01/2015 ALIZA LUFT Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin-Madison 8128 Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI 53706-1393 http://www.alizaluft.com [email protected] EDUCATION 2016, Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sociology Minor: Political Science Prelims: Political Sociology (High Pass), Sociology of Race & Ethnicity Dissertation: “The Jews Are Our Brothers”: French Bishops’ Resistance during the Holocaust Committee: Ivan Ermakoff (chair), Chad Goldberg, Pam Oliver, Bob Freeland, Laird Boswell 2011, M.S University of Wisconsin-Madison, Sociology Thesis: The Significance of Race for Genocide in Rwanda Committee: Mara Loveman (chair), Ivan Ermakoff, Gay Seidman 2008, M.A M.A. Education, University of California, Berkeley Emphasis in Human Development 2006, B.A. Sociology, History, and Religion, Bates College Honors in Interdisciplinary Studies Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa ACADEMIC POSITIONS Fordham University, Department of Sociology Professor, Introduction to Sociology, Fall 2014 City University of New York Graduate Center, Department of Sociology Visiting Research Fellow 2013-2014 RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Political Sociology, Political Violence, Collective Action and Social Movements, Race and Ethnicity, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Religion FELLOWSHIPS 2014 2012 2012 2010 2006 Kagan Fellow (Saul Kagan Claims Conference) Chateaubriand year-long fellowship (French Ministry of Foreign Affairs) Communication-B Teaching Assistant Fellowship (UW Madison, declined) Scott-Kloeck Jensen Global Studies Fellowship (UW Madison) Rodney F. Johonnot Graduate Fellowship (Bates College) 01/2015 2005 2004 Mulford Service-Learning and Research Fellowship (Bates College) Barlow Study Abroad Research Fellowship (Bates College) AWARDS 2014 2014 2013 2013 2011 2007 2003 International Studies Association Travel Award (International Studies Association) Best Graduate Student Paper Award (Association for the Study of Nationalities) SSHA Tilly Graduate Student Travel Award (Social Science History Association) Vilas Research Travel Award (UW Madison) Honored Instructor Teaching Award (UW Madison) Regents Graduate Division Award (UC Berkeley) A. Ferguson Award for Outstanding Promise in Sociology (Marianopolis CEGEP) GRANTS 2014 2013 2013 2012 2012 2009 Departmental Small Grants Award (UW Madison) Berman Scholarship, Center for Jewish Studies (UW Madison) Mazursky Grant, Center for Jewish Studies (UW Madison) Mazursky Grant, Center for Jewish Studies (UW Madison) Ouisconsin Field Research Scholarship, Wisconsin Alumni (UW Madison) Departmental Small Grants Award (UW Madison) PUBLICATIONS In Submission Luft, Aliza. “Toward a Theory of Behavioral Boundary Crossing: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.” (Revise and Resubmit at Sociological Theory). Schneiderhan, Erik and Aliza Luft. “Dangerous Durkheim: Emil Durkheim and the Armenian Genocide.” (Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Classical Sociology). Luft, Aliza. “Explaining French bishops’ support for the Statut des Juifs.” *2014 Best Graduate Paper Award, Association for the Study of Nationalities. Luft, Aliza. “The Contribution of Social Movement Theory to Understanding Genocide.” In Progress Luft, Aliza and Mary-Helen Immordino-Yang. “Dehumanization during genocides: A Cognitive Sociological Approach.” Luft, Aliza and Evgeny Finkel. “Sexualized Violence during the Holocaust.” Essays and other writing Luft, Aliza. 2015. “Past and Present in France: Don’t Give Them What They Want.” Article published on Political Violence at a Glance. 01/2015 Luft, Aliza. 2014. “Not Just Victims and Perpetrators: Understanding Rwanda’s Genocide Twenty YearsOn.” Article published on Political Violence at a Glance. Luft, Aliza. 2013. “A Train in Winter.” Book Review for Mobilizing Ideas, Luft, Aliza. 2011. Another Look at Rwanda. Footnotes, ASA monthly newsletter. 39:7. Luft, Aliza. 2010. “Genocide: What’s in a Name?” Article published on Salon.com Luft, Aliza. 2010. “Increasing Political Violence in Rwanda.” Article published on Salon.com Luft, Aliza. 2009. Teacher’s Accompaniment, Racial Domination, Racial Progress: The Sociology of Race in America. Matthew Desmond, Mustafa Emirbayer. McGraw Hill. PRESENTATIONS 2015. “Religion Also Matters: Considering Religion in Research on Intersectionality.” Eastern Sociological Society. February 26-March 1. New York, NY. 2015. “Toward a Theory of Behavioral Boundary Crossing: Killing, Desistance, and Saving in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.” Eastern Sociological Society. February 26-March 1. New York, NY. 2015. “Political Defections in Violent Contexts: The Case of French Bishops During the Holocaust.” International Studies Association. February 17-20. New Orleans, LA. 2014. “Religion Also Matters.” Religion Network, Social Science History Association. November 6-9, Toronto, CA. 2014. (Chair, Organizer, Presenter) “Political Defections in Violent Contexts: French Bishops During the Holocaust.” States and Society Network, Social Science History Association. November 6-9, Toronto, CA. 2014. (Invited) “Remembrance: 100 years since the Armenian Genocide, 70 years since the Holocaust, 20 years since Rwanda.” Harvard Kennedy School, Carr Center for Human Rights. April 27. Cambridge, MA. 2014. “Explaining French Bishops’ Support for the Statut des Juifs.” 