Summary of Teaching Activities

Timothy J. Dowd

Spring 1995, Spring 1996, Fall 1996, Spring 1998 (2 sections), Fall 1998, Fall 1999, Spring 2002, Summer 2006, Fall 2006.

Fall 1994, Fall 1995, Spring 1996, Spring 1997 (2 sections), Fall 1997, Spring 1999, Spring 2000 (2 sections), Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2006.

Spring 2003, Fall 2004, Summer 2005.

Fall 2003, Spring 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007.

Spring 1995, Fall 1996, Fall 1998, Spring 2001.

Fall 1995, Fall 1997, Fall 1999, Spring 2002, Spring 2004, Spring 2006.

Spring 2005.

Spring 2003, Fall 2004, Spring 2007.

Spring 2006, Summer 2006, Fall 2006, Spring 2007.

Spring 2005.

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Lauren Moskowitz, An Analysis of the Self Representations of Madonna: How She Obtains Longevity in the Media Industry. Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, Senior Paper.

Allison Altman. Music in the Retail Setting: Is Anybody Listening? Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, Senior Paper.

Lindsey Kirshner. Fashion and Lifestyle Magazines: The Relationship between Editors and Advertisers. Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, Senior Paper.

Pat Reilly. Critical Rock Lists and Their Implications: A Case Study. Department of Sociology, Paper Presented at the Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium.

Geno Stroupe. Comprehension and Time Difference across No-Music, Lyrical Music, and Non-Lyrical Music Groups. Department of Sociology, Paper Presented at the Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium; Awarded Third Place Prize for Excellence.

Steven Sedkey. The Television Industry and Daytime Television: The Intersection between Content, Audience, Advertisers & Press Coverage. Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, Senior Paper.

David Bell, Crucial but Not Central: The Roles that Black Women Enact within Prime-Time Entertainment TV Shows, 1970s-1990s. Department of Sociology, Paper Presented at the Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium; Awarded Third Place Prize for Excellence.

Talleah Bridges, Mimicking Old Methods: The Jerry Springer Story. Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture, Senior Paper.

Mary Vance, The Grateful Dead: A Comprehensive Study of Subcultures. Department of Sociology, Paper Presented at the Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium.

Hildie Cohen, Risky Business: A Study of the Motion Picture Industry’s Production of Sequels and Remakes. Department of Sociology, Paper Presented at the Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium; Awarded Third Place Prize for Excellence

Kim Lupo, The Construction of (Gay) Meaning in Film. Department of Sociology, Paper Presented at the Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium; Awarded First Place Prize for Excellence.

Emily Winetz, The Effects of Advertisements on Female Body Images. Department of Sociology, Paper Presented at the Southeastern Undergraduate Sociology Symposium; Awarded Third Place Prize for Excellence.

UNDERGRADUATE HONORS THESIS COMMITTEES:

Lauren M. Deppe, Mass Media and Social Change: Implementing Entertainment-Education Strategies in the United States. Interdisciplinary Studies of Society and Culture.

Adam L. Raas, From Politics to Folk: A Comparative Study of the Weavers and the Almanac Singers. Department of History.

Patrick Reilly. The Music Scene in Athens, Georgia. American Studies Program.

Katherine Eller, Searching for Identity in American Media: The Italian American Journey in Film and Television. Interdisciplinary Studies of Society and Culture.

Nicole Yoder, Globalization and Tourism: Differentiating Sites in a Single Global Market. Department of Sociology.

Jordan Rand, Disconcerting Joel Loeb. Creative Writing Program.

Emma B. Cottler, The Audience for Orchestral Music: The Case of Atlanta. Department of Music

Anna R. Katz, Maternal Depression and Paternal Factors Predicting Aggressive and Delinquent Behavior Problems in Adolescents. Department of Psychology.

Michael A. Nikolenko, “There’s Something in the Water”: The Formation of the Metro Regional Government in the Portland Metropolitan Area and Its Implication for Other Regional Government Formation. Department of Political Science.

Alyssa Oland, Impact of Facial, Sex, and Race Stereotypes on Evaluations of Job Applicants. Department of Psychology.

Elizabeth Daus Ferrigno, Workplace Flexibility, Informal Organizational Culture, and Perceived Procedural Justice: Implications for Family Policy. Department of Sociology.

Rebecca Shepard, They are Young and Restless, But are They Feminists? Gender Ideology and Soap Opera Content: A Reader Response Study. Department of Sociology.

Benjamin M. Arnon, Packaging Racial Identities: Market Segmentation in the U.S. Music Industry. Interdisciplinary Studies in Society and Culture.

Lucy Bucci, “War is a Harsh Teacher”: The Human Experience of Hope and Necessity in Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War and Euripdes’ Hecuba and Trojan Women. Department of History.

Hildie Cohen, The Sound of Synergy: A Study of Synergy between the Film and Recording Industries. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Megan DeYoung, Piecing Together a Puzzle: An Analysis of the Agent Orange Movement. Department of Sociology.

Jeffrey A. Levi, The American Media and Israel: The Six Day War (1967) and the War in Lebanon. Near Eastern Studies Program.

Carolyn Louise Mabe, Cinematic Insanity: Society Speaks. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Laura C. Sawyer, A Tale of Two Programs: Georgia Common Access Application and Community Housing Resource Center. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Sarah Streator Brown, Rational Routines: Organizational Processes in the Creation of Country Music Stars. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Sonya S. Gafsi, Media Messages, Public Opinion, and the Effect of Gender on Influence. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Kim Lupo, How Does the Reader Read? The Effects of Gender Schema on Interpretation. Department of Sociology.

