LynnComerford, Ph.D. Faculty Profile
Lynn Comerford, Ph.D.
Professor, Director, Women's Studies
黑料福利网 Courses:
WOST 101 Perspectives on Women
HDEV 301 Theories of Human Development
HDEV 302 Research Methods in Human Development
HDEV 321 Gender, Race & Class in Human Development
WOST 401 Feminist Theory
HDEV 401 Applying Theory & Methods in Human Development
HDEV 413 Children in Families and Communities
HDEV 499W Senior Research Seminar
Not teaching this semester.
Current Project:
Book: Theories of Human Development: Past and Present. Catherine Dombrowski publishing contact, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company, Dubuque, IA.
Edited Book:
(With Heather Jackson and K. Kosior, editors) Feminist Parenting. Ontario, Demeter Press, December, 2016.
Articles, book chapters, book reviews:
"Introduction." In Lynn Comerford, Heather Jackson, K. Kosior, editors, Feminist Parenting. Ontario, Canada, Demeter Press, 2016, pp. 1-21.
"The Potential for Feminist Parenting." In Lynn Comerford, Heather Jackson, K. Kosior, editors, Feminist Parenting. Ontario, Canada, Demeter Press, 2016, 63-88.
"Before You." In Lynn Comerford, Heather Jackson, K. Kosior, editors, Feminist Parenting. Ontario, Canada, Demeter Press, 2016, pp. 89.
"State disciplinary practices and the emergence of co-parenting families." More than Blood: Today's Reality and Tomorrow's Vision of Family, editors Sherilyn Marrow and Dennis Leoutsakas, (Kendall Hunt Publishers, 2013), pp. 104-113.
“The White Ribbon Alliance for safe motherhood: Confronting maternal mortality as the health scandal of our time.” In Andrea O’Reilly, editor, The 21st Century Motherhood Movement (Demeter Press, 2011), pp. 108-119.
“State power and the reconstitution of parental rights in U.S. child custody mediation.” In Michael Huspek, editor, Oppositional Discourses and Democracies (Routledge Press, 2009), pp. 103-117.
“Catherine MacKinnon on the paradox of legal sex equality guarantees and persistent inequality.” Journal of Family Theory & Review 1, (2009), pp. 56-68.
“Custody and parental rights.” In Amy Lind and Stephanie Bruzy, editors, Battleground: Women, Gender and Sexuality (Greenwood Press, 2008), pp. 67-73.
“Power and resistance in U.S. child custody mediation.” Atlantic Journal of Communication 3, (2006), pp. 173-190.
“The child custody mediation policy debate.” Family Focus: Report on Families and Public Policy, National Council of Family Relations 28 (2006), pp. 7,12.
“Review of Nicholas Wolfinger’s Understanding the Divorce Cycle: The Children of Divorce in Their Own Marriages” (Cambridge University Press). Journal of Marriage & the Family, 68 (2006), pp. 770-772.
“Co-custody may have unintended consequences.” Family Focus: Report on Family Diversity, National Council of Family Relation 26 (2005), pp. 28-29.
"Parenting as an effect of the power/knowledge discourse of child custody law: Foucault and the regulation of a gendered private sphere." Human Systems 8 (1997), pp. 153-180.
"Channel surfing for rape and resistance on Court TV.” In Michael Huspek and Gary
Radford, editors, Transgressing Scientific Discourses: Communication and the Voice of Other (New York. SUNY Press, 1997), pp. 231-250.
(With Michael Huspek) "The subversion of science: The new penology and the counter discourse of prison inmates." Communication Theory 6 (1996), pp. 335-360.
“Review of Alison Young's Imagining Crime” (Sage Press). Contemporary Sociology 26 (1996), pp. 365-366.
Encyclopedia Entries:
“Fathers’ Rights.” Social History of American Families, editors Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman, (Sage Publishers, 2014), pp. 527-530.
“Roe v. Wade.” Social History of American Families, editors Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman, (Sage Publishers, 2014), pp. 1139-1141.
“Rational Choice Theory.” Social History of American Families, editors Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman, (Sage Publishers, 2014), pp. 1111-1113.
“The Office of Child Support Enforcement.” Social History of American Families, editors Lawrence Ganong and Marilyn Coleman, (Sage Publishers, 2014), pp. 970-972.
