SARAH L. WHETSTONE Office: - Twin Cities 909 Social Sciences 267 19 th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 Home: 2111 13 th Avenue South Apartment 3 Minneapolis, MN 55404 Phone: (612) 518-1396 Email: whet0013@umn.edu swhetstone@fsmail.bradley.edu Web: http://www.soc.umn.edu/people/grad.php EDUCATION -- Twin Cities Ph.D. Candidate, Sociology Dissertation Title: Kicking the Habit: Recovering from Addiction across Social Divides (expected defense fall 2015) Committee: Teresa Gowan (primary advisor, Sociology) Douglas Hartmann (co-advisor, Sociology) Joshua Page (Sociology) Arun Saldanha (Department of Geography, Environment, and Society) University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign B.A., Sociology/Anthropology minor, 2007 Honors: Illinois General Assembly Honors Scholar, summa cum laude RESEARCH & TEACHING INTERESTS Race, Class & Gender; Inequality and Intersectionality; Social Theory; Law, Crime & Deviance; Sociology of Punishment; Sociology of Health & Illness; Drugs & Society; Qualitative Methods PUBLICATIONS Peer-Reviewed Articles: Gowan, Teresa and Sarah Whetstone. 2012. "Making the Criminal Addict: Subjectivity and Social Control in a 'Strong-Arm' Rehab." Punishment & Society 14(1): 69-93. 1
Gowan, Teresa, Sarah Whetstone, and Tanja Andic. 2012. "Addiction, Agency, and the Politics of Self-Control: Doing Harm Reduction in a Heroin Users' Group." Social Science & Medicine 74(8): 1251-1260. Book Chapters: Page, Joshua and Sarah Whetstone. 2013. "Beyond the Trial: Teaching About the Disproportionate Imprisonment of African Americans." in Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America: Adding Context to Colorblindness. Ed. Kristin Haltinner. Springer Publishing. Whetstone, Sarah and Teresa Gowan. 2011. "Diagnosing the Criminal Addict: Biochemistry in the Service of the State" in Advances in Medical Sociology, Volume 12: Sociology of Diagnosis. Edited by P. J. McGann and David J. Hutson. Howard House, UK: Emerald Publishing, pg. 309-330. Additional Publications & Reports: Whetstone, Sarah and Arturo Baiocchi. 2010. "Criminal Desistance, Housing Stability, and Improved Quality of Life in a Housing First Program: Results from the FUSE Study." Prepared for Hennepin County FUSE, St. Stephen's Human Services, Heading Home Hennepin, and Hennepin County Community Corrections. WORK IN PROGRESS Book Manuscripts: Whetstone, Sarah. with co-author Teresa Gowan. American Addict: Out of Control in the Treatment State. Articles for Publication: Whetstone, Sarah. Invisible Privilege: Colorblind Ideology and Middle-Class Constructions of Drug Crime. In preparation for Social Problems. Whetstone, Sarah. Habilitating the Hustler: Recasting Urban Marginality in Drug Rehab." In preparation for Ethnography. Whetstone, Sarah. From the Family Medicine Cabinet to Suboxone Maintenance: Framing Opiate Addiction in the 21 st Century. Whetstone, Sarah. Self-Control, Pleasure, and Risk in Harm Reduction Discourse. 2
TEACHING & TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS Courses Taught, & Social Work, Bradley University Race, Ethnicity & Power, spring 2015. Social Inequalities, spring 2015. Introduction to Sociology, spring 2015. Race, Ethnicity & Power, fall 2015. Social Inequalities, fall 2015. Introduction to Sociology, fall 2015. Courses Taught,, -- Twin Cities Current Issues in Crime Control: Drugs & Society, spring 2014. Current Issues in Crime Control: Drugs & Society, summer 2013. Social Theory, spring 2012. Current Issues in Crime Control: Drugs & Society, fall 2011. Courses Assisted,, Twin Cities Introduction to Sociology, 2013. Social Theory, 2011. Introduction to Sociology, 2010. Juvenile Justice and Law, 2009. Sociology of Punishment and Corrections, 2008. Introduction to American Criminal Justice, 2008. Introduction to American Criminal Justice, 2007. 3
GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. 2012-2013. "Kicking the Habit: Recovering from Addiction across Social Divides." $22,500. Outstanding Graduate Instructor Award. 2012., Sociological Research Institute. Anna Welsch Bright Research Fellowship Award. 2011-2012., Department of Sociology. "Unequal Treatment: A Comparative Study of Social Location, Drug Addiction, and the Meaning of Recovery." $5,000. Graduate Research Partnership Program Dissertation Fellowship. 2011.. "Race, Poverty, and Punishment in Post-Treatment Life: The Challenges of Addiction Recovery and Social Reintegration." $4,500. Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. 2010., Sociological Research Institute. University of Illinois Best Undergraduate Paper Award. 2007. "The Evolution of the Traditional Justice System: The Therapeutic Model in the American Drug Court and the Value of a Restorative Approach." Illinois General Assembly Scholarship Award. 2005-2007. University of Illinois- Urbana-Champaign. SELECTED PRESENTATIONS "Addicted to the Lifestyle: The Medicalization of Urban Marginality in Drug Rehabilitation." 