AUDREY DEVINE-ELLER
Department of Sociology
Grinnell College
1210 Park Street
Grinnell, IA 50112
devineau@grinnell.edu
www.audreydevineeller.com
office: (641) 269-4894
APPOINTMENTS
2012-2014
Visiting Assistant Professor, Grinnell College
2010-2012
Instructor, Expository Writing Program, Rutgers University
2005-2010
Instructor, Department of Sociology, Rutgers University
EDUCATION
2012 Ph.D. in Sociology, Rutgers University
“Post-secondary Planning Paradoxes: How Regular Kids Prepare for the
Future in the College-for-all Era.” Committee: Patrick J. Carr (advisor),
Karen Cerulo, Phaedra Daipha, Arlene Stein, Jennifer Jennings (NYU)
Graduate Certificate in Women’s and Gender Studies
2007 M.A. in Sociology, Rutgers University
2001 B.A. in Sociology and Philosophy, Seattle University, magna cum laude
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Culture; Education; Gender; Inequality; Language, Cognition, and Social Psychology;
Qualitative Methods
GRANTS & RESEARCH FUNDING
EXTERNAL
2009-2010
INTERNAL
2013
National Science Foundation, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement
Grant (NSF DIGG), research grant No. SES-0926091 ($9718)
Grinnell College, research grant ($500) for The Outcomes of PostSecondary Planning Paradoxes: Where Regular Kids Ended Up.
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2012
Grinnell College, research grant ($2052) for The Outcomes of PostSecondary Planning Paradoxes: Where Regular Kids Ended Up.
2012
Rutgers University, Department of Sociology Competitive Small
Research Grant, ($340) for The Outcomes of Post-Secondary
Planning Paradoxes: Where Regular Kids Ended Up.
CONFERENCE TRAVEL (COMPETITIVE)
2011
Sociology of Education Association
2011, 2010, 2007
Rutgers University
PUBLISHED RESEARCH (PEER-REVIEWED)
2012. Devine-Eller, Audrey. “Timing Matters: Test Preparation, Race, and Grade
Level.” Sociological Forum, 27(2):458-80.
PUBLISHED WORK (OTHER)
2012. Devine-Eller, Audrey. “Breakthrough Books: Education – scholars sound
off about the books that shaped how we think about education.” contexts,
11:4.
2010. Devine-Eller, Audrey. “Using Article Reviews to Teach Writing in Large
Classes.” TAPTalk (Newsletter of the Teaching Assistant Project, Graduate
School-New Brunswick) (Spring). Available at
http://taproject.rutgers.edu/publications/taptalk/articles/eller.php.
RESEARCH UNDER REVIEW
“Counselors as Educators: Scaffolding Students through the Transition to
College.” Under review.
Article-length manuscript that argues that guidance counseling practices
(including scaffolding, and the strategic use of a planning timeline) matter
for post-secondary planning.
“Monograph-based Introduction to Sociology.” Revise & resubmit.
Pedagogical essay on monograph-based intro class.
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
Post-secondary Paradoxes: Regular Kids’ Plans for the Future.
Book-length manuscript addressing the educational pathways of average
students in the context of a strong college-for-all ideology. The project
shows how the mundane details of students’ daily lives are patterned to
produce and reproduce systems of privilege. This project builds on more
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than two years of multiple ethnographic methods, including focus groups,
school-day shadowing and repeated interviews of 17 focal students, and
interviews with parents, teachers, counselors, and administrators, as well
as follow-up interviews with students two years after graduation.
“SAT Tutoring as Concerted Cultivation.”
Article-length manuscript that argues that teenagers begin to take on their
own concerted cultivation.
“Teachers’ Dilemmas: Advising Regular Kids in the College-for-all Era.”
Article-length manuscript that explores the ways teachers navigate postsecondary planning in a racially and socioeconomically diverse high school
with diverse post-secondary outcomes.
