LAURA B. FITZWATER
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695
laura_fitzwater@ncsu.edu
EDUCATION
M.S.
Sociology, North Carolina State University, December 2010
B.A.
Sociology, Seattle Pacific University, June 2005 (cum laude)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Family, Inequality, Religion
PUBLICATIONS
Manuscripts Under Review
Parcel, Toby and Laura Fitzwater. “Who Selects an Online Class Over the Same Course
Face-to-Face? And What Difference Does it Make? Results from Teaching the
Sociology of Work and Family.” (Revise and Resubmit: Teaching Sociology)
Manuscripts in Preparation
Fitzwater, Laura. “‘The City Evangelical Dude Route to Dudeness’: Examining a
Discourse of Hegemonic Masculinity in an Urban Megachurch.” (In preparation)
PRESENTATIONS
Fitzwater, Laura. “‘The City Evangelical Dude Route to Dudeness’: Examining a
Discourse of Hegemonic Masculinity in an Urban Megachurch.” Paper to be
presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society.
Jacksonville, FL, April 2011.
Parcel, Toby and Laura Fitzwater. “Who Selects an On-Line Class over the Same Course
Face-to-Face? And What Difference Does it Make?: Results from a QuasiExperiment Teaching the Sociology of Work and Family.” Paper presented at a
roundtable session at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological
Association. Atlanta, GA, August 2010.
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Fitzwater, Laura. “The Dude Discourse: Constructing Masculinity in an Urban
Megachurch.” Paper presented at the Fifth Annual Graduate Student Research
Symposium. Raleigh, NC, March 2010.
Fitzwater, Laura. “The Dude Discourse: Constructing Masculinity in an Urban
Megachurch.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research Association. Denver, CO,
October 2009.
McKinney, Jennifer and Laura Fitzwater. “I’m Your Father, But Not Your Daddy:
Conservative Christian Ideals of Men in Families.” Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion/Religious Research
Association. Denver, CO, October 2009.
Fitzwater, Laura. “American Christian Traditions: What does the next generation have to
choose from?” Panelist at the Annual Common Day of Learning, Seattle Pacific
University. Seattle, WA, October 2005.
TEACHING AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
2011
Graduate Instructor; Principles of Sociology (SOC 202) at North Carolina State
University, Raleigh, NC
2010
Lab Instructor; Social Research Methods Lab (SOC 300) with Dr. Toby Parcel at
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2010
Teaching Assistant; Men and Women in Society (SOC 304) with Dr. Sinikka
Elliott at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2009
Teaching Assistant (Distance Education); Sociology of Work and Family (SOC
404) with Dr. Toby Parcel at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2009
Teaching Assistant with Dr. Toby Parcel at North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC; Assisted in putting Dr. Parcel’s fall course on-line.
2009
Teaching Assistant (Distance Education); Sociology of Families (SOC 204) with
Dr. Theodore Greenstein at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2008
Teaching Assistant; Social Research Methodology (SOC 300) with Dr. Steve
McDonald at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
2006
Research Assistant for Dr. Jennifer McKinney, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle,
WA; Collected data on sermons and transcribed sermons from an urban megachurch.
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HONORS AND AWARDS
2011
Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2010 (University
Graduate Student Association, North Carolina State University)
2008-09
Provost’s Fellowship (North Carolina State University)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Session Presider, “Marriage, Family, and Gender” at the Annual Meeting of the Southern
Sociological Society. Jacksonville, FL, April 2011.
Secretary for the Sociology Graduate Student Association, North Carolina State
University 2009-2011
Member of the Research Symposium Executive Committee, Sociology Graduate Student
Association, North Carolina State University 2008-2009, 2009-2010
Member of the Graduate Student Advisory Board, Sociology Graduate Student
Association, North Carolina State University 2008-2009
Member of the Recruitment Committee, Sociology Graduate Student Association, North
Carolina State University 2008-2009
Sociology of Religion Alumni Reading Group, Seattle, WA 2005-2010
MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Religious Research Association
Southern Sociological Society
INSTRUCTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2010
Introduction to Atlas.ti (qualitative data analysis software) Short Course
The Odum Institute (UNC)
2009
Summer Institute: Teaching & Learning with Technology
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
ITAP (Instructional Technology Assistant Program)
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
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2009
An Introduction to the Learning Technologies Toolkit at NC State
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
Creating Accessible Web Sites using NC State’s Checklist
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
Dreamweaver I: Creating and Publishing a Web Page
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
Fireworks: Creating Graphics for the Web
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
WolfWare: the Basics
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
HTML Basics
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
Five Steps to Analyzing Any Copyright Question
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
Blackboard Vista: A Beginner’s Course
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
2009
LecShare Pro: Adding Voice Narration to Powerpoint Presentations
Distance Education & Learning Technology Applications (NCSU)
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