CURRICULUM VITAE
Dr. Kay Ann Snyder March, 2002
CURRENT POSITION:
Professor and Sociology Masters Coordinator, Department of Sociology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
OFFICE ADDRESS:
102-D McElhaney Halll
Department of Sociology
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Indiana, PA 15705
Office Phone: (412) 357‑3931 Home Phone: (4I2) 349‑8873
EDUCATION:
6/70 ‑ 8/74 Ph.D. Cornell University (Sociology)
9/67 ‑ 6/70 M.A. Cornell University (Sociology)
9/63 ‑ 6/67 B.A. Michigan State University (Sociology and Psychology)
HONORS AND AWARDS:
1/93 ‑ 5/93 Merit Sabbatical
· Examined household patterns in which wives earn more than their husbands
6/90 IUP Sociology‑Anthropology First Annual Meritorious Service Award
· Given “in recognition for continuous service to the Department in a variety of capacities and the advancement of the disciplines of Sociology and Anthropology on campus”
9/85 ‑ 5/86 Merit Sabbatical
· Investigated the impact of unemployment and plant shutdowns on workers, especially women
2/ 75 Michigan State University Teacher‑Scholar Award, 1974‑75
· One of six awards presented to junior faculty throughout the University in recognition of exceptional devotion and skill in undergraduate teaching
GRADUATE FELLOWSHIPS:
9/69 ‑ 8/72 N.D.E.A Title IV Fellowship
9/68 ‑ 8/69 Cornell Social Sciences‑Humanities Fellowship
9/67 ‑ 8/68 Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
TEACHING. RESEARCH. AND ADMINISTRATIVE POSITIONS:
1. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
6/84 ‑ Present Professor, Department of Sociology
1/98 - Present Sociology Masters Coordinator
6/91 ‑ 1/93 Sociology Graduate Coordinator
1/87 ‑ 6/90 Chairperson, Department of Sociology‑Anthropology
2/88 ‑ 7/88 IUP Exchange Partner, Visiting Professor, Department of Foreign Languages, Hangzhou University, Hangzhou, Peoples Republic of China
1/87 - 5/87 Participant, Faculty Development Seminar in Women's Studies
9/84 ‑ 6/85 Faculty Research Associate, IUP Graduate School
10/81 ‑ 6/84 Faculty Associate, Center for Community Affairs
· Disseminated research related to the Robertshaw Plant shutdown
· Analyzed the impact of unemployment on displaced workers, predominately women
9/78 ‑ 9/84 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
9/75 ‑ 8/78 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology
2. Michigan State University
8/74 ‑ 8/76 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology (on leave, 9/75 ‑ 8/76)
9/72 ‑ 8/74 Instructor, Department of Sociology
3. Cornell University (Graduate Student)
3/70 - 11/71 Visiting Research Fellow, Local Government Center, University of the Philippines, Manila
· Conducted research on the nature and causes in institutional instability in the Philippines
· Collected extensive data on political factionalism, union activity, ownership and control in major industries, economic and social class structure, and attitudes and backgrounds of political elites
6/68 ‑ 6/69 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology
· Courses: Introduction to Sociology, Intergroup Relations
6/68 ‑ 8/68 Graduate Researcher, Cornell Migrant Labor Project
· Conducted interviews and analyzed aggregate data
· Investigated causes and consequences of former migrant laborers settling permanently in rural upstate New York
6/67 ‑ 8/67 Assistant Project Director in Charge of Research, Southern Christian Leadership Conference‑sponsored project
· Funded by Adult Education Division, U.S. Department of H.E.W.
· Evaluated educational project preparing ghetto adults in the North Lawndale area of Chicago with skills necessary to obtain jobs.
