Department of Sociology The Colorado College 14 East Cache la Poudre Street Colorado Springs, CO 80903 Office: (719) 389-6735 E-mail: elena.windsong@coloradocollege.edu Elena Ariel Windsong EDUCATION Ph.D. 2013, Department of Sociology expected Dissertation: Boundaries of Neighboring: A Qualitative Study of Community, December Race, Gender, and Class Committee: Nancy López (chair), Christopher Lyons, Sharon Erickson Nepstad, Gabriel Sanchez Comprehensive Exam Areas: Gender; Race/Ethnicity M.A. 2006 Colorado State University, Department of Sociology Thesis: Communes and Place Attachment Committee: Michael Carolan (chair), Jennifer Cross, Elizabeth Jones B.A. 2002 Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA, Department of Sociology Honors Thesis: What a Long Strange Trip: Communes, Identity, and Social Change EMPLOYMENT 2013-2014 Visiting Instructor, Colorado College, Department of Sociology 2007-2013 Instructor,, Department of Sociology RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS Intersectionality; Gender; Community; Urban Sociology and Neighborhoods; Race and Ethnicity; Space and Place; Qualitative Methods; Mixed Methods PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS Windsong, Elena Ariel. Forthcoming. Insights from a Qualitative Study of Rural Communes: Physical and Social Dimensions of Place. Society and Natural Resources. (Accepted 11-28-2012) Windsong, Elena Ariel. 2010. There Is No Place Like Home: Complexities in Exploring Home and Place Attachment. The Social Science Journal 47: 205-214. WORKS IN PROGRESS Windsong, Elena Ariel. 2013. Incorporating Intersectionality into Research Design: An Example Using Qualitative Interviews. Under review at Qualitative Research Windsong, Elena Ariel. 2013. Racialized Boundary Work and Neighborhoods: White and Hispanic Differences in Sense of Belonging. Windsong CV 1
TEACHING Colorado College SO 112-Gender Inequality (cross listed with Feminist and Gender Studies 112) Fall 2013 (25 students); Spring 2014 SO 114-Racial Inequality (cross listed with Race and Ethnic Studies 114) Fall 2013 (20 students); Spring 2014 SO 290-Special Topics: Sociology of Community and Place Spring 2014 Soc 101-Introduction to Sociology Summer 2007 (13 students); Fall 2007 (45 students); Spring 2008 (200 students); Fall 2008 (250 students); Spring 2009 (250 students); Fall 2009 (45 students); Spring 2010 (50 students); Summer 2010 (50 students); Summer 2011 (40 students); Fall 2011 (150 students); Spring 2012 (250 students); Fall 2012 (150 students); Spring 2013 (200 students); Summer 2013 (16 students) Soc 216-Dynamics of Prejudice Fall 2008 (26 students); Fall 2009 (20 students); Spring 2011 (43 students); Spring 2013 (35 students) Soc 308-Sociology of Gender (Cross-listed with Women s Studies 379) Summer 2008 (35 students); Summer 2009 (15 students); Spring 2010 (60 students); Spring 2011 (48 students); Spring 2012 (40 students) Soc371-Classical Sociological Theory Summer 2012 (25 students) Soc 481L-Research Methods in Sociology Lab Fall 2010 (40 students); Fall 2011 (25 students); Fall 2012 (20 students) AWARDS AND HONORS Sociology Department Nominee, Susan Deese-Roberts Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year Award,, March 2012 PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS 2013. Racialized Boundary Work and Neighborhoods: White and Hispanic Differences in Belonging. Paper presented in Section on Race, Gender, and Class Refereed Roundtables at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, New York, NY. 2012. Incorporating Intersectionality into Research Design: An Example Using Qualitative Interviews. Paper presented in the Section on Race, Gender, and Class Session on Researching Intersectionality: Methods and Theory at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, Denver, CO. 2012. Intersectionality and Research Design Using Qualitative Interviews. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA. Windsong CV 2
2012. Boundary Work: An Intersectional Study of Neighborhood Experiences. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, San Diego, CA. 2011. Intersectionality Emplaced: Inclusion and Exclusion through Neighborhood Experiences. Paper presented in the Section on Community and Urban Sociology Refereed Roundtables at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, Las Vegas, NV. 2011. Place Attachment and the Natural Environment: An Examination of Rural Communes. Paper presented at the Department of Sociology Student-Faculty Speaker Series, Albuquerque, NM. 2010. Community and Intersectionality. Paper presented at the Department of Sociology Student-Faculty Speaker Series, Albuquerque, NM. 2009. A Mixed Method Analysis of Homeownership and Place Attachment. Paper presented in Section on Community and Urban Sociology Referred Roundtables at the American Sociological Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2008. Not Ready to Make Nice: A Qualitative Analysis of the Dixie Chicks and Country Radio. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, Portland, OR. 2007. There s No Place Like Home: Complexities in Conceptualizing Home. Paper presented at the Department of Sociology Student-Faculty Speaker Series, Albuquerque, NM. 2007. There s No Place Like Home: Complexities in Conceptualizing Home. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, Oakland, CA. 2006. Communes and Place Attachment. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, Hollywood, CA. 2002. What a Long Strange Trip: Communes, Identity, and Social Change. Paper presented at the Whitman College Annual Undergraduate Conference, Walla Walla, WA. 2002. The Difficulty of Defining Shared Work for Married Co-Workers. Paper presented at the Pacific Sociological Association annual meeting, Vancouver, Canada. (Presented with Michelle Y. Janning) GRANTS AND FUNDING Student Conference Award, Career Services,, $600, August 2013 Travel Award, Department of Sociology,, $500, August 2012 Student Conference Award, Career Services,, $600, March 2012 Graduate and Research Development Grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association,, $3000, September 2011 Windsong CV 3
Travel Award, Department of Sociology,, $500, August 2011 Travel Award, Department of Sociology,, $800, August 2009 SERVICE Reviewer, Social Science Journal, 2010-present Grant Reader, Graduate and Professional Student Association,, Spring 2012 Treasurer, Sociology Graduate Student Association,, 2011-2012 Grant Reader, Graduate and Professional Student Association,, Summer 2011 Graduate Student Representative, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, Fall 2010 Graduate Student Representative, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, University of New Mexico, 2009-2010 President, Sociology Graduate Student Association,, 2008-2009 Organizer, Sociology Department Student-Faculty Speaker Series,, 2007-2009 Sociology Representative, Graduate and Professional Student Association, University of New Mexico, 2007-2008 Vice-President, Sociology Graduate Student Association,, 2007-2008 Secretary, Sociology Graduate Student Association,, 2006-2007 Master s Student Representative, Graduate Committee, Department of Sociology, Colorado State University, 2005-2006 PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association Sex and Gender Section Race, Class, Gender Section Community and Urban Sociology Section Race and Ethnic Minorities Section Pacific Sociological Association Society for Women in Sociology Windsong CV 4
REFERENCES Dr. Nancy López Associate Professor of Sociology nlopez@unm.edu (505) 277-3101 Dr. Christopher Lyons Associate Professor of Sociology clyons@unm.edu (505) 277-0519 Dr. Sharon Erickson Nepstad Professor of Sociology nepstad@unm.edu (505) 277-8312 Windsong CV 5