Associate Professor of Sociology

Curriculum Vitae

Karen Bettez Halnon, Ph.D.

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Date of Birth: June 15, 1962

EDUCATION

Boston College, Ph.D. Sociology, December 1995

Amherst College, A.B. Sociology, May 1986

Mount Wachusett Community College, A.S., Business Administration, May 1983

Record of further academic studies

Certificate of course completion on “the Actualities of US-Cuban Relations,” Havana, Cuba, November 2014. Jose Marti Studies Center, Ministry of Culture.

Spanish Skype Lessons with Nicaraguan language teacher (6-8 hours per week), October 2012

to 2015

Laguna de Apoyo, Spanish language school, Masaya, Nicaragua (July 2012)

Spanish II (spring 2012) and Spanish I (fall 2011), Penn State Abington

TEACHING

Pennsylvania State University, Abington

Associate Professor of Sociology (05/2006 to 10/2017)

Assistant Professor of Sociology (07/1999 to 05/2006)

Courses:

Race and Ethnic Inequality in the U.S. U.S. Relations with Latin America

African American Racial Consciousness U.S. Relations with Cuba

Global Social Problems Latin American Liberation Theology

Social Movements Sandinista Revolution

Qualitative Research Methods Cuban Revolution

Feminist Theories Sociology of Deviance

Introduction to Women’s Studies Drugs & Society

Social Psychology Women & Madness

Introduction to Sociology Thesis Advising

Bowdoin College

Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology (07/1998 to 06/1999)

Brunswick, Maine

Courses:

Social Theory Women & Madness

Medical Sociology Introduction to Sociology

University of Vermont

Visiting Lecturer in Sociology (01/1996 to 06/1998)

Courses:

Introduction to Sociology Drugs & Society

Women and Madness Social Problems

HONORS AND AWARDS

2015

Schreyer Honors College Teaching Excellence Award

Penn State University

2014

Nominated, Faculty Senate Scholar Award

Penn State Abington

2014

Ordinary People, Extraordinary Acts Recognition

(with invitation as panelist at Student Life event)

Penn State Abington

2012

Women Inspiring Women Recognition

(with plaque)

Penn State Abington

2012

Diversity Award

Penn State Abington Student Life

2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005

The 50 Most-Frequently Read Articles at Current Sociology

Halnon, Karen Bettez. "Alienation Incorporated: ‘F*** the Mainstream Music’ in the Mainstream." May 01, 2005; 53: 441-464.

2011, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

The 50 Most-Frequently Read Articles at Current Sociology

Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Poor Chic: The Rational Consumption of Poverty.” Current Sociology. Journal of the International Sociology Association. July, Volume 50, 501-516. SAGE (London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi).

2010

ABLE (Abington Leadership Excellence) Certificate of Merit presented by Chancellor Karen Wiley Sandler for successful completion of the inaugural year of the Abington Leadership Excellence program, May 27, 2010.

2010

Special Recognition Award (wood gavel plaque) for serving as Faculty Senate Chair, 2009-2010.

2010

Women Inspiring Women

Penn State Abington

2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006

The 50 Most-Frequently Read Articles at the Journal of Consumer Culture

Halnon, Karen Bettez with Saundra Cohen. "Muscles, Motorcycles, and Tattoos: Gentrification in a New Frontier." Mar 01, 2006; 6: 33-56.

2008, 2007, 2006

The 50 Most-Frequently Read Articles at Critical Sociology.

Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Inside Shock Music Carnival: Spectacle as Contested Terrain.” Critical Sociology, October 2005, Volume 30.3, pp. 743-779

2007, 2006

Most Read Papers at Symbolic Interaction

Halnon, Karen Bettez. "Heavy Metal Carnival and Dis-alienation: The Politics of Grotesque Realism." Symbolic Interaction.

