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Vasiliki Kantzara, PhD Department of Sociology, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences L. Syggrou 136 17671 Athens, Greece Tel. +30-210-9201801 Fax: +30-210-9201454. Email: [email protected] Studies 2002 Teachers’ degree in Social Studies, University of Amsterdam (NL) 2001 Ph.D in Sociology and Social Sciences, University of Utrecht (NL). 1985 M.Sc in Sociology, The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE-UK) 1982 B.A in Political Sciences, Panteios Graduate School of Political Sciences (GR). Academic and Educational Posts 2003 – to the present Lecturer at the Dept. of Sociology, Panteion University of Social & Political Sciences. Since 2004, regular staff member. Teaching courses in: sociology of education, social inequalities (undergraduate level); and sociology of knowledge (postgraduate level). 2004 – 2007 Teaching in Greek-EU projects, “In-service university level training” and “Promoting gender equity during process of transition from school to work”, training primary and secondary education teachers, University of Ioannina, Aristoteleion University of Thessaloniki. Courses taught: ‘sociology of education’, ‘gender and education’; ‘gender and career choice’, ‘sociological approaches to gender’, ‘developing gender identity’ ‘organising projects at school’, ‘designing action research’ and ‘research methods’. 2004 – 2007 Member of Scientific Committee in a Greek-European project producing and writing up educational material that promotes gender equity in schools, University of Ioannina. 2002 – 2003 Teacher & mentor in the Gr-EU project “Intervention programs promoting gender equity in secondary education” Research Center of Equity Issues & University of Ioannina. 2001 – 2002 Social studies teacher at “Trinitas College” (secondary education) in the Netherlands. 1996 – 1997 Education staff member at the Evert Vermeer Foundation (on developmental aid), NL. 1992 – 1995 Coordinator of the Ph.D Study Centre for Women, University of Amsterdam, NL. 1987 – 1988 Assistant Professor, Technological Educational Institute in Athens (GR). Courses taught in the fields of business organization and management. 1986 – 1987 Assistant Professor, Technological Educational Institute in Thessaloniki (GR). Courses taught in the fields of management, enterprises and society and social sciences. Publications (a selection) 2008a (in preparation) “Education, Social Functions of” in Ritzer G. (ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell. 2008b (in preparation) “Prestige” Ritzer G. (ed.) Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell. 2007a (forthcoming) Education and Contemporary Society. A Critical Approach to Social Functions of Education, (in Greek), Athens, pp. 350. 2007b (forthcoming) “Schooling and Society: Reconsidering a Controversial Relationship” paper presented at the European Sociological Association (ESA) 8th conference, Glasgow 3-6/09/07,online publication, Research Network Sociology of Education www.soern.dswe.pl 2006a “Status” in Ritzer G. (ed.), Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, Blackwell, vol. 4: 4749-4753 2006b “Emotional Labour” in Fitzpatrick T., et al. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Social Policy, volumes 3, London: Routledge (pp. 6) 2006c “Greece” in Fitzpatrick T. et al., (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge (pp.6) 2006d “Patriarchy” in Fitzpatrick T., et al. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge (pp. 6) 2006e “Society” in Fitzpatrick T., et al. (eds.) International Encyclopedia of Social Policy, London: Routledge (pp. 12) 2006f “Education, social inequalities and exclusion in Greece. A critical introduction”, in Oikonomou Ch. & A. Feronas (eds.) People outside city walls. Poverty and social exclusion in contemporary societies, (in Greek), Athens: Dionikos, pp. 349-380. 2004 “WebQuest: Searching, creating and learning on the Internet. Writing up papers in sociology at Lyceum” in Foundation of Greek Sociologists (eds.) methods of teaching and the role of the sociology teacher, conference proceedings Panteion 7-8/11/03, Working Papers, (in Greek), Athens, pp. 26-37. 2002 “Challenge and acceptance: (single) teachers and prestige in Gova E. (ed.) The fall of gender. Texts – proposals about sexism and violence, (in Greek), Nov., pp. 21-32. 2001 “Portrait”, (about the Ph.D study) in Facta, sociaal- wetenschappelijk magazine, (Facta, a social sciences magazine) (in Dutch), vol. 9(4): 24–25. 2000-01 An Act of Defiance, an Act of Honour. Gender and Professional Prestige among Teachers in Secondary Education in Greece, Ph.D Thesis, University of Utrecht, the Netherlands, pp. 333 (ISBN: 90-393-25790). 2000a “Noisy Classes and Hysterical Teachers (?)” in Social Sciences Paper Publisher, vol. 3 (1), pp.10; www.sspp.net/issues/contents3(1).htm 2000b“A Bit of a Man and a Bit of a Woman: (Single) Women Teachers Contesting Gender Boundaries” in conference proceedings online publication, international conference Women's Worlds '99, 7th Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, 20-26 June, Tromsø, Norway, pp. 12; www.skk.uit.no/WW99/ under proceedings, and theme ‘New constructions of gender’. 1996a“Pragmatism and the Politics of Exclusion in the Netherlands” in symposium papers Debruikbaarheid van pragmatisme als ideologie (The uses of pragmatism as ideology),Amsterdam: Ph.D Study Centre for Women, University of Amsterdam pp. 32–43. 1996b“A Strange Girl”, a book review of translation in Greek of Annie M.G. Schmidt, Minoes, (in Dutch) in Surplus. Boekbesprekingen, (Surplus: book reviews), May-June, vol. 10 (3): 7. Administrative and Professional Posts Ms. Kantzara has organized several professional meetings and conferences and functioned as a board member of various academic organizations and professional associations. Recently she has been a co-founding member of the Hellenic Sociological Society and was appointed member of the Co-coordinating Board of the Research Network Sociology of Education of the European Sociological Association (ESA). Scientific Interests Fields of interest cover themes and issues in sociology of education, social inequalities, sociology of knowledge and social theory; as well as methodological, epistemological and philosophical issues pertaining to the study of society. Interested in teaching, “active learning”, conducting research and writing. She plans to investigate students” “subject positioning” in education in relation to social inequalities. ***