Curriculum VitaeStephen J. Sills sjsills@uncg.edu

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Qualifications Summary

PhD level researcher and tenured professor with extensive record of publication, applied community research consulting for government and non-profits, as well as a successful record in grant writing. Academic research focus on disparities in housing, health, and labor especially as pertaining to immigrants and ethnic minorities. Methodological expertise in mixed method research design and implementation, including multi-modal survey design, program evaluation, regression analysis, focus groups, GIS mapping, observational studies, and in-depth ethnography. Experienced in managing multi-investigator research teams. Significant time living and working in East Asia, Central America, and Mexico. Fluent in Spanish.

Education

2004 Doctorate of Philosophy Sociology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. Concentrations: Globalization; Migration; Research Methods.

Dissertation: Transnationalizing the self: marginalized Filipino labor migrants in Taiwan.

2000 Master of Arts Sociology, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Arizona State University. Thesis: Social, economic and symbolic ties: an analysis of transnationalism in Mexican communities.

1991 Bachelor of Arts Spanish, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina Greensboro, Teaching certificate K 12 Spanish ‐

Appointments

2015 - Present Office of Research and Economic Development, Director Center for Housing and Community Studies, University of North Carolina Greensboro

2013 - Present Department of Sociology, Undergraduate Director, University of North Carolina Greensboro

2012 - Present Associate Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina Greensboro

2006 2012 ‐ Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina Greensboro

2005 2006 ‐ Director Evaluation Research Unit, Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State University

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2004 2005 ‐ Research Associate, Center for Urban Studies, Wayne State University

2001 2004 ‐ Teaching Associate, Department of Sociology, Arizona State University

2001 2004 ‐ Instructor, Department of Sociology, Mesa Community College

2001 2001 ‐ Lead Field Ethnographer, Health Risk Behaviors of Long Haul Truckers Pilot Study, ‐Arizona State University

2000 2001 ‐ Research Assistant, Drug Resistance Strategies Project, Southwest Interdisciplinary Research Center, Arizona State University

2000 2001 ‐ Field Interviewer, Adult and Family Development Project, Prevention Research Center, Arizona State University

1999 2000 ‐ Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Arizona State University

Affiliations

2011 – Present Lloyd International Honors College Faculty Fellow.

2007 – Present UNCG Women and Gender Studies Faculty Affiliates.

2012 - 2013 Coordinator, Refugee and Immigrant Network of Guilford Resource Center

2011 - 2013 Co-Chair, Refugee and Immigrant Network of Guilford

2011 – 2012 Faculty Fellow, Grogan College Living-Learning Communities.

2008 - 2013 Faculty Fellow, Center for New North Carolinians.

2006 2013 ‐ Co-organizer UNCG Human Rights Faculty Research Network (HRRN).

2008 - 2009 AmeriCorps Professional Corp member of the Center for New North Carolinians.

2006 - 2010 Resident Fellow of the Center for Critical Inquiry.

2007 - 2008 Greensboro Human Relations Research Group.

Research Activities

Publications Journal Articles

Jaber, L., Betran, E. A., & Sills, S. (2016). " Self-Disclosure Among Men and Women of Arab Descent: Implications for Group-Based Health Education” Psychology, Health & Medicine. [Under Review]

Carter, T., E. Jones, S. Sills, S. Javonovic, R. Davis, A. Murphy, and R. DeHoog. 2011. “A Comparison of Immigrants to US Minorities and US Whites in Their Experience of Prejudice, Aggression, and Discrimination in Greensboro, NC” Sociation Today 9(2).

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Sills, S., Jaber, L., and Pinelli, N. 2010 “Gender and Self-Disclosure: Methodological Issues of Mixed Sex Focus Groups in Arab-Americans” ACCESS Health

Sills, S. and Song, C. 2009. “网上调查在大学校园的应用 (The Application of Web Surveys on College Campuses).” 社会学 (Sociology). Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences. 4(4).

Sills, S. and Chowthi, N. 2008. “Becoming an OFW: renegotiations in self-concept among Filipina factory workers in Taiwan” Asian and Pacific Migration Journal. 17 (2).

Sills, S. 2007. “Philippine Labor Migration to Taiwan: Social, Political, Demographic, and Economic Dimensions.” Migration Letters. 4 (1). 1-14.

Petrova, P., Chialdini, R., and Sills, S. 2007. “Consistency based Compliance across Cultures.” ‐ Journal of Experimental Social Psychology. 43(1): 104-111.

Henry, S. and Sills, S. 2006. “Informal economic activity: Early thinking, conceptual shifts, continuing patterns and persistent issues a Michigan study.” ‐ Crime, Law and Social Change, 45 (4 5): ‐263-284.

Marsiglia, F., Kulis, S., Hecht, M. and Sills, S. 2004. “Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity as Predictors of Drug Norms and Drug Use Among Preadolescents in the US Southwest.” Substance Use and Misuse. 39 (7): 1061-1094.

Marsiglia, F., Miles, B., Dustman, P., and Sills, S. 2002. “Ties That Protect: An Ecological Perspective on Latino/a Urban Pre Adolescent Drug Use.” ‐ Journal of Ethnic and Cultural Diversity in Social Work. 11 (3-4):191 220. Republished in: de Anda, D. (Ed.) 2002. ‐ Social Work with Multicultural Youth. (pp. 191 220). Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Social Work Practice Press. ‐

Sills, S. and Song, C. 2002. “Innovations in Survey Research: An Application of Web Based Surveys” ‐Social Science Computer Review. 20 (1):22 30. ‐

Chapters Sills, S. and Chowthi, N. 2011. “Indo-Guyanese Immigrants” In Bayor, R. (Ed.) Multicultural America:

An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans Westport, CT. Greenwood Publishing Group.

Sills, S. 2011.“Lebanese Immigrants” In Bayor, R. (Ed.) Multicultural America: An Encyclopedia of the Newest Americans Westport, CT. Greenwood Publishing Group.

