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UTICA COLLEGE · 1970–1972

SSU / UIS · 1972–2002

  • Professor, Sangamon State University / University of Illinois at Springfield · 1972–2002
    Ron taught there for thirty years.

  • Ron Sakolsky Papers · 1972–1997
    UIS Archives & Special Collections, MS 0022. Includes materials concerning campus activism, his leafletting arrest, free radio, community organizing, culture jamming, mail art and exhibitions, and conflicts with university and local authorities.

  • The Myth of Government-Sponsored Revolution: A Case Study of Institutional Safety Valves · May 1973
    Ron Sakolsky · Education and Urban Society, vol. V, no. 3.

  • Consumer Guide to Doctors · 1973–1977
    Correspondence, requests, manuscript, planning materials, news clippings/articles, and Sangamon State University memoranda.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer’s Guide to Springfield Pharmacies · August 1975
    Correspondence/requests, news clippings and planning materials, 1974–1975.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer Guide to Physicians in Sangamon County · September 1975
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • The Capitalist State and the Origins and Development of Public Administration · July–October 1980
    Ron Sakolsky · Dialogue: The Public Administration Theory Network, published in two parts, vol. 2 no. 6 and vol. 3 no. 1.

  • The Teaching of Public Administration from a Freirean Perspective: Engaging Students in Critical Dialogue Through the Problematization of Everyday Life on the Job · Summer 1982
    Ron Sakolsky · Dialogue: The Public Administration Theory Network, vol. 4 no. 4.

  • Consensus Decision-Making as a Tool of Empowerment · 1983
    Ron Sakolsky · Issues in Radical Therapy, vol. 10 no. 4.

  • On Bureaucratic Discourse: A Radical Feminist Analysis of the Role of Public Administration in Late Capitalism · Summer 1986
    Ron Sakolsky · review of Kathy Ferguson’s The Feminist Case Against Bureaucracy · New Political Science #15.

  • Teaching Cultural Democracy · Winter 1988
    Ron Sakolsky · Cultural Democracy #35.

  • PAC 414: Cultural Democracy · Fall 1989
    Course materials.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • A Flood of Memories: Interview with Chicago Muralist Olivia Gude · Fall 1994
    Ron Sakolsky · SSU Visual Arts Newsletter.

  • Arrest of Ron Sakolsky and Dennis Fox · April 11–May 8, 1995
    Emails and related materials concerning their campus leafletting arrest.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Art, Community and Social Participation: Interview with Muralist John Pittman Weber · Spring 1995
    Ron Sakolsky · SSU Visual Arts Newsletter.

  • From “Radical University” to Handmaiden of the Corporate State · undated
    Ron Sakolsky & Dennis Fox · Je Ne Sais Quoi #7.
    Original version concerning the corporatization of the learning and teaching experience at SSU/UIS.

  • From “Radical University” to Handmaiden of the Corporate State · Fall 1998
    Ron Sakolsky & Dennis Fox · Radical Teacher #53.

  • The Golden Book of Springfield · 1999
    Vachel Lindsay · edited by Ron Sakolsky · Charles H. Kerr Publishing Company, Lost Utopia Series. Ron contributed a 116-page introduction examining the radical history of central Illinois and later described the project as his farewell “gift” to Springfield.

  • From Radical University to Handmaiden of the Corporate State · April/May 2000
    Updated by Ron Sakolsky · RU pamphlet.

  • Utopia at Your Doorstep · 2001
    Ron Sakolsky · Utopian Studies. Essay connected to the radical Springfield history developed through his research for The Golden Book of Springfield.

  • My Life in the Academic Gulag · later retrospective publication
    Ron Sakolsky · originally self-published as a pamphlet. An edited and expanded version of material from his interview with Jason McQuinn and Wolfi Landstreicher was later published in the expanded second edition of     Creating Anarchy (2013).

EVERGREEN STATE · 1990–1991

  • Visiting Faculty, The Evergreen State College · 1990–1991

COURSES & TEACHING MATERIALS

Foundation Courses

  • American Education: A Radical Critique

  • Surrealist Subversions

  • Anarchy and Social Change

Media Studies

  • Film and Social Change

  • Women and Film · with Nina Adams

  • Third World Cinema · with Darryl Thomas

  • Alternative Radio

  • Zine Culture

Music

  • Jazz and Blues: Cultural Impact

  • World Musics

  • Reggae Bloodlines

  • Music and Resistance

  • New Wave Culture

Social Justice

  • American Poverty and Public Policy

  • Cultural Democracy

  • (En)Countering the Columbus Quincentennial · with Dennis Fox

  • Male Oppression/Alienation/Liberation

  • Organizing for Peace and Justice

  • The Utopian Imagination of Vachel Lindsay

Organization Theory

  • Workplace Democracy

  • Demystifying Professionalism

  • Bureaucracy as Portrayed in Modern Fiction

Additional

  • PAC 414: Cultural Democracy · Fall 1989
    Course materials.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers

  • Utica College of Syracuse University, New Student Orientation Planning · 1971
    Planning materials.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers

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WRITINGS ON EDUCATION & ACADEMIA

  • The Myth of Government-Sponsored Revolution: A Case Study of Institutional Safety Valves · May 1973
    Ron Sakolsky · Education and Urban Society, vol. V, no. 3.