2007

Featured Alumna, “Alumna Hall of Fame”

Mount Wachusett Community College

Gardner, Massachusetts

Wall mounting with photograph and professional bio for hall display

2006

Faculty Senate Scholar Award

Penn State Abington

2015, 2006, 2004, 2001

Outstanding Teacher Award Nominee

Penn State Abington

2000

Alumna of the Year

Mount Wachusett Community College

Gardner, Massachusetts

2000

PUBLICATIONS

Halnon, Karen Bettez, Harini Gusekera and Linda Grindstaff (2018). “Carnival Culture.” Substantially updated and revised. John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff and Ming-cheng Lo (Editors). Sociology of Culture Handbook. New York, London: Routledge.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2014). “Dark Carnival and Juggalo Heaven: Inside the Liminal World of Insane Clown Posse.” Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal (ASSRJ), Volume 1, No. 2. March, pp. 84-98.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2014) (Editor). Webbing the Vicissitudes of Forgiveness. Oxford, U.K.: Inter-Disciplinary Press and Fisher Imprints. Introduction by editor and 16 edited chapters of conference proceeding e-book from Inter-Dsciplinary.net “Forgiveness” conference held at Mansfield College, Oxford University.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2013). The Consumption of Inequality: Weapons of Mass Distraction. (New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan).

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2013). "Defending the Self in a Total Institution: Staff Prompting and Patient Burlesque." Sociology Mind, 2(4), 464-475.

Halnon, Karen (2011). "Popular Cultural Forms: Hip-Hop." Pages 450-451. In Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology: The Definitive Sociology Reference Source. Volumes 1-4, Co-Editor, George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Updated version of original

Original: Halnon, Karen Bettez (2007). "Hip-Hop." In George Ritzer (Editor). The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, V1-4, Cambridge, Blackwell.

Halnon, Karen (2011). "Implosion." Page 310. In Concise Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology: The definitive sociology reference source. Volumes 1-4, Co-Editor, George Ritzer and J. Michael Ryan. Cambridge: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2010). "Poor Chic: The Rational Consumption of Poverty." in Alan Warde. (Editor). Consumption (Sage Benchmarks in Culture and Society). Volumes 1-4. SAGE Publications Ltd. Reprint of: Halnon, Karen Bettez (2002). "Poor Chic: The Rational Consumption of Poverty." Current Sociology, 50(4), 501-516.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2010). “Carnival Culture” in John R. Hall, Laura Grindstaff, and Ming-cheng Lo (Editors). Sociology of Culture Handbook. New York, London: Routledge. (5,237 words).

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2010). Chapter 14. Reprint "The Power of 420." James A. Inciardi and Karen McElrath (Editors). The American Drug Scene: An Anthology (6th ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2009). Reprint "The Power of 420." The American Drug Scene: An Anthology (5th ed.), by James A. Inciardi and Karen McElrath. New York: Oxford University Press.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2007). Reprint "The Power of 420." In James A. Inciardi and Karen McElrath (Editors). The American Drug Scene: An Anthology (4th edition). New York: Oxford University Press.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2006). “The Power of 420.” In James A. Inciardi and Karen McElrath (editors). (2004). The American Drug Scene: An Anthology. 4th Edition. Roxbury Publishing: Boston

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2004). "The Power of 420." Feature Article. High Times. 420 Special Issue. April 11.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2010). "Popular Cultural Forms: Punk Music." In George Ritzer (Editor). Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, V1-4, Cambridge, Blackwell (1,324 words)

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2010). "Tattoos." In George Ritzer (Editor). Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, V1-4, Cambridge, Blackwell. (1,345 words).

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2009). "Heroin Chic, Poor Chic, and Beyond Deconstructionist Distraction." Consumers, Commodities & Consumption, 11(1).

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2008). (Book Review). Joel Best (2006). Flavor of the Month: Why Smart People Fall for Fads. Los Angeles: University of California Press. Pp. 201. American Journal of Sociology. Volume 113 Number 4 (January 2008): 1234-5.

Halnon, Karen Bettez and Paul S. Gray (2007). Chapter 10. "Feminist Methods". The Research Imagination. 3rd Edition. Paul S. Gray, John B. Williamson, David A. Karp, and John R. Dalphin with the collaboration of Karen Bettez Halnon. Cambridge University Press.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2007). "Gentrification." Robert Weir (Editor). Class in America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. (750 words).

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2007). "Slumming." Robert Weir (Editor). Class in America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. (1,041 words).

