Wendy M. Christensen, Ph.D.

456 Raubinger Hall, 300 Pompton Rd. William Paterson University Wayne, NJ 07470 (973) 720-3937 ChristensenW@wpunj.edu www.wendyphd.weebly.com

Employment:
2012 2010-12 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology William Paterson University, Wayne, New Jersey Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology and Anthropology Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine

Education:
2010 Ph.D. Sociology, University of WisconsinMadison Dissertation: Mobilizing Military Motherhood: Negotiating Support, Activism and Politics in the U.S. War on Terrorism Committee: Myra Marx Ferree (Chair), Mustafa Emirbayer, Cameron Macdonald, Pamela Oliver, and Aili Mari Tripp M.S., Sociology, University of WisconsinMadison B.A., Sociology with Honors (Magna cum Laude) State University of New York at Stony BrookStony Brook, NY

2004 2002

Research & Teaching Interests:

Social theory, research methods, political sociology, social movements, social inequality, sociology of gender, sociology of the family, war and military, sociology of culture, news media, and Internet communications technology.

Publications:
Peer-Reviewed Publications: Christensen, Wendy M. 2009. Technological Boundaries: Dening the Personal and the Political in Military Mothers Online Support Forums, Women's Studies Quarterly, 37:1&2 Christensen, Wendy M. and Myra Marx Ferree. 2008. Cowboy of the World? Gender Discourse and the Iraq War Debate. Qualitative Sociology, 31:3, pp. 287-306 Other Publications: Christensen, Wendy M. 2013. Review of Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Kick Their Asses Eds. Donna King & Carrie Lee Smith. Gender & Society, 27:3 Christensen, Wendy M. 2012. The Kissing Sailor Photograph: An Iconic Image of War, Not Romance. Sociological Images: Inspiring Sociological Imaginations Everywhere. Oct. 5. http://bit.ly/kissingSailor Christensen, Wendy M. 2012. Torches of Freedom: Women and Smoking Propaganda. Sociological Images: Inspiring Sociological Imaginations Everywhere. Feb. 27. http://bit.ly/SmokingPropaganda

Christensen, Wendy M. 2011. United We Buy: Using Patriotism and War to Sell Products. Sociological Images: Inspiring Sociological Imaginations Everywhere and Boing Boing.net. Sept.16. http://bit.ly/UnitedWeBuy Christensen, Wendy M. 2005. Review of Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings by Katherine Newman. Qualitative Sociology, 28:3 Christensen, Wendy M. 2004. Columbine in Men & Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia, Michael S. Kimmel and Amy Aronson (Eds.), ABC-CLIO, Inc. Articles in Progress: Christensen, Wendy M. The Online World as Problematic: Doing Feminist Internet Research (under review) Christensen, Wendy M. The Black Citizen-Subject: African American Single Mothers & Military Recruitment (submitting spring 2013) Christensen, Wendy M. The Politics of Foot Powder: Depoliticizing Motherhood during Wartime (submitting summer 2013)

Fellowships & Awards:

Spring 2011 Spring 2009 Winter 2007 Fall 2005 & Spring 2007 Gibbons Summer Research Grant ($5000), Bowdoin College Mary Washburn Willets Award for Excellence in the Social Sciences Department of Gender and Women's Studies, UWMadison Dissertation Research Award, Department of Sociology, UWMadison DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, Center for German and European Studies Collaborative Research Seminar: Gender, Genre and Political Transformations: Interdisciplinary Perspectives (UW Madison and University of MinnesotaTwin Cities)

Selected Conference Participation:

Invited Presenter: 2009 Recruiting Mothers: A Feminist Analysis of How Military Motherhood is Dened by the Military and by Mothers Online Invited Thematic Panel, Feminism and Web 2.0, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. The Politics of Foot Powder: Depoliticizing Motherhood During Wartime Miniconference on Military Sociology, Eastern Sociological Society annual conference, Philadelphia, PA, and in the Families and the Military, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV. The Gendered Homefront: U.S. Military Mothers and the Work of Separating the War from the Warrior, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA. The Online World as Problematic: Bringing Institutional Ethnography to the Internet, Society for the Study of Social Problems Meeting, Boston, MA.