Sills, S. and E. Blake. 2010 “Unfair Housing Practices in Black and Brown” in Being Brown in Dixie: Race, Ethnicity, and Latino Immigration in the New South. Cameron D. Lippard and Charles A. Gallagher, Eds. Lynne Rienner Publishers.

Encyclopedia Entries

Sills, S. 2008. “Chicano movement;” “Deportation; “Repatriation;” and “Social mobility.” in Parrillo, V. (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Social Problems. Thousand Oaks, CA. Sage Publications.

Sills, S. 2008. “Globalization;” “Return Migration;” and “Taiwan.” Article in Schaefer, R (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity, and Society. Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.

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Reviews Sills, S. 2009. “Review Kevin Hewison and Ken Young, eds. Transnational Migration and Work in Asia.”

Eurasian Geography and Economics. Bellwether Publishing.

Sills, S. 2007. “Maquilapolis.” Vicky Funari and Sergio De La Torre, dirs. (Film Review). Visual Studies. Routledge. 22: 315-316.

Reports Sills, S. J., Cochran, L., Choi, C., Klinger, E., Roberts, M., and Rachel Ryding. 2016. Market Segmentation

and Targeted Revitalization High Point Core City., submitted to City of High Point.

Sills, S. J., Brown, T., Shymanovich, A., Byrum, A., & Roberts, M. 2016. Cottage Grove Neighborhood Housing Assessments Report., submitted to Community Housing Solutions.

Sills, S. J., Brown, T., Shymanovich, A., Byrum, A., & Roberts, M. 2016. Glenwood Neighborhood Housing Assessments Report., submitted to Community Housing Solutions.

Sills, S. J., Brown, T., Shymanovich, A., Byrum, A., & Roberts, M. 2016. Cottage Grove Neighborhood Housing Assessments Report. submitted to Community Housing Solutions.

Sills, S. J., Shymanovich, A., Clapp, J., Cochran, L., & Byrum, A. 2015. Woodmere Park Neighborhood Report., submitted to Community Housing Solutions.

Sills, S. and M. Sills. 2013. “Regional Fair Housing Equity Assessment of the Piedmont of North Carolina” Piedmont Triad Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Project.

Sills, S., M. Sills and Miranda, J. 2013 “Regional Fair Housing Equity Assessment: Residential Survey of Fair Housing Issues and Awareness” Piedmont Triad Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Project.

Sills, S., M. Sills and Smith, A. 2013. “Audit of Rental Housing Discrimination in Greensboro Phase II Final Report” City of Greensboro Human Relations Department

Sills, S., M. Sills and Smith, A. 2012. “HUD/FHEO – FHAP Partnership Audit of Housing Discrimination – Greensboro Phase I Report” City of Greensboro Human Relations Department.

Sills, M. and S. Sills. 2012. “Piedmont Regional Impediments to Fair Housing Meta Analysis” Piedmont‐ Triad Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Project.

Kroll-Smith, S., Brown-Jeffy, S. and Sills, S. 2011. “Diversity and GMS:A Data Summary.” Report for Greensboro Montessori School.

Sills, S. 2010. "Feasibility of Diabetes Prevention in Arab Americans: Final Focus Group Report" Report for National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant #1-R34-DK076663-01A1

Sills, S. 2009. “Monitoring Compliance with Federal Fair Housing Laws: Paired Testing of Rental Housing in Greensboro Report” Report for FaithAction International House and the Greensboro Housing Coalition.

Sills, S. and Blake, E. 2008. “Discrimination in Immigrant Housing: A pilot Paired-Testing Project in Greensboro." Report to the City of Greensboro Department of Housing and Community Development and the Human Relations Department.

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Sills, S. 2008. "Feasibility of Diabetes Prevention in Arab Americans: Pilot Focus Group Report" Report for National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Grant #1-R34-DK076663-01A1

DeHoog, R. Murphy, A. Jovanovic, S., Jones, E. and Sills, S. 2008. “A Strategic Study of the State of Human Relations in Greensboro: Uncovering Institutional Discrimination to Promote Equal Opportunity.” Report to the City of Greensboro Human Relations Department.

Sills, S. and Blake, E.A. 2008. "Factors Influencing Denial: A Study of Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Data for The Greensboro - High Point Metropolitan Statistical Area 2006" Report to the City of Greensboro Department of Housing and Community Development and the Human Relations Department.

Sills, S. 2007. “2006 Abstinence Education Project Comprehensive Evaluation Report“. Report to the Providence – St. John Community Health Abstinence Education Project.

Sills, S. 2006. “2006 Mid Year Report Abstinence Education Project” Report to the Providence – St. ‐John Community Health Abstinence Education Project.

Sills, S. 2006. “Sampling Frame for Detroit Area Arab Households” Report to the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS).

Sills, S., Neely, C. and Kulik, N. 2006. “2005 2006 Good Schools Annual Evaluation Report.” Report to ‐the Skillman Foundation.

Sills, S. 2005. “Early On System Review: Family Interview Report” Report to the Michigan Department of Education.

Sills, S. and Child, H. 2005 “Yad Ezra Kosher Food Pantry Evaluation Report.” Yad Ezra Food Pantry

Sills, S. 2005. “Local Implementation Survey Report” Report to the Michigan Department of Education.

Sills, S. 2005. “The Abstinence Education Project Comprehensive Evaluation Report” Report to the Providence – St. John Community Health Abstinence Education Project.

Sills, S. 2005. “Mariners Inn Alumni Program Data Analysis and Evaluation Report” Report to Mariners Inn.

Sills, S. 2005. “MK – Target Development: Report on Findings from Analysis of Ethnographic Data” Report to BBDO Detroit.

Sills, S. and Miles, B. 2005. “The Open Door at Fort Street Presbyterian Church Evaluation Report.” Report to the Open Door at Fort Street Presbyterian Church.

Sills, S. 2004. “Early On Training and Technical Assistance Service Coordinator Survey Items Report.” Report to the Michigan Department of Education.