FELLOWSHIPS & HONORS
NATIONAL
2005
2004
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship,
Honorable Mention
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship,
Honorable Mention
INSTITUTIONAL
2010-2011 Bevier Dissertation Fellowship (Alternate); 12 fellowships are
awarded each year university-wide
2009-2010
Excellence Fellow, Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and
Aging Research, Rutgers University
2008-2012
Presidential Fellow, Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of
Teaching and Learning (now Rutgers Academy for the Scholarship
of Teaching and Learning), Rutgers University
2003
Rutgers University Graduate Fellowship (5 years: 2 fellowship, 3
TA)
DEPARTMENTAL
2008
Harry C. Bredemeier Award for Excellence in Teaching, Sociology
Department, Rutgers University
2005
Matilda White Riley Award for Best Course Paper, Sociology
Department, Rutgers University (“Abortion Timelines: A case study
for the social mapping of the past”)
2004
Matilda White Riley Award for Best Course Paper, Sociology
Department, Rutgers University (“Social Construction of Sex and
Gender in Sociology”)
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE
(TEACHING PORTFOLIO AVAILABLE ON REQUEST)
GRINNELL COLLEGE:
Contemporary Sociological Theory, 200 level
Culture Seminar, 300 level, cross-listed with Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality
Studies (scheduled Spring 2014)
Introduction to Sociology, 100 level (3 courses)
Sociology of Education, 200 level (2 courses)
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, INDEPENDENT COURSE DESIGN & INSTRUCTION:
Classical Theory, 300 level (2 courses)
Freshman writing at Douglass College [Shaping a Life], 100 level (1 course)
Introduction to Sociology, 100 level (4 courses)
Research Methods for high school students, through Rutgers Upward Bound (6
courses)
Research Methods, 300 level (2 courses)
Expository Writing, English Department (4 courses)
OTHER AREAS OF TEACHING INTEREST:
UNDERGRADUATE
Inequality/Stratification
Self & Society/ Social Psychology
Sociology of Gender/Sexuality
Sociology of Language
Statistics (TA’ed 2 semesters)
GRADUATE
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Culture
Theory
Qualitative Methods
TEACHING WORKSHOPS (INSTRUCTOR; SELECTED):
2011
“Teaching and Assessing in Large Classes” workshop, October 10.
Featured on the front page of RU Today, archived at
http://youtu.be/VzVjBs9xpjE.
2010
“Teaching a Summer Course” workshop, March 9.
2009
“Engaging Students in Large Classes” workshop, October 1.
2009
Invited Panelist, “Learning from Experience”, April 16.
2009
“What Goes Into Grading” workshop, March 3.
2008
“Teaching Writing to Large Classes” workshop, September 16.
MENTORING
2013
Ramsay, Naomi. (Summer). “Race and Socioeconomic Influences
on Post-Secondary Planning.” Mentored Advanced Project, faculty
advisor.
2013-14
Writing Mentor, competitively-awarded (college-wide) funding to
hire an advanced student who mentors student writing lower-level
courses: Introduction to Sociology (Spring 2013, Spring 2014) and
Sociology of Education (Fall 2013).
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2013
Individual advising of undergraduates in thesis-level qualitative
methods, Grinnell College.
2006-08
Individual mentoring of undergraduates in entry and coding of my
data, Rutgers University.
PRESENTATIONS
2013
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2012
2011
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2009
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2007
2006
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2002
“Teachers’ Dilemmas: Advising Regular Kids in the College-for-All
Era.” American Sociological Association, New York, August 2013.
“Teachers’ Dilemmas: Advising Regular Kids in the College-for-All
Era.” Pacific Sociological Society, Reno, March 2013.
“Post-secondary Paradoxes: The Pitfalls of Advising Regular Kids in
the College-for-All Era.” Sociology of Education Association,
Monterey, CA, February 2013.
“All Grimy with It: Narrating the College Planning Process.”
Eastern Sociological Society, New York, February 2012.
“Positive and Negative Feedback Loops: Guidance counseling for
the post-secondary transition.” American Sociological Association,
Las Vegas, NV, August 2011.
“Stretching or Squeezing: Counseling Timelines in Post-Secondary
Planning.” Sociology of Education Association, Monterey, CA,
February 2011. Competitive travel grant.
“Does Income Predict Participation in College Test Prep? A
Counterintuitive Finding.” American Sociological Association,
Atlanta, GA, August 2010.
“Mixed Messages: Stratified Post-Secondary Guidance Counseling
within One High School.” Pacific Sociology Association, Oakland,
CA, April 2010.
“Guidance Dilemmas: Transitions out of High School.” Pacific
Sociology Association, San Diego, CA, April 2009.
“Language Ideologies As Mediating Forces on Linguistic Relativity.”
Pacific Sociology Association Portland, OR, April 2008.
“SAT Prep: Who Does It, and Why?” American Sociological
Association, New York City, NY, August 2007.
“Does Race Fit? Cultural Capital and Habitus in Educational
Research.” Eastern Sociological Society, Boston, MA, February
2006.
“SAT Verbal: Does Pronoun “Gender” Matter?” Eastern Sociological
Society, Boston, MA, February 2006.
“Influence of Gender Pronouns on Performance in Standardized
Testing.” Pacific Sociological Association Undergraduate Session,
Vancouver, BC, February 2002.
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ADDITIONAL RESEARCH, TEACHING & EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
2013
Supervise and direct longitudinal data collection to assess postsecondary planning for Grinnell High School. Project developed
and conducted by students in my Sociology of Education courses,
spring and fall 2013.
