ALEXANDRA (ALI) HENDLEY
Department of Political Science and Sociology
Murray State University
Murray, KY 42071
270-809-2692
EDUCATION:
2014Ph.D. in Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
(Feminist Studies Doctoral emphasis, Certificate in College and University Teaching)
Dissertation:Inequalities on the Menu: How Private and Personal Chefs Negotiate Tensions About Status and Self
2009M.A. in Sociology,University of California, Santa Barbara
2006B.A. in Sociology and Anthropology,Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas
(summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, Honors in Sociology, Alpha Kappa Delta)
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS:
2014-Assistant Professor of Sociology, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky
PRIMARY RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS:
Gender, Inequalities, Work/Occupations, Culture, Qualitative Research Methods, Education
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Instructor of Record, University of California, Santa Barbara
Ethnographic Research Methods (Department of Sociology)
Gender & Food in Society (Department of Feminist Studies)
Teaching Assistant, University of California, Santa Barbara
(Department of Sociology and Department of Feminist Studies*)
Introduction to SociologySociology of Culture
Studying People Firsthand – EthnographySociology of Family
Special Topics in Methods – InterviewingSociology of Education
Women in American SocietySocial Psychology
Girls' CultureConsumption, Waste, and the Environment
Gender in Film & Television Special Topics in Theory – Representation
Women, Society, and Culture*
PUBLICATIONS:
Peer Reviewed Publications:
2014Charles, Maria, Bridget Harr, Erin Cech, and Alexandra Hendley. "Who Likes Math Where? Gender Differences in Eighth-Graders' Attitudes around the World." International Studies in Sociology of Education 24(1): 85-112.
2012Hendley, Alexandra and Denise D. Bielby. “Freedom between the Lines: Clothing Behavior and Identity Work among Young Female Soccer Players.” Sport, Education and Society 17(4): 515-533.
2009Hendley, Alexandra. “Barreras del Lenguaje: Children’s Negotiation of Adult-Created Exclusionary Structures.”Sociological Inquiry79(1): 115- 134.
2007Kain, Edward L., Alexandra O. Hendley, Lauren R. Contreras, and Krystal K.Wyatt-Baxter. “Sociology in Two-Year Institutions.” Teaching Sociology 35(4): 350-359.
Book Reviews:
2012Hendley, Alexandra. Review of Beriss, David and David Sutton, eds. The Restaurants Book:Ethnographies of Where We Eat in Food and Foodways 20(2): 172-174.
2011Hendley, Alexandra. Review of Sharpless, Rebecca. Cooking in Other Women’s Kitchens: Domestic Workers in the South, 1865-1960. H- Southern-Industry, H-Net Reviews.
Other Publications:
ForthcomingHendley, Alexandra and Maria Charles. "Gender Inequality in Education." The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexuality Studies, edited by Nancy Naples.
2012Hendley, Alexandra. “Chefs, Female” in The Multimedia Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World, edited by Mary Zeiss Stange and Carol K. Oyster. Sage Publications.
2005Hilliard, Dan C. and Alexandra O. Hendley. “Celebrity Athletes and SportsImagery in Advertising during NFL Telecasts.” Brown Working Papers Series.Southwestern University.
MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW:
Hendley, Alexandra and Maria Charles. "Gender Segregation in Higher Education." Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, edited by Robert A. Scott and Stephen M. Kosslyn. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Submitted.
MANUSCRIPTS IN PROGRESS:
Hendley, Alexandra. "The Pleasures and Pitfalls of the Pursuit of Passions: Personal Cheffing, Career Change, and the Culture of Self-Improvement."
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS:
2013University of California, Santa Barbara Academic Senate Doctoral Student Travel Grant ($685)
2007-2012University of California, Santa Barbara Regents Special Fellowship (2 years of $20,000 fellowship plus 3 years of Teaching Assistantships)
2011University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Sociology Research Grant ($740)
University of California, Santa Barbara Graduate Research Award for Social Science Surveys ($600)
2010University of California, Santa Barbara Department of Sociology Research Grant ($700)
2006Alpha Kappa Delta Undergraduate Student Paper Award
Odum Student Paper Award, Southern Sociological Society
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION:
2013Hendley, Alexandra. "The Culinary 'Food Chain': Private and Personal Chefs' Boundary Work." American Sociological Association, August 13.
