Jadi L. Morrow

 

University of Colorado                                                        Phone: 303-786-4967

Sociology Department, UCB327                                         Fax: 303-492-8878

Boulder, CO     80309-0327                                                Email: morrowj@colorado.edu

 

 

Education

 

Ph.D. Candidate University of Colorado, Boulder      2001-Present

Dissertation in Progress-Learning Occupational Identity: An Ethnography of Police Training.

 

M.A. University of Colorado, Boulder        

            Earned MA in progress of Ph.D.

 

B.A.  Arizona State University                                           1996-2001

Department of Women’s Studies

Graduated Cum Laude

Women’s Studies Senior of The Year

Leadership Scholar

 

Areas of Interest and Expertise

 

q       Policing/Criminology

q       Social Psychology

q       Ethnographic Research Methods

q       Feminist Theory and Research Methods

 

Professional Affiliations

 

q       American Sociological Association                       2003-Present

Sex and Gender in Society

Cultural Sociology

Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction

q       Feminist Scholars in Sociology                               2001-Present

q       Sociologists for Women in Society                        2004-Present     

q       Pacific Sociological Association                              2004-Present                   

 

Teaching Positions

 

University of Colorado, Boulder                                      2001-2005

 

Race and Ethnicity in Society, Instructor

Introduction to Sociological Theory, Instructor

Sex and Gender in Society, Instructor

Introduction to Sociology, Teaching Assistant

Social Conflict and Social Values, Teaching Assistant

 

Research Assistant

 

Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence          2005-Present

University Of Colorado, Boulder

            Reviewed Statistical Research on Crime Intervention Programs

            For the What Works Database.

 

 

Research Reports and Other Publications

 

Researcher for: Ferraro, Kathleen (ed.).  “The Mean Streets of Maricopa County: Study and Proposal to Maricopa County on the Status of the Homeless”.  Presented to the Arizona Legislature in 2000.  Received Federal McArthur Grant.

 

Papers Presented at Professional Meetings

Morrow, Jadi. “Gender and Heroism: A look at Kim Possible.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting.  April 2005.

 

Morrow, Jadi. “Masculinity and Nationalism: Possibilities for Social Change.” Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, April 2004 

 

Morrow, Jadi. “Interrogating the Gaze: Gender-Switch and Slasher Films Genres Investigated”. Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, April 2004.

 

Manuscripts in Progress

 

Rosga, Annjannette, Jadi Morrow. “Police Talk About Safety And Danger.”

 

Morrow, Jadi. “The Male Generalized Other in Police Training: What it means to be part of the “Team.”

 

Morrow, Jadi. “Studying Up? Are Studies on the Police Really Studies of Power?”

 

University Service

 

McNair Program, Graduate Student Mentor to Jennifer Davis.  

University of Colorado, Boulder, Sexual Harassment Review Board. (2002-Present)

University of Colorado, Boulder, Department of Sociology, Diversity Committee Graduate Representative (2002-2004).

 

Invited Lectures

 

Keynote Speaker, “Sex in the Lounge Conference”, Libby Hall, University of Colorado, Boulder. My speech was entitled “Homophobia and Masculinity: Making Personal Changes that Challenge the System”, September 2003.  

 

Panelist, “Get On The Bus”, Sponsored by the University of Colorado, Boulder’s Diversity Committee, March 2004.

 

Guest Speaker, McNair Program, “Getting into Graduate School,” October 2004.

 

           

Grants

 

United Government of Graduate Students Travel Grant, $400, Awarded Spring 2004 (20 Selected out of 110 applications)

 

Awards

 

McNair Mentor “LOVE” award. Three mentors are honored every year for dedicated service to mentoring students from diverse backgrounds.  August 2004.

 

Referee on Manuscripts

 

Journal of Criminal Justice and Popular Culture