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Name:   Paul Stevenson Gray

Home Address: 2 Whitney Road Phone: (617) 969-4606
                          Newtonville, MA 02460
Business Address: Department of Sociology Phone:   (6l7) 552-4l40
                              Boston College E-mail: gray@bc.edu
                              Chestnut Hill, MA 02467

                              Website: http://www2.bc.edu/~gray/
Date and Place of Birth:   March 26, 1943
                                       San Francisco, California
Marital Status: Married to Leigh E. Gray, ACSW
                         Two children

Educational History

Dates             Institution                   Degree   Department

l96l - 1965   Princeton University     A.B.        Politics
l965 - l966   Stanford University      M.A.        Education
l969 - 1972 Yale University             M.Ph.      Sociology
l972 - 1977 Yale University             Ph.D.       Sociology

Employment History
l966 - l969, Secondary School Teacher, San Mateo, California
l97l,   Teaching Assistant, Yale University, Department of Sociology
l974, Acting Instructor, Yale University, Department of Sociology
l975 - present, Instructor to Associate Professor of Sociology, Boston College,

l988, Visiting Professor, St. John's Seminary, Boston, MA
1994 - 2001, Founding Faculty Chair, Leadership for Change, an Executive Training Program
    sponsored jointly by the Carroll School of Management and the Department of Sociology, Boston College
1996-2001, Senior Consultant, Center for Corporate Citizenship, Boston College

Research Experience
1970, Research on Voluntary Organizations in New Haven, Connecticut
l970, Research on Voluntary Organizations in Kingston, Jamaica

1972-l973, Research on Organized Labor in Ghana, West Africa
l980-l982, Research on Large Philanthropic Foundations in the U.S.
l983-l986, Chief Consultant, 1985-86, Co-Principal Investigator, "Worker Education for the l980's." A labor education project supported by the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education.
l987-l988, Principal Investigator, Research on the Economic Impact on Independent Higher Education in Massachusetts, Social Welfare Research Institute.
l989-l99l, Teaching of Sociology at the Pre-College Level.
1993-94, "Jews at Christmas." An interview and writing project supported by the Thomas Murphy Foundation as part of an interdisciplinary study, THE CONTRADICTIONS OF CHRISTMAS, Social Welfare Research Institute, Boston College.
1992-97, "Getting In: A Study of Family Dynamics During the College Application Process" (w/ David A. Karp and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom).
1996-97,   Project Executive, Community Audits, Battelle Institute, Columbus, Ohio. Center for Corporate Community Relations, Boston College.
1999,   Project Executive, Community Audits, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Plainsboro, N.J., Center for Corporate Community Relations, Boston College
2000, Senior Consultant, Community Audits, Motorola Communications, Phoenix, AZ; Chicago, IL; Southeastern Iowa, Center for Corporate Community Relations, Boston College
2001, Senior Consultant, Social Impact Assessment, BP, Chicago, IL Center for Corporate Citizenship, Boston College

Publications
Books:
Economics for Ghanaian Trade Unionists. Accra: Ghana Labour College, l973.
Unions and Leaders in Ghana: A Model of Labor and Development.   Buffalo, N.Y.: Conch Books, l98l.
The Research Craft, 2nd Edition (with John B. Williamson et al).   Boston: Little, Brown, l982.
__________________, Reprinted. Fairfax, Va.: Tech Books, 1992.
The Research Craft, 3nd Edition (with John B. Williamson et al). Itasca, IL: F.E. Peacock (forthcoming).

