L I S A C. R U C H T I, P H. D. Assistant Professor of Women s and Gender Studies Department of Anthropology and Sociology 148 Main Hall, West Chester University West Chester, PA 19383 610-436-2464 lruchti@wcupa.edu E D U C A T I O N Ph.D. in Sociology 2007 Specializations: Gender, Social Inequalities, Globalization, Care Labor Advisor: Dr. Kathleen Blee M.A. in Women s Studies 1994 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH B.A. in Psychology with Minor in Women s and Ethnic Studies 1992 Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH R E S E A R C H A N D T E A C H I N G I N T E R E S T S Research Ethnography and qualitative methods; Intimacy at work; Intersectionality theory; Transnational feminist theories; Sociological Theory; Professional care work; Nursing; Immigration; Sexual harassment; Intimate violence Courses Sociology of Gender; Gender, Labor, and Globalization; Sex and Society; Social Theory; Feminist Theory; Introduction to Women s Studies; Feminist Research Methodologies Potential Courses Violence: Intimate, Group, and State; Qualitative Research; Gender and Work P U B L I C A T I O N S It Is Part of the Job: The Impact of Work Culture on How Waitresses and Nurses 2008 Perceive Sexual Harassment. Sociological Viewpoints. Fall: 75-90. M A N U S C R I P T S I N P R O G R E S S Catheters, Slurs, and Pick Up Lines: Intersectionality and Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing. Six out of seven chapters complete, will submit for review, April 2010 An Intersectionality Approach to Nursing: Redefining Patient Care. Submitted to peer-reviewed journal The Transnational Language of Intimacy: How Spanish-Speaking Patients and Nurses Make Space for Better Hospital Care. Will submit to Signs: Journal of Women and Culture in Society, Mar BOOK
Lisa C. Ruchti Curriculum Vitae, Page 2 Intersectionality, In/Appropriate Intimacies, and Invisible Labor: Challenges in Nursing Ethics. Will submit to Hypatia, August 2010. A W A R D S A N D H O N O R S College of Arts and Sciences Development Grant, West Chester University 2007 Provost Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh 2006-2007 Andrew W. Mellon Pre-doctoral Fellowship, University of Pittsburgh 2005-2006 Graduate Student Dissertation Research Grant, University of Pittsburgh, Women s Studies 2005 Norman Hummon Graduate Research Award for It Is Part of the Job: Meanings of 2005 Sexual Harassment for Nurses and Waitresses University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology Tamara Horowitz Graduate Student Paper Prize for It Is Part of the Job: Meanings of 2005 Sexual Harassment for Nurses and Waitresses University of Pittsburgh, Women s Studies Annual Graduate Teaching Award, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Sociology 2005 Teaching Fellowship in Women s Studies, University of Pittsburgh 2004-2005 Graduate Student Research Grant, Dissertation pilot, Sexual Harassment: Definitions 2003 and Perceptions University of Pittsburgh, Women s Studies I N V I T E D P R E S E N T A T I O N S Intersectionality, In/appropriate Intimacies, and Invisible Labor: Challenges in Nursing 2009 Ethics. Philosophy Forum, October, West Chester University Keynote Speaker for The Feminization of Immigration. Symposium, September 2008 Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA Florence Nightingale Has Left the Building: Using the Concept of Intersectionality 2007 to Analyze Intimate Care Work. February, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA In/appropriate Intimacies, Invisible Labor: Challenges in Nursing and Ethics. 2007 Center for Bioethics and Health Law, February, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA Professional Intimacy in Hospital Nursing. Nursing Grand Rounds, January 2007 John C. Lincoln Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona
Lisa C. Ruchti Curriculum Vitae, Page 3 Florence Nightingale Has Left the Building: Using the Concept of Intersectionality 2006 to Analyze Intimate Care Work. Women s Studies Program, November Research and Nursing. Nurse Practitioner Graduate Theory Course, January 2006 Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ Teaching as Activism. Women s Studies Program, March 2005 It s Part of the Job: Meanings of Sexual Harassment in Care and Service Labor. 2004 Women s Studies Program, October, P R O F E S S I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E S Intersectionality, In/appropriate Intimacies, and Invisible Labor: Challenges in 2009 Nursing Ethics, Paper for Care Ethics and Intersectionality Panel, National Women s Studies Conference, November, Atlanta, Georgia Care as Economic Exchange: How Nurses and Patients Shape the Purchase of 2009 Intimacy at the Intersections of Race, Gender, and Nationality for the Using Intersectionality to Analyze the Commodification of Sex, Love, and Care, National Women s Studies Conference, November, Atlanta, Georgia Chair for the Intersections of Labor: Constructing a Working Class Identity Panel, 2009 Working Class Studies Association Conference, June, Pittsburgh, PA The Language of Intimacy: How Spanish-Speaking Patients and Nurses 2008 Make Space for Better Hospital Care. Transnational Dialogues: De-centering the Academic Debate on Global Feminisms Conference, Kenyon College, September, Gambier, Ohio The Origins of Love: Plato and Hedwig Queer Gender and Sexuality. 2008 National Women s Studies Association Conference, June, Cincinnati, Ohio Male Nurses and Intimate Care: Practicing Gender in Nursing. 2007 American Sociological Association, August, New York City, New York What is Feminist? Notes from an Introduction to Women s Studies Class. 2007 National Women s Studies Association, July, Chicago, Illinois Florence Nightingale Has Left the Building: Using the Concept of Intersectionality 2007 to Analyze Intimate Care Work. Midwest Sociological Society/North Central Sociological Association, April, Chicago, Illinois Rigorous and Flexible: Policy-Oriented Research that Listens to and Learns from 2007 Participants. Midwest Sociological Society North Central Sociological Association, April, Chicago, Illinois
Lisa C. Ruchti Curriculum Vitae, Page 4 Intimacy as Part of Work: Distinctions between Harm and Care. 2006 Law and Society Association, July, Baltimore, Maryland It is Part of the Job: Meanings of Sexual Harassment for Nurses and Waitresses. 2005 International Coalition against Sexual Harassment 11th Annual Conference Academic and Workplace Sexual Harassment, August, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania It s Not Offensive: How Intimacy as a job Requirement Troubles the Ways 2005 We Think About Sexual Harassment at Work. North Central Sociology Association, April, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Blurred Boundaries: Considering the Impact of Migrant Care Labor 2005 On Meanings of Sexual Harassment. North Central Sociology Association, April, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania It s Part of the Job: Meanings of Sexual Harassment in Care and Service Labor. 2004 Bridging Care-work Research, Advocacy, and Policy, Fourth Care-work Conference August, San Francisco, California Sexual Harassment in Waitress Positions: An Analysis of Perceptions. 2003 Transcending Boundaries: From Empowerment to Activism Eighth Annual GSPIA Women s Conference, March, University of Pittsburgh P R O F E S S I O N A L S E R V I C E Executive Committee, Women s Studies Program, West Chester University 2007-2009 Library Committee, Anthropology and Sociology Department, West Chester University 2008-2009 Steering Committee, Women s Studies Program, West Chester University 2007-2009 Recruitment Committee, Women s Studies Program, West Chester University 2007-2009 GLBTQA Advocacy Committee, West Chester University 2007-2009 Search committee member for Director of Women s Center, West Chester University 2008 Chair, Women s Studies 40 th Anniversary Event Committee, West Chester University 2008 Chair, Fundraising Committee, Women s Studies Program, West Chester University 2008 Faculty Mentor, Multicultural Affairs, West Chester University 2007-2008 Committee to develop a GLBTQ minor program, West Chester University 2007-2008 Graduate Curriculum Committee, Women s Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh 2006-2007
Lisa C. Ruchti Curriculum Vitae, Page 5 Development Fund Curriculum Committee, Women s Studies Program, 2006-2007 University of Pittsburgh Steering Committee Member, Women s Studies Program, University of Pittsburgh 2004-2005 P R O F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I O N S American Sociological Association Sex and Gender Section, Race, Gender, and Class Section (ASA) Sociologists for Women in Society (SWS) National Women s Studies Association (NWSA) R E V I E W E R Gender & Society