Sociology Department

Peter Phillips joined the Sociology Department in 1994 after completing a Ph.D. at U.C. Davis. He teaches courses Political Sociology, Power, Sociology of Media and Media Censorship. Dr. Phillips is the director of Project Censored an internationally known media research program that annually identifies the “Most Censored” news stories in the United States. The annual research book produced by Project Censored is entitled "Censored: The News That Didn't Make the News", and is available from Seven Stories Press.

EDUCATION:
University of Santa Clara B.A. Social Science, 1970
California State University Sacramento M.A. Social Science (Cultural Anthropology 1975
University of California, Davis M.A. Sociology, 1991, Ph.D. Sociology, 1994
Dissertation: "A Relative Advantage: Sociology of the San Francisco Bohemian Club",
Masters Thesis: "Maximization of Low-Income Citizen Participation in Anti-Poverty
Dissertation: http://libweb.sonoma.edu/regional/faculty/phillips/bohemianindex.html

CURRENT POSITION:
Sonoma State University, 1994 to present
Professor of Sociology

Course Areas: Sociology of Censorship, Sociology of Power, Investigative Sociology , Sociology of Media, Political Sociology

Director Project Censored: 1996 to Present, Administrative responsibility for the management of Project Censored, a national media research project. Responsible for national publicity and media relations. Guest on national radio shows including: NPR's "On the Media" and "Talk of the Nation", Pacifica Radio's "Democracy Now", Talk America, and numerous other programs.
Other Activities: National and International Editor of the North Bay Progressive newspaper, 2002 to Present

President: Media Freedom Foundation, 2002-Present

AWARDS:
"Censored 1997: The News That Didn't Make the News", won the Firecracker Alternative Book Award in 1997 for Best Alternative Political Book.

PUBLICATIONS:

Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney,
Peter Phillips and Dennis Loo, Seven Stories Press, 2006

Censored 2007, Media Democracy in Action, 30th Anniversay Edition, Seven Stories Press, 2006,

Censored 2006, Media Democracy in Action, Seven Stories Press, Fall 2005

Censored 2005, Media Democracy in Action, Seven Stories Press, Fall 2004

Censored 2004, Media Democracy in Action, Seven Stories Press, Fall 2003

Censored 2003, Media Democracy in Action, Seven Stories Press, Fall 2002

Censored 2001, 25th Anniversary Edition, Seven Stories Press, Spring 2001

The Progressive Guide to Alternative Media and Activism, Seven Stories Press, 2nd Edition, Pending Winter 2001

Censored 2000: The Top 25 Censored News Stories, Seven Stories Press, 2000

Censored 1999: The News That Didn't Make the News, Seven Stories Press, 1999

The Progressive Guide to Alternative Media and Activism, Seven Stories Press, 1999

Censored 1998: The News That Didn't Make the News, Seven Stories Press, 1998

Censored 1997: The News That Didn't Make the News, Seven Stories Press, 1997


Articles:

US Electromagnetic Weapons and Human Rights, 
Peter Phillips, Lew Brown and Bridget Thornton, December 2006

A Study of Bias in the Associated Press
Peter Phillips, Sarah Randle, Brian Fuch, Zoe Huffman, and Fabrice Romero, July 2006

The Global Dominance Group: 9/11 Pre-Warnings & Election Irregularities in Context
Peter Phillips, Bridget Thornton and Celeste Vogler, November 2005

Censorship (Reference), Salem Press 1997 Contributor on Fr. Coughlin, and W. R. Hearst

The 1934-35 Red Threat and The Passage of the National Labor Relations Act, Critical Sociology, Vol. 20 Number 2, 1994

Book Reviews:

Earthage by Lorna Green, Otherwise, Volume II, No. 1 Fall 1996
Timber Wars by Judi Bari, Otherwise, Volume 1, #4 November 1995

Popular Press:

Numerous Op-ed pieces in various publications including; Newsday, Social Policy, Z Magazine, Briar Patch and hundreds of national independent newspapers

Papers Presented:

"Sociology of Affirmative Action: Realities in California, Pacific Sociological Association 1998

"Project Censored: Applied Sociology for 21 Years", Pacific Sociological Association, 1997

"Alternative Press Perceptions of Censorship and Media Mergers", American Sociological Association 1996

"Historical Notes on Affirmative Action and Their Implications for Teaching Sociology", Pacific Sociological Association, 1996

"Elite Policy Consensus Formation and U.S. Private Men's Clubs", American Sociological Association 1995

"Webs of Power: Politics and Business in the San Francisco Bohemian Club", Pacific Sociological Association 1995

"Historical Analysis of Growth Machine Theory", 1994 - Pacific Sociological Association.

"Corporate Liberal Theory - NRLA and The Red Threat Lemma", 1993 - Pacific Sociological Association