“Partner Rights.” In Mary Zeiss Stange and Carol Oyster, editors, Women in Today’s World (Sage Publications, 2011), pp. 1077-1079.
“Patricia Hill Collins.” In Andrea O’Reilly and Geoggrey Golson, editors, Encyclopedia of Motherhood (Sage Publications, 2010), pp. 230-233.
“Co-parenting,” In Andrea O’Reilly and Geoggrey Golson, editors, Encyclopedia of Motherhood (Sage Publications, 2010), pp. 251-253.
“Father’s rights movements,” In Andrea O’Reilly and Geoggrey Golson, editors, Encyclopedia of Motherhood (Sage Publications, 2010), pp. 393-395.
“Single-parent households.” In Jodi O’Brien, editor, Encyclopedia of Gender & Society, Volume 1 (Sage Publications, 2009), pp. 794-799.
“Fatherhood movements.” In Jodi O’Brien, editor, Encyclopedia of Gender & Society, Volume 2 (Sage Publications, 2009), pp. 283-288.
Newsletters:
Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies Community Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 2, “The Scandal of Material Mortality,” p.4.
Conference Proceedings:
“Potentials and pitfalls of “gender-neutral” child custody policy in the United States.” Proceedings of the 36th World Congress International Institute of Sociology, Beijing, China, (July 2004): pp. 551-552.
“Parenting post-divorce/separation: Co-custody policy and egalitarian parenting.” Bridging Carework Research, Advocacy, and Policy, San Francisco, California, (August, 2004): p. 6.
“Subjectivity and Co-custody Policy.” Feminist Con/text: Feminist Scholarship, International Communication Association, (2004): 3.
“The irony of “gender-neutral” co-custody policy: Patriarchal power.” Proceedings from Family Forum, American Sociological Association, San Francisco, (August, 2004): 14-17.
“Mediation and co-custody.” Feminist Con/text: Feminist Scholarship, International Communication Association, San Diego, CA. (May, 2003): 23-27.
"The circulation of private pain in public places: The case of child custody." Feminist Con/text: Feminist Scholarship, International Communication Association, San Francisco, CA. (1999): 9.
(With Michael Huspek) "The subversion of science: The new penology and the counter discourse of prison inmates." Proceedings from the International Communication Association Meetings, Albuquerque, NM. (1995): 14.
Selected Conference & Invited Talks:
“Studying Work-Family Well-Being Before and During the Pandemic,” Invited participant, Work and Family Researchers Network Virtual Conference Series, Friday, October 20, 2023
“Consider Dual Enrollment Delta Community College Courses offered on the LHS Campus,” Invited talk to students and parents at Lincoln High School, August 16, 2019.
“Think Ahead: The Importance of a College Education.” Invited talk to students and parents at Lincoln High School, October 22th, 2018, as part of their Transition to College Workshop.
"Balancing Teaching, Research and Service at a Teaching University." Paper read at Dar Al Hekma University Conference on Research, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 22-24, 2016.
“New BA in Women’s Studies at CSU East Bay.” Presented at the Hayward Campus, 黑料福利网, East Bay, March 27, 2014; Concord Campus, 黑料福利网, East Bay, April 8, 2014; Oakland Campus, 黑料福利网, East Bay, April 10, 2014.“The School, Community, and Home Link: Supporting Children and Connecting Parents” (with Mavis Braxton and Emily Chow). Service Learning & Community Engagement Series, 黑料福利网, March 4th, 2013
“Exploring Educational Equity through Service Learning” (with Mavis Braxton and Emily Chow). Service Learning & Community Engagement Series, 黑料福利网, January 29th, 2013.
“Transformative Learning: What is the Transformation that Happens for Students in Service Learning Courses?” (with Mavis Braxton). Service Learning & Community Engagement Series, 黑料福利网, November 28th, 2012.
“Confronting Maternal Mortality as the Health Scandal of Our Time.” Paper read at the National Research Conference on Child and Family Programs and Policy, Bridgewater, Massachusetts, July 19-21, 2011.
“Gender, Work & Domesticity.” Diversity Center, CSU East Bay, May 6, 2010. “Disciplining Families Post-Divorce.” Paper read at annual meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York City, NY, August, 11-14, 2007.
