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HELANA DARWIN
Curriculum Vitae
Department of Sociology
Stony Brook University, NY 11794
[email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Stony Brook University, Sociology
Certificate: Women and Gender Studies
Dissertation Advisor- Michael Kimmel
M.A. Stony Brook University, Sociology
M.A. The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Jewish Studies
Concentration: Jewish Women and Gender Studies
B.A. Lewis and Clark College, Psychology
Minors: Religious Studies and Classic Studies
Expected 2018
2016
2016
2012
2008
AREAS OF STUDY
Gender and Sexualities, Sociology of the Body, Sociology of Religion, Qualitative Methods
PUBLICATIONS
Journal Articles
2016
Jewish women’s kippot: meanings and practices, Contemporary Jewry: 1-17
2017
The Pariah Femininity Hierarchy: white women’s body hair and fat stigmas in the
United States, Gender, Culture, Place: A Journal of Feminist Geography
In review
Gender on Draft: hegemonic masculinity in the North American craft beer scene
In review
Doing Genderqueer : a virtual ethnography
In review
The Politics of Gendered Visibility: hijabs, kippot, and dastars
In progress
Doing Egalitarianism
In progress
Body Positivities
Book Chapters
2017
“You are what you drink: the masculinization of cultural legitimacy in the New
York craft beer scene.” In Untapped: Exploring the Cultural Dimensions of Craft
Beer, edited by Nate Chapman and J. Slade Ledlock
Book Reviews
Forthcoming Of Beards and Men: The Revealing History of Facial Hair by Christopher
Oldstone-Moore. NORMA International Journal of Masculinity Studies.
2016
Plucked by Rebecca A. Herzig. Women: A Cultural Review
2015
Sensational Flesh: Race, Power, and Masochism by Amber Jamilla Musser.
Gender & Society
AWARDS
2016
2015
2012
2010-2012
2004-2008
2004
2004
GRANTS
2016
2016
2010-2012
Rose Laub Coser Award for best gender studies paper by a graduate student,
$100, Department of Sociology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
Student Travel Award, $225, American Sociological Association
Charles and Ruth Samson Lefkowitz Award for Excellence in Jewish Women’s
Studies, $150, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, New York, NY.
Graduate School Merit Award, $5,575/ year, The Jewish Theological Seminary of
America, New York, NY.
Dean’s Merit Award, $10,000/ year, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR.
Elk’s Club Scholarship, $500, Santa Cruz County Elk’s Club, Santa Cruz, CA.
Top 10 GPA Scholarship, $100, San Lorenzo Valley High School, Santa Cruz,
CA.
“Diversifying Mindfulness,” $7,900, Presidential Mini-Grants for Departmental
Diversity Initiatives, Stony Brook University.
Gallagher Travel Grant, $1000, Association for the Sociology of Religion.
Graduate School Tuition Grant, $14,861/ year, The Jewish Theological Seminary
of America, New York, NY.
CONFERENCE ACTIVITY
Conference Committees
2016-2017
Stony Brook Graduate Student Conference, Stony Brook, NY.
Curation Committee
Entertainment Committee
2015
International Conference on Men and Masculinities, Center for the Study of Men
and Masculinities, New York, NY.
Abstracts Committee
Program Coordinator
2016
HeforShe Conference, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
Program Committee
2016
Mindfulness Conference, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
Planning Committee
Panels Organized
2016
“He for She and… Everyone Else,” HeforShe Conference, Stony Brook, NY.
Papers Presented
2017
“The Body Positive Movement: a frame analysis,” Sociology Graduate Student
Conference, Stony Brook, NY.
2017
“Body Positivities,” Sociologists for Women in Society, Albuquerque, NM.
2016
“Doing Genderqueer,” American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA.
2016
“Equal Opportunity Means Equal Obligation: the meanings of Jewish women’s
kippot,” American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA.
2016
Roundtable Presider, Sociology of Religion Section, American Sociological
Association, Seattle, WA.
“Doing Egalitarianism,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Seattle, WA.
“Crossing the Line: gender-policing and Jewish-policing when Jewish women
wear kippot,” Sociology Graduate Student Conference, Stony Brook, NY.
2016
“Suggestions for Gender-Inclusive Campuses,” HeforShe Conference, Stony
Brook, NY.
2015
“Gender on Draft: Gender Stereotypes about Beer Preference in the Craft Beer
Scene and their Implications for the Women’s Craft Beer Movement,”
Sociologists for Women in Society, Washington DC.
2015
“Why the Buzz about Fuzz? A Comparative Analysis of Resistance to Women’s
Body Hair Advocacy and Women’s Body Size Advocacy within the Alternative
Beauty Movement,” Eastern Sociological Society, New York, NY.
2015
“Gender Performance through Craft Beer Preference,” International Conference
on Men and Masculinities, New York, NY.
2015
“Body Positive? Representational Politics within Alternative Beauty Campaigns,”
Bodies that Sell: U-Mass Amherst, Amherst, MA.
2015
“(Re)Constructing Cultural Legitimacy through Conspicuous Consumption,”
Sociology Graduate Student Conference, Stony Brook, NY.
2015
“Body Hair: The Final Frontier of Alternative Beauty Campaigns,” American
Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.
2015
“You are what you Drink: The Masculinization of Cultural Legitimacy within the
New York Craft Beer Scene,” American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.
Posters Presented
2013
“Embodying the Eroticized Other: Jewish women and rhinoplasty,” Psychology
and the Other, Boston, MA.
2016
2016
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Courses Taught
2017
Sociology of Gender
2016
Introduction to Sociology
Teaching Assistant
2014
Intimate Relationships
2015
Media and Society
2015
American Society
2016
Sociology of Reproduction
2016
Research Methods
2017
Sociology of Reproduction
LECTURES
Guest Lectures
2015
“Gender in the Media,” Media and Society, Stony Brook University
2015
“Race in the Media,” Media and Society, Stony Brook University
2015
“Title VII: Strengths and Limitations,” American Society, Stony Brook
University
Department Presentations
2011
“Lilith and the Zohar,” Graduate School Student Organization, JTS
2012
“Jewish Women and Rhinoplasty,” Graduate School Student Organization, JTS
2015
2016
“Repudiating the Fruity Other,” Graduate Student Paper Workshop, Stony Brook
University
“Doing Genderqueer,” Brown Bag Lecture Series, Stony Brook University
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
2016-onward: Co-chair, Sociologists for Trans Justice
Graduate Students Committee
Peer Reviewer: Gender & Society; Men & Masculinities; Digital Sociology Handbook; Journal
of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology; Food, Culture, and
Society: An International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research
PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY
Academic Blogging: Huffington Post; ASA Embodiment; Compassionate Feminism
Interviews: “The Bro Whisperer,” The Atlantic.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Body and Embodiment Sections, American Sociological Association
Sex and Gender Section, American Sociological Association
Sociology of Religion Section, American Sociological Association
Consumers and Consumption Section, American Sociological Association
Sociologists for Women in Society
Eastern Sociological Society
Association for the Sociology of Religion
COMMUNITY SERVICE
2015-onward Volunteer, Romemu, New York, NY
2015-onward Volunteer, Lab/Shul, New York, NY
2004-2008
President, Interfaith Council, Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR.
2003
Founder, National Coalition Building Institute, San Lorenzo Valley High School,
Santa Cruz, CA.
2000-2004
Workshop Leader, “Embracing Diversity,” National Coalition Building Institute,
Santa Cruz, CA