DR BONNIE LYNN MITCHELL-GREEN 2111 Madison Ave 1280 E Midvalley Rd Montgomery, AL 36107-1911 Enoch, UT 84721 (Residence beginning Dec11, 2019) (Current residence) Email: Dr.Bonnie8@gmail.com Cell Phone: 435 590-0596 EDUCATION Ph.D in Sociology 1994 University of Texas at Austin Areas of specialization: Comparative race and ethnicity, gender, and religion Dissertation title: "American Indian PowWows* in Utah, 1983-1994: A Case Study in Oppositional Culture." *Spelling as per usage in Indian Country M.A in Latin American Studies Brigham Young University Areas of specialization: Latin American Literature, Anthropology, and Political Science Thesis title: "Indian and Ladina* Women in Rural Western Highland Guatemala." *This is the correct regional spelling TESL (Teaching English as a Second Language) graduate course work Brigham Young University Organized and administered program for K-14 educators of Navajo-speaking students in San Juan County, UT M.Ed in Community Education Administration Brigham Young University Emphases in community college administration and community development Included internship on Utah strip of Navajo Reservation B.A in Spanish Magna Cum Laude with High Honors from Honors Program, Brigham Young University Minor in political science Included nutritional service project in rural southern Mexico, study abroad in Salzburg, Austria, and internship followed by employment with the then U.S Office of Bilingual Education EMPLOYMENT OBJECTIVE I want to teach one university course, preferably Spanish or interdisciplinary, beginning in January, 2020 I could also teach almost any sociology course, as needed I particularly enjoy facilitating both formal and informal learning opportunities concerning current events for students, faculty, staff, and community members PUBLICATIONS Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L., and Lester R Kurtz (2012) “Chapter Four: Indigenous Religions.” First author on substantially revised chapter in Gods in the Global Village: The World’s Religions in Sociological Perspective, 4th Edition Ed L.R Kurtz L.A.: Sage Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L (March/April 2013) Book Review of “Florida without Borders: Women at the Intersections of the Local and Global” in Feminist Teacher Vol 22:1, p 78-70 Champaign: University of Illinois Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn 2009 (to be updated in 2020) “Peace Prizes [MS129]” in Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace, and Conflict, 2nd Edition Ed L R Kurtz Oxford: Elsevier Mitchell, Bonnie L and Joe R Feagin 1994 "America's Racial-Ethnic Cultures: Opposition within the Mythical Melting Pot" in Toward the Multicultural University edited by B Bowser, T Jones, and G A Young Westport, Conn.: Praeger RESEARCH INTERESTS Indigenous Peoples: Religion, Comparative Race/Ethnic Relations, Gender Environmental Sociology: Food Security, Eat Local and Slow Food (Italy) Movements Immigration: From Latin America to Non-Traditional Receiving Communities in USA Peace Studies/Non-violence: Applied Social Justice Projects Health, Illness, and Medicine: Mental Health in the United States and/vs Abroad SOCIOLOGY COURSES TAUGHT Senior Topics Seminar: Mental Illness Senior topics Seminar: Food Senior Topics Seminar: Immigration Senior Topics Seminar: Environmental Sociology Senior Topics Seminar: Comparative Racial and Ethnic Relations in the Western Hemisphere Sociology of Organizations Social Movements and Social Change Sociological Theory Qualitative Methods Sociology of Race and Ethnicity Sociology of Native American Societies Sociology of Gender and Sexuality Sociology/Cultural Anthropology of Religion Sociology/Cultural Anthropology of Health, Illness and Medicine Social Stratification Comparative Social Institutions Sociology of Education Sociology of the Family Sociology of Deviance Social Psychology Social Problems Introduction to Sociology (x 40) INTERDISCIPLINARY AND OTHER COURSES TAUGHT Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar: Voices of Native American Women Junior Interdisciplinary Seminar: Varieties of Non-Violence Introduction to Environmental Studies Introduction to Women’s Studies Introduction to Diversity Freshmen Orientation Weeks for traditional, U.S Minority, and International Students First and Second Year College Spanish Courses College English Composition English as a Second Language (All levels) COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS PRESENTED Spanish for Fun