4. Michigan State University (Undergraduate)
1/67 ‑ 6/67 Graduate Research Assistantship
· Interviewed Nigerian students and American student friends
· Analyzed interaction patterns between the two
12/66 ‑ 4/67 Student Teaching Assistant, College of Social Science
· Course: Introduction to Social Science
3/66 ‑ 11/66 Research Assistant on a Title IV, N.D.E.A. Grant Project
· "Creative Intellectual Style in Gifted Youngsters, Report III"
6/65 - 8/65 Social science coordinator and teacher in a compensatory education project for incoming freshmen at a black liberal arts college
· Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi
9/64 ‑ 6/66 Student Education Corps Volunteer
· Tutored youngsters from economically disadvantaged backgrounds
· East Lansing Junior High School, East Lansing, Michigan
9/64 ‑ 6/65 Independent Study Project: Social studies teaching
· Boy's Training School, Lansing, Michigan
3/64 ‑ 6/65 Research Assistant on U.S. Office of Education supported projects
· "The Educational Status of Children in a District Without Public Schools"
· "The Educational Status of Children During the First School Year Following Four Years of Little or No Schooling"
GRANTS:
1. Indiana University of Pennsylvania
7/93 ‑ 6/94 IUP Senate Research Committee Award (with Thomas Nowak)
· Analyzed family patterns when wives earn more than their husbands
· Continued extracting data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
7/92 ‑ 6/93 IUP Senate Fellowship Grant
· Analyzed data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, 1969‑88
· Assessed patterns and consequences of women earning more than their husbands
9/90 ‑ 8/93 Recipient and Co-Director of three separate grants (with Robert Millward and Beatrice Fenimore) from Temple University's Project LEAD (Leadership in Educational Administration and Development)
· Served as western Pennsylvania's satellite of Project LEAD
· Worked closely on leadership development projects with public school superintendents in region (plus some of their principals and teachers)
· Helped organize various planning sessions with school superintendents on key issues within their districts
· Developed workshops to help facilitate efforts of some school districts (through superintendents, principals, and teachers) to develop alternative strategies for assessing learning
8/85 ‑ 11/85 Recipient and Co‑Director, Pennsylvania Council for the Humanities Mini-Grant, “U.S. Working Class Literature, Past and Present (A Workshop)”
6/81 ‑ 6/85 Three Faculty Research Grants (with Thomas Nowak)
· Investigated economic and psychological impact of unemployment and plant shutdowns on workers and their families
· Conducted intensive interviews with workers (predominately women) terminated by plant closing of Robertshaw Controls, Indiana, PA
1/76 ‑ 6/77 Universiy Senate Research Grant
· Continued analyzing nature and causes of instability in the Philippines
2. Michigan State University
9/72 ‑ 8/76 Three All‑University Research Grants
· Investigated determinants and consequences of labor union activity and worker unrest in the Philippines
AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION:
Research Interests:
· Analyzing the intersection of gender, family, and workplace issues
· Investigating the causes and consequences of wives making more than their husbands
· Researching effective pedagogy for teaching sociological concepts and issues
Teaching Interests:
· Undergraduate: Sociology of Gender, Introductory Sociology, Social Stratification,
Sociology of the Family, Women and Work, Social and Cultural Change
· Graduate: Teaching Sociology, Gender and Society, Sociology of the Family, Social Change, Social Inequality, Social Policy Issues
COURSES TAUGHT:
Michigan State University:
· Undergraduate: Social Stratification, Minority Peoples, Contemporary Communities
· Graduate: Social Change, Contemporary Colonialism: The Internal Dimension
Hangzhou University, Peoples Republic of China:
· Undergraduate: American Culture
· Graduate: Cross Cultural Communication, American Culture
Indiana University of Pennsylvania:
· Undergraduate: Principles of Sociology, Sociology of Gender, Social and Cultural Change, Social Stratification, Introduction to Anthropology, Cultural Anthropology
· Dual level ‑‑ undergraduate and graduate: Women and the Future, Seminar on Unemployment
· Graduate: Gender and Society, Teaching Sociology, Social Inequality, Social Services, Social Change
PUBLICATIONS:
Alex Heckert, Thomas Nowak and Kay Snyder, "The Effects of Husbands’ and Wives’ Relative Earnings on Marital Disruption,” Journal of Marriage and the Family, 60 (August 1998): 690-703.
Kay Snyder, review of Judith Stacey’s In the Name of the Family: Rethinking Family Values in the Postmodern Age (Boston: Beacon Press, 1996), in Gender and Society, 1996.
Cynthia Deitch, Thomas Nowak and Kay Snyder, "Manufacturing Job Loss Among Blue‑Collar Women: An Assessment of Data and Policy," in Gender and Public Policy, ed. Mary Lou Kendrigan (Westport, Conn., Greenwood Press, 1991), pp. 33-65.
Kay A. Snyder, review of Elliot Currie and Jerome H. Skolnick’s America's Problems: Social Issues and Public Policy, Second Edition (Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman, 1988), in Teaching Sociology (Vol. 17, No. 3, July, 1989), pp. 373-375.
