JEFFREY R. OLIVER
oliver20@msu.edu
Employment
2020-Present: Chair, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, ID
2017-2020: Professor, Department of Sociology and Social Work, Brigham Young University-Idaho, Rexburg, ID
2016: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2016: Lecturer: Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2016: Lecturer: Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI
2014-2016: Researcher, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2011-2014: Graduate Teaching Assistant, and Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University; East Lansing, MI (Instructor with solo teaching and curriculum design responsibilities since 2012)
2010-2011: Investment Associate (licensed), Wells Fargo Bank, NA:
Salt Lake City, UT area
- Averaged $3M in assets per quarter
- Averaged $500,000 in loans per quarter
- Passed all licensing exams first time
2000-2010: Retail bank management, customer service, loan officer; Wells Fargo Bank, NA: Salt Lake City, UT area
- Recipient of company-wide Sales and Service Excellence award (top 1% of company)
- Garnered one of only two “perfect” audit scores in the state (100%) as operations manager
- Regular presenter in district operations and sales meetings
Education:
2016 PHD in sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Comprehensive exam areas:
- Commodification
- Informal employment
- Ethnic entrepreneurship
Dissertation: “Politics, Capitalism and the Social Construction of the Immigrant through the Media.” Chair: Steven J Gold
Other Committee Members:
- Xuefei Ren
- Rubén Martinez
- Lindon Robison (Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics)
2008 MBA in management, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
2005 BS in Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Publications:
Winder, R. Robison, L. & Oliver, J. (2016) “Relational Economics: Motives Underlying Customer Voice,” American Society for Quality.
Oliver, J. “General Help,” in: Shlapentokh, V. and Beasley, E. (2015) Power and Inequality in Interpersonal Relations, Transaction Publishers: Piscataway, N.J.
Robison, L. Oliver, J. & Frank, K. (2015) “Commodity and Relational Good Exchanges: Commodification and Decommodification 2,” Proceedings of the First International Congress on Applied Sciences: Social Capital, October 23-24, 2015, Konya Turkey.
Robison, L., Oliver, J. & Frank, K. (2015). “Commodity and Relational Good Exchanges: Commodification and Decommodification 1,” in 2015 Allied Social Science Association (ASSA) Annual Meeting, January 3-5, 2015, Boston, Massachusetts (No. 189690). Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
Papers in Progress:
Robison, L. & Oliver, J. “Resolving Economic Anomalies by Accounting for Relational Goods”
Robison, L. Ritchie, B. & Oliver, J. “Relationships and Brokered Exchanges”
Robison, L. Oliver, J. et al. “Impact of Social Capital on Female-Headed Household Income: 1980 to 2010”
Oliver, J. “Framing Neoliberalism: The Colombian National Media’s Role in the Neoliberal Resistance Effort”
Copy Editor:
Shlapentokh, V. and Arutunyan, A. (2013), Freedom, Repression, and Private Property in Russia, Cambridge University Press.
Course Instruction:
ABM 337: “Personnel Management in Agribusiness”
FDREL 200 “The Eternal Family”
FIM 415: “Personnel Management in Food Industry”
SOC 111: “Intro to Sociology”
SOC 240: “Social Psychology”
SOC 281 “Research Methods I”
SOC 282 “Research Methods II”
SOC 300 “Sociological Theory”
SOC 310 “Global Migration”
SOC 311 “Sociology of the Family”
SOC 322: “Sociology of Work”
SOC 323 “Race and Ethnic Relations”
SOC 340 “Research Methods”
SOC 375 “Urban Sociology” (with Dr. Xuefei Ren)
SOC 411 “Global Conflict and Terrorism”
SOC 424 “Complex Organizations” (With Dr. Vladimir Shlapentokh and Eric Beasley)
SOC 450 “Protest, Conflict, and Social Change”
SOC 499: “Sustainability, Technology and Social Entrepreneurship”
Invited Lectures and TA lectures
Urbanization:
“Slums compared: Dharavi & Bogotá,” Presented to ISS320 (World Urban Systems) at Michigan State University on 4/21/2015
“Urbanization in Latin America,” Presented to ISS320 (World Urban Systems) at Michigan State University on 4/1/2014
Economy, business and work
“The economy and government,” presented to SOC100 at Michigan State University on 2/22/2012 (as TA)
“The economy and work,” presented to SOC100 at Michigan State University on 11/21/2011 (as TA)
“Microcredit: ‘Banking on the poor’,” presented to ISS210 at Michigan State University on 11/9/2011 (as TA)
Methods and statistics:
“Introduction to sampling methods,” Presented to SOC281 at Michigan State University on 10/20/2014 (as TA)
