Curriculum Vitae (July 2019) ANNE MARIE CHAMPAGNE [email protected] 682 GRAND AVE, AP T. 4 ANNEMARIECHAMPAGNE.COM SAINT PAUL, MN 55105 PHONE 479-225-6728 EDUCATION PhD (2020) SOCIOLOGY, YALE UNIVERSITY Dissertation: “(un)Bearable Flatness: Materializing the Self after Mastectomy.” Committee: Jeffrey Alexander (Yale University), Philip Smith (Yale University), Frederick Wherry (Princeton University), Asia Friedman (University of Delaware). MPhil 2017 SOCIOLOGY, YALE UNIVERSITY Jeffrey Alexander (advisor) MA 2015 SOCIOLOGY, YALE UNIVERSITY Thesis: “Iconicity of the breast: Gendering Material Meaning after Mastectomy.” Committee: Jeffrey Alexander, Frederick Wherry. BA 2011 MULTIDISCIPLINARY STUDIES, UNIVERISTY OF MINNESOTA, TWIN CITIES Karen Moon (advisor). Majors: Social Science, Communication, and Educational Psychology. 1999 – 2002 J. WILLIAM FULBRIGHT COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS, FAYETTEVILLE Daniel Levine and Peter Unger (advisors). Majors: Anthropology (biocultural emphasis); Classical Studies (Latin and Ancient Rome). Minor: Fine Arts. 1996 – 1998 FINE ARTS, COLLEGE FOR CREATIVE STUDIES, DETROIT Concentrations: Painting (oil); Sculpture (stone, metal). Other: Theory of Art; Art History. RESEARCH INTERESTS Cultural sociology, sociology of art, aesthetics, materiality and meaning, body and embodiment, semiotics, visual sociology, sex and gender, philosophical sociology, sociological theory. AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS 2019-2020 P.E.O. Scholar Award (P.E.O. International. Nominated by Chapter AD of Ridgefield, Connecticut) 2018–2019 Elsie M. Alling Scholarship (Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) 2017–2018 Kent T. Healy Fellow (Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) 2016–2017 Dean's "Emerging Scholars" Research Award (Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) 2016–2017 CAMP Grant (Yale Dept. of Sociology) 2013–2017 Charles G. Chakerian Fellowship in Sociology (Yale Dept. of Sociology) 2001 Samuel C. Dellinger Award for Outstanding Student in Anthropology (Dept. of Anthropology, University of Arkansas) PUBLICATIONS & WRITING BOOKS & CHAPTERS In review Champagne, Anne Marie and Asia Friedman, eds. Interpreting the Body: Between Meaning and Materiality. Champagne (July 2019) In review Champagne, Anne Marie. “In Search of Aesthetic Moments: Using Interview Data to Flesh Out Research on Embodiment.” In Interpreting the Body: Between Meaning and Materiality, edited by A. Champagne and A. Friedman. PAPERS & ESSAYS In progress “Beauty and the Breast: Mastectomy, Materiality and the Aesthetic Recovery of the Self” In progress “Theorizing Aesthetic Power in Social Life (using Cancer-related & Gender- affirming Mastectomy as a Case)” In progress “Aesthetic Experience & Figurations of Meaning: A Sociological Inquiry into the Productive Power of the Beautiful and the Sublime.” BLOG POSTS & OP-EDS Champagne, Anne Marie. 2016. “Thinking about Gender Surface/Depth, Iconicity, and What Breasts Have Got to Do With It.” ASA Section on Body and Embodiment Blogs. (http://sectionbodyembodiment.weebly.com/blog/thinking- about-gender-surfacedepth-iconicity-and-what-breasts-have-got-to-do-with-it) POEMS Champagne, Anne Marie. 2019. “Blue Sailors.” The Southern Review 55(3):381-2. Champagne, Anne Marie. 2019. “Les bleuets.” The Southern Review 55(3):383. Champagne, Anne Marie. 2019. “Water, Pray.” Tin House Online, 19 July. (https://tinhouse.com/water-pray/) Champagne, Anne Marie. 2019. “Lantern Tree.” The Journal, (forthcoming). CONFERENCES, PRESENTATIONS & WORKSHOPS 2019 Session organizer. ASA Body and Embodiment Section Roundtables. American Sociological Society 2019 Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August 10-13, 2019. Session organizer. Author Meets Critics: Jeffrey Alexander’s The Drama of Social Life. Eastern Sociological Society 2019 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, March 16, 2019. 2018 Paper presentation. “Beauty and the Breast: Mastectomy, Materiality and the Iconicity of Gender Identity.” American Sociological Association 2018 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. Regular session: Culture and Identity, August 14, 2018. Session co-organizer (with Isaac Reed, University of Virginia). ASA Section on Theory: Social Theory and Political Modernity. American Sociological Association 2018 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 12, 2018. Session co-organizer (with Isaac Reed, University of Virginia). ASA Section on Theory: Sociology and Philosophy in Conversation. American Sociological Association 2018 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, August 12, 2018. Session co-organizer (with Piper Sledge, Bryn Mawr): The Fine Lines of Interpreting Bodies and Identities. Roots and Branches of Interpretive Sociology Conference, Philadelphia, PA, August 10, 2018. Invited talk. “(un)Bearable Flatness: Gender Surface/Depth and the Reenchantment of the Mastectomized Body.” American University of Paris, Gender, Sexuality and Society Program, April 27, 2018. Paper presentation. “Beauty and the Breast: Mastectomy, Materiality and the Iconicity of Gender.” New Directions Conference 2018, University of Edinburgh, April 19, 2018. 