Laurence Kruckman and Kay Snyder, "Social and Cultural Change Course Syllabus," in Teaching Social Change Course Designs. Syllabi and Instructional Materials. Secon Edition. ed. Rosalie Cohen (Washington, D.C.: American Sociological Association Teaching Resources Center, 1988).
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, "Job Loss and Demoralization: Do Women Fare Better Than Men?” International Journal of Mental Health, 13, No. 1‑2, (Fall, 1984), pp. 92‑106.
Thomas C. Nowak and Kay A. Snyder, "Women's Struggle to Survive a Plant Shutdown," The Journal of Intergroup Relations, XI, No. 4 (Winter, 1983), pp. 25-44.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, "Sex Differences in the Impact of a Shutdown: The Case of Robertshaw Controls," in The Sociological Galaxy: Sociology Toward the Year 2000, ed. Charles Babbitt (a publication of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, 1983), pp. 228‑239.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, "Philippine Labor Before Martial Law: Threat or Nonthreat?" Studies in Comparative International Development. 17 (Fall‑Winter, 1982), pp. 44‑72.
Kay A. Snyder, review of Third‑World Povertv, ed. William Paul McGreevey (Lexington, Mass.: Lexington Books, 1980), in Contemporarv Sociology (1981).
Kay A. Snyder, review of Images and Self‑Images: Male and Female in Morncco, by Daisy Hilse Dwyer (New York: Columbia University Press, 1978), in Contemporary Sociology, 9 (March, 1980), pp. 292‑293.
Thomas C. Nowak and Kay A. Snyder, "Clientelist Politics in the Philippines: Integration or Instability?" American Political Science Review, 68 (September, 1974), pp. 1147-1170.
Thomas C. Nowak and Kay A. Snyder, "Economic Concentration and Political Change in the Philippines,” in Studies in Local Political Change: The Philippines Before Martial Law, ed. Benedict Kerkvliet (Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1974), pp. 153-242.
Thomas C. Nowak and Kay A. Snyder, "Urbanization and Clientelist Systems in the Philippines," Philippine Journal of Public Administration 14 (July, 1970), 259‑275.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, “New American Families: Problems and Possibilities,” The Dean’s Lecture Series 2001-02, IUP Punxsutawney Campus, December, 2001.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, “Illustrating Sociological Concepts with Short Segments From Feature Films,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Anaheim, August, 2001.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, “Using Clips From Full-length Feature Films to Teach Sociological Concepts,” Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Pittsburgh, October, 2000.
Kay Snyder, “Gender Communication and Its Role in Leadership,” Brown Bag Express Series, IUP, Indiana, PA, April, 1999.
Kay Snyder, Invited Presenter, Workshop for Graduate Coordinators on “Effective Practice in M.A. Programs,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August, 1998.
Kay Snyder, “Alternatives to Lecturing,” IUP New Faculty Orientation Program, August, 1997,
Kay A. Snyder, “De-industrialization: The Shaping of Marriage and the Family,” IUP Symposium on Marriage and the Family,” IUP, Indiana, PA, February, 1996.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, “Combining Career and Family,” Six O’clock Series, IUP, Indiana, PA January, 1996.
Kay A. Snyder and Steven Vago, Teaching Workshop, “Teaching About Social Change,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August, 1996.
Kay A. Snyder, Poster Session, “Graduate Programs in Sociology,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, August, 1996.
Kay A. Snyder, “ No Longer Down Under: A Sociologist Travels in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia,” IUP Mornings with the Professor, Kittanning, PA, April, 1996.
D. Alex Heckert, Thomas C. Nowak, and Kay A. Snyder, “The Impact of Husbands’ and Wives’ Relative Earnings on Marital Dissolution,” Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1995.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, “”Earning Patterns Among American Couples,” Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, State College, PA, October, 1994.
Kay A. Snyder, “Changing Family Patterns,” two lectures to Professor Nancy Norberg’s classes in Human Ecology, IUP, Indiana, PA, October, 1994.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, "Wives Who Earn More Than Their Husbands: A Research Agenda and Some Preliminary Trends," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, August, 1994.
Kay Snyder, “What Can We learn From Australia?” slide and lecture presentation, First Unitarian Universalist Church of Indiana, October, 1993.
