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September 2012
SANDRA E. WEISSINGER
Office Address
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Department of Sociology and Criminal Justice Studies
1227 Peck Hall
Box 1455
Edwardsville, IL 62026
Electronic Address
[email protected]
Phone Numbers
618-650-5197 (Office)
Fax Number
(618) 650-3509
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010.
Post Revolutionary Times? Activism and Acquiescence in the Generations
of Black Clergy Following King
M.A., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008.
For the Love of Money; For the Love of Jesus: Church Biography and the
Investment of Church Resources
B.A., Sociology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2005.
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL,
2012- Present.
Assistant Professor, Sociology, Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 20102012.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Sociology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 2010-2012.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Social Work, Southern University at New Orleans, New Orleans,
LA, 2011-2012.
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TEACHING AND RESEARCH INTERESTS
African American Communities and Institutions
Community Activism
Inequality
Intra-group Marginalization
Qualitative Methods
Race, Class, and Gender
PUBLICATIONS
Weissinger, Sandra E. “The Long Lasting Legacies of Jim Crow and Katrina: An
Ethnography of Teaching at One Deep South Institution in the Years Following
Hurricane Katrina”, in Teaching at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Still
Relevant, Still Indispensable and Still Beleaguered, Monica Flippin Wynn (editor),
Forthcoming.
Weissinger, Sandra E. “Review of Arthur Remillard, Southern Civil Religions”, Journal of
African American History, Forthcoming.
Weissinger, Sandra E. 2011. “”We Will Not Sell God Out!” Boundaries and Agency in the Heart
of Black Metropolis”, Race, Gender, and Class 18(1-2):273-294.
Weissinger, Sandra E. 2009. “Gender Matters. So Does Race and Class: Experiences of
Gendered Racism on the Wal-Mart Shop Floor,” Humanity & Society 33(4): 341-362.
NEWSLETTERS & COMMUNITY PUBLICATIONS
Nadimpalli, Pallavi and Weissinger, Sandra E. 2007. A Legacy of Community Art in and Around
Douglass Park. A pamphlet put together to serve the residents of Champaign and Urbana,
Illinois.
Weisinger, Sandra E. 2006. “Undergraduate Feature Profile.” Sociology Outlook, University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. (2):6.
FELLOWSHIPS AND HONORS
Diversifying Higher Education in Illinois Fellowship, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 2007-2010 ($32,000).
Diversifying Higher Education in Illinois Fellowship, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Summer 2009 ($2,900).
National Science Foundation's Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate-Social,
Behavioral & Economic Sciences Workshop, “Surviving Your First Year as an
Assistant Professor, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, Summer 2008.
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Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences–National Science Foundation Fellowship, University
of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL, Summer 2008 ($3,250).
Diversifying Higher Education in Illinois Fellowship, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, Summer 2008 ($1,740), Declined.
An Incomplete List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by their Students, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Center for Teaching Excellence, Urbana, IL, Fall 2006 and Spring
2007.
Strategic Corporate Research Certificate, Cornell University, School of Industrial Labor
Research, Ithaca, NY, 2006 ($2,000).
Graduate College Fellowship for Underrepresented Students, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Graduate College, Urbana, IL, 2005-2006 ($15,000).
RESEARCH GRANTS
The Midwest Sociological Society Endowment Grant, La Crosse, WI, March 2008 ($615).
Ethnography of the University Researcher, "Documenting the Difference Diversity Makes,"
funded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Center on Democracy in a
Multiracial Society, Urbana, IL, Spring 2005 ($500).
Summer Research Opportunities Program Award, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
Graduate College, Urbana, IL, Summer 2004 ($3,500).
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
“The Long Lasting Legacies of Jim Crow and Katrina: An Ethnography of Teaching at One
Deep South Institution in the Years Following Hurricane Katrina” presentation at the
Association of Humanist Sociologists, Nashville, TN, November 2012.
“Building God’s Kingdom and Shaping God’s People: Disjuncture and Common Ground in the
Agendas Advocated from the Pulpits of Predominately Black Churches” presentation at
the International Conference of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL, May 2010.
“In the Field, but Out of Place: The Emotional Labor of Ethnographic Fieldwork” workshop
presentation at the Association of Black Sociologists, New Orleans, LA, June 2009.
