Associate Professor of Sociology

Education

New School for Social Research
Ph.D. Department of Sociology and Committee on Historical Studies

Dissertation: Alliances Across Ethnicity, Skill, and Gender: A Structural and Identity Based Analysis of Two Strikes in the New York City Clothing Industry, 1885-1921.

New School for Social Research                                                     
M.A. Department of Sociology and Committee on Historical Studies 

Contact

CAS 119A
(401) 254-3059
trothschild@rwu.edu

Research Interests

Social Movements and Organization, Gender, Stratification, Race and Ethnicity, Class Relations, Historical Sociology, Labor Movements, Sociology of Work, Comparative Immigration, and Pedagogy Research.

Selected Presentations and Publications

Rothschild, Teal. “Peer Review Assignments and Student Perceptions: Social Context, Ownership, and Engagement”. New England Sociological Association, Regis College. Weston, Massachusetts, April 23, 2005.

Rothschild, Teal. “Teaching Globalization and Inequality.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. San Francisco, California, August 11- 15, 2004.

Rothschild, Teal.  “Teaching Class and Inequality: How Students Get Inequality and Privilege”. How Class Works: A Conference At Stony Brook University.  Sponsored by the Center for Study of Working Class Life. State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, June 10-12, 2004. 

Rothschild, Teal.  Social Stratification Courses: Syllabi & Instructional Materials. A Guidebook. Fifth Edition. Editors Scott Sernau and Johnnie Griffin.  American Sociological Association. 2004.        

Rothschild, Teal. ‘Talking Race’ in the College Classroom: The Role of Social Structures and Social Factors in Race Pedagogy. The Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development.  Volume 31, Number 1, January 2003 (31-38).                 

What I Am Working on Now

I am currently engaged in two projects:

Examination of Mssculine Discourses of Victimization: A Comparison of the Mythopoetic Men's Movement and the Militia of Montana

This research is a comparative analysis of masculinity among two organized groups of men. The focus of the study is the intersections between constructions of masculinity and common discourses of victimization. An historical examination of how gender roles have reinforced the simplified association of masculinity and power as homogenous constructs will provide the foundation for a content analysis of the rhetoric used by the Mythopoetic Men's Movement and the Militia of Montana. Each group employs language that explicitly and implicitly illustrates a perception of victimization. The strategies of each social movement differ in terms of the use of violence and non-violence, their overall goals, and the constituents they serve, but

The purpose for protest and the stance as victims in both groups is quite similar. Content analysis will be utilized to examine the discourse used by both movements. Formal publications focusing on recruitment, publications, and representation of the organizations from both the Mythopoetic Men’s Movement and the Militia will be analyzed. In addition, an examination of informal publications reflecting communication among group members in each discrete organization will be included. This content analysis will be used to determine whether or not the similarities that I expect I will find in the discourses of victimization are salient enough to warrant a more in depth study of each movement in which I would conduct interviews from men in both movements.

Labor Narratives: A Meta-Analysis of the Discourse on the Status of Organized Labor and Immigration Since May 1, 2006 'A Day Without an Immigrant'

This meta-analysis explores discourse in academic literature, news media, organized labor literature, and anti-immigrant and anti-union literature concerning the current status of organized labor since the May 1, 2006 collective action: ‘A Day Without An Immigrant’. Through content analysis, attention will be given to the use of language and the projected meaning and/or strategies implied, with focus on continuity and disconnection across these disparate bodies of literature. The primary goal is to make sense of the competing voices on the status of organized labor in America today, in terms of its relationship to work, immigration, and race and ethnic relations. 

This project will develop further into ethnographic work in which students will be utilized