Beth S. Caniglia

Dr. Beth Caniglia

As part of the OSU Sustainable Waters Consortium, Dr. Caniglia travelled to South Africa three times throughout 2001 and 2002. She was a consultant to the Department of Water Resources and Forestry on stakeholder participation in sustainable groundwater development and distribution.

Associate Professor
Ph.D.: Notre Dame University, 2000

Contact Information:
Phone: (405) 744-6122
Fax: (405) 744-5780
Office: 012 CLB

E-mail: beth.caniglia@okstate.edu

Personal Web Page

Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Social Movements, Globalization/ International Relations, Complex Organizations, and Social Stratification.
Beth Schaefer Caniglia (Ph.D. U. of Notre Dame, 2000) conducts research focused at the intersection of social movements, organization and policymaking, especially related to the environmental movement. She has collected extensive data on the Multistakeholder Dialogues at the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, where she also served as a consultant to the NGO Steering Committee. Her more recent work has turned toward the interaction of science, social movements and public opinion in the creation of environmental policy. She teaches graduate courses entitled International Issues in Environmental Sociology, Contemporary Organization Theory and Qualitative Methods. Recent publications include: “Informal Alliances vs. Institutional Ties: The Effects of Elite Alliances on Environmental TSMO Network Positions.Mobilization, 2001; “All the Rioting That’s Fit to Print: Selection Effects in National Newspaper Coverage of Civil Disorders, 1968-1969” (with Daniel J. Myers), American Sociological Review, 2004; and “Scholarship on Social Movement Organizations: Classic Views and Emerging Trends” (with JoAnn Carmin), Mobilization, 2005.
 
     
   
 
Oklahoma State University
Sociology Department, CLB 006
Stillwater, OK 74078-4062
Phone: (405) 744-6105 • Fax: (405) 744-5780