Professor Of Sociology
Malibu, Ca
As an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Pepperdine, my responsibilities fell into three categories: teaching, research, and service.Teaching: In the span of seven years, I created the curriculum for six courses and taught thirty classes. My specialty teaching areas included Culture, Gender, Globalization, and Social Movements, and I also taught the introductory general education class and major senior seminar. Teaching necessarily involves selecting reading assignments and class… Show more As an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Pepperdine, my responsibilities fell into three categories: teaching, research, and service.Teaching: In the span of seven years, I created the curriculum for six courses and taught thirty classes. My specialty teaching areas included Culture, Gender, Globalization, and Social Movements, and I also taught the introductory general education class and major senior seminar. Teaching necessarily involves selecting reading assignments and class topics, creating writing and assessment projects, preparing lectures, and grading student work.Research: I published four articles while at Pepperdine, ranging from social movements to political theater to global culture. My research employed comparative historical analysis and document content analysis. Three of my projects were collaborative efforts with undergraduate students, which allowed me to teach them the research process, from design and literature review to data collection and analysis to writing about and presenting on the results.Service: While at Pepperdine, I was deeply committed to service to both the sociology program and student affairs. I worked to build the sociology major program, as well as design and conduct the annual program assessment. I performed academic advising and wrote letters of recommendation for dozens of students. I sat on both the Faculty Scholarship and the Academic Affairs Committees, helping to decide how scholarship funds would be distributed and reviewing cases of academic probation. Show less