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C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
(May 2021)
Dr. Hermann Kurthen
OFFICE:
Department of Sociology 2163 AuSable Hall
Grand Valley State University Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403
Ph: (616) 331-8720 / (616) 331-3730 (Secretariat) Email: Kurthenh@gvsu.edu
Website: http://www.gvsu.edu/sociology/professor-hermann-kurthen-134.htm https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Hermann_Kurthen
AREAS OF INTEREST AND TEACHING
Political Sociology, Foreign Policy and Security, Transatlantic Relations, Research methods, Globalization, Migration, Online Learning, International Education
EDUCATION
1984 Ph.D./Dr. phil Sociology Free University Berlin/West (w.honors) 1981 M.A./Diplom Economics Free University Berlin/West
1978 M.A./Diplom Sociology Free University Berlin/West 1975 B.A./Vordiplom Political Science Free University Berlin/West
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Academic
Full Professor - tenured, Grand Valley State University, Department of Sociology. (August 6, 2014 - Present).
Full Professor - tenured on sabbatical leave, Grand Valley State University, Department of Sociology. (September 2017 - August 2018).
Associate Professor - tenured, Grand Valley State University, Department of Sociology. (August 16, 2010 - August 5, 2014).
Visiting Exchange Professor, Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. (May 2014 - July 2014).
Visiting Fulbright Senior Research Fellow, Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik/Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin/Germany. (May - July, 2011).
Associate Professor - tenured on sabbatical leave, Grand Valley State University, Department of Sociology. (September 2010 - August 2011).
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(August 6, 2006 - August 5, 2010).
Visiting Exchange Professor, Cracow University of Economics. (May 2008).
Assistant Professor - tenure track, Grand Valley State University, Department of Sociology. (August 16, 2004 - August 5, 2006).
Visiting Exchange Professor, Pädagogische Hochschule Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. (May 2006 - July 2006).
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University, New York. (August 1997 - August 2004).
Visiting DAAD Research Professor, Faculty of Social Science, Ruhr Universität Bochum, Germany. (July, 2001).
Visiting Adjunct Professor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Department of Sociology. (August 1994 - August 1997).
Research Affiliate, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Institute for Research in Social Science. (August 1994 - August 1997).
Adjunct Associate Professor/DAAD Fellow, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Political Science Department. (August 1991 - August 1993).
Principal Investigator, Free University Berlin/West, Research Center on Labor Migration, Refugee Movements, and Minority Policies. (1990 - 1991).
Principal Investigator & Research Affiliate, University of Toronto, Department of Sociology. (June 1989 - December 1990).
Visiting Scholar, University of Michigan, Institute for Social Research and Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research. (July 1990 - August 1990).
Principal Investigator, Free University Berlin/West, Research Center on Labor Migration, Refugee Movements, and Minority Policies. (1986 - 1988).
Post-doc Research Fellow, Free University Berlin/West & Labor Administration Berlin/West. (1985).
Scientific Assistant, Free University Berlin/West, Political Science Department. (1983 - 1985). Scientific Assistant, Free University Berlin/West, Sociology Department. (1978 - 1983).
Licensures and Certifications
GVSU eLearning and Emerging Technologies, GVSU. (August 15, 2020). Blackboard Essentials, GVSU Badge. (July 22, 2020).
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Awards and Honors
Internationalization Award (nomination was not successful), GVSU Padnos International Center. (2017).
Fulbright Senior Research Fellowship Award, German-American Fulbright Commission & SWP Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin/Germany. (May 12, 2010).
Certificate of Appreciation, GVSU Human Research Review Committee. (April 6, 2010). Stony Brook Academy of Teacher-Scholar Award for Educational Innovation, Stony Brook
University. (2003).
Stony Brook Presidential Mini-Grant Award for Teaching Innovation, Stony Brook University. (2002).
Professional Memberships
American Sociological Association. (1991 - Present).
Fulbright International Exchange Alumni & Fulbright Association. (2018/2021 - Present). German Academic Exchange Service Alumni Association USA. (October 13, 2018 - Present). German Association for American Studies. (1991 - Present).
German Sociological Association. (1978 - Present).
German Studies Association of North America. (1991 - Present). Public Responsibility in Medicine and Research. (2007 - 2012).
SCHOLARSHIP
Contracts, Grants, and Sponsored Research
Kurthen, H., "Dissemination Travel Grant," Sponsored by CSCE, Grand Valley State University,
$500.00. (September 28, 2018).
Kurthen, H. (Principal), "Catalyst Grant," Sponsored by GVSU, Grand Valley State University,
$2,996.00. (April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018).
Kurthen, H., "CSCE Mini-Grant," Grand Valley State University, $400.00. (September 1, 2017 - September 30, 2017).
Kurthen, H. (Principal), Campbell, R. G. (Co-Principal), & Macaluso, M. J. (Co-Principal), "Pew FTLC Teaching Innovation Grant," Grand Valley State University, $6,423.00. (November 2, 2015 - April 30, 2017).
Kurthen, H. (Principal), Menendez-Alarcon, A. (Co-Principal), & Immerfall, S. (Co-Principal),
"Deutsche Leitkultur and American Dream: Integration and Citizenship," Sponsored by SDAW - Foundation German-American Academic Relations, Private, $6,000.00. (July 11, 2011 - December 31, 2012).
Page 4 of 22 Kurthen, H. (Principal), "Intramural Transcription Grant," Sponsored by GVSU CLAS, Grand
Valley State University, $500.00. (November 18, 2011 - October 31, 2012).
Kurthen, H. (Principal), "The Political Cultural Orientations of German Foreign Policy Makers," Sponsored by GVSU CSCE Faculty Research Grant-in-Aid, Grand Valley State University,
$6,000.00. (November 1, 2011 - October 31, 2012).
Kurthen, H., "Research Grant for Interview Transcription," Sponsored by CLAS, Grand Valley State University, $500.00. (November 14, 2011).
Kurthen, H. (Principal), "Fulbright Fellowship Grant 0262," Sponsored by German-American Fulbright Commission & SWP Institute for International and Security Affairs, Berlin/Germany, Federal, $12,000.00. (May 1, 2011 - July 15, 2011).
Kurthen, H., "Summer Stipend for 'Attitudes about Security and International Conflict among Legislators in the U.S. and Germany'," Sponsored by GVSU, Grand Valley State University,
$5,000.00. (May 2009 - August 2009).
Kurthen, H., "Intercultural Studies Faculty Development Grant for starting a faculty exchange," Sponsored by PIC, Grand Valley State University, $750.00. (May 2006 - July 2006). Kurthen, H., "Grand Valley State University Matching-Grant for organizing a conference,"
Sponsored by CLAS, CIS, PIC, and Sociology, Grand Valley State University, $5,000.00. (2005).
Kurthen, H., "Publication Grant," Sponsored by CLAS, Grand Valley State University, $1,800.00. (2005).
