1 MARYBETH C. STALP Professor of Sociology Dept of Sociology, Anthropology & Criminology University of Northern Iowa Office: 319.273.6235 [email protected] EDUCATION Ph.D. Sociology: University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2001. Graduate Certificate Women’s Studies: University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1999. M.A. Sociology: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Carbondale, IL, 1996. B.A. Sociology, Communications & English Literature: Regis University, Denver, CO, 1993. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA The University of Northern Iowa (UNI) is a regional four-year state comprehensive university, and one of three regent institutions in the state of Iowa. Formerly the Iowa Teachers College for the state of Iowa, UNI is organized into 5 colleges, including the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (CSBS). Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology Teaching Professor, 2014-present Associate Professor, 2008-2014 Assistant Professor, 2003-2008 Administration Department Head, 2015-2020 Manage a large multidisciplinary department with three separate and interconnected academic units, each with its own unique approach to everyday tasks, including budget, curriculum, course scheduling and unit-based initiatives. Work at unit and department level to showcase all units to the college, university, and community. Collaboration • Increase positive representation of the three units and the department within and outside the institution. • Develop and support department policy that is inclusive of faculty, in terms of age, rank, and program. • Employ transparent decision-making processes to be fair to all department members, and to make use of existing departmental best practices. Fundraising and Community Engagement • Completed a four-year informal crowdsourcing fundraising campaign for a $30,000 endowed scholarship to address funding gaps in the department. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion • Develop university-level and community-inclusive Diversity Colloquium, emphasizing faculty diversity work, making positive local connections and enhancing town/gown relationships. Transparent Decision-Making Processes • Run timely, efficient, and useful working department meetings. • Create database for alumni record-keeping to share with university stakeholders. 2 Secure Resources for Classroom Technology Improvements • Maintain and update technology in department-managed active learning classroom. • Accomplished furniture and technology needs for under-resources department-managed classrooms. • Secured a student course fee to establish and ensure an Archaeological Fieldwork class on-campus dig each fall semester. Create Systems and Traditions for the Department • Develop end of year student celebration event. • Distribute end of year electronic newsletter to key stakeholders. Committees & Associations--International 2012-2017 Board of Directors, American Quilt Study Group (elected) 2010-2016 Advisory Board Member, International Quilt Study Center & Museum, Univ of Nebraska 2006-2011 Board of Directors, Quilt Alliance National 2019-present Advisory Board Member, ASA Program Reviewers and Consultants, appointed. 2019-present Member, ASA Program Reviewers and Consultants 2018-2020 Awards Committee Chair, Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), elected. 2016-2018 Awards Committee, Feminist Lecturer Awards Chair, SWS, elected. 2013-2016 ASA Section on Teaching and Learning Council Member (4-year institutions), elected. 2014-2017 Publications Committee Chair, Midwest Sociological Society, appointed. 2014-2015 Midwest Sociological Society Book Award Committee Chair 2011-2016 Publications Committee, Midwest Sociological Society 2011-2012 Past President, Midwest SWS 2010-2011 President, Midwest SWS 2007-2011 Iowa State Director, Midwest Sociological Society, elected 2006-2009 Social Action Committee Chair, SWS, elected. 2006-2007 Jessie Bernard Award Committee Chair, ASA 2006-2007 Graduate Student Paper Competition Judge, Midwest Sociological Society 2005-2006 Jessie Bernard Award Committee Co-Chair, ASA 2005-2006 Sex and Gender Section Nominations Committee, ASA 2004-2006 Mentorship Program Co-Chair, Midwest SWS 2004-2005 Sex and Gender Section Book Award Committee, ASA 2004-2005 Jessie Bernard Award Selection Committee, ASA 2003-2006 Social Action Committee, SWS Local 2017-2020 Board Member, Iowa Women in Higher Education 2017-2019 Secretary, Iowa Women in Higher Education 2018-2019 Search Committee Member, UNI History Department Head 2017-2018 Search Committee Member, UNI Women’s and Gender Studies Director 2010-2011 Co-President, Iowa Sociological Association 2009-2010 Co-President Elect, Iowa Sociological Association 3 CONFERENCES ORGANIZED Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), August 