2011
Syllabus Design and Development Coordinator. Develop content for
a syllabus design tutorial website for Rutgers University
(http://ctaar.rutgers.edu/teaching/syllabus/ExpandedCourseDescr
iptions.html). Report to the Associate Vice President of Academic
Affairs, Center for Teaching Advancement and Assessment
Research.
2009-2010
Teaching Advisor (Department of Sociology, Rutgers University).
Responsible for mentoring other TAs and organizing workshops.
2008-2009 Research Assistant for Drs. Carol Boyer and David Mechanic at the
Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research.
Compiled literature reviews for Mechanic and ran statistics (using
SPSS) on the Rutgers Hospital and Community Survey for Boyer.
2007-2008 Computer Lab Teaching Assistant (Department of Sociology,
Rutgers University). Responsible for developing and teaching
workshops about computer software, data analysis, web design, and
organization. Held office hours weekly to assist other graduate
students and faculty. Responsible for major and minor website
design and updates (sociology.rutgers.edu) including committee
design and sole execution of that design.
2004
Principal (& sole) investigator for survey data collection
investigating the impact of gendered pronouns on the verbal
portion of the SAT. Administered and collected approximately 1000
surveys from Rutgers undergraduates, and conducted 5 follow-up
focus groups.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
ASSOCIATION ACTIVITIES
 Nominations Committee, Sociology of Education Section, October 2011.
 Presider, Sociology of Education Section Roundtable on Post Secondary
Access, American Sociological Association, August 2010.
 Organizer and presider, Culture Section Roundtables, American Sociological
Association, August 2009.
 Presider, Sociology of Education Section Roundtable on Friendships,
American Sociological Association, August 2009.
 Student Forum Advisory Board, American Sociological Association (elected
member, 2007-2009).
 Organizer, presider and discussant, Student Forum Session on Family.
American Sociological Association, August 2008.
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 Presider and discussant, Student Forum Round Table on Education.
American Sociological Association, August 2007.
 Organizer and presider, Graduate Student Workshop “Movements, Policies
and Politics”, Eastern Sociological Society, February 2006.
 Presider, Regular Session “Risk in Modern Society”, American Sociological
Association, August 2005.
 Ad hoc reviewer: Gender & Society, Rutgers Journal of Sociology, Symbolic
Interaction, Sociology of Education, Sociological Forum
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY/DEPARTMENTAL ACTIVITIES
 Writing Portfolio Workshop, Grinnell College, November 2012.
 Invited panelist, “Sociology Outside Grinnell”, Grinnell College, November
2012.
 Invited panelist, “Teaching a Summer Class” workshop. Rutgers Sociology
Department, March 2012.
 Invited panelist, “Applying for Funding, Advice from the Field.” 4th Biennial
Conference of GradFund, the Rutgers Resource Center for Graduate Student
External Support. September 2011.
 Invited panelist, “Preparing Future Faculty” Graduate Student Teacher
Training, Criminal Justice program at Rutgers-Newark, May 2011.
 Judge, Rutgers Aresty Undergraduate Research Symposium. April 2010, April
2007.
 Recruitment Committee, Graduate Representative. Rutgers Sociology
Department, 2009-2010.
 Co-organizer, Constructing Knowledges Conference. Rutgers University,
October 2007.
 Invited moderator, NJPIRG Civic Ed Campaign. “LGBT Rights Panel”. April
28, 2007.
 Invited speaker, Lambda Theta Alpha, Latin Sorority, Inc. panel. "Racial
Epithets: What Does _____ Mean To You?" April 2, 2007.
 Constructive Classroom Atmosphere Committee. Rutgers Sociology
Department, December 2007.
 Graduate student liaison to Rutgers Sociology Department faculty meetings
(elected, 2004-2005; 2005-2006; 2006-2007; 2010-2011); department social
events coordinator (elected, 2005-2006; 2006-2007); treasurer (2007-2008;
2008-2009); AAUP-AFT representative (2009-2010).
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
 American Sociological Association (Current Sections: Culture; Education;
Teaching & Learning; Sex and Gender)
 Pacific Sociological Association
 Sociologists for Women in Society
 Sociology of Education Association
 Eastern Sociological Society
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REFERENCES
RESEARCH:
Patrick Carr (Dissertation chair), Rutgers University Department of Sociology
pcarr@sociology.rutgers.edu
Karen Cerulo, Rutgers University Department of Sociology
cerulo@rci.rutgers.edu
Jennifer L. Jennings, New York University Department of Sociology
jj73@nyu.edu
Arlene Stein, Rutgers University Department of Sociology
arlenes@rci.rutgers.edu
TEACHING:
Karla Erickson, Grinnell College Department of Sociology (Chair)
ericksok@grinnell.edu
Susan Ferguson, Grinnell College Department of Sociology
fergusos@grinnell.edu
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