KatherinePullen|CurriculumVitaeSchool:DepartmentofSociology,VanderbiltUniversity,PMB351811,Nashville,TN37235•Tel.(904)200-9330Home:1210StrawberryCove,Nashville,TN37207•[email protected]
EDUCATIONInprogress Ph.D.,Sociology VanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,Tennessee Dissertation(workingtitle):“SportsFansandtheProblemofGender” Committee:Dr.JoshuaMurray(chair),Dr.LauraM.Carpenter,andDr.
DanielB.Cornfield
2015 M.A.,Sociology VanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,Tennessee Thesis:“RepresentationsofGenderinNewsPhotographsfrom
People’sDaily:HowhasChina’sRiseAffectedWomen?” Committee:Dr.HollyJ.McCammon(chair)andDr.ShaulKelner
2012 B.A.,InterculturalStudies,summacumlaude UnionUniversity,Jackson,Tennessee 2012 B.A.,Journalism,summacumlaude UnionUniversity,Jackson,Tennessee AREASOFINTERESTSports,WomenandGender,Culture,Media,ChineseSociety
RECENTPUBLICATIONSANDPRESENTATIONSUpcomingpresentation:“Knock-down,Drag-out:RayRice,theNFL,andtheAnti-DomesticViolenceMovement.”AmericanSociologicalAssociationAnnualMeeting.PaperSession.Seattle,WA.2016.
RESEARCHANDTEACHINGCurrentProjects
“HegemonicMasculinityandFemaleSportsFans,”Aqualitativeinterviewprojectaboutmaleandfemaleexperiencesofsportsfandom,withDr.LauraCarpenter(Vanderbilt)
“Influence,Environment,orSelection:WhyPerformanceEnhancingDrugUsersinMajorLeagueBaseballTendtoPlayontheSameTeams,”AquantitativeexaminationofnetworksandinterpersonalrelationshipsamongperformanceenhancingdrugusersinMajorLeagueBaseball,withDr.JoshuaMurray(Vanderbilt)
Teaching
SOC3704,Race,Gender,andSport(Spring2016,three-weekinterim)SOC3201,CulturalConsumption(Spring2016,three-weekinterim)
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TeachingandResearchAssistantships
TeachingAssistantforDr.AmyCooter(VanderbiltUniversity)inSOC3704,Race,Gender,andSport,andSOC3201,CulturalConsumption(Spring2016)andinSOC101,IntroductiontoSociology,andSOC255,RacialandEthnicMinoritiesintheUnitedStates(Spring2015)
TeachingAssistantforDr.KatharineM.DonatoandDr.JonathanT.Hiskey(VanderbiltUniversity)inHUM161,ImmigrantJourneys:NashvilleandBeyond(Fall2015)
TeachingAssistantforDr.PallaviBanerjee(VanderbiltUniversity)inSOC102,ContemporarySocialIssues,andSOC250,GenderinSociety(Fall2013-Fall2014)
TeachingAssistantforDr.YangGao(VanderbiltUniversity)inSOC102,ContemporarySocialIssues(Spring2013)
TeachingAssistantforDr.LauraM.Carpenter(VanderbiltUniversity)inSOC211,IntroductiontoSocialResearch(Fall2012)
ResearchAssistantforDr.KristieHolmes(UnionUniversity)onaUNESCOprojectaboutyounggirlsandthemedia,investigatingfemalebodyimageinChinesefashionmagazineadvertising(2011-2012)
PapersandPresentations
“RepresentationsofGenderinNewsPhotographsfromPeople’sDaily:HowhasChina’sRiseAffectedWomen?”AThesisinFulfillmentoftheRequirementsoftheMasterofArtsinSociologyDegree,November2014
“DaughtersandProstitutes:ExperiencesofMarginalizationinModernChina.”AnnualScholarshipSymposium,UnionUniversity,May2012.
“VisualizingProstitution:ReflectionsontheUseofVisualMethodsinQualitativeResearchonProstitutioninChina,India,Macau,andThailand.”InvitedPresentation,UnionUniversity,October2011.
“FemaleBodyImageinChineseFashionMagazineAdvertising.”AnnualScholarshipSymposium,UnionUniversity,May2011.
GRANTS,HONORS,ANDAWARDSVanderbiltUniversityGraduateSchool,2012-present
Tuitionaward,stipend,andteachingassistantshipforthePh.D.programinSociology
ElizabethTigrettMedal,UnionUniversity,2012Awardedbyvoteoftheentirefacultytoanoutstandingmemberoftheseniorclassforexcellenceincitizenship,leadership,character,schoolservice,andscholarship
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AcademicExcellenceinInterculturalStudies,UnionUniversity,2012AwardedtothegraduatingseniorwiththehighestGPAwhoachieveddistinctionintheirmajorfieldofstudy
UndergraduateResearchGrant,UnionUniversity,2011Acompetitiveawardthatsupportstheinnovativeandcollaborativescholarlyresearchofanundergraduatestudentandafacultymentor.Receivedforprojecttitled,“DaughtersandProstitutes:ExperiencesofMarginalizationinModernChina”
“BestJournalismResearchPaper”–SoutheastJournalismConference,2011Awardedinrecognitionofpapertitled,“FemaleBodyImageinChineseFashionMagazineAdvertising”
“BestPublicServiceJournalism”–SoutheastJournalismConference,2011
HonorableMention,“FeatureWriting”–On-siteCompetition,SoutheastJournalismConference,2011
“BestMultimediaJournalistintheSouth”–SoutheastJournalismConference,201o
AlphaChiHonorSociety,2010-2012Nationalcollegehonorsocietyforthetop10percentofjuniors,seniors,andgraduatestudentsinallacademicdisciplines
UnionUniversityPresident’sList,2008-2012
UnionUniversityProvostScholarshipRecipient,2008-2012Ahighlycompetitivefull-tuitionawardbasedonoutstandingacademicperformanceanddemonstratedleadershipexperience
RobertC.ByrdScholarshipRecipient,2008-2011FederallyfundedawardadministeredbytheStateofFloridatoonestudentfromeachhighschooleveryyearbasedonexcellenceinacademics,leadership,andcommunityservice
FirstPlace“FeatureWriting”–On-siteCompetition,SoutheastJournalismConference,2008
NationalMeritFinalist,2008
MEMBERSHIPSAmericanSociologicalAssociation
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KatherinePullen|CurriculumVitaeSchool:DepartmentofSociology,VanderbiltUniversity,PMB351811,Nashville,TN37235•Tel.(904)200-9330Home:1210StrawberryCove,Nashville,TN37207•[email protected]
PROFESSIONALREFERENCESJoshuaMurray,Ph.D.
AssistantProfessorofSociology,AffiliatedFacultyoftheCenterfortheStudyofDemocraticInstitutionsVanderbiltUniversity|[email protected],(615)322-7506(Advisor,DissertationCommitteeChair)
HollyJ.McCammon,Ph.D.ProfessorofSociology,AffiliatedFacultyofWomenandGenderStudies,EditorofAmericanSociologicalReviewVanderbiltUniversity|[email protected],(615)322-7531(Master’sThesisCommitteeChair)
AmyCooter,Ph.D.LecturerinSociologyVanderbiltUniversity|[email protected],(615)322-7540(TeachingAssistantshipAdvisor,Spring2015andSpring2016)
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