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1 CANDACE A. KORASICK 1201 Old 63 S # (Home) Columbia, MO (Cell) EDUCATION PhD Sociology (major), Women s & Gender Studies (minor); 2010 University of Missouri-Columbia Comprehensive exam areas: Social Psychology, Social Inequalities Dissertation: Women Without Children: Identity, Choice, Responsibility MA - Sociology; University of Missouri-Columbia Areas of emphasis: Social Psychology, Gender, Family Thesis: Negative Attitudes About Childfree Women BJ - Journalism; 1991 University of Missouri-Columbia Area of emphasis: Print media (writing, newspaper design) ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT Adjunct Faculty. University of Missouri, Department of Rural Sociology. Columbia, MO August 2013 Present Prepare and instruct two sections of Introduction to Rural Sociology (cap 240 each). Supervise teaching assistants. Adjunct Faculty. University of Missouri, Honors College. Columbia, MO August 2012 Present Prepare and instruct interdisciplinary courses for the Behavioral Science Sequence in the Honors College. Adjunct Faculty. Stephens College, Department of Liberal Arts. Columbia, MO. August 2011 May 2013 Prepare and instruct courses as determined by Dean of Liberal Arts, including the senior core Global Ethics. Develop new courses on the place of non-human animals in society. Adjunct Faculty. University of Missouri, Mizzou Online. Columbia, MO October 2006 December 2011 Prepare and instruct sociology courses as determined by program coordinator. Includes face-toface, web-assisted and on-line courses.

2 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT (CONTINUED) Mizzou Advantage Preparing Future Faculty Postdoctoral Fellow. University of Missouri. Columbia, MO August 2010 May 2011 Develop and implement original interdisciplinary courses that are expected to become part of the University s core curriculum. Prepare and instruct sociology courses as assigned. Pursue individual research agenda. Adjunct Faculty. Central Methodist University. Fayette, MO August 2009 December 2009 Prepare and instruct sociology courses as determined by department chair. (One semester appointment.) Graduate Instructor. University of Missouri, Department of Sociology, Columbia, MO August 2001 December 2007 Prepare and instruct sociology courses as determined by department chair. Supervise teaching assistants when applicable. Contact: Ed Brent, PhD; Assistant Chair, (573) COURSE DEVELOPMENT Animals & Their Humans Freshman-level course dealing broadly with the relationships between humans and nonhuman animals. Intended to double as an introduction to sociology. Areas of emphasis to include importance of animals to human societies, animals as markers of social status, and social movements for animal welfare/rights policies. Animals & Society Interdisciplinary, sophomore-level course dealing broadly with the relationships between humans and nonhuman animals. Topics include the interconnectedness of humans and animals throughout history; social construction of different animals as companions, food, tools, etc.; the evolution of animals roles and representations in human society; changing attitudes toward animals; and the impact of those attitudes on social structures and public policy. The Animal Question in Human Health Interdisciplinary, upper-level and graduate-level course exploring the relationships between the well-being of humans of the well-being of nonhuman animals at the societal level. Topics include consumption of and access to animal products, production methods, medical animal research, transgenesis, and the impact of the animal-rights movement on the aforementioned areas. Candace A. Korasick, CV 2 of 6

3 COURSES TAUGHT Sociology Freshman/Sophomore-Level Introduction to Sociology Sociology of Deviant Behavior The Female Experience: Body, Identity, Culture Social Inequalities Culture & Mass Media Animals & Their Humans Junior/Senior-Level Social Psychology Sociology of Gender & Sexuality* Youth in Today s World* The Family* Sociology of Health Public Opinion & Communication Collective Behavior* Criminology Other/Interdisciplinary Freshman/Sophomore-Level Animals & Society Animals & Their Humans Personal Identity Identity in Groups Junior/Senior-Level The Animal Question in Human Health** Global Ethics *Classes that have been taught both online and face-to-face. **Graduate credit offered. PUBLICATIONS The Incredible Shrinking Woman Invited essay about the struggle to maintain a positive self-image in the face of injuries that threaten an embodied identity. BODYtalk: The Size Issue. Dec (1) (BODYtalk is a nonrefereed, feminist e-zine.) PRESENTATIONS J ai un chien, donc nous sommes: Our dogs, our selves. Exploration of the impact of pet ownership on the development of self and on our understandings of selfhood. Emphasis on the existence of canine selves and a critique of Irvine s theory that human-canine bonds are so strong because dogs have selves. Speculation on the extent to which human-animal relationships require that those nonhuman animals have selves. Presented at Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL, March Candace A. Korasick, CV 3 of 6

