Sotiria Theoharis

Education/ Memberships

Film School Online 11/2012-

http://filmschoolonline.com/

Script writing seminar 4/08-8/08

From movies don’t grow on trees.

Script written “Santorini Zucchini Flowers: Life Dreams in Late April”

Doctorate in Sociology 9/97 – 6/01 and 9/03-6/06

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, CA-USA

http://www.ucsf.edu/medsoc/

Dissertation Title: Life with Breast Cancer: The Timing of Medical Intervention.

Committee Chair: Prof. Gaylene Becker.

Committee Members: Associate Prof. Shelly Adler, Prof. Carroll Estes, and Prof. Dorothy Porter.

Emphasis: social and feminist theory, science and technology studies, medical sociology and history, sexuality studies, visual cultures.

ABD, Summer 2004 with distinction.

Date conferred, June, 11 2006

Masters in Sociology and Social Policy 10/95- 6/97

Department of Sociology

Durham University

Durham, UK

http://www.dur.ac.uk/sass/sociology

Thesis Title: Birthing Pains: How Do Cyborgs Refigure Medical Bodies, Technologies, and Objectives.

Advisor: Prof. Steve Fuller.

Emphasis: history and philosophy of human sciences and technologies.

Double BA in Psychobiology and Literature 9/91- 6/94

Department of Literature

http://humwww.ucsc.edu/lit/

Department of Biology

http://www.biology.ucsc.edu/

University of California, Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz, CA-USA

AA in Liberal Arts 1/89- 6/91

West Valley College

Saratoga CA-USA

http://www.westvalley.edu/wvc

High School Diploma 6/88

3rd Lysium of Chalkis

Chalkis, Greece

Professional Memberships

American Sociological Association

Society for the Social Study of Science

Visual Sociology

Research Experience

Center for Biomedical Ethics 8/00 – 1/03

Stanford University

http://scbe.stanford.edu/

Research Assistant.

Supervisor: Dr. Mildred Cho.

I coded and analyzed interviews, wrote narratives and a manuscript for a study that interviewed women who considered genetic testing for breast cancer.

Institute for Health and Aging 9/97 – 8/00

University of California, San Francisco

http://nurseweb.ucsf.edu/iha/

Research Assistant.

Supervisor: Prof. Carroll Estes.

An audit of the Social Security, ORES Research Group. Provided editorial/ research assistance.

Looking at the influence of grassroots organizations on policies during Clinton Health Reform. I cross checked the data in the tables, assisted in the analysis of the results and wrote the recommendations for the Public Welfare Foundation report.

Assessing the failure of Long Term Care policy and lessons for future. Identified essential players and reports that emphasized the role of the state and addressed Long Term Care policies during the Clinton's Health care reform. I helped in the analysis of these documents and selected hearings from central players.

Teaching Experience

Department of Philosophical and Social Study Fall 2008

Crete University at Rethymnon Crete

Supervisor Dr. Antonis Georgoulas

A seminar I developed and taught in “Feminism and Feminist Theory.” I showed three films.

Department of Social Science Spring 2007

San Jose State University

http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/socs/

Supervisor: Dr. Shahim Gerami

Lecturer in the Women Studies Program

Class title: ‘Sex and Gender Roles: Sex is to gender, what sexuality is to kinship and reproduction, what race or ethnicity is to nation!’ I showed three films.

Developed my own syllabus, lectured, showed three films and required film analysis, and assessed an introductory class.

Department of Women Studies Spring 2004

University of California at Berkeley

http://womensstudies.berkeley.edu/

Graduate Student Instructor with Dr. Gayle Salamon.

Undergraduate Seminar in Introduction to Feminist Theory.

Lecture: "A Science Studies Approach to Sexualities and Gendered Bodies" on 4/15/04.

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Winter 2002

University of California, San Francisco

Guest Lecturer in “Feminist Theory” for Prof. Carroll Estes.

Doctoral Seminar in Contemporary Social Theory.

Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences Spring 2000

University of California, San Francisco

Co-instructor with Dr. Carroll Estes.

Doctoral Seminar Contemporary Social Theory.

