About

Professional Experience

2022-present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, California State University Sacramento

2021-present Graduate Program Coordinator, Department of Sociology, California State University Sacramento

2018-2021    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, California State University Sacramento

2014-2018    Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, SUNY College at Old Westbury

2011-2014    Instructor (GPTI), Department of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder

2008-2011    Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado Boulder

2007-2008    Research Assistant, Office of Institutional Research, San Jose State University

2005-2007    Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, San Jose State University

Education

2014 PhD, Sociology, University of Colorado at Boulder

2007 MA, Sociology, San Jose State University

2004 BA, Anthropology/Sociology, Minor: Justice and Community, Saint Mary’s College of California

2002 Study Abroad Program in Anthropology, University of Cape Town, South Africa

Areas of Teaching and Research

Social Psychology                             Life Course                                   Research Methods

Deviance, Crime, and Law                 Work and Occupations                  Sociological Theory

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Courses                                                                             Graduate Courses

Criminology                         Senior Seminar       Culminating Experience

Global Sociology                  Sociology of Deviance                      Research Methods

Individual Study Projects       Social Problems                                    Social Psychology

Internship and Fieldwork       Social Psychology                            Special Problems

Introduction to Criminology  Sociological Theory                        

Introduction to Sociology      Sociology of the Family

Research Design and Analysis (with Lab)     

Professional Affiliations     

American Sociological Association Pacific Sociological Association

California Sociological Association Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction

Midwest Sociological Society Sociologists for Women in Society

Awards and Grants

2024 (with Drs. Sarabia and Liu) Developing Hispanic Serving Institution (DHSI) Career Mini-Grant, Sponsored by US Department of Education ($10,000)

2023 (with Drs. Sarabia and Liu) Developing Hispanic Serving Institution (DHSI) Career Mini-Grant, Sponsored by US Department of Education ($10,000)

2021 Nomination (Submitted by Dr. Amy Liu) for the SSIS Outstanding Teaching Award

2019 Probationary Faculty Development Grant, The Graduate Diversity Program, California State University Sacramento

2014 The Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Graduate Student Paper Award

2012 Dissertation Research Grant, University of Colorado Boulder

2007 C. Wright Mills Award for Scholastic Excellence and Community Service, Sociology Department, San Jose State University

2004 Humanitarian Award, Anthropology/Sociology Department, Saint Mary’s College of California

2003 Thesis Research Grant, School of Liberal Arts, Saint Mary’s College of California