CURRICULUM VITAE

Nicole Willms Ph.D., Sociology

1201 S 6th St. W Apt. 202 Missoula, MT 59801 (406) 493-0374 or (206) 391-9159 [email protected]

Education

Dec, 2010 Ph.D. in Sociology Department of Sociology University of Southern California Los Angeles, California -Ph.D. in Sociology (Dec. 16, 2010) -Graduate Certificate: Gender Studies (Dec. 16, 2010) Dissertation: Japanese-American Basketball: Constructing Gender, Ethnicity, and Community Committee: Michael Messner (chair), Leland Saito, and Lon Kurashige Ph.D. Exams: 1) Sex & Gender; 2) Sport & Social Inequality

Dec, 2006 Master of Arts in Sociology University of Southern California Los Angeles, California Thesis: Fathers and Daughters: Negotiating Gendered Relationships in Sport

May, 2000 Bachelor of Arts Randolph-Macon Woman‟s College (now Randolph College) Lynchburg, Virginia -Majors: Sociology/Anthropology (honors) and Spanish -Study Abroad at Universidad Austral in Valdivia, Chile

Areas of Interest: Research Sex and Gender, Race/Class/Gender , Sociology of Sport, Social Inequality/Stratification, Media/Representation

Areas of Interest/Experience: Teaching Core: Introduction to Sociology; Social Problems Social Inequality: Sex and Gender; Race and Ethnicity; Race/Class/Gender; Social Inequality/Stratification Sport: Sociology of Sport; Social Inequality and Sport; Gender and Sport; Race and Sport; Citizenship, Identity, and Sport Theory & Methods: Gender/Feminist Theory; Sociological Theory; Research Methods; Qualitative Methods Other: Sociology of Family, Sociology of Childhood, Academic Writing

Teaching Experience Aug, 2010 – Current Adjunct Faculty Department of Sociology University of Montana (Missoula, MT) Courses taught: SOCI 101 – Introduction to Sociology SOCI 391 – Special Topics: Sociology of Sports

Aug, 2004 – May, 2009 Teaching Assistant Department of Sociology University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) Courses taught: SOCI 169 – Changing Family Forms SOCI 142 – Diversity and Racial Conflict SOCI 200 – Introduction to Sociology SOCI 150 – Social Problems SOCI 313 – Sociological Research Methods SOCI 305 – Sociology of Childhood.

-In 100 and 200 level courses, I acted as a discussion section leader for two sections, each with 25 students. These sections supported the larger lecture, but also had their own syllabus and separate curriculum. I graded all papers and held office hours. For upper level courses, I acted as a grader and held office hours. All courses utilized Blackboard.

Apr, 2008 – May, 2008 Adjunct Faculty (substitute) Department of Sociology California State University, Dominguez Hills Course taught: SOC 309 - Special Topics: Sociology of Sport

Jan, 2008 – Mar, 2008 Adjunct Faculty Department of Psychology and Sociology California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Course taught: SOC 451 - Sociology of Sport and Social Inequality

Jul, 2007 – Aug, 2007 Instructor Upward Bound University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA) Course taught: Sociology of Sport -Developed and implemented course as part of a college preparation program for Los Angeles high school students.

2 Publications In Progress Article Willms, Nicole. “‟You Play Basketball?‟: Negotiating Racialized and Gendered Bodies” (plan to submit to Gender & Society).

Current Status: Article Revise and Resubmit Willms, Nicole. “Cheering for Our Team: Coverage of Women‟s Basketball in a Japanese-American Community Newspaper.” Sociology of Sport Journal.

Published: Book Chapter Aug, 2009 Willms, Nicole. 2009. “Fathers and Daughters: Negotiating Gendered Relationships in Sport.” Pp. 124-144 in Fathering through Sport and Leisure, edited by T. Kay. London: Routledge.

Published: Article Aug, 2006 Messner, Michael A., Margaret Carlisle Duncan & Nicole Willms. 2006. "This Revolution is Not Being Televised." Contexts: Understanding People in Their Social Worlds, 5: 34-38. * Reprinted in Messner, Michael A. 2007. Out of Play: Critical Essays on Gender and Sport. State University of New York Press. Published: Research Report Feb, 2005 Duncan, Margaret Carlisle, Michael A. Messner & Nicole Willms. 2005. Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows, 1989-2004. Los Angeles: Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles (now LA84). Research Experience May, 2005 – Aug, 2005 Research Assistant Dr. Michael Messner, Department of Sociology University of Southern California -Assisted with permissions and formatting of text Men’s Lives, Seventh Edition; transcription.

Apr, 2004 – Jan, 2005 Research Assistant Amateur Athletic Foundation (now LA84 Foundation) Los Angeles, California (under the supervision of Dr. Michael Messner) -Collected and coded data for study: “Gender in Televised Sports: News and Highlights Shows.”

Related Work Experience Aug, 2005 – May, 2007 Writing Center Consultant The Writing Center University of Southern California - Led one-on-one consultations with students to help them build writing and editing skills; taught courses in writing and grammar.

