Nicholas J. Hauman Curriculum Vitae CONTACT INFORMATION Address: 803 Phillips Ave. Apt. 1, Knoxville, TN 37920 Phone: (989) 295-7784 Website: http://nhauman.tumblr.com/ Email: nhauman@utk.edu EDUCATION Ph.D. in Sociology Anticipated Spring 2015 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN Dissertation: The Prolegomena for Agented Knowledge: Recoding in the Age of Systemic Structure Committee: Harry F. Dahms, Paul K. Gellert, Michelle Brown, and Amy Elias Specialty Exams: Globalization and Political Economy/ Social Theory M.S. in Sociology Spring 2011 Virginia Commonwealth University B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in Sociology Spring 2008 Minor: Political Science Dean s List: Winter 2005-Fall 2008 ADDITIONAL TRAINING Interdisciplinary Certificate in Social Theory Anticipated Spring 2015 University of Tennessee, Knoxville 8 Week Language Intensive Course Summer 2014 Marburg Speak and Write Institute, Marburg, Germany UTK Best Practices in Teaching Certificate Program Fall 2013 University of Tennessee, Knoxville Certificate of Applied Social Research Spring 2011 Virginia Commonwealth University Hauman Page 1
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Political and economic sociology, theory, historical sociology, social psychology, sociology of knowledge, sociology of science, and criminology PUBLICATIONS Manuscripts in Submission Ancient Evil Giants and Novel Solidarities, (Article Manuscript Submitted to Logos.) Non-state Geo-Bodies: Discourses of Space and Otherness in a 19 th Century Utopian Colony, (Under Review at Southern Studies). The Interpenetration of Human Social and Psychic Systems, (Under Review at Current Perspectives in Social Theory). Manuscripts in Preparation Systemic Strati, Boundary Conflicts, and Functional Wormholes: Politics and Economics in Habermas and Parsons GRANTS External Grants 2014 Intensive Language Course Scholarship, Duetscher Academischer Austausch Deinst (DAAD), Bonn, Germany Internal Grants 2014 Travel Grant to Present at Subjectivities and the System meeting at Brown University, Providence, RI, Graduate Student Senate Travel Fund ($475) 2013 Travel Grant to Present at Subjectivities and the System meeting at Brown University, Providence, RI, Department of Sociology Travel Grant ($300) 2013 Travel Grant to Present at Subjectivities and the System meeting at Brown University, Providence, RI, College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award ($100) PRESENTATIONS Hauman Page 2
Conference Presentations 2014 The Interpenetration of Human Psychic and Social Systems International Social Theory Consortium 13 th Annual Meeting, Paper Session- Theorizing Social Systems, Religion, and Collective Action, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 2014 Social and Psychic Systems Subjectivities and the System: Brown University History Graduate Student Conference, Paper Session- Systems of Thought and Systems of Power, Brown University, Providence, RI 2013 The Systemization of Self Midwest Sociological Society 75 th Annual Meeting, Paper Session-Critical Theory, Chicago, IL 2012 The Linguistic Pacification of Weber International Social Theory Consortium 11 th Annual Meeting, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL 2010 Differential Association and Political Orientations: Towards a Normal Science for Interactionists Theories of Criminality Eastern Sociological Association conference, Paper Session- Making Theory Paradigms, Philadelphia, PA 2010 Female Roles in Criminal Networks: A Case Study, Southern Sociological Society, Paper Session- Issues of Gender and Sexuality in Deviance and Crime, Atlanta, GA 2008 Comparative Cultural Capital: The Case of Senegal. Michigan Sociological Association Conference, Paper Session-World Systems, Michigan State University, Lansing, MI Campus Presentations 2013 GTA Experiences Teaching Introduction to Sociology and Social Problems Roundtable Discussion for The Pedagogy and Graduate Instruction Seminar at UTK 2013 What is the Case and What Lies Beneath UTK Sociology Film Series Presentation 2013 Schizophrenia and the Systemization of Self UT Sociology Departmental Colloquium Presentation 2013 Reading Film as Text UTK Sociology Film Series Presentation 2012 Schizophrenia and the Colonization of the Objective Mind UTK Planetarity Panel Presentation Hauman Page 3
