Dana S. Prewitt Department of Sociology Indiana University-Bloomington Tel: 812-272-1884 Email: dsprewit@indiana.edu Education May 2015 Ph.D., Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Dissertation: Men s Experiences in Women s Work: Insights from Early Childhood Educators Committee: Donna Eder (Co-Chair), Quincy Thomas Stewart (Co-Chair), Pamela Braboy Jackson, Brian Powell, Valerie Grim Minor: African American and African Diaspora Studies 2011 Ph.D. Qualifying Examination Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Subfield: Gender, Race and Class Committee: Donna Eder (Chair), Quincy Stewart, Patricia McManus 2009 M.A., Sociology Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Thesis: Another Menace Minority? Anti-Black Sentiment and Attitudes towards Immigration 2007 B.A., Psychology, Ohio University, Athens, OH Minor: Sociology Magna Cum Laude Research and Teaching Interests Race, Class, and Gender Race and Ethnic Relations Sociology of Work and Organizations Sociology of Education Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Social Psychology Qualitative Methods Teaching Awards and Honors 2014 Indiana University Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Award 2013 Edwin H. Sutherland Award for Excellence in and Commitment to Teaching 2012 Glen D. and Dorothy E. Stewart Family Scholarship 2012 Preparing Future Faculty Shadowing Fellow: Hanover College 1 D ana S. Prewitt 2014
Academic Accomplishments and Awards 2014 Indiana University President s Diversity Dissertation Fellowship 2014 Graduate and Professional Student Organization Graduate Student Travel Grant 2014 Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society Graduate Student Travel Grant 2014 Atherton-Bean Graduate Student Fellowship 2013 Center for Research on Race and Ethnicity in Society Graduate Research Grant 2013 AGEP International Tour Delegate (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 2011 Graduate Travel Award, Indiana University 2009-2010 Graduate Summer Fellowship, Indiana University 2008-2009 Graduate Summer Fellowship, Indiana University 2007- Present Graduate Tuition Scholarship, Indiana University (Renewed yearly) 2007-2009 Graduate Fee Fellowship, Indiana University 2007 Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, Department of Psychology, Ohio University 2006 Phi Beta Kappa (Honors Society) 2003 Templeton Scholars Scholarship, Ohio University Teaching Experience 2014-2015 Instructor, Student Academic Center, Indiana University Bloomington Critical Reading and Reasoning for the New College Student (X153) Responsible for developing syllabus, instruction, and creating assessment material for incoming first-generation college students Summer 2014, 14 students 2011-2013 Instructor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington Social Problems and Policies: Gender, Race, and Class (S101) Responsible for all aspects of course, including syllabus/course design, instruction, and assessment materials Fall 2013, 59 students Summer 2012, 14 students Spring 2011, 63 students 2010-2013 Instructor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington Race and Ethnic Relations (S335) Responsible for all aspects of course, including syllabus/course design, instruction, and assessment materials Spring 2013, 64 students Summer 2012, 32 students Spring 2012, 67 students Fall 2011, 67 students Summer 2011, 16 students Fall 2010, 65 students 2 D ana S. Prewitt 2014
2009-2010 Instructor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington Introduction to Sociology (S100) Responsible for all aspects of course, including syllabus/course design, instruction, and assessment materials Spring 2010, 69 students Fall 2009, 63 students 2007-2009 Graduate Assistant, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Bloomington Responsible for grading assignments and assessments, assistance with instruction, and occasional guest lecturing for the following courses: Sociology of Education (S312) Professor Lee, Spring 2009 Race and Ethnic Relations (S335) Professor Stewart, Fall 2008 Sociology of Childhood (S344) Professor Corsaro, Fall 2007 Teaching Training and Additional Pedagogical Activities Training 2011 Preparing Future Faculty Certificate of College Pedagogy Three-Course Sequence in Higher Education/Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Misc. 2012-2013 Participation in the Preparing Future Faculty Shadowing Program (Hanover College Fellow) 2010-2014 Participation in the planning committee for the 2010 Preparing Future Faculty Conference 2010 Participation in American Sociological Preconference sponsored by the Section on Teaching and Learning: Becoming the Best Teachers We Can Be Publications 2011 Prewitt, Dana. Service for invisible servers: Academy and community-based collaborations to address and alleviate problems faced by street-level prostitutes. Black Diaspora Review, 2(2): 36-47. Presentations 2014 Prewitt, Dana. Intersectionality and Racial Projects: Insights from Early Childhood Educators. American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. 2014 Prewitt, Dana. There s a Lesson Right There : Combating Inequality through Everyday Teaching Practices. Society for the Study of Social Problems. San Francisco, CA. 2014 Prewitt, Dana. Caring for the Future: Worker s Experiences in Early-Childhood Education and Care. North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, OH. 3 D ana S. Prewitt 2014
