Richard G. Braungart
Curriculum Vita:
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, AWARDS,
OFFICES, AND SPEAKING APPEARANCES
Member, Alpha Kappa Delta Honorary, 1963; Delta Tau Kappa International Honor Society, 1977.
Visiting Lecturer on "Social Change in Modern Iran," United States Peace Corps Iranian Project, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., Summer, 1963.
Conducted a series of seminars on "Student Politics" and participated in the study of Student Stress and the Educational Environment, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, April 12-14, 1967.
Interview, "The Why's and Wherefores of Student Political Behavior," ON THE LINE, WMAJ-AM Radio, Department of Public Information, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, July 10, 1967.
Panel Discussant on "Student Power" as part of the NOW! series, WPSX-TV, taped at University Park, PA, May 13, 1968.
Chairperson of the Fourth Annual District of Columbia Sociological Society Career Conference for Sociology Undergraduates, College Park, MD, May 1, 1971, sponsoring a panel discussion on "Career Opportunities for Sociologists" and 11 workshops.
Visiting Lecturer on "American Student Activists: Causes and Future Prospects," U.S. Information Agency, Washington, D.C., May 26, 1971.
Interview, "American Youth and the Military," REPORT FROM THE CORRESPONDENT, by Yoshiki Hidaka, JBC-TV, Japan Broadcasting Corporation, taped at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, October 15, 1971.
Panel Discussant on "Life Styles of Youth: Faddism or Are They Telling Us Something?" THE COLLEGE FORUM SERIES, National Educational Television (NET), taped at The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, May 11, 1972.
Lecture Series on "Special Minorities, Deviant Sub-cultures, Institution of Crime, Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Police-Youth Relations," at the Central New York Regional Academy for Police Training, Syracuse, NY, 1972-1974.
Lecturer on "Case Studies in Community Analysis," at the 6th and 7th Annual Institutes of Municipal Clerks, Syracuse, NY, August 14, 1974, and August 18, 1975.
Colloquium Speaker on "The Sociology of Multinational Corporate Power," Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, Kent State University and the University of Akron, Kent, OH, November 21, 1975.
Visiting Lecturer and participant in a "Symposium on Ideology and Social Science," Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, February 15-17, 1977.
Professional Associate, Conference on Social and Cultural Effects of Multinational Corporations, East-West Cultural Learning Institute, The East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, September 13-23, 1978.
Panelist on Plenary Session entitled "Code of Conduct for Multinational Corporations," at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the North Central Sociological Association, Akron, OH, April 26, 1979.
Panelist on "Family and Youth Crisis," WSYR-AM, Syracuse, NY, June 24, 1979, 9-10 p.m.
Interviews on "Youth Problems in the 1970s," WIXT-TV, Channel 9 Evening News, Syracuse, NY, September 17 and 19, 1979.
Panelist on "The Iranian Crisis," Hendricks Chapel, Syracuse University, with an appearance on WTVH-TV, Channel 5, Late Evening News, Syracuse, NY, November 15, 1979.
Speaker and Participant, Coloquio International Sobre Adolescencia, "Modelos Historicos y Generacionales de los Movimientos Juveniles": Mesa Redonda (televised) "El Futuro de La Investigacion en La Adolescencia." Con motivo del Sexto Aniversario de la Universidad Autonoma Metropolitant-Xochimilco (UNAM), Cuidad Mexico, Noviembre 10-14, 1980. Sponsored by the Government of Mexico, Division de Ciencias Biologicas y de la Salud.
Lecturer on "Science and Values," National Science Foundation Summer Workshop on Science and Technology, Dewitt, NY, July 13, 1981.
Member, C. Wright Mills Award Committee, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1981-1982; 1982-1983.
Vice President-at-Large and Board Member, Research Committee on the Sociology of Youth, International Sociological Association, 1982-1986.
Member, International Studies Association Task Force on Improving the Interdisciplinary Nature of the ISA, 1982-1983.
Founding Member, Political Sociology Organizing Committee and Co-founder of the ASA Section on Political Sociology, American Sociological Association, 1982-1983.
