Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Political Science
The City University of New York
Dr. Piven received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. Before coming to the Graduate Center, she taught at Boston University, Columbia University, New York University Law School, the Institute of Advanced Studies in Vienna, the University of Amsterdam, and the University of Bologna. She is past Vice-President of the American Political Science Association, has served as program co-chair of the annual political science meetings, and is a past president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the President's Award of the American Public Health Association, and the American Sociological Association's Career Award for the Practice of Sociology, as well as their award for the Public Underst anding of Sociology. Her books deal with the development of the welfare state, political movements, urban political, and electoral politics. Among them are Regulating The Poor (winner of the C. Wright Mills Award in 1972); Poor People's Movements (1977); The New Class War (1982); Why Americans Don't Vote (1988); The Mean Season (1987); Labor Parties In Postindustrial Societies (1992); The Breaking of The American Social Compact (1997); Why Americans Still Don't Vote (2000); The War at Home (2004); and Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America (2006).
(Description taken from Dr. Piven’s website.)
Public Lecture
Challenging Authority: How Ordinary People Change America
Wednesday September 13th, 5-7 pm, Devlin 101 - open to all
Seminar
Theoretical Perspectives on Power from Below
Thursday, September 14th - CLOSED
Readings: