GARY KINTÉ PERRY, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae November 2012 Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work Seattle University P.O. Box 222000, 901 12 th Avenue Seattle, Washington 98122-1090 PH: 206.296.2479 EM: perryg@seattleu.edu EDUCATION 2005 Ph.D., Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2001 M.A., Sociology, University of Arkansas-Fayetteville 1999 B.S., Sociology, Southern University and A&M College-Baton Rouge EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2011- Associate Professor, Sociology (Seattle University) 2005-2011 Assistant Professor, Sociology (Seattle University) Spring 2005 Adjunct Faculty, Sociology (Nebraska Wesleyan University) 2001-2005 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sociology (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Summer 2002 Visiting Instructor, Sociology (University of Arkansas-Fayetteville) 2000-2001 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sociology (University of Arkansas-Fayetteville) AREAS OF INTEREST Urban Sociology Sociology of Education Community-Based Research Race-Class-Gender Studies FELLOWSHIPS OR GRANTS AND ACADEMIC AWARDS Fellowships or Grants 2011 Provost Summer Faculty Fellowship (Seattle University) 2011-2012 Endowed Mission Fund (Seattle University Office of Mission & Ministry) 2010-2011 Fellowship for the Study of the Global South (Tulane University) 2010-2011 Endowed Mission Fund (Seattle University Office of Mission & Ministry) 2010-2011 College of Arts and Sciences Faculty Summer Research Fellowship (Seattle University) 2010-2011 College of Arts and Sciences Student Research Assistant Grant (Seattle University) 2009-2010 Poverty and Race Research Action Council Small Grant Program 2008-2009 Justice Faculty Fellows (Seattle University) 2008-2009 Community Action Research Grant (American Sociological Association) 2007-2008 Endowed Mission Fund (Seattle University Office of Mission & Ministry) 2007-2008 Justice Faculty Fellows (Seattle University) 2006-2007 Academic Service Learning Fellow (Seattle University) 2006 College of Arts and Sciences Student Research Assistant Grant (Seattle University) 2004-2005 Preparing Future Faculty Fellow (University of Nebraska) Awards and Recognition 2011 Outstanding Teaching Award College of Arts and Sciences (Seattle University) 2010 Award for Advancing Inclusion in Campus Life (Seattle University Office for Multicultural Affairs) 2007 Spirit of Community Award (Seattle University Center for Service & Community Engagement) 2004 Cheryl Applegate Graduate Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska Curriculum Vitae, Page 1 of 6
SCHOLARSHIP Journal Articles and Book Chapters In press. Perry, Gary and Madeline Lovell. Bringing More than Good Intentions to New Orleans after Katrina: Teaching Social Analysis through an Academic Immersion Experience. In Patricia Schmidt and Mary Beth Combs s (Eds) Transforming the World and Being Transformed. New York: Fordham University Press. 2010 Moore, Helen, Katherine Acosta, Gary Perry, and Crystal Edwards. Splitting the Academy: The Emotions of Intersectionality at Work. Sociological Quarterly 51:179-2004. 2009 Perry, Gary, Crystal Edwards, Katherine Acosta, Connie Frey, and Helen Moore. Maintaining Credibility and Authority as an Instructor of Color in Diversity-Education Classrooms: A Qualitative Inquiry. Journal of Higher Education 80:1:80-105. 2009 Perry, Gary. Exploring Occupational Stereotyping in the New Economy: The Intersectional Tradition Meets Mixed Methods Research. In Michelle Berger and Kathleen Gidroz s (Eds) The Intersectional Approach: Transforming the Academy Through Race, Class, and Gender. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press. 2005 Acosta, Katherine, Crystal Edwards, Gary Perry, and Helen Moore. Dialogue on Diversity Teaching: Reflections on Research, Pedagogy, and Passion for Social Justice. In Nora Peter- Davis and Jeffrey Schultz s (Eds.) Challenges of Multicultural Education. (Pp. 20-38). Boulder, CO: Paradigm Publishers. Encyclopedia Entries 2009 Perry, Gary. Black Feminist Thought. In Jodi O Brien (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. New York: Sage Publications.. Feminization of Poverty. In Jodi O Brien (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. New York: Sage Publications.. Occupational Discrimination. In Jodi O Brien (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Gender and Society. New York: Sage Publications.. Racial Identity Development. In Richard Schaefer (Ed) Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society. New York: Sage Publications.. Labor Market Segmentation. In Richard Schaefer (Ed) Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Society. New York: Sage Publications. Book Reviews 2011 Perry, Gary. Book Review: Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality. Feminist Teacher 21(2): 164-165. 2005 Moore, Helen and Gary Perry. Book Review: Separate Roads to Feminism: Black, Chicana, and White Feminist Movements in America s Second Wave. Contemporary Sociology 34(1): 14-15. Research Report 2008 Fitts, Mako and Gary Perry. Campus Climate Study on Engaging Diversity: A Research Report on Qualitative Student and Staff Responses. Presented to the Engaging Our Diversity Task Force. Seattle University. MEDIA INTERVIEWS & PUBLIC WRITINGS Media Interviews 2010 Roundtable: Same Sex Marriage: Don t Ask, Don t Tell. Panelist on Freedom Train Online, Podcast, January 23 Curriculum Vitae, Page 2 of 6
