EDUCATION
    Ph.D., Sociology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1997
    M.A., Sociology, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin,1990
    B.A., Sociology, Northwestern College, Orange City, Iowa, 1988

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
    Assistant Professor of Sociology, Augustana College, 1997 -
    Assistant Instructor of Sociology, University of Kansas, 1992-1996
    Adjunct Instructor of Sociology, Washburn University, 1996
    Assistant Instructor of Women's Studies, University of Kansas, 1994-1995

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Carroll D. Clark Award for Teaching Excellence, 1996
• Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1995
• Morris C. Pratt Scholarship for Research on Social Inequality, 1994
• College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Summer Honors Fellowship, 1994
• Honors Pass, Comprehensive Oral Examination, 1993
• E. Jackson Baur Peace Award, 1993
• Carroll D. Clark Award for Outstanding Scholarship, 1993
• Helen Waddle Roofe Scholarship, 1992
• Helen Waddle Roofe Scholarship, 1991

SELECT PUBLICATIONS

    Journal Articles

• “Irish Nationalism.”  Encyclopedia of Nationalism.  Academic Press, forthcoming.
• “Constructing the ‘Self’ of Self-Determination: Liberal and Anti-Liberal Tensions in Modern Irish Nationalism.”  Social Thought and Research, Vol 22, 1999.
• The League of Nations and the Irish Question: Master Frames, Cycles of Protest, and 'Master Frame Alignment.'" The Sociological Quarterly. Vol. 36, 1995.
• "Stigma and Charisma in the Rhetoric of Terrorism." In James A. Holstein and Gale Miller (eds.) Perspectives on Social Problems, Vol. 5, Greenhaven, CT: JAI Press, 1994.
• "Female Gang Delinquency: A Search for 'Acceptably Deviant Behavior.'" Mid-American Review of Sociology. Vol 15, pp. 43-52, 1991.

• Harvest of Rage: Why Oklahoma City is Only the Beginning by Joel Dyer. Boulder: Westview Press, 1997. The Great Plains Sociologist, Spring 1998.
• Provisional Irish Republicans: An Oral and Interpretive History, by Robert W. White (Greenwood Press 1993). Sociological Inquiry, Vol, 65, no. 2, 1995.
• God's Federal Republic: Reconstructing Our Governing Symbol, by William Johnson Everett Paulist Press, 1988). Christian Sociological Society Newsletter, February, 1989.

• "A Terrible Beauty is Born: The Framing of Nationalism in Irish Politics, 1790-1995."
• "The Political Construction of National Identity: British Politics and the Rise of Catholic Nationalism in Ireland, 1795-1830."
• "You are What You Eat:  National Identity and the Politics of Food Production/Distribution."

    Sessions

• Presider: Author Meets Critic, The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States by William G. Staples. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, KS, 1998.
• General Topic Organizer: Deviance and Social Control. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, KS, 1998.
• Co-Organizer and Presider: Social Movements and the State. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 1996.
• Panel Member: Panel Discussion on Ethnic Nationalism. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 1995.
• Discussant: Collective Identity. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, 1994.
• Presider and Discussant: Oppositional Consciousness and Collective Identity in Social Movements. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 1993.

• You Are What You  Eat:  National Identity and the Politics of Food Production/Distribution.  Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 2000.
• Getting Past “Whataboutery:”  Risk and the Roads to Recovery in Northern Ireland.  (With Andrew Eastwood).  Annual Meeting of the Peace Prize Forum, Minneapolis, MN,  2000.
• Negotiating the Nation in a Global Marketplace: the Economics of the European Union and the Irish Peace Initiative.  Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN, 1999.
• One Peace at a Time: The Mechanics of Reconciliation in Northern Ireland. (With Andrew Eastwood).  Annual Meeting of the Peace Prize Forum, Minneapolis, MN,  1999.
• Author Meets Critic, The Culture of Surveillance: Discipline and Social Control in the United States by William G. Staples. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, KS, 1998.
• The Political Construction of National Identity: British Politics and the Rise of Catholic Nationalism in Ireland, 1795-1830. Annual meeting of the Midwest Conference on British Studies, Lawrence, KS, October 1997.
• Constructing the 'Self' of Self-Determination: Liberalism, Romanticism, and Socialism in Nineteenth Century Irish Nationalism. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, IA, April 1997.
• Liberalism, Anti-Liberalism, and the Political Culture of Irish Nationalism, 1790-1922. Workshop on "Liberalism and Civil Society in Modern Britain and Germany: Ideas, Traditions, and Practices" at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, November 1996.
• Cultures of Nationalism: British Politics and the Rise of Catholic Nationalism in Ireland, 1800-1840. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 1996.
• A Terrible Beauty is Born: Narratives of Nationalism in Irish Politics, 1790-1995. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 1995.
• "Master Frames, Cycles of Protest, and 'Master Frame Alignment': Sources of Ideology within Irish Nationalism." Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, March 1994.
• "The League of Nations and the Irish Question: The Contextual Reconstruction of Ideational Themes within Cycles of Protest and Reform." Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, PA, August 1994.
• "Stigma and Charisma in the Rhetoric of Terrorism." Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, KS, April, 1992.
• "One Person's Terrorist is Another's Freedom Fighter: Rhetoric and Claims-Making in Terrorist Assignment Practices." Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, 1990.
• "The Integration of Faith and Sociology: A Praxis Model." Annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Chicago, IL, 1988.
• "The Integration of Faith and Sociology: A Praxis Model." Annual meeting of the Wisconsin Sociological Association, Milwaukee, WI, 1988.
• "Liberation Theology: A Sociological Perspective." Annual meeting of the Colleges of Mid-America Behavioral Sciences Conference, Sioux City, IA, 1987.

• 2000 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Grant. You Are What You Eat: National Identity and the Politics of Food Production/Distribution.
• 1999 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Grant.  We Shall Overcome: The Transnational Diffusion of Civil Rights Frames and Strategies between the United States and Northern Ireland.
• 1998 International Studies Program Grant.  Augustana College
• 1998 Augustana Research and Artist Fund (ARAF) Grant.  Negotiating the Nation in a Global Marketplace: The Influence of the European Union on the Irish Peace Initiative

• Associate Editor, Journal of Social Theory and Research, 1997
• Editorial Intern, Sociological Inquiry, Fall 1995
• Managing Editor, Mid-American Review of Sociology, 1993-1996
• Associate Editor, Mid-American Review of Sociology, 1990-1992
• Manuscript Reviewer, American Sociological Review, Social Problems, Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Spectrum.

• Member, American Sociological Association, 1991-present
• Member, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1990-present
• Member, Midwest Sociological Society, 1990-present
• Member, Alpha Kappa Delta, Sociology Honor Society, 1989-present
• Member, Pi Gamma Mu, International Honor Society, 1989-present
• Member, Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1988

• Chair, Scholarship Development Committee, Midwest Sociological Association,  2000-2001
• Scholarship Development Committee, Midwest Sociological Association, 1999-2001
• Nominated to the South Dakota Humanities Council, November 1997

• 1999 Faculty Seminar “Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland.” Hosted by the Norwegian Nobel Institute, McGee University, Derry, Northern Ireland
• 1999 Bush Faculty Presentation.  “Negotiating the Nation in a Europe of Regions: The EU and National Identity in Ireland and Northern Ireland.”  Augustana College
• 1999 Peace Prize Forum, February 19-20, Augsburg College, St. Paul, Minnesota
• 1998 Peace Prize Forum, February 13-14, Concordia College, Moorehead, Minnesota
• 1998 HECUA Fellows Program, CITY ARTS, April 16-17, Minneapolis, Minnesota