KATHLEEN E. KAISER, Ph.D.
Vitae 2010MAILING ADDRESS: California State University, Chico
Department of Sociology, Butte Hall 633
Chico, CA 95929-0445
(530) 898-6397
(530) 228-0150 ©
Home Address: 1338 Marian Ave.
Chico, CA 95928
(530) 343-3319 (H)
EDUCATION: 1979 Ph.D. in Sociology, Duke University
1970 MA in Sociology, Duke University
1968 BA in Social Science, Florida State University
Academic Honors, Grants & Awards:
2009 / Post Promotion Increase Award2007 / Contracted for Spring as CSU Facilitating Graduation Peer Team Leader-$2.5K
2006 / Contracted for Spring-Fall as CSU Facilitating Graduation Peer Team Leader-$5K
2006 / Contracted for 2006 CSU Campus Actions to Facilitate Graduation-Team Leader-$5,000
2005 / Contracted Study of Sustainability and LEED Certification: CSUC-$5,000
2004 / Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2005-Sustainability as a Social Movement
2002 / California Youth Authority , Riverside County Office of Education: Evaluation of RCOE Young Men as Fathers-$22,500
2002 / California Youth Authority , Placer County Office of Education: Evaluation of PCOE Young Men as Fathers-$22,500
2002 / Sabbatical Leave, Fall 2003-Declined due to Faculty Trustee Appointment
2001 / CSU Lower Division Core Alignment Project: 2nd Sociology-$7, 000
2001 / Faculty Merit Increase
2000 / CSU Lower Division Core Alignment Project: Sociology-$18, 500
2000 / Faculty Merit Increase
2000 / University Study Abroad Consortium, Faculty International
Development Award, Costa Rica
1998 / Performance Salary Step Increase
1990 / OSHA Grant for Chico Community Foundation, renewal, $85,000
1989 / OSHA Grant for Chico Community Foundation, assisted B. Verlinde as Lead PI, $78, 971
1980 / CSU Education Grant: The Student as Consumer in the Advising Marketplace
Series of Professional Development Grants, Affirmative Action Faculty Development Program grants, have been awarded over the years. For the last decade an annual series of small grants have been awarded for professional travel and development.
A number of major grants were submitted and not funded at the Federal, State, CSU and CSU, Chico level most dealing with improvements to teaching, instruction, internships, and equity education for women.
Academic Honors and Awards:
2009 / Nominated for Pacific Sociological Association’s Distinguished Practice Award2006 / Nominated for Pacific Sociological Association’s Distinguished Practice Award
2005 / CSU Chico Outstanding Faculty Service Award Recipient 2005-06
2005 / Board Of Trustees (BOT) Recognition as Faculty Trustee Emerita
2005 / CSUC Academic Senate Recognition for Service as Faculty Trustee
2005 / California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC): Recognition for Service
2005 / CPEC Commissioner for BOT-first Faculty Trustee selected
2005 / Selected as one of two finalist for CSU Faculty Trustee by Academic Senate, CSU
2004 / CPEC Alternate Commissioner for BOT-served majority of meetings
2004 / Nominated by 8 other CSU Campus Senates for Faculty Trustee
2004 / Nominated for Faculty Trustee by Academic Senate, CSUC
2004 / California State Student Association’s Trustee of the Year, 2003-04
2003 / Selected as CSU Faculty Trustee-First Woman selected
2003 / CSUC Academic Senate Recognition for Service to Academic Senate
2003 / CSUC Academic Senate Recognition as Campus Nominee for Faculty Trustee
2003 / CSUC Executive Officer Search and Review Committee 1997-2003
2003 / Elected Statewide Senator for CSUC, 1999-2003 & 1991-1997
2002 / Invited Participant Oxford Round Table "Employment and human resource issues: women's rights & gender discrimination", Lincoln College, University of Oxford, England, March 30-April 4, 2003
2002 / Recognized for Service by the California Articulation Number system (CAN) Board of Directors
2002 / Chair of General Education Advisory Committee, CSU also 1995-1997
2001 / At Large Member of Academic Senate, CSU’s Executive Committee
1999 / Vice Chair of Academic Affairs, ASCSU
1998 / Nominated by Pacific Sociological Association for election to Committee on Committees
1997 / Recognized by Academic Senate CSU for Service to Students, Faculty, and the People of California 1991-1997
1997 / Selected as CSU Ambassador for Higher Education
1996 / Nominated for Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award
1996 / Nominated for CSU, Chico Outstanding Service Award
1995 / Nominated for CSU, Chico Outstanding Service Award
1992 / Elected to Pacific Sociological Association’s Nomination Committee (1992-94)
1992 / Vice Chair of Academic Senate, CSUC
1992 / Phi Kappa Phi, Honorary Faculty
1991 / Elected Senator for CSUC’s Academic Senate 1988-1991
1989 / Nominated for CSU, Chico Outstanding Teacher Award
1987 / Merit Award for Academic Advising from NACADA
1987 / Outstanding Academic Advisor for CSU, Chico
1987 / Meritorious Professional Performance Award for CSU, Chico
EMPLOYMENT:
· Full Professor CSU, Chico: appointment began in 1972 to 2010. FERP
· Chair of Department of Sociology: August 2000-02
· Interim Associate Dean for Behavioral & Social Sciences July 1998-Jan. 1999
· Applied Sociology Internship Program, director—Develop internship placements internationally, nationally and in California. Place between 10-27 interns each semester. Supervised the Applied Sociology Internship Seminar, 1980-2006.
