1. R. Jamil Jonna - CV
Education
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Oregon (UO)
June 2013
Biological Station, University of Michigan
Completed program August 2003
M.S. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
December 2002
Bachelor of General Studies, University of Michigan Ann Arbor
January 2000 (emphasis in ecology and environmental studies)
Publications
Dissertation
2013. “Toward a Political-Economic Sociology of Unemployment: Renewing the
Classical Reserve Army Perspective.” Doctoral Thesis. John Bellamy Foster, Chair.
Eugene: Department of Sociology, University of Oregon. http://hdl.handle.net/
1794/13340.
Books/Chapters
Forthcoming in 2017. The Reserve Army of Labor: Unemployment and Precariousness
in the 21st Century.
2016. “Statistical Appendix” in Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, People Get
Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy. New York:
Nation Books.
2012. Chapters 2-4 in The Endless Crisis: How Monopoly-Finance Capital Produces
Stagnation and Upheaval from the United States to China (coauthored with John
Bellamy Foster and Robert W. McChesney). New York: Monthly Review Press.
2010. “Statistical Appendix” (p. 255-274) in Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols, The Death
and Life of American Journalism: The Media Revolution That Will Begin the World Again.
Philadelphia, PA: Nation Books.
Articles
Forthcoming. “Labor-Value Commodity Chains: Power & Class Relations in the World
Economy” (with Intan Suwandi and John Bellamy Foster). Submitted to Social Problems.
2016. “Marx’s Theory of Working-Class Precariousness—and Its Relevance Today” (with John
Bellamy Foster). Alternate Routes 27: 21–45.
2015. “Monopoly Capital and Labor: the Work of Braverman, Baran, and Sweezy as a Dialectical
Whole.” Labor Studies Journal 40, no. 3 (November 13, 2015): 262–74. doi:
10.1177/0160449X15606321. (Includes commentary on two other submitted articles.)
2014. “Braverman and the Structure of the US Working Class: Beyond the Degradation of
Labor” (with John Bellamy Foster; Jonna listed first). Employee Responsibilities and Rights
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Dr. R. Jamil Jonna Curriculum Vitae
PhD, University of Oregon, Department of Sociology
160 Oakleigh Ln, Eugene OR, 97404 | 541.206.1917 | jamil@monthlyreview.org
References
John Bellamy Foster
Department of Sociology
1291 University of Oregon
jfoster@uoregon.edu
T (541) 346.5016
Robert W. McChesney
Gutgsell Endowed Professor
Department of Communication
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
rwmcchesney@gmail.com
T (608) 669.5215
Richard York
Department of Sociology
1291 University of Oregon
rfyork@uoregon.edu
T (541) 346.5267
Public Profiles
• LinkedIn
• Academia.edu
• ResearchGate

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Journal 26, no. 3: 219-236. [Reprinted with minor modification as “Beyond the Degradation of
Labor: Braverman and the Structure of the US Working Class.” Monthly Review. 66 no. 5 (2014).
doi:10.14452/MR-066-05-2014-09_1.]
2011. “The Global Reserve Army of Labor and the New Imperialism” (with John Bellamy Foster
and Robert W. McChesney). Monthly Review 63, no. 6 (2011): 1–31.
2011. “The Internationalization of Monopoly Capital” (with John Bellamy Foster and Robert W.
McChesney). Monthly Review 63, no. 2: 1–21.
2011. “Monopoly and Competition in Twenty-First Century Capitalism” (with John Bellamy
Foster and Robert W. McChesney). Monthly Review 62, no. 11: 1–39.
2009. “The Penal State in An Age of Crisis” (Hannah Holleman, Robert W. McChesney and John
Bellamy Foster). Monthly Review 60, no. 5: 1–19.
2008. “Environmental Organizations and Communication Praxis: A Study of Communication
Strategies Among a National Sample of Environmental Organizations” (with Michael Dreiling,
Tomoyasu Nakamura & Nicholas Lougee). Organization & Environment 21, no. 4: 420–445.
