's schools). History of Settlement, Land Reform and Agrarian Movements in the United States. (In Portuguese). (Sindicato de Engenheiros do Paraná/Paranaense Union of Engineers. Paraná, Brazil. 2011. Debated the dynamics of land reform in 19 th century United States, incidence of fraud and landlessness, the mechanization of US agriculture, the growing inequality of land holdings, and highlighted agrarian mobilization in US history. Cooperatives and Land Reform in the United States. (In Portuguese). (Centro de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e Capacitação em Agroecologia/Center for Sustainable Development and Training in Agroecology. Paraná, Brazil. 2010. Discussed concentration in the food industry, debated the inadequacy of land reform in 19 th century United States, the growing inequality of land holdings, and history of family farmer dispossession). Professional Affiliations American Political Science Association. 2012 present. Brazilian Studies Association. 2012 2014. Latin American Studies Association. 2011 present. Midwest Political Science Association. 2009 2010. International Studies Association. 2008 present. 6
Languages Spanish- Fluent in Reading, Writing and Speaking. Portuguese- Fluent in Reading, Writing and Speaking. French- Intermediate in Reading, Beginning in Speaking. References David Samuels. Distinguished McKnight University Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, (612) 624-9876, dsamuels@umn.edu. Kathryn Hochstetler. Professor, Centre for International Governance Innovation Chair of Governance in the Americas, University of Waterloo, (Canada). (519) 888-4567. khochstet@uwaterloo.ca Kris Thalhammer. Professor, Department of Political Science, St Olaf College, (507) 786-3528, thalhamm@stolaf.edu Anthony Lott. Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Political science, St Olaf College, (507) 786-3343, lotta@stolaf.edu Ron Aminzade. Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, (612) 624-9570, aminzade@umn.edu. Lisa Hilbink. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, hilbink@umn.edu. 7