Kurthen, H., "Conference Grant," Sponsored by DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service,
$5,000.00. (2004 - 2005).
Kurthen, H., "Study Visit Grant," Sponsored by DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service, Federal, $4,000.00. (June 2001 - July 2001).
Kurthen, H., "Research Grant and Summer Stipend," Sponsored by NIH - National Institutes of Health, Federal, $98,500.00. (1999 - 2000).
Kurthen, H., "Conference Grant," Sponsored by GMFUS-German Marshall Fund of the U.S. and DIW-German Institute for Economic Research, Federal, $12,000.00. (1996 - 1997).
Kurthen, H., "Research Grant," Sponsored by GMFUS-German Marshall Fund of the U.S., Federal, $75,000.00. (1995 - 1996).
Kurthen, H., "Teaching Exchange Fellowship," Sponsored by DAAD-German Academic Exchange Service, Federal. (August 1991 - August 1993).
Kurthen, H., "Post-doctoral research grant," Sponsored by DFG-German National Science Foundation, Federal, $40,000.00. (1989 - 1991).
Kurthen, H., "Post-doctoral research grant," Sponsored by DFG-German National Science Foundation, Federal, $140,000.00. (1986 - 1988).
Kurthen, H., "Post-doctoral research fellowship," Sponsored by Labor Administration Berlin/West, State, $30,000.00. (1985).
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Books
Kurthen, H., Menendez-Alarcon, A. V., & Immerfall, S. (2006). Safeguarding German-American Relations in the New Century: Understanding and Accepting Mutual Differences (pp. 271) Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books-Rowman & Littlefield.
Kurthen, H., Fijalkowski, J., & Wagner, G. G. (1998). Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States: Immigrant Incorporation (Part A) (pp. 232) Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Kurthen, H., Fijalkowski, J., & Wagner, G. G. (1998). Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States: Welfare Policies and Immigrants' Citizenship (Part B) (pp. 199) Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Kurthen, H., Bergmann, W., & Erb, R. (1997). Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany after Unification (pp. 318) New York: Oxford University Press.
Kurthen, H., Gillmeister, H., & Fijalkowski, J. (1989). Ausländerbeschäftigung in der Krise? Die Beschäftigungschancen und -risiken ausländischer Arbeitnehmer am Beispiel der West Berliner Industrie [A Crisis of Foreigner Employment? The Employment Chances and Risks of Migrant Labor in the Manufacturing Industry of West Berlin] (pp. 342) Berlin, Germany: Edition Sigma Bohn.
Hermann, K. M. (1985). Politische Ökonomie und Persönlichkeitstheorie: Aneignung und Individualität in der bürgerlichen Gesellschaft [Political-Economy and Personality Theory - Assimilation and Individuality in Civic Society] (pp. 245) Cologne, Germany: Pahl Rugenstein. Breum, W., Kurthen, H., & et al. (1981). Die Gewerkschaften der BRD. Mitglieder-Theorie-Politik
[Unions in the Federal Republic of Germany: Membership-Theory-Politics] (pp. 300) Hamburg, Germany: VSA Verlag.
Baukhage-Eppenstein., M., Kurthen, H., & et al. (1980). Korporativismus und
Sozialdemokratische Hegemonie: Gewerkschaftliche Interessenvertretung im Öffentlichen Dienst [Corporativism and Social Democratic Hegemony: Union Interest Representation in the Public Sector] (pp. 96) Hamburg, Germany: VSA Verlag.
Behrend, C., Kurthen, H., & et al. (1976). Korsch: Der Klassiker des Antirevisionismus [Korsch: A Classic of Anti-Revisionism] (pp. 165) Berlin, Germany: VSA Verlag.
Book Chapters
Kurthen, H., & Smith, G. G. (2014). Hybrid Online Face-to-Face Teaching: When is it an efficient Learning Tool? (Reprint, originally published 2006). In Jonathan H. Westover and Jacque P. Westover (Ed.), Engaging Hybrid and Blended Learning in Higher Education. (pp. 36-48). University of Illinois, Champaign, IL: Common Ground E-Learning and Innovative
Pedagogies.
Kurthen, H. (2009). The Effects of Transnational Student On-Line Collaboration on Ethnocentrism and Individualism vs. Collectivism. In Sherri McCarty et al. (Ed.), Teaching Psychology around the World. (pp. 574-599). Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. Kurthen, H. (2008). Transnational Online Student Collaboration: Does it Work? In Bernadette E.
Dietz and Lynn Harper Ritchey (Ed.), Scaffolding for Student Success in Learning: Effective
Page 6 of 22 Practices in Using Instructional Strategies. (pp. 202-210). Washington D.C.: American
Sociological Association - ASA Resource Materials for Teaching.
Kurthen, H., Menendez-Alarcon, A. V., & Immerfall, S. (2006). Conclusion: Transatlantic Relations - Probable Futures, and Desirable Outcomes. In Hermann Kurthen, Antonio V. Menendez-Alarcon, Stefan Immerfall (Ed.), Safeguarding German-American Relations in New Century: Understanding and Accepting Mutual Differences. (pp. 249-263). Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books - Rowman & Littlefield.
Kurthen, H. (2006). Germany's Coming Out: Citizenship and Immigration Reform since
Unification. In Ruth A. Starkman (Ed.), Transformations of the New Germany. (pp. 181-198). New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Kurthen, H., Menendez-Alarcon, A. V., & Immerfall, S. (2006). Introduction: New Challenges for Transatlantic Relations. In Hermann Kurthen, Antonio V. Menendez-Alarcon, Stefan Immerfall (Ed.), Safeguarding German-American Relations in New Century: Understanding and Accepting Mutual Differences. (pp. 3-16). Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books- Rowman
& Littlefield.
Kurthen, H., & Smith, G. G. (2005). Threshold Effects in Hybrid and Blended Online Classes. In Lynn Harper Ritchey (Ed.), Teaching Introduction to Sociology as a Hybrid Course: A Resource Manual. (pp. 33-46). Washington D.C.: American Sociological Association - ASA Resource Material for Teaching.
Kurthen, H., & Smith, G. G. (2004). The Quiet Revolution: Hybrid Online Face-to-Face courses in Micro-Sociological Perspective. In P. Kommers and G. Richards (Ed.), Proceedings of ED- MEDIA World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2004 in Lugano, Switzerland. (pp. 343-347). Chesapeake, Virginia: AACE World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications.
Kurthen, H. (2002). Einwandererintegration im Spiegel der U.S. Amerikanischen Forschung [Immigrant Integration in U.S. American Research]. In Andreas Treichler (Ed.),
Wohlfahrtsstaat, Einwanderung und Ethnische Minderheiten. (pp. 83-106). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.
