CAITLIN CROSS-BARNET

CAITLIN CROSS-BARNET The Johns Hopkins University Department of Sociology 540 Mergenthaler Hall Baltimore, MD 21218 Home: (410) 467-1499 Cell: (410) 218-2107 email: ccb@jhu.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, May 2010 Dissertation: Redefining Relationships: Non-marriage-based Cohabitation among Low-income Urban Mothers Advisor/Committee Chair: Andrew Cherlin Committee Members: Pamela Bennett, Stefanie DeLuca, Lori Leonard, Katrina Bell McDonald, David Paige M.A., Sociology, Johns Hopkins University, May 2007 M.A., English/Creative Writing, Boston University, January 1993 B.A., Sociology and Creative Writing, Oberlin College, June 1991 Dual Certificate, Substance Abuse Counseling and Education, University of California, Los Angeles, 2002 Research Interests: Gender, Family, Poverty, Medical Sociology, Public Health, Immigration and Race-ethnicity, Methodology and Mixed Methods Research Teaching Interests: Gender; Intersections of Gender, Race, and Class; Medical Sociology and Health; Sociology of the Family; Education; Quantitative and Qualitative methods CURRENT POSITION Lecturer, 2010-2011 The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Sociology RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Researcher / Research Consultant, 2010 Volunteer Engagement Survey Project Lutheran Services in America, Baltimore, MD

Co-Investigator, 2006-present The Successful Black Marriage Study with Katrina Bell McDonald, Johns Hopkins University Researcher / Research Consultant, 2007-present Maryland WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counselor Evaluation PI: David Paige, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Research Assistant, 2008-2009 Baltimore Education Research Consortium PI: Steven Plank, Johns Hopkins University Research Assistant, 2004-2008 Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three City Study PI: Andrew Cherlin, Johns Hopkins University Research Assistant, 2005 The Beginning School Study PIs: Karl Alexander and Doris Entwisle, Johns Hopkins University TEACHING EXPERIENCE Graduate Student Instructor, 2007-2010 The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Sociology Research Methods for the Social Sciences Medicine, Media, Markets and Motherhood Fiction s Truths: Race, Class and Gender through the Contemporary Short Story Affiliate Instructor, 2005-2010 Loyola University Maryland, School of Education Race, Class and Gender in Education Foundations of Research in Education Media Literacy Education Teaching Assistant, 2005-2009 The Johns Hopkins University, Department of Sociology Introduction to Sociology Quantitative Research Practicum Research Methods for the Social Sciences The African American Family Teacher and Curriculum Coordinator, 1994-2004 The Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, CA Department of English and Creative Writing

Teacher, 1992-1994 River Oaks School, Monroe, LA Department of English GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Travel Grant, ASA Section on Race, Class and Gender, 2010 Research Grant, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy, 2008. Summer Research Fellowship, Center for Africana Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2008 Summer Research Fellowship, Program in Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Johns Hopkins University, 2008 Owen Fellowship, Johns Hopkins University, 2004 to 2007. PUBLICATIONS Cherlin, Andrew, Caitlin Cross-Barnet, Linda Burton, and Raymond Garrett-Peters. Promises They Can Keep: Low Income Women s Attitudes toward Marriage and Motherhood. Journal of Marriage and Family 70(4): 919-933. McDonald, Katrina Bell and Caitlin Cross-Barnet. Review of Lacy, Karyn R. (2007). Blue Chip Black; Race, Class and Status in the New Black Middle Class. Journal of Marriage and Family 71(2): 334-336. Susan Gross, Amy Resnik, Caitlin Cross-Barnet, Joy Nanda, Marycatherine Augustyn, and David Paige. The Differential Impact of WIC Peer Counseling Programs on Breastfeeding across the State of Maryland. Journal of Human Lactation 25(4): 435-443. UNDER REVIEW Martin, Claude, Andrew Cherlin, and Caitlin Cross-Barnet. Living Together Apart / Vivre Ensemble Séparés: Reflections on the Meaning of Cohabitation during Times of Crisis in France and the United States. Conditionally accepted by the French journal Population. Cross-Barnet, Caitlin, Marycatherine Augustyn, and David Paige. Constructing the Broken Body: Breast Pumps and the Mechanization of Infant Feeding among Low-Income Mothers.

