KATHERINE MCFARLAND
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY 233 CARSWELL HALL WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27109 [email protected] bit.ly/kmcfarland
EDUCATION University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
PhD, Sociology (2012) • Dissertation Title: “Cultural Contestation and Community Building at LGBT Pride Parades” • Committee: Andrew J. Perrin (Chair), Charles Kurzman, Pamela Conover, Neal Caren, Margarita Mooney
M.A., Sociology (2008) • Title: “Moral Discourse, Political Culture, and the Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage” • Committee: Andrew J. Perrin (Chair), Jaqueline Hagan, Larry Griffin
Willamette University
B.A., Sociology (2001)
AREAS OF INTEREST
• Collective Behavior and Social Movements • Sociology of Culture • Social Theory • Gender & Sexuality
EXTERNAL GRANTS
Summer Research Grant, “Gay Pride in Atlanta”, Center for the Study of the American South. $1,500, 2010.
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
McFarland, Katherine. 2011. “Media Influence and Frame Diversity in the Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage.” Communication Review 14: 255-278.
Perrin, Andrew J. and Katherine McFarland. 2011. “Social Theory and Public Opinion.” Annual Review of Sociology 37:87-107.
Perrin, Andrew J. and Katherine McFarland. 2008. “The Sociology of Political Representation and Deliberation”. Sociology Compass. 2/4: 1228–1244.
1 Griffin, Larry J. and Katherine McFarland. 2007. “'In My Heart, I'm an American' Regional Attitudes and American Identity.” Southern Cultures. 13(4): 119-137
Book Reviews
McFarland, Katherine. 2009. Review of Fetner, Tina. How the Religious Right Shaped Lesbian and Gay Activism by Tina Fetner (University of Minnesota Press, 2008). Social Forces 82: 996-998.
ARTICLES IN PREPARATION
McFarland, Katherine. “LGBT Pride as a Cultural Protest Tactic in Spartanburg, South Carolina”. Revise and Resubmit, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.
McFarland, Katherine and Cameron Rifkin. “Using South Park in the Classroom”. In Preparation
McFarland, Katherine. “LGBT Pride Parades and Public Protest in the Cultural Sphere:” In Preparation
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
McFarland, Katherine. 2011. "Using South Park in the Classroom". Presented at the Winter Meeting of the Sociologists for Women in Society. San Antonio.
Conlon, Ian J. and Katherine McFarland. 2010. “Concrete Language and Sexual Prejudice: The Effect of Question Wording on Opinion of Same-Sex Marriage.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Atlanta.
McFarland, Katherine. 2009. “Moral Discourse, Political Culture, and the Debate Over Same-Sex Marriage.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco.
McFarland, Katherine. 2009. “Defending Marriage”. Presented at the Southeast Regional Unity Conference. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
McFarland, Katherine. 2008. “Framing Morality in Political Culture and the Debate over Same-Sex Marriage”. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association. Portland, OR.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Elon University
Adjunct Instructor: Full responsibility for course design and instruction at small liberal arts college, 25 students • Contemporary Social Theory (SOC 262): Spring 2012 • Sociocultural Perspectives on Gender (SOCI 345): Fall 2011 • Introductory Sociology (SOC 111): Spring 2012
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Instructor: Full responsibility for course design and instruction at a large state university, between 15 and 50 students.
2 • Sociological Theory (SOCI 250): Fall 2010, Spring 2009, Fall 2008 • Sex & Gender in Society (SOCI 124/WMST 124): Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Spring 2010, Summer 2009 • Sociological Perspectives (SOCI 101): Spring 2011, Fall 2009 (taught one section individually, one section team taught with graduate student colleague), Summer 2008
Teaching Assistant: Assisted professor for between 50 to 200 students. • Sociological Perspectives (SOCI 101): Fall 2007, Spring 2008 • Race & Ethnic Relations (SOCI 122): Spring 2007 • Aging in Society (SOCI 431): Fall 2006
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
• Associate Book Review Editor, Social Forces (2008-2010) • Culture Section Newsletter Editorial Board (2008-2011) • Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology, Public Opinion Quarterly, Social Problems, Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
MEMBERSHIPS
• American Sociological Association (2006-present) ◦ Section Memberships: Collective Behavior & Social Movements, Culture, Sexualities • Sociologists for Women in Society (2009-present) • Eastern Sociological Society (2009-present)
OTHER EXPERIENCE
• Peace Corps Urban Youth Development Volunteer, 2004-2006, Stationed in Concepción, Paraguay • Project Coordinator for Northwest Research Group, a marketing research firm in Bellevue, WA (2001- 2002) • Advanced proficiency in Spanish (reading, writing, and speaking); Elementary proficiency in Guaraní (reading and speaking).
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