BRENDA
COCHRANE
Chair Labor Studies Department
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Education:
Ph.D.1985 University of Oregon. Dissertation:
"The Impact of Unemployment on Women Workers."
M.S. 1983 University of Oregon. Department of Industrial Relations
M.S. 1979 University of Oregon. Department of Special Education
B.S. 1975 University of Utah. Major: Sociology, Minors: Mathematics, P.E.
B.Ed 1963 Durham University, England. Major: Mathematics
Professional Employment
1992-current: Associate Professor and Director
Labor Studies Program San Francisco State University
1989-1991 Assistant Professor Sociology Department Pacific Lutheran
University
1985-1989 Assistant Professor Labor Education and Research Service
The Ohio State University
1978-1984 Graduate Teaching Fellow Labor Education and
Research Center and Department of sociology, University of
Oregon
Publications:
1995 "Through the Wall of fire: Class and Identity in Labor Education and
Labor Studies".
Race, Gender & Class. 4 (1).
1994 "International and Comparative Labor Education" special issue of
Labor Studies Journal 19 (1).
1988 "Roles of Labor Educators in Assessing the Needs of Displaced
Workers."
Labor Studies Journal, 13 (2).
1988 "Union Maids No More: The Long-Term Impact of the Loss of a Union
Job
on Women Workers. "Labor Studies Journal, 13 (1).
1987 "Unemployment: A Resource guide." Report Published by the
Ohio Bureau of Employment services, Columbus, Ohio.
1986 "Starting Over: The Long Term Impact of a Plant Closure on Women
Workers - A Case Study." The Sojourner, Ohio State
University
Center for Women's Studies, 14 (1).
1983 "Reclaiming Oregon's Economy." Report published by the Oregon
AFL-CIO.
Articles Under Review:
"Gender and Unemployment: An Issue for the 1990's" Rewriting for
resubmission to Gender & Society
Research in Progress:
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William A.
Sokol
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Bill Sokol is a practicing labor lawyer with the largest
union-side law firm in the nation. He is a senior partner in the firm,
which represents over four hundred labor organizations and Taft-Hartley
benefit Funds. He litigates in State Courts, Federal Courts, and practices
extensively in arbitrations, as well as participating in collective
bargaining from time to time. He has also been a talk show host at KPFA/KPFB/KFCF
FM, Pacifica Radio, for over 20 years, and does regular commentaries on
the law for KQED FM. He has a BA from University of Wisconsin at Madison,
an M.A. in American History from UCBerkeley, where he was an Instructor,
and went to Yale Law School, and Boalt Hall School of Law, from which he
received his Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D.) All of which means he is a D.J.
with a J.D. He has taught at UC Berkeley, USF, SFCC, and Laney College,
and occasionally guest lectures in Journalism classes in the Bay Area. He
is married to Cynthia Gorney, a journalist with the Washington Post, whose
first book, Articles of Faith, A Frontline History of the Abortion Wars,
was just published by Simon&Schuster.
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Debbie Leveen
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ACADEMIC BACKGROUND:
1978 PhD University of Chicago, Political Science
1967 MA University of California at Los Angeles, Political Science
1963 BA Smith College, Magna cum Laude. Major: religion
SUMMARY OF PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT:
San Francisco State University:
1974-present Urban Studies Program, Professor
1980-present Masters in Public Administration Program, Professor
Prior teaching experience:
1970 University of Chicago, Lecturer, Political Science
1970 DePaul University, Lecturer, Political Science
1963-65 Peace Corps, Ghana, secondary school math and French
ACADEMIC HONORS AND AWARDS:
2000 Sabbatical Leave, SFSU
1993 Sabbatical Leave, SFSU
1988 MPPPA award, SFSU
1985 Research Fellow, School of BSS, SFSU
1981 Sabbatical Leave, SFSU
1979 Affirmative Action Faculty Development Grant, SFSU
1970 Ford Foundation Ethnic Studies Dissertation Grant
1969 Fellowship, University of Chicago
1968 Scholarship, University of Chicago
1967 Departmental Research Assistantship in Political Science,
University of California at Los Angeles (declined)
1963 BA Magna cum Laude, Smith College
AREAS OF PROFESSIONAL SPECIALIZATION:
Health policy, social policy
American urban development, urban futures
Policy-making and implementation in the United States
Field-based internships
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Publications:
"Unionizing Midwifery in California." in THE AMERICAN WAY OF BIRTH, edited by Pamela S. Eakins. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1986.