· Assistant Coach Women's Cross-Country & Track & Field Teams, 1980-84-served as volunteer
TEACHING EXPERTISE:
· Principles of Sociology (100)
· Sociology of Sexuality (133)
· Sociology of Sport (346)
· Deviant Behavior (380)
· Applied Sociology (489)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES-CONSULTANT
· Participant in writing article for Change on Facilitating Graduation Project 2007
· Solicited Reviewer for Sexuality & Culture Journal, 2006
· Solicited Reviewer for Sociology Program Proposal, CSU, 2005
· Participant in Don Gerth's research on History of the CSU
· California Articulation Number system (CAN) Faculty Discipline Pre-Planning, June 30, 2001
· Solicited reviewer for Teaching Sociology, 1997
· Solicited Reviewer for Deviant Behavior: An Interdisciplinary Journal (1995)
· CSU, Monterey Bay – Dean for Residential Learning & Student Services Search Committee (1994)
· Steven Quackenbush’s MA Thesis, “The Effect of Intervention on the Internal Locus of Control Beliefs and Self-Esteem of Battered Women,” Troy State University, Alabama, Methodology & research consultant, 1991
· Chico Chamber of Commerce Employee’s Assistance Program, evaluated OSHA Chico Community Foundation Grant $85,000, 1991-90
· Employee Assistance Program Task Force, Chico Chamber of Commerce, 1988
· Reviewer for Random House, Inc. on The Social Control of Deviance, N. Davis & C. Stasz, 1988
· Running Your Best 10 K: Training and Strategies, National Teleconference, Chico Facilitator, 1985
· Fleet Feet, Inc. "Running, Conditioning, and Coaching Techniques for Middle and Distance Runners", trainer 1981-85
· Fitness Fax Consultant on research questionnaires for competitive runners, 1984
· Dushkin Publishing Group - Annual Editions Advisory Board on Human Sexuality.
Presentations at Professional Meetings:
Kaiser, K. Organizer and Presenter: “Odd” Gender Experiences in Identity and Sport. PSA. San Diego. 2009
Kaiser, K. Discussant: An Academic Con Game: Banning Student Professor Sexual Relationships by Dr. Barry Dank. Also Representative to CSU Chairs Meeting. PSA. Portland. 2007
Kaiser, K. Tempest in a Tea Pot or How We Got “LEED” Sustainability Project for Student Services Building at CSU, Chico. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association (PSA). Los Angeles, CA. April 20-23, 2006
Kaiser, K. Want to Take It Outside? Applying Sociology in Non-Traditional Settings. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the PSA. Los Angeles, CA. April 20-23, 2006
Gordon, L. & Kaiser, K. Organizers: Sociological Perspectives on Homosexualities and Gay Marriage at PSA Annual Meetings, Portland, OR, April 7-10, 2005.
Dick, A.J., Kaiser, K. & Waters, T. Want to take it outside? Applying Sociology in non-traditional environments through grants-Africa, CYA, Peer Courts. Presented at the CSU, Chico's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT) Annual Conference. October 2004.
Dick, A.J., Kaiser, K. & Waters, T. An Evaluation of the California Youth Authority's Young Men as Fathers Parenting Curriculum. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the PSA. San Francisco, CA. April 2004.
Kaiser, K. & M. Carlson. Organizations Under Environmental Stress. Presented at California Sociological Association Annual Meetings, Berkeley, CA. October 2003.
Invited Presentation: The New CAN Articulation Model, CAN Conference, Irvine, Nov. 13, 2002.
Shared Governance: Seeking Excellence in Shared Governance at CSU Institutions, 7th Annual Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching, CSU, Chico, Sept. 20, 2001
The CSU Core Alignment Projects, 26th CSU Academic Conference, San Diego, Feb. 28-March 2, 2001.
