Fall 2015
Kimberly Mathis Pitts
Campbellsville University
1 University Drive UPO 913
Campbellsville, KY 42718
270-789-5177
kmpitts@campbellsville.edu
Education:
2010 Ph.D., Sociology, University of New Mexico
Comprehensive Exam Areas: Gender, Immigration, and Comparative Sociology
Dissertation Title: “Latina Immigrant Women and Domestic Violence: Likelihood of Reporting to MidSouth Police”
1995
M.A. Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico
Concentrations: Sociology, Women in Development
MA Thesis Title: “Mexican Women in Politics: An Application of Labeling Theory”
1991
B.A. Spanish, Western Carolina University
Minors: Sociology, Criminal Justice
Academic Work Experience:
2013-Present Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, Campbellsville University,
Campbellsville, KY
2012, 2014
Bilingual Field Interviewer and Enumerator, RTI International Human Labor
Trafficking Study, Research Triangle Park, NC
2011-2012
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Sociology and Department of Foreign Languages,
University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
2005-2012
Teacher, Department of Foreign Languages, Arlington High School, Shelby County Schools,
Arlington, TN
2001-2004
Graduate Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
2001-2003
Research Assistant, Institute for Social Research, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
 Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM) Project, a multi-site data collection network
funded by the National Institute of Justice.
 Drug affected newborns and their mothers, a comprehensive evaluation of Los Pasos Project
funded by SAMSHA.
 Police Athletic League (PAL) Statewide Evaluation, National Institute of Justice.
 DWI Programs Statewide Evaluation of New Mexico, funded by NM Department of Health.
1999-2001
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Sociology, Albuquerque Technical Vocational Institute,
Albuquerque, NM
1998-1999
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Sociology, Western Carolina University
1998-1999
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Sociology and Department of Foreign Language
Asheville-Buncombe Community Technical College, Asheville, NC
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Other Training and Work Experience:
1998-1999
Bilingual Spanish Interpreter, Orlena Hawkes Puckett Institute
1998-1999
Bilingual Outreach Worker, North Carolina Farm Worker’s Legal Services
1998
Spanish Interpreter Training
Completed certification as Interpreter for Health and Human Services - Mountain Area Health
Education Center, Department of Allied and Public Health Education, Asheville, NC, October 2629, 1998.
1998
Diversity Lecturer
Featured lecturer for the “Building Unity through Diversity” Conference sponsored by Steelecase
Corporation in Hendersonville, NC
1993-1994
Volunteer Coordinator, Peace Craft, Albuquerque, NM
1996-1997
Elementary School Teacher, Colegio Chahué, Bahías de Huatulco, Oaxaca, México
1991
Agriculture Volunteer, US Peace Corps, Senegal
Publications:
Refereed Journal Article
Pitts, Kimberly Mathis (2014). Latina Immigrants, Interpersonal Violence, and the Decision to Report to Police.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence 29 (8), 1661-1678.
Book Reviews
Pitts, Kimberly Mathis (May 2015). Review of Life Interrupted: Trafficking into Forced Labor in the United
States by Denise Brennan. Criminal Law and Criminal Justice Books.
Pitts, Kimberly Mathis (2015). Review of The Power of the Powerless: Women’s Work, Sexual Violence and
Autonomy in Ciudad Juarez (1994-2004) by Ana Bergareche. North American Social Science Review 2 (1).
Pitts, Kimberly Mathis (2015). Review of Traumatic States: Gendered Violence, Suffering, and Care in Chile by
Nia Parson. The Campbellsville Review vol. 8: 2014-2016.
Pitts, Kimberly Mathis. (2014). Review of Gendered Violence in Haiti by Benedetta Faedi Duramy. North
American Social Science Review 1 (2).
Pitts, Kimberly Mathis (2014). Review of Honor Based Violence: Policing and Prevention by Roberts, Campbell
and Lloyd. International Criminal Justice Review 24 (2).
Pitts, Kimberly Mathis (2014). Review of Unspeakable Violence: Remapping U.S. and Mexican National
Imaginaries by Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernandez. International Criminal Justice Review 24 (2).
Professional Service:
Committee
2015 Graduate Student Paper Award Committee
American Society of Criminology, Division of International Criminology
Reviewer
2015 Journal of Human Trafficking
2015 Journal of Interpersonal Violence
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Conference Presentations:
2014
American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
Chair of Panel: Micro- and Macro-level Perspectives on Deviant Behavior and Victimization
Presentation: "Legislative Solutions and Criminal Victimization Differences in Guatemala by
Gender."
2013
American Society of Criminology Annual Meeting
Chair of Panel: Crime, Policy and Reform in Comparative Perspective: Lessons from the Global
South
Presentation: “Examining Variation in Criminal Victimization in Criminal Victimization in
Mexico, 2004-2012.”
1995
New Mexico Women Studies Conference, NM State University
Presented MA thesis entitled, “Mexican Women in Politics: An Application of Labeling Theory”
Memberships in Professional Associations
American Society of Criminology
American Sociological Association
Latin American Studies Association
University Courses Taught
Sociology/Criminology
Advanced Social Statistics (SPSS) Lab
Deviant Behavior
Environmental Sociology
Gender in Latin America (undergraduate and graduate)
Globalization and Social Change
Introduction to Sociology
Research Methods
Small Group Communications
Social Problems
Sociology of Gender (undergraduate and graduate)
Sociology of Religion
Social Stratification and Mobility
Foreign Language
Elementary Spanish I & II, Intermediate Spanish I
International Study
Mission Trips
2014 Tapachula, Mexico, VBS Trip, Campbellsville Baptist Church, Campbellsville, KY
2011
San José, Costa Rica, Medical & VBS Trip, Faith Baptist Church, Bartlett, TN
2008
Santiago, Dominican Republic, Medical & Evangelism Trip, Germantown Baptist Church,
Germantown, TN
2008
Cobán, Guatemala, Evangelism Trip, Bartlett Baptist Church, Bartlett TN
Study Abroad
2011 Costa Rica, Institute for International Education and Toyota International Teacher Program
1994
Mexico, Duke-UNC Yucatec Mayan Language Institute
Foreign Language Area Studies Fellowship, University of New Mexico
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1989
Puebla, Mexico, La Universidad de las Americas
Honors Program Summer Semester, Western Carolina University
Travel with Students
2015 Merida, Mexico, Kentucky Institute for International Studies (KIIS)
2010
Spain and Morocco, EF Tours
2009
Chile, Memphis in May International Exchange
2008
United Kingdom and Ireland, EF Tours
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