2009 Is Gay the New Black? Guest Voices of Diversity, KBCS 91.3 FM (Seattle, WA), May 27 2008 Cultural Impact of Racial and Economic Community Change, Guest on Voices of Diversity, KBCS 91.3 FM (Seattle, WA), February 6 2007 Old Neighborhood, New Faces Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 23 Commentary 2012 Perry, Gary. Documenting Disaster after Katrina. Contexts 11:2:76-79. 2007 New Orleans Survivors: A People without a Home The Freedom Socialist, vol. 28, no. 4 (August-September) 2006 Gentrification and Black America: What Should We Know The Griot: The Official Newsletter of the Association of Black Sociologists (September) SELECTED PAPER PRESENTATIONS Professional Meetings or Conferences 2012 Perry, Gary. Class, Please Take out Your iphones: Teaching Urban Sociology through New Media. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Association of Black Sociologists (Denver, CO: August 18) 2011 Perry, Gary. Before You Run off to Help: Connecting Self-Reflexive Sociology to Academic Service Learning Preparation. Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association (Seattle, WA: March 10) 2011 Perry, Gary and Mako Fitts. Seattle s Historically Black Community: Uprooted and on the Move. Presented at the annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association (Seattle: March 12) 2010 Perry, Gary. Upstaging Sociology: Using Critical Dramaturgy to Center the Black, Queer, Female Voice in the Sociological Canon Presented at the annual meetings of the National Women s Studies Association (Denver, CO: November 11-14, 2010) 2009 Perry, Gary and Madeline Lovell. New Orleans: The Legacy of Katrina: Community Partnerships and Immersion Experiences to Teach Social Analysis in the Service of Justice. Presented at the Commitment to Justice in Higher Education Conference (Fairfield, CT: June 19) 2009 Perry, Gary. What s Race Got to do With It? Social Disparities and Student Success. Workshop facilitator at the Advocacy, Activism and Action Conference of the Washington Educators for Social Justice (Tacoma, WA: April 25) 2009 Perry, Gary. Author Meets Critic: Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality. Presented at the annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association (San Diego: April 10) 2008 Bridges, Flora Wilson and Gary Perry. Shop Talk: A Conversation between Male and Female Black Intellectuals. Co-Presented at the Seattle University Conference on Globalization and Justice. (February 22) Invited Lectures and Presentations 2010 (Re)Building a Lost City: A Blueprint for Global Justice Education in Post-Katrina New Orleans. A paper presented at the request of the Fairfield University s Jesuit University Humanitarian Action Network. (Fairfield, CT: January 14) Curriculum Vitae, Page 3 of 6
2009 Who Has a Right to the New New Orleans: Towards a Right to Housing Movement in Post-Katrina New Orleans. A paper presented at the request of the Seattle University Wismer Professor for Gender and Diversity. (May 11) 2009 Gay is NOT the New Black. A paper presented at the request of the Seattle University Office for Multicultural Affairs. (April 29). 2009 The Art of Community-Based, Academic Service Learning. A paper presented at the request of the Shoreline Community College. (Seattle, February 27). 2008 Gender Traitors: Profeminist Men and their Profminist Praxis. A paper presented at the Feminisms Conference, organized by the Seattle University Society of Feminists. (May 20). 2008 Pro-Feminist Man: Distinguishing Men Who Do Feminism from the Feminist Man. A paper presented at the request of the Seattle University Women s Studies Program. (February 28) 2005 The Race and Class Politics of Hurricane Katrina. A paper presented at the request of the Black Law Students Association at the Seattle University School of Law. (October 29). Invited Community-Affiliated Presentations and Panels 2012 Panelists for a discussion on fair housing in New Orleans at the Fit for King Housing Summit. Organizers: Greater New Orleans Fair Housing Action Center. (January 13) 2009 Panelist for a discussion of the film Precious: Based on the Novel Push. Organizers: The Langston Hughes African American Film Festival. (November 19) 2007 Keynote address: Can Black Businesses Exist without a Black Community? Organizer: The 17 th Annual Black Dollar Days Task Force Business Directory Banquet. 2007 Discussant for The Price of the Ticket a documentary about James Baldwin. Organizer: Freedom Socialist Party Seattle Branch. (February 24) 2007 Panelist on The Plight and Essence of the Black Male Voice for the annual Festival Sundiata Seattle. Organizer: Sundiata African American Cultural Association (February 18) 2007 Black Faculty Experiences: Integrating Social Justice In and Out of the Classroom. Organizer: Copresented for the Seattle University African American Alumni Chapter. (Mar. 13) Colloquia 2012 Perry, Gary. Before You Run Off to Help : The Disservice in Not Preparing Students for Service Learning. Organizer: Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work at Seattle University 2008 Perry, Gary. Pro-Feminist Man: Distinguishing Men Who Do Feminism from the Feminist Man. Organizer: Seattle University Women s Studies Program. 2007 Fitts, Mako and Gary Perry. Service-Learning Collaborations: Designing Project-Based Service- Learning across the Curriculum. Organizer: Department of Anthropology, Sociology, and Social Work at Seattle University. SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES Professional Service and Activities American Sociological Association 2011-present Department Editor for Contexts Magazine 2004 Co-Judge: Race/Gender/Class Section s graduate paper competition (San Francisco: August) Curriculum Vitae, Page 4 of 6
