Rhacel Parreñas Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Chair Department of Sociology Presented at Provost Academic Senate Retreat on USCs Global Enterprise Opportunities and Engagement February 28 March 1 2014 Fairmont Hotel Santa Monica CA ID: 496701
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My Global Research
Rhacel ParreñasProfessor of Sociology and Gender StudiesChair, Department of Sociology
Presented at Provost - Academic Senate Retreat on “USC’s Global Enterprise: Opportunities and Engagement” February 28 – March 1, 2014, Fairmont Hotel, Santa Monica, CASlide2
My Research
I study the labor migration of Filipinos and its social consequencesFilipino migrant workers are located in 160+ destinationsBy 2011, approximately 4.5 million temporary contract workersApproximately 50 percent of migrant contract workers are womenSlide3
My Global Research
Italy and United States (1995-1996) Comparative study of Filipino migrant domestic workers in Rome and Los Angeles
Funding
: National Science Foundation Graduate Research
Fellowship + 3 year non- teaching fellowship from UC Berkeley
Philippines (1999-2000, 2001-2002)
A
gender comparative study on the lives
of the
children of migrant workers who stay
behind
in the Philippines
Funding
: UC President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship, Ford Foundation Postdoctoral
Fellowship
+ sabbatical from University of Wisconsin, Madison
Japan (2005-2006)
A
study on the labor and migration of Filipina hostesses in Tokyo’s nightlife industry
Funding
: Visiting Professorship at
Ochanomizu
University
+ leave from University of
California
, Davis
United Arab Emirates and Singapore (2013-2017)
A
comparative study on the labor and migration of Filipino and Indonesian domestic
workers
in Dubai and Singapore
Funding
: National Science Foundation (SES 1346750)Slide4
Funding Sources
Visiting ProfessorshipsNon-Geographically Restrictive Postdoctoral Fellowships (e.g. Fulbright Hays Faculty Research Abroad Fellowship, Woodrow Wilson Career Enhancement, Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship)
Grants
(e.g.
NSF [International Office],
NIH,
CDC, US Department of State,
etc
)Slide5
Visiting Professorships and Invited Lectures
Visiting Professorships: Australia, Japan, Brazil, Switzerland (declined), Israel, South
Korea
Invited Lectures: Australia, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, India, Singapore, Canada, Brazil,
Iceland, Denmark
, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy, England, Spain, Germany, France, Greece, Poland.Slide6
How can USC situate itself in the global circuit of knowledge exchange?
One Week Visiting Professorships for Foreign Scholars at USCProvide Nominal Research Support to Faculty who sponsor Postdoctoral Fellows from abroad (e.g. Marie Curie [EU], SSHRC [Canada], Fulbright, Sao Paolo Research Foundation [Brazil])
Encourage
Pursuit of International Scholarship thru Internal Grants
Encourage Faculty Participation
in International Professional
ConferencesSlide7
International Collaborations
Two examples:Invitation to conduct workshop on “Intimate Labor in Asia” from faculty in University of TorontoInvitation to establish a visiting professor exchange program with the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz, GermanySlide8
My Future Priorities for Encouraging Global Research
Continue to conduct international research Encourage PhD students to pursue international researchEncourage
administration to provide small grants for international collaborations (e.g. joint conferences, workshops,
one week visiting professorships, etc.)