ZOPHIA EDWARDS Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Providence College

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1 ZOPHIA EDWARDS Department of Sociology Providence College 1 Cunningham Square, Providence, RI Phone: zedwards@providence.edu ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT 2015 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Providence College EDUCATION 2015 Ph.D. in Sociology, Boston University 2005 B.A. in Astrophysics, Williams College RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Sociology of Development Global and Transnational Sociology Labor and labor movements Postcolonial sociology Political Sociology Race and Ethnicity Comparative and Historical Sociology Quantitative Methods PUBLICATIONS Edwards, Zophia Boon or Bane: Examining Divergent Development Outcomes among Oil- and Mineral-Dependent Countries in the Global South. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 58(4): Edwards, Zophia Labor, Agency, and State-building in Trinidad and Tobago: Toward a Postcolonial Sociological Approach to Development. Journal of Historical Sociology. Edwards, Zophia Resistance and Reforms: The Role of Subaltern Agency in Colonial State Development. Political Power and Social Theory 33: Edwards, Zophia. Forthcoming. No Colonial Working Class, No Post-colonial Development: A Comparative-historical Analysis of Two Oil-rich Countries. Studies in International Comparative Development. 1

2 Edwards, Zophia Economic Development, in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism, edited by John Stone, Xiaoshuo Hou, Rutledge M. Dennis, Polly S. Rizova, and Anthony D. Smith. London: Wiley-Blackwell. Agozino, Onwubiko and Zophia Edwards C.L.R. James: The Black Jacobins Sociology. Interview with Professor Gordon Rohlehr of the University of the West Indies. The Black Scholar 37(3): Other works Agozino, Onwubiko (Director/Producer) and Zophia Edwards (Production Assistant) C.L.R. James: The Black Jacobins Sociology Series. [DVD] St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago: University of the West Indies. MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Edwards, Zophia and Julian Go. The Forces of Imperialism: Internalist and Global Explanations of the Anglo-European Empires. Under Review. MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS Edwards, Zophia. Fueling Development: Oil, Labor, and the Transformation of Trinidad and Tobago. (book manuscript). Edwards, Zophia. A Postcolonial Approach to the Diffusion of Industrial Dispute Tribunals across British Colonies. (article manuscript). Edwards, Zophia. Racing Toward Revolution: The Making of an Interracial Movement of Warrior Workers in Colonial Trinidad and Tobago. (article manuscript). Edwards, Zophia. Working Classes, States and Continuity or Change in Development Policies. (article manuscript). Edwards, Zophia and Emily Barman. Bringing It Back Home: Local Content Requirements and the Return of Public Regulation. (article manuscript). TEACHING EXPERIENCE Courses taught, Providence College 2015-present Introductory Sociology Race and Ethnic Relations Introduction to Black Studies 2

3 Courses taught, Boston University 2014, 2011 Sociology of Developing Countries 2013, 2010 Economic Sociology 2012, 2011 Globalization and Development 2012 Principles of Sociology 2011, 2010 Introduction to Sociological Theory Teaching Assistant, Boston University 2013 Technology, Society, and Policy 2010, 2009 Principles of Sociology 2010 Sociology of Developing Countries Guest Lecturer 2017 Bringing Small States In: How and Why They Matter, Professor Patsy Lewis (Course Instructor), Brown University 2014 Governance, Leadership and Power in Africa and the Caribbean, Professor Linda Heywood (Course instructor), Boston University FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS, AND AWARDS 2017 Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar, Providence College 2014 Honorable Mention, Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship 2013 Graduate Dissertation Writing Fellowship, Department of Sociology, Boston University 2013 Boston University Research Methods Grant, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Science Research (ICPSR) Summer Workshop on The Workflow of Data Analysis using Stata 2013 Morris Grant, Graduate Research Abroad, Boston University 2011 ICSPR Summer Workshop on Mixed Methods: Approaches for Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research Strategies 2011 Long Term Graduate Research Abroad Fellowship, Boston University 2011 Graduate Writing Fellowship, Writing Program, Boston University 2010 ICSPR Summer Workshop on Panel Data Analysis using Stata 2010 Distinction in Ph.D. Comprehensive Examinations in Globalization and Development, and Political Sociology 2009 Morris Grant, Faculty Research Assistant, Boston University 2008 Presidential Fellowship, Boston University CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND PANELS American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2017 States, Dependence, and Development: A Cross-National Study of Oil- and Mineral-dependent Countries in the Global South. Montreal, Canada No Working Class, No Development: A Comparative-historical Analysis of Two Oil-rich Countries. Mini-conference on Comparative-Historical Sociology. Seattle, Washington. 3