“For the Love of Money; For the Love of Jesus: Biography and the Investment of Church
Resources” presentation at the Association of Black Sociologists, New Orleans, LA, June
2009.
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“For the Love of Money; For the Love of Jesus: Biography and the Investment of Church
Resources” presentation at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Urbana, IL,
May 2009.
“These Are Revolutionary Times? Black Churches and the Struggle for Social Justice, Dignity
at Work, and Understanding Wal-Mart Stores” presentation at the Midwest Sociological
Society Conference, Des Moines, IA, April 2009.
“In the Field, but Out of Place: The Emotional Labor of Ethnographic Fieldwork” poster
presentation at Great Lakes Alliance for Social Sciences (GLASS) Research Symposium,
Chicago, IL February 2009.
“Gender Matters. So Does Race and Class: Experiences of Gendered Racism on the Wal-Mart
Shop Floor” presentation at the Association for Humanist Sociology
Conference, Boston, MA, November 2008.
“For the Love of Money; For the Love of Jesus: Black Churches and Their Struggle to Navigate
Wal-Mart Stores, Dignity at Work, and Social Justice Related Activism” roundtable
presentation at the American Sociological Association Conference, Boston, MA, August
2008.
“For the Love of Money; For the Love of Jesus: Church Biography and the Investment of
Church Resources” poster presentation at the Association of Black Sociologists
Conference, Boston, MA, July 2008.
“For the Love of Money; For the Love of Jesus: Church Biography and the Distribution of
Church Resources” presented at the Northwestern Black Graduate Student Conference,
Evanston, IL, April 2008.
“Wal-Mart, Women, and Everyday Survival” presented at the Committee on Institutional
Cooperation (CIC)/ Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Conference,
Urbana, IL, July 2006.
“What does it mean to be part of UIUC? The stories of Transfer Students from Parkland
Community College” presented at the Ethnography of the University Conference, Urbana
IL, December 2004 and May 2005.
“What Globalization Means to Class Reproduction” presented at the Committee on Institutional
Cooperation (CIC)/ Summer Research Opportunities Program (SROP) Conference, Iowa
City IA, July 2004.
SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Africana Studies Review, Editorial Board Member, Southern University at New Orleans 20104
2012.
American Sociological Association (ASA), Member since Spring 2008.
Association of Black Sociologists (ABS), Member since Spring 2008.
Association of Humanist Sociologists (AHS), Member since Fall 2008.
Ethnography of the University Advisory Board, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
2007-2010.
Humanity and Society, Journal of the Association of Humanist Sociologists, Reviewer since Fall
2009.
International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Section Organizer, May 2010.
Midwest Sociological Society, Undergraduate Student Roundtable Moderator, April 2010.
Midwest Sociological Society (MSS), Member since Spring 2006.
Southern Sociological Society, Member of Committee on Sociology in Community and Small
Colleges, August 2011-2014.
Southern Sociological Society, Section Organizer, May 2012.
Strategic Marketing Subcommittee, Committee Member, Southern University at New Orleans
2010-2012.
Student Research Day, Co-Chair of Committee, Southern University at New Orleans 2010-2012.
The Organizing Committee for New Faculty, Co-Chair of Committee, Southern University at
New Orleans 2010-2012.
REFERENCES
Dr. Robin Jarrett
Office Address
Electronic Address
Phone Number
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Human and Community Development
269 Bevier Hall
905 South Goodwin Street
Urbana, IL 61801
[email protected]
217 265-0569 (Office)
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Dr. Ruby Mendenhall
Office Address
Electronic Address
Phone Number
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Sociology, MC 454
605 East Springfield Avenue
57 Computer Applications Building
Champaign, IL 61820
[email protected]
217 333-1950 (General Office)
A. Kathryn Stout
Office Address
Electronic Address
Manhattan College
4513 Manhattan College Parkway
MGL 417
Riverdale, NY 10471
[email protected]
Phone Number
718 862-7550
Assata Zerai
Office Address
Electronic Address
Phone Number
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Department of Sociology, MC 454
605 East Springfield Avenue
57 Computer Applications Building
Champaign, IL 61820
[email protected]
217 333-1950 (General Office)
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