6-10, 2020. As Program Committee Chair, I worked closely with the SWS President and the SWS Executive Officer to transform an in-person conference to the first virtual/online conference for the organization due to the Covid-19 global pandemic. Worked with a 6-person leadership team to design and implement the conference in an online space. Approximately 200 attendees. Iowa Women in Higher Education (IOWAWHE), April 16-17, 2020. Organizing annual meeting in Waterloo, Iowa, with theme “The Art of Leadership”. Establishing a 7-person local leadership team to mentor women leaders on campus to contribute their skills to the meeting. Approximately 200 attendees. (Cancelled due to Covid-19) Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS), January 30 – February 2, 2020. As Program Committee Chair, I worked closely with the Incoming SWS President and the SWS Executive Officer to design and implement overall schedule and programming for the annual winter conference. Worked with a 12-person leadership team to design and implement the conference in an online space. Approximately 300 attendees. Iowa Sociological Association, April 24, 2010. Co-organized Iowa Sociological Association Annual Meetings at the UNI Campus. Nine colleges and universities participated in the day-long event, with 18 undergraduates presenting original research that day. Organized multiple career-minded panels for the approximately 50 sociology students attending the conference. ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE Editorial Journal Co-Editor, 2009-2012 Journal of Contemporary Ethnography (Volumes 39 to 42) SELECT PUBLICATIONS Books 2007. Quilting: The Fabric of Everyday Life. Oxford: Berg Publishers. Refereed Articles and Book Chapters Marybeth C. Stalp, and Susan Hill. 2019. “The Expectations of Adult-ing: Developing Soft Skills through Active Learning Classrooms.” Journal of Learning Spaces 8(2):25-40. Marybeth C. Stalp, and Theresa M. Winge. 2017. “If At First You Don’t Succeed, Rip It Out and Try Again: The Social Benefits of Failure in DIY Handcrafting” Clothing Cultures 4(2): 87-104. 2016. “Still A Man’s Art World: The Gendered Experiences of Women Artists.” Journal of Research on Women and Gender 6:40-55. 2015. “Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Too): Complicating the Study of Femininity and Women’s Leisure” Sociology Compass 9(4): 261-271. Theresa M. Winge, and Marybeth C. Stalp. 2013. “Nothing Says Love Like a Skull and Crossbones Tea Cozy: Crafting Contemporary Subversive Handcrafts.” Craft Research 4(1):73-86. Marybeth C. Stalp, and Rachel Williams Conti. 2011. “Serious Leisure in the Home: Professional Quilters Negotiate Family Space.” Gender, Work & Organization 18(4):399-414. Marybeth C. Stalp, Rachel Williams Conti, Annette Lynch, and M. Elise Radina. 2009. “Conspicuously Consuming: The Red Hat Society and Midlife Women’s Identity.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 38(2)/2009: 225-253. Marybeth C. Stalp, M. Elise Radina, and Annette Lynch. 2008. “‘We Do It Cuz It’s Fun:’ Creating Women’s Leisure Space Through Red Hat Society Membership.” Sociological Perspectives 51(2):325-348. 4 M. Elise Radina, Annette Lynch, Marybeth C. Stalp, and Lydia K. Manning. 2008. “‘When I am An Old Woman, I Shall Wear Purple’: Red Hatters Cope with Getting Old.” Journal of Women and Aging 20(1/2) Spring/Summer: 99-114. 2006. “Creating an Artistic Self: Amateur Quilters and Subjective Careers.” Sociological Focus 39(3):193-216. 2006. “Hiding the (Fabric) Stash: Fabric Collecting, Hoarding and Hiding Strategies of Contemporary U.S. Quilters.” Textile: The Journal of Cloth & Culture 4(1):104-125. 2006. “Negotiating Time and Space for Serious Leisure: Quilting in the Modern U.S. Home.” Journal of Leisure Research 38(1):104-132. Linda Grant, Marybeth C. Stalp, and Kathryn B. Ward. 2002. “Women’s Sociological Research and Writing in the Pre-World War II Era.” The American Sociologist 33(3):76-99. Marybeth C. Stalp, and Linda Grant. 2001. “Teaching Qualitative Coding in Undergraduate Field Methods Classes: An Exercise Based on Personal Ads.” Teaching Sociology 29(April):209-218. Gary Alan Fine, Beth Montemurro, Bonnie Semora, Marybeth C. Stalp, Dane Claussen, and Zaida Sierra. 1998. “Social Order Through a Prism: Color as Collective Representation.” Sociological Inquiry 68(4):443- 457. SELECT PRESENTATIONS Invited “Considerations for Successful Data Collection.” First Five FY19 Spring Consortium. 1st Five Healthy Mental Development Initiative. Iowa Department of Public Health. Des Moines, IA, April 17, 2019. “(Fun With) Subversive Crafting: Complicating Femininity, Feminism, and the Domestic Arts.” Sociologists for Women in Society Winter Meeting, February 7-9, 2019. “Curating Your Life” Library Salon Series Invited Lecture, American Craft Council, Minneapolis, MN, April 12, 2012. “Organizing