2010 Max Weber: Rationality and Secularization, Guest Lecturer in Undergraduate Sociological Theory Course at VCU 2008 Cognitive Dissonance and Academic Success at the Jane Addams Sociology Conference 2007 Cultural Capital and Alternative Modernity in Dakar, Senegal at the SVSU Africa Conference Anthropological Paper Session 2006 The Distribution of Agricultural Products in Michigan at the Jane Addams Sociology Conference DISSERTATION The Prolegomena for Agented Knowledge: Recoding in the Age of Systemic Structure The interrelationship between social structure and human beings has been a central concern for sociology since its genesis. The rising importance of autopoietic systems, systems capable of self-maintaining and self-creating, that is systems that can be described as self-casual, has created a renewed need for understanding the mutual effectively of human beings and social systems. My dissertation, begins with Luhmann s description of the autopoietic systems, particularly the structural coupling of social systems, attempts to elaborate the form that social systems have on human beings, or more precisely human psychic systems, as well as the potential for human beings to act towards social systems in a way that is not de facto defined by autopoietic processes of the system itself. In other words, this dissertation is the introduction for the construction of a manual for understanding how, despite possessing mutual interdependence, human beings are animated by social system as well as how human beings can act in, at least, semi-agented ways towards social systems. MASTERS THESIS General and Specific Definitions: A Network Study of Differential Association This research project analyzes the way differential association is currently being studied. It argues that the focus of the literature on the debate over peer influence between differential association and social control theory is not beneficial to either theory. Instead each theory needs to be explored individually and built upon. It also discusses the possibility of using network analysis to conceptually build upon differential association and applies one network technique, homophily, to a criminal network as a case study. This case study analyzes whether individuals in the network learn cognitive elements and techniques for specific crimes or crime in general. Hauman Page 4
TEACHING University of Tennessee General Sociology (Fall 2011; Spring 2012; Summer 2012; Fall 2013; Spring 2014) Teaching associate with full instructional responsibility. Section sizes ranged from 8 to 150 students. Social Problems (Fall 2012; Spring 2013) Teaching associate with full instructional responsibility. Section sizes ranged from 53 to 68 students. Classical Theory (Summer 2013) Teaching associate with full instructional responsibility. Section size of 11 students. John Tyler Community College Introduction to Sociology (Spring 2011) Adjunct faculty position with full instructional responsibility. Section size of 40 students. Virginia Commonwealth University Introduction to Sociology (Fall 2010) Teaching Assistant leading two discussion sessions. Section size of 220 students. Discussion section size ranged from 21 to 30 students. SERVICE AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPEMENT University of Tennessee 2014 Assistant Editor, Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Vol. 31 2014 Conference Organizer, International Social Theory Consortium 13 th annual meeting 2013 Editorial Assistant, Current Perspectives in Social Theory, Vol. 30 2012-14 Member of the UTK Sociology Theory Group 2012-13 Faculty Liaison to the Sociology Department Faculty for the Sociology Graduate Student Association 2011 Interim Managing Editor, Population Research and Policy Review 2011-12 Aid to the Graduate Adviser Hauman Page 5
2011 Member of Sociology Critical Theory Reading Group 2011-14 Present Member of the Sociology Graduate Student Association Virginia Commonwealth Service and Development 2009-11 Research Assistant, Richmond SNA and Crime Project under Jennifer Johnson 2010 Intern for Jennifer Johnson studying gender and criminal networks 2010 Guest Lecturer, on Max Weber for undergraduate theory course Saginaw Valley State University Service and Development 2008 Volunteer, Freeland Prison in and out Education Program 2007 Study Abroad trip to Dakar, Senegal DISTINCTIONS 2008 1 st Place Recipient, Jane Addams Paper Contest, Saginaw State University 2008 Recipient, Outstanding Sociology Graduate, Saginaw State University 2006 Honorable Mention, Jane Addams Paper Contest, Saginaw State University ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Association (ASA) ASA Section (Historical Sociology, Political Economy, History of Social Thought) Midwest Sociological Society (MSS) LANGUAGES German proficiency in speaking and reading Hauman Page 6
REFERENCES Harry F. Dahms Associate Professor Address: The University of Tennessee, 913 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0490 Phone: 865-974-7028 E-Mail: hdahms@utk.edu Paul K. Gellert Associate Professor Address: The University of Tennessee, 911 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0430 Phone: 865-974-7023 E-Mail: pgellert@utk.edu Michelle Brown Associate Professor Address: The University of Tennessee, 911 McClung Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0490 Phone: 865-974-6021 E-Mail: mbrow121@utk.edu Hauman Page 7