Mary Lou Finley

Core Faculty, B.A. in Liberal Studies (completion program)

Summary of Education and Relevant Experience

B.A. Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; M.P.H., University of Washington.
Trained in sociology and public health, Mary Lou Finley has a range of interests, including social movements and nonviolence studies; social change; poverty and homelessness; race, class, and gender studies; the sociology of health and illness; globalization and development in the global South; health issues in developing countries, and the history and spiritual traditions of India. She is a coauthor of Doing Democracy: the MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements, and has published work on the civil rights movement, access to health care and issues in higher education. Her professional experience includes work with community organizing and social-service organizations, particularly organizations serving the needs of homeless women. She is currently collaborating with faculty at other universities on a project on social movements and climate change; consulting with community groups on developing strategies for change; and working with a national committee on the planning of the 40th anniversary commemoration of the civil rights movement in Chicago.

Affiliations

American Public Health Association, member
American Sociological Association, member
Society for the Study of Social Problems, member
Sociologists for Women in Society, member
American Association of University Professors, member
The Sisters Project, President and Board of Directors

Publications

Finley, M.L. "Shaping the New Climate Movement" in Jon Isham and Sissel Waage (eds) Ignition: What you Can do to Fight Global Warming and Spark a Movement Washington D.C.: Island Press, forthcoming June 2007.

Finley, M.L. "Success and the Chicago Freedom Movement" Poverty and Race v 15(3) May/June 2006, pp. 8-12.

Finley, M.L., Candace Harris and Carson Marshall "Becoming a 'Public Homespace': The Homeless Women's Project at Antioch University Seattle." Washington Center News, Fall 2004, pp. 44-46.

Kusnic, E. and Finley, M.L. "Student Self-Evaluation" The Advocate, October 2002.

Moyer, Bill with JoAnn McAllister, Mary Lou Finley, and Steve Soiffer Doing Democracy: The MAP Model for Organizing Social Movements New Society Publishers, 2001. (Also published in Turkish as Demokrasi Yapmak: Toplumsal Hareketleri Orgutlemek Icin Map Modeli, trans. by Acar Acar, ARI Yayinlari, 2004.)

Kusnic, E. and Finley, M.L. "Student Self-Evaluation: An Introduction and Rationale" in Jean MacGregor (ed.) Student Self-Evaluation San Francisco: Jossey Bass Inc., Publishers, 1993.

Finley, M.L., Francis, A. M., and Lefevre, C. "The Practice of Breast Self-Examination: Steps Toward a Feminist Perspective" in Dorothy Wertz (ed.) Research in the Sociology of Health Care vol. 8, 1989.

Finley, M.L. "The Open Housing Marches: Chicago, Summer '66" in David J. Garrow (ed) Chicago 1966: Open Housing Marches, Summit Negotiations, and Operation Breadbasket, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement series vol 11, New York: Carlson Publishing, Inc., 1989.

Polissar, L. and Finley, M.L. "Time Trends and Key Factors in the Choice of One-Step or Two-Step Biopsy and Surgery for Breast Cancer" Social Science and Medicine, 21:733-740, 1985.

Finley, M.L. and Francis, A.M. "Risk Factors and Physician Delay in Diagnosis of Breast Cancer" Progress in Clinical and Biological Research, 130:351-360, 1983.

Professional Interests

Social problems, especially poverty and homelessness; social movements and nonviolence; children's issues; globalization and development issues in countries of the global South; and public health

On Interest Area

"This is an important historic moment, when the need is great for active citizen participation in our communities and our democracy, and in our world. We need to connect with our caring for one another, particularly those who struggle the most during these times."

On Teaching at Antioch

"I am fascinated by the deep engagement with students and their learning at Antioch. I appreciate the wisdom adult students bring to the classroom from their many and varied experiences."

Contact Information

B.A. in Liberal Studies (completion program)
206-268-4400
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