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1 Joseph A. Conti Curriculum Vitae Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison William H. Sewell Social Sciences Building 1180 Observatory Drive Madison, WI Professional Experience 2009-present Assistant Professor of Sociology and Law, University of Wisconisn-Madison present Core Faculty, Legal Studies Program, University of Wisconsin- Madison Collaborator, National Science Foundation Center for Nanotechnology and Society, UCSB Post-Doctoral Fellow. American Bar Foundation, Chicago. Education September 2008 Ph.D., Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Dissertation: Power through Process: The Dispute Settlement Process of the World Trade Organization, Committee: Richard Appelbaum (Co-chair); John Sutton (Co-Chair); John Foran; Jennifer Earl. Winner of the Lancaster Dissertation Award for Best Dissertation in the Social Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara. Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences (honorable mention) M.A., Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara, California. Honors Pass. "Trade, Power and Law: Dispute Resolution in the World Trade Organization, " Committee: Richard Appelbaum (Chair); John Sutton; Bill Bielby; John Mohr B.A., magna cum laude, Regis University, Denver, Colorado. Major: Philosophy. Minor: Sociology

2 Book Conti, Joseph A Between Law and Diplomacy: The Social Contexts of Disputing at the World Trade Organization. Palo Alto: Stanford University Press. Peer-Reviewed Publications Conti, Joseph A Legitimacy Chains: Legitimation of Compliance with International Courts Across Social Fields. Law & Society Review 50(1): Satterfield, Terre, Joseph Conti, Barbara Herr Harthorn, Nick Pidgeon, and Anton Pitts Understanding Shifting Perceptions of Nanotechnologies and Their Implications for Policy Dialogues About Emerging Technologies. Science and Public Policy 40(2): Conti, Joseph A, Teresa Satterfield, Barbara Herr Harthorn Vulnerability and Social Justice as Factors in Emergent US Nanotechnology Risk Perceptions. Risk Analysis 31(11): Conti, Joseph A Learning to Dispute: Repeat Participation, Expertise, and Reputation at the World Trade Organization. Law & Social Inquiry 35:1, Best Article Award from the Law & Society Association. Reprinted (in Chinese) in Shanghai Jiao Tong University Law Review (2014, 3: ). Conti, Joseph A Producing Legitimacy at the World Trade Organization: the Role of Expertise and Legal Capacity. Socio-Economic Review 8:1, Satterfield, Theresa, Milind Kandilkar, Christian Beaudrie, Joseph Conti, Barbara Herr-Harthorn Anticipating the Perceived Risk of Nanotechnologies: Will They Be Like Other Controversial Technologies? Nature Nanotechnology 4: Ostrowski, Alexis, Tyronne Martin, Joseph Conti, Indy Hurt, and Barbara Harthorn Nanotoxicology: characterizing the scientific literature, Journal of Nanoparticle Research 11:2, Conti, Joseph A "The Good Case: Decisions to Litigate at the World Trade Organization." Law & Society Review 42:1, Graduate Student Paper Award, Law & Society Association (honorable mention). Abridged in The Law & Society Reader II edited by Erik Larson and Patrick Schmidt (New York University Press, 2014). Conti - 2

