• B.A. English and Women's Studies, Illinois Wesleyan University, 1995
• M.A. Liberal Studies, Hamline University, 1998
• Ph.D. American Studies, Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota, 2004

• Commercialization of intimacy
• Consumer Citizenship
• Gender and labor in the global economy
• Postmodern identity
• Feminism in the academy
• Whiteness and U.S. Race Formation
• Feminist theory
• Postmodern politics and media simulations
• Defined Against: oppositional definitions in the U.S. imaginary
• Pop culture and resistance

Article about Erickson's research in The Des Moines Register: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20090208/LIFE/902080301/-1/archive

Books:

• Karla Erickson. 2009. The Hungry Cowboy: Service and Community in a Neighborhood Restaurant. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1178
• Hokulani Aikau, Karla Erickson and Jennifer Pierce, eds. 2007. Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations: Life Histories of a Movement. University of Minnesota Press. http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/A/aikau_feminist.html

Articles:

• Karla Erickson and Jennifer Pierce. "Farewell to the Organization Man: The Feminization of Loyalty in High-End and Low-End Service Jobs." Ethnography, Vol 6 (3): 283-313, Fall 2005.
• Karla Erickson. "Bodies at Work: The Dance of Service in American Restaurants." Space and Culture, Vol. 7 Issue 1, January 2004: 76-89.
• Karla Erickson. "To Invest or Detach? Coping Strategies and Workplace Culture in Service Work." Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 27, Issue 4, Fall 2004: 549-572.
• Hokulani K. Aikau, Karla Erickson, and Wendy Leo "Three Women Writing/Riding Feminism's Third Wave." Qualitative Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 3, Fall 2003:397-425.

Chapters:

• Karla Erickson. "Service, Smiles and Selves: Representations of Labor and the Sociology of Work." In Cinematic Sociology, edited by Kathy Feltey and Jean-Anne Sutherland. Sage Press, 2009.
• Karla Erickson and Jennifer Pierce. 2008. "Farewell to the Organization Man: The Feminization of Loyalty in High-End and Low-End Service Jobs." In The Gendered Society, edited by Michael Kimmel, Oxford: Oxford University Press: 339-363.
• "Tight Spaces and Salsa-Stained Aprons: Bodies at Work in American Restaurants" Chapter 1 in The Restaurants Book: Ethnographics of Where We Eat, eds David Sutton and David Berriss, Berg Publishers, 2007: 17-23.

Teaching Materials:

• Karla Erickson. "Work in the 'New' Global Economy" ASA Teaching Collection on Gender and Work, eds. Sharon Bird and Patti Giuffre (3rd edition), March 2006.
• Karla Erickson. "Transformations in Labor: Work in the 'New' Economy." The Sociology of Work and Occupations. American Sociological Association. June 2005.
• Karla Erickson. "Workers and Consumers in the Global Economy." The Sociology of Work and Occupations. American Sociological Association. June 2005.
• Karla Erickson. "Americans at Work in Poetry Film and Non-Fiction." The Sociology of Work and Occupations. American Sociological Association. June 2005.

• Introduction to Sociology (Spring 2006)
• Gender and Society (Fall 2005)
• Contemporary Sociological Theory (Fall 2006)
• Stirring the Pot: Race, Class and Gender in Higher Ed (Fall 2006)
• Human Sexuality in the United States (Spring 2007)
• Work in the 'New' Economy (Spring 2007)