  • The Capitalist State and the Origins and Development of Public Administration · July–October 1980
    Ron Sakolsky · Dialogue: The Public Administration Theory Network · published in two parts, vol. 2 no. 6 and vol. 3 no. 1.

  • The Teaching of Public Administration from a Freirean Perspective: Engaging Students in Critical Dialogue Through the Problematization of Everyday Life on the Job · Summer 1982
    Ron Sakolsky · Dialogue: The Public Administration Theory Network, vol. 4 no. 4.

  • Consensus Decision-Making as a Tool of Empowerment · 1983
    Ron Sakolsky · Issues in Radical Therapy, vol. 10 no. 4.

  • On Bureaucratic Discourse: A Radical Feminist Analysis of the Role of Public Administration in Late Capitalism · Summer 1986
    Ron Sakolsky · review of Kathy Ferguson’s The Feminist Case Against Bureaucracy · New Political Science #15.

  • Teaching Cultural Democracy · Winter 1988
    Ron Sakolsky · Cultural Democracy #35.

  • “Disciplinary Power,” the Labor Process, and the Constitution of the Laboring Subject · Winter 1992
    Ron Sakolsky · Rethinking Marxism · also included in Skill and Consent: Contemporary Studies in the Labour Process, Routledge, 1992.

  • From “Radical University” to Handmaiden of the Corporate State · undated
    Ron Sakolsky & Dennis Fox · Je Ne Sais Quoi #7 · original version.

  • From “Radical University” to Handmaiden of the Corporate State · Fall 1998
    Ron Sakolsky & Dennis Fox · Radical Teacher #53.

  • From Radical University to Handmaiden of the Corporate State · April/May 2000
    Updated by Ron Sakolsky · RU pamphlet.

  • Teaching Anarchy · Fall 2004
    Ron Sakolsky · Fifth Estate #366.

  • A Surreal Interview with an Anarchist · Fall/Winter 2012–2013
    Interview with Ron Sakolsky by Jason McQuinn and Wolfi Landstreicher · Modern Slavery #2. The academic-life portion became the basis for My Life in the Academic Gulag.

  • My Life in the Academic Gulag · self-published pamphlet · date to verify
    Ron Sakolsky · edited and expanded from a portion of A Surreal Interview with an Anarchist.

  • My Life in the Academic Gulag · 2013
    Published in the expanded second edition of Creating Anarchy · Little Black Cart    .

PRESS, PHOTOGRAPHS & EPHEMERA

  • Reactionary newspaper article on Sangamon State University, with caricature of Ron Sakolsky · date/publication to identify
    Newspaper clipping and caricature sent by Ron Sakolsky. Ron described it as a reactionary newspaper’s view of SSU, with himself depicted as a threat to what was “held holy” in Springfield.

  • Ron Sakolsky Papers · 1972–1997
    Archival papers, photographs, press and related materials from Ron’s SSU/UIS years.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Brookens Library. The collection includes documentation of campus activism, the leafletting arrest, community organizing, free radio, culture jamming, mail-art exhibitions, and conflicts with university and local authorities. COMPLETE RON SAKOLSKY BIBLIOGRA…

  • Consumer Guide to Doctors · Correspondence · 1974
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer Guide to Doctors · Correspondence and Requests · 1974
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer Guide to Doctors · Manuscript, Second Edition · October 1974
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer Guide to Doctors · Sangamon State University Memoranda · 1974
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer Guide to Doctors · Newsclippings and Articles · 1974–1975
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer Guide to Doctors · Planning Materials · 1973–1977
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Interview with Ron Sakolsky · CBS News, Newsbreak with Charles Osgood · October 4, 1974
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer’s Guide to Springfield Pharmacies · Correspondence and Requests · 1974–1975
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer’s Guide to Springfield Pharmacies · Newsclippings · 1974–1975
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Consumer’s Guide to Springfield Pharmacies · Planning Material · 1975
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Sly and the Family Practice Clinic Record · 1974
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • People’s Institute · By-laws, Meeting Minutes and General Papers · 1976–1978
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Correspondence Art Club Entries · 1984
    Correspondence and associated mail-art material, including painted wood, plastic bottle, rubber mask, silver twig, three-part wooden sign, We Shouldn’t Kill Trees Unless We Dance on Their Graves, and oversize material.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • “Correspondence Art is About” Sign · circa 1984
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Haymarket Centennial International Mail Art Exhibition · 1986
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Haymarket Mail Art Entries · 1986
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022.

  • Arrest of Ron Sakolsky and Dennis Fox · April 11–May 8, 1995
    Extensive dated documentation concerning their campus leafletting arrest, including emails and records covering April 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, April 21–May 4, and May 4–8.
    Held by: UIS Archives & Special Collections, Ron Sakolsky Papers, MS 0022. The arrest is specifically identified by Ron as part of the UIS collection documenting his campus activism. COMPLETE RON SAKOLSKY BIBLIOGRA…

  • Local newspaper coverage of Ron Sakolsky during his SSU/UIS years · 1972–2002
    Ron specifically directs researchers to the archives of the Illinois Times and the State Journal-Register for local newspaper stories by or about him during these years.

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