Karen Hooge Michalka Updated 06.2017 Department of Sociology Univeristy of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN 46556 (701)370-1643 Karen.H.Michalka.2@nd.edu Education University of Notre Dame Ph.D. Sociology, 2017 Dissertation Embodied Cultural Transitions in Latino Congregations Committee: Lyn Spillman (co-chair), Mary Ellen Konieczny (co-chair) Jennifer Jones, Terry McDonnell, Christian Smith M.A. Sociology, 2012 Thesis: Religion, Gender, and Body Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults Committee: Mary Ellen Konieczny (Chair), Christian Smith, David Sikkink Wheaton College B.A. Sociology, 2008 Summa Cum Laude & Scholastic Honors Society Member Research interests Culture, Religion, Gender, Latino and Latin American studies, Body and Embodiment, Sociology of Knowledge, Immigration and ethnicity Comprehensive exams Culture Spring 2013; Passed with Distinction Theory Fall 2013 Articles under review and working papers 2017 Karen Hooge Michalka, Mary Ellen Konieczny, and Elexis Ellis. Individualism and Marriage: Ideal Types for Making Sense of the Relationship Between Self and Sacrifice. Qualitative Sociology 40(3). Karen Hooge Michalka. Religion, Gender, and Body Satisfaction Among Emerging Adults. Under Review. Karen Hooge Michalka and Mary Ellen Konieczny. Catholics in Crisis: Latino and non- Latino lay Mobilization and Sexual Ethics. Revise and Resubmit at Journal of Contemporary Religion. 1 - KHM
Rodeghero, Paige, Karen Hooge Michalka, and Collin McMillan. "An Exploratory Field Study of Programmer Assistance-Seeking during Software Development." Under Review. Karen Hooge Michalka. Symbolic Boundaries in Latino Protestant Congregations." Working paper from Dissertation. Karen Hooge Michalka. Gendered family relationships in Latino Protestant Congregations." Working paper from Dissertation. Fellowships 2014-2017 Fellow with the Latino Protestant Congregations Project Funded by the Lilly Endowment; part of a national team participating in collecting profiles of five local Latino Protestant Congregations. Research 2014- current 2014- current 2011-2014 2013-2014 2012-2014 Fellow with the Latino Protestant Congregations Study, using ethnographic methods and interviews to collect profiles on five local congregations. Dissertation research using ethnographic methods and interviews at area Latino Congregations Over the course of 20 months, I conducted participant observation of 60 Sunday Services and 89 other midweek services, women's group and youth group meetings and other celebrations; 41 face-to-face interviews with 35 people. Research Assistant for Prof. Mary Ellen Konieczny on the "Serving God and Country: Religion and the United States Air Forcce Academy" Project Data management Research Assistant for Prof. Mary Ellen Konieczny on the Marriage and Faith, Conflict and Violence project Project administration, administered 41 face-to-face interviews in English and in Spanish, transcription, data analysis, grant writing, collaboration with the Institute for Latino Studies to move the project in its next phase, wrote grant for $3,000. Research Assistant for Prof. Christian Smith on the Parenting Project Project assistance and preliminary data analysis. Research Assistant for Prof. Christian Smith on the National Study of Youth and Religion. 20 Face-to-face interviews, project development assistance, organized contact information, developed survey questionnaires for fourth wave of project, transcript editing. 2 - KHM
2010 2007-2008 Research Assistant for Prof. David Sikkink on the Cardus Education Survey Project assistance, called contacts, statistical data analysis. Research Assistant for Prof. Kersten Bayt Priest (Wheaton College) on Short Term Mission Trips Collected data from brochures advertising and describing Short Term Mission trips, coded and analyzed data. Teaching Course Instructor 2016 2013 Instructor, Department of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Notre Dame Marriage and the Family (SOC 20432) Instructor, Department of Sociology and Gender Studies, University of Notre Dame Marriage and the Family (SOC 20432) Co-Instructor, Center for Social Concerns, University of Notre Dame Latino Communities Organizing Against Violence; In-class and immersion week in various communities in Chicago (CSC 33959 / THEO 33959 / SOC 33062) Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Notre Dame Social Psychology (Prof. Jessica Collett) 2012 Foundations of Sociological Theory (Prof. Mary Ellen Konieczny) 2011 Understanding Societies (Prof. Christian Smith) 2010 Introduction to Social Problems (Prof. David Sikkink) Tutoring, University of Notre Dame 2012-2013 Tutor, Academic Services for Student Athletes, University of Notre Dame Tutor for sociology classes and Spanish classes. Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, Wheaton College 2008 2007 2006 Sociology of Sexuality (Prof. Kersten Bayt Priest) Introduction to Sociology (Prof. Kersten Bayt Priest) Undergraduate Field Research Coordinator: planned and led field trips to supplement classroom learning. Lead debriefing and discussion groups afterwards. Presentations Aug., 2016 "Symbolic Boundaries at Latino Christian Churches." American Sociological Association in Seattle, WA. 3 - KHM
