Arthur Scarritt

EDUCATION:

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2005

M.S., Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999

B.A., Latin American Studies, The Evergreen State College, 1993

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
 2007-present              Assistant Professor, Boise State University, Department of Sociology

 2009-2010                  Interim Director, Multi-Ethnic Studies

 2006-2007                  Visiting Faculty, University of Iowa, Department of Sociology

 2006-2007                  Adjunct Professor, Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City

 2005-2006                   Visiting Assistant Professor, Temple University, Department of Sociology

 2003-2004                  Adjunct Instructor, Utah State University, Department of Sociology

AREAS OF INTEREST:

Globalization, Race and Ethnicity, Inequality, Political Sociology, Latino Studies, Gender, Education

ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:

2011                   Sociological Initiatives Foundation (applied) with Sergio Romero and Virginia Husting

2011                  Legacy Spirit Award, in recognition of inspirational dedication to developing diversity and inclusion, from the Legacy Corps, Boise State University

2011                  My student, Christy Richardson won “Best Undergraduate Paper” at the Pacific Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting, for “Transracial Adoption: Promoting Racial Consciousness or Perpetuating Colorblind Racism?”

2011                   My student, Evan Sesek won second place in the Research-Based category of the President’s Writing Awards for his paper: “Palestine: Racism and Apartheid in the 21^st Century”

2010                  HERO Award, Faculty Nominee, Boise State University

2009                  University Research Assistant Award, Provost’s Office, Boise State University ($3000)

2009                  Investigator Award in Health Policy Research, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (applied)

2009                  SSPA Research Grant, Boise State University ($5000)

2008                  Library Collection Development Grant, Globalization, Boise State University ($3000 with Rick Stoddart)

2008                  Service-Learning Planning Grant, Boise State University ($300)

2004                  Conference Grant, Department of Sociology, UW-Madison ($400)

2003                  Travel Grant, Department of Sociology, UW-Madison ($500)

2003                  Dissertation Grant, Department of Sociology, UW-Madison ($3,460)

2003                  Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, finalist

2002                  Vilas Travel Grant, University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School ($500)

2001                   MacArthur Global Studies Grant ($1,200)

1999-2000       Fulbright-IIE Research Fellowship ($16,750)

1998-1999        MacArthur Global Studies Scholarship, ($15,000)

1997-1998        Title IV FLAS Fellowship, Quichua (Ecuadorian dialect) ($10,000)

1997                  Tinker/Nave Summer Research Grant, Peru ($1,696)

PUBLICATIONS:

Arthur Scarritt, “First the Revolutionary Culture: Innovations in Empowered Citizenship from Evangelical Highland Peru,” forthcoming in Latin American Perspectives.

Arthur Scarritt, “State of Discord: the Historic Reproduction of Racism in Highland Peru,” Postcolonial Studies, 15(1): March, 2012.

Arthur Scarritt, “Liderazgo Evangélico y el Espíritu de Comunidad,” in P. del Pino and C. Yezer eds. Repensando la violencia: etnografías de Ayacucho pasado y presente, Lima: IEP. Expected release date: May 2012.

Arthur Scarritt, “Broker Fixed: the Racialized Social Structure and the Subjugation of Indigenous Populations in the Andes,” Critical Sociology, 37(2):153-77, 2011.  

Arthur Scarritt, “Essentializing Authoritarianism: Implementing Neoliberalism in Highland Peru,” The Applied Anthropologist, 30(1-2):27-33, 2010.

Arthur Scarritt, “Indigenous Peoples, Latin America,” in Richard T. Schaefer ed. Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Sage Publications, 2008.

Arthur Scarritt, “Peru,” in Richard T. Schaefer ed. Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society, Sage Publications, 2008.

Arthur Scarritt, “Savage Articulations: Coerced Privatization and the Despotic Integration of Indigenous Villagers in Highland Peru,” submitted to The Journal of Latin American Studies.

Robert Marsh, Sergio Romero, Arthur Scarritt, Sherri Burnett, Steven Patrick, “Treatment and Recidivism among a Random Sample of Convicted Child Sex Offenders,” submitted to The Journal of Offender Rehabilitation.

BOOK PROJECT

Arthur Scarritt, Racial Spoils from Native Soils: Neoliberalism and the Colonial Legacy in Highland Peru.

WORKING PAPERS

Arthur Scarritt, “Developing Exception in Andean Peru,” 22 pp.

Arthur Scarritt, “Racialized Self-Determination: The urban-rural divide, land privatization, and the stifling of native voice in highland Peru,” 19 pp.

Arthur Scarritt, “Racial and Ethnic Intersectionality: the politics of land privatization in highland Peru,” 36 pp.

Arthur Scarritt, “Neoliberalism and a New Rural Authoritarianism in Highland Peru,” 28 pp.,” 22 pp.

Arthur Scarritt, “Cultural Capital and the Petty Tyranny of Rural Governance in Highland Peru,” 25 pp.