and/or Survival (Various years and locations, last one in Montgomery, AL, Spring 2016) ESL Intensive 2-hour Volunteer Teacher Preparation (for student volunteers at Truman State University, 2009-2012) “Bridges/Puentes” Bilingual Community Reading and Lecture Series (at Yavapai College, Verde Campus, Arizona, Spring 2001) Singing for Our Lives: Perspectives from Selected Radical Women of Color (for UU Women’s Conferences, 1992-1993) Selected Native American Cultural Perspectives (while directing Multicultural Center at SUSC in mid 1980s—prior to Ph.D studies) for various community organizations FACULTY AWARDS Nominated for the Outstanding Research Mentor of the Year Award 2011-2012 Truman State University, Student Senate Academic Affairs Committee “Advisor of the Year” Award 2003-2004 Southern Utah University Student Affairs Thunderbird Awards Committee EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Retired in 2017 Truman State University, Kirksville, MO Temporary Assistant Professor of Sociology, August 2016-May 2017 Responsibilities: Taught senior topics courses, and lower division sociology courses Taught topics courses on Sociology/Anthropology of Food and Sociology/Anthropology of Mental Illness Reviewed and selected texts for topics courses Troy University, Montgomery, AL, Campus Full-time Lecturer in Social Sciences, August 2014 to May 2016 Responsibilities: Teach Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Social Change, Social Institutions, Social Behavior (Social Psychology), Sociology of Organizations, Sociology of Religion, Qualitative Methods, Environmental Sociology, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Gender, and Sociology of Education courses in face-to-face format Taught one on-line overload course in Sociology of Religion Serving since Spring 2015 as faculty advisor for Social Justice Club at Montgomery Campus Truman State University Temporary Assistant Professor of Sociology, August 2008-August 2012 Responsibilities : Taught senior topics courses, qualitative methods, and all lower division sociology courses Taught interdisciplinary seminars in Native American Studies, Nonviolence, Environmental Studies, and Freshmen Orientation Reviewed and selected texts for all of these courses Served as president of local chapter of American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Trained and organized students to provide English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction to rural meat processing plant workers and their families Advised Zeta Phi Beta (Black Sorority) Ferris State University Visiting Lecturer in Sociology, August 2007-May 2008 Responsibilities: Taught Minorities in America, Sociology of Deviant Behavior, Social Problems and Introduction to Sociology Southern Utah University Assistant Professor of Sociology, August 2001-June 2006 Responsibilities: Taught introductory and upper division sociology and cultural anthropology courses including theory, race/ethnicity, religion, health and medicine, social change, and gender & sexuality Also taught interdisciplinary Women’s Studies (associated with annual conference) and Ethnic Studies (Associated with annual Black History and Native American months) courses and Introduction to Diversity course Reviewed and selected texts Chaired SUU Women's Conference committee (2 years), advised AKD/Sociology Club, coadvised PrIDE (GLBTQ) and Alternative Spring Break (Service) Clubs Northern Arizona University Adjunct Sociology Faculty in Statewide Programs, August 2000 to May 2001 Responsibilities: Taught Sociology of Native American Societies course, in regular classroom setting and via interactive TV originating in Prescott, AZ, and broadcast statewide to five remote sites (Chinle, Ganado, Show Low, Scottsdale, and Yuma) Yavapai College, Verde Campus, Arizona Full-time faculty in Spanish with released time to direct the Learning (Tutoring and ESL modules) Center, August 1998 to May 2001 Responsibilities: Taught introductory Spanish courses; reviewed and selected texts; hired, trained, and supervised Developmental English Modules Coordinator, foreign language instructors, and multi-disciplinary tutors Team taught "Sociolinguistics" and "Environmental Crises & Opportunities." Organized community-based, grant-supported “Bridges/Puentes” lecture series on novels written by Mexicans and Mexican Americans that included free provision of novels in English and/or Spanish to participants Also organized Native American, African American