Kim Voss was born on 1952 and is a professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley whose main field of research is social movements and the American labor movement.
16 Facts About Kim Voss
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Kim Voss obtained a master's of science degree in sociology from Cornell University in 1977, and a doctorate in sociology from Stanford University in 1986.
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Since the fall of 1986, Kim Voss has taught at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Kim Voss was the first female chair of the department.
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Kim Voss' research focus is the American labor movement, the nature and culture of work, social movements, and comparative sociology.
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Kim Voss examined whether American exceptionalism was the cause of or an outcome of the collapse of the Knights.
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Kim Voss concluded the latter, and argued that strong business resistance to unions, weak government and legal protections for worker rights explained the subsequent politics and culture of unions in America.
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Kim Voss argued that the Knights had adopted an ideology which was not resilient in the face of organizational collapse.
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Kim Voss is studying the power of story-telling and narrative song in social movements.
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Kim Voss has been the recipient of a number of awards and honors.
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Kim Voss's article "Breaking the Iron Law of Oligarchy," which she co-authored Rachel Sherman and which appeared in the American Journal of Sociology in September 2000 won the Distinguished Article Award from the Labor Studies Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 2001.
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Kim Voss has served in a wide variety of capacities in several professional organizations as well.
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Kim Voss was chair of the prize committee of the Comparative Historical Section of the ASA from 1991 to 1992 and again from 1996 to 1999; council representative for the Collective Behavior and Social Movements Section of the ASA from 1994 to 1997; chair of the Labor and Labor Movements Section of the ASA from 2002 to 2003; and secretary-treasurer of the Political Sociology Section of the ASA from 2002 to 2005.
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Kim Voss serves or has served on the editorial board of the Rose Monograph Series, Contexts and the American Sociological Review.
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Kim Voss is a reviewer form many journals, including the American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Industrial Relations, Mobilization, Perspectives on Politics, and Theory and Society.
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Kim Voss is a member of the American Sociological Association and the Social Science History Association.