Kurthen, H., Fijalkowski, J., & Wagner, G. G. (1998). Concluding Remarks: Challenges of Immigration Policy and Welfare Reform in Comparative Perspective. In Hermann Kurthen, Jürgen Fijalkowski, Gert G. Wagner (Ed.), Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States (Part B). (pp. 175-182). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Kurthen, H., Fijalkowski, J., & Wagner, G. G. (1998). Concluding Remarks: The German and American Models of Immigrant Incorporation. In Hermann Kurthen, Jürgen Fijalkowski, Gert G. Wagner (Ed.), Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States (Part A). (pp. 213-216). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Kurthen, H. (1998). Fiscal Impacts of Immigration on the American and German Welfare States. In Hermann Kurthen, Jürgen Fijalkowski, Gert G. Wagner (Ed.), Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States (Part A). (pp. 175-212). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Kurthen, H., Fijalkowski, J., & Wagner, G. G. (1998). Introduction (Part A). In Hermann Kurthen, Jürgen Fijalkowski, Gert G. Wagner (Ed.), Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States (Part A). (pp. 1-14). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Page 7 of 22 Kurthen, H., Fijalkowski, J., & Wagner, G. G. (1998). Introduction (Part B). In Hermann Kurthen,
Jürgen Fijalkowski, Gert G. Wagner (Ed.), Immigration, Citizenship, and the Welfare State in Germany and the United States (Part B). (pp. 1-8). Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
Kurthen, H. (1997). Antisemitism and Xenophobia in United Germany: How the Burden of the Past Affects the Present. In Hermann Kurthen, Werner Bergmann, Rainer Erb (Ed.), Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany after Unification. (pp. 39-87). New York: Oxford University Press.
Kurthen, H., Bergmann, W., & Erb, R. (1997). Appendix: Selected Chronology of Antisemitic and Extreme Right-Wing Events in Germany during and after Unification. In Hermann Kurthen, Werner Bergmann, Rainer Erb (Ed.), Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany after Unification. (pp. 263-286). New York: Oxford University Press.
Kurthen, H., Bergmann, W., & Erb, R. (1997). Concluding Remarks: Questions for Further Research in Comparative Perspective. In Hermann Kurthen, Werner Bergmann, Rainer Erb (Ed.), Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany after Unification. (pp. 257-262). New York: Oxford University Press.
Kurthen, H. (1997). Defining the Fatherland: Immigration and Nationhood in Pre- and Post- Unification Germany. In Reinhard Alter and Peter Monteath (Ed.), Rewriting the German Past: History and Identity in the New Germany. (pp. 65-102). Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press International.
Kurthen, H. (1997). Equity in Employment as a Means of Minority Incorporation: Some Results from a 1990 Toronto Survey. In Wsevolod W. Isajiw (Ed.), Multiculturalism in North America and Europe. Comparative Perspectives on Interethnic Relations and Social Incorporation. (pp. 273-302). Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto.
Kurthen, H., Bergmann, W., & Erb, R. (1997). Introduction: Postunification Challenges to German Democracy. In Hermann Kurthen, Werner Bergmann, Rainer Erb (Ed.), Antisemitism and Xenophobia in Germany after Unification. (pp. 3-20). New York: Oxford University Press. Kurthen, H. (1993). Corporate Human Resource Policies Dealing with a Multicultural Workforce-
West Berlin and Toronto in Comparison. In Hedwig Rudolph and Mirjana Morokvasic (Ed.), Bridging States and Markets: International Migration in the Early 1990's. (pp. 113-139). Berlin, Germany: Social Science Research Center/Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin & Edition Sigma.
Kurthen, H. (1991). Equality for Visible Minorities in a Multicultural Society: The Canadian Employment Equity Legislation as an Example. In Jürgen Fijalkowski, Hans Merkens, Folker Schmidt (Ed.), Dominant National Cultures and Ethnic Identities. (pp. 175-210). Berlin: Freie Universität Press, Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft. Kurthen, H. (1991). Some Remarks on Ethnic Stratification in West Germany and West Berlin. In
Robin Ostow, Jürgen Fijalkowski, Y. Michael Bodemann, Hans Merkens (Ed.), Ethnicity, Structured Inequality, and the State in Canada and the Federal Republic of Germany. (pp. 77-94). Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Peter Lang.
Kurthen, H., & Gillmeister, H. (1990). Diskriminierung oder Farbenblindheit: Über den Umgang von Unternehmern mit der Ausländerbeschaftigung [Discrimination or Color Blindness: How Companies Treat Migrant Labor]. In Jürgen Fijalkowski (Ed.), Transnationale Migranten in der Arbeitswelt: Studien zur Ausländerbeschäftigung in der Bundesrepublik und zum
Internationalen Vergleich. (pp. 59-76). Berlin, Germany: Edition Sigma Bohn.
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State of Migrant Employment in West Berlin]. In Rolf Busch (Ed.), Berlin 2000:
Zukunftsorientierte Planung - Probleme - Chancen - Risiken. (pp. 150-162). Berlin, Germany: Freie Universität Press, Dept. of Education and Training.
Kurthen, H. (1985). Thesen zur ethnischen Stratifikation, Interessenkonkurrenz und sozialen Ungleichheit in kapitalistisch verfassten Industriegesellschaften [Comments on Ethnic Stratification, Competition, and Social Inequality in Industrialized Capitalist Societies]. In Hans Werner Franz (Ed.), Soziologie und Gesellschaftliche Entwicklung - 22nd Deutscher Soziologentag 1984. (pp. 510-513). Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag.