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2007). "Power Elite." Robert Weir (Editor). Class in America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. (650 words).

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2007)."Alienation." Robert Weir (Editor). Class in America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. (650 words).

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2007). "Shopping and Class." Robert Weir (Editor). Class in America: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. (1157 words)

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2007). "Social Problems Syllabus, SOC 5." Published in "Teaching Sociology from a Marxist Perspective." Compiled by Martha E. Gimenez and Brian P. Hawkins. Fourth Edition. Teaching Resources Center. American Sociological Association.

Halnon, Karen Bettez with Saundra Cohen (2006). "Muscles, Motorcycles and Tattoos Gentrification in a New Frontier." Journal of Consumer Culture, 6(1), 33-56.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2006). "Heavy Metal Carnival and Dis-alienation: The Politics of Grotesque Realism." Symbolic Interaction, 29(1), 33-48.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2006). “Philly Folk Culture.” Footnotes. Publication of the American Sociological Association. July/August, Volume 33, No. 6, pp. 5.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2006). “From the So-Called War on Terrorism to the Crusade for So-called Academic Freedom." From the Left. Editorial. Newsletter of the Marxist Section of the American Sociological Spring Issues 2006.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2006) "Experiential Lesson: The Privilege of Elusiveness." Feature in "The Teaching Corner." Edited by Carrie L.Cokely, Chair, Committee on Sociology in Community and Small Colleges. The Southern Sociologist. Volume 38, No. 2, Fall 2006, pp. 22-23.

Halnon, Karen Betttez (2005). "Alienation Incorporated: ‘F*** the Mainstream Music’ in the Mainstream." Chapter 7, pp. 254-294 in Lauren Langman and Devorah Kalekin-Fishman. Trauma, Promise, and the Millenium: The Evolution of Alienation. Rowman & Littlefield. Elaborated version of original publication in Current Sociology. May 2005, Volume 53 (4): 441-464. SAGE (London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi). Reprint with Sage Permission.

Langman, Lauren and Halnon, Karen Bettez (2005). "Globalization and the Grotesque." Pp. 269-279. In Bill Robinson and Rich Appelbaum (eds). Critical Globalization Studies. New York, NY: Routledge.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2005). "Alienation Incorporated: 'F*** the Mainstream Music’ in the Mainstream." Current Sociology, 53(3), 441-464.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2004). "Inside Shock Music Carnival: Spectacle as Contested Terrain." Critical Sociology, 30(3), 743-779.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2004). "Fake Bullet Holes and Ghettopoly: Or, From Code of the Street to Code of Consumption." From the Left. Newsletter of the Marxist Section of the American Sociological Association. Winter. Volume 25, No.1: 5-6.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2003). "White Trash Chic". From the Left, 24(1), 5-6.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2003). (Film Review). Fight Club. Twentieth Century Fox, 1999. Video Released, 2000. Teaching Sociology. Volume 30, Number 4, pp. 503-506, October 2003

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2002). "Poor Chic: The Rational Consumption of Poverty." Current Sociology, 50(4), 501-516.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2001). "The Sociology of Doing Nothing: A Model 'Adopt a Stigma in a Public Place' Exercise" Teaching Sociology, 423-438.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2001). (Book Review). Elijah Anderson (1999). Code of the Street: Decency, Violence, and the Moral Life of the Inner City. Teaching Sociology, 29, 4, Oct, 510-512.

Halnon, Karen Bettez (2001). (Book Review). Todd F Heatherton [Ed]; Robert E. Kleck [Ed]; Michelle R Hebl [Ed]; Jay G. Hull [Ed]). 2001. The Social Psychology of Stigma. Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews. 30, 5, Sept, 484-486.

Schervish, Paul. G., Halnon, Raymond. J. Halnon & Karen Bettez Halnon (1996). "Culture and Emotion in Christmas: The Elementary Forms of the Spiritual Life." International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, 16(9/10), 144-170.

PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES

2015 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Acting White in a Public Place.” Special session on pedagogy. Bowling Green’s American Popular Culture Association Annual Meeting. Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 8, 2015.

2014 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Poverty Play in Popular Consumer Culture:

Inequality Construction Themes.” Southern Sociological Society.

