CURRICULUM VITAE KARLETTA WHITE (updated August 2013) Cell Phone: 318-436-9476 Phone: 319-335-2502 W140 Seashore Hall E-mail: Karletta-white@uiowa.edu Iowa City, IA 52242 FAX: 319-335-2509 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 2007-2014 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 2002-2007 Dean s List, GSU White, Page 1
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 2013- Fall 2011- 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. 2011 Human Rights and International Criminal Courts, in Robert Baller s Global Criminology. 2010 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 2013. White, Page 2
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, 2012. Revised version presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, CA, November 2010. 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 2012. 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 2010. 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 2010. 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, 2010. 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 2006. Karletta White. The Effects of Retroactive Interference and Memory. Poster presented at the University of Michigan and University of Wisconsin SROP Symposium, July 2005. 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, 2013. 2013 Application of Social Networks in Everyday Communication, Iowa Black Alumni Association, Coralville, IA. 2012 Speaker, Blacks in Higher Education. Young, Gifted, Black Girls (YGBG) Conference, Omaha, NE, October, 2012. 2008 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
Guest Panelist 2013 SROP, Summer Research Opportunity Program Is Graduate School For Me? and Life After SROP, UIOWA. 2012 Panel Moderator, Being a Young Black Woman on a College Campus. Young, Gifted, Black Girls (YGBG) Conference, Omaha, NE, October, 2012. 2011 Surviving Graduate School, Midwest Sociological Society, St. Louis, MO. 2009 SROP, Summer Research Opportunity Program Life After SROP & McNair and Life Outside of Graduate School, UIOWA. 2009 The Black Family, Gamma Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, UIOWA. 2009 Black College Experience, Delta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., UIOWA. SERVICE & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT 2012 Graduate Studies Committee, Sociology Department 2011-2013 African American Reading Program, Belin-Blank Honors Center 2010-2011 Celebrating Cultural Diversity, Programming Committee - Chief Diversity Office 2009-2010 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 2009- 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. 2009- Team Leader, The Spot. Outreach Program for at risk youth of Iowa City, IA 2009- Volunteer, Habitat for Humanity, Iowa City Chapter 2009- Field Interviewer, East Side Coalition Neighborhood Task Force 2010- Member, Oakdale Prison Community Choir 2008- Mentor, Children of Promise 2007- Volunteer, Terra-Hawk Leadership Training Program 2005- Vice-President, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., ICCR Alumnae Chapter White, Page 4
Professional Memberships 2011- Midwest Sociological Society 2010- American Society of Criminology 2009- American Sociological Association 2007- Society of Black Graduate and Professional Students, Vice President 2007- Alpha Phi Sigma Criminal Justice Honors Society 2006- Sigma Alpha Iota International Music Fraternity for Women, President REFERENCES Professor Mary E. Campbell Professor Karen Heimer Texas A&M University m-campbell@tamu.edu karen-heimer@uiowa.edu 979-845-6549 319-335-2502 Professor Alison Bianchi Professor Venise Berry School of Journalism/African American Studies allison-bianchi@uiowa.edu venise-berry@uiowa.edu 319-335-2494 319-335-3361 White, Page 5