19th annual Association for the Study of Nationalities World Convention. April 24-26. New York, NY. 2014. Discussant, “Nationalism, Institutions, and Participation.” 19th annual Association for the Study of Nationalities World Convention. April 24-26. New York, NY. 2014. (Invited) “Participation and Resistance in Genocides.” Confronting Evil in Individuals and Societies. Harvard University. April 11. Cambridge, MA. 2014. (Invited) “Boundary Crossing in High-Risk Contexts: From Killing to Saving in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide.” XS Comparative Sociology Workshop, Columbia University. February 26. New York, NY. 2014. “Boundary Crossing in High-Risk Contexts.” Race and Ethnicity Working Group, University of Wisconsin, Madison. February 11, Madison, WI. 01/2015 2013. “When the Bishops said "No": Religion and Resistance in France during the Holocaust.” Religion Network, Social Science History Association. November 21-24, Chicago, IL. 2013. Panel Chair and Discussant, “Imperial Imaginings.” Macro-Historical Dynamics Network, Social Science History Association. November 21-24, Chicago, IL. 2013. “Religion and Resistance in High-Risk Contexts.” Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. November 7-10, Boston, MA. 2012. “The Holocaust and the Catholic Church in France.” 3rd annual Ouisconisn Alumni Association dinner. November 13, Paris, FR. 2012. “Remembering the Holocaust in France.” 45th Wisconsin Workshop, After the Violence. September 20-22, Madison, WI. 2012. “Processes of Alignment and Perpetrator Motivation in the Rwandan Genocide.” Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. August 16-20, Denver, CO. 2012. “Why French Bishops Defected from Vichy to Defend Jews During the Holocaust.” 3rd Annual Conference for the International Network of Genocide Scholars. June 28-July 1, San Francisco, CA. 2012. “Does Racism Explain Genocide Perpetrators’ Motives? The Significance of Race for Genocide in Rwanda.” Politics, Culture, and Society Research Group. January 31. Madison, WI. 2011. “How International Politics Influence Ethnic Identification in Rwanda.” Sociology of Race and Ethnic Studies Research Group. November 7. Madison, WI. 2009. “Power, Politics, and ‘De-Ethnicization’ in East Africa.” Sociology of Economic Change and Development Research Group. Madison, WI. 2007. “Legacies of Race, Histories of Genocide.” Facing History and Ourselves Benefit Dinner. San Francisco, CA. 2006. “Genocide and Gender after Violence in the Holocaust.” Bates College. Lewiston, ME. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE 2013 Independent Dissertation Research in France 2012 Research Assistant for Monica Grant, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin Madison 2011 Independent Pre-dissertation Research in Paris, France (Summer) 2011 Research Assistant for Scott Straus, Department of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2010 Research Assistant, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate at United Nations Headquarters, NY (Summer) 01/2015 2009 Independent MS Research in Kigali and Butare, Rwanda (Summer) 2009 Transitional Justice Database Project, University of Wisconsin-Madison 2008 Research Fellow, Montreal Institute for Genocide Studies (Summer) 2006 Mulford Fellow, Facing History and Ourselves 2005 Independent Honors Thesis Research in Central & East Europe TEACHING AND INSTRUCTION Introduction to Sociology. Fordham University. Adjunct Instructor: Fall 2014. Methods of Sociological Inquiry. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Reader/Grader: Spring 2014. Sociological Theory, Race and Ethnic Studies. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Undergraduate Tutor: 2012, 2011. Survey of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison. TA: Spring 2011, 2009, Fall 2008. Global Transformation and Cultural Change: AIDS and Sub-Saharan Africa, University of California, Berkeley. TA: Spring 2008. Introduction to Sociology, University of California, Berkeley. TA: Fall 2007, Spring 2007. RELATED EMPLOYMENT Consultant, United States Agency for International Development. Landscape analysis of LGBTQI legal and social status in the sub-region of the Balkans (2013). Editor’s Assistant, Reconstructing Rwanda: State Building and Human Rights after Mass Violence. Eds., Scott Straus and Lars Waldorf. University of Wisconsin-Madison Press (2011). Editor, Analysis of political parties' constitutions, policy documents and manifestos in the SADC region from a gender perspective. With Inkeri Von Hase. SADC-PF (2011). Summer-Learning Educator, Project Morry. Glen Spey, NY (2007, 2006) LANGUAGES English French (fluent reading, writing, speaking) Hebrew (proficient reading, writing, speaking) SERVICE Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Alumni Network Committee Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison: Peer Mentor, 2009-2012 01/2015 Reviewer: American Journal of Sociology; Ethnic and Racial Studies; Mobilization; Social Forces; Sociological Theory; Theory and Society. SKILLS NVIVO SPSS STATA MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association Association for the Study of Nationalities International Network of Genocide Scholars International Studies Association Phi Beta Kappa Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Social Science History Association
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