| Education |
State University of New York at Binghamton
Ph.D. Sociology, 2009
- Dissertation: “Landscapes of Spanish-Colonial Revival: Visual Culture & Urban Development in Southern California” (adviser: Martin J. Murray)
M.A. Sociology, 2005
University of California, Irvine
B.A. History, 2002
B.A. Sociology, 2002
Minor – Digital Arts
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| Areas of Interest |
- Media Studies
- Urban Studies
- Historical Sociology
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- Space & Visuality
- Global Cities
- Cultural Studies
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| Positions |
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| Courses Taught |
- Environmental Sociology
- Experiences in Diversity
- Intro. to Human Geography
- Intro. to Sociology
- Intro. to Political Sociology
- Mass Media & Culture in the 20th Century
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- Media and Society
- Music, Literature & Visual Arts
- Race & Ethnicity
- Social Problems
- Sociology of Leisure
- Urban Sociology
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Publications
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| Journal Articles |
- (2011). “Contradictions in California’s Orientalist Landscape: Architecture, History & Spanish-Colonial Revival.” Cities. Vol. 28. No. 4. p. 240-346. DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2010.09.003
- w/ Martin J. Murray. (2007). “Cinema and the Edgy City: Johannesburg, Carjacking, and the Postmetropolis.” African Identities. Vol. 5. No. 2. pp. 279-289. DOI: 10.1080/14725840701403606
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| Book Chapters |
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| Book Reviews |
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| Manuscripts Under Review & In Prep. |
- Materializing Spanish-Colonial Revival: The Historical Landscape and Cultural Production in Southern California.
- Legitimizing Shelter-In-Place in Southern California: History, Landscape and the Fear of Fire.
- Wildfire and Urban Development: Comparing Southern California and Turkey.
- Glorified Fantasies and Masterpieces of Deception: Importing Las Vegas into the New South Africa.
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| Photos Published |
- “London Gatwick Airport” in People and Neighborhoods. 2007. (Center for Educational Technology, Tel Aviv) [in Hebrew]
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Funding
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| Fellowships & Grants |
- 2008 – Los Angeles Westerners Fellowship: Autry National Center
- 2008 – Presenters Fellowship: Vernacular Architecture Forum
- 2008 – Department of Sociology Dissertation Fellowship: SUNY Binghamton
- 2008 – Binghamton Foundation Travel Grant: SUNY Binghamton
- 2004 – 2006: Department of Sociology Teaching Assistantship: SUNY Binghamton
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Professional Activities
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| Conference Presentations |
- 2011: February 25 – Eastern Sociological Association Annual Meeting@ Philadelphia, PA – “Race & Southern California’s Cultural Landscape: From Zorro to Spanish-Colonial Revival Architecture”
- 2010: August 14 – American Sociological Association Annual Meeting @ Atlanta, GA – “Materializing Spanish-Colonial Revival: The Historical Landscape and Cultural Production in Southern California”
- 2009: August 9 – American Sociological Association Annual Meeting @ San Francisco, CA – “Spanish-Colonial Revival & Shelter-In-Place: History, Media and Contemporary Fear of Wildfires”
- 2009: April 9 – Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting @ San Diego, CA – “Materializing Fantasy: Myth & Home Construction in Southern California”
- 2008: May 10 – Vernacular Architecture Forum @ Fresno, CA – “Landscapes of Spanish-Colonial Revival Mythology: Popular Culture and Urban Development in Southern California”
- 2008: April 4 – Whitsett Graduate Seminar @ CSU Northridge – “Landscapes of Spanish-Colonial Revival Mythology: Mythology and Morphology”
- 2008: March 14 – Southwestern Social Science Association @ Las Vegas, NV – “Landscapes of Spanish-Colonial Revival Mythology: Popular Culture and Urban Development in Southern California”
- 2007: August 12 – International Visual Sociology Association Annual Meeting @ New York University – “Spanish-Colonial Revival and Private Space”
- 2007: March 28 – Graduate Student Research Day @ SUNY Binghamton – “Spanish-Colonial Revival and Social Boundaries”
- 2006: July 4 – International Visual Sociology Association Annual Meeting @ Università degli Studi di Urbino, Italy – “Fortification and Philip K. Dick: Southern California’s Boundaries”
- 2006: April 22 – Crossing the Boundaries XIV @ SUNY Binghamton – “Fortification and Visual Culture in Southern California”
- 2005: April 20 – Graduate Student Conference in Historical Social Science @ SUNY Binghamton – “Politics, Pictures, and Place in Southern California”
- 2004: October 30 – New York Conference on Asian Studies @ Bard College – “Rethinking Cinematic Boundaries in Hong Kong Cinema”
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| Other Activities |
- 2009-2010: Organizer for “Scholarly Reflections on Traveling Abroad” speaker series @ Delaware County Community College
- 2007: Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Office Manager @ SUNY Binghamton
- 2007: Organizer for Graduate Student Conference in Historical Social Science @ SUNY Binghamton
- 2006 – 2007: President of Sociology Graduate Student Union (SGSU)
- 2006 – 2007: Web master for the Department of Sociology @ SUNY Binghamton (http://sociology.binghamton.edu)
- 2005 – 2006: Vice-President of Sociology Graduate Student Union (SGSU)
- 2005: Organizer for Graduate Student Conference in Historical Social Science @ SUNY Binghamton
- 2004 – 2005: Sociology senator for the Binghamton University Graduate Student Organization (GSO)
- 2001 – 2003: Field Office Scheduler @ Nielsen Media Research
- 2000 – 2002: Assistant wrestling coach @ Irvine High School
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Other Skills
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| Technical Skills |
- Course Management Systems: Blackboard, WebStudy, Desire2Learn, Moodle
- Software Packages: MS Office Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, OpenOffice.org
- Web Design: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver
- Operating Systems: Windows, Mac OS, Linux (Ubuntu)
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