Stephanie J. Michigan State University Department of Sociology 509 E. Circle Drive, 316 Berkey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824-1111 Ph: 517-353-7747 Fax: 517-432-2856 Center for Gender in Global Context 427 N. Shaw Lane, 206 International Center East Lansing, MI 48824-4402 Ph: 517-353-5040 Fax: 517-432-4845 Email: nawyn@msu.edu CURRENT POSITION August 2016 – present Co-Director of Academic Programs, Outreach, and Engagement, Center for Gender in Global Context, Michigan State University January 2015 – present Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University Co-director of Research Taskforce, MSU Consortium Against Human Trafficking Core faculty in the Center for Gender in Global Context Core faculty in the Research Consortium on Violence Core faculty in the Center for Advanced Study of International Development Affiliate faculty in the Muslim Studies Center Affiliate faculty in the Center for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies Center Affiliate in the Global Urban Studies Program Aug. 2006 – Dec. 2014 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University AFFILIATIONS Jan. 2011 – Present Affiliate faculty, Center for Forced Migration Studies (CFMS), Northwestern University Faculty at CFMS Summer Institute, “Unsettling Resettlement,” July 10-17, 2011 October 2013 – June 2014 Fulbright Fellow, Istanbul University, Turkey AREAS OF EXPERTISE Migration, Gender, & Structural Inequality AWARDS 2011 Outstanding Graduate Supervisor, Graduate Employees Union, Michigan State University 2009 Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching Award, Department of Sociology, Michigan State University 2004 Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Department of Sociology, University of Southern California
Transnational Studies, Regents University, London: May 30, 2014. 2014 Nawyn, S.J. and N.B. Kavakli Birdal. “Counter-Trafficking Policy and Immigrant Rights in Turkey.” 10th Turkish Migration Studies Workshop, The Migration Transition of Turkey – from an Emigration to an Immigration Country. Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey: March 31, 2014. 2013 Nawyn, S.J. and J. Park. “Is Segmented Assimilation Only Relevant for Men? Gendered Earnings Trajectories of First Generation African Migrants.” American Sociological Association 2013 Annual Meeting. New York City, NY. COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate Courses Graduate Courses Introduction to Sociology Qualitative Research Methods Sociology of Sex and Gender Gender and Power Applied Feminist Theory Migration and Social Change Gender and Immigration Intersections of Gender, Race and Class Feminist Research Methods Feminist Theory Gendered Violence and Intersections of Power (online) SOCIOLOGY COMMITTEES CHAIRED Doctoral Defenses “Rights of Refuge: Social Citizenship after Refugee Resettlement in Tanzania.” Breanne Grace (defended 2013) “Community, White Ethnicity and Family: The Case of Albanians in Metropolitan Detroit.” Linda Gjokaj (defended 2013) “Citizenship in Crooked Spaces: (Re)Creating Unbelonging through Online Comments.” Goins (defended 2015) “Importance of Motherhood or Social Stigma of Infertility: What’s Driving Outcomes?” Bette Avila (defended 2016) Masters Defenses “A Good Defense Will Leave You Beautiful: Gender and Muay Thai Kickboxing.” Naomi Glogower “‘Adelante, Adelante, La es Constante’: The Effects of Salvadoran Migration on Local and Transnational Claims Making and Activism.” Kelly Birch ACADEMIC ELECTED OFFICE 2017-2018 Membership Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society 2015-2016 Career Development Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society 2012-2014 Center for Gender in Global Context Advisory Committee, Michigan State University 2011-2013 Membership Committee, Sociologists for Women in Society 2011-2012 Department of Sociology Advisory Committee, Michigan University