Erich Steinman

  • Professor of Sociology
  • Sociology Field Group
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Scott Hall 217

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With ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½ Since: 2007

MA, PhD, Sociology, University of Washington
BA, Government and International Affairs, Augustana College

Social movements; political sociology; culture; institutional theory, law and society; American Indians and indigenous people; race and ethnicity; public policy; and sexuality, sexual orientation and gender.

Sociology and Its View of the World (SOC01)

Political Sociology (SOC91)

Social Movements and Social Change (SOC111)

Sociology of Law: Power, Rights, and Change (SOC115)

Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: Colonization, Identity, Resistance (SOC78)

Women and Law (SOC116)

Sexual Politics & Sexuality Movements (SOC120)

“Settler Colonial Power and the American Indian Sovereignty Movement: Forms of Domination, Strategies of Transformation,� American Journal of Sociology, vol. 117, no. 4 (January 2012).

“Revisiting the Invisibility of (Male) Bisexuality: Grounding (Queer) Theory, Centering Bisexual Absences, and Examining Masculinities,� Journal of Bisexuality, vol. 11, no. 4 (October-December 2011).

“Alternatives to Service, and ‘Making Space’: Lessons from Collaborations with Tribal Nations,� Michigan Journal of Community Service Learning, vol. 18 (fall 2011).

“Sovereigns and Citizens? The Contested Status of American Indian Tribal Nations and Their Members,� Citizenship Studies, vol.15, no.1 (February 2011).

“Obama Administration Policy toward American Indians and Tribal Nations,� Journal of Race and Policy, vol.6, no.1 (spring 2010).

“Explaining Contemporary Federal Indian Policy: Book Review Essay,� Indigenous Policy Journal, vol.24, no.3 (2008).

“(Mixed) Perceptions of Tribal Nations’ Status: Implications for Indian Gaming,� American Behavioral Scientist, vol.50, no.3 (November 2006).

“The Contemporary Revival and Diffusion of Indigenous Sovereignty Discourse,� American Studies, vol.46, no.3/4 (fall-winter 2005).

“Legitimizing American Indian Sovereignty: Mobilizing the Constitutive Power of Law through Institutional Entrepreneurship,� Law and Society Review, vol.39, no.4 (December 2005).

Indigenous Nationhood Claims and Contemporary Federalism in Canada and the United States,� Policy and Society, vol.24, no1 (2005).

“American Federalism and Intergovernmental Innovation in State-Tribal Relations,� Publius, vol.34, no2 (2004).

“Interpreting the Invisibility of Male Bisexuality: Theories, Interactions, Politics,� Journal of Bisexuality, vol.1, no.2-3 (2001).

Bisexuality: Facts and Fiction. Binghampton, NY: Harrington Park Press, 2001. Co-edited with Brett Beemyn.

“Tribal-Academic Collaboration: Challenges, Opportunities and Benefits of Working with Federally Non-Recognized Tribes,� paper presented at the Western Social Science Association Meeting, Albuquerque, NM, April 2009.

Organizer, panel on “Teaching about American Indian Policy Issues,� the Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Riverside, CA, November 2008.

“Myths and Misconceptions: Tribal Sovereignty, Treaty Rights and American Indian Identity,� paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the California Sociological Association, Riverside, CA, November 2008.

“Working with Indian Tribes: Building Community Relationships in Challenging Contexts,� paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Spring 2008.

“Indian Gaming, Tribal Members and U.S. Citizenship: Unresolved Issues in American Political Development,� paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Association, spring 2008.

Periclean Faculty Leadership Award, 2010