Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution


SOLON SIMMONS INSTITUTE FOR CONFLICT ANALYSIS AND RESOLUTION GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY MSN 4D3 ARLINGTON, VA 22201 Phone: (703) 993-3781 Fax: (703)-993-1302 E-mail: ssimmon5@gmu.edu Solon Simmons Bio

EDUCATION	Ph. D., Department of Sociology, The University of Wisconsin-Madison Minor Certificate, Department of Finance, Investment and Banking, The University of Wisconsin-Madison M.A., Department of Sociology, The University of Wisconsin-Madison B.A., History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Science & Medicine (HiPSS), The University of Chicago
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE	Assistant Professor-Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, George Mason University, 2006-present
PROFESSIONAL/ ACADEMIC HONORS, GRANTS & AWARDS	AWARDS AND HONORS Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999 Special Honors from the Department of History, Philosophy & Social Studies of Science& Medicine (HiPSS), the University of Chicago, 1991 GRANTS RECEIVED Spencer Foundation and the American Association of University Professors “Attitudes Toward the American Professoriate Survey,” 2006 (in collaboration with Neil Gross, Dept of Sociology, Harvard University) “Politics and Professors,” 2006 (in collaboration with Neil Gross, Dept of Sociology, Harvard University)
PUBLICATIONS	JOURNAL ARTICLES PUBLISHED OR IN PRESS Simmons, Solon. 2006. (Revise and Resubmit) “The Surprising Life of Class Politics: Salient Justifications in Models of Presidential Voting 1952-2004” American Journal of Sociology. Simmons, Solon J and James R. Simmons. 2006. (Forthcoming). “If it Weren’t for Those ?!&@!* Nader Voters We Wouldn’t be in this Mess: The Social Determinants of the Nader Vote and the Constraints on Political Choice” New Political Science Vol.28, No2. Simmons, James R. and Solon J. Simmons. 2004. “Structural Conflict in Contemporary Cities.”American Review of Public Administration, Vol. 34, 374-388. Gross, Neil and Solon Simmons. 2002. “Intimacy as a Double Edged Phenomenon: An Empirical Test of Giddens.”Social Forces, Vol. 81, No. 2. (Dec.), pp. 531-555 BOOK CHAPTERS Neil Gross and Solon J. Simmons. 2006 “How Religious are America’s College and University Professors” in Douglas Jacobsen (ed) The Post Secular University Oxford, Oxford University Press Hauser, Robert M., Solon J. Simmons, and Devah I. Pager. 2004. “High School Dropout, Race-Ethnicity, and Social Background from the 1970s to the 1990s” in Gary Orfield (ed) Dropouts in America: Confronting the Graduation Rate Crisis, Cambridge, MA. Harvard Education Press. Also available as CDE Working Paper 2000-12, Center for Demography and Ecology, The University of Wisconsin – Madison) Hauser, Robert M., Devah I. Pager, and Solon J. Simmons. 2004. “Race-Ethnicity, Social Background and Grade Retention.” In Herbert J. Walberg (ed) Can Unlike Students Learn Together? Grade Retention, Tracking, and Grouping (Research in Educational Productivity), Greenwich, CT. Information Age Publishing Inc. Also available as CDE Working Paper 2000-08, Center for Demography and Ecology, The University of Wisconsin – Madison) Simmons, James R. and Solon J. Simmons. 2003. “Growing Green: Can it Happen Here?” in John Berg (ed) Teamsters and Turtles: Left Movements in the United States, New York, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Series: People, Passions, and Power Simmons, Solon J and James R. Simmons. 2001. “Common sense for Uncommon Circumstances: Economic Stories, Ross Perot and the Politics of the ‘Bittersweet Economy’” in Ted Jelen (ed.) Ross for Boss: The Perot Phenomenon and Beyond. Albany, SUNY Press NEWSLETTERS AND MINOR PUBLICATIONS Simmons, Solon. 2005. “Greenspan, Bush’s Gentler Gamester” Wisconsin Political Scientist, Vol.11, No.1 Simmons, Solon. 2004. “One Man in Ten Thousand: Ralph Nader takes on the Presidency.” Wisconsin Political Scientist, Vol.10, No.2 Hauser, Robert M., Devah I. Pager, and Solon J. Simmons. 2002. “Race-Ethnicity, Social Background and Grade Retention, ”The CEIC Review, Vol. 10 No. 5 Simmons, James R. and Solon J. Simmons. 2001. “Changing Government’s Form: Explaining Efforts to Restructure City Politics,” in Ronald Shaffer and William Ryan (eds) The Small City and Regional Community. Vol. 14, University of Wisconsin - Extension
