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Bobbi Reidinger
Bobbi Reidinger Page 4
Department of Sociology
Kent State University
215 Hilltop Drive, Merrill Hall Room 231
Kent, OH 44242
330-672-1701
330-603-4981 (preferred)
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Education
2017 (Expected) PhD in Sociology, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Dissertation: Weight as Status: An Expansion of Status Characteristics Theory
2013 M.A. Sociology, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Thesis: “Cute or Crazy?: A Qualitative Analysis of Gendered Stalking Portrayals in Film”
2008 B.S. Sociology: Criminal Justice Corrections, Winona State University, Winona MN
Research Interests
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Social Psychology
Fat Studies
Criminology
Criminal Justice
Media
Qualitative Methods
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Publications
2013 Goar, Carla, Jane Sell, Bianca Manago, Calixto Melero, and Bobbi Reidinger. 2013. "Race and Ethnic Composition of Groups: Experimental Investigations." Advances in Group Processes Vol. 30: 47-75.
Research Experience
2010-2013 Project Manager and Research Assistant, Kent State University, Department of Sociology. Under direction of Dr. Carla Goar and National Science Foundation. Duties: data analysis, management of five undergraduate assistants, oversee financial disbursement, coding of data, and publication preparation.
2011-2013 Research Assistant, Kent State University, Department of Sociology. Under direction of Dr. Carla Goar. Duties: Aid in transcription and coding of qualitative data and publication preparation.
2008-2010 Research Assistant, Northern Illinois University, Department of Sociology. Under direction of Dr. Keri Burchfield. Duties: data analysis.
Teaching Experience
2015 Instructor, Individual and Society. Kent State University.
2014 Instructor, Social Problems. Kent State University.
2014 Guest Lecture for Stephen Webster, Social Problems, Kent State University. “Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System”.
2014 Guest Lecture for Carla Goar, Introduction to Sociology, Kent State University. “Non-Material vs. Material Culture: A focus on Media”.
2014 Guest Lecture for Carla Goar, Introduction to Sociology, Kent State University. “Cute or Crazy?: A Qualitative Analysis of Gendered Stalking Portrayals in Film”.
2014 Guest Lecture for Austin Johnson, Social Problems, Kent State University. “Stalking as a Social Problem”.
2013 Guest Lecture for Lauren Porter, Research Methods, Kent State University. “Experimental Methods in Sociology”.
2013 Guest Lecture for Greg Gibson, Research Methods, Kent State University. “Fat as Status”.
2013 Guest Lecture for Austin Johnson, Social Problems, Kent State University. “Coping Strategies for Weight Bias”.
2013 Guest Lecture for Megan Schaffer, Research Methods, Kent State University. “Using Experimental Methods in Sociology”.
2012 Guest Lecture for Chivon Fitch, Introduction to Women’s Studies, University of Akron. “Coping with Fat Stigma and Fat Bias”.
2010-2014 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Individual and Society, Kent State University, Dept. of Sociology. Duties: Held office hours, met with students upon request, graded written work, constructed exams and quizzes, lectured in class, and administered exams
Presentations
2015 “Weight as Status: An Expansion of Status Characteristics Theory”; Southwest Social Science Association
2014 “Fat as Status”; Sociologists for Women in Society
2014 “Fat as a Stigmatized Identity: Ties to Status”; North Central Sociological Association
2014 “Fat as Status: An Expansion of Status Characteristics Theory”, Southwest Social Science Association
2013 “Cute or Crazy: A Qualitative Analysis of Gendered Stalking Portrayals in Film”; Southwestern Social Science Association
2013 “Reducing Racial Inequality in Task Groups: Exploring the Effects of Time and Transfer”; Southwestern Social Science Association
2013 Advice Among Students: Surviving Graduate School; North Central Sociological Association
2012 “Reducing Racial Inequality in Task Groups: Exploring the Effects of Time and Transfer”; North Central Sociological Association
2012 “Reducing Racial Inequality in Task Groups: Exploring the Effects of Time and Transfer”; 75th Anniversary Sociology Research Panel at Kent State University
Grants and Contracts
Weight as Status: An Expansion of Status Characteristics Theory. Kent State University’s Research and Development Committee’s Pilot Funding Program. 2015-2016. ($5,500). Principal Investigators: Carla Goar and Bobbi Reidinger.
Service
2014-2015 Organized Session “The Body” for Southwest Social Science Association
2014-2015 Organized Session “Criminology” for Southwest Social Science Association
2014-2015 Assisted in the organization of the program for Southwest Social Science Association
2014-2015 Presided over sessions at Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Sociology Symposium
2013-2014 Presided over sessions at Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Sociology Symposium
2013-2014 Organized Silent Auction for Southwest Social Science Association
2012-2015 Served as Social Chair for departmental chapter of AKD
2012-2015 Served as Social Chair for departmental chapter of PGM
2012-2013 North Central Sociological Association Student Committee
Honors and Awards
2015 Recipient of the James T. Laing Scholarship
2010 2nd Place in Essay Competition for Graduate Level Courses. Northern Illinois University. “The Invisible Vagina: An Examination of the Knowledge, Medicalization, and Commodification of Female Sexual Dysfunction”
2008 Academic Scholarship. Winona State University.
Memberships
Alpha Kappa Delta
Pi Gamma Mu
American Sociological Society
Sociologists for Women in Society
Southwest Social Science Association