Keri Iyall Smith, Managing News Editor
Email address: kiyallsm@suffolk.edu
Academic History
Assistant Professor (2008-present), Suffolk University, Boston MA
Assistant Professor (2003-2008), Stonehill College, Easton MA
BA (1996) University of Washington. M.A. (1999) and Ph.D. (2003) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Research Interests
My current research explores the intersections between human rights doctrine, the state, and indigenous peoples in the context of a globalizing society. I will be exploring the role of indigenous peoples within the World Social Forum and will also look at localized strategies employed by indigenous peoples to attain greater rights and freedoms. I am also exploring the study of indigenous peoples as public sociology.
I am also a member of Sociologists Without Borders, and Vice-President of the American Chapter. Sociologists Without Borders (www.sociologistswithoutborders.org) is an organization of sociologists rejects oppression of persons and works for the human rights and welfare of all. As vice-president, I do many things including: coordinating conferences (Human Rights and Sociology in New York 2007 and Human Rights: Ideas and Action in Boston 2008), facilitating discussions on our website SSF Think Tank, and serving on the Board.
Selected Publications
2008. Keri E. Iyall Smith and Patricia Leavy, editors. Hybrid Identities: Theoretical and Empirical Examinations. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill.
2008 Keri E. Iyall Smith. “Comparing State and International Protections of Indigenous Peoples’ Human Rights.” American Behavioral Scientist. Special Issue on Indigenous Peoples, edited by James V. Fenelon. Invited Article.
2007 Keri E. Iyall Smith. “New Agoras and Old Institutions: The Case of Human Rights.” Systemic Practice and Action Research. Invited Article.
2006 Keri E. Iyall Smith. The State and Indigenous Movements. New York: Routledge.
2006 Judith R. Blau and Keri E. Iyall Smith, editors. Public Sociologies Reader. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
2006 Keri E. Iyall Smith. “Indigenous in Itself to Indigenous for Itself.” In Public Sociologies Reader edited by Judith R. Blau and Keri Iyall Smith. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
2006 Keri E. Iyall Smith. “ The Impact of Indigenous Hybridity on the Formation of World Society.” World Society Foundation’s Focus Paper Series (Online Publication).
2005 Keri E. Iyall Smith. “Sociology of Globalization Syllabus.” In Teaching about Human Rights edited by Joyce Apsel. American Sociological Association.
2004 Keri E. Iyall Smith. “Response to Rodríguez: A “Long Walk to Freedom” and Democracy?” Pp. 413-421in Social Forces, 83:1.
2002 Alison Roberts and Keri E. Iyall Smith. “Managing Emotions in the Classroom: The Cultural Diversity Course.” Pp. 291-301 in Teaching Sociology, 30:3.
Prizes and Awards
External Awards:
American Sociological Association Travel Grant Award for Participants in the International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology (2006)
Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad (Participant), China’s Post-Mao Metamorphosis: An Interdisciplinary Exploration (2006)
World Society Foundation’s Award for Research Papers (2006)
Stonehill College:
Stonehill College Publishing Support Grant
Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Grant (with three students)
Stonehill College Publishing Support Grant (for work with Judith R. Blau)
Stonehill College Professional Development Grant
Stonehill College Summer Grant Award
Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) Grant
Stonehill College Summer Grant Award
Stonehill College Technology Workshop Fellowship
Stonehill College Summer Grant Award
Stonehill College Small Grant
Philip Smith (Feistyle) Philip Smith is the administrator, recruiter, sometime poster, journal contact and one of only two non-Sociologists involved with Sociology Lens. He has worked for Wiley-Blackwell since 2007 and is the associate managing editor for Sociology Compass and Social and Personality Psychology Compass. He is doing a part time PhD with Loughborough University on Art Spiegelman and representations of history. As if that was not enough, he practices (and occasionally teaches) Kung Fu, is a published writer and somehow still finds time for a social life.
Claire Sollars (BookBlogger) Claire Sollars is the blogger of the book world, informing you of the latest titles to come out of Wiley-Blackwell. She is the List Marketing Manager for sociology books at Wiley-Blackwell where she has worked since 2006 and another non-Sociologist.
