Nickie Michaud Wild
Department of Sociology:
University at Albany, SUNY
Albany, NY 12222
Phone: (518) 442-4666
Email: nmichaudwild@albany.edu
Home:
229 Glen Ave.
Scotia, NY 12302
Home Phone: (518) 357-3563
Cell Phone: (414) 241-1069
Education
Ph.D.
M.A.
B.A
University at Albany, SUNY, December 2014
Dissertation: “Political Criticism and the Power of Satire: The Transformation of ‘LateNight’ Comedy on Television in the United States, 1980-2008.”
Committee: Ronald Jacobs (chair), Richard Lachmann, Elizabeth PoppBerman
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Sociology, December 2006
Master’s Paper: “The ‘Oprahfication’ of Social Problems: Social Construction of
Domestic Violence in the United States as an Individual Problem on a Television Talk
Show.”
Committee: Jennifer Jordan (chair), Barbara Ley, Kent Redding
New York University, cum laude in Literature, May, 1995
Publications
Jacobs, Ronald N. and Nickie Michaud Wild. 2013. “A Cultural Sociology of The Daily Show and The
Colbert Report.” American Journal of Cultural Sociology 1: 69-95.
News Editor, Sociology Lens
2008-2009
Academic Affiliations
Pre-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University.
American Sociological Association – general membership and Culture Section
Awards
Paul Meadows Excellence in Teaching Award for 2013
Department of Sociology, University at Albany
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Teaching Experience
Course Development
Original Course, Cults, Conspiracies, and Moral Panics. Taught Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013.
Original Course, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror. Taught two semesters as a standard lecture
course; re-developed as an on-line only course and taught two sessions each in Summer 2012, Fall 2012,
Wintersession 2013, Spring 2013, Summer 2013 and Fall 2013.
Semester-in-Progress Substitution, Political Sociology. During Fall 2011 at SUNY Albany, original
instructor was unable to continue with semester. There was a necessity for a new instructor to step in
and redesign syllabus, material, exams, and lectures after a few weeks.
College of St. Rose, Albany, NY
Instructor, Introduction to Sociology
(small seminar format)
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(small seminar format)
Spring 2015
Instructor, Introduction to Sociology
(small seminar format)
Fall 2014
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(small seminar format)
Spring 2014
Instructor, Introduction to Sociology
(small seminar format)
Fall 2013
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(small seminar format)
Spring 2013
University at Albany, SUNY
Instructor, Cults, Conspiracies and Moral Panics (large lecture)
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on
Terror (on-line format, 8-week Sessions 1 and 2)
Spring 2015
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(on-line format, intersession)
Winter 2015
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Instructor, Cults, Conspiracies and Moral Panics (large lecture)
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on
Terror (on-line format, 8-week Sessions 1 and 2)
Fall 2014
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(on-line format, 4-week Session 3, two sections)
Summer 2014
Instructor, Cults, Conspiracies and Moral Panics (large lecture)
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on
Terror (on-line format, 8-week Sessions 1 and 2)
Spring 2014
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(on-line format, intersession)
Winter 2014
Instructor, Cults, Conspiracies and Moral Panics (large lecture)
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on
Terror (on-line format, 8-week Sessions 1 and 2)
Fall 2013
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(on-line format, 4-week Session 3, two sections)
Summer 2013
Instructor, Cults, Conspiracies and Moral Panics (large lecture,
2 sections) and Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on
Terror (on-line format, 8-week Sessions 1 and 2)
Spring 2013
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(on-line format, intersession, two sections)
Winter 2013
Instructor, Cults, Conspiracies and Moral Panics (large lecture)
and Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(on-line format, 8-week Sessions 1 and 2)
Fall 2012
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror
(on-line format, 4-week Sessions 1 and 3)
Summer 2012
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror (large lecture)
Spring 2012
Instructor, Sociology of 9/11 and the War on Terror (large lecture)
and Instructor, Political Sociology (large lecture)
Fall 2011
Instructor, Sociology of Culture (small seminar format)
Summer 2011
Instructor, Introduction to Sociology (large lecture)
Spring 2011
Instructor, Introduction to Sociology (large lecture)
Fall 2010
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Instructor, Sociology of Culture (small seminar format)
Summer 2010
Teaching Assistant, Sociological Theory, Ronald Jacobs
Spring 2010
Co-teaching Intern, Sociology of Culture, Ronald Jacobs
and Teaching Assistant, Sociology of Work, James Zetka
Fall 2009
Teaching Assistant, Mass Media, Ronald Jacobs
Spring 2009
Teaching Assistant, Occupations and Professions, James Zetka
Fall 2008
Teaching Assistant, Race, Gender, and Class, Karen Loscocco
Spring 2008
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Teaching Assistant (on-line), Small Groups, Sally O’Connor
Fall 2006
Discussion Section Leader, Introduction to Sociology,
Thomas S. Moore and Kent Redding
2004-2006
Professional Development
Whatever Should We Do With Millennials?, August 2013
Mastering the Craft of the Interactive Lecture, August 2012
Course Design for Deeper Learning, January 2012
Online Course Development Program, January-May 2012
Teaching Interests
Culture, Sociology of 9/11, Media, Public Sphere, Political Sociology, Moral Panics, Social Problems,
and Qualitative Methods.
Research Interests
Cultural Sociology, Politics, Mass Media, Public Sphere, Moral Panics, and Popular Culture.
Research Experience
The Center for Social and Demographic Analysis, Nancy Denton
Ronald Jacobs, Aesthetic Public Sphere projects
2009-2010
2007-2009
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Papers Presented at Professional Meetings
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
Culture Section Roundtable
“A Documentary that Helped Right a Legal Injustice: The
‘West Memphis 3’ and Cultural Autonomy”
2013
Media Sociology ASA Pre-Conference
“News, Entertainment, or Performative Failure?
Comparing the Parodies of George W. Bush and
Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live in the Journalistic
Public Sphere”
2013
Yale Center for Cultural Sociology Spring Conference
“Political Criticism and the Power of Satire: The Transformation
of ‘Late-Night’ Comedy on Television in the United States.”
2011
Eastern Sociological Society, Violence Against Women Section
“A Narrative Analysis of Domestic Violence in the Media.”
2009
Yale Center for Cultural Sociology Spring Conference
“‘And That’s When He Snapped’: A Comparison of Domestic
Violence Narratives on the Oprah Winfrey Show and NBC
News Programs.”
2009
Professional Service
Yale Center for Cultural Sociology Spring Conference
Session Chair
2014
Eastern Sociological Society
Presider: “Cultural Icons: Representation of Popular Culture.”
2010
University at Albany, SUNY
President, Students of Sociology
Member, Multi-Cultural Affirmative Action Committee
2008-2009
2008-2009
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