Ph.D. 1995 Land Resources/ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Environmental Sociology
M.S. 1989 Land Resources University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. 1985 Economic History/Spanish University of the West-Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados
Employment
Chair, Department of Sociology, September 2005
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Portland State University, September 2001-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Portland State University, September 1995 to June 2001
Administrative Assistant, Organization and Management Division, Ministry of Finance and Planning,Government of St. Lucia. June 1985 to July 1987
Dissertation
"National Actors Against World Market Pressures: Communal Land, Privatization and Agricultural Development in the Caribbean," August 1995. Directed by Professor Russell Middleton
Refereed Publications
Books
Dillard, J., Dujon, V. and King, M. (co-editors). Understanding the Social Dimension of Sustainability. Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group (Forthcoming )
Book Chapters
Dujon, V. “In the Absence of Affluence: The Struggle for Social Sustainability in the Third World” in Understanding the Social Dimension of Sustainability J. Dillard, V. Dujon and M. King (eds.) Routledge (forthcoming )
Dujon, V. 2001. “Land Ownership and Economic Freedom Among Post-Slavery Societies in the Caribbean” in E. Kofi Agorsah (ed), Freedom in Black History and Culture.Middletown, California: Arrow Point Press
Articles
Dujon, V. 2002. “Local Actors, Nation States, and Their Global Environment: Conceptualizing Successful Resistance to the Anti-Social Impacts of Globalization” Critical Sociology vol. 28, no. 3
Dujon, V. 2000. " Caribbean Peasants in the Global Economy: Popular Resistance to the Privatization of Communal Land in the Twentieth Century and Beyond" Global Development Studies vol. 2, nos. 1-2. pp. 199-221
Dujon, V. 1997. "Communal Property and Land Markets: Agricultural Development Policy in St. Lucia” World Development September, vol. 25, no. 9. pp. 1529-1540
Dujon, V. 1996. "Ecotourism as a Non-Traditional Export: Theoretical Implications for Development Strategy" MacArthur Foundation Consortium Working Paper Series, Fall
Dujon, V. 1996. "Communal Land Resources and Informal Institutions: Economic Inefficiency or Engine of Growth?" MacArthur Foundation Consortium Working Paper Series, Fall
Book Review
Dujon, V. 2003. Fast Forward: Women, Gender and Protest in a Changing World. Torry D. Dickinson and Robert K. Schaeffer. Lanham, Boulder, New York, Oxford: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, 2001, in Feminist Economics Vol. 9 No.1, March
Other
Dujon, V. 1999. "The Global Environment: Transnational Integration and National Dilemmas" (Sociology 507 syllabus and course guide) Internationalizing Sociology in the Age of Globalization: A Curriculum Guide Nathan Rousseau (ed). New York: The American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center
Non-Refereed Publications
Dujon, V. 2007. Invited Response to “Ending the Race to the Bottom” by Elizabeth Sawin in Sockeye Magazine (formerly Oregon’s Future) Vol. 12 No. 1
Dujon, V. 2003 (list of co-authors at www.sustainableportland.org/stp_food_exec_report_10-03.pdf ) Portland-Multnomah County Food Policy Report. City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development: Portland
Dujon, V. 2003. “Adaptation Strategies of Workers in Declining Natural Resource-Reliant Industries: Columbia River Gillnetters and Trollers.” Oregon Sea Grant Report. Project No.: R/Ec-07-PD (NA050B, RDC6).
Dujon, V. 2002. “The Contested Terrain of Water Rights on the Oregon Coast: A Sociological Analysis of the Competition over Scarce Public Resources and the Institutions that Guide Their Allocation.” Oregon Sea Grant Project Report. Project No.: R/SD-06-PD
Dujon, V. 2002. "The Challenge of Ecotourism in the Next Millennium: Overcoming Structural Constraints with Local Potential" in Marc L. Miller, Jan Auyong, and Nina P. Hadley (eds.) Proceedings of the 1999 International Symposium on Coastal and Marine Tourism : Balancing Tourism and Conservation.Washington Sea Grant Program and School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington; Oregon Sea Grant College Program, Oregon State University; and Oceans Blue Foundation: Seattle, WA.