• December 2008
• Attended Food Studies Workshop U of Iowa
• Submitted Subtle Bias article to Teaching Sociology
• Completed certification as Certified Nursing Assistant
• Concluded post-baccalaureate research with Madison Van Oort
• Participated in Teaching Social Theory luncheon
• Edited The Midwest Sociologist
• November 2008
• Concluded Chilly Climate Research at ISU
• Continued training as Certified Nursing Assistant
• Applied for collaborative grant with Angela Onwuachi-Willig
• Wrote review of Bauman's Is There a Chance for Ethics in a World of Consumers?
• Observed colleagues' teaching for reviews
• Participated in Advanced Directives workshop
• October 2008
• Begin Certified Nursing Assistant courses
• Continued Chilly Climate Research at ISU
• Started Subtle Bias article with Sharon Bird, ISU
• Ran half marathon with Angela Onwuachi-Willig
• September 2008
• Edited The Midwest Sociologist
• Conducted Chilly Climate Research at ISU
• Completed final editing and index on The Hungry Cowboy
• Attended IAHSA conference for hospital administrators
• Attended MSS board meetings
• Participated in campus climate study
• August 2008
• Began Harris Fellowship
• Trained as a hospice volunteer
• Completed final proofs for The Hungry Cowboy
• Presented Sexual Ethics lecture to all entering first years
• Participated in campus climate study
• July 2008
• Co-Authored Diversifying Grinnell
• Ethnographic research on End of Life Care local and national
• Volunteered at Mayflower Nursing Home
• June 2008
• Lead four student Advanced Project on end of life care
• Began post-baccalaureate research with Madison Van Oort
• Started research and writing faculty group
• May 2008
• Wrote review of three work ethnographies for Work and Occupations
• Lead faculty to faculty seminar on Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender
• Taught at Newton Correctional Facility: Heads, Hearts, Hands: Marx and the Meaning of Work
• Began serving on Mayflower Ethics Committee
• Lecture for Alumni College: Emotions in the Marketplace
• April 2008
• Selected 4 MAP Students: Alyssa Penner, Kate Howard, Margie Scribner and John Burrows
• Helped host the Iowa Sociological Conference with keynote speaker: Dr. Peter Hennen
• Spoke on roundtable: Interdisciplinarity
• Represented Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies at Faculty Fair
• March 2008
• Awarded funding for 4 Summer MAPs: Narratives at the End of Life
• Completed Author's Questionaire for The Hungry Cowboy
• Guest lecture in Judy Hunter's course on Interdisciplinarity
• February 2008
• Chair of Sociology Search Committee, one year replacement hire.
• Renewed service to Grinnell College Mini-Grant Community Board.
• Began advanced MAP on Social Class in the U. S. with Fiona Martin, Matt Johnson and Emily Sipfle.
• Began interdisciplinary MAP on Food and Culture with Emily Reiersgaard.
• Applied for summer MAPs on the subject of Narratives from the End of Life.
• Applied for post-baccalaureate research position with Senior Sociology student, Madison Van Oort.
• January 2008
• Accepted Editorship for The Midwest Sociologist for academic years 2008-2011.
• Reviewed social theory text for Allyn and Bacon.
• December 2007
• Awarded the 2008-9 Harris Fellowship for Laboring at the End of Life.
• Participated in successful hire of Lakesia Johnson for a tenure-track assistant professorship in Gender and Women's Studies.
• Restaurants: The Book is published by Berg.
• The Gendered Society Reader is published by Oxford.
• Revised manuscript, The Hungry Cowboy: Selling Service, Smiles and Community in a Neighborhood Restaurant is accepted for publication by Craig Gill, editor in chief of University Press of Mississippi.
• November 2007
• Introduced M. Jacqui Alexander as part of Interdisciplinarity series, Center for the Humanities.
• Reviewed symbolic interaction text for Oxford University Press.
• Attended Faculty Fair for Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies.
• October 2007
• Gave invited talk at University of Minnesota Book Launch for Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations.
• Guest lectures in Introduction to Gender and Women's Studies: Gendered Labor, and Race, Class and Gender in the Workplace.
• September 2007
• Began service on Curriculum Committee as elected representative for social studies division.
• Nominated for National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowship.
• Teaching materials accepted for publication in The Sociology of Sexuality/ies, edited by Andrea Miller.
• Began supervising Susan Hildebrand's internship with DVA/SAC (domestic violence and sexual assault services).
• Reunited with "Stirring the Pot" Tutorial students at my home. It rained on our barbeque.
• Served on Gender and Women's Studies Search Committee.
• Planned and participated in Intro to Sociology Braintrust II.
• Continued service to: Stoneco Advisory Council, Gender and Women's Studies, Center for the Humanities, and the Institutional Review Board.
• Continued as advisor to the Urban Studies Program.
• August 2007
• Presented "Warm Pockets in the Global Economy: The Norm! Effect" at the American Sociological Association, New York City
• Presided over regular session, "Feminist Thought" at the American Sociological Association, New York City
• Participated in Sociology Retreat for New Faculty
• July 2007
• Completed revision work of Sweat and Salsa with the editorial assistance of Judy Hunter, and sociology student Brock Webb.