Kay Snyder, “Teaching the Sociology of Sex and Gender,” Women’s Studies Colloquia Series on “Discourses,” October, 1993.
Kay Snyder, “No Longer Down Under: Traveling in Victoria and Tasmania, Australia,” slide and lecture presentation, Armchair Travelers, IUP Women’s Club, Indiana, PA, September, 1993.
Kay A. Snyder and Thomas C. Nowak, "When Wives Earn More Than Their Husbands: Patterns and Consequences," Roundtable Discussion, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Miami Beach, August, 1993.
Kay A. Snyder, “Travelling to Australia,” presentation to third and fourth grade classes, The Christian School, Indiana, PA, April, 1993.
Kay A. Snyder, “Developing Cross Cultural Sensitivity,” three training workshops for IUP University School Alumni Jazz Band to prepare junior high students, their parents, and chaperones for a two-week trip to Australia in which students and chaperones lived with host families, IUP, Indiana, PA, February, 1992.
Kay Snyder, “”Female and Male: Understanding Ourselves and Each Other,” presentation for Singles Workshop, Greystone Presbyterian Church, Indiana, PA, September, 1992.
Kay A. Snyder, "Teaching Sociology: Sexism, Racism, Ethnocentrism, and Other Major Issues Encountered in the Classroom," American Sociological Association Student Honors Program, Pittsburgh, August, 1992.
Kay A. Snyder and Marilyn Maracle, "Revising the Sociology Curriculum," Roundtable Discussion, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, August, 1992.
Kay Snyder and Marilyn Maracle, "The Process of Curricular Revision in Sociology," Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, April, 1992.
Kay Snyder, "Integrating Writing into a Course on Gender," Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, IUP, Indiana, PA, May, 1990 and October, 1990.
Kay Snyder, "Ideology and Recent Political Events in China," Sociology-Anthropology Department Colloquia Series, IUP, Indiana, PA, October, 1989.
Kay Snyder and Thomas Nowak, "American Sociologists Teaching in the Peoples Republic of China," Roundtable Discussion, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, August, 1989.
Kay A. Snyder, “Women, Work, and Family in China Today,” Entre Nous Colloquia Series, IUP, Indiana, PA, May, 1989.
Kay Snyder, “Teaching and Learning in the Peoples Republic of China,” two presentations at the Unitarian Church of Indiana, Indiana, PA, December, 1988.
Kay Snyder, "Teaching and Research in China," Annual Meetings of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Association for Asian Studies, Indiana, PA, October, 1988.
Kay Snyder and Thomas Nowak "Teaching in China," Sociology‑Anthropology Department Colloquia Series, IUP, Indiana, PA, October, 1988.
Kay Snyder, Thomas Nowak, and Cynthia Deitch, "Women in Blue Collar Communities: Is There a Future?" IUP Symposium on Women and the Future, Indiana, PA, October, 1987.
Kay Snyder, Thomas Nowak, and Cynthia Deitch, "Integrating National and Local Data on Workers Displaced by Plant Closings and Layoffs," Roundtable Discussion, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August, 1987.
Kay Snyder, "Job Displacement and Blue Collar Women," Third International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Dublin, Ireland, July, 1987.
Thomas Nowak and Kay Snyder, "Sex Differences in the Long‑Term Consequences of Job Loss," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York City, August, 1986.
Kay Snyder, Judy Michaels, and Thomas Nowak, "The Long‑Term Effects of Job Displacement on Factory Women," Annual Meetings of the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association, New Wilmington, PA, April, 1986.
Kay Snyder and Thomas Nowak, "When a Factory Closes: Do Displaced Women Fare Better Than Men?" presented at "Entre Nous . . . A Women's Colloquium," IUP, Indiana, PA, February, 1986.
Kay Snyder and Thomas Nowak, Invited Testimony Before the Special House Committee to Investigate Industrial Plant Closings chaired by State Representative Peter Daley, Johnstown, PA, September, 1984.
Kay Snyder and Thomas Nowak, "The Impact of Unemployment on Women," Invited Testimony Before the National Commission on Unemployment and Mental Health, organized by the National Mental Health Association, Philadelphia, June, 1984.
Kay Snyder and Thomas Nowak, "Surviving Job Loss: The Long‑term Impact of a Plant Shutdown," Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems," Washington, D.C., August, 1985.
