Course Title: Exploring Youth Subculture
Department: Department of Sociology
Email: jshapiro@ucsd.edu

Education

University of California, San Diego
Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology (Anticipated Degree 2011) & Master of Arts (2007)
Areas of Expertise: Organizational Culture, Sociology of Work and Labor, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, Religion and Spirituality, Positive Sociology, Multiculturalism

Washington University in St. Louis (B.A. Cum Laude August 2004)
Major: Social Thought and Analysis (GPA in major: 3.8)
Double Minor: History and Legal Studies

Experience

Teaching Assistant, University of California San Diego: Dimensions of Culture Program
In charge of two classes of 15 students each. Responsible for designing readings, explaining lectures, and grading. September 2006-June 2007

Educator, Academic Connections
Developed and taught a three week course on the sociology of peace to high school students participating in a UCSD college preparatory program. Summer 2006

Research:
Research Assistant, University of California- Extension Office under Mary L. Walshok.
Conducted research and helped author two White Papers on new economy strategies and clusters of innovation for Governor Schwarzenegger on the state of the CA economy and Hillary Clinton’s Iowa speech. November-August 2007

Research Analyst, University of California- Extension Office
Part of a research team hired by the Department of Labor to conduct an evaluation of the WIRED regions looking to create economic transformation. Tasks included extant data analysis, designing a Social Networking analysis of the regions, conducting interviews at five of the site locations (FL, CA, NC, MO, and IN), and writing site reports. January 2007 to present

Editor, CaucasUS Context published by the US-Caucasus Institute for Strategic and Cultural Studies.
Helped edit Issue #2, 2004 pre-publication. Also helped with transcription of interviews and research for future articles. Spring 2004

Honors/Affiliations/Publications

Institute of Global Cooperation and Conflict (IGCC) grant - internship in Washington D.C. Summer 2006
Selected as a finalist for CORO—public policy fellowship. Spring 2004
Selected as a member of the Social Justice Institute. Fall 2003-Spring 2004
Single recipient from the junior class of a monetary award from the CHIMES Honor Society at Washington University. Interned in Washington D.C. at Search for Common Ground. Fall 2003
Grant for research in Macedonia from the International Activities fund at Washington Univ. Fall 2003.
Washington University Dean’s List Spring 2002; Winter, 2002; Spring 2003; Winter 2003; Spring 2004
Festival of the Arts Scholar in Writing; received a monetary award for excellence in writing. 2000-2003
Kauffman Fellowship (Kansas City); administered through the Anderson Graduate School of Management at the University of California Riverside. 1999-2000
Member, Americorps: National Community Civilian Corps (NCCC).
Undergraduate Honors Thesis: “Collective Memory as a Contributing Determinant of War and Peace: The Case of Ethnic Relations in Macedonia.” Published by Washington University Library. May 2004
Opinion editorial: “A polemical society?” Published: Monday, April 19, 2004 Washington University Student Life
Opinion editorial: “The need for a more global approach to patriotism” Published: Wednesday, March 3, 2004 Washington University Student Life