CURRICULUM VITAE Joseph J. Matvey III 869 Mt. Hood Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15239 (412)-733-1702 EDUCATION Ph.D Sociology. Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. August, 1987. M.A. Sociology. Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260. December 1986. B.Sc. Sociology and Appalachian Studies, minor in Economics. Union College, Barbourville, KY 40906. Graduated Magna Cum Laude. August 1982. POSITIONS HELD Assistant Professor of Sociology. Department of Sociology, Francis Marion College, Florence, SC 29501. August, 1987 to June, 1989. Teaching Fellow. Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. May, 1984 to August, 1987. Teaching Assistant. Department of Sociology University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260. August, 1982 to May, 1984. Research Assistant. Division of Social Sciences, Union College, Barbourville, KY 40906. August, 1979 to August, 1982. PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE Introduction to Sociology Methods of Research Urban and Rural Sociology Sociology of Sport Wealth and Power Juvenile Delinquency American Society Society and Interaction TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS Macro Sociology Stratification Economic Sociology Theoretical Sociology Structural/Cultural Change Technology and Society Regional Sociology Globalization PAPERS AND CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION "Globalization and the Globe as System: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations." (1994) Internet Locations: Gopher CSF.Colorado.edu: /World Systems, /Papers; /Progressive Sociology, /Authors. "Societal and Global Computerization: Theoretical Considerations with Reference to the Less Developed World." (1993) Internet Locations: Gopher CSF.Colorado.edu: /World Systems, /Papers; /Progressive Sociology, /Authors. "Impoverishment, Underdevelopment and the Emergence of the Black Female Headed Family: Initial Considerations and Empirical Indicators." (1992) Internet Location: Gopher CSF.Colorado.edu: /Progressive Sociology, /Authors. "Subsistence in Central Appalachia: Some Structural and Cultural Currents." (1991) Internet Location: Gopher CSF.Colorado.edu: /Progressive Sociology, /Authors. "Theoretical Currents in the Sociology of Appalachia." (1990) Internet Location: Gopher CSF.Colorado.edu: /Progressive Sociology, /Authors. "Global Connectivity: Theoretical Considerations of its Form and the Role of Societal Differentiation," (1988) presented at the Association for the Sociology of Religion, August 23, Atlanta, GA. "Issues and Perspectives: Societal and Global Computerization," (1988) Session Co-Chair with Tzse Chan. Presentation at the Pennsylvania Sociological Society Meetings, October 21-23, Penn State University, State College, PA. Central Appalachia: Distortions in the Development Process, 1750- 1987. (1987) Ph.D. Dissertation. Defended and Approved, June 27, 1987. University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Faculty of Arts and Sciences. "Core Development in the Pittsburgh Region: The Dynamics of Expansion and Decline." (1985) Presentation at the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association Meetings, March, at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. SOCIAL RELATIONS Progressive Sociologists Network, Member 1994-Present. American Sociological Association, Member 1993-Present. Association for the Sociology of Religion, Member, 1988-1989. Graduate Committee Representative, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, 1986-1987. Search Committee Representative, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh. 1984-85. REFERENCES Lloyd Birch, Chair, Department of Sociology, Francis Marion College, Florence, SC 29501. Phone: 803-661-1650. Donald Bailey, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, Francis Marion College, Florence, SC 29501. Phone: 803-661-1653. Patrick Doreian, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Phone: 412-363- 2298 or 412-648-7580. Roland Robertson, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Phone: 412-648- 7580 or 412-422-4424.