Elizabeth Kathryn Barna, M.A. Ph.D. Student Vanderbilt University Sociology Department Garland Hall 321-D
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AREAS OF INTEREST Culture; Social Stratification; Organizations, Occupations, and Work; Social Movements; Animals and Society; Crime, Law, and Deviance
EDUCATION Vanderbilt University PhD, Sociology, Summer 2020 (expected) Special Area Exams: Crime, Law, and Deviance (high pass, Spring 2017) Culture (pass, Summer 2017) Vanderbilt University MA, Sociology, August 2016 Thesis: “Half the Job is Pleasing Him”: An Ethnographic Account of Manager-Induced Stress, Care Worker Responses, and Care Recipient Outcomes at a Rehabilitation and Adoption Center for Farmed Animals Committee: Dr. Daniel Cornfield (chair), Dr. LaTonya Trotter, Dr. Larry Isaac Mental Health America of Los Angeles Mental Health Rehabilitation Specialist Certificate, June 2014 California Lutheran University BA, Sociology, December 2013 BS, Environmental Science, December 2013
MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION Patterson, Evelyn and Elizabeth Barna. “Where Do We Go From Here? Considering Criminological Theory in an Era of Mass Incarceration.” Carpenter, Laura and Elizabeth Barna. “Fillies and Feminism: Representations of Female Racehorses in Popular and Sports Media, 1974-2015.” Barna, Elizabeth. “‘Half the Job is Pleasing Him’: An Ethnographic Account of Manager-Induced Stress, Care Worker Adaptations, and Care Recipient Outcomes at a Sanctuary for Farmed Animals.” Barna, Elizabeth. “Clucking Clients? Extending the Care Work Literature to Human-Animal Relationships at a Sanctuary for Farmed Animals.”
COMMUNITY-BASED RESEARCH REPORTS Vielehr, Peter, Kyle Mothershead, Samuel Lester, Elizabeth Barna, Andrew Krinks, Michael Zoorob, M. Squawsan Barner, Joshua Crutchfield, Rachel Zolensky, Cara Suvall, and Anna Carella. 2016. Driving While Black: A Report on Racial Profiling in Metro Nashville Police Department Traffic Stops. Gideon’s Army.
RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
Spring 2017 Dr. George Becker, Assistance with monograph on shifting notions of “genius” and “madness” Spring 2017 Dr. Joshua Murray, Project on business elites’ networks Summer 2016 Dr. Katharine Donato, Project on attitudes toward immigration in Nashville Fall 2015 Dr. Laura Carpenter, Project on representations of female race horses in popular and sports media Spring 2015 Dr. Holly McCammon, Project on feminism and Supreme Court decisions
TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS Fall 2017 Dr. Shaul Kelner, Introduction to Research Methods Fall 2016 Dr. Richard Lloyd, Sociological Perspectives Spring 2016 Dr. Holly McCammon, Law and Society Spring 2015 Dr. LaTonya Trotter, Society and Medicine Fall 2014 Dr. Amy Cooter, Introduction to Sociology
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Barna, Elizabeth, and Evelyn Patterson. November 2017 (anticipated). Where Do We Go from Here? Considering Criminological Theory in an Age of Mass Incarceration. Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Carpenter, Laura and Elizabeth Barna. August 2017 Fillies and Feminism: Representations of Female Racehorses in Popular and Sports Media, 1974-2015. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Quebec. Barna, Elizabeth. August 2017. “Half the Job is Pleasing Him”: An Ethnographic Account of Manager-Induced Stress, Care Worker Adaptations, and Care Recipient Outcomes at a Rehabilitation and Adoption Center for Farmed Animals. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Quebec. Barna, Elizabeth. August 2016. Clucking Clients? Extending the Care Work Literature to Human-Animal Relationships at a Sanctuary for Farmed Animals. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Seattle, Washington. Katharine Donato, Alice Bae, Elizabeth Barna, Thomas Moore, and Chris Wold. August 2015. Nashville Neighborhoods Project: Manufactured Order and Collective Efficacy in The Gulch. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, Illinois.
AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
Graduate Student Travel Grant to Present Research (Summer 2017) Vanderbilt University Graduate School $500 ASA Travel Award (Summer 2015, 2016, 2017) Vanderbilt University Sociology Department $200, $650, $625, respectively Small Research Grant (Summer 2016) Vanderbilt University Sociology Department $500 Marion T. Loftin Scholarship (Fall 2014-present) Vanderbilt University Sociology Department $3000 annually, for five years
SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT AND DISCIPLINE Graduate Student Representative (August 2016-present) Animals and Society Section of the American Sociological Association Associate Editor (May 2016-present) Work and Occupations Brown Bag Co-Chair (2016-2017 academic year) Vanderbilt University Sociology Department Occasional Reviewer Work and Occupations, Society and Animals
SERVICE TO COMMUNITY Undergraduate Research Fair Judge (September 2017) Vanderbilt University Volunteer Qualitative Researcher (July 2016-October 2016) Gideon’s Army, a civil rights organization in Nashville, Tennessee
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Animals and Society Comparative and Historical Sociology Crime, Law, and Deviance Organizations, Occupations, and Work Social Psychology Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society Lifetime member Scholastic Honor Society of California Lutheran University Lifetime member
REFERENCES Dr. Daniel Cornfield Professor of Sociology Vanderbilt University (615) 322-7535
[email protected] Dr. Shaul Kelner Associate Professor of Sociology Vanderbilt University (615) 875-3180
[email protected] Dr. Laura Carpenter Associate Professor of Sociology Vanderbilt University (615) 322-7546
[email protected] Dr. Evelyn Patterson Associate Professor of Sociology Vanderbilt University (615) 322-7515
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