Joey Sprague

Curriculum Vitae Fall 2016

3121 Longhorn Drive Department of Sociology Lawrence, KS 66049 716 Fraser Hall (785) 842‐8196 University of Kansas [email protected] Lawrence, KS 66045 (785) 864‐9407

EDUCATION

Institution Degree Date

University of Wisconsin‐Madison Ph.D. (Sociology) 1986 University of Wisconsin‐Milwaukee M.A. (Sociology) 1978 University of Wisconsin‐Milwaukee B.A. (Anthropology) 1970

HONORS & AWARDS

Visiting Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, University of Warwick, UK, 2013. W. T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 2011. Bauer Professor of Sociology, University of Kansas, 2009‐2010. University of Kansas Women’s Hall of Fame, 2009. President‐Elect, President, and Past‐President, Sociologists for Women in Society, 2007‐2009. J. Michael Young Academic Advisor Award, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, University of Kansas, 2006. Mentor of the Year, Sociologists for Women in Society, 2004. Keeler Family Intra‐University Professorship, University of Kansas, 2004. Archie and Nancy Dykes Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Kansas, 2003. Chair, Section on Sex and Gender, American Sociological Association, 1999‐2000. Teacher Appreciation Award, Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Kansas, 1998. Outstanding Woman Teacher, Commission on the Status of Women, University of Kansas, 1990.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Institution Position Dates

Sociology Department Professor 2005‐present University of Kansas Associate Professor 1991‐2005 Lawrence, KS Professor Assistant Professor 1985‐1991

Sociologists for Women in Society Executive Officer 2013‐2016

RESEARCH AND TEACHING AREAS

Feminist Theory Sociology of Knowledge Research Methodology Sociology of Gender Social Psychology

RESEARCH

Book

Sprague, Joey. 2016. Feminist Methodologies for Critical Researchers: Bridging Differences. 2nd edition, Rowman & Littlefield.

Chapter 2 (first edition): “Seeing Through Science: Epistemologies,” reprinted in Qualitative Educational Research: Readings in Reflexive Methodology and Transformative Practice, Edited by Wendy Luttrell. Routledge, 2010.

Published Articles and Chapters

Joey Sprague. Forthcoming. “Methodological Implications of Feminist Epistemology for the Study of Gender,” Handbook on the Sociology of Gender, 2nd Edition, edited by Barbara Risman, Carissa Froyum, and William J. Scarborough. Springer.

Joey Sprague. 2015. “Getting It Right.” Pp. 391‐407 in Gender and Peacebuilding: All Hands Required, edited by Maureen Flaherty, Jessica Senehi, Sean Byrne, Tom Matyok, and Hamdesa Tuso. Lexington Books (invited).

Shelley Koch and Joey Sprague. 2014. “Economic Sociology vs. Real Life: the Case of Grocery Shopping.” American Journal of Economics and Sociology 73, 1: 237‐263. (Refereed)

Jessica Sprague‐Jones and Joey Sprague. 2011. “The Standpoint of Art/Criticism: Cindy Sherman as Feminist Artist?” Sociological Inquiry 81, 4:394‐420. (Refereed)

Dingel, Molly and Joey Sprague. 2010. “Research and reporting on the development of sex in fetuses: Gendered from the start.” Public Understanding of Science 19, 2: 1‐17. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey and Heather Laube. 2009. “Institutional Barriers to Doing Public Sociology: Experiences of Feminists in the Academy.” The American Sociologist 40, 4: 249‐271. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey. 2008. “Sociology: the Good, the Bad, and the Public.” Gender & Society 22, 6: 697‐704. (Invited)

Laube, Heather, Kelly Massoni, Joey Sprague, and Abby Ferber. 2007. The Impact of Gender on the Evaluation of Teaching: What We Know and What We Can Do. National Women’s Studies Association Journal 19, 3: 87‐104. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey and Kelley Massoni. 2005. “Student Evaluations and Gendered Expectations: What We Can’t Count Can Hurt Us.” Sex Roles: A Journal of Research 53, 11‐12: 779‐793. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey. 2002. AGender and Feminist Studies in Sociology.@ Pp. 5942‐5948 in International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, Vol 9, edited by Neil J. Smelser and Paul B. Baltes. Elsevier (Invited)

Sprague, Joey. 2001. “Structured Knowledges and Strategic Methodologies: Comment on Walby’s Against Epistemological Chasms: the Science Question in Feminism Revisited” Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society 26, 1: 527‐536. (Invited)

Sprague, Joey and Jeanne Hayes. 2000 "Self‐Determination and Empowerment: a Feminist Standpoint Analysis of How We Talk About Disability," The American Journal of Community Psychology 28, 5: 671‐ 695. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey and Shirley Hill. 1999. “Parenting in Black and White Families: the Interaction of Gender with Race and Class,” Gender & Society 13, 4: 480‐502. (Refereed)