4 2016 Presider, Roundtable on States, Markets, and Development. Seattle, WA Blessing or Curse: Examining the Divergent Development Paths of Oil- and Mineral-rich Developing Countries. San Francisco, CA Rentier States and the Resource Curse: The Origins of Developmentpromoting Institutions in Trinidad and Tobago. San Francisco, CA Bringing It Back Home: Local Content Requirements and the Return of Public Regulation (with Emily Barman). Mini-conference on Comparative- Historical/Political Sociology. New York, NY The Class Legacies of Colonial Rule: Democracy and Authoritarianism in the Developing World. New York, NY The Colonial Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism in Oil-rich Countries. Denver, CO. Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting 2016 Labor, Agency, and State-building: Toward a Postcolonial Sociological Approach to Development. Boston, MA Colonial Legacies, Institutions, and Comparative Development in Trinidad and Tobago and Gabon. Baltimore, MD The Colonial Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism in Two Oildependent Countries. Mini-conference on Development. Boston, MA Presider, Session on Global and Macrolevel Insights on Employment Trends. Boston, MA Petroleum and Politics: How Democracy Shaped Development in Trinidad and Tobago. Philadelphia, PA The Native Problem: Comparing Canadian and Australian Indigenous Assimilation Policies. Boston, MA. Social Science History Association Annual Meeting 2016 No Organized Labor, No Development. Chicago, IL with Julian Go. Hegemony and Colonialism: A Time-Series Analysis of Anglo- European Imperialism, Chicago, IL Bringing the Colonized Back In: Colonial Legacies, Institutions, and Development in Trinidad and Tobago. Toronto, Canada The Class Legacies of Colonial Rule: Explaining Divergent Political Regimes between Gabon and Trinidad and Tobago. Chicago, IL. Other Professional Conferences 2016 Oil, States, and Labor: Comparing the Development Paths of Two Oil-rich Countries. African Studies Association Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C The Role of the Working Class in Fueling Development. Development Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association. Ithaca, NY Labor, Agency, and State-building: Toward a Postcolonial Sociological Approach to Development. International Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Vienna, Austria Beyond the Resource Curse: The Origins of Democracy and Authoritarianism in Two Oil-rich Countries. American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. 4

5 Workshops 2017 Du Boisian Scholar Network. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada From the West to the Rest? A Postcolonial Take on the Emergence and Diffusion of Industrial Dispute Tribunals across British colonies. Decolonizing the Social: A Junior Scholars Workshop, Boston University Oil and Subaltern Agency: Toward an Understanding of the Colonial State in Resource-rich Colonies. Reanalyzing the Colonial State: Theoretical and Empirical Perspectives Workshop, Political Power and Social Theory, University of Copenhagen Colonial Legacies, Institutions, and the Resource Curse: Explaining the Diverging Paths of Oil-rich Trinidad and Tobago and Gabon. History, Culture, and Society Workshop, Harvard University Diversify for Development: Comparing Economic Restructuring Outcomes in Small States. The Society, Politics, and Culture Workshop, Boston University Department of Sociology. Graduate Student Conferences 2014 The Colonial Legacies of Labor on Institutions and Development in Trinidad and Tobago. African Studies Conference, Boston University African Studies Center The Class Legacies of Colonial Rule: Explaining Divergent Political Regimes in Gabon and Trinidad and Tobago. African Studies Conference, Boston University African Studies Center The Class Legacies of Colonial Rule upon Democracy in Developing Countries. Boston University Graduate Research Conference in International Relations. INVITED LECTURES 2017 Re-examining the Colonial Roots of Post-Colonial Development. Boston College, Sociology Department Seminar Series, April A Postcolonial Sociology of Development. Brown University, Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, November. SERVICE Professional Newsletter and Website Editor, International Sociological Association, Research Committee on Social Transformations and the Sociology of Development (RC 09) Labor Section Network Representative, Social Science History Association 2016 Conference Organizer, American Sociological Association Comparative- Historical Section Roundtables 5

6 2015- Editorial Board, Policy Trajectories, Blog of the American Sociological Association s Section on Comparative and Historical Sociology Occasional Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology, International Journal of Comparative Sociology, Journal of Labor and Society 2014, 2015 Conference Organizer, Bos-Conn Symposium on Qualitative Sociology, Boston University Graduate Student Editorial Board Member, Political Power and Social Theory Sociology Departments Junior Faculty Search Committee, Providence College Committee to revise the Departmental Procedures for Evaluating Probationary Faculty, Providence College 2016 Advisor, Sociology Club, Providence College 2012 Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Search Committee, Boston University 2011 Graduate Student Representative, Albert Morris Grant Committee, Boston University Director of Undergraduate Advising, Boston University Providence College 2017 Guest Speaker, Providence Immigrant Rights Coalition, March 2017 Participant, Development of Western Civilization Faculty Focus Group, Feb 2017 Participant, Diversity Proficiency Focus Group, January 2016 Panel Speaker, Black Lives Matter: Black Women Do Too, October 2016 Organizer and Presenter, Faculty Teach-in on Race, May 2016 Panel Speaker, Black Lives Matter in History, April 2016 Panel Speaker, College Admissions, Scholarships, and Justice, April 2016 Organizer and Presenter, Student Teach-in on Race, March 2016 Volunteer, Black Women and Girls Symposium, September 2015 Panel Speaker, The American Dream in an Age of Increasing Inequality, October Public Sociology and Community Engagement Executive Board, Friends of Rochambeau Library, Providence RI Occasional Contributor, Political Matter blog Trinidad and Tobago: Lessons From, and For, A Caribbean Model of Economic Growth (May 2015) It s the Plan, Not the Man: Recession in Trinidad and Tobago (January 2016) PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association Eastern Sociological Society International Sociological Association Social Science History Association African Studies Association 6

B.A., Amherst College, Women s and Gender Studies, Magna Cum Laude (2001)

B.A., Amherst College, Women s and Gender Studies, Magna Cum Laude (2001) SERENA LAWS Department of Political Science Trinity College 300 Summit Street Hartford, CT 06106 slaws@trincoll.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Political Science (2011) M.A.,