CURRICULUM VITAE KARLETTA WHITE (updated August 2013) Department of Sociology Cell Phone: University of Iowa Phone:

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1 CURRICULUM VITAE KARLETTA WHITE (updated August 2013) Cell Phone: Phone: W140 Seashore Hall Iowa City, IA FAX: EDUCATIONAL HISTORY 2014 Expected Ph.D., Sociology, (UIOWA) Dissertation: The Psychological and Delinquent Effects of Skin Tone from Adolescence to Adulthood Dissertation Committee: Mary E. Campbell (Chair), Karen Heimer (Co-Chair), Steve Hitlin, Venise Berry, and Kevin Leicht Area Exams: Crime, Law, & Deviance; Race & Ethnicity 2009 M.A., Sociology, Thesis: Are Darker Skinned Blacks and Latinos Stopped More? The Effects of Skin Tone on Police Contact Thesis Committee: Mary E. Campbell (Chair), Karen Heimer, and Robert Baller 2007 B.A./B.S., Psychology, Criminal Justice, Grambling State University (GSU) REASEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Crime, Law, & Deviance: Discrimination within the criminal justice system, juvenile delinquency, the intersection of race and crime. Race/Ethnicity: Skin tone, stratification, residential segregation, race and education, crime and the Black family. FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, & HONORS Dean s Graduate Fellowship, UIOWA 2012 & 2010 Most Influential Mentor of the Year, Presented by the Children of Promise Mentoring Program for Children with Incarcerated Parents, Iowa City, IA 2011 Preparing for Future Faculty Certificate. Midwest Sociological Society 2010 & 2011 Student Initiative Fund Grant Recipient, Graduate College, UIOWA 2010 Outstanding Student of the Year, Presented by the Office of Graduate Ethnic Inclusion, Graduate College 2009 Outstanding Volunteer Award, ICCR Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi 2006 Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honors Society, GSU 2004 Gamma Beta Phi National Honors Society, GSU 2002 Alpha Lambda Delta National Honors Society, GSU Dean s List, GSU White, Page 1

2 TEACHING / RESEARCH EXPERIENCE Graduate Teaching Assistantships Spring 2013 & Fall 2012 Capstone Course in Sociology, Dr. Michael Lovaglia Fall 2010 Introduction to Sociology Principles, Dr. Michael Lovaglia Fall 2009 Spring 2010 Research Methods, Dr. Alison J. Bianchi Fall 2008 Introduction to Sociology Principles, Dr. Mary E. Campbell Graduate Research Assistantships Spring Fall Summer 2012 Field Surveyor & Transcriber, Iowa Social Science Research Center, UIOWA Student Instructional Technology Assistant (SITA), Information Technology Services, UIOWA. SITAs consult on technology and instructional design issues, provide production assistance and provide departmental training sessions on instructional software. Guest Lectures Summer 2013 Spring 2013 Gender, Race, and Violence, in Stef Shuster s Gender and Society. Using Sociology After Graduation, in Michael Lovaglia s Capstone Human Rights and International Criminal Courts, in Robert Baller s Global Criminology Data Collection and Ethics, in Alison Bianchi s Research Methods. SCHOLARLY ACTIVITY Under Review / In Progress Karletta White. (Under Review) The Salience of Skin Tone: Effects on the Exercise of Police Enforcement Authority. Karletta White. (In progress) From Adolescence to Adulthood: The Psychological and Delinquent Effects of Skin Tone for Blacks. Berry, Venise and Karletta White. (In progress) Do You Know? African Americans, HIV/AIDS and Social Media. Papers Presented Karletta White. From Adolescence to Adulthood: The Psychological and Delinquent Effects of Skin Tone for Blacks. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August White, Page 2

3 Karletta White. The Salience of Skin Tone: Effects on Police Contact. Paper Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology Conference, Chicago, IL, Revised version presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA, November Karletta White. Skin Tone, Age, and Prison Sentencing: Does Lighter Skin Afford More Lenient Sentences? Paper Presented at Young, Gifted, Black Girls (YGBG) Conference, Omaha, NE, February Shane D. Soboroff, Christopher P. Kelley, Mark Walker, Kevin Pinkston, and Karletta White. Are You With Me? The Impact of Co-presence on Influence in Task Groups Co-presence and Influence. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL, March Karletta White. Do Darker Skinned Blacks and Latinos Live in Worse Neighborhoods? The Effects of Skin Tone on Residential Segregation. Presented at the 12th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate, Iowa City, IA, March Karletta White. Are Darker Skinned Blacks and Latinos Stopped More? The Effects of Skin Tone on Police Contact. Presented at the 11th Annual James F. Jakobsen Graduate Conference, Iowa City, IA, Karletta White. The Effects of External Representations on Problem Solving Tasks. Poster presented at the University of Illinois-Chicago Summer Research and Opportunity Program (SROP) Symposium, July Karletta White. The Effects of Retroactive Interference and Memory. Poster presented at the University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin SROP Symposium, July PANEL DISCUSSIONS Invited Presentations 2013 Keynote Speaker, Active Mentoring: Motivating a Community of Teachers and Parents to Get Involved. Moffat County School District RE-1 Teacher In-service Meeting, Craig, CO, August, Application of Social Networks in Everyday Communication, Iowa Black Alumni Association, Coralville, IA Speaker, Blacks in Higher Education. Young, Gifted, Black Girls (YGBG) Conference, Omaha, NE, October, Diversity Dialogue Circle 8-week workshop sponsored by the Women s Resource Action Center to bring awareness and knowledge to the Iowa community on the effectiveness of positive communication in decreasing hate crimes, UIOWA. White, Page 3

4 Guest Panelist 2013 SROP, Summer Research Opportunity Program Is Graduate School For Me? and Life After SROP, UIOWA Panel Moderator, Being a Young Black Woman on a College Campus. Young, Gifted, Black Girls (YGBG) Conference, Omaha, NE, October, Surviving Graduate School, Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO SROP, Summer Research Opportunity Program Life After SROP & McNair and Life Outside of Graduate School, UIOWA The Black Family, Gamma Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, UIOWA Black College Experience, Delta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., UIOWA. SERVICE & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 2012 Graduate Studies Committee, Sociology Department African American Reading Program, Belin-Blank Honors Center Celebrating Cultural Diversity, Programming Committee - Chief Diversity Office Communications Committee, Sociology Department 2009 Financial Aid Advisory Committee, ECGPS Eastern Iowa Community 2013 Discussion Leader, African American Reading Program 2012 & 2011 Volunteer, America Reads, Linn County, IA Chair, Teen Summit Annual Youth Conference. Coordinate planning, development, and implementation of annual workshops that promote healthy living, personal growth and empowerment, and academic and professional development for approximately 100 minority students in the Eastern Iowa area Team Leader, The Spot. Outreach Program for at risk youth of Iowa City, IA Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Iowa City Chapter Field Interviewer, East Side Coalition Neighborhood Task Force Member, Oakdale Prison Community Choir Mentor, Children of Promise Volunteer, Terra-Hawk Leadership Training Program Vice-President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., ICCR Alumnae Chapter White, Page 4

5 Professional Memberships Midwest Sociological Society American Society of Criminology American Sociological Association Society of Black Graduate and Professional Students, Vice President Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honors Society Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women, President REFERENCES Professor Mary E. Campbell Professor Karen Heimer Texas A&M University Professor Alison Bianchi Professor Venise Berry School of Journalism/African American Studies White, Page 5