University of Massachusetts Amherst

Department of Sociology

 

 
 

 

 

Joshua Carreiro

Curriculum Vitae

Bio

Joshua Carreiro is a doctoral candidate.  He has completed comprehensives in the areas of sociology of labor/labor movements and work and occupations.  Joshua is currently researching and writing his dissertation, which is a study of class, consumption, and work organization in the consumer cooperative movement and “conscience” capitalism. 

Education

2005 M.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst
1999 B.A. University of Connecticut, Storrs

Research

.Publications:
2006. “Organizational Narratives and the Construction of Resistance: Union Organizing at a ‘Progressive’ Company.” Research in the Sociology of Work 16:27-55.

2005. “Newspaper Coverage of the US Labor Movement: The Case of Anti-union Firings.” Labor Studies Journal 30(2):1-20.

Under Review:
“Budgets, Board Games, and Make Believe: The Growth of Non-Traditional Students and the Need to Rethink Approaches to Teaching Social Class Inequality.” (with Brian Kapitulik)

Research Assistantship:
Joshua held a research assistantship in the Office of Information Technologies between 2004 and 2007.  He worked with Dr. Rosio Alvarez studying discourse, technology, and organizations.

Teaching

Joshua has taught a number of classes at UMass and Smith College, where he is currently a Lecturer.  Classes taught include: Class and Society, Introduction to Sociology, Race, Gender, Class and Ethnicity, Social Class Inequality, and Work and Social Change.

 

 

Department of Sociology • Thompson Hall • University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003
http://www.umass.edu/sociol/