Sills, S. 2004. “Early On Training and Technical Assistance Procedural Safeguards Trainings Evaluation Report.” Report to the Michigan Department of Education.

Sills, S. 2004. “Early On System Review: Family Interview Report” Report to the Michigan Department of Education.

Sills, S. 2004. “Service Coordinator Survey Report” Report to the Michigan Department of Education. 5

Sills, S. 2001. “Return Migration.” Article in Ciment, J (Ed.) Encyclopedia of American Immigration. M.E. Sharpe: New York, NY.

Selected Presentations

Invited 2016 “Geospatial Analysis as a Tool for Targeted Redevelopment.” Novem Mason Symposium 3rd

Annual Novem Mason Symposium

2016 “Current Status of Housing Issues in Greensboro. “ Greensboro Housing Coalition Housing Summit 2016 Restoring Hope, Homes and Communities.

2014 “The Current State of Fair Housing in Greensboro.” Greensboro Housing Summit, Greensboro Housing Coalition

2013 “Residential Segregation, Fair Housing and Diversity Issues” Center for Creative Leadership, Leadership Greensboro

2012. “Students as Participants in Applied Research and Student Engagement Abroad” Lloyd International Honors Colloquium.

2011. “Triumphs and Travails of Becoming a United States Citizen: A Modern Discussion on Immigration and Naturalization.” Panel Discussion at the Soapbox Salon - Face to Face Greensboro.

2011 “Inequalities and Newcomers: Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation” Keynote Speaker - Fair Housing Month Program, City of Greensboro Human Relations Department.

2010 “Impact of Global Downturn on Filipina Factory Workers.” Linda Arnold Carlisle Research Grant Lecture

2010 “Issues with Rental Housing for Immigrants and Minorities” International and Global Studies Program.

2010 “Monitoring Compliance with Federal Fair Housing Laws” Greensboro Housing Summit Greensboro Housing Coalition.

2009 “Democracy’s Fourth Estate: Globalization, Immigration and the Media” UNCG Human Rights Research Network Third Annual Film and Speakers Series

2009 “Linking the Macro and the Micro: Teaching Enrique’s Journey” Lloyd International Honors College

2009 “A Discussion on Human Rights and Fair Housing” Human Rights Lecture Series. UNCG Warren Ashby Residential College.

2009 “Impediments to Fair Housing for Immigrants in Greensboro” Greensboro Housing Summit Greensboro Housing Coalition.

2008 “Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Human Rights Movement in Myanmar.” Invited lecture Out to Lunch Research Chat Department of Sociology

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2008 with Schultheis, A., and Grieve, G. “Are human inequality and human diversity distinct?” Invited address at Food for Thought Luncheon Lloyd International Honors College

2008 “Multiple linkages: Transnational identities, feminisms, and what it means to do work at the crossroads of culture” Invited lecture Women and Gender Studies Program.

2008 “Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights Movement in Myanmar.” Invited lecture Human Rights in Asian Literature, Film, and Religion. University of North Carolina Greensboro

2008 with Schultheis, A. “Teaching in Honors: Innovative Ways of Being in the World.” keynote address at the UNCG Honors Symposium Lloyd International Honors College

2008 “Human Rights and Film” Invited address at Honors Coffee Lloyd International Honors College

2007 “Maquilapolis.” UNCG Human Rights Research Network Film Series

2006 “Using Visual Ethnography to Influence Policy: Experiences Of The Street Life On Mill Study” Center For Urban Studies Brown Bag Series. Wayne State University

2002 with Miles, B.”Video Ethnography with Hidden Populations.” Invited presentation to the Midwest Homeless Adolescent Research Project. University of Nebraska Lincoln. Lincoln, NE ‐

Conferences 2016 with Clapp, J. LGBTQ Fair Housing Testing: A Review of Methods of Fair Housing Testing and

The Need for Adaptation for LGBTQ. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

2016 with Clapp, J. Social Change and LGBTQ Housing Discrimination: Interpretations of the Impact of Obergefell v. Hodges on Local Fair Housing Ordinances. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

2016 Housing Market Segmentation and Identification of Sub-Neighborhood Opportunities for Renewal and Reinvestment. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

2016 Unhealthy Homes and Asthma: Geospatial Data Surveillance and Community Action Planning for Greensboro. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

2016 with Roberts, M. A. (2016). Living on the Edge: Gentrification, Displacement, and Diversity on a Neighborhood Faced with University Expansion. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

2016 with Ryding, R. (2015-2016). Identifying Opportunities: Geospatial Analysis as a Tool for Targeted Redevelopment. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

2011 with Morrison, S. and Miranda, J. “The Relationship of Culture and Health Behaviors among Montagnard-Dega People” Society for the Study of Social Problems Las Vegas, NV

2011 “Author Meets Critics: Getting Ahead: Social Mobility, Public Housing, and Immigrant Networks by Silvia Dominguez” Southern Sociological Society, Jacksonville, FL.

2011 with Blake, A., Johnson, L., Maher, K., and Miranda, J. “Global Servants: reports from a service-learning project on Overseas Filipino Workers” Southern Sociological Society, Jacksonville, FL.

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2010 with Carter,T., Javonovic, S., Davis, R., Murphy, A.,& Jones, E. “Prejudice and Discrimination Experienced by Immigrants and Refugees in Greensboro, NC.” Conference on Immigration in the Southeast: Defining Problems, Finding Solutions. Kennesaw State University.

2010 “Being Brown in Dixie: Race, Ethnicity, and Latino Immigration in the New South” Conference on Immigration in the Southeast: Defining Problems, Finding Solutions. Kennesaw State University.

2010 with Dar, A. “Seeing the Social World: A Review of Visual Sociology Methods.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA.

2009 with Jaber, L. “Sex and Self-Disclosure: Methodological Issues of Mixed Sex Focus Groups in Arab-Americans” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

2009 “Fair and Healthy Homes: Disparities in Immigrant Housing.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA.

