Dale Wimberley

Dale Wimberley, Associate Professor

Curriculum Vitae

_{Department of Sociology

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Dr. Dale Wimberley is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology.

Current Projects:

Dale W. Wimberely, Meredith Ann Katz, and John Paul Mason. "Student Antisweatshop Campaigns and University-Licensed Global Apparel Production Networks: An Analysis of Strategic Power Relations."
Dale W. Wimberley and Alexander C. Ghessling. "College Student Antisweatshop Mobilization: Roles of Factors Promoting Collective Identity and Ease of Interaction."
Dale W. Wimberely and Talitha Rose. "The U.S. Antisweatshop Movement over Time: News Service Evidence of Trends."

Principal Areas of Research Focus

Critical Global Political Economy
Social Movements
Social Inequality
Basic Human Needs and the Quality of Life

Education

Ph.D., Ohio State University
M.A., Ohio State University
B.A., Louisiana Tech University

Professional Roles

Member, Blacksburg - San José de Bocay Sister City Committee
Member, Coalition for Justice, Blacksburg, Virginia
Coalition for Justice, Blacksburg, Virginia, former Chair
Journal of World-Systems Research, former Associate Editor
Social Forces, former Editorial Board Member

Awards and Honors

Award for Excellence in International Initiatives, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences (CLAHS), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2013-2014.
E. Gordon Ericksen Outstanding Graduate Faculty Award, Department of Sociology, Virginia Tech, 1999, 2009.
Outstanding Graduate Student of the Year, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University, 1984.

Dale W. Wimberley, "Quality of Life Trends in the Southern Black Belt, 1980-2005: A Research Note." Journal of Rural Social Sciences (previously titled Southern Rural Sociology) 25 (No. 1), 2010, pp. 103-118.

Dale W. Wimberley, "Setting the Stage for Cross-Border Solidarity: Movement Spillover and Early Mobilization in the Nicaragua Labor Rights Campaign." Labor Studies Journal 34, September 2009 (No. 3), pp. 318-338

Dale W. Wimberley, "Morality Patterns in Southern Black Belt: Regional and Racial Disparities." Sociation Today 6 (No. 2), Fall 2008.

Tom Ricker and Dale W. Wimberley, "Global Networking in the 21st Century: Labor Rights Movements and Nicaragua's Maquilas, 200-2001." Pp. 236-256 in Crises and Resistance in the 21st Century World-System, Wilma A. Dunaway, ed. Greenwood Press, 2003.

Fellowships, Grants, and Sponsored Research

Dale W. Wimberley (PI). “The Student Antisweatshop Movement: Identity, Networks, and Action.” Niles Research Grant, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. $4,000. November 2014-June 2015.
John Ryan (PI), Thomas Ratliff (Co-PI), and Dale W. Wimberley (Co-PI). “Doctoral Dissertation Research: When Protest Turns Violent: Violence, Social Protest, and Policing Styles in the United States.” National Science Foundation, SES – Sociology, $5,530. August 15, 2010-July 31, 2011.
Ellington Graves, Theodore Fuller, and Dale Wimberley, Principal Investigators. 2008. “Mobilizing for Action through Planning and Partnerships (MAPP).” Roanoke City and Alleghany Health District Departments of Health, Virginia. Funded contract, $17,000. June 2008-May 2009.