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Michael Dreiling, Mentor
Sociology

Kristina Kahl, McNair Scholar

Michael Dreiling received a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Michigan. He is a professor of Sociology at the University of Oregon and an active father of two children. His academic research on the political conflicts during the NAFTA negotiations was published as a book titled Solidarity and Contention: The Politics of Class and Sustainability in the NAFTA Conflict.  Since 1997, he has published nine research articles as well. He is currently writing a book examining the role of corporations in the making of U.S. trade policy at the turn of the millennium. Over the last several years, Professor Dreiling studied nonviolence and Nonviolent Communication, publishing an article about the use of nonviolence in the college classroom, and is at the early stages of a project on “Globalizing Nonviolence.” At the University of Oregon, he teaches courses on nonviolence, work and labor, social movements, and American society.