“Power and the Reproduction of Sexed Custodial Parenting.” Paper read at the annual meeting of the Pacific Sociological Association, Hollywood, California, April 20-23, 2006.
(With Dawn Guglielmino) "Women, Anorexic Bodies, and Identity." Paper read at the annual meeting of the California Sociological Association, Sacramento, CA, November, 2005.
“Parenting Post-Divorce/Separation: Co-custody Policy and Egalitarian Parenting.” Paper read at the Bridging Carework, Advocacy and Policy panel, Carework Conference, San Francisco, August 13-14, 2004.
“The Irony of “Gender-Neutral” Co-Custody Policy: Patriarchal Power.” Paper read at the Social Policy panel, American Sociological Association Meeting, San Francisco, August 14-17, 2004.
“Potentials and Pitfalls of Gender-Neutral Child Custody Policy in the United States.” Paper read at the Family, Marriage and Children in a Changing World panel, 36th World Congress of the International Institute of Sociology Meeting, Beijing, China, July 7-11, 2004.
“Co-parents and Co-custody Policy: Some Implications of Co-custody Laws.” Paper read at the Parents, Parenting, and Parental Roles panel, Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, April 15-18, 2004.
“Co-parenting, Communication & Social Support.” Panel: Reassessing, Redressing, and Re-crafting Feminism: Perspective Shifts. Paper read at the Western States Communication Association Meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 13-17, 2004.
“The Irony of “Gender-Neutral” Co-Custody Policy: Patriarchal Power.” Invited talk, Department of Communication Studies, CSU San Marcos, December, 2003.
“Qualitative Research Methods.” Biella Room Series, CSU East Bay, February, 2004. “Rejecting an Ideology of Motherhood: The Implications of Co-custody Laws.” Paper read at the Motherhood panel, Pacific Sociological Association Meeting, Pasadena, CA, April 3-6, 2003.
“Subjectivity and Co-custody Law.” Paper read at the Feminist Scholarship panel, International Communication Association Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2003.
“Mediation and Co-custody.” Paper read at the Feminist Scholarship panel, International Communication Association Meeting, San Diego, CA, May 23-27, 2003.
“Qualitative Methods.” Undergraduate Research Methods seminar, Loyola University, March 2002. Tenure-track job interview presentation to faculty and students.
“Communication Problems in Prisons: Penology and Prison Inmates’ Resistance.” Loyola University, March, 2002. Tenure-track job interview presentation to faculty and students.
"Communication in Institutional Settings." Chapman University, May, 2001. Tenure-track job interview presentation to faculty and students.
“Qualitative Methods and Communication in Institutional Settings.” Loyola University, March, 2001.Tenure-track job interview presentation to faculty and students.
"Conceptualizing Parenting, Childhood, & Citizenship in Light of State Intervention Practices." Department of Sociology, Utah State, February, 2001. Tenure-track job interview presentation to faculty and students.
"The Changing Structure of American Families." Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska, Kearney, February, 2001. Tenure-track job interview presentation to faculty and students.
"Conceptualizing Parenting, Childhood, & Citizenship in Light of State Intervention Practices." Department of Sociology, Towson University, March, 2001. Tenure-track job interview presentation to faculty and students.
"Becoming a Co-parenting Father: Legal Hurdles, Emotional Gains, and the Battle with Masculinity." Paper read at the Men and New Masculinities panel, Pacific Sociological Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 18-21, 2002.
"The Co-custody Debate: An Historical Approach." Paper read at the Changing Family forms and Processes panel, Pacific Sociological Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, April 18-21, 2002.
"The Circulation of Private Pain in Public Places: The Case of Child Custody." Paper read at the International Communication Association Meetings, San Francisco, May 27-31, 1999.
“Team Teaching.” Department of English and Communication, 黑料福利网, Bakersfield, April, 1998.
“The Family as an Instrument of Government: The Regulation of Parenthood in Child Custody Law.” Paper read at the National Communication Association Meetings, New York City, November, 1998.
"Channel Surfing for Rape and Resistance on Court TV." Paper read at the National Communication Association Meetings, Chicago, November, 1997.
"Benchmarking Teamwork: A Critique of GE’s Jack Welch." Paper read at the conference on Managing Organizational Performance, Catania, Sicily, July 16-18, 1997.
