Chair, Jewish Studies Program
Associate Professor of International Studies
Adjunct Associate Professor, Depts. of Sociology and Women Studies
Office: 226 Thomson Hall
Phone: (206) 543-1709
Email: friedman@u.washington.edu
Education
Ph.D. (1991) Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton
M.A. (1979) Sociology, State University of New York at Binghamton
B.A. (1976) Race, Ethnic, and Religious Intergroup Relations Policy Problems at James Madison College, Michigan State University; and Social Work, Michigan State University
Professional Appointments
Chair, Jewish Studies Program (2001- ) Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Associate Professor (2000- ) Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
Adjunct Associate Professor (2001- ) Sociology Dept., University of Washington
Adjunct Associate Professor (2000- ) Women Studies Dept., University of Washington
Associate Professor (1997-2000) Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Program, University of Washington, Tacoma
Assistant Professor (1990- 1997) Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences Program, University of Washington, Tacoma
Instructor (1988-1990) Bellevue Community College
Instructor (1987-1988) Women Studies Dept., University of Washington
Instructor (1986-1987) Seattle Central Community College
Adjunct Lecturer (1979-1985) Sociology Dept.; Women Studies Program; School of General Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton
Research Associate (1981-1985) Fernand Braudel Center, State University of New York at Binghamton
Academic Awards
Royalty Research Fund Grant, University of Washington, (June 2002- ), Principal Investigator, “Refugees, transnationalism, and acculturation: Bosnian Muslims and Soviet Jews”
Mellon Foundation Grant (July 1999-April 2000), Co-investigator, “The Impact of Changes in Affirmative Action Policy on the Transition from High School to College in Washington State (Principal Investigator, Charles Hirschman, Dept. of Sociology, University of Washington)
University of Washington, Tacoma Founders’ Endowment Fund Award, “Transnationalism and the Remaking of American Jewish Identity,” April-December 1997
University of Washington, Tacoma Founders’ Endowment Fund Award,
“Comparative Studies of Middle Eastern Women: Women’s Networks in Contemporary Turkey,” Summer 1995
Dean's Research Grant, Office of the Dean of Branch
Campuses, University of Washington, Summer 1993
Graduate Assistant, Department of Sociology,
State University of New York at Binghamton, 1977-1981
Phi Beta Kappa, Michigan State University, 1976
Publications
Books:
Memories of Migration: Gender, Ethnicity, and Work in the Lives of Jewish and Italian Women, New York 1870-1924, Albany: State University of New York Press, 1996.
(Jointly authored with Joan Smith and Immanuel Wallerstein et al.) Creating and Transforming Households: the constraints of the world-economy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Articles and Chapters:
“Ethnic Networks in Women’s Migration: A Comparative Study of Jewish and Italian Women in New York, 1870-1924,” in J. Knoerr and B. Meier, eds., Women and Migration: Anthropological Perspectives, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000, 135-150.
“Making Identities: Two Generations of Russian Jews in the U.S., 1965-1999,” in B. Hutchison, ed. Modes of Knowledge and Action: Working Papers from the Women in the Public Sphere Seminar 1998-1999, New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2000, 37-41.
"The United States: Introduction" and "New York City: the underside of the world's capital," in J. Smith, I. Wallerstein, K. F. Kasaba et.al., Creating and Transforming Households: The Constraints of the World-Economy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1992, 27-32, 63-90.
"'A Tailor is Nothing without a Wife, and very often a Child': Gender and Labor Force Formation in the New York Garment Industry, 1880-1920," in J. Smith, J. Collins, T.K. Hopkins, and A. Muhammed, eds., Racism, Sexism, and the World-System, New York: Greenwood Press, 1988, 85-93.
"Households as Income-Pooling Units" in Joan Smith, Immanuel Wallerstein, and Hans Dieter-Evers, eds. Households and the World-Economy, Beverly Hills: Sage, 1984, 37-55.
Book Reviews:
Rose Laub Coser, Laura S. Anker, and Andrew J. Perrin, Women of Courage: Jewish and Italian Immigrant Women in New York, in American Jewish History Vol. 88 (2), 2000, pp.294-297.
Simona Sharoni, Gender and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, in Women & Politics, Vol. 19 (2), 1998, pp.97-98.