Modeling a Systemwide Lower Division Core for Sociology: Can Faculty Remain in Control of Curriculum? Service Learning in Sociology, in Honors GE and Others in the CSU. CSU Chairs session at Pacific Sociological Association (PSA), March 29-April 1, 2001.
Panel organizer & presenter: Mentoring the Career Jumps: Getting the Job You Want! PSA, San Diego 2000.
Invited Presentation: Joint Committee of the California Legislature to Develop a Master Plan for Education K-University, San Diego, Oct. 10, 2000.
The Conceptual Framework of the Lower Division Core in the CSU for Sociology, California Sociological Association, CSU Chairs, Riverside, Oct. 21, 2000.
Leading from Behind, 8th Annual CSU LEAD Weekend Retreat, CA. Oct. 24-25, 1999.
Welfare Reform: Where Have the Women and Children Gone? Co-organizer at PSA. Portland, April 15-18, 1999.
The Effects of Gendered Sports on the Expectations of Spectators, CSA, Berkeley, 1999.
"Issues of Curriculum: Innovations in the Teaching of Race, Gender, and Class-A Panel," 69th Annual Meetings, PSA, San Francisco, 1998.
"General Education and Forming Partnerships: Universities and Community Colleges," Information Competence Conference, LAX, 1998.
Invited Presentation, “ General Education in a Public System of Higher Education, the California Experience,” Conference on General Education, State University of New York, Albany, N.Y., Oct. 4, 1996
"Advising as Deeper Teaching: Advisor of the Year Award Recipients' Reflection on the Advising Process," 2nd Annual Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching, CSU, Chico, Sept. 20, 1996
Educational Policy & Technology Access: Cradle or Coffin? Presider, Pacific Sociological Association, San Francisco, 1995
“High Risk Sports: Formation of Community," Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, California, 1994.
Invited Presentation, “Into the 21st Century: Teaching Human Sexuality in Higher Education,” University Committee on Sexual Awareness, West Virginia University. Declined due to schedule conflict. 1993
“Ethnicity, Gender, and Power,” Presider, California Sociology Association (CSA), Berkeley, CA, 1993.
“Women at the Crossroads: Sociology Careers and Midlife,” Roundtable Moderator, CSW/SWS, Pacific Sociological Association, Portland, Oregon, 1993
Moderator for Valerna Votchal - Conflict Resolution Specialist in Russia, CSU, Chico, 1993.
“Preventing Ageism in Hiring: Policy Development and Recommendations”, Roundtable Moderator, Irvine, California, Committee on the Status of Women (CSW) 1991.
"Age and Gender: Foundation for Discrimination," Committee on the Status of Women, Irvine, 1991.
"Older Women in School and Job Market:' Women Sociologists in Different Work Settings" single presentation: "Are You Getting Enough: Physical Well-Being, Work, Leisure and Intellectual Growth in a University Setting" Park, Wilson, Kaiser. PSA, Spokane, 1990.
"Honoring Our Own: Merit Award Winners," Invited Speaker, CCAA/NACADA Conference, Asilomar, 1987.
"Bringing the Applied into the Fold: Contracting and Mentoring," PSA, Denver, 1986.
"Dynamics of an Undergraduate Applied Sociology Program," Invited Presenter to Applied Sociology, PSA, Albuquerque, 1985.
"Child Abuse: Definitions, Reporting, Stereotypes; A Survey of Butte County Residents, 1984" Kaiser & S. Berry, National Women Studies Conference, Seattle, 1985 and at the PSA, Albuquerque, 1985.
Butte Community College Pre-College Institute Lecturer: "Androgyny, the Changing Sex Role," 1984.
P.E.D. Oroville Community Lecturer: "Surviving Traditional Sex Roles," 1983.
Sierra United States Army Depot's Woman of the Year Presentation, "Sex Roles, Androgyny, and the Future," Susanville, 1983.
Sexism: What is It? Workshop for Northern California Higher Education Council (NEHEC) 1983
"Changing Sex Role Identification Towards Androgyny: A Study in Socialization Patterns within a Human Sexuality Course," PSA, 1977.
"Gender and Sex Role: The Impact on Visual Erotic Material," Kaiser & K. Knight, American Psychological Association, 1977.
