Keri E. Iyall Smith

Keri E. Iyall Smiths "research explores the intersections between human rights doctrine, the state, and indigenous peoples in the context of a globalizing society. In this research, she is beginning to explore the study of indigenous peoples as public sociology. She has published articles on hybridity and world society, human rights, and teaching sociology. She is the author of States and Indigenous Movements (Routledge 2006) and coeditor, with Judith R. Blau, of Public Sociologies Reader (Rowman and Littlefield 2006). She is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Stonehill College in Easton, MA, where she teaches courses on globalization, indigenous peoples, and sociological theory. She holds a BA in Sociology from the University of Washington and an MA and PhD in Sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is the vice president of Sociologists without Borders."