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DUSTIN I. GOURDIN
Doctoral Student, University of Chicago
Department of Sociology
1126 East 59th Street
864-320-8633
dgourdin@uchicago.edu
EDUCATION
University of Chicago
2015 Ph.D. Sociology
2012 M.A. Sociology
Furman University
2010 B.A. Sociology
2012
2009
RESEARCH
Organizational Status and Evaluations Metrics in Namibian Aid Organizations
The Bridge to Somewhere: How Government Funding Mitigates the Cost of Disaster
Student’s Perception of Public Transportation*
*Paper won an Award
** Final paper for course work.
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
2008
Intern, U.S. Probation/Federal Parole Office (Greenville, SC)
2010
2010
PROFESSIONAL HONORS
Kappa Alpha Delta Sociology Honors Society.
SBE Graduate Fellow
2011
2009
GRANTS
African Studies Language Grant (University of Chicago)
Furman Advantage Research Fellow (Furman University)
SERVICE
2012-2013
2011-2012
2010
2009
Money, Markets, and Consumption Workshop (University of Chicago)
Social Science Research Event Coordinator (University of Chicago)
C. W. Mills Club President (Furman University)
Climate Challenge Transportation Sub-Committee Student Representative
(Furman University)
PRESENTATIONS & CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION
2013
Organizational Status and Metrics of Evaluation in Namibian Aid
Programs. GLASS SBE Professional Development Research Symposium
2012
Bodies, Boundaries and Bicycle Knowledge: A Phenomenological-Interactions
Approach” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting 2012 (Round Table).
“’Stoic Stars and Angry All-Americans’: Emotions, College Football and Doing Gender”
Engendering Change: Graduate Gender Conference 2012. (University of Chicago)
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2011
“’Shut Your Damn Mouth’: Masculinity, Emotion Management and College Football,”
Presented at the 2011 American Sociological Association Annual Meeting. (Round
Table)
“The Bridge to Somewhere: How Government Funding Mitigates the Cost of Disaster”
Presented at 2010 Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting.
2010
“Let the Crime Fit the Punishment: Social Factors Shaping Student Perceptions of
Justice” Presented at 2010 Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting with Paul
Kooistra (Furman University)
2009
“Plea Bargaining, Benign Neglect, and Symbolic Racism: Teaching Students about
Criminal Justice” Presented at 2009 Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting with
Paul Koositra (Furman University)
2013
2013
TEACHING
Teaching Assistant: Statistical Methods of Research – 1
Teaching Assistant: Factor, Regression and Cluster Analysis in Public Policy Research
2013
2011
2004
LANGUAGE
French (Elementary)
OshiOvambo, Afrikaans (Beginner)
Spanish (Elementry)
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