2008 with Jaber, L., and Pinelli, N. “Sex and Self-Disclosure: Methodological Issues of Mixed Sex Focus Groups in Arab-Americans” 5th National Conference on Health Issues in the Arab American Community Dearborn, Michigan.

2008 with Jaber, L., and Pinelli, N. “Knowledge and Perception of Diabetes Risk Among ArabAmericans” 5th National Conference on Health Issues in the Arab American Community Dearborn, Michigan.

2008 with Clapp, J. and Nassar, S. “A Comprehensive Understanding of the Development of Transnational Identity among Migrants: the Role of Context” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA

2008 with Blake, E. “Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation: Discrimination in Immigrant rental Housing” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA

2008 “Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights Movement in Myanmar.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston, MA

2008 with Song, C.“Methods and Results from the 2007 International Students Survey: a multimethod project involving undergraduate research method students” Pacific Sociological Association Meeting.

2008 with Clapp, J. “Religion and Acculturation Among International Students” Poster presented at Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.

2008 with Chowthi, N. “Interethnic Relations and Reactive Ethnicity: The Development of Filipino Guest Workers' In-group Identity in Taiwan.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.

2008 “Virtual Uprising: Burmese Bloggers and the Online Rights Movement in Myanmar.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.

2008 with Horton, J. “Visualizing the Triad’s Immigrant Community: a visual content analysis of the Greensboro News and Record 1965 to Present.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.

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2008 with Blake, E. “Discrimination in Immigrant Rental Housing: A Paired-Testing Study” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA.

2007 with Horton. J. “Visualizing the Triad’s Immigrant Community: a visual content analysis of the Greensboro News and Record 2000 to Present.” State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research Creativity Symposium.

2007 with Miles, B. “Institutional Review, Ethics, and Academic Freedom” International Visual Sociological Association, New York, New York.

2007 “A New Age for Rosie the Riveter: Filipina factory workers in Taiwan.” Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, New York.

2007 with Song, C. and Petrova, P. “Report on Findings from the 2006 International Student Survey (Poster)” American Sociological Association, New York, New York.

2007 “Philippine Labor Migration to Taiwan.” Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia.

2006 with Miles, B. “Community of Origin and Risk Factors for Homeless Youth” The Society for the Study of Social Problems 56th Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada.

2006 with Miles, B. “A Deconstruction of Power and Problems Faced By Qualitative Researchers And Ethics Review” The Society for the Study of Social Problems 56th Annual Meeting. Montreal, Canada.

2006 with Child, H. “Cultural Flexibility and Program Evaluation: Lessons Learned From Mixed‐Method Evaluation of A Kosher Food Pantry” 2006 International Congress of Qualitative

Inquiry Urbana Champaign, IL. ‐2006 with Miles, B., and Byrnes, M. “Power, Policy, and Politics: Reflections of Three Visual

Ethnographers.” Paper presented at the 2006 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry. Champaign Urbana, IL. ‐

2006 “Perspectives on the Integration of Migrants the Role of Context: Case Studies on ‐Transnational Labor Migrants” International Symposium on Immigration and Ethnic Relations in European and North American Cities. Wayne State University.

2005. with Nehan, N., Colombo, M., and Miles, B. “Understanding University Internal Review Boards: Multiple perspectives on strategies for surviving and learning from the review process” 2005 Meeting of the American Evaluation Association, Toronto, Canada.

2005 with Miles, B. “Get a Job: Deconstructing the myth of homeless people and work.” The Society for the Study of Social Problems 55th Annual Meeting. Philadelphia, PA.

2005 with Thompson, L., Bales, S., and Hulleza, C.”Evaluation of Michigan’s Early Intervention System: Impacts and Recommendations” American Psychological Association Annual Convention. Washington, DC.

2005 with Miles, B. “The Landscape of Metropolitan Homeless Services: A spatial survey of Detroit area homeless services” Urban Affairs Association 35th Annual Meeting Salt Lake City, Utah.

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2005 with Miles, B. “Investigating Visual Researchers‚ Experiences with Institutional Review Boards” 2005 International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry Urbana Champaign, IL. ‐

2005 with Thompson, L., Bales, S., and Hulleza, C., “ Evaluation of Michigan’s Early Intervention System: Impacts on Families and Children” Michigan Council for Exceptional Children 65th Annual Conference. Grand Rapids, MI.

2004 “Kabayan! Experiences of Filipino Guest Workers in Taiwan” Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2004 “Seeing Culture: Visual Methods in Cross Cultural” Paper presented at ‐ the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. San Francisco, CA.

2004 “Filipino Labor Migrants in Taiwan Caretakers, Nursing Aids, and Domestic Workers.” Video ‐Presentation and Discussion screened at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting: San Francisco, CA.

2003 with Miles, B. “Homelessness on Mill Avenue” Documentary Video Presentation and Discussion presented at Carl Couch Greg Stone Winter Symposium of the Society for the ‐Study of Symbolic Interaction. Tempe, AZ.

2002 with Miles, B. “Street Life Society: A Video Ethnography/Documentary on Homeless Youth” Thematic Session at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting. Vancouver, BC.

2001 “Symbolic Ties: An Exploration of Transnationalism in Mexican Communities.” Refereed Roundtable on Latinos/as in the United States. Organizer: Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Meeting: Anaheim, CA.

2001 “Settlement, Circulation and Return: An Analysis of Strengths of Transnational Ties.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting: San Francisco, CA.

2001 with Song C. “Innovations in Survey Research: An Application of Web Based Surveys.” Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Meeting: San Francisco, CA.

Creative Achievements

Films 2011 Documentary “Filipino Labor Migrants in Taiwan: Documenting the formation of an ethnic

enclave among Filipino workers in Taiwan” [in production] Clips available at: http://www.youtube.com/user/stephensills?feature=mhsn

2008 “Viviendas Justas y Saludables - The battle for fair and healthy homes in the South” Available at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1323547713860492910

2003 Documentary “Caretakers and Domestic Workers Documenting the lives and issues of domestic labor migrants in Taiwan” Available at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5452645176885411738

2002 with Miles, B. Documentary “Street Life on Mill: Homeless youth on Tempe Arizona’s Mill

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Avenue.” Available at: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5142307914898441819

Photographic Presentations 2009 “Visualizing the Triad’s Immigrant Community - Student Exhibition” UNCG Department of

Sociology

2008 “Picturing the Triad’s Immigrant Communities - Student Exhibition” Tate Street Coffee House.

