JADE AGUILAR Curriculum Vitae August 2015 Willamette University 900 State Street Salem, OR 97301 (503) 370-6195 aguilarj@willamette.edu EDUCATION 2009 University of Colorado at Boulder, Ph.D. in Sociology. Dissertation: Activism or Escapism: Making Sense of 21 st Century Communes 2009 University of Colorado at Boulder, Graduate Certificate in Women s Studies Department of Women and Gender Studies 1999 Colorado State University, B.A. in Business Marketing with Distinction (Honors) Cum laude 1998 University of Economics- Prague, Czech Republic Study Abroad Program in International Trade EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Fall 2014- Present Associate Professor, Willamette University, Department of Sociology, Salem, Oregon. Fall 2008 Fall 2014 Assistant Professor, Willamette University, Department of Sociology, Salem, Oregon. Fall 2007- Spring 2008 Adjunct Professor, Westminster College, Department of Sociology, Salt Lake City, Utah. Fall 2002-Fall 2008 Ph.D. Student, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Sociology and Women and Gender Studies, Boulder, Colorado. Fall 2003-Spring 2005 Research Assistant, Institute of Behavioral Sciences (IBS), Population Program at the University of Colorado. Grant from the National Institute of Health to investigate the causes and influences on teenage smoking. Principal Investigator: Dr. Fred Pampel Fall 2003- Spring 2005 Cultural Resources Coordinator, Women s Resource Center at the University of Colorado Media Relations Coordinator, Women s Resource Center at the University of Colorado Fall 2002-Spring 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, Summer 2006
Jade Aguilar 2 Graduate Teaching Part-time Instructor, University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Sociology, Boulder, Colorado PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES Aguilar, Jade, Briggs, Steven, and Opsal, Tara. 2015. The Promises and Pitfalls of Engaging Male Juvenile Offenders in Gender Violence Prevention and Bystander Education. (Under Review) Aguilar, Jade. 2015. Food Choices and Voluntary Simplicity in Intentional Communities: What's Race and Class got to do with it? Utopian Studies 26/1: 79-100 Aguilar, Jade. 2013. "Situational Sexual Behaviors: The Ideological Work of Moving Toward Polyamory in Communal Living Groups." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography 42/1:62-87. Aguilar, Jade. 2012. "Intentional Communities as Temporary Sites of Learning and Transmission of Values." Journal for the Study of Radicalism 6/1: 35-58 Aguilar, Jade. 2009. Internet Technology s Impact on Intentional Communities: A Case Study of Acorn Community. Communal Societies 29:17-24 Pampel, Fred and Jade Aguilar. 2008. Changes in Youth Smoking, 1976-2002: A Time-Series Analysis, Youth and Society 39:453-479. Aguilar, Jade and Fred Pampel. 2007. Changing patterns of cigarette use among white and black youth, US 1976-2003 Social Science Research 36:1219-1236. BOOK CHAPTERS Aguilar, Jade. 2008. "A Discussion of Conversion Processes: From Cults to Communalism." Pp. 28-38 in Social Movements: Contemporary Perspectives, edited by Dianne Dentice and James L. Williams. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. BOOK REVIEWS Aguilar, Jade. 2011. The Love Israel Family: Urban Commune, Rural Commune. By Charles P. LeWarne. Western Historical Quarterly, Spring, p. 102. ENCYCLOPEDIA ENTRIES Aguilar, Jade. 2013. "Ecovillage. Pp. 12-15 in America Goes Green: An Encyclopedia of Eco-Friendly Culture in the United States, edited by Kim Kennedy White and Leslie A. Duram. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO Publishing.
Jade Aguilar 3 TEACHING EXPERIENCE Assistant/Associate Professor, Willamette University, Salem, OR: Fall 2008-Present Courses taught: Navigating Social Worlds, Gender in Society, Families, Senior Seminar: Group Dynamics, Sexualities, Qualitative Research Methods, Feminist Theory, Cults and Communes of Oregon and White Weddings Unveiled: Examining the Wedding Industrial Complex Adjunct Professor, Westminster College, Salt Lake City, UT: Fall 2007- Spring 2008 Courses taught: Introduction to Sociology Graduate Student Instructor, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO: Fall 2002, Spring 2003, Summer 2004, Summer 2005, Summer 2006, Fall 2005 Courses taught: Introduction to Social Statistics, Sex, Gender and Society, and Social Construction of Sexuality TEACHER TRAINING The Teaching Professor Conference, Cambridge, MA Summer 2010 National conference highlighting best practices for the university classroom, including topics such as getting students to read, using group work effectively, and starting a service learning project. College Colloquium Writing Workshop Summer 2010 Facilitated by Gregory Colomb, Professor of Writing Studies at the University of Virginia, this workshop focused on ways to diagnose problems in student writing and to communicate with writers about what s wrong and how they can fix it. Willamette University Digital Humanities Workshop Summer 2009 Workshop showcasing the range of promising digital media and technology organizations, services, tools, and content providers available for classroom use and to engage in a theoretically and critically wellinformed conversation involving faculty, library staff, and WITS staff resulting in the articulation of a coherent strategic statement of the Future for Digital Humanities at Willamette. Willamette University s College Colloquium Teaching Workshops Spring 2009 Various workshops targeted to first year seminar instructors on writing assignments, syllabi development, successful classroom discussions, first-day engagement, and other issues particular to this introductory course. University of Colorado Graduate Teacher Program (GTP) Fall 2002-Spring 2005 Completed numerous training seminars where I participated in pedagogy discussions, learned about various teaching techniques, classroom management and uses of instructional technology. A consultant also twice observed and videotaped my class to provide me with feedback and advice for enhancing teaching and new instructional techniques. Teaching Sociology, SOCY 5615 Spring 2005 Three credit, graduate-level course focusing on developing skills and teaching techniques in the field of sociology. This course provided an opportunity to formulate my teaching philosophy and style of classroom instruction, as well as strategies for fostering deep learning.
Jade Aguilar 4 Graduate Student Instructor Orientation Fall 2002 Participated in an intensive teacher training workshop designed to prepare new graduate students for teaching undergraduate-level classes AWARDS & GRANTS Willamette University Hewlett Grant Senior Experience Course Development Project, Department of Sociology (2015) Awarded to the Sociology Department to redesign their Senior Experience course to better reflect students intended post-graduation plans. Willamette University Hewlett Grant Mentoring Junior Faculty - Pilot Study in Social Sciences (2014) Awarded to create a new junior-faculty mentoring program to increase retention and promotion rates of junior faculty, particularly those from underrepresented groups. Willamette University Hewlett Grant: Cross-program Collaboration via the 2014 Race & Pedagogy National Conference (2014) Awarded to fund conference travel to members of Women s and Gender Studies and American Ethnic Studies programs to increase collaboration between groups. Mellon Funded Learning by Creating, Mid-career Faculty Grant: Visual Sociology (2014) Awarded to help fund the creation of a new Senior Seminar course on Visual Sociology. Willamette University Atkinson Grant (2012) Awarded to excellent research proposals to encourage scholarship and continuing professional development among faculty Mellon Funded Liberal Arts Research Collaborative Grant (LARC) (Summer 2012) Awarded for interdisciplinary summer research collaboration between students and faculty. LARC topic: Intersectional Identities Communal Studies Association Research Fellowship (2012) Awarded to scholars of intentional communities who communicate the successful ideas from and lessons learned by these communal societies in tangible scholarship The Lilly Project- Women and Gender Studies Alumni Event Grant (2012) Awarded to programs and departments to bring alumni back to campus for a panel The Lilly Project- Sociology Alumni Event Grant (2012) Awarded to programs and departments to bring alumni back to campus for a panel Willamette University/ TIU Research Exchange (2010) Awarded to Willamette faculty to encourage research in Japan and foster international research collaboration and exchange Willamette University Junior Faculty Research Leave (2010) Awarded to un-tenured faculty to facilitate outstanding scholarship by faculty members early in their career and to provide them with a semester without responsibility for teaching and service. Willamette University Hewlett Grant: Enriching the WGS Curriculum and Community (2009) Awarded to Women and Gender Studies Program for the development of a 100-level introductory course
Jade Aguilar 5 Willamette University Hewlett Grant: Department of Sociology 400-Level Course Development (2009) Awarded to the Sociology Department to streamline their curriculum and develop common strategies for teaching our 400-level courses University of Colorado Sociology Dissertation Research Grant (2006) Granted to scholars with excellent dissertation research proposals University of Colorado Graduate Student Teaching Excellence Award (2005/06) Awarded to ten graduate instructors per year who demonstrate excellence and innovation in teaching University of Colorado s Dorothy Martin Doctoral Student Award (2004) Honors scholars who exemplify the ideals of activism and awareness concerning women's issues, academic excellence, and an openness to life and a true diversity of interests University of Colorado s Betsy Moen Walk the Talk Award (2005) Awarded to feminist academics seeking to improve the lives of women through their research, activism, and teaching University of Colorado Graduate School Financial Aid Award (2003) Nominated by the Sociology Department to receive additional funding through the Graduate School INVITED PRESENTATIONS Aguilar, Jade 2014. New Mexico Food and Culture. Presented to the Salem/Kawagoe Friendship Association. Tokyo International University, Kawagoe, Japan. Aguilar, Jade 2013-14. Mind the Gap: How Gender Shapes our Lives. Presented 8 times to public audiences across the state of Oregon as part of the Oregon Humanities project on public discourse, Conversation Project. Aguilar, Jade. 2012. Senior Co-Housing: Will it work in Japan? Presented to the Salem/Kawagoe Friendship Association. Tokyo International University, Kawagoe, Japan. Aguilar, Jade. 2012. Invited presenter for the Salem Progressive Film Series on Five Friends, a film about male friendships. Salem, OR. Aguilar, Jade. 2012. The Queers Against Gay Marriage Position. Panel presentation for Willamette University s Convocation. Salem, OR. Aguilar, Jade. 2011. "More Than Two Can Tango: Examining Polyamory." Presentation for Pacific University's Center for Gender Equity's brown-bag lunch series. Forest Grove, OR. NATIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Aguilar, Jade. 2013. We Need More Men! Vs We Don t Need Men!: A Comparison of Women Aging in Senior Co-housing and Women s Land Communities. Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Communal Studies Association, Historic Harmony and Old Economy Village, Pittsburgh, PA. Aguilar, Jade 2013. Reclaiming Anal Sex as a Heterosexual Act: An analysis of Savage Love advice columns Presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Studies Association/ Popular Culture Association, Washington, D.C.
Jade Aguilar 6 Aguilar, Jade. 2012. Organizer & Discussant for Creatrix for the Possible: Women Make Art, Make Community, Make Change at the annual meeting of the National Women s Studies Association, Oakland, CA. Aguilar, Jade. 2012. "Who is this community for?: Gender, Class, and Race in Senior Co-housing Communities." Presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Denver, CO. Aguilar, Jade. 2012 "Who Are We? Who Do We Want to Be?: Women's and Gender Studies at Willamette University." Presentation given at the winter meeting of Sociologists for Women in Society, St. Petersburg, FL. Aguilar, Jade. 2011. "The Impact of Feminist Ideology on the Adoption of Polyamory in Egalitarian Intentional Communities." Presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, Las Vegas, NV. Aguilar, Jade. 2010. Do we need gender on an Intentional Community? Presentation given at the annual meeting of the National Women s Studies Association, Denver, CO. Aguilar, Jade. 2010. "Seniors in Cohousing" Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Co- Housing Association, Boulder, CO. Aguilar, Jade. 2009. The Earth or the Pocketbook?: An Examination of Ideological Tools Used to Reconcile Beliefs with Action Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Communal Studies Association, Aurora, OR. Aguilar, Jade. 2009. Sacrifice as a Commitment Mechanism in Contemporary Egalitarian Intentional Communities Presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. Aguilar, Jade. 2007. Cults and Communes: Similar Conversion Processes? Presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. Aguilar, Jade 2007. Intentional Communities and Social Change: How Communards are Rethinking Activism Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Collective Behavior/ Social Movement Section of the American Sociological Association, Hempstead, NY. Aguilar, Jade. 2006. World Wide Web of Intentional Communities: A Look at the Influence of the Internet. Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Communal Studies Association, Marconi, CA. Aguilar, Jade. 2004. Parental Education and Youth Cigarette Use: Trends among High and Low Risk Groups. Presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. REGIONAL CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Aguilar, Jade. 2010. Organizer & Discussant for a panel of Willamette University students titled Challenging Patriarchy through Conscious/ness Change at the annual meeting of the Northwest Women's Studies Association conference, Corvallis, OR.
Jade Aguilar 7 Aguilar, Jade. 2009 Organizer & Discussant for Panel Studying Values in Social Movements at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA. Aguilar, Jade. 2009. Intentional Communities as Temporary Sites of Learning & Transmission of Values Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, San Diego, CA. Aguilar, Jade. 2007. Intentional Communities and Social Change: How Communards are Rethinking Activism. Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Social Science Association, Albuquerque, NM. Aguilar, Jade. 2006. How Technology Changed the Communities Movement. Presentation given at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Sociological Studies Association, Omaha, NE. PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS American Sociological Association Pacific Sociological Association National Women s Studies Association Sociologists for Women in Society Communal Studies Association UNIVERSITY SERVICE Faculty Secretary, 2014-15, Willamette University Sociology Department Chair, 2013-2015, Willamette University Women s and Gender Studies Chair, 2014-2017, Willamette University Search Committee Member, Tenure Track Position in Sociology, 2014, Willamette University Search Committee Member, APV University Communication, 2014, Willamette University Search Committee Chair, Tenure Track Position in Sociology, 2013, Willamette University Budget Advisory Committee Member, 2011-2013, Willamette University Search Committee Member, Tenure Track Position in Sociology, 2010, Willamette University Search Committee Member, Tenure Track Position in Sociology, 2008, Willamette University Faculty Resources Committee Member, Willamette University Steering Committee Member, Women and Gender Studies Program, Willamette University Faculty Adviser, Carson Grant recipient, Willamette University Faculty Adviser, Take a Break (TAB) 2010. Alternative Spring Break trip focusing on service and education at the intersection of Queer youth and homelessness. Graduate Mentor, McNair Post Baccalaureate Scholars Program, University of Colorado Member, Chancellor s Committee on Women, University of Colorado Co-Founder and Co-Chair of The Next Wave, Feminist Student Group, University of Colorado