Journal Articles
Kurthen, H. (2021a). Present at the Destruction? Grand Strategy Imperatives of US Foreign Policy Experts during the Trump Presidency. European Journal of International Security, 6(1), 1-24, doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2020.5
Kurthen, H. (2021b). German Foreign Policy Rules for Action during the 2011 Libya Crises. German Politics and Society/Georgetown University and Berghahn Books, 38(4), 1-27, doi: https://doi.org/10.3167/gps.2020.380401
Kurthen, H. (2021). Max Weber's Living Legacy. Contemporary Sociology/Sage Publishers, 50(2), 118-123, doi: https://doi:10.1177/0094306121991075
Kurthen, H., & Schöne, H. (2018). Außenpolitische Handlungsregeln in Deutschland. Ergebnisse aus Experteninterviews während der Libyenkrise 2011 [German Foreign Policy Rules of Action During the 2011 Libya Crises. Findings From Expert Interviews]. Zeitschrift für Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik, 11(1), 39-64, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12399-017-0679-0
Kurthen, H. (2014). What Influences College Classroom Interaction? The International Journal of Assessment and Evaluation, 20(4), 13-34
Boehm, D., Kurthen, H., & Aniola-Jedrzejek, L. (2010). Do International Online Collaborative Learning Projects Impact Ethnocentrism? E-Learning and Digital Media, 7(2), 133-146 Kurthen, H., & Heisler, B. (2009). Immigrant Integration: Comparative Evidence from the United
States and Germany. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 32(1), 139-170
Kurthen, H., & Immerfall, S. (2008). Die transatlantische Wertegemeinschaft im 21. Jahrhundert [The Transatlantic Community of Values in the 21st Century]. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 5-6, 3-8
Kurthen, H., & Smith, G. G. (2007). Front-Stage and Back-Stage in Hybrid E-Learning Face-to- Face Courses. International Journal On E-Learning, 6(3), 455-474
Kurthen, H., & Smith, G. G. (2006). Hybrid Online Face-to-Face Teaching: When is it an efficient Learning Tool? International Journal of Learning, 12(5), 237-246
Kurthen, H., & Losey, K. M. (2004). Dispelling Myths: Facts for Developing an Appropriate Education Policy in Immigrant Nations. International Journal of Learning, 10, 917-931 Kurthen, H., & Losey, K. (1998). Gone with the Wind? German Language Retention in North
Carolina and the U.S. in Comparative Perspective. Yearbook of German-American Studies, 33, 55-83
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Differences in the Incorporation of Immigrant Minorities in Germany and the U.S. International Migration Review, 31(3), 721-731
Kurthen, H. (1997). Das Überleben der Deutschen Sprache in North Carolina und in den Vereinigten Staaten: Ein Vergleich [The Survival of the German Language in North Carolina and in the United States: A Comparison]. Germanistische Mitteilungen, 45-46, 101-126 Kurthen, H. (1997). The Canadian Experience with Multiculturalism and Employment Equity:
Lessons for Europe. New Community: The Journal of the European Research Centre on Migration and Ethnic Relations, 23(2), 249-270
Kurthen, H., & Losey, K. (1996). 'Political Correctness' in amerikanischen Printmedien: Über den Missbrauch eines ideologischen Schlagworts ['Political Correctness' in the American Print Media: The Abuse of an Ideological Cliche]. Vorgänge-Zeitschrift für Bürgerrechte und Gesellschaftspolitik, 136(4), 48-61
Kurthen, H. (1995). Germany at the Crossroads: National Identity and the Challenges of Immigration. International Migration Review, 29(4), 914-938
Kurthen, H., & Minkenberg, M. (1995). Germany in Transition: Immigration, Racism and the Extreme Right. Nations and Nationalism, 1(2), 175-96
Kurthen, H., & Losey, K. (1995). How to Cope with Cultural Diversity: What is the U.S. Debate on Political Correctness Really About? International Politics and Society-Internationale Politik und Gesellschaft, 2(1), 46-58
Kurthen, H., & Losey, K. (1995). Schlagwort oder Kampfbegriff? Zur 'Political Correctness'- Debatte in den USA [Cliche or Call to Arms? The Debate about 'Political Correctness' in the United States]. Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, 21-22, 3-13
Kurthen, H., & Losey, K. (1995). The Rhetoric of 'Political Correctness' in the U.S. Media. Amerikastudien/American Studies, 40(2), 227-245
Kurthen, H. (1991). Ethnic and Gender Inequality in the Labor Market: The Case of West Berlin and Germany. Studi Emigrazione / Etudes Migrations, 28(101), 82-110
Kurthen, H., & Lakies, O. (1980). Ausländische Arbeitskräfte und Gewerkschaften [Migrant Labor and Unions]. (2nd ed., vol. 3, pp. 121-137). Germany: Beiträge zum wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus.
Kurthen, H., & Lakies, O. (1980). Solidarität im Elend hilft keinem: Das Ausländerproblem und der Deutsche Gewerkschaftsbund [Solidarity in Poverty is no Solution: The Foreigner Problem and the German Federation of Unions]. (2nd ed., vol. 3, pp. 103-121). Germany: Beiträge zum wissenschaftlichen Sozialismus.
Articles under Review
Kurthen, H., & Hammersmith, A. M. (2021). Is Study Abroad Still a Privilege? Exploring Access and Inequalities at a Public Midwestern University in the U.S. Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad, 31
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Research in Progress
"A Bridge Too Far? Transatlantic Relations at the Crossroads in the Views of U.S. and German Foreign Policy Experts" (On-Going). (September 2019 - April 2023).
"Unified in Diversity: The Complementability of U.S. and German Foreign Policy" (Planning). (December 2019 - July 2022).
"Squaring pegs in a round hole? A comparison of international students with study abroad and non-study abroad students at a U.S. Midwestern college" (On-Going). (January 2021 - January 2022).
Conference Proceedings
Kurthen, H. (2000). The German Welfare State: Five Theses. In Alexander J. Motyl (Ed.), The New Germany - Selected Papers from a Conference Organized by the Center for Global Change and Governance and the Graduate School of Rutgers University. (pp. 7-9). Newark, New Jersey: Rutgers University.
Other Publications and Reports
Kurthen, H., & Kalberg, S. (2009). 'Max Weber's Analyse der Einmaligkeit der amerikanischen Zivilgesellschaft [Max Weber’s Analysis of the Unique American Civic Sphere], translation from English to German for author Stephen Kalberg, Boston University. (pp. 25).
Kurthen, H. (2001). Immigrant Incorporation in the United States and Germany. Final
Performance Report, National Institutes of Health Research Grant 1 RO3 HD37209-01A1. (pp. 56). Bethesda, MD:
Kurthen, H. (1997). Immigration and the Welfare State in Comparison: Institutional and Origin- Specific Determinants of Minority Economic Disadvantage. Research Report for Grant No. A- 0243-01 and A-0371. (pp. 238). Bonn: The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Kurthen, H. (1993). Ethnicity and Employment: The Case of Toronto's Manufacturing Industry.
Research Report. (pp. 220). Bonn: German National Science Foundation - DFG.
Kurthen, H. (1991). Ethnic Stratification and Labor Market Inequality in West Berlin. Lectures and Papers in Ethnicity (Vol.3). (pp. 36). Toronto: University of Toronto, Department of Sociology, Ethnicity Core Area.
Kurthen, H. (1989). Report on an Empirical Investigation about 'Company Personnel Policies and the Employment of Foreign Workers - particularly of Turks - in West Berlin's Manufacturing Industry. (pp. 10). Calgary, Alberta: 10th Biennial of the Canadian Ethnic Studies Association. Kurthen, H., Gillmeister, H., & Fijalkowski, J. (1988). Ausländerbeschäftigung und Betriebliche
Personalpolitik [Foreigner Employment and Company Personnel Policy]. Occasional Paper of the Department of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin. (pp. 50). Berlin: Freie Universität Berlin, Forschungsstelle Arbeitsmigration, Flüchtlingsbewegungen und Minderheitenpolitik. Kurthen, H., Gillmeister, H., & Fijalkowski, J. (1988). Company Personnel Policy and the
Employment of Foreigners: Employment Prospects and Risks of Immigrants - Turks in particular - in the Manufacturing Industry in Berlin. Occasional Paper of the Department of
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Forschungsstelle Arbeitsmigration, Flüchtlingsbewegungen und Minderheitenpolitik.
Book Reviews
Kurthen, H. (2013). Review of the book Research Methods by Example. Online textbook review for Pearson Prentice Hall Publ.