Dujon, V. 2000. "Women and Global Capitalism" guest editorial in Against the Current March/April, no. 85
Presentations at Professional Meetings
Invited Participant to Marine Ecosystem-Based management in Oregon: Advancing the Science, OSU Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS), Corvallis Oregon, October 19, 2007.
76th Annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting Portland OR April 7-10th, 2005 “Overcoming Structural Barriers: The Case of the Environmental Justice Action Group (EJAG)”
76th Annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting Portland OR April 7-10th 2005 “To Fish or Not to Fish: Adaptation Strategies of Workers in Declining Natural Resource-Reliant Industries (Columbia River Gillnetters)
75th Annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 15-18th, 2004 “It’s Not Just Water: The Contested Terrain of Water on the Oregon Coast”
73rd Annual Pacific Sociological Conference, Vancouver, B.C. Canada, April 18-21st, 2002, “The Contested Terrain of Water Rights On the Oregon Coast: A Sociological Analysis of the Competition Over Scarce Public Resources and the Institutions that Guide Their Allocation”
Fifth Congress of the Americas, Universidad de Las Americas, Cholula-Puebla, October 18-21, 2001 “ Progressives in Government: Ideology or Structure”
Congress of the Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, La Antigua (Guatemala), Casa Santo Domingo, February 22-24, 2001 “Communities, Nation States, and Their Global Environment: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Globalization”
National Conference on Policy History, Bowling Green State University, June 1-3, 2000 "The Challenge of Ecotourism to the Caribbean in the New Global Economy: Overcoming Structural Constraints with Local Potential"
71st Annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, San Diego, California, March 23-26, 2000 "Communities, Nation States, and Their Global Environment: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Globalization"
49th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, The Swissotel, Chicago August 5-7, 1999 "Welfare in the Absence of a Welfare State: The Role of Social Capital and Communal Institutions"
Rural Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Ambassador West Hotel, Chicago, IL August 4-8, 1999 "Survival Strategies in the Twentieth Century: The Legacy of Communal Land, Social Networks and Popular Resistance in the Caribbean "
International Symposium on Coastal and Marine Tourism (CMT 99) Balancing Tourism and Conservation: Choices, Responsibilities and Practices. The Westin Bayshore, Vancouver, BC Canada April 26-29, 1999 "The Challenge of Ecotourism in the Next Millennium: Overcoming Structural Constraints with Local Potential"
70th Annual Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, Marriot Hotel in Portland, Oregon, April 15-18, 1999 "Welfare in the Absence of a Welfare State: The Role of Social Capital and Communal Institutions"
Gender Studies Symposium, Lewis and Clark College, March 11, 1999 "Welfare in the Absence of a Welfare State: The Role of Social Capital and Communal Institutions"
Encounters of Excellence: The Meanings and Implications of Independence for St. Lucians on the Threshold of a New Century," sponsored by the Government of St. Lucia, National Insurance Scheme Building, Castries, St. Lucia, February 18, 1999 "The Challenge of Ecotourism in the Next Millennium: Overcoming Structural Constraints with Local Potential"
Latin American Studies Association, Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, Illinois, September 24-26,1998, "The Challenge of Ecotourism in the Caribbean: Structural Constraints and Local Potential"
Canadian Association of Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC Canada, March 19-21, 1998, "Ecotourism: Can Communal Institutions Recycle Tourism into a Sustainable Non-Traditional Export?"
Latin American Studies Association, Continental Plaza Hotel, Guadalajara, Mexico, April 17-19, 1997, "Ecotourism as a Non-Traditional Export: Factoring in Communal Institutions and Informal Networks as Agents in Fostering Sustainable Development"
MacArthur Consortium Summer Institute, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, June 21-25, 1996 "Communal Land Resources and Informal Institutions: Economic Inefficiency or Engine of Growth?"