3 Conti, Joseph A., Keith Killpack, Gina Gerritzen, Leia Huang, Maria Mircheva, Magali Delmas, Barbara Herr Harthorn, Richard P. Appelbaum, and Patricia A. Holden "Health and Safety Practices in the Nanomaterials Workplace: Results from an International Survey." Environmental Science & Technology 42: Conti, Joseph A. and Moira O'Neil "Studying Power: Qualitative Methods and the Global Elite." Qualitative Research 7:1, Book Chapters Conti, Joseph A Expertise through Experience: Inequality and Legitimacy in the Juridification of International Trade Disputing, pp in Expert Knowledge in Global Trade, edited by Erin Hannah, James Scott, Silke Trommer. Routledge. Works in Progress Conti, Joseph A. The Juridification of International Affairs: Legal Idealists, World Government and the Emergence of Transnational Stateness, a book manuscript on the proliferation of international law and courts, and their impact on states. Currently under review. Other Publications Conti, Joseph Review of Transnational Legal Orders, by Terrence Halliday and Gregory Shaffer. Contemporary Sociology 45:6, Conti, Joseph Review of Frontiers of Commodity Chain Research, edited by Jennifer Bair. Journal of World-Systems Research 18:2, Conti, Joseph Review of The End of Territoriality?: The Impact of ECJ Rulings on British, German and French Social Policy, by Andreas J. Obermaier. Contemporary Sociology 40:1, Conti, Joseph A Repeat Participation, Experience and Dispute Processing at the World Trade Organization. AMICI. Newsletter of the Section on Sociology of Law, American Sociological Association 17:2, Conti, Joseph Review of Remaking US Trade Policy: From Protectionism to Globalization, by Nitsan Chorev. Contemporary Sociology 36:6, Conti, Joseph, Michael Flota, Dana M. Greene and Huei-Hsia Wu (eds) Instructors Manual for Introduction in Sociology by Giddens, Anthony, Mitchell Duneier, Richard P. Appelbaum, and Deborah Carr. 7 th edition. W.W. Norton & Company: New York. Gerritzen, G., Huang. L, Killpack, K., Mircheva, M., Conti, J., Delmas, M., Harthorn, B.H., Appelbaum, R.P. and P. Holden A Report to the Conti - 3

4 International Council On Nanotechnology: Review of Safety Practices in the Nanotechnology Industry: Current Knowledge and Practices regarding Environmental Health and Safety in the Nanotechnology Workplace. University of California, Santa Barbara. Available at: < eport_ucsb_icon%20final.pdf>. Gerritzen, G., Huang. L, Killpack, K., Mircheva, M., Conti, J., Delmas, M., Harthorn, B.H., Appelbaum, R.P. and P. Holden A Report to the International Council On Nanotechnology: Review of Safety Practices in the Nanotechnology Industry: Survey of Current Practices in the Nanotechnology Workplace. University of California, Santa Barbara. Available at: < urveyfullreduced.pdf>. Small Grants 2014 Grant to develop open source texts for Sociology 210 through the etext: Adopt, Remix, Create program by DoIT and UW Madison Libraries Faculty Course Development Grant. Center for European Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison University of Wisconsin-Madison Graduate School Fall Competition grant for The Regulation of Nanotechnologies: Regulators, Risk, and Globalization (#120399) Participation in the Law & Society Association s Graduate Student Workshop. Montreal, Canada National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant (# ) Department of Sociology Travel and Research Grants, UCSB. Fellowships Wisconsin Hilldale Undergraduate/Faculty Research Fellowship (with Sean Becker) NSF Center for Nanotechnology in Society Social Science Research Fellow, UCSB UCDC Washington Center, UC Berkeley program, Graduate Fellowship Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship, UCSB (declined) Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy Dissertation Research Grant, John L. Stanley Award for Political Ethics James D. Kline Fund for International Studies award, UCSB. Conti - 4

5 2004 Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation, Dissertation Fellowship Graduate Teaching Fellowship, UCSB Regents Fellowship, UCSB. Awards 2016 University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Sociology Award for Excellence in Teaching by a Faculty Member UW Madison Housing s Honored Instructor Award UW Madison Housing s Honored Instructor Award UW Madison Housing s Honored Instructor Award Best Article Award from the Law & Society Association, for Learning to Dispute: Repeat Participation, Expertise, and Reputation at the World Trade Organization. Law & Social Inquiry 35:1, Honorable mention. Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Distinguished Dissertation Award in the Social Sciences Lancaster Dissertation Award for Best Dissertation in the Social Sciences between 2008 and University of California, Santa Barbara Honorable Mention. Graduate Student Paper Award, Law & Society Association, for The Good Case: Decisions to Litigate at the World Trade Organization. Nominated by John Sutton The Francis J. Malecek, S.J. Award for Excellence in Philosophy, Regis University. Invited Presentations and Lectures Conti, Joseph. What Does It Take To Do Empirical Research In International Law? Cutting Edge or Dead End? Empirical Research in International Law. Käte Hamburger Kolleg/Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg, Germany. December 6-7, Conti, Joseph. Symbolic Power and the Global State-ness of the World Trade Organization. Guest lecture in Professor Sungjoon Cho s Law and Politics of International Economic Relations. Chicago-Kent School of Law, Chicago, IL. October 28, Conti, Joseph. Nanotechnology, The World Trade Organization and the Governance of Public Health and the Environment: Navigating under Conditions of Uncertainty. Multi-level approaches to environmental regulation in the age of nanotechnology, Northeastern University. Friday, May 21, Conti - 5

6 Herr Harthorn and Joseph Conti. Context Matters in Nanotech Risk Perception. Nanotechnology and the Public: Data for Decision Makers. U.S. Congressional Nanotechnology Caucus. March 9, Washington D.C. Conti, Joseph. Report on ICON s Survey of Current Practices in the Nanotechnology Workplace. Invited presentation at the Nanotechnology and Occupational Health and Safety Conference on the panel The Global Context. November 15-17, University of California, Santa Barbara. Conti, Joseph, Killpack, K., Gerritzen, G., Huang. L, Mircheva, Delmas, M., Harthorn, B.H., Appelbaum, R.P. and Patricia Holden. Health and Safety Practices in the Nanotechnology Workplace: Results from an International Survey. Invited presentation at the Society for Advanced Materials and Process Engineering (SAMPE) Conference on the panel Nanomaterials Health/Safety/Toxicity 2. June 6, Baltimore, MD. Media and Public Events UW-Madison Alumni Association, Real Town Hall, October 5, Appleton, WI. Conti, Joseph. Challenges of Brexit. Madison East Rotary Club, Madison, WI. August 30, Brexit, Evening News, 89.9-FM WORT, Madison, WI. July 7, Brexit, This Morning, Channel 3000, Madison WI. June 29, How UK Brexit vote may affect those in Southern Wisconsin Channel 27, WKOW, Madison, WI. June 28, U.K.'s Brexit could put a damper on Wisconsin exports, experts say, by Judy Newman. Wisconsin State Journal. July 17, A Discussion with Professors Joseph Conti, Jon Pevehouse, and Mark Copelovitch, Society & Politics Committee, Wisconsin Union Directorate. UW-Madison. April 13, Recent Presentations Conti, Joseph A. Compliance, Non-Compliance, and Defiance in Four Courts of Global Jurisdiction. Regular Session Law and Society Panel. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 20-23, Seattle, WA. Conti, Joseph A. Global Restructuring: The Transnational Stateness of Four Courts of Global Jurisdiction. Sociological Inquiries into International Law II, October 9-10, Toronto, ON. Conti, Joseph A. Global Restructuring: The Transnational Stateness of Four Courts of Global Jurisdiction. East Asian Law and Society Conference, August 4-6, Tokyo, Japan. Conti, Joseph A. Pathways of International Legal Authority: Linked Legitimacy Conti - 6