CURRENT RESEARCH

“Students of the Great Recession,” Co-PI with Sergio Romero and Virginia Husting. Qualitative study on student views and strategies regarding the economic downturn, integrating undergraduate research training. Initiated Summer 2011.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2007-                Classes taught at Boise State University:

                           Inequality (Research course)

                           Introduction to Sociology (Honors Program)

                           Social Problems

                           Introduction to Multiethnic Studies (Service Learning)

                           Racial and Cultural Minorities: Global Apartheid

2007                  Social Problems, Kirkwood Community College

2006                  Introduction to Sociology, Kirkwood Community College

2006                  Graduate Seminar on Inequality, Temple University

                                  Comparative Societal Development (Globalization), Temple University

                                  Introduction to Sociology (two sections), Temple University

2005                  Sociology of Race and Racism, Temple University

                   Men and Women in American Society (two sections), Temple University

                                    Introduction to Sociology, Temple University

2004         Lecturer, Social Problems, Distance Education, Utah State University. Sole responsibility for syllabus, lectures, and tests

2003         Lecturer, two sections of Social Problems, Utah State University. Sole responsibility for syllabus, lectures, and grading

2000-2002         Teaching Assistant, Statistics for Sociologists III (graduate level) under Charles Halaby. Created workbook and ran labs on simple, multivariate, and logistic regressions

PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCES:

2012               Invited Presentation: “Students of the Great Recession: Learning from an Intensive Undergraduate Research Training Project,” with Sergio Romero, SSPA Speakers’ Series, Boise State University, April 25

2012               Presentation: “Students of the Great Recession: Learning from an Intensive Undergraduate Research Training Project,” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, March 22-25, San Diego, with Sergio Romero.

2012               Presentation: “Savage Articulations: Coerced Privatization and the Despotic Integration of Indigenous Villagers in Highland Peru,” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, March 22-25, San Diego.

2012               Chair, Undergraduate Roundtable: Issues in Race and Ethnicity II, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, March 22-25, San Diego.

2011              Invited Presentation: “Global Capitalisms and You,” United Vision for Idaho’s Community Progressive, May 21.

2011              Invited Presentation: “Racial Spoils from Native Soils,” Dangerous Subjects Workshop, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Washington, April 14.

2010               Invited Presentation: “The Second Time as Farce: Neoliberal Racism in Highland Peru,” Friends of Anthropology speaker series, Boise State University, October 13.

2010              Presentation: “Diverse Latino Health,” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, April 8-11, Oakland.

2010               Presentation: “Racialized Privatization: Neoliberalism and Indigenous Subordination in Highland Peru,” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, April 8-11, Oakland.

2010               Invited presentation: “Racial Privilege/Racial Inequality,” Facing Race Teach-In, Boise State University, March 9-10.

2009              Invited presentation: “Racialized Privatization,” invited guest speaker, Boise State University, November 2.

2008              Presentation: “Racialized Ethnic Compromise: the micro-politics of land privatization in highland Peru,” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Conference, April 10-12, Portland, Oregon.

2006              Invited Presentation: “Global Multicultural Racism,” University of Wisconsin-Madison, October 27

2006              Presentation: “The Historic Perseverance of Institutionalized Racism in Highland Peru,” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, August 11-14

2006              Presentation: “Broker Fixed,” Association of Black Sociologists Annual Meeting, Montreal, August 8-11

2006              Session Organizer: “The Politics of Enclave,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, February 23-26

2006              Presentation: “Racialized Paternalism in Peru,” Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Boston, February 23-26

2004              Presentation: “Millenarian Privatization: How Neoliberalism Killed a Popular

                  Religious Movement in Rural Peru,” ASA Annual Meeting, San Francisco, August 14-17             

2002              Presentation: “Everyday Peasant Struggles for Democracy,” International Studies

                  Association Conference, New Orleans, March 26

2001              Presentation, “Growing Knowledge: The Limits of Local Innovation in Confronting Complexity,” Conference on Pragmatics and Social Conflict in the Andes, Cuzco, July 1-15

1999              Commentator, MacArthur Consortium Conference, Minneapolis, January 24-27

STUDENT RESEARCH MENTORING:

2011              Mario Venegas, “Racial Lens and Consuming Video Games,” McNair Summer Research Project.

2010              Christy Richardson, “Transracial Adoption: Promoting Racial Consciousness or Perpetuating       Colorblind Racism?” McNair Summer Research Project; accepted to Portland State sociology graduate program.

 2010               Marylin Hiller, “Sexual Offender Registry: Public Safety or Scarlet Letter,” McNair Summer Research Project; accepted to Eastern Washington social work graduate program

2009              Heather Gifford, “Class and Student Support Networks,” Accepted to University of Illinois-Chicago, sociology PhD program

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

October 2002-May 2003, dissertation research, Ayacucho, Peru. Conducted participant observation and over 110 interviews

September 1999-August 2000, dissertation research, Peru. Located field sites and conducted participant observation and over 50 interviews

June-July 1997, pre-dissertation research, Peru

August-December 1993, Research Assistant for Fulbright Grant, Harare, Zimbabwe

WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION:

2011              “Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs,” Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) Institute, University of Portland, Portland, Oregon, May 25-27

2006              “Preparing students as activists for social justice and social change,” led by Walda Katz-Fishman and Rose Brewer, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Montreal, August 11-14

2006              “Scientific Foundations of Qualitative Research,” led by Patricia White, Vilna Francine Bashi, Kathleen Blee, Mitchell Duneier, Joane Nagel, and Susan Silbey, ASA Montreal, August 11-14

2005              “Strategies for Teaching Race and Ethnicity,” led by Charles Gallagher, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, August 13-16

2005              “Teaching Race and Ethnicity,” led by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, American Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Philadelphia, August 13-16

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:

  1994-1996                  VISTA Volunteer, San Luis Valley Habitat for Humanity, Alamosa, CO. Job included coordinating work groups, fundraising, and office management.

1993                  Internship, Washington Office on Latin America, Washington, DC. Job included attending and summarizing capital hill events, research, and office management.

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