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Brandi Woodell
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
729 Oldfather Hall
Lincoln, NE 68588-0324
[email protected]
Education
M.A. Sociology. University of New Orleans. 2013.
Thesis Title: “The Intersecting and Integrating Identities of Rural Lesbian, Gay, and
Bisexual Christians.”
B.A. Sociology and Philosophy, Minor in Women and Gender Studies. 2011.
Publications
Kazyak, Emily and Brandi Woodell. 2016. “Law and GLBQ-Parent Families.” Accepted at
Sexuality & Culture.
Woodell, Brandi, Emily Kazyak, and D’Lane Compton. 2015. “Reconciling LGB and Christian
Identities in the Rural South.” Social Sciences 4:859-878 (Special Issue on LGBTQ Lives
in Context: The Role of Place).
Woodell, Brandi. 2014. “Negotiating Gay Male Christian Identities in Rural Places.” Pp. 29-42
in Illuminating How Identities, Stereotypes and Inequalities Matter through Gender
Studies, edited by D. N. Farris, M. Davis, and D. R. Compton. New York, NY: Springer
Press.
Research Experience
Research Assistant for Dr. Emily Kazyak. Worked on “Law and GLBQ-Parent Families” project.
Summer 2014.
Research Assistant for Dr. Emily Kazyak. Worked on the “Fertility Intentions and Importance of
Motherhood among U.S. Lesbians” project and provided assistance for Dr. Kazyak’s “If We
Were Rednecks”: The Classed and Raced Meanings of Space” project. Fall 2013.
Teaching Experience
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Sociology Department
Gender in Contemporary Society │Spring 2016 (25 Students). Instructor.
Introduction to Sociology │ Summer 2014 (15 Students), Spring 2015 (50 Students). Instructor.
Social Problems │Fall 2014 (75 Students). Instructor.
Social Problems │Fall 2013 (200 Students), Spring 2014 (150 Students). Teaching Assistant.
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University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Program of Women’s and Gender Studies
Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies│ Online-Summer 2016 (30 Students). Instructor.
Introduction to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Sexuality Studies │Fall 2015 (25
Students). Instructor.
Guest Lectures
Social Problems “Sex Roles and Sex-Related Social Problems”
Introduction to LGBTQ Studies “Intersections: Gender Presentations” and “Marriage”
Honors and Awards
2015
Office of Research and Economic Development and Office of Graduate Studies Graduate
Student Poster Competition winner, Business and Social Sciences division. $400.
2015
J.J. and Eleanor S. Ogle Summer Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. $3,200.
2015
UNL Office of Graduate Studies Travel Award. $750.
2014
J.J. and Eleanor S. Ogle Summer Fellowship, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. $2,000.
2014
UNL Office of Graduate Studies Travel Award. $1,000.
Presentations and Conferences
2016
Sociologists for Women in Society. Roundtable presentation. “Predictors and
Consequences of Family Support Among Racial and Sexual Minorities” with Alexis
Swendener. Memphis, TN. February 4-7, 2016.
2015
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Department of Sociology Colloquium Series “Predictors
of Family Support and Well-being among Sexual Minorities of Color” with Alexis
Swendener. October 7, 2015.
2015
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Research Fair. “Sexual Identity and Well Being:
Comparing Differences by Religious Identity and Coping.” Graduate Student Poster
Session. Lincoln, NE. April 14, 2015.
2015
Southern Sociological Society. Gender, Sexuality, and Religion Paper Session. “Sexual
Identity and Well Being: Comparing Differences by Religious Identity and Coping.” New
Orleans, LA. March 25-28, 2015.
2015
Sociologists for Women in Society. Invited Panel Discussion on Small Samples, Secret
Societies, and Studying Sexualities. “Interviewing Gay Christians in the Rural South.”
Washington, D.C. February 19-22, 2015.
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2014
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Department of Sociology Colloquium Series “Sexual
Identity and Well Being: Comparing Differences by Religious Identification and
Coping.” Poster Presentation.
2014
American Sociological Association. Sociology of Sexuality: Queer Identities Paper
Session. “Integrating Identities: Rural Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Christians” San
Francisco, CA. August 16-19, 2014.
2013
American Sociological Association. Spatial Sexualities Roundtable Presentation.
“Negotiating Gay Male Christian Identities in Rural Places.” New York, NY. August 1013, 2013.
2013
Southern Sociological Society. Gendered Identities Paper Session. “The Intersecting
Identities of LGBT Christians in Rural Spaces.” Atlanta, GA. April 24-27, 2013.
2012
Southwestern Social Science Association. Paper Session Presentation. “The Intersecting
Identities of LGBT Christians.” San Diego, CA. April 4-7, 2012.
Professional Development
Graduate Teaching Assistant Online Teaching and Training workshop, University of NebraskaLincoln, Office of Online & Distance Education. October 22, 2015.
Feminist Pedagogy Teaching Internship. Worked with Dr. Emily Kazyak to develop syllabi and
a teaching philosophy statement that reflect a commitment to teaching within a feminist
perspective as well as engaged in reading designed to promote feminist pedagogical techniques.
Spring 2015.
Teaching WMNS 101: Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies Workshop, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. April 2015.
Teaching Gender and Sexuality Workshop. University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of
History. April 2015.
Gender Diversity and Sexuality Studies Certificate. Midwest Sociological Society. April 3-6,
2014.
Faculty Certificate of Professional Development. Midwest Sociological Society. April 3-6, 2014.
Faculty Certificate of Teaching and Learning. Midwest Sociological Society. April 3-6, 2014.
Campus Wide Workshops for Teaching Assistants, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Office of
Graduate Studies. August 2013
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Service
Student Caucus Social Media and Survey Research Subcommittee. Sociologists for Women in
Society. 2016.
Student Caucus. Sociologists for Women in Society. 2016.
Nebraska Association of Sociology Graduate Students: Internal Graduate Committee
Representative. University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Department of Sociology. 2015-2016
Nebraska Association of Sociology Graduate Students: Research Working Group Committee
Member. University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Department of Sociology. 2015-2016
Presider: American Sociological Association. Sexual Geographies Roundtable Session. Chicago,
IL. August 22-25, 2015.
Invited Panel Presenter for the Undergraduate Sociological Association’s Graduate Student Panel
on “The Graduate School Experience.” March 16, 2015.
Nebraska Association of Sociology Graduate Students: Activities Committee. University of
Nebraska- Lincoln, Department of Sociology. 2014-2015
Undergraduate Sociological Association Coordinator, University of Nebraska- Lincoln,
Department of Sociology. 2014.
Nebraska Association of Sociology Graduate Students: Graduate Representative to the
Undergraduate Committee, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Department of Sociology. 2014.
Co-Author, with Alexis Swendener, of article for the Women’s and Gender Studies Fall 2013
Newsletter entitled “WGS Colloquium Series ‘In the Shadow of Sexuality: Social Support and
Health Challenges in the Lives of Older African American Sexual Minorities”; University of
Nebraska- Lincoln
Discussant: Southwestern Social Science Association. Gender and Identity Session. New
Orleans, LA. March 27-30, 2013.
Professional Affiliations
American Sociological Association
Section Member: Sex and Gender; Sexualities; Social Psychology
Sociologists for Women in Society
Southern Sociological Society
Midwestern Sociological Association
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