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MELISSA OSBORNE
University of Chicago, Department of Sociology
1126 East 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
[email protected]
sociology.uchicago.edu
EDUCATION
University of Chicago
Ph.D., Sociology
(expected) 2019
Committee: Kristen Schilt (chair), John Levi Martin, Anna Mueller, and Forrest Stuart
M.A., Sociology
2015
Reed College
B.A., Sociology
Phi Beta Kappa
2013
Umpqua Community College
A.A., Transfer Degree
Phi Theta Kappa
PUBLICATIONS
Stuart, Forrest, Amada Armenta, and Melissa Osborne. 2015. “Legal Control of Marginal
Groups.” Annual Review of Law and Social Science. 11:235-54.
UNDER REVIEW and IN PROGRESS
“Who Gets ‘Housing First’?: Eligibility Determination in an Era of Housing First
Homelessness.” Under Review.
§ 2017 Graduate Student Paper Award, First Place, Midwest Sociological Society
“Embodying ‘Appropriate Confidence:’ A Qualitative Analysis of Gender Inequality in
Emergency Medicine Training.” Anna Mueller, Tania Jenkins, Melissa Osborne, Arjun Dayal,
Daniel O’Conner, and Vineet Arora. Under Review.
“It’s the End of the World: Re-Imagining Durkheim’s Suicide through the Case of the Zombie
Apocalypse.” Anna Mueller, Seth Abrutyn, and Melissa Osborne. Under Review.
“The Role of Social Isolation in Reentry Recidivism.” In Progress.
“He’s Ready to Launch!: A Qualitative Study of Gender Privilege in Emergency Medicine
Residency Training.” Melissa Osborne, Anna Mueller, Tania Jenkins, Arjun Dayal, Daniel
O’Conner, and Vineet Arora. In Progress.
February 2017 2010
CONFERENCE PAPERS and INVITED PRESENTATIONS
2017
“Who Gets ‘Housing First’?: Eligibility Determination in an Era of Housing First
Homelessness.” To be presented at the Chicago Ethnography Conference, March 2017.
2017
“He's Ready to Launch: A Qualitative Study of Gender Privilege in Emergency Medicine
Residency Training.” Melissa Osborne, Anna Mueller, Tania Jenkins, Daniel O’Conner,
Arjun Dayal, and Vineet Arora. To be presented at the Midwest Sociological Society’s
Annual Meeting, March 2017.
2017
“Who Gets ‘Housing First’?: Eligibility Determination in an Era of Housing First
Homelessness.” To be presented at the Midwest Sociological Society’s Annual Meeting,
March 2017.
2017
“He's Ready to Launch: A Qualitative Study of Gender Privilege in Emergency Medicine
Residency Training.” Melissa Osborne, Anna Mueller, Tania Jenkins, Daniel O’Conner,
Arjun Dayal, and Vineet Arora. Presented at the Sociologists for Women in Society’s
Annual Meeting, February 2017.
2017
“Who Gets ‘Housing First’?: Eligibility Determination in an Era of Housing First
Homelessness.” Invited to present at the Northwestern Urban Studies Workshop,
February 2017.
2017
“Who Gets ‘Housing First’?: Eligibility Determination in an Era of Housing First
Homelessness.” University of Chicago Urban Workshop. January 2017.
2016
“Constructing the Vulnerable Body: Authenticating and Documenting Eligibility in an
Era of Housing First Homelessness.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Sociological Association, Seattle, WA. August.
2016
“Constructing the Vulnerable Body: Authenticating and Documenting Eligibility in an
Era of Housing First Homelessness.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for
the Study of Social Problems, Seattle, WA. August.
2016
“Constructing the Vulnerable Body: Authenticating and Documenting Eligibility in an
Era of Housing First Homelessness.” Presented at the University of Chicago Urban
Workshop. Chicago, IL.
2015
“Becoming Homeless: Anticipation, Failure, and Identity Formation in a Chicago
Suburban Shelter.” Presented at the 17th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference.
Loyola University, Chicago, IL
2013
“Smoking With Felons: Building Community and Eroding Barriers in the Isolated
Liminal Space of Reentry.” Delivered at the annual meeting of the Jack Kent Cooke
Foundation, Washington D.C.
February 2017 2012
“Contracting Without Commitment: An Analysis of America’s Obligations to
Contracted Host Country Nationals.” Presented at the Annual Alta S. Corbett Grant
Presentation Workshop, Portland, OR.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2015-2016 Teaching Intern, Social Sciences Core; Power Identity and Resistance (Winter)
(Professor: William Mazzarella)
Teaching Intern, Social Sciences Core; Power Identity and Resistance (Spring)
(Professor: Michael Fisch)
2016-2017 Teaching Assistant, Sociology Department, Urban Structure and Process (Fall)
(Professor: Forrest Stuart)
Teaching Intern, Social Sciences Core; Gender and Sexuality in World Civilization
(Winter) (Professor: Sonali Thakkar)
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant
University of Chicago
Supervisor: Anna Mueller
2016-17
Research Assistant
University of Chicago
Supervisor: Forrest Stuart
2014-15
Research Associate
Reed College
Supervisor: Alec Campbell
2011-12
AWARDS, GRANTS, and FELLOWSHIPS
2017
2016-17
2013-18
2013-16
2012
2012
2011
2010-13
2010
2010
Midwest Sociological Society Graduate Student Paper Award, First Place
Urban Doctoral Fellowship, University of Chicago
University of Chicago Social Sciences Division Fellowship (full tuition and stipend)
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Fellowship
Alta S. Corbett Grant for Research on Public Policy Issues, Reed College
Betty Gray Scholarship for Academic Excellence, Reed College
Edward H. Cooley Scholarship, Reed College
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship
Coca-Cola New Century Scholar Award
USA Today’s All-USA Academic Team Award
February 2017 PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE
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2014-15
2014-15
2014-15
2014-15
Mellon Sawyer Seminar Graduate Assistant, University of Chicago
Deans Advisory Council, University of Chicago Social Science Division
Organizing Committee, Ethnography Incubator, University of Chicago
Editorial Board Member, Book Review Board, American Journal of Sociology, Chicago, IL.
Co-Coordinator, Urban Workshop at the University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Occasional Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology
Board Member, Reed College Alumni Board of Directors
Co-Chair, Society for Social Research (SSR), University of Chicago
Treasurer, Society for Social Research (SSR), University of Chicago
Committee Member, 18th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference
President, Society for Social Research (SSR), University of Chicago
Organizing Committee, 5th Annual Engendering Change Conference
Chair, University of Chicago Sociology Spring institute
Committee Member, 17th Annual Chicago Ethnography Conference
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2013201420152016-
American Sociological Association
Sociologists for Women in Society
Society for the Study of Social Problems
Midwest Sociological Society
February 2017