4 PRESENTATIONS (CONTINUED) Dog People Exploration of the impact of pet ownership on the development of self and on our understandings of selfhood. Emphasis on the relationships between humans and domesticated canines and the tendency of people to ascribe selfhood to their dogs. Invited presentation to the MU Animal Welfare Club. Columbia, MO, March Being Without or Just Being? Childless Non-Identities Study of identity construction by women without children, with emphasis on how these women did not necessarily develop identities around not having children. Presented as part of the 2007 MU Department of Sociology Research Colloquium Series. Columbia, MO, November Choice in the Narratives of Women Without Children Comparison of the ways in which women without children use the language of choice to explain how they came to be without children. Emphasis is on how categories of childless women who are generally considered to be very different are actually quite similar in their understandings of themselves. Presented at the 2007 Women s and Gender Studies Graduate Conference. Columbia, MO, January Ladies, Dykes and Men with Tits: New Female Bodies and New Femininities Study of identity construction by female weightlifters, with a focus on how these women deal with the stigma of having an unfeminine body. Presented at the 2004 Midwest Sociological Society Annual Conference. Kansas City, MO, April But I Wouldn t Call Myself a Feminist Research assessing people s gender ideologies as well as their willingness to claim the label feminist. Presented at the 2002 Midwest Sociological Society Annual Conference. Milwaukee, WI, April To Market, to Market to Buy Some Fresh Eggs: The Commodification of Ova Donation Text analysis of language and marketing techniques used by fertility clinics and ova brokers to recruit both donors and patients. Presented at the 2001 Midwest Sociological Society Annual Conference. St. Louis, MO, April Negative Attitudes About Childfree Women Comparison of people s attitudes about mothers to their attitudes about women who choose not to have children. Presented at 2000 Midwest Sociological Society Annual Conference. Chicago, IL, April Candace A. Korasick, CV 4 of 6

5 GUEST LECTURES Teaching Sociology: Where Do You Begin? Discussion of how to choose textbooks and plan a syllabus that suits individual teaching styles while meeting the needs of students. Introduction to Sociology of Gender Discussion of different sociological approaches to gender, with a focus on how traditional gender stratification disadvantages both women and men. Feminism Introduction to feminism and discussion of different gender ideologies, emphasis on goals, accomplishments, and setbacks of different types of feminism. Bodily Misconduct Discussion of women who do not conform to societal norms of appropriate use of their bodies, in particular, being muscular and not having children. Focus is on how women understand themselves as feminine in face of societal messages to the contrary. Deviant Female Bodies Discussion of embodiment and meaning with a focus on the stigma of having an oversized female body. Emphasis on contradictory spaces occupied by female strength athletes. Women Without Children Discussion of how the conflation of motherhood with adult femininity makes it difficult for women who do not have children to assume adult roles in their extended families. PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS Midwest Sociological Society, member Animals & Society Institute, member PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Departmental Graduate Student Mentor Assist incoming graduate students adjust to graduate student life. Includes advice about courses, schedules, advisors, and non-academic concerns (housing, etc.) August 2003 May Faculty Search Committee Graduate student representative to the job search committee. February Candace A. Korasick, CV 5 of 6

6 PROFESSIONAL SERVICE (CONTINUED) University Ad-Hoc Committee on Human-Animal Interaction, member Committee exploring the possibility of creating an HAI certificate or concentration area at the University of Missouri. August 2012 to present. Mizzou Reads, facilitator Lead discussion of assigned book with a small group of incoming freshmen. August 2010 to present. Discipline Midwest Sociological Society, session organizer Organized round-table presentation. Animals & Us. March 2013 VOLUNTEER SERVICE Missouri 4-H Youth Development Help youth professionals instruct, supervise and judge youth competing at state events. January 1999 present HONORS/AWARDS Women s & Gender Studies Research Grant, University of Missouri, 2006 Superior Graduate Student, University of Missouri-Columbia, McNair Scholar, University of Missouri-Columbia, Candace A. Korasick, CV 6 of 6