Asst Professor, Sociology & Interdisc Soc Sci

Email

Preferred: preston.rudy@sjsu.edu

Telephone

Preferred: (408) 924-5333

Office Hours

DMH 222

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Univ Of Cal-Davis, 2003
• Master of Arts, Sociology, Univ Of Cal-Davis, 1997
• Bachelor of Arts, History, Univ Of Texas At Austin, 1981

Bio

I teach courses in social theory, and courses that are part of the Community Change Concentration. These courses include Social Change, Social Action, Political Sociology and Poverty, Wealth, and Privilege.

In my resesarch I have been studying the organizing strategies and tactics of the labor movement in California. I studied the Justice for Janitors campaigns and have collected oral histories from residents of the Eastern Sierra about the Vons grocery strike of 2004-5. By means of these projects I have been working on an explanation of the effects of "neoliberalism" or "market fundamentalism" on the politics of the labor and the working class in the United States.

Links

• Dept. of Sociology SJSU
• AFL-CIO
• American Sociological Association
• ASA Labor and Labor Movements Section
• California Labor Federation
• Pacific Sociological Association
• Suicide: By Their Own Hand [BBC Documentary]
• UC Berkeley Institute of Industrial Relations
• Society for the Study of Social Problems
• Sociology Masters Program at SJSU
• SJSU Sociology Graduate Handbook
• Culture of the Labor Movement and of Work in the US
• Internship opportunities with the Labor Movement
• SJSU Career Center: Explore Careers in Your Major
• Volunteer Center of Silicon Valley
• California Rural Legal Assistance, Inc.
• Center for Third World Organizing
• Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Internships
• Non Profit Jobs and Opportunities
• Guide to non-profit jobs and careers
• Green Careers
• Californians for Justice
• Writing for Change
• Race Forward: Racial Justice through Media, Research, Activism
• Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition
• AB 540 Movie