Treasurer and Member of the Executive Board, Section on Political Sociology, American Sociological Association, 1983-1984.
Member, International Society of Political Psychology Nominating Committee, 1983-1984; Futures Workshop, Mershon Center, Ohio State University, January 16-17, 1988; International Program Committee, 1989-1990; Co-Chair Nominating Committee, 1989-1990; Chair Search Committee for the New Councillor of the ISPP, 1990-1991; Political Psychology Program Development Committee, 1993-1994; Chair, Alfred Freedman Award Committee, 1997-1998.
Guest Program Chairperson, International Conferences on "Social Indicators on Comparative Youth Studies," and "Youth in the 80s: Participation, Development, Peace." Sponsored by the International Sociological Association, United Nations European Center at Vienna, and the Bulgarian Sociological Society, Primorsko, Bulgaria, September 19-24, 1983; September 1-6, 1985.
Member, Program Committee for the 1984 Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1983-1984.
Published Interview and Personal Profile, "Nashchiyat Osnoven Dblg E Da Bbden Chestni" ("Our Main Duty is to be Honest"), Problemi na Mladezhta (Problems of Youth). Sofia, Bulgaria: Institute of Youth Studies, 1984, pp. 17-23. Interviewed and translated into Bulgarian by Y. Petrova and G. Dimitrov.
Chairperson, International Conflict and Cooperation Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1984-1986.
Council Member, Section on Collective Behavior and Social Movements, American Sociological Association, 1984-1987.
Guest Appearance on the topic of "Crowd Behavior" on the GOOD AFTERNOON show, WCNY-TV (NET), Channel 24, Syracuse, NY, July 3, 1985, 3:00-4:00 p.m. (a Central New York call-in talk show).
Council Member, Section on Political Sociology, American Sociological Association, 1985-1988.
Guest Lecturer on "Terrorism" for the Epstein School of Jewish Studies, Temple Beth Sholom-Chevra Shas, Syracuse, NY, October, 6, 1985.
Member, Coalition for National Service, Washington, D.C., 1986-1995 . Member of the U.S. delegation from the Coalition for National Service, who met with high-level Soviet officials in Moscow, USSR for purposes of establishing a "Soviet-American Youth Service" (SAYS), December 9-16, 1989. Interviewed by Literaturnaya Gazeta, December 14, 1989 (2 hours), interview published during week of December 18, 1989. See "Professor Finds Soviets Open to Ideas," The Post-Standard, February 19, 1990, p. B2.
Published Dialogues, "Bideo i Molodezh'" ("Video and Youth"). Problemi na Mladezhta (Problems of Youth). Sofia, Bulgaria: Institute of Youth Studies, 1986, pp. 51-57. Interviewed and translated into Bulgarian by Y. Petrova and A. Aleksiev.
Vice President for the USA and Canada and Board Member, Research Committee on the Sociology of Youth, International Sociological Association, 1986-1990.
Participant and Consultant, Conference on "1968 and Its Aftermath," Center for International Studies, Duke University, Durham, NC, March 20-21, 1987.
Listed in: Marquis Who's Who in America, 44th and subsequent Editions (1986-2002); Marquis Who's Who in the East, 29th Edition (2002); Men of Achievement, 12th Edition (1987 [IBC, Cambridge, England]); International Leaders in Achievement, First Edition (1988), Second Edition (1996); International Directory of Distinguished Leadership (1987-1988); Directory of Distinguished Americans (1988); Directory of International Biography (1989/90), etc.
Member, Eastern Sociological Society Papers Review Committee, 1987-1988; 1988-1989.
Speaker and Participant, Special Invited Thematic Panel Session on "'1968' in Comparative Perspective," Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, March 17-20, 1988.
