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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 Expected 2016 Expected 2016 2012 2008 AREAS OF STUDY Gender and Sexualities, Sociology of the Body, Sociology of Religion, Qualitative Methods AWARDS 2016 2016 2012 2010-2012 2010-2012 2004-2008 2004 2004 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. Graduate School Tuition Grant, $14,861/ 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. PUBLICATIONS Journal Articles and Chapters forthcoming “You are what you drink: the masculinization of cultural legitimacy in the New York craft beer scene.” In The Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Craft Beer in the U.S., edited by Nate Chapman and J. Slade Ledlock (forthcoming) In review The Pariah Femininity Hierarchy In review Jewish women’s kippot: meanings and practices Submitted Gender on Draft: hegemonic masculinity in the American craft beer scene In progress Doing Genderqueer In progress Doing Egalitarianism In progress From they to ze: Genderqueer experiences of the binary Book Reviews In review 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 GRANTS 2016 2016 2010-2012 “Diversifying Mindfulness,” $7,900, Presidential Mini-Grants for Departmental Diversity Initiatives, Stony Brook University. Gallagher Travel Grant, $740, 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 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 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. 2016 “Doing Egalitarianism,” Association for the Sociology of Religion, Seattle, WA. 2016 “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. “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. 2015 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Courses Taught 2016 Introduction to Sociology Teaching Assistant 2014 Intimate Relationships 2015 Media and Society 2015 American Society 2016 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 Repudiating the Fruity Other, Graduate Student Paper Workshop, Stony Brook University PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Peer Reviewer: Gender & Society; Men & Masculinities; Digital Sociology Handbook; Journal of Comparative Research in Anthropology and Sociology Workshops Organized 2016 Qualitative Analytical Software Workshop, Stony Brook University 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 2016-onward Committee member, “Yad b’Yad” at 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