• Invited to write chapter for Sociology Through Film, edited by Kathy Feltey and Jean-Anne Sutherland.
• June 2007
• Began revision work of Sweat and Salsa with the editorial assistance of Judy Hunter, and sociology student Brock Webb.
• Submitted "Farewell to the Organization Man" for inclusion in Michael Kimmel's Gendered Society anthology.
• May 2007
• Served on American Sociological Association Committee for Outstanding Article in Sex and Gender.
• Participated in Take Back the Night
• Attended first ever POSSE graduation at Grinnell College.
• Met with Technology Studies as representative of American Studies ad hoc committee.
• Organized on campus MAP presentation for Jenny Weber and Eszter Csicsai.
• April 2007
• Presented "Service to the Dying: The Social Organization of Dying" at the Midwest Sociological Society in Chicago, IL with Senior Sociology majors M. Jenny Weber and Eszter Csicsai.
• Reunited with Tutorial Students at Thai Basil.
• Attended Admitted Students' Reception for American Studies and Sociology.
• Served on Noun Fellowship committee for Gender and Women's Studies.
• Presented on "Best Practices in Academic Advising" for the 2007-8 tutorial planning session, April 10.
• March 2007
• Presented "Learned Novices: The Value of Collaborative, 'Basic' Research Instruction for Students, Faculty and Librarians" at the ILR/ACRL Conference in Grinnell, IA with Librarian Phil Jones.
• Presented "Best Practices for Mentoring New Faculty Members" at the ACM conference on Mentoring.
• Presented Best Practices on Integrating Information Literacy into the Tutorial for the 2007-8 tutorial planning session with Phil Jones.
• Reappointed by the college for another three years.
• Reviewed article for Qualitative Sociology.
• Conducted 16 focus groups for NSF Advance project at ISU.
• February 2007
• Participated in successful hire of Elizabeth Erbaugh, Ph.D. candidate at the University of New Mexico, to teach for two years at Grinnell.
• Presented on end of life research to the trustees of Grinnell College.
• Met with trustees to discuss the Scholarly Women's Achievement Group.
• Edited page proofs for forthcoming volume Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations for University of Minnesota Press.
• Served on Community Mini-grant Committee for second year.
• Completed three observations of colleagues' teaching.
• Attended 2007 POSSE Retreat.
• January 2007
• Invited to serve as a judge for the American Sociological Association's Sex and Gender Section Outstanding Article Committee for 2007.
• Began revisions of Sweat and Salsa.
• Began Independent Study on Critical Race Theory with Senior Sociology Major, Sollie Flora.
• Led subcommittee for the Early Career Faculty on transparency in the review process.
• Began observing "master teachers" of Grinnell - identified six colleagues and approached them for permission to observe their courses.
• December 2006
• Participated in successful hire of Dr. David Cook-Martin as the newest member of the Sociology department.
• Reviewed contemporary sociological theory text for Oxford Press.
• Completed third year review of teaching, scholarship and service successfully.
• Invited to consult on NSF ISU Advance Grant investigating chilly climate for women in the STEM fields of ISU.
• November 2006
• Presented "Reconceptualizing Wave Metaphors in U.S. Feminism" at the Social Science History Association in Minneapolis.
• MAP papers on End of Life written by Eszter Csicsai, Jenny Weber and Karla Erickson all accepted for presentations at the MSS in April.
• October 2006
• Completed final version of article for inclusion in Restaurants: The Book, under contract with Berg Publishing.
• Submitted MAP papers to the Midwest Sociological Association.
• Participated in Evaluating Student Writing luncheon.
• Invited by Executive Council to represent early career faculty on special committee on voting.
• September 2006
• Joined Center for the Humanities Board.
• Joined Stoneco Advisory Board.
• Attended faculty fair for Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies.
• August 2006
• Applied for Harris fellowship to support new project: Laboring at the End of Life, a qualitative study of service interactions in the care of the aging and dying.
• Participated in Tutorial Preparation Seminars.
• Welcomed 13 Tutorial students for Stirring the Pot: Race, Class and Gender in Higher Education, and their parents.
• With Jennifer Pierce and Hokulani Aikau, gave an invited talk entitled " Feminist Waves: Reflections on the Uneven Diffusion of Feminist Thought in the Academy" at the American Sociological Association meetings in Montreal.
• Continued as advisor to the Urban Studies Program.
• Continued as member of Gender and Women's Studies committee.
• Conducted interviews of prospective candidates for a new tenure track line in Sociology.
• Began participation in Faculty Seminar: Pleasure with the Center for the Humanities.
• Presented Syllabus Best Practices at New Faculty Orientation.
• July 2006
• Received reviews of manuscript from twenty-one colleagues and friends (thanks) on revised manuscript.
• Completed revisions on manuscript. Now titled: Sweat and Salsa: Working for the Hungry Cowboy. Preliminary contract awarded, out for full review with Cornell University Press. Editor: Fran Benson.
• June 2006
• With the help of Htike Htike Kyaw Soe, completed references and footnotes for manuscript.