Lectures: Campus, CSU, Statewide and Community Groups:
2007-09 / Graduation speaker for CUSD and CSU Chico2008 / Invited Speaker: CCC/CSU/UC Sustainability Conference
2008 / Running to Win Local Races: Low Budget Campaigns-Mendocino CO. National Women’s Political Caucus Training
2007 / Perspectives on School Reform for Egyptian Educators & Administrators
2006 / Marsh Jr. High: Making Safe and Healthy Choices as Teens
2005 / CSU, East Bay Graduation Speaker: Time Capsule for Education
2005 / Homeless Youth, Nationally & in Butte County: Social Justice Forum #1, First Christian Church, Oct. 26
2005 / Sexuality Identity and Gender: Glenn County Foster Youth
2002 / CAN Conference-Invited Speaker on New CAN Articulation Model
1996 / Safe Sex-Is It Possible? Intimacy without Risk! HIV Conference for Teenagers, H.E.R.E. Butte County Mental Health
1995 / Serving in Silence: An analysis - Channel 24 TV Interview
1994 / Serving Our Community - CAVE Community Recognition Reception
1994 / Summer Orientation Workshop Presenter-From Here to There
1994 / The Impact of Sexism and the First Advancement on Higher Education
1992 - 91 / Professor’s panel for Freshman Orientation
1991 / The Value of Sociology to Social Sciences Careers - BSS classes
1991 / Connecting Program (teachers and new students to CSU, Chico)
1990 / Sexuality in the '90's, Channel 24 TV Interview
1990 / Alcohol, Violence, and Riots, Campus Alcohol & Drugs Education Center
1990 / Women's Choice, Mandate of the 90's, League of Women Voters
1990 / Finding One's Sexuality Amongst the Stereotypes-Educational and Support Programs for Women (ESPW)
1989 / Women in Leadership, California AM, Channel 7, Redding TV Program
1989 / Men: Are There Enough? Channel 24, TV Interview
frequent / CAVE workshop: Child Abuse; Career Options for Women; Women in Sports; Women as Athletes; Breaking the Cycle of Dependency; Women and the Law; Leadership Vs Management; Motivation; Innovative Teaching; Access to the Professions.
Interviews: I am frequently interviewed by all three newspapers in Chico, the local TV and Radio stations, and occasionally media from other areas of Northern Ca. Topics have varied from sociological issues regarding sports, lifestyles, and women's issues to political incidents in Chico, in the CSU and for the State.
Key Roles in Conferences, Workshops and Professional Trainings:
2006-09 / California Teachers Association Liaison to CPEC2006 / New Trustee Training for California School Boards Association
2005 / CPEC, CD of Ed, United Kingdom Delegation: Workforce & Economic Development, a discussion of the role of Postsecondary Education
2002 / CSU Task Force on Facilitating Graduation, member
2001 / Co-organizer of the CSU Academic Conference: Quality Education Through Diversity, Nov. 28-30. San Diego
2001 / The CSU at the Beginning of the 21st Century, drafting committee
1998 / Issues of Articulation and Transfer, A Workshop presented by the Intersegmental Council of Academic Senates, Independent Colleges & Universities, California Virtual University, Corporate Partners, Final Report by the Workshop Planning Committee. Representative for CSU.
1998 / Information Competency Work Group awarded 11 grants for 1998-99 for $57, 873; developed 5 summer fellowships; 2 four day workshops
1997 / Information Competence Conference, organizer and presenter.
1997 / Productivity and Higher Education: A Faculty Voice, Group Recorder, CSU Conference. San Diego
1996 / ICAS Planning Work Group: IGETC Review
1996 / General Education in Review of the BA, CSU Academic Conference, Session Chair, Monterey.
1995 / Organizer and Facilitator, CSU Information Competency,
November 16-17, Long Beach
1994 / ITFS Workshop for Community College Transfer & Academic Advisors
1994 / Copyright and Fair Use Through the CSU - three workshop series
1993 / New Challenges to Increasing Diversity & Equity-Facilitator, CSU Academic Conference
1993 / Undergraduate Advisor Sociology, advising video segment majors & minors, career paths, honors, Instructional Television for Students (ITFS)
1992 / CSU Academic Retreat “New Challenges to Increasing Diversity and Equity”, Resource person and Mini workshop facilitator
1987 / Active Kicking, Effective Advising and Mentoring, Women's Council of CSU & CSU, Chico Women's Leadership Retreat
1978 / NCHEC Workshops, organizer and presenter
human sexuality forums: CSU, Chico (organizer/section chair)
1992-91 / Non-Mainstream Body Modification in Contemporary USA:
Piercing, Tattooing, Burning, Branding, J. Myers, Ph.D.
1990-91 / Childbirth in the 1990’s; Sex and Safety: Intimacy in the 1990’s; Sexual Dysfunctions and Treatment; What Students Want to Know: Gynecology, Infertility and Obstetrics
1990 / Sexual Behavior-Fantasy, Reality, and the Dynamics of Change; AIDS, A Community at Risk: The Frontline
Guided Research, Position Papers and Publications: