Curriculum Vitae
Jeannette Wade
Updated February 2017
Office Address
Child and Family Development
The University of Akron
CAS room 406
Akron, OH 44325-1905
Phone: (330) 972-5951
Fax: (330) 972-5377
E-mail: [email protected]
Education
Ph.D. in progress
Sociology, The University of Akron, Akron Ohio.
Comprehensive Exams Passed: Medical and Gender
Dissertation: “’Doing Difference’ and Health: An
Examination Of Sex, Gender Orientation and Race as
Predictors of Fast Food Consumption, Alcohol
Consumption, and Sexual Risk in Emerging Adulthood”
Co-Chairs: Drs. Robert L. Peralta (Dept. of Sociology,
The University of Akron) and Manacy Pai (Dept. of
Sociology, Kent State University).
M.A. 2011
Family and Consumer Sciences: Child and Family
Development, The University of Akron, Akron Ohio.
Thesis: “Sex Education, Communication and Life
Satisfaction in Adolescence"
Chair: Dr. Pamela Schulze (Child and Family
Development, The University of Akron)
B.A. 2007
International Relations: US and Latin America,
Cleveland State University, Cleveland Ohio.
Areas of interest
Medical Sociology, Health Disparities, Risk Behavior, Gender, Race
Awards/Funding
2016
Recipient: Barbara J Stephens Dissertation Award for
Medical Sociological Research, Department of
Sociology, The University of Akron, Akron Ohio
2015
Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Student Award for
‘Teaching’, Department of Sociology, the University of
Akron, Akron Ohio
2015
Recipient: Professional Enrichment Grant, the University
of Akron, Akron Ohio
2014
Recipient: Outstanding Graduate Student Award for
‘Service’, Department of Sociology, the University of
Akron, Akron Ohio
Fall 2012- Summer 2016
Graduate Assistantship, the University of Akron, Akron
Ohio
Academic year 2009-2010
Recipient: Leona W. Farris Scholarship, the University
of Akron, Akron Ohio
Fall 2008-Spring 2010
Graduate Assistantship, the University of Akron, Akron
Ohio
Teaching Experience
Fall 2016- present
Assistant Professor of Instruction:
“Human Sexuality”- undergraduate and graduate,
“Middle Childhood and Adolescence”- 100%
online/undergraduate and graduate,
“American Families in Poverty”- in person and 100%
online/undergraduate and graduate,
“Family Crisis” 100% online/undergraduate and graduate
Child and Family Development Unit, The University of
Akron
Fall 2014-Fall 2016
Course Instructor:
“Introduction to Sociology”- in person and 100% online
“Race and Place in Urban America”- Hybrid-Web
Enhanced (30% online)
“Social Inequalities”- 100% online
Department of Sociology, The University of Akron,
Akron Ohio
Fall 2015
Course Instructor, “Introduction to Sociology”
Department of Sociology, Baldwin Wallace University,
Cleveland Ohio
Spring 2014
Guest Lecture- Introduction to Sociology Course:
“Gender”, the University of Akron, Akron Ohio
Spring 2014
Guest Lecture- Deviant Behavior Course: “Gender and
Sexualities”, the University of Akron, Akron Ohio
Fall 2013
Teaching Assistant, Dr. Robert Peralta, Department of
Sociology, The University of Akron, Akron Ohio
Fall 2012
Teaching Assistant, Dr. Brian Pendleton, Department of
Sociology, the University of Akron, Akron Ohio
Fall 2012
Guest Lecture- Introduction to Sociology Course:
“Population, Health and Social Change” and
"Socialization", the University of Akron, Akron Ohio
Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Graduate Assistant, Dr. Pamela Schulze, Department of
Family and Consumer Sciences, the University of Akron,
Akron Ohio
Fall 2008- Spring 2009
Graduate Assistant, Dr. Baomei Zhao, Department of
Family and Consumer Sciences, the University of Akron,
Akron Ohio
Spring 2009
Guest Lecture- Child Development Course: “Gender
Identity/Gender Typing”, the University of Akron,
Akron Ohio
Presentations
2016
Mulhollem, Marcella; Peralta, Robert; Wade, Jeannette;