Speaker and Participant, International Conference on "Youth and Perestroika," Higher Komsomol School, Moscow, USSR, November 9-15, 1988. Presented a Research Committee Report on Youth representing the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Youth, and a Proposal for a Joint "Soviet-American Youth Service" to the Plenary Session of the International Conference in Moscow representing the American Coalition for National Youth Service, Washington, D.C. Interview, Komsomolskaya Pravda (published November 13, 1988:3); participated in a series of roundtable discussions on youth problems for Praga (World Marxist Review) taped November 11, 1988 (two hours), Yunost' ("Youth," national radio program) taped November 11, 1988 (two hours), and Vzglyad ("View," a popular national evening television program) taped November 14, 1988 (one hours thirty minutes) and shown over national Soviet TV in February, 1989. Interview, "SU Professor: Unite Superpower Youths," Syracuse Herald-Journal, December 9, 1988, pp. B1, B4.
Honorary Director, International Seminar on Youth, Peace, and Development, sponsored by the University Grants Commission and Indian Council of Social Science Research (New Delhi), and Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India, March 6-10, 1989 (in absentia).
Member, Governing Council, International Society of Political Psychology, 1989-1991.
Visiting Lecturer on "Theory Construction in Sociology and in the Sociology of Youth," Institute of Sociology, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow, USSR, May 8-22, 1989. Six lectures taped and simultaneously translated into Russian.
Guest Lectureship on "Historical and Political Generations," in the Federal Republic of Germany, sponsored by a grant from The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Lectured and consulted at the University of Trier, University of Siegen, Deutsches Jugendinstitut--München, Technical University of Berlin, and the Free University of Berlin, January 28-February 11, 1990.
Speaker and Participant, "Seminario: Los Nuevos Movimientos Sociales Y El Fin De Las Ideologias," Universidad Internacional Menendez Pelayo (UIMP), Santander, Spain, del 16 al 20 de Julio, 1990. Paper and discussion taped and translated into Spanish.
Speaker and Participant, "International Seminar on the Perception of Europe," Polish Association for the Club of Rome and Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Radziejowice Palace (near Warsaw), Poland, October 28-30, 1990.
Visiting Lecturer and Consultant, The Peoples Republic of China and The Republic of Korea (South Korea), October 5-23, 1991. Lectured on the following topics in (1) Beijing, (2) Shanghai, (3) Seoul, and (4) Taejon--(1) The China Youth and Children's Research Center, China Youth College for Politics, Beijing and The Institute for Sociology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing, October 5-13, 1991: "Contemporary American Youth: Social Structures, Problems, Politics," "Middle Range Theory Building in the Sociology of Generations," "Topics, Scope, and Methods of Youth Research in the United States," "Current and Future Trends in American Sociology," and "Socialization and Generational Theory," etc.; (2) The Shanghai Center for Youth Research, and the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, October 13-18, 1991: "Symposium on Youth," "American Youth Problems," "Youth Politics and Youth Culture," "Generational Movements," etc.; (3) Ewha University and The Korea Institute for Youth and Children, Seoul, October 19, 1991: "Youth Culture and Politics in the Chinese Context," and "Generational Sociology"; (4) Han Nam University, Taejon, Korea, October 20-23, 1991: "Youth Movements" and "Changing Soviet and Chinese Youth Politics." All lectures taped and/or simultaneously translated into Chinese and Korean.
Photographic Essay, "American (Professor R.G. Braungart, Syracuse University) and Japanese (Dr. Tamotsu Sengoku, Director, Japan Youth Research Institute, Tokyo) Scholars of Youth Studies Are in Beijing for Academic Activities," Haiwai Qingnian Yanjiu (China Youth Study) 1 (1992), p. 1.
