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EDUCATION A.B. Sociology and Anthropology, M.A. Sociology, M.A. Certificate in Latin American Studies,
Ph.D. Sociology, University of North Carolina -
Chapel Hill RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS PUBLICATIONS
Book Chapters: 2006.
“Stigma Management Among the Voluntarily Childless.” Pp. 304-314 in Patricia and Peter Adlers’ Constructions of Deviance: Social Power,
Context and Interaction (Fifth edition).
Thomson Journal articles: 2005. "Choosing Childlessness: Weber’s
Typology of Action and Motives of the Voluntarily Childless.” Sociological
Inquiry 75 (3): 372-402. 2003.
“Childless by Choice.” Research
cited in “Discoveries: New and Noteworthy Social Research.” Contexts
2 (3): 6-11. 2002. "Stigma Management Among the Voluntarily Childless." Sociological Perspectives 45(1):21-45. 1998. "The Religious Construction of Sanctuary Provision in Two Congregations." Sociological Spectrum 18(4):393-421. 1996. "The Sacrifice Theory of Value: Explaining Activism in Two Sanctuary Congregations." Sociological Viewpoints 12(Fall):35-50. Book Reviews: 2006. Review of Everyone is NOT Doing It:
Abstinence and Personal Identity, by Jamie L. Mullaney. University of Chicago Press, 2006. Contemporary
Sociology 35 (6): 589-90. 2000. Review of Macrosociology: An Introduction to Human Societies (Fourth edition), by Stephen K. Sanderson. Harper Collins. 1999.Teaching Sociology 28(1):85-87. 2000.
Review of Coffee and Power: Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in 1996.
Review of Chicano and Latino Studies in Sociology: Syllabi and
Course 1990.
Review of Sociology (Second edition), by John J. Macionis. Teaching RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS “Applying
the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to Teaching About Income Inequality.” Paper
presented at the Annual Meeting of the North Central Sociological
Association, Dearborn, MI, April, 2009. “Internationalizing
the Curriculum (revised and updated).”
Workshop organized and
facilitated at the Annual Meeting of the Western Social Science Association,
Denver, CO, April, 2008. South,
Bethany, Tomlinson, Virginia and Park, Kristin. Academic
advisor for “The Effects of First-Year Program and Dormitory Type on
Undergraduates’ Social Capital.”
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society,
New York City, Feb., 2008. “Internationalizing the Curriculum.” Workshop
designed and conducted (with JoAnn Chirico, Penn State Univ) at the Annual
Meeting of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, California University of
PA, Oct., 2007. “Internationalizing the Curriculum.” Workshop
designed and conducted (with JoAnn Chirico, Penn State Univ) at the Annual
Meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, “Weaving
the Tapestry: Teaching with Other Disciplines.” Discussion
Roundtable facilitated at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association, "Constructions
of Motive Among the Voluntarily Childless." Paper presented at
the Eastern Sociological Society Meetings, Feb., 2003, "'A
Reflective Decision': Stigma Management Among the Voluntarily
Childless." Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Sociological Association, Co-Organizer, "Issues of
Integration and Involvement in Teaching" (Roundtable Discussion
Session). Eastern Sociological Society Meetings, Mar., 2000, "Identity
Construction and Management of Social Reactions Among the Voluntarily
Childless." Paper presented at the Eastern Sociological Society
Meetings, March, 1999, "'A
Reflective Decision: Techniques to Maintain a 'Good Self' Among the
Voluntarily Childless." Presentation in a Roundtable Discussion
Session on "Current Research on Identity Formation," Eastern
Sociological Society Meetings, March, 1998, "Course
Design Exercises." Organized and conducted workshop at East
Central Colleges' New Faculty Workshop, Oct., 1997, "Privilege,
Promises and Policy: Reflections on my Study Tour of MEDIA INTERVIEWS My voluntary
childlessness research is cited in the following articles: Quoted in Health Magazine, March, 2006 Quoted in the I was
interviewed by and serve as an academic consultant to filmmaker Laura Scott,
for her documentary film and companion book “Childless by Choice: Love
Stories” (Salt Whistle Bay Productions, Yost, Barbara. “Childless by Choice.” Haynes,
Monica. “Over 40 and Childless.” MY CURRENT RESEARCH focuses on the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning. I have read
some of the classic texts, as well as updates to and revisions of them,
including Bloom’s taxonomies, Perry’s stages of ethical and cognitive
development for college students, the research on Learning Styles and basic
research on how memory is encoded for long-term learning. I am applying my new knowledge to course
revisions for my Social Inequality class and plan eventually to publish the
results of the course redesign. I also have
developed a role-play exercise in Sandinista Nicaragua for my Social Theory
class. After further development and
assessment this assignment will be submitted for publication. A
RECENT RESEARCH PROJECT examined women and men who are voluntarily childless,
focusing on their characteristics, motivations for their choice, their
constructions of parenting and childlessness, and the techniques that they
use to affirm the decision to themselves and manage stigma in social
interactions with others. See listings
above for publications stemming from this research. In all of my
research I use qualitative methods of analysis, including semi-structured
interviewing, participant observation, and qualitative content analysis. PAST
RESEARCH PROJECTS This
research reflects my interest in Latin American societies. My MASTER'S
THESIS ("Ideologies within the Contemporary Latin American Catholic
Churches," INTERNATIONAL
STUDY AND TRAVEL In January
of 1997 Dr. Thomas Nichols, a political scientist at In July of
2007 I participated in a CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange)
Faculty Development Seminar in Nicaragua on the theme of “Revolution and the
Rise of Neoliberalism.”
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images are of molas, art from the Cuna people of the San Blas Islands of |
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