Research grants

External Awards 2016 Discrimination of LGBTQ Home Seekers: A Paired Testing Study, Principal Investigator, The

Adam Foundation. $2,000 [submitted]

2016 Technical Assistance to Greensboro Housing Coalition CLEAN (Commitment to Long-term Elimination of Asthma in Neighborhood) Homes, Principal Investigator, Greensboro Housing Coalition. $6,000 [submitted]

2016 CHCS Testing Coordinator Training, Principal Investigator, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. $10,000 [submitted]

2016 Unhealthy Homes & Childhood Asthma: Community Action Planning for an Asthma Safe City, Principal Investigator, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF). $60,000 [Funded]

2016 Asset Based Community Development Planning for Hinton Rural Life Center, Principal Investigator. $19,133 [Funded]

2016 Rental Housing Discrimination of LGBTQ Home Seekers in Greensboro: A Fair Housing Study, Principal Investigator, City of Greensboro. $5,000 [Funded]

2016 Measuring the Impact of The Housing Crisis: A Census of Housing Stock in Greensboro, Principal Investigator, Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro. $50,000 [Funded]

2015 Woodmere Park Housing Hazards Assessment Study, Principal Investigator, Community Housing Solutions. $3,695 [Funded]

2015 Housing Market Segmentation Study, Principal Investigator, City of High Point. $13,121

2015 Fair Housing Organization Initiative Grant, Principal Investigator, Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). $324,512.72 [Unfunded]

2015 Unhealthy Homes and Childhood Asthma: Geospatial Data Surveillance and Action Plan for Greensboro, Principal Investigator, AcademyHealth. $99,998.20 [Unfunded]

2011 with Sills, M. “Proposal for Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing.” Piedmont Triad Sustainable Communities Regional Planning Project. (requested $65,000) [$15,000 Funded]

2010 with FaithAction International House. “Reducing Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation: A Telephone Audit of Housing Discrimination in Greensboro” Grant application to The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro [Unfunded]

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2010 with Schultheis, A. “Women, Gender and Justice: The 2010 UNCG Human Rights Film Series.” North Carolina Humanities Council ($12023 direct and in-kind) [Unfunded]

2010 with Sills, M. “Evaluation Plan for Mariner's Inn Peer-to-Peer Recovery Support Services” External evaluation services for Mariner’s Inn Homeless Servieces Detroit, MI. in grant application to SAMHSA RFA No. TI-10-010.

2009 with Sills, M. “Proposal of Survey Research Services.” Greensboro Economic Development Alliance (GEDA). [Unfunded]

2008 “Feasibility of Diabetes Prevention in Arab Americans” Wayne State University Funded by National Institutes for Health Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) Program National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council Grant # 1-R34-DK076663-01A [$5,000]

2008 Grieve, G. (PI), Schultheis, A., Sills, S. “Human Rights and Digital Media Research Network (HUMDA): Creating a model of best practices for human/computer cyber-infrastructure in the humanities.” National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Humanities Digital Start-up Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities. ($32,141) [Unfunded]

2008 Walcott, S. (PI), Morgan, L., and Sills, S., "Balancing Modernization and Cultural Preservation in Transitioning Third World Cities: Bhutan's Middle Path" Human and Social Dynamics - Agents of Change Grant National Science Foundation ($637,176) [Unfunded]

2008 with DeHoog, R. (PI), Murphy, A., Jovanovic, S., and Jones, E., "A Strategic Study of Human Relations in Greensboro: Uncovering Institutional Discrimination to Promote Equal Opportunity," City of Greensboro - Human Relations Department. ($48,644) [Funded]

2008 "Evaluation of Fair Housing within Greensboro," City of Greensboro - Dept. of Housing and Community Development. ($3,402) [Funded]

2007 "Fair Housing Paired Testing Program” City of Greensboro - Dept. of Housing and Community Development. ($5,314) [Funded]

2007 “Feasibility of Diabetes Prevention in Arab Americans” Wayne State University Funded by National Institutes for Health Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) Program National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council Grant # 1-R34-DK076663-01A [$5,000]

2007 with McKee-Huger, B. “Fair Housing, Healthy Housing: A Social Action Project” Grant application to Poverty and Race Research Action Council (PRRAC) [Unfunded]

2005 “Community Needs Assessment Multistage Cluster Sampling Design” ‐ Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS). ($10,000) [Funded]

Internal Awards 2016 Making Housing Fair for All: A Paired Testing Study of Rental Housing for the LGBTQ

Community, Principal Investigator, Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity Office. $1,500 [Funded]

2015-2016 Development of Comprehensive Neighborhood Housing Assessment Surveys for Greensboro - 2015-2016 Community-Based Research Award Office of Leadership and Service-Learning, Principal Investigator. $5,000 [Funded]

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2015 Deserted and Discarded: An Assessment of Vacant and Abandoned Properties, Principal Investigator, Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creativity Office. $1,500 [Funded]

2015 Faculty First Summer Scholarship Support Award - Healthy Communities: A GIS Analysis of Housing, Health, and Race in the Piedmont, Principal Investigator. $5,000 [Funded]

2012 Sills, S. J. & Moore, A., Lloyd International Honors College and MERGE Academic Think Tank, Lloyd International Honors College and MERGE.