• Completed first rewrite of manuscript for Cornell University Press.
• Conducted interviews for Laboring at the End of Life with Eszter Csicsai and Jenny Weber.
• Invited by President Osgood to join the Institutional Review Board.
• May 2006
• Chaired the 10th annual Africana and American Studies Conference.
• Conducted Preliminary Search for new project with MAP student, Jenny Weber.
• Launched next research project: Laboring at the End of Life.
• Reviewed article for Qualitative Sociology.
• Reviewed article for Gender, Work and Organization.
• April 2006
• Attended Teagle grant conference on Assessment in Northfield, MN as part of the critical thinking assessment team.
• Presented on my upcoming book for the Work in Progress Lunch Series, hosted by the Center for the Humanities.
• Met with prospective students and parents for GWS and Sociology.
• Early Career Faculty Group met with Eliza Willis, incoming Dean of the Faculty.
• Attended Fly-in Brunch with Admitted students.
• Spoke at SEPC roundtable on the topic of Graduate School.
• March 2006
• Chaired panel on "Mapping Space, Voice and Resistance: Sexualities and Identities in the 21st Century" at the Midwest Sociological Society meetings in Omaha.
• Began "SAGE 2" writing group with Hokulani Aikau and Felicity Schaeffer-Grabiel.
• Participated in Tutorial Preparation Seminars.
• Contacted prospective students for the Office of Admissions.
• Attended luncheon on interdisciplinary teaching.
• Worked extensively with Soc and AMS on tenure track hire proposals.
• Met with the IAB committee for the Expanding Knowledge Initiative regarding American Studies at Grinnell.
• Applied for and was awarded funding for two summer MAP projects on the topic of End of Life Care with Grinnell students Jenny Weber and Eszter Csicsai.
• February 2006
• Started writers circle among Grinnell colleagues - preliminary meetings began in February.
• Worked with Monica Chavez-Silva on the Grinnell Mini-Grant Review Committee.
• Helped organize and facilitate third in the Early Career Faculty Luncheon Series entitled Money: Where is it and how to get it?
• Submitted papers to American Studies Association and Social Science History Association for consideration for upcoming meetings.
• Spoke on the topic of Activism and Sociology at the SEPC roundtable discussion.
• January 2006
• Began work on manuscript, working title The Hungry Cowboy, for Cornell University Press.
• Began Guided Reading with Senior Sociology major, Elena Goodrich, on Religions in the Contemporary U.S.
• Established short list of contributors to upcoming anthology Farewell to the Organization Man with Dr. Jennifer Pierce.
• Participated in consultation on the future of American Studies at Grinnell with Professor Jim Farrell of St. Olaf College.
• Participated in ACM Conference on Advising at Colorado College.
• December 2005
• Invited article "Tight Spaces and Salsa-Stained Aprons: Bodies at Work in American Restaurants" accepted for inclusion in anthology of food practices. Ed: David Sutton
• Began Tutorial Design for the Fall of 2006 with the help of sociology students: Madison Van Oort, Meredith Hughey, Emily Sipfle and Chevon Chatman.
• November 2005
• Contracted with Frances Benson, Cornell University Press, for publication of dissertation.
• Participated in Faculty Seminar, "Diversity as Practice: Strategies and Difficulties in the Implementation of Multiculturalism" with Coco Fusco.
• Introduced Saba Mahmood as part of the Center for the Humanities Symposium on Intolerance.
• Organized panel on Sexualities for the Midwest Sociological Society 2006 meetings.
• Completed revisions on "Farewell to the Organization Man," forthcoming in Ethnography.
• October 2005
• Completed final revision of Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations for publication, and submitted to U of MN press.
• Reviewed article for National Women's Studies Association Journal on third wave feminism in the academy.
• Along with Keri Kornelson, Nancy Hayes and Elizabeth Prevost, planned and hosted second Early Career Faculty Development Luncheon Series, "Surviving the Review Process."
• Met with prospective students and parents for GWS and Sociology.
• Began serving on American Studies ad hoc committee.
• Invited to serve on the Stoneco board and the Student Life Committee.
• September 2005
• Contracted with U of Minnesota Press, for forthcoming anthology, Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations, due out in spring 2007.
• Conducted preliminary research for Farewell to the Organization Man with Htike Htike Kyaw Soe, Jennifer Pierce (UMN) and Amy Tyson (UMN).
• Reviewed article on gendered narratives for Qualitative Sociology.
• Started MAP with Anna Moseman, senior sociology major, on sex education.
• August 2005
• Book prospectus for Paid to Care: Selling Service, Smiles and Community in American Restaurants under review by Cornell University Press.
• Presented Making Trouble for the Binary in Feminist Theory at the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia, PA.
• July 2005
• Launched new anthology on service work, Farewell to the Organization Man, with Dr. Jennifer Pierce and Amy Tyson.
• June 2005
• Submitted book manuscript, Paid to Care: Selling Service, Smiles and Community in American Restaurants for review by University Press of Mississippi.
• May 2005
• Chaired student panel for 9th annual Africana Studies Conference, Grinnell College.