Charlotte, North Carolina, April 4-6, 2014

2014 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "Christian Politics of Hope and the Sandinista

Revolution. Probing the Boundaries. 6th Conference on Hope. Interdisciplinary.net. Prague, Czech Republic, March 13-15, 2014.

2013 Norah Shultz, Paula Smith, Bonnie Levinthal, Yvonne Love, and Karen Bettez

Halnon. "Drawing on Our Strengths & Pushing Boundaries." Global Learning at

One College." AAAC & U. Global Learning in College Conference. Providence, Rhode Island. October 3-5, 2013.

2013 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "Forgiveness, Reconciliation and Revolution:

The Case of the Sandinista Revolution." Paper presented at “Probing the Boundaries of Forgiveness" Conference. Inter-disciplinary.net. Mansfield College, Oxford University. July.

2012 Halnon, Karen Bettez. Author Critic Role at Author Meets Critics Session

Longing and Belonging: Parents, Children and Consumer Culture (University of

California Press, 2009) by Allison J. Pugh. American Sociological Association.

Denver, Colorado, August 2012.

2012 Halnon, Karen Bettez. Session Organizer for a group of papers on “Alienation Incorporated in Popular Consumer Culture.” RC36 Alienation Research and Theory Group. International Sociology Association. Buenos Aires, Argentina. August 2012.

2012 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "The Gospel in Solentiname: An Example of

Integrating Faculty Research with Undergraduate Course Curriculum."

Panel Member, Integrating Faculty Research with Undergraduate Course

Curriculum. Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana.

March.

2012 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Shifting Social Contracts between Producers and

Consumers of Symbolic Cultural Products.” Paper presented at Southern

Sociological Association. New Orleans, Louisiana. March.

2011 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “American Travels to the Exotic Identities of Others.” Paper presented at the Southern Sociological Society. Jacksonville, Florida. March.

2011 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Cultural Capital.” Paper presented at the Berlin Institute for Critical Theory. Esslingen, Germany. June.

2010 Halnon, Karen Bettez. European Sociology Association. “So-called Black

Ghetto Cool: Segregation in the Mainstream." Paper presented at the University of Tartu. Tartu, Estonia. August.

2010 Halnon, Karen Bettez. Marxism & Psychology. “Objectification,

McPoverty, and Middle-Class Struggle.” Paper presented at Prince Edward Island University. Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, Canada. August.

2008 Halnon Bettez. “Poor Chic: Poverty Fads, Fashion, and Media in

Popular Consumer Culture” Paper presented at The Sociological Imagination Group. Session on Social Problems. Westin Hotel, Boston, MA. August.

2008 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Black Ghetto Chic: Segregation in the

Mainstream.” Paper presented at the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Session on the Sociology of Place. Boston, MA. August.

2007 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "White Trash Chic." Paper presented at the Mid-Atlantic\

Popular/American Culture Association. Section on Working Class Studies.

Philadelphia, PA, November.

2007 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "Heavy Metal Carnival and the Grotesque Body." Special Session on "Music in Everyday Life." Paper presented at Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Midtown East Courtyard by Marriott. New York City, NY. Saturday, August.

2007 Halnon, Karen Bettez. Panel Chair. Consumer Studies Mini-Conference. "The Present and Future of Consumer Studies." Barnard College, New York, New York. Friday, August.

2007 Halnon, Karen Bettez. Invited for Special Panel, "Transgressive

Performances: Music & Culture in Late Modernity," at conference, "On

The Edge: Transgression and the Dangerous Other." Presentation entitled:

"Heavy Metal, Dis-Alienation, and Carnival Culture." John Jay College. City University of New York (CUNY). Thursday, August.

2007 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "White Trash Romance and Celebrity Culture."

Paper presented at Special Session on Celebrity Culture. Popular Culture

Association and American Culture Association. (PCA/ACA). Boston Marriott

Copley Place, Boston, Massachusetts. April.

2007 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "White Trash Fabulous and Savage Capitalism."

Section on Sociology of Culture Referred Roundtable Session. American Sociological Association, New York City, New York. August.

2007 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Heavy Metal Carnival, De-Civilization, and the Mind

Body Dichotomy.” Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, LA, March.

