Steven Ashby
Clinical Associate Professor, Institute of Labor & Industrial Relations
Labor Education Program
In Brief
- Ph.D. American History, University of Chicago 1993
- M.A. International Relations, University of Chicago 1989
- B.A. Sociology, University of California at Berkeley 1987
- Industrial Relations Research Association “Excellence in Education” National Teaching Award, 2003
- Indiana University Trustees “Excellence in Teaching” Award, 2003
Research Interests
Professor Ashby's main research interests are labor’s new strategies to resist corporate union-busting such as corporate campaigns, contract campaigns, work-to-rule, solidarity committees, labor-community coalitions, and non-violent civil disobedience. His forthcoming book with University of Illinois Press is The Staley Workers and the Fight for a New American Labor Movement. He is also revising his dissertation into a book, Shattered Dreams: The American Working Class and the Coming of the Cold War.
Courses Taught
- Union Organizing
- Grievance Representation
- Introduction to Labor Studies
- Globalization and Workers
- Wal-Mart
- Images of Labor Through Film
- U.S. Labor History
- Strikes in the 1990s
- How the Media Views Workers and Unions
See Professor Ashby's areas of expertise.
To reach Professor Ashby:
Chicago Labor Education Program, Rice Building,
Suite 110, 815 W. Van Buren, Chicago, IL 60607
(312)996-2623; (312)413-2997 fax
email: skashby@uiuc.edu