Kurthen, H. (2010). Review of the book Sociology for the World. Online textbook review for Pearson Prentice Hall Publ.
Kurthen, H. (2010). Review of the book Introductory Sociology. Online textbook review for Pearson Prentice Hall Publ.
Kurthen, H. (2002). Review of the book Ethnic Minorities in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Germany: Jews, Gypsies, Poles, Turks and Others, by Panikos Panayi. Ethnic and Racial Studies 25, 528-29.
Kurthen, H. (2001). Review of the book Marketing the American Creed Abroad: Diasporas in the U.S. and their Homelands, by Yossi Shain. Ethnic and Racial Studies 24, 359-60.
Kurthen, H. (2000). Review of the book Aussiedler: deutsche Einwanderer aus Osteuropa, by Klaus Bade, Jochen Oltmer. Social History 23, 401.
Kurthen, H. (1999). Review of the book Migrants, Refugees, and Foreign Policy: U.S. and German Policies toward Countries of Origin, by Rainer Münz, Myron Weiner. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History 30, 157-158.
Media Contributions
Internet
Interview with Dr. Monica Johnstone about "A Conversation on the Modern Art of Teaching" published online in CLAS Acts. (August 31, 2016).
The Rapidian. (June 18, 2015).
Newspaper
GVSU Lanthorn. (December 9, 2010). GVSU Lanthorn. (November 15, 2009). GVSU Forum. (March 9, 2009).
Newsweek, Time Magazine, USA Today, The Washington Post, ASA Footnotes. (2003). Daily Tar Heel. (November 16, 1992).
Page 12 of 22 Radio and TV
WGVU. (September 29, 2014). WGVU. (November 21, 2007). WGVU. (March 9, 2005). WGVU. (January 24, 2005). Deutsche Welle. (July 6, 2001). WLIW21. (September 22, 1998). WFNC. (December 2, 1992).
Other
Interviewed, cited, essays printed in (inter)national magazines and college publications, such as Newsweek, Time Magazine, USA Today, The Washington Post, ASA Footnotes, and in college publications, such as Lanthorn, Forum, Global Connections (GVSU), Happenings and Stony Brook Statesman (Stony Brook University), Daily Tar Heel (UNC Chapel Hill), FU-Info (Free University Berlin) since 1990. (2012).
Danville, Virginia Law Day Keynote Speech recorded in public media. (May 5, 1992).
Chapel Hill, NC United Nations Association Chapter Keynote Speech recorded in public media. (October 21, 1991).
Presentations
Kurthen, H., (Presenter & Author) and Hammersmith, A. M. (Author Only), 28th International Conference on Learning, "Squaring Pegs in a Round Hole? A Comparison of International Students with Study Abroad and Non-study Abroad Students at a U.S. Midwestern College," Common Ground Research Network, Virtual. Krakow, Poland. (July 8, 2021).
Kurthen, H. (Presenter & Author) and Hammersmith, A. M. (Author Only), 27th International Conference on Learning, "Is Study Abroad Still a Privilege? Exploring Disparities at the Example of a Public Midwestern University in the U.S.," Common Ground Research Network, Virtual. Valencia, Spain. (July 15, 2020).
Kurthen, H., Global Express, "Germany in Crisis: EU, the Economy, Migration and Identity on the eve of the post-Merkel Era," GVSU Area and Global Studies, GVSU. (April 28, 2020). Kurthen, H., 43rd Annual Conference, "'Weltbilder' of German and U.S. American Foreign Policy
Experts in Comparison: Findings from Qualitative Interviews," German Studies Association, Portland, Oregon. (October 4, 2019).
Kurthen, H., GVSU Sabbatical Showcase, "Policy Views of Washington Foreign Policy Elites," Allendale. (March 28, 2019).
Kurthen, H., CLAS Faculty Research Colloquium, "Present at the Destruction. Findings from Interviews with Foreign Policy Experts in Washington, D.C. in Fall 2017," GVSU CLAS, Allendale. (January 17, 2019).
Page 13 of 22 Kurthen, H., Knowledge, Trust, and the Future of Democracy: Transatlantic Perspectives on the
Role of Scholarship and Science in Society, "Alumni conference participation," German Academic Exchange Service and Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Atlanta, GA. (October 7, 2018).
Kurthen, H., 42nd Annual Conference, "German versus U.S. American Foreign Policy Rules of Action: A Comparison of Elite Interviews," German Studies Association, Pittsburgh, PA. (September 28, 2018).
Kurthen, H., Global Awareness Festival, "Germany as a Country of Migration: Past and Present," Muskegon Community College, USA. (February 16, 2017).
Kurthen, H., PRIM&R Conference for Social, Behavioral, and Educational Research and for Advancing Ethical Research, Boston, MA. (November 11, 2015).
Kurthen, H. (Presenter & Author), & Losey, K. M. (Presenter & Author), Volkshochschule/Evening School, "The State of Transatlantic Relations between Germany and the United States," Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. (May 20, 2014).
Kurthen, H. (Presenter & Author), & Yalda, C. (Presenter & Author), 2nd Biennial Michigan Research Ethics Conference MREC, "Understanding Qualitative Research Methodologies: Assessing Risks and Benefits," Grand Rapids, Michigan. (April 25, 2014).
Kurthen, H., 13th Annual Lilly North Learning Conference, "Research Findings about
Determinants of Faculty-Student Classroom Interaction," Traverse City, MI. (October 18, 2013).
Kurthen, H., 20th International Conference on Learning, "What Influences Student Perception of Student-Teacher Interaction in the College Classroom?," Rhodes, Greece. (July 1, 2013). Kurthen, H., CLAS Faculty Research Colloquium, "Join the Allies - but Abstain from War: The 2011 Libya Intervention through the Eyes of German Foreign Policy Makers," GVSU CLAS, Allendale. (March 21, 2013).
Kurthen, H., 36th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of North America, "A Betrayal of the Alliance? Germany's 2011 UN Resolution on Libya According to German Foreign Policy Makers," GSA, Milwaukee, WI. (October 5, 2012).
Kurthen, H. (Panel Discussant), Panel Presentation, "The Politics of Health Care in the United States," University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. (May 3, 2012).
Kurthen, H., GVSU Sabbatical Showcase, "Cultural Orientations of German Foreign Policy Elites," Allendale. (April 4, 2012).
Kurthen, H. (Presenter Only), Fulbright Lecture Series 2011, "Transatlantic Relations, Political Cultures, and Managing Difference," Institute for American Studies at University of Leipzig, Germany. (May 26, 2011).
Kurthen, H., 34th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of North America,
"Transatlantic Relations and the Challenges of U.S. Exceptionalism and European Independence," Oakland, CA. (October 8, 2010).
Kurthen, H. (Panel Discussant), Panel presentation, "Bildung und Integration in der
Einwanderungsgesellschaft: Lehren aus den USA," University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. (May 4, 2010).