2006 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Beyond Bourgeois Democracy and Masochistic

Conformity.” Global Studies Association. DePaul University, Chicago, IL. May.

2005 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Staff Prompting and Patient Burlesque.” Special Session

on “(Re)Conceptualizing Goffman’s Asylums in the New Millennium.” Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Montreal, Canada, August.

2005 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "White Trash Chic." Mid-Atlantic Popular/American Culture Association. Section on Working Class Studies. Philadelphia, PA. November.

2005 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Eminem, Rocky, and the American Dream.” “Hip-Hop:

From Local to Global Practice.” Lehman College, Bronx, NY. October.

2005 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Grotesque Bodies, Dis-alienation, and Heavy Metal

Carnival.” International Sociology Association. Working Group: The Body in Social Sciences, WG03. Midterm conference. Memories in Action: The Role of Memories in Social Change. La Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy. July.

2005 Halnon, Karen Bettez and Sharon Gerczyk. "Howard Stern Show Carnival

and Political Transformation." Marxist Section. American Sociological

Association. Philadelphia, PA, August.

2004 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "Dark Carnival and Juggalo Heaven: Inside the Liminal World of Insane Clown Posse." Midwest Sociological Society. Kansas City, Missouri. April.

2004 Halnon, Karen and Lauren Langman. "Carnival Culture as Consumption." Section on "Cultural Dispositions, Dispersals, and Contingencies of Capital and Consumption." 5th International Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. June.

2004 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Muscles, Motorcycles and Tattoos: Gentrifying Working- Class Masculinity in Popular Culture.” 36th Congress of the International Institute of Sociology. Beijing, China. July.

2004 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Inside Shock Music Carnival: Spectacle as Contested Terrain.” 36th Congress of the International Institute of Sociology. Beijing, China. Alienation Theory and Research Section. July 6-11.

2003 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Alienation Incorporated: Selling and Consuming Shock Music.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Marxist Section. Panel on the Development of Marxist Theory. Atlanta, Georgia, August.

2003 Langman, Lauren and Karen Bettez Halnon. “Carnivals of Transgression.” Paper Presented by Langman at Global Studies Association. University of Roehammpton, Surrey, UK. July.

2003 Langman, Lauren and Karen Bettez Halnon. “Globalization and the Grotesque: Mass Media and Culture of Transgression.” Paper presented by Langman at the Annual Meeting of the Globalization/Critical Studies Association. Santa Barbara, California. May.

2003 Halnon, Karen Bettez and Lauren Langman. “Marilyn Manson and the Carnivalization of the World.” Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society. Chicago, Illinois. April.

2003 Halnon, Karen Bettez and Lauren Langman. “Rock Culture Over the Edge: Exploring the Remnants of Propriety.” Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society. New Orleans, Louisiana. March.

2002 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “The Class Savage in Popular Culture Today.” Midwest Sociology Society. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. April.

2002 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Anger, Alienation, and Delinquency in American Youth Music Today.” Section on Alienation Research and Theory. International Sociological Association. World Congress of Sociology. Brisbane, Australia. July.

2002 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Carnival of Carnage: Selling and Consuming Alienation in Shock Music.” Annual Meeting of the North East Popular Culture Association. Presented at Colby-Sawyer College. New London, New Hampshire. November.

2001 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “Learning the Lingo of 420: On Becoming a Marijuana Smoker Today.” Pacific Sociology Association. San Francisco, California. March.

2000 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "Deviance Vacations: American Travels to the Exotic Identities of Others." Annual Meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Baltimore, MD, March.

2000 Halnon, Karen Bettez. “The Sociology of Doing Nothing." Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association." Table Presider and Presenter. Washington, D.C., August.

2000 Halnon, Karen Bettez. "Poor Imitation: Rationality, Identity Consumption,

and Popular Culture." Race, Gender & Class Project: Building Bridges Across Disciplines and Communities. Southern University at New Orleans. October.

1999 Charmaz, Kathy and Karen Bettez Halnon. “Teaching Gender in Medical Sociology." Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL. August.

OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFILIATIONS

Membership or active participation in professional and learned societies

Member, American Sociological Association

Member, Southern Sociological Society

Member, Eastern Sociological Society

Member, Mid-West Sociological Society

Member, Pacific Sociological Society

Member, European Sociology Association

Member, Consumer Studies Research Network

Member, Marxism & Psychology Group, Prince Edward Island University

Member, Berlin Institute for Critical Theory

Member, American Studies Association

Reviewer for Refereed Journals

British Journal of Education, Society & Behavioural Science

Critical Sociology

Current Sociology

Journal of Consumer Culture

Cultural

Symbolic Interaction

Social Science & Medicine

Qualitative Sociology

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS (selected)

Invited Lecture and Book Signing. “The Consumption of Inequality: Weapons of Mass Distraction.” American Association of University Women, NEMCO. Penn State Abington, November 20, 2013.

Invited Class Lecture. “Marxist Theory 101.” English 202, Critical Theory, Penn State Abington, April 23, 2013.

Invited Campus Lecture. "The Consumption of Inequality: Weapons of Mass Distraction." Shippensburg University. Shippensburg, Pennsylvania. April 22, 2013.

Invited Guest Speaker, “Marxism 101.” English 202, Critical Theory, Penn State Abington, April 19, 2011.

Invited Faculty Panelist. “The Social Network, a film screening & faculty discussion.” April 13, 2011.

Invited Guest Speaker, “Prison Chic: The Prison Industrial Complex in Popular Consumer Culture.” Criminal Justice course, Gangs, Penn State Abington. October 2011.

Invited Campus Lecture. "Poor Chic: Poverty Fads and Fashions in Popular Consumer Culture." State University of New York. SUNY Cobleskill. November 10, 2006.

Invited Lecture. "Wealth and Plutocracy in the Age of Bush." Greater Philadelphia Humanist Association. Upper Moreland Library. Upper Moreland, PA. Sunday, October 22, 2006

Keynote Speaker. "Democracy Under Siege." Fall Breakfast Series. Upper Moreland Democratic Committee. Calloway's Restaurant, Huntington, Valley, PA. September 16, 2006.

Invited Lecture. “Democracy Under Siege.” Buxmont Unitarian Church. Warrington, PA. June 4, 2006.

Invited Lecture. "Democracy Under Siege." Working America, AFL-CIO. Philadelphia, PA. April 6, 2006.

Invited Presentation. “Selling and Consuming Alienation in and Through Shock Music.” Barnes and Noble, Cappuccino Academy. Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. October 21, 2002.

Invited Presentation. “Poor Imitation: Fads and Fashions of Impersonating Poverty in Popular Culture.” Barnes and Noble, Cappuccino Academy. Jenkintown, Pennsylvania. March 6, 2002.

Invited Presentation. “The Use of Discussion Leadership in Upper Level Seminars.” Pedagogy Series. Abington College. March 12, 2002.

Invited Presentation. “Poor Chic and Class Savages.” Faculty Research Seminar Series. Abington College. April 14, 2002.

Invited Panelist. “‘I Don’t Want to Hear It’: Reflections on Teaching College Students about Inequality.” Amherst College, 15th Reunion. Amherst, Massachusetts. May 21, 2001.

Invited Presentation. "The Founders of the Women's Rights Movement.” Co-sponsored with the League of Women Voters. Penn State Abington College. October 12, 1999

RADIO AND TELEVISION INTERVIEWS (selected)

Quoted in Willis-Aronowitz, Nona. “Living on $5,000 a year, on purpose: Meet America’s ‘Intentional poor’.” Inplainsight.nbcnews.com. Sunday, October 13, 2013. Retrieve at: http://inplainsight.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/10/13/20923154-living-on-5000-a-year-on-purpose-meet-americas-intentional-poor

Featured Guest on “To the Best of My Knowledge” television show, "Poor Chic," hosted by Pennsylvania State University President Graham Spanier. State College, PA. WPSU-TV, 7 p.m. Tuesday, January 24, 2006.

Featured guest on live radio show, United for Progress. Carlisle, PA, WHYL 960 AM. Subject: HR177 “Academic Freedom Bill.” 2 p.m. Saturday, February 3, 2006.

