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Patricia Bromley
I work at the University of Utah as an Assistant Professor of Political Science and (by courtesy) Sociology.
At the U I teach courses related to non-profit organizations and research design in the
Master of Public Administration Program.
My research spans a range of fields including organization theory, political sociology, and the
sociology of education, covering the substantive topics of nonprofits/civil society, globalization,
human rights, and diversity.
University of Utah
Dept. of Political Science
260 S. Central Campus Dr.
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
p.bromley@utah.edu
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Currently, I am currently working on a Spencer Foundation-funded project
that examines divergence in civic values and education in the US and Canada. This work builds on my
dissertation,
which I completed in June 2011 in the International and Comparative Education program at Stanford University. My
dissertation is an analysis of the repurposing of mass schooling away from its traditional goal of constructing
a cohesive national citizenry towards post-national emphases on universal rights and diversity.
In addition to this work, I pursue a second line of research that looks at the rationalization of social and
cultural domains of life, particularly through increasing professionalism and managerialism in
nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations.
My research is shaped by my professional experiences working at a nonprofit organization and my
prior education. I hold a BA from the University of British Columbia where I spent a year abroad
studying at Hong Kong University and Fudan University in Shanghai, China.
I then went on to Rutgers University in New Jersey to complete an M.Sc. in International Studies, followed
by four years working at the World Affairs Council of Northern California. I returned to graduate school to
study organizations and education at Stanford, where I completed an M.A. in Sociology and a Ph.D.
in Education.
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Publications
Bromley, Patricia and Walter W. Powell. Forthcoming. "From Smoke and Mirrors to Walking the Talk: Decoupling in the Contemporary World." Academy of Management Annals 6(1).
Bromley, Patricia and Elina Mäkinen. 2012. "Diversity in Civic Education: Finland in Historical and Comparative Perspective." Journal of International Cooperation in Education 14(2): 19-34.
Suarez, David and Patricia Bromley. 2012. "Institutionalizing a Global Social Movement: Human Rights as University Knowledge." American Journal of Education 118(3): 253-280.
Bromley, Patricia, Meyer, John W. and Francisco O. Ramirez. 2011. "Student Centrism in Social Science Textbooks: 1970-2005." Social Forces 90(2): 1-24.
Bromley, Patricia, Meyer, John W. and Francisco O. Ramirez. 2011. "The Worldwide Spread of Environmental Discourse in History, Civics, and Social Studies Textbooks." Comparative Education Review 55(4): 517-545.
Bromley, Patricia. 2011. "Multiculturalism and Human Rights in Civic Education: The Case of British Columbia, Canada." Educational Research 53(2): 151-164.
Bromley, Patricia. 2010. "The Rationalization of Educational Development: Scientific Activities among International Non-Governmental Organizations." Comparative Education Review 54(4): 577-601.
Publications
Meyer, John W., Bromley, Patricia and Francisco O. Ramirez. 2010. "Human Rights in Social Science Textbooks: Cross-National Analysis, 1970-2008." Sociology of Education 83(2): 111-134.
Bromley, Patricia and Marina Andina. 2010. "Standardizing Chaos: A Neo-institutional Analysis of the INEE Minimum Standards for Education in Emergencies, Chronic Crises and Early Reconstruction." Compare: A Journal of International and Comparative Education 40(5): 575-588.
Bromley, Patricia and Susan Garnett Russell. 2010. "Holocaust as History and Human Rights: Holocaust Education in Social Science Textbooks, 1970-2008." Prospects: UNESCO's Quarterly Review of Comparative Education 40(1): 153-173.
• Award for "Best Publication by a Graduate Student", Section on Global and Transnational Sociology, American Sociological Association
Bromley, Patricia. 2009. "Cosmopolitanism in Civic Education: Cross-National Trends, 1970-2008." Current Issues in Comparative Education 12(1): 33-44.
Ramirez, Francisco O., Bromley, Patricia and Susan Garnett Russell. 2009. "The Valorization of Humanity and Diversity." Multicultural Education Review 1(1): 29-54.
Working Papers
Comments are welcome!
Meyer, John W. and Patricia Bromley. "The Worldwide Expansion of 'Organization'."
Bromley, Patricia. “Divergence of Minority and Human Rights Discourse in Social Science Textbooks: Cross-National Patterns, 1970-2008”.
Bromley, Patricia, Hwang, Hokyu and Walter W. Powell. "Common Tendencies and Divergent Responses: Accounting for Differentiated Isomorphism in the U.S. Nonprofit Sector."
Terra, Luke and Patricia Bromley. "The Globalization of Multicultural Education in Social Science Textbooks: Cross-national Analyses, 1950-2010."
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Education
Ph.D. Stanford University, School of Education, 2011
M.A. Stanford University, Sociology, 2010
M.Sc. Rutgers University, International Studies, 2001
B.A. University of British Columbia, Liberal Studies, 2000
CURRICULUM VITAE
Click here for a PDF of my Curriculum Vitae.