• Participated in Faculty to Faculty Summer Seminar, Teaching in the Liberal Arts, taught by Bradley Bateman.
• Revised Gender and Society course with Jenny Weber.
• April 2005
• Chaired panel, Space and Culture, at the Mid America American Studies Association, Minneapolis, MN.
• Presented Making Trouble for the Binary between Second and Third Wave Feminism: Re-conceptualizing 'Waves' and 'Generations' with Dr. Jennifer Pierce at the Mid America American Studies Association, Minneapolis, MN.
• Conducted exit interviews with graduating seniors in sociology.
• March 2005
• Presented Making it Work: Adjusting Your Teaching Style to Suit Your Audience with Dr. Peter Hennen, Midwest Sociological Society, Minneapolis, MN.
• Implemented new brown bag series on professional development for junior faculty. Organized two brown bag sessions with Keri Kornelson "How do you do it? Faculty Scholarship at Grinnell College."
• February 2005
• Participated in joint faculty search, Philosophy and Gender and Women's Studies.
• Nominated for best dissertation in American Studies in the U.S. 2004-5.
• Nominated for best dissertation at the University of Minnesota, 2004-5.
• January 2005
• Completed revision of co-edited anthology, Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations with Jennifer Pierce and Hokulani Aikau.
• December 2004
• Reviewed pop culture textbook, Culture: An Interdisciplinary Reader for Oxford University Press.
• November 2004
• Presented The Norm! Effect: Customers and the Work of Recognition in American Restaurants at the American Studies Association in Atlanta, GA.
• November 2004
• Presentation with Professor Kim Jones, sponsored by CARW. "Whiteness and U.S. Racial Formations," at Grinnell College.
• October 2004
• Developed new project with Dr. Peter Hennen, preliminary title is: "Making It Work: A Comparative Study of Immersion into the Faculty Life." We'll present our first draft in April at MSS, and hope to submit it eventually to Teaching Sociology.
• September 2004
• Gave presentation on Whiteness Studies in Sociology as part of Whiteness Megaclass at Grinnell College.
• June 2004
• Relocated to Grinnell, Iowa.
• May 2004
• Defended dissertation: Paid to Care: Selling Service, Smiles and Community in American Restaurants.
• January 2004
• Accepted position at Grinnell College.
• November 2003
• Gave presentation on "Pursuing the Ph.D." for student panel on graduate work in the social sciences at St. Olaf College.
• August 2003
• Presented Farewell to the Organization Man: Examining Worker Loyalty in Service Work with Dr. Jennifer Pierce at the American Sociological Association in Atlanta, GA.
• July 2003
• Facilitated "Global Labor" Section of Gender, Im/Migration and Global Change Conference at the University of Minnesota.
• June 2003
• Presented Pink Collars and Dirty Aprons: The Feminization of Loyalty in Service Work with Dr. Jennifer Pierce at the Gender, Work and Organization conference in Keele, England.
• June 2002
• Presented "Just a Waitress": Gendered Labor in the Service Sector at the Twelfth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women in Storrs, CT.
• June 2002
• Presented Service with a Smile: Gendered Labor in the Service Sector at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics in Minneapolis, MN.
• January 2002
• Gave lecture "On Not Taking Feminism for Granted" for the 20^th Anniversary of the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota.
• December 2001
• Gave presentation on "The Uses of a Feminist Education" Minneapolis Athletic Club, sponsored by the Center for Advanced Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota.
• November 2001
• Chaired Narrating the Nation Through Art, Politics and Intellectual History, a celebration of 50 years of David Noble's thought and work at the American Studies Association in Washington, DC.
• October 2001
• Gave presentation on "Preparing for Preliminary Exams" Department of American Studies, University of Minnesota.
• September 2001
• Gave presentation on "Teaching Writing to Undergraduates" Department of English, University of Minnesota.
• August 2001
• Presented More than Just a Waitress: Selling Service and Smiles in Neighborhood Restaurants at the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction in Anaheim, CA.
• June 2001
• Presented The Unruly Space of Daytime TV: Talk Shows and the American Project of Helping One's Self at the National Women's Studies Association in Minneapolis, MN.
• May 2001
• Presented Insider Research and the Ethnographic Journey at the Doing Ethnographies and Ethnographic Doings-18th Annual Qualitative Analysis Conference in Hamilton, Ontario.
• March 2001
• Gave lecture on "Passing Through the White Wall" as part of "Diversity 102" Workshop, Center for Teaching and Learning, University of Minnesota.
• February 2001
• Presented What's Your Future? Anxiety, Imperialism and a Usable Future at the Southern American Studies Association in Atlanta, GA.
• October 2000
• Gave presentation on "Graduate School Survival Strategies" Department of American Studies, University of Minnesota.
• October 1999
• Presented What's Your Movie?: Citizenship and Public Life in Post-Reality at the American Studies Association in Montreal, Quebec.
• October 1999
• Presented Gods of the Pigeonholes: Resistance to Convention in Women's Autobiography at the Feminisms and Rhetorics Conference in Minneapolis, MN.