PAPERS PRESENTED	Simmons, Solon (with Neil Gross). “Is Anyone Listening? Academic Freedom, “Intellectual Diversity,” and Conservative Critiques of the American Professoriate.” Invited Talk at Harvard University, November 2006. Simmons, Solon. “The Democratic Disconnect: Comparing Party Appeals and Party Images.” American Sociological Association Meetings in Montreal, August 2006 Simmons, Solon (with Neil Gross). “Americans’ Views of Political Bias in the Academy and Academic Freedom” American Association of University Professors in Washington, D.C. June 2006 Simmons, Solon. “Value Structures: How Pew Got it (Almost) Right” Paper to be presented at the at American Association of Public Opinion Research in Montreal, May 2006 Simmons, Solon. “The Surprising Life of Class Politics: Salient Justifications in Presidential Elections 1952-2004” Paper to be presented at the at Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 2006 Simmons, Solon. “The Reelection Rate Gap: The Curious Presidential Politics of the Federal Reserve Bank” Paper to be presented at the at Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 2006 Simmons, Solon. “The Democratic Disconnect: Comparing Party Appeals and Party Images” Paper to be presented at the at Graduate Student Conference, Power in Thought and Practice: 50 Years of C. Wright Mills ‘The Power Elite’ Columbia University, New York, April 2006 Simmons, Solon. “The Life of Class Ideologies: Salient Justifications in Presidential Elections 1952-2004” Paper presentation at the at American Sociological Association Meetings in Philadelphia, August 2005 Simmons, Solon and James R. Simmons. “Latent Classes and the American Electorate: The Social Architecture of Political Segmentation” Paper presentation at the at Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 2005 Simmons, Solon. “Nader’s Faders: Inverse Mobilization of Radical Nader Supporters in the 2000 and 2004 Elections” Paper presentation at the at Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 2005 Simmons, Solon. “What’s the Big Idea? The Continuing Relevance of the Democratic Class Struggle” Paper presentation at the at the American Sociological Association Meetings in San Francisco, August 2004 Simmons, Solon and James R. Simmons. “Latent Classes within the American Electorate: A Reinterpretation of the Pew Center Typology” Paper presentation at the at Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 2004 Simmons, Solon and James R. Simmons. “If it Weren’t for those Nader Voters We Wouldn’t be in this Mess: Comparing Nader Voters to Nader Supporting Gore Voters” Paper presentation at the at Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 2004 Simmons, Solon. “Ralph Nader and the New Democratic Class Struggle” Paper presentation at the at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Atlanta, August 2003 Simmons, Solon and James R. Simmons. “Structure and Struggle in U.S. Cities: Urban Reform in the Wake of the Civil Rights Era” Paper presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 2003 Tigges, Leann and Solon J Simmons. “Flexible Workers in Routine Manufacturing? Skilled Work and Food Processing Firms.” Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Society, in Chicago, August 2002 Simmons, Solon and James R. Simmons. “Structural Conflict in Contemporary Cities.” Paper presentation at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 2002 Hauser, Robert M., Solon J. Simmons and Devah I. Pager. “High School Dropout, Race-Ethnicity, and Social Background from the 1970s to the 1990s.” Paper presentation at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Anaheim, August 2001. (Same at Harvard Civil Rights Project Conference on High School Dropout in Cambridge MA, January 2001) Gross, Neil and Solon Simmons. “Intimacy as a Double Edged Phenomenon: An Empirical Test of Giddens.” Paper presentation at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Anaheim, August 2001 Hauser, Robert M., Devah I. Pager and Solon J. Simmons. “Race-ethnicity, Social background, and Grade Retention” Paper presentation at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Washington, D.C., August 2000. (Same at Temple University Conference, “Can Unlike Students Learn Together?” Washington, D.C., October 2000) Simmons, James R. and Solon J. Simmons. “Municipal Government: Structure and Performance.” Paper presented at the Small City and Smart Growth Conference held by The Center for Community Economic Development and University of Wisconsin– Extension, Madison WI, September 2000. (Same at Wisconsin Political Science Association annual meeting in the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, Oct 2000) Simmons, Solon J. “Common sense for Uncommon Circumstances: Economic Stories, Ross Perot and the Politics of the ‘Bittersweet Economy’.” Paper presentation at the American Sociological Association Meetings in Toronto, August 1997. (Same at Radical Scholars Conference in Wisconsin Dells Wisconsin, May 1997 and at the Midwest Political Science Association Meetings in Chicago, April 1996)
PUBLIC OUTREACH & NEWS COVERAGE	Kelleher, Lindsey. “Mason Researcher Surveys College Professors on Religion.” The Broadside Online. October 30, 2006 Kolling, Mackenzie. “Professors More Religious than Perceived” The Daily Collegian Online. October 26, 2006 Driver. David. “Study Shows Professors More Religious Than Public Assumes.” The Mason Gazette. October 23, 2006 Weiss, Jeffrey. “Praying for an ‘A’ Might Not Impress Your Prof” The Dallas Morning News. October, 21 2006 Associated Press. “Survey Undermines Popular Image Of College Professors as Unbelievers” The Washington Post. October 13, 2006 Cohn, Alexander. “Faculty are Finding Faith” The Harvard Crimson. October 11, 2006 Bartlett, Thomas. “Professors Are More Religious Than Some Might Assume, Survey Finds” The Chronicle of Higher Education. October 10, 2006 Jaschik, Scott. “Not So Godless After All” Inside Higher Ed. October 10, 2006 Smallwood, Scott. “Poll Finds the Public Opposes Government Interference in Academe” The Chronicle of Higher Education. June 16, 2006 Jaschik, Scott. “Bias or Interest” Inside Higher Ed. September 20, 2006 Jaschik, Scott. “Soft Support for Tenure” Inside Higher Ed. June 9, 2006 Invited Speaker “"University Campuses: Battlegrounds in the Culture Wars?" for Wednesday Night @ the lab of the Wisconsin Alumni Association, April 5, 2006 Radio guest on WORT, 89.9 FM Madison Wisconsin, discussion “Politics and Professors,” December 30, 2005 Simmons, Solon J. “Nader's Effect Complicated To Analyze” Wisconsin State Journal, Saturday, September 18, 2004 Simmons, Solon J. “Class Politics, JibJab-Style” Salon.com, Technology and Business section, July 29, 2004 Radio guest on WORT, 89.9 FM Madison Wisconsin, discussion “Ralph Nader: Through the Looking Glass,” March 11, 2004 Research consultant to The Institute for America’s Future, Summer 1999 Consultant to Tax Policy Working Group, The Institute for Wisconsin’s Future, 1997-1998
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE	Organizer for ASA roundtables, Political Sociology Section. San Francisco, August 2005 Organizer for ASA roundtables, Political Sociology Section. San Francisco, August 2004 Presider for Political Sociology Roundtables. San Francisco, August 2004 Active participant in the user community of the National Election Studies 2004 Planning Committee leading to inclusion of historic, open-ended questions Member, committee to produce the Annual Social Survey of Economic Sociology and Socio-economics (ASSESS) with Professor Mark Suchman, Rachel Dwyer, Gretta Krippner and Dan Steward Participated in establishing guidelines for oversight of social science research with the Institutional Review Board, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001-2002 Member, Assistant Professor Search Committee, Department of Sociology, The University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000-2001