Department of Sociology University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown 450 Schoolhouse Rd. Johnstown, PA 15904 Updated: 10/7/2016 Office Phone: (814) 269-2975 E-mail: jlc222@pitt.edu Jeremiah Coldsmith Employment Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown Fall 2013 to Present Assistant Professor in Residence, University of Connecticut Fall 2010 to Spring 2013 Graduate Assistant/Associate, University of Arizona Fall 2001 to Spring 2009 Education Ph.D. Sociology, University of Arizona December 2010 Dissertation Title: Rethinking Classes: A Friendly Critique and Moving Forward of Erik Olin Wright s Class Theory Committee: Don Grant (Chair), Ronald Breiger, and Charles Ragin Comprehensive Examinations Statistics and Research Methods May 2005 Collective Behavior and Social Movements December 2004 M.A. Sociology, University of Arizona May 2004 MA Title: Theory Combination in the Field: A Meta-Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Case Studies Focused on the Outcomes of Localized Movements Against Unwanted Land Uses Committee: Sarah Soule (Chair), Charles Ragin, and Erin Leahey B.A. Double major Political Science and Sociology, graduating Summa Cum Laude, University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown May 2001
Teaching and Research Interests Social Research Methods; Social Statistics; Wealth and Power; Welfare Policy; Inequality and Stratification; Globalization; Social Movements; Organizations; Social Networks; Social Psychology; and Deviance. Recent Teaching Responsibilities Courses as Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown: Introduction to Sociology (SOC 100) Social Psychology (SOC 221) Social Research Methods (SOC 300) Wealth and Power (SOC 320) Social Movements (SOC 520) Senior Seminar in Sociology (SOC 1700) Social Statistics (STAT 1020) Independent Studies/Directed Readings/Directed Research 3 credits in Deviance Fall 13, 3 credits in Social Psychology Spring 14 1 credit in Deviance Spring 15 3 credits in General Social Survey Design Spring 16 1 credit in Shade High School Student Interest Survey Spring 16 Scholarly Academic Publications Coldsmith, Jeremiah (2016) Book Review: Social Capital in America: Counting Buried Treasure. Teaching Sociology 44(4): 300-2. Coldsmith, Jeremiah (2016) Film Review: The Great Vacation Squeeze. Teaching Sociology 44(4): 311-13. Crockett, Jason Lee and Jeremiah Coldsmith (2013) Writing Assignments: Steps to a Research Proposal. Assignment published at TRAILS: Teaching Resources and Innovations Library for Sociology. Washington DC: American Sociological Association. (http://trails.asanet.org)
Presentations DiGiorgio, Nicholas and Jeremiah Coldsmith (2016) The Implications of State Welfare and Tax Policy Change on Economic Outcomes in Matched US States. Symposium for the Promotion of Academic and Creative Enquiry (SPACE). University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA. Coldsmith, Jeremiah (2016) Survey Design as Sociology Capstone Course. Paper Session: Bridging Teaching and Research in Our Day Jobs: Undergraduate Research, Engaged Pedagogy, and Contributions to the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, MA. Coldsmith, Jeremiah and John J. Richard (2015) Explaining Differences in Infant Mortality Rates across Wealthy Countries. Symposium for the Promotion of Academic and Creative Enquiry (SPACE). University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA. Coldsmith, Jeremiah and John J. Richard (2015) Explaining Differences in Infant Mortality Rates across Wealthy Countries. Roundtable Session: Health Issues in Pregnancy and Childbirth. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. New York, NY. Richard, John J. and Jeremiah Coldsmith (2014) Poverty or Inequality: What Drives Infant Mortality Rates in Wealthy Nations? Fall into Research Annual Research Symposium. University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, Johnstown, PA. Coldsmith, Jeremiah (2014) What Leads to Differential Class Identity? Exploring the Micro Foundations of Working Class and Middle Class Identity. Panel on Middle Class? Working Class? What s the Difference? Why Does it Matter? Annual How Class Works Conference. Stony Brook, NY. Coldsmith, Jeremiah (2013) What about the Investing Class? Improving Wright s Class Map through the Inclusion of Partial Ownership. Open Roundtable Session. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York, NY. Coldsmith, Jeremiah and Robert L. Isenberg (2012) Media Photography and Depictions of Social Disorder: Evidence for a Visual Sociological Method and Theory. Mini-Conference on Security: Discursive Practices and Narrative Telling. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. New York, NY.
Coldsmith, Jeremiah (2011) A Case for the Old Class Map: A Counterpoint to Weeden and Grusky. Regular Session: Mapping Class. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Philadelphia, PA. Coldsmith, Jeremiah (2010) Class Structure, Class Formation, and Class Consciousness in the US: Ego Networks in Socio-Structural Space." Regular Session: Conceiving Structures of Inequality. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Boston, MA. Coldsmith, Jeremiah and Daniel Everett Duerr (2009) Pathways to Decreasing Income Inequality in the US from 1970 to 2000. Open Roundtable Session. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA. Duerr, Daniel Everett and Jeremiah Coldsmith (2009) Examining the Changes in County Level Income Inequality, 1970 to 2000. Regular Session: Growing Inequality. Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Baltimore, MD. Duerr, Daniel Everett and Jeremiah Coldsmith (2008) Re-Examining the Determinants of County Level Income Inequality. Regular Session: Social Stratification, Space, and Inequality. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Boston, MA. Coldsmith, Jeremiah (2007) A Hierarchical Linear Model of Income Inequality in the 50 US States: the 1990 Problem. Section on Economic Sociology Roundtables. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. New York, NY. Coldsmith, Jeremiah. (2004) LULU Movement Outcomes: A Meta-Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Cases of Localized Movements. Graduate Student Refereed Roundtables. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco, CA. Auf der Heide, Laura, Keith G. Bentele, Jeremiah Coldsmith, and Rachael Serena Neal. (2003) The Emotional Significance of Race: Affective Responses to Racial Difference. Section on Social Psychology Roundtables. Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Atlanta, Ga.
Work in Progress A Cautionary Note on Reductionism: The Case of the Lack of Association between Obesity Prevalence and Diabetes Prevalence at the National Level. Explaining Differences in Infant Mortality Rates across Developed Countries. The Implications of State Welfare and Tax Policy on Economic Outcomes in Matched US States. What about the Investing Class? Improving Wright s Class Map through the Inclusion of Partial Ownership. What Leads to Differential Class Identification? Exploring the Structural Foundations of Class Identity. Class Structure, Friendship, and Class Consciousness in the United States: The Impact of Class Based Social Distance on Class Consciousness. A Case for the Old Class Map: A Counterpoint to Weeden and Grusky. Honors and Awards In April 2015, the project The Implications of State Welfare and Tax Policy on Economic Outcomes in Matched US States was awarded $1,000 stipend for student living expenses from the President s Mentorship Fund for Faculty/Student Scholarship. In February 2015, the project Poverty or Inequality: What Drives Infant Mortality Rates in Wealthy Nations? was awarded $1,000 for conference travel from the President s Mentorship Fund for Faculty/Student Scholarship. In January 2015, the teaching resource, co-authored with Jason Crockett, published at TRAILS was recognized by The American Sociological Association s Academic and Professional Affairs Program as one of the 10 most downloaded resources of 2014. Service to the Discipline Reviewer: American Journal of Sociology, American Sociological Review, Comparative Sociology, and Oxford U. P.
Memberships American Sociological Association (ASA) 2000 2015 Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) 2009 Present International Network for Social Network Analysts (INSNA) 2004 2005 Alpha Kappa Delta (AKD) International Sociological Honor Society 2000 2005 Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society 2000 2001 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society 2000 2001