2011 with Ivory, S., Imatha, B., Bailey, R., DeHoog, R., Matyók, T.,Méndez, J., and Rodríguez, D. “Mapping a Collaborative: Development of a Community Asset Map for Guilford County Refugee and Immigrant Services.” Community-Based Research Grant Office of Leadership and ServiceLearning and Office of Research and Economic Development. ($8,000) [Funded]

2011 “Liminal Voices: Social Networks among Filipina Marriage Migrants” Undergraduate Research Award, Office of Undergraduate Research. ($3,000) [Funded]

2011 Kohler International Travel Fund, Conference Travel Funding, International Programs Center. ($530) [Funded]

2010 “Reducing Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation: A Telephone Audit of Housing Discrimination in Greensboro” Community-Based Research Grants Office of Leadership and Service-Learning. ($4,500) [Unfunded]

2010 with Schultheis, A., “Women, Gender and Justice: Reading Discussion Series”, Grants for Ashby Dialogues. ($2,000) [Unfunded]

2010 “The Relationship of Culture and Health Behaviors among Montagnards” Undergraduate Research Award, Office of Undergraduate Research. ($2,000) [Funded]

2010 with Brown-Jeffy, S. and Barr, M. "So who am I now?: An interdisciplinary oral history documentary on identity, loss of social status, and the development of co-ethnic social support networks among refugees from Africa." Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Award, Office of Undergraduate Research. ($6,000) [Funded]

2010 International travel matching funds UNCG College Advancement Council. ($705) [Funded]

2009 with Schultheis, A. and Alexander, J.. "Democracy and Globalization: Human Rights of Migrants, Refugees, and Asylees." Grants for Ashby Dialogues. ($2,000) [Unfunded]

2009 with Schultheis, A. and Alexander, J.. "Democracy and Globalization: Human Rights of Migrants, Refugees, and Asylees." Faculty Summer Fellowships Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. ($2,500 per fellowship) [Awarded/Unfunded due to budget cut]

2009 “Civil Rights and Involvement in Social Movements: Why youth become activists.” Undergraduate Research Award, Office of Undergraduate Research. ($1,000) [Funded]

2009 “Impact of Global Downturn on Filipina Factory Workers,” Linda Arnold Carlisle Faculty Research Grant. Women and Gender Studies Department. ($1,000) [Funded]

2009 “Female Migrants in Community” Undergraduate Research Award, Office of Undergraduate Research. ($1,000) [Funded]

2009 with Chowthi, N. “Interethnic Relations and Reactive Ethnicity: The Development of Filipino Guest

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Workers' In-group Identity in Taiwan.” Summer Assistantship 2008 “Servants of Globalization: an Ethnographic Field Course in Taiwan.” UNCG Asian Studies,

International and Global Studies Program. ($5000) 2008 Course development award for “SOC 375 Internationals Field Research: Servants of

Globalization: An Ethnographic Field Course in Taiwan” International Service-Learning Grant Office of Leadership and Service-Learning. ($2,500) [Funded]

2008 with Grieve, G.(Coordinator); Bucar, E.; Ellis, S.; Engebretson, M.; Schultheis, A.; and Young, F.: "Seeking Wisdom in the Age of Digital Reproduction" 2008. Spring Faculty Workshop Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. [Funded]

2008 with Brown-Jeffy, S. “Innovations in Survey Research: Incorporation of Multi-modal technologies into teaching.” Advancement of Teaching and Learning Grants UNCG Teaching and Learning Center. ($2,900)

2008 with Jeffy-Brown, S. Woods, F. "Challenging the Social Construction of Race: The Continued Salience of Race in America" Faculty Summer Fellowships Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. ($2,500 per fellowship) [Unfunded]

2008 with Schultheis, A. (organizer) and Grieve, G. "The Implicated Viewer: Problems and Paradoxes in Spectatorship, Race, and Rights.” Faculty Summer Fellowships Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. ($2,500 per fellowship) [Funded]

2008 with Hunter, P.(Coordinator); Moraru, C.; Kane, M.; Anderson, J.; Sneed O’Neal, G; Walcott, S.; and Mazgaj, P. "Global Transformations: Cultural Memory and Identity Formation in America and around the World"

2008. Spring Faculty Workshop Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. ($1,000) [Funded] 2007 “A Program Evaluation World Relief North Carolina Refugee Resettlement Services.” 2008 Community-Based Research Grants Office of Leadership and Service-Learning. ($2,000)

[Funded] 2007"Faculty Instructional Development Mini-Grant Proposal" UNCG Teaching and Learning Center ($378)

2007 “A Visual Analysis of North Carolina’s Immigrant Communities” Undergraduate Research Award, Office of Undergraduate Research. ($2,000) [Funded]

2007 “Disparities and Discrimination in Immigrant Housing in Greensboro, Pilot Project,” New Faculty Research Grants. UNCG Office of Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships. ($5,000) [Funded]

2007 with Schultheis, A. (organizer) and Grieve, G."Teaching Human Rights Films as External Memory: The Politics of Public Memory and Future Justice" Faculty Summer Fellowships Center for Critical Inquiry in the Liberal Arts. ($2,500 per fellowship) [Funded]

2007 Kohler International Travel Fund, International Conference Travel Funding, International Programs Center. ($1000) [Funded]

2006 “The Triad’s Global Identity: Visual Ethnography of the North Carolina’s Immigrant Communities” Course Development Grant Lloyd International Honors College. ($3,500) [Funded]

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2006 “A new age for Rosie the riveter: Filipina factory workers in Taiwan” 2007 Summer Excellence Research Grants. UNCG Office of Research and Public/Private Sector Partnerships. ($4,000) [Funded]

2006 with Luebke, P. and Markham, B. “Innovations in Grassroots Networks: The NC Immigrant Rights Movement.” Community Based Research Grant, Office of Leadership and Service Learning. [Unfunded]

2006 “A new age for Rosie the riveter: Filipina factory workers in Taiwan” NEH Summer Stipend Office of Sponsored Programs [Unfunded]

2006 Kohler International Travel Fund, International Conference Travel Funding, International Programs Center. ($250) [Funded]

2005 “The Impact of Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Service Coordinators on Latino Families Receiving Early Intervention Services” Undergraduate Research Grant. Honors College Wayne State University ($1,500) [Funded]

2002 with Miles, B. “Street Life Society: Homelessness on Mill Avenue Project” Center for Urban Inquiry, Arizona State University. ($6,000) [Funded]

1999 with Song, C. “Arizona State University International Student Surveys.” Graduate and Professional Student Association Research Award, Arizona State University. ($280) [Funded]

Teaching and Mentoring

Master’s Thesis/Internship Chair 2016 Kegan Fleming, Sociology. "A Man in a Woman’s World: Male Referees of Women’s Flat

Track Roller Derby"

2012 Casey Strange, Sociology. “Informal Economy: Street Vending of Cellular Minutes in Bogota, Columbia.”

2009 Natassaja Chowthi, Sociology. “Changing places and questions of identity: the fluid lives of first generation Indo-Guyanese.”