Page 14 of 22 Kurthen, H., Third International Conference on the Teaching of Psychology, "Transnational
Student Online Collaboration: Does it Reduce Ethnocentrism?," St. Petersburg, Russia. (July 14, 2008).
Kurthen, H. (Author Only), & Boehm, D. (Presenter Only), Writing Research Across Borders Conference, "Do International Online Collaborative Projects affect Ethnocentrism in Students?," University of California, Santa Barbara, CA. (February 23, 2008).
Kurthen, H. (Author Only), Boehm, D. (Presenter Only), & Aniola-Jedrzejek, L. (Author Only), Annual Lilly North Learning Conference, "From Myopia to Global Vision: Does International Collaboration Impact Ethnocentrism?," Traverse City, MI. (October 6, 2007).
Kurthen, H., 31st Annual Conference of the German Studies Association of North America,
"German-American Relations in the New Century: Probable Futures and Desirable Outcomes," San Diego, CA. (October 5, 2007).
Kurthen, H., Take a Stand Day, "Military Bases in Iraq and American Global Strategy," GVSU DeVos Center, Grand Rapids, MI. (August 28, 2007).
Kurthen, H., CLAS Faculty Research Colloquium, "Is the Transatlantic Partnership between the U.S. and Western Europe in a Crisis?," GVSU, Allendale, MI. (November 17, 2006).
Kurthen, H., Offshoring Forum of the Society for Advancement of Management and International Business, "Macro- and Microeconomic Causes and Effects of Offshoring and Outsourcing," GVSU Seidman College, Grand Rapids, MI. (October 18, 2006).
Kurthen, H., 6th Annual Lilly North Learning Conference, "Transnational Online Student Collaboration: Does it Work?," Traverse City, MI. (September 16, 2006).
Kurthen, H., Evening School (Volkshochschule) lecture series, "Is the German-American Partnership in a Crisis?," Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. (July 5, 2006).
Kurthen, H., Grand Valley State University Grand Forum Keynote Speech, "Comments on Tom Friedman 'It's a Flat World '," DeVos Center, Grand Rapids, MI. (February 16, 2006).
Kurthen, H., GVSU Panel Colloquium on Global Issues, "Is the World Flat?," Padnos International Center, Department of Geography and Planning, and the Department of Sociology, Allendale, MI. (October 17, 2005).
Kurthen, H., 12th International Conference on Learning, "Hybrid Online Teaching: What is it and What Makes it an Efficient Learning Tool?," Granada, Spain. (July 11, 2005).
Kurthen, H., & Smith, G. G., ED-MEDIA 2004-World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Telecommunications, "The Quiet Revolution: Hybrid Face-to-Face Courses in Micro-Sociological Perspective," Lugano, Switzerland. (June 21, 2004).
Kurthen, H., & Smith, G. G., Conference on Information Technology, Stony Brook University,
"Hybrid Online and Face-to-Face Courses in the Classroom: Fad or Efficient New Teaching Tool?," Stony Brook, NY. (June 1, 2004).
Kurthen, H., 98th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "Language Incorporation across Generations among Mexicans in the U.S. and Turks in Germany," Atlanta, GA. (August 16, 2003).
Page 15 of 22 Kurthen, H., International Literacy and Research Network Conference on Learning, "Dispelling
Myths: Facts for Developing an Appropriate Education Policy in Immigrant Nations," Institute of Education, University of London, London, UK. (July 15, 2003).
Kurthen, H., Student Conference with Jack DuVall and Shaazka Beyerle from the International Center on Nonviolent Conflicts, Washington, D.C., "Global Conflict and Nonviolent Solutions," Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. (May 7, 2003).
Kurthen, H., Student Roundtable Conference with Ambassador Ahmad Kamal, United Nations,
"Globalization, Human Rights and Terrorism," Federated Learning Communities Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. (December 11, 2002).
Kurthen, H., 97th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "Two Decades of Change: Comparing Turkish and Mexican Immigrant Language Use in the U.S. and Germany," Chicago, IL. (August 16, 2002).
Kurthen, H., 96th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "Integration or Segregation? Comparing Three Immigrant Cohorts in the U.S. and Germany," Anaheim, CA. (August 18, 2001).
Kurthen, H., Invited Lecture, College of Social Sciences, Ruhr-Universität, "Measuring Immigrant Integration with U.S. and German Data," Bochum, Germany. (July 6, 2001).
Kurthen, H., Invited Lecture, College of Social Sciences, Ruhr-Universität,
"Einwandererintegration im Spiegel der U.S.-Amerikanischen Forschung," Bochum, Germany. (July 4, 2001).
Kurthen, H., Center for Global Change and Governance and The Graduate School, "The Fischer Affair: A Roundtable on Politics and Society in New Germany," Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. (May 4, 2001).
Kurthen, H., 95th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "Differences in Welfare States and Immigrant Incorporation: A German-American Comparison," Washington, DC. (August 12, 2000).
Kurthen, H., Center for Global Change and Governance and The Central and European Studies Program, "The New Germany: Intellectual, Cultural, and Social Trends," Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. (April 28, 2000).
Kurthen, H., 78th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, "How Welfare States Make a Difference: The Integration of Immigrants in the U.S. and Germany," Baltimore, MY. (March 2, 2000).
Kurthen, H., 94th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "Does the Welfare State Count for Immigrant Incorporation? The Case of Germany and the United States," Chicago, IL. (August 6, 1999).
Kurthen, H., 77th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, "Characteristics of Companies that Employ Females and Minorities: Findings from Canada and Germany," Boston, MA. (March 5, 1999).
Kurthen, H., Work, Employment and Society Conference, International Sociological Association,
"Employment Determinants of Immigrant Minorities and Women in Germany and Canada," University of Cambridge, UK. (September 15, 1998).
Page 16 of 22 Kurthen, H., Global Studies Brown Bag Series, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University,
"Incorporation of Immigrants in Comparative Perspective," Stony Brook, NY. (October 23, 1997).
Kurthen, H., 21st Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, "Do Immigrants Abuse Welfare? A German-American Comparison," Washington, DC. (September 26, 1997). Kurthen, H., Faculty Pro-Seminar, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University,
"Comparative Perspectives on the Welfare State, Immigration, and Citizenship: the United States and Germany," Stony Brook, NY. (September 17, 1997).
Kurthen, H., Invited Lecture, International Affairs Symposium on Global Migration and Refugee Dilemmas, "Challenges of Immigrant Incorporation in Comparative Perspective: the German and American Case," Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR. (April 8, 1997).
Kurthen, H., Conference on Immigration and the Welfare State: Germany and the U.S. in Comparison, "Fiscal Impacts of Immigration on the German and American Welfare State," Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. (December 12, 1996).
Kurthen, H., 20th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, "Antisemitism and Xenophobia in United Germany: How the Burden of the Past affects the Present," Seattle, WA. (October 12, 1996).