2012. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN. "Making the Criminal Addict: Subjectivity and Social Control in a 'Strong-Arm' Rehab." (with Teresa Gowan). 2010. Anthropology Brown Bag Series.. "Community Health Campaigns for Cultural Deviants: Harm Reduction and the Politics of Being Addicted." 2010. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Chicago, IL. "Balancing Public Sociology and Program Evaluation: Insights from Working on a Crusade to End Homelessness." (with Arturo Baiocchi). 2010. Sociology Department Workshop Series. University of Minnesota. "Treatment vs. Management: Constructing the Addict in Therapeutic Communities and Harm Reduction Programs." (with Teresa Gowan and Tanja Andic). 2009. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Des Moines, IA. 4
"One Family under a Higher Power: Rehabilitation and the 'White'washing of Race." (with Teresa Gowan and Kristin Haltinner). 2009. Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting. Des Moines, IA. "Treatment vs. Management: Constructing the Addict in Therapeutic Communities and Harm Reduction Programs." 2009. Sociological Research Institute.. FUSE Housing First Program Evaluation. (with Arturo Baiochi). 2009. Presented to St. Stephen s Human Services and Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections. Minneapolis, Minnesota. "Public Sociology as Transaction: Reflections from the F.U.S.E. Evaluation." (with Arturo Baiocchi). 2009. Sociological Research Institute.. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Principal Investigator,, Kicking the Habit: Recovering from Addiction across Social Divides 2011- Present Tasks included conducting two years of comparative ethnography with men undergoing addiction recovery in two drug rehabilitation programs; scheduling and conducting in-depth interviews with approximately 80 program participants and 20 staff members; analyzing field notes and interview transcripts; writing a dissertation manuscript and preparing research articles; preparing reports and research briefs for partner organizations. Co-Investigator and Research Assistant (with Teresa Gowan),, Perspectives on Addiction, 2008 2012 Responsibilities included conducting long-term ethnographic observations in selected drug treatment facilities; scheduling and conducting in-depth interviews with treatment participants and staff; analyzing qualitative data in Atlas TI; preparing scholarly research articles; drafting reports and research briefs for partner organizations; project management across multiple sites; training and supervising undergraduate assistants in research methodology, transcription, data analysis and human subjects protocols. Program Evaluator and Research Consultant, Hennepin County F.U.S.E. Housing First Program, 2008 2010 Tasks included planning and conducting a mixed methods evaluation of a Housing First program designed to reduce chronic homelessness for individuals with histories of heavy involvement in county correctional and shelter systems; conducting a quantitative analysis of the effect of program participation on shelter use and criminal recidivism; scheduling and conducting 40 in-depth interviews with participants about their transition to stable housing; preparing research briefs, presentations, and a final evaluation for partner community organizations. Field Interviewer, Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Study, Council on Crime and Justice, National Institute of Justice, 2008-2009 5
Responsibilities included collecting survey responses from recent arrestees about their drug use history, involvement in crime, past treatment episodes, and need for future treatment. ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Bradley University, 2015 Inaugural Diversity Leadership Conference, Committee Bradley University Sociology Club, Facilitator; & Social Work, Bradley University; 2015. Promotion, Tenure, & Salary Committee; Graduate Representative;, ; 2012-2013. Sociological Research Institute Awards Committee; ; 2011-2013. Race Reading Group Discussion Series, Facilitator;, ; 2012-2013. Graduate Student Mentor; Graduate Student First-Year Mentoring Program;, ; 2010-2013 Reviewer for Symbolic Interaction; 2011- present. Reviewer for Punishment & Society; 2013 present. Reviewer for Social Problems; 2013 present. MEMBERSHIPS American Sociological Assocation Crime, Law, and Deviance Body & Embodiment Race, Gender, and Class Medical Sociology Midwest Sociological Society Society for the Study of Social Problems 6
REFERENCES Teresa Gowan Associate Professor 612-626-1863 tgowan@umn.edu Joshua Page Associate Professor 612-624-9333 page@umn.edu Douglas Hartmann Professor 612-624-0835 hartm021@umn.edu Arun Saldanha Associate Professor Department of Geography, Environment & Society 612-625-6080 saldanha@umn.edu 7