Television Interview. “Alienation Incorporated.” Feature Story. Pennsylvania Inside Out. 7:00 p.m. WPSX-TV Channel 3. Thursday, April 28, 2005

Television Interview. “Poor Chic.” Feature Story. Pennsylvania Inside Out. WPSX-TV Channel 3. 7:00 p.m. Thursday, May 30, 2005.

Radio Interview. WITF-FM, Harrisburg, PA, National Public Radio, “All Things Considered.”. On subject of Live 8 and the Commoditization of Dissent. Wednesday, June 1, 2005.

Radio Interview. CUIT 89.5 FM, Toronto, Canada. On Subject of Live 8 Concert, World Poverty, and the Commoditization of Dissent. 10 a.m. Friday, June 24, 2005.

QUOTED IN OTHER NEWS MEDIA (selected)

Quoted in Hatmaker, Julia. “Social Media Lets Odd Fads Like Planking Flourish, Says Academics.” The Patriot News, Monday, August 1, 2011.

Quoted in in Sandine, Al. “Cultural Impersonations and Appropriations: A Fashion Report.” Pages 34-44. Monthly Review: An Independent Socialist Magazine. Vol. 62, No. 4, September 2010.

Quoted in Gogam Stephanie. “Barbie celebrates 50th birthday.” Penn State University Newswire, November 2009.

Quoted in Feinstein, Nora. “Lighting Up for Mother Earth.” Columbia Spectator Online Edition. Newspaper of Columbia University. April 22, 2008. Available on-line at: http://www.columbiaspectator.com/node/30602.

Quoted in "Parents Shaking Their Heads Over a Photo Shoot.” Sunday Lancaster News. May 4, 2008. Available at http://articles.lancasteronline.com/local/4/220859

Quoted in Marroni, Steve. “On Mother’s Day, some say it with ink.” The Evening Sun. Hanover, PA. Sunday, May 11, 2008. Available at http://www.eveningsun.com/ci_9222662?source=most_emailed

Quoted in Ward, Rosemary. “Tattoo You: Inked Skin Has Gone Mainstream.” The Economist. London, England. May 22, 2008 available at http://www.economist.com/. Print edition date, May 24, 2008.

Quoted in “The Week in Work.” The Times. London, United Kingdom. May 29, 2008. Available on-line at:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/career_and_jobs/graduate_management/article4019375.ece.

Quoted in “USA et Tatouage: pour les Americans, se faire tatourer n’est plus un acte de rebellion.” Le Monde. France. July 18, 2008Available on line at http://bribes.blog.lemonde.fr/2008/07/18/usa-et-tatouage/

Quoted in Shapiro, Marla. “Why We Get Tattoos and Why We Get Rid of Them”. “Your Health: MedNEWS Express column. July 22, 2008. Available on-line at:

http://healthblog.ctv.ca/blog/_archives/2008/7/22/3803774.html

Quoted in Lauren McCormack. "Study: Pot Acceptance 'High'."

The Daily Collegian. University Park, PA. Friday, March 23, 2007. Available on line at: http://www.collegian.

Quoted in Jim Warkulwiz. "Rappers Testify on Contents of Lyrics." The Daily Collegian. University Park, PA. News Media: Friday, October 5, 2007Available on line at: http://www.collegian. Reprinted at:

http://www.collegian.psu.edu/archive/2007/10/04/rappers_testify_on_content_of.aspx

Quoted in Middleton, Michael K. "Academic Freedom." California State University. ParliCongress Files. February 2006

Quoted in Mui, Ylan Q. "The Selling of 'Trailer Park Chic': One Person's Trash is Another's Marketing Treasure." Washington Post. Washington, D.C. Page D01. Saturday, March 18, 2006. Available on line at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/17/AR2006031701907.html (Article syndicated into more than a dozen international and national presses).

Quoted in Rodgers, Emma. "Cans of Whupass: Sought After by Trendsetters." ABC News (Australia). Arts and Entertainment Section. Monday, March 27, 2006. Available on line at http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200603/s1602035.htm

Quoted in Reed, Bill. "A Double-wide Embrace for 'Redneck' Pop Culture." The Seattle Times.

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