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Bradley Zopf
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Sociology (M/C 312)
1007 W. Harrison Chicago IL 60607
(773) 663-0908
[email protected]
EDUCATION
2008-Present University of Illinois at Chicago
Ph.D. Candidate – Sociology
Preliminary Exam Concentration: Race and Ethnicity
Dissertation Title: “Narrating Race through Ambivalence: The Racial Identity
Construction of Egyptians and Egyptian-Americans”
Expected Graduation date: May 2016
2006
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Masters of Arts Program in the Social Sciences
Master’s Thesis: “Consumption and Oppositional Culture: An Examination of African
American Males”
2005
Carthage College, Kenosha, WI
Bachelors of Arts in Sociology (All College Honors)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Race and Ethnicity; Arab Racial Formation; Social Theory; Religion; Immigration; Whiteness;
Qualitative Methodology;
HONORS AND AWARDS
2014 Graduate Student Teaching Award, University of Illinois at Chicago (nominated)
2014 UIC Liberal Arts and Sciences Ph.D. Student Travel Award
2014 Student Presenter Award, UIC
2011 Graduate Student Teaching Award University of Illinois at Chicago (awarded)
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Zopf, Bradley J. “Racializing “Muslims”: Constructing a Muslim Archetype.” U.S Studies
Online and British July 15, http://www.baas.ac.uk/usso/racializing-muslims-constructing-amuslim-archetype/
2010
Mingus, William and Bradley Zopf, “White Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
The Racial Project in Explaining Mass Shootings.” Social Thought & Research 31: 57-77.
Under Review
2014 Bradley Zopf “Egyptian Diaspora in the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution: Egyptians in
Chicago as a case study” submitted to Social Problems
COURSES PREPARED TO TEACH
Introduction to Sociology; Social Problems; Racial and Ethnic Groups; Inequality/Stratification; Gender;
Social Theory; Sociological Research Methods
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Bradley Zopf
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Sociology (M/C 312)
1007 W. Harrison Chicago IL 60607
(773) 663-0908
[email protected]
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Title: Topics in Sociology: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender “Racial Formations and the U.S. Racial State”
(University of Illinois at Chicago)
Terms: Fall 2014
This is an upper-level sociology class examining the construction of the U.S. racial state and
U.S. racial formations. This class examines the ways in which the U.S. racial state has influenced
past and contemporary racial formations for various racial and ethnic groups. Students read a
variety of empirical and theoretical research with a focus on the structural and institutional nature
of racism and discrimination. Topics include state violence, immigration law, and racial
prerequisite naturalization cases.
Title: Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Terms: Fall 2013
This is an upper-level sociology class designed around current research on race and ethnicity in
the United States. This class examines themes of race and racialization with an emphasis on the
differential racialization of non-white, non-black groups. This class provides students with an
opportunity to read current empirical and theoretical research on race and ethnicity.
Title: Introduction to Sociological Theory (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Terms: Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014
This upper-level undergraduate course is required for Sociology majors. This class involves both
classical and contemporary social theories. In addition, this class requires students to read
primary social theory texts with a critical and sociological lens. This class provides students with
both an introduction to social theory, as well as an in-depth analysis of the ways in which social
theories are created, challenged, and re-worked.
Title: Racial and Ethnic Groups (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Terms: Spring 2012, Summer 2012
This class takes a survey of the major racial and ethnic groups in the United States with a focus
on understanding the past, present, and future of race relations. In addition, this class provides
students with contemporary debates surrounding race and the major concepts involved in the
sociology of race and ethnicity.
Title: Introduction to the Study of Society (Harold Washington College)
Terms: Spring 2011
This class is an introductory level sociology class offered at HWC, one of the city colleges of
Chicago. This class offers students an introduction to the sociological imagination by examining
some of the major concepts, themes, and perspectives in sociology. In addition, this class is
designed to introduce students to the major theoretical and methodological perspectives used in
sociology.
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Bradley Zopf
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Sociology (M/C 312)
1007 W. Harrison Chicago IL 60607
(773) 663-0908
[email protected]
Title: Social Problems (University of Illinois at Chicago)
Terms: Fall 2009, Spring 2010
This course introduces students to some of the pressing social issues facing our society today.
Topics include race, poverty, inequality, stratification, education, family, religion, and a variety
of other social problems faced in our contemporary world. This course also challenges students
to become sociologists trained in identifying social problems and proposing potential solutions
by examining these social issues through in-depth sociological analyses.
