Last Updated: June 2015
BOBBI REIDINGER
Department of Sociology
Kent State University
215 Hilltop Drive, Merrill Hall Room 231
Kent, OH 44242
330-672-1701
330-603-4981 (preferred)
breiding@kent.edu
E DUCATION
2017
(Expected) PhD in Sociology, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Dissertation: Weight as Status: An Expansion of Status Characteristics Theory
2013
M.A. Sociology, Kent State University, Kent, OH
Thesis: “Cute or Crazy?: A Qualitative Analysis of Gendered Stalking Portrayals in
Film”
2008
B.S. Sociology: Criminal Justice Corrections, Winona State University, Winona MN
R ESEARCH I NTERESTS
Social Psychology
Fat Studies
Criminology
Criminal Justice
Media
Qualitative Methods
P UBLICATIONS
2013
Goar, Carla, Jane Sell, Bianca Manago, Calixto Melero, and Bobbi Reidinger. 2013.
"Race and Ethnic Composition of Groups: Experimental Investigations." Advances in
Group Processes Vol. 30: 47-75.
R ESEARCH E XPERIENCE
2010-2013
Project Manager and Research Assistant, Kent State University, Department of
Sociology. Under direction of Dr. Carla Goar and National Science Foundation.
Duties: data analysis, management of five undergraduate assistants, oversee financial
disbursement, coding of data, and publication preparation.
2011-2013
Research Assistant, Kent State University, Department of Sociology. Under direction
of Dr. Carla Goar. Duties: Aid in transcription and coding of qualitative data and
publication preparation.
2008-2010
Research Assistant, Northern Illinois University, Department of Sociology. Under
direction of Dr. Keri Burchfield. Duties: data analysis.
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T EACHING E XPERIENCE
2015
Instructor, Individual and Society. Kent State University.
2014
Instructor, Social Problems. Kent State University.
2014
Guest Lecture for Stephen Webster, Social Problems, Kent State University. “Wealth
and Power: The Bias of the System”.
2014
Guest Lecture for Carla Goar, Introduction to Sociology, Kent State University.
“Non-Material vs. Material Culture: A focus on Media”.
2014
Guest Lecture for Carla Goar, Introduction to Sociology, Kent State University. “Cute
or Crazy?: A Qualitative Analysis of Gendered Stalking Portrayals in Film”.
2014
Guest Lecture for Austin Johnson, Social Problems, Kent State University. “Stalking
as a Social Problem”.
2013
Guest Lecture for Lauren Porter, Research Methods, Kent State University.
“Experimental Methods in Sociology”.
2013
Guest Lecture for Greg Gibson, Research Methods, Kent State University. “Fat as
Status”.
2013
Guest Lecture for Austin Johnson, Social Problems, Kent State University. “Coping
Strategies for Weight Bias”.
2013
Guest Lecture for Megan Schaffer, Research Methods, Kent State University. “Using
Experimental Methods in Sociology”.
2012
Guest Lecture for Chivon Fitch, Introduction to Women’s Studies, University of
Akron. “Coping with Fat Stigma and Fat Bias”.
2010-2014
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Sociology, Social Problems, Individual
and Society, Kent State University, Dept. of Sociology. Duties: Held office hours,
met with students upon request, graded written work, constructed exams and quizzes,
lectured in class, and administered exams
P RESENTATIONS
2015
“Weight as Status: An Expansion of Status Characteristics Theory”; Southwest Social
Science Association
2014
“Fat as Status”; Sociologists for Women in Society
2014
“Fat as a Stigmatized Identity: Ties to Status”; North Central Sociological
Association
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2014
“Fat as Status: An Expansion of Status Characteristics Theory”, Southwest Social
Science Association
2013
“Cute or Crazy: A Qualitative Analysis of Gendered Stalking Portrayals in Film”;
Southwestern Social Science Association
2013
“Reducing Racial Inequality in Task Groups: Exploring the Effects of Time and
Transfer”; Southwestern Social Science Association
2013
Advice Among Students: Surviving Graduate School; North Central Sociological
Association
2012
“Reducing Racial Inequality in Task Groups: Exploring the Effects of Time and
Transfer”; North Central Sociological Association
2012
“Reducing Racial Inequality in Task Groups: Exploring the Effects of Time and
Transfer”; 75th Anniversary Sociology Research Panel at Kent State University
GRANTS AND CONTRACTS
Weight as Status: An Expansion of Status Characteristics Theory. Kent State University’s Research
and Development Committee’s Pilot Funding Program. 2015-2016. ($5,500). Principal Investigators:
Carla Goar and Bobbi Reidinger.
S ERVICE
2014-2015
2014-2015
2014-2015
2014-2015
2013-2014
2013-2014
2012-2015
2012-2015
2012-2013
Organized Session “The Body” for Southwest Social Science Association
Organized Session “Criminology” for Southwest Social Science Association
Assisted in the organization of the program for Southwest Social Science Association
Presided over sessions at Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Sociology Symposium
Presided over sessions at Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Sociology Symposium
Organized Silent Auction for Southwest Social Science Association
Served as Social Chair for departmental chapter of AKD
Served as Social Chair for departmental chapter of PGM
North Central Sociological Association Student Committee
H ONORS AND A WARDS
2015
Recipient of the James T. Laing Scholarship
2010
2nd Place in Essay Competition for Graduate Level Courses. Northern Illinois
University. “The Invisible Vagina: An Examination of the Knowledge,
Medicalization, and Commodification of Female Sexual Dysfunction”
BOBBI REIDINGER
2008
Academic Scholarship. Winona State University.
M EMBERSHIPS
Alpha Kappa Delta
Pi Gamma Mu
American Sociological Society
Sociologists for Women in Society
Southwest Social Science Association
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