MEREDITH A. KATZ CONTACT Address: 827 West Franklin Street, Founders Hall Office 231, Richmond, Virginia 23284 Phone: 804.828.4027 Email: makatz@vcu.edu EDUCATION 2006-2011 Ph.D., Sociology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Certificates in Preparing the Future Professoriate and Women s and Gender Studies Dissertation: The Politics of Purchasing: Ethical Consumerism, Civic Engagement, and Political Participation in the United States Committee: Anthony Kwame Harrison (chair), John Ryan, Dale Wimberley, Marian Mollin 2002-2004 M.S. in Sociology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia Certificate in Race and Social Policy Thesis: The Beats Have No Color Lines : An Exploration of White Consumption of Rap Music Committee: Anthony Kwame Harrison (co-chair), John Ryan (co-chair), Michael Hughes, Terry Kershaw 1998-2002 B.S. in Psychology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, magna cum laude ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2013-present Instructor, Department of Sociology and VCU Globe, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia Specializations: Culture; Public Sociology; Consumption 2012 -present Research Associate, Global Education Office, Virginia Commonwealth University 2010-2011 Adjunct Faculty, Department of Sociology, Radford University, Radford, Virginia 2008-2009 Visiting Faculty, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, American University of Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait
PUBLICATIONS Peer Reviewed Articles 2015 Wimberley, Dale, Katz, Meredith A., and John Paul Mason. Mobilization, Strategy, and Global Production Networks: Advantages for Student Anti-sweatshop Activism. Societies Without Borders 10:1. Book Chapters and Encyclopedia Entries *denotes collaboration with student 2016 Katz, Meredith A. and Helen V. Mays*. Materialism and the Middle Class in The American Middle Class: An Economic Encyclopedia of Progress and Poverty edited and compiled by Robert Rycroft. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing Group. (Forthcoming) 2016 Katz, Meredith A. The Sweatshop Effect : Consumer Activism and the Antisweatshop Movement on College Campuses in Shopping for Change: Consumer Activism in North American History edited and compiled by Joseph Tohill and Louis Hyman. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press and Toronto: Between the Lines Press. (Forthcoming) 2014 Katz, Meredith A. Citizens Rights in a Globalized World. Pp. 138-139 in The Encyclopedia for Diversity and Social Justice edited and compiled by Sherwood Thompson. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield. Book Reviews 2010 Katz, Meredith A. Review of Democracy Works: Joining Theory and Action to Foster Global Social Change. Societies Without Borders 5(1): 94-96. In Progress Public Sociology Publications Katz, Meredith A. and Erin Tucker*. United Students Against Sweatshops: Lessons from a Chapter s Beginnings. Manuscript in preparation for Social Movement Studies. Wimberley, Dale and Meredith A. Katz. The Student Antisweatshop Movement. Book manuscript in preparation for Rowman and Littlefield Publishers. 2016 Katz, Meredith A. Teaching Public Sociology Online. Teaching/Learning Matters: American Sociological Association s Newsletter for the Section on Teaching and Learning in Sociology, Winter 2016. 2010 Katz, Meredith A. True Costs: The Ethics of Consumption. Public Knowledge Journal Blog, May 24.
2010 Katz, Meredith A. More is Less: America s Addiction to Consumption. Public Knowledge Journal Blog, April 8. 2008 Katz, Meredith A. Subversive Feminists: A New Generation of Kuwaiti Women. Sociology of Islam and Muslim Societies Newsletter, July. TEACHING Undergraduate- Introduction to Sociology; Sociology of Consumption; Research Methods; Senior Research Seminar; Sociology of Sex and Gender; Public Sociology (online) Graduate (Online)- Public Sociology HONORS, AWARDS, & GRANTS 2015 College of Humanities and Sciences Faculty Council Research Grant, Virginia Commonwealth University, $500 2014 Recognized for outstanding integrity, ethics, and compliance during Compliance and Ethics Week, Virginia Commonwealth University 2012 Community Engagement Award for Iraqi Young Leaders Exchange Program, Division of Community Engagement, Virginia Commonwealth University 2009 Graduate Student Service Commendation Award, Virginia Tech 2007 Global Perspectives Travel Award, Virginia Tech Graduate School 2007 Graduate School Citizen Scholar, Virginia Tech 2006-2011 Graduate School Dean's Assistantship, Virginia Tech 2004 Graduate Student Community Service Award, Virginia Tech PAPERS PRESENTED 2016 Katz, Meredith A. Consumption as Activism: How Political Consumers Challenge the Market and the System. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April. 2015 Katz, Meredith A. Voting With Your Dollar: A Gendered Analysis of Ethical Consumerism. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, March. 2015 Wimberley, Dale and Meredith A. Katz. Proximity, Networks, and Ease of Interaction: Qualitative Analysis of Campus Characteristics that Promote Student Anti-sweatshop Activism. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, March.
