LAUREN J. JOSEPH
LaJoseph@austin.utexas.edu
Tel. 917-709-2087
www.laurenjosephsociologist.com
University Affiliation: Dept. of Sociology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
Mailing Address: Dept. of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station A 1700,
Austin, TX 78712
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EDUCATION
Vassar College
Sociology
University of California, Irvine
Sociology
Stony Brook University
Sociology
Advanced to PhD Candidacy: October 2008
B.A.
M.A.
PhD
2000
2003
2010 (expected)
Title of Dissertation: The Production of Pride: Institutionalization and LGBT Pride Organizations
Dissertation Co-Chairs: Javier Auyero and Michael Schwartz
Areas of Specialization: Gender and Sexuality, Social Movements, Urban Sociology, Race/Class/Gender
Intersectionality, Ethnography/Qualitative Methods.
PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
Joseph, Lauren, Matthew Mahler and Javier Auyero (Eds). (2007) New Perspectives in Political
Ethnography. New York: Springer Publishing.
ARTICLES
Joseph, Lauren (2008) “Finding Space Beyond Variables: An Analytical Review of Urban Space and
Social Inequalities.” Spaces of Difference, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 58-79.
Wosick-Correa, Kassia and Lauren Joseph (2008) “Sexy Ladies Sexing Ladies: Women as Consumers in
Strip Clubs.” The Journal of Sex Research, vol. 45, pp. 201-217.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Auyero, Javier and Lauren Joseph (2007) “Introduction: Politics under the Ethnographic Microscope.”
New Perspectives in Political Ethnography. New York: Springer Publishing.
BOOK REVIEWS
Joseph, Lauren. (2006) Review of “Fatherhood Politics in the U.S.” Men and Masculinities, vol. 8, pp.
528-530
Joseph, Lauren (2005) Review of “Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities.” Gender and Society, vol. 19,
pp. 567-568.
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Joseph, Lauren (2005) “Young, Isolated and Black: Review of ‘The Minds of Marginalized Black Men.’”
Contexts, vol. 4, pp. 59-60.
IN PROGRESS
Joseph, Lauren. “From the ‘Gayborhood’ to the Small Town: LGBT Pride Organizations and the
Mobilization of Resources, Culture, and Symbolic Capital.” Article in preparation for submission to
Mobilization.
Joseph, Lauren. “‘It Must Have Been the Structure’: LGBT Pride Organizations and Internal
Institutionalization. Article in preparation for submission to American Sociological Review.
Auyero, Javier and Lauren Joseph. “Shared Meanings: Six Years of Qualitative Sociology.” Essay on
qualitative methodology commissioned for publication in Qualitative Sociology, September 2010.
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2010
Runner-up, Sally Hacker Graduate Student Paper Award
Award from the Sex and Gender Section
American Sociological Association
2009
David Street Award
Award for best qualitative and/or theory paper
Sociology Department, Stony Brook University ($100)
2009
Faculty-Staff Dissertation Award
University-wide competition for dissertation research
Stony Brook University ($7,500)
2006
Tinker Fellowship
For independent pre-dissertation summer research in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center
Stony Brook University ($1,250)
2004
Graduate School Research Foundation
Funding for Graduate Student Ethnography Conference
Stony Brook University ($1,000)
2003
Sociology Department Summer Research Grant
University of California, Irvine ($900)
2002
Social Science Summer Research Grant
University of California, Irvine ($1,500)
2001
Regents Fellowship
University of California, Irvine ($3,000)
APPOINTMENTS AND WORK EXPERIENCE
2004-current
Managing Editor
Qualitative Sociology Journal
2008-current: University of Texas at Austin
2004-2008: Stony Brook University
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2009
Qualitative Researcher, Academic Advising Association (ACA) Project
University of Texas at Austin, Spring Semester
Worked independently to conduct focus groups with academic advisors and
produce reports related to advising at the University of Texas at Austin. Funded
through the College of Liberal Arts.
2006-2007
National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) Project: Funded
by the Bureau of HIV/AIDS, New York State Department of Health and the
Center for Disease Control. Study was part of a national behavioral surveillance
survey to monitor HIV-related risk behavior and access to prevention and testing
services.
Ethnographic Researcher (June-August, 2006): Conducted communitybased ethnographic research in areas with high HIV-incidence and high poverty
rates in Suffolk and Nassau counties of Long Island. Worked alongside Dr.
Roschelle of SUNY-New Paltz.
Local Study Coordinator (September 2006-August 2007): Trained interviewers
and monitored the quality of interviews with sexually active heterosexuals living
in geographic locales with high HIV-incidence and high poverty rates.
1998
Intern
Margaret Sanger Center International/Planned Parenthood of New York City
Developed content for conferences teaching program managers from African
organizations to execute programs on human sexuality, HIV/AIDS prevention,
and birth control in home countries.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2006-current
Instructor
Stony Brook University
Courses:
Sociology of Race & Ethnic Relations (2008)
Sociology of Gender (2007)
Introduction to Sociology (2006)
2003-2004
Teaching Assistant
Stony Brook University
Courses:
Sociology of Gender
Sociology of the Family
Introduction to Sociology
2001-2003
Teaching Assistant
University of California, Irvine
Courses:
Men and Masculinities
Marriage and Family
Sociology of Sport
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
2009
The Production of Pride: Institutionalization and LGBT Pride Organizations.
American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.
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2008
Urban Space and Social Inequality: A Spatial Analysis of Race, Class, Sexuality,
and Gender in the City. American Sociological Association. Boston, MA.
2007
Gettin’ it On: Understanding Sexual Networks and HIV/AIDS in an
Impoverished Community. Eastern Sociological Society. Philadelphia, PA.
2006
The Emergence of Buenos Aires as the Gay Capital of Latin America. Tinker
Fellowship Recipient Panel, Latin American and Caribbean Studies Department.
Stony Brook University, NY.
2004
Masculinity in the Greek System: Race, Sexuality, and the Stratification of
Fraternity Men. American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA.
2004
Sexy Ladies Sexing Ladies: How Dancers Negotiate the Presence of Women as
Customers in Strip Clubs. American Sociological Association. San Francisco,
CA.
2003
Breaking the Mold: Challenges to Hegemonic Masculinity
From Within the Fraternity System. Pacific Sociological Association. Pasadena,
CA.
2002
How Men Can Help Prevent Sexual Assault Against Women. Sexual Assault
Awareness Week, Center for Women and Men. University of California, Irvine.
PROFESSIONAL & SERVICE ACTIVITIES
2008
Initiator and Lead Organizer
Prospective Graduate Student Visitation Weekend
Stony Brook University
2006-2008
Executive Chair
Graduate Student Ethnography Conference
Stony Brook University
2004-2005
Executive Board Member
Graduate Student Ethnography Conference Committee
Stony Brook University
2001-2003
Executive Board Member
Sociology Graduate Student Association
University of California, Irvine
2001-current
2003-current
2001-2003
Member, American Sociological Association
Member, Eastern Sociological Association
Member, Pacific Sociological Association
LANGUAGES
Spanish: high level of competency in speaking, reading and writing.
Dutch: advanced beginner level in speaking, reading and writing
Hebrew: beginner level in speaking, reading and writing
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