KatherinePullen|CurriculumVitaeSchool:DepartmentofSociology,VanderbiltUniversity,PMB351811,Nashville,TN37235•Tel.(904)200-9330Home:1210StrawberryCove,Nashville,TN37207•katherine.pullen@vanderbilt.edu

EDUCATIONInprogress Ph.D.,Sociology VanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,Tennessee Dissertation(workingtitle):“SportsFansandtheProblemofGender” Committee:Dr.JoshuaMurray(chair),Dr.LauraM.Carpenter,andDr.

DanielB.Cornfield

2015 M.A.,Sociology VanderbiltUniversity,Nashville,Tennessee Thesis:“RepresentationsofGenderinNewsPhotographsfrom

People’sDaily:HowhasChina’sRiseAffectedWomen?” Committee:Dr.HollyJ.McCammon(chair)andDr.ShaulKelner

2012 B.A.,InterculturalStudies,summacumlaude UnionUniversity,Jackson,Tennessee 2012 B.A.,Journalism,summacumlaude UnionUniversity,Jackson,Tennessee AREASOFINTERESTSports,WomenandGender,Culture,Media,ChineseSociety

RECENTPUBLICATIONSANDPRESENTATIONSUpcomingpresentation:“Knock-down,Drag-out:RayRice,theNFL,andtheAnti-DomesticViolenceMovement.”AmericanSociologicalAssociationAnnualMeeting.PaperSession.Seattle,WA.2016.

RESEARCHANDTEACHINGCurrentProjects

“HegemonicMasculinityandFemaleSportsFans,”Aqualitativeinterviewprojectaboutmaleandfemaleexperiencesofsportsfandom,withDr.LauraCarpenter(Vanderbilt)

“Influence,Environment,orSelection:WhyPerformanceEnhancingDrugUsersinMajorLeagueBaseballTendtoPlayontheSameTeams,”AquantitativeexaminationofnetworksandinterpersonalrelationshipsamongperformanceenhancingdrugusersinMajorLeagueBaseball,withDr.JoshuaMurray(Vanderbilt)

Teaching

SOC3704,Race,Gender,andSport(Spring2016,three-weekinterim)SOC3201,CulturalConsumption(Spring2016,three-weekinterim)

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TeachingandResearchAssistantships

TeachingAssistantforDr.AmyCooter(VanderbiltUniversity)inSOC3704,Race,Gender,andSport,andSOC3201,CulturalConsumption(Spring2016)andinSOC101,IntroductiontoSociology,andSOC255,RacialandEthnicMinoritiesintheUnitedStates(Spring2015)

TeachingAssistantforDr.KatharineM.DonatoandDr.JonathanT.Hiskey(VanderbiltUniversity)inHUM161,ImmigrantJourneys:NashvilleandBeyond(Fall2015)

TeachingAssistantforDr.PallaviBanerjee(VanderbiltUniversity)inSOC102,ContemporarySocialIssues,andSOC250,GenderinSociety(Fall2013-Fall2014)

TeachingAssistantforDr.YangGao(VanderbiltUniversity)inSOC102,ContemporarySocialIssues(Spring2013)

TeachingAssistantforDr.LauraM.Carpenter(VanderbiltUniversity)inSOC211,IntroductiontoSocialResearch(Fall2012)

ResearchAssistantforDr.KristieHolmes(UnionUniversity)onaUNESCOprojectaboutyounggirlsandthemedia,investigatingfemalebodyimageinChinesefashionmagazineadvertising(2011-2012)

PapersandPresentations

“RepresentationsofGenderinNewsPhotographsfromPeople’sDaily:HowhasChina’sRiseAffectedWomen?”AThesisinFulfillmentoftheRequirementsoftheMasterofArtsinSociologyDegree,November2014

“DaughtersandProstitutes:ExperiencesofMarginalizationinModernChina.”AnnualScholarshipSymposium,UnionUniversity,May2012.

“VisualizingProstitution:ReflectionsontheUseofVisualMethodsinQualitativeResearchonProstitutioninChina,India,Macau,andThailand.”InvitedPresentation,UnionUniversity,October2011.

“FemaleBodyImageinChineseFashionMagazineAdvertising.”AnnualScholarshipSymposium,UnionUniversity,May2011.

GRANTS,HONORS,ANDAWARDSVanderbiltUniversityGraduateSchool,2012-present

Tuitionaward,stipend,andteachingassistantshipforthePh.D.programinSociology

ElizabethTigrettMedal,UnionUniversity,2012Awardedbyvoteoftheentirefacultytoanoutstandingmemberoftheseniorclassforexcellenceincitizenship,leadership,character,schoolservice,andscholarship

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AcademicExcellenceinInterculturalStudies,UnionUniversity,2012AwardedtothegraduatingseniorwiththehighestGPAwhoachieveddistinctionintheirmajorfieldofstudy

UndergraduateResearchGrant,UnionUniversity,2011Acompetitiveawardthatsupportstheinnovativeandcollaborativescholarlyresearchofanundergraduatestudentandafacultymentor.Receivedforprojecttitled,“DaughtersandProstitutes:ExperiencesofMarginalizationinModernChina”

“BestJournalismResearchPaper”–SoutheastJournalismConference,2011Awardedinrecognitionofpapertitled,“FemaleBodyImageinChineseFashionMagazineAdvertising”

“BestPublicServiceJournalism”–SoutheastJournalismConference,2011

HonorableMention,“FeatureWriting”–On-siteCompetition,SoutheastJournalismConference,2011

“BestMultimediaJournalistintheSouth”–SoutheastJournalismConference,201o

AlphaChiHonorSociety,2010-2012Nationalcollegehonorsocietyforthetop10percentofjuniors,seniors,andgraduatestudentsinallacademicdisciplines

UnionUniversityPresident’sList,2008-2012

UnionUniversityProvostScholarshipRecipient,2008-2012Ahighlycompetitivefull-tuitionawardbasedonoutstandingacademicperformanceanddemonstratedleadershipexperience

RobertC.ByrdScholarshipRecipient,2008-2011FederallyfundedawardadministeredbytheStateofFloridatoonestudentfromeachhighschooleveryyearbasedonexcellenceinacademics,leadership,andcommunityservice

FirstPlace“FeatureWriting”–On-siteCompetition,SoutheastJournalismConference,2008

NationalMeritFinalist,2008

MEMBERSHIPSAmericanSociologicalAssociation

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KatherinePullen|CurriculumVitaeSchool:DepartmentofSociology,VanderbiltUniversity,PMB351811,Nashville,TN37235•Tel.(904)200-9330Home:1210StrawberryCove,Nashville,TN37207•katherine.pullen@vanderbilt.edu

PROFESSIONALREFERENCESJoshuaMurray,Ph.D.

AssistantProfessorofSociology,AffiliatedFacultyoftheCenterfortheStudyofDemocraticInstitutionsVanderbiltUniversity|josh.murray@vanderbilt.edu,(615)322-7506(Advisor,DissertationCommitteeChair)

HollyJ.McCammon,Ph.D.ProfessorofSociology,AffiliatedFacultyofWomenandGenderStudies,EditorofAmericanSociologicalReviewVanderbiltUniversity|holly.j.mccammon@vanderbilt.edu,(615)322-7531(Master’sThesisCommitteeChair)

AmyCooter,Ph.D.LecturerinSociologyVanderbiltUniversity|amy.cooter@vanderbilt.edu,(615)322-7540(TeachingAssistantshipAdvisor,Spring2015andSpring2016)

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