PSA Conference, Seattle, Washington, March 21-24, 1996, "Ecotourism as a Non-Traditional Export: Theoretical Implications for Development Strategy "
19th International Congress of the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Association Conference, Washington D.C. Sept 28-30, 1995 "National Actors Against World Market Pressures: Communal Land, Privatization and Agricultural Development in the Caribbean"
Honors, Grants, Fellowships
Honors
Nominated for US Professor of the Year Award 2005
American Association of University Professors, Portland State University Chapter, Certificate of Appreciation for Executive Council Service, May 24th, 2005
Portland State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award (Sociology) 2003-2004
Portland State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award (Sociology) 2000-2001
Portland State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences John Eliot Allen Outstanding Teaching Award (Sociology) 1997-1998
B.A. (Honors), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados 1985
Grants and Fellowships
National Geographic Society's Conservation Trust Advisory Board Co-PI "Socio-economic and Ecological Assessment of Coral Reef Resource Use and Management in the Comoros Islands: Developing a Framework for Adaptive Management in Developing Countries February 2008 $20,000
Portland State University, The Sense of Place in Resource Conflict resolution: The Klamath Basin, Spring 2006, $4500
National Science Foundation, Principal Investigator, The Sense of Place in Resource Conflict resolution: The Klamath Basin, Summer 2005, $142,000, not funded
Portland State University, Faculty Enhancement Program. Water Rights in the Klamath Basin. Spring 2005, $9683.00
The Oregon Sea Grant, Oregon State University, principal investigator. Adaptation Strategies of Workers in Declining Natural Resource-Reliant Industries: Columbia River Gillnetters and Trollers. Winter 2002, $26,000
Grant funded by Portland State University, Center for Academic Excellence (for Globalization Research Interest Group) co-principal investigator, Winter 2001 $6,593
The Oregon Sea Grant, Oregon State University, principal investigator. Contested Water Rights in Tenmile, Oregon. Fall 2000 $16,000
Grant funded by Portland State University, Center for Academic Excellence $1000 (for Globalization Research Interest Group) co-principal investigator, Spring 2000
Oregon Sea Grant, principal investigator. Tourism on the Oregon Coast. Fall 1999, $1000
Teaching and Curricular Achievements
New Course Development
Social Sustainability 510/610 (core course for the interdisciplinary Graduate Certificate of Sustainability) Spring 2005
Freshman Inquiry: Values in Conflict 101E (taught by interdisciplinary team), University Studies Program, Fall 1995 to Spring 1997
Environmental Sociology 465/565
Sociology of Globalization 320
Globalization Seminar 498/598
Sociology of Women 425/525
Qualitative Research Methods 592
Community Outreach Achievements
Invited post-viewing panelist for the film “Bamako,” African Film Festival, Portland Oregon, February 2008
Invited panelist: A Critique of Privilege and Diversity in the Academy by Frances A. Maher and Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault, Portland State University, April 24th, 2007.
Invited participant to workshop conducted by OECD on the Role of Higher Education for Sustainable Development, Portland State University, March 21st, 2007.
Board Member: Community Music, Portland Parks and Recreation. Fall 2006 to present.
Invited Participant to roundtable discussion with Congressman Earl Blumenauer to discuss initiatives for reforming the political process and possible research/policy partnerships with Portland State University, June 10th, 2006
Invited Participant to focus group session organized by the “Signs of Sustainability” subcommittee of the Portland/Multnomah County Sustainable Development Commission April 19th, 2006
Public Lecture: “Women’s Role in Globalization” PSU Weekend, October 21-23, 2005
Recruited to narrate Bridging World History Multimedia Educational Project, produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting, Fall 2004
Invited Speaker on the Impact of Structural Adjustment on Haiti, Koinonia House, Portland State University, Fall 2003
Guest Speaker, "Alternative Vision of a Global Economy: “Active resistance and alternatives" at the Community Summit on Globalization, First United Methodist Church Portland February 16th 2002
Keynote Speaker, “Women Workers and Global Restructuring” 6th Annual Clark College women’s Conference; February 2002
Public Lecture: “Globalize This!” PSU Weekend, November 2-4, 2001
Guest Speaker and moderator at two forums on globalization, Portland State University; November 23, 1999
Guest speaker on forum on globalization at Lewis and Clark College, September 19th, 2001
Guest speaker “The Impact of the Debt Crisis”, First Unitarian Church Main St., Portland October 23 1999
Guest Speaker on community radio station KBOO on International Women's Day. Topic: "Women in the Era of Globalization" March 8th, 2000
Member, Hollywood Farmers' Market Board, Winter 2000-2004
Invited guest of Congressman David Wu at round-table discussion on the World Trade Organization
Research or Other Creative Works in Progress
Dujon, V. “To Fish or Not to Fish: Adaptation Strategies of Workers in Declining Natural Resource-Reliant Industries (Columbia River Gillnetters)” to be submitted to Society and Natural Resources
Dujon, V. “Overcoming Structural Barriers: The Case of the Environmental Justice Action Group (EJAG)” to be submitted to Sociological Perspectives.
