BABONES CV
17-OCT-2014
Salvatore J. Babones
Department of Sociology and Social Policy
R.C. Mills Building A-26
University of Sydney NSW 2006
AUSTRALIA
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: http://salvatorebabones.com
Phone (USA): +1 412 567 6798
Phone (AUS): +61 2 8003 6853
Fax (AUS): +61 2 9036 9380
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2014-current: Associate Professor in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney
Affiliated staff member, Department of Political Economy, University of Sydney
Associate, Sydney Democracy Network, University of Sydney
2010-2013: Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney
2008-2009: Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy, University of Sydney
2003-2008: Assistant Professor of Sociology, Public Health, and Public and International Affairs,
University of Pittsburgh
EARNED DEGREES
2003: Ph.D. (Sociology), The Johns Hopkins University
2002: M.S.E. (Mathematical Sciences), The Johns Hopkins University
1997: M.A. (Sociology), The Johns Hopkins University
1991: B.S. (Sociology/Business), University of Montevallo
MAJOR PUBLICATIONS
Authored Books
Salvatore J. Babones. Forthcoming March 2015. Sixteen for '16: A Progressive Agenda for a Better
America. Bristol: Policy Press. 128 pages.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2014. Methods for Quantitative Macro-Comparative Research. Thousand Oaks:
Sage Publications. 267 pages.
Gustavo Esteva, Salvatore J. Babones, and Philipp Babcicky. 2013. The Future of Development: A
Radical Manifesto. Bristol: The Policy Press. 152 pages.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2009. The International Structure of Income: Its Implications for Economic Growth.
Saarbruecken: VDM Publishing. 204 pages.
Edited Books
Salvatore J. Babones (ed.). Forthcoming February 2015. Latent Variables and Factor Analysis (4 vols.).
London: Sage Publications. 1472 pages.
Salvatore J. Babones (ed.). 2013. Applied Statistical Modeling (4 vols.). London: Sage Publications. 1752
pages.
Salvatore J. Babones (ed.). 2013. Fundamentals of Regression Modeling (4 vols.). London: Sage
Publications. 1664 pages.
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Salvatore J. Babones and Christopher Chase-Dunn (eds.). 2012. Routledge Handbook of World-Systems
Analysis. Oxford: Routledge. 535 pages.
Salvatore J. Babones (ed.). 2009. Social Inequality and Public Health. Bristol: The Policy Press. 276
pages.
Christopher Chase-Dunn and Salvatore J. Babones (eds.). 2006. Global Social Change: Historical and
Comparative Perspectives. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 384 pages.
Articles in Policy Journals
Salvatore J. Babones. Forthcoming. "The Once and Future Hegemon." Accepted for publication in The
National Interest.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. "Austerity Economics and the Threat to Human Infrastructure." Peace Review
25:576-583.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "The Revival of Militarist Language in the US." Peace Review 24:84-91.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "There Is No American Left." Australian Options 71:14-16.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2011. "The Middling Kingdom: The Hype and the Reality of China's Rise." Foreign
Affairs 90(5):79-88.
 Reprinted in Australian Financial Review, September 30, 2011.
 Reprinted in Japanese translation in Foreign Affairs in Japan 2011(10): 27-35.
 Reprinted in Spanish translation in Foreign Affairs Latinoamérica 11(4):53-61.
Articles in Academic Journals
Salvatore J. Babones. Forthcoming. "What 'Is' World-Systems Analysis?" Accepted for publication in
Thesis Eleven.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. "A Structuralist Approach to the Economic Trajectories of Russia and the
Countries of East-Central Europe since 1900." Geopolitics 18: 514-535.
Salvatore J. Babones, Philipp Babcicky, and Pablo Guillen. 2013. "Fairness in the Social Regulation of
Labor Markets: Reasons for Hope?" Comparative Sociology 12:139-159.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "A Structuralist Perspective on Economic Growth in China and India:
Anticipating the End Game." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy 32:29-41.
Salvatore J. Babones and Robin M. Farabee-Siers. 2012. "Indices of Trade Partner Concentration for 183
Countries, 1980-2008." Journal of World-Systems Research 18:266-277.
Salvatore J. Babones, Robin M. Farabee-Siers, and Francisco J. Morales. 2011. "Dependency Trends in
the Globalization Era: Evidence from Export Partner Concentration." Population Review 50:134149.
Salvatore J. Babones and Philipp Babcicky. 2010. "The Globalization Challenge to Population Health."
International Review of Modern Sociology 36:101-120.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2010. "Income, Education, and Class Gradients in Health in Global Perspective."