2007. “Ecological Footprint” & “Intergenerational Equity.” In Encyclopedia of Environment and
Society edited by Paul Robbins. Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
2002. ”Invasion of Lake Victoria by the Large Bodied Herbivorous Cladoceran Daphnia
Magna” (with John T. Lehman; Jonna first author). Pp. 321-34 in In The East African Great
Lakes: Limnology, Paleolimnology and Biodiversity, edited by Eric O. Odada and Daniel O.
Olago. Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Reviews
2012. “Class Dismissed: Why We Cannot Teach or Learn Our Way Out of Inequality by John
Marsh.” Socialism and Democracy 26:2: 163–167.
2008. “The War for Control of the Periphery” (with Hannah Holleman). Monthly Review 59, no. 9:
54–62.
Reports
2001. “The role of Internal Nutrient Loading in the Nuisance Algal Blooms of 2001 in Ford Lake.
Huron River Watershed, Michigan” (with John T. Lehman). Technical Report.
Conference Presentations
2016. “Labor-Value Commodity Chains: Power & Class Relations in the World Economy,” Section
on Political Economy of the World-System Paper Session. 20 Years of the WTO: The Political-
Economic Consequences of Trade and Investment. (2016 ASAAnnual Meeting, Seattle, Tuesday,
August 23)
2013. “Critique and Reconstruction of the Sociological Charter in an Age of Crisis,” Section on
Marxist Sociology Roundtable (2013 ASAAnnual Meeting, New York, August 9–13).
2012. “Why Mass Unemployment? The Internationalization of Production and the Global Reserve
Army of Labor,” Section on Marxist Sociology Roundtable (2012 ASAAnnual Meeting, Denver,
August 17–20).
2012. “Social Media, Social Action, Social Class in the Occupy Movement,” Collective Behavior
and Social Movements Roundtable (2012 ASAAnnual Meeting, August 17–20).
2011. “A Critical Survey of Sociological Theories of the ‘Employment Problem,’” Labor Section
Roundtable (2011 ASAAnnual Meeting, Las Vegas, August 20–23).
Teaching
Sociology 399: Special Topics in Environmental Justice
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Summer 2013
Teaching Assistant
Fall 2010
Sociology 465: Political Sociology (Val Burris vburris@uoregon.edu).
Instructor, University of Oregon
Sumer 2006
Sociology 457: Sex and Society.
Teaching Assistant, University of Oregon
2005-2006
1) Social Inequality (Ellen Scott escott@uoregon.edu), 2) American Society (Chuck Hunt
cwhunt@uoregon.edu), 3) Quantitative Methods (Eric Edwards ericed@uoregon.edu).
Teaching Assistant, University of Oregon
2004-5
1) Development of Sociological Theory (Linda Fuller lofuller@uoregon.edu), 2) Quantitative
Methods (Lawrence Carter lcarter@uoregon.edu), 3) Nonviolent Social Change (Michael Dreiling
dreiling@uoregon.edu).
Teaching Assistant, University of Oregon
2003-4
1) Introduction to Sociology (Michael Dreiling dreiling@uoregon.edu), 2) Introduction to
Sociological Theory (Caleb Southworth caleb@twinky.uoregon.edu), 3) Introduction to Sociology
(Chuck Hunt cwhunt@uoregon.edu).
Teaching Assistant, University of Michigan
2002
1) Mycology Lab 468 (Dr. Bob Fogel bfogel@umich.edu) and 2) Limnology Lab 484 (Dr. John
Lehman jtlehman@umich.edu).
Employment
Associate Editor, Production, Monthly Review Foundation, New York
2010-present
Tasks include: editing, copy editing, layout, design, and website & database administration.
Proprietor, Socialist Design.
2013-present
Server administration, website design and digital security company started to assist the Civil
Liberties Defense Center in addition to the Monthly Review Foundation.
Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2009–present
Work with Dr. McChesney (Department of Communication) on a variety of topics, ranging from
media history, and communication to empirical investigation of the corporations, labor and
inequality.