Presenter: 2011

2008

2008

2007

The Online World as Problematic: Feminist Internet Methodology, Midwest Sociological Society annual conference, Midwest Sociologists for Women in Society Conference, Chicago, IL. Military Mothers Online: Negotiating Support, Activism and Politics in the U.S. War on Terrorism, Christina Conference on Womens Studies, European Gender and ICT Symposium, University of Helsinki, Finland. Our Families, Your Freedom: Constructing Military Motherhood in the U.S. War on Terrorism, Gender & Political Transformations Conference, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN and the Feminism and War Conference, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. The Cowboy of the World: Gendering Iraq War Discourse, Gender & Sexuality in the Global U.S. Military Empire, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA and at Midwestern Sociological Society annual conference, Minneapolis, MN. Military Control and Regulation panel at the Miniconference on Military Sociology, Eastern Sociological Society annual conference, Philadelphia, PA. Professional Workshop, Web-based Networking: A New Tool for Success in Graduate School, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Workshop, Navigating the Mentor/Mentee Relationship, Sociologists for Women in Society, Boston, MA. Roundtable Panels, 4th Annual Student Roundtable: Emerging Scholarship in Sociology, SWS/Association of Black Sociologists, Boston, MA. Panel, Showcasing Feminist Research at UWMadison, Midwest Sociological Society annual conference, and the Midwest Sociologists for Women in Society Conference, Chicago, IL.

2007

2006

2005

Discussant: 2010

Organizer: 2009

2008 2008 2007

Teaching Experience:
Assistant Professor, Lecturer: Social Movements Social Stratication Qualitative Methods Introduction to Sociology War and Media (advanced level) Classics of Sociological Theory Sociology of Gender Sociology of the Family Gender and Politics War and Media (introductory) Methods of Sociological Inquiry William Paterson University (Spring 2013) William Paterson University (Fall 2012) William Paterson University (Fall 2012, Spring 2013) Bowdoin College (Spring 2012) Bowdoin College (Spring 2012) Bowdoin College (Fall 2011) Bowdoin College (Fall 2010, Fall 2011) Bowdoin College (Spring 2011) William Paterson University (Summer 2012, Winter 2013) Bowdoin College (Spring 2011) Bowdoin College (Fall 2010) UWMadison (Summer 2009)

Teaching Assistant: Survey of Sociology Sociology of Gender Global Sociology Introduction to Sociology

UWMadison (Spring & Fall 2003) UWMadison (Fall 2002) SUNYStony Brook (Spring 2002) SUNYStony Brook (Fall 2001)

Student Supervision:
Terranicia Holmes: Teenage Pregnancy: Understanding the Role of Poverty and Determining Effective Methods for Prevention Africana Studies Honors Project, Bowdoin College (Committee Chair) Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (Supervisor) Mariya Ilyas: Is Dual Identity an Identity? A closer look at what it means to be PakistaniAmerican living in the diaspora in America Sociology Department Honors Project, Bowdoin College (Committee Chair) Davis Project for Peace Award (Supervisor) Natalia Richey: Birth Models in a United States Hospital: How Certied Nurse-Midwives and Obstetricians-gynecologists Provide Care Sociology Department Honors Project, Bowdoin College (Committee Member)

Research Experience:
2009 Project Manager: Transnational Applied Research on Gender Equity Training (TARGET). Project jointly funded by FIPSE and the UW International Institute. Assistant to the Editors: Global Feminism, Myra Marx Ferree and Aili Mari Tripp, New York University Press Research Assistant: Professors Myra Marx Ferree and Aili Mari Tripp, Transnational Feminisms Research Circle of the International Institute University of WisconsinMadison Research Assistant: Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, Professor Jane Piliavin, Department of Sociology, University of WisconsinMadison

2006 2004

2003

Professional Development:
Professional Writing Group, William Paterson University, 2012-current Writing Across the Curriculum Workshop, William Paterson University, 2012 Diversity and Social Justice Workshop, William Paterson University, 2012

Professional Service:
Social Media Representative Sociologists for Women in Society, 2012-current Contributing Blogger Student Representative Elected Chair Elected Member Sociological Images: Inspiring Sociological Imaginations Everywhere Sociologists for Women in Society SWS Student Concerns Committee SWS Executive Council

Reviewer

American Journal of Sociology, Gender & Society, Qualitative Sociology, Social Problems, and Race, Class & Gender

University Service:
Member Mentor LGBTQ Advisory Board, William Paterson University Retention Committee, William Paterson University University Mentoring Network, William Paterson University

Community Service:
Workshop Facilitator Using Technology in the K-12 Classroom, and Diversity in the Classroom The American Institute for Creative Education

Professional Afliations:
American Sociological Association Association of Internet Researchers Eastern Sociological Society Sociologists for Women in Society Society for the Study of Social Problems

References:
Myra Marx Ferree (Dissertation Chair) Department of Sociology, UWMadison (608) 263-5204 mferree@ssc.wisc.edu Craig McEwen Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Bowdoin College (207) 725-3429 cmcewen@bowdoin.edu Cameron Macdonald Department of Sociology, UWMadison (608) 261-1031 cmacdon@ssc.wisc.edu Aili Mari Tripp Department of Political Science and Gender & Womens Studies, UWMadison tripp@polisci.wisc.edu