(With Michael Huspek) "The Subversion of Science: The New Penology and the Counter Discourse of Prison Inmates." Paper read at the International Communication Association Meetings, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February, 1995.
"The Effect of Organizational Prison Discourse: Prison Inmate Resistance." Paper read at the Intercultural and International Communication Conference, Miami, Florida, May 25-29, 1995.
"Oppositional Discourses and Subjectivity: The Case of Penology in the U.S." (with Michael Huspek). Department of Applied Social Studies of University of Paisley, Scotland, January, 1995.
"Raped Again on Court TV." Paper read at Speech Communication Association Meetings, New Orleans, Louisiana, November, 1994.
“Raped Again on Court TV.” Paper read at the Howard University/SUNY Albany Graduate Student conference, Albany, New York, April, 1993.
Public Press:
“Exclusive: She Made ‘The Real Anthony Fauci’ Required Reading for Her Students. Here’s What Happened Next.” Interview, Children’s Health Defense, by Michael Nevradakis, Ph.D., April 25, 2023.
“Students Criticize HDEV Professor for Assigning Anti-Vax Readings.” Interview, 黑料福利网 Pioneer, December 9, 2021
“The Words of East Bay’s Female Leaders: Their Personal Stories of Success and Challenges.” Interview, 黑料福利网 Pioneer, April 17, 2021
“Calling For an End to Racist Pseudoscience: An Interdisciplinary Critique of Eugenics and Intelligence Testing,” Steven Borish, Johh Bunce, Christina Chin-Newman, Lynn Comerford, Patricia Drew, Mariana Guzzardo and Keri O’Neal, 黑料福利网 Pioneer, November 20, 2020.
“Women Vote on Preference Not Gender.” Interview, 黑料福利网 Pioneer, April 19, 2016
“The case for preschool.” Letter to the editor, Opinion page, San Francisco Chronicle, December 30, 2005
“The case against Judge Roberts.” Letter to the editor, Opinion page, San Francisco Chronicle, September 22, 2005
“Mississippi murder trial must go on.” Letter to the editor, Opinion page, San Francisco Chronicle, June 20, 2005
“Readers debate House races.” Letter to the editor, Opinion page, Stockton Record, October 12, 2010
Substack Articles:
“The covid-19 vaccine, women’s menstruation irregularities & the need for conflict-of-interest-free research,” January 26, 2022.
“Dr. James Lyons-Weiler was censored today: Please read what FaceBook didn’t want you to read about the Washington Post’s Ivermectin Lies,” January 30, 2022.
“Update: Pfizer and Moderna Want You to Take a 6th Covid-19 Injection of their Shot with the Myocarditis/Pericarditis Warning on the Label,” March 14, 2022.
“Law Professor Francis Boyle, Author of the U.S. Biological Weapons Terrorism Act of 1989, Links U.S. Bioweapons Facilities to SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) & Seeks Prosecutions in the U.S.,” April 9, 2022.
“Why I am Going to Read Professor Francis Boyle's Book: Biowarfare and Terrorism,” April 24, 2022.
“Under the Banner of ‘Health’: The Department of Defense Attacks the First Amendment's Protection Against Religious Meddling & the Fourth Amendment's Prohibition of Searches Without a Warrant,” April 25, 2022.
“Pure Evil: Yesterday, the FDA approved Remdesivir, known by brand name Veklury, to include infants and children 28 days and older weighing at least 7 pounds as a Covid-19 treatment,” April 26, 2022.
“College Administrator: It's come to my attention you've assigned The Real Anthony Fauci, by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to your class. In defense of assigning The Real Anthony Fauci and Plague of Corruption,” March 1, 2022.