Augustyn, Marycatherine, Joy Nanda, Caitlin Cross-Barnet, Amy Resnik, Susan Gross, and David Paige. Early Breastfeeding Termination in a WIC Population: A Mixed Methods Approach. Nanda, Joy, Susan Gross, Marycatherine Augustyn, Amy Resnick, Caitlin Cross-Barnet, and David Paige. Breastfeeding Patterns and Practices of WIC Participants Prior to Infant Certification. WORKING PAPERS Cross-Barnet, Caitlin, Andrew Cherlin, and Linda Burton. "Cohabiting on the Edge: Living Together Apart" available at http://web.jhu.edu/threecitystudy/publications/index.html CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Reality or Ready Excuse? Reasons Mothers Don t Breastfeed Accepted for oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2010 The Role of Doctors and Hospitals in WIC Mothers Breastfeeding Decisions Accepted for poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2010 Contemporary Black Marriage: Ethnic Perspectives on Egalitarian, Transitional, and Traditional Ideologies Accepted for oral presentation at American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, August 2010 Breast Pump Use among Maryland WIC Mothers: Implications for Education, Distribution, and Breastfeeding Success American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, November 2009 Pumping it Up?: Breast Pumps and the Medicalization of Breastfeeding among Maryland WIC Mothers Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2009 Redefining Relationships: Non-marriage Based Cohabitation among Low-income Mothers Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2009 Beyond Breast is Best : Breastfeeding Peer Counselors and WIC Clients Economic Assessments of Infant Feeding Options American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, October 2008 Cohabiting on the Edge: Living Together Apart

Population Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, April 2008 We are not a Breastfeeding Family : Cultural Capital and Infant Feeding Decisions Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA, April, 2008 Successful Black Marriage: A Qualitative Analysis, co-presented with Katrina Bell McDonald Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, VA, April, 2008 Fictions Truths: Teaching Social Theory through the Contemporary Short Story CUNY Feminist Pedagogy Conference, New York, NY, October 2007 Promises They Can Keep: Low Income Women s Attitudes Towards Marriage and Motherhood American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, August 2007 Evaluation of the Maryland WIC Peer Counseling Program (poster) National WIC Association, Pittsburgh, PA, May 2007 PROFESSIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE Reviewer, Gender & Society, 2010 Reviewer, APHA Annual Meeting, Maternal and Child Health section, 2010 Animal Foster Parent, Baltimore Animal Rescue and Care Shelter, 2010 Teaching Volunteer, Baltimore Montessori Public Charter School, 2008-present Stewardship Committee, First Unitarian Church of Baltimore, 2008-present Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition, 2007-present Religious Education Teacher, First Unitarian Church of Baltimore, 2006-present Graduate Student Liaison to the Chair, Department of Sociology, 2008-2010 Incoming Student (Grad/Net) Mentor, Johns Hopkins University, 2009 OWL/OWL Out trained instructor, 2009 Presider/Discussant, Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, 2009 Curriculum Committee, Department of Sociology, 2006-2007 PC1000 Counselor (drug diversion), The Ness Center, 2002-2004 PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association Sections: Race, Class and Gender; Family; Medical Sociology; Sex and Gender American Public Health Association Sections: Maternal and Child Health; Community Health and Policy Development

REFERENCES Andrew J. Cherlin Benjamin H. Griswold, III, Professor of Public Policy Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 cherlin@jhu.edu (410) 516-2370 Katrina Bell McDonald Associate Professor Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University 3400 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21218 mcdon@jhu.edu (410) 516-7624 David Paige Professor Population, Family and Reproductive Health Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health W4033 Wolfe Street Building Baltimore, MD 21205 dpaige@jhsph.edu Phone: (410) 955-3804 Stephanie Flores-Koulish Associate Professor Director of Curriculum and Instruction Loyola University Maryland, Timonium Graduate Center 2034 Greenspring Drive, Room 26G Timonium, MD 21093 sfloreskoulish@loyola.edu Phone: (410) 617-5456