Reprinted in: Feminist Perspectives on the Study and Practice of Social Research. Edited by Sharlene Hesse‐ Biber and Michelle Yaiser. Oxford University Press, Inc. 2003

Race, Gender, and Class: Theory and Methods of Analysis. Edited by Bart Landry. Pearson Education, Inc., Upper Saddle River, 2007

Sprague, Joey and Diane Kobrynowicz. 1999. “A Feminist Epistemology,” (with Diane Kobrynowicz). Pp. 25‐43 in Handbook on Gender Sociology edited by Janet Chafetz. Plenum. (Invited)

Reprinted in: Feminist Perspectives on the Study and Practice of Social Research. Edited by Sharlene Hesse‐ Biber and Michelle Yaiser. Oxford University Press, Inc. 2003

Sprague, Joey and Margaret Greer. 1998. “Standpoints and the Discourse on Abortion: The Reproductive Debate,” Women & Politics 19, 3: 49‐80. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey. 1998. “(Re)Making Sociology: Breaking the Bonds of Our Discipline.” Contemporary Sociology 27, 1: 24‐28. (Invited)

Sprague, Joey. 1997 "Holy Men and Big Guns: The Can[n]on in Social Theory," Gender & Society 11, 1: 88‐107. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey and Mary Zimmerman. 1993. Overcoming Dualisms: A Feminist Agenda for Sociological Methodology," Pp. 255‐280 in Theory on Gender/Feminism on Theory, edited by Paula England. Aldine. (Invited)

Reprinted in: Approaches to Qualitative Research: a Reader on Theory and Practice. Edited by Sharlene Hesse‐Biber and Patricia Leavy. Oxford University Press, Inc. 2003

Howard, Judith, Barbara Risman, and Joey Sprague. 1993. Comment on Francesca M. Cancian's 'Feminist Science,'" Gender & Society 7, 4: 608‐9. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey. 1991 "Gender, Class, and Political Thinking." Pp 111‐139 in Research in Political Sociology, Volume 5, edited by Philo Wasburn. JAI Press. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey. 1989 "The Structure of Political Thinking: A Multidimensional Model," Sociological Focus 22, 3 (August): 191‐215. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey and Mary Zimmerman. 1989 "Quantity and Quality: Reconstructing Feminist Methodology," The American Sociologist 20, 1 (Spring): 71‐86. (Refereed)

Reprinted in: Gender and Research. Edited by Caroline Roberts and Roger Jowell. Sage, 2008.

Sprague, Joey and David Quadagno. 1989 "Gender and Sexual Motivation: An Exploration of Two Assumptions," The Journal of Psychology and Human Sexuality II, 1: 57‐76. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey. 1988 "Which Side Are They On? The Political Understanding of the Petite Bourgeoisie," Journal of Political and Military Sociology 16, 1 (Spring): 1‐19. (Refereed)

Sprague, Joey. 1988 "The Other Side of the Banner: Toward a Feminization of Politics." Pp. 159‐171 in Seeing Female: Reflections by Women Scholars edited by Sharon S. Brehm. Greenwood Press. (Invited)

Wright, Erik Olin, Cynthia Costello, David Hachen, and Joey Sprague. 1982 "The American Class Structure," coauthored with American Sociological Review 47, 6 (December): 709‐726. (Refereed)

Reprinted as "Det amerianske klassesamfunnet" Sosiologi i dag (1982, 2): 3‐41

Reviews

Sprague, Joey. 2001. Experiments in Knowing: Gender and Method in the Social Sciences, by Ann Oakley, NY: The New Press, 2000). Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 30, 3: 311‐13.

Sprague, Joey. 1999 Is Science Multicultural? Postcolonialisms, Feminisms, and Epistemologies by Sandra Harding. (Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1998), Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 28, 2: 237‐8.

Sprague, Joey. 1994 Working‐Class Women in the Academy: Laborers in the Knowledge Factory edited by Michelle M. Tokarczyk and Elizabeth A. Fay (Amherst, Mass: University of Massachusetts Press, 1993), Sociological Inquiry 64, 3: 348‐350.

Sprague, Joey. 1994 The Politics of Virtue: Is Abortion Debatable? by Elizabeth Mensch and Alan Freeman (Durham and London: Duke University Press, 1993) and Religious Violence and Abortion: the Gideon Project by Dallas A. Blanchard and Terry J. Prewitt (Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1993), Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 23, 2 (March): 238‐240.

Sprague, Joey. 1989 The Everyday World as Problematic: A Feminist Sociology by Dorothy E. Smith (Boston: Northeastern University Press, 1987), Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 18, 4 (July): 644‐645.