Nofziger, Stacey, “Physical Aggression Among College
Students: Disentangling the Effects of Sex and Gender
On the Perpetration of Violence”. Rethinking Gender
Series, the University of Akron
2015
Wade, Jeannette; Peralta, Robert. North Central
Sociological Association, “Social Determinants of
Alcohol Abstention on Campus”. Presentation
2014
Wade, Jeannette. Association for Humanist Sociology,
“Overexposed: The Case of African Americans and Fast
Food”. Presentation
2014
Peralta, Robert L.; Wade, Jeannette; Xi, Juan; Barr,
Peter; Jennifer Steele. National Hispanic Science
Network, “Alcohol Abstention: The Role of SocioStructural Attitudes in Race-Based Alcohol Use
Disparities among College Students”. Poster
Presentation
2014
Peralta, Robert L.; Wade, Jeannette. North Central
Sociological Association, “Condom Attitudes, Health
Risk and 'Doing Difference’: An Examination of
Undergraduate Masculinity”. Roundtable Presentation
Spring 2014/ Spring 2015
Northeast Ohio Undergraduate Sociology Symposium,
Kent State University. Inequalities Roundtable
Moderator
2009
Green, Jeannette. Conference on Undergraduate and
Graduate Student Research, the University of Akron,
“Psychosocial Development of Women: Implications of
Mother Blame”. Presentation
Publications
Wade, J., & Peralta, R. L. (2016). Perceived racial
discrimination, heavy episodic drinking, and alcohol
abstinence among African American and White college
students. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 1-16.
Works Forthcoming, Submitted
for Peer Review, or In Progress
Wade, Jeannette “African Americans, Fast Food, and the
Birdcage of Oppression” (Under Review)
Wade, Jeannette “Doing Difference and Fast Food
Consumption: Trends among White and African
American Emerging Adults”
(Submitted for Peer Review)
Wade, Jeannette “‘I’ve never dealt with racism and I’m
glad’: a Colorblind Approach to Racism”
(Under Review)
Wade, Jeannette “Doing Difference and Tobacco Use”
(In Progress)
Muhollem, Marcella; Peralta, Robert L., Wade,
Jeannette; Nofziger, Stacey “Physical Aggression
among College Students: Differentiating Sex from
Gender Among Perpetrators of Violence” (In Progress)
Research Experience
Summer 2013-present
Research Assistant, Dr. Robert Peralta, Department of
Sociology, “The Health Behavior Study”, the University
of Akron, Akron Ohio
Summer 2015
Research Assistant, Dr. Rebecca Erickson, Department
of Sociology “Compassion for the Compassionate”, The
University of Akron, Akron Ohio
Spring 2013 - Fall 2013
Research Assistant, Dr. Janette Dill, Department of
Sociology, “Emotion Management and Medical School”,
the University of Akron, Akron Ohio
Employment History
June 2010-July 2012
HIV Prevention Specialist/ Parent Educator/ Case
Manager, Recovery Resources, Cleveland Ohio
Nov 2006-August 2008
Community Health Worker, MomsFirst Program, the
May Dugan Center, Cleveland Ohio
Ad-hoc Reviewer
Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Journal of Drug Issues
Health Psychology
Health and Justice
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
Service
Fall 2015-Spring 2016
Graduate Student Representative at Faculty Meetings:
Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society, the
University of Akron
Fall 2013- Spring 2014
Campus Co-President Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology
Honor Society, the University of Akron
Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Campus Secretary: Kappa Omicron Nu Human Services
Honor Society, the University of Akron
Fall 2009-Spring 2010
Campus President: American Association of Family and
Consumer Sciences, the University of Akron
Affiliations
American Sociological Association
Alpha Kappa Delta
North Central Sociological Association
Association for Humanist Sociology
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
Kappa Omicron Nu