2013 Prewitt, Dana. Beyond Challenges: Insights from Reflection Papers in a Race and Ethnic Relations Course. American Sociological Association, New York, NY. 2013 Prewitt, Dana. Beyond Cultural Clashes: Using Barnga to Teach Stratification in Sociology Courses. North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN. 2013 Prewitt, Dana. Attitudes towards Immigration in 1990 s Los Angeles: Does Racial Prejudice Play a Role Great Lakes Alliance for Social Behavioral and Economic Sciences Annual Graduate Student Professional Development and Research Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. 2012 Prewitt, Dana. Exploring the Relationship between Racial Prejudice and Immigration Attitudes in 1990 s Los Angeles. Society for the Study of Social Problems, Denver CO. 2011 Prewitt, Dana. Student Reflections on Race: A Content Analysis of Reflection Papers in a Race and Ethnic Relations Course. Society for the Study of Social Problems, Las Vegas, NV. 2009 Prewitt, Dana. Another Menace Minority? The Association between Anti-Black Sentiment and Immigration Attitudes. North Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Dearborn, MI. 2006 Ratcliff, Jennifer J.,, Lassiter, G. Dan, Markman, Keith.D., Snyder, C.J., Duprey, Michelle, & Prewitt, Dana. Gender-role Variables as Antecedents to Motivation to Respond without Prejudice. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. 2005 Ratcliff, Jennifer J., Lassiter, G. Dan, Bellezza, Frank.S., Skeini, T., Prewitt, Dana, & Mahaffey, Kevin. Non-conscious Affiliation Goals Alter Perceptual Processes. Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL. Additional Research Experience 2008 Interviewer, Sociological Research Practicum, Indiana University Responsible for conducting telephone surveys with respondents, and assistance with construction of survey instrument Project Title: Social Contact and Attitudes towards Immigrants in Six US Cities Spring 2008 Research Assistant, Department of Sociology, Indiana University Responsible for compiling data for invited talk Name Matters: the Changing Manner of Names, and coding data for Family Counts: How Americans Define Family Assistant to Professor Powell, Spring 2008 4 D ana S. Prewitt 2014
Manuscripts in Progress Prewitt, Dana. Intersectionality and Racial Projects: Insights from Early Childhood Educators Prewitt, Dana. Insights from Papers in a Race and Ethnic Relations Course Research in Progress Prewitt, Dana. Who ll pull the race card?: Race and Gender Patterns in Discussion of Racial Problems Service Departmental: 2014 Preparing Future Faculty Conference Planning Committee 2013 Graduate Student Association (GSA) Executive Committee 2013 Preparing Future Faculty Conference Planning Committee 2012 Hutton Honors College Undergraduate Research Symposium Moderator 2012 Preparing Future Faculty Conference Planning Committee 2011 Preparing Future Faculty Conference Planning Committee Fall 2009- Graduate Student Association (GSA) Personnel Committee Spring 2010 2009-2010 Race and Ethnic Relations Committee (RER) Co-Chair 2009-2010 Planning committee for Race and Ethnic Relations (RER) and Public Sociology Forum (PSF) Spring Colloquium 2008-2009 Planning committee for Building Bridges Race Symposium 2008-present Member of Race and Ethnic Relations (RER) Committee Other: 2014 Presider for paper session for the Society of the Study of Symbolic Interaction 2009-2010 Writing for Success mentor Assisted undergraduates in one-on-one basis to build writing and academic skills Professional Memberships American Sociological Association Association of Black Sociologists Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction Society for the Study of Social Problems Midwestern Sociological Association North Central Sociological Association 5 D ana S. Prewitt 2014
References Donna Eder Professor, Department of Sociology (812) 855-4895 eder@indiana.edu Brian Powell James H. Rudy Professor (812) 855-7624 powell@indiana.edu Quincy Thomas Stewart Associate Professor of Sociology 1810 Chicago Avenue Evanston, IL 60208 (847) 491-7044 (q-stewart@northwestern.edu) Pamela Brayboy Jackson Professor, Department of Sociology (812) 855-2540 pjackson@indiana.edu Valerie Grim Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies 1021 E. 3 rd Street Memorial Hall East, Rm. M18 (812) 855-3875 vgrim@indiana.edu 6 D ana S. Prewitt 2014