S. KATHERINE (KATIE) COOPER

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1 S. KATHERINE (KATIE) COOPER CURRICULUM VITAE AUGUST 2016 University of South Florida 4202 E. Fowler Ave. Department of Sociology, CPR 107 Tampa, FL Contact Info: Cell: (770) EDUCATION 2016 (expected) University of South Florida PhD, Sociology Dissertation: Breaking the Crass Ceiling? Exploring Narratives, Performances, and Audience Reception of Feminist Standup Comedy Committee: Laurel Graham (chair), Shawn Bingham, Robert Benford, & Kim Golombisky Areas of Specialization: Sociology of Culture, Social Movements 2014 University of South Florida Graduate Certificate, Women s and Gender Studies 2011 University of North Carolina Wilmington MA, Sociology Thesis: Stop Titan Action Network: A Case Study of Grassroots Organized Opposition Chair: Stephen McNamee 2008 University of Georgia BA, Sociology BS, Psychology Minor, Religion RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS Sociology of Culture, Media and Society, Gender, Humor, Social Movements, Social Change, Narrative Identity, Qualitative Methods MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW Cooper, S. Katherine. Under Review. Breaking the Crass Ceiling? Performing Irony and Femininity in Amy Schumer s Mostly Sex Stuff Stand-Up.

2 MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION FOR PUBLICATION Cooper, S. Katherine. Decoding Culture through Comedy: Analyzing Audience Interpretations of Women s Stand-up Performances. In Preparation for Submission. TEACHING EXPERIENCE Instructor of Record, University of South Florida: Sociology of the Media Summer 2016 Summer 2015 Fall 2014 Sociology of Popular Culture Spring 2015 Summer 2014 Spring 2014 Fall 2013 Introduction to Sociology Spring 2013 Social Science Statistics Fall 2012 Summer 2012 Spring 2012 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of South Florida: Social Science Statistics [Online] Fall 2016 Spring 2016 Fall 2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of North Carolina Wilmington: Sociology of Gender Spring 2011 Data Analysis and Interpretation Fall 2010 Social Classes Spring 2010 Introduction to Sociology Fall 2009; Spring 2011 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Miscellaneous Research Projects Fall Assisted in qualitative online data collection for ongoing book project exploring humor and disability for Dr. Shawn Bingham. University of South Florida.

3 Qualitative Narrative Analysis for Thesis research Stop Titan Action Network: A Case Study of Grassroots Organized Opposition. University of North Carolina Wilmington. Research Assistant, University of North Carolina Wilmington: Fall Research Assistant: Quantitative Research on North Carolina residents gun ownership pertaining to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) with Dr. Mike Maume Research Assistant: Secondary Data Collection and Data Coding for Dr. Stephen McNamee for social stratification project British and American Economic Elites: A Comparison of the Forbes List of 400 Richest Americans and the London Times British Rich List. PRESENTATIONS Conference Presentations [Upcoming] Cooper, Katie. October Decoding Culture through Comedy: Analyzing Audience Interpretations of Women s Stand-up Performances, to be presented at the annual Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) meeting. North Charleston, SC. Cooper, Katie. April Ironic Performativity and Interpretations of Culture through Standup Comedy, presented at the annual Southern Sociological Society (SSS) meeting. Atlanta, GA. Cooper, Katherine. October Funny Feminism: Audience Interpretations of Standup Comedy, presented at the annual Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) meeting. Lafayette, LA. Cooper, Katie. March Guy Jokes, Girl Jokes : Using Focus Groups to Examine Audience Interpretations of Comedic Narratives, presented at the annual winter meeting of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) Couch-Stone Symposium. St. Petersburg, FL. Cooper, Katie. August (Re)producing Resistance: Women and Meaning-Making through Comedy presented at the annual Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) meeting. San Francisco, CA. Cooper, Katie. April Was it Something She Said? A Discussion of Methods for Analyzing Audience Reception of Comedy presented at the 3 rd annual USF Women s and Gender Studies Feminist Research Colloquium. Tampa, FL.

4 Cooper, Katie. October Not Just a Boys Club Anymore: Exploring the Roles and Significance of Women in Comedy presented at the annual Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) meeting. Atlanta, GA. Cooper, Katie. March Social Movement Media Production and Consumption: The Role of Gatekeepers, Public Discourse, and Extensive Visibility presented at the annual Southern Sociological Society (SSS) meeting. New Orleans, LA. Invited Presentations & Talks Invited Panel Member: Reflections in the Double Mirror: The Relationship Between Media and Culture Panel at the Annual Southern Sociological Society (SSS) meeting in Atlanta, GA Invited Guest Lecture: Women in Comedy, Culture, and Meaning-Making for the University of South Florida Sociology of Culture course, instructed by Maggie Cobb. Tampa, FL. AWARDS & GRANTS USF Department of Sociology Distinguished Teaching Award USF Department of Sociology PhD Research Support Grant ($500) USF Student Government Conference Presentation Grant ($500) Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) Conference Travel Grant ($200) USF Department of Sociology Travel Grant ($250) USF Department of Sociology Travel Grant ($500) UNCW Graduate School Scholarship HOPE Scholarship, University of Georgia. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE [Upcoming] Session Organizer: Media and Society. Annual Mid-South Sociological Association (MSSA) meeting in North Charleston, SC.

5 2016. Session Presider: Culture, Continuity, and Change. Annual Southern Sociological Society (SSS) meeting in Atlanta, GA Panel Member: CV Workshop sponsored by the USF undergraduate Sociology Club. Tampa, FL Table Presider: ASA Section on Sociology of Sex and Gender Roundtables. Gender and Media Discourse. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA). San Francisco, CA Committee Member: Post-Doc Selection Committee. USF Department of Sociology (April). Facilitator: University of South Florida Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium (January). Panel Member: Senior Seminar, Interdisciplinary Social Sciences (ISS), University of South Florida (November). Panel Member: Teaching Sociology Graduate Seminar, University of South Florida (September). Panel Member: Senior Seminar, Department of Sociology, University of South Florida. MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Sociological Association *Section Affiliations: Culture; Collective Behavior and Social Movements; Consumer Culture; Sex and Gender; Communication, Information Technologies, & Media Sociology Sociologists for Women in Society Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Mid-South Sociological Association Southern Sociological Society National Women s Studies Association Alpha Kappa Delta