Visiting Lecturer, Guest Speaker, and Consultant, Republic of South Africa, sponsored by Vista University (a nationally desegregated Black university system), July 29-September 5, 1992--(1) Visiting lecturer at Vista University branch campuses at Bloemfontein, Welkom, Port Elizabeth, Soweto, Mamelodi, and Pretoria Head Office: "Social and Political Changes in South Africa," "Theory Construction," "Political Sociology," "Sociology of Generations," "Life-Course and Generational Politics," "Problems and Changes in Higher Education," etc.; (2) Guest lectures at University of Pretoria, Potchefstroom University (Vaal Triangle Campus and Potchefstroom main campus), University of Orange Free State in Bloemfontein, University of Port Elizabeth, and Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg: "Political Generations," "Age and Politics," "Political Sociology of Development," "Multiculturalism and Race Relations in the U.S. and South Africa," "Collective Behavior and Social Movements," "Trends in American Sociology," "Graduate Study in Sociology," "Political and Historical Generations," etc.; (3) Consulted at the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) in Pretoria, Rand Afrikaanse University (RAU) in Johannesburg, and Stellenbosch University outside of Cape Town on topics related to recent changes in South Africa; (4) Consulted with Black and White community leaders and officials (Mayors of cities; members of S.A. Parliament; representatives from the ANC, PAC, DP, NP, CP, etc.; campus SRC leaders; business leaders; national and local civic leaders in Vereeniging [dinner speech in F.W. De Klerk's district], Bloemfontein, Welkom, and elsewhere; Girl Scout leaders; etc. Interviewed by the press throughout 6-week trip to South Africa.
Photographic Essay, "DR. RICHARD BRAUNGART," by Nancy Chambers, The Onondagan (The 1993 SU Yearbook), Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, 1992, pp. 46-47.
Guest Appearance on "Generational Changes in America," WSYR-AM Radio, Syracuse, NY, November 16, 1992, 10:00-11:00 a.m. (a Central New York call-in news-talk show).
Speaker and Consultant, "International Conference on Political Consciousness and Civic Education During the Transformation of the System," Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, November 30-December 4, 1992. Invited to the Sejm (Polish Parliament) and consulted with Members of Parliament.
Contributor and Consultant, National Research Report on Youth and Youth Movements, "ETATS-UNIS D'AMÉRIQUE: Youth and Youth Movements, 1800 to the Present" (with Margaret M. Braungart), compiled by Joël Colton, La Jeunesse et Ses Mouvements: Influence sur L'Evolution des Sociétés aux XIXe et XXe Siècles. Paris: Editions du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, 1992, pp. 345-358. Braungarts' contribution pp. 349-353. Report in English and French.
President, Committee on Political Sociology (CPS), representing both the International Sociological Association (Research Committee 18) and International Political Science Association (Research Committee 6), 1994-1998. Vice President, CPS, 1998-2002.
Interview, "Woodstock '94," ON TARGET with Robert Vairo, CJAD-Radio, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, August 10, 1994.
Interview, "The Generational Debate in America," FLAIR with Rob Owen, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia, September 15, 1994. See "Generation X label losing its charm?" Richmond Times-Dispatch, September 18, 1994, p. A1.
Chairperson, SSSP Committee on Standards and Freedom of Research, Publication, and Teaching, Society for the Study of Social Problems, 1996-1998; Committee Member, 1995-1996.
Guest Lecturer and Consultant, "Life Course and Generational Perspectives" and "Youth and Citizenship: A Global Perspective" (with Margaret M. Braungart), Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development, Division for Social Policy and Development, United Nations Headquarters, New York, New York, March 28, 1995.
Interview, "Generation X," by Claudine Williams, News In Record, Greensboro, NC, April 26, 1995. Program Organizer, Committee on Political Sociology, CPS (ISA, IPSA) Interim World Congress Meeting in cooperation with the South African Sociological Association Annual Meeting, University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, July 7-11, 1996.
Member, International Sociological Association Research Council (ISARC) Nominating Committee, 1997-1998.
Discussant and Participant, International Conference on "Party Systems and Voter Alignments: Thirty Years Later," Norwegian Research Council, Norwegian Social Science Data Services, Faculty for Social Sciences, and Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, April 24-27, 1997.
Interview, "Youth Values and Politics," with Hélène Papper, National Public Radio (NPR), March 23, 1998.
Guest Speaker, "Collective Behavior and Social Movements," Summer Institute in Political Psychology, Mershon Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, August 6, 1998. Sponsored by the International Society of Political Psychology.
2000 Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, Syracuse University Alumni Association.