MD’s CV
Michael Dawson, Ph.D.
“meticulous and illuminating” – Noam Chomsky
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Oregon, 1995
M.A., Sociology, University of Oregon, 1989
B.S., Sociology, University of Oregon, 1987
Teaching Experience
Portland Community College, 2015 to present
courses: Sociology in Everyday Life (PCC’s version of Introduction to Sociology)
Lewis & Clark College, 2021 to present
course: Introduction to Sociology
Portland State University, 2000 to 2014
courses: various upper-division sociology courses
University of Oregon, 1991 to 1996
courses: Introduction to Sociology, various upper- and lower-division courses
Teaching Certifications
“Creating Presence in an Online Course”
Completed: November 2021
“Facilitating Live Online Sessions”
Completed: March 2021
Title IX Module
Completed: October 2016
Diversity Module
Completed: October 2016
Selected Publications
Courting Carmageddon: Capitalism and Transportation in the United States, forthcoming book (presently being written), Monthly Review Press
The Consumer Trap: Big Business Marketing in American Life, 2003, University of Illinois Press.
“The Debate That Never Happened”
Academic articles viewable on Google Scholar
Blogs: www.consumertrap.com and www.deathbycar.info
Special Teaching and Research Interests
The Sociological Imagination, History of Ideas, Historical Sociology, Economic Sociology, Social Stratification, Sociology of Media and Communication, Social Class in Off-the-Job Life; Sociology of the 20th and 21st Centuries, Sociology of Transportation
References, award information, and service work history available upon email request.