Previous experience

• 2004
• Faculty Supervisor, St. Olaf College
• Supervised student research project on Women and Welfare to Work.
• 2003-2004
• Instructor, History Department, St. Olaf College
• Women in America
• American Whiteness
• 2002-2003
• Research Assistant, Center for Interdisciplinary Studies of Writing
• Conducted surveys and interviews and wrote report regarding the efficacy of a writing across the curriculum initiative.
• 2002
• Research Assistant, Dr. Jennifer Pierce, Director of Feminist Studies Grant writing, fundraising and strategic planning.
• 2002
• Research Assistant, Dr. Jennifer Pierce, Department of American Studies Literature review of feminist scholarship, draft of introduction for Feminist Waves, Feminist Generations.
• 2001-2004
• Instructor, Dept. of American Studies, University of Minnesota
• Workers and Consumers in the Global Economy
• Work Transformed: Women, Men and the Evolution of Labor
• Americans at Work in Poetry Film and Non-Fiction
• 2002
• Instructor, Honors College, University of Minnesota
• The American Dream: Myth and Reality at the Millennium
• 2000-2002
• Mentor for New Instructors, Department of English
• 1999-2002
• Instructor, Department of Composition, University of Minnesota University Writing and Critical Reading: Emphasis on Cultural Diversity
• 2000
• Research Assistant, Dr. Cathy Choy, Department of American Studies Archival research on media representations of Filipino Women in mid-20^th century U.S.
• 1998-1999
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Dept. of American Studies, University of Minnesota
• Introduction to American Studies, with David Noble