“Conceptualization, operationalization and levels of measurement,” presented to SOC281 at Michigan State University, 10/8/2014 (as TA)
“The process and problems of social research: Part I,” presented to SOC281 at Michigan State University, 9/8/2014 (as TA)
Migration:
“Forced migration: Politics, economics and coercion,” Presented to SOC310 at Michigan State University on 2/2/2016
“Refugee migration and internal displacement among indigenous Colombians,” Presented to SOC310 at Michigan State University on 2/25/2014
“Migration and demographic change in the United States,” presented to ISS210 at Michigan State University on 9/16/2011
Introductory courses:
“‘Simple fixes’ to social problems: Peeling the layers of the onion,” presented to SOC100 at Michigan State University on 4/17/2012 (as TA)
“Social movements against female genital mutilation (FGM) in a global context,” presented to ISS210 at Michigan State University on 12/7/2011 (as TA)
“Family planning and religion in a global context,” presented to ISS210 at Michigan State University on 11/2/2011 (as TA)
“Maternal mortality in a global context,” presented to ISS210 at Michigan State University on 10/29/2011 (as TA)
Assistantships:
Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Lindon Robison, Fall 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Brendan Mullan, SOC282, Spring 2015
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Stephen Gasteyer, SOC281, Fall 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Brendan Mullan, SOC282, Spring 2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Raymond Jussaume SOC281, Fall 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Sandra Marquart-Pyatt, SOC282, Spring 2013
Research Assistant to Dr. Vladimir Shlapentokh, June 2012-Dec 2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Raymond Jussaume, SOC281, Fall 2012
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Laurel Hilliker, SOC100, Spring 2012
Graduate Teaching Assistant to Dr. Jessica Garcia, ISS210, Fall 2011
Other Research Activities:
Participant in the interdisciplinary research group on motives (based in Department of Agriculture, Food and Resource Economics), June 2013 to Present
Survey designer: Motives behind receiving preventative medical screenings
Conference Presentations:
ASA in Chicago, IL, Roundtable paper presentation: “Debunking Immigration Myths” August 22, 2015
ASSA 2015 in Boston, MA. Co-presenter of paper: “Mixed Exchanges: Commodification and Decommodification” January 3-5, 2015
Migration without Boundaries Conference, Michigan State University, Chair of Panel I: “Émigré, expatriate, elite?” October 11, 2014
Co-authored Presentation:
Robison, L. & Oliver, J. “Resolving Economic Anomalies by Accounting for Relational Goods in Mixed Exchanges,” presented by L. Robison at the Frontiers in Behavioral Economics Seminar, University of Tennessee Knoxville, November 17, 2015
Volunteer Work and Community Service:
Chess instructor and tournament co-organizer for youth ages 12-16, 2015-2016
Cycling safety and basic repair workshop 2015-2016
Pro bono bike repair (restored over 25 bikes to better-than-new condition), 2011-2016
Graphic design: most recently designed a take-one for a vision statement for a local non-profit (pro bono), 2016
Completed 3 animated shorts (pro bono) between 2011 and 2016
Panelist: TA Workshop for Incoming Graduate Students, Michigan State University Department of Sociology, 2012-2013
Michigan State University Department of Sociology Grievances Committee, 2014
Graduate Student Representative of the Sociology Department Hearing Board 2014
Migrant Student Services (Michigan State University) tutor, Fall Semester 2011
Tutor to undergraduate students; statistics, accounting and finance; 2007-2011
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce 2005-2011
Annual Festival Latino Americano volunteer 2008-2010
Skills:
Fluent Spanish
Proficient reading French
LMS (Angel, D2L, Blackboard)
STATA (As user and instructor)
SPSS (As user and instructor)
Advanced Excel, Word
Adobe PS
Reference List:
Dr. Steven J. Gold
Phone: 517-353-6352
Address: 316 Berkey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Email: gold@msu.edu
Dr. Xuefei Ren
Phone: 517-355-6644
Address: 401C Berkey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Email: renxuefe@msu.edu
Dr. Lindon Robison
Phone: 517-353-7226
Address: 446 W. Circle Dr., Rm 202D
Justin S Morrill Hall of Agriculture
East Lansing, MI 48824-1039
Email: robison@msu.edu
Dr. Brendan Mullan
Phone: 517-353-8127
406 Berkey Hall
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824
Email: mullan@msu.edu
Jeffrey R. Oliver 