Kay Snyder and Thomas Nowak, "Responses to Economic Decline and Unemployment," Annual Meetings of the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association, Pittsburgh, March, 1985.
(with Thomas Nowak), "Problems and Prospects of Doing Research on Unemployment," IUP College of Humanities and Social Sciences Colloquia Series, Indiana, PA, October 1984.
(with Thomas Nowak), "Women and Unemployment," Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Indiana, PA, October, 1984.
(with Thomas Nowak), "Marital Happiness and Household Tension: Do Women Fare Better Than Men?," Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Antonio, Texas, August, 1984.
(with Thomas Nowak), "Job Loss and Workers Under Stress," Conference on Economic Recovery in Southwestern Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, PA, April, 1984.
(with Thomas Nowak), "The Effects of Unemployment on Men and Women," Conference on "Industrial Communities in Transition: Adjustments to Change," University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA, November, 1983.
(with Thomas Nowak), "Sex Differences in the Impact of a Plant Shutdown: The Case of Robertshaw Controls," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Detroit, September, 1983.
(with Thomas Nowak), "Surviving the Loss of a Job: Does Household Composition Make a Difference?," Annual Meetings of The Society for the Study of Social Problems, Detroit, August, 1983.
(with Thomas C. Nowak), "Impact of the Robertshaw Shutdown on the Economic and Psychological Well‑Being of Terminated Men and Women," Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Millersville, PA, November, 1982.
"The Social Effects of the Robertshaw Plant Closing, A Case Study," Industrial North Conference, IUP, Indiana, PA, October, 1983.
(with Thomas C. Nowak), "Alternative Learning Strategies in the Study of Social Inequalities," Annual Meetings of the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association, Washington, PA, April, 1980.
"Using Experiential Approaches in Teaching About Social Problems," Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Allentown, PA, November, 1978.
"Some Efforts to Make Sociology Courses Relevant to Students," Annual Meetings of the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association, Indiana, PA, March, 1978.
(with Thomas C. Nowak), "Political Decay in the Philippines: An Empirical Test," Annual Meetings of the Western Conference for Asian Studies, Salt Lake City, November, 1972.
OTHER ACTIVITIES FOR PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
Co-Organizer (with Steven Vago), Teaching Workshop, “Teaching About Social Change,” Annual Meetings of the America Sociological Association, New York, August, 1996.
Organizer, “When Wives Earn More Than Their Husbands: Patterns and Consequences,” Discussion Roundtable, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Miami Beach, August, 1993.
Council Member At‑Large, North Central Sociological Association (regional sociological association for sociologists from nine states and part of Canada), 1991‑92.
Trained Assessor, IUP's Principal Assessment Center, 1991-94, participating in various assessments of prospective school principals, including three-day Principals Assessments.
Trained Assessor, certified (based on my successful completion of a three-day workshop) by the National Association of Secondary School Principals, September, 1991.
Discussant: Session on "Sociology of Work and Unemployment," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August, 1988.
Organizer: Roundtable Discussion on "Integrating National and Local Data on Workers Displaced by Plant Closings and Layoffs," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, August, 1987.
Organizer: Session on "Industrial Decline: Effects on Families and on Women," Annual Meetings of the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association, New Wilmington, PA, April, 1986.
Organizer: Session on "The Sociology of Hard Times," Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Indiana, PA, October, 1984.
Co‑organizer: Session on "Unemployment: Producing and Maintaining Inequality in the 1980's," Annual Meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Antonio, August, 1984.
Organizer: Session on "Responses to Unemployment," Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Millersville, PA, November, 1983.
Chairperson: Student Research Paper Competition Session, Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Millersville, PA, November, 1983.
Chairperson: Student Paper Competition Session, Annual Meetings of the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association, New Wilmington, PA, March, 1982.
Organizer: Session on "Plant Closings," Annual Meetings of the Pennsylvania Sociological Society, Pittsburgh, November, 1981.
Organizer: Session on "Community Activism: Theoretical and Practical Issues," Annual Meetings of the Allegheny Valley Sociological Association, Johnstown, PA, April, 1981.
Organizer: Session on "Social Stratification," Annual Meetings of the North Central Sociological Association, Toledo, Spring, 1979.
Moderator: "The Philippines After Martial Law," Annual Meetings of The Midwestern Association for Asian Studies, East Lansing, MI, November, 1973.