3 Fellowships/Grants/Awards

Summer 2010 Final Summer Dissertation Fellowship ($5,000) College of Letters, Arts and Sciences University of Southern California -Competitive award to support completion of dissertation. 2005-2010 Departmental Travel Awards (ea. $300-850) Department of Sociology, University of Southern California -For travel to conferences.

2009 Department of Sociology Graduate Student Citizen of the Year Department of Sociology, University of Southern California -For outstanding service during the academic year 2008-2009

2008 -2009 Graduate Professionalization Initiative Award ($2,000) College of Letters, Arts and Sciences University of Southern California -Successfully funded grant proposal.

2003-2009 Summer Departmental Fellowships (each $1,000 – 2,000) Department of Sociology, University of Southern California

2007-2008 College Graduate Merit Fellowship Award ($16,000) University of Southern California

2004-2005 Research Grant ($5,832) Amateur Athletic Foundation (now LA84 Foundation) (under supervision of Dr. Michael Messner)

2004 Sociology Department Merit Award ($500) Department of Sociology, University of Southern California

2003-2004 College Graduate Merit Fellowship Award ($16,000) University of Southern California

Conference Presentations

November, 2010 Title: “‟You Play Basketball?‟: Negotiating Racialized and Gendered Bodies.” Annual meeting, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport San Diego, California

April, 2010 Title: “„Everybody Plays‟: Gender Inclusion in the Japanese American Basketball Leagues” Annual meeting, Pacific Sociological Association Oakland, California Nov, 2008 Title: “Cheering for Our Team: Coverage of Sports in a Japanese American Newspaper” Annual meeting, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Denver, Colorado

4 Aug, 2008 Title: “Coverage of Female Athletes in a Japanese American Community Newspaper” Annual meeting, American Sociological Association Boston, Massachusetts

Feb, 2008 Title: “Japanese American Sports Icons and the Question of Gender” UCLA Thinking Gender Conference Los Angeles, California N ov, 2006 Title: “Japanese American Female Athletes as Icons.” Annual meeting, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Vancouver, British Columbia

Aug, 2006 Title: “Downtown Showdown: Japanese American Basketball and the Construction of Race, Gender and Community.” Annual meeting, American Sociological Association Montreal, Quebec

Nov, 2005 Title: “Fathers and Daughters: Negotiating Gendered Relationships in Sport.” Annual meeting, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Invited Talks & Lectures

Apr, 2011 Title: “Community Hoops: Race, Gender, and Ethnic Solidarity in Japanese-American Basketball Leagues” Colloquium, Department of Sociology University of Montana

Apr, 2009 Title: “Japanese Americans” Presented to Amon Emeka‟s course “Diversity and Racial Conflict” University of Southern California

Nov, 2005 Title: “Daughters, Families and Sport.” Presented to Adele Pillitteri‟s course “Changing Family Forms” University of Southern California

Professional Service

Sep, 2010 – Current Reviewer Annals of Leisure Research

Mar, 2007 – Current Reviewer Gender & Society, SAGE Publications

Aug, 2008 – May 2009 Chair Professionalization Committee, Sociology Graduate Student Association -Created successful proposal for series on professionalization, funded by the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences at the University of Southern California ($2,000). -Organized two professionalization events

5 October, 2008 Event Organizer Graduate-Student Symposium, University of Southern California "Culture, Race, and Class: How Meaning Matters for the Marginalized"; Speakers: Michele Lamont (Harvard University), Prudence Carter (Stanford University), Mario Luis Small (University of Chicago), and Alford Young Jr. (University of Michigan). -Helped to plan and organize event.

Aug, 2008 Moderator Session : Sociology of Sport – Sport and Gender Annual Meeting, American Sociological Association Boston, Massachusetts Aug, 2007 – May 2008 Graduate Student Representative Graduate Student Committee, Sociology Department -Represented upper-level students at department meetings; assisted with graduate student symposium.

Nov, 2007 Organizer/Moderator Session: Racial and Ethnic Identities Annual meeting, North American Society for the Sociology of Sport Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Aug, 2006 – May, 2007 Secretary Sociology Graduate Student Association -Managed listserv and took minutes at meetings.

Apr, 2006 Moderator Session: Immigrant Religion Annual Meeting, Pacific Sociological Association Los Angeles, California

Professional Memberships

American Sociological Association (ASA), North American Society for the Sociology of Sport (NASSS), Pacific Sociological Association (PSA), Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS)

Relevant Training

Aug, 2008 Course on Atlas.ti Software Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Boston, Massachusetts

Aug, 2008 “Teachers Are Made, Not Born” Pre-Conference, Teaching and Learning Section Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association Boston, Massachusetts

6 References

Dr. Michael Messner (Committee Chair) Dr. Faye Wachs (Teaching Reference) Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies Associate Professor of Sociology University of Southern California Cal Poly Pomona (213) 740-8848, [email protected] (909) 869-3903, [email protected]

Dr. Leland Saito (Committee Member) Dr. Daniel Doyle (Current Supervisor) Associate Professor of Sociology and American Chair, Sociology Department Studies and Ethnicity University of Montana University of Southern California (406) 243-5912, [email protected] (213)740-3604, [email protected]

Dr. Lon Kurashige (Committee Member) Associate Professor of History and American Studies and Ethnicity University of Southern California (213)740-1666, [email protected]

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