2012Hendley, Alexandra. "Chefs, Homemakers, and Servants: The Boundary Work of Private and Personal Chefs." American Sociological Association, August 19.
Hendley, Alexandra. "Doing Dominance, Doing Deference: Chefs in the Public and Private Spheres." Pacific Sociological Association, March 25.
Hendley, Alexandra. "More Than Just Cooking: Emotional Labor and the Gendering of Private Cheffing." Food Networks: Gender and Foodways, January 27.
2011Hendley, Alexandra. “Private, Public, or Something In-Between: Private Chefs’ Negotiation of Professionalism and Intimate Service.”Thinking Gender Conference, February 11.
2010Hendley, Alexandra, and Denise D. Bielby. “Freedom between the Lines: Clothing Behavior and Identity Work among Young Female Soccer Players.” American Sociological Association, August 17.
Hendley, Alexandra. “When Does Context Matter?: The Identity Work of Female Youth Soccer Players.” Pacific Sociological Association, April 10.
Hendley, Alexandra. “Why Age Matters: Aged Gender in the Identity Work of Female Youth Athletes.” Thinking GenderConference, February 5.
2009Attendee of the Section on Teaching & Learning's Pre-conference Workshop for New Teachers of Sociology. American Sociological Association, August 7.
Hendley, Alexandra. “Making Meanings, Making Identities: The Role of Sports Clothing for Female Youth Athletes.” Pacific Sociological Association, April 15-18.
2006Hendley, Alexandra. “Barreras del Lenguaje: Children’s Negotiation of Adult-Created Exclusionary Structures.” Southern Sociological Society, March 22-25.
2005Hendley, Ali. “Predictors of Rape Myth Acceptance: An Examination of Sexual Permissiveness, Religiosity, and Gender.” American Sociological Association, August 13 and14.
2004Hilliard, Dan C., and Alexandra O. Hendley.“Celebrity Athletes and SportsImagery in Advertising during NFL Telecasts.” North American Society for Sociology of Sport, November 4.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:
2010Research Assistant for Professors Sarah Fenstermaker and John Mohr
Department of Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
-Summarized existing research on institutional transformation.
2004Research Assistant for Professor Dan Hilliard
Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Southwestern University
-Conducted content analysis of advertisements aired during NFL telecasts.
PROFESSIONAL AND UNIVERSITY SERVICE:
2012-2014ASA Section on Sex & Gender, Member of Committee for Student Concerns
2008-2014UCSB Phi Beta Kappa Chapter, Grad Student Representative to the Executive Board
2012-2013UCSB Department of Sociology, Grad Student Representative to the Undergrad Program Committee
2012UCSB Education Abroad Program, Undergraduate Special Study Project, Advisor
2008-2012UCSB Department of Sociology, Grad Student Representative to department meetings
2008-2012UCSB Department of Sociology, Grad Student Mentor for Undergrad Honors Students
2011UCSB Summer Teaching Institute for Associates, Co-Facilitator
2010-2011UCSB Department of Feminist Studies, Lead Teaching Assistant
2009-2011UCSB Department of Sociology, Lead Teaching Assistant (Member of TA Training Committee)
2009-2011UCSB IHC Food Studies Research Focus Group, Convener
2009-2010Sociologists for Women in Society, Winter Meetings, Programming Committee
2008-2009UCSB IHC “Food Matters” Graduate Student Conference, Conference Organizer
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
2005-presentAmerican Sociological Association
2009-presentSociologists for Women in Society
2010-2014UC Multicampus Research Program, Studies of Food and the Body
2013-2014UCSB Broom Center for Demography
2009-2012Pacific Sociological Association
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