CURRICULUM VITAE Jimy M. Sanders 2010 Address Department of Sociology Sloan College University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 Telephone 803-777-2030 (office and voice mail) 803-777-3123 (departmental office) Email JIMSAND@MAILBOX.SC.EDU Fax 803-777-5251 Education: 1976 B.S., University of Houston, Texas 1978 M.A., University of Houston, Texas 1980 M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara 1984 Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara Professional Experience: 1982-1984 Regents Fellow, University of California 1984-1985 Post-doctorate, Asian American Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara 1985-1989 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina 1989-1996 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina 1996- Professor, Department of Sociology, University of South Carolina Professional Activities and Memberships: Referee: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture s National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program, Canadian Social Science and Humanities Research Council, and numerous journals. Member: National Science Foundation Sociology Dissertation panel, 2005-2006; Advisory Editor, The Sociological Quarterly, 2008-current; American Sociological Association Editorial Board, American Sociological Review, 1994-1
Professional Activities and Memberships, continued: 1996; American Sociological Association; Southern Sociological Society; Thomas and Znaniecki Distinguished Scholarship Award Committee of the American Sociological Association, 2000-2001. Departmental Positions: Present positions: chair of the tenure and promotion committee. Former positions: director of the graduate program committee (2000-2008), interim chair of the department, assistant chair of the department, member and director of the undergraduate program committee, member of the executive committee, chair and member of the tenure and promotion committee, member of the search committee, member and acting chair of the graduate program committee, faculty library representative. University Positions: Faculty senator, former member of the curriculum committee of liberal arts, education, and related professional programs; former member of the Graduate Council. Expert Witness: Provided testimony to the U.S. Senate s Judiciary Committee s Subcommittee on Immigration, April 15, 1997. Grants: 1990-1992 Collaborative Research: New Immigrants from Asia, Family and Ethnic Bases of Economic Adaptation. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Division of Sociology. Collaborative proposal by Victor Nee of Cornell University and Jimy Sanders, co-principal investigators. 1989-1990 Family and Ethnic Bases of Economic Adaptation among New Immigrants from Asia. Funded by the National Science Foundation, Division of Sociology. Collaborative proposal by Victor Nee of Cornell University and Jimy Sanders, co-principal investigators. 1986-1987 Contemporary Issues in Immigration. Funded through the Program to Stimulate Competitive Research, Department of Sociology and Office of the Provost, University of South Carolina. 1983-1984 Patent Fund Dissertation Grant. University of California. 2
Published Papers: Social Underpinnings of Ethnic/Informal Economies. Jimy Sanders. Forthcoming in The Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, G. Ritzer and Michael Ryan, editors. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, forthcoming. Occupational Growth and the Expansion of Educationally Related Earning Gaps. Jimy Sanders. Sociological Spectrum (2007) 27:555-584. Nativity, Human Capital, and Government Employment. Jimy Sanders. Social Science Research (2007) 36:404-420. Social Underpinnings of Ethnic/Informal Economies. Jimy Sanders. Pp. 1459-1463 in The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Volume III, G. Ritzer, editor. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishing, 2007. Asian Immigrants Reliance on Social Ties in a Multiethnic Labor Market. Jimy Sanders, Victor Nee, and Scott Sernau. Social Forces (2002) 81: 281-314. Ethnic Boundaries and Identity in Plural Societies. Jimy Sanders. Annual Review of Sociology (2002) 28: 327-357. Reprinted in Ethnic Conflict, Rajat Ganguly, editor. London: Sage Publications, 2009. Understanding the Diversity of Immigrant Incorporation. Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders. Ethnic and Racial Studies (2001) 24:386-411. Trust in Ethnic Ties: Social Capital and Immigrants. Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders. Pp. 374-392 in Trust in Society, Karen Cook, editor. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2001. Extended Stratification: Immigrant and Native Differences in Individual and Family Labor. Pidi Zhang and Jimy Sanders. Sociological Quarterly (1999) 40:681-704. "Immigrant Self Employment: The Family as Social Capital and the Value of Human Capital." Jimy Sanders and Victor Nee. American Sociological Review (1996) 61:231-249. "Job Transitions in an Immigrant Metropolis: Ethnic Boundaries and Mixed Economy. Victor Nee, Jimy Sanders, and Scott Sernau. American Sociological Review (1994) 59:849-872. Published Papers, continued: 3