Health Sociology Review 19:131-144.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2010. "Trade Globalisation, Economic Development, and the Importance of
Education-as-Knowledge." Journal of Sociology 46:45-61.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2009. "The Consistency of Self-Rated Health in Comparative Perspective." Public
Health 123:199-201.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2009. "Modeling Error in Quantitative Macro-Comparative Research." Journal of
World-Systems Research 15:86-114.
Salvatore J. Babones and Dorian C. Vonada. 2009. "Trade Globalization and National Income Inequality - Are They Related?" Journal of Sociology 45:5-30.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2008. "Income Inequality and Population Health: Correlation and Causality." Social
Science & Medicine 66:1614-1626.
Salvatore J. Babones and Xi Zhang. 2008. "Heterogeneity in the Global South in the Relationship between
Income Inequality and Foreign Trade." International Review of Modern Sociology 36:95-108.
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Salvatore J. Babones, Kandi Felmet, and Jackie Hwang. 2007. "A Research Note: Investigating the Lag
Structure of the Education - Income Inequality Relationship." Michigan Sociological Review
21:179-191.
Salvatore J. Babones and Maria Jose Alvarez-Rivadulla. 2007. "Standardized Income Inequality Data for
Use in Cross-National Research." Sociological Inquiry 77:3-22.
Riccardo Pelizzo and Salvatore J. Babones. 2007. "The Political Economy of Polarized Pluralism." Party
Politics 13:53-67.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2005. "The Country-Level Income Structure of the World-Economy." Journal of
World-Systems Research 11:29-55.
Riccardo Pelizzo and Salvatore J. Babones. 2003. "The Political Economy of Polarization: The Italian
Case, 1963-1987." Politics & Policy 31: 54-78.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2002. "Population and Sample Selection Effects in Measuring International Income
Inequality." Journal of World-Systems Research 8: 7-28.
Riccardo Pelizzo and Salvatore J. Babones. 2001. "The Determinants of Legislative Effectiveness: The
Italian Case." Quaderni di Scienza Politica 8: 301-323.
Riccardo Pelizzo and Salvatore J. Babones. 2000. "Il Voto Economico in Italia: Pro-DC o Anti-Sistema?
Quaderni di Scienza Politica 7: 273-294.
Suezanne T. Orr, C. Arden Miller, Salvatore J. Babones, and Sherman A. James. 2000. "Unintended
Pregnancy and Preterm Birth." Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology 14: 309-313.
Chapters in Academic Books
Salvatore J. Babones. Forthcoming. "The Global Diffusion of Inequality since 1970." Accepted for
publication in Inequality and Integration in Times of Crisis, edited by Axel Franzen, Ben Jann,
Christian Joppke, and Eric Widmer. Zurich: Seismo.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2014. "Investigating the Degree of Structure in the World-Economy Using Concepts
from Entropy Theory." Pp. 13-32 in Structures of the World Political Economy and the Future of
Global Conflict and Cooperation, edited by Christian Suter and Christopher Chase-Dunn. Berlin:
Lit Verlag.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. "An Orientation to Applied Statistical Modeling in the Social Sciences." Pp.
1-24 in Applied Statistical Modeling (4 vols.), edited by Salvatore J. Babones. London: Sage
Publications.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. "Fundamentals of Regression Modeling in the Social Sciences." Pp. 1-19 in
Fundamentals of Regression Modeling (4 vols.), edited by Salvatore J. Babones. London: Sage
Publications.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "Position and Mobility in the Contemporary World-Economy: A Structuralist
Perspective." Pp. 327-335 in Routledge Handbook of World-Systems Analysis, edited by Salvatore
J. Babones and Christopher Chase-Dunn. Oxford: Routledge.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2010. "Global Development Studies." Pp. lxiii-lxxxi in International Studies
Encyclopedia, edited by Robert A. Denemark. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2009. "Inequality and Health: Models for Moving from Science to Policy." Pp. 185197 in Social Inequality and Public Health, edited by Salvatore J. Babones. Bristol: The Policy
Press.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2009. "What the Public Needs to Know about Social Inequality and Public Health."
Pp. 231-235 in Social Inequality and Public Health, edited by Salvatore J. Babones. Bristol: The
Policy Press.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2007. "Studying Globalization: Methodological Issues." Pp. 144-161 in The
Blackwell Companion to Globalization, edited by George Ritzer. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2006. "Conducting Global Social Research." Pp. 8-30 in Global Social Change:
Historical and Comparative Perspectives, edited by Christopher K. Chase Dunn and Salvatore J.
Babones. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
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Jonathan H. Turner and Salvatore J. Babones. 2006. "Global Inequality: An Introduction." Pp. 109-134 in
Global Social Change: Historical and Comparative Perspectives, edited by Christopher K. Chase
Dunn and Salvatore J. Babones. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press.
