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PETE KNEPPER

Department of Sociology & Anthropology Email: [email protected] North Carolina State University Alt. Email: [email protected] Raleigh, NC 27695 Cell Phone: (570) 778-1755

______EDUCATION

North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC Fourth year in Ph.D. program in Sociology M.S. in Sociology, December 2015

Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA B.A. in Anthropology, June 2011 Minor in Sociology Graduated Summa Cum Laude, 2011 Awarded First Honors in Major, 2011

______MASTER’S THESIS

Thesis Title: “Industrial Change and Community Well-Being in New Latino Destinations.” Committee: Martha Crowley (Chair), Kim Ebert, Sarah Bowen

Using difference-in-difference regression on county-level data from the US Census and other sources for the years of 1990, 2000, and 2010, this project examines the role of industrial change in shaping civic engagement and social cohesion in new Latino destinations in rural America compared to other nonmetropolitan places.

______RESEARCH INTERESTS

Rural Sociology, Economic Sociology, Inequality, Neoliberalism, Globalization

______HONORS & AWARDS

Graduate Student Mentor Award, NC State University, 2015 Benjamin J. Rothberg Memorial Fund Award, Drexel University, 2011 Dean’s List, Drexel University, 2007-2011

______PUBLICATIONS

McDonald, Steve, Lindsay Hamm, James R. Elliott, and Pete Knepper. 2016. “Race, Place, and Unsolicited Job Leads: How the Ethnoracial Structure of Local Labor Markets Shapes Employment Opportunities.” Social Currents 3:118-137. ______WORKS IN PROGRESS

Knepper, Pete, and Martha Crowley. “Fraying Social Fabric?: Community Engagement in New Rural Destinations,” Under Review.

______ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Research Appointments – North Carolina State University

2016-Present Research Assistant to Martha Crowley, Sociology As a research assistant, I am compiling decennial US Census data for the years of 1970-2010 for a project on the effects of big-box retailers on rural communities across the United States.

2015 Research Assistant to Akram Khater, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies As a research assistant, I cleaned up and analyzed decennial US Census data by using text analysis in Stata in order to document the total number of immigrants coming from Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine from 1900- 1940. I also created visualizations for the Center in Tableau to depict immigration rates over time by state, gender, marital status, etc.

Teaching Appointments – North Carolina State University

Spring 2017 SOC 202 Principles of Sociology – Instructor, 30 students

Fall 2016 SOC 202 Principles of Sociology – Instructor, 30 students

Spring 2015/ SOC 711 Research Methods in Sociology – Teaching Assistant; Spring 2016 Instructor for corresponding lab, ~15 students

Fall 2014/ SOC 713 Applied Research – Teaching Assistant; Instructor for Fall 2015 corresponding lab, ~15 students

Fall SOC 204 Sociology of Family – Grader, ~35 students 2014/Summe r 2015 Summer 2014 ANTH 261 Technology in Society and Culture – Grader, ~35 students

Spring 2014 SOC 418 Sociology of Education – Teaching Assistant, ~30 students

Fall 2013 SOC 457 Corporate Power in America – Teaching Assistant, ~30 students

______PRESENTATIONS

Knepper, Pete and Martha Crowley. “Fraying Social Fabric? Community Engagement in New Rural Latino Destinations.” Paper presented by Martha Crowley at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Greenville, SC, 2017. Knepper, Pete. “Neoliberalism and Xenophobia: The Effects of Precarious Work on Civic Engagement and Social Cohesion.” Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, Greenville, SC, 2017.

Knepper, Pete. “Fractured Ties?: The Effects of Precarious Work on Social Trust in American Cities.” Roundtable presentation at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Sociological Association, High Point, NC, 2017.

Knepper, Pete. “Industrial Change and Community Well-being in New Latino Destinations.” Presented paper at the annual meeting of the North Carolina Sociological Association, Winston-Salem, NC, 2016.

Knepper, Pete. “Testing the Goldschmidt Hypothesis in New Latino Destinations.” Presented poster at the annual meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA, 2015.

______ACADEMIC SERVICE

2015-2016 Secretary for Sociology Graduate Student Association, North Carolina State University As secretary, I headed the professional development committee, which is responsible for holding monthly seminars for the graduate students in the sociology program to help promote career advancement.