and Latin American guest lectures Transformations Consulting Director, June 1995 to December 1998 Responsibilities: Wrote proposal to fund Native American Language Preservation Project (See “Grants Received” section), provided technical assistance with multicultural education program development, and guest lectured at colleges and universities Also taught Spanish part-time for Clark County Community College in Las Vegas, NV University of Maryland, Asian Division Core Faculty Member in Sociology and Spanish, August 1994 to May 1995 Responsibilities: Taught four undergraduate sociology and five undergraduate Spanish courses to U.S military personnel, dependents, and civilian contractors in South Korea University of Texas at Austin Assistant Instructor, Department of Sociology, September 1993 to July 1994 Responsibilities: Taught lower division sociology courses while writing dissertation Brigham Young University Visiting Lecturer (ABD), Department of Sociology, January 1992 to June 1993 Responsibilities: Taught sociology of gender & sexuality, social stratification, introductory sociology, and social problems courses Advised undergraduate and graduate students Briefly chaired and then served on “Multiculturalism across the Curriculum” faculty & staff committee Conducted research for dissertation while in Utah APPLIED SOCIOLOGY/COMMUNITY-BASED GRANTS AWARDED "Utah Paiute Language Preservation Planning Project," Administration for Native Americans (U.S Department of Health and Human Services), 1997 ($50,000) "American Indian Orientation Program for Dixie College," Kellogg Foundation, 1992 ($15,000) "International Week Programs" for Southern Utah University, Utah Endowment for the Humanities (Approx $3,000/year) "Native American Orientation Program" for Southern Utah University, Hearst Foundation ($7,500) "Native American Scholarships," Callister Foundation ($3,000/year) "Utah Navajo Adult Education Program," U.S Office of Indian Education ($220,000) PROFESSIONAL PAPERS PRESENTED Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “An Outsider’s View of the Journey Still Ahead for Montgomery, Alabama” Presented at AL-Miss Sociological Association Meetings Montgomery, AL Feb 2015 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “Comparative Strategies of Cultural Resistance Among Indigenous Peoples of the New World” Presented at Mid-South Sociological Meetings in Mobile, AL Nov 2014 Mitchell-G., Bonnie Lynn “Far from the Border: Spanish Speaking Immigrant Experiences in the Rural Midwest.” Midwest Sociological Society Des Moines, IA April 2009 Mitchell-G., Bonnie Lynn “Indigenous Survival: Comparative Strategies of Cultural Resistance among the Paiute of Southern Utah and the Wixarika of Jalisco, Mexico.” Global Issues Colloquium, Truman State University November 2008 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “Oxymoron or Oxy-Mormon: New Thought Religion in Contemporary Southern Utah.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA April 2004 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “A Case Study of Indigenous Resistance to Assimilation: The Huichol (Wixarika) Indians of Jalisco, Mexico.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA April 2004 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “The Most Circuitous Route Possible: How I Became a Sociologist.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA April 2004 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn (“When the Drums Play: Religious Aspects of the PowWow that Strengthen a Culture of Resistance among Native Americans” presented in Spanish) Religious Beliefs and Public Life Conference University of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico May 2003 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie Lynn “Mixing Sacred and Profane: ‘New Thought’ in Southern Utah.” Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, UT November 2002 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L "PowWows as Educational Sites for Transmission of Cultural Values." World Indigenous Peoples Conference Albuquerque, NM June 1996 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L "American Indian PowWows in Utah: A Case Study in Oppositional Culture." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Los Angeles, CA August 1994 Mitchell-Green, Bonnie L "Nonviolence and Democracy in Native American Context: The Use of PowWows to Resist Cultural Genocide." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting Los Angeles, CA August 1994 Mitchell, Bonnie L "American Indian PowWows in Utah: A Case Study in Oppositional Religious Practice." Native American Studies Association Slt Ste Marie, MI October 1993 Mitchell, Bonnie L "Alternate Constructions of Gender and Giftedness Among Selected American Indian Tribes." Conference on Sexuality/Homosexuality University of Utah April 1993 Mitchell, Bonnie L "Attitudes toward Interracial Marriage in Utah." Southern Utah University Diversity Week April 1993 Mitchell, Bonnie L "Hating Ourselves: The Social Construction of the Evil Other." B.Y.U Campus Coalition for Bosnia Teach-In March 1993 ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Witness for Peace (WFP), member of “Women’s Ways of Knowing” educational delegation to Cuba, Feb 22-Mar 4, 2014 Engaged in discussions with Cuban women regarding women in religion, public health/preventative medicine, GLBT issues, sustainable agriculture, environmental protection, and effects of the U.S embargo on Cuban citizens’ daily lives Inter-disciplinary Center for Intercultural and Indigenous Studies, Santiago, Chile, December, 2013 Conference participant at “¿Qué sujeto, cual conflicto? Subjetividad, política y relaciones interculturales en américa latina y el mundo.” Responded to papers at session focused on indigenous issues Missouri Sociological Association, President-Elect and President, 2010-2012 Midwest Sociological Society, “Comparative Race and Ethnicity” Session Organizer, St Louis and Minneapolis/St Paul, 2011 and 2012 American Association of University Professors (AAUP) Chapter President, Truman State University, Academic Year 2010-2011 Panel member for numerous university-wide discussions including “Egypt & Arab Spring,” “Immigration,” “Environmental Issues,” “Peace-Building,” and “Race/Ethnic Diversity” at Truman State University, 2008-2012 Global Issues Colloquia Committee Member, Truman State University, 2009-2012 Member of ad-hoc curriculum, assessment, and senior honors awards committees for Department of Society and Environment, Truman State University, 2008-2012 Member, Critical Thinking and Writing Faculty Study Groups, Truman State University and Ferris State University, 2007-2012 Preliminary research on current racial and ethnic relations in Guatemala after a 30-year absence (since Master’s Thesis) in Quetzaltenango and San Pedro/San Marcos Departments, June-July, 2009 (Research funding assistance of $1,500 received from the Truman State University College of Arts and Sciences.) Participant Observation Research among Wixarika (Huichol) Indians of San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico, during July-August, 2003 Interim Leave, Rank, and Tenure Policy Committee Chair Southern Utah University Social Science Department Spring 2002 Faculty Affairs Committee Member (job descriptions, search and selection procedures, performance evaluation criteria, etc.), Yavapai College Faculty Senate August 1998 to June 2000 Cultural Exchange Committee Chair, University of Maryland faculty group in Songtan, South Korea August 1994 to June 1995 Interim Chair, “Multiculturalism across the Curriculum Committee,” BYU Coalition for the Advancement of Minorities in Higher Education, February to June, 1993 Session Presenter, "Hating Ourselves: The Social Construction of the Evil Other." BYU Campus Coalition for Bosnia Teach-In March 1993 LANGUAGE PROFICIENCIES Spanish: Fluent speaking, reading and writing plus cultural competency German: Limited speaking, reading and writing Navajo: Minimal speaking Greek (Koiné): Minimal reading REFERENCES Lester R Kurtz Department of Sociology & Anthropology George Mason University, MS 3G5 Fairfax, VA 22030 Phone : 703 993-1425 Email: lkurtz@gmu.edu Personal Email: leskurtz@gmail.com Joe R Feagin Ella Mc Fadden Professor of Sociology Department of Sociology Texas A & M University College Station, Texas 77843 Phone: 979 845-5133 Email: Email: jrfeagin@yahoo.com Thomas E (Ted) Lyon Retired Professor of Spanish and Director of Numerous International Programs Kennedy Center for International Affairs Brigham Young University Provo, UT 84602 Phone: 801 422-3077 Email: International_Society@BYU.edu David C Knowlton Behavioral Science Department/LA 012W Utah Valley University Orem, UT 84058 Phone: 801 863-6196 Email: DKnowlton@uvu.edu Personal Email: yanagringo@yahoo.com Amber Johnson, Chair, Department of Society and Environment Truman State University Kirksville, MO 63501 Phone: 660 665-6418 Email: ajohnson@truman.edu