JOSHUA GERALD LEPREE University of Colorado-Boulder, Department of Sociology 195 Ketchum, 327 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0327 (305) 484-1065 Joshua.LePree@colorado.edu http://sociology.colorado.edu/people/lepree-josh https://twitter.com/lepreesocy EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder 2010-present M.A. in Latin American and Caribbean Studies, Florida International University 2008 Graduate Certificate in Sustainable Communities, Florida International University 2008 B.A. in Psychology, East Carolina University 2002 ACADEMIC EMPLOYMENT RECORD Graduate Part-Time Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder 2013-present Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado-Boulder 2010-2012 Graduate Student Affiliate, Population Program, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado-Boulder 2011-present RESEARCH INTERESTS Gender, Migration, Race and Ethnicity, Latina/o Sociology, Qualitative and Ethnographic Methodology PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES LePree, Joshua G., Christina A. Sue and Fernando Riosmena. The Influence of Social Networks and Social Capital on the U.S. Destinations of Mexican Migrants. Under review. LePree, Joshua G. 2009. Certifying Sustainability: The Efficacy of Costa Rica s Certification for Sustainable Tourism. Florida Atlantic Comparative Studies Journal, 11 (1): 57-78. PUBLISHED BOOK REVIEWS LePree, Joshua G. 2015. Review of Alejandro Portes and Rubén Rumbaut. 2014. Immigrant America, Fourth Edition (Oakland: University of California Press), in The Social Science Journal 52 (2): 286-287. [invited] MANUSCRIPTS IN PREPARATION LePree, Joshua G. When the Ethnographer Truly Gets It : Notes on the Social Construction of Immigrant Tuberculosis. In preparation for submission. Sue, Christina, Joshua G. LePree and Fernando Riosmena. Immigration Policy and the Settlement Decisions of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. In preparation for submission. 1
OTHER PUBLICATIONS LePree, Joshua G. and Amanda B. Tyler. 2015. Tricks of the Teaching Trade: Engaging Undergraduate Students with New Technologies. The Student Sociologist 8(2). GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS Graduate Instructor of the Year Award, University of Colorado-Boulder Sociology Department. ($1,000) 2014-2015 Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award, University of Colorado-Boulder Graduate School. ($600) 2014-2015 CARTSS Graduate Fellowship, University of Colorado-Boulder, Masculinities on the Move: Gendered Experiences of Mexican Migration to the United States. ($1,000) 2015 Award of Excellence, Outstanding Teacher for Technology in Teaching, University of Colorado-Boulder. [student-nominated] 2013-2014, 2014-2015 Special Topics in Sociology GPTI Fellowship, University of Colorado- Boulder Sociology Department, undergraduate course development. ($500) 2014 Summer Research Fellowship, University of Colorado-Boulder Sociology Department, The Influence of Social Networks on the U.S. Destinations of Mexican Migrants. ($750) 2013 Beverly Sears Graduate Student Research Grant, University of Colorado-Boulder, Masculinities on the Move: Gendered Experiences of Mexican Migration to the United States. ($1,000) 2012 Summer Research Fellowship, University of Colorado-Boulder Sociology Department, The Environmental Dimensions of International Migration from Rural Mexico. ($750) 2011 Richard L. Millett Student Paper Award, Midwest Association for Latin American Studies, for Certifying Sustainability: The Efficacy of Costa Rica s Certification for Sustainable Tourism. 2008 FLAS Academic Year Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education. ($22,500) 2007-2008 FLAS Summer Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education, for study at Instituto Brasil-Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ($7,500) 2008 Student Paper Award, Latin American and Caribbean Graduate Students Conference, for Certifying Sustainability: The Efficacy of Costa Rica s Certification for Sustainable Tourism. 2008 James Rivers Scholarship, East Carolina University, for study abroad at La Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Costa Rica. ($4,000) 2002 2
ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS The Influence of Social Networks and Social Capital on the U.S. Destinations of Mexican Migrants. Paper presented at the American Sociological Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, 2014. (with Christina Sue and Fernando Riosmena) When the Ethnographer Truly Gets It : Notes on the Social Construction of Immigrant Tuberculosis. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA, 2014. Mexicans in the United States: Processes of Racialization and Racial Realities. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, New York, NY, 2013. Masculinities on the Move: Labor Migration and Constructions of Mexican Manhood. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Social Science History Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2012. Factors Influencing the Migration Decisions of Mexican Immigrants in Colorado. Paper presented at the American Sociological Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 2012. (with Christina Sue and Fernando Riosmena) Structuring Positions and Structured Dispositions: A Bourdieuian Account of the International Tourism Destination. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, 2012. Predictors of Pro-Environmental Behavior: The Role of Perceived Agency. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV, 2011. Certifying Sustainability: The Efficacy of Costa Rica s Certification for Sustainable Tourism. Paper presented at the Conference of the Midwest Association of Latin American Studies, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 2008. Certifying Sustainability: The Efficacy of Costa Rica s Certification for Sustainable Tourism. Paper presented at the Annual Latin American and Caribbean Graduate Students Conference, Boca Raton, FL, 2008. INVITED COMMUNITY TALKS The Cultural Legacies and Relationships of Mexico City and Denver. Presented at the Biennial of the Americas Conference, Denver, CO, 2015. (with Fernando Riosmena) ACADEMIC RESEARCH POSITIONS Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Karen Ramirez and Dr. Ellen Aiken, University of Colorado-Boulder CU-Dialogues Project, 2014-present. Graduate Research Associate at the University of Colorado-Boulder Population Center, Institute of Behavioral Science. 2011-present. 3
Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Christina A. Sue and Dr. Fernando Riosmena, University of Colorado-Boulder, for the research project titled Immigration Policy and the Settlement Decisions of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S. 2010-2012. Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Lori Hunter and Dr. Fernando Riosmena, University of Colorado- Boulder, for the research project titled The Environmental Dimensions of International Migration from Rural Mexico: Supplementing Ongoing Quantitative Modeling with Qualitative Interviews. 2011. Graduate Research Assistant to Dr. Barry B. Levine, Florida International University, for the book project Global Pants: Who Gets to Make What for Whom. 2008. TEACHING RECORD As Instructor of Record Sociology 1004: Deviance in US Society Sociology/Women and Gender Studies 1016: Sex, Gender, and Society Sociology 1021: US Race and Ethnic Relations Sociology 2031: Social Problems Sociology 2034: Drugs in U.S. Society Sociology 2091: Sociological Perspectives on Migration: Gender, Race, and the State Sociology 3161: Sociological Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity University of Colorado-Boulder Miramontes Arts and Sciences Program, Social Justice and Immigration As Teaching Assistant Sociology 1001: Introduction to Sociology Sociology 1021: US Race and Ethnic Relations Sociology 2061: Introduction to Social Statistics SERVICE RECORD Service to Professional Organizations Panel Presider, Emerging Inequalities in Public Health Systems. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco, CA, 2014. Panel Organizer, Mobile Capital, Immobile Subjects? Histories of Inequality in the Making of Global Capitalism. Annual Conference of the Social Science History Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2012. (with Geraldina Polanco) Panel Chair and Discussant, Land, Equality and Freedom from Early Modern to Modern Times. Annual Conference of the Social Science History Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, 2012. Ad hoc manuscript reviews: American Sociological Association Student Forum Advisory Board Paper Panels/Roundtables Journal of Ethic and Migration Studies Men and Masculinities The Social Science Journal Service to the University 4
Invited Moderator, Immigration Policy at The University of Colorado-Boulder Conference on World Affairs. 2016. Facilitator and Discussant for screening of the film The Mask You Live In. University of Colorado- Boulder Women s Resource Center, 2015. Invited Presenter, Annual College of Arts and Sciences Teaching with Technology Symposium, University of Colorado-Boulder, 2015. Invited Moderator, Ancient Herb: History and Culture at the Annual University of Colorado-Boulder Cannabis Symposium. 2015. Invited Moderator, Immigration: The Tragedy of Doing Nothing at The University of Colorado- Boulder Conference on World Affairs. 2015. Invited Moderator, Undocumented Families at The University of Colorado-Boulder Conference on World Affairs. 2014. Invited Presenter, Minority Association of Premedical Students (MAPS): Medical Sociology and the Medicalization of Immigrant Status, University of Colorado-Boulder. 2014. Elected Member, Sociology Department Representative, The United Government of Graduate Students, University of Colorado-Boulder. 2012-2013. Treasurer, MALOKA Graduate Student Association, Florida International University. 2007-2008. Service to the Sociology Department Invited Presenter, Developing Teaching Strategies that Work given at the University of Colorado- Boulder Sociology Department Graduate Professionalization Seminar Series, 2016. Invited Presenter, Developing Your Own Course given at the University of Colorado-Boulder Sociology Department Pedagogy Brown Bag Series. 2014. Graduate Student Representative, University of Colorado-Boulder Sociology Department Diversity Committee. 2013-2015. Graduate student mentor to Adriana Núñez, University of Colorado-Boulder Sociology Department. 2012-2013. Graduate student mentor to Kwame Williams, University of Colorado-Boulder Sociology Department. 2011-2012. ACTIVE MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS American Sociological Association, Sections on International Migration and Latino/a Sociology Society for the Study of Social Problems, Global Division and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Division Sociologists without Borders/Sociólogos sin Fronteras IN THE MEDIA 5
Print interview with University of Colorado-Boulder Spotlight around the Campus (SPARC) highlighting innovative use of technology in the classroom. 2014. https://sparc.colorado.edu/hearing-students-voices-through-twitter-and-voicethread-in-josh-lepreessociology-courses/ Video interview with University of Colorado-Boulder Spotlight around the Campus (SPARC) titled Graduate Teachers: Innovating in the Classroom. 2014. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwirvkjfoem Video interview with Norton Sociology (W.W. Norton and Company Publishers) Migration and Masculinity: Sociology in Colorado--ASA 2012. In coordination with the 2012 American Sociological Association Annual Meetings in Denver, CO. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6nt1pu78xk LANGUAGES First Language: English Fluent in written and spoken Spanish Fluent in written and spoken Portuguese Certified Advanced Level in Portuguese Language Proficiency (CELPE-BRAS) by the Brazilian Ministry of Education 6