Comment on Portes and Jensen: Problems in Resolving the Enclave Economy Debate". Jimy Sanders and Victor Nee. American Sociological Review (1992) 57:415-418. "Short- and Long-Term Macroeconomic Returns to Higher Education." Jimy Sanders. Sociology of Education (1992) 65:21-36. "`New' Structural Poverty?" Jimy Sanders. Sociological Quarterly (1991) 32:179-199. "Labor Force Response to Insured Unemployment." Jimy Sanders. Sociological Focus (1990) 23:301-314. "Public Transfers: Safety Net or Inducement into Poverty?" Jimy Sanders. Social Forces (1990) 68:813-834. "Capitalism and the Welfare State: The Politics of Wages and Growth." Roger Friedland and Jimy Sanders. Pp. 29-56 in Remaking the Welfare State: Retrenchment and Social Policy in America and Europe. Robert R. Alford and Michael K. Brown, editors. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1988. "A Test of the New Structural Critique of the Welfare State." Jimy Sanders. Pp. 130-161 in Poverty and Social Welfare in the United States. Donald Tomaskovic- Devey, editor. London and Boulder: Westview Press, 1988. "Limits of Ethnic Solidarity in the Enclave Economy." Jimy Sanders and Victor Nee. American Sociological Review (1987) 52:745-767. Reply to Portes and Jensen: On Testing the Enclave Economy Hypothesis." Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders. American Sociological Review (1987) 52:771-773. "Private and Social Wage Expansion in Advanced Market Economies." Roger Friedland and Jimy Sanders. Theory and Society (1986) 15:193-222. Reprinted in Structures of Capital: The Social Organization of the Economy. Paul DiMaggio and Sharon Zukin, editors. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. "Targeted Public Funding: The Nexus Between National Interests and the Expansion of College Enrollments." Jimy Sanders. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (1985) 5:46-60. Published Papers, continued: 4
"The Public Economy and Economic Growth in Western Market Economies." Roger Friedland and Jimy Sanders. American Sociological Review (1985) 50:421-437. "Graduate Training and Initial Employment." Jimy Sanders and Herbert Wong. Sociological Inquiry (1985) 55:154-169. "The Road to Parity: Determinants of the Socioeconomic Achievements of Asian Americans." Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders. Ethnic and Racial Studies (1985) 8:75-93. Reprinted in Ethnicity and Race in The U.S.A.: Toward the Twenty-First Century, Richard D. Alba, editor. London and New York: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1986, 1988. "Faculty Desegregation and Student Achievement." Jimy Sanders. American Educational Research Journal (1984) 21:605-616. "Gender Differences in the Attainment of Doctorates." Herbert Y. Wong and Jimy Sanders. Sociological Perspectives (1983) 26:29-50. Comment on Butler and Wilson: Revising The American Soldier Revisited." Jimy Sanders and William Bielby. Social Science Quarterly (1980) 61:333-336. Other Publications: Review Essay: "The Refugees Who Came In From the Cold: Pawns of the Cold War in America." Review essay of Refugee Communities by Steven Gold, City on the Edge by Alejandro Portes and Alex Stepick, and Family Tightrope by Nazli Kibria. Jimy Sanders. Qualitative Sociology (1996) 19:557-655. Book Reviews: Book review of This Land is Our Land: Immigrants and Power in Miami by Alex Stepick, Guillermo Grenier, Max Castro, and Marvin Dunn. Jimy Sanders. American Journal of Sociology (2004) 110:529-531. Book review of Contemporary Asian American Communities: Intersections and Divergences edited by Linda Trihn Vo and Rick Bonus. Jimy Sanders. Social Forces (2004) 83:1237-1238. Book Reviews, continued: 5
Book review of The First Suburban Chinatown: The Remaking of Monterey Park, California by Timothy P. Fong. Jimy Sanders. Contemporary Sociology (1995) 24:226-227. Book review of Chinatown: The Socioeconomic Potential of an Urban Enclave by Min Zhou. Jimy Sanders. American Journal of Sociology (1993) 99:215-217. Participation at Professional Meetings: Locals, Transplants, and Newcomers: How Latino Migration to a Nontraditional Settlement Area is Contributing to the Transformation of Ethnic Inequality. Paper presented at the 2007 Conference on Latino Immigration to New Settlement Areas, Columbia, SC. Presider for the Section on Settlement and Stressors. The 2007 Conference on Latino Immigration to New Settlement Areas, Columbia, SC. Organizer and Presider for the Section on Schooling and Work: The Children of Immigrants. The 2005 meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia. Organizer and Discussant for the Section on Immigrants in Western Societies. The 2005 meetings of the American Sociology Association, Philadelphia. Forms of Capital in Asian American Occupational Mobility. Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 2000 American Sociological Association meetings, Washington, D.C. Discussant and Presider for the Section on International Migration: Patterns of Immigrant Adaptation: Theory and Evidence. The 1998 meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco. Education and the Rapid Growth of Earning Inequality. Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1998 American Sociological Association meetings, San Francisco. Beyond Segmented Labor Markets: Mixed Economy and Job Transition. Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1998 Meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society meetings, Philadelphia. Asians in the Immigrant Metropolis." Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1995 American Sociological Association meetings, Washington, D.C. 6
Participation at Professional Meetings, continued: Discussant for the Session on Emerging Issues in American Race Relations and the Korean Immigrant Community. The Fifth Academic Conference of Korean American University Professors Association, 1994. Atlanta. "Job Mobility of Chinese, Korean, and Filipino Immigrants in an Immigrant Metropolis." Scott Sernau, Jimy Sanders, and Victor Nee. Paper presented at the 1994 American Sociological Association meetings, Los Angeles. "Job Transitions in the Immigrant Labor Market." Jimy Sanders, Victor Nee, and Scott Sernau. Paper presented at the 1992 American Sociological Meetings, Pittsburgh. "Household Composition and Self-Employment Among Asian Immigrants." Jimy Sanders and Victor Nee. Paper presented at the 1992 Eastern Sociological Society meetings, Arlington, Virginia and the 1992 Southern Sociological Society meetings, New Orleans. "New Immigrants from Asia: Family and Ethnic Bases of Economic Adaptation." Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1989 American Sociological Association meetings, San Francisco. "Income Maintenance Transfers: Safety Net or Inducement into Poverty?" Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1987 Southern Sociological Society meetings, Atlanta. "Are There Macroeconomic Returns to Public and Private Investments in Higher Education?" Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1985 American Sociological Association meetings, Washington, D. C. "Determinants of the Socioeconomic Achievements of Asian and Hispanic Immigrants." Victor Nee and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1985 American Sociological Association meetings, Washington, D. C. "Private and Social Wage Expansion in Advanced Market Economies." Roger Friedland and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1984 American Sociological Association meetings, San Antonio. "The Politics of Economic Growth in Market Economies?" Roger Friedland and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the: 1) 1983 American Sociological Association meetings, Detroit, 2) Department of Political Science, University of Odense, Denmark, May 1983, and 3) Centre de Sociologie Urbaine, Paris, France, May 1983. 7
Participation at Professional Meetings, continued: "Graduate Training and Initial Employment: Gender and Race Differences in the University." Jimy Sanders and Herbert Y. Wong. Paper presented at the 1983 American Educational Research Association meetings, Montreal, Canada. "Gender Differences in the Attainment of Doctorates." Herbert Wong and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1982 American Sociological Association meetings, San Francisco. "Faculty Desegregation and Student Achievement." Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1982 American Sociological Association meetings, San Francisco. A Report on the Affirmative Action Equivalency Study: University of California." Herbert Wong and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1982 Pacific Sociological Association meetings, San Diego. "The Politicizing of Public Opinion Toward Desegregation Busing." Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1982 Pacific Sociological Association meetings, San Diego. "The Singleton Ratio: The Impact of Faculty Desegregation Upon Faculty Alienation in an Urban Public School District." Frank S. Black, Anthony Dworkin, and Jimy Sanders. Paper presented at the 1978 Southwestern Sociological Association meetings, Houston. Areas of Teaching: Inequality, stratification, and socioeconomic mobility Immigration Ethnicity and race Statistical Literacy (undergraduate level) Modeling and applications of statistical analytical techniques (graduate level) Economic globalism s influences on regional development, local political autonomy, and inequality Service on Completed Graduate Student Committees: Sociology Ph.D. Graduates: 28 Chair of the committee: 9 Reader: 19 Sociology MA Graduates: 40 Chair of the committee: 11 Reader: 29 Ph.D. Graduates in other departments (reader): 31 8