Alexandra (Ali) Hendley

ALEXANDRA (ALI) HENDLEY Department of Political Science and Sociology Murray State University Murray, KY 42071 270-809-2692 [email protected]

EDUCATION:

2014 Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara (Feminist Studies Doctoral emphasis, Certificate in College and University Teaching) Dissertation: Inequalities on the Menu: How Private and Personal Chefs Negotiate Tensions About Status and Self

2009 M.A. in Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara

2006 B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas (summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Honors in Sociology, Alpha Kappa Delta)

ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:

2014- Assistant Professor of Sociology, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky

PRIMARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:

Gender, Inequalities, Work/Occupations, Culture, Qualitative Research Methods, Education

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

Instructor of Record, University of California, Santa Barbara

Ethnographic Research Methods (Department of Sociology) Gender & Food in Society (Department of Feminist Studies)

Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara (Department of Sociology and Department of Feminist Studies*)

Introduction to Sociology Sociology of Culture Studying People Firsthand – Ethnography Sociology of Family Special Topics in Methods – Interviewing Sociology of Education Women in American Society Social Psychology Girls' Culture Consumption, Waste, and the Environment Gender in Film & Television Special Topics in Theory – Representation Women, Society, and Culture*

PUBLICATIONS: Peer Reviewed Publications:

2014 Charles, Maria, Bridget Harr, Erin Cech, and Alexandra Hendley. "Who Likes Math Where? Gender Differences in Eighth-Graders' Attitudes around the World." International Studies in Sociology of Education 24(1): 85-112.

2012 Hendley, Alexandra and Denise D. Bielby. “Freedom between the Lines: Clothing Behavior and Identity Work among Young Female Soccer Players.” Sport, Education and Society 17(4): 515-533.

2009 Hendley, Alexandra. “Barreras del Lenguaje: Children’s Negotiation of Adult-Created Exclusionary Structures.” Sociological Inquiry 79(1): 115- 134.

2007 Kain, Edward L., Alexandra O. Hendley, Lauren R. Contreras, and Krystal K.Wyatt-Baxter. “Sociology in Two-Year Institutions.” Teaching Sociology 35(4): 350-359.

Book Reviews:

2012 Hendley, Alexandra. Review of Beriss, David and David Sutton, eds. The Restaurants Book: Ethnographies of Where We Eat in Food and Foodways 20(2): 172-174.

2011 Hendley, Alexandra. Review of Sharpless, Rebecca. Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South, 1865-1960. H- Southern-Industry, H-Net Reviews.

Other Publications:

Forthcoming Hendley, Alexandra and Maria Charles. "Gender Inequality in Education." The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, edited by Nancy Naples.

2012 Hendley, Alexandra. “Chefs, Female” in The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World, edited by Mary Zeiss Stange and Carol K. Oyster. Sage Publications.

2005 Hilliard, Dan C. and Alexandra O. Hendley. “Celebrity Athletes and Sports Imagery in Advertising during NFL Telecasts.” Brown Working Papers Series. Southwestern University.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW:

Alexandra Hendley – CV – Page 2 of 6 Hendley, Alexandra and Maria Charles. "Gender Segregation in Higher Education." Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, edited by Robert A. Scott and Stephen M. Kosslyn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Submitted.

MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS:

Hendley, Alexandra. "The Pleasures and Pitfalls of the Pursuit of Passions: Personal Cheffing, Career Change, and the Culture of Self-Improvement."

FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS:

2013 University of California, Santa Barbara Academic Senate Doctoral Student Travel Grant ($685)

2007-2012 University of California, Santa Barbara Regents Special Fellowship (2 years of $20,000 fellowship plus 3 years of Teaching Assistantships)

2011 University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Sociology Research Grant ($740)

University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate Research Award for Social Science Surveys ($600)

2010 University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Sociology Research Grant ($700)

2006 Alpha Kappa Delta Undergraduate Student Paper Award

Odum Student Paper Award, Southern Sociological Society

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:

2013 Hendley, Alexandra. "The Culinary 'Food Chain': Private and Personal Chefs' Boundary Work." American Sociological Association, August 13.

2012 Hendley, Alexandra. "Chefs, Homemakers, and Servants: The Boundary Work of Private and Personal Chefs." American Sociological Association, August19.

Hendley, Alexandra. "Doing Dominance, Doing Deference: Chefs in the Public and Private Spheres." Pacific Sociological Association, March 25.

Alexandra Hendley – CV – Page 3 of 6 Hendley, Alexandra. "More Than Just Cooking: Emotional Labor and the Gendering of Private Cheffing." Food Networks: Gender and Foodways, January 27.

2011 Hendley, Alexandra. “Private, Public, or Something In-Between: Private Chefs’ Negotiation of Professionalism and Intimate Service.” Thinking Gender Conference, February 11.

2010 Hendley, Alexandra, and Denise D. Bielby. “Freedom between the Lines: Clothing Behavior and Identity Work among Young Female Soccer Players.” American Sociological Association, August 17.

Hendley, Alexandra. “When Does Context Matter?: The Identity Work of Female Youth Soccer Players.” Pacific Sociological Association, April 10.

Hendley, Alexandra. “Why Age Matters: Aged Gender in the Identity Work of Female Youth Athletes.” Thinking Gender Conference, February 5.

2009 Attendee of the Section on Teaching & Learning's Pre-conference Workshop for New Teachers of Sociology. American Sociological Association, August 7.

Hendley, Alexandra. “Making Meanings, Making Identities: The Role of Sports Clothing for Female Youth Athletes.” Pacific Sociological Association, April 15-18.

2006 Hendley, Alexandra. “Barreras del Lenguaje: Children’s Negotiation of Adult-Created Exclusionary Structures.” Southern Sociological Society, March 22-25.

2005 Hendley, Ali. “Predictors of Rape Myth Acceptance: An Examination of Sexual Permissiveness, Religiosity, and Gender.” American Sociological Association, August 13 and 14.

2004 Hilliard, Dan C., and Alexandra O. Hendley. “Celebrity Athletes and Sports Imagery in Advertising during NFL Telecasts.” North American Society for Sociology of Sport, November 4.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

2010 Research Assistant for Professors Sarah Fenstermaker and John Mohr Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara -Summarized existing research on institutional transformation.

Alexandra Hendley – CV – Page 4 of 6 2004 Research Assistant for Professor Dan Hilliard Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Southwestern University -Conducted content analysis of advertisements aired during NFL telecasts.

PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE:

2012-2014 ASA Section on Sex & Gender, Member of Committee for Student Concerns

2008-2014 UCSB Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Grad Student Representative to the Executive Board

2012-2013 UCSB Department of Sociology, Grad Student Representative to the Undergrad Program Committee

2012 UCSB Education Abroad Program, Undergraduate Special Study Project, Advisor

2008-2012 UCSB Department of Sociology, Grad Student Representative to department meetings

2008-2012 UCSB Department of Sociology, Grad Student Mentor for Undergrad Honors Students

2011 UCSB Summer Teaching Institute for Associates, Co-Facilitator

2010-2011 UCSB Department of Feminist Studies, Lead Teaching Assistant

2009-2011 UCSB Department of Sociology, Lead Teaching Assistant (Member of TA Training Committee)

2009-2011 UCSB IHC Food Studies Research Focus Group, Convener

2009-2010 Sociologists for Women in Society, Winter Meetings, Programming Committee

2008-2009 UCSB IHC “Food Matters” Graduate Student Conference, Conference Organizer

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

2005-present American Sociological Association 2009-present Sociologists for Women in Society 2010-2014 UC Multicampus Research Program, Studies of Food and the Body 2013-2014 UCSB Broom Center for Demography

Alexandra Hendley – CV – Page 5 of 6 2009-2012 Pacific Sociological Association

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