PSA COUNCIL-NORTHERN
REGION
(Two year term 2009-2011)
Name: Georgie Weatherby, Gonzaga University
Present Position: Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal
Justice, Gonzaga University, 2001-present
Former Positions Held: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of
Sociology, Washington State University at Vancouver, 1989-1990
Predoctoral Associate
Instructor, Department of Sociology, University of Washington, 1985-1988
Education: Ph.D., 1990, University of Washington, Sociology
M.A., 1984, Western Washington University, Sociology
B.A., 1979, Western Washington University with Distinction and Honors in
Political Science and Sociology
Offices Held in Other
Organizations: Member, National
Justice in Jesuit Higher Education Steering Committee, 2005-present
President, Washington State
Sociological Association, 1989-1990
Member, Gonzaga Indian
Education Outreach Program, 2001-present
Advisory Board Member,
Institute for Action Against Hate, 2000-present
Offices, Committee
Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA:
Chair, Committee on Freedom
of Research and Teaching, PSA, 1997-1999
Chair, Committee on Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties, PSA, 1995-1997
Member, Committee on Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties, PSA 1994-1995
Handbook for Committee
Chairs, Contributor, PSA,
1997
Publications: “The Secularization of Religion and Television
Commercials in the U.S.: An Update,” Georgie Ann Weatherby and Jean Pugh, Journal
of Sociology, Social Work, and Social Welfare, Vol. 2, Issue 1 (2008, http://www.scientificjournals.org).
“A Content Analysis of
Persuasion Techniques Used on White Supremacist Websites,” Georgie Ann
Weatherby and Brian Scoggins, Journal of Hate Studies, Vol. 4, No. 1
(2006): 9-31.
“Network News Coverage of
School Shootings,” Brendan Maguire, Georgie Ann Weatherby, and Richard A.
Mathers, The Social Science Journal, Vol. 39 (2002): 465-470.
“Violence, Morality, and
Television Commercials,” Brendan Maguire, Diane Sandage, and Georgie Ann
Weatherby, Sociological Spectrum, Vol. 20, No. 1 (January-March, 2000):
121-143.
Professional
Contributions: 2008 PSA (annual
regional conference). Session Organizer, Chair, and Presenter: The Assault
Against Tenure: Memorial Session to Honor James Wood. Portland, OR.
2007 Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion (annual regional conference). Session Organizer,
Chair, and Discussant: Religion and Gender. Tampa, FL.
2006 Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion (annual regional conference). Session Organizer,
Chair, and Discussant: Sexuality and Religion. Portland, OR.
2005 Justice in Jesuit
Higher Education (national conference). Session Leader and Paper Author:
Promoting and Practicing Justice Through Inclusivity. Cleveland, OH.
Honors and Awards: 2008 “Grad-itude” Instrument of Success Faculty Award
(Gonzaga University)
2007 Civil Rights Award,
Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations
2006 Honorary Inductee,
Alpha Sigma Nu (Gonzaga Chapter)
2003 First Place, National
Intercollegiate Mock Trial Tournament (St. Paul, MINNESOTA)
Paper, Panel and Workshop
Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:
2007 PSA (annual regional
conference). Paper Presentation: From Passive to Active: Transformation of the
Learner in the Classroom. Oakland, CA.
2006 Society for the
Scientific Study of Religion (annual regional conference). Paper Presentation:
Sex Abuse Scandal in the Catholic Church: Priests Innocent, Accused, and
Ultimately Excused. Portland, OR.
2006 PSA (annual regional
conference). Roundtable Participant: Transformation Through Action in the
Classroom. Hollywood, CA.
2004 PSA (annual regional
conference). Roundtable Participant: Using the Classics to Teach Deviant
Behavior and Beyond. San Francisco, CA.
Mia Tuan, University of Oregon
Present Position: Director, Center on Diversity and Community,
University of Oregon
Associate Professor, Teacher
Education Department, University of Oregon
Adjunct Professor, Knight
Law School, University of Oregon
Former Positions Held: Associate Professor, Department of Sociology,
University of Oregon, 2002-2007
Director, Honors Program,
Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 1999-2001
Assistant Professor,
Department of Sociology, University of Oregon, 1996-2002
Lecturer, Department of
Sociology, Grinnell College, Fall 1995
Education: Ph.D., 1996, Sociology, University of California-Los
Angeles
M.A., 1992,
Sociology, University of California-Los Angeles
B.A., 1986, Sociology (magna cum laude), University of
California-Berkeley
Minor, 1986, City/Regional Planning, University of California-Berkeley
Minor, 1986, Environmental Design, University of California-Berkeley
Offices Held in Other
Organizations: Director, The Center
on Diversity and Community, University of Oregon, 2005-present
Member, Advisory Board of
the Center for Indigenous Cultural Survival, University of Oregon, 2007-present
Advisory Board Member,
Teaching Effectiveness Program, 2000-present
President’s Council on Race,
1998-present
Offices, Committee
Memberships and Editorial Appointments Held in PSA: Status of Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Pacific
Sociological Association, 1997-2000
Publications: Prejudice in Politics: Group Position, Public
Opinion and the Wisconsin Treaty Rights Dispute, by L. Bobo and M. Tuan.
Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 2006.
Forever Foreigners or
Honorary Whites? The Contemporary
Asian Ethnic Experience, by M. Tuan. NJ: Rutgers University Press. 1998.
“Shared Fates in Asian
Transracial Adoption: Korean Adoptee Experiences of Difference in Their
Families.” By J. Shiao and M. Tuan in Color Lines: Exploring the Frontiers
of America’s Multiracial Present and Future. Andrew Grant-Thomas and Gary
Orfield (eds.) Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Forthcoming.
Shiao, J. and M. Tuan.
“Korean Adoptees and the Social Context of Ethnic Exploration.” American
Journal of Sociology. 113(4):
1023-1066.
Professional
Contributions: “Asian Immigrants in
White Families: Korean Adoptees in America.” The Russell Sage Foundation,
$145,752, (co-Pl, Jiannbin Shiao), 2001-2003
Session Organizer, “Emerging
Trends in Asian America,” American Sociological Association Annual Meetings,
New York, NY. 2007.
University of California,
Berkeley (Administration), 2007
Honors and Awards: Martin Luther King, Jr. Award, University of Oregon,
2006
Outstanding Faculty Award,
Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Oregon, 1998
Graduate Woman of the Year,
UCLA Association of Academic Women, 1996
Dissertation Year Fellow,
Grinnell College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1995-1996
Paper, Panel and Workshop
Presentations at Professional Meetings and Associations:
“Bringing Together Student
and Academic Affairs for Research, Professional Development, and Outreach: The
University of Oregon’s Model.” National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in
Higher Education, Orlando, Florida, 2008.
“Part of Me Really Wants to
Know: Korean Adoptees and the Social Context for Ethnic Exploration,” American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting, New York, 2007.
“Korean Adoptees and the
Salience of Race in Romance.” American Sociological Association Annual Meeting,
Montreal, Canada, 2006.
“Shared Fates in Transracial
Adoption: Sorting Through Differences in Asian-White Families,” with Jiannbin
Shiao. American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA,
2005.
