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Allison Suppan Helmuth
Department of Sociology
University of Illinois-Chicago
4112 Behavioral Sciences Building
1007 West Harrison Street (MC 312)
Chicago, Illinois 60607-7140
[email protected]
RESEARCH AREAS OF INTEREST
Urban Sociology; Race, Class, and Gender; Poverty and Inequality; Race Relations
EDUCATION
PhD student, Sociology, University of Illinois-Chicago, present
M.A., Sociology, George Washington University, 2013
Thesis: “Exclusion and Space in Washington, DC: Exploring the Neighborhood Terrain of Race,
Gender & Class”
Committee: Ivy Ken (director) and Gregory Squires
B.A., Philosophy, Wittenberg University, 2007
Thesis: “Gender Essentialism and the Action Orientation in Cross-Cultural Feminist Research
Methodology”
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Present
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Sociology, University of Illinois-Chicago
 TA for Sociology of Childhood (Fall 2013)
2011-2013
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Sociology, George Washington University
 TA for Intro to Sociology (Fall 2011, Spring 2012); Sociological Research Methods
(Fall 2012); and Techniques of Data Analysis / Statistics (Spring 2013)
 Assist faculty with lectures, grading, and course design
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Summer 2013 Research Assistant to Dr. Bill Bielby, University of Illinois-Chicago
 Collaborated to write a comparison of existing research on affirmative action
attitudes in the United States and South Africa
Summer 2012 Consultant, DC Farm to Schools Network
 Designed ACCESS database for tracking program and survey data
 Analyzed survey data and prepared 62 page internal report evaluating program
outcomes
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2010-2011
Research Analyst, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (Washington, DC)
 Managed and trained 9-person Analysis Team to code qualitative data from 19
nations for the World Bank’s 2012 World Development Report: Gender Equality
and Development (http://tinyurl.com/3rzxmql)
 Analyst for “Student Parent Success Initiative” (http://tinyurl.com/3zocsxx)
2009-2010
Research Assistant, Institute for Women’s Policy Research (Washington, DC)
 Managed an Nvivo database of 200+ ethnographic interviews and provided
research, writing, data collection, and analysis assistance for ethnographic study
on women and public housing after Hurricane Katrina
(http://www.iwpr.org/initiatives/katrina-the-gulf-coast)
2008-2009
Mariam K. Chamberlain Fellow in Women and Public Policy, Institute for Women’s Policy
Research (Washington, DC)
 Provided general research assistance for IWPR initiatives, including ‘Poverty,
Welfare, & Income Security’ and ‘Employment, Education, & Economic Change’
2007-2008
U.S. Fulbright Student Grant Recipient (Kingston, Jamaica)
 Conducted exploratory research on backyard urban poultry farming in Kingston,
Jamaica (including participant observation, 32 ethnographic interviews, and 200
survey interviews)
 Presented findings at the Fulbright Enhancement Seminar in Dominican
Republic (2008) and the Eastern Sociological Society in New York (2012)
2006
Research Student in Gender and Development, School for International Training,
(Kingston, Jamaica)
 Conducted five-week qualitative research project on women’s participation in
the informal agriculture market in rural Jamaica
 Presented findings at the UWI Social Welfare Training Center in Kingston, JA
PUBLICATIONS
Articles in Preparation
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Helmuth, Allison Suppan. “Cyber-Kyriarchy and the Production of Lived Urban Space in
Washington, DC”
Helmuth, Allison Suppan. “Backyard Urban Farming in Kingston, Jamaica: Challenges
and Opportunities”
Ken, Ivy and Allison Suppan Helmuth. “Specifying Mutual Constitution: An ActorNetwork Theory Approach to Race-Class-Gender”
Book Chapter
2012
Henrici, Jane M., Allison Suppan Helmuth, and Angela Carlberg. “Doubly Displaced:
Women and Public Housing after Katrina,” in The Women of Katrina, eds. Elaine Enarson
and Emmanuel David. Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press.
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Policy Reports and Briefing Papers
2010
Helmuth, Allison Suppan and Jane M. Henrici. “Women in New Orleans: Race, Poverty,
and Hurricane Katrina.” Washington, DC: Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
2010
Henrici, Jane M., Allison Suppan Helmuth, Frances Zlotnick, and Jeff Hayes. “Women in
Poverty during the Great Recession.” Washington, DC: Institute for Women’s Policy
Research.
2010
Henrici, Jane M., Allison Suppan Helmuth, and Jackie Braun. “Women, Disasters, and
Hurricane Katrina.” Washington, DC: Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
2010
Henrici, Jane M., Allison Suppan Helmuth, and Rhea Fernandes. “Mounting Losses:
Women and Public Housing after Hurricane Katrina.” Washington, DC: Institute for
Women’s Policy Research.