Title: I Shop, therefore I am (Carthage College)
Terms: Spring 2008
This special topic, writing intensive class is a survey course of the changing practices of
consuming behavior. Particular attention is paid to the differences between micro theories of
consumption and macro theories of consumption. Throughout the course students are involved
with observation of shopping in order to get first-hand experience understanding the role
consumption plays in their own lives.
Title: Principles of Sociology (Carthage College)
Terms: Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008
This class is an introductory level sociology class designed to introduce students to the major
sociological concepts and perspectives. This broad based class introduces students to the major
sociological thinkers, perspectives, theories, and methods that define sociology as a discipline.
Additionally, this class is designed to prepare sociology majors for more substantive classes
focusing on race and ethnicity, poverty and inequality, crime and punishment, and a variety of
other topics.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2015 Bradley Zopf, “Entering the Census Debate: (re)Examining the Case for a MENA Category.”
Paper to be presented at Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL.
2015
Bradley Zopf, “Flazzles, Redazzles, and Medazzles: A Teaching Exercise.”
Paper to be presented at Society for the Study of Social Problems, Chicago, IL.
2015
Bradley Zopf, “Reconsider Arab and Middle Eastern Racial Formation: Egyptians (re)Articulate
Racial Identity and Racial Positionality.” Paper to be presented in session at American
Sociological Association, Chicago, IL.
2015
Bradley Zopf, “Egyptian Diaspora in the aftermath of the Egyptian Revolution:
Egyptians in Chicago as a case study.” Paper to be presented at Association for the Sociology of
Religion, Chicago, IL.
2015
Bradley Zopf, “Egyptian American Racial Positionality: Narrating Racial Classification and
Self-Identification.” Paper for Midwest Sociological Society, Kansas City, MO.
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Bradley Zopf
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Sociology (M/C 312)
1007 W. Harrison Chicago IL 60607
(773) 663-0908
[email protected]
2015
Bradley Zopf, “Transnational Boundary Maintenance: How the 2011 Egyptian Revolution
Impacted Religious and Ethnic Boundaries among Egyptian Muslims and Egyptian Christians in
Chicago.” Paper for Chicago Ethnography Conference, Loyola University, Chicago, IL.
2014
Bradley Zopf, “Transforming Boundaries of Community: The Intersection of Religious, Ethnic,
and National Identities for Egyptian Muslims and Egyptian Christians in the United States.”
Paper for Qualitatives Conference, Brescia University College at Western University, London,
ON.
2014
Bradley Zopf, “Where do I fit? Situating Arab and Non-Arab Egyptians in the Racial Field.”
Paper for Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA.
2014
Bradley Zopf, “I’m not Arab, I’m not Muslim: Egyptian Orthodox Christian Disidentification
Practices.” Paper for America Sociological Conference Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA.
2014
Bradley Zopf, “What’s in a Name? Understanding the Racialization of Egyptians in Chicago.”
Paper for Chicago Ethnography Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
2011
Bradley Zopf, “Muslim Women and Hijab: A Gender Structure Perspective.” Paper presented at
Eyes on Mosaic Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2010
Bradley Zopf “Examining Racialization and Assimilation: A New Approach.” Paper presented
at Eyes on the Mosaic Conference, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2009
Bradley Zopf, “Hip-Hop and the Consumer Culture: Understanding the Transition from Hip-Hop
to Urban-Wear”. Paper presented at Eyes on the Mosaic Conference, University of Chicago,
Chicago, IL.
2009
Bradley Zopf, “Hip Hop and Consumer Culture”. Paper presented at Chicago Ethnography
Conference, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL.
2007
Bradley Zopf, “Consumption and Oppositional Culture”. Paper presented at the Wisconsin
Sociological Association Conference, Carthage College, Kenosha WI.
CIVIC AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
2014-Present Student Advisory Board Member, Social Problems
2011-2014
Assistant to the Editor, Perspectives
2010-2012
Undergraduate Student Steering Committee, University of Illinois-Chicago
Member
Member
American Sociological Association
Society for the Study of Social Problems
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Bradley Zopf
University of Illinois at Chicago
Department of Sociology (M/C 312)
1007 W. Harrison Chicago IL 60607
(773) 663-0908
[email protected]
Member
Member
Midwest Sociological Society
Association for the Sociology of Religion
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