Kurthen, H., 91st Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "Immigration and the Welfare State in Comparison: Differences in the Integration of Immigrant Minorities in
Germany and the United States," New York. (August 17, 1996).
Kurthen, H., 43rd Annual Meeting of the German Association for American Studies, "Gone with the Wind? German Language Retention in North Carolina," Universität Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. (May 30, 1996).
Kurthen, H., Mellon Foundation Seminar at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, "Inequality in Employment of Labor Migrants and the Impact of Human Resource Policies: The Case of Germany," Chapel Hill, NC. (February 23, 1996).
Kurthen, H., 19th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, "Immigrant Integration and Employment Equity: Forgotten Dimensions of the German Multiculturalism Debate in International Comparison," Chicago, IL. (September 23, 1995).
Kurthen, H., 90th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "Germany's
Multiculturalism Debate Reconsidered: Immigrant Incorporation in International Comparison," Washington, D.C. (August 19, 1995).
Kurthen, H., 18th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, "Attitudes of Germans an Israeli Jews after Unification: How the Past still Haunts the Present," Dallas, TX. (October 2, 1994).
Kurthen, H., International Conference on 'Comparative Perspectives on Interethnic Relations and Social Incorporation in Europe and North America, "Multiculturalism and Employment Equity: Toronto and Berlin Employers in Comparison," University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. (September 30, 1994).
Kurthen, H., Lecture Series 'Modern Germany in Europe', "How Anti-Semitic are the Germans? Opinions in Germany and Israel," Dept. of Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. (September 27, 1994).
Page 17 of 22 Kurthen, H., Lecture Series Center for International Studies, "Defining the Fatherland:
Immigration and Nationhood in Germany," Duke University, Durham, NC. (September 26, 1994).
Kurthen, H., 41st Annual Meeting of the German Association for American Studies, "The Rhetoric of 'Political Correctness'- Ethnicity and Gender in the U.S. Media," Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany. (May 25, 1994).
Kurthen, H., Lecture Series, Institute for Research in Social Science, "Is Affirmative Action a Remedy to Increase Minority Employment?," The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC. (April 13, 1994).
Kurthen, H., Lecture Series Department of Sociology, University of Victoria, "Equal Opportunity in Canada: Has it Effects on Employment?," Victoria, BC, Canada. (March 2, 1994).
Kurthen, H., 17th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association, "Germany in Transition: Immigration and the Emergence of Racism," Washington, DC. (October 7, 1993).
Kurthen, H., 87th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "A New World Order and its Implications for the Postwar Generation of Jews and Germans," Miami, FL. (August 13, 1993).
Kurthen, H., European Studies Panel of the European Studies Program at Washington University,
"Neo-Nazism in Germany," St. Louis MO. (February 2, 1993).
Kurthen, H., Lecture Series Department of Political Science, "Germany in Transition: Immigration and New Nationalism," Washington University, St. Louis, MO. (February 2, 1993).
Kurthen, H., Lecture Series Department of Political Science, Northwestern University,
"Immigration and Asylum Policy in Germany," Evanston, IL. (February 1, 1993).
Kurthen, H., Lecture Series Department of Government, Cornell University, "Immigration and Immigrant Policies in Unified Germany," Ithaca, NY. (November 6, 1992).
Kurthen, H., 87th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "The Impact of Organizational Characteristics and Managerial Attitudes on the Employment of Labor Migrants in Germany," Pittsburgh, PA. (August 24, 1992).
Kurthen, H., 39th Annual Meeting of the German Association for American Studies,
"Multiculturalism and Employment Equity: What can be learned from the Canadian Experience?," Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. (June 9, 1992).
Kurthen, H., 5th Biennial Triangle Seminar on German Studies, "Integrating the New Germany into the New Europe," University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC. (October 19, 1991). Kurthen, H., Lecture Series, Statistical Bureau of the State of Berlin, "Ethnic Census in North
America: Historical Background and Current Problems," Berlin, Germany. (June 12, 1991). Kurthen, H., Conference about 'Transitions' at Science Center for Social Research/Labor Market
and Employment Unit, "Corporate Human Resource Policies dealing with a Multicultural Workforce, West Berlin and Toronto in Comparison," Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, Berlin, Germany. (May 13, 1991).
Kurthen, H., Training Workshop for Employers and Employees, "Betriebliche Personalpolitik und Ausländische Arbeitnehmer: Erfahrungen, Probleme, Handlungsmöglichkeiten [Corporate Human Resource Policy and Migrant Workers: Practice, Problems and Measures for Action],"
Page 18 of 22 Freie Universität Berlin and Federation of German Unions (DGB), Berlin, Germany. (May 7, 1991).
Kurthen, H., Lecture Series on 'International Interethnic Relations', "German Unification and its Impact on Ethnic Stratification," University of Montreal, Quebec, Montreal, Canada. (November 22, 1990).
Kurthen, H., Session on 'Multiculturalism and Society', "The Emergence of New Ethnic Groups in the European Community: The Case of Germany," University of Toronto, Dept. of Sociology in conjunction with the Multicultural History Society of Ontario, Toronto, Canada. (November 20, 1990).
Kurthen, H., Conference on 'Dominant National Cultures and Ethnic Identities', "Equality for Visible Minorities in a Multicultural Society: The Canadian Employment Equity Legislation as an Example," Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. (June 15, 1990).
Kurthen, H., Lecture Series on 'Recent European Upheavals', "The Origins of German Unity and its Political Consequences for the Future," George Brown College, Toronto, Canada. (March 13, 1990).
Kurthen, H., 10th Biennial Canadian Ethnic Studies Association Conference, "Immigration Policy, Labor Migration and Ethnic Discrimination in West Germany and Berlin," Calgary, Canada. (October 12, 1989).
Kurthen, H., 84th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, "Labor Market, Personnel Policy and the Employment of Immigrants in the Manufacturing Industry in Berlin," San Francisco, CA. (August 16, 1989).
Kurthen, H., Conference 'Berlin 2000', "Zur Lage und Zukunft der Ausländerbeschäftigung in Berlin/West [The State of Immigrant Employment in West Berlin and Future Developments]," Freie Universität Berlin and Federation of German Unions (DGB), Berlin, Germany. (May 22, 1989).
Kurthen, H., Workshop about Company Personnel Policies (Handlungsspielräume betrieblicher Personalpolitik und Ausländerintegration in der Arbeitswelt), "Diskriminierung oder
Fabenblindheit: Über den Umgang von Unternehmern mit der Ausländerbeschäftigung [Discrimination or Color-Blindness: How Companies Treat Migrant Labor]," Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany. (December 19, 1988).
Kurthen, H., Conference on 'Ethnic Community Formation in International Perspective', "Some Remarks on Ethic Community Formation and Stratification in West Germany and West Berlin," University of Toronto and Carleton University Ottawa, Canada, Ottawa, Canada. (April 10, 1987).