2008 Joyce Clapp, Sociology. “Religion and Acculturation in the Montagnard Community of Greensboro, North Carolina”

2008 Lindsay Levis, Internship Paper. Sociology.

Master’s Thesis/Internship Committees

2013 Christopher Johnson, Sociology.

2013 Aneliese Dar, Sociology.

2009 Matthew Hodler, “Representative athletes: national identity in Olympic swimmers” , Sociology.

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2008 Anderson Bean, “Structural Adjustment in Nicaragua: The Impact on Workers in the Agricultural and Manufacturing Sectors,” Sociology.

2008 Ariane Thompson, Internship Paper. Sociology.

PhD Dissertations: 2011 Robert Owens, Kinesiology “Picturing Physical Activity: Photo Stories as An Integrative

Pedagogy for Teaching The History of Sport.” (Committee Member)

2006 Farnad Darnell, Sociology. “Adoption Identity as Shared Identity Among Adult Korean Adoptees” Wayne State University. (Committee Member)

Courses 2006 Present ‐ University of North Carolina Greensboro

Honors 208: The Triad's Global Identity: Visual Ethnography of the North Carolina’s Immigrant Communities Honors 300: Academic Think Tank UNS105: The Learning Community Experience Sociology 101: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 201: Social Problems Sociology 202: Social Problems in Global Context Sociology 301: Research Methods Sociology 344: Global Societies Sociology 345: Social Movements Sociology 374 EXP: Visualizing the Triad's Global Identity Sociology 375: International Field Research Sociology 499: Internship Sociology 616: Advanced Research Methods Sociology 644: Sociology of Globalization

1999 2004 ‐ Arizona State University Sociology 341: Modern Social Problems Sociology 391: Methods of Social Research Sociology 101: Introduction to Sociology

2001 2004 ‐ Mesa Community College Sociology 140: Race and Ethnicity

Sociology 212: Women and Men in a Changing Society Sociology 101: Introduction to Sociology

Independent Study/Research Advisor 2015 Hayley Burton, “Living a Non-Consumer Lifestyle in a Consumer Culture” Honor’s Thesis

2015 Kelton Hollister, ““In Our Words”: Needs and Desires of Transgender Students in Higher Education” Honor’s Thesis

2014 Kegan Fleming, “Social Class and Approaches to Solving Homelessness” – Independent Study (Soc 697)

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2013 Louisa Appiah, “Methods of Visual Sociology” – Independent Study (Soc 497)

2013 Duncan Walser, “Mapping the Gap between Health Service Provision and Immigrant Communities” – Independent Study (HSS 300)

2011 Sara O’Brien, “Liminal Voices: Social Networks among Filipina Marriage Migrants” Undergraduate Research Award

2010 Juan Miranda, “The Relationship of Culture and Health Behaviors among Montagnards” Undergraduate Research Award

2010 Robert Owens, “Methods of Visual Sociology” – Independent Study (Soc 697)

2010 (with S. Jeffy-Brown and M. Barr) Rebekah Gonzalez and Curtis Nolen "So who am I now?: An interdisciplinary oral history documentary on identity, loss of social status, and the development of co-ethnic social support networks among refugees from Africa." Interdisciplinary Undergraduate Research Award

2009 Aneliese Dar, “Visual Sociology and Graffiti” – Independent Study (Soc 697)

2009 Catherine McDuffie, “Human Trafficking in Greensboro NC” – Independent Study (Soc 497)

2009 Angaza Mayo-Laughinghouse “Civil Rights and Involvement in Social Movements: Why youth become activists.” Undergraduate Research Award

2009 Natassaja Chowthi, “Indo-Guyanese Migrants” – Independent Study (Soc 698)

2009 Leah Gerrard, “Transnationalism and Social Support Among Female Migrants” Undergraduate Research Award

2008. Natassaja Chowthi - Summer Assistantship “The Development of Filipino Guest Workers' Ingroup Identity in Taiwan”

2009. Casey Strange “Immigrant Identity: a Comparative Perspective on the Impact of Immigration on the Individual Identity” Honor’s Thesis

2008 Jennifer Horton “Visualizing the Triad's Immigrant Community: A Visual Content Analysis of the Greensboro News & Record” Honor’s Thesis

2008 Jennifer Horton “Visualizing the Triad's Immigrant Community: A Visual Content Analysis of the Greensboro News & Record” Honor’s Thesis

2008 Kirsten Kinne – “An annotated bibliography of transnationalism” Global Transformations Workshop

2008 Krycya Flores. “A Program Evaluation World Relief North Carolina Refugee Resettlement Services.” Community Based Research Award

2008 Lindsay Levis. “A Program Evaluation World Relief North Carolina Refugee Resettlement Services.” Community Based Research Award

2008 Lindsay Levis, “Visual Sociology” – Independent Study (Soc 697)

2007 Jennifer Horton “A Visual Analysis of North Carolina’s Immigrant Communities” Undergraduate Research Award

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2006 Samra Nassar “Yemeni American Assimilation or Isolation” Wayne State University. ‐2005 Farnad Darnell “Pilot Study of Transcultural Identity Formation in Asian Adoptees” Wayne

State University.

2005 Violeta Donawa “The Impact of Cultural and Linguistic Competency of Service Coordinators on Latino Families Receiving Early Intervention Services” Wayne State University.

