Service
Professional Affiliations
2021- NCSA, North Central Sociological Association
2019- MSA, Michigan Sociological Association
2018- ASA, American Sociological Association
2018- ISA, International Sociological Association
2016- SWS, Sociologists for Women in Society
2014- AKD, Alpha Kappa Delta
Peer Reviewer Experience
2021- Sociology of Race and Ethnicity (SRE)
2019- Children and Youth Services Review (CYSR)
Conferences/Presentations
2024 SSS Southern Sociological Society; Oral Presenter "Having a cool nationality as a white person gives you an edge": Genetic Ancestry Testing and White Identity Formation
2023 University of the Ozarks: First Generation Scholars; Moderator and Panel Participant
2023 Colgate University: Brown Bag for the Social Sciences; "The Social Deconstruction of Whiteness: Genetic Ancestry Testing and White Identity Formation"
2023 Colgate University: Brown Bag for The Center for Women's Studies, "Using Intersectionality to Understand the Complexity of Identity in an Age of Genetics"
2022 NCSA North Central Sociological Association; Oral Presenter: "The Geneticization of Identity and Social Deconstruction of Whiteness
2022 SWS Sociologists for Women in Society; Roundtable Presenter:
"An Intersectional Examination of Genetic Ancestry Testing and Identity"
2020 SWS Sociologists for Women in Society; Roundtable Presenter: "Inequality in Film"
2019 MSA Michigan Sociological Association; Oral Presenter:
"Rearticulating Racial Inequality from the Perspective of a White Racial Frame: A Statistical Analysis Comparing Racial Film Tropes"
2019 SWS Sociologists for Women in Society; Roundtable Presenter:
"Transmedia Fandom: The Utility of New Racism in New Media Spaces"
2018 ISA World Congress of Sociology in Toronto, CA; Oral Presenter:
"Negotiating New Racism: "It's Not Racist, It's Not Sexist. It's Just the Way It Is."
2017 SWS Sociologists for Women in Society; Roundtable Presenter:
"Marveling the Universe of Stereotypes: An Analysis of Online Forum Threads"
2016 Moderator at Comiquecon: Celebrating Women in Comics
2016 SWS Sociologists for Women and Society; Workshop Facilitator: Inclusivity and 'isms'