Kurthen, H., International Conference on Class Theory and Social Inequality, "Soziale
Ungleichheit, Ausländerbeschaftigung und die Reaktion der Gewerkschaften in Deutschland," Amsterdam University, The Netherlands. (April 18, 1985).
Kurthen, H., 22nd Annual Meeting of the German Sociological Association, "Thesen zur ethnischen Stratifikation, Interessenkonkurrenz und sozialen Ungleichheit in kapitalistisch verfassten Industriegesellschaften," Universität Dortmund, Germany. (October 11, 1984).
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Editorial Activity
Editor, Associate Editor, The International Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Learning, Volume 20, Issue 2, Illinois University, Champaign, IL. (2014).
Editorial Review Board Member, Scholarly Journal, "International Sociology", Sage Publisher, London, UK, 6. (2004).
Editorial Review Board Member, Scholarly Journal, "International Sociology", Sage Publisher, London, UK, 6, Journal Article Submission, International Sociological Association. (2003). Editor/Associate Editor, Scholarly Journal, "International Sociology", Sage Publisher, London, UK,
6, Journal Article Submission, International Sociological Association. (1998-2002). Senior Editor, "International Sociology", Sage Publisher, London, UK, 6, Journal Article Peer
Reviewer, International Sociological Association. (1998).
Professional Review Activity (Pro bono)
"German Politics and Society", Journal Article Peer Reviewer, German Politics and Society. (December 21, 2020).
"International Relations", Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Relations. (December 11, 2020).
Textbook Review, Oxford University Press (UK). (May 14, 2020).
"Journal of American Ethnic History", Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Journal of American Ethnic History. (December 7, 2019).
"International Migration", Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Organization for Migration, Wiley-Blackwell Publ. (May 1, 2019).
"International Migration", Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Organization for Migration, Wiley-Blackwell Publ. (January 22, 2019).
Textbook Review, Macmillan International Higher Education, Houndmills, Basingstoke, UK. (January 17, 2019).
"International Migration", International Organization for Migration, Wiley-Blackwell Publ., Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Organization for Migration, Wiley-Blackwell Publ. (September 17, 2018).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Journal of American Ethnic History. (August 8, 2018). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Irish Journal of Sociology. (March 16, 2015).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Guildford, UK. (March 16, 2014). Book Submission Review, Common Ground Publisher, Champaign, IL. (2013).
Book Submission Review, Palgrave Pivot, UK. (2013).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Common Ground Publisher, Champaign, IL. (2013).
Page 20 of 22 Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Comparative Political Studies, Sage Publ. (2013).
"Working Paper Submission review", Other, Cracow University of Economics Working Paper Series. (2013).
Book Submission Review, McFarland Publisher, Jefferson, NC. (2012).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Cracow University of Economics Working Paper Series. (2012). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Comparative Political Studies, Sage, Los Angeles. (2012). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology, Chicago, IL. (2009). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Ethnic and Racial Studies, London, UK. (2008). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. Belfast, UK. (2008). Textbook Review, Wadsworth-Thomson, Belmont, CA. (2007).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Journal of Learning, New York. (2005). Textbook Review, McGraw-Hill, Columbus, OH. (2005).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Journal of European Social Policy, Bath, UK. (2004). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Sociology, London, UK. (2004).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Migration, Washington, DC. (2004). Textbook Review, Prentice Hall, New Jersey. (2004).
Book Submission, Pine Forge Press/Sage Publ., Los Angeles, CA. (2003). Book Submission, Simon and Schuster, New York. (2003).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, H-German@h-net.msu.edu, East Lansing, MI. (2003). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Sociology, London, UK. (2003).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Journal of International Migration and Integration, Edmonton, Canada. (2003).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Ethnic and Racial Studies, London, UK. (2002). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Migration Review, New York. (2002). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Sociology, London, UK. (2002). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology, Chicago, IL. (2002). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Ethnic and Racial Studies, London, UK. (2001).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Men and Masculinities, Stony Brook, New York. (2001). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Sociology, London, UK. (2001).
Page 21 of 22 Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Social History, Stony Brook, New York. (2000).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Sociology, London, UK. (2000). Book Submission Review, Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen, Germany. (1999).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Cambridge, MA. (1999). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Sociology, London, UK. (1999).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Sociology, London, UK. (1998). Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Migration Review, New York. (1998).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Nations and Nationalism, London School of Economics, UK. (1996).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Nations and Nationalism, London School of Economics, UK. (1995).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, International Migration Review, New York. (1995). Book Submission Review, Longman Publ., New York & London. (1992).
Journal Article Peer Reviewer, Work and Occupations, Nashville, TN. (1991).
RECENT TEACHING
Grand Valley State University
SOC 304, Quantitative Methods in Sociology SOC 101, Introduction to Sociology online SOC 201, Introduction to Sociology
SOC 304, Quantitative Methods in Sociology SS 300, Research Methods in the Social Sciences
Teaching Abroad
PH Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany: Introduction to Macrosociology
PH Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany: Einwanderungsgesellschaften im Vergleich
PH Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany: Globalisierung - Das Beispiel der USA/Globalization - The U.S. Example
PH Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany: Arthur Miller - Literature and Society PH Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany: Forschungskolloquium/Research Seminar Cracow University of Economics, Poland: Intro to Global Economy and Politics
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Tenure Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, University of Ottawa, School of Sociological & Anthropological Studies, Ottawa. (March 13, 2019 - March 16, 2019).
Scholarship Reviewer, Ad Hoc Reviewer, American Academy in Berlin. (January 14, 2019 - January 17, 2019).
Page 22 of 22 Ad hoc scholarship reviewer for the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission, New York. (Jan. 2017). Ad hoc scholarship reviewer for the Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission, New York. (Sep. 2016). Ad hoc scholarship Reviewer, Polish-U.S. Fulbright Commission, New York. (August 2013). Tenure and Promotion Reviewer, Indiana University-Purdue, International Language and Culture
Studies, Fort Wayne, Indiana. (2012).
Review of Conference Papers presented at Annual Conference, April 12-15, 2012, Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois. (2012).
Committee Chair, DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service Transatlantic Conference organization. (2004 - 2005).
Sociology Focus Group Discussant, McGraw-Hill Publisher, Boca Raton, Florida. (August 5, 2005 - August 6, 2005).
Program Evaluator, SocioQuest URL/American Sociological Assoc;, Washington, DC. (2005). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NSF- National Science Foundation. (2004).
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, NIH - National Institutes of Health. (2003). Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Fulbright Program. (2002).
Program Evaluator, American Sociological Association Annual Book Prize, Washington, DC. (1998).
Program Organizer, German Marshall Fund of the U.S. Conference on 'Immigration and the Welfare State: Germany and the United States in Comparison'. (December 12, 1996 - December 14, 1996).
Program Organizer, UNC Chapel Hill Conference on 'Migration and Heritage. The German Presence in North Carolina'. (1994).
Advisory Board and Reviewer, Fulbright Program, DAAD, and Berlin Exchange Program, UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University. (1991 - 1993).
