Patrick F. Gillham

 

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Sociology/Anthropology
University of Idaho
P.O. Box 441110
Moscow, ID 83844-1110
 gillham@uidaho.edu
www.class.uidaho.edu/gillham
Work: 208-885-1995

EDUCATION
2003 Ph.D. Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder
1991 B.A. Sociology, Eastern College, St. Davids, PA, Magna Cum Laude

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION
Political Sociology Policing/Controlling Dissent
Social Movements Quantitative
Globalization Qualitative
Environmental Justice, Politics and Activism Internet Data Collection

ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT
2006-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Justice Studies, University of Idaho.
2003-2006 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alaska, Anchorage.
1996-2002 Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder.

RESEARCH

Recent Publications (See "Download Curriculum Vitae PDF" above for complete list)
2011 Patrick F. Gillham and Bob Edwards. “Legitimacy Management, Preservation of Exchange Relationships, and the Dissolution of the Mobilization for Global Justice Coalition.” Social Problems 58 (3): 433-460.
2011 Patrick F. Gillham. "Securitizing America: Strategic Incapacitation and the Policing of Protest Since the 11 September 2001 Terrorist Attacks." Sociology Compass 5(7):636-652.
2008 Patrick F. Gillham.  “Participation in the Environmental Movement: Analysis of the European Community.” International Sociology 23 (1): 67-93.
2007 Patrick F. Gillham and John Noakes.  “'More than a March in a Circle': Transgressive Protests and the Limits of Negotiated Management.”  Mobilization 12 (4): 371-387.
2007 John Noakes and Patrick F. Gillham. “Police and Protester Innovation Since Seattle.” Mobilization 12(4): 335-340.
2006 John Noakes and Patrick F. Gillham.  “Aspects of the New Penology in the Policing of Global Justice Protests in the United States,”  In Policing Political Protest After Seattle, edited by Donatella Della Porta, Herbert Reiter and Abby Peterson.  Burlington, VT: Ashgate.
2005 John Noakes, Brian Klocke and Patrick F. Gillham.  “Whose Streets? Police and Protester Struggles Over Space in Washington, D.C., September 29-30, 2001.”  Policing and Society 15 (3): 235-254.
2000 Patrick Gillham and Gary T. Marx.  “Complexity and Irony in Policing and Demonstrating: The World Trade Organization in Seattle.” Social Justice 27 (2): 212-236.

Editorships
2005-2007 John Noakes and Patrick F. Gillham. "Police and Protester Innovation Since Seattle." Special issue of Mobilization 12(4).

Reports
2007 Patrick F. Gillham. “Global Justice Movement National Study Report.”  (Follow-up report for nonprofit organizations involved in my dissertation research.)

Ongoing Projects
1998-Present Global Justice Movement International Study.  Analysis of social movement organizations involved in global protests.
1999-Present Policing of Protest and other Mass Gatherings Study.  Analysis of changes in policing in Western democracies, with John Noakes and Gary T. Marx.
2007-Present Study on Legitimacy Preservation, Frame Adoption and Networks in the Formation and Maintenance of Protest Coalitions.  Analysis of global justice, environmental, labor and peace organizations' coalitional involvement, with Bob Edwards.

Selected Conferences Papers
2011 Patrick F. Gillham, Benjamin Keane (student) and Christian Martineau (student). "The Institutionalization of Strategic Incapacitation and the Policing of Mass Gatherings: From Public Protest to Everyday Crowd Control." Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Las Vegas.
2011 Patrick F. Gillham and Bob Edwards. "Legitimacy Management and the Dissolution of the Mobilization for Global Justice Coalition." Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, Las Vegas.
2009 Gary T. Marx, Patrick F. Gillham and John Noakes. "Complexity and Irony in Policing Mega-Events." Invited Paper. Surveillance Games Workshop. Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC.
2009 Patrick F. Gillham. "Outside Agitation, Resource Availability or Cooptation Effects? Differences in Social Movement Organizational Involvement in Two Global Justice Protest Episodes." Annual Meeting, American Sociological Society, San Francisco.
2008 Patrick F. Gillham. “Controlling Global Dissent: Police Use of Strategic Incapacitation in Western Democracies." Annual Meeting, Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, OR.
2007 Patrick F. Gillham.  “Outside Agitation or Access to Resources?  Differences in Social Movement Organizational Persistence in the U.S. Global Justice Movement, 1999-2001.”  Annual Meeting, Society for Study of Social Problems, New York, August.
2005 Patrick F. Gillham and Bob Edwards. “Coalition Transformation and the Preservation of Legitimacy in the Mobilization for Global Justice.”  Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, Philadelphia.
2004 John Noakes and Patrick F. Gillham.  “Policing Protest in the U.S. and Europe: The Failure of Negotiated Management and the Emergence of Selective Incapacitation Post-Seattle.”  Workshop on Policing Political Protest After Seattle, Fiskebäckskil, Sweden.
2003 Patrick F. Gillham and Bob Edwards. “Global Justice Protest Organizers Respond to the Transformation of Political Opportunity: Washington, D.C., September 2001.”  Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, Atlanta.
2002 John Noakes, Patrick F. Gillham and Brian Klocke. “Public Order Management Systems and the Geography of Policing Mass Demonstrations.”  Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association, Chicago.
2001 Patrick F. Gillham. “Non-Profit Sector Responses to a Terrorist Attack in Washington, D.C., September 2001.” Panel presentation at Learning from Urban Disasters: National Science Foundation Response and Opportunities for Future Research Workshop, New York University Institute for Civil Infrastructure Systems, New York, NY.
2001 Patrick F. Gillham and Gary T. Marx. “Ironies in Global Protests: Civil Disobedience in Seattle and Washington, D.C.”  Annual Meeting, Society for the Study of Social Problems, Anaheim.
2001 Patrick F. Gillham. “Patronage and Resource Provision in the Global Justice Movement.”  Annual Meeting, Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco.

TEACHING

Courses Taught
  University of Idaho
  Development of Social Theory               Police and Social Control          
Dynamics of Social Protest                    Political Sociology
Introduction to Sociology                      Social Conflict

University of Alaska
Introduction to Sociology                     Social Change 
Political Sociology                               Social Statistics
Research Methods                     

University of Colorado
  Advanced Statistics (TA)                     Social Conflict & Social Values                                 
Environment and Society (TA)             Social Problems
Introduction to Sociology (TA)             Social Statistics 
Research Methods                              Social Theory                    

Selected Community Service
2001-2008 Member, Jubilee USA Grassroots Working Group, Washington, D.C.
2000-2003 Member, Colorado Jubilee Board, Denver.
2000 Presenter, “Third World Debt and its Causes: The IMF and World Bank,” invited public lecture at the Annual Meeting of the United Nations Association of Colorado, United Church of Christ. Boulder.
2000 Presenter, “Globalization, Third World Debt and Jubilee 2000,” invited public lectures at Eastern College, St. Davids, PA; Messiah College, Grantham, PA; and Gettysburg Seminary, Gettysburg, PA.

Professional Memberships
  American Sociological Association
          Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements
          Section on Environment and Technology
          Section on Labor and Labor Movements
          Section on Political Sociology
  Society for the Study of Social Problems
  Pacific Sociological Association

HONORS AND AWARDS

Research
2002 Dissertation Research Award, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2002 Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award, “Participation in the Environmental Movement: Analysis of the European Community,” Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder.
1991 Best Undergraduate in Sociology, Eastern College.

Teaching
2002 Graduate Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado, Boulder.
2002 Marinus Smith Recognition for Contributing to the Lives of Students, University of Colorado Parents Association.

REFERENCES

 
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