Service

Community 2011 – 2014 Consultant to the Piedmont Triad Sustainable Communities Regional Planning

Project. “Regional Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing.”

2011 – 2013 Board Member, Refugee and Immigrant Network of Guilford

2011 – 2013 Advisor, Council of Cultures of Greater Greensboro

2010 Consultant to FaithAction International House. “Reducing Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation: A Telephone Audit of Housing Discrimination in Greensboro” Grant application to The Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro

2010 Consultant to Mariner's Inn “Recovery Community Services Program Peer-to-Peer Recovery Support Services.” Grant application to SAMHSA RFA No. TI-10-010

2009 Consultant to Greensboro Housing Coalition and FaithAction International House. “Monitoring Compliance with Federal Fair Housing Laws Project” Funded by Fulfilling the Dream Fund.

2008 Consultant to City of Greensboro - Department of Housing and Community Development. “Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice.”

2007-2009 Consultant to Wayne State University “Feasibility of Diabetes Prevention in Arab Americans” Funded by National Institutes for Health Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) Program National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council Grant # 1R34-DK076663-01A.

2007 - 2009 Consultant to Greensboro Housing Coalition “Fair Housing/Healthy Homes Disparities in Housing Conditions for Minorities and Immigrants.” Funded by Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation.

2007-2008 Consultant to City of Greensboro - Department of Housing and Community Development “Analysis of Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council's (FFIEC) Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Dataset.” Funded by City of Greensboro.

2006-2007 Consultant to Providence – St. John Community Health “Evaluation of the Abstinence Curriculum.”

2005 Consultant to BBDO Detroit Marketing Research. “Jeep MK Target Development In-Depth Interviews.”

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2005 Consultant to Mariners Inn Alumni House Homeless Services. "Evaluation of Services 2005."

2005 Consultant to the Open Door at Fort Street Presbyterian Church. "Evaluation of Services 2005."

2008 Consultant to Seashore District, The United Methodist Church "Needs assessment, board development, and strategic planning for the Seashore Mission Homeless Outreach program"

Service 2012 – Present Linda Carlisle Research Award Selection Committee 2010 – Present Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies Social Sciences Concentration Committee 2010 Sociology Department Promotion and Tenure Self-Study Committee 2011 Sociology Department Internship Self-Study Committee 2011 Roundtable Organizer “Global Servants: reports from a service-learning project on Overseas

Filipino Workers” Southern Sociological Society, Jacksonville, FL 2011 Peer reviewer, Journal of Asian and African Studies, T.Y. Wang ed. 2011 Guest Editor Sociation Today Fall/Winter 2011 Vol 9, No 2 2011 - 2013 Visioning and Planning Advisory Committee for Excellence in Community

Engagement, Office of Research and Economic Development UNCG 2010 Sociology Department Search Committee 2010 Presider Paper Session “Doing Sociology: Reflections, Methods, and More " Southern

Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. 2010 Peer reviewer. Sociology Compass, Bowling, K. ed. 2010 - 2013 Executive Board North Carolina Sociological Association

2009 Textbook reviewer for Pine Forge Press.

2009 Textbook reviewer for Oxford University Press. 2009 Peer reviewer Societies without Borders. Blau, J. and A. Moncada eds. 2009 Panel Organizer "Inequalities and Newcomers: Barriers to Immigrant Incorporation" Southern

Sociological Society Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA. 2009 - 2013 Latin American Studies Advisory Committee 2009 - 2013 Human Rights Major Advisory Committee 2008 Sociology Department Search Committee [Affirmative Action Officer] 2008 Panel Organizer “Space and Place in a Global Economy” Southern Sociological Society Annual

Meeting, Richmond, VA. 2008 Panel Organizer “Social problems and theories of identities: The global borderlands of Race,

Gender, and Sexuality” The Society for the Study of Social Problems Boston, MA. 2008 Latin American Studies Search Committee 2008 - 2013 Office of Leadership and Service-Learning Advisory Committee 2007 Sociology Department Scribe 2007 Sociology Department Performance Review Committee 2007 Sociology Department Master’s Internship Curriculum Development Subcommittee 2007 Panel Organizer Institutional Review, Ethics, and Academic Freedom,” International Visual

Sociological Association, New York, New York.

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2007 Panel Organizer “Globalization, Immigration and the Changing Nature of Work (Global; Labor Studies; and Racial and Ethnic Minorities)”, The Society for the Study of Social Problems New York, New York.

2007 -2013 Human Rights Research Network Co-organizer (with Alexandra Schultheis): 2007 Colloquium Organizer “Workers’ Rights, Unionization, and Worker Safety: The Labor Rights

Movement at Smithfield Foods” 2007 Colloquium Organizer “Immigrant Reception in the Triad of North Carolinas” 2007 2013 ‐ International and Global Studies Program Committee Member 2007 - 2010 Editorial Board Member. Sociological Inquiry. Kroll-Smith, S. ed. 2007 - 2010 Asian Studies Major Advisory Committee Member 2006 Sociology Department Scribe 2006 Peer reviewer Critical Sociology, Fasenfest, D. ed. 2006 Grant reviewer. National Science Foundation Social and Economic Sciences Sociology‐ , Patricia

White, Program Director 2006 Colloquium Organizer “International Labor Rights Fund Wal-Mart Sweatshop Speakers Tour” 2006 - 2012 Peer reviewer. Sociological Inquiry. Kroll-Smith, S. ed 2006 - 2012 Executive Committee Society for the Study of Social Problems Global Division

2002 - 2013 Peer reviewer. Social Science Computer Review, Garson, D. ed.

Professional Affiliations

2010 – Present North Carolina Sociological Association 2006 – Present Southern Sociological Society

2000 – Present American Sociological Association

2000 – Present Society for the Study of Social Problems

2005 – 2009 International Visual Sociologists Association

2004 – 2006 American Evaluation Association

2004 – 2006 Urban Affairs Association

2000 – 2004 Pacific Sociological Association

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