Association of Black Sociologists 2007-2009 Nominations Committee Member 2006 Organizer: Gentrification and the Black, Urban Experience, paper session (Montréal: August) 2004 Program Committee: Annual meeting of the Association of Black Sociologists (San Francisco) 2004 Organizer: Blacks and the U.S. Labor Market, paper session (San Francisco: August) 2002-2003 Student Representative (elected office) Pacific Sociological Association 2009 Panel member for Author Meets Critics: Risky Lessons: Sex Education and Social Inequality by Jessica Fields, for the annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association (San Diego: April) 2008 Organizer: President s Session: Home Girls: 25 Years Later, for the annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association (Portland, OR: March) 2007-2008 Co-Chair of the Program Committee for the 2008 Pacific Sociological Association meeting. Midwest Sociological Society 2005-2006 Endowment Committee Member 2004 Organizer: The Sociology of Work and Occupations (Kansas City: April) Black LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Social Movement Meeting Participant in a one-day, interactive meeting on the plight of a Black LGBT social movement. This event was sponsored by the Arcus Foundation Gay and Lesbian Fund (Montréal, August 11) Journal Referee The Sociological Quarterly Sociological Perspectives Journal of Contemporary Ethnography University Service and Activities 2012- Academic Assembly, Program Review Committee 2012- Advisory Board Member, Center for the Study of Justice in Society 2008-present University Core Honors Faculty 2008-2010 Faculty Advisor for the Seattle University Young Democrats 2007 Engaging our Diversity Task Force (Research Consultant) 2006-2010 Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Advisory Board 2006-2007 Conference Planning Committee: Intersection of Race and Gender: (Re) Imagining the Family. 2006 Sullivan Leaders Day Co-Presenter to Sullivan Scholar Candidates College of Arts and Sciences Service and Activities 2010-2011 College of Arts and Sciences Global Initiative Committee (elected) 2007-present College of Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee 2007-2008 Sub-Committee to Evaluate Applications for Study Abroad Programs 2007 Facilitated a Workshop on Diversity-Centered Teaching for All College Day Department & Program Service and Activities Department of Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work 2011- Personnel Committee 2008-2011 Coordinator for Departmental Honors in Anthropology, Sociology and Social Work 2007-2008 Developed and Co-Directed a Study Away Course to New Orleans, LA, USA 2007-2008 Coordinated a Department-Level Human Subjects Review Process 2006 Alumni/a Survey for Department Accreditation 2005-2006 Departmental Webpage for the Department of Sociology Curriculum Vitae, Page 5 of 6
Global African Studies Program 2010-present Planning Committee Member, Africa Day Celebration 2008-present Coordinator for the Henry McGee Global African Studies Faculty Lecture Series 2007-present Steering Committee Member 2006-present Global African Studies Advisory Board Women s Studies Major 2010-present Steering Committee Member 2006-present Advisory Board Member Community Service and Activities 2008-2009 Board Member of Communities Against Rape and Abuse 2007-2009 Founding Member of Washington Educators for Social Justice 2007-2009 Research Consultant for the NAACP People s Panel for Police Accountability 2008 Member of the King County NAACP 2007 Volunteer with Lagniappe Caravan Common Ground Relief in Seattle 2006 Member of the Central Area Neighborhood District Council PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 2009-2010 Writing within the Major: A Workshop on Curriculum Development by Dr. John Bean Seattle University, Teagle Grant Project. 2008-2009 Voice: Diverse Leadership in Action. A nine-month group & personal coaching session with fellow junior faculty of color at Seattle University. These sessions are lead by Angela Powell, M.A. Occupational Consultant and Life Coach with Imago Organizational Design. 2006 Professional Development The Art of Efficient Teaching. A workshop with Dr. Kerry Ann Rocquemore at the annual meetings of the Association of Black Sociologists (Montréal, Quebec, Canada), August 9. 2006 Race, Gender, and the Family: A Wismer Summer Seminar. A seminar co-facilitated by Dr. Maria Bullòn-Fernàndez and Dr. Bridget Hiedemann sponsored by the Wismer Center for Gender & Diversity Studies, Seattle University, June 29-30. 2006 Grant Budget Writing Seminar. A seminar facilitated by Leesa Brown of the Office of Sponsored Research, Seattle University, April 24. 2006 Did They Learn What I Taught: Using Evidence of Student Learning to Improve Your Teaching, A workshop with Dr. Peter Felton sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Seattle University, January 27. 2006 Inclusive Teaching for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Students. A workshop with Dr. Michele DiPietro sponsored by the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Seattle University, January 27. PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS American Sociological Association Association of Black Sociologists Pacific Sociological Association Alpha Kappa Delta National Women s Studies Association Curriculum Vitae, Page 6 of 6