Articles:
"Voluntary Organizations in Ghana."   Journal of Voluntary Action Research
V, 3-4 (l977).
"Voluntary Organizations and National Development in Jamaica."
Journal of Voluntary Action Research, VI 3-4 (l977).
"Collective Bargaining in Ghana." Industrial Relations, XIX, 2 (Spring) l980.
"Exchange and Access in Field Work." Urban Life, IX, 3 (October) l980.
"Learning Research Methods by Doing Research" (w/ Phyllis Meighen).
Improving College and University Teaching, 28, 4 (Fall) l980.
"The Genesis of Trade Unions in Ghana." Journal of African Studies, VIII, 2 (Summer) l98l.
"The Effects of Voluntarism on Pressure Group Success: The Case of Organized Labor in Ghana."
In David Horton Smith and Jon Van Til (eds.) International Perspectives on VoluntaryAction Research. Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, l983.
"Labor Education Research and Community Development." Social Report, Spring, l985.
"Trouble in the House of Labor: Can Unions Respond?"(w/ Russ Eckel).   Changing Work, Spring, l986.
"Careers and Grad School: A Move You May Not Have Considered."
Careers and the College Grad, l987 Edition.
"Sociology." In Charting a Course: Social Studies for the 2lst Century. A Report of the Curriculum Task Force of the National Commission on the Social Studies in the Schools. Washington, D.C.: NCSSS, l989.
"Talking Down Government."   Social Report IX, l (l990).
"Sociology in the Schools." In Virginia S. Wilson, et al. (eds.) Teaching History and the Social Studies: Handbook of Trends, Issues, and Implications for the Future. Greenwood Press, 1993.
"Integrating the Financial and Social . . . for the Common Good"
(w/Steve Waddell). Social Report   X, 3 (1994).
"Leaving Home for College: Expectations for Selective Reconstruction of Self"
(w/David A. Karp and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom).    Symbolic Interaction 21(3) 1998.
"Why Laundry, Not Hegel? Imagining the Transition to Residential College"
(w/Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and David A. Karp).   In preparation.

"The Second Shift and the College Bound Child" (w/Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and
David A. Karp).   1998   In preparation.
"Admission and Redemption: Parental Biographies and College Aspirations for
their Children."    (w/David A. Karp and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom).   In
preparation.

"Leading Responsible Change: A Guide to Curriculum Development." In Sandra Waddock et al (eds.)
Leading Responsible Change (forthcoming).

Reports:
"The Economic Impacts of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts."
Social Welfare Research Institute, April, l988.
"Comparing the Economic Impact of Independent Higher Education and High Technology." Social Welfare Research Institute, June, l988.
"A Self Study of the Department of Sociology." Boston College, February, l99l.
"Assessment of Expectations and Attitudes of Communities Important to Battelle." (w/Steven Rochlin) Center for Corporate Community Relations, May, 1996.
"Assessment of the Attitudes and Expectations of Key Internal Audiences Concerning Battelle's Community Involvement." (w/Steven Rochlin) Center for Corporate Community Relations, July, 1997.
"An Audit of Expectations and Attitudes in Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Central New Jersey Communities." (w/Dale C. Burr) Center for Corporate Community Relations, December, 1999.
Reviews:
"The Role of Trade Unions in the Development Process," by U.G. Damachi.
Journal of Modern African Studies, XII, l (l975).
"Class, Power and Ideology in Ghana: The Railwaymen of Sekondi," by Richard Jeffries. Contemporary Sociology IX, 6 (November) l980.
"The Abutia Ewe of West African: A Chiefdom That Never Was," by Michel Verdon. International Journal of African Historical Studies XIX, (l986).
"Working" by Graeme Salaman. Teaching Sociology, XV, 3 (July) l987.
"The Golden Stool: Studies of the Asante Center and Periphery Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History" edited by Enid Schildkrout.
International Journal of African Historical Studies XXII (l989).
"Robust Unionism: Innovations in the Labor Movement" by Arthur Shostak. Contemporary Sociology XX, 5 (1991).
"People, Plans and Policies: Essays on Poverty, Racism and Other National Urban Problems" by Herbert J. Gans. International Journal of Urban and Regional Research XVI, 2 (1992).
"The Krobo People of Ghana to 1892: A Political and Social History" by Louis E. Wilson. International Journal of African Historical Studies   XXVI, 1 (1993).
"Teaching Sociology in High School: A Guide for Workshop Organizers" by Keith A. Roberts and Kathleen Piker-King. Teaching Sociology XXIV, 4 (October, 1996).
"Gender, Ethnicity and Social Change on t he Upper Slave Coast" by Sandra E. Greene. International Journal of African Historical Studies   XXXI, 2D (1997).
"The Sociology of Post-Colonial Societies: Economic Disparity, Cultural Diversity, and Development" by J.E.Goldthorpe.   International Journal of African Historical Studies
XXXII, 2D (1999).

"El Dorado in West Africa:   The Gold Mining Frontier, African Labor, and Colonial Capitalism in the Gold Coast, 1875-1900" by Rayomnd E. Dumett.   International Journal of African Historical Studies   XXXIII, 3B (1999).
"The Eclipse of Morality: Science, State, and Market" by Lawrence Busch. Contemporary Sociology 30, 2 (2001).
Cases:
"I Hear Voices: an Example of an Appropriate Referral to Counseling." A Case Presented at the Developing Discussion Leadership Skills Faculty Seminar, Professor C. Roland Christensen, Harvard University, Presider. Wallace E. Carroll School of Management and the Academic Development Center, Boston College, March, 1993.
Syllabi
"Sc 902, Teaching Seminar."   A syllabus selected for inclusion in Preparing Students to Teach.   Teaching Resource Center, American Sociological Association, 1996.