2017 Invited discussant. Mini-Conference: Pragmatism and Symbolic Interaction: "Conversation with Jeffrey C. Alexander: Culture, Pragmatism, and the Micro- Macro Link." Eastern Sociological Society 2017 Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, February 25, 2017. 2 Champagne (July 2019) 2016 Paper presentation. “The Iconicity of the Breast: (En)gendering Material Meaning after Mastectomy.” American Sociological Association 2016 Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA. Section on Sociology of Culture Refereed Roundtable Session, August 20, 2016. Paper presentation. “Gender Dramas: Mastectomy, Iconic Power, and the Mise- en-Scène of the Body.” Eastern Sociological Society 2016 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. Power and the Body Mini-Conference Session, March 18, 2016. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP & SERVICE CONNECTICUT ACADEMY OF ARTS & SCIENCES (CAAS) 2019–present Member NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (NYAS) 2017–2018 Bicentennial Ambassador SOCIOLOGISTS FOR TRANS JUSTICE (S4TJ) 2016–2019 Committee member, web manager, and founder of transjusticesyllabus.com Projects: Compendium of resources & spearheading the collaborative creation of the Trans Justice Syllabus. AMERICAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION (ASA) 2016–2019 Section on Theory – Council Student Representative 2016–2019; Membership Committee 2016-2018 2015–2019 Section on Body and Embodiment – Council Student Representative 2018–2019; Web manager 2015–2019 OTHER PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATONS active American Society For Aesthetics (ASA) active Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) active Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) YALE SOCIOLOGY – ELECTED & VOLUNTEER POSITIONS 2016–2017 Sociology Graduate Student Representative, Yale University 2016–2017 Graduate Admissions Committee, Dept. of Sociology, Yale University ACADEMIC JOURNAL PEER REVIEW American Journal of Cultural Sociology (Palgrave Macmillan) Gender & Society (Sage Journals) International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society (Springer) Symbolic Interaction (Wiley) Sociological Inquiry (Wiley) EMPLOYMENT & RESEARCH (BY AREA OF SPECIALIZATION) WRITING & PUBLISHING 2017–present MANAGING EDITOR, AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CULTURAL SOCIOLOGY, PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Associate Editors: Jeffrey Alexander, Ronald Jacobs, Philip Smith As managing editor I assist the associate editors and publisher with all aspects of journal publication and promotion. This includes, but is not limited to, overseeing the receipt, peer review, and preparation of submitted manuscripts for prospective journal publication; liaising with authors, reviewers, editors, and production team; copyediting manuscripts as needed; and managing social media accounts. 2008–2010 WRITER/EDITOR, TRANSPARENT VISIBILITY, BENTONVILLE, AR 3 Champagne (July 2019) Supervisor: William Babcock, CEO Provided writing, copyediting and other editorial services for company book series and other business and marketing collateral. 2000 COPY EDITOR, JOURNAL OF ARCTIC ANTHROPOLOGY, Vol. 37(2), WINTER 2000 Associate Editor: Alan P. McCarthy Assisted with final copyediting of Journal of Arctic Anthropology published by the University of Arkansas. 1988–1996 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, OFFICE MANAGER, ADVENTURES UNLIMITED PRESS, KEMPTON, IL Supervisor: David Hatcher Childress Responsibilities ranged from office and warehouse management, overseeing all levels of book production and distribution; executive assistance; customer service; bookkeeping; sales fulfillment; and occasional copyediting and design work. 1989–1991 EDITORIAL ASSISTANT, VANTAGE PRESS, NEW YORK, NY Supervisor: Edward Sczesnak, Editorial Director Duties included liaising with prospective authors, editors, and production teams; preliminary manuscript review; estimating book production costs; creating promotional packets and marketing materials for new releases; and drafting a set of pro forma letters for the company’s ongoing use. EDUCATIONAL INSTRUCTION & STUDENT SUPPORT Spring 2019 TEACHING FELLOW, YALE UNIVERSITY, SOCIOLOGY Philip Gorski, Topics in Contemporary Social Theory (SOCY 152) – Grader with student contact. Held weekly office hours and provided assignment instruction and guidance. Fall 2018 TEACHING FELLOW, YALE UNIVERSITY, SOCIOLOGY Alka Menon, Health and Illness in Social Context (SOCY 127) Facilitated two weekly sections with a total enrollment of 31 students; graded assignments and exams; held weekly office hours and maintained student contact; attended weekly course lectures and TA organizational meetings; assisted professor with examination and