DANIELA VERONICA NEGRAIA
Sociology Department
University of South Carolina
Sloan College, Room 222
Columbia, SC 29208
email: [email protected]
http://danielanegraia.weebly.com
cell: 803 463 4827; work: 8037773123
fax: (803) 777-5251
EDUCATION
University of South Carolina, 2012 – present (ABD - expected graduation August 2017)
Ph.D., Sociology
University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 2010-2012
M.A., (research) Sociology
University of Bucharest, Romania, 2004-2009
B.A., Psychology (2004 – 2008) and Sociology (2005 – 2009)
AREAS OF INTEREST
Family
Population Health
Life Course and Human Development
Social Demography
Social Psychology
Medical Sociology
PUBLICATIONS IN PREPARATION
Daniela Veronica Negraia, Jennifer March Augustine, and Kate Prickett. “The Developmental Gradient in Intensive
Mothering.”
Jennifer March Augustine and Daniela Veronica Negraia “Mothers’ Education Before and After Childbearing and their
Children’s Achievement.”
Jennifer March Augustine, Marie Bevis and Daniela Veronica Negraia. “Increases in Low-Income Mothers’ Education and
Maternal Depression.”
Brent Simpson and Daniela Negraia “The Roots of Generalized Exchange Systems.”
PUBLICATIONS (NON PEER REVIEWED)
Master’s thesis: “Consequences of Leaders’ Misconduct on Moral Attitudes and Behavior of the General Public.” with
Brent Simpson and Rafael Wittek, 2013.
Bachelor’s Thesis: “Taking ownership of one’s health and the patient – doctor relationship: the case of Romania” with
Raluca Popescu and Catalin Zamfir 2009.
Bachelor’s Thesis: “How (does) professional satisfaction affect personal wellbeing: a multi method study” with Elena O.
Vladislav 2008.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
“Mothers’ Education Before and After Childbearing and their Children’s Achievement.”, Jennifer March Augustine and
Daniela Veronica Negraia, Population Association of America, Washington, D.C., 2016
“Parenthood and Wellbeing: The role of Education” with Jennifer March Augustine, American Sociological Association
Annual Meeting, Chicago, 2015
“Social relations, last frontier in terms of control within new forms of organization.” with Rafael Wittek, American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, 2014
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“Consequences of Leaders’ Misconduct on Moral Attitudes and Behavior of the General Public.” with Brent Simpson and
Rafael Wittek, American Sociological Association Annual Meeting (regular session), New York, 2013; also presented
at the Graduate Student Conference, University of Groningen, May 2012
“Do Children Perform Better Under Time Pressure?” with Anca Avram, National Psychology Conference, Bucharest, 2006
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor:
Sociology of the Family (Undergraduate), University of South Carolina, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Spring 2016
Introductory Sociology (Online - Undergraduate), University of South Carolina, Summer 2015, Summer 2016
Introductory Sociology (Undergraduate), University of South Carolina, Summer 2013, Fall 2014, Summer 2014
Research Practicum (Undergraduate), University of Groningen, Psychology Department, Spring 2011
Teaching Assistant:
Elementary Statistics for Sociologists, Fall 2012, Spring 2013
Sociology of the Family, Spring 2015
Guest Lecturer:
“Interracial and Interethnic families” in Sociology of the Family, University of South Carolina, 14th of April 2015;
November 2015
“Fatherhood” in Sociology of the Family, University of South Carolina, 19th of March 2015 , November 2015
“Transition to adulthood” in Introductory Sociology, University of South Carolina, December 1st 2014
“Cross-cultural comparison of four educational systems” in Sociology of Education, University of South Carolina,
October 2013, March 2014
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Research Assistant, (maternal education and children’s wellbeing research), Jennifer March Augustine, University of South
Carolina, 2014 – present
Population Health Research Group Member, University of South Carolina, 2015 - present
Research Assistant, (altruism, network exchange research), Brent Simpson, University of South Carolina, 2012 – 2014
Social Psychology Research Group Member, Human Behavior Laboratory, 2012 - 2014
Research Internship, Social-Psychology Laboratory with Brent Simpson, Spring 2012
Research Assistant, (organizational control research), Rafael Wittek, University of Groningen, 2011 - 2012
Research Assistant, (adolescent wellbeing research), Professor René Veenstra, University of Groningen, 2010
Work and Organizations Research Group Member, University of Groningen, 2010 - 2012
Adolescent Behavior Research Group Member, University of Groningen, 2010 - 2012
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Lead Organizer Guest Speaker Series (3 series: William Kalkhof, Murray Webster, Christin Munch), Social Psychology
Student Group, University of South Carolina, 2012-2014
Member Organizing Team, Symposium of the ISA Research Committee 45 “Rational Choice”, University of Groningen,
Netherlands on May 15th 2011.