Graduate Teaching Fellow appointment, Wired Humanities Projects (UO)
2006–10
Designed websites, built databases, conducted server maintenance, and computer upkeep. The
work also involved learning new software and training interns.
Research & Writing, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
2002–4
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Conducted literature reviews and contributed original articles; published on Animal Diversity Web.
Contact: George Hammond gstarrh@umich.edu T (734) 647-8715.
Grant Researcher, University of Michigan
Summer 2003 (as part of master’s research in ecology)
Sampled harmful algal blooms in Ford Lake, Michigan. Professor John Lehman (masters advisor)
secured a STAR Grant and has continued the work since my graduation. Contact: Dr. John Lehman
jtlehman@umich.edu T (734) 763-4680. 2004.
Researcher and Writer, University of Missouri, Columbia
2003-2004
Conducted literature reviews and wrote fish habitat/conservation accounts for the Missouri
Resource Assessment Partnership. Contact: Scott P. Sowa scott_sowa@usgs.gov T (573) 441-2791.
2003.
Media & Interviews
2012. Edward Russo, “Protest Pioneers: Organizers at the Forefront of Occupy Eugene Keep Up
the Work,” Register Guard, A1 (January 23).
2011. John Sullivan, “True Enough: The Second Age of PR,” Columbia Journalism Review (May/
June). http://www.cjr.org/feature/true_enough.php. (Also published as “PR Industry Fills Vacuum
Left by Shrinking Newsrooms” by ProPublica.)
2011. Editors. “Slime-Slinging: Flacks Vastly Outnumber Hacks These Days. Caveat Lector.” The
Economist, (May 5). http://www.economist.com/node/18712755.
Awards
Sigma XI Scientific Research Society. Nominated for membership in the Ann Arbor chapter of
Sigma XI (Summer 2002).
Seminars & Workshops
Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, University of Oregon School of Law
March 5th, 2016
“What Every Environmentalist Should Know About Capitalism.” With John Bellamy Foster.
February 28th, 2014
“What Every Environmentalist Should Know About Capitalism: How it will Impact Your Case or
Campaign.” With Richard Monje; “Powering Up for People, Planet & Peace: Global Climate
Convergence.” With Jill Stein, Richard Monje, and Lauren Regan.
Occupation Education, Eugene, OR
Winter 2012
Organized 10-week series on basic organizing skills and campaign strategy. Also presented
workshop on economics and unemployment.
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
June 28-July 23, 2004. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Department & Union Service
Department of Sociology, University of Oregon
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Graduate student representative to Staff Development (Hiring) Committee (2008-9 & 2005-6);
Graduate Forum Member (2003-04).
Graduate Teaching Fellows Federation (GTFF), Local 3544 (University of Oregon)
Executive board, VP for member communications (2006); Department of Sociology Steward
(2005).
Graduate Employee Organization (GEO), Local 3550 (University of Michigan)
Board member (2002).
Statistical & Technical Expertise
• Statistical Software: STATA, SPSS and statistical functions in Microsoft Excel (OS X).
• Data Sources and Databases: Selected list of US and international sources:
• IPUMS. Person-level microdata from the US Census and Current Population Survey (CPS), as
well as international censuses.
• COMPUSTAT. International firm-level microdata.
• Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). National data on the US labor force from the CPS.
• FRED Economic Data (St. Louis Federal Reserve). Aggregate data on the US economy from
the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) and other sources.
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Aggregated country-level
social and economic data.
• International Labor Organisation (ILO); LABORSTAT, ILOSTAT and KILM (Key Indicators
of the Labour Market) databases. Aggregate international employment data and country-level
labor market + industry data.
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and World Bank.
Political, social, and economic data aggregated by country worldwide.
• Other Software: Microsoft Office; Adobe Suite; Keynote, Pages, Numbers (OS X).
• Programming Languages: HTML & CSS, and PHP.
• Server Administration: Set-up and maintenance of databases (MySQL), networks (OS X Server
and Linux Server), and the creation/maintenance of websites using open source content
management systems (such as Wordpress and Open Journal Systems).
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