Amber D. Thompson
Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work
Mail Stop 1012, Holden Hall
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409
amber.thompson@ttu.edu
tel. 806-742-2400
EDUCATION
2014
Master of Arts, Sociology, Texas Tech University, Suma Cum Laude
(Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology honors society, Phi Kappa Phi honors
society, Thesis: Social Policy, Social Change and State Demographics, under Dr.
Jerome Koch)
2006
Bachelors of Arts, Criminal Justice, Lubbock Christian University, Magna cum
Laude
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Research:
Research Assistant; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech
University, Ethical Adoption, Under Dr. Jennifer Dunn, January 2012 – May 2012.
Teaching:
Instructor; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech University,
August 2015 –
Teaching Assistant; Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, Texas Tech
University, May 2012 – December 2014
Guest lectures:
“Community Policing,” Law and Policing
RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS
Deviance; Social Problems, Social Change; Quantitative Methods; Qualitative Methods;
Criminology; Sociological Theory; Stratification and Inequality; Gender and Sexualities;
Organizations and Social Movements; Political Sociology; Women’s Studies; State
Demographics, Medical Sociology.
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PUBLICATIONS
2014
“Ascribed Status,” Encyclopedia entry in The Encyclopedia of Diversity and Social
Justice (The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2014)
INDEPENDENT RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2014 “Head shops: Barriers, Socialization & Networks” Individual Research, Texas Tech
University under Dr. Patricia Maloney
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE POSITIONS
2014 Volunteer Session Presider, Annual Conference on the Advancement of Women, Texas
Tech University
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2014 “I See it as Working in an Art Gallery:” Deviant Identity Managed Through Art., Arts &
Humanities Graduate Student Research Conference, Lubbock, TX, October
2014 “Social Change and State Demographics”, Annual Conference on the Advancement of
Women, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, April
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Sociological Association
Phi Kappa Phi, Interdisciplinary Honor Society
Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honors Society
Midsouth Sociological Association
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