Participation at Professional Meetings
"Developing Political Relations Between the Ghana Trades Union Congress and the National Redemption Council: l972-l974." A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Chicago, 1974.
"The Role of the Trades Union Congress in the Economy of Ghana: Prospects for the Next Decade." A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Chicago, l974.
"The Effects of Voluntarism on Pressure Group Behavior: The Case of the Labor Movement in Ghana." A paper presented at the Ninth World Congress of Sociology, Uppsala, Sweden, l978.
"Collective Bargaining in Ghana." A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the African Studies Association, Baltimore, l978
"The Study of Modern Institutions in Less Developed Countries." A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, l978.
Co-Chair, Roundtable Discussion on Teaching of Undergraduate Methods. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, l979.

Presider, Panel on "Social Change in Small Communities." Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, l980.
Chair, Roundtable Discussion on "The Influence of Research Foundations on National Priorities." Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, l982.
Co-Leader, Workshop: "Teaching Sociology in the High School." Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Antonio, l984.

Co-Organizer, Statewide Conference, "Massachusetts Unions and the Future of Work." Massachusetts AFL/CIO, Boston College Worker Education Project, Boston, February 4-5, l986.

Chair, ASA Task Force on Sociology in Elementary and Secondary Schools. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, l989, Washington, D.C., l990, Cincinnati, l99l.
Presider and Organizer, Teaching Workshop: "Sociology in the Secondary Schools: Needs and Responses." Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D. C., l990.
Presider, Organizer, and Panelist, Teaching Workshop: "Teaching Sociology in the Secondary School." Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, 1992.

Chair, ASA Standing Committee on Sociology in Elementary and Secondary Schools. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, 1992, Miami, 1993, Los Angeles, 1994
Presider and Presenter, "Sociology as Social Science in the High School Curriculum." A presentation at the Symposium, "Science Education Reform in America." Annual Meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Boston, 1993.
"Leaving Home: Transition to College and the Reconstruction of Self" (w/David A. Karp and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom). A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, Philadelphia, 1995.
"The Second Shift and the College Bound Child" (w/Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and David A. Karp). Roundtable on the Sociology of Sex and Gender. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., 1995.

"Leadership in the 21st Century: An Emerging Model of Executive Education Integrating Multiple Bottom Lines for the Common Good."   (w/Sandra Waddock).   Session on Business, Society, Ethics and Values. Third Biennial International Conference on Advances in Management, ICAM, Boston, 1996.
Panelist, Invited Panel Session. "Sociology in the High School Setting: Content and Context.'"    Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, 1996.

"Great Expectations and Everyday Worries: Anticipating the Transition to College." (w/Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and David A. Karp).   A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, 1998.
"Good-Bye Mom and Dad: College Bound Seniors’ Perceptions of Parental Letting Go."
(w/Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and David A. Karp).   A refereed roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, 1999.
"Learning from Leaders: Stories from Four Levels of Change in CR Practice." A panel organized and presented at the 2000 International Leaders Conference, Center for Corporate Community Relations, Washington, D.C., 2000.
"Measuring the Impact: Conducting Community Audits." A workshop presented at the 2000 International Leaders Conference, Center for Corporate Community Relations, Washington, D.C., 2000.
"Why Laundry, Not Hegel?" (w/Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and David A. Karp).   A refereed roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., 2000.
"Good-bye Susie, Good-Bye Seiji" (w/Lynda Lytle Holmstrom and David A. Karp).   A refereed roundtable presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, 2001
"Leadership for Change: Corporate Citizenship in Practice." A workshop presented at the 2001 International Leaders Conference, Center for Corporate Citizenship, San Diego, 2001.