"Organization or Disruption? Strategic Options for Marginal Groups: The Case of the Chicago Indian Village." in SOCIAL MOVEMENTS OF THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES, edited by Jo Freeman. New York: Longmans, 1983
Educational Booklet:
Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women. EVERY WOMAN'S GUIDE TO TESTS DURING PREGNANCY. San Francisco: Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women, 1986. Distributors: Educational Programs Associates, Campbell, CA.
Manuscripts:
with O'Reilly, Wenda Brewster, Eakins, Pamela S., and Mann, Rosemary. "Reflections on the Malpractice Insurance Crisis: Impact on Choice and Safety in Childbirth." July 1989.
"Restoring Midwifery: A Political Economic Analysis." October 1987.
Papers and invited presentations (partial list):
"From Practice to Theory: Strategies for Encouraging Analytic Learning about Concrete Internship Experience." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, New York Hilton, September 1-4, 1994. (Requested for inclusion in ERIC Clearinghouse for Social Studies/Social Science Education).
"Midwives as Providers for Inner-City Women: Critical Policy Issues for the 1990s." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Urban Affairs Association, New Orleans, March 2-5, 1994.
"Community and University Linkages." The SFSUnet experience. Presented at the CSU Institute for Teaching and Learning. San Jose, CA: October 16-17, 1993. Health care reform 1994: presentations and guest lectures at forums and classes at SFSU
"California Alternative Birthing Methods Study: Summary of Findings and Proposed Legislation." California Association of Freestanding Birth Centers, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, October 1986.
"Delivering Good Care: The Oakland Midwives' Struggle." McGann Women and Health Series, Stanford University, May 1986.
"Women and Health Policy." Women's Health and Healing Summer Institute, University of California at San Francisco. June, 1986.
"Strategies for the Institutionalization of Midwifery Care: Lessons from the Highland Midwife Service." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Western Political Science Assocation, Las Vegas, 1985.
"The Resurgence of Midwifery: Strategies for Increasing Women's Power in Childbirth." Panel on Women: Power and Participation." Northern California Political Science Association, May 1984.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Vote Health Coalition:
Member, 1994-present.
Spokesperson, Measue E Campaign, 1996
Speaker, California Health Security (Prop 186, single payer) campaign, 1994
Bateman Neighborhood Association:
Steering Committee, Member, 1974-84, 1996-present.
Hospital Review Committee, 1996-present. Oversight regarding expansion of Alta Bates Medical Center.
I-80 Health Access Corridor planning committee, 1997-present. Review of impact of East Bay hospital consolidations and closures on access to health care.
Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women:
Board member, Coalition for the Medical Rights of Women, 1986-1987.
Chair, Perinatal Health Rights Committee, 1984-1987. Produced EVERY WOMAN'S GUIDE TO TESTS DURING PREGNANCY, 1986. 44 pp. Distributed by Educational Programs Associates, , Campbell, CA.
Member, Perinatal Health Rights Committee, 1982-1987.
Alternative Birthing Methods Study, Advisory Committee 1985-86:
Member, Advisory Committee. Study mandated by the California legislature. Reviewed testimony from 700 people and prepared a 300-page report.
Highland Midwife Service:
Consultant, 1981-84
UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
Urban Studies Program:
Director, 1994--1997, 1985-1987, 1978-1981
Chair, Hiring Committee, 1990-1991.
Faculty advisor, URBAN ACTION: 1983-1985, 1987-1989, 1991-1992, 1992-1993. An annual student-produced journal
Revision of URBAN STUDIES ALUMNI DIRECTORY, 1987, 1989, 1993, 1997
Masters in Public Administration Program :
Member, program faculty, 1980-present.
HRTP committee, chair, 1994; member 1987-present, 1983-1984.
Member, Curriculum committee, 1991-present.
School of Behavioral and Social Sciences:
Member, BSS Planning Committee, 1994, 1987-1990
Member, Economics/Labor Studies Retention Committee, 1989-90
Chair, BSS Space Committee, 1987-1990
University-wide Activities:
Office of Community Service Learning: Faculty advisor, 1996.
Steering Committee, 1996-present.
Service Learning Colloquium 1995-1996.
SFSUnet Executive Committee, 1991-present.
Externally funded computer conferencing project linking community needs and university
resources.
Forum on Health Care Reform, April 26 1994. Chair, organizing committee.
Member, Bay Area Homelessness Program, Steering Committee, 1989-1991.
Member, Field-Based Learning Council, 1982-1993.
Member, Instructionally-Related Activities Board, 1989
Member, Urban Grant University Task Force, 1980-81.
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