Dale W. Wimberly
Associate Professor
Joined Virginia Tech: 1986
| Bachelor's | Louisiana Tech University |
| Master's | Ohio State University |
| Doctorate | Ohio State University |
CURRENT PROJECTS:
My current research focuses mainly on the dynamics of transnational labor rights struggles - specifically on a transnational campaign for rights of workers in Nicaragua's export processing zones. More generally, I am concerned with recent and prospective shifts in power relations between labor and capital on a global scale. I am also doing research related to racial and economic inequalities in the U.S. south.
CURRENT TEACHING INTERESTS:
Global Political Economy
VT Caribbean Study Abroad program, Dominican Republic
Social Inequality
Social Problems
Social Movements
Research Methods
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Critical Global Political Economy
Social Inequality
Social Movements
Cross-Border Labor Solidarity
Basic Human Needs and the Quality of Life
RECENT AWARDS AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Associate Editor, Rural Sociology, 1996-1998
Editorial Board, Social Forces, 1994-1997.
Book Review Editor and Member of Editorial Board, Journal of World-Systems Research, 1993-2005. Book Review Editor, 1994-1999.
Secretary-Treasurer, Section on the Political Economy of the World-System, American Sociological Association, 1994-97.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Dale W. Wimberley, "Setting the Stage for Cross-Border Solidarity: Movement Spillover and Early Mobilization in the Nicaragua Labor Rights Campaign." Forthcoming in Labor Studies Journal.
Tom Ricker and Dale W. Wimberley, "Global Networking in the 21st Century: Labor Rights Movements and Nicaragua's Maquilas, 2000-2001." In Crises and Resistance in the 21st Century World-System, Wilma A. Dunaway, ed. Greenwood Press. 2003.
RECENT GRANTS AND CONTRACTS:
Ellington Graves, Theodore Fuller, and Dale Wimberley. 2008. “Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP).” Roanoke City and Alleghany Health District Departments of Health. $17,000.