Oct., June, Apr., "Including the Youth: Processes of Incorporation at Two Latino Protestant Congregations." Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in Newport Beach, CA "Symbolic Boundaries with Catholicism at two Latino Protestant Congregations." Latino Protestant Congregations Study annual meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. "Embodiment and Worship at two Latino Protestant Congregations," Latino Protestant Congregations Study annual meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. "Community and Identity in Latino Protestant Congregations." Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR) Conference in Notre Dame, IN "Journey from Wheaton to Graduate School." Invited Talk at Wheaton College, Wheaton, IL Aug, 2014 June, 2014 Nov, 2013 Aug, 2012 Oct., 2011 Aug., 2011 Mar., 2011 Naming Practices: Fields, Solidarity, and Power. American Sociological Association in San Francisco, CA "Frameworks for studying embodiment and rural sites." Latino Protestant Congregations Study annual meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI. Resources and Opportunities for Awareness and Action: A Catholic University s Response to Human Trafficking. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in Boston, MA Individualism and Marriage: Ideal Types for Making Sense of the Relationship between Self and Sacrifice. with Mary Ellen Konieczny. Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in Boston, MA Religiousness and Body Satisfaction in Emerging Adults. Association for the Sociology of Religion in Denver, CO Gender and Emotions in Religious Congregants Understandings of Marital Conflict Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in Milwaukee, WI Relationship Satisfaction and Religious Affiliation American Sociological Association in Las Vegas, NV Solidarity in the East African Revival of the 1930s Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting in St. Louis, MO. Grants & awards 2016 Winner of the William V. D'Antonio Award for Graduate Student Excellence in the Sociology of Religion. Presented by the Center for the Study of Religion and Society at the University of Notre Dame. 4 - KHM
$132 - Notebaert Professional Development Fund for conference presentation. $500 - Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame. Grant for funding dissertation transcription. Received the Kaneb Center for Excellence in Teaching's Striving for Excellence in Teaching Certficate $300 - Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Student Travel Grant $600 - Kaneb Center for Teaching and Learning Grant of $600 for attending the Wakonse Conference of College Teaching 2014 $1,026 - Center for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame. Grant for funding transcription. $2,000 - Institute for the Study of American Evangelicalism, Wheaton College, Research $300 - Graduate Student Union Conference Presentation Grant $8,000 - Fellow with the Latino Protestant Congregations Project Funded by the Lilly Endowment; part of a national team participating in collecting profiles of five local Latino Protestant Congregations. $8,000 with additional supporting funds for travel and supplies. 2013 2012 2010-curr. 2010 Outstanding Progress towards Degree; commendation by Sociology Faculty, University of Notre Dame $3,000 - Co-wrote (with Mary Ellen Konieczny) $3,000 for project on Marriage and Faith; Conflict and Divorce, from the Jack Shand Foundation. Graduate Assistantship and Full Tuition Scholarship, University of Notre Dame $1,000 - Wheaton College Scholastic Honor Society Scholarship Professional activities 2017-2016 -2016 Co-organizer for the Sociology Department Graduate Student Lunch Panel on Ethics and Positionality in Research Representative to the Department of Sociology's Graduate Studies Committee at the University of Notre Dame. Organizer for the Latino Religions Graduate Workshop, sponsored through the Institute for Latino Studies. 5 - KHM
2014 2014 2013-2013- 2013- Presider at the American Sociological Association Meeting Culture Section Roundtables, Chicago, IL. Convener at the International Association for Critical Realism's Annual Conference in Notre Dame, IN. Wakonse Fellow Participant in the Wakonse Conference on College Teaching Co-Organizer and Convener for the Sociology Department Graduate Student Lunch Panel Approaches to Challenges in Qualitative Research, University of Notre Dame. Presider at the American Sociological Association Meeting Theory Section Roundtables, San Francisco, CA. Graduate Student Representative to the University Committee for Women Faculty and UCWFS Representative to the Graduate Student Union, University of Notre Dame. Organizer for The Culture Workshop at Notre Dame 2012-curr. 2010-curr. 2010-curr. 2011-curr. Reviewer for American Sociological Review, Religions, Sage Open. Member of the American Sociological Association Member of the Religion, Culture, Latino Sociology, Emotions, Altruism, and Theory Sections Member of The Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Member of The Association for the Sociology of Religion Languages Spanish: Professional working proficiency. 6 - KHM