Eric Riles, Nothing Succeeds Like Success? A Study of Actors and Lead Roles in the Film Industry. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Joanne M. Kaufman, Stigmatized Individuals and the Process of Identity: The Case of Gays and Lesbians. Department of Sociology.

Carolyn Louise Mabe, Cinematic Insanity: Society Speaks. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Sarah Streator Brown, Organizational Processes in the Creation of Country Music Stars. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Anne Borden, Making Money, Saving Souls: The Emergence and Evolution of the Christian Bookstore Field in the United States. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Kathleen Liddle, A Shop of Our Own: Feminist Bookstores in North America. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair).

Katherine Skinner, “That We All Be Free”: Music and Social Change. American Studies, Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts.

Caitlin Killian, Cultural Choices and Identity Negotiation of Muslim Maghrebin Women in France. Department of Sociology.

Patrick Wehner, Living in Style: Marketing, Media, and the Discovery of Lifestyles. Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts.

Sharyn Jan Potter, A Tale of Two Hospital Types: A Longitudinal Analysis of the Declining Distinction between For-Profit and Not-for-Profit Hospitals in America. Department of Sociology.

Lauraine Leblanc, The Flowers in your Dustbin: Girls in the North American Punk Subculture of the 1990s. Women’s Studies.

Steve Bransford, Roots Vision: Ways of Seeing American Blues and Folk Music, 1930-2005. American Studies, Graduate Institute of Liberal Arts (Prospectus Completed).

Heather Jamerson, From Production to Consumption: The Role of Service Workers and Consumers in Legitimating Cultural Forms. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair - Prospectus Completed).

Diogo Pinheiro, Risky Business: The Social Construction of Country Risk Ratings. Department of Sociology (Committee Chair - Prospectus Completed).

Ashby Walker, Gendering Food: An Exploration of Food Advertisements in American Culture. Department of Sociology (Prospectus Completed).

Jonathyne Briggs, Popular Music and French National Identities, 1958-1981. Department of History (Prospectus Completed).

Aristide Sechandice, To Look Like a Modern Ruler: Diffusion of Fashion among State Elites. Department of Sociology (Prospectus Completed).

Jenna Nelson, Girl Power? Marketing Gender to U.S. Teenagers. Women’s Studies (Committee Co-Chair - Prospectus Completed).

Rachel Askew, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Dave Brewington, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Carrie Coward, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Alison Faupel, Department of Sociology. Social Movements.

Alison Faupel, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Vaughn Schmutz, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Matt Miller, Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts. (1) Anthropology; Ethnographic Filmmaking; Films on Music, (2) Sociology of Music: Audiences, Genres, Industry, (3) Space, Place, and Race: The South, New Orleans, African Cultural Production and Rap Music.

Leah Rosenberg, Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts. (1) Ritual Studies and American Cultures, (2) Cultural Studies and Public Memory, (3) Media Studies and News Journalism.

Anna Rubtsova, Department of Sociology. Organizational Sociology (Committee Chair).

Justin Berg, Department of Sociology, Washington State University. Sociology of Culture.

Nick Parsons, Department of Sociology, Washington State University. Sociology of Culture.

Diogo Pinheiro, Department of Sociology. Economic Sociology (Committee Chair).

Steve Bransford, Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts. (1) Visual Culture, (2) Sociology of Music, (3) Space, Place and American Music.

Charity Crabtree, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Kathy Liddle, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Diogo Pinheiro, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Ashby Walker, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Cindy Hinton, Department of Sociology. Medical Sociology.

Kathy Liddle, Department of Sociology. Organizational Sociology (Committee Chair).

Anne Borden, Department of Sociology. The Organization of Religion and the Economy (Committee Chair).

Aristide Sechandice, Department of Sociology. Culture, Fashion and the Arts (Committee Chair).

Katherine Skinner, Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts. (1) U.S. Music and Social Movements, (2) American Cultural Studies, (3) Sociology of Media.

Maureen Blyler, Department of Sociology. Economic Sociology (Committee Chair).

Anne Borden, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Rob Constantine, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization.

Jenna Nelson, Women's Studies. Feminist Theory.

Jenna Nelson, Women's Studies. Media Sociology (Committee Chair).

Stuart Hysom, Department of Sociology. Organizational Theory.

Leslie Martin, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization.

Vincent Carter, Department of Sociology. Organizational Theory and Higher Education (Committee Chair).

Paul Jean, Department of Sociology. Culture, Religion, and Social Change.

Maria Amado, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization.

Paul Jean, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization.

Rob Kadel, Department of Sociology. Sociology of Culture (Committee Chair).

Eric Riles, Department of Sociology. Organizational Approaches to Media Industries (Committee Chair).

Ansley Yeoman, Department of Sociology. Demographic and Ecological Processes.

Linda Beer, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization.

Lyndal Lee, Department of Sociology. Demographic and Ecological Processes.

Lyndal Lee, Department of Sociology. Mathematical Demography.

Teresa Loftin, Department of Sociology. Organizational Perspectives on Media and Literature (Committee Chair).

Lisa Meyer, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization.

Sharyn Potter, Department of Sociology. Health Care Organization (Committee Chair).

Eric Riles, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization Sociology.

Pat Wehner, Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Media, Culture, and Community.

Tom Loya, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization.

Sharyn Potter, Department of Sociology. Stratification and Organization.