7 Markets, the WTO Appellate Body, and Transformations of National Sovereignty. Paper session on Development, Aid, and Law's Pathos Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association. May 28-31, Seattle, WA. Conti, Joseph A. Superordinate: Trade, Law, and the Authority to Define Legitimate State Practices. Annual Meeting of the Law and Society Association. May 29- June 1, Minneapolis, MN. Conti, Joseph A. Authority in International Affairs: Expertise and Chained Legitimacy Communities as Source of State Commitments to Law. Workshop on Sociological Inquiries into International Law. London School of Economics. May 16-17, London. Conti, Joseph A. Judicial Extension: Global State Formations, Symbolic Power, and the WTO Legal Field. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. August 10-3, New York, NY. Conti, Joseph A. High Wire Transmission: Energizing Disciplinary Ambivalence for the Social Study of Law. Comments Inspired by Israel and Klug: Strengthening ties to component disciplines. 50th Anniversary Committee Meeting Law and Society 50 Years On: Taking Stock, Looking Forward. Madison, WI. October 25, Conti, Joseph A. Symbolic Power and the State-ness of the World Trade Organization. 3rd Regional Colloquium on Globalization of Law, International Organizations, and International Law, May 10-11, University of Wisconsin, Madison. Conti, Joseph A. Between Law and Diplomacy. Rainbow Bookstore. Madison, WI. October 27, Conti, Joseph A. Iterative Negotiations of Law in International Trade: The Social Origins of Legalization. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in session on Legalization and the Global Economy. Las Vegas, NV. August 20-23, Conti, Joseph A. The Social Origins of the Legalization of Trade: the Iterative Negotiation of Law from GATT to WTO. Law and Society Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, CA. June2-5, Conti, Joseph A. The Social Origins of the Legalization of Trade: the Iterative Negotiation of Law from GATT to WTO and Beyond. 2 nd Regional Colloquium on Globalization of Law, International Organizations and International Law. Chicago, IL. May 6 7, Conti, Joseph A. The Social Origins of the Legalization of Trade: Iterative Negotiation of law from GATT to WTO. Social Science History Association Annual Meeting session on the Evolution of Global Governance. Chicago, IL. November 18 21, Service to Department and University UW Madison Faculty Senator, ; 2014 to present. Conti - 7

8 UW Madison Department of Sociology publications committee (2014, ), committee on undergraduate program (2013); Social committee ( ). Chair of committee for social sciences. University of Wisconsin-Madison Bookstore Senior Thesis Competition Committee member for social sciences. University of Wisconsin-Madison Bookstore Senior Thesis Competition Service to Discipline Chair, organizing committee for ASA pre-conference on Law, Culture, and Inclusion/Exclusion, hosted by the Section on the Sociology of Law of the American Sociological Assocation, August, 11, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Session Organizer, Section on Global and Transnational Sociology, The International in the Global and Transnational, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 20-23, Seattle, WA Session organizer, Regular Session on Globalization, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 20-23, Seattle, WA. Committee member, Law and Society Association s Early Career Workshop, 2015 Committee Member, Best Graduate Student Paper Competition. Global and Transnational Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association Participant. Workshop on the Interplay between Social Science and Law Schools: Visions, Challenges, and Trajectories. Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program & Center for the Study of Law and Society University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. Berkeley, CA. May 3-4, 2012 Member of the Publications Committee, ASA Sociology of Law Section, Manuscript Reviewer: Socio-Economic Review, American Sociological Review, Stanford University Press, Regulation and Governance, Risk Analysis, Law & Society Review, Contemporary Sociology, Antipode: A Radical Journal of Geography, International Sociology, European Journal of Political Science, Risk Analysis, Women s Studies International Forum, Research Evaluation, Expert Opinion, Expert Opinion on Drug Delivery, Routledge Press, Oxford University Press Memberships: American Sociological Association (2003-present); Law & Society Association (2008-present) Teaching and Mentoring Activities UW Madison, Department of Sociology: Soc 125 Contemporary American Society, Fall 2009 (Honors), Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Fall 2011 (Honors), Fall 2012 (Honors), Fall 2013 (Honors), Fall 2014 (Honors), Fall 2015 (Honors), Fall 2016 (Honors). Conti - 8

9 Soc 210 Survey of Sociology, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring Soc 496 Globalization and Social Change, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring Soc 496 Eating, Drinking, Gambling, and Sex Beyond the National State, Spring 2015 Graduate seminars: Soc 930 Global Law, Society, and Politics, Fall 2013 Soc 924 States, International Organizations, and a Global Public Sphere, Fall 2015, Fall Soc 925 Sociology of Economic Change and Development, Fall 2016 UW Madison, Legal Studies program, Law, and Sociology: Soc/LS/Law 641 Sociology of Law, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring University of California, Santa Barbara, Global and International Studies: GS2 - Introduction to Global Political and Economic Processes, Summer 2004 and Conti - 9

University of Southern California Hayward R. Alker Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for International Studies,

University of Southern California Hayward R. Alker Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for International Studies, JORDAN BRANCH Department of Political Science Box 1844, 36 Prospect Street Providence, RI 02912 jordan_branch@brown.edu CURRENT POSITION Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, 2012 present