2025 Fall Sabbatical Award, 黑料福利网
2024 Fall Recognized during Convocation for highest course enrollments across 黑料福利网
2022 Fall Demeter Press Royalty Award Letter
2018 Summer CITI Program Social & Behavioral Research ($1,000)
2016 Winter Online & Hybrid Course Quality Transformation Grant
2015 Spring Sabbatical Award, 黑料福利网
2013-2014 CSU East Bay Critical Thinking Assessment Project
Fall 2012 黑料福利网 Service Learning & Community Engagement ($1,000.00 honorarium)
2009 Spring External reviewer nomination from Department of HDEV, CSU Long Beach
2009 Spring WOST major development release time (4 WTU, CLASS, 黑料福利网)
2009 Winter WOST major development release time (4 WTU), CLASS, 黑料福利网
2008 Fall WOST major development release time (4 WTU), CLASS, 黑料福利网
2008 Spring WOST major development release time (4 WTU), CLASS, 黑料福利网
2007 Summer Faculty Travel Award, CLASS, 黑料福利网
2007 Fall Sabbatical Award, 黑料福利网
2006-2007 Faculty Fellow Award, CLASS, 黑料福利网
2006 Spring Faculty Travel Award, CLASS, 黑料福利网
2005 Spring Faculty Support Grant, ALSS, 黑料福利网
2005 Winter Faculty Travel Award, ALSS, 黑料福利网
2004 Winter Faculty Travel Award, ALSS, 黑料福利网
2003 Fall Faculty Travel Award, ALSS, 黑料福利网
2003 Spring Faculty Support Grant, 黑料福利网,
2002 Fall Probationary Faculty Activities Grant, 黑料福利网
2002 Spring Faculty Development Grant, 黑料福利网
2001 Winter RSCA Mini Grant, 黑料福利网
1995 Spring Travel Grant - SUNY Albany Graduate Student Organization
1995 Spring James Richard McNally Award for Excellence in Teaching, SUNY, Albany
1994 Spring Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society, SUNY, Albany
1994 Fall Travel Grant – Graduate Student Organization, SUNY Albany
1994 Summer Summer Travel Grant - Graduate Student Organization, SUNY Albany
Spring 1993 Top graduate student paper, SUNY Albany/Howard University Conference
1993-1995 SUNY Albany Graduate Student Organization Grants Review Board
1992-1993 President, Graduate Student Organization, SUNY Albany, ($90,000.00 budget)
1986 Spring Rockefeller Foundation Grant “Seize the Day”
Service to CSU East Bay:
Member, CLASS Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2012-2013, 2013-2014 (Chair), 2015-2016 (Chair), 2016-2017 (Chair), 2024-2025
Member, Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies Post-Tenure Review Committee, 2007-2008 (Chair), 2009-2010 (Chair), 2018-2019 (Chair), 2019-2020 (Chair), 2020-2021 (Chair), 2024-2025 (Chair)
Conference Organizer, Presider, "Women & Gender Studies Conference," Department of Human Development & Women's Studies, 黑料福利网, East Bay, Hayward, CA, April 18, 2025. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQOh46YGMUw
Member, Martin Feldman Scholarship and Sheila McHugh Memorial Scholarship Committee 2005, 2006, 2021, 2022 (Chair), 2022, 2023 (Chair), 2024, 2025
Advisor, Yasmeen Qafaan, 黑料福利网 HDEV 490 Independent Study: Fulbright Application to Turkey, Fall 2024
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee: 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010, 2010-2011, 2011-2012 (Chair), 2014-2015 (Chair), 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 (Chair), 2020-2021 (Chair), 2021-2022 (Chair), 2022-2023 (Chair), 2023-2024 (Chair)
Conference Organizer, Presider, "Women & Gender Studies Conference," Department of Human Development & Women's Studies, 黑料福利网, East Bay, Hayward, CA, April 19, 2024. Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2St2-qOgcSw
Member, Lecturer Review Committee, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 (Chair), 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
Unpaid Teaching Overload, HDEV 4890: Spring, 2002, Spring 2003, Fall 2003; HDEV 490 Fall 2024
Member, Sweta Kaimal’s, 黑料福利网 Masters Degree in Communication Committee, 2023
Member, HDEV 499W Senior Research Seminar Course Guidelines Committee, 2023-present
Member, Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies Chair Advisory Committee (Chair), 2022-2023
Participant, Anti-Racist Syllabi Workshop, Alliance for the Black Community, 黑料福利网 March 18, 2022
External Reviewer, Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Oregon State University, 2022-2023
External Reviewer, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, New Mexico State University, 2020-2021
Author, WOST 101 General Education Lower Division Area D overlay and syllabus, 2021
Author, HDEV 301, General Education Social Justice overlay and syllabus, 2021
Member, Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies Lecturer Range Elevation Review Committee 2019-2020, 2020-2021 (Chair)
