Curriculum Vitae
| 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” M.A. Sociology, 2005 University of California, Irvine B.A. History, 2002 B.A. Sociology, 2002 Minor – Digital Arts Irvine High School, 1998 |
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| Areas of Interest | Media Studies
Urban Studies Historical Sociology |
Space & Visuality
Global Cities Cultural Studies |
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| Positions | 2010 – Present: Assistant Professor @ Kutztown University (PA)
2009 – 2010: Full Time Instructor @ Delaware County Community College (PA) 2009: Part Time Instructor @ Syracuse University (NY) 2004 – 2008: Teaching Assistant / Adjunct instructor @ SUNY Binghamton (NY) |
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| Courses Taught | Experiences in Diversity
Human Geography Introduction to Sociology Introduction to Political Sociology Mass Media & Culture in the 20th Century |
Media and Society
Music, Literature & Visual Arts Race & Ethnicity Social Problems Sociology of Leisure |
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Publications
| Book Chapters | —– & Martin J. Murray. (2008). “Chapter 9: Cinema and the Edgy City: Johannesburg, Carjacking, and the Postmetropolis.” In Fassil Demissie (ed.). Postcolonial African Cities: Imperial Legacies and Postcolonial Predicament (Routledge, NY). pp. 121-130. | |
| Journal Articles | Under Review. “Legitimizing Shelter-In-Place in Southern California: History, Landscape and the Fear of Fire.”
(Forthcoming). “Contradictions in California’s Orientalist Landscape: Architecture, History & Spanish-Colonial Revival.” Cities. w/ Martin J. Murray. (2007). “Cinema and the Edgy City: Johannesburg, Carjacking, and the Postmetropolis.” African Identities. Vol. 5. No. 2. pp. 279-289. |
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| Book Reviews | The Los Angeles Plaza (2009). Southern California Quarterly. Vol. 91. No 1. pp. 121-22.
Lynching in the West 1850-1935. (2008). Visual Studies. Vol. 23. No. 2. p. 179. |
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| Photos Published | “London Gatwick Airport” in People and Neighborhoods. 2007. (Center for Educational Technology, Tel Aviv) [in Hebrew] | |
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 | 2010: August 14 – American Sociological Association @ Atlanta, GA – “Materializing Spanish-Colonial Revival: The Historical Landscape and Cultural Production in Southern California”
2009: August 9 – American Sociological Association @ San Francisco, CA – “Spanish-Colonial Revival & Shelter-In-Place: History, Media and Contemporary Fear of Wildfires” 2009: April 9 – Pacific Sociological Association @ 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 @ 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 @ 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 |
2007: Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Office Manager
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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| Languages | English (fluent)
Mandarin Chinese (listening comprehension, partial verbal) Taiwanese (listening comprehension only) French (reading only) Turkish (introductory) |
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| Technical Skills | Online Learning Systems: Blackboard, WebStudy
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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References |
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| Dissertation Committee | Martin J. Murray (murraymj@umich.edu) [ committee chair ]
Benita Roth (broth@binghamton.edu) Richard E. Lee (rlee@binghamton.edu) Nancy Um (nancyum@binghamton.edu) |
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