Discussant: Session on "Voluntary Associations," Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York City, August, 1973.
REVIEWER:
Manuscript reviewer for Journal of Marriage and the Family (1998-99), Pine Forge Press (1992), Labor Studies Journal (1990), Social Problems (1985 to 1990), Scott-Foresman, Inc. (1989), and Sociological lnquiry (1979).
Proposal evaluator for National Science Foundation (1981 and 1990)
Consultant to Center for Vocational Personnel Preparation, IUP, reviewing materials to be used by intern teachers in their teacher certification program, for evaluating sex equity behaviors within the classroom (1982-83).
Outside evaluator for a faculty member's tenure review at Purdue University Fort Wayne (1986), Clarkson University (1982), and for a tenure and promotion review at Texas Tech University (1981).
IUP Representative, SSHE Summer Teaching Academy, five-day seminar at Millersville University of PA, Millersville, PA, August, 2000
IUP’s Representative, “Forum on Exemplary Teaching,” three-day conference at the American Association of Higher Education, Atlanta, March, 1998.
Member, IUP Team to attend half-day “Workshop on Gender Equity in Education,” conducted by Dr. Bernice Sandler to sensitize IUP faculty to gender equity issues in the classroom, IUP, Indiana, PA, April 1994.
IUP Liberal Studies Representative, “Critical Thinking Workshop,” two-day workshop sponsored by the Foundation for Critical Thinking, Washington, D.C., January, 1994.
“Assessment in the Classroom,” one-day workshop organized by Dr. Barbara Blackledge and the Reflective Practice Group, IUP, Indiana, PA, September, 1993.
“Evaluating and Grading Writing Assignments,” one-day workshop facilitated by Dr. Barbara Walvoord of Loyola College, Baltimore, sponsored by Liberal Studies, IUP, Indiana, PA, May, 1990.
“Leadership Development Workshop for New Sociology Department Chairs”, one-day workshop sponsored by the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C., August, 1987.
“American Council on Education Workshop for Department Chairs,” two-day workshop conducted by the American Council on Education, IUP, Indiana, PA, January, 1987.
“Developing Critical Thinking in Writing Intensive Courses,” one-day workshop facilitated by Dr. Barbara Walvoord of Loyola College, Baltimore, sponsored by Liberal Studies, IUP, Indiana, PA, January, 1990.
“Integrating Writing Into the Curriculum,” two-and-a-half day workshop on developing writing-intensive courses, Dr. Barbara Walvoord of Loyola College, Baltimore, sponsored by Liberal Studies, IUP, Indiana, PA, October, 1988.
MEDIA INTEREST IN OUR RESEARCH:
Our research on displaced workers (predominately women) received extensive media coverage, including stories discussing our research that appeared in the:
· Philadelphia Inquirer
· Pittsburgh Press
· Greensburg Tribune‑Review
· Johnstown Tribune‑Democrat
· Mountain Life and Work
· Valley Independent
· Punxsutawney Spirit
· Newsletter of the Mental Health Association in Indiana County
· The Pennsylvania Sociologist
· Indiana Penn
· Pitt Summer News Magazine
· York (Pa.) Dispatch
· APSCUF Newsletter
· Wall Street Journal
· Report of the National Mental Health Association, Unemployment and Mental Health in
America: American Dream or Nightmare? (1985).
· Homer City radio station WCSS (two-part program on Robertshaw Plant shutdown and our research, November, 1985)
· National Public Radio, "With All Things Considered,” special program on displaced blue collar women and the Robertshaw Plant shutdown, August 27, 1985
Our research on families in which wives earn more than their husbands has generated widespread media interest. We were interviewed for articles discussing our research that appeared in:
· Sam Roberts, “When a Woman Earns Like a Man,” The New York Times, November 6,
1994.
· Ann Scheck, “Picture is Changing for Dual Income Family,” Investors Business Daily,
Sept. 2, 1994.
· Margaret Udansky and Jannifer Krause, “Women Earn Bigger Check in One of Every Six
Couples,” USA Today, Aug. 11, 1994.
· Eva Pomice, “When She Earns More,” Good Housekeeping, January 1996.
· “A Woman of Independent Means,” The Do(o)little Report, December 1995.
· Robert Kilbourn, Jr., “Seeking New Jobs After the Pink Slip,” Christian Science Monitor,
July 17, 1995.