2013 Wimberley, Dale, Meredith A. Katz, and John Paul Mason. Labor Rights and Strategic Power Relations: The Student Anti-sweatshop Movement and University Licensed Apparel Global Production Networks presented at the Forum on Human Rights, Blacksburg Virginia, February. 2012 Wimberley, Dale, Katz, Meredith A., and John Paul Mason. Student Anti-Sweat Campaigns and Strategic Power Relations: Theoretical Developments. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, March. 2010 Katz, Meredith A. You Going to Buy That?: Reconceptualizing Purchasing as Politics in a Consumer(ist) Society. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, August. 2010 Katz, Meredith A. The Clothesline Project: Political Consumerism in the Collegiate Anti-Sweatshop Movement. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Atlanta, August. 2010 Katz, Meredith A. Political Activism: Who is Willing to Risk? Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April. 2010 Katz, Meredith A. Political Consumerism: A New Form of Engagement. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April. 2010 Katz, Meredith A. Purchasing as Power: Women and Political Consumer Activism. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southeastern Women s Studies Association, Columbia, South Carolina, March. 2009 Katz, Meredith A. When Women Act: The Gendered Nature of Political Participation. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southeastern Women s Studies Association, Boone, North Carolina, April. 2008 Katz, Meredith A. and John P. Mason. Social Justice: Who Participates? Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Boston. 2008 Katz, Meredith A. Biological and Tenure Clocks: A Comparative Analysis of Tenure-Track Women s Experiences in European and American Universities. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Richmond, Virginia, April. 2008 Katz, Meredith A. When the Beat Drops: Experiences of White Racial Identity Through the African American Other. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Richmond, Virginia, April. 2008 Katz, Meredith A. But I ve Got Work to Do: The Role of Familial Support in Female Students Transition to Graduate School. Paper presented at the annual meetings
of the Southeastern Women s Studies Association, Charlotte, North Carolina, April. 2007 Katz, Meredith A. It s All the Same: Images of Women in Hip Hop. Paper presented at the annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York City, August. 2007 Katz, Meredith A. Hip Hop in the South: White Consumers, Black Producers. Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, April. PROFESSIONAL SERVICE 2016-present Manuscript Reviewer, Social Problems 2016-present Manuscript Reviewer, Mobilization 2008-2009 Manuscript Reviewer, Humanity and Society PUBLIC SOCIOLOGY AND ACTIVISM 2015-present Faculty Advisor, United Students Against Sweatshops, VCU-Local 804 2013-present Planning Committee Member, Fashion Revolution Day, Richmond, Virginia 2012-present Steering Committee Member, Fair Trade RVA, Richmond, Virginia 2008-2011 Chapter co-founder and President, United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS), Virginia Tech RELEVANT APPLIED EXPERIENCE 2008-2010 Big Brothers Big Sisters of the New River Valley, Big Sister, Blacksburg, Virginia 2004-2005 Women s Economic Agenda Project, Social Justice Intern, Oakland, California 2004-2005 East Oakland Community Project, Homeless Court Advocate, Oakland, California 2004-2005 Harbor House, Youth Programs Coordinator, Oakland, California 2002-2003 Urban League of Norfolk, Workforce Development Intern, Norfolk Virginia