Book Review: What is Sexual Harassment?: From Capitol Hill to the Sorbonne

Review of What is Sexual Harassment?: From Capitol Hill to the Sorbonne by Abigail C. Sagu

The H2 Visa process in the catfish industry

This article builds on global ethnography, transnational feminist sociology, and gendered organizations to examine the processes and practices required to obtain H2 visas, temporary work permits for non-U.S. citizens seeking employment in agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. The article is based on ethnographic observation at a U.S. Consulate in Mexico with a focus on observing the process experienced by a group of Mexican workers seeking H2-A Visas to work on a catfish farm in Mississippi. I argue that by more carefully examining the roles and perspectives of the catfish farm manager  and  a U.S. Consulate Director in the process of obtaining the H2-A visas, we can move beyond “globalization from above” or “globalization from below” perspectives to a more nuanced understanding of what transnationalism looks like from the middle.  In addition, by applying a gendered organizations framework to understanding the H2 visa process at an interactional level, I demonstrate how the definition of the “good worker” is gendered

Gender Dynamics in Collaborative Environments

Kirsten Dellinger, Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusionhttps://egrove.olemiss.edu/research_presentations/1013/thumbnail.jp

The H2 Visa process in the catfish industry

This article builds on global ethnography, transnational feminist sociology, and gendered organizations to examine the processes and practices required to obtain H2 visas, temporary work permits for non-U.S. citizens seeking employment in agriculture and non-agricultural sectors. The article is based on ethnographic observation at a U.S. Consulate in Mexico with a focus on observing the process experienced by a group of Mexican workers seeking H2-A Visas to work on a catfish farm in Mississippi. I argue that by more carefully examining the roles and perspectives of the catfish farm manager and a U.S. Consulate Director in the process of obtaining the H2-A visas, we can move beyond “globalization from above” or “globalization from below” perspectives to a more nuanced understanding of what transnationalism looks like from the middle. In addition, by applying a gendered organizations framework to understanding the H2 visa process at an interactional level, I demonstrate how the definition of the “good worker” is gendered

Welcome and Introduction

Welcoming remarks from Dr. Stephen Fafulas, including an overview of the SEC Spanish Consortium, in addition to welcoming remarks from Dr. Kirsten Dellinger, Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Mississippi, and Dr. Katie McKee, director of UM\u27s Center for the Study of Southern Culture