Sprague, Joey. 1985 Which Way is UP? Essays on Sex, Class, and Culture by R.W. Connell (Boston: George Allen & Unwin, 1983), Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 14, 3 (May): 383‐384.

Sprague, Joey. 1983 The Political Uses of Symbols by Charles D. Elder and Roger W. Cobb (New York: Longman, 1983), Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 13, 3 (May): 361‐2.

Working Papers

"Gender as an Independent Variable," Comparative Project on Class Structure and Class Consciousness Working Paper Series, Number 32 (1986), Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin.

Work in Process

“What’s Keeping Sociology from its Promise?”

“The Academy as a Gendered Institution,” 40 pp. typescript.

“Disciplining Knowledge: Evaluation and the Social Construction of Sociological Knowledge,” collecting and analyzing data.

Invited Academic Speeches and Workshops

“Be a Critical Consumer of Knowledge: Think Like a Feminist Methodologist” University of North Carolina, Ashville, NC (September 15, 2016)

“Evaluating Academics/Reproducing Gender” University of Texas‐Pan American, Edinburg, TX (March 25, 2015).

“What’s Keeping Sociology from Its Promise?” Theory Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (October 15, 2013).

“The Academy as a Gendered Institution,”

Gender Studies Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK (October 9, 2013)

Keynote Address, Gender at the Lectern: Perceptions and Expectations, a Symposium. Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (February 17, 2012).

“Gender & the Evaluation of Teaching: What We Can’t Count Can Hurt Us,” and “Evaluating Teaching not Gender” Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY (April 8, 2011) Union College, Schenectady, NY (April 7, 2011) North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND (March 11, 2010)

University of Illinois ‐‐ Chicago, IL (October 2, 2009).

“Evaluation and the Reproduction of a Gendered Academy,” Gender Seminar, Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (November 23, 2009).

“Gender & the Evaluation of Teaching,” keynote address, Women and the Academy: Defining Our Roles, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, IA (September 25, 2009).

“Disciplining Sociology: Evaluation and the Social Construction of Knowledge,” Department of Sociology, University of Illinois—Chicago (November 7, 2007).

“Evaluating Teaching or Imposing Gender? Research on the Use of Student Ratings” Organization of Women Faculty, SUNY‐Albany (Oct 5, 2007).

“How to Survive as a Feminist (or Other Progressive Person) While Finding a Job and Getting Tenure.” Department of Sociology, SUNY‐Albany (Oct 5, 2007).

“Bridging Differences: Some Feminist Strategies for Critical Researchers,” Department of Sociology, University of Missouri, Columbia (October 13, 2005)

“Is Gender Something We Are or Something We Do?” “Gender as the Social Organization of Caring.” two talks given as Keynote Speaker at Family Life Conference at Dakota Wesleyan University, Mitchell, SD, (October 19, 2001).

“Quantitative Methodology for Critical Scholars,” a series of two talks in a workshop for the Department of Sociology, North Carolina State University (May 30‐June 1, 2000).

“The Woman on the Wall: a sociological view of Cindy Sherman’s Work.” Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence (April 28, 1999).

“Feminist Methodology: Making Connections Between Theory and Practice,” Indiana University, South Bend (April 16, 1999).

“Quantitative Strategies for Critical Scholars: How Feminists Count,” Department of Sociology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh (November 13, 1998).

“Toward a Sociology We Would Love to Do: Asking Passionately, Analyzing Critically, Answering Empoweringly,” North Carolina State University, Raleigh (November 12, 1998).

Panel Member, “Multi‐cultural Critiques of Science,” Science & Its Critics Conference. University of Kansas, Lawrence (March 1, 1997).

“Gendered Communities, Patriarchal Bonds,” Conference on Solidarity and Community. Seattle University, Seattle (November 8‐10, 1996).

Panel Member, "Feminist Methods," Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas, Lawrence (March 19, 1996).

"Holy Men and Big Guns: the Can[n]on in Social Theory," Theory Workshop, Department of Sociology,

University of Iowa, Iowa City (April 14, 1995).

"Holy Men and Big Guns: Contemplating Can[n]ons," Keynote Speaker, University of Kansas Department of Theatre and Film Conference, Lawrence (October 13, 1993).

Panel Member, "The Canon," Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas, Lawrence (March 24, 1992).

Panel Member, Women in Science Symposium, Natural Sciences and Engineering Programs, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas (April 13, 1991).

Panel Member, AWomen in the Sciences: Some Practical and Theoretical Considerations,@ Women=s Studies Program, University of Kansas, Lawrence (October 28, 1987).

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

“Sociology as a Gendered Institution” paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL, August 2015. (Invited, Thematic Session)

“What’s Keeping Sociology from Its Promise?” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2014.

“Evaluating Sociologists/Reproducing Gender,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 2013. (Invited, Thematic Session)

“The Gendered Academy,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 2013.

“What Gets Counted Gets Done: Evaluating Toward Our Values,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO, August 2012. (Invited, Thematic session)

“Getting Real: A Case for Standpoint Epistemology,” paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, August 2011. (Invited, Thematic session)

“Economic Sociology vs. Real Life.” (with Shelley Koch), Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2009.

“'Some Disempowering Assumptions about Feminist Methodology,” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August 2009. (invited)

“Gendered Barriers in the U.S. to a Sociology for Women,” paper presented at the World Forum of the International Sociological Association, Barcelona, Spain, September 2008.

“Institutional Barriers to Feminist Sociology: some evidence from the front lines,” (with Heather Laube), presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, MA, July 2008.

“Research and Reporting on Fetal Sex Development: Gendered from the Start,” (with Molly J. Dingel), paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August 2007.

“Disciplining Knowledge: Evaluation and the Social Construction of Sociological Knowledge,” paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, CA, August 2006. (Invited)

“Institutional Barriers to Feminist Research Methodology,” (with Heather Laube) paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Omaha, NE, March, 2006.

“Feminist Methodology: Stereotypes and Standpoints,” paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA, August, 2005.

“Institutional Barriers to Public Sociology: some evidence from the front lines,@ paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA August, 2004. (Invited, Thematic session)

“Whose Questions? Whose Answers?’[ A Sociological Examination of Sociological Ethics.” paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA August, 2003.

“How Students Evaluate Teachers: Gender Matters,” (with Kelley Massoni), paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 2002.

“The Woman on the Wall: The Standpoint of Art Criticism and the Construction of Feminist Art,”(with Jessica Sprague‐Brunk), paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, CA, August, 2001.

“Making the Grade: Gender and Students: perceptions of teachers,” (with Kelley Massoni) paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO, April, 2001. . “How Feminists Count: Feminist Strategies for Quantitative Methodology,” paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 2000.

“How Students (E)value(ate) Teachers: Mothers and Entertainers,” (with Diane Kobrynowicz), paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 2000.

“The Rules of the Gender Game in the Contemporary U.S.,” paper presented at the International Conference on AGendering the Millenium,@ Dundee, Scotland, September, 1998.

“Teaching Feminist Theory,” paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California, August, 1998.

“The Social Construction of Gender Among African Americans: the Intersection of Gender with Race and Class” (with Shirley Hill), paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August, 1997.

“Seeing Gender as Social Structure,” paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August, 1996.

“The Social Construction of Gender Among African Americans: Does Child’s Sex Affect Parents’Priorities?” coauthored with Shirley Hill, paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August, 1996.

"Seeing Through Sociological Methods: Integrating Feminist Perspectives into the Graduate Curriculum," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.

"Self‐Determination and Empowerment: Making the Connection," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April, 1995.

"Readiness to Act: A Sociological Conceptualization of Self Determination," paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, CA, August, 1994.

"Holy Men and Big Guns: The Can[n]on in Social Theory," paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Miami, FL, August, 1993.

"Political Views from Gendered Places: the Sexual Division of Labor and Political Thinking," paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburg, PA, August, 1992.

"The Reproductive Debate," paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH, August, 1991.

"Integrating Materialism: A Proposal for the Analysis of Gender, Class, and Ethnicity," paper presented at the World Congress of Sociology, Madrid, Spain, July, 1990.

"Age, Gender, and Human Sexuality," coauthored with David Quadagno and Lisa Faquin," paper presented at the thirty‐second annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, November, 1989.

"The Measurement of Gender," paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1989.

"Gender and Sexual Motivation: An Exploration of Two Assumptions," coauthored with David Quadagno, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sex, San Francisco, CA, November, 1988.

"Gender, Class, and Political Thinking," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA, August, 1988.

"The Sociologist and the Organizer: an Interaction," coauthored with Gary Brunk, paper presented at the annual meetings of the Kansas Sociological Society, Manhattan, KS, September, 1987.

"Gender as a Social Variable," paper presented at the annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, April 1987.

"Material Interests and the Structure of Political Thinking," paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, September, 1986.

"Which Side Are They On? The Political Affinities of the Petite Bourgeoisie, a LISREL Analysis," paper presented at the Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, April, 1984.

"Gender Distinctions in the Structure of Political Attitudes," paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Detroit, MI, September, 1983.

"Political Thinking: Structures of Attitudes and Structures of Experience," paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN, April, 1983.

"Class, Gender and Race: Completing the Materialist Thesis," coauthored with Cynthia Costello, paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Des Moines, Iowa, April, 1982.

"Toward a Theory of the Patriarchal State," paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, August, 1981.

Grants

SOCIOLOGISTS FOR WOMEN IN SOCIETY. “Executive Office” 2013‐2016 $246,236

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS GENERAL RESEARCH FUND GRANT “Students Evaluating Teaching: Does Gender Matter?” 2001. $7000.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS GENERAL RESEARCH FUND GRANT "Gender & Disability: the Social Construction of 'Natural' Difference." 1993. $3750.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION GRANT. "Self determination through Group Action Planning." 1992‐ 1994. Co‐Principal Investigator with H. Rutherford Turnbull, III, University of Kansas Department of Special Education. $360,000.

AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION/NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION ADVANCEMENT OF THE DISCIPLINE GRANT "Gender as a Sociological Concept: Meaning and Measurement." 1992. Co‐Principal Investigator with Barbara Risman, North Carolina State University. $2500

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS GENERAL RESEARCH FUND GRANT "Gender/Class/Ethnic Standpoints." 1991. $5000

AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LEARNED SOCIETIES TRAVEL GRANT 1990. To Participate in the World Congress of Sociology. $500.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS GENERAL RESEARCH FUND GRANT "The Gender of Work and Political Thinking." 1989. $5,886.

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS GENERAL RESEARCH FUND GRANT "Gender and Political Thinking: A Cross‐ National Comparison." 1988. $4,659

UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS GENERAL RESEARCH FUND GRANT "Gender as a Cause of Political Thinking." 1985/86. $4,960

SERVICE

Professional Associations

American Sociological Association: Jessie Bernard Award Selection Committee, 1997‐1999. Committee on Committees, 1994‐1995. Section on Sex and Gender: Sally Hacker Dissertation Award Selection Committee, 2006‐2007. Chair‐elect, Chair, and Past‐Chair, 1997‐2000. Council, 1996‐99. Nominations Committee, 1992‐93; 1999‐2000 (chair); 2001‐02; 2002‐03. Conference Committee, 1992‐93. Section on Theory, Shils‐Coleman Prize Committee, 1996. Member 1982‐present

Sociologists for Women in Society: President Elect, President, Past President 2007‐2009. Feminist Mentor Award Selection Committee, 2005‐2006. Sister to Sister Task Force, 2004‐present. Task Force on Transforming the Academy, 2003‐2005. Task Force on Organizational Development, 2001‐2002. Publications Committee, 2000‐2003. Committee on Future Directions, 2000‐2002. Chair, Ad Hoc Committee on Modus Operandi 1994‐1995. Chair, Social Issues Committee 1991‐1994 Member 1986‐present.

Midwest Sociological Society; Social Action Committee, 1992‐1994. Student Director 1978‐79. Member 1978‐present

Sessions Organized and Chaired

Session Organizer: Visions of a Feminist Academy. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO, August, 2012.

Session Organizer and Presider: Feminist Methodology. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV, August, 2011.

Session Organizer and Presider: Doing Feminist Policy‐Relevant Research. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 2009

Session Co‐Organizer (with Lin Tan) and Presider: Obstacles to and Strategies for Doing Sociology for Women. First World Forum of the International Sociological Association, Barcelona, Spain, September, 2008.

Session Co‐Organizer (with Margaret Abraham and Esther Ngan‐ling Chow): Women, Pedagogy and

Academe: Persistence and Change. First World Forum of the International Sociological Association, Barcelona, Spain, September, 2008.

Session Organizer and Presider: Feminism and Academic Cultures. Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, CA, August, 2006.

Session Organizer and Presider: The Politics of Knowledge: struggles over the known and knowable, Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, April, 2004

Session Organizer and Presider: The Politics of Knowledge: the politics in discourses. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO, April, 2004

Session Organizer and Presider: Institutional Ethnography and Feminist Social Change: a Dialogue with Dorothy Smith. Winter meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society, Wilmington, NC, February 2003.

Session Organizer: Gender & Bodies, Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington D.C., August, 2000.

Session Organizer: Gender & Responses to Inequality, Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington D.C., August, 2000.

Session Organizer: Young People, Gender & Social Structures, Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington D.C., August, 2000.

Session Organizer and Presider: AWhat We Know and Don=t Know About Gender: A Critical Conversation,@ Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 1999.

Session Co‐Organizer (with Judith Auerbach): AGender Scholarship and Public Policy‐Making A Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 1999.

Co‐organizer of Sex and Gender Section Roundtables, Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL, August, 1999.

Session Organizer and Presider: Teaching Feminist Theory, Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August. 1998.

Session Organizer and Presider: Feminist Methodology, Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April, 1998.

Session Organizer and Presider: Surviving as a Feminist in the Academy. Winter meeting of the Sociologists for Women in Society, Seattle, WA, February, 1996.

Session Organizer and Discussant: Comparing Across Differences. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.

Session Organizer and Chair: Gender & Politics. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, April, 1992.

Presider and Discussant: Gender, Politics and the ERA. Annual meeting of the American Sociological

Association, San Francisco, August, 1989.

Session Organizer and Chair: Feminist Theories. Annual meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, April, 1987. Editorial Activity

Monograph Series Editor: The Gender Lens, co‐edited with Judith Howard and Barbara Risman. Rowman & Littlefield, 1993 ‐ present.

Editorial Advisory Board: Social Problems (2005‐2007), Gender & Society (2004‐2006), Field Methods (1999‐2006), Contemporary Sociology (1997‐2000), Sociological Inquiry (1993‐1997).

Manuscript Reviewer: American Sociological Review, Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Feminist Review, Gender & Society, Qualitative Sociology, Sex Roles, Signs: Journal of Women in Culture & Society, Sociological Forum, Sociological Theory, Work & Occupations.

Invited Public Speeches

“Making a Difference for Gender,” Commission on the Status of Women, University of Kansas (October 16, 2007)

“Susan Garlinghouse, Woman of the Year.” 25th Annual Scholarship Luncheon of the Kansas Chapter of the American Business Women’s Association, March 27, 2007, Topeka, KS.

“Gender and Sex: What Has Love Got to Do With It?” Topeka Women’s Symposium, Topeka, KS (June 1, 2006).

“Doing Gender on the Job: Gender, Influence, and Evaluation,” Topeka Women’s Symposium, Topeka, KS (March 30, 2006).

“The History/Herstory of God: Feminist Approaches to Theology,” Topeka Women’s Symposium, Topeka, KS (January 12, 2006).

“Women’s Struggles for Equality in the United States,” Topeka Women’s Symposium, Topeka, KS (September 29, 2005).

“Three Things We Can Do To Make a More Gender‐Equal World,” Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas (September 22, 2004).

AAn Assignment for a Lifetime: Keeping Women=s Studies in Your Life,@ Topeka High School, Topeka, Kansas (May 12, 2004).

ANew and Improved? Sexism, the Sequel,@ Topeka High School, Topeka, Kansas (March 26, 2001).

AWhat is Gender and How Do We Learn to Do It?@ Topeka High School, Topeka, Kansas (May 5, 1998).

AWhat is Gender and How Do We Learn to Do It?@ Free State High School, Lawrence, Kansas (March 11,

1998).

ASchool Girls and the Curriculum of Gender.@ Lawrence Public Schools, Deerfield School, Lawrence, Kansas (May 9, 1996).

"Who Knows? The Politics of Knowledge" Midwest Clinical Legal Teachers Conference, University of Kansas School of Law, Lawrence, Kansas (November 4, 1994).

"Un‐Doing Sexist Classrooms," Topeka Collegiate School, Topeka, Kansas (October 4, 1993).

"Her Voice, His Voice." Women's Week Speaker, Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas (February 12, 1992).

"Seeing Through Gender: Masculine, Feminine, and Feminist Views,@ Keynote Speaker, Kansas Women Attorneys Association Annual Conference, Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas (July 11‐13, 1991).

"There Go Dick and Jane: Gender for the 21st Century." Keynote Speaker, Heartland Health Education Conference, Washburn University, Topeka, Kansas (June 2‐7, 1991).

Publications in the Popular Press

“Removing Bias in Student Course Evaluations,” Inside Higher Ed (June 17, 2016) https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2016/06/17/removing‐bias‐student‐evaluations‐faculty‐ members‐essay

“Gender Stereotypes Limit Children’s Options,” Lawrence Journal World (June 1, 1997)

Consulting

Self Graduate Fellows Program, University of Kansas: evaluate and help revised candidate selection interview process, 2001‐ 2002.

American Sociological Association: reviewed Handbook on Teaching Resources for the Sociology of Gender, 1999.

Chronicle of Higher Education: group discussion of current issues and directions in Sociology, 1998.

Educational Testing Services: reviewed materials on occupations in Sociology, 1995.

Barbara Choplin, RN, EdD and Mary Ann Kasper, RN, EdD (School of Nursing): statistical analysis , 1991‐92

Lawrence Journal‐World, advised in development of survey instrument and analysis of data for surveys of graduating high school students, 1988‐1989.

USD 497 School Board Members Mary Loveland and Harriet Schaeffer: analyzed census data for racial and economic patterns of various districting lines, 1988.

University and College Service

KU Undergraduate Thesis Committee, 2014‐2015. University Committee on Promotions and Tenure, 2012‐2013. College Taskforce on Online Courses, 2009‐2010. University Committee on Sabbatical Leaves, 2003‐2004. Assessment of General Education advisory committee, 1996‐1999; 2001‐2003. KU Millennium Dialogues Project (Chair), 1998‐2000. Humanities Lecture Series Committee (Chair), 1997‐1999. Hall Center for the Humanities Executive Committee, 1997‐1999. College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Committee on the Budget, 1995‐1997. Subcommittee on Long Range Physical Development (Chair), 1995‐1997. Humanities Lecture Series Committee, 1991‐1995. Women=s Studies Advisory Board, 1992‐present.

Departmental Service

Personnel Committee, 2013‐2015 Director of Undergraduate Studies, 1991‐95; 2005‐2012. Executive Committee, 1991‐95; 2005‐2012. Communications Committee (Chair), 1999‐2002; 2003‐05. Undergraduate Studies Committee, 2002‐03. Search Committee (Chair), 1996‐1997 Colloquium Committee, 1995‐96 (Chair), 1990‐ 91 Executive Committee, 1991‐95 Graduate Studies Committee, 1987‐89 Personnel Committee, 1986‐87; 1989‐90 Computer Committee, 1986‐91; 1994‐95

Student Committees

Completed Dissertations Chaired

Shelley Koch. 2009. Shopping is Work: An Institutional Ethnography of Grocery Shopping, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas.

Revised and published as A Theory of Grocery Shopping:Food, Choice, and Conflict. (Berg Press, 2012)

Kelley Massoni. 2007. Bringing Up Baby: The Birth and Early Development of Seventeen Magazine, Department of Sociology, University of Kansas. Honors

Revised and published as Fashioning Teenagers: a cultural history of Seventeen magazine. (AltaMira, 2010)

Molly Dingel. 2005. A Window into the Soul: Gender and News Reporting on Genetic Research.

Department of Sociology, University of Kansas.

Gwen Richtermeyer. 2001. Not One of Them: Women=s Experiences of the Middle Class. Department of Sociology, University of Kansas. Honors

Dissertation Committee Member Anna Kern, (chair), current. Ilana Demantas, (chair), current. Laurie Petty, (chair), current. Kellee Kirkpatrick (Political Science), 2012 Elizabeth Legerski, 2010. Elizabeth Miller (American Studies), 2010. Roberta Pokphanh (History of Art), 2009. Shelley Koch, (chair), 2009. Hsiu‐hua Shen, 2003. Kathryn Ballou (Nursing), 2001 Lori Joseph (Communication Studies), 2001 Sheri Shuler (Communication Studies), 1997 Diane Kobrynowicz (Psychology), 1997 Sara Sistrunk (Linguistics), 1995 Vickie Grando (Nursing), 1994 Dean Katerndahl, 1992 Rebecca Farmer Huselid (Psychology), 1990

M.A. Committee Member Stefan Vogler, 2012 Laurie Petty (Chair), 2011 Honors; College Award for Non‐Thesis Master=s Paper. Carrie Wendel‐Hummel (chair), 2006 Shane McCall (chair), 2005 Alicia Reed (chair), 2004 Tori Barnes‐Brus (chair), 2001 Heather Burgess (chair), 2001 Honors; College Award for Non‐Thesis Master=s Paper. Molly Dingel (chair), 2000 Honors Kim Kuntz, 1999. Christopher Gunn, 1998 Kathleen Ziegler (Linguistics), 1998 Donna Bobbitt, 1998 Danette Knowlton (Anthropology), 1995 Cary Charles 1994 Shelley Koch (chair), 1994 Karen Grosso‐Wood (chair), 1994 Clifton Phillips (American Studies) (chair), 1993 Honors Colleen Greer (chair), 1991 Deborah Green (Communication Studies) 1991 Andrea Anders 1991 Carol Boncella 1991 Mary E. Kelly (chair), 1990 Honors Sheryl Fyock (chair), 1990

Margaret Greer (American Studies) (chair), 1987 Lindsey Gilmer 1986 Karen Juers (American Studies) 1986

Ph.D. Oral Comprehensive Exam Committee Member Michael Bannen (Education), 2015 Claire Gravelin (Psychology), 2015. Laurie Petty (chair), 2013. Honors Kellee Kirkpatrick (Political Science), 2009. Elizabeth Miller (American Studies), 2008. Shelley Koch (Chair) 2005. Heather Burgess (Chair) 2005. Scott Eidelman (Psychology), 2004. Ayako Mizumura, 2004. Molly Dingel (chair), 2003. Kelley Massoni (chair), 2003. Jacob Thompson (Communication Studies), 2003. Sam Vensam (Communication Studies), 2001. Jennifer Thibodeau (History), 2001. Rachel Epp Buller (Art History), 2000. Michael Schmitt (Psychology) 2000 Sarah Partlow (Communication Studies) 1999 Roberta Pokphank (History of Art) 1999 Diane Kappen (Psychology) 1999 Hsiu Hua Shen 1999 Diane Kobrynowicz (Psychology) 1996 Sheri Shuler (Communication Studies) 1996 Rebecca Ford (Communication Studies) 1996 Sara Sistrunk (Linguistics) 1992 David Elkins (Political Science) 1989 Gretchen Hill 1989 Rebecca Farmer Huselid (Psychology), 1988 Lourdes Gouveia 1987 Georgia Walker 1986

Ph.D. Specialty Area Committee Member Tony Feldman (Social Psychology), 2015. Emily Jones (Gender), 2015. Shane Willson (Gender) (Chair), 2013. Laurie Petty (Gender) (Chair), 2013. Anna Kern (Gender) (Chair), 2012. Ilana Demantas (Gender) (Chair), 2011. Christy Craig (Gender) (Chair), 2011. Elizabeth Legerski (Gender) (Chair), 2007. Heather Burgess (Inequality), 2004. Shelley Koch (Gender) (Chair), 2004. Heather Burgess (Gender) (Chair), 2003. Molly Dingel (Knowledge), 2003. Ayako Mizumura (Gender) (Chair) 2003.

Molly Dingel (Gender)(Chair) 2002. Kelley Massoni (Gender)(Chair) 2002. Ophra Leyser (Gender)(Chair) 2001 Kelley Massoni (Culture) 2001 Melissa Haveman (Gender)(Chair) 2000 Kim Kuntz (Gender) 2000 Jennifer Thibodeau (History)(Feminist Theory) 2000 Hsiu Hua Shen (Gender) (Chair) 1998 Gwen Richtermeyer (Inequality) 1998 Sara Collas (Gender) 1998 Hsiu Hua Shen (Nationalism) 1997 Jeanne Hayes (Gender) (Chair) 1997 Gwen Richtermeyer (Gender) 1996 Mary Kelly (Gender) (Chair) 1991 Chris Bohling (Political) 1989 Kang Chao (Political) 1989 Shirley Hill (Medical) 1988 Gretchen Hill (Social Psychology) 1988 Betty Bullock (Social Psychology) 1988 Melissa Nuckols (Gender) 1987 Marge Troeh (Women) 1986 Sharokh Azedi (Political Economy) 1986 Marge Troeh (Religion) 1985 Georgia Walker (Gender) 1985

Undergraduate Honors Thesis Committees Mary Hopkins, (Chair), 2012. Elizabeth O’Neill, (Chair), 2012. Emily Page (Chair), 2011. Jared Powell, 2011. Sandra Yoder (Chair), 2011. Kristen Cowan (Chair), 2009 Ashley Deppenbusch (Chair), 2008. Stacey Lynn Burke (Chair), 2008. Irene Beeman (Chair), 2006. Ethan Nuss (Chair), 2006. Corey Roeloffs (Chair), 2006. Christina Dudzinski, 2005. Sarah Shay (Chair), 2004. Shane McCall (Co‐Chair), 2003 Kaili Kuiper (Chair), 2002. Nooshin Soltani (Chair), 2002. Carrie Gray (Chair), 2001. Daniel Stein (Chair) 2000 Machell Collier (Chair) 1998 Tiffany Tidwell (Chair) 1994 Laura Cook (Chair) 1993 Stephanie Ring (Co‐chair) 1991 Michelle Koch (Chair) 1990

University Scholars Mentees Ellie Estes, 2012‐2014. Audrey Lauber, 2005‐ 2007. Irene Beeman, 2004‐2006

Undergraduate Independent Research Director David White, 2011. Stefan Vogler, 2010. Chelsea Brown, 2008. Amber Smith 2000. Elizabeth (Katy) Peters 2000. Katy Minnich 2000. Kathleen House 1993 Chester Edward Young 1990 Sharon Silverman 1987

Undergraduate Internship Supervisor Ali Free (Willow Domestic Violence Shelter) 2013. Megan Gruenbacher (Johnson County Dept. of Corrections) 2012. Rachel Berkeley (Court Appointed Special Advocates) 2009. Kylie Neal (El Centro) 2005. Rachel Tietgen (Lawrence Public Schools) 2004. Katie Hanson (KS Juvenile Justice Authority) 2003 Katharine Williams (Partnership for Children) 2003. Jennifer McAdam (Kansas Action for Children) 2000 Emily Holliday (Lawrence Indian Center) 1998 Jennifer Keltner (Kansas Action for Children) 1997