Dujon, V. " It’s Not Just Water: The Contested Terrain of Water on the Oregon Coast " to be submitted to Society and Natural Resources
Dujon, V. “The Challenge of Ecotourism in the Caribbean: Overcoming Structural Constraints with Local Potential” to submitted toCanadian Journal of Latin American Studies
Professionally Related Service
Member, PSU Social Bottom Line Work Group, Fall 2007
Advisory Board Member, Sage Publications Globalization Advisory Board. Spring 2007 to present
Advisor, Sockeye Magazine, Portland, Oregon (www.sockeye.org)
Journal Article Reviewer, “Assessing the Formal Land Market and De-formalization of Property in St Lucia,” Land Use Policy, Spring 2006
Lecture: “Women, Work and Globalization” presented at the Gender in World History Series, PSU, February 24th, 2005
Member, Committee on Committees, Pacific Sociological Association, Spring 2004-2007
Journal Article Reviewer, “ El género y la participación política en Puerto Rico,” Caribbean Studies Journal, Spring 2004
Panelist: “Womanism or Feminism: Why some Non-Western ‘Feminists’ Resent the Term” Feminisms: Looking Back, Looking Forward: A Weekend of Connected Activisms, PSU April 25th-26th, 2003
Journal Article Reviewer, “Averting Land Alienation,” Land Use Policy, Summer 2003
Member, Portland Workers' Rights Board, Spring 2000-
Member, City of Portland/Multnomah County Sustainable Development Commission, 2000-2003
Governance Activities for University, College, Department
University
Member, Provost Advisory Team on Sustainability, Fall 2007 to present
Member, University Honors Program Advisory Committee, Fall 2004 to Spring 2007
Member, Search Committee for VP for Finance and Administration, Fall 2004, Winter 2005
Member, Diversity Scholarship Committee, Winter 2004
Member, University Scholarship Committee, Fall 2003
Member, PSU Commission on the Status of Women Fall 1998-Fall 2001
Member, Portland State University Planning Committee, Fall 2001, Winter 2002
College
Member, Center for Academic Excellence, Winter and Spring 2003
Member, Women’s Studies Governing Body, Spring 2001
Member, Women's Studies Advisory Committee, Fall 2000- Spring 2001
Member, Faculty Search Committee, Black Studies Department, Fall 2000
Interim Member, Consortium for Children and Families Fall 1998-Fall 1999
Member, Advising Committee for implementation of Women's Studies Major, Winter 1998
Department
Chair, Department of Sociology, Fall 2005 to present
Member, PhD Proposal Committee, Fall 2005 to present
Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, Winter 2005, Spring 2005
Member, Curriculum Committee, Department of Sociology, Winter 2003, Spring 2003
Member, Personnel Committee, Department of Sociology, Winter 2002
Member, Public Relations Committee, Department of Sociology, Fall 2001
Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, Fall 1999- Spring 2000
Member, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, Fall 1996-Spring 1998
Member, Personnel Committee, Department of Sociology, Fall 1998
Founding member and coordinator of the Globalization Research Interest Group,
(An interdisciplinary research group for faculty at Portland State University), Fall 1999-2002
Affiliated faculty member, Black Studies Department
Affiliated Faculty, Women’s Studies Department
Membership in Professional Societies
American Sociological Association
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Association
Pacific Sociological Association
Caribbean Studies Association
Membership in Honor Societies
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society May 25th, 2006