Member, 黑料福利网 Academic Senate, 2005-2007, candidate 2020
Member, University Tenure, Promotion, and Retention Committee, 2017-2018, 2018-2019
Member, Department of Criminal Justice, Retention, Tenure and Promotion Committee, 2019-2020
Member, Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies Committee Connections Among Current Students and Alumni, Summer 2019
Member, Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies Search Committee, Liberal Studies, 2018-2019
Author, 黑料福利网 Human Development External Comparisons Report, Department 5-Year Review, 2018
Member, Department of Human Development & Women’s Studies Search Committee, Childhood Cognitive Development, 2018
Author, GE Diversity Overlays 2018 WOST 102, 301, 302, 303, 401
Author, GE Social Justice Overlay 2018 WOST 403
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Quarter-to-Semester Conversion Committee, Summer 2015
Member, Cultural Groups & Women Committee, 2008-2014
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Search Committee, Childhood, 2013-2014 (Chair)
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Search Committee, Childhood, 2011-2012
Organizer, Pushcart Prizewinning Poet Frances Driscoll Talk, 黑料福利网, May 4th, “The Rape Poems,” Spring Quarter 2011
Author, Fast Track Proposal for Online Major in Women’s Studies, 2010
Author, Women’s Studies Major Proposal, 2008
Author, Women’s Studies Major Curriculum, 2008
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Search Committee, Social Gerontology, 2007-2008
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Search Committee, Women’s Development, 2007-2008
Faculty Marshall, Honors Convocation, 2003, 2007
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Search Committee, Adult Development, 2005-2006 (Chair)
Member, 黑料福利网 Non-Grade Related Student Complaints Committee, 2004-2005
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Search Committee, Child Cognitive Development 2004-2005
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Search Committee, Child Social Development 2004-2005
Member, Department of Human Development & Women's Studies Search Committee, Adolescent Development, 2003-2004
Faculty Reader, ALSS Commencement, 2004, 2006
Member, 黑料福利网 Basic Skills Requirements Appeals Committee, 2003-2005
Member, ALSS Curriculum Subcommittee, 2002-2003, 2003-2004
Interviewer, 黑料福利网 Students Studying Abroad Program, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2005-2006, 2006-2007
Member, HDEV Standards Committee for Liberal Studies, 2002-2003, 2003-2004
Participant, 黑料福利网 WASC “OUTCOMES,” Fall, 2002
Faculty Marshall, ALSS Commencement, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
Participant, 黑料福利网 Center for Excellence in Teaching, 2003
Department Union Representative, CFA, 2001-2002, 2005-2006
Advisor, HDEV Online Majors, Fall 2010-present
Member, Human Development Chair Recommendation Committee, 2010
Co-Chair, Promotion, Tenure & Retention Guidelines Committee, 2009
Advisor, Child Development Option, 2001-2009
Participant, HDEV Online Major Committee, 2007-2008
Participant, HDEV Online Degree Program Orientation Design, Summer 2007
Designer, HDEV Department Website, 2007
Member, HDEV Department Curriculum Committee, 2001-2007
Member, Advisory Committee, 黑料福利网 Women’s Studies, 2006-present
Co-Coordinator, HDEV Assessment 2001-2006
Parental Leave Substitute for Professor Rasmusson, Spring 2003
Department Advisor, Adolescence Option, Spring 2002, Spring 2003
Member, Special Major Committee: 2002-2003
Service to the Profession
Conference/Panel organizer, presider, discussant:
“Feminist Perspectives on Labor” panel, Southwest Labor Studies Association, Hayward, CA (May 14-15, 2009)
“Feminist Theory” panel, California Sociological Association meetings, Riverside, CA (November 7-8, 2008)
“Women, Work & Families” panel, California Sociological Association meetings, Berkeley, CA, November 16-17, 2007.
“Feminist Theory” panel, Women’s Western Association, Los Angeles, CA, April 13, 2007.
“Gender & Power” panel, California Sociological Association Sacramento, CA, November 11-12, 2005, Sacramento, CA
“Sociological Theory” panel, California Sociological Assoc., Riverside, CA, Oct. 15-16, 2004.
“Investigating Social Life” panel, California Sociological Association, Berkeley, CA, November 7-8, 2003.
Regular reviewer:
Family Relations
Journal of Family Theory and Review
Journal of Family Issues