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EDUCATION
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, Sociology, Expected 2010.
American Securitization: Finance, Technology, and the Politics of Debt
Neil Fligstein (Chair), Marion Fourcade, Heather Haveman, Dwight Jaffee (Haas School of Business)
Qualifying Exam Fields: Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Sociological Theory
M.A. University of California, Berkeley, Sociology, May 2006
Thesis: The Institutionalization and Inversion of Morals and Markets
B.A. Smith College, Sociology, May 1998
Cum Laude, High Honors in Sociology
PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
“The Transformation of Morals in Markets: Death, Benefits, and the Exchange of Life Insurance Policies.” American Journal of Sociology. 114(3): 738–80. 2008.
“Blue Chip Bodies, Fat Phobia, and the Cultural Economy of Body Size.” Invited submission for Bodily Inscriptions: Interdisciplinary Excursions into Embodiment,
edited by Lori Duin Kelly. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. 2008. (With Lynne Gerber.)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
“The Credit Mines.” Invited book review for Contexts Magazine. Forthcoming.
“Lemon Socialism and Securitization.” Invited submission for Trajectories: Newsletter for the Comparative and Historical Sociology Section of the American Sociology
Association. 20 (2): 3-5. 2009.
Writing for Sociology. Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley. (Edited with Jennifer Jones)
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Things of Shreds and Patches: Credit Aid, the Budget, and Securitization in America.”
"Securitization and the State."
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Securitizing Social Relations?” Invited presentation. Relational Work Conference (University of California, Davis), May 2010.
“International Law, Securitization, and Unintended Consequences.” Invited presentation. Council for European Studies Conference (Montreal), April 2010.
“Engineering Securitization.” Invited presentation. Eastern Sociological Society (Cambridge), March 2010.
“The Business of Budget Concepts.” American Sociological Association (San Francisco). Economic Sociology Section, Panel on the Politics of Markets, August 9, 2009.
"Towards a Market for Mortgage-Backed Securities: Credit Lending, the Federal Budget, and the Politics of Debt Management." All-University of California Group in Economic History (Riverside, CA). May 2009.
“Securitization and the State.” American Sociological Association (Boston). Economic Sociology Section, Panel on the Sociology of Credit, August 1, 2008.
“Blue Chip Bodies, Fat Phobia, and the Cultural Economy of Body Size.” American Sociological Association (Boston). Sex and Gender Roundtable, August 2, 2008. (With Lynne Gerber)
“Institutions as Lens: Implications for Theories of Morals and Markets.” Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (San Jose, Costa Rica), July 23, 2008.
“Framing Fat: Left, Right and Center.” Popular Culture Association (Boston). Fat Studies Section, April 9, 2007. (With Lynne Gerber)
“The Institutionalization and Inversion of Morals in Markets.” American Sociological Association (Montreal). Sociology of Culture Section session on Cultures of the Marketplace, August 14, 2006.
AWARDS AND HONORS
Leo Lowenthal Fellowship. Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley, Fall 2009.
Department of Sociology Summer Research Award. UC Berkeley, Summer 2009.
Participant, Tobin Project Conference. White Oak, Florida, April 2009.
Dean’s Normative Time Fellowship. UC Berkeley, 2008-9.
Graduate Division Travel Grant. UC Berkeley, July 2008.
Participant, Social Studies of Finance Seminar. Columbia Business School, New York, April 2008.
Honorable Mention, Graduate Student Paper Award. Culture Section, American Sociological Association, “From Revulsion to Consolation: Moral Ambiguity and the Viaticals Industry.” 2007.
Academic Progress Award. UC Berkeley, 2007.
Department of Sociology Research Grant. UC Berkeley, Fall 2007
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award. UC Berkeley, 2006.
Samuel Bowles Prize for Best Paper on a Sociological Subject. Smith College, 1998.
First Group Scholar, Smith College, 1997-98 (denotes top 5% of the class).
Phi Beta Kappa. Inducted 1997.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor
The Economic Crisis in Social Context.
Upper division course scheduled for Spring Semester 2010.
Graduate Student Instructor
Classical Sociological Theory, Professor Dylan Riley, Spring 2006.
Contemporary Sociological Theory, with Professor Dylan Riley, Fall 2005.
Contemporary Sociological Theory, with Professor Marion Fourcade, Spring 2006.
Classical Sociological Theory, with Professor Marion Fourcade, Fall 2005.
Grading Assistant
Sociology of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Spring 2008
Principles of Sociology, Fall 2007
Sociology of Religion, Summer 2006 and 2007
TEACHING INTERESTS
Economic Sociology, Sociology of Culture, Political Sociology, Organizations and Institutions, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Qualitative Methods,
Sociological Theory.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant to Professor Marion Fourcade-Gourinchas, Summer 2005.
Analyzed secondary materials on 19th century English economists for Economists and Societies: Discipline and Profession in the United States, Britain, and
France (Princeton University Press, 2009)
Research Assistant to Professor Neil Fligstein, Spring 2004.
Researched European Defense and Football Industries for Euroclash: The EU, European Identity, and the future of Europe (Oxford University Press, 2008).
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE
Department of Sociology, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2006.
Graduate Student Wiki Project. Worked with a fellow graduate student to design and develop an interactive webpage for graduate students, including a
section dedicated to teaching sociological subjects. Project successfully launched in one semester.
Credit Department, GenRe Securities, New York, NY.
Assistant Treasurer, November 2000 – March 2003
Reporting Assistant, July 1998 – November 2000
Developed and managed databases and reports that tracked trading relationships with hundreds of companies in a multi-billion dollar portfolio; researched, wrote,
and edited summary credit reviews of clients; developed new reports and tools for streamlining the analysis of credit risks; produced daily, monthly and
quarterly reports for top management that tracked credit exposure to the company’s largest, most volatile, and most sensitive trading relationships; identified
and investigated monthly shifts and irregularities in credit exposure; monitored quality of data in company-wide central database; monitored independent
evaluations of clients’ credit ratings; reviewed credit terms in all new legal contracts; developed website used by Management, Credit, Legal, and Marketing
departments to accelerate workflow and monitor negotiations with clients.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND AFFILIATIONS
Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology, 2007.
Member, American Sociological Association, 2004 – 2008.
Student Representative, Faculty Hiring Committee, Fall 2007.
Sociology Graduate Student Association, 2007 – 2008.