Salvatore J. Babones and Jonathan H. Turner. 2003. "Global Inequality." Pp. 101-120 in Handbook of
Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective, edited by George Ritzer. Thousand
Oaks: Sage Publications.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
Papers in Conference Proceedings
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. "The Global Diffusion of Inequality since 1970." Proceedings of the
Conference on Power and Justice in the Contemporary World-Economy, edited by Philipp
Babcicky and Ly Phan. Sydney: The University of Sydney. [Refereed]
Salvatore J. Babones. 2011. "Globalisation as Regression Residual: A Theory-Based Approach to
Measuring Globalisation." TASA 2011 Conference Proceedings: Local Lives / Global Networks,
edited by Steven Threadgold, Emma Kirby, and John Germov. Hawthorn: The Australian
Sociological Association. [Refereed]
Salvatore J. Babones. 2011. "Perspectives on Median Income Stagnation in America, 1973 to Today."
Proceedings of the 10th Conference of the Australian Society of Heterodox Economists, edited by
Peter Kriesler. Sydney: Australian Society of Heterodox Economists. [Refereed]
Salvatore J. Babones and Philipp Babcicky. 2011. "Russia and East-Central Europe in the Modern WorldSystem: A Structuralist Perspective." Proceedings of the 10th Biennial Conference of the
Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies, edited by Kirill
Nourzhanov. Canberra: Centre for Arab & Islamic Studies, The Australian National University.
[Refereed]
Salvatore J. Babones. 2010. "Entropy Modeling of the Global Income Distribution." Pp. 34-36 in
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Mathematical Modelling of Social and
Economical Dynamics, edited by M.G. Demetriev, A.P. Petrov, and N.P. Tretyakov. Moscow:
Russian State Social University.
Salvatore J. Babones and Robin M. Farabee-Siers. 2010. "Global Export Partner Concentration since
1980: Trends in Dependency and Globalisation." TASA 2010 Conference Proceedings: Social
Causes, Private Lives, edited by S. Velayutham, N. Ebert, and S. Watkins. Hawthorn: The
Australian Sociological Association. [Refereed]
Salvatore Babones. 2008. "Social Equity and Population Health: Cross-National Evidence and Policy
Implications." TASA 2008 Conference Proceedings: Re-Imagining Sociology, edited by T.
Majoribanks, J. Barraket, J-S Chang, A. Dawson, M. Guillemin, M. Henry-Waring, A. Kenyon,
R. Kokanovic, J. Lewis, D. Lusher, D. Nolan, P. Pyett, D. Warr, R. Robins, and J. Wyn.
Hawthorn: The Australian Sociological Association. [Refereed]
Salvatore Babones. 2007. "Trade Globalization, Economic Development, and the Income Stratification
Process." Proceedings of the International Sociological Association RC28 Montreal Interim
Conference on Cumulative Advantage: Education, Health, Wealth and Institutional Contexts,
edited by Amelie Quesnel-Vallee. Montreal: McGill University Dept. of Sociology.
Briefs, Comments, and Reviews
Salvatore J. Babones. 2014. "2015: The Year of Korean Reunification?" The National Interest online
edition (October 17, 2014).
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. Review of Employment and Development under Globalization: State and
Economy in Brazil by Samuel Cohn. International Sociology 28:195-197.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. Review of Fighting Working Poverty in Post-Industrial Economies. by Eric
Crettaz. International Journal of Sociology of the Family 39:129-132.
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Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. Review of Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development
Statistics and What to Do about It. by Morten Jerven. Journal of World-Systems Research 19:326328.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. Review of The Rich Don't Always Win: The Forgotten Triumph over
Plutocracy that Created the American Middle Class, 1900-1970, by Sam Pizzigati. Truthout.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. Review of The Squeezed Middle: The Pressure on Ordinary Workers in
America and Britain, edited by Sophia Parker. Truthout.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2013. "Sociology in Australia: A Discipline Finding Its Way in the World." ASA
Footnotes 41(4): 5.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "China at Century's End." Philosophers for Change online edition (October 9,
2012).
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "Deglobalization." Pp. 384-385 in Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of
Globalization, edited by George Ritzer. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "High-Maintenance Model." Times Higher Education Supplement 2060:28.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "Measurement of Globalization." Pp. 757-762 in Encyclopedia of Global
Studies, edited by Mark Juergensmeyer and Helmut K. Anheier. Thousand Oaks: Sage
Publications.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "Methods in the Study of Globalization." Pp. 1370-1373 in Wiley-Blackwell
Encyclopedia of Globalization, edited by George Ritzer. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2012. "An Update on Academic Salaries in the United States." Nexus: Newsletter of
the Australian Sociological Association 24(1):25-26.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2011. Rejoinder to "'Time for a New Curriculum for Social Statistics?' A Negative
Answer." Teaching/Learning Matters 39(3):5-6.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2011. Review of Fixing the Game: Bubbles, Crashes, and What Capitalism Can
Learn from the NFL by Roger L. Martin. Amazon.com.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2011. Review of Globalization & Inequalities: Complexity and Contested
Modernities by Sylvia Walby. Journal of Sociology 47:217-219.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2011. Review of Ludica by Riccardo Pelizzo and Mark Nowacki. Amazon.com.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2011. Review of Secular Cycles by Peter Turchin and Sergey A. Nefedov. Journal
of World-Systems Research 17:249-251.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2010. Review of Indigenous Peoples and Globalization: Resistance and
Revitalization by Thomas D. Hall and James V. Fenelon. Journal of Sociology 46:207-209.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2010. Review of New Life, New Home: A Story of Retaining the Cultural
Boundaries by Golam Sarwar Khan. International Review of Modern Sociology 36:248-250.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2010. Review of Rich Democracies, Poor People by David Brady. International
Journal of Comparative Sociology 51:239-240.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2010. "Time for a New Curriculum for Social Statistics?" Teaching/Learning
Matters 39(2):6.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2009. "Progressive Taxation, Class Warfare, and the Lucky 400." Pp. 8-9 in
Economy & Society, April issue, edited by Aaron Pitluck. Madrid: International Sociological
Association.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2009. "What Makes a Society? Lessons from the Antipodes." CL!Q Magazine 1:3138.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2008. "Bailout Creates Real Opportunities for Next President." US Election Watch
08. Sydney: United States Studies Centre.
Salvatore J. Babones. 2007. "Financial Services." Pp. 586-588 in Encyclopedia of Law and Society:
American and Global Perspectives, edited by David S. Clark. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Salvatore J. Babones. 1996. "On the Devolution of State Power: Comment on Wagar's 'Praxis'." Journal of
World-Systems Research 2a:1-7.
Opinion, Columns, and Op-Eds
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More than 200 short pieces (500-2000 words each) published on websites and in print, mainly in US
newspapers and the websites Truthout, OtherWords, and Inequality.org. A full listing of these
publications is available on my personal website at http://salvatorebabones.com.
GRANTS
Extramural Grants
2013: co-CI (with Christian Suter), "The Operationalization of Monetary Poverty in High-Income
Countries." Swiss National Science Foundation (IZK0Z1_148822): CHF 7050.
2010-2012: CI, "Globalisation and the Global Income Distribution in Times of Stability and in Times of
Crisis." Australian Research Council (DP1094566): AUD 125,000.
2006-2008: PI, "Globalization and the World-Economy." US National Science Foundation Sociology
Program (0549962): USD 41,144.
2003-2004: PI, "Spatial Probability Mapping from Behavioral Objective Functions." US Space and Naval
Warfare Systems Command (N66001-03-M-R545): USD 46,200.
1999-2000: co-PI (dissertation fellowship under Christopher K. Chase-Dunn), "Economic Development in
the Liberal State." US National Science Foundation Sociology Program (9811399): USD 7,500.
Competitive Intramural Grants
2014: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences eLearning Incubator grant, "Global Social Problems." Faculty
of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, $10,803.
2014: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Support Scheme grant, "Operationalizing
Globalization in Empirical Social Science Research." Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences,
University of Sydney, $6,700.
2012: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Conference Paper to Journal Article Travel Support Scheme
grant, "Measuring the Degree of Structure in the World-Economy Using Concepts From Entropy
Theory." Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney, $3,700.
2011: Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Support Scheme grant, "Interpretive Approaches to
Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences." Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of
Sydney, $8,000.
2009: Faculty of Arts Research Support Scheme grant, "Regionalisation in the Age of Globalisation:
Charting Trade Concentration 1980-2008." Faculty of Arts, University of Sydney, $4,714.
2007: Travel grant, "Globalization, Economic Development, and the Income Stratification Process."
University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh, $500.
2006: Hewlett International grant, "The Structure of Convergence in the Globalizing World-Economy."
University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh: $600.
2005-2006: Global Academic Partnership grant, "Pitt International Conference on Inequality, Health, and
Society." University Center for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh (with Siddharth
Chandra, Mark Ginsburg, John Marx, Ravi Sharma, and Ken Thompson): $20,000.
2004-2006: Research grant, "Global Income Allocation." Central Research Development Fund, University
of Pittsburgh: $13,575.
2004: Travel grant, "Filling the Gaps in Inequality Data, 1960-2000." University Center for International
Studies, University of Pittsburgh, $353.
2004: Third term research stipend, "The International Income Distribution at the Regional Level: Refining
Our Knowledge of the Dynamics of the World-Economy." School of Arts & Sciences, University
of Pittsburgh: $4,000.
2004: Travel grant to attend the Summer Institute of Applied Statistics, Brigham Young University.
School of Arts & Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, $1,500.
2004: Small grant, "The Intersection of Gender, Industry, and Finance in Eighteenth Century Scotland."
Women's Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh: $1250.
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2004: Travel grant, "Constitutional Breakdown in Economically Stressed Polarized Pluralist Party
Systems." European Union Center, University of Pittsburgh: $200.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Invited Lectures
2014: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok)
Higher School of Economics (Moscow)
Lingnan University (Hong Kong)
Moscow State University
Nanjing University
Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)
National University of Singapore
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangdong)
University of Sydney
Xiamen University
2013: Bocconi University (Milan)
Cambridge University
Capital University of Economics and Business (Beijing)
German Institute of Global and Area Studies (Hamburg)
National Chengchi University (Taipei)
National Taiwan University (Taipei)
Tunghai University (Taichung)
University of Neuchâtel
University of Sydney
2012: Fudan University (Shanghai)
University of New South Wales (Sydney)
University of Sydney
2011: American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (Washington)
Economic Policy Institute (Washington)
Riga Stradins University.
NETWORK Lobby (Washington)
Stockholm School of Economics in Riga
University of Bamberg
University of Sydney
2010: Academia Sinica (Taipei)
Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
National Chengchi University (Taipei)
University of Macau
2008: Griffith University (Brisbane)
University of Pittsburgh
University of Sydney
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2007: American University (Washington)
Arizona State University (Tempe)
Kansas State University (Manhattan)
Michigan State University (East Lansing)
2006: University of California at Riverside
University of Idaho (Moscow)
University of Kentucky (Lexington)
University of Pittsburgh
West Liberty State College
2005: University of Pittsburgh
Singapore Management University
2004: Singapore Management University
University of Pittsburgh
2003: University of Pittsburgh
2002: Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore)
Seaton Hall University (South Orange)
University of Louisville
University of Reading
Conference Presentations
2014: Future of Democracy After Neoliberalism (Tokyo)
Global University Summit (Moscow)
Historical Materialism Australia (Sydney)
International Sociological Association (Yokohama)
2013: Swiss Sociological Association (Bern)
World Society Foundation (Riverside)
2012: American Sociological Association (Denver)
2011: American Sociological Association (Las Vegas)
Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies (Canberra)
Australian Sociological Association (Newcastle)
European Sociological Association (Geneva)
2010: Australian Sociological Association (Sydney)
International Sociological Association (Gothenburg)
Mathematical Modelling of Social and Economical Dynamics (Moscow)
2009: American Sociological Association (San Francisco)
Capital in Crisis (Wollongong)
Social and Natural Limits of Globalization and the Current Conjuncture (San Francisco)
2008: Andre Gunder Frank's Legacy of Critical Social Science (Pittsburgh)
Australian Sociological Association (Melbourne)
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International Sociological Association (Barcelona)
2007: American Sociological Association (New York)
Symposium on Sociotechnical Systems in Disaster Response (Pittsburgh)
International Sociological Association RC28 (Montreal)
2006: American Sociological Association (Washington)
Global Problems, Global Solutions (Pittsburgh)
2005: American Sociological Association (Philadelphia)
Society for the Study of Social Problems (Philadelphia)
Southern Political Science Association (New Orleans)
2004: American Sociological Association (San Francisco)
2003: Workshop on Statistical and Machine Learning Techniques (Washington)
American Sociological Association (Atlanta)
2002: American Sociological Association (Chicago)
2000: American Sociological Association (Washington)
1999: American Sociological Association (Chicago)
Southwestern Social Science Association (San Antonio)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
National and International Leadership Positions
2012-2014: Chair-Elect, Chair, Past-Chair, Section on Political Economy of the World-System, American
Sociological Association (three-year cycle)
2012-[current]: Associate Fellow, Latvian Institute of International Affairs, Riga
2011-[current]: Associate Fellow, Institute for Policy Studies, Washington
2011-2014: Vice President, Research Committee 02 - Economy and Society, International Sociological
Association
2007-2009: Secretary-Treasurer, Section on Political Economy of the World-System, American
Sociological Association
2007-2010: Board Member, Research Committee 02 - Economy and Society, International Sociological
Association
Conference Organization
2013: Conference co-chair, "Power and Justice in the Contemporary World-Economy," New York
2008: Conference organizing committee member, "Andre Gunder Frank’s Legacy of Critical Social
Science," Pittsburgh
2006: Conference co-chair, "Pitt International Conference on Inequality, Health, and Society." Pittsburgh
Professional Association Committee Service
2014: Nominations Committee Chair, Section on the Political Economy of the World-System, American
Sociological Association
2013: Article Award Committee Chair, Section on the Political Economy of the World-System, American
Sociological Association
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2012: Book Award Committee Chair, Section on the Political Economy of the World-System, American
Sociological Association
2009-2011: Awards Committee Chair, Section on Global and Transnational Sociology, American
Sociological Association
2005-2006: Nominations Committee, Section on the Political Economy of the World-System, American
Sociological Association
2003-2004: Membership Committee, Section on the Political Economy of the World-System, American
Sociological Association
Editorial Activities
2014-[current]: Series Co-Editor, Critical Development Studies (Ashgate)
2014-[current]: Editorial Board, FWU Journal of Social Sciences
2014-[current]: Series Editor, Emerging Market Societies (Edward Elgar)
2011-[current]: Editorial Board, International Review of Modern Sociology
2008-2010: Editor for Global Development Studies, Compendium of International Studies, International
Studies Association
2003-[current]: Editorial Board, Journal of World-Systems Research
1996-2001: Assistant Editor, Journal of World-Systems Research
1994-1995: Editor, Regional Economic Quarterly (University of Baltimore)
Peer Reviews
Administration & Society: 2011
Allen & Unwin: 2012
American Journal of Public Health: 2008
American Journal of Sociology: 2007, 2009
American Sociological Review: 2006, 2007, 2009
Asian Women: 2011
Australian Sociological Association: 2013(2)
British Medical Journal: 2012
Canadian Medical Association Journal: 2010, 2011
Comparative Sociology: 2013
Environment and Planning A: 2010
European Societies: 2013(3), 2014
FWU Journal of Social Sciences: 2014
Health Sociology Review: 2010
International Journal of Comparative Sociology: 2009, 2012(2), 2014
International Journal of Sociology & Social Policy: 2011(2), 2012(2), 2013, 2014
International Sociology: 2005, 2010, 2013
International Studies Quarterly: 2009, 2010
Journal of Mathematical Sociology: 2004
Journal of Social Policy: 2014
Journal of Sociology: 2010(2), 2011
Journal of World-Systems Research: 2004, 2005(2), 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013(2)
National Medical Research Council of Singapore: 2008
Oxford University Press: 2013
Palgrave Macmillan: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Policy Press: 2009, 2011, 2014(2)
Population Studies: 2011, 2012
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility: 2004
Science: 2013
Social Forces: 2005, 2013(2), 2014
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Social Indicators Research: 2013(2)
Social Science & Medicine: 2008(2), 2010, 2012(3)
Social Science Research: 2014(2)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada: 2008
Sociological Forum: 2010, 2011
Sociological Inquiry: 2006
Sociological Perspectives: 2004, 2007
Sociological Quarterly: 2011
Sociology of Work: 2008
Swiss National Science Foundation: 2009
Thesis Eleven: 2013
UAE National Research Foundation: 2012(3)
University of California Press: 2012
US National Science Foundation: 2006, 2007, 2009, 2014
Wadsworth Publishing: 2005
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Leadership Service
2014: Higher Degree by Research Coordinator, School of Social and Political Sciences, Univ. of Sydney
2014: Library Liaison, Dept. of Sociology and Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney
2012-2013: First-Year Coordinator, Dept. of Sociology and Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney
2009-2010: Honours Coordinator, Dept. of Sociology and Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney
University, Faculty, and School Committees
2013-2014: eLearning Steering Group, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Univ. of Sydney
2013: ICT Capabilities Assessment Group, School of Social & Political Sciences, Univ. of Sydney
2012: Teaching & Learning Committee, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Univ. of Sydney
2010-2013: Academic Board, Univ. of Sydney
2010-2011: Academic Standards and Policy Committee, Univ. of Sydney
2010: Assessment@Sydney Working Party, Univ. of Sydney
2010: Undergraduate Studies Committee, Univ. of Sydney
2009-2010: Honours Committee, Faculty of Arts, Univ. of Sydney
2005-2008: Faculty Advisory Board, Center for West European Studies and European Union Center of
Excellence, Univ. of Pittsburgh
2004-2008: Faculty Advisory Board, Global Studies Program, Univ. of Pittsburgh
Departmental Committees
2008: Methods Committee, Dept. of Sociology and Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney
2007-2008: Senior Search Committee, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh
2006-2008: Scheduling Committee, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh
2006-2007: Graduate Committee, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh
2003-2004: Graduate Committee, Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh
RESEARCH STUDENTS
Doctor of Philosophy
2014-[current]: Muna Alghuraibi (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2014-[current]: Mo Li (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
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BABONES CV
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2012-[current]: Ly Phan (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2012-2014: Ariel Spigelman (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2011-2014: Derya Nizam (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2010-[current]: Jeremy Simpson (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), a/supervisor
2009-2013: Birhanu Dirbaba (Dept. of Media & Communications, Univ. of Sydney), a/supervisor
2007-2008: Nabanita Nandi (Dept. of Economics, Univ. of Pittsburgh), committee member
2004-2007: Monica Solinas (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh), committee member
2004-2007: Hyung Sam Park (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh), committee member
2004-2007: José René Argueta (Dept. of Political Science, Univ. of Pittsburgh), committee member
Comprehensive Examinations
2008/1: Piotr Konieczny (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh), committee member
2007/2: Xi Zhang (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh), committee member
2006/2: Jared Coopersmith (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh), committee member
Master of Arts
2010: Philipp Babcicky (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2006-2007: Piotr Konieczny (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh), committee member
Undergraduate Honours
2011: Freya Jephcott (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2010: Ben Holland (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2010: Frederick Lee (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2009: Roksolana Suchowerska (Dept. of Sociology & Social Policy, Univ. of Sydney), supervisor
2007-2008: Robin Farabee-Siers (Global Studies Program, Univ. of Pittsburgh), supervisor
2007-2008: Jean Fitzgibbons (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh), supervisor
2006-2007: Joanna McKee (University Honors College, Univ. of Pittsburgh), co-supervisor
2005-2006: Leigh Ash (Dept. of Sociology, Univ. of Pittsburgh), supervisor
TEACHING AND EDUCATION
Units Taught
2014/2: Quantitative Methods (undergraduate); 102 students
2014/2: Sociological Theory & Research (undergraduate); 27 students
2014/1: Introductory Quantitative Methods (postgraduate); 2 students; no student evaluations given due to
small class size
2013/2: Introduction to Sociology 2 (undergraduate); 912 students; summary student evaluation 4.09 out
of 5 possible points (78% satisfied or very satisfied)
2013/1: Introduction to Sociology 1 (undergraduate); 978 students; summary student evaluation 4.28 out
of 5 possible points (91% satisfied or very satisfied)
2012/2: Introduction to Sociology 2 (undergraduate); 797 students; summary student evaluation 4.31 out
of 5 possible points (88% satisfied or very satisfied)
2012/1: Introduction to Sociology 1 (undergraduate); 898 students; summary student evaluation 4.05 out
of 5 possible points (80% satisfied or very satisfied)
2011/1: Global Transformations (undergraduate); 26 students; summary student evaluation 4.38 out of 5
possible points (88% satisfied or very satisfied)
2011/1: Quantitative Methods for Social Science (undergraduate); 11 students; summary student
evaluation 4.45 out of 5 possible points (100% satisfied or very satisfied)
2010/2: Quantitative Methods for Social Science (undergraduate); 17 students; summary student
evaluation 4.77 out of 5 possible points (100% satisfied or very satisfied)
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BABONES CV
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2010/1: Global Transformations (undergraduate); 28 students; summary student evaluation 4.32 out of 5
possible points (95% satisfied or very satisfied)
2010/1: Practicing Sociology (undergraduate honors seminar); 11 students; summary student evaluation
4.33 out of 5 possible points (100% satisfied or very satisfied)
2009/2: Sociological Inquiry (undergraduate); 195 students; summary student evaluation 3.70 out of 5
possible points (70% satisfied or very satisfied)
2009/1: Global Transformations (undergraduate); 30 students; summary student evaluation 4.76 out of 5
possible points (100% satisfied or very satisfied)
2009/1: Practicing Sociology (undergraduate honors seminar); 14 students; summary student evaluation
3.54 out of 5 possible points (69% satisfied or very satisfied)
2008/2: Global Transformations (undergraduate); 33 students; summary student evaluation 4.32 out of 5
possible points (95% satisfied or very satisfied)
2008/1: Social Change in the United States (undergraduate); 20 students; summary student evaluation 4.00
out of 5 possible points (60th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2008/1: Societies (undergraduate); 200 students; summary student evaluation 4.21 out of 5 possible points
(70th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2007/2: Classical Sociological Theory (postgraduate); 3 students; no student evaluations given due to
small class size
2007/2: Societies (undergraduate); 200 students; summary student evaluation 4.21 out of 5 possible points