Andrew L. Friedman, Industry and Labour: Class Struggle at Work and Monopoly Capitalism, in The Review of Radical Political Economics XIII, 2, Summer 1981, pp.46-48.
August Meier and Elliot Rudwick, Black Detroit and the Rise of the UAW, in Contemporary Sociology X, 3, May 1981, pp.446-447; (co-authored with James A. Geschwender).
Papers Presented:
“ ‘On Halloween We Dressed Up Like KGB Agents’ ”: Identity Strategies of Second-Generation Soviet Jews,” Paper presented at the Conference on Sociological Perspectives on the Holocaust and Post-Holocaust Jewish Life, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., October 25-27, 2001.
“Complicating Diasporic Identities: The Voices of Two Russian Refugee Women in the U.S.,” Paper presented at the Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict Research Group’s Conference on “Diasporas and Transnational Identities,” The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, October 19-22, 2000.
“Jewish Identities in Motion,” Paper presented at the Workshop on Boundaries and Belonging, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, July 21-23, 1999.
“Across Borders, Across Generations: Mothers and Daughters from the former Soviet Union in the United States,” Presentation to the Seminar on Women in the Public Sphere, Institute for Research on Women, Douglass College, Rutgers University, April 22, 1999.
“A Question of Identity: First- and Second-Generation Jewish Immigrants from the Former Soviet Union,” Invited Presentation on Panel “National Minorities and Refugee Politics in the ‘New’ Europe and North America,” by The Center for Russian, Central and East European Studies at Rutgers University and The Project on Ethnic Relations, Princeton University, April 8, 1999.
“Identities in Motion: Questions for a Sociology of Jewish Immigrants from the former Soviet Union and Their Children,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA August 24, 1998.
“Ethnic Networks in Women’s Migration: A Comparative Analysis of Jewish and Italian Women in New York, 1870-1924,” Paper presented at the Conference on Women and Migration, Institut fur Ethnologie, Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Muenster, Germany, October 3-4, 1997.
“Writing International Migration, Starting From My Jewish Home,” Paper presented at the Panel on Feminism and Jewish Identities, Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, August 9-13, 1997.
“Ethnic Networks & Mixed Blessings: the different paths of Jewish and Italian immigrant women in America,” Invited Presentation to the Hadassah Women’s Symposium, Pacific Northwest Region, Seattle, WA, April 13, 1997.
“Remembering Jewish Immigrant Women at the Turn-of-the-Century,” Invited Presentation to the Adult Forum of Temple Beth Am, Seattle, WA, March 2, 1997.
“Sewing Machines and Storefronts: Immigrant Jewish Women in the New York Ethnic Economy,” Presentation to the Jewish Studies Colloquium, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington, Seattle, January 28, 1997.
“Gender, Class, and Power in Contemporary Turkish Society: A Cross-Generational Study of Women’s Participation in Informal Networks,” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, August 16-20, 1996.
“Women, Work, and International Migration,” Presentation to Center for Labor Studies, Colloquium Series, University of Washington, Seattle, April 1996.
“Jewish and Italian Immigrant Women: Taking a Comparative Approach,” Invited Presentation to B’nai Brith Hillel Speakers Series at the University of Washington, Seattle, January 9, 1996.
“The Global Economy and Women’s Work: Issues and Trends,” Presentation to Center for the Study of Community and Society, Perspectives on Poverty and Public Policy Series, University of Washington, Tacoma, May 1995.
“The Lives and Fortunes of Jewish Immigrant Women in the United States,” Invited Presentation to the Adult Forum of Temple Beth El, Tacoma, WA, February 26, 1995.
"'The Immigrant Girl Problem': Racial Nativism and Single Italian and Jewish Women in the Turn of the Century U.S.," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Atlanta, Georgia, October 13-16, 1994.
“A Woman’s Work is (Still) Never Done: Paid and Unpaid Labor in Women’s Lives,” Invited Presentation to Washington Women Lawyers, Tacoma, WA, July 13, 1994.
"The Status of Women in the Global Economy," Invited Presentation at A Women's Global Forum: Prelude to Beijing, Women of Vision Conference, Tacoma, Washington, April 22-24, 1994.
"Autonomy and/or Community: Italian Catholic and Russian Jewish Immigrant Mothers in turn of the century New York," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association, Baltimore, Maryland, November 4-7, 1993.