2009
Lovell, Vicky and Allison Suppan Helmuth. “Parents as Child-Care Providers: A Menu of
Parental Leave Models.” Washington, DC: Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
2009
Miller, Kevin, Allison Suppan Helmuth, and Robin Farabee-Siers. The Federal Employees
Paid Parental Leave Act: Strengthening the Federal Workforce by Improving Recruitment
and Retention. Washington, DC: Institute for Women’s Policy Research.
ACADEMIC PRESENTATIONS
2013
Helmuth, Allison Suppan and Ivy Ken. “Mutual Constitution in Race-Class-Gender
Scholarship,” Presented at a roundtable of the American Sociological Association annual
meeting in New York City, August 10.
2013
Helmuth, Allison Suppan. “Exclusion and Space in Washington, DC: Exploring the
Neighborhood Terrain of Race, Class, and Gender,” Presented at Eastern Sociological
Society annual meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, March 21.
2012
Ken, Ivy and Allison Suppan Helmuth. “Specifying Mutual Constitution: An ActorNetwork Theory Approach to Race-Class-Gender,” Presented at the Society for the Study
of Social Problems annual meeting in Denver, Colorado, August 18.
2012
Helmuth, Allison Suppan. “Urban Backyard Chicken Farming in Kingston, Jamaica:
Unique Challenges and Strategies for Success,” Presented at the Eastern Sociological
Society annual meeting in New York City, February 24.
2010
Helmuth, Allison Suppan. “Intersectionalities and Intersections: Women and Urban
Planning after Hurricane Katrina,” Presented at American Anthropological Association
annual meeting in New Orleans, LA, November 21.
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2010
Henrici, Jane M. and Allison Suppan Helmuth. “Space in the City: Women, Public
Housing, and Urban Planning after Hurricane Katrina,” with Jane M. Henrici. Presented
at conference, “Hurricane Katrina: Bringing Hurricane Katrina Research Back to the
Community,” Center for Policy and Resilience, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf
Coast, June 4-5.
2008
Helmuth, Allison Suppan. “Urban Small-Scale Poultry Farming in the Kingston
Metropolitan Area,” presented at the Fulbright Enhancement Seminar, Boca Chica,
Dominican Republic, March 3-5.
2006
Helmuth, Allison Suppan. “Notions of Wellbeing and the Fulfillment of Needs: An
Investigation of the Challenges and Successes of Backyard Poultry Farmers,” presented
at the University of the West Indies Social Welfare Training Center, May.
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE AND LEADERSHIP
2008-2010
2006-2007
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2006-2007
2006-2007
Spring 2006
Spring 2006
Fall 2006
2004-2005
Manuscript Editor for Dr. Elizabeth Morris (Washington, DC)
Editor-In-Chief, Wittenberg Review of Literature and Art (Springfield, Ohio)
Writing Advisor, Wittenberg University Writing Center (Springfield, Ohio)
Vice President, Wittenberg STAND (Springfield, Ohio)
Founding Member, Wittenberg Feminist Union (Springfield, Ohio)
Writing Instructor, Clark County Jail (Springfield, Ohio)
Legal Research and Program Intern, Independent Jamaica Council for Human Rights
(Kingston, Jamaica)
Legal Research Aid and Rapporteur, World Health Organizations (Kingston, Jamaica)
Peer Mentor, Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio)
Residence Advisor, Wittenberg University (Springfield, Ohio)
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
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2011-2013
2012
2008-2009
2007-2008
2003-2007
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David Street Memorial Scholarship, University of Illinois-Chicago
Honorable Mention, Irene B. Thauber Graduate Student Paper Award, DC Sociological
Society
University Fellowship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship, George Washington U.
($32,000 over two years + full tuition credit)
GW Urban Food Task Force, Award to Support MA thesis research ($800)
Mariam K. Chamberlain Fellowship, Institute for Women’s Policy Research ($21,000)
U.S. Fulbright Student Grant ($21,000 for research in Kingston, Jamaica)
Wittenberg University Alumni Scholarship (half-tuition credit for four years)
“The Coop” published in Wittenberg Review of Literature and Art
Freeman Foundation Travel Grant ($30,000 for group travel in Tokyo, Japan)
Wittenberg University Expository Writing Award
“The Covered Bridge” published in Wittenberg Review of Literature and Art
Omicron Delta Kappa National Honorary
Zeta chapter of Phi Sigma Tau Philosophy Honorary
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association (2011-present)
Eastern Sociological Society (2011-present)
D.C. Sociological Society (2011-2013)
Society for the Study of Social Problems (2012-present)
Sociologists for Women in Society (2012-present)
Women’s Information Network (2011-present)
LANGUAGES
English (native); Jamaican Patwah/Patois (fluent listening); Spanish (elementary); French (elementary)
SOFTWARE
Microsoft Access; MaxQDA; NVivo; ArcGIS; SPSS
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