Honors and Grants
1965 - l966, Stanford University Teaching Internship
l969 - l970 Yale University Fellowship, California State Scholarship (CalVets)
l970 - l973 Comparative Sociology Traineeship, National Institutes of Mental Health (NIMH)

1972 - 1973, Dissertation Research Grant, the Concilium on International and Area Studies, Yale University
l980, l990, Summer Research Grants, Boston College
1983, Co-Advisor, General Motors Business Understanding Program,
Second Place in National Competition
l987 - l988, Research Grant Awards (2), Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Massachusetts (AICUM)
1992, Research Grant Award, Thomas Murphy Foundation, Social Welfare Research Institute
1992,   Research Expense Grant, Boston College (w/David Karp and Lynda Lytle Holmstrom).
1993 -94 Grant Proposal, "Leadership for the Common Good: a Proposal for a New Education Program."
(w / other faculty from the Department of Sociology and the Wallace E. Carroll School of Management).   Funded by the Kazanjian Foundation, 1993.
1996-97, Funded Research/Consulting, Battelle Memorial Institute, Center for Corporate Community Relations

1999, Funded Research/Consulting, Bristol Myers Squibb, Center for Corporate Community Relations
1999, Teaching/Advising Grant, "Collaborative Learning: Strategic Inquiry for the Sociological Imagination." (w/ Eve Spangler and Michael Malec).   Boston College

2000, Funded Research/Consulting, Motorola Communications, Center for Corporate Community Relations
2001, Funded Research/Consulting, BP, Center for Corporate Citizenship

Teaching Interests
Development and Modernization, 3rd World
Contemporary African Society
Research Methods, Graduate & Undergraduate
Labor and Technology
Introductory Sociology
Comparative Sociology
Social Theory, Undergraduate
Social Change
Race and Ethnic Relations
Fieldwork, Action Research
Teacher Supervision and Training
Sociology of Education

Research Interests
Corporate Social Responsibility
Sociology of Education
Industrial Relations
African Development
Social Change
Sociology in the Schools
Field Work Methods
College Admission Process

Service to the University
ELECTED:
Department Chairperson, l989 - 1992; Assistant Chairperson, l985 - l986
Chair, Graduate Admissions in Sociology, l978-83, l987-88, 1993-94; Co-Chair, 1992
Member, Faculty Senate, College of Arts and Sciences, l978 - l982
Member, Undergraduate Educational Policy Committee, l985 - l988
Member, Graduate Educational Policy Committee, l980 - l983
Member, Faculty Review Panel, 1994-97
Member, Faculty Elections Committee, 2000
Member, University Core Development Committee, 2001
APPOINTED:
Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology, l983 - l984
Director, International Studies Minor, l987-89
Director, Sociology Honors Program, 1994-95, 1996-97.
Acting Director, Program in Social Economy and Social Policy, l983
Member, Boston College Admissions Advisory Committee, l985 - l986
Member, President's Committee on International Education, l985 - l988
Member, International Advisory Committee, 1999-2000
Member, Quinn Commission on the International Studies Major, 2000
Member, International Studies Academic Board, 2001
Department Fellowships Sponsor, 1996-2000

Service to the Profession
Reader for African Studies Review, American Sociologist, Contemporary Sociology, Human Organization, Social Forces, International Journal of African Historical Studies, Urban Life, Sociological Focus, etc.
Editorial Staff, Changing Work, l986.
Editorial Board, The Social Report, l984-85, 1994, 1996, 1997
                         The American Sociologist, 1998 - 2001

Project Reviewer, National Science Foundation, l988, l990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997
Chair, Task Force on Sociology in the Elementary and Secondary Schools, American Sociological Association, l989 - l991.
Chair, Standing Committee on Sociology in the Elementary and Secondary Schools, ASA, l99l-94.

Elected Treasurer, Eastern Sociological Society, 1992 - 93;
Elected to ESS Executive Board, 1994 - 95.
Member, Committee on Papers, ESS, l979-80.
ESS Committee on Nominations, 1998-99.
Affiliations
American Association of University Professors
American Sociological Association
African Studies Association
Consulting Work
to business:
Battelle Institute, 1996, 1997
BP, 2001
Bristol-Myers Squibb, 1999, 2000
City of Boston, Department of Human Resources, l988, l990
Microventure Group, 1999
Motorola Communications, 2000
National Alliance of Business, l987
Sapient Corporation, 1999, 2000
Shell Chemical, 1998
to publishers:
Acada Books, 1999, 2000
Allyn & Bacon, l987, l988, 1994, 1995, 1996
College Entrance Examination Board, 1991
Little, Brown Publishers, l976
McGraw-Hill, 1992
Oxford University Press, l986, l989
Prentice-Hall, l98l, l983, l986, l988, l989, l99l, 1996, 1998
Rand McNally College Book Company, l978 - l979
Simon & Schuster, 1996
Wadsworth Publishers, l984 - l986
Winthrop Publishers, l976 - l977