""So, We Have Crossed Half the Ocean for This?": Work, Family, and Community Among Russian Jewish and Italian Catholic Immigrant Women in turn-of-the-century New York," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Miami, Florida, August 13-17, 1993.
“The History of Women’s Immigration to the United States,” Invited Presentation to the Kiwanis Club of Lakewood, WA, November 1990.
"Women and International Migration: Moving Beyond Unproductive Polarizations," Feminist Research Forum, University of Washington, Seattle, June 8, 1989.
“Immigration, Gender, and Labor Force Formation in the Garment Industry: New York City, 1880-1920,” Eleventh Annual Political Economy of the World-System Conference, State University of New York at Binghamton, March 25-26, 1987.
"Pooling Incomes: Issues and Perspectives on Households in the World-Economy," Colloquium on Households and the World-Economy, University of Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany, May 20-22, 1982.
"A Comparative Approach to the Study of Ethno-National Cultures and Households: The United States, 1870-1970," Colloquium on Households and the World-Economy, University of Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany, May 20-22, 1982 (co-authored with Torry Dickinson).
Work in Progress:
Identities In Motion: Transmission and Transformation of Cultural Identities Between First- and Second-Generation Immigrants and Refugees from the Former Soviet Union in the United States (book project)
Refugees, Transnationalism, and Acculturation: Bosnian Muslims and Soviet Jews (book project)
Performing Identities in the Classroom: Teaching Jewish Women Studies (journal article)
Topics of Courses Taught:
Junior and Senior Honors Seminar; Methods in International Studies (graduate); Topics in Ethnicity and Nationalism: Seminar on Global Migration and Identities; Migration in the Global Economy (graduate); International Studies Task Force: U.S. Policy and the Immigration Debates; Contemporary Jewish American Identities and Communities; Jewish Women in Contemporary America; Qualitative Research Methods; Immigration Today: Issues and Trends; Migration in the Modern World: Immigrants, Migrants, and Refugees; Social Class and Inequality; Peopling of the U.S.: Colonization, Migration, and Capitalism; Jewish Women in Contemporary America; Women and Work in the United States; Women, Race, and Class: Identity and Intergroup Relations; The Making of America; Women in the Global Economy; Sociology of Gender; Family and Kinship in Comparative Perspective; International Interactions; Women's Voices: Third World Testimonials
Recent University Service:
Jewish Studies Program, Chair (2001- ); JSIS Honors Committee Chair (2001- ); American Jewish Studies Initiative, Chair (2000- ); JSIS International Studies Executive Committee (2000- ); Board of Directors, University of Washington Human Rights Education and Research Network (1998- ); Provost’s Ad-Hoc Committee on Faculty Rewards and Responsibilities (1998), UWT Curriculum Committee (1997-1998), Joint Campus Faculty Council (1996-1998); Third Year Review Committee, UWT Nursing Program (1998); Inter-Program Master’s Degree Development Committee (1997-98); Chair, Search Committee, Developmental and Clinical Psychologists 1996-97; Search Committee, Public Historian 1995-96; Search Committee, Psychologist, 1995; Committee to Restructure Liberal Studies Areas of Concentration; Human Subjects Review Committee; Cultural Diversity Committee; Faculty Advisor to the UW, Tacoma Women's Network; Student Affairs Committee; Commencement Committee; Library Committee; UW,Tacoma Center for the Study of Community and Society; Co-organizer of 1995/96 UW, Tacoma Panel Series "Perspectives on Poverty and Policy."
Recent Activities:
Elected to Council of the Political Economy of the World Systems Section of the American Sociological Association, 1994-1997.
Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association, Most Distinguished Book Award Committee, 1997.
Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association, Most Distinguished Article or Chapter Award Committee, 1996.
Pre-publication Reviewer for: Routledge; State University of New York Press; University of Washington Press; International Migration Review; Signs:Journal of Women in Culture and Society; Gender & Society
Professional Affiliations and Memberships:
Visiting Scholar, Institute for Research on Women, Rutgers University (1999); American Sociological Association; Pacific Sociological Association; Social Science History Association; Sociologists for Women in Society; Research Network on Gender, State and Society; Society for Women in International Political Economy; Fernand Braudel Center at Binghamton University.