Compensation & Benefits Human Resources Expert, Accenture Romania 2009-2010
Junior Human Resources Consultant, Pluri Consultant Romania, 2006-2008
Assessor of Humanitarian Projects (volunteer), United Way, Romania, 2009
Interviewer Market Research, GfK, Romania, 2005-2006
Assistant Educational Activities (volunteer), Queen Elizabeth Foundation, Romania 2005-2006
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PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Sociological Association
Sections: Family, Children and Youth, Aging and the Life Course, Organizations and Work, Social Psychology,
Population Association of America
Southern Sociological Association
Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology (ICS), the Netherlands
FELLOWSHIPS, RESEARCH FUNDING and AWARDS
Graduate Teaching Award, Sociology Department, University of South Carolina, 2015
University of South Carolina, Travel Grant:
“Parental status and wellbeing” projects, ($900), 2015
“Social relations within organizations” project, ($1100), 2014
“Consequences of Leaders’ Misconduct” project, ($1100), 2013
University of Groningen, Research Grant, “Consequences of Leaders’ Misconduct” project, (€ 1000), 2012.
Groningen University Fund, Research Grant, Consequences of Leaders’ Misconduct” project, (€ 300), 2012
University of Bucharest, Erasmus Program at University of Granada, Spain, (€ 3000), 2008 – 2009
1st Prize, "Award for precision in scientific research”, National Psychology Conference, Bucharest, 2006 for the paper
“Does working under pressure harm math performance in middle-school children?” with Anca Avram, 2008.
Study Scholarship for Academic Achievements, University of Bucharest, 2006-2009
SERVICE
Departmental Service:
Graduate Student Representative (elected), Faculty Recruitment Committee, University of South Carolina, 2015
Graduate Student Representative (elected), Graduate Committee, University of South Carolina, 2013 – 2014
Treasurer (elected), Experimental Social Psychology Student Group, University of South Carolina, 2012-2014
Graduate Student Representative (elected), Educational Committee of the Research Master Program, University of
Groningen 2010-2012
University Service:
Judge, Behavioral Science Middle School and High School Projects, The 59th Region II Science and Engineering
Fair, University of South Carolina, March 2015.
Judge, Behavioral Science Undergraduate Students Projects, Discovery Day, University of South Carolina, April
2015.
Panel member for the GA/TA Orientation Workshops, University of South Carolina, 2014
Professional Organizations:
Student representative (elected), ASA, Section: Altruism, Morality and Solidarity (2014-2015)
Reviewer:
UMBC Review, Journal of Undergraduate Research, University of Maryland
PLOS ONE, Open source, peer review academic journal.
Conference presider:
Family Section, Presider Round Table, American Sociological Association, Chicago, August 2015
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TECHINCAL SKILLS
Statistical packages: SPSS, R, SAS, STATA, LEM, UCInet
Experimental design software: Authorware, Ztree
Survey administration software: Qualtrics
Other software: MS Office package, PeopleSoft, WQM (Remedy), Ariba, I<clicker
METHODOLOGICAL TRAINING
Scientific Method and Sociological Inquiry, Dr. Barry Markovsky, January – May 2014
Statistical Mixed Models, Dr. David Melamed, August – December 2013
Network Analysis, Dr. David Melamed, January - May 2013
Social Network Analysis Workshop at University of South Carolina, Nov 7-9th 2013
Experimental Design, Dr. Shane Thye, August – December 2012
Survival and Event History Analysis, Dr. Melinda Mills, October - December 2011
Logistic Regression using the statistical package R with Dr. M. A. J. van Duijn, January - July 2011.
TEACHING TRAINING
Effective Online Instruction Course, University of South Carolina, June- July 2014
Responding to Student writing, Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) at USC, 15th March 2014
Becoming a reflective teacher, Workshop, University of South Carolina, Dr. Higgins Paul, 4th March 2014
Cheating and plagiarism, CTE at USC, 27th February 2013
Using clickers in large lectures, CTE at USC, 11th February 2014
Graduate Instructor/Teaching Assistant Course, University of South Carolina, August – December 2012
Classroom Civility, CTE at USC, 31st August 2012
Teaching Introductory Sociology for the first time, at American Sociological Association Annual meeting, NYC, 12th of
August 2013 with Nancy Greenwook and Jay Howard
Theory to practice: Teaching Critical Thinking, CTE at USC, 18th September 2012
Responding to Signs of suicide, CTE at USC, 6th September 2012
Pedagogy Theoretical and Practical Course, University of Bucharest, 2008
CERTIFICATIONS
Preparing Future Faculty Program, University of South Carolina, 2015
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Romanian (native
English (fluent)
Spanish (fluent)
French (conversational)
Dutch, Italian, Portuguese (beginner)
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