Hollie N Brehm

nyset005@umn.edu

612/624-5296

Curriculum Vitae

Department Affiliations

Specialties

genocide
human rights
sociology of law
transitional justice
sociology of knowledge
criminology
environmental sociology

Educational Background

Ph.D. Candidate: Sociology, University of Minnesota.
Graduate Minor: Human Rights, University of Minnesota.
BS: Sociology and Political Science, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2008.

Publications

Pellow, David N. and Hollie Nyseth. "Environmental Sociology and the Sociology of Environmental Studies." Annual Review of Sociology. (Forthcoming)
Kim, Minzee, Wesley Longhofer, Elizabeth Boyle, and Hollie Nyseth. "When Do Laws Matter? National Minimum-Age-of-Marriage Laws, Child Rights, and Adolescent Childbirth, 1989-2007." Law & Society Review . Forthcoming.
Nyseth, Hollie and David N. Pellow. "Environmental Justice: Pollution, Poverty, and Marginalized Communities." Routledge Handbook of Environmental Politics. Ed. by Paul Harris. Forthcoming in 2013.
Nyseth Brehm, Hollie. 2012. "The Crime of Genocide." Published on The Society Pages . Link
Savelsberg, Joachim and Hollie Nyseth. 2012. "Collective Representations of Atrocity and National Identity: The Case of Darfur." Chapter in Crossing Borders, Shifting Boundaries: National and Transnational Identities in Europe and Beyond. Ed. by Markus Hadler and Franz Hoellinger. University of Chicago Press.
Boyle, Elizabeth and Hollie Nyseth. 2011. "Why the Underutilization of Child Rights in Global Mobilization? The Cases of Female Genital Cutting Practices and User Fees for Education." Chapter in Human Rights: New Possibilities/New Problems. Studies in Law, Politics, and Society, Vol. 56. Ed. by Austin Sarat. Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
Nyseth, Hollie, Sarah Shannon, Kia Heise, and Suzy Maves McElrath. 2011. “Embedded Sociologists.“ Contexts, Spring 2011.
Discoveries and Reflected Appraisals. 2009-2011. Contexts, various issues.
Nyseth, Hollie. 2008. "I Am Not Lazy: Panhandling in Urban México." University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Journal of Undergraduate Research.
Savelsberg, Joachim and Hollie Nyseth. "Darfur in the Media." Will appear in a book with John Hagan and Jens Meierhenrich in 2013. Cambridge University Press. (Forthcoming)

Research Activities

Never Again: Assessing Preconditions of Genocide: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010 - present
Collective Representations and Memories of Atrocities after Judicial Interventions: The Case of Darfur in International Comparison : Research Assistant for Joachim Savelsberg, 2010 - present
Genocide and the Age Distribution of Crime: Graduate Research Partnership Program with Chris Uggen, 2012 - present
The Cost of Rights or the Right Cost? The Impact of Global Economic and Human Rights Policies on Child Well-Being Since 1989: Research Project with Elizabeth Heger Boyle, 2009 - present
Framing Earth and Animal Liberation Movements : Research Assistant for David Pellow, 2008 - 2010
The Rule of Law in Times of Public Insecurity: Research Project on Mexico's Judicial Reform with Barbara Frey, 2009 - 2011
Human Rights Research Intern: Baha’i International Community at the United Nations, Spring 2011
Research and Grant Consultant: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Research Center for Cultural Diversity and Community Renewal, Summer 2010
Research Intern: Mexico City Human Rights Commission, Summer 2009
Research Intern: Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, Winter 2009

Professional Activities

The Society Pages Graduate Student Editorial Board: 2011 - present
Contexts Graduate Student Editorial Board : 2009 - 2011
Co-Editor of "Teaching the Social World"/"Teaching TSP" and "Citings & Sightings" Blogs: Contexts & The Society Pages , 2010 - present

Outreach Activities

Chair of the Board of Directors of Heritage Academy of Science and Technology: Minneapolis Contract-Alternative Middle and High School, 2011 - present
Secretary of the Board of Directors of Heritage Academy and Science and Technology: Minneapolis Contract-Alternative Middle and High School, 2008 - 2011
Minnesota-Mexico Connection Advisory Committee: Committee of Minnesota judges, lawyers, and human rights advocates that works with Mexican NGOs and universities to aid the implementation of judicial reform, 2009 - 2011
Chair of Solidarity in Health: Student group that raises money to send medical supplies to rural hospitals around the world, 2008 - present
Intern: Pro Centro (NGO), Puebla, Mexico, 2008
Education Intern (Instructor): Puebla, Mexico Women's Prison, 2007
Youth Instructor: Promoters of Human Rights and a Democratic Life, Mexico, 2007
Intern: Center for the Development of Women, Cuetzalan, Mexico, 2007

Awards

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 2010 - 2013
National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant, 2013
Graduate Research Partnership Program, University of Minnesota, Summer 2012
Dunn Peace Research Scholarship, University of Minnesota, Spring 2012
Outstanding Graduate Research Paper Award, Sociology Department, University of Minnesota, Spring 2012
Midwest Sociological Society Dissertation Grant, Spring 2012
Anna Welsch Bright Award, Sociology Department, University of Minnesota, Fall 2011
Engaged Sociology Award, Sociology Department, University of Minnesota, Spring 2011
Public Sociology Award, Sociology Department, University of Minnesota, Spring 2011
Vincent Hawkinson Foundation for Peace and Justice Fellowship, Summer 2010
Human Rights and Transitional Justice Grant, University of Minnesota Human Rights Program, Spring 2010, 2012
Upper Midwest Human Rights Fellowship, Summer 2009
John E. Magerus Award for the Outstanding Student in the College of Liberal Studies, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, 2008