Department of Social Sciences 10/95-6/96

Durham University

Teaching Assistant for Prof. Steve Fuller.

Undergraduate Seminar in Social Theory

For second year undergraduate students.

Tutoring/ Mentoring

Assisted students in subjects such as Math (Stats, calculus, differential equations, liner algebra), Physics, Chemistry (organic and inorganic), Biology, English Composition, and Computers (languages and use), Micro/ Macro Economics.

Tutor 93-94 & 89-91

Tutorial Services

West Valley College

Tutor 91-93

Oakes Learning Center

University of California at Santa Cruz

Tutor 89-91

Disabled Student Services

West Valley College

Sales Experience

Avon Cosmetics (Sales Representative) 01/2011-1/2013

Presentations

Society for the Social Study of Science 10/03

Meeting in Atlanta

http://www.4sconference.org/

Title: “‘The March of Cancer,’ a Chronogeography of Cutting Cures for Breast Tumors 1870-1920.”

Pacific Sociological Association 3/01

Meeting in San Francisco

http://www.csus.edu/psa/progs/prog2001.html

Title: "Breast Care Topologies: Mediating Knowledges, Practices, Technologies, and the Agency of Women."

Advanced Pro-seminar 2/01

Social Studies of Technology and Technical Systems

University of California at Berkeley

http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~rochlin/proseminar2.html

Title: “Breast Care Topologies.”

Society for the Social Study of Science 10/99

Meeting in San Diego

Title: "Breast Care Topologies," an earlier draft

Qualitative Methods 3/99

University of California, San Francisco,

Title: “Topologies of Risk, Trust, and Blame; Or How Do Women Navigate the Breast Care Terrain.”

Contemporary Social Theory 5/98

University of California, San Francisco

Title: "Gramsci: An Intellectual Biography."

Recent Publications

Theoharis, Sotiria. 2013. Life with Breast Cancer: Timing Medical Intervention. Create Space. ISBN-13: 978-1493749669

Theoharis, Sotiria. 2013. Birthing Pains: How do Cyborgs Refigure Medical Bodies, Technologies, and Objectives. Create Space. ISBN-13: 978-1493751556

Theoharis, Sotiria. 2013. Santorini Zucchini Flowers: Life Dreams In Late April. Create Space. ISBN-13: 978-1493751761

Theoharis, Sotiria, 2014. Holidays in Hollywood and other Love Poems. Create space. ISBN-13: 978-1500556730

Theoharis, Sotiria. 2014. Three essays: Perceptions, Borders, Bio-resistance. Create Space. ISBN-13: 978-1503084018

Theoharis, Sotiria. 2015. Victoria. Create space.

Theoharis, Sotiria. 2015. Micro-sociology. Create Space.

Theoharis, Sotiria. 2015. Society from discrete numbers to infinity: why and how mathematics is important in sociology. Create Space.

Blog at wordpress.com 8/2012-Present

http://axtidafotos.wordpress.com/

http://neaanatoli.wordpress.com/

http://scriptwritting.wordpress.com/

Youtube 3/2012-Present

http://www.youtube.com/user/Arianabluesky01?feature=guide

Writer at Halkida.TV 1/2009-PRESENT

21 articles in Greek language publication Http://halkida.tv

Like

“Art, Love, and the virus of the 21st century” http://halkida.tv/article/121

Research Report 6/99

Funded by Public Welfare Foundation and the AARP/ Andrus Foundation.

Title: Long-term Care for the Disadvantaged Elderly: Grassroots Activism and Successful Strategies.

Languages/ Computers

Bilingual/ Bicultural: Greek and American

I was born in the US and studied there. I completed high school in Greece. I am fluent in the Greek language. I lived in England for two years.

Intermediate Level French

Two years at the French Institute as well as an intermediate college level course a long time ago. My French reading skills are good. Spoken and written skills are average.

Computer Languages

Pascal, Basic, Rudimentary HTML.

Selected Systems and Programs

MAC, PC, UNIX.

Word, Excel, Endnote, Power Point, Nu*dist, SPSS

References supplied upon request.

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