(70th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2006/2: Scope and Methods of Global Studies (undergraduate honors seminar); 4 students; no student
evaluations given due to small class size
2006/2: Social Statistics (postgraduate); 12 students; summary student evaluation 4.45 out of 5 possible
points (90th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2006/2: Societies (undergraduate); 100 students; summary student evaluation 4.31 out of 5 possible points
(80th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2006/1: Social Research Methods (undergraduate); 33 students; summary student evaluation 4.41 out of 5
possible points (90th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2006/1: Societies (undergraduate); 136 students; summary student evaluation 3.67 out of 5 possible points
(40th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2005/2: Social Change (undergraduate); 40 students; summary student evaluation 4.31 out of 5 possible
points (80th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2005/2: Social Problems (undergraduate); 40 students; summary student evaluation 4.08 out of 5 possible
points (60th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2005/2: Social Research Methods (undergraduate); 30 students; summary student evaluation 4.16 out of 5
possible points (70th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2005/1: Social Research Methods (undergraduate); 32 students; summary student evaluation 4.58 out of 5
possible points (100th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2004/2: Social Research Methods (undergraduate); 31 students; summary student evaluation 4.42 out of 5
possible points (90th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2004/2: Social Statistics (postgraduate); 8 students; summary student evaluation 4.29 out of 5 possible
points (80th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2004/1: Global Inequality (postgraduate); 4 students; no student evaluations given due to small class size
2004/1: Social Research Methods (undergraduate); 33 students; summary student evaluation 4.38 out of 5
possible points (80th percentile of all courses at the Univ. of Pittsburgh)
2003/2: Social Research Methods (undergraduate); 34 students; no student evaluations given due to
scheduling error
Students Supervised on Internships and Directed Study
2011/1: Eva Gregory (research on patterns of charitable giving in Australia)
2010/2: Amanda Ang (research on aid and governance in sub-Saharan Africa)
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BABONES CV
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2010/2: Larisa Kozul (research on workplace engagement in Australia)
2009/2: Thai Hansen-Myers (research on Australian military modernization)
2009/1: Andrew Campbell (research on using Twitter to study social movement activity)
2009/1: Doug Foster (research on occupational health and safety trends in Australia)
2008/2: Larissa Ihnatowicz (research on Cyrpiot refugee identity construction)
2008/1: Piotr Konieczny (research on the use of wikis in collaborative learning)
2007/2 - 2008/1: Robin Farabee-Siers (research on AIDS prevalence in the Middle East)
2007/2: Erica Sebastian (teaching assistant for "Societies")
2007/2: Xi Zhang (research on interregional inequality in China)
2006/1: Kevin Doran (research on inequality measurement)
2006/1: Kandi Felmet (readings in international development and mental health)
2006/1: Jean Fitzgibbons (research on societal inequality and population health)
2006/1: Allison Stamm (readings in international development and mental health)
2005/2 - 2006/1: Kristin Birkholz (readings in international development and mental health)
2005/2 - 2006/1: Leigh Ash (research on societal inequality and population health)
2005/2: Leah Taylor (field experience in women's reproductive health in Mali)
2005/1 - 2005/2: Chris Berger (research on societal inequality and population health)
2005/1 - 2005/2: Cassidy Budd (research on societal inequality and population health)
2005/1 - 2005/2: Dorian Vonada (research on Standardized Income Distribution Database)
2005/1: Steven Eichenlaub (research on measurement of income inequality)
2005/1: Francisco Morales (research on Standardized Income Distribution Database)
2004/2: Richelle Bolea (research on work, business, and gender in 18th century Scotland)
2004/2: Savanna Stillgess (research on work, business, and gender in 18th century Scotland)
2004/1: Beth Rachlis (research on regional development in 18th century Scotland)
PRE-DOCTORAL WORK HISTORY
2002-2003: Econometrician, International Information Management, American Express Company
2002/1: Instructor, Dept. of Mathematics and Computer Science, Goucher College
2000-2001: Management Consultant, Global Capital Markets, Oliver Wyman & Company
1998/2-2000/1: Instructor, Dept. of Sociology, University of Texas at Arlington
1998/2: Research Associate, Laboratory for Comparative Ethology, National Institutes of Health
1997/2: Research Associate, School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University
1996/2: Research Associate, School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University
1995/2-1998/1: Graduate Fellow, Dept. of Sociology, The Johns Hopkins University
1993-1995: Research Economist, Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore
1991-1993: Systems Analyst, Management Information Systems, Lerner New York
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